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Ironically enough, Apollonius cared more about Darrow's physical and emotional well-being than his best friends did. Granted, it was so he could kill him and feel he really won, but the bar is in hell for Darrow's friends post-Morning Star.

#in dorothy zbornak's voice: at least i'm not bitter #light bringer spoilers #apollonius au valii-rath #minotaur #darrow of lykos #darrow au andromedus #reaper

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#apple @ darrow #<- weirdly enough apple really cares for darrow

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Red God better have a princess happy ending for Darrow, because the way he has been treated by people who are supposed to love him for 3 books straight is fucking apalling and he barely told anyone off the entire time.

And I know I am supposes to walk around like the fandom faves' behaviour ain't fucked up and abhorrent when it is, but I want it out there that it better be for something. Boy already reached god status by having the patience to deal with every idiot under Sol.

#pierce make darrow stop people pleasing #these fools ain't worth it #make him wife pleasing #if lb teaches something its that darrow's real friends are the mercury howlers #and no amount of messed up nostalgia can fix that #dark age is too good to sell me what went down in that book #light bringer #light bringer spoilers #darrow of lykos #darrow au andromedus #reaper #red god #red god speculation

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god I just. love ruthlessness as a character trait so much. sexy sexy sexy

#darrow needs to get back on this bullshit because being nice gets his enemies in power position 🫠

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Imagine watching Darrow eat chocolate after delivering the most heartfelt, inspiring and worlds-changing speech to mankind.

Virginia always wins💖.

#red rising #golden son #morning star #darrow of lykos #darrow au andromedus #reaper #virginia au augustus #mustang

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I feel like Red Rising will get an epic video game way before it gets a live adaptation or even an animation for tv, because the industry is still stuck on surface level aesthetics (form without fond, superficial writing without any actual substance, etc.) and nostalgia monetization.

But yeah, the visuals for Dune are quite epic. Darrow still wins as a main character from the moment he was named...Darrow 🤭.

If anyone has watched/read Dune and wants to answer this, pls feel free 🤗

Have you watched the Dune movies? What do you find interesting about Paul compared to Darrow? 🤔

I know they are different stories, but...Darrow Supremacy, I guess. Long ago, I read someone copmparing Lysander to Paul, so I am kinda curious.

Oh absolutely Darrow supremacy!

Honestly though, I've only seen Part One for Dune. Haven't gotten around to seeing Part 2 yet because i just Did Not Vibe with the first one at all, so I don't feel qualified to do any in-depth comparison of Paul vs Darrow or Paul vs Lysander beyond personal preferences -

Darrow always draws me in whenever I read an RR book, and even Lysander's chapters still provoke an emotional response, even if it's wanting to reach through the fourth wall and strangle the little pixie. I don't know what it was, but I just felt nothing for Paul in either direction when I watched Part One, and it made me lose interest in watching Part Two.

#names matter people #it can decide fates in stories 🤭 #jk obviously

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I miss Ragnar, because Ragnar always had his head firm on his shoulders, not stuck up his own arse. He was the only person who showed care for Darrow in the same ways Darrow showed others. And obviously, Ragnar cared for others as well, he did not get stuck on the mission as much as Darrow does, I think.

Even through tumultous emotions, he took time to really care selflessly when he was able to. That was what made him the best leader for the Obsidians in many ways.

Darrow hasn't experienced this sort of friendship in years, aside from Screwface's attempt in Dark Age. That is heart-breaking as fuck.

RAGNAR WOULD HAVE NEVER ABANDONED DARROW ON MERCURY. RAGNAR WOULD HAVE NEVER HARMED DARROW BY CHOICE. Period.

#best friends everywhere took a quality dive when ragnar died

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I miss Ragnar, because Ragnar always had his head firm on his shoulders, not stuck up his own arse. He was the only person who showed care for Darrow in the same ways Darrow showed others. And obviously, Ragnar cared for others as well, he did not get stuck on the mission as much as Darrow does, I think.

Even through tumultous emotions, he took time to really care selflessly when he was able to. That was what made him the best leader for the Obsidians in many ways.

Darrow hasn't experienced this sort of friendship in years, aside from Screwface's attempt in Dark Age. That is heart-breaking as fuck.

RAGNAR WOULD HAVE NEVER ABANDONED DARROW ON MERCURY. RAGNAR WOULD HAVE NEVER HARMED DARROW BY CHOICE. Period.

#red rising trilogy #iron gold trilogy #ragnar volarus #shield of tinos #red rising #iron gold #dark age

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Art by PhantomRin

Roque Au Fabii from Red Rising

#he should have been hanged in lowGrav on Luna among his beloved Golds #see who loves you now bitch

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I can re-read Dark Age like it's nothing, but if anyone even mentions Darrow's stunt in Attica, I am a mess the rest of the day.

#this is why i don't tolerate bullshit from thre rr characters to this day #as if i can stand any of you when my boy went through THAT #red rising trilogy #iron gold trilogy #darrow of lykos #darrow au andromedus #reaper #red rising

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How to make a romance story:

Braid it.

Each of your characters should have their own lives, wants, desires, etc going on that intersect often. They each have a different plotline of their own going on. THEN you have the romance plotline weaving between their two lives.

#reaper x mustang

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#the VAs of the audiobook may insist on being boring but I am not #ly-lath/l-eye-lath ftw

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Just want to add:

When Darrow finds out he is called Tyr Morga - The Morning Star - he says it's after the star that shines brightest and fades last, so it guides the sailors through winter. That accurately defines Darrow as Morning Star - he will not make life easier, but he will help and guide the lost.

Darrow also obtains, without a deep dive into details, a hasta called Pyrphoros - Fire-Bringer. A reference to Prometheus. But the way Darrow goes about it comes from a place of care for people. He will not only destroy enemies, that's the easy part. He will help people see the truth and decide for themselves.

Lightbringer may also refer to Prometheus and the exact way Lysander sees himself - as a benevolent superior creature that is compassionate to the less powerful and the lost by granting them light and teaching them the correct way to use them. Obviously, Lysander is delusional and controlling, so reality is a very distorted version of Prometheus.

The Morning Star title is one that refers to guidence, illumination, eliberation, travel, even safety. Even as a godly figure, Morning Star - associated both with Lucifer and Hyperion - relates to Darrow challenging the system for the better, illuminating a path, inspiring change, hope and a need to reach for more, creating shifts, liberating. An interpretation of Morning Star - Lucifer is that he fought the status quo, that he rebelled. Darrow himself is decribed as having a dark gravitational energy, but emanates light, one of the many contrasts he is made of. He fights through the darkness and light is power, he uses it as best he can for freedom.

Lightbringer relates to Lysander through his ancestor. Just like everything in his life, nothing quite belongs to himself. He is a product of his beloved system and his version of Bringing Light is order over what he perceives as chaos. He needs this in order to make sense of his own existance, for he refuses to know himself. It is egoistical, self-entitled and controlling. Even the monicker linked to Lucifer, the angel who turned against God, we are told that he did it out of the belief of superiority over God - which makes sense for Lysander.

#i should make a post about all the other characters darrow has links to #including the modern prometheus the count of monte cristo haemon even iisus #one day...

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Shoutout to @violetqueenofwands and @hyena-frog for this very fun idea of Lyria (wearing pulseArmor? A tiny starShell?) holding Volga up! Pose reference from this:

#happy lesbian visibility week

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The Morning Star title is one that refers to guidence, illumination, eliberation, travel, even safety. Even as a godly figure, Morning Star - associated both with Lucifer and Hyperion - relates to Darrow challenging the system for the better, illuminating a path, inspiring change, hope and a need to reach for more, creating shifts, liberating. An interpretation of Morning Star - Lucifer is that he fought the status quo, that he rebelled. Darrow himself is decribed as having a dark gravitational energy, but emanates light, one of the many contrasts he is made of. He fights through the darkness and light is power, he uses it as best he can for freedom.

Lightbringer relates to Lysander through his ancestor. Just like everything in his life, nothing quite belongs to himself. He is a product of his beloved system and his version of Bringing Light is order over what he perceives as chaos. He needs this in order to make sense of his own existance, for he refuses to know himself. It is egoistical, self-entitled and controlling. Even the monicker linked to Lucifer, the angel who turned against God, we are told that he did it out of the belief of superiority over God - which makes sense for Lysander.

#red rising #iron gold trilogy #darrow of lykos #darrow au andromedus #reaper

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If you think it cannot get worse, it gets progressively worse, it won't let the foot off the neck. Don't trust anything. Except for Darrow to be cute when he fights 🥰

Me about to start Dark age 🙃

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I need Red God like I need to breathe..

#i am so torn about this it's bot even funny