I would like to sincerely say to all the people on Goodreads or anywhere else who complain about how the narrative in A World Without Princes treats “feminism” and “feminists” as bad and evil, don’t really understand the point of the book.
Because ever single book in the School for Good and Evil series tries to teach a lesson about not falling into one extreme or the other. Because either can hurt you, if you fall to far into them.
For example, in SEG it was Good and Evil. TLEA — Young and Old. QFG, COT, OTK — Truth and Lie.
So, keeping that in mind, what exactly is this kind of lesson that is trying to be taught in AWWP?
Toxic Masculinity and Toxic Feminism.
In fact, I would go as far as to say that Aric Lesso and Evelyn Sader, respectively, are the two characters that embodied these ideas the most.
After all, they’re antagonists, antagonists that oppose both our heroes — directly, in the story — and each other — fundamentally, in ideology.
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random theory for the next movie of sge from someone who haven’t read the books yet but scrolling on tumblr I fond out that lesso has a child with rafal, aric (right?).
i was thinking that will be cool that he will came back to spread panic in the schools to take revenge on his mother because rafal brainwashed him to think that lesso abandoned him but it was just rafal hiding him to her (considering rafal’s behaviour i don’t even think the making of aric was really consensual 😩)
lesso is going to be fucking hysterical (i want to see same good female rage from her) and everyone shooked of discovering she had a child become nobody actually knew.
lesso and dove will and up together 🥹💗
sorry for my english but is not my fist language and i’m really dyslexic too😀
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Crack theory on Aric's dad (obviously contains spoilers) (part 1??)
Like said in the title, this I gonna be absolute chaos, and literally some of it (maybe all of it) might not make any literal sense.
As the SGE bookworms out there know, in book 6 when Sophie, Bettina, etc. were walking in that one wizard tree scene with all of those "flowers", one of them had urged Sophie to open it up, and as a reward, it would reveal who Aric's father was.
From that moment on, something automatically clicked that his father may actually be a big part in the plot of the series, since Soman can't possibly be stupid enough to just throw that question in out of no where.
It'll probably be revealed who it actually is further on in the Rise series, but I'm trying to collaborate why out of all people, Soman chose Hook to be one of the main character(ish) in the book.
It could be because it was later revealed that he was Hort's father, or it was just because Soman wanted some angsty tension between Rafal and Rhian.
I really don't know why yet, (it's 1am and I haven't read the series in a while, so feel free to cringe behind your scenes if I state something wrong all of a sudden), but he's obviously going to be developed as a character further on in Rise.
Aric's appearance and background
It was stated that Aric's eyes are (were *wink, wink*) a lethal violent tint, and he has spiky "raven-black" hair along with pale skin, all in reference to Lady Lesso's appearance too, so he obviously adapted her looks.
It's also explained how he grew up in Bloodbrook, which may I remind you, where Hort grew up in (is that where some pirates were too, or was that just Neverland? Cause if there were some pirates in Bloodbrook, that can also be more proof that Hook was Aric's father too *sorry, again I haven't read it in a long time*) 😅
I'm not saying that just because he grew up in Bloodbrook, it automatically turns him into Hort's step-sibling, because that's literally like saying Anadil and Hort can be SibLIngS too.
(Totally irrelevant, but Hort also had "Raven-black" hair. Prob one of the least important points that link back to Aric, but oh well, it's better than nothing).
Ever-never handbook hints
In the "frequently asked questions" chapter, there's literally a question of Dovey answering to literally "who was Aric's father?"
She answered with "a hulking, well-muscled man" had apparently come to the School's gates, asking for Lady Lesso, to which the Dean had refused to see him right after Dovey explained his appearance.
At the end, it said something like "he's out there in the Woods alive, just waiting," or something similar.
Seriously, Soman, how obvious are you willing to make it for the readers that we all already know his dad as a character, just not who he exactly is yet?...
Aric's relationship with Rafal
Sometimes I wonder how the hell these two came to be BudDiEs fOrevEr during book 3.
Was it because Rafal liked watching Aric pick on his mother as "revenge", or because he knew who his father was, and they had an unstable-but-okayish-sort-of-friendship in the past. (Maybe it did refer to why Rafal gave Aric the becoming the second dean, and I just don't remember lmao).
And besides, apparently those two even conspired to create uniforms together according to the Ever Never Hand Book💀
How on Earth can Rafal be "close" to the son of a woman we all saw he was annoyed at?
Linking back to my two points above, it was either because they bonded over the love of talking sh about Aric's poor mother, or Rafal knew who Aric's dad was all along.
And thus brings an end to this exceedingly long theory (remember, it's supposed to be chaotic, and I'm probably 90% wrong, but you never know...)
I'm tired asf right now, and it's exactly 1:39am now, (it really took me 39 minutes to write all of this, and it probably has errors everywhere, but oh well).
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SGE Characters as Midnights Songs
Hey! I thought this was a cool idea and it’s fun. So here’s which songs I think match each character the best, not including the 3am tracks because there just aren’t that many characters . A lot of songs match a lot of characters, these are just the ones that make the most sense to me and put some of the reasoning with each character.
Agatha: anti-hero
- all about her inner thoughts and insecurities that aren’t real
Sophie: midnight rain
- escaping her small life and putting herself first
- not being able to be with the nice guy or the prince
Tedros: you’re on your own, kid
- independent, had to do things on his own since he was young
- wanting love and trying to be perfect all the time but just ends up being alone
Hester: vigilante sh*t
- revenge, lord of anger
- loyalty to friends
Anadil: question…?
- analyzing everything, very smart and observant
Dot: bejeweled
- ignored and put down a lot but taking back her spotlight
Hort: labyrinth
- wanting love but always expecting the worst and doubting the relationship
Beatrix: lavender haze
- beauty and love, wanting to stay in a happy relationship without other judging
- ignoring what everyone else says and focusing on her own things
Rafal: mastermind
- always planning everything and manipulating those around him
Kiko: snow on the beach
- strange and not always loved but beautiful in her own way
- happy and in love
Dovey: sweet nothing
- peace and calm among the chaos and panic of the world
- kind and wants everyone to have love
Lesso: Maroon
- passionate about her cause but had a bad relationship in the past that she’s still recovering from
Aric: karma
- wants revenge and has long term plans that he’s devoted too
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Chapters: 1/15
Fandom: The School for Good and Evil - Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil (2022)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clarissa Dovey/Leonora Lesso
Characters: Clarissa Dovey, Leonora Lesso, Emma Anemone, Agatha (The School for Good and Evil), Sophie (The School for Good and Evil), Aric (The School for Good and Evil), Rafal Japeth Sader of Foxwood | The Snake
Additional Tags: Modern AU, rom com, Fake Dating, Family Vibes, Single Parents, Married Life, Parenting, School Reunion, romance film, Aric is a little kid not evil, They're oblivious, Kids want their moms to stop messing around, Co-Parenting, family fic, Friends to Lovers
Summary:
Clarissa Dovey needs a date to her school reunion after breaking up with her boyfriend. Emma is busy so her best friend and fellow single parent Leonora Lesso steps up. It all sort of spirals from there.
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