#red rising mustang

[sad-endings-suck]

pierce brown really did end the first red rising trilogy with the female love interest becoming the new ultimate leader and his male protagonist becoming what is essentially her trophy husband, and honestly he’s so real for that.

#red rising #golden son #morning star #darrow x mustang #virginia au augustus #darrow au andromedus #darrow of lykos #pierce brown #red rising mustang

[booksaesthesic]

-virginia au augustus mustang aesthetic-

#booklr #bookblr #aesthetic #characters #character aesthetic #book characters #mustang #red rising mustang #virginia au augustus #red rising aesthetic #red rising #pierce brown #Spotify

[howlljenkins]

The First Family of the Solar Republic 💫

#sorry to everyone who reblogged the first version of this #I felt Darrow lacked some *sparkle* #so I redrew him to be prettier #my boy deserves it #red rising #red rising fanart #darrow of lykos #virginia au augustus #pierce brown #reaperstang #darrow x mustang

[vices-aand-virtues]

Red Rising Characters + Reductress headlines

Kavax

Fitchner

Diomedes

Darrow

Victra & Sevro

Cassius & Darrow – Virginia & Victra

Roque

Lorn

Red Rising Characters + Reductress headlines (2/?)

#red rising #red rising series #kavax au telemanus #roque au fabii #lorn au arcos #virginia au augustus #darrow of lykos #darrow au andromedus #victra au barca #victra au julii #diomedes au raa #sevro au barca #fitchner au Barca #Darrow x Virginia #sevro x victra #reaper x Mustang #darrow x cassius #personal #source: Reductress #reductress headlines

[insignificant457]

One of the fun subtle characterizations I like throughout the series is the adoption of red slang as a way of showing that a person has fully committed to the rising.

So I present—baby’s first bloodydamns:

Sevro (GS ch 23)

Victra (MS ch 17)

Mustang (MS ch 40)

Cassius (LB ch 11)

#red rising #light bringer spoilers #<-tagging just to be safe #sevro au barca #victra au julii #virginia au augustus #cassius au bellona #Pierce is so good at these little consistencies that lend to unconscious characterization #also love how sevro and victra are both all in from the moment they join darrows side #while mustang and cassius have both already been allied with darrow for some time (over a decade in Cassius’s case) #before they fully take the leap and start talking like a revolutionary #very in line with who they all are

[tessawrecks]

#red rising #my art #darrow of lykos #virginia au augustus #reaper x mustang #💘

[darrowsrising]

Virginia really took a look at Darrow at his meanest and said 'damn, he's hot'. Then watched as he sacrificed his win to help her and she said 'i crave him biblically' and hasn't stopped ever since 😩.

#red rising #virginia au augustus #mustang #lionheart #red rising trilogy #golden son #morning star #iron gold quartet #iron gold #dark age #light bringer #red god #reaper x mustang

[the-quasar-hero]

Lysander, at the parley with Virginia: Finally, I get to talk to someone with decency and good sense.

Mustang, who’s been hanging around too many Howlers: Suck my dick, bitchboy.

Lysander: W-what?

Mustang: And choke on these nuts.

#bitchboy wasn’t expecting Mustang to let that shit hang #Red Rising #red rising series #light bringer spoilers #Virgina au Augustus #lysander au lune

[fang-venkas]

😜😜

#red rising #darrow of lykos #the reaper #adrius au augustus #the jackal #virginia au augustus #mustang #meme #golden son #morning star

[witcheroftheslothschool]

Mustang and Darrow don’t need words:

“So we attack during the day?” Mustang guesses. “Naturally,” I say. Sometimes I wonder why we even bother speaking. She knows my thoughts. Even the mad ones. - Red Rising

“Pliny wants me still, and he wants Darrow for the Sovereign. (…)” “And he figured if anyone would know where I was, it’d be you.” “So tracking me is how he will find this fleet.” Mustang says. Lorn looks back and forth at us. “When did you two discuss this?” “Just now,” Mustang says, confused at the question. Sevro claps Lorn on the shoulder. “Don’t worry. You’re not senile. They’re just odd.” - Golden Son

Would that I could hear Mustang’s take on this plan. Before, I’ve missed her lips, her scent, but now I miss the comfort that comes knowing her mind is aligned with mine. When I was with her, I did not feel so alone. - Morning Star

Well, except maybe this one time…

“Then her. The girl you lost.” I say nothing. (…) “Silence isn’t the answer right now, Darrow.” After a moment, she leaves me alone in the room.

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

[boneskullravenriver]

One of the things I love about Darrow is how much he loves mustang.

He never fails to just pause and describe her with this vibe of admiration and respect even when he's wary of her especially during this scene.

#darrow au andromedus #darrow of lykos #virginia au augustus #red rising #red rising series #red rising trilogy #red rising saga #reaperstang #mustang: tired as shit. probably looks the part #darrow meanwhile: 😍🥺 #still baffles me when people say this series doesn't treat the female characters well. it does. and it is so refreshing having a cis male m #who isnt a misogynist dick.. yanno? or the female characters being props like that should be the bare minimum but 😭 #anyway... love you darrow forever and ever 😩🫶 respectful king #morning star #rereading morning star

[sad-endings-suck]

So we know that Pax’s existence was a shock to Darrow once they finally met (seeing as Pax was kept secret). We also know that Pax was most likely conceived near the end of Golden Son, and that he was born roughly a few months before the beginning of Morning Star. Right?

Which means that during Morning Star (after the holo-message from Adrius) when Darrow and Virginia get down and fuck: she should look like she’s recently given birth, yes? And growing up a red with a big family in a crowded household, Darrow would probably have a decent idea what a woman looks like after giving birth?

Which could mean a few things. Either Virginia got cosmetic procedures after her birth to cover up any evidence that she’d recently had a child (which is a very Virginia thing to do. Except we know she didn’t do that, because in Dark Age the Duke of Hands says some shit about how her body shows lingering signs of childbirth. Of course he could have been lying, and he had good reason to be when he said that).

The other possibility, is that Darrow simply did not notice. He was just happy to have her. Or, at some point during the sexy times, he subconsciously decided that he simply would not look, ask or prob. Not the time. Not his place.

Or the books are just written by a man idk.

#red rising saga #red rising #golden son #morning star #iron gold #dark age #light bringer #red god #pierce brown #darrow of lykos #darrow au andromedus #virginia au augustus #Mustang rr

[howlljenkins]

“Now, now, Reaper, are you going to try and get in my saddle too?”

“Just trying to knock you out of it, Mustang.”

#red rising #darrow x mustang #reaper x mustang #virginia au augustus #darrow of lykos #pierce brown #red rising fanart #mine #reaperstang

[thatbostonbooknerd]

you can't tell me that if cassius had lived he wouldn't have ended up in a throuple with darrow and virginia

like i dont think a throuple is always the answer to a love triangle

but sometimes a dark and brooding pair needs a himbo with mild alcoholism to remind them that it's ok bc everything might be falling apart but he's still really hot so how bad can things be

#cassius au bellona #cassius bellona #mustang #darrow #red rising #red rising saga #light bringer

[insignificant457]

Life on the Archimedes (755 PCE)

#red rising #light bringer #light bringer spoilers #darrow of lykos #cassius au bellona #sevro au barca #I would read an entire book about their daily life on the Archimedes full stop #this has been the best trio since the scene in the loch back in book one #I’m so glad they made their triumphant return this book #also mustang was so on the money when she said ‘put them together and stupidity tends to be exponetial’ #so true Queen the brain cells have left the building

[darrowsrising]

Darrow holding Pax for the first time is so magical, because he couldn't believe he is deserving to even have his own child, hold his own child or even be worthy of being a father.

He could believe Virginia has a child, that she is a mother, loved that of her and loved her child. But it took time to realise that...she chose him as the child's father. Pax is their son, his son as well. He is good enough, he is loved, he is accepted.

Given all the odds against them, to see his biggest dream in the palms of his war-battered hands, to feel that every pain was worth this very moment, to be reassured over and over that it's real...magnificent!

The healing softness of this very moment through Virginia's eyes because Darrow is lost to words and thoughts and had given in to just feeling. Dark Age is just better, argue with your ma'.

#darrow of lykos #darrow au andromedus #reaper #virginia au augustus #mustang #lionheart #reaper x mustang #pax au augustus #pax o'lykos #red rising