#virginia augustus

[miroana]

On today’s episode of events I did not in any way expect to occur in Light Bringer:

Virginia Augustus, lionheart, wife, mother, Sovereign of the Solar Republic, flat out dive tackling Apollonius

#that whole sequence of escaping Phobos was sick as hell #she’s my favorite ever actually #it caught me so off guard though since I always think of Virginia as soft power and strategic #but unlike darrow who was pushed into war virginia was born into the bloodshed and raised to fight #no spoilers for light bringer please I’m in progress rn #light bringer #virginia au augustus #virginia augustus #lionheart #red rising spoilers #pierce brown

[msunitedstatesjames]

I finally finished Light Bringer. Here's my thoughts (obviously, spoilers incoming):

-First and formost, RIP to the king of my heart, Cassius Bellona. The worst part about his death is that you know it's coming the whole book. You don't take a character like him, a former enemy, give him a solid redemption arc, make him the most ABSURDLY likeable character and source of all humor in the book, and then not kill him off. But still, I held out a tiny bit of hope. I really dreaded getting to the end of this book just because I knew it would be coming. But, you had to respect the way he went out at least. Dude's gonna be legend if that counts for anything.

-So, The Abomination was WORRYINGLY absent from this book, aside from a couple of mentions and that (maybe) he's Virginia's mysterious source of intel? Like, everyone is worried about how Atalantia is sitting around building up her power while everyone else is duking it out, but what about the Abomination? I know he's not anybody's most immediate threat in this book, but is anybody else extremely worried about what he's going to get up to in Red God?

-I was happy with the Virginia chapters we did get, but I hope she gets more time in Red God. Also, same to Victra. She was awesome in this book, as always, but like, I want to see you do even more destroying, girl. We love you. I also missed Electra.

-The Bromance in this book was next level, even by the standards previously set in this series. I loved having a little break from the relentless battles and death in Dark Age, to just get the dudes (and Lyria) hanging out and trying to work out their differences. This also helped get back some of the old humor I missed from earlier in the series.

-This was Lyria at her best in my opinion. She was great. I only wish we got to see more Lyria and Cassius because they were just so heart warming.

-Sevro is back! I loved getting to see the old Sevro make his triumphant return for the last third of the book or so. Sevro walking up to Gaia au Raa and just going, "shut up, crone," really made my day.

-Lysander has killed my favorite character of the book two books in a row now. And both times with a gun. I love how this dude talks about how he's secretly really good with a razor, but every time he's confronted with someone who's actually good at using one he just shoots them point blank. I know I've said this before, but seriously guys, fuck Lysander. I mean, even Atalantia is becoming more likeable than him. She may be an evil, power hungry tyrant, but at least she's pretty much honest about it. Everyone knows she's the worst and she barely bothers to pretend otherwise.

-Admittedly, it's been a few years since I've read the other books in the series, but this might be my favorite of the bunch. Pierce Brown really hit every emotional note and character perfectly in this one, and it felt a lot more balanced compared to the (necessary) bleakness of Dark Age.

#light bringer #light bringer spoilers #lysander au lune #cassius bellona #sevro barca #virginia augustus #darrow of lykos #lyria of lagalos #pierce brown #red rising series #red rising series spoilers #red rising #red rising spoilers

[wellwhatnowlove]

#if Pierce mentions Darrows baldness one more time #I’m gonna lose it #close to tears after Darrow broods for half a sentence #red rising #light bringer spoilers #truly chapter one felt like a gut punch #darrow of lykos #pierce brown #iron gold trilogy #virginia au augustus #cassius au bellona #Virginia augustus #cassius bellona #light bringer

[tinasshelf]

Reaperstang 💞

#red rising #darrow of lykos #virginia au augustus #reaperstang #red rising fanart #i just want them to be happy #my art

[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

[virginiaoflykos]

I don’t think I ever did it before, so here are @merwild ‘s red rising bookmarks.

#red rising #golden son #morning star #pierce brown #dark age #iron gold #light bringer #darrow of lykos #sevro au barca #virginia au augustus #red rising saga #cassius au bellona #Ragnar volarus #red rising fanart

[bramblrose]

“I live for the dream that my children will be born free. That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.”

“I live for you,” I say sadly.

She kisses my cheek. “Then you must live for more.”

#redrisingedit #red rising trilogy #red rising #eo of lykos #darrow of lykos #darrow au andromedus #virginia au augustus #victra au julii #victra au barca #sevro au barca #cassius au bellona #pierce brown #mine

[fang-venkas]

Book 1: The Jackal is a nameless, superhuman creature, no one knows what he looks like, some think he’s not even real, his sole name evokes dread in the protagonist

Book 2: AND he’s got daddy issues!!

#idk something about this is just unbelievably funny to me #red rising #adrius au augustus #the jackal #golden son #Darrow o Lykos #the reaper #morning star #iron gold #dark age #lightbringer #red god #virginia au augustus

[spagh-eddie]

my babies. they are sleeping.

#red rising #sevro au barca #virginia au augustus #victra au julii #darrow au andromedus

[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

[insignificant457]

You ever think about how painfully awkward the ride home from the Institute must have been for the Augustus family?

I get the vibe that Darrow declaring his allegiance at the closing ceremony was kind of a rarity, so I assume everyone went home with their families for at least a little bit before they were offered jobs and positions in other houses.

And obviously I know this isn’t how it went down but in my head its just Augustus, mustang, the jackal, and Darrow in a car together. Augustus makes mustang and the jackal sit in the back so Darrow can have shotgun. The jackal keeps glaring daggers at mustang but she’s looking resolutely out the window pretending he’s not there. The silence is oppressive. Darrow tries to turn the radio on but Augustus slaps his hand away. Adrius asks if they can stop by the hospital to get his hand checked out but Augustus ignores him. Hospitals are for winners, he says. Darrow wants to die.

#red rising #darrow of lykos #virginia au augustus #adrius au augustus #nero au augustus #sorry the 24 hours immediately following the institute are so funny to me how do you go back to normal after that #everyone needs a shower and medical attention but it’s also kind of like graduation day for them #are the parents trying to get their kids to pose for photos #is sevro over there like dad stop embarrassing me in front of my friends god

[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

[thegorydamnreaper]

Sovereign Virginia Augustus

#red rising #iron gold #light bringer #pierce brown #darrow of lykos #sevro au barca #darrow au andromedus #howlers #sons of ares #virginia au augustus #sovereign #myart

[dualquille]

Darrow: ugh I hate Cassius and his golden curls and his broad shoulders and his perfect smile and… what was I saying again

Mustang: … you hate Cassius

Darrow: UGH yeah I hate that guy

#the way I could literally cite multiple direct quotes about this #red rising #morning star #golden son #red rising series #darrow of lykos #cassius au bellona #darrow x cassius #dassius #enemies to lovers #hehe #virginia au augustus #honestly I love the three of them together too help #red rising incorrect quotes

[sad-endings-suck]

One of my favourite details from the original Red Rising trilogy, is that no one ever came close to guessing or even suspecting that Darrow wasn’t a gold.

It shows the inherent flaw in their sense of superiority. Octavia had Darrow right there in front of her, with an Oracle wrapped around his arm, and even though she suspected he was a Son of Ares, she never asked if he was anything other than gold, didn’t even come close.

Adrius and Virginia are geniuses, but still, neither of them could have possibly fathomed that Darrow was a red until they had the concrete evidence of his carving right in front of them.

To this day (in canon) the only reason anyone knows Darrow is a red carved to be gold, is because the video evidence of his carving was leaked (initially from Harmony, and later from others).

No one, no matter how intelligent, practical, paranoid, cautions, clever or skeptical, ever figured out about Darrow’s carving through their own suspicion or means of investigation. They were either in on it from the beginning (Dancer, Mickey, Quicksilver, etc) or they were shown video evidence. No one figured it out themselves or “unravelled the mystery” so to speak. Because no one even knew there was a mystery.

And before people say “it was extremely unlikely, they had no reason to suspect” Yes, Darrow’s carving was incredibly difficult and expensive, but the same procedure was performed on Titus not long after, so how rare or hard could it be? We even get a dialogue from Mustang in Golden Son in which she details that different colours go to carvers all the time to have “intrinsic” parts of themselves altered, far more often than the public realizes. So the possibility should have been on Octavia’s radar, but it wasn’t, because she simply couldn’t fathom it. It was too obscure.

How could a red be the spitting image of what gold society idealizes? How could a red be so tall, strong, and beautiful? How could a red graduate top of the Institute, become a peerless scarred, a Lancer, her own grandson’s celebrity hero? Neither her nor Nero or Lorn or even Adrius were capable of even entertaining the idea. It was not a thought that was ever going to occur to them naturally.

And I really love that, from a narrative perspective, because it says so much about how the Society operates and upholds itself. It says so much about how high on their own egos golds really are. It says so much about how the colours are not as different from one another as golds would have them believe.

Cassian Andor: What? To steal from the Empire? What do you need? A uniform, some dirty hands and an Imperial tool kit. They're so proud of themselves, they don't even care. They're so fat and satisfied, they can't imagine it.

Luthen Rael: Can't imagine what?

Cassian Andor: That someone like me would ever get inside their house, walk their floors, spit in their food, take their gear.

Andor (2022-)

#andor 2022 quote #the golds simply couldn’t fathom a red walking right into their house without their knowledge #star wars quotes #red rising #red rising series #golden son #morning star #iron gold #dark age #light bringer #red god #darrow of lykos #Octavia au Lune #Nero au Augustus #adrius au augustus #virginia au augustus #lord au arcos

[ihavenomoralsss]

red rising crack headcanons pt. 2

while i avoid studying for my exam tonight

roque's narc tendencies were so strong his siblings couldn't tell him ANYTHING (even what mom was getting for christmas) and this continued well into his adult years

cassius once got so drunk he flirted with a statue for a record 15 minutes and 33 seconds. darrow got it on camera.

victra has to schedule bath nights for sevro sometimes. it gets BAD.

quick's moneymaking adventures have included attempting to sell 'Eau de Reaper' and marketing it as darrow's sweat ('fresh from the battlefield!')

during the longest and epicest of howler parties, darrow was coerced into a striptease. virginia sold the tape for several million. valdir bought it.

in his most insufferable of days (age 14) lysander learned about cassius and darrow's.....fling many years past and refused to speak to him for several days

volga has cried after stepping on an anthill multiple times

sevro once lost a bet that resulted in him getting a tattoo of dancer's face doing kissy lips

mustang's biggest secret is regarding the Room of Doom - blackmail against each and every politico from luna to pluto. sometimes when she's bored she has theodora catfish random senators to see how genuinely loyal they are to their wives. this has resulted in multiple very public cheating scandals

#red rising #light bringer #darrow of lykos #virginia au augustus #victra au julii #sevro au barca #cassius au bellona #light bringer spoilers #red rising headcanons #headcanons