worst decision aveyard has ever made ever was make maven a man because can you even CONCEIVE how legit fem!maven would be can you even conceive it can you even conceptualise toxic yuri mareven omg omg you guys would never hear from me again

quick sketch of younger Elara and her son

I was always intrigued by Elaras character and wanted to know more about her, it's a shame that so little is known about her or Merandus family in general. I believe that just like Maven, she was damaged and controlled by her own family and their ambitions (which she probably didnt want and was forced to achieve, just like she did it to her son).

She was a terrible parent, but here i decided to present her in one of her rare tender moments where she is singing a lullaby to Maven

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You know, why I love Marecal so much? Part 3544

Mare Molly Barrow had indirectly and directly wiped out ALMOST all of Cal's family. His step-mother, father and baby brother.

YET.

Our guy still WANTS HER, LOVES HER AND EVEN MARRIES HER

Cal Tiberias Calore Barrow, was probably like, "It's fine, babygurl. You're the love of my life and we can just RESPAWN👶 a family together."

I'm always perplexed when people try to say that nothing can justify Maven's horrible actions because he didn't always have his mother to influence him... Except that I find that completely stupid. People really just say that if his mother isn't around anymore, he should be able to make an effort to change and if he doesn't, then he is completely responsible for his actions. Just, no. Maven was a sick person. Mentally. No joke. And in the worst way possible. His mother literally trained him to be a monster. Obviously he will continue to be even without her. It wasn't just his presence that was fucking influencing him. She literally cut his brain into a thousand pieces with her fucking powers ! FUCKING MAGIC POWERS ! How can you seriously expect the guy to be normal ? She turned him into a monster and just because she disappears isn't the magic solution to the problem. He still hears her fucking voice in his head. Yes, Maven made decisions on his own, without direct suggestions from his mother, but would he have made them if his mother hadn't formatted him from BABY ?! I think the answer is clearly NO ! If you suggest otherwise it's because you think Maven would have been a monster in any case which is contrary to what history shows. I'm tired of seeing people say that yes it's not his fault if he became like that, but to give ourselves moral superiority, we're going to add behind that he is completely responsible once he reaches a certain age and above all when his mother dies. No. It's not that simple. Yes, Maven did horrible things, but I'm sorry, it's not his fault. The guy's had his brains butchered over and over again since he was a baby ! It is broken ! Completely ! Even if he still has some lucidity, nothing can really cure him at this stage. I remind you, he's had his head tampered with since he was a baby. Maven became a person suffering from madness because of this. His actions are actions committed by someone clearly suffering from madness, and if his mother had never done anything to him, he would never have become a monster. Maven is not in the same situation as many bad guys with bad experiences that transformed him or simply having someone who has influenced him since childhood. This is someone who has had his head / brain reshaped by his mother's literal powers since baby. Can you even imagine ? This is a complete rant, but sorry, I don't understand how anyone can say that Maven is actually responsible for the horrible acts he committed. It's beyond an explanation, it's downright a big extenuating circumstance. I realize that many will disagree, but that's what I think. Maven is a horribly tragic character. Nothing will change my mind.

And if I could, this is what I would do to Maven's dear mother, that bastard Elara... before she touches the baby Maven :

I just finished my Glass Sword reread. the ending GAGS me everytime.

When Mare sees Maven again for the first time after Elara's death, she says that his mother's death has taken a toll on him already. She says there are bruise like shadows under his eyes.

It's so strange to me that he can mourn her. He lost his mother, the woman who abused him his entire life, and he MOURNED her. I would personally be celebrating like hello...

but Maven and Elara loved one another in their own twisted way. He'd whine and complain to her in Red Queen, and she'd just urge him to suck it up for a few hours. She'd fix his collar and make sure he was nice and presentable. In their own ways, they loved eachother.

It's wild to me that that can happen, you know? Because I would've reacted so differently if it were me in Maven's place.

Idk I just observed that. I kinda feel like I'm just yapping 💀 but Maven mourning his abusers death really kinda showed me how even within a toxic, bruise, and fucked up relationship, love is existent.

✨Red Queen as song lyrics ✨ (part 2)

Cal:

Kilorn:

Maven:

Evangeline:

Victoria Aveyard write a 'What If' type novel where Maven, despite being manipulated by Elara manages to break free from her control and gets the redemption arc he deserves and Mare fights Elara and the true villain which is not a teenage boy but corrupt government, aristocracy and discrimination challenge

Do you have any coriara hc?

(so sorry for how long this took lol, the end of the semester has been kicking my ass😅 )

BUT YES!! I DO!!!

Elara desperately wanted to be close to Cori upon meeting her. She immediately felt a sort of kinship to her on the basis of them being viewed as inherently untrustworthy due to their abilities. Her attempting to "joke" with her ability as well as her talking shit about the royal family she's supposedly trying to marry into to Cori was her (failed) attempts at befriending her.

I think Elara was generally more repressed than Cori was in terms of their lesbianism! I think Cori was able to recognize her attraction to women she just wasn't able to recognize her LACK of attraction to men whereas Elara wasn't able to recognize her attraction to women AT ALLLL

Cori had admiration for Elara on the basis of Elara being able to (seemingly) speak her mind freely

Tbh the whole thing with Cori's diary being recovered never made sense to me so I like to think that what happened was Elara kept the diary herself and would obsessively read over it because she wanted to know everything she could about Cori (and about what Cori thought of HER) and it was later found in Elara's belongings

Cori haunted Elara! Elara saw her out of the corner of her eye constantly and was constantly reminded of her in every way (was especially bad whenever Maven had sm characteristics of the child Cori dreamed of having (have a hc that that's why Elara smushed out those characteristics as well lol))

Whenever Cori accused Elara of tampering with her pregnancies, Elara was genuinely really hurt by it. For the one person who Elara thought would have some sympathy for the distrust inherit to her ability to accuse her of something THAT heinous wounded Elara deeply and is the catalyst for WHY she ended up fulfilling that position

Soz if this is really short😭 I've got more based on an Knight/princess au I have lol but I didn't know if that'd be something ur interested in😶

“it does no good to dream.” SAYS THE ONE WHO CANT DREAM. I BET THATS WHAT UR MOMMY TOLD U WHEN SHE TOOK IT AWAY MAVEN!

TRQ Series

the red queen main characters as taylor swift songs

evangeline: mad woman

maven: you belong with me (but more aggressive)

mare: the 1

kilorn: innocent

farley: eyes open

cal: enchanted

shade: dress

coriane: the best day

elara: look what you made me do

I hate so many characters in the Red Queen series. I understand it's a book (and these are fictional characters) and absolutely no hate to the author it's an amazing series, but on like a personal real-life I hate them. To anyone who doesn't want to hear how I hate a specific character, you can skip their part. Also understand these are my OPINIONS and understanding of the characters if you disagree you are free to tell me but understand I have the right to disagree with you as well.

Anabel Lerolan grandmother to both Cal and Maven and my absolute least favorite character. She makes me so mad mainly because she makes no attempts to save Maven from his mother. Anabel knew and saw what Elara did to Coriane and hated her for it but yet when Elara shows signs of doing the same thing to Maven she looked at Maven as Elaras son, not her grandchild who was being forced at such a young age to go through the same pains that caused the death of an adult women then has the aducaity to blame Maven for everything that happened.

Julian Jacos is next on this list for much the same reason. He saw what was happening but viewed Maven as the son of Elara instead of a boy who needed someone to step in much as his sister did. I understand why it would have been hard especially after Elara cut out Sara's tongue but even spending time with Maven making sure he understood he wasn't alone was all he needed to do. (This part goes with Anabel as well.)

Evangeline Samos just annoys me because I think she's a self-centered, selfish brat who can only get over herself when family or her girlfriends are involved. She did have some character development at the end but for me it was to late for her to be saved.

Mare Barrow is riding in the same boat as Evangeline but on a whole other level. I despise her to put it simply. In the beginning, she is obnoxious, self-centered, and blankly disregards the feelings of others for whatever she believes to be right. She also has attention seeking behavior and throws a fit when it doesn't go how she wants it. The main example I see of this is when Cal chose the crown. There has been a major debate on this sceen and what he was thinking but for my stand point I don't seem him chosing the crown just to be King but I see him chosing the crown to be HER king. When Cal tries to explain his reasoning to Mare, she refuses to accept and leaves. She had the right to be upset with his decision but not to claim she was not enough for him.

Tiberias "Cal" Calore VII I don't have much to say about. I don't hate him. I just felt he had a right to be added to the list. I think he's okay, and he's trying his best to be a good person despite what he grew up around. I don't like that he ignored the signs he saw from Maven and Elara's relationship, but he was just the prince and a kid for most of it, and at least he never gave up on Maven.

Tiberias Calore VI we didn't see much of but I have no love for him. He was depicted as a drunk and neglective father who was to caught up in the loss of Coriane to really pay attention to either of his sons and obviously favored Cal the son of his late wife. I do think he loved Maven he just didn't know how to be a father to someone that wasn't Coriane's son.

Elara Merandus is a bitch and I hate her. She was mentally abusive and hurtful to Maven from a young age. She manipulated his views of his family members and made him dependent on her and deserved her death. I don't have anything else to say on her.

None of this makes anything Maven did right or any less his fault. I'm just saying at all of these character except Cal and sometimes Mare want to throw all the blame on Maven. It's not just his fault- someone should have done something to help him before it got out of hand. This was all a rant I had to my friend and just felt like letting the internet know about. Remember these are OPINIONS- so it's cool to disagree but be respectful and know I didn't see the book the same way you did.

red queen book 1 is just “daughter-in-law goes head to head with the ultimate boy mum”

Maven's Free time be like:

Image: PepitoManaloto

AU where every one has their worst enemy's name tattooed on their arm, three options for Maven:

1) Mare

2) Elara

3) Himself

Have you ever thought that...

If Helena Merandus married Julius Calore III and Erik Merandus Tiberia Calore, Are Tiberias VI and Elara related?

Seriosly!? If silver houses only maked children with each other, are they all like related or something? Is that why they're so fucking violently grazy bitches?

I have not read Broken Throne or Cruel Crown yet, just Red Queen wiki, so I'm really sorry if I am wrong:D