“I wasn’t always this way, was I? You remember better than I do. When I was a boy, your little brother. Always trailing at your heels, eager to spend every moment I could with you. I used to ask to sleep in your room, didn’t I?”

Cal narrows his eyes. “You were afraid of the dark.”

“And then I wasn’t. Just like that.”

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Was trying to think of the reason of the Love Triangle between the boys and Mare and I think I got something down lol.

— Kilorn is the representation of Mare’s life as a Red and of her past, being the reason why she’s so overprotective and constantly wanting to keep him safe. But also not wanting to pursue him romantically because her life as a Red was horrible, and because of how much hatred he harbors for Silvers and that of the unknown (back when he found out she’s a Newblood and didn’t react positively). Her rejecting Kilorn is a milestone for her, refusing to let her hatred and anger of Silvers and of her identity as a Newblood consume her.

— Maven represents War and the present, a person she is afraid of becoming because of the similar circumstances they were both brought into. They were used and turned into people neither of them wanted to be, making Mare afraid that she’s capable of becoming just as bad of a person. Because of war shes made to change, forced to do things she doesn’t like. She pursues him at the start because it’s easy to find comfort in war and anger, especially when it’s painted with rose tinted glasses. But through the series she shows distress in Maven, each time distancing herself from him. In a way, killing Maven signified letting go of the war. That it doesn’t define her.

— Lastly Cal, being Peace and the future. From the very start we see Cal as someone soothing, the person who hears Mare out and offers her the job position in Summerton. Mare is hesitant to seek him out romantically and at times loathes him, but he is also the only other person who understands her. Cal had constantly shown support and compassion to both Silvers, Reds, and Newbloods through the series (showing distaste when Mare kills Silvers, sneaking out at night into red villages to be a better king, etc.) He is a constant warming presence for her, even if she doesn’t seek it. Though Mare sometimes clashes with peace, as getting it is not easy by no means. In order to achieve peace sacrifices have to be made, and you have to let go of war. Seeking Peace in the midst of War can be hard, especially when you’ve faced so much tragedy. Coming to terms to it after war’s over is even harder. But in the end, Peace is what she needs the most to overcome the trauma and grief. It’s the one she stays with by choosing Cal.

love her but evangeline samos is the type of person to scream “JUST CATCH THE BALL” at you if you’re on a dodgeball team with her and go rabid when her team loses

you could've been my Red Queen

What the hell is going on in the Red Queen fandom? Like, I get the Maven is tragic and I do feel terrible for what he was made into but where do y’all draw the line with the “I can fix him” ideas?

Man’s left her notes on the corpses of babies. Forced his brother to kill their father? Forcefully conscripted 15yr olds and sent them to the front line with no training to make a point. And so many more atrocities.

There’s a line where he stopped being a victim and became a monster. We can’t keep blaming his actions on Elara (and even his father, Anabel, Julien, Cal or Mare who I’ve seen you all blaming as well)

There are plenty of characters in RQ who didn’t deserve their happy endings but Maven got an ending he deserved.

no Maven was actually crazy for getting in Cal’s face screaming shit about “You killed the king you killed our father!” after Elara just forced him to while he was begging her to stop like truly one of his more batshit moments if i do say so

Just remembered the book series I use to obsess over as a child

Books as taylor swift albums

Shatter me- speak now/lover

The cruel prince- Fearless

Acotar-midnights

Kingdom of the wicked- reputation

The inheritance games-evermore

Red queen-folklore

Fourth wing-reputation

Twisted series- 1989

Six of crows- evermore

Heartstopper-lover

not to be too Red Queen centered on my reads but if you put a petite brunette with magically grey (in a ✨cool✨ way) hair ends, that happens to wield lightning like... imma compare that bitch to the OG. I'm sorry.

lil miss nepo baby, "army brat", self-proclaimed lover of books, scholar, is about to face a stupid daunting task where she could die to enter a cutthroat environment of war and death and her brilliant thoughts are: "He's the most exquisite man I've ever seen. And living in the war college means I've seen a lot of men. Even the diagonal scar that bisects his left eyebrow and marks the top corner of his cheek only makes him hotter. Flaming hot. SCORCHING HOT. Gets-you-in-trouble-and-you-like-it level of hot. Suddenly I can't remember exactly why Mira told me not to fuck around outside of my year group."

Meanwhile, piss-poor, school-dropout grubby Mare Barrow on a regular Friday: "The gods rule us still, they have come down from the stars. And they are no longer kind."

Elane my love 🌹

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Happy New Years !

Here’s new Red Queen portraits! Wanted to redo the ones from last time, since my artstyle and interpretations of them have changed.

+Bonus Red Princes designs! Love drawing how silver blood makes them looks different

red queen tv show plz dont get shadow and boned plz i beg you

I’m pretty sure that Maven Calore is the reason I’m transgender

The 2014-2017 era of Booktube was so special, you just HAD to be there! 😌

evangeline samos we stan

so i'm reading war storm (the last book in the red queen series) right now and i'm so SICK AND TIRED OF THIS BOOK. it's so long and for freaking what? i'm on like page 447 and it's 662 pages long and NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE HAS HAPPENED SO FAR. like i'm one book behind on my goodreads and it's because of this thing and i'm so tired AHHH. anyways i'm probably gonna give it 4 stars lol.