this is so “do you love him?” “yes. more than anyone else in the world” and “fight well. keep us safe. i love you.” and “he loves her. of this he is certain” and “is there anyone in the coalition you trust?” “venka” and “lovely, wonderful kitay” and “she would draw this moment out forever if she could” and “i left for you” and “i’ll hate you for it but i’ll love you forever” and “she terrifies him and he loves her so much it hurts” and “should’ve realized that venka was trying to save her life” and “kitay. her best friend. her anchor” and “ah, i get it. you’re in love” and “did they love one another so fiercely, so desperately?” and rin and nezha and kitay and venka

‘I have become something wonderful, she thought.

I have become something terrible.

Was she now a goddess or a monster?

Perhaps neither. Perhaps both’

Rin and Venka hii 🤲🏼🫠

i mourn the history that left with Rin’s last breath.

— no one will remember her as the girl who passed the Keju with only two years of studying under her belt

— no one will remember her as the girl who punched the Dragon Warlords son or the girl who defeated the Dragon Warlords son in the trials and won

— no one will remember her as the girl crazy enough to pledge to lore

— no one will remember her as the girl who had to endure torture in a Mugenese lab

— no one will remember her as the girl who gave the “broken” girl the chance to fight again

— no one will remember her as the girl who destroyed and saved her best friend

— no one will remember her as the girl who had to fight her whole life till the very end. all they’ll remember is a girl on fire, with so much rage, that it almost destroyed the country.

she saved nikara, she burnt it, and she gave it a second chance.

when your card declines at therapy so they make you read the poppy war again.

I love them sm

when venka went through hell and back, everyone started to see her as weak and fragile, a little thing to be protected. everyone suddenly forgot the strong, brave, intelligent, feisty venka. everyone but rin. rin was the only person that didn't really see venka differently. and it's important to recognize that venka witnessed and went through some of the most traumatic things that could ever happen to a person, but more than the coddling I think venka just needed to prove to everyone and to herself that she was not defined by her trauma. and rin was the only person to give her that chance. when everyone saw venka as the things she went through, rin was the only one to still see her for who she is.

So I made a thing

When it comes to Rin and Kitay's legacy in the aftermath of tbg i believe Nezha will allow people to tell whatever stories they like. I think he will let the people spin their own tales, myths, rumours about what happened so everything just remains speculation, exactly how it did with the red emperor and the trifecta.

He will allow people to say what they need, and believe what they believe, in order to bring stability to the country because thats what they died for. That's what Rin asked for. He won't deny or confirm any details of what happened, of their story. He will keep the details of their twisted and doomed friendship close to his heart and bear the punishment of their story forever being tarnished by altered version of the truth.

I like to think at the end of it all Nezha will have a secret room, his own treasure trove full of things that belonged to his friends. He would keep Rin's blade made from speerly steel, he'd have a lock of Kitay's unruly hair and documents scrawled all over in his writing, maybe he'd even stumble across Venka's bow abandoned in Arlong. He'd have a bottle of sorghum wine and 4 glasses. Every time he'd go down there he'd pour a fresh drink in each one each time and have a vigil, where for that brief moment he would allow himself to grieve and mourn and drown in the resentment of what could have been. Then he'd hide it all away tightly into his chest again and carry on playing the cards he had never asked for, but had been dealt anyway.

And then when it was time, and when he inevitably returned to that grotto he would take the knife with him that material symbol that ended it all. The thing that killed his friends, the only divinity he truly believed in, and sealed his fate, and take it with him to die too. Because if he couldn't have them in this life, then no one could have what took them away from him either.

also rin and venka are the painting of ivan the terrible and his son.

the horror and realization in ivan's eyes are the same horror and realization rin has when she realized venka was loyal to her the whole time

when hyperfixation on a book slaps so hard you gotta lock in and start making fanart

Someone put them back in school🥲

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So,,,, I read The Poppy War trilogy,,,, it has seared itself on to my brain and I am changed forever,,, nothing will stop the pain,,,, it was amazing and y’all should read it🫶

Knowing that there’s a possibility that Nezha will live long enough that he’ll forget the sound of Venka’s voice. He’ll forget all of Kitay’s anxious mannerisms. He’ll forget the exact color of brown Rin’s eyes were before they turned red. He’ll spend more time trying to remember them than he ever got to be with them.

hello rinvenka nation, how are y’all doing? i personally don’t feel that well.

so.. actor au where rin and venka are attending the premiere to the tpw tv series?

Kitay: Guys... I think we should turn back now.

Venka: Mama didn't raise a little bitch, we keep going!

Nezha: No no, mama did raise a little bitch, I say we go back.

Rin: Mama raised nobody actually because she's dead.

Kitay, tearing up: Rin...