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congrats to vis on having the worst fucking birthday in all history by getting bitten by a weird dead guy, realizing he's in the middle of a terrorist attack, getting stabbed by his girlfriend and having his best friend die on his arms. he also lost an arm

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everyone leave your favorite war criminal in the tags

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it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.

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It’s been months since I read this and the ocean is still burning tbh.

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🕯️ Dark Rise🕯️

🕯️ Book #3 🕯️

🕯️ 2025 🕯️

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Please.

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It is so fucking cool how CS Pacat wrote Will as an unreliable narrator who is often hiding his thoughts from the reader, cutting himself off, leaving us guessing even when we are in his head.

And the reason it works is that it’s not just a handy literary device that creates mystery, it is perfectly in line with the rest of Will’s character. He is in fact sneaky, repressed, and traumatized. There are parts of himself and his past that he’s unable to accept, thoughts and memories that terrify him, that he has to keep locked up. He can’t even enjoy a hug from Violet without feeling guilt. He realizes he might be the Dark King in like chapter 3 but doesn’t allow himself to think/process it till Katherine dies. He knows how many minutes it takes to choke someone to death. Being attracted to James is too Sarcean-like so he tries to not have those thoughts as well, even though it feels like “the sun, or something brighter”

And all these things are for the reader to infer from Will’s actions rather than being told explicitly by the narrative, which forces the reader to actively participate in the storytelling and become more invested.

TlDR: and that’s how cs.pacat fucked me up and ruined me for all other books 😭

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Has anyone done this yet

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y'all are always complaining about how gay rep has to be perfect and unproblematic like speak for yourself i personally love it when they try to murder each other

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Sometimes you gotta turn into a tree to deal with the loss of your husband

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dark heir is a comedy

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james st clair & violet ballard

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Okay but Will was so (fairly) angsty about how his blood killed Katherine, but she purified the sword!!! It was the Lady who killed Katherine because she wanted Visander to resurrect

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Can we talk about the fact that even with the collar on when Will asked James to tell him who he was he said ‘Will’ and not ‘Sarcean’

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Like, can we talk about the fact the Will literally threw up when he saw the collar on James? The thought that James didn't come to him on his own, that he was now under his control, caused a physical reaction in him. This to me speaks for itself.

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Visander stuck in Katherine’s body be like