#rc abh

[lovedisiac]

Mikael behind Felonia when she does literally anything

[abirc]

"I accept you, audrey, with all your flaws. whatever led you to strike a deal with me and compromise your moral principles, I respect that. you didn't just accept the offer. you bit the outstretched hand and didn't loosen your grip until you got what you wanted. and I'll be honest, your teeth on me felt good."

[superspynova]

Happy Update week everyone!

[suckitphaneuf]

she went "I know y'all aren't talking" 💀

[seraphimumbra]

abh job application:

[kazu-naito]

lol

[sbrcstuff]

Raphael is finally out of his sickbed and looking fabulous in a new outfit, and this is the very next piece of dialogue:

ABH is a workplace comedy

[bobby-turner]

All of us David romancers seeing him covered in blood, professing he'd kill everyone and burn the whole world for Audrey:

[lovedisiac]

Astreans breaking in through the roof each time Audrey tries to get some time alone with Malek like:

[malbontevicky]

Me knowing HS2 and HS:R exist:

[abirc]

eva, audrey and devi are so special to me, like i never I loved more a character as them I miss them sm when I don’t play their stories😭❤️‍🩹

[superspynova]

ABH cast as Things To Not Say To Someone Who Just Came Out

[suckitphaneuf]

still can't believe they thought anyone would like this, that is not Cassiel fuck off

[ordinary-lab-assistant]

this path is everything i ever wanted it to be. whenever authors introduce LIs like malek, i'm always so worried that eventually they're going to lose their nerve and soften the character, and everything that made the LI interesting and unique will be gone.

that's not happening at all with malek. he's been fully revealed to be on the side of the beast, mikael killed him, and now audrey is left to fantasize over him, completely obsessed and unable to do anything about it.

this route is like a sickness, and it's just...so well done.

[kazu-naito]

deep diving into the angel hierarchy of heaven's secret:

disclaimers: a) most of what i'm writing here are my own thoughts and theories; b) i'm not yet caught up with the abh january update, so if there is anything missing from there i'll add it later on

in the original duology we never got much information about how the angels hierarchy work in this universe and only knew a few names, however we did get the full picture in hsr and the order goes: seraphims > cherubs > thrones > supremacy > authority > beginning > archangels > angels

so far into the hs we've only met representatives of 3 of these 'classes' (aside from regular angels ofc) and i put one for each here:

(moreover, keep in mind these rankings are not exclusively set by birth, as we've seen rebecca climbing from the very bottom to the very top)

now it differs a bit from most of the christianity angel rankings, in which supremacy and beginning don't exist, no alternate names that i found had these names but i don't think it matters. in this context they would be replaced by dominions and principalities, respectively. still going by these, there's an omission of virtues but they do what they gotta do (or maybe they belong to that empty spot in the middle)

going back to heaven's secret, the only visible difference between angels of different spheres is that those of the first sphere have yellow/golden wings, whereas everyone else has common white/fair wings. a good example is fencio, who lost his throne status and therefore - the colour of his wings as well

i also don't think they would've shown us the full ranking if it wasn't gonna be explored more, after all we went years without it with no issues. and it was only the angel's that was revealed, not the demons' as well

from the new characters we only know of mikael's ranking so far - archangel. which tbf makes it a bit hard to guess everyone else but here are some theories:

raphael: although he is not mikael's blood brother he could still also be an archangel. throughout the book we see he has a special connection to heaven and formidable power - he could be a regular angel with unusual abilities. i don't think he is higher ranking than mikael since he is his 'subordinate'

somnus/furius: higher ranking than mikael. i haven't seen the wings to put them amongst the actual big shots but if i had to guess i'd put them in the second sphere - they have enough power to be an archangel's superior but if they had actual power they'd be busy ruling heaven and not supervising earthly matters

anhea: regular angel. she has said it herself she fought the war against the mother of life on the outskirts while the big names were in the frontlines

edit feb/25: anhea confirmed she is a lower ranking angel

cain: everything about him is a mystery ngl. if we are to believe pileon's words about him going against his own family, the type of power he possesses, the easy superiority in fights/energy/strength against other immortals - i would say he is in the very least an archangel. the recent confirmation that his family is indeed dead (and he was very very likely responsible) made me think he either got a lenient punishment (which wouldn't happen if he wasn't 'important') or he got a punishment similar to fencio's and lost his original ranking. or maybe he's just old idk

[fates-castiel]

this makes me so giggly like i actually can't wait to see lane, audrey and vicky together😭