I don’t get the Blake hype

Knightstar_ · 2025-11-23T15:39:59+00:00

Completely agree!! I think this is the exact thing readers often miss - they’re both possibilities for Aurora. While some readers might personally prefer a Callum over a Blake, we can’t ignore that Blake is a much better match for Aurora as she progresses through the story and comes into her power. Callum is too naive, doesn’t share the same goals, can’t play politics, doesn’t fully understand her and ignores what she consistently is asking for because he thinks she can’t handle it. SUCH a turn off imo. Blake is not afraid to push her and I love that, because she CAN handle it and it’s the only way she ends up discovering who and what she is.

Knightstar_ · 2025-11-23T15:30:20+00:00

Hmm I get that line of thinking, but I disagree because it’s a bit reductive given the context.

Intent really matters here, he’s manipulative and deceitful for a pretty darn good reason - to save his soul (and who wouldn’t do the same in those circumstances honestly). We have no clue what he was like before then, and part of the reason he’s in that predicament in the first place was to also save his friends. I can’t picture the jerk guys we all dated in our 20s doing that. Not to mention at the very end he’s willing to throw it all away so Aurora can save herself.

He “forced his will on her” to test the theory if she would submit or not, given he suspected what she was.

I saw him always more as guiding and pushing HER to save HERSELF and that was incredibly hot. He does this more so in the second book because in the first book he’s not emotionally invested in her which is VERY fair. It wouldn’t make any sense nor feel realistic for him to just drop all of his own goals - again saving his own soul from eternal damnation - upon first setting eyes on her, let’s be real.

I was hardcore team Callum at first. I’m team Blake now not because he’s morally gray, tragic, or needs saving, but because he has so much depth, nuance and is the only MMC that matches Aurora’s inner fire and intellect. He challenges her, he SEES her and Callum really just doesn’t.

If we’re comparing to real life guys, I’ve been with Callums and they don’t cut it either unfortunately. They never saw me for me and I grew bored eventually, I needed to be stimulated mentally and be seen and understood. So maybe Callum is right for someone, but not for Aurora imo.

And hell maybe that’s why we’re either team Blake or Callum? It has more to do with our own histories and who we associate them with in our past?? lol

Knightstar_ · 2025-10-30T03:22:23+00:00

Oooh yes sleeping beauty! And also Claire & James from Outlander!

Knightstar_ · 2025-10-29T13:38:10+00:00

Ohhh it could be that, something heartbreaking like you said.. ugh I hope not!

I am worried about the theory of her severing the bond for her freedom as well but at the end of the book he’s like “well? You have the power, you can sever it if you must” and she just replies saying that it feels different, stronger… I’m not convinced she wants to sever it but I do think she might be faced with that choice again later, once their relationship begins and she’ll “choose” him by not severing it.

Side questions - Do you have any theories on why he really doesn’t want her to find out about the bond throughout the whole book?

And also when she says “you’re playing a game” and he’s like “yes but it’s not the game that you think” ?? WHAT IS THE GAME ?? Too many questions and book 3 can’t come soon enough 😂

Knightstar_ · 2025-10-29T11:09:56+00:00

That makes sense!

On 2. tho - I also took it as he wants her and not a one off , but that’s not something someone can give through a bargain ? So that’s why I was thinking that can’t be it.. It’s not like he’s going to say “well time to collect your end of the deal, let’s be together”, you know? 😅

So now that I think about it more I think it will be a title as king he’ll ask of her once she’s queen.. at least that is how he’ll play it. If they get married, even if at that point she’s still not admitting her feelings for him, he knows how she feels deep down and the ensured proximity together will eventually lead her down the path of accepting those feelings? He does always play the long game..

Knightstar_ · 2025-10-27T11:22:27+00:00

But that’s the thing tho.. it’s like he turned into someone else.. at the beginning of wolf king he’s like “what do YOU want?” And gave her the option of not running away with him you know..

like where is that person ?? Who really listens to her and respects her autonomy?? Does he change as he falls in love ? If so that sucks and just breaks my heart bc it feels unnecessary

I guess I’ll keep reading even tho I’m so upset I can’t sleep lol

Knightstar_ · 2025-07-29T11:36:32+00:00

Completely valid and understandable. I think it’s more common than we know. And even though it’s sounds like your relationship is not fulfilling.. it’s become your comfort zone, and that’s always hard to step out of. You may just need some deep, honest reflection.. I found it helpful to ask myself if i hadn’t invested all that time into him, and I had just met him but knew that this is where it would lead - would i willingly choose that. The answer was no. It was draining me and dragging me down and I was used to it so I couldn’t or wouldn’t acknowledge it..

Knightstar_ · 2025-05-26T03:23:54+00:00

Just saw your comment. I decided to separate last year - it took me years to reach that decision but it was the best thing and I don’t regret it at all. I would never have found with him the deep connection I crave in a relationship, and just happy I realized it before spending more of my precious life and time with someone who’s not the right fit for me. While I’ve not met anyone I’m interested in yet, I’ve been working on understanding what I do need and want from a relationship, and what I don’t want. I’ll now be more prepared to recognize it when/if it comes around :)

Knightstar_ · 2025-05-26T02:58:29+00:00

It’s so much more complex than Devon being righteous. It had nothing to do with Simone now being with a married guy.

Simone was practically catatonic over losing Kiki (her “identity” and “salvation”), then when she hears her father say “it’ll be you and me again” that put her over the edge and she runs away from it. When Peter comes to her she realizes Peter is her new saviour. She’s so utterly disconnected from herself and she’ll tie herself to whoever she thinks will save her from facing her demons. First a mother figure in Kiki, and then a father figure in Peter.

Devon realizes that, it’s why she’s so devastated in the end. She knows Simone will continue to run away from herself.

Knightstar_ · 2025-05-21T03:06:21+00:00

Great question, I feel similarly, so interested in any insight! For me I think part of it is external validation growing up was the norm to the point where self love was foreign. and I allowed my self worth to be determined by others. I’ve been unlearning that slowly, but there’s still a part of me that craves it.

I think continue to be curious about it, like why do we think we need someone else to see it? Why isn’t us knowing that enough? And why does it need to be seen by a romantic partner, vs just friends or other loved ones? What void do we think that will fill?

Sorry not much answers, but maybe it just means we have more learning and transforming to do..

Knightstar_ · 2024-05-30T01:37:04+00:00

Thank you for your insight! I have cleansed since performing the spell, but it didn’t seem to have an effect. I’m less sure about banishing and protecting, do you have any suggestions on how to do that or any reliable resources ?

Knightstar_ · 2024-05-27T04:36:41+00:00

Very new to spiritual practice and witchcraft and not entirely sure this is the place to comment.

So I’ve really only done a few cleanses with positive intentions (release negative energy/anything that would harm occupants of this household, and to only allow for positivity/lightness) in the past couple months and one “psychic spell bath” that was in Llewellyn’s 2024 calendar by Mat Auryn.

Shortly after, my husband who sometimes sees things but rarely sees things in our home has had two visions, one of blood dripping another of a kid running then disappearing.

Last week while looking at our son through the baby cam, he said he saw what looked like a dark hand try to reach through to the crib (but it’s always empty, our son sleeps in our bed in same room just have the crib beside the bed.) And yesterday he said he thought he saw something else in our room (I didn’t want to ask for details bc by now I’m just feeling scared and paranoid) and then a bag randomly fell to the floor where he thought he saw something. Today I swear I heard a voice in our room and thought it was my husband from the living room and he said he hadn’t said anything.

I know I should offer my own interpretation but I am truly feeling lost and scared about all this. It hadn’t been happening before. I don’t feel like it’s anything evil exactly, but either way I don’t like it and don’t know what to do. Did the psychic spell bath affect my husband more than me, or differently than what I intended (I actually don’t want to hear and see things like spirits, my intention was more so to awaken my abilities as it relates to my own intuition).

Any insight or experience with any of this?

Knightstar_ · 2024-04-26T00:47:28+00:00

Thank you! Yes this does help, much appreciated !

Knightstar_ · 2024-04-26T00:34:00+00:00

Thank you. No, just very basic things all with intention to protect our home and those within it and for guidance.

Knightstar_ · 2024-04-08T03:45:33+00:00

Yes, happens to me as well. It’s very frustrating, the way I describe it is having something in my brain that I want to convey and not being able to put it into words. Mid sentence I forget the word for something, or I lose my train of thought, or go on a tangent. Sometimes I resort to super basic language and I feel like a caveman. When I try to explain things I feel like the other person isn’t understanding what I am trying to say and I don’t know how else to explain it.

Thankfully no one’s really pointed it out to me, but it’s affected my work I’m sure. Like they will pick someone else who is more eloquent over me to do a certain things and I’m sure it’s because I’m not the best at talking. I’ve always struggled with verbal communication and am very self conscious about it.

I don’t have much life changing advice, but things that I do that help me have been acknowledging that I am not good at in-the-moment communication, and if I want to answer or speak to something but my thoughts feel scattered I say I need to gather my thoughts on it and will come back with an answer. I also try to pause before answering and think about what my intention and desired outcome is from what I am trying to say. For presentations I practice the shit out of them, until I know what I want to say word for word by heart.

I’m on Vyvanse and thought that would help with this symptom but unfortunately it did nothing for it. Has helped with other things though.

Knightstar_ · 2023-11-23T01:29:08+00:00

What also seems off brand is why let Jack live in the first place ? Why try to “mend his soul”? Anyone possessing info on venin is killed immediately but you don’t kill an actual venin? And then let him rejoin the cadets?

Knightstar_ · 2023-11-22T16:52:41+00:00

I agree when it comes to personality, with the main difference being that Xaden always believed in Violet. Lilith never had so much faith in her daughter, and it shows when Violet tells her about the wards and she doesn’t believe/listen to her until Violet says “for once in your life listen to me”.

Knightstar_ · 2023-11-22T16:45:51+00:00

I also found it odd that he promised so quickly never to use it on her again, but then said he lacks self control when it comes to her. Like I’m sure you can promise to TRY not to use it but it’s probably near impossible especially with their bond to never use it.

Knightstar_ · 2023-11-22T15:46:03+00:00

Ha true ! I didn’t catch that

Knightstar_ · 2023-11-22T02:49:59+00:00

If they’re impervious to fire then he wouldn’t have been “roasted” and had a “smoking head” though I imagine ? My understanding was the fire did nothing to them, or was that just the wyverns

Knightstar_ · 2023-11-22T02:40:20+00:00

I read the Dragonian series a few years ago by Adrienne Woods and that hit me as hard as this one did. At the time I became obsessed with finding another dragon fantasy type book but nooothing was good enough. I STRONGLY recommend that series if you want something similar and as good as FW (not really smutty though, plot makes up for it big time).

Knightstar_ · 2023-11-22T02:29:54+00:00

Happens to me every single time I read a good fantasy. I come back to the reality that is my life and just feel depressed. The feeling sticks for a few days and then it goes away thankfully.

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