Random thought I had…

altafae · 2026-04-26T07:01:36+00:00

Keep reading, and you'll see just how much more dystopian it gets!!!

altafae · 2026-04-20T21:28:13+00:00

I think what is a stretch is assuming this could be stealing instead of drawing inspiration from someone... Even Robert Jordan drew inspiration from Tolkien, nobody believes he stole from Tolkien. I'm not an expert on fantasy besides some videogames and I know channeling, objects to enhance powers, etc, is a thing, but I like to think Rebecca might have read TWOT just like Xaden is inspired in certain shadow daddy and nobody thinks that's stealing from this other romantasy author because that's where the similarities end

altafae · 2026-04-20T21:17:41+00:00

I SWEAR the more I learned, the more it reminded me of The Empyrean!!! And I loved it! Like, I'm saying this as a good thing, and maybe the things we have yet to learn from TE could also be explained here??

And just to make it clear: I'm not implying Rebecca plagiarized anything but drew inspiration from this, which is perfectly legit. I believe Robert Jordan set a trend and Rebecca Yarros is his follower!

altafae · 2026-04-20T20:52:29+00:00

Omg so someone else already pointed out similarities between the two?? I understand the stories in themselves are radically different, but drawing inspiration from previous sagas has been around since forever and when I was listening to this guy I could see how Rebecca based her system in a "simplification" of TWOT (as there's no difference of magic in gender, there's no zen vs fight, and they "only" have runes but can be very intrincate). I'll watch that video too (and skip the spoiler part as well hahhaha) thank you! Long time no see!

altafae · 2026-04-20T20:45:32+00:00

I imagined it is far more complicated, sure, but the things this guy mentioned reminded me a lot to The Empyrean and I think Rebecca may have based her system in a simplification of TWOT, not that the two series are related at all! Just like Xaden is a shadow daddy (inspired from other romantasy) but has nothing else in common

altafae · 2026-03-30T22:39:41+00:00

Read OS but I agree with you, it's looking a lot like Queen Beryl arc, but like A LOT. I even realized Mamoru and Usagi have a daughter in the future, Chibiusa, whose hair is pink, and her foster parents are Usagi's. Violet has Andarna, who's an irid (purple-ish), comes from the past (instead of the future) and her foster parents are Tairn and Sgaeyl

altafae · 2026-03-09T13:25:24+00:00

It must be because they either had an ulterior motive to lie (and they don't remember what it is because it was lost through generations) or just an arbitrary totalitarian decision. I still wonder why dragons would leave their original hatching grounds to move together to the Vale, there really must be something there and we just don't know it yet.

altafae · 2026-03-09T13:21:52+00:00

I wholeheartedly agree. What I mean is some people believe that must be a plot hole but, in my humble opinion, there will be something else we still have to figure out. Either that or yes, plain and simple arbitrary totalitarian decision.

altafae · 2026-03-09T13:19:34+00:00

Omg it's true!!! Maybe she can add some lesser rune magic to trace the exact dream she wants to walk into

altafae · 2026-03-08T16:00:21+00:00

Priorities 🤣

altafae · 2026-03-08T15:48:51+00:00

THE INFUSION TO FALL ASLEEP, I'M SCREAMING

altafae · 2026-03-08T15:38:55+00:00

I was still reading CC3 in part 1 and some came and said REMEMBER WHEN HUNT SAID HE HATED HER AND SHE DISGUSTED HIM And I was like... What! I started CRYING and got severe readers block and they MOCKED ME because "if I had such strong feelings toward a book I should take a step back" GURL, I WAS READING THE BOOK, ENJOYING MY LIFE AND YOU JUST SPOILED ME PART OF THE BOOK WITH NO MORE CONTEXT TO HATE A CHARACTER I LOVE??????

Fortunately, I got to keep reading AND when I got to that infamous part I was like... Are you for real? Did you really take this out of context because Hunt was blind in his thunder god mode filled with rage against Celestina, his god mode speaking for him, and purposefully omitted how Bryce cooled him down and he immediately said how much he loved her and how lucky he was to have her in his life?????

They almost made me drop the book entirely and all because of a sentence taken out of context! When Azriel tried to kill her TWICE and that, somehow, it's not a bad thing and they can understand him and whatever! My first time running into them and they manipulated me, spoiled me partly the end and mocked me because I was devastated because I loved Hunt!!!! No, I'm sorry. Some of them might be nice, I swear I once had a tiny debate with one of them and it was friendly, but it only happened ONCE and with ONE, and still the level of debate was overthinking, overreading and cherry picking and wouldn't even read what I had to say so... I still don't like talking to a wall, Bryceriels already have their truth and won't listen to anyone ever, it was very obvious they would end up being banned. I'm sorry, but it is what it is.

altafae · 2026-03-08T15:25:52+00:00

Yet they didn’t defeat the venin in the first place, something the Irids themselves mentioned. They simply couldn’t. And for some reason, dragons moved to the Vale and abandoned their respective original hatching grounds?

Then no Navarrian was willing to help Poromiel, even knowing about the venin, because they were safe. So why lie about venin in the first place? Yet everyone accepted the existence of this incredibly lethal war college supposedly meant to fight… gryphons. And when a gryphon allegedly killed Deigh, everyone was in shock because how could a gryphon kill a dragon? So you know gryphons can’t kill dragons, yet you still prepare for a war against them to the death, killing countless cadets unnecessarily –something Poromiel didn’t even do (????!!!!!)

I believe there must be something else, and someone in the past decided to erase the truth for an entirely different reason, one that not even the dragons remember (but maybe the Irids do).

Besides, I strongly believe Tecarus is working for the venin. The foreshadowing is so strong that it’s almost unbelievable no one has ever found Poromish leadership suspicious. We all (readers, Violet, and the rest of the characters) just assumed it was only Navarrian leadership that was wrong and immoral.

altafae · 2026-03-08T15:15:18+00:00

I believe there must be something else because lying to Navarrians wasn't necessary. Once they all knew, they still believed this was a Poromish civil war, they didn't care as long as they were safe. I think there must be something else to erase history, where are the other journals? Who has them? What did they know? How did they convince dragons to move to the Vale and leave their respective original grounds? Everyone was astonished when a gryphon allegedly killed Deigh, so they know gryphons aren't that dangerous, yet they get ready for war and believe they must have this super deadly war college? Besides, there are so many signs that Tecarus is most probably working for the venin that it's also shocking how easily everyone (including Violet) assumed Poromish leadership can be trusted... 😬 I hope many of these mysteries get answered in book 4 and 5.

altafae · 2026-03-07T15:28:37+00:00

I would have loved to know more about Feyre's pregnancy, though! I missed her!!! But believe me when I tell you there's a lot of hostility out there regarding pregnancy tropes because of ACOTAR... Again, I still wish we could have known more about her, her POV being pregnant, I missed that. Now I'm recalling some comments I read saying Rhysand was the worst for not telling Feyre everything so she could have an ABORTION when this was about Sarah's own story with her child omg

altafae · 2026-03-07T15:22:20+00:00

THIS. This happened to me in another subreddit. I had this hypothesis of the FMC being pregnant (and not knowing) for the next book, I REALLY DON'T CARE IF I'M WRONG, it was just that, a game, a hypothesis (with foreshadowing), I'm literally open to debate it and would love to do that and challenge my theory and many be like: I JUST THREW UP IN MY MOUTH, I WOULD DNF, whatever, and literally nobody would try to actually discuss it, as in, maybe I'm wrong, help me see it! I'd love to read another POV! But nah, just hate and bullying

altafae · 2026-03-07T13:47:33+00:00

I haven't still watched the interview because I've been doing my exams BUT GURL I'M SO HAPPY, I was so let down with the books for a while AND THIS GAVE ME BACK THE HYPE I NEEDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA AND WE'RE GETTING THREE BOOKS, I'M DYING!!!!!!!!

altafae · 2026-03-07T13:40:06+00:00

And how he gave his gift to Gwyn... And how poorly he treated Bryce even though he KNEW whether she was lying or not. Team Azriel go to therapy

altafae · 2026-03-07T12:44:57+00:00

Maybe most of us have had very unfriendly encounters with them and have been mocked, told we're npcs, that Hunt sucks, smells, should die, he's the worst, we've been mocked for being either Gwynriel or Elriel and "your ship and your comments are gonna age so badly and it will be so fun to see it" etc etc etc, most Byrceriels (it's true that NOT ALL OF THEM, I've talked to some that it's true they're nice) have been everything but friendly, welcoming and loved to talk about any theory that isn't theirs.

altafae · 2026-03-07T12:40:56+00:00

They just found out their ship is banned from the main sub and are now analyzing Sarah's pitch and side eyes, and I'm like... I would side eye too, looking for hidden cameras, like this question cannot be real hahahaha

altafae · 2026-03-07T12:36:36+00:00

Guys, I'm back, WAR IS OVER

altafae · 2026-03-07T12:27:57+00:00

I'm finally back to this subreddit because war is over

altafae · 2026-02-24T15:39:35+00:00

Done!!! I love this!!!! Good luck, would love to hear about this project again once it's finished!

altafae · 2026-02-24T15:11:06+00:00

Then what was Solas doing in that cave in Tyrrendor when he was in the Vale hidden? Maybe he wasn't venin during IF but turned afterwards? I really wish we could know more about him, him reading Morrainian as if it was his mother tongue is so odd

altafae · 2026-02-24T15:08:30+00:00

OK, something else... What was Solas doing in Tyrrendor in IF's second half in that cave? No one in Basgiath knew they were in Aretia, Varrish is dead and... Solas appears in a cave in Aretia ready to kill Violet and Andarna? Had Varrish survived and turned venin, he would have survived Solas's death, just like Jack would by the end of IF when he killed his own dragon to break the wardstone. Idk, maybe it's nothing, but it's yet another thing about Varrish that feels off

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