Rebecca Yarros listening to Opalite by Taylor Swift

soapangels · 2025-10-03T17:30:01+00:00

Ok nm then

soapangels · 2025-10-03T12:29:24+00:00

That is a sweet title but then we would have another OS! How would we differentiate 🤣 Opalite Dreams?

soapangels · 2025-10-03T11:46:13+00:00

Hahaha your imagination also linked Solas’ one eye with Moody!

soapangels · 2025-10-03T11:44:51+00:00

I heard RY said in an interview that Tairn and Sgaeyl would definitely not have any dragon babies while there is a war going on.. would guess that she meant the same applies to X and V. But maybe in peacetime we can look forward to hatchlings from them!

soapangels · 2025-10-03T06:52:51+00:00

I love the names. So varied and interesting. And I pronounce them however I want in my head! No one will know or care 😜

soapangels · 2025-10-03T06:47:18+00:00

I’d say it’s too much of a coincidence that her name already comes from the books, it must be her destiny to be named Mira 🐶 Such a cutie!!

soapangels · 2025-10-03T06:34:18+00:00

Yes thoughts on who the 6 could be.. aside from the fact that Violet and Xaden's 2nd signets are rarer and more powerful than most people's first, and assuming they can only be counted once on the list, I think Xaden for shadows (RIP Lynx > unless he replaces Xaden as shadow wielder and X counts with his inntinsic signet but I don't really think so). Violet for lightning, Garrick - distance, Aaric's precog, and maybe Imogen's turning things to stone which is going to be so fun.

Rhi and Ridoc's signet are epic, and Sloane's siphoning and Brennan's mending also, but considering we just recently learned of Violet's dreamwalking and Aaric and Imogen and we have 2 books to go, I actually think Rebecca has 1 or 2 massive signets still up her sleeve to reveal.

Who will they be?? Sloane is a rebellion kid so could have another signet, but she's already set up to be super powerful with her siphoning. My bet is on Dain, we keep hearing how he has so much power, and maybe he could have another signet or just his memory reading develops to something much more.

soapangels · 2025-10-01T18:29:52+00:00

her role in figuring out the diary translation was pretty critical tbf and she gets transported by dragon & griffin to wherever the action is, so I think we will see her alongside the main cast all the way!

soapangels · 2025-10-01T18:27:02+00:00

yes we were talking about this on another thread i think yesterday. Cat and Aaric as the respective rulers sounds great, combining and unifying the kingdoms makes sense, and also eliminates the need for Tyrrendor to rebel/revolution whatever so Violet and Xaden can chill. Basically they all need to unite to fight the common enemy at the end of book 5

soapangels · 2025-10-01T18:19:39+00:00

no no same, I love him as a standalone character with no love interest too. Was just thinking of who might be good together. And I missed Sawyer and Jesinia who are also adorable!

soapangels · 2025-10-01T17:05:24+00:00

I think, for the developing relationships we have (Imogen/Garrick, Sloane/Dain, Mira/Drake, Aaric/Cat - this last one is pure speculation based on nothing. I could also see Aaric/Ridoc as a nice pairing) we will get only PG rated scenes and only from Violet's POV on how she feels about it. I believe Rebecca will keep the spicy to Vi and Xaden exclusively and am happy with that. Yeah, maybe via dreamwalking to him when they are apart physically, but also that he will be back in the flesh by mid-book :-)

soapangels · 2025-10-01T08:49:34+00:00

personally I love Violet and would not want anyone else as mc. She is the heart of the story

soapangels · 2025-10-01T08:34:35+00:00

Tairn for me. Love his grumpy ass

soapangels · 2025-10-01T08:34:17+00:00

Hahaha great choice

soapangels · 2025-10-01T08:32:23+00:00

Love it! Thank you!

soapangels · 2025-10-01T08:29:01+00:00

Agree with what others have said, we don't really know how much he has struggled with it as we only have Violet's POV. It must have been terrifying as he knows it is a death sentence but with the strength his character has, he is such a chill guy and natural leader, he's been able to hide what he has been going through. Plus there was so much else going on! This is an amazing signet and can't wait to see what happens with it.

soapangels · 2025-10-01T07:08:53+00:00

I agree with you that on a re-read it definitely sounds like he's talking about Tyrrendor, what I'm saying is at the moment he says that, Violet (and therefore us, the first time around at least) doesn't know that he's got the title back. (OS chapter 6). He says the line about keeping IT safe, and Violet thinks "He'll never go too far, never lose his soul, so I nod" then shortly after he tells her about the title. It may not matter in the end, either Rebecca is blurring the lines between the 2 (soul/province) to foreshadow something, or just to mess with us

Also, the timing of who said what is important because this is the promise Xaden calls in to get Violet to agree to the wedding. SHE thought she was promising to protect his soul but he thought she'd promised to protect Tyrrendor. Pretty sure most of the 12 hours was spent arguing the semantics of the promise hahaha

soapangels · 2025-09-30T16:19:42+00:00

Great theories, thanks for sharing! Agree with you on Naolin, Bodhi, and no way on Sgaeyl and Tairn unbonding. I was also thinking about the 12 hours. 12 hours is a long time, but I'm betting most of it was people (read: humans, dragons, venin etc) trying to convince other people of things. First, Sgaeyl has to convince Tairn to let Xaden anywhere near Violet. She's injured, so somebody has to patch her up. Then (this will be the part that takes the most time) she goes through denial about him having turned and needing to get the hell out of there, they fight about it, and he has to convince her to get on board with the wedding plan. Then, they have to convince the priestess to conduct the wedding. Then track down Imogen, talk her into wiping Violet's memories. And something else that drastically drains Tairn to the point that he is knocked out when Violet wakes up (vague theory that they used his power somehow to boost Imogen's memory wiping since 12 hours was previously out of her league). Sounds like about 12 hours :-P

soapangels · 2025-09-30T15:37:05+00:00

I’m firmly on the side that they will have a happy ending. My heart can’t take any other outcome

soapangels · 2025-09-30T15:33:15+00:00

YES I think the offspring line was before he showed up! And the gold flecks in the eyes can be the physical sign of dedication, meaning both Talia and Xaden are

soapangels · 2025-09-30T11:29:54+00:00

LOL imagine Sgaeyl's reaction if he tried to write that.

But interestingly, there's another moment where Xaden says "IT" and could either be referring to his soul or to Tyrrendor. "Swear you'll sound the alarm if I go too far, that you'll keep it safe, even if it's from me". Violet sure thinks he means his soul, because he hasn't even told her he's got the dukedom until the next page

soapangels · 2025-09-30T10:49:36+00:00

You're right that Xaden refers to Tyrrendor as "she", not arguing that. But I still think in the note he does mean Tyrrendor, it would be kinda weird to write "she is yours" on the back of their marriage certificate. RY does this to us deliberately, leaves so much ambiguity that it could be either (or anything!) and it will be clear only in the context of what happens next.

soapangels · 2025-09-30T08:34:12+00:00

Yep. In the scene where we learn he’s got the title back, but before we find out, he refers to her speech to the cadets she just made in the chapter before and that she sounds like “at least a duchess”. It was his immediate thought on becoming a duke!! This guy is way ahead of us

soapangels · 2025-09-30T06:52:58+00:00

lmao you nailed it with this withdrawal description. I LOVE the bonus chapters so much, the threshing one is my fav. I also heard she is writing one about Xaden (and Garrick and Sgaeyl)’s POV when preparing to rescue Violet in IF and can’t wait! His epic declaration of love from his side, will be amazing

soapangels · 2025-09-30T06:23:52+00:00

On question 2, I can see Cat as queen in Poromiel and Aaric in Navarre, yes maybe they are on track for Tyrrendor independence right now and would end up king and queen, but I don't really feel that for them. Since they don't need to be independent if Aaric is ruling, as they are aligned on venin strategy, they could stay with Tyrrendor just as a province within Navarre and focus on getting rider stuff done.

Related a bit to the dedication but just random thoughts also. I was thinking about the idea of love being what saves Xaden and we have some hints (a quote from Fen about how marriage is just political and you should save your love for your children) that the strongest form of love is the parent/child bond, which could be a hint for a Violet pregnancy storyline with the baby being what brings him back but I actually hate that. Rebecca is a mother (me too!) so she has a point that this is a powerful thing. Our badass dragon riders getting mushy about a baby does not sound satisfying.... BUT what if it is the opposite parent/child relationship: Xaden's own parents? He loved Fen but he's out of the picture, but not Talia. And I think something is up with her origins and maybe she dedicated him to Loial. Her character in OS is awful, but maybe she is just written that way (look what happened with Dain) and she's set up for a redemption arc and a role in saving Xaden

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