in which the gray man is me – Nothing but My Aching Soul

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hcnrycheng:

i think my fav exchange in trk was when the gray man says “ive been thinking abt adam parrish and his band of merry men..” and maura was like ‘im p sure the male protagonist of this series is gansey…..’ and the gray man is just like ‘lmao…… we can all have our opinions’

#LISTEN THIS MOMENT GAVE ME LIFE #it was so brilliant to basically get a character casually lean on the fourth wall #and state that even though gansey is nominally the protagonist #SO MUCH of the books’ plot revolves around adam #nearly every big decision/gamechanger was a result of adam’s actions #awakening the line; bringing cabeswater back; figuring out how to awaken the skeletons; figuring out how to save gansey #and i also love that it’s the gray man stating it #because he’s kind of emotionally removed from the situation #like these kids all love gansey #gansey is their north star; their leader; their king #and so they all instantly assume he’s the protagonist of this tale #maura does too #and the gray man being mostly an outsider and a character who’s been shown to be very cool/pragmatic #just points out that technically when you come down to it #adam parrish is the male lead of this adventure #it was always about him saving himself #ever since he decided fate was bullshit and drew another card and bet on it: magician #or perhaps even before that #because adam’s had to bet on himself his whole life #and saved himself and his friends along the way (via amiracleofmovingparts)