Some person: “Have you read The Raven King?”
Me: “Ahh yess i love that book especially the way those Exy kids just *clenches fist* find that dead Welsh king.
Tag: the raven cycle
the dream thieves— want and need were words that got eaten smaller and smaller: freedom, autonomy, a perennial bank balance, a stainless-steel condo in a dustless city, a silky black car, to make out with blue, eight hours of sleep, a cell phone, a bed, to kiss blue just once, a blister-less heel, bacon for breakfast, to hold blue’s hand, one hour of sleep, toilet paper, deodorant, a soda, a minute to close his eyes. what do you want, adam? to feel awake when my eyes are open.
what she says: i love adam parrish
what she means: adam parrish is one of the most dynamic, fascinating, carefully written characters i’ve ever read. his struggles are both everyday and magical, and his character development is beyond beautiful. i love adam parrish’s love, his anger, his sadness, his joy, his magic. he doesn’t let his negative circumstances control him. adam parrish has fought for everything he has, and he has won. adam parrish has succeeded. he is the best of us. i would lay down my life for adam parrish
ya lit meme: [ 1 / 10 ] series or books: the raven cycle
Aglionby Academy was the number one reason Blue had developed her two rules: One, stay away from boys because they were trouble. And two, stay away from Aglionby boys, because they were bastards.
Have you heard of the legends of sleeping kings?
the raven cycle + places
Ronan and the gang visit Adam for his first Family Weekend at Yale
Thank you @cabeswaterlovesthem for the suggestion on this one 🙂
- So it’s Adam’s first family weekend, a month into his first semester at Yale
- Ronan, like the dutiful and has-nothing-much-else-going-on-except-raising-a-dreamling boyfriend that he is, arrives a day earlier than expected.
- The sarchengsey trio plan on meeting them on their way down from a quick stop in Canada. Gansey needed to know what all the fuss was about for Canadian cuisine – i.e. Poutine
- Opal is back at the barns wreaking havoc with the now very-much-alive dream cows teaching them synchronized grazing (what Ronan doesn’t know won’t hurt him) (he’ll thank her for it, she’s sure)
- Chainsaw has a gameboy to play with now and it keeps her entertained for the whole ride
- A few students in the parking lot skitter around Ronan when he gets out of the car in his all black get up with a raven on his shoulder and a duffel bag in his hand
- Chainsaw flies in through Adam’s window and gives him an absolute fright, which earns Ronan a glare when he busts through the door cheerfully
- Ronan freezes in the doorway at the state of Adam’s room. There are books everywhere, old cup o’ noodles and protein wrappers overflowing in the trash can.
- “Parrish when did you become a slob?”
- “Nice to see you too. I was going to clean up before you got here.”
- They don’t talk much after that.
- A few hours later they’re eating chinese food sitting cross-legged on the bed watching HGTV and discussing how much fixer uppers could be improved with dream objects
- Also Garden Crashers is Adam’s favorite show
- Adam mutes the TV as there’s some commotion outside
- He and Ronan go to the window to check it out and Ronan smirks so hard his face nearly cracks into a smile. Pulling into the parking lot is a bright orange Camaro, with two–blue guys? Half hanging out of the sunroof?
- It’s Gansey and Henry.
- They’ve literally painted their chests blue
- In white paint across their chests “ADAM” is written (AD on Gansey, AM on Henry)
- They’re such fanboys it’s ridiculous
- Blue is driving, big aviators on her face, weaving her way through the parking lot and cringing as the two hooligans start chanting “PARR-ISH, PARR-ISH.”
- They stop in front of Adam’s building and see him and Ronan watching them from the window and scream “HAPPY FAMILY WEEKEND!!”
- Gansey pulls a loud speaker from somewhere
- “ADAM PARRISH EVERYONE, WOULD YOU JUST LOOK AT HIM.”
- Henry yanks the loudspeaker away from Gansey and wipes an invisible tear from his face “THEY JUST GROW UP SO FAST DON’T THEY DICK?”
- Gansey again “HE’S GETTING STRAIGHT A’S HE IS!!”
- Campus police show up.
- Students are snapchatting the shit out of this, the next day #ParrishFanBoys is trending on twitter
- Gansey continues to use his loudspeaker to explain to campus police that they’re guests of “ADAM PARRISH FIRST OF HIS NAME” and they’re here for family weekend
- Just to clarify – it’s Wednesday morning
- Needless to say, Adam comes home to visit them next family weekend
trk countdown | april 9 → favorite ship
“If I want something, I have to be, like, aware enough to know that I want it. Almost awake. And I have to really want it. And then I have to hold it. I have to hold it not as a dream, but like it’s real.”
“Maybe I dreamt you.”
Orla wasn’t wrong, of course. But what she didn’t realize about Blue and her boys was that they were all in l o v e with one another.
Okay I have to say that blurb on the back of @maggie-stiefvater’s book The Raven Boys doesn’t do it justice.
A host of co-dependent teens with a battery of psychological issues comb rural Virginia for a dead Welsh king with dubious magical powers. Trees talk; hitmen put down roots; dead people live; living people die. Cars are described in loving detail. Fuckweasel. A house full of psychics tells everybody the future and drinks a lot on-page considering it’s a young adult series. Nobody kisses anybody, which is weird because everybody loves everybody. There’s rich boys! Poor boys! Sad boys! Angry boys! Raven boys! Collect them all!
they wouldn’t let me write it
Nothing but My Aching Soul 