#iron gold trilogy

[darrowsrising]

The Morning Star title is one that refers to guidence, illumination, eliberation, travel, even safety. Even as a godly figure, Morning Star - associated both with Lucifer and Hyperion - relates to Darrow challenging the system for the better, illuminating a path, inspiring change, hope and a need to reach for more, creating shifts, liberating. An interpretation of Morning Star - Lucifer is that he fought the status quo, that he rebelled. Darrow himself is decribed as having a dark gravitational energy, but emanates light, one of the many contrasts he is made of. He fights through the darkness and light is power, he uses it as best he can for freedom.

Lightbringer relates to Lysander through his ancestor. Just like everything in his life, nothing quite belongs to himself. He is a product of his beloved system and his version of Bringing Light is order over what he perceives as chaos. He needs this in order to make sense of his own existance, for he refuses to know himself. It is egoistical, self-entitled and controlling. Even the monicker linked to Lucifer, the angel who turned against God, we are told that he did it out of the belief of superiority over God - which makes sense for Lysander.

#red rising #iron gold trilogy #darrow of lykos #darrow au andromedus #reaper

[violetqueenofwands]

#red rising #red rising saga #darrow of lykos #dark age #iron gold #red rising trilogy #darrow au andromedus #iron gold trilogy #pierce brown #light bringer

[constant-book-hangover]

Darrow: heartbroken

Lyria: heartbroken

Sevro: heartbroken but will barely admit it

Volga: “He was the most handsome man I have ever seen.”

#light bringer spoilers #he was a warrior must tell the truth #volga is the love of my life #if I had a muffin I would eat it #darrow of lykos #iron gold trilogy #red rising saga #light bringer #sevro au barca #cassius au bellona #lyria of lagalos #volga

[wellwhatnowlove]

“He looks down at his feet, searching for words. When he finds them, he looks up at me with the raw emotion of his father, but without the anger or the pain. “Mother, your inheritance was guilt. Father’s was surrender. Because of you, because of Father, mine is struggle. That is better than guilt. It is better than surrender. I do not blame you. I thank you. You never pretended the world wasn’t broken, even when a broken world favored you.”

Light Bringer, pg.144

I GOT TO THINKIN TODAY ABOUT WHAT PAX SAID ABOUT HIS PARENTS’ INHERITANCE AND I HAD A REVELATION. okay sorry VERY LONG WINDED ESSAY BELOW. (Light Bringer spoilers too)

If Darrow’s inheritance has always been surrender and Virginia’s has always been guilt, then Light Bringer is a study in how they’ve swapped those burdens, and both grew immensely because of it. Virginia is forced to face the reality of surrender to keep Mars from falling. She must learn to sacrifice lives on an unimaginable scale. She literally has to surrender Phobos in order to hold Mars and save lives from a bloody battle over pride. She routinely seeks out the injured and dying to confront those she sacrifices. It’s heart breaking and hard to read at times, but not once did she not feel like the character we grew to love. She stays true to herself while mentioning multiple times that she now understands Darrow’s plight more than ever from the last decade.

Then on the flip side, Darrow is forced to reckon with his insurmountable guilt when he is put on trial before the daughters in the rim to answer for betraying them in order to secure a victory for the core rising/republic. He talks about how that guilt put a wedge between him and his family. That guilt made him feel unworthy of love, and, therefore, unable to properly express his love to those he would give everything for. This mirrors Virginia’s past struggle with one particularly potent example being her inability to believe that Darrow could love her after he reveals his true identity as a red in the tunnel under Lykos at the end of Golden Son. She says

“They are my family!” she shouts, face collapsing into grief. “My father hanged your wife. He hanged her. How can you even look at me?”

I think it’s this guilt (and probably some feelings of utter betrayal, panic, and overwhelm) that led her to leave Darrow in that tunnel and indirectly led him into the Jackal’s trap. Which I’m sure she also feels immense guilt for. But I think a large part of her journey off page and into morning star is her coming to terms with that guilt. In confronting it she learns to be vulnerable with Darrow again and comes to accept that he loves her despite the insane complexity of their history. This culminating with her leaning into her understanding of her part in the society and realizing that it puts her in a place to make a true change. All of this accomplished with an education in immense humility, flexibility, and compromise. Which is the lesson Darrow grapples with and I think truly leans into throughout this book. In a way, he is forced to reckon with how his guilt drove him away from Virginia and Pax and even veered him away from Eo’s dream.

I think on a character based level, this will exponentially strengthen their relationship when (please please Pierce) they finally reunite, and will make them a more formidable pair than even before. They now understand each others struggles in such intimate ways that idk if anyone can stop these two.

Then, on a larger plot based level it speaks to the larger themes of resilience, understanding and the fight for humanity. Virginia finds strength in surrender and Darrow finds redemption in humility and compromise. 

Then, add in some struggle, grit and pixie dust (and a cool head tattoo I guess. WE SEE YOU OVER THERE PAX AKA ADEPT AUGUSTUS. HELL YEAH KEEP IT UP BABY WOO) and the rising might just have a true shot. Not only at victory, but at redemption and continued effort in the name of what is just and good.

#oh wow okay yeah #apparently I had a lot to say #this is….. an essay #I could turn this shit in for a grade #oh well #light bringer #red rising #darrow of lykos #pierce brown #light bringer spoilers #dark age #iron gold trilogy #emma look at this #dark age spoilers #virginia au augustus #pax augustus #pax red rising #adept augustus #HES SO COOL #PAX IS GIVING MAD ENDER WIGGIN VIBES #cassius au bellona #sevro au barca #victra au julii #VICTRA BARCA

[thegorydamnreaper]

Diomedes au Raa

#diomedes #Diomedes au raa #rim dominion #storm knight #howlers #red rising #sons of ares #pierce brown #iron gold #red rising trilogy #iron gold trilogy #light bringer

[hyena-frog]

Howler Lair discord server

After four long years, Light Bringer is finally upon us, so I figured it was time to make a fresh post to promo the discord server I’m a mod for:

Howler Lair is a chill, friendly, fairly small Red Rising community. Please use the invite link below to join.

Feel free to talk about whatever! Or don’t! All we ask is for a brief intro so we know you’re a real person, and something to call you. Don’t ever feel bad for lurking, or suddenly jumping in to say something if you haven’t for awhile. I promise it is welcome.

We are also queer friendly. And we like to keep this server feeling small because larger Red Rising groups are intimidating. The vast majority of current membership are all tumblrinas. Introvert central.

All I ask is you please follow the short list of rules we have (basically: be excellent to each other). Especially please follow our Light Bringer spoilers policy (see pinned posts in the relevant channel). And keep spoilers for the other books in the proper channels for the handful of people reading it for the first time. Otherwise, go nuts.

Hope to see you there!

Howler Lair awooo 🐺

#red rising #red rising saga #red rising trilogy #iron gold trilogy #iron gold tetralogy #howler lair #my post #don't be intimidated by the membership number lol only like ten people are super active

[howler-aubellona]

I'm rereading Morning Star while also reading Light Bringer and I stumbled upon this:

#pierce brown #iron gold trilogy #morning star #light bringer #light bringer spoilers #darrow of lykos #trigg ti nakamura #brb crying

[the-quasar-hero]

Okay Howlers, time for polls

#red rising #red rising series #darrow of lykos #darrow au andromedus #iron gold trilogy #lyria of lagalos #virginia au augustus #victra au barca #sevro au barca #cassius au bellona

[justanotherviolet]

Thraxa Au Telemanus 🔥⭐🔪

#red rising #red rising saga #iron gold trilogy #iron gold #dark age #howlers #red rising fan art #red rising trilogy #thraxa au Telemanus

[randombookposts]

Ok I just know the therapists in the Red Rising universe are getting that bag like every character I read about goes through the most horrific trauma imaginable like Darrow's trauma alone could put a therapist's kids through college and then some.

#Also the fact I still need to finish dark age ive been putting it off for months #i started in 2020 and still haven't finished like ill read a few chapters #ignore it for 6+ months #rinse and repeat #the red rising series #iron gold trilogy #darrow of lykos #darrow o'lykos #dark age

[violetqueenofwands]

Clang

Clang

Clang

CONFESS!

#red rising #red rising saga #darrow of lykos #iron gold #light bringer #pierce brown #iron gold trilogy

[constant-book-hangover]

Me half way through lightbringer:

Maybe I have judged lysander too harshly. Maybe he isn’t garbage. I will stop my hate and give him a chance.

Me at the end of lightbringer:

#light bringer spoilers #this is a lysander hate blog first and foremost #Darrow said he wanted to puke fire when he saw lysander #I agree #light bringer #red rising saga spoilers #red rising saga #darrow of lykos #iron gold trilogy #lysander au lune #pierce brown #dark age spoilers

[wellwhatnowlove]

Julia makes a show of counting and sighs as if it’s out of her hands.

“He’s right, Atalantia.”

“Oh, fuck off,” Atalantia mutters.

“You fuck off. On what grounds do you interject, young man?”

(……..)

“No,” Atalantia says. “It is my floor. The opportunity for discussion has passed. Go back to your seat, boy.”

“Au Grimmus, what am I holding?” Lady Bellona wiggles her staff of office.

#light bringer spoilers #he really United all the stupid golds bc he was the one with the talking stick #fuck him and his stupid bitch face #Pierce brown #red rising #light bringer #lysander au lune #darrow of lykos #dark age spoilers #cassius au bellona #bitchsander #red rising series #iron gold trilogy #Atalantia au Grimmus #Dido Au Ra #diomedes au raa #Julia au Bellona

[howlingalltheway]

Alexander: *casually taking four steps at a time*

Rhonna: *falling behind, trying to at least take two steps at a time* Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fu-

#iron gold trilogy #alexander au arcos #rhonna of lykos #incorrect red rising quotes #incorrect quotes

[hyena-frog]

No shade against Light Bringer as a title but the difference in reaction between that and Red God is funny to me.

#red rising #light bringer #red god #iron gold trilogy #iron gold tetralogy #books 6 and 7?? it must be my birthday #red god is just... sexy. ok. #my post

[howler-aubellona]

Howlers, hear me out: Kwak Dongyeon as Diomedes au Raa.

A long time ago I saw a fanart of Diomedes that reminded me of this actor and since then I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it, so I made this edit. 

P.s. The edit is TERRIBLE, but I tried my best 😅

#diomedes au raa #fancast #iron gold #dark age #iron gold trilogy