#marcella riggins

[monsoonrays]

The gala scene lives rent free in my head. Kudos to anyone if they can recognize which part of the fight this is from.

#vengeful #victor vale #marcella riggins #eli ever #eli cardale #evervale #ve schwab

[i-know-the-endss]

my only purpose left in life is to read victorious by ve schwab when it comes out. and that’s it.

#miss schwab please PLEASE #I NEED TO KNOW #i need that book like i need oxygen #give it to me now #(what i mean by this is please take all the time you need i can be patient) #vicious #vengeful #victorious #villains series #ve schwab #victor vale #sydney clarke #mitch turner #eli ever #eliot cardale #dol the dog #dominic rusher #marcella riggins #and everybody else

[snartha]

I drew an impeccable sketch on a hot-pink post-it note at work and tried (unsuccessfully) to recapture its majesty on high-quality sketchbook paper. (Also I finally read Vengeful and it was pretty good)

#vengeful #villains duology #ve schwab #vicious #marcella riggins #marcella morgan

[evenstarfalls]

When I was rereading Vengeful I spent a lot of time thinking about how all that symbolism and meaning and power in comic book ass alliterative names in Vicious. Continues with Marcella?

Marcus likes how powerful Marcella makes him feel. Likes having her there as support, a trophy wife, but not more than that. But Marcella's already got that power in her name.

As she comes into herself and goes full supervillain she return to being Marcella Morgan, right up there with Victor Vale and Eli Ever. The alliteration symbolizes power and importance, and she's finally making something of herself, finally using the power that she was always meant to have. In the fleshback to Eli and Victor's first meeting, we even get a callback to the alliteration idea.

It's just. It's a very on-the-nose piece of symbolism. The books don't shy away from that; they look at it, talk about it, embrace it. But it goes even deeper than that; it's woven into the story in much subtler ways. And I think it's really cool.

#in another life maybe i was an english major cause this kind of analysis really is fascinating to me #vengeful #vicious #ve schwab #eli ever #victor vale #marcella morgan #villains #villains duology #villains series #vicious ve schwab #marcella riggins #anyways. ngl real ones use morgan and not riggins because feminism and girlbossery. riggins WAS her husbands name

[lesbianamalvada]

Let's talk about Vengeful. Most of the book is dedicated to:

-Marcella, her character, her revenge, her taking over the city, how she's gonna change the way EOs are seen.

-Eli, his tragic back story, honestly idgaf about him.

-Victor trying to stop his pain

-Sydney trying to bring back Serena

-June is there

-Mitch is there

-Dom is there

-Johnathan is there.

The people the book was mostly about, Marcella and Eli, die. Honestly love the way Eli went but Marcella's death was so anti climatic and pathetic, especially since she took up so much of the book. She was an interesting character, but her "kill a man in perfect make up and six inch high heels" shit was annoying yet Schwab presents her as the pinnacle of feminism.

Sydney's whole arc about being strong enough to bring back her sister goes nowhere. She thinks about bringing her back, but doesn't. She thinks about running away with June, she doesn't. The whole Serena plot line really pissed me off (forever a Serena Clarke stan she had a good heart how can you like Eli and not Serena fuck you.) Like okay, I get it. Serena was broken after the lake and even though she saved her sister (and tried to spare/save her later), she still abandoned her and wasn't there for her. The whole point is that even though Serena was a great sister all those years and loved Syd, Serena wasn't there for her so Sydney feels like she shouldn't bring her back. Unlike Victor who she brought back, who was always- wait what?

That brings us to Victor, he acts like an asshole the whole book. The bit we got in the beginning with him interacting with Syd and Mitch was my favorite part, but I just don't get why Sydney and Mitch stay with him. Okay, I get why they stay, they have nowhere else to go, but why do they take his shit? Especially Mitch. He kills good people for 5 years. Sydney, Mitch, and Dom relentlessly help him find a cure. Syd blames herself even though she's the only reason he's alive. Mitch's hacking is what keeps them afloat. Dom is the only reason Victor is safe from Eon, he gets killed. Then Victor finally gets what he wants, a cure. Plus not only did Sydney save his life again, she killed his mortal enemy, Eli. So after all that, now that he has everything he wants, he ABANDONS Mitch and Sydney. And it doesn't even seem like they're that mad about it.

June was interesting but we found out 0 about her. How did she die? Why did she want revenge? What got her here? What are her motivations? Why is this grown woman obsessed with Syd? She exists as Marcella's henchwoman and then is just a plot device so Victor attacks Marcella and not Eli. (The way her and Marcella fell out was contrived)

Johnathan was just there. Why the hell would he team up with Marcella? He had no motivation, he's probably happy he died.

TLDR: Vengeful really can't stand on its own for me and doesn't live up to the masterpiece that is Vicious. Instead of the woven timeline feeling poetic, like in Vicious, it feels contrived. And too much time is spent on characters idgaf about, or who don't matter.

#vengeful ve schwab #ve shwab #vicious ve schwab #vicious #vengeful #victorious #victor vale #eli ever #sydney clarke #serena clarke #mitch turner #june #marcella riggins #dominic rusher #vengeful spoilers #vicious spoilers

[ineffablelvrs]

lmao remember when in vengeful dominic says to victor it's the only thing he has in black when he was giving him clothes. victor vale is emo canon

#im rereading vengeful and it was ao funny idk😭😭 #vicious #vengeful #villains duology #ve schwab #victor vale #eli ever #dominic rusher #mitch turner #sydney clarke #serena clarke #marcella riggins

[ajlockwood]

for ever, vale – a vicious playlist.

#vicious #this has no explanation but it’s just *vibes* and it’s my pride and joy #vengeful #villains #v.e. schwab #victor vale #eli ever #sydney clarke #mitch turner #dominic rusherdd #serena clarke #marcella riggins #june #Spotify

[array-gem]

Vigilante Shit was written about Marcella Riggings and you can’t change my mind. 

#vicious #vengeful #ve schwab #villains series #taylor swift #midnights #vigilante shit #playlist #marcella riggins #victor vale #eli ever #sydney clarke #swifties

[macchiatsumu]

ngl although i’m enjoying the new characters’ pov in vengeful, i can’t help but miss reading victor and eli’s 😭😭😭

#vengeful #ve schwab #vicious #victor vale #eli ever #eli cardale #sydney clarke #mitch turner #marcella riggins #june

[beebrainedstudios]

“...and you’re nowhere near the strongest.” 

(Pg. 447, Vengeful by V.E. Schwab)

(Full version and notes below- Gore warning for the full pic!)

AKA the scene where Eli hugs someone to death. 

Possibly an unpopular opinion, but Vengeful was absolutely Eli’s book; the other characters all have interesting arcs in their own way, but it’s Eli’s characterization in Vengeful that has always stuck out to me because he is by far at his scariest in the sequel. 

He spends the whole book doing what he’s good at- tracking EOs, obsessing over Victor and his own religious beliefs in equal measure, and healing endlessly- just like in Vicious, but the difference here is that we get to see him without the mask (or with a very thin veneer of one). And without it, he is just as smart, relentless, and brutal as he was before, but he’s also desperate. A lot of people talk about Eli’s narcissism, but something I don’t see mentioned as much is his desperation, especially in Vengeful. In Vicious, he has assurance that his power means he doesn’t need to fear living, but in Vengeful, he learns otherwise, and it rocks his whole belief system so hard that his mask shatters into itty bitty pieces, and everyone gets to see the same monster Victor was always looking for. 

And desperate, no-mask Eli is completely, utterly horrifying, because he’s both terrified and terrifying. It’s a fascinating reading experience. 

The fight with Marcella is also amazing. It really feels like a cathartic break for the two, with Marcella getting to ruin someone who stole her moment and Eli finally getting to sink back into his very morbid comfort zone. Each little micro-confrontation leading up to this final one is so visceral, and then it caps off with a hug of all things that is still really, really brutal. Eli smiling as his body erodes while Marcella stands her ground, both snapping little one-liners at each other as the building falls apart around them... One of my favorite scenes in the series tbh.

OK, now that all that book rambling is over, here’s a semi-rendered fake screenshot for this scene since I wanted to draw something for it. I’ve been listening to the audiobooks recently, and while I prefer the original narrator for Victor scenes (they’re still good, don’t get me wrong, but a little less theatric then they were before), the new narrator does a really good job of giving Eli this arrogant, sickeningly-smooth voice. Here’s the result; it’s purposefully sketchy since I was mostly concentrating on colors and composition here. Trying to figure out how to illustrate these two in a way that showed the damage without showing... well, everything else was a little tricky, but I think this works. I don’t think Eli’s face was described as wicking away, but I always envisioned him almost nuzzling into her shoulder at one point to get rid of the collar and everything else is getting eroded, so I drew it getting messed up too. Trying to figure out how to draw it and the burning hair was also difficult, but I wasn’t going to look up reference images for it, so this is what I came up with.

So yeah. Worst hug ever.

#vicious #vicious ve schwab #vengeful #villains series #Eli Ever #villains duology #marcella riggins #marcella morgan #vengeful spoilers #gore warning #burn warning #book fanart #sorry for the absence friends I have been BUSY #including with a bunch of vicious fics #so while I work on finishing some things feel free to send me an ask #or comment if you want to talk books or art or something

[stardustandrockets]

What's a book/series people most associate with you?

I asked this question in my stories a while ago. There were quite a few answers, but the one standout was Vicious. It's one of the first Schwab books I ever read (This Savage Song was the first), and I instantly fell in love with Victor and his little cohort of misfits.

I did a reread of Vengeful this month, and while it's not my favorite of the two, I still enjoyed it. We get a lot more of Eli's backstory. I can't decide if he's autistic or a psychopath. Arguments could be made for both, but I didn't see the autism slant the first time I read it. Anyone else have thoughts?

Not included is volume 1 of the ExtraOrdinary comics. I really hope we get more eventually. I'm also looking forward to Victorious whenever it comes out. Very curious as to how the story is going to continue.

#vicious #vengeful #villains duology #v.e. schwab #victor vale #eli cardale #eli ever #marcella riggins #marcella morgan #ExtraOrdinary #lgbtq reads #lgbtqia #queer book recs #read queer all year #read with pride #stardust book recs #stardustandrockets

[spookyseasontime]

You can’t tell me that Vigilante Shit is not Marcella’s entire mindset in Vengeful

#taylor swift #midnights #vigilante shit #vengeful #marcella #Marcella Riggins #ve schwab #vengeful ve schwab #villians ve Schwab

[i-know-the-endss]

happy tenth birthday to the book that genuinely altered all my brain chemistry: vicious by ve schwab

#vicious ve schwab #villains series #victor vale #mitch turner #sydney clarke #my GIRL #eli ever #serena clarke #dominic rusher #marcella riggins #and june and jonathan #ve schwab #missing them hours

[ineffable-hubbiewubbies]

victor: gaslight

eli: gatekeep

marcella: girlboss

OR

victor: gaslight

marcella: gatekeep

eli: girlboss

OR

eli: gaslight

marcella: gatekeep

victor: girlboss

so many options. theyre all girlbossing it up.

#sorry #i couldnt help myself #eli ever my beloved #my poor little meow meow #vicious #vengeful #villains duology #victor vale #eli ever #evervale #evervale evervale evervale evervale #marcella riggins #mine #stfu todd

[evenstarfalls]

this is the least hinged i've felt in awhile anyways vengeful part 3 ascension

DOMINIC HI

"dominic in his camoflage as human"

oh god this part is such a good reminder of how shitty EON is too. locking people in cages. not trying to help them, just to contain them and use them. just reading it I can feel Dom's panic it's terrible i feel so bad for him.

Dominic Alexander Rusher

June stop alluding to your backstory it's making me curious

Marcella is such a girlboss

well at least Eli knows he's mad

it's so funny how marcella blames misogny for all her struggles with taking over the city and destroying everyone in her way. I mean there's definitely misogyny but that's not the only reason. personally i like to blame homophobia for things i don't like

YOU GO JUNE

poor jonathan royce :(

i think i would have liked ian campbell to live. but he was too noble for this story of villains

marcella bringing down the warehouse...iconic

Sydney keeping bits of Serena around is so morbid. travel-size dead sister

her personal shopper 💀

marcella has an exceptional amount of things wrong with her.

vicious and vengeful work very well together. eli and victor's relationship reflects itself; the active focus on taking the other down switches. even which one dies at the end. i want to know how a third book will interact with that dynamic. they've each had their arc. what do they do now? together?

noo june baby don't tell marcella about victor

giggling i love seeing victor from someone else's eyes it's so fun like that's my creepy fucked up guy

u go sydney

F I X M E

Merit PD's strange shit alarm

GIGGLING AND SQUEALING AND SHAKING THIS JUST. AAAH. EELI SEEING THE PICTURE OF VICTOR. THIS PROBABLY SNHOULDNT MAKE ME SO HAPPY BUT IT MAKES ME SO. GIDDY GODDAMNIT

oh yes the bait

why did Mitch complaining about his luck make me think of Bad Luck from Phineas and Ferb

"almost a family" victor and sydney and mitch are already a family you wanna join?

god this book. victoria schwab never fails to awakw some very distressing emotions in me. why am i so invested in the characters. i jsutl ove them so much and they're all evil and gkjkvLKJ finishing it tomorrow?

#vengeful #villains #villains series #ve schwab #victoria schwab #villains duology #victor vale #eli ever #marcella riggins #marcella morgan #dominic rusher #sydney clarke

[lesbianamalvada]

June was such a funny character, like yeah seems really interesting can't wait to know more about her. And then...we don't. We learn nothing! Even her relationship with Syd, it's never explained why she took such a (honestly creepy) liking to her. She teams up with Marcella, why? Beats me! And then don't get me started on the epilogue at the end. I actually laughed, "After going the whole book wearing the skin of conventionally attractive white women, June sat in her car to look at her real self, a conventionally attractive white woman." Idc how she looks of course, it's just the way this was framed as some big reveal about her character!

#vicious #vengeful #vengeful spoilers #ve schwab #vicious ve schwab #vengeful ve schwab #june #marcella riggins