for reference i have had a very very bad week nearly got kicked out for being in a relationship, am dealing with the aftermath of that, and frankly im spiralling worse than i have in years. luckily i have my incredible boyfriend and my mother and my best friends who are all on my side and able to support me, but im still not doing very well. step one was to eat something today (done) and step two is to find something to distract myself. i dont feel like watching something, so i think this is my next best bet. soooo lets go, what does everyone think would be a good book for this?
Isn’t it funny? How none of them ever stood a chance? Isn’t it hilarious? How none of it could’ve been prevented? Isn’t it comical? How it was all so much bigger than themselves? Isn’t it just hysterical? How it was always gonna end like this?
still waiting for rf kuang to release the fourth poppy war book where it’s revealed that rin just had a really long bad dream and everyone is happy and im happy too
I’m going to explain to you why Altan, Qara and Chaghan are the characters that were telling us in advance about the end of the trilogy and the trifecta formed by Nezha, Rin and Kitay but we didn’t pay enough attention to them
Altan, Chaghan and Qara are the" failed" trifecta
Altan’s sacrifice breaks the cycle, paving the way for Rin, Kitay, and Nezha to become the next generation of the trifecta
Each reflects the mistakes of the past: Rin as Altan and Riga, Kitay as Qara and Jiang, and Nezha as Chaghan and Daji, all trapped in the same vicious cycle
In the end, Rin understands that, like Altan, her destiny is to sacrifice herself to break the cycle. Her death, along with Kitay’s, leaves Nezha alive and ruling, mirroring Chaghan’s fate
In the dynamic of Rin, Kitay and Nezha, it is clear that they represent an echo of Altan, Chaghan and Qara’s failed attempt. Rin takes Altan’s place as the center of destruction and strength, Kitay represents strategic and emotional stability as Qara did, while Nezha, being the only one left in the end, is a distorted version of Chaghan, the survivor who carries the weight of the world
Rin understands, at the end of the trilogy, the meaning of Altan’s sacrifice: not only was it necessary to break the cycle to create something new, but his sacrifice was also an act of love towards her, giving her the opportunity to build a future that he never had. Rin’s sacrifice reflects that understanding, breaking the cycle of hatred and revenge that Riga perpetuated in his generation
(I hope you understand, English is not my native language)
there is something so pure about rinkitay that just wretches you to your soul; the constant choice to forgive, to turn a blind eye, to sacrifice, because in a world that was unkind to rin, kitay knew that was enough; rin needed one person — at least one person — to be kind.
whereas rinezha was all about the tragedy of how love was there but it wasn’t enough, not when duty holds them both back; rinkitay was all about how sometimes, with the right people, with the soul that yearns for your own, love is enough.
yet in the end, all were doomed by the narrative in their own ways.
