God, it so is. And yeah, that's sort of my issue with how the ships seem to be working out. Just because it seems sort of like it hit a point of "oh I should make the endgame ships happen now". So yes, I mostly just wish it was less abrupt. I think there were ways to make those ships happen without how it seems to rely so heavily on narrative fiat.
It's not that I dislike Adam and Ronan in concept! But like. At the Barns, you have Adam who's all "I can't fight Ronan's demons for him" and Gansey who has both literally and metaphorically done that exact thing. Not doing something with that just feels sort of awkward.
And only vaguely! I know Gansey dies, I know Ronan does.. something? That connects him with Cabeswater?
Oh man, after he gives him the Pig could be good, too. Depends which of them you wanna play with being all wound up, really, because I think there's really interesting aspects to both.
Also as an aside, Maggie's intention was apparently for Ronan to very overtly connect himself to the Camaro in that scene. Which I think is interesting both from an angle where Ronan very much identifies himself with the thing Gansey loves most. And also the way that Gansey considers home "Henrietta, the Pig, Ronan". And also how much it feels like that factors into the trajectory where Ronan's able to accept himself at the end.
I just love the 'while I'm gone dream me the world' line a lot. I also find it interesting that Kavinsky makes a callback to that line when he takes Ronan back to the fairgrounds, because it very much makes it feel like Gansey and Kavinsky are set up almost as romantic foils.
But okay, okay, practical stuff and not just my musings: do we wanna maybe keep it with starting at the substance party? And then if we feel like it, we can always slide over to Ronan gifting him the Pig afterward. Because I do like both ideas. And Ronan's freakout that Gansey is leaving for three days is precious, heh.
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It's not that I dislike Adam and Ronan in concept! But like. At the Barns, you have Adam who's all "I can't fight Ronan's demons for him" and Gansey who has both literally and metaphorically done that exact thing. Not doing something with that just feels sort of awkward.
And only vaguely! I know Gansey dies, I know Ronan does.. something? That connects him with Cabeswater?
Oh man, after he gives him the Pig could be good, too. Depends which of them you wanna play with being all wound up, really, because I think there's really interesting aspects to both.
Also as an aside, Maggie's intention was apparently for Ronan to very overtly connect himself to the Camaro in that scene. Which I think is interesting both from an angle where Ronan very much identifies himself with the thing Gansey loves most. And also the way that Gansey considers home "Henrietta, the Pig, Ronan". And also how much it feels like that factors into the trajectory where Ronan's able to accept himself at the end.
I just love the 'while I'm gone dream me the world' line a lot. I also find it interesting that Kavinsky makes a callback to that line when he takes Ronan back to the fairgrounds, because it very much makes it feel like Gansey and Kavinsky are set up almost as romantic foils.
But okay, okay, practical stuff and not just my musings: do we wanna maybe keep it with starting at the substance party? And then if we feel like it, we can always slide over to Ronan gifting him the Pig afterward. Because I do like both ideas. And Ronan's freakout that Gansey is leaving for three days is precious, heh.