Ravens and Circles and Blah Blah Blah
Aug. 13th, 2025 04:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
letterstonowhereThe Raven Cycle is about finding Glendower, but also not about finding Glendower at all. Everything is cyclical, there is no real beginning or end it just goes around and around and sometimes the next go-around is a little different than before. Sometimes there are five points of beginning and sometimes the ending isn't really the end.
Entering the fandom is so interesting because I think it's full of people who first read the series when it came out, so the finer details are a little cloudy when they haven't done a reread in a while. It's an interesting comparison to read their posts as someone who has just freshly finished reading for the first time. I wish Tumblr search was actually useful so I could really deep dive, but for now at least the "year:" filter is really handy. I still haven't come across any fanart of the shell raven at Cabeswater though!!! I thought you Tumblr people loved the chalk horses on hills in England what is going on where's the shell raven art!! I still haven't decided if I want to start the sequel trilogy yet. The only things I know about it is that Ronan and Adam are in it and the rest are new characters. Kinda meh on that honestly. I can't lie my first thought was that it's probably a fanservice-y series for people who want more Pynch. And I love Pynch they literally made my stomach do backflips when I was reading The Raven King but like... what is another series without the gangsey... do not separate them... I don't know maybe I'm entirely off base but I'm also not getting a great first impression of this author lol so right now the Dreamer Trilogy is giving me similar vibes to the Max Ride and Artemis Fowl sequel series (which is that no one cares about them). Like are there other merits other than the yaoi or what.
Entering the fandom is so interesting because I think it's full of people who first read the series when it came out, so the finer details are a little cloudy when they haven't done a reread in a while. It's an interesting comparison to read their posts as someone who has just freshly finished reading for the first time. I wish Tumblr search was actually useful so I could really deep dive, but for now at least the "year:" filter is really handy. I still haven't come across any fanart of the shell raven at Cabeswater though!!! I thought you Tumblr people loved the chalk horses on hills in England what is going on where's the shell raven art!! I still haven't decided if I want to start the sequel trilogy yet. The only things I know about it is that Ronan and Adam are in it and the rest are new characters. Kinda meh on that honestly. I can't lie my first thought was that it's probably a fanservice-y series for people who want more Pynch. And I love Pynch they literally made my stomach do backflips when I was reading The Raven King but like... what is another series without the gangsey... do not separate them... I don't know maybe I'm entirely off base but I'm also not getting a great first impression of this author lol so right now the Dreamer Trilogy is giving me similar vibes to the Max Ride and Artemis Fowl sequel series (which is that no one cares about them). Like are there other merits other than the yaoi or what.
