We gonna talk about the parallels between Manon and Dorian and Elena and Gavin now or do we wait a couple more years?
Seriously though if I had the time to workshop a longer post I’ll talk more about it but if you think back to Throne of Glass and Crown of Midnight—you have the physical description of Elena while she pushes back the “demons” (now we know them as the Valg) while the fight with Cain is happening, where she’s described as wearing a crown of stars, an imagery associated with the Crochan Queens and Manon later on in the series. It’s one of the most striking points made about Elena during that scene (as well as the “party trick” fire parallel for KoA but that’s a whole other thing) as well as the note about her white hair.
Then, in Crown of Midnight, we get introduced to the witches through Dorian’s point of view, if I’m not mistaken he’s the first person who talks about the Witch Kingdom and it’s history while speaking with Baba Yellowlegs, and is the first person to mention the crown of stars the old hag wears, ironically, again, if I’m not mistaken, he’s also the narrating voice when Manon wears the crown, so it’s a nice full circle kind of moment.
And that’s as far as I have gotten in my reread so ignore me
Which one of you was going to tell me that in the Throne of Glass Wikipedia page Dorian’s character description ends with “Dorian later falls in love with the witch, Manon, heir to the Blackbeak clan” ????
“There is a better world out there. And I have seen it.” - Manon Blackbeak (Kingdom of Ash)
Today I went out with my dad to take some photos of Manon in the snow since I just finished the whole Throne of Glass series! There was lots of snow but so worth it for more photos of my Manon cosplay and with the hair down! I also brought my sword to act as Wind-Cleaver too!
Cosplay by me! Wig, gauntlets, and crown from Amazon
My photographer friend edited this amazing photo of my Manon! The background is real too! We found a cool and creepy-looking rock formation that worked perfectly for Manon!
