#ironside
more “angst with a happy ending” stories in media. i’ve had ENOUGH grimdark and edgy shows that try to teach u that life is hard and doesn’t always end like you want, like! we know! we live here on planet earth too, guys! like yeah stories w 0 conflict are impossible to maintain but u can have a good amount of angst without trying to teach the audience a lesson we already know way too well
tbh this is why I love the Modern Faerie Tales and consider them superior to TFOTA. At least so far, but I’m sue for a reread for sure when the reprints come out.
Tithe and Ironside (I skipped Valiant don’t judge me. I was (AM) a Roiben stan and cared about nothing else) were muuuuuch grittier than TFOTA, which is a sort of gilded sharpness I guess??? But by contrast that made the payoff feel sooooo good.
Yesss!! I love the grittiness of Holly Black’s early work, I wish she would bring that back
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Gloomy + Ironside = Gloomyside ~
Ironside