It’s karaoke night in Cordonia. Everyone is drunk. Riley makes her way up to the stage.
Maxwell: “Yea! Go Riley!”
Hana: “Woot! Woot!”
Liam: “That’s my girl!”
Drake: “That’s my- uh, yeah, go Riley….”
Riley: flips through the book, picks out her song and nervously turns to the audience. She gives an impeccable performance of Mary MacGregor’s Torn Between Two Lovers.When she’s done, there’s barely a dry eye in the house. Even Madeleine sniffs softly to herself in her corner booth in the back of the room.
Buckle up. I had some thoughts recently and I decided to share them and have fun :D You can laugh, or you can discuss it further with me. I had fun writing this :)
So… Riley Brooks. I’ve read nearly all of the books and I remember that every MC had established a back story. We learned things about them like parents, school life, past flings in one book or sequels but TRR franchise is currently on its 6 book and we didn’t know about her life before meeting the prince.
Someone could say “so what? There is nothing deep about it, the writers didn’t want to bother” but it’s not fun xp
I think there is a reason they didn’t tell us bout her past. It’s because….
*drum roll*
she’s a match. *Perfect Match*
Think about it.
She has no background, no relationships and she immediately *clicks* with the prince. She has everything he was looking for. It sounds too good to be true.
I think she was Eros Match #1, the Original. When Rowan kidnapped PM gang he told them this during the dinner:
Maybe that was the case at the beginning. Perhaps a test on how much science can imitate real human beings but he became obsessed about Matches and started treating them like his children. Because someone happened…
it was Daniel
Meet Daniel, former Eros inventor and engineer. He knew Riley was a miracle since he laid his eyes on her and had their first talk. She wasn’t a human being, but she was alive. Her brain and heart were artificial but her thoughts weren’t. She controlled her emotions and thoughts but she wasn’t safe at Eros because of Rowan greed and desire for power and control. So he deleted his plans and notes Eros could use in the future and they run away. Layed low, working in a bar, barely affording to leave. He did one last thing as her handler - he deleted all of her memories and blocked the ability to think about her past - no Eros, no Matches, no Daniel’s being her creator and the moment she opened her eyes for the first time in the lab.
Now answers for questions you may have:
-What about other Li’s?
Depend on other Li’s [MC] gives them what they were looking in life (I only read TRR with Liam and Hana route, so forgive me if I mistake something :/)
Hana all of her life was pressured to marry someone rich and successful. she didn’t have a real and happy childhood and her parents moulded her into their image. When MC appeared in her life, they were rivals, but Riley showed her you can be respected without losing yourself and not missing in life. She showed Hana love can be a magical and intimate thing not only a business transaction.
Drake was in the shadow of his best friend. I don’t think it was Liam’s fault because he would never think about him less just because he isn’t royalty. MC broke through Drake’s bitterness and felt in love of who he truly was and showed him that a higher social status doesn’t mean being bad and you can do a lot of good things too :)
Maxwell… I don’t really know what to write about him :( I think he’s really nice and I personally treat him like a younger brother, but I think (judging from other people’s post) he and MC had a good relationship buildup. Maybe in some way she made him more responsible… He’s funny and I apologize all Maxwell stans… Drake’s too, because as I said I only played Liam and Hana route… But that’s my impressions.
-MC gave birth in TRH, and I’m sure Matches can’t do that!
Yes, but consider this - If Riley is indeed Match #1 she must’ve been Eros breakthrough. She was designed to pass as a human, so she would be able to live on her own, or in case she was captured, her kidnappers had to believe she’s a person.
Eros thought about everything.(I added the wired to the MC’s for fun) Her organs aren’t a machine but it’s not a real thing either. Her skin is fake but it turned red when she blushes. She is the closest thing to the humans ever created.
She’s a miracle.
Think about her as a more advanced Host from Westworld
birthday gift that i finally got around to posting! thank you @pixeljazzy for thinking of me ily and @alien-doodles for drawing my girl so beautifully ❤️
