Aedion’s name backwards is “no idea”

Because that’s what he says when someone asks him if he knows what Aelin is planning

This is both annoying and amazing and—

OH MY GOD

I love Aedion, I really do. But he was nothing but an asshat throughout KoA. I,,, get that he had his reasons. His anger was justified, imo, at the end of Empire of Storms, but I did not like how he treated Lys in KoA. 

Though, I do understand that anger, and the reasonings behind it. Especially when he had to lie to his men, his friends, about Lysandra being Aelin and having to pretend that Aelin was right there when in fact she was being tortured.

But the ‘Ren can have her’ made me want to strangle him.

Aedion has always been one of my favorite characters and quite frankly I’m glad we got to see that side of him. Throughout the series I always thought he got downplayed. When he first shows up chaol comments in heir of fire that, “while Aelin seemed to crackle with anger, Aedion seemed to pulse with it.” So the whole series I waited and waited for that anger to come out. Because for all that he endured he has not snapped. Yes we saw his arrogance and his frustration but never his anger and I was kind of disappointed. However what we do see is him leading up to his breaking point. The first instance is when Rowan shows up. At this point Aedion has only been reunited for about 5 days. When he didn’t know Aelin was alive he blamed himself for her death but now it is shifting to blaming himself for all she has gone through, and he has thoughts of the blood oath. Now the blood oath may not seem significant but what that means is that he might begin to heal, he’s allowing himself to heal to have hope for the future. Until he finds out that Rowan took it. We see that flash of anger when he storms out. But his loyalty never shifts. He comes back and gives his apology. But again he doesn’t break. Then in empire of storms Fenrys is compared to Aedion with his arrogance and bold ways and in tower of dawn Hasar is compared to Aedion. So we have all these little pawns that make Aedion seem insignificant. If I were Aedion quite frankly I’d be on edge and more than a little pissed. But still that anger doesn’t come out…until we get to the end of EOS. Think about how this plays out in his head. His cousin died, but no now she is alive and maybe we can start over, but no again she just gave herself to Maeve and if she doesn’t die there then she will die forging the lock, but not only that you can’t mourn for her because the women who you are beginning to fall in love with is going to pretend to be Aelin, then you get to sleep with her and she will have your child but you are not allowed to raise him or acknowledge that he is your son, so overall you have your love and son just out of reach and you will pretend to be someone else the rest of your life and you will never get to be yourself again. So you have all this put that together and finally, finally he breaks and that anger releases like a flood. All that pent up anger is finally coming out. And I’m glad we get to see it. We see Aelins anger we see her heal in fact we have an entire book on it. But for some reason the second Aedion has his anger released we begin to resent him. Aelin anger makes her our favorite but Aedions anger makes us dislike him. How hypocritical of us. Both anger was misplaced but both were understandable and both healed with the person that the anger was directed at. So if you love Aelin for her anger then you can get you head out of your ass and put aside that Aedion is a man and you love Lysandra and realize that he is just as justified and deserves our love for the healing arc that Aedion parallels Aelin in.

Yesssss oh gosh yes. I love how you put this. It mirrors my own thoughts. I love angry emboldened characters and I love love Aedion.

@fenrysmoonmoon and @aelinsfireandrowansice bless you both, I was starting to feel bad that i still love Aedion as a character. I just HATE HIS ACTIONS AND DECISIONS SOMETIMES

Oh I really love this analysis @aelinsfireandrowansice! I couldn’t reconcile my love of Aedion with his deplorable actions in KoA but this meta definitely helped me to feel better about the whole thing, and less like SJM altered his whole character in the last book.

@fuzzballsheltiepants have you seen this post?

I haven’t, thank you @aelinsfireandrowansice, for defending my fave character.  The only thing that bothered me in KoA really was when he threw Lysandra out in the snow, as it was the only time he was ever cruel.  To me, he’s justified in being angry - I’ve defended his behavior in EoS over and over, because it’s natural, it’s real, and it feels so honest.  But he had never at any point in the series crossed the line into cruelty until then, and it seemed to go against how SJM had set him up.

But I will forever love Aedion, as he and Aelin truly are two sides of the same coin, both beautifully, gloriously, human in all their flaws.

Can we all please appreciate the fact that Aedion was teaching Evangeline how to make a daisy chain. He's just too precious for this world.

Not enough Aedion love on this site

Louder for the people in the back

@fuzzballsheltiepants relevant to our interests 😁

You know I cannot wait for the moment when Rowan and Aelin have to buy earplugs because their room is next to Lysandra and Aedion’s and there is finally some GOD DAMN PAYBACK

LITERALLY ME

“The useless sentries in the watchtower are now all half in love with you,” he lied. “One said he wanted to marry you.”

A low snarl. He yielded a foot but held eye contact with her as he grinned. “But you know what I told them? I said that they didn’t stand a chance in hell. Because I am going to marry you,” he promised her. “One day. I am going to marry you. I’ll be generous and let you pick when, even if it’s ten years from now. Or twenty. But one day, you are going to be my wife.”

He shrugged. “Princess Lysandra Ashryver sounds nice, doesn’t it?”

do you ever wonder if gavriel ever tattooed aedion’s mother’s name on his chest? bc i do.

Okay, ouch.  Gonna go cry in the corner now

I completely agree with this. I think Lysandra has already forgiven him. I think she forgave him as soon as he said it. Because she understands that he’s hurt and upset. She understands that he’s lashing out in a moment of justifiable anger. She understands the situation that her and Aelin have put him in. Lysandra may be loyal to Aelin but she’s not unsympathetic to Aedion and the role she’s played in hurting him. She understands that the whole situation isn’t fair.

So yes I think Lysandra will forgive/has already forgiven Aedion for a few words said in the heat of the moment.

Like @fuzzballsheltiepants said the real question is can Aedion forgive her for her betrayal? For lying to him after promising honesty? For agreeing to a plan that uses him and his body without his knowledge or consent? Which is a much bigger issue than a few words said in a justified moment of anger.

Another excellent point, @cassianandfenrysaremyboyos.  (And please, continue jumping onto my posts, you always add excellent things that I forget about!!)

Aedion Ashryver Defence Squad reporting in for duty!

I completely agree with both of your points, @fuzzballsheltiepants and @cassianandfenrysaremyboyos.

I would add that Aedion has spent his entire life placing Aelin on a pedestal. He has devoted himself to her cause and forgiven her every hurtful or questionable decision that she has made so far.

But this is a step beyond. She has conspired with the woman he was falling in love with (ie allowing himself to be vulnerable with) to manipulate the most fundamental and personal part of his life and future. For a man who spent the last decade trapped in servitude in a role that demanded he wear a mask at all times and use his body against his will… this plan that Aelin and Lysandra concocted echoes strongly of that. And I don’t believe that Aedion will forgive either of them quickly or easily.

I can see it taking until the end of KoA, when everything has more or less worked out fine and all the bad guys are defeated and all the good guys are alive and well (let me have my delusions, you guys), and MAYBE at that point Aedion will say, no harm no foul, and learn to forgive the two most important people in his life. But it won’t be easy and not should it be.

Yaaaaassss!!  Another excellent point by @beka2305!

Aedion’s entire world was crashing down around him--again--in that moment on the beach.  The two people he was putting his trust in the most were conspiring to use him without his knowledge or permission, and use him in a sexual way.  This is, quite honestly, despicable.

Aedion’s a forgiving guy, he’s proven that, but he is absolutely entitled to be crushed and furious, and he has every right to take as long as he needs to recover from that.

I completely agree with this. I think Lysandra has already forgiven him. I think she forgave him as soon as he said it. Because she understands that he’s hurt and upset. She understands that he’s lashing out in a moment of justifiable anger. She understands the situation that her and Aelin have put him in. Lysandra may be loyal to Aelin but she’s not unsympathetic to Aedion and the role she’s played in hurting him. She understands that the whole situation isn’t fair.

So yes I think Lysandra will forgive/has already forgiven Aedion for a few words said in the heat of the moment.

Like @fuzzballsheltiepants said the real question is can Aedion forgive her for her betrayal? For lying to him after promising honesty? For agreeing to a plan that uses him and his body without his knowledge or consent? Which is a much bigger issue than a few words said in a justified moment of anger.

Another excellent point, @cassianandfenrysaremyboyos.  (And please, continue jumping onto my posts, you always add excellent things that I forget about!!)

Lysandra

You know how we all panic because we don’t know how we’re supposed to deal with her not living forever with Aedion? Just hold onto hope from this quote from Queen of Shadows where Manon first scents Lysandra in the prison wagon bound for Morath.

“Not Valg, not Fae. Not entirely human.”

NOT. ENTIRELY. HUMAN. She is a full powered shifter, unlike her uncle so it’s totally possible that part of those powers could include immortality and I REFUSE TO BE TOLD DIFFERENTLY UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE.

THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. PLEASE BE IMMORTAL.

I thought that Aedion isn’t immortal or we aren’t sure at the very least

We aren’t sure but given how much fae he has since his father is pure fae and he’s inherited so many of the other traits… it’s likely. It’s even quoted in the books that he may very well stay young while Aelin ages. So this leads me to believe both Aelin and Aedion will be settling. And soon. Especially for Aedion.

If he survives Kingdom of ash

Uh, if SJM kills Aedion I am setting my e-reader on fire

Yes! All of this! And just to add another reason why his anger is justified in the beach scene… Not only has he been lied to by the one’s he loves and trusts most in life, but he finds out that they planned to use him for his body! Use him to have children with Lysandra so that would resemble Aelin. Basically they made a plan to use him to breed. And that is such a betrayal. Such a over stepping of boundaries and of basic consent. Imagine finding out someone had made a plan behind your back for you to have someone’s children and had not consulted you in any way, they just expected you to do it, ignoring your say in the matter. Ignoring your right to choose what you do with YOUR body. You can’t say that you wouldn’t be angry or hurt or upset in the same situation.

@cassianandfenrysaremyboyos  YAAASSSS!!!  Thank you, I can’t believe I forgot to include that oh-so-important part!  That his cousin, the person he loves most in the world, and the woman he’s been falling in love with planned to use him - Adarlan’s whore - without consulting him or thinking about his feelings on the matter.

And the plan called for the paternity to be a secret! Aedion’s own father didn’t get the choice to be in his child’s life. Didn’t get the choice to actually be a father. to be a dad. And they were going to force Aedion into the same situation. Except this time, Aedion would know the kid was his. Gavriel got to live in ignornace. Aedion would be forced into a front row seat to watch his child grow up while pretending he wasn’t the father. Even after all the pain and hurt Aedion suffered because he thought father abandoned him, Lysandra and Aelin were going to do a similar thing to another child. To Aedion’s child. How could he be anything but furious?

Another great point!!  So glad to see all the Aedion love today, not gonna lie