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idk i think the draw of anakin was that he fully let her stand on her own and be herself as opposed to the other 3. yes she didn’t need a man but i feel like he didn’t take over the story at all and he was just a happy addition and showing strong girls don’t need to be chaste/alone to still be strong which i feel like is kinda a common theme. him being a “commoner” or whatever i think was also good bc it was much more reminiscent of our world.
no bc i love this story for ERIS. shes something this story does so, so good. she's not invincibly badass or incapable of wrong, and its precisely that little moral gray zone that makes her addicting to watch. eris and hellena are literal polar opposites (hell, they have opposing hair and eye colors), but the story is amazing at flipping that dark/light trope and turning the both of them into sympathetic, real girls. girls that want to live: without a prince or anyone. hot take, but anakhin is my least favorite (thats a very high bar) part of this story. though he made the ending all the more bittersweet, id argue that his very existence takes away from my favorite parts of eris. she never needed another to stand on her own, and i think thats what this story is all about.
p.s, if anyone has links to the novel, please put them down below!!!!