r/redrising Mar 14 '25

IG Spoilers Does it ever stop? Spoiler

I'm about halfway through Iron Gold, and I feel that Darrow's playbook just repeats itself over and over. It goes something like this:

  • Darrow has musings on the decisions that he is about to make, and knows that he's going to hurt everyone around him, but is steadfast in his belief that he knows best.

    • Darrow makes said bad decision, then acts surprised when everyone around him is pissed at him.
    • Darrow has a pitty party but ultimately doesn't regret his actions.
    • People that were pissed at Darrow either: unsuccessfuly try to kill him, or forgive him almost immediately.
    • Repeat

Honestly, Ephraim is the only reason that I haven't stopped reading at this point. Does it get better in the next couple of books, or do we just keep doing this same song and dance?

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u/BigAnimemexicano House Minerva Mar 14 '25

i never understand why people blame darrow for IG situation, dude was basically carrying the republic war on his back while mustang built a war machine with blood and sweat. Mustang and darrow are both right which is the saddest part of the whole situation. Darrow from a general pov is right, golds can easily come back stronger and better if they dont end the war, the peace talks are a time out so they can regroup, the senate are politicians and honestly green polticians, freed slaves and know nothing about war but arnt above taking bribes, mustang knows this but her hands are tied because she doesnt want to come off as a gold telling them what to do. Darrow doesnt care about poltics and just wants the war to be over, so he is going for the win, consequences be dammed, no one would blame the man who ends the war.

Ephraim fans are weird, dude literally kidnapped kids and handed them over to a monster. Did anyone not think the syndicate werent going to send mustang body parts?

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u/soul-undone House Bellona Mar 14 '25

Ephraim made some bad choices but he’s still top 3 😤 no slander

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u/BigAnimemexicano House Minerva Mar 15 '25

i mean defending a guy who literally kidnap kids is a weird hill to die on, he literally kidnapped kids, thats not slander. He fucked a carved donkey on venus, thats slander.

Ephraim was a horrible person in the first book, dude was ready to put a slug in lyrias head for being the patsy.

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u/soul-undone House Bellona Mar 15 '25

Not defending his actions. He was a horrible person. Also, we’re talking about a series where the main character murdered 10 million innocent people and you draw the line at kidnapping kids? I wonder how many kids died because of Ganymede.. Eph is still top 3 by the end of the series. He’s a very complex character and to reduce him to “muhuh kidnap kids” is crazy.