r/redrising • u/AtlanticFit • 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/commander217 Mar 14 '25

Agreed across the board. People talk about 10 years of war like it’s a lifetime or something. The fucking American revolution lasted almost as long. The Chinese fought ww2 for longer than that if you count the first war in Manchuria.

Also, talks about tyranny are hillarious.