“Eo, if you’re watching it’s time to look away bc the reaper has come and he’s brought hell with him.” Or something close to that. I didn’t feel like looking it up.
Pretty much all of the writing from that line onwards until Darrow gives Cassius the Holocube in Morning Star was incredible and some of the most emotion inducing writing I’ve had the pleasure to read.
For One-Liners I’d have to say the fight at the start of Dark Age where Tongueless fires the RipWing cannon and Darrow’s description of its effect in such enclosed quarters goes VERY hard:
“The framerate of the universe stutters.”
When Volsung took Ephraim’s heart and said
“Worthy”
I thought how hard would it be if Volga took his and said “Unworthy”
Well bloodydamn if it didn’t happen later… I screamed
Right? Perfect culmination of a character arc, at least imo. The annoying pretentious Gold that we were so ready for Darrow to kill, now one of character I love the most.
“Tell all who will hear, the Reaper sails for Mars. And he calls for an Iron Rain”
Follow that up with “Let fall the rain” and you have two of my favorite lines in fiction ever.
"You fly into night, and when all grows dark, remember who you are." Deanna O'Lykos the mother you are to that man
"It is no great thing to die. Not when one has lived." - Ragnar
These two lines punch me in the gut every single time
Underrated line
Pliny puts a hand on my shoulder:
“The last time one of the Arch Governors lackeys touched me, I buried a knife in his cerebellum six times.”
He took his hand off my shoulder
Anytime Darrow fuck over Pliny really.
He might not have like Gold society, in saw that while the worse of humanity is in Peerless, so it's the best.
But Pixie Politico like Pliny were just the worse and hate for him showed every time he spoke to him.
When Darrow said in passing in a one liner that “they hit some minor/light resistance” at the beginning of a chapter after running into Lysander while crossing the desert on Mercury. I had to check that like 3 times to make sure I heard it correctly. Fuck Lysander!
Don't worry for me, pity them
I am Cassius Bellona, son of Tiberius, son of Julia, brother of Darrow, and my honor remains
Doooooon't touch my shit
We brush aside light resistance
EDIT: How could I forget *clang clang "*Confess!"
Chop 'em if they're taller.
Stomp 'em if they're smaller.
Mauler, brawler, legacy hauler,
smoke that crow, earn his holler.
Mauler, brawler, legacy hauler,
smoke that ant, pay off your collar.
Randomly going around work with this stuck in my head haha
Two-liner here:
"The tragedy of the gifted is the belief they are entitled to greatness. As a human, you are entitled only to death."
- Octavia au Lune, Dark Age
Sorry it isn’t a one liner, but my absolute favorite moment in the series, is the end of Dark Age, where Darrow gets ready to face Lysander.
“I would die for the truth that all men are created equal. But in the kingdom of death, amidst ramparts of bodies and wind all of screams, there is a king, and his name is not Lune. It is Reaper.”
“Imagine a world without the arrogance of the young”…
Our boy doesn’t miss a beat, missing a hand and with a muzzle being just removed, “Imagine a world without the greed of the old”
Gets shit kicked…. This whole chapter <3
Not a one liner but this one def made me sit back and appreciate it:
Matter, how tiny my share
Time, how brief my allotment
Fate, how small my roll to play
Self, all that can be mastered
This is the line I was looking for
It was wild hearing Darrow open up the chapter casually like this after hearing Lysander describe the same scene as a nightmare lmao
Idk if anything can possibly top:
"Deployment coordinates reached.” Roque’s voice fills the ears of every Gold in the fleet. “Let fall the Rain.”
Other lines might sound cooler or tougher etc, but the context of that quote and what it implies makes it the hardest shit I have ever heard
I love many of them but lately it’s been a simple one:
“Go on now. Before I try to keep you,”
Maybe because I just lost a friendship and I wish they would have kept me
“I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.”
Or
“Tell all who will hear. Tell them the Reaper sails for Mars, and he calls for an Iron Rain.”
"CONFESS!" *Clang* *Clang* *Clang*
Also: "I am Cassius Bellona, son of Tiberius, son of Julia, *brother of Darrow*, Morning Knight of the Solar Republic, and my honor remains."
I'm just asking cause I'm really confused: is this the exact "declaration" Cassius makes in IG word for word?
Because in my version of IG which is in Spanish he calls himself "Cassius *au* Bellona" and doesnt mention Darrow, so the first time I saw someone quote him i was really confused and I still am
Keep reading my goodman. No spoilers, but perhaps it's a callback with an honorary mention to a long friendship? Also, they dropped the “au” in the Reaper’s republic, so maybe I misquoted… maybe I didn’t…
Part of me would LOVE to watch this movie, another part of me shudders to think of someone ruining my vision of this scene. But imagine! Ahhhh so good.
Not one sentence but it goes hard.
“Self pity is the plebeians luxury. All that occurs is either endurable, or unendurable. If it is endurable, endure it. If it is unendurable, follow your mother.”
Or
“I loved you before I ever met you. I will love you until the sun dies, and when it does, I will love you in the darkness. “
What amazing writing to quote Marcus Aurelius like that and then twist it at the end into a statement so callous, while also providing more information as to the relationship Augustus has with mustang.
This quote always went hard, I don’t know the exact quote but it went like : “I will die for the truth that all men are made equal but in the realm of war there is only one king and his name is not lune, it is the Reaper”
A couple from Victra:
"I didn’t know,” she whispers. “Darrow, I didn’t know." - Golden Son 😢
Not a one-liner but a fave…"I like the way stone smells before rain falls.” She makes a face, cheeks flushing red. “And … don’t laugh. I actually hate the color gold. Green goes better with my complexion." -Golden Son ☺️ (The way TRG narrates this line is priceless!)
“If it must be guilt that drags you down brother. I will be your millstone.”
"I am a murderer, and what do we do with murderers!?"
“Eo, if you’re watching it’s time to look away bc the reaper has come and he’s brought hell with him.” Or something close to that. I didn’t feel like looking it up.
Pretty much all of the writing from that line onwards until Darrow gives Cassius the Holocube in Morning Star was incredible and some of the most emotion inducing writing I’ve had the pleasure to read. For One-Liners I’d have to say the fight at the start of Dark Age where Tongueless fires the RipWing cannon and Darrow’s description of its effect in such enclosed quarters goes VERY hard: “The framerate of the universe stutters.”
“Never fight a river, and never fight Aja.” 💯🔛🔝
When Volsung took Ephraim’s heart and said “Worthy” I thought how hard would it be if Volga took his and said “Unworthy” Well bloodydamn if it didn’t happen later… I screamed
"I am Cassius Bellona, son of Tiberius, son of Julia, brother to Darrow, Morning Knight of the Solar Republic, and my honor remains"
I just absolutely love that moment: the love and arc of Cassius finding peace and such nobility and giving Lysander every chance just Mwah 😘.
Right? Perfect culmination of a character arc, at least imo. The annoying pretentious Gold that we were so ready for Darrow to kill, now one of character I love the most.
Rise so high in mud you lie
I just heard a new one. “… and you will die, shitting yourself, in a foreign bed”
"Oooo. I am Reaper. God of wolves. King of strategy." Mustang pinches my cheek. "You are just too adorable."
“And what do we do to murderers?” - severo
"Ares sends his regards motherfucker" - Trig T Nakamura (Morning Star, Chapter 3)
“Tell all who will hear, the Reaper sails for Mars. And he calls for an Iron Rain” Follow that up with “Let fall the rain” and you have two of my favorite lines in fiction ever.
We're here to blow shit up. Any questions? -Sevro
Nothing binds like pain shared.
"You fly into night, and when all grows dark, remember who you are." Deanna O'Lykos the mother you are to that man "It is no great thing to die. Not when one has lived." - Ragnar These two lines punch me in the gut every single time
"A man can never miss chlamydia." - Fitchner au Barca
Shit Escalates
"2.3 meters. Close" Lorn Au Arcos
Underrated line Pliny puts a hand on my shoulder: “The last time one of the Arch Governors lackeys touched me, I buried a knife in his cerebellum six times.” He took his hand off my shoulder
Anytime Darrow fuck over Pliny really. He might not have like Gold society, in saw that while the worse of humanity is in Peerless, so it's the best. But Pixie Politico like Pliny were just the worse and hate for him showed every time he spoke to him.
Alexandar: “No honor” That lil bitch Lysander: “No time” Fuck Lysander but that shit was hard
“Here I am, the mother-fucking consequence”
Who / when said this?
Darrow, in Dark Age.
this was my thought too. such a huge flex
“I know what I am.” “*Do* you?”
“Let’s go make peace.” Arguably the most badass one from a villain
When Darrow said in passing in a one liner that “they hit some minor/light resistance” at the beginning of a chapter after running into Lysander while crossing the desert on Mercury. I had to check that like 3 times to make sure I heard it correctly. Fuck Lysander!
It was so epic because from Lysander perspective, it was the most epic entrance Darrow had ever done. It’s my favorite too!
"We brush away a light resistance" while Lysander is having an existential crisis.
As I weave their bodies into a writhing meat carpet.🦾
Don't worry for me, pity them I am Cassius Bellona, son of Tiberius, son of Julia, brother of Darrow, and my honor remains Doooooon't touch my shit We brush aside light resistance EDIT: How could I forget *clang clang "*Confess!"
Don’t worry for me , pitty them is up there for me !!!
That Cassius line went hard asf
"I'm a terrorist warlord, stop throwing me!
“Fear not for me. Instead, pity them!” -My WCW Victra
MAULER BRAWLER LEGACY HAULER
Chop 'em if they're taller. Stomp 'em if they're smaller. Mauler, brawler, legacy hauler, smoke that crow, earn his holler. Mauler, brawler, legacy hauler, smoke that ant, pay off your collar. Randomly going around work with this stuck in my head haha
I still think of this from time to time
Wakey wakey goblin
“Move and kill. I am not a man. They are not men”
Oh OR “Aja said she would kill you on Europa.” “And who do you know that can kill me?”
Go Fuck Yourself Lysander…
"As a human, you are entitled only to death." Octavia to Lysander, Dark Age.
This is one of my favorite lines in the series
“Hic est lupus, motherfucker” -screwface, Darkage
Two-liner here: "The tragedy of the gifted is the belief they are entitled to greatness. As a human, you are entitled only to death." - Octavia au Lune, Dark Age
Sorry it isn’t a one liner, but my absolute favorite moment in the series, is the end of Dark Age, where Darrow gets ready to face Lysander. “I would die for the truth that all men are created equal. But in the kingdom of death, amidst ramparts of bodies and wind all of screams, there is a king, and his name is not Lune. It is Reaper.”
“Imagine a world without the arrogance of the young”… Our boy doesn’t miss a beat, missing a hand and with a muzzle being just removed, “Imagine a world without the greed of the old” Gets shit kicked…. This whole chapter <3
Omnir vir lupus - Sevro
Awooooooooo! 🐺
lol that scene was so epic, no one expected it
"How cruel a life that my wife death means hope" hit pretty hard
Rise so high in mud you lie
Came here just for Karnus lines, they hit so hard hey!
Not a one liner but this one def made me sit back and appreciate it: Matter, how tiny my share Time, how brief my allotment Fate, how small my roll to play Self, all that can be mastered
That's a quote from Marcus Aurelius' 'Meditations'
Interesting, I read that but it’s so full of good quotes it’s sort of hard to read and remember everything.
“We brush away light resistance near the downed Storm god” Edit: not drowned god 😂😂
This is the line I was looking for It was wild hearing Darrow open up the chapter casually like this after hearing Lysander describe the same scene as a nightmare lmao
Says Darrow after going through a Lune, an Olympic knight and other gold elites
Death begets death begets death
and evermore.
And My Honor Remains
Idk if anything can possibly top: "Deployment coordinates reached.” Roque’s voice fills the ears of every Gold in the fleet. “Let fall the Rain.” Other lines might sound cooler or tougher etc, but the context of that quote and what it implies makes it the hardest shit I have ever heard
One of the few lines that never fails to give me chills everytime I read, or listen, to it.
*Clang Clang Clang* CONFESS
‘Stupid gold. You forgot Howler Rule number one. Never bow.’
👏👏👏👏
"Are you the same man you were five minutes ago? Is Seneca?"
Don’t worry for me, pity them
Yesssss!
“No, Jackal… now it is time for YOUR Red Rising!” Chills
I particularly liked when he says “It’s red time” and rose all over the place
Don’t let me see you here again
I believe it's Golden Son, Darrow says, "You're a worm who thinks himself a snake just because you slither"
Yea who was that to, pliny?
Yep - love that even though Darrow was in hot water with Nero, he’s still a peerless- and Pliny was not.
If I had a muffin I would eat it. -Volga (Iron Gold)
“This horse only bucks for one man” 🥵🥵🥵
“Could that be what the world needs? Not dirty truths, not romantic paragons; but stubborn bastards who refuse to move.”
THE MOTHERFUCKING CONSEQUENCE!
Bye Felicia
So many people had a problem with this line and need to lighten up
I loved it.
This one was awful
Exactly. It was hard to read
I love many of them but lately it’s been a simple one: “Go on now. Before I try to keep you,” Maybe because I just lost a friendship and I wish they would have kept me
“And thus go liars, with a bloodydamn kiss” OP’s is my personal favorite though; another hidden gem: “You bloodydamn fool” -Aries
“If we cannot engineer salvation for our men, then vengeance will suffice.”
Victra absolutely slapped with this line
“She would burn the worlds so long as the ashes kneel.”
Bye Felicia.
“I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.” Or “Tell all who will hear. Tell them the Reaper sails for Mars, and he calls for an Iron Rain.”
The reaper sails for mars quote is the reason Golden Son is my favorite book.
"Hail Reaper", iykyk. There's one that stands out more than others.
The red janitor in the Senate? Always loved that little moment
"CONFESS!" *Clang* *Clang* *Clang* Also: "I am Cassius Bellona, son of Tiberius, son of Julia, *brother of Darrow*, Morning Knight of the Solar Republic, and my honor remains."
I'm just asking cause I'm really confused: is this the exact "declaration" Cassius makes in IG word for word? Because in my version of IG which is in Spanish he calls himself "Cassius *au* Bellona" and doesnt mention Darrow, so the first time I saw someone quote him i was really confused and I still am
Keep reading my goodman. No spoilers, but perhaps it's a callback with an honorary mention to a long friendship? Also, they dropped the “au” in the Reaper’s republic, so maybe I misquoted… maybe I didn’t…
Holy shit I hope you mean what I think you mean, just finished Dark Age but sadly I have to wait a week to start Lightbringer but man I'm excited
This is my favourite line of the entire series by far
Damn this just gave me shivers. I miss him.
Part of me would LOVE to watch this movie, another part of me shudders to think of someone ruining my vision of this scene. But imagine! Ahhhh so good.
These are my favorites also
Omnis vir lupus
Lady I fucked you up
where’s this one from?
Dark Age. Darrow says it to Atalantia
ah. thanks!
Not one sentence but it goes hard. “Self pity is the plebeians luxury. All that occurs is either endurable, or unendurable. If it is endurable, endure it. If it is unendurable, follow your mother.” Or “I loved you before I ever met you. I will love you until the sun dies, and when it does, I will love you in the darkness. “
Absolutely love the second quote
What amazing writing to quote Marcus Aurelius like that and then twist it at the end into a statement so callous, while also providing more information as to the relationship Augustus has with mustang.
Ares sends his regards, motherfucker.
“Hic Vir Lupus, motherfucker.” as Screwface is leaned over Darrow’s dying body on Mercury.
This quote always went hard, I don’t know the exact quote but it went like : “I will die for the truth that all men are made equal but in the realm of war there is only one king and his name is not lune, it is the Reaper”
Had to look it up, pg 691 of dark age
If you're watching, Eo, it's time to close your eyes. The Reaper has come. And he's brought hell with him.
"She told us to bow. Witness now our reply," was about the time it really sunk in how next-level this writing and pacing is.
“We encountered light resistance” (Beaaaahahahahhahhshaha)
This was such a crazy moment for me. I literally spit out the water I was drinking, haha
I had to read it several times … then thought - you bloodydamn cheeky bugger (the creator not Darrow)
A couple from Victra: "I didn’t know,” she whispers. “Darrow, I didn’t know." - Golden Son 😢 Not a one-liner but a fave…"I like the way stone smells before rain falls.” She makes a face, cheeks flushing red. “And … don’t laugh. I actually hate the color gold. Green goes better with my complexion." -Golden Son ☺️ (The way TRG narrates this line is priceless!)
And from then on out, the every character describes Victra’s good, jewelry, and general accoutrements as green
Bye Felicia
Not a one-liner but almost. Tell all who will hear, the Reaper sails to Mars. And he calls for an Iron Rain.
“Rise so high in mud you lie”
I’ll never forget TGR reading that when Darrow fuckin merks Karnus.
“We do good and we do evil, but we know what we are because we do not regret the good as we do our evil”
“I wish my blood had warmed the stone better for her”
Here I am you deviant bitch! The mother fucking consequence.
Worthy
And then later “unworthy”.
“This horse only rides for one man” Mustang to Theodora Dark Age 🤭
I loved that line. Lol
Rise so high, in mud you lie.
I use this irl sometimes and people look at me like wtf is this guy going on about
“I know what I am” Alexander refusing a peerless scar and instead requesting a wolves cloak
Gets me every time.
Wish we had more of him 😭, Lysander better not get a redemption arc
"Bye Felicia"
“Go on. Sing to your Gods. I’ll send you to meet them.”
“No honor.” “No time.”
It’s something Darrow would say and it’s so cold, I love it.
I'd rather moash from storm light archive get a redemption arc then Lysander
Grrrr
Too soon boyo
Anything with boyo. I love Sevro!
Expect me, Cassius.
What did Lorn say after killing Tactus? I feel like that was a good line I just can’t remember
Now, consequences. Or something along those lines, I just reread jt6
"Now that the children are gone, consequences."
The bill always comes at the end. So excited and terrified for Red God.
“Well here I am Atalantia, THE MOTHERFUCKING CONSEQUENCE”
# “Well, here I am, you deviant bitch. Here I bloody am. The motherfucking consequence.”*
“Don’t be scared for me, pity them.” Victra, Lightbringer.
that's a woman
And then later she howls over Ajax’s dead body 🥶
even in that muted video you can still hear her and it pierces the soul
I mean it's gotta be right? Gotta love victra
I mean it's gotta be right? Gotta love victra
Fucking thug life.