And that’s why he relies on his past actions to make her understand that he really loves her. That’s part of why he’s also giving her space instead of actively trying to win her back. Anything new that James does, including a ‘last hours’ speech or a ‘every thorn for you’ speech would sound so empty to Cordelia. Jordelia is a rare ship in which the character was able to totally rely on their past actions and gestures alone to win back the other person. So in chot, James didn’t need to make grand gestures or speeches. (hence the lack of angst) when it came to jordelia, everything that needed to be done was already done, before chot. The characters' relationships were dealt in a very realistic and mature way, unlike what we usually see in tsc books (hence the hate on Tumblr I suppose) cot was too realistic. but then I decided I didn't want to end up hating a book id spent two years waiting for so I really tried to understand why cc did it the way she did and this is my conclusion: then I saw all the neg posts on Tumblr about all the flaws and then I was upset too. When I was first done with cot, I was feeling emotional bc it was over and I missed the characters. and this is really really long but I'm dying to discuss 😅 and this is all just what I feel they're my otp 🥺 and I'm dying to discuss them with someone and I'm staying off of social bc I have a huge exam next month, so I thought I'd ask you. I wanted to know what you all thought of chain of thorns with respect to Jordelia.

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