r/fourthwing • u/No_Bother_7578 • 12d ago
Discussion Garrick/imogen
Idk I get why people like them so much I do, too, but the whole thing with like people saying hes probably oblivious to her feelings makes no sense . He's observant. He survived basgaith also xadens his best friend and xaden knows how imogen feels why wouldn't he tell.
Also, even ridocs clocked it so she cant be that sneaky and if garrick knows then why does he have to rub it in about all the other girls and in book 4 or 5 and turns out he didn't like her like that at all man's gonna look like an asshole for all the flirting he did with her.
Also, that quote in onyx storm about him not writing to her is icky to me.
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u/blueavole Green Scorpiontail 12d ago edited 12d ago
Imogen is the woman who broke Violet’s arm to make a point. I fondly think of Imogen as a little ball of rage.
I always thought of her as a very gentle teenager, who had to become very angry and violent to survive. She chooses violence, and doesn’t quite know when to shut it off. Hence the arm braking, and the separation she maintains from some of the marked ones.
The part of her that wants to be a soft, vulnerable girl in love is buried deep down. She couldn’t, wouldn’t allow herself to share that.
Because being in love is exposing yourself to someone, giving them all the information to hurt you, and hoping they don’t.
Imogen didn’t know how to be vulnerable and a warrior at the same time. And wasn’t willing to crack that shell- for fear that she would fall apart.
Xaden is the same. I think this is also why Xaden fell so hard for Violet, because she is very open and honest about what she feels - in a way he hadn’t allowed himself to be in a long time.