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Are you really in the Alex Rider fandom if you haven’t gone through the big milestone of reading ‘the devil and the deep blue sea’ by pognosis?
My favourite personal theory for Alex Rider that could semi-realistically be cannon and fits a lot of fic the fandom has made is that Alan Blunt arranged Ian’s death and only blamed it on Yassen.
- My most important evidence is that Blunt is simply a Bastard and the real villain in the whole series. I will not elaborate.
- Ian’s death would have been highly beneficial to Blunt when Alex was old enough to be sent on missions, but young enough to be impressionable and controlled while being indoctrinated into the agency. If Blunt had caught wind that Ian was training Alex all he would have to do was remove Ian and the boy was his.
-Semi-related to that point, Ian may have been pretty abesent but he 100% did not leave Alex’s custody with the bank. He would have known there was a chance of being killed in a mission and had better contingency plans for that. Blunt faked the documents which a 14 year old Alex would not have been able to argue with.
-Blunts actions towards Alex and easy control over him also suggest he’s been watching him for a while (possibly just due to his bloodline) but nevertheless would have had time to plan it all out.
-Next is that the multiple shots to the car don’t fit Yassen’s style and although Ian isn’t the same as John or Alex, I still feel Yassen killing Ian wouldn’t have been as simple as that. By blaming Yassen though, Blunt would have been preventing Alex from getting in contact with him and covering up about his family history right from the start. The Assasin was also an easy scapegoat for why Ian’s death would have looked a little too clean.
- We see that by the end of the series, Blunt methods are too extreme even for MI6’s own employees suggesting he was 100% capable of pulling off something like this.
-Even more, writing Yassen and Alex getting on so well when Yassen literally killed his uncle is something I’ve seen the fandom struggling with a lot. The whole narrative that Yassen killed Ian doesn’t really fit well to readers (especially knowing his past with Alex’s father) and it’s one of the main obstacles that stops them being closer in canon. I feel like they’re so similar to each other and the family like dynamic the fandom creates around them is just so fitting, Blunt blamed Yassen to avoid anything like this manifesting
-Final point, did I mention Blunt is a bastard? If not, Blunt is a Bastard and would 100% do something like this
One thing I really do love in the Alex Rider TV adaption, both in season 1 and now in season 2 is the constant subtle hints that Alex is actually not your usual kid, despite still being very early in his character arc.
And I’m not talking about the flashy parkour sequences or fight scenes. I mean the offhand comment that Alex knows about the law, or is extremely involved in multiple outdoor activities. His character is shown to have an intelligence and ambition above his peers, be proficient with a gun and competent in tasks that while as simple as pitching a tent, highlight he’s already a class above his own and most likely has extensive knowledge on other useful topics too.
While it’s nice to see him show off a little in the bigger scenes and get a glimpse of the spy extraordinaire to come, it’s also brilliant to see the impact of Alex’s upbringing with Ian included frequently in seemingly mundane scenes and is something I’ve enjoyed picking up on.
WHEN DID SEASON 3 COME OUT AND WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME
I love how while only 3 series into Alex Rider TV we really see the jaded, angry Alex we get by the end of the entire book series. The realities of a child spy are much more obvious in the show and something I really enjoy seeing explored
Guess my favourite fanfic :3. Been thinking about doing a comic adaptation of it, but idk if I have the time/motivation/energy
Anyone know any long fics where Yassen somehow gets Alex killed (it can either be that he was forced into it or that it was a bad situation he couldn’t get him out of)? I’ve already read most on ao3 and now I’m sourcing out onto other sites, the longer the better.
Part 2 is currently in the works!
Sorry it took so long to update this series, I was pretty busy with a school project and hadn’t been sleeping well for the past week. Because of this, I didn’t have the time nor energy to do any drawing.
This one is going to be Yassen Gregorovitch, and it’s also going to be messing with perspective a little more, just so that I could have a bit of fun.
Anyway, the project turned out really well and i finally have time to get back to drawing again. Stay tuned!
Part 2 of the AR tarot series
Yassen Gregorovitch as “Death”
Part 1
Part 3
This was originally suggested by @dreamsmthgold and I sort of just took it and ran with it.
Death represents endings, beginnings, change, metamorphosis… it just made sense for Yassen to be death (not just because he’s an assassin). And I wanted to do right by my favourite character.
I went with the TV version of him, arguably my personal favourite iteration, he was just so fun to draw and I am obsessed with that trench coat. Also, I added in some features that stood out to me from the original tarot card, extra points if you spot them :)
For the next card… I am not quite sure which character to go with. I have a general idea of the cards for them, but I can’t figure out what would be the natural progression for this series. Any ideas?
