Why I Love Puck From the Iron Fey Series

P U C K ♥ 

Okay, I'll be honest. I absolutely couldn't stand Puck at first. It seemed like he was just going to be that little obstacle that stood between Meghan and Ash's fantastical fairytale romance. I fell for Meghan and Ash's coupling from the very first book (I mean, their dance was so INTENSE), and all Puck was to me at first was an irritating, cocky little pain-in-the-arse Summer Court faery. His jests made me want to strangle him with Grim's tail. :') My dislike for him might have been partly due to the fact that I was strictly Team Ash(at first) and he seemed to be mortal enemies with that sexy prince. A BIG NO-NO.

But then I realised that Puck was actually a really wonderful character. I mean, it didn't dawn on me suddenly like "WOAH! EPIPHANY!" but as I made my way through the books, I started to really feel for Puck. 

So I’ll get to my point: Why I love Oberon’s Jester.

Puck is selfless and loyal, seriously loyal. He goes against orders for his friends even though he knows there might be horrible consequences, and I think the fact that he could still help the girl who rejected him for another guy and help this certain other guy when he was in trouble is amazing. How many people would be able to do that? He put aside his own feelings to help them, so that they could have a happy future together. Take for example him insisting on following Ash on his journey to the End of the World; it was partly because of his guilt from what happened to Ariella but it was also because he wanted Meghan to have her Happily Ever After with Ash even when he knew that meant he couldn’t ever be with her. They could have had something perfect.

I love Puck also because he’s so vulnerable and sincere. Although Puck always covers up(or at least tries to cover up) his true emotions with his carefree attitude and witty comments, there are moments when Puck is completely honest with all of his emotions(like when he confessed to Meghan) and that makes him vulnerable. Unlike the Winter Prince who is oftentimes unreadable and able to keep his cool(see what I did there ;D like, cool because he's the Winter Prince teeheeee) , Puck, try as he might to cover up his anger, fear, loneliness and bitter feelings with sarcasm and wit and humour, still has moments where his raw emotions come through like a blazing flame, full of passion and sincerity and we can see how much he truly cares, and to me, that’s part of what makes him so loveable. 

Finally, I love Puck because I feel it’s him who has made the biggest sacrifice compared to any other character. He lost the woman he loved (she friendzoned him, in other words sigh why Meghan. WHY) and lost any chance at a happy ending with her. He risked his life to help Ash even when he knew they were love rivals. He stuck by Meghan even when she broke his heart. He is selfless, brave and good. The super hot red hair and green eyes don't hurt either

Well, although I’m still Team Ash when it comes to the question of ‘Who should be with Meghan’ because I ship Puck with myself and although I may not be able to express how much I love Puck in this entry properly, I definitely know that Puck is one of the most amazing characters I have ever read about, and the fact that everything ended with him having to go off on his own was really sad, but a fitting ending for this Summer court faery.


Words really can't describe how much I love him. I love his humour, his irritatingly loveable(?!) wit, his loyalty, his selflessness, his everything. Even if he's just ink on paper, he's very much alive in my heart. And this is why I love Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, or Robbie Goodfell. 

So…Meghan, if you don't want Puck, I'll gladly take him. 



SERIOUSLY. I JUST WANT TO HUG HIM AND HOLD HIM TO ME FOREVER AND EVER SO GIVE HIM TO ME. LIKE RIGHT NOW MEGH- *gets dragged away by Glitch* Nevermind. I'll buy all the apples in the world, then he won't be able to resist coming to me. -insert evil laughter-

And now for one of the most epic quotes ever:

 See you around, ice-boy.

-Puck

Team Robin Goodfellow. I'm going to go wrap myself up in blankets and cry now because all of my feelings for Summer's perfectly imperfect jester are overwhelming.

But before I do that...

I wrote a poem. WARNING: If you're allergic to horribly mediocre poetry writing abilities, please scroll right to the end

Puck

I wonder if you’ll forget me one day

I wonder if you’ll forget

All the times we had.

When I'm lonely,

Sometimes I wonder

What if we were mortal?

What if I was still Robbie Goodfell?

What if you were just Meghan Chase?

Maybe we could have been happy.

When I'm lonely,

Sometimes I wish you had never met him

But I know its wrong of me

To think that way

The way you look at him

I wonder if you had ever looked at me that way.

I wander all the time

From the Seelie Court 

To the mortal realm

To the End of the World

And back

It’s a pity

That the only place I ever

Truly wanted to be

Was by your side.

I am a Summer faery.

I am Oberon’s jester.

I am Robin Goodfellow,

Robbie goodfell,

But most of all, I am Puck. 

And I am free.

Actually, I think if Puck wanted to write a poem it'd probably go something like: 

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I like apples.
And I can't write poetry so have a nice pot of kiss-my-ass, poetry
...Yeah.

Aaaaand finally, HERE IS MY CAT. She reminds me so much of Grim sometimes I just want to grab her and scream TAKE ME TO THE NEVERNEVER. OR TO PUCK. PREFERABLY THE SECOND OPTION.



Hope you liked it! ♥ 


-Nicole L.

Email: nicolexx@live.com.sg