Oct 16, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min · 11 segments
"But did it even matter? If it was fate or choice to be together?" The eternal question: Are Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar fated or chosen mates? We dive into this heated topic in detail! In this…
Because we, what we need to do is compare them, because I think anyone that has read all three-
Mm-hmm
... series will notice that there is differences between Bryce and Hunt's relationship versus the other fated mates.
Now, we could say that there are reasons for that.
There is the fact that it, they're in Crescent City, well, the power is different there.
He's an angel.
But there is plenty of evidence to point that even there are fated mates in even Crescent City world.
Yeah.
Um, and then we've also got the fated mates that we need to compare to in the rest of Sarah J. Maas' work, and probably the big thing for me is pointing to endgame because in my opinion-
Yeah
...
I would say that Hunt's character aligns far more to Chaol or to, dare I even say, Tamlin, to me, than to Cassian-
Mm-hmm
...
Rhysand, Rowan.
I've always said he feels like boyfriend material, not endgame material.
I've always said it.
And I think we need to go ahead, and let's go ahead and put that, you know, the elephant in the room on the table.
Yeah, of course.
Mm-hmm
... she said that they weren't endgame if they both made it to the end.
Because we, what we need to do is compare them, because I think anyone that has read all three-
Mm-hmm
... series will notice that there is differences between Bryce and Hunt's relationship versus the other fated mates.
Now, we could say that there are reasons for that.
There is the fact that it, they're in Crescent City, well, the power is different there.
He's an angel.
But there is plenty of evidence to point that even there are fated mates in even Crescent City world.
Yeah.
Um, and then we've also got the fated mates that we need to compare to in the rest of Sarah J. Maas' work, and probably the big thing for me is pointing to endgame because in my opinion-
Yeah
...
I would say that Hunt's character aligns far more to Chaol or to, dare I even say, Tamlin, to me, than to Cassian-
Mm-hmm
...
Rhysand, Rowan.
I've always said he feels like boyfriend material, not endgame material.
I've always said it.
And I think we need to go ahead, and let's go ahead and put that, you know, the elephant in the room on the table.
Yeah, of course.
Mm-hmm
... she said that they weren't endgame if they both made it to the end.
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