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Is Dain only friends with Violet for her last name? | Fourth Wing | AITA Book Review Podcast #4
Once Upon a Red Flag is an AITA-style book podcast where we put fictional characters on trial.
In this episode, we’re judging Dain Aetos from Fourth Wing, the first book in Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean series.
The question: is Dain Aetos the asshole for making his best friend feel weak and unsupported, when he just wants to protect her and keep her alive?
Dain says he only wants Violet to survive, but that is only if she will let him smuggle her into the Scribe Quadrant. He doesn’t want her to succeed as a rider, or he would have actually given her help.
We’re comparing Dain’s tactics with Mira and Xaden’s, and ask where Dain’s so-called protective nature is really coming from.
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14 Oct 2026
Is Jack Barlowe just a bully? | Fourth Wing | AITA Book Review Podcast #3
Once Upon a Red Flag is an AITA-style book podcast where we put fictional characters on trial.
In this episode, we’re judging Jack Barlowe from Fourth Wing, the first book in Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean series.
The question: is Jack Barlowe the asshole for being a “violent bully” to everyone and everything he deems beneath him?
Jack argues that is just “thinning the herd”, doing what is expected of him in the Riders Quadrant, simply getting rid of the weak links. He doesn’t just target Violet, but she does get the majority of his focus, and for seemingly no good reason.
We are trying to figure out Jack’s true reasons for his horrible personality, and whether Basgiath breeds this attitude.
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7 Oct 2026
Should we TRUST General Sorrengail? | Fourth Wing | AITA Book Review Podcast #2
Once Upon a Red Flag is an AITA-style book podcast where we put fictional characters on trial.
In this episode, we’re judging General Sorrengail from Fourth Wing, the first book in Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean series.
The question: is General Lilith Sorrengail the asshole for making her unprepared daughter enter the Riders Quadrant when she is already physically disadvantaged?
The General sends her youngest daughter into the most dangerous army training program with only six months of training, despite everyone warning her that Violet will just be chewed up and spit out. Violet does indeed survive, but does this really justify the risk?
We are weighing up whether this was an unnecessary gamble, if General Sorrengail could have prepared Violet better, or if this entire thing went exactly to plan.
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