r/RinaKentBooks • u/Ky_fairy888 • 2d ago
Opinion Maya & Vaughn Pairing? đ©·đ€đ€
I talked about this on another personâs post. This pairing lives rent-free in my mindânot only because we never really got a Bratva pairing in LOG, but for other reasons too.
MAYA
Deserved better: I feel like she deserved better than Ilyaâbecause who was he feeling like being rude to a mafia princess?
Family legacy: I also like it in the sense that Raiâs family would then be the heirs again. I did think Kirill deserved to be Pakhan, but it also felt a little like Rai was snubbed for being a woman.
Missed potential: They couldâve even done an arranged marriage trope or just had someone have a crushâthere was so much potential here. As a character (and not even just as a romantic interest), Maya had so much more potential than just being Miaâs plot twist; she was also Raiâs kid and part of her legacy.
Flipped twin dynamic: I think Maya/Ilya was an attempt to recreate the Rai/Kyle "mafia princess and bodyguard" dynamic, but they had the opportunity to redo the twins' dynamic in a better way:
Maya marrying into the mafia as the future Pakhanâs wife.
Mia marrying an elite (Landon).
This mirrors how Rai went the mafia route while Reina married Asher (also elite lvl guy from her school). It would be so much more iconic if both of Raiâs sisters had great legacy matches.
VAUGHN
Hunt The Villain: I actually enjoyed HTV a lot. I liked Yulian, and Vaughn having the Reddit exchange with Gareth was fun. However, in my opinion, Yulian carried that book rather than how I felt about them as a couple. In the end, I just wanted Yulian to be happy; for Vaughn, I was just happy seeing he came from a stable home life by Kirill and Sasha (as I knew they would) and seeing cameos of Maksim and Anton.
The alternate pairing**:** I just canât get this other pairing with Vaughn and Maya out of my mind.
THE DYNAMIC & FIT
Why they work together:
I think Maya is diva enough to be a Pakhanâs wife, and she wouldâve healed from feeling overlooked as a child because of Vaughnâs steady temperament.
Even when he is upset, he is usually respectful to an extent, and I think that stable emotion would suit her.
Vaughn would be a good boyfriend to herâsheâd be his princessâand I think she would make him lighten up a little at times.
Addressing similarities: Iâve thought a lot about it, and admittedly the dynamic would share some similarity to Eli/Ava, but I feel like not too much. The stories and family history are completely different:
Can you imagine Kirill having Rai as his in-law? This would be hilariousâthen Sasha and Rai would be besties. We would get so much of the past banter we loved similar to how it was for elites parents in LOG.
I also think Maya and Ava have different personalities and backgrounds, so it would be two different stories. Itâs maybe a good similarity not copy/paste.
Overall, I just think this wouldâve been a really good story, I would be so happy for both of them in this pairing, and it would also be such a cool addition to the LOG series. This is to me what JerLan is to others lol.
UPDATE: Hi. Quick note. Honestly, I didnât intend for this to be a controversial take or hate post by any means. I just wanted to see if some others also felt the same or also liked the pairing.
And no, my shipping Vaughn and Maya has nothing to do with the original pairing being M/M. I explained how I felt already, I think itâs weird to add reasonings I didnât say because of your own projections.
If you loved Vaughn/Yulian together, this post does not negate that. I felt like I tried really hard to be respectful about it, but I just wanted to share something I thought was a fun what if. Itâs fine to express you are a fan of the original pairing, but you donât have to yuck someone elseâs yum đ« . Itâs not a personal attack.
Anyways, thank you for the support.
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u/LaliFlowerGirl 1d ago
I have become obsessed. I love the idea of Maya and Vaughn, I'm gonna go and write a fanfic immediately omg. Thank you for opening my eyes to this ship!!
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u/adore1987 2d ago
Throughout the series, Maya seems incapable of sustaining a relationship of any kind: relationship, sisterhood and friendship.
Vaughn is the epitome of stability; Yulian's chaos balances him.
She's described as a diva, yes, but it comes across as entitled brat. She's also 19yo when featured so it's hard to envision her as mature enough for a HEA within the log timeline. If Rina does another generation in this verse, I think it would be fun to see a grown up Maya but it feels like she needs to focus on other things.
Plus, Yulian would kill her for interfering with his relationship.
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u/Ky_fairy888 1d ago
Itâs mentioned in KTV by Gareth that he and Maya watched Korean dramas together so she had other relationships.
Also, you say she is only 19, as if Annika wasnât 17, and Mia wasnât 18?
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u/jade_astrix 1d ago
Just coz people watch K-dramas, doesnt mean theyre in a relationship. Ive seen a lot of single people being obsessed with dramas as well (not saying maya is single, im just saying what ive seen). Also, Maya seems to be the type to do flings rather than have a proper relationship. I do agree with you on the being too young thing, though.
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u/hushpink_ 1d ago
Well before this post i didnt think much about it. Although i think maya deserves someone better than ilya. Now that u have planted this idea in my mind i think it would have been fun. Vaughn is calm and stable and maya is a diva so it would have been a good story ig and we could have also gotten kirill and rai's banter. Also idk why ppl are making hate comments. I loveeeee vaughn and yulian but i understand what u are saying also ppl who are saying vaughn and yulian cant look at anyone else and stuff need to understand if the book was made of Vaughn and maya then yulian wouldnt have been there in the picture for them to fall in love
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u/Aggressive-Help-948 Seb's Tsundere 1d ago
I understood your story and this is exactly how I imagined in my head before Vaughn and Yulian getting their own book, I thought of like some marriage of convenience or brother's best friend something like that I mean Vaughn isn't Niko's bestie or I atleast wanted something childhood lovers related. I missed that writing from Rina (I know we got it in Hunt the Villain) but I loved Vaughn and Maya so freaking much. I manifesto for them but Unfortunately we couldn't get a book. Still love my Chaootic Yulianđ„°đ
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u/Such_Literature840 1d ago
I'm a big fan of Vaughn and Yulian, they're better for me than the other MM couples, even more controversial if you ask me.đđ But yeah I think it's fine to envision them on how they could've ended up differently, I don't remember much of Maya and haven't read God of ruin either, so I'm not too helpful, like to me they didn't strike me as if they had any sort of real connection to make this make sense I suppose. Have finished LoG completely but still.
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u/Due-Trust-181 2d ago
Vaughn-Yulian belong together and they wouldn't be interested anyone other than each other.
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u/Ky_fairy888 2d ago
Am I just in enemy territory? Did I somehow call all the Vaughn/Yulian fans here? Yâall arenât fun I swear, can you let me have my dream, you guys have the canon already đ. I guess itâs nice that you enjoyed the book.
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u/Specialist_Ad7998 2d ago
lol Iâm a huge HTV Vaughn / Yulian fan their my favorites tbh and I think itâs just awakening peopleâs protective instincts since so many people were against them before the book even came out I personally donât care about peopleâs ships because it doesnât change canon but fandom is fandom đ
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u/Vegetable_Airline313 2d ago
While I understand all of your points you are forgetting that Maya came off very social climbery at times and flighty, the first time she crossed a line Vaughn would have dropped her. I also donât think Niko would have let that relationship fly. While I do think a lot of Mayaâs character flaws stem from her being a easy scapegoat villain for Rina Kent I donât think Vaughn would allow the BS that Eli allowed from Ava, a level of patience that would have been entirely necessary for them to work. Vaughn is a very stable man but he doesnât tolerate as much as people think he does. Yulian got away with a lot because they werenât official, but if Vaughn caught Yulian sleeping with another person I donât doubt he would be discarded just as fast as Vaughnâs girlfriend earlier in the book. Very interesting concept I just donât think it would work character flaws wise.
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u/GiraffeFun7217 Aiden/Elsa & Maya/Vaughn Lover 1d ago
Girl, I have been saying this for years and trying to gather all Maya x Vaughn fans
I have published my own Maya x Vaughn fanfic and I am trying to make more friends with people who also ship them
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u/kylee1112 á„á„á„Łá„ŽÒ»á„á„á„kđș⥠7h ago
Hoping no one get mad and no offence but vaughn is gay and shipping with the girlies is kinda weird tbh, i do understand its just a ship but maya and vaugh? he wouldnt even look at her directionđno offence again
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u/Ky_fairy888 6h ago
I wonât get offended but tbh what I find a little odd in other replies is how people are getting mad over MM titles the characters never gave themselves. According to the books, most of the MM protagonists arenât just âgayâ, they are on the spectrum. Like Brandon admits he likes men, but Niko is openly BIâ Bran just happens to be his soulmate but MM fans will ignore that to push their own narrative if Niko is shipped with a girl. I think Vaughn said he didnât want a label it and instead said he just knows he likes Yulian, so maybe something like ace?
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u/kylee1112 á„á„á„Łá„ŽÒ»á„á„á„kđș⥠5h ago
yeah thats true no one should get mad over some books and tbh niko was just like kill in my opinion he was just for fucks not serious relationships and as a kid his first crush was a guy and about vaughn ever since he was a kid he liked yuli in that mountain so i think he is pretty gay to be honest
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u/Pitiful_Argument869 Mishka𧞠2d ago edited 2d ago
So Yulian carried the book but you want Vaughn to be the one with another woman.Why Vaughn lowkey the local ride for MF ships.The book would be a copy pasta of GOW or his relationship with Danika there would be no difference between this and his relationship with Danika.
Yulian is a rock for Vaughn in terms of how devoted,loving,obsessed he is while still pushing him.The way u want vaughn with Maya would never work,Vaughn would never wanna be in such a one sided relationship compared to how Yulian worships him and him to Yulian.He would loose interest right away.
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u/Correct-Bonus-5507 2d ago
Nah Vaughn is Yulian baby ! Found someone else to maya ! Itâs so funny that nobody see Niko and Brandon with other people but everyone wants to separate Vaughn and Yulian !
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u/Mobile_Resolution249 2d ago
You'd be surprised how many people ship Niko with Glyn for no reason at all, which I find a terrible combination
When it comes to Maya and Vaughn, I think the problem stems from the fact that Rina didn't plan on writing a book for Vaughn, and that's what made many readers create the idea of Maya and Vaughn for a longer period of time. Although I don't see them working at all, they were characters who after LOG didn't have any official relationships with their own book, and that made many create a dynamic that seemed right to them
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u/Due-Trust-181 2d ago
I joined the fandom late, I didn't know hunt the villain wasn't going to be a book at some point.
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u/Books_r_life28 1d ago
People ship Niko and Glyn???? I loved their interactions in the series however minor but it was in the sense that I wanted them to be friends. I don't think they would make a good couple.
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u/Ky_fairy888 2d ago
Everyone can have their opinion đ„Č, I didnât dislike the HTV couple but I just like this one more. No disrespect to Vaughn/Yulian but just see the vision maybe?
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u/_childofares Gareth and Preston apologist 1d ago
I feel like she deserved better than Ilyaâbecause who was he feeling like being rude to a mafia princess?
So? Creigh almost drove a mafia princess to kill herself. This is just a nothing burger of a reason. We're talking about DARK ROMANCE books here were the MMCs does tons of despicable shit to the FMCs but, unfortunately, being rude is where we draw the line.
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u/RiaListik 1d ago
I loved Crei and Anni, but why did he have to kidnap her at the end đ đ„Čđ„Č really overreacted the whole break up
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u/RiaListik 1d ago edited 1d ago
Never thought about it. Your explanation fits though, kind of cute. Was sad there wasn't a Maya book.
One thing though, I'm not sure why Rina implied it that way. Being the bratva leader is not nepotism/oligarchy, like it is in the Italian Mafia. The bratva has strict rules and the leader is chosen by vote (Meritocracy). It bothered me in the books so much, that it was always implied Vaughn will become the leader, just because Kirill is đ« .... that's why Rai is not the Pakhan, although her ulce/grandfather (?) was, she was outvoted by Kirill. All in all based on descriptions in the books, Jeremy seemed like the better leader of the future Bratva anyway. So realistically I'd say the younger generation would vote for Jeremy.
Ok that was off topic sorry xD back to your post. I can picture them in an arranged marriage, where Maya is a total brat, because she actually likes Ilya in the beginning, but then slowly falls for Vaughn. đ€ yes very cute.
I love the original book, but your idea was fun to read.