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sjm really gave tamlin the ability to shapeshift other people and then expected me to be more in awe of vague shadow powers. can rhysand make someone allergic to the air they breathe, can he give someone gills confining them to water forever, can he turn bitches into trees? no? get off my lawn😒

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As someone who's read the books, I agree but the problem in acotar is that a lot of the other high lords are way smarter than feyre AND her mate but they are never listened to because feyre and rhys have to be right all the time. A lot of the people in charge have plenty of sense, they are just actively ignored by the narrative to make the night court look better. Its an even more badly written version of an already shitty YA trope

The thought of feyre, a 20 year old who only recently learned how to read, wearing a little crown and attending a political strategy meeting with, essentially, heads of state, is so funny to me. This is a child playing dress up. She knows nothing about politics, war, or even prythia for fucks sake. How is ANYONE taking her seriously.

#anti sjm #anti acotar #anti rhysand #anti feysand #anti ic #anti acomaf #anti sarah j maas #anti inner circle #anti acowar

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Sarah J. Maas has no idea what’s going on in her series.

There, I said it. That’s my biggest pet peeve with this series. After the first book, it seems like she’s just desperately trying to create more books to sell, but has nothing left to say. Even the King of Hybern is such a one dimensional villain. What is his backstory? What are his ulterior motives? Why does he hate humans? What’s his NAME? What about the entire COURT OF HYBERN? What are people doing over there? Why are they all described as pale soulless black-eyed creatures? No animals? No nothing? How do the fae live there? How did they manage to raise such a HUGE army if they are below the poverty line? He clearly does not need any slaves if his forces are so strong that they nearly annihilated Prythian?

Unfortunately, this universe is so poorly built. I really loved the first book and it pains me to say this because the world of Prythian is such an interesting concept but it is so UNFINISHED and UNEXPANDED that I wish the series would end after ACOTAR. I felt like there was no story to read afterwards, I was simply watching Feyre’s reality show. And frankly, other than Nesta, Tamlin, Jurien and Eris, who are all SIDE characters, no one seems to experience personal growth or change? None of our protagonists become better people? They just, bond with one another in a weird friendship cult that’s lowkey starting to feel very incestuous.

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Human Nesta would shake Nessian Nesta by the shoulders screaming "What the fuck is wrong with you???!!!!"

Human Feyre would be drawing her bow trying to shoot Feysand Feyre just so she would never become her.

Human Elain would look at Elucien Elain and be like, "Nice."

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I'm sorry what tf happened in SF, like, why is suddenly everyone okay with

locking a woman up against her will

invalidating her feelings

threatening her life for """misbehaving"""

pretty much just using her for sex

slut shamming

like... is it only bad when tamlin does it?? i don't understand how anyone can read this book and think that nesta apologizing to the inner circle by the end of it is a good thing????? the fuck

I've seen so many people defending the inner circle like "oh but she was spending their money" like, ok, then the next logical step is cutting her off from the money and not, i don't know LOCKING HER UP?????????

or when people say that they "did it for her own good" cause she was a danger to herself as if tamlin didn't try to lock feyre up using that same reasoning

the cherry picking is INSANE, those things are only considered unforgivable when it's someone other than the inner circle doing them and it's so tiring

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Further punishing Nesta by not letting her add sugar to her oatmeal is CRAZZZYYYY! Like, sir….. this woman wants to die tf do you mean she can’t even make her bland ass meal have sugar 😭

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The most disturbing things portrayed in ACOTAR

Victim-blaming: Lucien tries to help Feyre and gets physically abused by Tamlin as a result. Feyre then proceeds to call him a dog despite Lucien doing everything he could in a difficult situation. And we're supposed to...support Feyre on this? And Rhysand throws around words like "can never forgive" man stfu you prick.

Sexual Assault: The most disturbing thing is not that Rhysand sexually assaulted Feyre. It's that he's never held accountable for this and never even apologizes at ANY point in the series. There are so many examples but this is the one that is the most disturbing.

Double Standards: We have Tamlin locking Feyre up for her own good being vilified, yet Rhysand is championed for locking Lucien and Nesta up in houses for their own good. Huh? WTF.

War Crimes: What Feyre did to the Spring Court, manipulating the sentries with the whole Ianthe thing and basically getting them killed, then weakening the Spring Court rulership which resulted in all those villagers in the Spring Court getting killed, then laying the Summer Court bare to Hybern as well, are nothing short of war crimes. And...instead of feeling regret, we have the main characters saying "Hybern's actions are their own." Like bitch what? Hybern wouldn't have been able to do shit if it wasn't for you! Have some damn accountability! And the fact that Tamlin and Tarquin are vilified for this never ceases to irk me.

Grooming: Rhysand groomed Feyre. He made excuses for everything he did with trauma, then sent Feyre out to do tasks for him like she's some kind of weapon he can use. WITHOUT giving her proper information, there is no choice. And everything he does is constantly explained away, until eventually Feyre becomes his trophy wife. Rhysand basically assigns Cassian to do the same for Nesta. I'm holding out hope that Elain will be saved from the Night Court.

The pregnancy debacle: the whole thing with the baby having wings and Rhysand withholding information from Feyre is just...disturbing. Idc if you're not telling her FoR hEr OwN gOoD, it is HER life at stake and she deserves to know. They didn't even try to shapeshift her to try and save her life? Like why is everybody seemingly more concerned about the baby than the mother? Disgusting. And why is Nesta vilified for being the only one to tell Feyre? She said it to hurt her, blah blah blah. She also wanted to show Feyre that their situations are similar. That they're BOTH being shit on by the Night Court. And when she's close to a breaking point...Nesta is forced to hike a mountain? That is physical abuse. Also, Rhysand being extremely territorial putting a shield over her and barely letting Feyre go anywhere is beyond weird.

Suicide baiting: What Rhysand did to Tamlin in ACOFAS is nothing short of suicide baiting. And...only Lucien seems to really be that concerned about it? Like...are you telling me I'm supposed to be supporting Rhysand after he basically told a depressed male to kill himself?

Segregation: Separating the Hewn City from Velaris IS segregation, no matter what excuse you try to come up with. You can't claim they're all shitty people, since your bestie Mor comes from the CoN. So, there are good people stuck in the CoN unable to get out of their torment because Rhysand decided that only certain individuals are allowed in Velaris.

Performance Feminism: Establishing laws to help women and not doing shit to enforce them is performance feminism. If he's as powerful as he says, he can 100% stop wing-cutting and r*pe. But, he's a goddamn virtue signaler so he doesn't fucking care. The thing is, SJM could've handled these topics in a much better way and it would've been fine. But she completely fucked shit up here and it's crazy that some people don't see it. Part of me is still waiting for the final book where she says, psych rhysand was the villain the whole time. If so, I'll take everything back.

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"rhys is finally in a time of peace and is happy with a healthy mate and son. of course hed rip into Nesta. Shes lucky he didnt do worse"

and. who do you think gave him that.

WHO do you think gave you that healthy mate and son, Rhysand? Mr. Let's Steal the Book Entrusted to the Summer Court. Mr. Let me just Routinely bypass Boundaries and Taunt High Lords due to a Personal Vendetta. Mr. Let me make a Death Pact with my Wife and potentially Leave my Court with no Ruler and make my child an Orphan. Mr. Let Me make a dangerous Deal with a Death God

The Dread Trove answers to Nesta. She is not one of Rhysands little special bootlickers like the rest of them. she made a calculated risk to help someone in dire need

Feyre would have done the same thing and you fucking know it

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dare I dip my toes into acotar fandom discourse….

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I refuse to read the new book but what I'm hearing is that it's okay when the IC want to impulsively steal from another court which results in a death sentence, it's okay when both Feyre and Rhysand want to impulsively form pacts with ancient death Gods without consulting one another and treat it as a weird flirty gift???, it's okay for Cassian to impulsively murder the entire village where his mother was or whatever that was about, it's okay for them to impulsively tear down an entire apartment building to teach a lesson, Feyre and Rhysand made a life/death pact without consulting anyone- AND SO MUCH MORE because the IC is literally all impulse and no self control, but they're livid and hateful towards Nesta because she "did something impulsively". Okay Janet.

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This was submitted by @alwaysbeingme98

They said they wanted to know my thoughts on this. I’m sorry I’m late, I get a lot of notifications so it’s hard to keep up.

No actually, most of the things he did weren’t out of the “goodness” of his heart.

1) The bargain

That stupid bargain was only beneficial to Rhysand, he could’ve easily healed her without taking advantage of her vulnerable state. Instead, he twists the bone in her arm to cause her pain so that she can agree. She didn’t have a choice.

I bared my teeth. “Go. To. Hell.”

Swift as lightning, he lashed out, grabbing the shard of bone in my arm and twisting. A scream shattered out of me, ravaging my aching throat. The world flashed black and white and red. I thrashed and writhed, but he kept his grip, twisting the bone a final time before releasing my arm.

2) helping her with the task.

Feyre was the only person who could save him. Of course he was gonna help her win so that he can have his freedom. He expected Tamlin to help Feyre escape, but he didn’t help her escape either. The difference is that Tamlin was being watched, but Rhysand wasn’t. He was trusted by Amarantha. He got out of her court on calanmai. He knew how to get out. He knows how to winnow.

3) He made his spies strip her, paint all over her body, and dress her in something that barely even covered her. And then, making her dance for him between his legs, and having her sit on his lap. All of this, in front of the whole court. I’m sorry but his reason never made sense. He didn’t want to have Amarantha suspect anything because of the bargain he made with Feyre, but if the bargain was putting Feyre in danger, why did he make her agree to it in the first place considering it was never beneficial to her? If he was worried about what Amarantha’s servants would do, then could’ve told them to stay away from Feyre. He already told them before and they stopped.

“No more household chores, no more tasks,” he said, his voice an erotic caress. Their yellow eyes went glazed and dull, their sharp teeth gleaming as their mouths slackened. “Tell the others, too. Stay out of her cell, and don’t touch her. If you do, you’re to take your own daggers and gut yourselves. Understood?”

Rhysand mind controlled them so that they won’t touch her. That was before they knew about the bargain. That was a harmless way of protecting her.

The lady of the autumn court helped Feyre, Lucian helped Feyre. They helped without causing her any harm.

Making her drink so that she forgets the nightly horrors? That is the worst excuse I have ever heard in all of my seventeen years. First of all, if those nights were so terrifying, why did you have her there in the first place? Oh to not make Amarantha suspect. Why would she suspect? Because I made a bargain with Feyre. WHY DID YOU MAKE THAT BARGAIN?? exactly, I don’t know either. He never even explained why. Also, if you wanted her to forgot you could’ve just erased her memories considering you’re daemati.

Almost everything Rhysand did could’ve been done way differently. All of that dancing and bullshit was unnecessary, the bargain was unnecessary. He could’ve just healed her, or helped Lucian get to her so that he can heal her instead.

So no, there wasn’t really a good reason behind his actions except for helping her with the task.

Nesta didn’t hurt people because she had bad intentions or because she hated them. It was a defense mechanism. It’s wrong, but it was because of her. She was unwell. She had a lot of built up anger, and she lashed out at the wrong people. (not all the time but you get the point.)

Nesta and Rhysand cannot be compared that way, because even if Rhysand had good intentions, his actions are still terrible. And he chose to do them. It wasn’t because he was traumatized. At least we know that Nesta had built up anger because of everything that happened to her, what’s the explanation behind Rhysand’s actions? That he was protecting Feyre by sexually assaulting and abusing her even thought he could’ve just left her alone.

Although there’s an explanation behind Nesta’s treatment towards Feyre, Nesta’s behavior was still wrong, I won’t deny that. But Rhysand was also wrong. But they are both different. You cannot compare Nesta’s rudeness to Rhysand’s abuse and assault. That’s not how it works.

“If Rhys had done everything Nesta did to Feyre nobody would forgive him…..because he’s a man”

So you won’t forgive him if he was rude, but you’ll forgive him if he sexually assaults and abuses Feyre.

Y’all are misogynistic, it’s so obvious no matter how many times you try to deny it.

And finally, both Nesta and Rhysand are morally grey. And both should be held accountable for their actions. Not just Rhysand.

I’d like to hear your thoughts too. Feel free to reblog and express your opinion.

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It's been over a year since I subjected myself to ACOWAR and I am still baffled by SJM's decision to invent a second, evil back-up Daemati that Amarantha supposedly had, whose sole + singular purpose was to absolve Rhysand of the child murder he definitely committed in ACOTAR.

Like, in my opinion, it would have been less insulting to my intelligence to just never bring it up again and pretend it didn't happen. But to call attention to it 2 books later just to pull THIS explanation out of your ass??

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The most disturbing things portrayed in ACOTAR

Victim-blaming: Lucien tries to help Feyre and gets physically abused by Tamlin as a result. Feyre then proceeds to call him a dog despite Lucien doing everything he could in a difficult situation. And we're supposed to...support Feyre on this? And Rhysand throws around words like "can never forgive" man stfu you prick.

Sexual Assault: The most disturbing thing is not that Rhysand sexually assaulted Feyre. It's that he's never held accountable for this and never even apologizes at ANY point in the series. There are so many examples but this is the one that is the most disturbing.

Double Standards: We have Tamlin locking Feyre up for her own good being vilified, yet Rhysand is championed for locking Lucien and Nesta up in houses for their own good. Huh? WTF.

War Crimes: What Feyre did to the Spring Court, manipulating the sentries with the whole Ianthe thing and basically getting them killed, then weakening the Spring Court rulership which resulted in all those villagers in the Spring Court getting killed, then laying the Summer Court bare to Hybern as well, are nothing short of war crimes. And...instead of feeling regret, we have the main characters saying "Hybern's actions are their own." Like bitch what? Hybern wouldn't have been able to do shit if it wasn't for you! Have some damn accountability! And the fact that Tamlin and Tarquin are vilified for this never ceases to irk me.

Grooming: Rhysand groomed Feyre. He made excuses for everything he did with trauma, then sent Feyre out to do tasks for him like she's some kind of weapon he can use. WITHOUT giving her proper information, there is no choice. And everything he does is constantly explained away, until eventually Feyre becomes his trophy wife. Rhysand basically assigns Cassian to do the same for Nesta. I'm holding out hope that Elain will be saved from the Night Court.

The pregnancy debacle: the whole thing with the baby having wings and Rhysand withholding information from Feyre is just...disturbing. Idc if you're not telling her FoR hEr OwN gOoD, it is HER life at stake and she deserves to know. They didn't even try to shapeshift her to try and save her life? Like why is everybody seemingly more concerned about the baby than the mother? Disgusting. And why is Nesta vilified for being the only one to tell Feyre? She said it to hurt her, blah blah blah. She also wanted to show Feyre that their situations are similar. That they're BOTH being shit on by the Night Court. And when she's close to a breaking point...Nesta is forced to hike a mountain? That is physical abuse. Also, Rhysand being extremely territorial putting a shield over her and barely letting Feyre go anywhere is beyond weird.

Suicide baiting: What Rhysand did to Tamlin in ACOFAS is nothing short of suicide baiting. And...only Lucien seems to really be that concerned about it? Like...are you telling me I'm supposed to be supporting Rhysand after he basically told a depressed male to kill himself?

Segregation: Separating the Hewn City from Velaris IS segregation, no matter what excuse you try to come up with. You can't claim they're all shitty people, since your bestie Mor comes from the CoN. So, there are good people stuck in the CoN unable to get out of their torment because Rhysand decided that only certain individuals are allowed in Velaris.

Performance Feminism: Establishing laws to help women and not doing shit to enforce them is performance feminism. If he's as powerful as he says, he can 100% stop wing-cutting and r*pe. But, he's a goddamn virtue signaler so he doesn't fucking care. The thing is, SJM could've handled these topics in a much better way and it would've been fine. But she completely fucked shit up here and it's crazy that some people don't see it. Part of me is still waiting for the final book where she says, psych rhysand was the villain the whole time. If so, I'll take everything back.

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Ya know what tbqh I'm having a lot more fun interacting with SJM since deciding to hash tag stan tamlin but also what grinds my gears!?!? What butters my fucking croissants!?!?!

Tamlin has HOBBIES.

No no. Seriously. I have a point. Listen:

We know the following pieces of information about the Spring Court/Tamlin in ACOTAR: Most of the government falls squarely on Tamlin's shoulders because most of the old guard and the former sentries are dead, because they left the Spring Court to search for a "cure." He and Lucien actively patrol their borders and hunt for monsters that threaten humans and faeries alike. Taxes are collected once a year via the Tithe, but Tamlim absolishes the Tithe during Amarantha's rule. There are no cities. There is almost no distinction in the Court between High Fae and "lesser fae." He was a victim of abuse via his father and two much older brothers. Human slaves used to be common, but Tamlin finds his family history abhorrent and considers himself a protector type. He personally took Lucien to another Court for healing after Amarantha damaged his eye in a way that Tamlin himself could not fix. A faerie dies in his living room and Tamlin personally buries him. Tamlin takes refugees from other courts. The most important holiday is Calanmai, wherein Tamlin sacrifices his bodily autonomy and gets possessed by a god (?) in order to generate magic during the changing of seasons. He can be grouchy but he has a sense of humor; he writes silly poems for fun and plays music well enough that Feyre thinks he could make an actual career of it.

A lot of this gets re-conned, re-framed as "conservative" and sometimes actively ignored in order to attribute more positive qualities to Rhys - who in ACOTAR, is shown to be a manipulative liar who commits murder for fun and drugs/assaults Feyre. Tamlin clearly suffers from PTSD in ACOMAF but his symptoms are not "noble" or cute like Feyre. The narrative postulates that while Feyre needs to learn that she's worthy of love and freedom and that her dark past doesnt define her, Tamlin needs to be "redeemed" because his trauma is not as important or as valid as hers, and he can't be worthy of help until he repents for his "crime" of acting in ways that are - from his perspective- completely logical, and based in genuinely good/loving intentions.

In ACOWAR, Feyre states that she begins implanting/altering the memories of Tamlin in other people's heads to make them abandon him. She also steals a gift (presumably, a gift from Rhys to Tamlin) because she doesn't feel he deserves it, and contemplates burning down the rose garden which is pretty much all Tamlin has left of his mother.

This... does not make me hate Tamlin in the slightest. I read these books and actively struggle to hate him the way the narrative wants because everything about him is legitimately just tragic and pitiable.

While all this goes on the narrative goes on to reposition Rhysand - the guy who caused a lot of the main heroine trauma - as the best guy who ever lived. He's cruel to be kind, deeply misunderstood and hurting in silence. A martyr whose pain is just like the heroine's, who is an immortal ancient warrior king more powerful than any other person in the world but still somehow the narrative equal of a barely literate 20 year old woman. That sure is a choice and ya know what fine, whatever, I accept that this is the story I'm reading. But back to my earlier point:

What hobby does Rhysand have other than sex and fighting?

Answer me. Quickly.

The retcons with Tamlins character are annoying on their own because SJM clearly thinks her audience is too stupid to remember book one of her own series. But it's especially annoying for me given that Rhysand is a boring mouthpiece for the author to moralize her faerie books. As a character he's incredibly bland. There's nothing about him that's compelling because everything "bad" that he does is justified and righteous, and he can't be challenged or hurt because that would make Feyre (the other author mouthpiece) very sad. :(

Anyway remember to stan tamlin, send tweet.

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WHY DO NONE OF THE ACOTAR FAE HAVE HOBBIES EXCEPT THE ARCHERON SISTERS WHO ARE 19-25 YEARS OLD??? What have they all been doing for the last 500 years?? None of them have any real skills besides creative murder even though they had 450 years of peace between the first War and Amarantha’s reign.

Why does it not bother them that their mates have experienced less than 5% of their lifetimes and why do they not want their mates to live a little before settling down?

Why do they learn nothing from history that they literally lived? Why do none of them have a lick of emotional maturity or have any thoughts about the meaning of their lives or MEANINGFULLY improving the lives of others? I’m not talking about “let’s pass a law and let Illyrians still clip female wings as long as they aren’t obvious about it” I’m talking about a cultural overhaul where females and wild fae are valued and given justice *before* your nineteen-year-old recently-human mate expresses distaste for the way they are treated.

WHAT WERE THEY DOING FOR 450 YEARS

At least Tamlin plays the fiddle and Lucien studied/traveled I guess

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If we're talking about retcons can we also please talk about how Tamlin was retconned too? I have a list™️(sorry this is gonna be long): in ACOTAR it’s a big point that Tamlin didn’t want to be a cruel tyrannical high lord like his dad. This is stated SEVERAL times, in fact Feyre falls for him because he's vehemently anti slavery (compare that to Rhys, who says the NC freed their slaves ONLY because they became hard to brainwash and make them forget about Velaris. Ew). 1/5

But in ACOMAF, he's ok with the tithe? Not that he shouldn’t collect taxes, but at the threat of DEATH??? Because “that’s how my dad did it?” What happened to not wanting to be cruel like his dad? In TAR he's kind enough where people keeping seeking refuge, and long before Amarantha comes, Lucien, despite having friends in many courts, CHOOSES to stay with Tam. And Lucien spends 90% of the book mocking Tamlin or challenging him. He even sets Feyre up with the suriel, fearing no repercussions despite Feyre being important in, uh, breaking their curse??? (and there aren’t any from Tam). But in MAF Lucien is afraid of Tamlin? In TAR, Tamlin offers to teach Feyre how to read and to help her write to her family, and the book also mentions that he teaches her how to ride bareback. But now in MAF he doesn’t want to help teach her her powers and in fact, forbids her from training? And most importantly… in ACOTAR, Tamlin notices Feyre's moods despite being very busy with, you know. Running his court. Fighting off Amarntha's monsters. All that stuff. But he still sees when she's sad. In fact, noticing she's upset is what leads to him writing her poems, to make her feel better. So am I really supposed to believe that he ignores her and becomes emotionally negligent in ACOMAF because “he's busy”? That he doesn’t see her feelings or try to help and console her when he does so several times in book 1? Retcon city. Sorry, this is so long, but I’m angry ranting and Tamlin was retconned sooo much in later books.

NONNY THIS IS LITERALLY A TAMLIN STAN ACCOUNT WE CAN TALK ABOUT HIS CHARACTER ASSASSINATION ALLLLLLLLLLLLL MF DAYYY. IT'S MY FAVORITE PASS TIME.

So really, the tithe, I understand, it's even stated that most of the money and things are for running the estate and the land, upkeep etc. I think a lot of people have the tendency to hear(or read) estate and think....a very large house, but that isn't the case. A Lord's estate isn't just his manor, but his workers, his land, the villages that are built on that land, the animals in those villages, and anything and everything in between. He is literally collecting money to put towards their quality of life. HOWEVER, THE THREAT OF DEATH?

I understand he's vulnerable to Ianthe's whims, because as i've said before, he's never had anyone to guide him through this whole Highlord thing that he never asked for, but that is SO MUCH of a stretch for his character. In TAR he tells Feyre that he's no good for anything but war and death, and fiddling, that he's no good at being Highlord and he's terrified of being his father. Every action he takes is consciously for the betterment of his people and their lives, to the best of his ability while under Amarantha's rule. To the point where Fae, including Alis, flee from Amarantha and the effects of her and Rhysand's actions to his court. And when they get there they all choose to stay. Alis and Lucien, two of the main people who we know are refugees in his court, have nothing but kind things to say of him. And like you said- Lucien challenges him and makes fun of him for being awkward and laughs and plays with him as brothers do without fear. Because Tamlin literally does not enforce rank in his court. He doesn't just say that once, it bleeds into every interaction he has with his people. On the Summer Solstice, he sits among the people and plays the fiddle and drinks and dances with Feyre, and leaves everything long enough to take her to watch the wisps until the dawn breaks. He gets on his knees just to play HER a song, right there in front of everyone. He doesn't hide his feelings behind any type of mask, and he doesn't worry about what his people will think because THAT IS THEIR HIGHLORD. Their Highlord is JUST Tamlin, nothing more, nothing less.

He doesn't even wear the fancy, decked-out clothes of a Highlord, because they aren't practical, and he's just Tamlin.

He's never too busy for what Feyre needs- sometimes he has work and he can't spend every waking moment with her, but she never wants for anything. Even when she is so desperately afraid for her sisters...she has no need to be because he's already taken care of everything they could ever want or need. AND NESTA KNOWS IT WAS HIM!!!!! And even after Feyre does....everything that she does, he STILL cares for her family. When her sisters become Fae, he STILL cares for their father right up until the moment he steps onto that battlefield.

I bet, if Elain wanted to return to that house and live out the rest of her days in silence in the mortal realms....he would probably fund it because that's just who he is!!!!

He lets himself be trapped in that snare Feyre lays for him- just to make her smile. Just to see her triumph. Because he knows that's what she needs at that moment. He offers to teach her to read, but it's too embarrassing for her, so he doesn't press. He offers to help her write letters home to her family, but she doesn't know what she would even want to say, so he doesn't press. He keeps her painting of the woods- of a time when she was starving, now, in a time where she is fed and clothed in finery because it reminds him that is not the only one who feels desolate and overwhelmed with responsibility that they never asked for.

And then in the end, despite all this, despite being desperately in love with her, because he is desperately in love with her...he sends her away. He sends her home, back to that estate, away from the danger even when she is supposed to be his savior. Because it's a burden she doesn't know she carries, because he would rather find a million other ways or suffer under a woman who has been obsessed with him since he was a child than see Feyre suffer.

And she comes back for him because she loves him. She loves the freedom he has given her, the ways he's set her free. She loves the Spring Court and the people there, she loves dancing at the summer solstice and a male who plays her solos in front of hundreds of people like he's offering a gift to the goddess.

And then....all of that was just? A show? A ploy? What? What was it? It doesn't make sense. Yes, he's desperately afraid, but the last time he was desperately afraid he let her go. The safest thing for her in book two would be training. Harnessing her new powers, learning who she is now, and what she isn't anymore. But nooo now, suddenly it's lock her up and put her on a shelf? Now it's, he has too much to do, stay here and not, he has so much to do, stay safe? It's no longer teaching her what she doesn't know it's....owning her? I'd say make it make sense but literally, no one can.

And it makes me mad.

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Is it just me, or is it funny that in ACOTAR, Feyre doesn’t like the parties that Tamlin himself hates but is using to introduce her to his government and court (which seems… pretty important? Shouldn’t she be introduced to his court?) And then she doesn’t like the tithe, which is 100% fair. But then turns around and gets upset that he’s not involving her more in politics? Like Feyre you’re still illiterate there's not much else you can DO… 1/2

2/2 And another thing: why doesn’t she want to meet anyone in Tamlin's court., but she’s ok meeting Rhysand's Inner Circle? When she met the Inner Circle she was arguably MORE traumatized because she’d just escaped Tamlin being abusive so… she should’ve hated meeting the Inner Circle more than Tamlin trying to introduce her to HIS government. Cassian literally acts just like Brun and Hart. But Cassian doesn’t trigger her like they do. It’s almost like SJM is a manipulative writer. Oh wait.

Hi nonnie!!

Well, short answer is bad writing. It is the constant retcon and nonsense.

Yeah, the parties are important. The parties are political, with them Tamlin is showing his future wife, showing that even though Amarantha was horrible, him and the Spring Court is still wealthy, so no need to freak out and more stuff idk bc I don't understand Middle Ages politics. (And unlike SJM I'm not gonna act like I do)

Other thing about this situation is that Feyre never talks with Tamlin. She doesn't tell she is unconfortable, she doesn't tell she dislike the dresses, she doesn't tell she doesn't like to be seen as a savior. How is Tamlin supposed to do anything if he doesn't know what needs to be done??

Besides that she never acknowledges Tamlin's feeling. She never stops to think if he is doing well, if he is also suffering, if the situation is also difficult to him. She is just complaining about how Tamlin never ask if she is okay and then proceeds to never ask if he is okay.

Feyre also fails to understand that the parties are political. And she feels really unconfortable in those political meetings. So WHY would Tamlin include her in other political matters? Besides she is illiterate, dumb and never acts according to the situation.

About the second part I have no idea who Brun and Hart are. But yeah you're right.

It is so weird. Like at Tamlin's court everyono treated her with respect and she was already feeling weird. In the meeting they laugh at her and she is fine. Besides she doesn't matter dressing up to the meeting. While she would complain all the time about dressing up when she was with Tamlin.

But the thing is that the purpose of the meeing is showing how different Tamlin and Rhys are. How things are so informal and friendly with Rhys court but in Tamlin's court everything was so formal. Which is not only a retcon, since Tamlin never imposed his status as HL over Lucien in the first book, and he also didn't have ranks in his court unlike Rhys, and was always shown among his people, and again never imposing his status as HL on anyone. But it is also dumb. Of course Rhys court is chilling; the guy was killing, torturing, mind-raping, etc for Amarantha. His court was basically untouched. And the funny part is that he didn't even sell himself to her to protect his court, but only to protect one city, that was already hidden and everyone who knew about it was under heavy spells tgat made them uncapable of telling about the city to anyone.

Other thing that make her being confortable with them pretty dumb is the fact she heard everyone talk how bad the nc was. She saw it. She lived it. She knows Rhys is manilulative and bad and overall just horrible. But she feels fine??

The lack of logic in those books is beyond chocking.

And nonnie your final comment was so funny!!

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