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🐦‍⬛ 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐊𝐄𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐍, 𝚙𝚝. 𝟷 — quotes taken from the 2024 film directed by dev patel. some edits have been made to allow for rp purposes. feel free to adjust for pronouns/names/etc.

❝ This is a sacred space. ❞

❝ We here all worship one god. ❞

❝ That's the smell of victory right there. ❞

❝ You hear that? They fucking hate you. ❞

❝ You want another 50%, you bleed. ❞

❝ I need that money. ❞

❝ Put on a show, get the money. ❞

❝ Are these the simple actions of a man made good? ❞

❝ I leave politics to the politicians. ❞

❝ How can you allow these guys here? What kind of a place are you running? ❞

❝ I tried to rush in, and, um, they fought back, and... ❞

❝ I don't want charity. What I need is a job. ❞

❝ Look, I don't have time for this. ❞

❝ Give me the job no one wants to do. I'll do it. No complaint. ❞

❝ This is all I know. ❞

❝ Anyone who talks outside these walls, anyone who forgets their place, it doesn't turn out well for them. Understood? ❞

❝ New guy, huh? What's your name? ❞

❝ I just want to clean the dishes, okay? ❞

❝ You're gonna thank me for this one day. ❞

❝ I got an answer to every prayer. ❞

❝ You like John Wick? 'Cause this just came in. Same gun from the movie! ❞

❝ Okay, okay. Don't cry. ❞

❝ No, no, no. Listen, listen. I have a reputation to protect, understand? ❞

❝ How many times do I have to tell you, fucking knock on the door and enter? ❞

❝ I need you to learn some manners. ❞

❝ Get it sorted by the weekend. ❞

❝ Does it look like I need some help from someone like you? ❞

❝ The cops? They're the dirtiest fuckers. ❞

❝ Let's boogie. ❞

#M. #mhm mhm mhm.............thank you to k for the transcript link #good looking out as always <3

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everybody: god nesta is such a fucking bitch she’s so mean for no reason

nesta, taking on the role of auntie like it was made for her: my little baby 🥰 my sweet little nephew my favorite little guy in the whole wide world 🥰 look at how big you grew look at your pretty wings 🥰 and so strong too just like your mama 🥰 my sweet boy yes i love you so much 🥰

#i know all of the IC’s brains implode every time they see her with nyx #feyre and elain: now wait just a second— #nesta loves kids she LOVES babies and she is the best aunt ever #something something making up for being a horrible sister something something #anyway! what’s good? anyone else emo today? #im very busy reading dragon smut and trying to ignore the sunday scaries #hope ur staying hydrated <3

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“i am worthless and i am nothing. i hate everything that i am. and i am so, so tired. i am tired of wanting to be anywhere but in my own head.”

#the ‘something is rotten inside of me i have to find it and cut it out’ of it all #she is my everything she is my baby #nobody in that fucking book deserves her not a single one of them in canon deserves her #except gwyn and emerie <3 #the rest of them can go fuck themselves #every one of them failed her. they all failed her. FUCK them #and i’ll stand on that hill and die on it

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i'd walk so far just to take the injury of finally knowing you. [ ft. @selenaites ]

#selenaites #did you think i wouldn't do this without our signature b&w #as IF...... #anyway. i WILL do another one actually with nfwmb but for now i just slid the quote in <3 #i'm just aching. i just ache. do you ever ache #i'm tossing you the braincell now i can't hold it any longer

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CEASE AND DESIST LADY DEATH!!!

#holy fucking SHIT #mrs bloodshed i am begging for a moment of your time #cheekbones for days #now THAT is a smolder no wonder people cower under her stare #i am in love with you!!!!!

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we all do what we have to in order to survive. / cassian !

She  wonders  who  takes  care  of  him  when  he  returns  from  war.    @selenaites  has  his  little  rituals  before  he  throws  himself  into  every  battle,    big  and  small,    so  it  stands  to  reason  that  he  must  do  something  when  the  blood  has  crusted  and  the  sword  is  put  down.    Except  maybe  the  routine  is  that  Cassian  never  really  puts  it  down,    she’s  coming  to  realize.

Well.    She’ll  just  see  about  that.

❝    Mm.    ❞  The  General  has  made  a  valiant  attempt  at  removing  his  title after debriefing with Rhysand,    but  it  clearly  still  chafes  like  a  mask  too  tightly  held  against  the  skin even now that he's home. Something bad must have happened.    His  words  have  that  edge  to  them.    With  deliberate  care,    she  lifts  one  of  his  hands,    cups  his  palm  around  one  of  her  cheeks  until  he  takes  hold  on  his  own,    and  then  sets  to  work.    Soft  fingertips  honed  for  the  battles  seen  in  high  society,    fingertips  that  not  even  a  day  ago  sparked  silver  with  anxious  flames  at  the  news  that  her  mate  had  been  delayed  in  returning  home  to  her,    trace  fresh  cuts  along  Cassian’s  outstretched  forearm.    ❝    And  these?    Your  proof  that  you  have  survived,    hm?    ❞

If  she  sounds  sharp,    it’s  because  she  is  still  learning  how  to  dull  her  bladed  tongue.    But  when  Nesta  lifts  her  eyes  to  meet  his,    there  is  relief  there  as  much  as  there  is  a  stern  sort  of  concern.    Lady  Death  steps  forward  until  her  slippered  feet  are  flush  with  his  heavy  boots.    Blatantly  mirroring  him,    she  reaches  up  to  chart  a  path  with  her  touch  along  his  unshaven  jaw  and  wrinkles  her  nose  at  him  so  she  won’t  smile  like  a  fool.    ❝    You  speak  with  apology  in  your  tone,    General.    Did  you  think  I  would  begrudge  you  coming  home like this?    You  should  know  that  I  despise  tardiness  and  you  were  due  yesterday.    So  if  you  are  sorry  for  anything,    I  would  hope  it’s  that  you  left  me  waiting  and  for  that  alone.    ❞

#selenaites #why hello there.........................did you think you were safe from me? WRONG-O! #nesta: distressed and worried and very upset #cassian: clearly going through it #nesta: i'm not going to call you an idiot for scaring me because you're obviously upset but i will heavily imply it #emotionally constipated ass...... #anyway do you ever ache #cassian: so. i'm a monster #nesta: if you don't shut the fuck up right this second. we're going to practice affirmations. gwyn just taught me. #I ACHE!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Rio! I have a random question about nesta as a girl who grew up overly pushed and forced into "feminine perfection" by her mom, how did she experience the realization that she couldnt fulfill those toxic expectations that her mom forced on her because of her own trauma and the what the cauldron did to her? Not me asking bc of my own mommy issues lmao sorry if you already talked abt this here! Also idk if i made any sense wiith this question in my head i did

euge my darling i could kiss you on the mouth. i've been sitting on this ask for like 2 weeks now because it's just so juicy and i've been wanting to do it (and nesta) justice in how i answer it with regards to my portrayal.

honestly? i don't think nesta HAS come to this realization. and i say this because i don’t think she is in a space mentally or emotionally to understand that those expectations ARE toxic. certainly not in a canon world LMAO but not really in my interpretation either. i think that the rotten roots that her mother dug into her at such a young age are so deep that it will likely take decades for nesta to really even understand just how badly she's been harmed. and the canon treatment she receives at the hands of the IC absolutely does not go far in mending the mindset she's been brainwashed into either.

i mean. people can talk about how prythian doesn't uphold the patriarchal ideals that the human world does because it's an entirely different culture and species but the fact of the matter is that that's just complete bogus. men rule prythian. and you can argue that amarantha was in charge and blah blah blah the human queens blah blah blah but the fact of the matter is, tamlin wasn't putting feyre down when he told her there weren't high ladies among the fae. he was simply stating a fact. viviane of winter court (arguably an incredible leader considering the winter court did not sway under amarantha's rule while kallias was under the mountain) was clearly slighted when rhysand made feyre the first high lady.

and don't even get me started on the treatment of illyrian women. the abuse that those young girls and women are subjected to by illyrian men (rhysand's people!) is very close to the treatment that nesta expects as someone who grew up knowing that her only fate, the only role she would fit into, was that of a submissive wife to ensure her family's care. that those women are being violated so horribly because it's "tradition" just further proves to her that safety is not an option. that freedom is not an option.

all that to say, nesta can't break out of those expectations because she doesn't have the tools or the knowledge to be able to do it. not even when she goes to live in the supposedly amazing world of the fae that her baby sister so dearly loves. she is forced into “fae ideals” which are not far off from what she’s already familiar with. she is “promised” (mated) to a man for the “good of her family” (the IC/rhys/feyre) whether she wants to be or not and “society” (the IC) expects her to stay quiet and accept it and do it beautifully and to stop being in pain so loudly. because that’s feminine perfection of course!

i think that. even if she DID realize this. she would be in deep denial. lune and i are giving nessian the story that they deserve, but trauma is trauma. and like i said it’s going to take a long time for nesta to uncover how badly she’s been hurt for so long. but even just uncovering it won’t “fix” or help her. there are so many layers to the way her mother’s expectations cut away at her (and continue and will continue to do so!).

i believe nesta knows her mother was cruel, but she wouldn’t believe she’s been harmed without reason. which is why, even realizing that the expectations foisted on her were terrible and she couldn’t meet them if she really tried, she would simply be devastated that she could fail so badly. because that’s all she does in her own eyes, you know? she failed her mother, she failed her sisters, she failed her father, she fails cassian, she fails herself. she wouldn't think, "gee i shouldn't have been treated like shit like that", she'd think, "wow i can't believe i became high fae and i still can't manage to take care of my fucking family". i think it would be a setback in her healing and she’d have to climb those stairs too.

#youfought #you don’t think your question made sense but i don’t think my answer made sense #there’s so much nuance im missing too esp in regards to fae culture within canon and within my interpretation as well #one day lune and i will gather our shared braincell and figure out illyrian culture and lay it all out #anyway this is rambly i did not in fact do this justice but alas #all i do is get on here and cry about nesta archeron #im also probably missing so much i will. undoubtedly come back to this post one day and edit it #but for now i word vomit and bawl #also i have so many feelings about nesta and her mom and nesta re: motherhood #i have SO many feelings. nesta as a mom and nesta with children is. such a concept and its so important to me #esp with how it concerns nesta’s feelings about her mother too like!! oof it hurts #i want and need to explore it so bad #im already dying about it truly

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lune and i are obviously fixing the mess that is canon but i cannot stress enough that she clearly would accept the treatment that she receives throughout her book because she thinks that she deserves it and she is nothing if not built in the image of the obedient little wife

#the fact that janet thinks that SF is a healing arc. or markets it as one. and that fandom eats it up as one #there is no healing in that fucking book except to stroke at rhysand’s massive ego #who heals? the beaten down and abused girl who bows down before someone who essentially told her that she deserves to die? #the girl who sacrifices herself and her powers because she is made to believe that the only way she is deserving of respect or care #(the same respect and care everyone else receives freely of course) #is by cutting off pieces of herself to serve the people who abuse her? #yeah. no. no thank you. not even to mention the rest of the shit she endured in that book ‘but healing!!!!’ #she would let rhysand kill her. she would let cassian do whatever he wanted to her. #her anger is not her true emotion. yes she IS angry. but at herself #and really what she feels is fear. loneliness. FUCKING DEPRESSION JANET #‘she’s mean to everyone’ she’s scared of everyone. and nobody gives a fuck about her not really #they give a fuck what she can do. for them or to them. that’s it #and she knows that. so she reacts accordingly #anyway fuck canon but goddamn ouch

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♡ barbara palvin for venice film festival ( gala.fr )

#BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK #okay mrs bloodshed look at you goooo in your night court black <333333 #it's giving nightmare court. she'd be. very uncomfortable with all that skin showing but anything for appearances' sake #the hair is everything god i love her soooo much #madam death ur hand in marriage pls

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heavy on “I fear being alone more than anything else. So why do I do this? Why do I push away the people I love? What is so very wrong with me? I don’t know. And I don’t know how to make it stop.”

#she doesn't want to be loved because she so desperately wants to be loved DO YOU GET IT #DO YOU UNDERSTAND #she is fully aware that she is horrible she KNOWS what she is and that self awareness is a curse #and she regrets opening her mouth every time!!!!! everything she says and does is wrong and she knows it!!!!!!!!! #how does she curb her nature!!!!!!! how does she dull her blade!!!!!!! it's all she has!!!!!!!!!!!! #WHAT IS SO WRONG WITH ME AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT STOP WAHHHHH #something something 'i have a monster inside me ... think that she hates me i'm feelin' it lately' RAAHHHHHHH #dragging my hands down my face #ONE DAY one day.....one day she will feel safe enough to be silly to be warm to be 'good enough' #she already is she IS good i will fight but. one day she will feel peace :((((( i swear it :((((((( #someday i will click clack memes and drafts and not just shitpost rants

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i grew up hated; i grew up alone. i grew up angry, violent. i grew up mean.

#i think about her all the time she makes me cry all the time #this is my baby my honey my everything and i will die about her #azriel likes her and so should you and that’s all i have to say to the haters

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i won’t forgive people who read sf and still vilified nesta but woobified cassian as if his treatment of nesta throughout that entire book wasn’t absolutely atrocious

#‘cassian was just reacting to nesta that’s how he was protecting himself!’ #sorry to be the one to apparently do the media literacy for you but that’s literally the explanation for nesta’s entire character #she just reacts preemptively! like!!!!! #anyway this is canon cassian not lune’s cassian we only love one beefus in silvreflames dot com

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coincidentally this is both cassian and rhysand

#once more with feeling: feyre and nesta are the same sort of wild animal <3

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Nesta, thank you for taking Jesus away, after all, because it led me to the love of my life—Katherine.

i love a happy ending.

#congratulations mary! i love it when i see a cunt4cunt relationship <3

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nesta doesn’t even think she’s worthy of her own man, you think she’s worried about YOURS???

#nesta: i’d like to be a girls girl but some girls make it so HARD!!!!! #LMFJDBDKSBDDNNSN

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You may think yourself clever, Nesta, but your treachery will not go unnoticed. I see you for what you truly are, and I will not rest until the world knows the extent of your wickedness.

get in line. most of the world already knows, don’t worry.

#can a girl be mentally ill in peace #sb: i see you for what you truly are #nesta: whatever you see i’ve already been scolded for tenfold by everybody and their mother so truly this is nothing new #this is hilarious but it’s also pretty meta if you ask me #it’s giving morrigan in sf. also amren. definitely rhysand #what are you gonna do? slut shame me next? been there heard that!

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Listen here, Nesta Archerson, you've got some nerve snatching my man, Jesus, away from me! I've had enough of your games and your selfish ways. Jesus was mine first, and you come waltzing in, thinking you can just take him for yourself? Well, let me tell you something: I won't stand for it! You may have him now, but mark my words, I'll make sure you regret ever crossing paths with him. You may think you're something special, but you're nothing compared to me. Watch your back, Nesta, because Mary Magdalene isn't one to be messed with!

first of all, it’s archeron. so jot that down.

#mary honey let’s consider the real issue here: why is jesus so easily snatched from a catch such as yourself #the plot thickens #nesta: and why are you talking to my mate? you won’t need to stand any longer sweetheart after i cut you down at the kneecaps #nesta: rhysand give me my sword back for just a minute. no it’s not to use on you. this time