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Hard agree, HARRDD AGREEEE!!! Geralt has been my Tam for a little while now. I just give him Ciri's hair instead 🤭 but the voice, the snarls, the built, the personality it all just screams Tam.

And OH EM GEEE dont get me started on the shows Yennifer as Rhysands sister 🫠🫠🫠🫠 she is perfect. Literally perfect. From skintone to beauty to personality 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠 ahhhhhh

You can’t convince me that Geralt of Rivia isn’t the live-action embodiment of Tamlin. Every time I see him brooding, tired, half-feral but deep down so full of loyalty and pain I think, yeah. That’s him. That’s Tamlin.

Same stoic mask. Same stubborn silence. Same "please leave me alone but I’ll bleed for you if you need me" energy. Yes, yes, I know Geralt has white hair and Tamlin’s supposed to have golden-blond curls and green eyes... But honestly? I’ll allow it. The vibe is there. The weight of love and guilt is there.

And gods Tamlin needs his Jaskier!!!!!!! Someone annoying, loud, chaotic, loyal to the bone. Someone who stays even when Tamlin tries to push everyone away.

I wanted that to be Lucien, I really did. But Lucien made his choice. He has a new path now, maybe even a new throne waiting for him at the Day Court.

And don’t even get me started on Yennefer—she is Rhysand’s sister in live-action form. Black hair, violet eyes, golden skin, raw untamed power... it’s all there.

But more than that, the way she is with Geralt? That sharp, stormy love. The kind that's passionate, broken, unfinished. The way they fight, care, push each other away but still reach back— It feels exactly like the energy I imagine between Tamlin and Rhys’s sister. A love that once burned bright and left behind only ashes. Something powerful and tragic.

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I am sick of seeing ‘Tamlin is a narcissist’ ‘Nesta is a narcissist’ all over this fandom and so now you get an unsolicited lesson in psychology because these accusations are driving me crazy! I’ve dealt with narcissists all my life, and no, it’s not code for ‘I hate them and they ignored my feelings that one time, so they must be a narcissist’ but people with legit condition, and one of them being my biological father.

This isn’t a judgement on anyone with personality disorders. Modern media loves to glorify them as the driving force behind all evil in the world when not everyone diagnosed is plotting to destroy lives. Narcissism is a vast subject and can’t be dumbed down in a few bullet points. The following are the common traits associated with this condition and a true narcissist will check most of these boxes.

Exaggerated sense of self-worth: They believe they are special and unique. They have superiority complex and regard themselves on high standards that are ‘unachievable’ for normal people. Everything they do and say is remarkable because they did it. Their whole existence in your life itself should be treated as the Second Coming of Christ.

Now, the two characters in the entire series with the such low opinions about themselves that the combined value of their self-worth is in the negatives are Tamlin and Nesta. And you are calling them narcissists?

Entitlement: As a result, narcissists believe they are special, that they deserve special treatments. So they are above punishment or can get away with anything since they are wiser and nobler than everyone around them. You should treat them as the sun and the moon and the stars in your life. If not, they won’t stick around. If not, you are the entitled one disrespecting them.

When are Nesta and Tamlin given special treatments or shown to want it? They are literally treated as doormats by everyone. And Nesta sees herself as an accessory to others. She is Feyre’s sister. She is Elain’s protector. She is Cassian’s mate. She is a friend of Gwyneth and Emerie. During the Blood Rite, she is dispensable so they could live. She doesn’t even see herself as a person on her own.

Obsession with self-image: Narcissist have a carefully crafted persona for the public so they are perceived as nothing short of perfection. Their friends, their family, their career, their lifestyle—everything exists to reaffirm that image and serve them in one way or the other. It’s their way of obtaining public validation to satisfy their ego.

After their family recovers from poverty, the last thing Nesta is worried about is how others see her. Don’t even get me started on Tamlin. He’s been an open book from the start and never did anything for himself.

Self-preservation: Narcissists have a strong instinct to protect themselves because they can’t ruin the reputation they worked so hard to build. There is no way they are putting themselves in harm’s way for the sake of others. They are just too precious. There is a subset of this condition where they may stand up for social causes but that is again a projection of their self-worth and inflation of ego. Okay, I’m digressing.

Nesta went to Wall looking for Feyre. She scried and went to the Middle so Elain doesn’t have to. She stayed behind to fight so Emerie and Gwyn could survive.

Tamlin literally doesn’t know what that word means. He’s been wrecking his life and image left and right ever since the beginning.

Craving for power, attention and dominance: Most of what a narcissist wants is for external validation. Power, beauty, success, fame—whatever earns them that. And anyone who doesn’t offer this to a narcissist becomes inferior. Also, since they think so highly of themselves they only respect the ones who possess what they believe they have or they wish to have. If they want power, they will respect ones with power, because they are equals now. And, lying goes hand in hand with narcissism as they want to protect their facade by all means. It’s easier to control the narrative when they are in ultimate power.

When did Nesta want power or dominance? Over and over again we see her to want to be left alone. After their family came into wealth, if she were a narcissist, she would be hosting parties, scoring the wealthiest man to secure her future, have left her family right away. If she were a narcissist, she’d thrive in the attention she was receiving after the war. She would’ve been a weeping mess so her sisters could coddle her.

I can’t believe I even have to explain for Tamlin. He hates the title of High Lord and the distance it forces between him and his friends. He uses his title when his decision is opposed and when his fears are justified (which is most of the times) and people don’t listen to him otherwise. He is seen to only pull ranks when he is left with no other choice.

Need for praise and validation: A narcissist loves to talk about themselves and their achievements. They are too special for others to understand, so the attention they get satisfies them for a while and strokes their ego. They will surround themselves with people who validate their fantasies of grandeur. And anyone who doesn’t is demonised for life irrespective of their true nature.

Remember the time when Nesta willing boasted about all her trauma to anyone who listened? Or her experience with the Cauldron at the High Lord meeting? Remember when Tamlin cried to Feyre every night about his experience UtM? Or how it’s so hard for him to restore his court all the while protecting her and so she should be grateful to him and dote on him? Yeah, no one in the book either.

Sensitivity to external perception: Narcissists can’t take criticism well as they see everything as a threat to their self-image. They will never admit their shortcomings as in their minds, they can do no wrong.

Tamlin and Nesta have received nothing but criticism from everyone throughout the series. Most of the times, they admit it themselves, apologise, and work to be better.

Competitive and envious: Everyone gets jealous, but it’s heightened for narcissists. Everything is a competition and everyone is jealous of them because of their exaggerated achievements and self-importance. And their sense of jealousy doesn’t come from a place a lack, but entitlement: ‘I deserve it more than them, and so it should be mine’.

Just, where? Nesta and Tamlin are barely holding their lives together to even worry about what others have. If anything they want to give up what they already do have for some peace.

Lack of empathy: Narcissists don’t feel empathy, so they can’t feel guilt either. It allows them to exploit others without remorse. They will justify their actions and never take responsibility for it because of their entitlement—everyone is a monkey in their circus.

If Feyre’s hunting is an exploitation by Nesta, then Feyre exploited Nesta’s labour at home. Their life during poverty is two little girls trying to survive in a terribly dysfunctional family in extreme conditions. They were abused and exploited by their father, not each other.

And Tamlin takes on every burden upon himself and stumbles through it without expecting anyone to understand him. He wears his mistakes openly as much as he does his rights.

And these two are nothing but a walking lump of guilt and empathy.

I’m sorry that not everything revolves around Feyre and I’m sorry that Nesta didn’t put her on a pedestal every day of her life. Besides, it didn’t work out so well for Tamlin when he did either.

Nesta is self-sabotaging because of the pain she carries. Her self-centredness stems from guilt that she wasn’t enough for others and didn’t live up to their expectations. She is not a narcissist for finally succumbing to the shame and pain that she has been living with ever since their mother died and family went into poverty, especially when everyone around her loves to rub it in her face.

And Tamlin is a broken man afraid of being helpless again after he witnessed his people suffer and die for him for decades, and his partner be sexually assaulted every night for two months all because she came to his rescue. His domineering tendencies are a manifestation of his fears of failing the people he loves.

But, do you wanna know who is actually a narcissist in the entire series? Take a wild fucking guess. If I start listing names, there’s gonna an army crying over a cardboard cutout who has zero personality other than a mate and some flowers, and a stupid overgrown man-child who can’t think about anything but his dick for more than two fucking seconds.

See, it’s easy to label someone as a narcissist when you already have a low opinion of them. Everything they do is selfish, self-centred, and manipulative. You are allowed to love or hate any character you want, that’s your prerogative as a reader. Hate Nesta all you want, hate Tamlin too. But why do you have to mischaracterise them with a disorder that’s already stigmatised in the society?

And, narcissism is a spectrum just like everything else and not everyone who exhibits these tendencies is a narcissist. And not everyone diagnosed is pure evil. I assure you most of you won’t even recognise one if you meet them. If your gauge is based on one life event, I have news for you—even you will qualify as a narcissist.

These disorders are not a moral failing, instead a condition they are born with. These people don’t get to choose how their brains are wired and they struggle to live by certain normal, socially accepted principles that they don’t/can’t understand. They can’t open up about their issues without someone villainizing them for no other reason than their conditions.

Oh but you, with your perfect brain and your perfect morals and perfect ideals, the proclaimed advocates of victims and survivors are walking around calling people names and accusing them of being an abuser because they like a fictional character?

Honestly, you are worse than the people you demonise because you are aware of your actions and you are choosing to be a bitch.

Your opinion is not a fact. Not everyone you hate is a narcissist. Not everyone you hate is a psychopath. And you are neither cute nor smart for slapping these label on others to justify your hatred. Just say you hate a character and shut up.

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Thanks for tagging me @lifeisabiscuit @my-acotar-thoughts

Favorite color: Sage green 🫠 im just obsessed with it

Last song: Slept so long - Queen of the Damned has such a stunning soundtrack. I recently rewatched it and yep thats definitely where part of my lore started 🫠🫠 I cant wait to hear about who iwtv has cast as Akasha

Currently reading: Lover Eternal 🤭 yes Passionflix's live action of jr wards dark lover has rekindled my love for the brotherhood 🤭 ... Eye of the world - s3 of wheel of time was just ❤️ it got me into reading it. Pity its now cancelled 😑 ... Mockingjay - its my very first time reading the hunger games books and im rather loving it!!!

Currently watching: White Lotus s3, godless, and contemplating rewatching iwtv for the 10th time. All these interviews with Sam Reid has been coming out and ahhhh the feelssss

Currently craving: PANCAKES!!! and im about to go make some!!!

Tea or Coffee: Coffee BUT only iced coffee. Hot beverages are a hard no for me.

No pressure tags: anyone! Go have some fun!

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✶ answer the questions, then tag six people

Thanks for the tag @highlordofkrypton 😊

Favourite colour: Purple

Last song: Alive Forever from the Death becomes her musical. The whole album just gives me Tamlin and Rhys feud vibes lol

Currently reading: All the Tamsand fanfic lol

Legendary by Stephanie Garber (physical book)

A queen this fierce & deadly by Stacia Stark (Audiobook)

Currently watching: Nothing religiously. My attention span isnt great lately so i just watch things while im eating. Usually Smosh or GMM on YouTube.

Currently craving: Sleep 😴 or some kind of pasta.

Tea or coffee: Tea always. I'll drink coffee if I need caffeine but I love a tea.

No pressure tags: @fourteentrout @visenlya @claws-and-all @thefatesofspring @achaotichuman @farintonorth

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Things I like to think are totally normal in the Spring Court 🍃🌸🌿✨

The Spring Court actually has the most lesser fae—real fae. You know, the ones with colorful skin, tails, antlers, claws, vine-like hair, or wings made of bark or petals. Not just “hot humans with pointy ears.”

Nudity is a normal thing there. Skin is just skin. some fae wear moonlight or nothing at all, unless ceremony demands a cloak of tradition

Forests and rivers everywhere. Poisonous flowers that sing. Trees that move when you're not looking. Glow-in-the-dark mushrooms lighting up mossy paths. Vines that curl like curious fingers.

There’s mischief in the air—never cruel, just clever. Lose your boots to a fox. Find your hair braided with wildflowers by giggling sprites. Discover a raccoon carrying your necklace like a treasure.

wearing shoes is rare thing. The earth is warm and breathing, and the fae here walk barefoot to stay connected to their land.

No brothels here, because sex isn’t commodified—it’s woven into their culture like music or magic. Passion and desire are honored, not hidden. This is the court of Calanmai, after all. 👀

To any person whom isn't spring citizent there are no paths in the land only suggestions. The same route never leads to the same place twice unless the land wants it to.

The forest is full of bargains. Want something? The right flower, rock, or creature will give it… for a price. You’ll probably forget you made a deal until it’s time to pay.

Laughter isn't always safe. Some fae laugh to lure, others to confuse. The clever ones just mimic yours to draw you deeper in.

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I have the first book of ACOTAR near my bed; sometimes I feel compelled to open it and read a random passage. This one came up last night. I don’t pull my characterization of Tamlin out of my ass; it’s based on what I read. Time after time I’m told by the fandom Tamlin is a boastful narcissist, a Gaston with trophies who looks adoringly at himself in the mirror; a tech bro who drives a Tesla truck. Where is this person on the page? When he kills the naga here, he isn’t proud, he isn’t boastful, he doesn’t keep their heads as a trophy; he is ashamed to be a killer, lamenting it; not unrepentant. Rhysand sees him as weak for these things. And he doesn’t tell Feyre this to look good; she can simply see it for herself. It’s obvious. What’s not obvious is the fanon version. He doesn’t have to be awful in every way to have been wrong in ACOMAF.

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Yess, I like to believe some of these fairies befriended Tam when he was a child. And they'd always find a way to make him smile on the hard days 🥺🥺

Y'know how in fairy tales there's lil small pixies and fairies that are like super small or fit in your hand like Tinkerbell? Since usually pixies and fairies are associated with spring what if there were little pixie people living in the Spring Court with their own little village? Like they live in little elaborate houses with and live in flowers Thumbelina style 😭

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@tamlinweek day 2: dark spring

"and ance it fell upon a day a cauld day and a snell, when we were frae the hunting come, that frae my horse I fell, the queen o' fairies she caught me, in yon green hill do dwell."

SORRY IM LATE UHM... i think dark spring.. and think abt dark times with amarantha mhm mhm and i think mythology i thought of the ballad of tam lin more like folklore-and my first idea was TAPESTRY so i make... tapestry.. 🤲

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Day 1 of @tamlinweek - Dark Spring

A tribute to my favourite part of the stunning listening_stars' acotar overlays: Tamlin's tiny chair when he's forced to vibe by Amarantha's side. It lives rent free in my head.

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“Why did you leave?”

Day 2 of @tamlinweek

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Yes, I drew an entire fake cover for a fake book and printed it out 😂😂😂

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Day 2: Dark Spring

with some themes of spring folklore if you squint

The Prince of Foxes and Flame visits the King of Beasts and Spring to express his concern

Day 2 for @tamlinweek 2025

Close ups

Version without 1000 effects

Also in collaboration with @thornsinwinter Day 2 fic part!

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day 2: dark spring/spring mythology & celebrations

...... So about that

Anyways, this is my submission for @tamlinweek

Hehhe lowk ran out of ideas for this prompt, so here's another unfinished (and not gonna finish) wip

I had something for a headcanon but... I mayhaps have forgot ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

I remember thinking smth abt leaning more towards themes of turning to a darker side (the doodle) and revenge and twisting spring along w/ it ...?

The wip, lowk gave some ideas (it's from ages ago so not rlly meant to be part of here), bur like I was thinking branches and trees on the skull or growing from it then it went to those cool looking deer skulls (which shoulda been the masks for the curse it woulda been so much cooler), then it somehow got to insects and locusts and tam turning into those, then smth else idk if it's really spring then there was a tangent and I liked smth abt it but then forgot (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠)

Alfjlsjdksks I should write down my ideas more often :(

I'll add stuff if it comes up lol

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here's what will likely be my only submission to tamlin week bc finals are final-ing, but I wanted to get something out there.

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I never actually planned on posting this old sketch but I cleaned it up a little to post for @tamlinweek 's prompt for today, Dark Spring/Spring Mythology and Celebrations! Who doesn't love a little Calanmai Tamlin. I'd assume he wouldn't actually use a bow for The Hunt but I thought it'd be fun to give him one anyway

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Day 2 • Dark Spring 🌕🍄 @tamlinweek

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@tamlinweek Day 2: Dark Spring/Mythology

Chunky: Wow, look at that picture. Totally looks like Tamlin Chunky a little while later: *gasp* m u s t d r a w t a m l i n Also Chunky: Ok but HOW can I make this sad?

The evening primrose blooms at night can hold different meanings. It can represent fond memories or young lovers and is often the first spring bloom.

Thirteen primroses is considered to be lucky... More or less than that is bad luck. There are only 12 violet evening primroses in his bouquet.

In contrast, the late blooming aster, or Michaelmas daisy, whose name translates to star, was created by the tears of the goddess Astraea due to the lack of stars in the sky.

The purple aster is for royalty and it is often used as a symbol of farewell and departure. It can also symbolize renewal and the resilience of spring. Thank you to @mistandmemories and @jules-writes-stories for helping me come up with a flower for Feyre's representation.

Amaranth is the symbol of Artemis, the huntress and a representation of unfading affection and everlasting love; And in my interpretation, Amarantha is a ghost that will always haunt him. 

He wouldn't have her so she tainted his first love(Tamsand), and his last (Feylin).

Dividers by @olenvasynyt

Here is a link to (hopefully) better quality on Ao3

Upon further review I don’t think that’s actually the case lol but we tried.

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The Spring Storm

Tamlin week 2025 prompt for Day Two|Dark Spring

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