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“You set my soul alight.”

I have nothing deep, nor witty to say. I’m fueling my obsession with the insane dynamics of this couple.

(Gonna be daydreaming about the size of Azriel’s hands for the rest of my life)

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Yes, we know that SJM forgets a lot of details from her books, but this line from the end of chapter 45 of ACOTAR always stood out to me. Beron is the first High Lord to offer his power to resurrect Feyre:

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You're no feminist. You're not only placing blame of Tamlin onto Feyre but you're saying that Feyre's revenge was stupid /petty as if he wasn't @busing her and his ugly lapdog was just watching it all fall apart . Just like that boy did with his mom .

Rhys's sister ain't alive that nasty man's actions caused her to die . Some of you need to know how to comprehend material . Her head was floating down a river , Tamlin is nasty and cruel person . His soulmate is Lucien and only Lucien

"When you only interact with people who share the exact same opinion as you... Same favorite characters, same takes, same echo chamber where you can throw even your most delulu theories around without risking anyone throw free hate... sounds cozy, right?

But even then — even in your carefully curated comfort zone — people still find the time to crawl into your inboxe just to send this kind of messages over fictional characters. 🙃 Wow. How great!"

Let me say it louder for the ones in the back (and I’ll keep saying it, again and again):

The way I perceive a story, its characters, its events: that interpretation belongs to me. Not you. Not your circle. Me.

That’s the entire point of fiction! It’s meant to spark different perspectives, emotions, even contradictions.

We’re human beings, not clones. We think differently. So if you need everyone to agree with your opinion 100% of the time… you’re not looking for conversation, you’re looking for a cult.

And oh, don’t come at my boys just because you lack the imagination or empathy to put yourself in their shoes — especially when we never got to hear their full stories.

You don’t know what Lucien went through in Beron’s house. You don’t know if he exchanged messages with his mother in secret, living under the constant threat of a powerful, abusive High Lord. What exactly do you expect him to do? Stand up and die for rebellion while no one even sees it?

And for my lovely blondie Tamlin — you’re so quick to condemn him while you forgave Rhysand in a heartbeat, even though he actually abused and sexually harassed Feyre Under the Mountain. But I guess it’s fine now because he “had a reason,” right? Because we heard his story.

But what about Tamlin’s story? What if, for just one second, you considered what he went through?

You really think Amarantha, who lusted after him since his childhood, wouldn’t do horrible things to him once she had him caged like a trophy in her court? You think he came out of that untouched?

Let me remind you: it was Rhys who willingly offered his “services” to Amarantha.

Tamlin rejected her for years. And still ended up her prisoner.

Now let’s get real for a sec:

Questioning my feminism because I see nuance in a male character? That’s not only childish, it’s embarrassing.

Real feminism is about advocating for all people — women, men, everyone in between — especially when they’re misunderstood or mistreated.

Sometimes men are victims. Sometimes they’re trapped by the way a story is told. And recognizing that doesn’t make me any less feminist.

If your feminism only supports women who dress a certain way, act certain way, think a certain way, or hate the “right” characters… then it’s not feminism. It’s just another form of control.

(It's just like the kind that supports “freedom” when women can wear what ever she want until she choose to wear a hijab and cover her self, that suddenly doesn’t count as freedom anymore, I'm not saying you do that but the way you persieve things hit the same way)

Also, can we talk about the joykiller you are for a moment?

I adore the theory that Tamlin and Rhys’s sister were old lovers and that she might come back as his mate. I love it. It makes so much sense to me.

You don’t have to agree. But messaging people just to tell them their theory is “wrong” or “won’t happen” , are you allergic to fun?

If you don’t like it, scroll. It’s free. No one’s forcing you to engage.

And lastly, It’s a real shame you messaged me under “anonymous.”

Because people like me? 😇 When we disagree with someone’s opinion, we either ignore, scroll past, or worst case hit block.

We don’t send sneaky little anonymous hate messages like cowards.

Have a beautiful day. Or don’t. That’s up to you. ✌️

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I just remembered that when Feyre was exhausted and sore from overtraining, Cassian and Azriel practically set up camp outside her room. They brought her salve and gave her a day off. When Nesta fell down the stairs because of the IC itself that locked her in (and she decided to go down because she wasn't strapped in, mind you, so she should have been able to get down easily, but of course that's not what happened), Azriel held back his laughter and Cassian greeted her at the top of the stairs practically laughing and mocking her. She didn't get any salve, not even a "are you okay?", even though her injuries could have killed a human.

Cassian cared more about his adoptive brother's wife's back pain than about the partner who is bonded to him, who he spent his whole life waiting for, who he has a bond with that is supposedly a gift from the goddess.

Cassian never loved Nesta, the person. He doesn't even seem to care about the bond.

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You just made me remember Cassian state that Emerie wasn't "beautiful" . Like im pretty sure shes the only person who was said to not be beautiful by any person . I'm iffy about the fact that she was called "striking" but no beautiful . What did he even mean by that ?

The Illyrians are a different breed and are probably 'normal' compared to the High Fae, but especially with Cassian normally hanging out with the most beautifulestest people of all time--Rhys, Mor, Elain, Azriel, Nesta, Feyre --i imagine that everyone seems plain and unremarkable to him.

I actually think that the endless emphasis on Azriel's beauty is something we are meant to pay attention to. It doesn't seem to be a common thing for Illyrians to be that beautiful. The fact that literally every. single. person in the book noted how handsome he is, seems to be another hint at that he is not fully Illyrian. He isn't normal in almost every way, including that.

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Villain Tamlin

@springdusk

I'm responding to you in a post because OH BOY YOU SENT ME A WHOLE LOT OF PAIN (but absolutely send more lmao)

Tamlin goes out of his beast form at the mid of spring and basically had flash backs. The magic of the land reconnects with him forcing him to relieve the pain of the hybern attack forcing him to relieve the pain of losing his sentries and citizens and refugees he failed to protect.

First of all, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE PUTTING THIS KIND OF PAIN IN MY MESSAGES?!?!?

I can absolutely see Tamlin being kinda numb throughout all of ACOWAR, but after the war against Hybern, when the dust has all settled, it all comes rushing back.

I imagine Prythian being rocked with record breaking earthquakes, thunderstorms, hurricanes etc from the force of Tamlin's rage and guilt and despair as he mourns and remembers his court.

The storms shake the mountains of the NC, and maybe a spectacularly angry quake splits Ramiel down the centre, serving as a bad omen for the Illyrians, and turning the tide against Feysand as rulers 😏

he starts planning Feyre's downfall. His mindset is fuck them, they're monsters and the world needs to see that.

YES. FUCK THEM. FUCK. THE. NIGHT. COURT

He starts rebuilding sprig and learning to be less afraid of his power. He's still reliant on wind magic but he starts using plant magic as well and he uses his father's techniques. This leads to him making a wall for spring

HELL FUCKING YEAH

imo Tamlin is THE most powerful H.L. I mean, he killed Rhysand's father with zero issue when he hadn't even gotten access to his own H.L powers yet, so-

I imagine that he has wanted to be as far removed from his father as possible, so avoided the elemental/ land magic that his father was known for, and instead practised the common magic that his mother used.

But after the destruction of Spring? All bets are off.

In reflection of his emotions, ash trees begin to grow around spring in a great labyrinth. It's only purpose is to protect Spring, and Tamlin is the only one who can control it. It is a sentient thing that spreads and thickens until it becomes un-impenetrable.

Tamlin then works with Beron (he was planning on taking down Beron in the long run) only to learn about hewn city treatment and Illyrian. His initial plan to destroy feysand relationship and political is thrown out of the window cause it doesn't matter. He starts planning how to save hewn city.

Part 1 ends with hewn city moving to spring and some illyrians learning about the high lord who can regenerate their wings

OOHOHOHO, WHAT IF ASH WOOD CAN BE MADE INTO A HEALING POTION THAT REVERSES DAMAGE AND CAN HELP TO HEAL CLIPPED WINGS IN ADDITION TO TAMLIN'S SHAPE-SHIFTING ABILITIES???

When the Illyrian females hear of this cure, it's the final straw and pretty soon all of Illyria has defected to Spring. Rhys loses his army, the Spring refugees return from Summer, and Tamlin regains the trust of his court.

BOOM.

But that's only the beginning of his revenge 😈

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There's a small, petty part of me that wants the Valkyries to treat the IC the same way the IC has always treated Nesta.

There's a small, petty part of me that wants the Valkyries to take Cassian on a punishment hike to punish him for hurting Nesta's feelings, to get off on his misery, and to treat him so horribly that he has a mental breakdown.

But then the mature part of my brain that doesn't believe in tit for tat kicks in. Above all else, though, I just want Cassian to be held accountable. He gets away with treating Nesta with so much cruelty, and no one ever sticks up for Nesta. Nesta's been beaten down so much that she's not going to be sticking up for herself anymore. It'd be nice to see the Valkyries getting some justice for Nesta.

I do really think we're getting an arc to challenge the IC. I think that was the whole point of the Ember bc: to show us an outside perspective of the IC's treatment of Nesta. To show us how Gwyn and Emerie would feel/react to seeing Nesta being treated that way. I think that was why Rhysand's treatment of Nesta triggered memories of Ember's abuser.

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In an effort to help Nesta with her rage, I feel like the IC went too far, and now Nesta never feels like she can be justifiably angry.

She was justified in being angry about the IC voting to withhold information from her. She's the sole person in Prythian who can Make magical weapons. The IC had no right to even vote to withhold that information from her. She should have been told immediately, and she was justified in being angry that they not only voted on it, but Cassian waited so long to tell her.

She was justified in being angry that her father was willing to let his daughters starve to death. If she wants to let go of that anger, that's fine, but it was never unjustified for her to want her father to fight for her, to want her father to care enough to not let his kids starve to death. She had a right to be angry with the man who neglected her her whole life and let her be abused and groomed. The fact that she feels like an awful daughter, and that her anger was unjustified, and that he loved her and she didn't deserve it but will work to earn it is disgusting.

Even in HOFAS, she has every right to be pissed at Cassian and the way he treated her and allowed her to be treated. But rather than calling him out and demanding the bare minimum any man should offer his woman, she gives him a way out with "I'm fine, Cassian." She just meekly bends over and takes whatever BS Rhys and the IC are throwing her way.

The IC didn't just curb her rage. They beat her down so badly that she's a shell of who she once was. I don't know of a single woman who wouldn't be filing for divorce if their husband allowed a man to come into their home and berate and threaten them. But Nesta's been so beaten down, abused, mistreated, and stockholm syndromed into not thinking that she deserves better, into thinking that this is love, into not demanding more, and into not thinking she has a right to be justifiably angry at her mistreatment.

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So I want thinking about how Rhys suicide-baited Tamlin in ACOFAS, and a friend of mine made an interesting comparison:

Sometimes people who become obsessed with other people (mostly celebrities) will feel that killing them is the only way to remove said obsession.

But Rhys can’t do that because it would cause an uproar and another conflict amongst the courts. But if he convinces Tamlin to do it himself…

All this is to say Rhysand has everything he could ever want (a mate, a son, a court of sycophants to worship him) and yet I believe he doesn’t have what he truly, truly wants.

That dang blonde high lord.

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Karma is a Bitch: Tamlin and Rhys

Imagine… just imagine the sheer irony if the theory Tamlin was in love with Rhysand’s sister and she's alive is true.

So when she finally comes back… she’s Tamlin's mate.

Like: Rhysand: steals Tamlin’s bride Tamlin: steals Rhysand’s sister Rhys: 😐 Tamlin: 😎

Because what’s more “plot twist” than the man who hates you more than death itself… becoming your brother-in-law.

The pure definition of karma is a bitch 😂

And the worst part for Rhysand? They’re actually in love. Deeply, stupidly, soul-bonded, can’t-live-without-you, ‘I’d burn the world for you’ type of mates.

Rhys: “You can’t be with him.” His sister: “We share a soul, Rhys. Also, he play the fiddle.” Tamlin: softly “Wich means I'm good with my fingers.” ...... pause "For sure better than you"

Ohh SJM let that happen pls

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Hello!

"Mor let out a snort that made the Illyrians stiffen. But she shifted, revealing Elain behind her. Elain was just blinking, wide-eyed, at the, camp. The army.

Devlon let out a grunt at the sight of her."

I think we should talk more about this scene--I find it so funny. Elain was so blindingly beautiful that he couldn’t even speak, just let out a grunt. Meanwhile, Nesta’s presence (her power) was so intense that it made him assume she was a witch.yet, he didn’t even think to question whether Elain might be a witch or made too--which's kind of interesting.

What do you think about it?

I always felt that like with everything related to Elain her powers are subversive. I think she can appear totally normal and almost unremarkable in that no one suspects the depths of her powers.

I think that between Mor and Nesta, and I also feel like their powers are similar, which is something I hope SJM will explore, they drown out Elain.

But the way that Elain is described: a rose in a mud field—is also telling. Elain is unique. A woman apart. She still stands out, maybe more than others, in her own way. She isn’t loud. Her power is more delicate and more refined.

I do think that both Mor and Nesta are witches.

But Elain is something else entirely. She is beloved by the Cauldron. A thing of life and beauty in the darkness. A thing of secret, lovely beauty.

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I always thought of Devlon as some old grumpy grizzled warlord guy

BUT YOUR DEVLON IS SO HOT WTF 😭

Sfhdsj I haven't had the time to draw him lately so have an unfinished WIP. I'm of the conviction that every warlord should have a slutty ponytail

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Court of Nightmares

Ever since Mor and Cassian agreed that Nesta would thrive in the CoN, it made me question what the standards were for admittance there.

Nesta and Feyre are at each other's throats. Nesta's not interested in Cassian. She can occasionally be cruel. She sleeps a lot because she's depressed. She drinks and sleeps around as a coping mechanism. Are these the people who live in the CoN?

What about Feyre, who ruined the lives of thousands of people, who caused an innocent guard to be whipped, who tortured Ianthe, who burned the LoA? She's done far worse things than Nesta, but we're supposed to believe Feyre doesn't belong in the CoN?

What about Rhysand, who forced Feyre to wear clothes she wasn't comfortable in, who drugged and sexually assaulted Feyre, who twisted a bone in her arm, who locked Nesta up in the HoW, who was constantly threatening Nesta with violence or death, who withheld vital medical information from Feyre? He's done far worse things than Nesta, but we're supposed to believe Rhys doesn't belong in the CoN?

What about Cassian, who slaughtered an entire village, who displaced innocent women and children, who almost sexually assaulted Nesta, who routinely disrespected Nesta's boundaries and autonomy, who abused and neglected Nesta, who stalked and harassed Nesta, who took Nesta on a punishment hike? He's done far worse things than Nesta, but we're supposed to believe Cassian doesn't belong in the CoN?

What about Amren, who's verbally abusive and racist?

What about Az, who tortures people?

What about Mor, who has presided over the CoN for centuries yet has done nothing to protect innocent women and children from being raped and abused?

Cassian and Mor are ignorant and hypocritical if they think Nesta is the one who would thrive in the CoN.

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My mind is blanking. Someone fill me in, please.

● Which court hosted Amarantha when she first came, and which court did she hold the party in where she stole their powers? Because damn, their security and self-preservation is lacking. This woman is the enemy; a ruthless general, and they just believed her "we want to be friends and whatever under the bridge," story? Only Tamlin had the sense to be openly suspicious?

● Which court/location did the Hybern vs Prythian war happen in both the past and present acomaf?

● When Feyre purposefully destabilised Spring and the Hybern soldiers ravaged it and went to Summer, which Tarquin pointed out, why did Hybern need to go through Spring? Spring and Summer are on the west of Prythian. If Hybern wanted to attack, couldn't they have just sailed across, or was going through Spring the more stealthiest and less obvious attack to cause chaos?

● There's a hole in the Wall. Is that the only one? And even if it were, couldn't Hybern under Amarantha's control just have hoards of soldiers to make an orderly single file and enter into the human lands consistently to the point of the fae slowly overpopulating the land and slowly take over the human lands before spreading beyond when the numbers were enough?

● Can the Weaver leave her cottage, or was she trapped there?

● Where tf is Byraxis? There's just a Death God casually roaming Prythian and none of the IC has mentioned it? Out of sight, out of mind type shit?

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Oh, I can't, stop you putting roots in my dreamland. My house of stone, your ivy grows, and now I'm covered in you...

For @gwynweekofficial, @freyjas-musings, @amandapearls, and I wanted to depict one of our favorite soft ships for unlikely pairings and star-crossed connections. Gwyn and Elain are survivors in their own respective rights. They're kind, they're fiercely loyal, and they don't let the circumstances they've found themselves in define them. If any two people could also find love and healing together, it would be them.

matty_shizhniy_art did a fabulous job with this piece, and we are genuinely so grateful to have worked with them!

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This might be fever talking, but I want LoA who is conservative and traditional, and approves of her husband. It hurts her that he has to punish the children, but they are princes and they need to learn how to behave. Sometimes Beron oversteps, yes, but he is a High Lord, he's under tremendous pressure, so his flare ups can be excused.

I want LoA who's prim, and proper, and whom her husband never actually hit. The cause for change in her demeanor after the Helion affair is exactly that: it was an affair, and she betrayed her husband, her position, her family by allowing her old flame to get close and spoil her. And yes, Beron shunned her after it, removed her from Court, but he took her, a cheating female, back, and he, unlike her, remained faithful despite everything.

I want LoA who hates Helion because she sees that she's just another fling to him to seduce and toy with, and she is tremendously ashamed that she allowed him. She sullied herself, and she thinks everyone is looking down at her for it. Her sisters certainly would, had they survived. But they are dead, and she betrayed their memories.

I want LoA who in turn looks down on Feyre and thinks: this human girl is so spoiled. She's clearly overstepping, and she looks ridiculous with her open gowns and her crown, and her nonsensical title. Lady of the Court is a position to treasure, not discard in favor of some made up "High Lady". It's clear to LoA that no one takes Feyre seriously, no, she's just a curiosity that Rhysand, this insufferable male, likes to show off, and she's too blinded by her pride to see it.

I want LoA who desperately clings to her ideas of the way the world should be and feels extreme defensive anger when this worldview is challenged.

And yet I want LoA who would be smart, cunning and absolutely entertaining to read about, who would make the reader want to argue with her in turn.

Basically I want Serena season #1 from the Handmaid's Tale.

Why? Because I am fed up with the image of perfect victim that all "worthy" women in ACOTAR are shoved into.

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It irks me when people can’t tell that the IC was isolating Nesta. How many friends does Nesta have? TWO and why? Because she was only allowed to go to two places where she WORKED and TRAINED. It also irks me when people say that she wasn’t locked up because they obviously can walk down 10,000 steps or can grow wings and fly out or MAYBE they can winnow so she could have gotten out despite the fact that she didn’t know how to winnow, she can’t walk down 10,000 flights of stairs lest she be laughed at again, and she can’t ask for help because if they don’t like where she’s going then they can just choose not to take her. I love Gwyn and Emerie, I also hope that Sarah doesn’t brainwash them but I also wish that Nesta didn’t meet them at the two places she was required to go but I do understand the importance of their roles and I love the trio (please Sarah don’t ruin them). But Nesta literally depends on the IC … not to mention they’re holding Elaine hostage to control Nesta basically or are we gonna forget when Rhysand said that he would make Elaine scry if Nesta didn’t do it for them … like guys c’mon??? And now I know that Nesta is gonna be forced into having children with Cassian? The guy who physically, mentally, and emotionally manipulated and gaslights her. She literally changed her autonomy and it’s Sarah we’re talking about so be real that it’s probably gonna happen. I wanna scream right now because I wanted so much more for Nesta’s healing and I think it would have been so great if it focused on the Valkyrie’s and not Nesta molding herself into Feyre number two so Cassian can have Feyre. Also why did Nesta have to train? Like I know to be a badass female in Sarah’s books you have to know how to fight but that NEVER made sense for Nesta who always fought with words. This is more like a rant then anything because Sarah threw away Nesta’s character that we had gotten to see and instead gave us a ‘she’s a bitch and has an attitude so boooo’ when has being a bitch ever been a bad thing like even before Silver Flame all of her Anti’s called her a bitch but why is that a bad thing? It’s constantly used as an insult, she said some shitty things, did some shitty things too but so did every other acotar character in the IC. They slaughtered a LOT of people and it’s literally canon but Nesta is obviously worse.