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I need to sleep but then my brain said:

Its so funny how Nesta (Even though it shoild be Papa A) gets shit on for letting Feyre do whatever she wants even if its dangerous in Book 1. Lucien gets crap (for being the closests thing to Fae SJM decided to get to in Book 1. I love this character.) because he sorta steers Feyre into danger or says sure eat the witchberries. Tamlin gets obliterated on for trying to keep Feyre (albiet in a not so great way) safe. Yet, Rhysand... who actively hurt Feyre and put her in danger more than once gets called romantic and praised for it... Even the narrative punishes the former 3 more for doing less than it ever has or probably ever will punish Rhysand for doing.

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DAY SEVEN ACOTEN BRACKET

Today's bracket is ALL about our favorite thing in the world: Elucien longing. Honestly, we're not really sure how to choose, either...

QUOTE 1: Nesta hid the devastation well. The frustration. “What can I get you, Elain?” Only with Elain did she use that voice. But Elain shook her head once more. “Sunshine.”

QUOTE 2: Lucien inclined his head in a bow, the movement hiding the gleam in his eye—the longing and sadness. And when Lucien turned to signal to Rhys to go … He did not glance back at Elain. Did not see the half step she took toward the stairs—as if she’d speak to him. Stop him.

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Anyone else just want Lucien to be happy? I don’t care who he ends up with and if he doesn’t end up with anyone at all? Then that’ll be okay.

As long as he’s happy.

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I will die and decompose on the hill that SJM wasted an opportunity with Mor and Cassian. The complete devotion they have to each other. The faith they have in each other. The confidence that the other will always succeed. The way they never fail to defend each other. The way they find each other so beautiful. The complete honesty and trust. They would have hands down been the best couple in the series. Some times I wonder if SJM didn't put them together because they would have been a better couple than Feysand.

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One of the most over looked things to me in this series is how SJM, whether grossly intentional or horrendously not intentional, has set up her story where readers can easily victim blame women and some of the men for the atrocities that happen to them. Some times readers might not even know they are doing it. Other's probably do and just don't care. The fandom alone is willing to attack and blame a woman who was a victim while simultaneously coddling a different woman who was also a victim. Simply because they love or hate the characters. They'll go so far as to turn on real life people just to protect a fictional man (in most cases) and use the most vile and vicious things towards women real and fictional.

SJM even does this against whole groups such as the Lesser Fae (who many rarely talk about) to the extensive debates on the citizens of the Court of Nightmares and Illyria. For a series that prides itself in being Feminist and Forward Moving it's proven to be the opposite and the effect it's had on it's fandom is actually concerning. This series actually perpetuates the opposite and generates incredibly harmful ideology.

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What if that deal Nesta made with the cauldron made her human again?

See, I remembered my theory from when I first read ACOSF. Basically, that bargain of returning magic to the cauldron had a greater weight than "just" magic, after all, magic was intertwined with Nesta's life. She tore the cauldron apart while transforming into a fairy. Can a fairy exist without magic? These thoughts make me think that returning the magic almost cost her life, and at the time people only talked about how it wasn't bad enough, since she never wanted the magic. I also see it as a defeat. Nesta returns the magic to the cauldron, Nesta lost the war because she "couldn't" maintain it, she wasn't able to sustain it. There are many layers to this.

But the prompt of the day is: What if Nesta returned the magic that made her a fairy and returned to being human? 👀

🇧🇷 E se aquele acordo que Nesta fez com o caldeirão fizesse ela voltar a ser humana?

Veja, lembrei da minha teoria de quando li ACOSF pela primeira vez. Basicamente, aquela barganha de devolver a magia ao caldeirão teve um peso maior do que "apenas" magia, afinal, a magia estava entrelaçada a vida de Nesta. Ela rasgou o caldeirão enquanto se transformava em fada. Uma fada existe sem magia? esses pensamentos me fizeram pensar que devolver a magia quase custou a vida dela, e na época as pessoas só falavam de como não foi mada demais, já que ela nunca quis a magia. Eu também vejo como uma derrota. Nesta devolve a magia ao caldeirão, Nesta perdeu a guerra por "não conseguir" mante-lo, não ser capaz de sustenta-lo. Há muitas camadas nisso.

Mas o prompt do dia é: E se Nesta devolvesse a magia que a fez ser uma fada e voltasse a ser humana? 👀

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rhysand who left utm to find immediate solace and comfort in the arms of his waiting family, holding him while he cried out, offering him gentle touches and kind words, piecing him back together where he wasn’t able to. eris who left utm to find a thick layer of dust coating everything in his empty room, forced immediately back into a life that strangles him, shackled and without the opportunity for rest, alone as he has always been, alone as he will ever be.

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Elucien enjoying their day off

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im really tired of the amount of SA that are in the acotar books and the amount of people who act like only Rhysands matters

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acotar is not a love story, nor does it have any development, much less construction of a romance. It is frankly poorly written, the author changes the plot frequently, her characters’ personalities takes somersaults along the way as she writes. An author who knows what she’s doing and is a creative genius on paper is a sight to behold. The author (sjm) villainises other characters to make Rhysand seem more tolerable and preferable, which is not a good way to write a character. The author’s commendable way of glorifying pro-separatist, classist and misogynistic characters and traits by sexualising females should not be celebrated, yet here we are. Darkling from Shadow and Bone is a villain, Leigh Bardugo holds him by his collar and shouts at us that he’s a villain and she makes her lead female protagonist know it too. But what about Rhysand, who was the generic archetype for characters like The Darkling ? He was glorified and given a feminist flag. Shouldn’t that be visible to readers without the author explicitly stating ? Or do fantasy readers just gobble whatever the authors feed them without critical thinking skills ?

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"If I offer you the moon on a string, will you give me a kiss, too?"🧡

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~Lucien Vanserra🍁

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He's probably my favorite male character from Acotar and well, he deserved a fanart!😂🧡

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it is so interesting to me how there’s an emphasis on Rhysand banning wing clipping (y’know, to prove he’s the good guy) and yet, we have not seen any Illyrian women fly. Or, at the very least, not have their wings clipped.

Which, like, I know is probably going to be a future plot point but then I don’t understand why SJM would emphasize the ban if it didn’t even work in the first place and it just makes Rhysand look like an incompetent leader in the end😭

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I think I finally understand where the obsession with mating bonds comes from:

Feysand.

It’s silly, yes, but some people really believe that having a bond allows mated couples to communicate through their minds. But they forget that Feyre and Rhys are both daematis. The only reason they can talk, have full conversations, banter, or argue through the bond is because of their shared gift.

We’ve already seen how it works between Nesta and Cassian. They can sense when the other is in pain or something similar, but they don’t have what Feysand has--and neither do other mated couples. (Feyre and Rhys are protagonists for a reason.)

A mating bond is a deep connection between two souls, yes—but it’s not that glorious, wonderful thing people make it out to be, especially if the pair is wrong for each other.

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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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(Neines) I have been enjoying your critique on sjm and I just wanted to ask: do you think unintentionally, the author lady has written the story of prythian to be stagnant? With the laser focus on wish fulfillment with rhysand (and using feyre as a voyeuristic lens), it basically stunts the rest of the cast of characters from developing past being props in the overall narrative. It's especially noticeable with how she treats the other hls and in universe criticism towards rhysand.

A story that refuses to acknowledge the flaws of its main characters will be doomed to remain stagnant. She is fixated on Rhysand, but can never bring herself to have him undergo an actual character arc or change throughout the series. Of course she can’t, because doing that would mean reflecting on some flaw he has, or a mistake he made…and we all know that Maas does not believe in such things. Further to this point, Rhysand then becomes incapable of having any appeal beyond his hyper masculine alpha persona. There are no extra quirks that make him truly stand on his own as a character. This is especially irritating when it’s clear that no character is allowed to criticize him. Even Nesta is twisted to praise Rhysand because Maas cannot conceive anyone having any genuine problems with him.

I think you’re exactly right. Maas’s lack of interest when it comes to scrutinizing the actions of her main characters (save for Nesta) prevents her story from progressing. Each character becomes yet another prop to embellish and support the true apple of her eye. This stagnation doesn’t allow for creativity or any additional exploration into the world she created. It keeps the reader trapped in Velaris in an eternal coffee shop AU with the occasional side quest that reminds you of the fantasy setting.