#notSureIfItsReallyFeyreCriticalButIFigureI’llTagItAnywaySoItDoesntReachTheWrongAudience

[rache1auren]

~If you’re someone that doesn’t like critical posts about the Acotar series/Feyre please just scroll~

Just my musing for today 💭 but why do we blame Tamlin for not rescuing Feyre UTM?

Tamlin did his part and sent her back to the human lands in order to protect her, sacrificing himself and the freedom of his court because he couldn’t bare the thought of her being harmed even for the benefit for his people. “Burn the world for her” type action right? Very romantic we all love to see it.

Okay so then Feyre decided to go after Tamlin to save him from the “blight” (and then getting the WHOLE RUNDOWN of the situation from Alis now that the curse was over) and then deciding to go and rescue him regardless. Very girl-boss (if a little naive) for her to want to be the Hero Warrior Savior (gender swapping the “typical roles”). Very cute we love to see woman empowerment. Buuuuut she didn’t really have a plan and got captured almost immediately. Very unfortunate wrench in the “plan” for the Hero Warrior Savior.

Now how is she going to save the Damsel in distress (Tamlin) from the evil sorceress (Amarantha)?

Aweee she makes a bargain (not a very well thought out one--with a very glaring loophole) in order to free him and his court. Very Noble, Very Hero Warrior Savior, having to compete in trials to prove her love and save them. This is pretty common in fantasy books.

So how then does it turn out that the Damsel should have somehow saved the Hero Warrior Savior? Like it was very clearly stated he had no freedom of movement UTM, couldn’t show her any attention or else Feyre would be tortured and kil*ed for Amaranthas enjoyment.

Further, Feyre was magically bound by the bargain to complete her trials (or die trying). She could not be “saved”, she would have had to return in order to complete them (or die most likely because she didn’t complete/fulfill the bargain). So her only option was to survive completing the trials. Which is why Lucien was helping/healing her in order to try and ensure she survived.

So how does it become the fault/duty of the Damsel to then save the Hero? Feyre was not the “Damsel” of the story, it was not up to Tamlin to save her. She was on her “hero quest” so to speak. And then afterwords it became “look at all I sacrificed to come save you—you owe me now, I did this for you” like we would never say Snow White owed anything to her Prince because he saved her. Same with Sleeping Beauty, he fought Maleficent’s dragon and saved her from the curse, but we don’t end the story with her feeling indebted to the Prince.

Musing over~ thank you if you read till the end

Not really sure if this is Feyre critical or maybe more an observation/criticism of fandom opinion/interpretation of the events from UTM