People underestimate what Rhysand went through his whole life.
Hereâs what we know so far;
-The person he thought to be his friend caused and helped his mother and sister to be killed.
-He had to dig his own motherâs and sisterâs graves himself.
-Ianthe tried to force him to have sex.
-He had to gave up everything he has to protect his court, people, family and friends. Gave up his own honor and pride. Accepted to be Amaranthaâs whore. Raped and enslaved for 50 years.
-Witnessed his mateâs neck snap and died.
-Then watched his worst enemy have his mate and love of his life.
-Witnessed his mateâs wasting away day by day.
-Sacrificed his life and died to save the whole Prythian.
-While trying to build a happy family, he learned that his wife, baby and himself would die and witnessed his wife's death for the second time.
If you find these things easy to get through, thereâs nothing to say.
We have been witnessing a man who has suffered serious trauma constantly struggling with new challenges from the beginning of the series. So please stop judging and blaming Rhys for his every move or every single wrong thing in the series. Yes, he definitely made some wrong decisions and obviously he will continue because he didn't even have a minute to heal and recover from his traumas. As soon as one was finished the other started.
And remember that he was never portrayed as the good man of the series, he was the villain of the first book, and then it was made clear that he is a morally gray character.
