just read ACOSF and now i can’t wait for all the idiots on here to start talking about how SJM made Nesta weak. For loving her family. For forgiving herself.
FRIENDLY REMINDER: Women can be powerful and love their families. Women can be powerful and be kind and laugh and not have copious amounts of trauma to shift through at all times.
I’m glad to see Nesta heal, but SJM just power away from another female character. Not “bItCh PoWeR” but like actual, she was the most powerful fae on earth, kind of power. She did it to Aelin, Manon (killing her entire legion), Amren, and now Nesta. I’m tired of a woman’s power to be sacrificed for character development. I can only imagine what is going to happen to Bryce Quinlan. I want a badass female conqueror sometimes. I wanted Nesta to take the human throne.
If it wasn't for the inner circle, Feyre would have already helped Nesta and it would not have gotten this bad.
Through out Acofas multiple people tell Feyre to just leave it alone, when Feyre keeps bringing up about how worried she is for Nesta's well being. Some of which don't even have Nesta's best interests in mind. Rhys talks shit about Nesta behind Feyre's back even though she has made it known she finds it unacceptable. Which then makes the rest of the inner circle think it's okay to treat her badly too. Directly undermining Feyre's authority. Feyre is too blinded by the kindness they give herself to see how bad they are for her sister but even though Feyre has some selfish intentions, like just trying to get Nests to be in her life, those are reasonable and she is probably the only one who still cares about Nesta's well being for Nesta's sake. The inner circles influence just sabotaged all her good intentions.
why do people like from blood and ash so much it was one of the worst written things I’ve read in a while and I DNF’d but like, I just wanna know the allure of it
When people say "Ooh Nesta was so mean! She refused to teach Feyre how to read!!"
▪️ACOTAR according to Feyre:
According to this train of thoughts, Nesta and Elain didn't bother to teach Feyre how to read and hence why she grew up illiterate. As if Feyre asked them and they flatly just said NO.
▪️But then we get to ACOWAR and guess what?:
▪️A couple of things:
1. Neither Nesta nor Elain knew about Feyre's inability to read.
2. Feyre never asked them to teach her. She straight up made assumptions that they wont bother or they will just refuse.
3. Nesta would have taught her, she freaking loves books and reading!! And Elain, sweet sweet Elain as Feyre always describes her...why would she refuse to teach Feyre?? If Elain is always super kind and nice?
4. Nesta getting all the information about Feyre through Amren. And this is not the first time. If Nesta didn't care about Feyre, she wouldn't even have bothered to ask Amren about Feyre.
You want another proof:
Again, Nesta getting information about Feyre from Amren, this time regarding the blood rubies. Which btw, this is one of the reasons that made Nesta decide to join the High Lords meeting. Because her little sister risked her life to defend a court that sent her a death threat!
Also, we see how Nesta in ACOFAS detaches herself from her sisters and the IC. We know that she decided to leave Feyre's home and live on her own. Why? Because that way she can have some privacy and also she wont get judged every single minute of the day on what she does or should do. (Apart, of course, from all her PTSD struggles, etc..).
But guess what?
Who is the only person she actually keeps in contact with?? Who, out of her sisters and the IC she actually bothers to visit and talk with?
Yep, you guessed it. Freaking AMREN.
Nesta, the cold bitch who doesn't care shit about anyone else, actually bothers to visit Amren and watch her build puzzles while they talk. And guess who always feed Nesta information regarding what's going? Yep, right again. AMREN.
Sometimes, I do struggle with first person narrative because they dont tend to be objective but, the trick is to know how to read between the lines. I could go on and on about lots of things I've been finding that I think they're important to highlight when it comes to secondary characters, without involving Feyre and Rhysand.
I find frustrating that people dont seem to move on from the first 4 chapters of Acotar when it comes to Nesta, but the other characters are just fine.
Perhaps, closer to the release of ACOSF I might post some of my notes of the little things I think might be important to mention when it comes to Nesta, Cassian, Elain, Azriel, Lucien, Mor, Tamlin and Eris because I know they will all play a role in the next books.
Dominiquewesson on Insta has done my absolute FAVOURITE fanart of Cass and Az. Yesterday she posted her finished work of Nessian and I can’t stop looking at it. It’s like imbedded into my brain now.
Not Nessian living in my head rent free✨👀
Seriously go check her out the at is right there ☝️
I had to get on here to rant and see if anyone else is getting frustrated like I am?
So yeah, the cover for the book is different (I don’t think it’s bad but I can see how its unappealing), and it has inspired a lot of fan artists to make their own renditions. A lot of these have Nesta and Cassian in an embrace, which in my opinion is unlikely based on what is canon as of NOW, but I can see how the story is about the both of them and they will likely be together eventually. What is bothering me is how Nesta is being depicted (and Cassian in a few instances), and no, I don’t want to name any artists because that is rude and wrong. So here is my lists of wrongs, and basically my wishlist if someone would like to make fan art that is more appropriate based on their characters.
1. Her ears.
Why, why, WHY are her ears visible? Page 151 of ACOWAR, we see Nesta for the first time after the cauldron “With her hair styled like that, it hid the pointed ears.” She HATES faeries, she hates being one, so she hides the most defining thing that marks her as fae: her ears. So why does most of her fan art have her ears visible?
2. Her clothing.
Page 249 of ACOTAR, Feyre is heading back to her family for the first time, “Alis clothed me in an outfit very unlike my usual garb- frilly and confining and binding in all the wrong places. Some mortal fashion among the wealthy, no doubt.” In ACOWAR, Feyre describes Lucien wearing Night Court fashion, and Nesta wears “a pewter-colored gown, its make simple” (page 151 again). We know that Feyre and Amren wear Night Court fashion as well which tends to be a top and bottom with an exposed midriff (for women). Nesta, once again, hates faeries and still dresses like she would as if she was still human. So W H Y do artists depict her in these dresses that are so revealing? Slits, all the way up the leg, back exposed... We know that Nesta was sleeping with different men in ACOFAS but that doesn’t mean that she wears what she would think is the equivalent of lingerie out in public.
3. Most importantly: her body language!
It grinds my gears when I see Nesta so comfortably in Cassian’s arms. Is that what everyone wants? Yes. Is that the likely conclusion their relationship is heading based on Sarah’s writing? Yes. BUT! We have not yet seen them intimate like that. We’ve barely seen Nesta be intimate with anyone besides her sisters. Yes, we do have that scene where Nesta lays on top of Cassian before they might die, but she absolutely won’t even acknowledge it in ACOFAS. Page 191 “... body, arching over him, shaking in terror, willing to face that end. He hadn’t seen a glimpse of that person in months.” So whyyyyyyy do these artists keep. on. drawing her in his arms, with her arms around him, eyes closed as if she was comforted by his embrace? Here’s my note on Cassian; why do these also show Cassian staring anywhere else but Nesta? Do you think that for a moment, if she allowed him to touch her, that he wouldn’t be looking at her? He would be! Well, what if they were in danger, you ask? Do you think that our bad ass, straight-backed, different side of the same coin as Feyre, boss ass bitch, queen without a throne would have her eyes closed and back exposed when there is DANGER? Absolutely not. Until we read the scene where she accepts comfort from Cassian, in emotional AND physical ways, I don’t want to see her like that. When I see that, my mind is like: who is that? Because it simply DOES NOT look like her.
In summary, if you’re an artist and want to capture Nesta and Cassian in an embrace for art, or a new cover, as of right now, this is what would look good to me (someone who has read, and reread the series countless times). Cassian, with his armor on and arms around Nesta. I say with armor, because she likely wouldn’t allow him to touch her unless they were about to take flight. He would be looking at her, and his face would either be impassive or a little weary/sad. Nesta would have her hair neatly done, and if you want show her “fae-ness” then show the straightness of her ears but not the tip. Her clothing would be a simple dress (she relies on Feyre for rent money so I don’t think she has an extravagant collection of dresses) and not too revealing. In this embrace with Cassian, her back would be ram-rod straight. Her hands would be on his chest, fingers somewhat splayed, as if she would push him away at the soonest moment possible. She would not be looking at him. Her eyes would be open and staring blankly either down or at us.
I write this with certain depictions of them in mind, so please do NOT cruelly tag artists in this. Their work is beautifully done, and a skill I do not possess. I just wish it was actually representative of the characters as we know them, not as we wish them to be.
