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My most recent post about SJM and her weird relationship with Rhys was screenshotted and posted onto Instagram, and I just want to know if it's wrong of me to be uncomfortable about that?? This blog is literally my one place of peace from the rest of the ACOTAR fandom, and knowing that people on Instagram can now see what I've posted is making me nervous. Also kinda wish the reposter had asked but oh well
SJM saying that Rhys is allowed to make mistakes is hilarious to me because nothing he's done in the series regarding Feyre can be categorised as a mistake.
Drugging and SAing her UTM, making her go into the weavers cottage to get a wedding ring, not telling Feyre that they're mates, not telling Feyre that he's going to sacrifice himself, hiding vital information about Feyre's body and pregnancy from her.
All of these are things he has done knowingly while being aware of the risks and damage it causes.
He knew she would be under the influence and still let her get humiliated.
He knew the Weavers cottage could be a life-threatening situation and STILL went through with it.
He knew Feyre wouldn't react well to being his mate and would not react well to him sacrificing himself and STILL kept that from her.
He KNEW Feyre didn't like secrets and decided to keep vital information from her regarding HER body from her and made EVERYONE lie by ommission to keep her in the dark.
None of these by definition are mistakes. And they never have been. He knows what the outcomes will be and still decides to do them.
How many more "mistakes" is he allowed to make in the name of "protecting" those he supposedly loves before he's finally held accountable for the damage he's caused?
I refuse to listen to the Call her Daddy podcast, so can someone PLEASE tell me what she said regarding Feyre's pregnancy and how it was handled. I swear if it's "her and Rhys had had discussions on how it would be handled," I might actually lose it.
I see discourse for GoT all the time 😂😂😂 but also GRRM is *not* glorifying the politics of GoT the way SJM is with acotar. sjm literally glorifies colonialist states in every single one of her series. until the NC is actually held accountable and aren't actually being narratively portrayed as "the heroes" i dont wanna hear this goddamn idiocy
reuploaded bc ykw i'm fed up. fandom misogyny bingo
stuff like this actually drives me insane
personally i don't think there will be some big twist where SJM makes Rhysand the bad guy. i've seen people who can see how abusive Rhysand is make some sound arguments for how it could be a big plan from SJM but honestly i think that's giving her miles too much credit. SJM loves Rhysand, he is endgame and i do agree with the above^ that she will stick to the genre and give the readers a "happy ever after" and in her (albeit twisted) mind that means Rhysand are endgame and actually not an abusive POS. Cassian being endgame and Nesta's whole ending is enough proof of that, even though i have seen some people with the same theories after HOFAS that there's a big plan and they actually aren't endgame but i don't buy it
so no i don't think SJM has this big planned plot twist to make Rhysand the villain but honestly if anything that's worse. he already is a bad guy who has done horrific things to Feyre and other people but he will still be romanticized and get his happy ending giving people the perfect excuse to ignore how abusive he is. at least if he was a villain it would make what he's done make sense, but as it stands he's just another abuser who's actions are excused at every turn and i think that's why people cling to the villain theory. same with Cassian and Nesta's "happy ending"
Quinlar was given as an example too, which i get because they get unnecessary hate, but at least Quinlar isn't rooted in abuse and they actually deserve their happy ending, Bryce isn't trapped
and i don't understand how theories can ruin someone else's reading experience, or how it would be a slap in the face if Rhysand was a villain, that just sounds like denial to me because a lot of Rhysand fans don't want to face the awful things he has done or can't discuss his actions without excuses. and really you just care way too much about other people's opinions if it effects your reading experience that much or you know he's so bad that it's a legit theory and you're in denial
but anyway, ACOTAR is pandering rubbish at this stage and it would be marginally interesting if she had the balls to make the twist where the IC were actually bad guys and the sisters had to escape and Azriel defected and helped them and they were the rulers and THAT was their happy ever after. there are plenty of potential love interests outside of those useless bats (SJM could never do this but a girl can dream)
it's also interesting how Feyre not ending up with Rhysand goes against genre rules, but the same doesn't apply with Tamlin? who's to say Rhysand is endgame? it's perfectly within genre rules to have another plot twist and introduce another love interest. if anything it would be more within genre rules to not have Feyres endgame be her unrelenting abuser but maybe that's just me
Nesta was quiet for a heartbeat, then acknowledged, "My mother was even worse to Feyre - and my sister has turned out to be..." She searched for the word. "A perfect mother."
Please don't tell me that SJM is ignorant enough to believe that Feyre being ignored by Mama Archeron is worse than their mother planning to sell twelve-year-old Nesta into an advantageous marriage to be used for her breeding potential? On top of that, Mama Archeron oversaw Nesta's dancing lessons in which she was being beat and verbally abused, which would make their mother either directly involved in or complicit in Nesta's physical and verbal abuse.
Nesta's childhood was so much worse than Feyre's, and even then, Nesta has not done anything as horrible as Feyre, yet Nesta can never be written to be the victim. Feyre had it good compared to Nesta, yet she's brought so much destruction and suffering to Prythian, yet Feyre is always written as the victim.
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Dude. Dark romance is like "I would let the world burn for you" hero x villain shit. Not the 40 year old male love interest violently abusing and S/A'ing the 16 year old protagonist. That's not dark romance, that's a felony.
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I love that the modern-day tumblr post equivalent of chain emails only requires me to reblog a relatively pleasant image instead of forward an email to a bunch of my friends and family members to quell my raging anxiety.
The thing about why the fandom shouldn’t be so forgiving when it comes to Rhysand and the IC is that this fandom spreads its views to larger audience.
When I was too young to read 50 Shades, I wouldn’t have known it’s a poor representation of BDSM if people hadn’t spoken up about it publicly and loudly.
So when the ACOTAR fandom repeatedly excuses Rhysand’s SA, or says it’s okay for him to hide the truth from Feyre about her own pregnancy, or when people keep siding with the IC for disregarding Nesta’s boundaries, they’re spreading the message that these things are okay and that there are apparently justifiable reasons to excuse SA, withholding body autonomy from a spouse, or disrespecting boundaries.
Excusing Rhys for making Feyre blackout drunk and wearing next to nothing to dance in front of people shouldn’t happen.
Saying Rhysand didn’t want to stress Feyre because "pregnant women can’t get stressed" is disturbing, because she’s her own person with her own mind and can discuss things about herself.
And defending the IC because Nesta was "destructive" is incredibly harmful. These people are essentially condoning death threats “in the name of good” as if saying she’d be sent back to the human lands (basically a death sentence) is ever justified.
Agreed. 1000% Agreed. No piece of media is above criticism, and Acotar, that markets itself as a feminist novel, and has themes of slavery, feminism, overcoming trauma, mental health and healing, has opened itself up to criticism under those lenses. You can't add complex themes to a book then argue it's 'not that deep' because it is now.
Mental health isn't some kind of trend that you can add into a book to make people relate to the characters, or give them quirks and expect nobody to examine it deeper. When adding these themes into books, when talking about slavery, and freedom, autonomy, healing, alcoholism, war, trauma, etc. You need to take great care in how it's portrayed, to avoid spreading misinformation or dangerous ideologies. Because, like it or not, these things can affect people.
People in abusive situations, or who see themselves in characters like Nesta or Tamlin, will see the way these characters are treated by both the readers and the fandom and it will affect them in some capacity. They will see Madja, a medical professional, keeping such important secrets from her patients, Rhysand hiding it from the supposed love of his life, who previously made clear how much she values her freedom and choices, Cassian laughing at Nesta's pain, then admitting that it made his day, and they will think that these things are normal or good representation of relationships and how health professionals should behave.
Doctors keeping information like life threatening pregnancies from their patients is unethical and illegal.
Giving that information to anyone but your patient, especially while not telling them, is unethical and illegal.
Keeping that information from your partner is abusive, and dangerous, also illegal.
When you are (unethically) in charge of somebodies life, and trying to help them deal with alcohol dependence, and trauma, or any other struggle, ignoring their desires, disrespecting their space, and laughing at their pain is abusive.
If ACOMAF is Feyre's healing journey, and ACOSF is Nesta's, then audiences have a right to analyse how well the story does that. Criticising the way in which it's represented, especially when it has such a large fan base, is necessary.
In which universe is it okay to perpetuate children earning the love of their parents, or in any way assuming that the child failed the parents.
What universe excuses laughing at or being amused (even if you don't verbalise it) at the physical pain of another person, especially when you think that it was a result of somebody you know, and consider family, assaulting them.
In what god damned universe do we say that a man drugging a woman and forcing her to wear practically nothing (lingerie would give you more coverage than the sheer scraps of fabric he forced her into, after ordering two women paint on her against her will), and publicly perform for him and and his peers, even when she threw up or collapsed, in any way okay?
The issue isn't even that these scenes or plot points are included. Not really. I mean, take a look at dark romance. There are so many books that are much darker than acotar, with just as many, if not more fucked up things happening in those books, often to the mc by the love interest. The difference between that and ACOTAR, however, is that the whole point of dark romance is knowing that it's fucked up, and morally reprehensible.
The readers, the author, and the characters/narrative in the book, are all well aware of fucked up those things are, and they don't pretend otherwise. In fact, the narrative itself continues to remind us of how dangerous or fucked up these things are. The author and the readers know that these characters are neither good people, nor are they doing the right thing. They don't perpetuate the behaviours seen in the book. They don't try to argue why those actions are acceptable. They understand how triggering and dangerous these things, and real life people who do these things are.
THEY AREN'T PRETENDING THAT ANYTHING THE MCs DO IS EVEN REMOTELY OKAY!
No piece of media, especially media with such heavy themes, has a right to be critiqued and called out when it doesn't do those themes, or people in those demographics justice.
Don't excuse actions that are inexcusable.
In doing so, you also do a disservice to people who have been drugged, SA'ed, struggled with alcohol dependence, abuse, and have wanted to end their own lives. If you still want to like the character, go for it. Just don't pretend that what they did was okay. It's not. And pretending it is can be so very dangerous for those who are struggling.
I dislike Rhysand because I dislike misogyny, especially when it is written by a woman. ‘Nuff said.
let’s stop pretending ABUSE under the ‘morally gray’ label is acceptable or worse attractive
I checked her profile, and yes she’s an SJM fan. I’d love it if SJM fans could stop pushing people not to critically think and analyze what they read. That’s a push towards fascism and anti-intellectualism.
It's currently 2am so I apologise if this makes no sense.
I watched a really great slide show that examined SJMs politics and Velaris being a "dystopian hellhole" and a few of the ACOTAR analysis and theory creators I sometimes watch were commenting on how the creator can't make those claims when the series is unfinished and I'm just so ????
If we're going to use the logic of "oh well, it's an unfinished series, therefore any opinions critiquing it are baseless," then none of them should be making videos discussing what they think the underlying message of every characters actions is or, how there is concrete proof that a certain character (not saying his name since I don't want to attract his stans) is evil and a Valg etc.
It's okay and actually really good to critique authors you read and the works you read. SJM isn't going to care. She's set for life with the money she's made from the books. People pointing out her zionism and misogyny, etc. Isn't going to affect her life in any way. She's not going to pat you on the back for defending her, and she quite honestly probably doesn't care either.
Stepping away and not being super active in the ACOTAR fandom has been great but also kinda eye opening as to how biased some of the "analysts" and "theorists" are towards SJM. I will defend Nesta for the rest of my life, but I just can't be in a community where you are condemned for not kissing the ground the author walks on.
It always kills me when Feysand shippers gush about Rhysand making Feyre High Lady, but it doesn’t actually mean anything, it’s just a title.
Like him making her High Lady didn’t actually grant her any real power or make her equal to him. As shown during Feyre pregnancy the IC is perfectly willing to put Rhysands orders above Feyre health. If they respected their “High Lady” as much as they claimed at least one of them would have told her anyways.
Also High Lord isn’t just a title, it’s the guy how is basically the god of one specific court. Yeah, she has the magic of all the courts but does that have an affect on the courts themselves because I don’t think it does.
If we are being honest she has less power then regular a Lady, it’s really sad that everyone pretends otherwise.
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fuck it, i never ever do those “reblog for X, this one really works!” posts, but this one doesn’t have any of that BS, this is just straight up wishing us good things; and then the comment doesn’t even say any of that either. Zero claims on this post, all positive vibes
May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love
May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love
