Back when I first read ACOTAR, I excused the sexual assault UTM on the basis that Rhysand was just trying to rile Tamlin up to get him to kill Amarantha.
Looking back, I now realise how silly that was. If I could go back, I'd shoot myself in the head for thinking that.
Tamlin would've killed Amaratha either way, regardless of how Rhysand acted with Feyre. It doesn't even matter whether Tamlin loved Feyre or not. He still would've gotten rid of Amarantha for thousands of different reasons.
Rhysand assaulting Feyre was just unnecessary and uncomfortable. I feel like its only purpose was to push the enemies to lovers trope.
I genuinely like Rhysand's character, and I feel like he could've been so much better if only the author wasn't so into writing problematic themes. He was so much wasted potential, just like this whole story.














