What misdirect is the Sarah saying how she had to act all smile-y when acotar released and people were coming to her gushing about tamlin and feyre...and she had to smile and nod and "yeah" when she knew book 2...feysand is an endgame. That's misdirect bc you dont wanna give spoilers.
What is not misdirect is an author going 3 book in the original series + writing 3 other books in another series. Building this whole mate bond plot with asteri who corrupted the Cauldron which is the deciding factor(as far as acotar fae knows) in mate bonds. Make the character who questioned said Cauldron being wrong about mate bond be in the same place when we learn asteri indeed messed with the Cauldron. Also go on a podcast talk about
Can you just quickly explain what that means in the world's mates
like your destined true love in a way, but it's complicated because there's a biological component to it where like you can be mated to someone that is like not actually your true love. Like there's like true true mates and then there's kind of like nature made a mistake made like Reese's parents did not love each other. Like it was not a great relationship. Um, but they were mates and it was like a like there's a biological thing where they're like we want to be together but then it's like we're [___] miserable with each other especially as moms. So it's like it's tricky but then when you find your perfect mate like Rhys and Feyre. Cassian and Nesta like that is like the like last little piece of your soul that was like kind of a little broken and is now like you found your person.
is elain rejecting the bond
I think Elaine's got like her own trauma and [___] that she's going through right now. I mean like imagine like being transformed into like a whole new body, a whole new lifestyle like you are gone from like a I don't know and like the human world there like what 60 years is a good life to suddenly like centuries like a millennium like the world looks very different and like surprise like you've been like forcibly like essentially married to like a stranger who also was like involved in bringing you into this world and like betraying you and like shoving you into cauldron. It's like a lot. She's proc she's got a lot of [____ ] that she's processing. And so like exploring like a concept of a free will like what does that look like with a mating bond? What like what does that mean? And like does nature like get it wrong sometimes? Does it get it right sometime? Like what? And like that again like as a writer l have to be like very I'm like I like to like find things that like make me interested. Like you get mated to someone and like you don't want to be mated. I'm like, like what what do you do? Like you're stuck with this person. Like what? Like what do you do? But like I mean the guy's like hot, but it's like what if it's not? Like you don't know. Like it's just it's something that like I really like find to be an interesting concept versus like Feyre and Nesta where it was so easy for them. Like nature picked,right.
So this is not what misdirect is.
This is an author telling you what she finds interesting in the concept of a mate bond. Is it right? Is it wrong? What do you do when it is wrong......again this is not spoiling the book. This is what she has always written in her books. THESE THING ARE CANON. she didnt spoil a single stuff.
She did write Rhys explaining how it is biological. She did write Elain having her own free choice. Again said by Rhys. She did write how Feyre and Rhys see themselves lucky bc they are "true love" not just biological thing for them. She wrote all of the things she said in that podcast.
and you as the logical person should do the math of
The question is about Elain.
Elain nearly kissed Azriel when her mate was upstairs.
Elain has always been distant to her mate(mated to someone you dont wanna be mated)
So...what can Elain do? Will she roll over like good little dog(hint hint nesta comparing her to a dog and that actually being wrong said by cassian) to mating bond or will she do as she pleases...choose her own free will?
And no...choosing your supposed mate is not a choice. We went over this before.
Like this is not hard science...a little bit logic people. PLEASE!
