ACOFAS is an absolute shit book but I do have thoughts again:
Earlier in the book Rhysand tells Feyre that Lucien still hopes to reunite with Tamlin one day.
So they are both aware that this relationship matters to Lucien, that it's important to him, that he cares about Tamlin still. That he has hope that the two of them can fix their friendship.
And then Rhysand goes and ruins that and then this happens.
Feyre herself is aware that she is to blame for the state of their relationship. She's so close to getting it. She sees how this hurts Lucien, that he's upset.
And YET she doesn't feel any remorse?? For her so-called friend who is clearly hurt by this?? Lucien straight up tells her that she has ruined any chance he has of going back to the Spring Court, that he has nowhere else to go. Clearly both Lucien and Tamlin were willing to patch up their relationship and to make it work!
And not once does Feyre think "hey maybe destroying this friendship that has existed for far longer than I've even been alive and the depths of which I couldn't begin to understand maybe that was a dick move". She doesn't even have the decency to apologize to Lucien for it even when faced directly with the consequences of her (and Rhysand's) actions!
And yet and yET despite it all Lucien doesn't say a bad word about Tamlin. He still defends him, still tells Feysand off for bullying Tamlin when he's already at his lowest. Because he still cares about him.
Shoutout to Lucien for once again being the only emotionally intelligent person. Whereas Feyre with her smooth brain immediately starts demonising Tamlin for kicking out Lucien because he's just such an evil dude Lucien himself immediately understands that Tamlin didn't kick him out because he hates him but that Rhysand and his meddling is to blame. That Rhysand somehow caused this. Because Lucien still understands Tamlin and is on his side, despite everything.
