lover of demonized characters

This is an anti-ic, pro-nesta, tamlin, lucien blog.

[wolfnesta]

“Became a wolf” But didn’t do sh*t till the very end of the 5th book..😂 We all know SJM just did some Feyre copy pasting with that wolf reference, with absolutely nothing to back it up. Calling a character a Wolf or Queen when they’ve barely ever done sh*t for YEARS till the last few chapters of their book 🤭 A grade A loser who mooches off her little sister and her baby daddy lmfao.

Keep whining about everything you’re so Anti about because Nestles will always be despised or made the butt of the joke, won’t ever change either.

Buddy I’m actually embarrassed for you 🥴 such ínstense anger towards Nesta I mean what’s wrong sweetheart jealous much? Intimidated? Wolf Nesta 👑 Queen Nesta 👑 sorry hon 👑 it is what it is 👑

[nestaswhore]

the reason why nesta haters embarrass themselves every time they open their mouths is because they don’t actually talk about CANON things that happen. they have to make stuff up!

‘didn’t do shit until the very last book’ let’s see. in the first book, when they were poor she wrote letters to her distant relatives asking for help, she was dating tomas to eventually get herself and elain off feyre’s shoulders, she went to try rescue feyre from prythian. this is the book in which she exists to give feyre a sob story so she’s done way more than any evil sister archetype already. this isn’t even everything btw.

in the second book, she allows feyre and the inner circle a place to stay when they come to the human lands. even though she’d been taught to hate and fear fae her entire life. she helps her sister with the human queens. even though, again, she was taught to hate and fear fae her entire life. and on top of that if humans were caught interacting with or harbouring fae, they’d be killed. she helps with the human queens to also make sure the humans will be safe. so she’s already doing more than most of the other acotar side characters in her first appearance. then ofc an iconic nesta moment where instead of giving in and accepting her fate in the cauldron, she turns around, fights it, beats it’s ass and takes a shit ton of its powers. and becomes death herself. right, nesta does nothing u guys!

then in the third book, we have nesta watching over elain to make sure she doesn’t jump out of a window. we’ve got nesta, who’s still horribly traumatised after the cauldron, going to the high lords meeting and telling them what happened to her. because she wants to help. and securing a high lords eventual help in the war. she trains with amren, even though she’s terrified of her powers, to try fix the wall. she’s being hunted by hybern, she’s being hunted by the human queen that turned old in the cauldron. and in the war, she helps the injured. she literally comes up with the plan that gets hybern killed and allows feysand time to repair the cauldron. so i don’t actually know how much more a side character can do!

im sure i dont have to explain everything that nesta did in acosf! starting with helping the library girls finally take control over their lives and help them overcome their fears and ending with being the reason ur faves and their child are still alive.

a character being called a wolf isn’t rocket science to understand. nesta archeron becoming a ‘wolf’ after her childhood could literally just mean she became tough, intimidating and fierce. and nesta archeron wasn’t just called a queen. she was called the queen of queens bec she’s just that bitch. on top of every iconic nesta moment. but i think you already know that if you have to go on anons and write hate pieces about her 🤭

‘a grade a loser who mooches off her sister and baby daddy’ this one is funny to me bec nesta spent acosf working for free. she literally did not get a pay check from them when she was emissary. then they paid her rent and drinking spendings. then she worked for free doing the literal most for them. so if u think ricecakes paying nesta’s expenses for her after what she did for them in acowar and acosf is nesta ‘mooching off them’ then idk what to tell u! she’s doing ‘the most powerful high lord to ever exist’ own job and collecting the troves when he couldn’t even go himself! a 500 year old weirdo sending an untrained girl (who btw they locked up to apparently protect her) on dangerous missions … where she was most certainly not protected. and anyway, feyrug found a husband and lives off of him. nesta did the same. nothing wrong w princesses not working 🤭

u can’t even get off anon and stand by your opinion! this anon probably won’t read all of this bec she clearly didn’t even read the books properly however all these ‘points’ that she made are ridiculous and made up in their head so i couldn’t help myself

[onemustalwaysbecarefulofbooks]

My Problem with SJM

I’ve been reading Sarah’s books for about 7 years now. There are things I genuinely love about them. I’m not going to sit here and trash every single thing about them or shit all over her as an author. Her books have brought me a lot enjoyment and credit is due where it’s due.

However, if you asked me, point blank, “What do you think of Sarah as an author?” I’d probably sit there on the verge of an aneurysm because I genuinely don’t know how to answer this question.

As much as I enjoy reading her books and genuinely love parts of them, I’ve been growing more frustrated with them over time. This kind of all came to a head in reading ACOFAS and ACOSF. I used to think that these were mostly isolated little incidents involving random different characters. I used to think it was about Chaol, or Tamlin, or Lucien, or Nesta. I’ve come to realize that it’s really not. It’s about Sarah herself and the bizarre way she has chosen to portray her characters.

Every single one of Sarah’s characters do bad things. ALL OF THEM. There is not a single significant character she has written in any book who has not done something shady, or morally gray, or wrong, or hurtful, or whatever. I seriously challenge you to try and find me a character who has not. This is completely normal and understandable!!! No one wants to read about a perfect and utterly flawless character. It makes them uninteresting and unrelatable. ALL good books should feature nuanced characters.

The issue I have is this: while every single character in her writing does bad things, only SOME characters are DEFINED by these bad things. No matter what else they do or say, they are deemed an irredeemable piece of shit who will never deserve anything good. Even if other characters aren’t openly hostile towards them anymore, the narrative will always find a way to subtly remind us all that these are “bad” people who did bad things to others. Any criticism they receive is justified and right. It does not matter how many good and/or heroic deeds are carried out by these characters. Often times these very characters will end up expressing how awful and unworthy they are, either internally or to other characters.

At the same time, there are other characters who do equally bad things (if not worse or significantly worse!!!!!) and have every single one blatantly ignored or explained and justified by the narrative or other characters. They are treated in the exact OPPOSITE way. No matter what they do, they are right. No matter how hypocritical, cruel, or just plain wrong they are, it will never ever be acknowledged by anyone. They will never be made to hold an ounce of responsibility for any of it. Other characters, themselves, and the narrative will turn an absolute blind eye to any wrongdoing and will gush and fawn over them instead.

This would be enough to be incredibly frustrating. But it doesn’t end here!!

Not only will these special select characters have every single blatant wrongdoing ignored, they will also walk around smugly judging the characters who are less fortunate (aka less favored by the author). Despite the majorly shady acts of their own, they will walk around highlighting all the bad things others have done while self-righteously proclaiming their own moral superiority. The narrative and the thoughts and words of other characters will support this. Sarah will beat you over the head with it. An opportunity will never be lost to tell us (not necessarily SHOW us) what a morally good person they are in comparison to someone else.

It honestly makes me feel kind of insane when I’m reading it. It makes me stop and sit there and wrack my brain going, “Does Sarah know she is doing this????” Does she realize she is a giant hypocrite of a writer?? Does she know she makes giant hypocrites of her characters?? It’s honestly hilarious to me because in writing the way she does, she takes the characters who she clearly wants me to adore and favor and makes me end up hating them and makes me end up rooting for the characters who she clearly wants me to dislike. I never liked Chaol until I read Queen of Shadows, when he is irrationally blamed for every one of Aelin’s problems. I was never really that invested in Lucien until he started to get shit on by absolutely everyone in the Inner Circle. I was never a Nesta stan until I read ACOSF, where she is bullied and mistreated by her “family” and gaslighted into thinking that they are right and she is deserving of all they say and do to her. I never had any true passionate feelings about Tamlin until he became a personal punching bag for every single character in ACOTAR, despite the majorly important good things he does that everyone ignores. It blows my mind how Sarah seems to fail to realize that the people walking around with a Holier-Than-Thou Attitude toward these people have a laundry list of majorly questionable actions of their own that never gets addressed.

In short, Sarah essentially self-sabotages as an author and I don’t understand it. You wouldn’t see me and tons of other people posting essays with word counts in the thousands defending the actions of certain characters so strongly and passionately if her little favorites were made to hold even the tiniest bit of accountability over their own wrongdoings and weren’t crapping all over the less favored. It makes her faves come across as the stereotypical “favorite child” in a family who everyone secretly resents and rolls their eyes at. If you’re going to have characters who constantly judge and scorn others for their perceived wrongdoings, it would be smart to give them a spotless and crystal clear record themselves. People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

No one enjoys reading about hypocrites, Sarah. Gain some self awareness and start holding ALL characters to the same standards and accountability.

[hrizantemy]

I’m sorry, but Rhysand saying “neither side was innocent” during the conversation with the mortal queens in ACOMAF, when the subject of fae enslaving humans was brought up, is one of the most egregious lines in the series — and it’s rarely discussed with the weight it deserves.

Let’s unpack that: he is speaking to a group of human women, representing the very group of people who were enslaved by fae for centuries, and when they bring up this long history of subjugation, torture, rape, and death, his response is to essentially say, “Well, both sides were bad.”

That is victim-blaming. That is revisionist history. That is colonialist rhetoric.

It’s no different than saying, “Well, the enslaved people fought back sometimes, so it wasn’t just the slavers who were wrong.” Rhysand, who wants to be painted as this morally enlightened, progressive High Lord, essentially minimizes the suffering of an entire species—the one his mate used to be a part of, no less—because acknowledging that the fae were uniquely cruel would be an inconvenient truth. He doesn’t show remorse. He doesn’t even offer an ounce of compassion.

Instead, he offers the oldest excuse in the book of abusers and empires: “It was mutual.”

No, it wasn’t. The fae were the enslavers. The humans were enslaved. Power imbalance matters. Scale and systems matter. And for Rhysand — who was alive during that time — to not only fail to acknowledge it, but dismiss it outright, is a massive moral failing.

What makes it worse is how it lines up with everything we’ve come to understand about how he views humans. Rhysand might love Feyre, but he doesn’t love humans. He doesn’t mourn their culture, their history, or what was taken from them. In fact, he only seems to acknowledge humans when it’s politically convenient (like trying to leverage Feyre’s mortal roots or the war). Otherwise, they’re an afterthought at best, disposable at worst.

And the fandom just…lets him get away with it.

There is no growth. No nuance. Just a man who calls himself “feminist” and “progressive” while upholding the very structures that oppressed entire peoples — and gaslighting them about it.

So yeah, “neither side was innocent”? I’m sorry, but what the actual fuck.

[silverflameataraxia]

"Nesta's so cruel to us," say the cruelest people in this entire series.

"Nesta's an Illyrian at heart," say the ones metaphorically clipping her wings and trying to control her.

"Nesta would thrive in the Court of Nightmares," say the ones abusing her.

"Nesta has rage issues," say the ones who can't control their tempers.

"Nesta may spite us," say the ones who condoned Feyre destroying an entire court out of spite.

"Nesta makes everyone's trauma about herself," say those who make Nesta's trauma all about them.

"Nesta needs to be physically restrained," say those who are constantly threatening her with physical violence.

"Nesta may hurt Feyre in a fit of rage," say those who watched Feyre burn the LoA in a fit of rage.

"Nesta needs to be punished for telling the truth," say those who withheld vital information.

"Nesta's a slut," say those who spent their entire twenties sleeping with any female who showed interest, oftentimes in the same room as each other.

"Nesta's an alcoholic," say those who, canonically, drink more than her.

"Nesta needs to apologize to us," say those who never apologize to Nesta.

"Nesta needs to be held accountable," say those who never suffer the consequences of their actions.

"Nesta had no right to give Bryce the Mask," say those who can't wield or control the Mask.

"Nesta will answer to Prythian for what she did," say those who never answered to Prythian for releasing death-gods onto it.

"Nesta doesn't hate you," say those who just told Nesta that everyone hated her.

[sonics-atelier]

Professor Sonic here to educate yall why Rhysand Hiding vital information about Feyre's body from her was wrong

1. Lack of informed consent : By withholding vital information about Feyre's pregnancy and the risks associated with childbirth, Rhysand denied her the opportunity to make an informed decision about her own body and reproductive health. Every individual has the right to know and understand the potential risks involved in pregnancy and childbirth, and Rhysand's failure to disclose this information deprived Feyre of her autonomy and agency.

2 . Endangering Feyre's health : Pregnancy and childbirth are inherently risky processes, and concealing information about potential complications puts Feyre's health and well-being at serious risk. By keeping her in the dark about the possibility that childbirth could be fatal, Rhysand failed to prioritize Feyre's safety and disregarded her right to access necessary medical care and support.

3. Emotional and psychological harm : Discovering the truth about the risks associated with childbirth after becoming pregnant can be deeply traumatic and emotionally distressing. Rhysand's decision to withhold this information not only endangered Feyre's physical health but also inflicted significant emotional harm, as Feyre was forced to grapple with the fear and uncertainty of facing a life-threatening situation without adequate preparation or support.

4. Lack of trust and communication : Healthy relationships are built on trust, honesty, and open communication. By choosing to hide vital information from Feyre, Rhysand undermined the foundation of trust in their relationship and created a barrier to effective communication. Feyre's ability to trust Rhysand and confide in him was compromised, leading to a breakdown in their relationship dynamics and exacerbating feelings of isolation and loneliness.

5. Sensory deprivation and isolation : Rhysand's decision to shield Feyre from everyone and everything, including crucial information about her pregnancy, subjected her to sensory deprivation and emotional isolation. Deprived of access to external support systems and resources, Feyre was left to navigate the challenges of pregnancy and impending childbirth alone, exacerbating her feelings of vulnerability and helplessness.

In summary, Rhysand's actions in hiding vital information about Feyre's pregnancy, including the risks associated with childbirth, were deeply wrong and harmful. They deprived Feyre of her autonomy, endangered her health, inflicted emotional trauma, undermined trust and communication in their relationship, and subjected her to sensory deprivation and isolation. It is essential for partners to prioritize honesty, transparency, and open communication in matters concerning reproductive health and to respect each other's autonomy and agency.

[tamlinmybeloved]

How would he know? How would anyone know?? Precious Rhysand has actively been a terrible individual, a terrible High Lord, and a traitor to Prythian by siding with Amarantha for his own reasons. There's a reason most of Prythian distrusts him.

Others have noted it already, that SJM often gives the most valid arguments to the characters she's trying to demonize in order avoid actually addressing it (Tamlin, Beron, Lucien). The above passage takes place in acowar. As late as acowar, there's still no accounting for what happened UtM. Any and all valid questions concerning Rhysand's actions/motivations, are given to characters that Feyre "chooses not to answer." If they persist, they're silenced by violence/outside forces, and their objections are never brought up again.

It's moments like these in the books that could've been done so much better. If the main characters were allowed to be questioned and give satisfactory answers to other characters on the page instead of only letting the reader know, we could have a wonderfully more complex world to work with. If the doubts raised against the MCs had weight that the MCs had to actually face up to, I would be more inclined to like them. Instead, we get characters whose most frequent inclinations are to "not think about it" and "not respond."

Lucien asks a valid question but because "Feyre says so" and the fact that Rhysand had a 10-page monologue about how much of a victim he is, we're supposed to excuse his actions, assume Feyre is entitled to not respond, and criticize Lucien who is asking questions out of concern for both his friends.

[grimseverity]

When you think of Tamlin’s power exploding at Feyre, remember Rhys twisting her broken arm.

When you think of Tamlin not reacting to Feyre’s torment UtM, think about Rhys being the center of that torment, drugging and SAing her for no reason other than to stick it to Tamlin.

When you think of Tamlin binding Feyre to the manor, think of Rhys warding the Moonstone Palace and warding her with a shield that prevented Cassian from kissing her.

When you think of what Tamlin said about Feyre at the High Lords’ meeting, think about Rhysand suicide baiting him for no reason, AND what Rhysand said about Feyre’s thoughts about Tamlin during ACOTAR.

When you think about Tamlin’s alliance with Hybern, remember it was to protect his court, get Feyre back, and gather information, whereas Rhys allied with Amarantha to keep one third of his court safe, leaving the rest to rot.

When you claim Tamlin lied to get Feyre over the wall, remember Rhys nearly fed Feyre to the Weaver, had her lie to Tarquin, and lied to her about her goddamn pregnancy.

When you demonize Tamlin, you better sure as hell put Rhys under the same microscope, otherwise I can’t take a word you say seriously.

[umthisistheonlyusernamenottaken]

Feyre: The villain is the one who locks away the maiden and throws away the key!!! 😤😤😤

Also Feyre: *turns a blind eye to the oppression of Illyrian women, accepts Rhys's weak excuse that 'change takes time' and is happy to sit back and do nothing else to help the female citizens of HER court,

uses Illyrian wings as a costume for her sexual pleasure,

vocally advocated for the systematic oppression of Hewn City women by deeming it acceptable for them to be LOCKED UP UNDERNEATH A MOUNTAIN AND UNABLE TO LEAVE OR EXPERIENCE THE FUCKING NIGHT SKY WITHOUT BEING VICIOUSLY HARRASSED AND SEGREGATED BY VELARIS (Velarian?) CITIZENS*

[fenrysmoonbeamswife]

something that really annoys me is when people say you didn't read further than book one if you say anything about Rhysand being abusive

nevermind the fact that Rhysand has been a raging abuser since book one up to HOFAS but even if someone did only read ACOTAR, he still abused, sexually assaulted, physically assaulted, emotionally antagonized and drugged Feyre and paraded her around naked for no reason, and more

his weak ass 17 pages of excuses, no apology btw, doesn't do shit to make any of that better so even if someone did only read book and one and had no knowledge of them becoming a couple they would still be valid in calling him an abuser. if anything it almost makes it worse that he can still be rightfully called abusive even when you take out all of his actions from the other books

the only thing that lazy deflection does is show you're an abuse apologist or you choose to ignore the glaring and constant abuse in literally every other book he is in

[fenrysmoonbeamswife]

this scene will always make me violently ill

the way it's romanticized, the way SJM makes it out to be some sort of liberated girl power moment when it's just another powerful man objectifying and exploiting a woman who has already been traumatized exactly like this by him, the way people are so fucking thick in the head that they actually believe the narrative she's trying to portray?

framing it this way and to have Feyre not think of it as the same, to have her act like she's not just reliving her trauma for Rhysand's pleasure? it's sick

Rhysand actually convinced her that having her parade around as his whore in front of the entire CON, partaking in non consensual exhibitionism for no reason* was the right move??

*and yes it was for no reason, he could have done literally anything else but he always seems to have to choose to prey on people's trauma to get what he wants. He was supposed to be the most powerful high lord long before he met Feyre so why is it that he has to traumatize her over and over again to prove how powerful he is? and people are still falling for this bullshit

[maybeiwasjustjade]

Can someone explain to me the logic of Rhysand working with Amarantha, and why I’m supposed to find it brave and selfless?

Seven High Lords on the continent yet none bowed low enough to work with her—except one. Rhysand sold himself into her slavery, turned himself into her pet dog and committed countless crimes in her name for fifty years, murdered children and innocent people in her name. All to protect Velaris—a city nobody even knew existed. Is it selfless or just plain stupid, to sell your soul for a city no one was even looking for?

Explain to me the logic in this. Please. The other High Lords inarguably had more to lose: families, bloodlines, entire courts instead of just one city. Velaris and its citizens are no more deserving of the blood Rhysand spilt to protect it than Adriata or Artemisia or any cities of Dawn, Spring, Winter, or Autumn. Yet, not a single other High Lord bowed to Amarantha’s whims. They were her hostages, but they were never her slaves. Unlike him. Three High Lords and their bloodlines wiped completely off Prythian in their defiance of her, yet somehow it’s Rhysand who is deserving of praise?

Was it bravery or cowardice that led him into her service? He had enough time and magic to erect a shield around Velaris, to wipe clean everyone’s memories of the Inner Circle. That’s more than what everyone else had, when they were all stuck hostages Under the Mountain. That’s more than what Tamlin got with his fifty year curse, when he had to send countless men over the border to die in his defiance of Prythian’s wretched self-proclaimed High Queen.

Power? Freedom? What exactly did Rhysand do with those little movements Amarantha allowed? He didn’t rule, didn’t orchestrate a rebellion, didn’t find intel on how to take down Amarantha from the inside. In fact, he seemed more than content to sit on his ass like everyone else while Tamlin tried to break the curse. So what exactly did those countless moments of hurt and pain and trauma bought Rhysand, hmm? Nothing more than anything else the rest of Prythian got.

Night was a dumpster fire because both Hewn City and Illyria were given too much freedom. Velaris was locked away as it had been for 5000 years. And Rhysand a mass murderer and a criminal, on top of being Amarantha’s consensual non-consensual sex slave too.

So really, what exactly did Rhysand’s whole deal with Amarantha do, beyond making him miserable?

[falsemneme]

You can all make Nesta the victim as much as you want, but she never will be . This isn't Rhys being a bad ruler. Also, all rulers spill bl**d it's ignorant to think otherwise

Nesta told her sister she and her baby would d** out of spite . Her OWN sister, while she's treating some loser strangers with utter kindness .

Nesta always goes too far with her sisters, and she hardly regrets it . What she did was disgusting and irredeemable. If she left the NC it would be easier for everyone else

Look, we're not on TikTok, so let's use our big girl words, yea?

Nesta Archeron is the textbook definition of a victim.

1.) She is a victim when she was assaulted by Tomas Mandray. It's addressed in Wings and Embers in vague terms, but SJM lays it out in ACOSF (Chapter 25).

2.) She is a victim when she was assaulted by the Cauldron. Cassian literally says that Nesta was violated in Chapter 16 of ACOWAR. When Nesta is stalked and possessed by the Cauldron in Chapter 29, the scene reads like a rape scene: "She screamed as the Cauldron's darkness pinned her to the bed, and there was nothing but the horrible weight of it filling her body, tearing her apart from the inside out—" Rhysand in rescuing Nesta—(shaking and trembling, mind you)—tells Cassian that he had guessed "but it was different to feel it [her trauma through her memories of the Cauldron]."

3.) She is a victim when she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by the kelpie in Chapter 35 of ACOSF. He forces a kiss on her - a moment that takes Nesta back to being forcibly kissed by Tomas before Tomas tried to rape her. The kelpie then gropes her breasts. In legal terms, he made sexual contact. Amren reveals later (in Chapter 37) that the kelpie said, "I shall take you, little beauty, and you shall be my bride before you are my supper." This underscores that the kelpie wasn't simply acting as a predator in the way a leopard might stalk its prey, but as a sexual predator as well.

Textbook. Victim.

Oh, and listen, I'll toss you a bone. I won't even include Chapter 54 of ACOSF when Lanthys shows Nesta a vision of them having sex, although it really feels akin to showing a stranger a deep fake porno you made of them with AI.

My issue with Rhysand isn't that he's a bad ruler because he spills blood.

Rhysand is a bad ruler because he maintains a segregated court (Velaris, Hewn City, and Illyria) and has continued to prevent the free movement of all three (e.g., Hewn City denizens with the exception of Morrigan for some reason are restricted to the Court of Nightmares because of a 1,000+ year old agreement). In ACOWAR, Keir says "There are many similarities between Hybern's people and my own. Both of us trapped—stagnant."

Rhysand is a bad ruler because he does not lift a single pinky to prevent the widespread abuse of women in the Hewn City or Illyria. Mor tells Feyre in ACOWAR that, in the Hewn City, "All they care about is breeding their bloodlines, making alliances through marriage. [...] It was the idea of being bred like a prize mare, of being forced to give up that one part of me... [...] You've met my father. He and Beron would have tied me to that marriage bed for Eris. Literally." But I'm supposed to believe that Mor is the only wlw person in all of the Hewn City? That can't be. Because she says "People like me... we're reviled by them." So where are the other people? Did she get them out? Have they escaped to Velaris? Are they free? We don't see Rhysand do a damn thing other than open Velaris to a visit from Keir. We're constantly reminded by the text that Rhysand is the most powerful High Lord with all sorts of fun powers, but he can't enforce the outlawing of wing clipping in Illyria? Illyrian women still haven't been able to fly because "change is slow"??? Seriously, this meme could not be more accurate.

Rhysand is a bad ruler because he built his sixth McMansion while Velaris is recovering from war. Cassian says that Velaris has no slums after describing how dilapidated Nesta's building is only to call it a dump a couple seconds later. The tavern she goes to is, according to Feyre in ACOFAS, "the seediest, most miserable taverns in Velaris. There weren't many. But [Nesta] patronised all of them. And this one—the Wolf's Den—was the worst." So Velaris has no slums but it does have dumps and miserable taverns? (Also, same paragraph btw: "Down the street, a few drunk revellers spotted us and fell silent. Felt Rhys's power, perhaps my own as well, and found somewhere else to be for a while." They're bad rulers because the sort of rulers who cause their citizens to flee aren't the sort of rulers I wanna be ruled by full stop.)

Rhysand is a bad ruler because he doesn't follow a goddamn budget. Admitted by Feyre in the first chapter of ACOFAS—after describing how ridiculously wealthy they are—wonders if she could "move things around" to afford a personal secretary. (Really? "Move things around"? MOVE THINGS AROUND?!? YOU'RE RICHER THAN GOD!) This suggests to me that Rhysand is good at hoarding wealth, but he is not good at managing wealth.

Sweet suffering Jesus that's only the tip of the goddamn incompetent iceberg.

Anyway.

Nesta told Feyre about the risk to her pregnancy out of anger and spite, but that is dwarfed by Rhysand's original crime, which is keeping that information from his mate and forcing everyone else to keep that secret. You should really read The Villain in the Story: Abuse, Feminism and Choice in Sarah J Maas’ Court of Thorns and Roses Series. It's long, but it's so, so good and goes into such depth on domestic abuse. Here's a YouTube video essay if that's easier to digest. When Cassian says that Nesta only told Feyre the truth to hurt her, Feyre says "She was the only one who said anything." When Cassian says, "I wish you'd found out a different way." Feyre says, "Well, I didn't." (Which is fucking odd, but okay, whatever Feyre.)

Nesta is kind to strangers because strangers were kind to her. This doesn't excuse Nesta's treatment of Feyre throughout the series, but that also doesn't give Feyre permission to enact the same forms of abuse that she herself has experienced at others' hands. Feyre's abuse of Nesta (imprisoning her and forcing her to labour with 0 other options because remember Feyre already had Nesta's bags packed and shipped off and threatens to haul Nesta kicking and screaming to the House of Wind in like Chapter 2) is once again far more serious than Nesta calling Feyre a half-wild beast after Feyre called her a burden.

The dose makes the poison. If you're upset that Nesta has done all these Bad things to Feyre, then why aren't you more upset about the Far Worse things done to Feyre by others like Rhysand? Can you even see how these things are Far Worse? Or are you blinded because SJM tells you that Rhysand's just a good guy, no really, he is, he's such a good, kind, compassionate mate and ruler don't pay attention to all the variety of ways I'm telling you he's not?

ACOSF is about regret. Buckets of it. Go re-read Chapter 50. Here's Nesta in Chapter 51: "I did a lot of things I regret. Hurt people I regret harming. and I hurt myself." In ACOSF, Nesta's self-talk centres around how she has failed people. You wouldn't have so much talk about failure if there wasn't a measure of regret there.

If it makes you feel any better, I also wish she would leave the Night Court if only because I wouldn't have to read about Rhysand so goddamn much.

[bangyababy]

Reasons Why Fans of Color Leave/Don’t Interact with Fandom

Casual racism that is brushed off as “an innocent mistake” or “they didn’t mean it” and then everyone pretending like it didn’t happen and moving on with their day (repeat)

Speaking over fans of color about issues that pertain to them specifically

When fans of color speak out about something that makes them uncomfortable or why that don’t interact with it (usually because of the racial/ethnic bias) they are accused of being anti’s or pro-censorship

Characters of color being used as scapegoats/bashed/plot devices 

Characters of color never getting happy endings/real development

Backlash against characters of color if they do anything other than be a white character’s side kick/best friend

Actors of characters of color being harassed for something their character did or didn’t do

White characters/actors getting all the attention/credit despite the fact that they are a side character to a POC or on the same level as the POC

Fanfic authors patting themselves on the back for writing a “realistic” character of color and it’s just a bunch of stereotypes

Being told that they should be happy they were even included when they call out the above people

White fans crying about persecution/exclusion because their fav character/trope/kink/ship isn’t loved by all 

Fan artists re-imaging characters of color as white/lightening skin tone

Everyone rushing to a white fans defense after a well deserved call out while the fan of color receives hate

Never having a safe fandom space and always having to be on guard with new people/fandoms/chats etc because they’ve been burned before

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[blacktabris]

- fetishization and depersonalization of characters of color (to serve the white character’s narrative)

- (re)writing characters of color as abusive and/or violent to infantilize white characters

- being asked to explain why ___ is racist when it’s been spoken about at length or could be googled

[bigdaddy-whitephobia]

tried finding the addition i left on this post years ago but i guess i’ll just have to rewrite it 😭😭😭

white artists bragging to artists of color about how they “draw nonwhite/ethnic features better” than them even if the artist of color has said features IRL

fetishizing characters of color and profiting off of it (theres a popular white artist who has an oc who’s an indigenous brown woman and he brags about how all his [white] lesbian friends think shes hot and sexy but if you wanna see the only content hes made of her, which is extremely sexualized, you have to be part of his patreon)

racefaking (the amount of white bloggers ive seen/met who claim to be POC just bc of some vague fraction of nonwhite blood in a distant relative or citing literal pseudoscience.. )

white artists who fetishize black and brown bodies yet pat themselves on the back for ‘being diverse’ (this goes double if theyre racebending white characters into stereotypes)

digital black/brown face (howre you gonna use AAVE online and have a poc as your icon and talk about racism AS IF youre a poc and then be surprised when poc dont like you acting like one of them for clout 🤨)

any accountability a white person has when being called racist just being “teehee sorry for being racist do you still love me <3” and then acting like nothing happened

expecting random POC to be their sensitivity readers (they do not exist for you to volunteer them to tell you if your slave narrative is racist NOR should they have to tell you that your characters with made up fantasy/scifi names are actual racial/ethnic slurs)

white writers caring more about a (appropriative) fictional culture theyve become weebs for and ignoring poc whose real life backgrounds/culture served as inspiration

the “im white so i cant speak on this” argument becoming an excuse NOT to support any of your friends of color when theyre being attacked for calling out someone else’s racism

constantly triggering poc with sensitive racial topics just so you can get clout for knowing about it. i can assure you poc know how to recognize whitewashing and other bigotry

white people trying to explain racism TO poc. instead of spending their time educating other white people (that being said, when they DO try to educate other white people they do nothing to actually source nonwhite voices and instead just talk as if their white asses are an authority on racism)

“im gay/trans/disabled/have x minority identity so i cant be racist”

white people will make up ANY excuse to make a (usually racist) callout post about any poc yet keep stanning their openly bigoted white favs

white echo chambers surrounding white bloggers who think theyre the only source on what is/isn’t racist bc they steal and water down any point made by actual poc (who are either ignored or harassed)

the way literally ANY topic that white people can experience can be discussed in fandom spaces but the second you mention racism or colonialism or slavery it becomes “lets stay on topic”

“MY fandom isnt racist bc everyone is so nice to each other <33” <-the people who are THE most racist or the most complicit

using the real life traumatic history of POC as a backdrop to your historical AUs

white people assigning whatever social justice term to characters they hate, such as calling a character that has a BIG following of poc a white supremacist/nazi, instead of just being normal

white people who think fandoms are their own spaces to be the activists they think they are yet block/harass any POC who won’t act as their personal yes man

white knighting fictional poc while talking over actual poc

any discussion surrounding racism being treated as “discourse” on the same level as ship discourse

fandoms supporting white people who draw (usually fetishized) art of poc instead of supporting actual poc (white artists already have too much of an ego just bc they draw ambiguously brown characters)

only interacting with poc for their content educating white people and doing nothing to actually like, treat poc like normal people (or outright avoiding making friends with poc)

white fans gatekeeping what does/doesn’t make a fictional character a poc / poc-coded

changing the skintone of ACTUAL LIGHT SKINNED ACTORS OF COLOR to “improve them” instead of just?? taking inspiration from real life darker skinned actors??

white kinnies using nonwhite names and completely whitewashing their kins of color (ex; calling yourself Kyoshi or thinking your white ass knows what its like to be Miles Morales just bc hes an artist)

white people trying salvage THE most racist media imaginable instead of listening to the poc it harms

overall white fragility that makes people more scared of being called racist than whether or not their inherent racism is actually hurting people

[irithnova]

Adding

Fans of colour being called puritanical/obsessed with purity culture when we call out racism

White fans purposefully derailing conversations about racism that fans of colour are having

Fans of colour being called bullies when we call out racism

Fans of colours intelligence and/or literacy being insulted by white fans when we do something they don’t like, like calling out racism

White fans using the struggles of poc to virtue signal on their blog but actually listening to poc is too much for them

Fans of colour being instant blocked for trying to explain to a white fan in the most sugar coated way possible why a post is racist

Fans of colour being tone policed when we speak up against racism and if we’re anything but meek, polite and sweet, white fans will take that as an opportunity to dismiss us. White fans on the other hand can be proudly, egregiously racist and still earn a decent following

Fans of colour being blocked by white fans seemingly out of nowhere and then finding out that that white fan is racist

All a white fan needs to do when they’re being called out on racism is go “I’m sad, you guys are bullying me” and they’ll get white knighted by other white fans because white tears over being called out on racism is more valued than poc tears and anger when we call out racism

White fans accusing poc and other ethnic minorities of faking their ethnicity to escape being called out on racism

White fans using the excuse “I don’t talk about politics on my blog”, and then proceeding to talk about politics on their blog but avoiding anything and everything to do with poc because apparently that’s too much for them

White fans using any and every excuse to not include even major non white characters in their posts

White fans playing on the worst racial stereotypes of non white characters to use them as cheap villains in their fanfictions or headcanons

White fans throwing around certain buzzwords like “manipulator” to throw at us when we call them out on their racism to paint us as abusive and conniving

White fans treating poc calling out racism like it’s some sort of twisted play of power on the pocs end rather than just..them being exhausted at the racism in fandom

White fans using the fandom as some sort of safe space to let their racism run wild and to dodge accountability, even if the source material for their fandom was created by a poc

[silverflameataraxia]

"Gwyn and Emerie have never been subjected to Nesta's verbal abuse!"

Nor have they been subjected to Cassian's harassment, verbal abuse, and temper tantrums. Nor have they been subjected to Amren's verbal abuse and racism. Nor have they been subjected to Feyre's bullying. Nor have they been subjected to Mor's insults. Nor do they live under the constant threat of physical violence and death by Rhysand.

If Nesta truly is this mean, hateful, abusive bitch that Feyre and the IC think she is than she wouldn't be constantly surrounded by friends before, during, and after the Archeron's poverty. It was Feyre - not Nesta - who was a loner in the human lands. Her only friend was Isaac Hale, who was more her fuckbuddy than her friend.

The narrative paints Feyre as this perfect, selfless, nice, easy-to-love person, but all her friends are her mate's friends. They accepted her with open arms because she was Rhysand's mate (or they suspected her to be). The only friends she's made on her own are Lucien and her painter friend. Meanwhile, Nesta's really only not friends with her mate's friends. She's out here making friends left and right on her own, apart from him.

Anyone who meets Nesta without Feyre's interference absolutely adores her. It's really just the IC that Nesta doesn't like, and it's really just the IC who don't like her.

[fenrysmoonbeamswife]

"Anyone who meets Nesta without Feyre's interference absolutely adores her. It's really just the IC that Nesta doesn't like, and it's really just the IC who don't like her."

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Literally nobody likes the IC except each other but everyone who meets Nesta likes her when Feyre hasn't biased them towards her💀

[aphroditeofcnidus]

Personally,i don't think Nesta was actually addicted to alcohol.When she enters the dining room Cassian's glass of wine vanishes from his hand and she snorts and says "I'm not so wine addled that I'd take it from your hand". That's not an addict's behaviour,an addict would try to take it from his hand,not to mention that there are not any withdrawal symptoms.Either SJM doesn't have the slightest idea about addiction,not even what is common knowledge,or Nesta drinks a lot but hasn't developed an addiction yet.This doesn't mean that using alcohol as a coping mechanism isn't problematic or it wouldn't lead to an addiction eventually.The problem is that those judging her are hypocrites,who have used the same coping mechanisms and some of them still drink a lot.If they tried to help her without judging her I'd say nothing about theese habits of theirs,because Nesta does need help.But,they deem her an embarrassment and lock her up in order to control her.They humiliate and threaten her.They should look in the mirror first,before complaining about Nesta ruining their precious image,because if they think that the people of Velaris don't gossip about their drinking and sleeping around,they are simply delusional.

[the-future-is-fowl]

Im too exhausted to support this statement right now, but I’d love to hear your takes on it:

I think Feyre really embodied this sense of toxic masculinity from “traditionalist views”, that while everyone suffers at the hands of her doing so, people like her sisters, Lucien, Tamlin, the women in her court, etc, suffer the most.

We all know she’s not a girl’s girl until it comes to Mor. It even gave me the biggest ick the first time I read Feyre think “I’ve never had a female friend before”. Like what do you mean??? You were rich for eleven years, there were women in the village to talk to as well- you didn’t start hunting until you were fourteen- what were you doing for nineteen years? Are you that unlikeable that not a single woman will befriend you?

And I’m of the full belief that Feyre coming home after hunting, tracking her dirty ass clothing through the house with no care, belittling her sisters who do domestic labor because she doesn’t view it as valuable, demanding she gets a bath immediately and overall being a fucking verbally abusive menace is exactly the same vibe as a 1950’s husband coming back from work.

I apologize but I’ve literally never hated a character more in my entire LIFE than Feyre Archeron, and it baffles me that there are people who like her. HOW.

[silverflameataraxia]

I hate how Cassian looks down on Nesta for reading smut after being turned High Fae. He's like, "Feyre, while you were off defeating our enemies, Nesta has been here reading books and wasting time."

Yes, because Nesta - not Feyre - was just traumatized. Nesta - not Feyre - was just abducted, tortured, violated, essentially killed, and turned High Fae against her will.

When Feyre was traumatized, it took her months to recover. And that was with her living in the Spring Court, a Court she was familiar with, a Court that was her home. With a man she loved, where she was surrounded by friends. Nesta is trying to recover from a very traumatic experience while living in a land that is completely foreign to her, living around people who are completely foreign to her. The person she loves is catatonic, and she's surrounded by people who hate her. She has absolutely no one for emotional support, she has no one to talk too, she is all alone and trumatized.

On top of that, poor Nesta can do nothing right to the IC. She reads smut and takes care of Elain, and that's not good enough. She pushes aside her trauma to help them in the war, and that's not good enough. She gets re-traumatized during the war, pushes everyone away, and moves to the other side of town, visiting Feyre a few times a month, and that's not good enough. She sits quietly and politely, and that's not good enough. She lashes out, and then all of a sudden, it's "Nesta is so cruel to us!"

Nesta will never be good enough for the IC because she "let" Feyre hunt. They don't care about her trauma, either from her childhood or now. Even if they were to find out that Nesta had spent her entire childhood being abused, they wouldn't care. They'll never own up to the fact that Nesta's only an inconvenience to them because they failed her by letting her get abducted and tortured after they promised to protect her.