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anyone ever notice that the ic (and by extension a good chunk of the fandom) tends to hate on the most personal but the most harmless (the likelihood of Nesta and Tamlin actually moving to murder all of them is low) people in the perspectives of the ic?
I'm pretty sure Amarantha has killed more people, has made more fae suffer, has caused so much harm. Likewise, the king of Hybern. Are we sure that Tamlin and Nesta are the scum of the earth like the fandom makes them out to be???
This is just ridiculous. How can a 500 year old man pass judgement onto a trio of girls with max three years of difference between them? They should equally be vulnerable and young to him, while he should admit his bias has nothing to do with their age but his attraction to Feyre.
Hi! Just read your dives and theories on ACOTAR. I agree with so many of your points, especially about Rhysand manipulating Feyreâs mind. Honestly, I feel like he was manipulating everyone. His whole Inner Circle is so intensely loyal it almost gives off unhealthy cult vibes. He could have totally brainwashed them. Also, in book one, he might have locked them in Velaris not to protect them, but because Amarantha took his powers and he was afraid his lackeys would slip off the leash. Would love to hear your thoughts on this if you have the time!
Hello! Thank you so much for reading my theories and dives <3
Honestly, Rhysand manipulating the Inner Circle is something I had never really considered before. Mostly because I always thought he didn't really need to.
Cassian and Azriel have been his friends and adoptive brothers since childhood. That said, if anyone in the IC could be vulnerable to manipulation, I actually think those two would be the most likely, simply because of how deeply loyal they are to him.
Mor is his cousin, and Rhys also helped her gain freedom from her father, so she already had strong reasons to stand by him.
As for Amren... she's actually the one I find hardest to imagine being brainwashed. đ If anything, I feel like she and Rhys share the same brain cell when it comes to ambition and the pursuit of power. They make the perfect political partners because, in many ways, their personalities are incredibly similar. I think Amren follows Rhys because she genuinely agrees with him, not because she's under his control.
Regarding why he kept them hidden during the first book, I personally think that's more a result of SJM changing her plans for the series. From what we know, ACOTAR was originally intended to be a trilogy focused on Tamlin and Feyre. My guess is that the Inner Circle, at least as we know them now, either didn't exist yet or hadn't been fully developed when the first book was written.
That being said, I don't think the theory is impossible. Rhys is a daemati, and manipulation is part of his skill set. If he were ever to manipulate someone within the IC, either now or in the future, my first pick would actually be Azriel. Out of everyone, he's the one who, in my opinion, has the greatest potential to eventually question or rebel against Rhys.
thereâs thing annoying thing feyre does after she meets inner circle;
feyre sees the way keir treats woman & how the woman is forced to be submissive and does not think that woman deserves better, instead she thinks of morrigan
feyre hears lanthe go at lucien and does not help him until she thinks about rhysand
when beron at the meeting tells feyre how it was like for other high lords and their family, feyre shuts that out and only thinks of rhysandâs sacrifice
u see what i mean?
âsame woman that hated tamlin for tithe for the ppl btw
what happens to her when sheâs around ic that she stops caring for the ppl
What annoyed me most about Feyre when she first met the IC (and saww no one talk about) was how she talked about Nesta and her family.
You literally just met these people, and youâre already speaking badly about your sisters to them? That really bothered me.
Maybe itâs a cultural difference or something, but where I grew up, family is sacred. You donât talk badly about them to other people, especially strangers, and definitely not to people you just met.
SJM was insane for this:
So Tamlin kept quiet the entire time Under the Mountain. He didn't bargain for his own freedom, didn't plead with Amarantha to let Feyre go. But he broke his silence for Lucien?? To literally beg for mercy for him?
The whole point of Tamlin's silence was to avoid showing Amarantha how she can hurt him most, what breaks him. He endures it all in silence and yet Lucien being in danger is when he can't bear to keep quiet any longer. Lucien's the one thing that breaks his self-restraint!
And then Amarantha forces Tamlin to whip Lucien himself?? Tamlin, the protector, who tried desperately to keep Lucien safe and who then has to be the one to hurt him with no way to refuse?
Is it any wonder Tamlin then has such a hard time showing his true feelings in book 2? Look at what it got him the last time he did.
Their loyalty and affection for each other is weaponized against them both. This makes me sickkk.
Day 4 of @tamlinweek âą Family đŒâšïžđȘœ
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Oh my gosh!!!!
this man really in need to this hug!
It's so funny to me when acomaf tries to potray Tamlin and Spring Court as traditionalist and conservative when we see, on page, that it's the exact opposite
Tamlin dismantled his father's old ruling structure, got rid of slavery, welcomed refugees and included their traditions in the yearly celebrations of his subjects, walked among and played for his people, didn't enforce rank, had both male and female sentries and gave more options to people who can't pay a tithe instead of enforcing traditional hunting
Spring Court citizens are very accepting of new traditions and are sexualy liberal. They welcomed refugees as one of their own, gladly celebrate their traditions with them and they don't see orgies and open sexual acticities as something strange or immoral. Spring Court also doesn't have brothels which indicates there is no need for them in a society so accepting of casual sexual relationships
It's bizzare how the narrative in acomaf tries to reframe it as conservative, how it ignore all the previous informations presented to the readers in the first acotar book.
Instead it gaslit readers into believing that isolated, segregated, slums having, brothels having, female mutilation performing Night Court is somehow less conservative and traditional. As if IC didn't shame and punished Nesta for sleeping around, as if Rhysand didn't constantly enforce rank on other people, as if the ban on wing clipping wasn't enforced
Feyre in the Spring Court run around in tunics, rode horses, visited villages and hunted.
Feyre in the Night Court was imprisoned in a palace and a bubble, forced to wear sexy dresses Rhysand choose for her, got pregnant at very young age and was paraded around with heavy belly and skimpy dress do satisfy her husband's male pride
Tell me, which place and situation sounds more conservative to you?
ACOTAR
A COURT OF TAMLIN AND RHYSAND
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how the hell I never thought of that before??
A Court of Tamlin and Rhysand. the real trope: lovers to enemies đ«Ł
in the original version the tension was never about feyre... admit it sarah đ
When Rhysandâs mother decided his future wife must be able to escape the clutches of a death god in order to prove her love for her son, Rhysand straight up surrendered Feyre to the Weaver. He sent his mate to a trap no other fae ever survived solely to satisfy his dead mother and his own ego.
When Tamlin had to make a woman profess her love for him in order to save all of Prythian at the risk of her getting harmed, he sent Feyre home.
Donât ever get it twisted.
Ppl condemn Nesta for telling Feyre the truth but always seem to leave out WHY she did it and chalk it up to her being spiteful.
What prompted her to walk ALL THE WAY down the stairs to Velaris?
What did Nesta find out that caused her to get THAT MAD?
Aedion Lied. Rhysand Didnât
aedion: mask: the âWolf of the North,â brutal general who never loses a battle for Adarlan reality: the battles are staged, the deaths are faked, and the soldiers literally get up afterward and go home
rhysand: mask: feared ruler of the Court of Nightmares who routinely terrorizes, tortures, and sexually humiliates people to maintain control reality: âŠhe does all of that. he just feels bad about it sometimes. and also heâs very nice to a small, hidden city of people who means heâs actually a good guy, promise.
the difference is not âmorality,â itâs material harm.
aedion's mask is a lie. the violence he's known for does not actually happen.
rhysandâs âmaskâ is just⊠branding.
the narrative keeps insisting that his cruelty is an act, but then: â the torture still happens â the victims still exist â the trauma is still real â the power imbalance is still enforced
âheâs pretending to be awfulâ only works if the awfulness isnât real.
you do not get moral credit for being secretly kind to Velaris while knowingly ruling a court built on terror and exploitation. thatâs not a mask; thatâs compartmentalization.
aedion takes on a reputation so others donât have to suffer.
rhysand maintains a reputation by making sure people do suffer and then asks the reader to applaud him because he has an inner monologue about how hard it is.
thatâs not depth. thatâs just doing the bad thing and insisting it counts as character complexity.
Gonna take a moment and think bout the fact that SJM wrote a story where the male who SA'd the fmc is the "good guy," and the men who believed the fmc without question when she lied bout being SA'd are the bad guys. Idk how that makes me feel.
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My no nuance ACOTAR hot take
Tamlin did not lock Feyre up in the Spring Court.
Feyre was free to move around the estate. What Tamlin wanted was taking guards with, because she was a new fae with unstable magic in a court crawling with potential threats. Thatâs not a prison, it's protection for the woman he loved and saw die in front of his eyes
The big panic scene when mor come that everyone points to? Or to be more exact "When Tamlin leaves and she tries to follow him?"
Yes, he stops her from going out that one moment. Not to control her or lock her. But because he was heading into a dangerous situation and didnât want her running after him untrained and vulnerable.
And I think is pretty clear that once he was far enough away, she wouldâve been able to leave without following him.
Now.
You know who actually locked her up?
Rhysand.
More than once.
Moonstone Palace: Feyre is literally stuck there for a week. Alone. Unable to leave. Actually locked in. And somehow she's okay with it now?? Interesting.
Then thereâs the magic bubble.rhysand litterly puted her in a bubble that no one can even touch her. Like even Cassian wasn't able to kiss her.
And if I remember correctly (correct me if Iâm wrong), in the end of ACOSF, Rhys doesnât let Feyre go out with Nyx in Velaris without protection or guards.
Which is⊠exactly what Tamlin did.
Except hereâs the thing:
Spring Court at that time was unstable and dangerous, with monsters actively targeting Feyre.
But Velaris is supposed the safest city in Prythian, hidden and protected.
So why is Tamlin framed as an abusive jailer for taking precautions, while Rhys doing the same or worse is framed as romantic concern?
Iâm fully convinced that Feyre is being mind-manipulated by Rhys.
So is the fandom through her eyes.
Maeve and Rhysand!!
I know that there's plenty of theories about Rhysand possibly being Valg. But this scene I just read !!!!!!
When Maeve forces Aelin to bow, the moment it just identical to when Rhysand made Tamlin bow for Feyreâs life in the first ACOTAR book.
Itâs not just the act itself itâs the dynamic: the calculated humiliation, the forced submission. Once I read it I immediately remembered Rhysand and Tamlin
Like!!! how can anyone read those two scenes side by side and not at least suspect the connection?
I'll never shut up about that!! SJM you better give us an explanation of that in the next book
Everything traumatized Feyre in UTM, except for Rhys's behavior?
ââ I wanted you, even Under the Mountain, - I whispered. â I attributed it to those terrible circumstances, but after we killed her, when I couldnât tell anyone how I felt⊠about how bad things really were, I still told you. I could always talk to you. I think my heart knew you were mine long before I realized it.â â A Court of Frost and Starlight.
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âRhys had crowned me at every meeting and every event we had, long before I was his mate, long before I was High Lady. Even Under the Mountain.â â A Court of Wings and Ruin.
The crown in question:
"Rhysand didn't touch me, but he walked close enough that it was obvious I was with him... that I belonged to him. I wouldn't have been surprised if he'd fastened a collar and leash around my neck. Maybe he would at some point, now that I was bound to him, and the agreement etched into my skin. Whispers rose above the celebratory shouts, and even the music faded as the crowd parted and formed a path for us to Amarantha's altar. I lifted my chin, the weight of the crown pressing against my skull." - A Court of Thorns and Roses.
They're small things... things we hardly remember or notice. Sentimental Redcon?
Sometimes I feel that the author herself invalidates the suffering of her characters in favor of their endgame partner.The conclusion is: "Feyre forgave Rhys. She wanted to be with him". True, but I still think it's valid to question, even if only briefly, this choice.
I did not read ACOFAS, but every time I see people post about it, I become more convinced that Rhysand manipulated Feyre's mind. Seriously!! First, what do you mean when you say you wanted him Under the Mountain? Was it when he made you drink wine until you threw up, when he broke your arm, or when he forced you into a bargain? Or maybe it was when he told Amarantha about your existence after making Tamlin kneel and beg him not to do it. (bc if rhys didn't tell amarantha that tamlin had a human girl in his mansion, she wouldn't know about feyre neither claire)
Second, what do you mean you both killed Amarantha. No, you did not. Tamlin was the one who did that. Feyre only saved the Spring Court by solving the riddle, and she died before Amarantha. Rhysand did nothing to actually kill her.
So I am still pretty sure Feyre was being mind manipulated. And even though Ianthe is awful and compleat bitch, she was right about a few things. One of them was when she said that if the other High Lords knew about Feyreâs powers, they would keep her for breeding. Later, we saw that Rhysand did not tell Feyre that the pregnancy might kill her. he risked her life to get an heir (not totally risked though. it's more sacrficed her death was certain) . And when Feyre found out, nothing really happened, or at least nothing that we were shown.
