[mainlycrossoverstuff]

court of Dreamers is such an ass name, like imagine thinking you’ve got the ‘most powerful fae in the realm’ at the head of this supposed ‘paradise’ and then y'all declare that y'all do nothing but dream 😭

No shot, no wonder the rest of the Night Court is in such ass condition, y'all doing nothing but sleeping. Ts lowkey embarrassinggg

[autarkeiaa]

“It doesn’t mean a thing that Azriel’s shadows dance and sing for Gwyn, it’s just Azriel’s power reacting to Gwyn’s power” Except that we’ve seen Nesta’s power rumble in answer to the energy around Gwyn, so “dancing and singing” is not a default answer to Gwyn’s alleged musical powers. Powers that she was not using during the interaction with Azriel but let’s pretend for a minute that she was.

This brings me back to my TOG reread. I’ll leave this here once again

“Rowan made her magic sing. And maybe that was the carranam bond between them, but … her magic wanted to dance with his. And from the frost sparkling in his eyes, she knew his own demanded the same.”

Spoiler: it was not the carranam bond 🤭

So even if we want to pretend that Gwyn was using her “lightsinger powers” while not singing (??), it does not sound so much better for my Gwynriel haters🫶🏻

[azrielsbxtch]

Well Rebecca Yarros has announced her book

Whenever you’re ready SJM we’ve only been waiting 5 years…..

[darklove9314-blog]

You know I was joking about them waiting until they were 90 days out to release any info on ACOTAR 6 and 7 but now I don’t think it’s a joke anymore….

[lune-de-miel-au-paradis]

Feyre is kind of lazy. She could've asked Nesta or even Elaine, the softer sister, to teach her to read, but yet she didn't. She threw a fit when Tamlin tried to teach her read.

I think she always chooses the easier, more pleasant way.

Getting to know a court of people, make connections, adapt to a culture, learn and grow is harder especially for her who literally behaves like a raging teenager, than being paraded around, getting fingered in front of everyone, and letting her beauty and skills get objectified.

The spring court noble fae had to trust her, like her, accept her by her behavior. Meanwhile the night court basically had to accept because the high lord said so. She got the inner circle's trust, and Hewn city's respect easier because it was handed by Rhys, and she didn't have to earn it herself. Being a High lady with Rhysand was easier, she got the jewels,the houses, the pretty dresses and the crown just by fucking with Rhysand.

She did some paperwork and already started to whine about it and plot to get an assistant, not even thinking of the illyrian women or the poor parts of Velaris.

She got the wings by magic and some back muscle exercises, and immediately fetishised it. And didn't even bother to learn the cultural significance behind it, or think of illyrian women wing clippings, and how she can help. Just accepting what Rhys told her about wings (which half of it was sexual). Letting Rhysand handle the Nesta fiasco and sending her to fight was easier for her than to actually listen and try to help heal her sister's trauma.

Letting Elaine sit and falter in a dark room, and saying she would look better with Az (who usually handles everything for the inner circle basically so why not Elaine too) is easier than actually doing something. Feyre always chose the easiest way for herself. 

[keinnamegewollt]

I fear I hate Cassian so much by now that even things his fans cite as positive now annoy me about his character. My dislike of him has grown too strong for me to leave anything he does without criticism.

For example, when he is “in awe how far she had come”. The reason he’s in awe is because she just saved “his High Lord and Lady and their son”. He prioritises her saving Feyre and Rhysand over her surviving the Blood Rite with her friends, which had also just happened. Not only that, but with the way it is framed, he also ignores that Nesta did it to save her own sister. She didn’t care about hierarchy. It almost seems as though part of what Cassian’s in awe of is her finally providing a service to her “betters”. What’s more, she had just also saved his own life - for the second time! – which he doesn’t even mention. It really seems as though he only sees good in her when it comes to things she can do for Rhysand.

Same with the scene about her Made weapons. Yes, he votes to tell her. But his first thought goes to how they can use Nesta to make the Night Court unstoppable, while Azriel is the one to warn that her abilities could put her in danger. No thoughts of that from her own mate. And while he votes for telling her, he still keeps it a secret from her.

The quote where he tells her all those wonderful things about how she can take her own time to heal, keep her sharp edges etc. sounds romantic without context. However, this happens right after the Hike from Hell he forced her on! His words are undermined by his own actions!

I’m probably letting my hate get away with me. I get why some of his words or actions can be taken in a more positive manner and I don’t want to act like I think it incomprehensible people dare to like him. For me though, the way he acts towards Nesta is too off-putting to enjoy those moments. So even when he says or does something nice, I’m side-eyeing him hard.

Like with the Symphonica gift: objectively a nice gift, yet I’m immediately reminded how he used to drag her out of taverns and refused to believe she actually loves music until Elain told him.

[elainstulipgarden]

Just a reminder that Lucien hardly knew Elain when he broke an extremely powerful Fae King’s magical chains and ran to her side. He did this in a room with enemy soldiers lining the walls. He did this while Tamlin and Rhys, two powerful high lords, continued to be restrained by that same magic.

He did it purely to put a jacket around her. To protect her dignity through the most traumatic moment of her life.

…but no, he hasn’t shown any mate characteristics.

[dontknow666]

I noticed that every time someone criticizes Rhys on his behavior fans shrug it off with "Well yes,he's morally grey"

He's not.

Morally grey characters do not get an entire chapter of monolgue where they can explain(badly) their actions. Morally grey characters do not explain and justify their actions at all. Because their morals do not align with the general public.

Tell me one morally grey character in fiction who got an entire chapter dedicated to explain and justify themselves. Even then his explanation is...lacking, it's justified with "he had to protect Velaris and his family" not the Night Court, his citizens but Velaris. Chapter 54 of acomaf is written to make us feel bad for him and see where he was coming from, but once again his explanation is horrible. (Or at least is it if you can look past his moderately sad background). And both the text and the characters tell us that yes his actions were justified and there's nothing wrong with him, he's not bad.

Morally grey characters are not written like that.

Sjm told us via page that Rhys is not a bad person and that every one if his actions are justified instead of letting us decide. And because of that he's not morally grey.

Anywayyyyy thank you for coming to my ted talk 🥰

[jharokhas]

Antis will look you in the eye and say "Gwyn I don't know who that is haha! Who'd remember the copper haired (which is actually brown, I insist), tall Valkyrie Carynthian priestess from the library under the House of Wind who first appeared on page, paragraph, and line so and so of ACOSF, so and so percentage into the book."

[ladyelain]

Feyre’s family ≠ the Inner Circle

I will die on the hill that Nesta and Elain aren’t part of the IC. Each member of the IC fulfils a very distinct purpose and serves the Night Court.

In corporate language, Elain and Nesta would count as interns. Occasionally assigned to projects, but kept away from sensitive information, and technically jobless - or freelanced on demand when needed.

Nesta being mated to Cassian, doesn’t make her a member, not with that ongoing cold war between her and Rhys. Likewise, any partner of Azriel, Mor or Amren wouldn’t automatically join either.

In my view, the IC serves a political/executive function first and foremost. Yes, it also happens to be Rhysand’s family. That kind of nepotism would never work for the Archeron sisters though, given their history and Feyre’s provider role, which only got amplified with her becoming High Lady.

Dare I say, neither Nesta nor Elain is devoted to Feyre as Cassian and Azriel are to Rhys. They trust and respect her, for sure, but I’m being real with you, I wouldn’t want my brother to be my boss either.

[acotar-rants]

Trying To Predict the Writing of Future ACOTAR Relationships by Looking at Past Ones

I've see a few posts comment on their fear of their favorite ship being poorly written. Do I care who ends up with who? No. But I get it.

I don't think it matters which side of the ship you're on, but after ACOSF, I think fans' doubts are valid.

ACOSF was such a cliff dive into "what the hell" territory in every conceivable way. It felt like SJM was trying to fit Nesta and Cassian into a Feyre and Rhysand romance box while simultaneously making both relationships terrible. Feyre and Rhysand are basically cartoon villains with a coat of hero paint. Cassian is embodying all his worst qualities - some of them I didn't even think he had before this book. Nesta is the only one who feels sympathetic to anything happening around her.

Elain, Lucien, Azriel, and Gwyn are very different characters from Feyre and Rhysand and ACOSF Cassian. Well. I think Azriel's different from Rhysand and the IC, it's hard to tell at this point. That one short in CC3 also felt like what ACOFAS was to ACOSF.

But Elain, Lucien, and Gwyn definitely are. They (and Nesta) feel like people whose first instinct isn't to reach for violence but to try diplomacy in some form, which is the opposite tactics of the IC.

I don't want any of these ships - no matter the combination - to be a copy and paste of Feyre and Rhysand. The thing about romance is that there are all kinds of romance, and SJM knows this. Think of the Bridgerton series, which encompasses different kinds of romances - fake dating, enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, a rags to riches story.

Part of me even wonders if she cares about the romance if she's so fixated on Rhysand. In that case, the story should have just been about Feyre and Rhysand.

But she has written other romances before - I think - so let's take a look at them. Granted, Throne of Glass was definitely more plot driven than character driven, and while the romantic relationships existed, they weren't the main point of the story. They were like an extra bonus.

Disclaimer: I only read Heir of Fire and up in the Throne of Glass series, because I just wanted to jump to the romantic interest Aelin was going to stay with. I also haven't read Crescent City, because I wasn't interested in an urban fantasy. But I have heard things.

Aelin and Rowan - Admittedly, early Aelin and Rowan's dynamic looked a lot like Feyre and Rhysand's, and ACOSF Nesta and Cassian's, almost a prototype of them. A relatively mortal human/fae with a really old fae and they trade snark. I liked their dynamic in Queen of Shadows, where they had a sort of BFF relationship, and Rowan supported Aelin in her efforts to forward the plot. But then, Rowan sort of takes a backseat. He's only there to support Aelin, and he had 2 paragraphs of angst over the truth of why Lyria was killed in Kingdom of Ash.

Lysandra and Aedion - Were a fairly steady couple up until Lysandra impersonated Aelin, who did not tell Aedion, and he rejected her, and then they made up because death is imminent.

Dorian and Manon - They were fine. I know a lot of people like them, but I didn't really think much about them. Actually, I preferred Dorian and Sorcha, the servant who was secretly a rebel, an everyday person who was compassionate but had a will of iron as she was willing to spy.

Elide and Lorcan - This was the couple I rooted for the most, because they had more dynamics between the two. Elide is probably the only mortal with no powers, but she uses her wits and observation skills to survive. Lorcan, a 500 year old demi-fae with powers, gains respect and admiration for her, and they gradually grow closer. Every other couple is equally matched in combat/magic/healing/etc.

Their personalities also complemented each other. Though she had suffered, Elide was still generally hopefully, while Lorcan was generally jaded and cynical. They work off of each other. Sometimes diplomacy and social manipulation work (Elide's speciality) and sometimes brute strength and violence work (Lorcan's speciality).

And it was all going well. Until the near end when Elide sort of told Lorcan he could just die because she was still angry at him for calling Maeve. And then they make up.

But you see a pattern? Someone does something and it's honestly a pretty terrible thing to do (Lysandra/Aedion, Elide/Lorcan), and they make up because war and death are coming. The relationship trucks along until it takes a sharp left turn into "why" territory. I heard the same thing happened in CC with Bryce and Hunt.

And yes, I know there's Chaol and Yrene, and Nesryn and Sartaq, but I never really understood Chaol or Nesryn's personalities, so I'm putting them in the "eh, they're fine" category. Yrene only hated Chaol at the start by virtue of being an Adarlan solider and then they got to know each other, and Nesryn and Sartaq always had mutual respect.

All to say, SJM did technically do romance but then had to throw a weird problematic thing in the cogs for the sake of drama. And does anyone ever talk about this in depth? No.

I know it's only been 2/3 romances (just focusing on the Archeron sisters), but we're getting to the last one, and we still don't know anything about this multi-part story.

Uh, so, in conclusion... I probably missed a bunch of stuff, but at best, whatever ships sail will be fine. At worst, they'll have pointless drama that will be glossed over.

[sssoulsuckerrr]

I could eat this up in one dayyyy I love when she meets emerie and gwyn and im loving seeing her verbally spar with cass and az YESSS

[gwynrieldefenseatty]

My unpopular opinion is that Nesta isn’t in the Inner Circle

[love-nuclear-babes]

If Nesta can see through glamors, does that mean she's seeing the full might of the High Lords every time she's mouthing off at them and putting them in their place?

[untillthedarknessclaimsus]

Elain, Emerie,and Gwyn form an alliance to rebuild parts of prythian. They each have knowledge.

Though they travel to different parts of prythian by themselves.

Emerie visits the winter court. Morrigan is there. They solve a mystery together.

Gwyn goes to the autumn court. Beron would only accept a priestess. Azriel goes with her. He's over protective. Gwyn gives Eris the strength to kill Beron. Whether she's his great niece or granddaughter. Az falls in love.

Elain is in spring with Lucien. They work on rebuilding buildings together. Koschei is there. Tamlin is haunted.

Nesta builds her dusk Court. Cassian is helping rebuild that summer court building. By his high lady's order. Aka Nesta.

Rhys is in the night court. Moping.

Feyre is in day. Trying to break her death pact with Rhys. Helion could do it. Though she wants to learn. Feyre tells Helion about Lucien.

[hopeiochi]

Nesta as an individual character and part of Feyre's POV

Do you ever think about how interesting, complex and intriguing Nesta's character is, and how much her complexity is ignored as a result of getting to know her through Feyre's lens first? Because I do.

To preface my post, I want to mention that the main reason I came back to ACOTAR series was a negative TikTok about Nesta. If I have to sum it up from memory: "Silver Flames was a failed attempt to redeem Nesta". But that combined with a lot of cool Nessian edits made me come back to the series I had very low desire to continue after TAR for the reason I found it boring.

I already knew about Rhysand being the MMC and all the marketing surrounding Feysand, that was basically what made me check out the series in the first place. Yet, the negative review about Nesta was what truly hooked me, for which I'm both glad and mad.

As sharing is caring, let me share my hyperfixation with you. For this, allow me to present the Nesta Archeron I saw.

We all know that the main reason for disliking/critiquing Nesta is her relationship with Feyre, who was neglected by her family, had to hunt from 14 and was bullied by mean Nesta, whose main priority was protecting Elain and hate the world.

However, individuals - both people and characters - are defined by more than just a single relationship.

Before we ever see her on page, Nesta was a little girl who was groomed by her mother, who had her palms beaten raw by her grandmama to the point she has scars. She was raised to become a wife, and keep in mind, her mum died when Nesta was ~eleven years old, and at fourteen years old she applied the education received from Mama Archeron to seduce a duke.

At fourteen years old, her life was turned upside down. They lost everything. The father who had once failed Nesta by allowing the abuse to happen failed her once again. She tried to reach out to people for help, yet we know her attempts were unsuccessful.

This is the girl we meet for the first time eight years later in TAR. Eight years of poverty and disappointment.

I think people often fail to take into consideration how much living in a dysfunctional family affects someone and brings out their worst qualities. In those first chapters of TAR, Nesta is definitely not nice, and I'm not here to deny her attitude or the fact that she could have done more to help the family, or at least left earlier.

However, as I said, our impression is also shaped by the fact that we see Nesta through Feyre's bias. And I know this requires a disclaimer: saying Feyre is biased doesn't mean that her thoughts and emotions aren't valid or warranted. I genuinely understand her feelings, and to some degree, I agree with Feyre, but this is a post about Nesta Archeron.

So, when Feyre says:

From beside my father, Nesta snorted. Not surprising. Any bit of praise for anyone—me, Elain, other villagers—usually resulted in her dismissal. And any word from our father usually resulted in her ridicule as well.

Do you think that maybe Nesta's snort was not a dismissal of PA's praise for Feyre, but hatred toward her pathetic father, who says, "What luck you had today—in bringing us such a feast," to the daughter he failed to protect(Feyre)?

Do you think that Nesta went to the market to look after Feyre, even if the night before they had a pretty bad fight regarding Tomas? And even that fight, though we see in Feyre's inner monologue that she considers Tomas to be dangerous, aloud she basically simplifies the arguments down to the fact her sisters are useless and a burden.

Yet Nesta still wakes up, chops wood, goes to the market, and watches over Feyre.

The latter considers that it was done for money, yet we know Nesta didn't buy anything. The only mentioned purchase is a chisel for PA, whom Nesta hates, so that was not her decision. And after we see Nesta chopping wood for the second time.

I didn’t bother talking to them, as they hadn’t deigned to speak to me after last night, though Nesta had awoken at dawn to chop wood. -> after the fight

Then a slender hand clamped onto my forearm, dragging me away. I knew it was Nesta before I even looked at her. [...] “They’re dangerous,” Nesta hissed, her fingers digging into my arm as she continued to pull me from the mercenary. “Don’t go near them again.” [...] “What could you have done?” Nesta sneered. “Challenged him to a fight with your bow and arrows? And who in this sewer of a town would even care if we reported anything?” -> At the market

They’d spent every copper I’d given them—on what, I didn’t know, though Elain had brought back a new chisel for our father’s wood carving. The cloak and boots they’d whined about the night before had been too expensive. But I hadn’t scolded them for it, not when Nesta went out a second time to chop more wood without my asking.

As I said, both moments are dismissed by Feyre, and usually these are the things I try to point as her bias, because we can't know the motives behind Nesta's mind. It could've been an attempt to say sorry, her just doing her task because wood may have been her responsibility, or it really could've been the: Probably because she knew I’d be selling the hides at the market today and would go home with money in my pocket.

Does this assumption track with: But I hadn’t scolded them for it, not when Nesta went out a second time to chop more wood without my asking.? That's for your own judgment.

Or a more clear example:

“And who in this sewer of a town would even care if we reported anything?”

“What about your Tomas Mandray?” I said coolly.

Nesta’s eyes flashed, but a movement behind me caught her eye, and she gave me what I supposed was her attempt at a sweet smile—probably as she remembered the money I now carried. “Your friend is waiting for you.”“

Feyre once again is thinking that Nesta's actions are because of the money she just obtained, yet in my opinion it seems more logical she tries to deflect the topic of Tomas by switching the attention to Isaac. And why would Nesta even need to do so much gymnastics for "the money" when we also have this description: No, she just spent whatever money I didn’t hide from her.

An interesting note: for a person who is described as spending so much, Nesta is the only person whose spending is never actually shown. Feyre bought the expensive ash arrow and seeds for Elain, who from her side bought paints for Feyre, and PA paid the scammer for the protective runes on the house, yet nothing is said about Nesta.

And on this note, I briefly want to address the "cardboard cut-outs evil sisters" allegations for Nesta and Elain, which are often used as an explanation for the dislike these characters receive, or as an excuse to ignore the beginning.

However, we can see that the realization that she could do more with Nesta and Elain came long before the later books were released. Though the concept of Feyre's backstory remained the same, I think more depth was added to Nesta - not in a way that made her misunderstood, but in a way that said, "She is very mean and not user-friendly under normal circumstances, but she has an inner moral compass and is actually kind and caring deep inside."

In my opinion, this is what made her character so appealing. She wasn't created with the idea that she was a main character with flaws you can put on a CV. This is why it's interesting to discover her from the POV of someone who sees only the tough exterior, while as a reader I can still collect small clues that she's not so simple.

Being closed in Feyre's perspective, do you stop to consider that this scene from TAR matches the way Nesta grieved their father in FAS?

and Nesta …” She looked over her shoulder to where my eldest sister stood by a gnarled mulberry tree, looking out over the flat expanse of our lands. She’d barely spoken to me the night before, and not at all during breakfast. I’d been surprised when she joined us outside, even if she’d stayed by the tree this whole time. “Nesta didn’t finish the season. She wouldn’t tell me why. She began refusing every invitation. She hardly talks to anyone, and I feel wretched when my friends pay a visit, because she makes them so uncomfortable when she stares at them in that way of hers …” -> TAR

“So,” I said to my sisters. “What now?” Nesta just turned and went up the stairs, each step slow and stiff. She shut her door with a decisive click once she got to her bedroom. -> WAR ---- Nesta had successfully cloistered herself in some slummy apartment across the Sidra, refusing to interact with any of us save for a few brief visits with Feyre every month. -> FAS ---- As if Nesta were looking at us through some sort of window. As if she were still standing out in the front yard, watching us in the house. -> FAS

Do you often think about how Nesta knew from the start Feyre lied about aunt Ripleigh, yet still helped her find an excuse?

That was the story, I remembered—that I’d gone to care for a long-lost, wealthy aunt. I nodded slowly. Nesta took in my clothes and carriage, the pearls that were woven into her gold-brown hair gleaming in the sunlight. “She left you her fortune,” Nesta stated flatly. It wasn’t a question. [...] “Why are you being so quiet?” Nesta said, keeping her distance. [...] Nesta, who watched me with a carefully blank face [...] Nesta fell into step behind us, a quiet, stalking presence. I didn’t want to know what she was thinking. I wasn’t certain whether I should be furious or relieved that they’d gotten on so well without me—and whether Nesta was wondering the same. [...] My father smiled freely, laughed readily, and doted on Elain, who in turn doted on him. Nesta, though, had been quiet and watchful

She was watchful and quiet because she knew surely Feyre's disappearance and return is tied to the fae world, whom she hates as we saw in the scene with Children of Blessing. Yet she still supported Feyre, she listened to her story, she accepted her sister's relationship with a fae and continued spending more time in an attempt of bonding. And she also saved a piece of memory - the foxglove (the same way she did with her father in SF - the wood carving).

I think Nesta's reactions from the chapters 28-30 shows a lot of who she is.

And when I finished my story, Nesta merely stared at me for a long while before asking me to teach her how to paint.

She observes things, looks cold, yet her actions will show she cares.

As we saw in MAF:

“You would need ten thousand ships,” Nesta said, her voice breaking. “You would need an armada. I have calculated the numbers. And if you are readying for war, you will not send your ships to us. We are stranded here.” [...] Nesta’s throat bobbed. “Please.” I didn’t think I’d ever heard that word from her mouth. “Please—do not leave us to face this alone.”

In WAR:

But she surveyed his seven Siphons, the dim red stones. And then she said, “You’re hurt.” [...] “And it’ll be fixed by morning,” Cassian added, daring Rhys to say otherwise. But Nesta’s pale fingers gently probed his golden-brown skin, and he hissed through his teeth. “How do I fix it?” she asked. [...] But he watched her—didn’t take his eyes off her face, the brows bunched and lips pursed in concentration. And when she’d tied it neatly, his wrist wrapped in white, when Nesta made to pull back, Cassian gripped her fingers in his good hand. She lifted her gaze to his. “Thank you,” he said hoarsely. Nesta did not yank her hand away.

So when I see another review in the style of, "Ugh, Nesta, she's so annoying, always mean and complaining," I can only ask myself how all these moments are ignored.

When people say they only started loving Nesta in SF, I can only wonder how they missed these same qualities before, because Nesta was an interesting, complex, yet morally good character since TAR. Since the very first chapters, she went to watch over Feyre because she knew about the dangerous mercenaries.

Or did they remember only moments like this one:

"Nesta must be stretching her legs and smiling at the extra room. She was probably content imagining me in the belly of a faerie—probably using the news as a chance to be fussed over by the villagers."

Ignoring the further ados as this one:

My hands slackened at my sides. “You went after me,” I said. “You went after me—to Prythian.” [...] she had cared, and perhaps loved more fiercely than I could comprehend, more deeply and loyally

Yes, she was mean on multiple occasions, sometimes too harsh and cold, yet her good side was always there on the page. She's full of shades of grey, yet this gradient always looked so alluring, and I'm sad that people often reduce her to "ugh, Nesta."

Often, when her story is analysed, it's about Nesta's role in other people's lives - for example, how she was horrible to Feyre or mean to Cassian. Though this is also important, I rarely see the same analysis extended to Nesta herself: why she did certain things, not just how those actions affected others.

A prominent example is the scene at the beginning of SF when Nesta is sitting on a rock and refusing to train. It's frequently described as, "Ugh, Nesta, why is she being mean to Cassian? Why is she embarrassing him? Why won't she train?" But people completely miss the fact that she clearly said no to this initiative, that she's in a place where everyone looks down on her, and that the alternative is embarrassing herself.

Why is Nesta choosing her own dignity treated as an annoying moment?

Maybe because these people were never interested in her character, and a part of them only came to love her because SF was a humiliation ritual.

And I must admit that, for all my love and appreciation of Nesta's character, I don't really enjoy Silver Flames because I think SJM never fully stepped outside of Feyre's perspective when writing this story. Though my critic for SF would require another essay I want to point my disappointment with the fact Clare and Tomas are barely mentioned from Nesta's POV.

In a good or bad way, these people were a part of her past. To this day, I don’t know if she was really in love with him, if she just wanted to escape the house, or how long their relationship lasted. Instead, SJM just evicted him from the plot, making him try to assault Nesta.

And the same with her friendship with Clare. A perfect opportunity to show through flashbacks what type of person Nesta was outside of her family/household, to show how she found a safe space with Clare, or how she tried through Clare to adapt to this new society. Either version works. And use this to make a parallel with Nesta finding a friendship now. Yet, the opportunity was missed.

To conclude, I think it's very limiting to look at Nesta solely from Feyre's perspective. Yes, she was not always a good sister, however, it's entirely possible to analyse Nesta as a complex character who was an abused daughter, who had a friendship with Clare, a closer relationship with Elain, a relationship with Tomas, and her trauma from when he tried to assault her. She also has trauma from being transformed into a Fae, whom she hated in the past, and she still has trouble accepting her new form. She had a complicated relationship with her father and now has a complicated relationship with her mate. She has a complicated relationship with Amren, and she managed to build beautiful relationships with Emerie, Gwyn, Azriel, and HoW. All this is a lot more than "she was a bad sister to Feyre."

I have a very pessimistic feeling that all this complexity will never be properly explored because we got to know Nesta as a satellite in Feyre's life and that's the standard she will be upheld to, that's the frame she gets to grow into but now as the good sister. And there's so much more potential beside this one single aspect.

So, do you ever think about Nesta Archeron? Because I do.

[marcylimmac]

When Nesta explains how she got Gwydion, how she befriended a queen from another world, killed an Asteri, killed a Midgard worm, saved Prythian and even gained a mother.