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Feyre fell in love with tamlin without a magical bond. Amarantha had Rhys for 50 years but still wanted tamlin. Rhys himself is still hooked on tamlin. In this essay I will prove that the dark, shadow daddy pales in comparison to the blond, fiddle-playing beast of a man
I found a subreddit called acotar_rant and when people do rant about the books and what they dislike, they’re met with comments like “mm I don’t think this is the series for you” or “you’re hating aggressively on a popular book for no reason”. Uhhh it’s a subreddit to complain about these books being shitty? Get your ass out of here
@snarkformysanity (My comment was going to be very long... So I decided to turn it into a post instead lol sorry for bothering you.)
Feyre's analogy about Tamlin being the villain for throwing away the key is ridiculous in my opinion.
I understand that Sarah wanted an analogy of "an abusive man who keeps his wife captive to control her", But the scene only works if there's no real threat, and him trying to instill paranoia in his own wife and scare her on purpose (Like Rapunzel's mother, Gothel). The whole context of the scene seems more like an analogy of "a person (Feyre) mentally bad/without conditions insisting on doing something that could to place them and others Innocent people are in danger, so another person (Tamlin) stops them from committing such a reckless act."... Do you know why this happens? Because in ACOTAR there are enemies who could capture Feyre, there was danger, Feyre really wasn't thinking clearly and had no sense of self-preservation at that moment, She could snap and end up hurting someone because her powers were out of control
The book proves his decision was right, as Feyre's powers were unleashed on their own in the split second she was inside the mansion... That's because Feyre's emotions are intertwined with her power. This is actually common throughout the saga, not exclusive to one character. (Just to be clear... We see in Acosf that, in reality, this is nothing more than an intervention... at least, it depends on which character is doing it... If you're not the IC, then you're wrong... You're bad, So much so that there are many people in the fandom who treat one thing as terrible and the other as helping someone in a bad mental state... We criticize Tamlin, but not the IC... )
This isn't to defend Tamlin, but rather to show that Feyre's analogy is TERRIBLE and that she admits, without realizing it later in the book, that she shouldn't have been on the front lines, otherwise it would be a hindrance.
I understand Feyre's frustration about going out and doing nothing radical, but that doesn't mean Tamlin is any less right in wanting her to stay.It was the most sensible thing to do, yes... even though I don't like his attitude..., it's undeniable that his reasoning wasn't wrong... And it amazes me that Feyre sees him as "the villain who throws away the key" just because he didn't want her to die... Because he couldn't trust Feyre to understand what going with him meant, because she was only thinking about her need for adrenaline and risking her life, just because, apparently, UTM awakened in her a sense of urgency and a desire to no longer live a quiet life... That's why Rhys is good for Feyre, because Rhys doesn't care if Feyre risks her own life or doesn't care about risking hers without clarifying anything beforehand...
Tamlin simply didn't understand that Feyre at that moment was a frustrated Bord Collins with pent-up energy who needed action and to risk her own life to feel good and useful...Why? Because the guy is super protective and he met Feyre as the human who chose him BECAUSE HE IS PROTECTIVE.
In the end, I still think Feyre shouldn't have ended up with anyone, and that Tamlin and Rhys are both toxic figures; what changes is that one has become romanticized and Feyre chose as final partner.
If I was hypocritical at any point, I apologize... It's very difficult not to be, even unintentionally, because Sarah keeps recycling scenes and plot within the saga... giving another meaning or romanticizing in favor of their "good" characters
I agree that it's a ridiculous analogy. And it falls down even further when we remember that Rhys had already kidnapped and imprisoned her twice by that point, and laughed in her face when she asked to go home. That sounds a lot more like "throwing away the key" to me than saying "no, you can't follow me into a battlefield, go out for a ride instead if you need to get out of the house" and then shutting her in when she refused to listen.
The main issue (well, one of the main issues, there's a lot) is that the book just completely ignores context that does not support Feyre's assertions. According to her, Tamlin isn't concerned about Rhys's spy eye and wants to break their bond before letting her in on state secrets; he's just being mean and controlling and shutting her out of things she thinks she's entitled to hear. Tamlin isn't doing his duty to his people; he's ignoring her suffering. Tamlin isn't struggling with his own trauma; he's just being controlling. And so on.
It would all be fine and dandy if it were just because we were in Feyre's head, and the rest of the world considered the context. But that's not what happened. Rhys and the IC validate every single one of Feyre's assertions without question. And even if we put that down to them just trying to manipulate her into staying with them, we see the same thing happen again when the other High Lords immediately turn against Tamlin at the meeting, despite having nothing but Feyre/the Night Court's word about what happened. They, of all people, should be considering the wider context. But they never do. And so, when *readers* start to consider it, the whole story becomes really jarring, and it makes every single character look like a blind, biased idiot. Because to us, it's really obvious why Tamlin is doing what he's doing, even if we don't necessarily agree with his methods. But the book just completely ignores those reasons and insists it's all because he's an abusive jerk, no more, no less. It's very frustrating.
If i was Nesta - and as wicked as everybody made me out to be - who found out that Rhys didn’t show up to a pre-arranged meeting where his mother and sister both died because he wasn’t there to defend them, i would never shut up about it, like ever.
Ooo looks like someone else didn’t do enough
Looks like someone didn’t protect their little sibling and is projecting their trauma onto me ✨
I let my little sister hunt? You were getting sweaty with other men while your little sister was having her head chopped off 🤭
I feel it sometimes
Through the bond.
A low rumble,
A small thrum,
Of some emotion that I cannot place.
It’s old and worn…
Wanting,
Yet distant.
I never feel it when I’m with you.
Never hear it in your voice,
Never see it in your eyes.
But I know it’s there.
It hides in your shadow.
And when night falls
And when you think I am sleeping
I feel it then too.
It wasn’t until that meeting that I felt it again.
As soon as he appeared.
You tried to cover it up
As soon as you felt it.
But I know now
What that feeling was
And I will make sure
You never feel it again.
“You like Tamlin more than Rhysand?!😱”
I like Rhysand more for Feyre because let’s face it after UTM Tamlin and Feyre were terrible together. She needed her mate not Tamlin. He could not help Feyre in the ways she needed and he needed something she could not give him.
But as a character overall? Yes I do like Tamlin more than Rhysand.
First you should know the beast from beauty and the beast is one of my all time fav Disney characters so right away I was always going to love Tamlin because he is exactly like the beast.(down to his good and bad traits)
You can love a character and know they are flawed as well.
Tamlin is also a very complex character. He’s not just wholly good or bad. Yes at times he makes terrible decisions and I do not agree w all his actions(I think this is true for all her characters to some degree as well…) however he does have his heroic and great moments as well. Just to list a few; helped save prythian,taking in Lucien, setting feyres family up for life, getting her dads leg healed, giving himself up to Amarnatha and sent feyre home, was a double agent against Hybern and helped them win the war, helped save elain, azriel, feyre and briar from hyberns camp even though he knew they hated him, help saved rhysands life ect. Does this excuse every bad thing he’s ever done? No of course not but that’s the same for every character lol. It does shows that Tamlin has a good heart but it’s clear he battles his own demons and SJM even confirmed Tamlin has had a terrible life, was abused by his family, has PTSD, has a ton of power and didn’t have the tools to properly deal with all this. I also feel he fully redeemed himself in acowar.
As for Rhysand I know a lot of ppl think I hate him I actually don’t. Hes just bleh to me. Rhysand is your typical generic Romantasy book boyfriend. There is nothing stand out about his character to me. Yes he has some awesome moments too and I do love the Starfall moment between him and Feyre in acomaf but over all he’s just very mid. There are times I’m like awww and times he annoys the crap out of me. Once Cassian and Azriel came on the scene I immediately found them more interesting than Rhysand.
I like Cassian and Lucien way more than Rhysand or Tamlin but if your asking me who I like better over all between the two? Yes I do like Tamlin more because I find him a lot more interesting and his character has more depth IMO.
Why is Feyre so stupid?
She destroys an entire court on the cusp of war and is shocked that 1) Her actions had disastrous consequences for the people of Spring, and 2) Her actions benefitted the enemy.
I could understand this level of stupidity from an mc in book one, but not the final book in a trilogy. It really shows what little character development Feyre went through and how she's never had to face the consequences of her actions.
Seriously... 💀 the list of categories inside the SJMaasverse are insane.
Anti-SJM.
Pro-SJM.
Anti-SJM but still ACOTAR-invested.
Anti-ACOTAR but pro-Throne of Glass.
Pro-Rhys but anti-IC.
Anti-Rhys but Feyre defender.
Anti-Feyre but still Nesta apologist.
Pro-Nesta but anti-Nessian.
Critical fans.
Ex-fans.
Hate-readers.
Lore archaeologists.
People who left but still receive the psychic newsletter.
People who “don’t care anymore” but can write 4,000 words by moonrise.
It proves one thing though: Nobody is free. The unsubscribe button is decorative. 💀
The books are not just being read, they are being litigated. Like seriously. A normal fandom has fans, haters, shippers, maybe a few discourse goblins in the walls.
SJM somehow has created an entire civilization of competing courts:
people defending the text, people defending the characters against the text, people defending SJM from her critics, people defending ACOTAR from SJM, people defending one book from another book, people rejecting canon but staying loyal to the emotional concept, people who left but still know every trial transcript by heart…
That proves the foundation is unstable but magnetic.
Because if the books were simply bad, people would leave.
If they were cleanly good, people would mostly celebrate.
But because they are conceptually powerful and structurally messy, everyone keeps coming back to argue over what the story meant versus what it actually did.
That’s the cursed genius of it. Not necessarily intentional genius, but still effective. The emotional promise is strong enough to trap people. The execution is weak enough to make them fight forever.
The fandom is not a fandom. It is a multi-denominational theological crisis with wings, mating bonds, and Goodreads reviews. 💀
You know what I hate about the ic?
Two of them come from the ruling class, yet they all support it. Like, Cassian and Azriel, they're bastards, Amren... Yeah, I've not figured out to this day what's the deal with Amren, but she doesn't come from the same class as they do. And Feyre? Feyre grew up poor, so you'd expect her to see what the others can't.
I mean, these people talk about dreams and change and seem to consider themselves some revolutionaries, but they don't do anything except for upholding the same ruling class they claim to hate. Like, didn't Rhysand at some point basically say all his ancestors were greedy or evil or whatever? Doesn't Morrigan hate Hewn City because of the system that allowed her family to basically sell her into marriage? Cassian and Azriel, don't they hate Illyria (or some of it) because of the way they (and even Cassian's mother, in his case) were treated?
But they don't do anything about it. These people say so many times they don't like the system they have, but they don't try to change it. Does this system work in their advantage? Yes. Why? The reason is simple: Rhysand. Without Rhysand, Cassian and Azriel would still be bastards, and Morrigan wouldn't have escaped Hewn City.
It seems that from the moment Rhysand enters in someone's life, that person's empathy disappears completely. Morrigan, Azriel, Cassian and Feyre don't think for a moment to put themselves in the shoes of any other person outside of Velaris. They sympathise with their younger selves, but not with the people who are in the same positions as they once were.
Also, I'm back, sorry for the long absence (had some family issues).
The beginning of acowar wants to portray tamlin as bad and stupid for believing feyre would or could love him, but it accidentally makes him the only one to not doubt her. Feyre has told everyone that she was abused, but alis says, no, I heard you were smiling in summer, so I won't believe you and doubt you were abused. Tamlin is criticised for believing feyre was abused despite having gained weight and looking healthier. And it is to me a disgusting implication that abuse is always outwardly visible, that the right and good characters doubt feyre's story of abuse, while only evil tamlin believes her unconditionally. Feyre even uses this idea of outward visibility by herself abusing tamlin (bc yes the provocation into a breakdown and then consciously choosing to get hurt to portray yourself as a victim is reactive abuse, feyre is following the darvo pattern). But bc she bears the physical appearance of abuse it must be her that's the victim, there can be nothing psychological going on.
It also fits with Rhysand's powers as a mind manipulator, his abuse never leaves physical marks and is invisible and therefore not real. It is a pretty harmful view on abuse imo, to only view it as physical manifestation, be it malnutrition or wounds. It is repeated over and over again: lucien is abused bc he is seen wounded even though we never see how it happened, nesta is healed bc she is eating again, tamlin only registers as hurt in the narrative once he is physically thinner and unkempt.
The book cannot conceive that nesta and feyre are in abusive relationships as long as they are eating well. This could be an interesting comment on these girls being thankful for incredibly psychologically isolating and controlling situations bc they were starving for so long, the simple fact of not suffering malnutrition is enough for them. But I know for sjm abuse is only men punching and not men sweet talking and keeping information from you and controlling your food, your body, your location, your sexual behaviour, etc etc.
In switching from Feylin to Feysand, SJM turned Tamlin into an abuser...so we have Feyre leaving one abuser for another.
We now have a narrative where Tamlin is a bad abuser and Rhysand is a good abuser (whatever that means).
Doesn't really sound too feminist or female empowering to me.
Cough *Rhysand and Cassian* cough
I wish I came up with this theory or remembered who I heard it from, but either way it deserves documentation on my page:
Hybern brought Jurian alive on accident.
While also bringing Amarantha alive in the cauldron, he didn't realize she had the eye ring on her and this brought Jurian to life.
I think there was a reason CC3 grappled with necromancy so much and that it will play a huge role in the next acotar installments.
Why is that quote it is not the family you are born into but the one you make that matters in those books. It isn't true for them.
It's said by Rhysand first of all, who likes sitting on an inherited throne, has kept the divisions and affiliations of his court the exact same, hangs out with his cousin, would still hang out with mother and sister if they weren't dead, keeps being upset about their death, and has his wife wear jewels and dresses picked out by mom specifically. He really likes the family and situation he was born into.
And thematically that statement is literally only true of book 1, where Feyre is underappreciated by her family and finds joy in not being responsible for them anymore. Lucien is fully pushed out of his family. Tamlin wasn't intended for his father's throne, he'd have run off if his family was still alive and has changed his court's affiliations regarding hybern and the humans since ascension. And they all find some comfort together in spring. Cute.
But in the following books blood family matters a whole lot. Lucien's actual biological parentage is a reveal. Nesta is expected to behave a certain way bc she's Feyre’s sister. They don't like each other, there would be no expectations if it weren't for the blood relation. Nesta should grieve their father bc he's their father. The tamsand betrayal is about a friendship not surviving bc of their disapproving families. Suddenly Eris always somewhat cared about his brother, reducing Tamlin's role in Lucien's life.
And i won't go into how mates aren't something you choose or make either, you get that bond thrust upon you like a birth family, but whatever. Though Feyre being destined for Rhysand bc of the day she was born on has some additional born into flavour.
This isn't a series about a found family, it's about how your blood family is more important than your friends from other courts and you should leave them. You have been destined from birth for a man who's been destined for a court and that's where you'll stay. Try and fight against the type of family you were born into? Have fun as a beast in the woods or being thrown into the human lands.
Will you be finishing your FeyLin fic?👀
Yes! I’m actually working on it right now.
It's funny every time someone defends Rhysand with 'but he had his reasons!'
Babygirl, that's how it works. Reasons lead to actions. Everyone has reasons for the things they do. If Rhysand didn't have one, he'd be a sociopath. It's the way he jumps from A to B is so stupid and none of his 'reasons' corroborate with the outcome.
'Oh this mortal can break the curse that has me trapped for decades, let me snitch about her to Amarantha'
'Oh she is dying, so does my chance of freedom with her, let me threaten her with death instead of saving her.'
'Oh Amarantha should forget the existence of Feyre until the next task, let me parade her every night in the throne room.'
'Oh I've been dreaming about this girl for months and she's probably my mate. Stripping her naked, drugging and humiliating her should impress her.'
'Oh she is hurting. Let me traumatise her more by forcing myself upon her.'
You see where I am going with this? And it doesn't even cover one book. See, Rhysand is stupid. He isn't even a cool villain to root for right now. He is a nuisance at best. And he's literally done nothing to take the plot forward than annoy tf out of everyone. But go off about his reasons.
I’m tired of explaining why a certain act is an abuse when it is clearly described word for word in these books. Why don’t you explain how these are romantic instead?
Why a man essentially stripping a woman naked and parading her in a room full of strangers is hot.
Why a woman in her drugged state forced to grind up against a man is hot.
Why a woman being dressed up in the same clothes she was traumatised in and kneeling to a man is hot.
Why a woman sitting on a man’s lap and getting off in front of people who have zero interest in such shows is hot.
Why a man keeping secrets about a baby growing in a woman’s body is romantic.
Why a man locking a woman in an inescapable tower is romantic.
Why a man controlling what and when she eats is romantic.
Why a man forcing her into clothes she isn’t comfortable in and taking her to a place she won’t be comfortable at is romantic.
Why a man training a woman in a skill she has no interest in is caring. Or to the point she is so physically exhausted she passes out later.
Why a man laughing at a woman with bruises is fun and flirty.
Why a man having sex with a woman, who is forcefully isolated from society and hurting, under his supervision is hot.
Why a man punishing a woman for her issues with her sister is caring.
Why a man dragging a suicidal woman up a hill, isolating her even more, without even checking on her once is romantic or healthy.
Why a man pushing a woman to be vulnerable when he never did so ever with anyone is romantic.
Without the names, looking at the actions objectively, if you still believe these are the ideal scenario in romance, you need to sit down and really need to reflect on why the concept of a woman being helpless with a man is appealing to you.
