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Us: I think Tamlin/Nesta arenât as bad as most people think and they deserve good things in life.
Them: NO THEY HURT FEYRE AND WERE MEAN TO HER.
Us: But Feyre has kind of acted the same way to other people and hurt people the same way sheâs been hurt. Isnât that hypocritical?
Us: Why? In a real world situation it would be and behavior like that would not be tolerated.
Us: Right, but words have power and can influence impressionable/immature readers in a significant way.
Them: FEYRE IS A KWEEN AND SHE DOESNT DESERVE THIS TREATMENT.
Us: So you would be okay if someone who supposedly loved you made you dance naked in front of strangers just because he wanted to piss off someone else?
Them: HiS iNtEnTiOnS wErE GoOoOoD. ALSO HE IS HOT.
Us: But Tamlin thought he was doing the right thing too by protecting Feyre?
Them: ALSO RHYS IS MoRaLlY gReY
Us: So then by that logic Tamlin is too?
Them: BECAUSE SJM SAID SO SO ITS CaNoN.
Us: Ok fine but Iâm just saying this is one way the text can be interpreted.
Us: So Tamlin losing his temper because of misdirected fears is worse than Rhys sexually assaulting Feyre, denigrating her, subjecting her unwillingly to public humiliation, drugging her and taking away her ability to consent, not to mention mentally manipulating her and subjecting her to unnecessary physical harm?
Them: YeS. MoRaLlY gReY, member?
Us: But Tamlin never willfully physically harmed her.
Them: HIS TEMPER MAKES HIM ABUSIVE.
Us: Okay, so if heâs still abusive how come heâs so well regarded by his court? How come you never see him hurting members of his court or, say, murdering people just cause Amarantha says so?