browneyedartist01
Brown Eyed Artist
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Came here to share my art, Now I'm here to rant about stuff (mostly acotar)
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browneyedartist01 · 13 minutes ago
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On the wings.
I hate that we have to still have this conversation but so many (white) ACOTAR fans still don’t see an issue with Feyre donning Illyrian wings. I’m absolutely open to criticism and discussion, but if you disagree with what I have to say and happen to be white, I implore you to think of your own biases and think empathetically as to why poc feel this way. I’ve done my best to include real world examples in a tasteful manner to assist that, as well as real arguments I’ve seen and discussed, but we’ll see.
Now let me clarify, this specific part criticism towards her use of Illyrian wings is more broadly directed to Sarah and the white women who defend the actions rather than Feyre herself. Do not dog pile me for being a Feyre or women hater, that’s not what this is. Okay? Okay.
She could be a paragon of virtue, but as long as the Illyrian women are still suffering under their rule, whether directly or not, it’s still wrong. It’s the equivalent of a white woman in colonial America dressing up as an indigenous woman because her husband thinks it’s hot. The majority of Illyrian women have their wings clipped; you might not think it’s morally wrong to shift into an Illyrian, but it is insensitive.
“What happened to pro-choice? It’s her body!” Okay? Pro-choice does not mean pro-bad-choice. A white woman doing black face isn’t okay all of a sudden just because it’s her body that she’s painting black. “But blackface is demeaning and meant to be derogatory!” Do you not think turning into a specific race for your sexual escapades isn’t demeaning? It’s a fetishization. Do you not think the fetishization of East Asian women by white men and only caring about them in a sexual content isn’t wrong? And before anyone attacks me for applying real world examples to a fantasy land, obviously these aren’t one-to-one, nothing can be when you throw in magic, but they are in the same vein of reasoning.
“But she modeled them after Azriel, her friend.” 1. Azriel is not and was not affected by the plight of the Illyrian women. His permission, opinion, or relation in the matter does not matter. 2. Just because one poc (which in the world of ACOTAR aren’t technically poc, but rather a whole other race, though that’s not the point) says an action is okay, doesn’t make the action is okay to the collective. I mean would you be okay with a white high school boy saying the N-word because his friend gave him a “pass”? Hopefully not. 3. Azriel was her only choice (besides Cassian) to model them after. The women’s aren’t exactly an option…
At the end of the day, the Illyrian women are still suffering, so using a part of the autonomy that’s denied to them will always be inconsiderate and insensitive.
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browneyedartist01 · 13 hours ago
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hey Mor learn this
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browneyedartist01 · 13 hours ago
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Cassian would a horrible father to a girl idc
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browneyedartist01 · 13 hours ago
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I continue to find it absolutely wild how much shit Tamlin gets for UTM. Not just from the fandom in general but also Feyre and Rhys in book 2.
Imagine blaming the person you went to rescue for not rescuing you when things turn as bad as everyone told you they would.
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browneyedartist01 · 2 days ago
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'SJM said. . .'
I. DON'T. CARE.
If her never-ending series, crossover cameos, and bonus chapters aren't enough to express her ideas well, SJM isn't doing a good job of writing.
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browneyedartist01 · 2 days ago
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One reason I don’t think I ever cared for a single SJM romance was because of how disjointed they feel. Considering their personalities, I genuinely do not believe they would work in any other universe.
SJM gives most of her main romances mate bonds, which while I get is the genre, kind of undermines their mystique. She literally uses a different version of the “forced proximity” trope (the men are usually doing the forcing) on all of her couples.
If you hand me Rhysand and Feyre, Cassian and Nesta, probably Aelin and Rowan too, on seperate platters I would never guess that they would mesh well. “That’s literallly how writing and character growth works blah blah blah” I don’t care. That’s not what SJM did, none of them grew in that way. She made them hate each other then pause and go “wait you’re kinda cool” *lip bite* then kiss.
They all feel like trauma bonded couples to me who just have to work it out because their god said so. None of them feel like they could ever happen organically, and that takes away from their credibility to me.
AND I DO LIKE ROMANCE I PROMISE
This post isn’t inherently anti any of the couples despite what the tags say. I just know someone will bite my head off, and I don’t have a sadistic god secretly making them my soulmate 💔
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browneyedartist01 · 2 days ago
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father how i've longed to see you!
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browneyedartist01 · 2 days ago
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As someone who knows squat about faery lore, explain this to me. Aren’t faeries supposed to be otherworldly? Why do they have gender roles when they should be genderless or gender fluid? There shouldn’t be sexism either, let alone misogyny. If females are considered ‘brooding mare’, shouldn’t they be revered since they worship Mother for birthing their lands? How exactly is being queer wrong when literally anything is possible in their world and that’s utterly stupid when genders don’t even exist.
Why are they monogamous when they should be having scandalous relations with everyone? If they were all incest-y enough, Cassian sleeping with Morrigan and then calling her his sister would be less appalling.
How is magic orgy in Spring lands frowned upon when everyone should be designing costumes to outdo the other? I know Eris and Rhysand have a running tally, but it is Helion who always wins.
Species-hierarchy makes sense, but shouldn’t it be the other way around? Creatures with non-human features should be considered superior because they are attuned to their true nature and are tapped into land magic better, especially since they enslaved humans for ages. By that standard, shouldn’t Tamlin be considered the most powerful because of his beast form and shape-shifting? Why do faeries live by human standards and concepts? If anything, shouldn’t they look down on mortals for being bound by the ‘rules dictated by the flesh’?
These books are romantasy. . .but where is the fantasy though?
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browneyedartist01 · 2 days ago
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I love when people talk about me like I'm a rare little forest creature or something
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browneyedartist01 · 3 days ago
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This might be unpopular but Alis pisses me offfffff. How are you going to sit there and LIE to the male that took you in and gave you a job, for a girl you've known for less than a year?! Who literally was planning on destroying the place you've called home and your just gonna be like leave me out of it, peace?! Telling Tamlin that Feyre was kidnapped instead of the truth that she had a freaking panic attack and was saved made things 100x worse (between this and Lucien hiding the remnants of the ring, what were they thinking?) Of course he was going to believe she had been taken when everyone is telling him she was taken! TFFFF. They didn't even have to tell him that it was the night court that saved her. Literally could have just said she had a panic attack and disappeared.
I love Lucien but hiding the ring and ditching his friend (who he's known for 100s of years, who saved his life AND who he got tortured for utm) for a girl who knew he was a victim of sa and used him to bait Tamlin, could have gotten him killed AND would have left him behind to be assaulted again by Ianthe if she didnt think of Rhysand and wasnt poisoned, and for her sister who she never had any intention of letting him get close to and doesn't want anything to do with him, is the worst thing he's ever done.
There's no loyalty in the Spring court. Look at all those sentries who stood with Tamlin for years and some who were supposedly his friends....Traitors the lot of them. Tamlin is the only loyal one.
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browneyedartist01 · 3 days ago
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If Azriel actually wanted Elain, just Elain, just her as a person, he would have NEVER questioned the caldron or her bond with Lucien because IT WOULD NOT MATTER TO HIM.
Questioning the caldron is him directly saying that he wants a mate bond and why wasn’t he given the same thing as his brothers. It’s a question posed in jealousy and envy. Not love.
It has nothing to do with Elain. She is a fantasy. A vessel for his desires. How he logics a way to get what he craves and wash away his self loathing.
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browneyedartist01 · 3 days ago
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What an absolutely stunning parallel it would be to go from Lucien beginning their interactions by whispering oh so brokenly, “You’re my mate,” to have Elain exclaiming with her whole heart and chest, “You’re my mate.” Their love story is going to be so heart-wrenchingly beautiful.
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browneyedartist01 · 3 days ago
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Every time I see one of those posts saying Lucien should've done more for Feyre, I get reminded Feyre treats him like little more than a pawn used to her and the NCs benefit, yet her and some readers expect the utmost loyalty from him
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browneyedartist01 · 4 days ago
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The fact that Feyre had to talk Rhysand down from KILLING Nesta..
Goes to show how he can't regulate his fucking emotions as a 500yo.
Yet you're all still pissed at Tamlin because he couldn't control his??
Is the double standard in the room with us?
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browneyedartist01 · 4 days ago
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IC Stans: It was never mentioned that Nesta & Elain did any housework in the cabin so therefore Feyre must have done it
Well, SJM herself deems housework as not work, so therefore they probably did the chores since it isn't counted as work and SJM 100% would have mentioned Feyre doing the housework so that reader can feel bad & pity feyre even more
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Also Alis and the wraiths are doing housework and has SJM ever acknowledge that they are working in the text?
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browneyedartist01 · 4 days ago
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If I were in charge of the NC and see that the Illyrian generals were actively disobeying my law against wing clipping, I would go Old Testament on their asses.
"Oh, so you went behind my orders and did the thing...ok new amendment: whoever clips the wings of a female with have their wings clipped as well, warriors be damned. Oh, you don't like that? Why? Are you one of the beasts that have been clipping wings?"
But that's just me...
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browneyedartist01 · 4 days ago
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The fact that Feyre had to talk Rhysand down from KILLING Nesta..
Goes to show how he can't regulate his fucking emotions as a 500yo.
Yet you're all still pissed at Tamlin because he couldn't control his??
Is the double standard in the room with us?
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