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i'm sorry but i do side eye people who still love nessian

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pt² of some American Library Association ‘READ’ posters.

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You need more Superman fics of him eating weird things because that man just be eating things cuz he can.

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developed a real fondness lately for characters who experience a horrific act of violence and come out the other side saying "ah. I don't think I get to be me anymore. they took out the part that was me, killed it, and put something else back in its place, and now I'm whoever the hell that is." love it when someone becomes a corpse and replaces themself <3

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fuck it, i'm gonna address why i refuse to read acotar or anything sjm

she's an awful person in general but there's something specific that makes me personally feel attacked. she's massively anti-irish, consistently appropriating irish culture and using the kind of langauge that the british government used for centuries to demonise the native irish.

the actual word for that is "Hibernophobia" - look familar? it's remarkably similar to the name of the cruel kingdom from the acotar books, who is directly related to ireland according to sjm herself

i refuse to read a series that makes out my own culture (the one that was oppressed for over 800 years and is still occupied by the colonisers to this day) as cruel and savage

sjm is also a horrific person and i don't wish to support her in anyway

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goodbye youtube i was more or less out of videos to watch anyway

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Feyre in later books exists simultaneously as both the victim and the perpetrator of various abuses in the series. I find that a facinating contradiction inherent to her characterization and fans (and the work itself) positioning a halo onto her as a perpetual victim not only flattens her character, but retroactively destroys any degree of agency she previously had despite how much shes been disenfranchised, even from book 1. Feyre's intuition, cleverness and compassion or her girlboss moments mean absolutely nothing if we [the readers] are meant to to see her as nothing more than an infant toddling along in a grown woman's body.

(In universe, besides the abuse related trauma, I do believe feyre refuses to grow out of that mentality because she knows what bad things she's done was beyond wrong, it was cruel; and that she's burned too many bridges to have support from anyone if she was actually condemned for it, but I digress)

It's why I can't completely ascribe to saying along the lines of "she was too young" or "feye is only x" most of the time. It changes the conversation (even unintentionally) from "Feyre the Character" to "Feyre the Plot Device" and essentially strips her back down to that same infantilzing role, just in a kinder light.

It does feel more honest to see the series as a villian origin story instead sometimes.

(Neines) I wanted to ask, but do you think with the infantilzing position the narrative places feyre (to some extent elain) and later forces nesta into and how never really allows the Archerons, especially feyre to climb out of the role is a huge facet on why the entire narrative is stagnant? Like. I've noticed that their characterization and positioning in the story matches most aspects of the misogynistic sci-fi trope: "born sexy yesterday " (which I've recently found out also has its roots in racism) and I've always found it interesting that so many people want to disaknowledge feyre's agency within the story, especially with her worst actions because that would mean she's metaphorically "grew up" and is a character rather than a voyeuristic camera.

At this point, acotar as a tragic corruption arc for feyre feels more honest than canon.

(Sorry for the long ask. Its been stewing in my mind for a while)

Hiya!!!!!

I agree with your analysis - especially the born sexy yesterday reference! The sisters - particularly Elain and Feyre - are placed in these very serious roles, yet the narrative doesn't really take them very seriously. The sisters are victims of the narrative - perpetual victims of the narrative. Because of this people, often flock to either infantilize them or mature them - each with their own consequence.

Like for Feyre - the narrative never spends time actually developing her as a character; so, she is often rewarded for simply existing or attempting. And this may pay off for the short term - but it begins to weigh in the long term. For example, when Feyre is faced with her reflection in the Ouroboros mirror - the narrative jumps to mature her character beyond what we have tangibly written in the text. Feyre never has to reckon with the consequences of her morally ambiguous actions (see: stealing from Tarquin, orchestrating the fall of Spring). So -- when we get that moment when she 'accepts' all of her flaws, it falls flat because Feyre never has to tangibly accept those faults - they are pretty words for a pretty scene, but they mean nothing outside of that. But in moments where Feyre is materially depowered (see: her pregnancy, Rhysand's backhand deal with Eris, the intervention), there is no culprit other than the stifling narrative. Which is why I think a lot of Feyre stans take the infantilizing route - it's easier to blame the forces within the narrative than the question the validity of the author. It's easier to say Feyre is a perpetual victim to characters like Tamlin, Nesta, Lucien (even when they are absent or non-relevant to the narrative) then to admit that the depowering element is Feyre's relationship with Rhysand. It isn't Nesta depowering Feyre in SF, it's Rhys. It isn't Tamlin stifling Feyre...it's Rhysand.

But when you've built a narrative of victimhood, it's hard for people to look at Feyre outside of that. She's never had to sit down and learn these skills independently, she's never had to weigh the validity of her actions -- not consistently. And to some extent - she is still a victim, but she's also an enabler of that behavior. She's not the illterate human girl -- she's the High Lady; but a lot of people have trouble seeing outside of the human girl who fell in love with Tamlin. Even with her power - she's still seen as only a victim. I think Feyre's character, even with all of its contradictions can exist, I just think people treat her like a child, instead of a character with agency, mistakes, and autonomy.

And in SF - Feyre toys the line between victim (of her pregnancy) and perpetrator of abuse. Feyre's character has to reckon with the position of power she's been elevated to coupled with the disadvantage her character is consistently at. Feyre is the most powerful woman in that room -- and yet that doesn't seem to mean anything. The story doesn't fully believe in the weight and complexity of the title. Nor does Feyre's crowd of fans. So - the easiest route is make Feyre the perpetual victim. She can never be mean, or wrong, or bitter. It's why she jumps from irrational, brave maiden to ultra-mature woman who wants to settle down with children.

For a character like Elain, who exists in a conundrum: she is uplifted for the same qualities she is also vilified for. The narrative plays haphazard with her character, maturing her, and then infantilizing her to remove her from the narrative. It's why Elain makes such huge narrative strides in MAF, but then is narratively fridged for two more books. She's either a fully-lucid adult or an infantilized, melancholy teenager -- none of which hold consistently with the sociable High Society lady we are told Elain is.

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"Fantasy authors don't know how long a thousand years is!!!!!! Knock a zewo off the end!!!!!!!111!!!1" Did you know that it's never too late to learn whimsy and joy

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I spent way too long on this stupid gif but this is the only thing that encapsulates the feelings around last week's announcement.

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Something to consider... 🤔

What if the Summer Court traveled inside Great Whales to get around? That would be freaking awesome.

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narratives about doomed love that aren’t romantic in nature. the love between siblings who understand each other the most but are growing apart no matter how much they try to come back to one another. the love between friends whose life paths pull them apart and they never see each other again, only remembering the face of a once kind childhood. the love for a hometown that year by year becomes less and less the one that raised you until you are a foreigner in your own backyard. there was no stopping it. the love was there and it mattered and you can never come back again.

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