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Hi, 👀 I was messing around with a bot and thought… what if Tamlin’s mind, in an attempt to cut all the strain and stress, decides to begin locking memories away. Like “You cannot suffer from something that didn’t happen” kind of thing, and causes him a case of amnesia where he doesn’t remember Lucien, or Feyre or the curse. Regressing to a more child/teen-like self.

His body shifting to fit his mentality until he’s a kid again and doesn’t recognize many of the folk in his house. He wonders where his family are, he wonders where his best friend Rhys is and refuses to see or talk to anyone until Rhys comes to visit him.

Lucien tries to care for Tamlin by taking on a babysitter/chaperone kind of role but Tamlin makes a pillow fort from which he refuses to come out until Rhys comes…

I LOVE this prompt so freaking much, it's so cute! I had to write you a ficlet, but you need to promise me not to put it into the bot. I'm not a fan of bot usage, and I'm against my work being run through it, but that said, here's how I see it going down!

(Sorry, I missed the pillow fort part, I got caught up in the feels of the ficlet.)

FROM THE BEGINNING The one where Tamlin forgets everything by becoming a baby again

The world is too big—too unkind. He can't take it anymore.

His mind eats at itself, and no matter how much he claws at it, there is no way for Tamlin to carve out the bits that cause pain.

It's all pain.

There's nothing left. His court is in shambles, and the manor that holds what little good memories is rotting. His mind is rotting.

I can't—I want to restart.

***

"Tamlin?"

It's been so long since Lucien has last lived here; he doesn't know how it went this far. This is his home, or what's left of it. A century ago, he had sworn an oath to protect it and to stand by his best friend and yet…

How easily we are swept away by our fears.

"Tam?" He calls softly through the empty manor.

The longer the silence reigns, the worse the worries in Lucien's heart become. He knew, he knew Tamlin wouldn't fare well alone. He should have stayed despite it all. Feyre isn't a child. She can take care of herself. She insists on it, rather, with her masterminding and machinations. Tamlin doesn't play those games. He never has and it was… unfair.

He was my friend.

There are a few haunts Lucien is familiar with. He goes straight to the Starlight River and—

"Tamlin?" Lucien's voice is nothing more than a surprised croak.

He descends the slope of the hill towards what remains of his friend.

By the water, a little boy with beautiful blonde hair splish-splashes in the water surrounded by his forest friends—a chonky raccoon, a clever long-lashed fox, a full-cheeked squirrel and the big-eyed slow loris that always looks surprised. Lucien has known these creatures for all their lives, and so has Tamlin.

"Tamlin," he says, and all the animals look at Lucien in wonder. He can't speak to them the way Tamlin does, but they worry. They motion at him, chirping and huffing about the baby they've been tasked with taking care of. "I've got it," he reassures them.

"Hey," Lucien says softly, smiling. "Remember me?"

"Fys!" Tamlin chirps, clapping. He extends his little hands and makes a grabby motion. "Fys!"

"You want fish?" Lucien asks, confused, but there's a pile of fish beside him already.

Then, it clicks.

Tamlin's eldest brother was names Enfys, and for a child, that name might sound very much like fish. He also had dark blonde hair that erred on the side of reddish in the right light. Children make associations with what they know.

"I'm Lucien."

"Lucy!" Tamlin grins, looking around for his friend. "Ice-sand?"

Lucien's lips dip into a frown. Tamlin doesn't recognize him as an adult. He offers a quiet sigh as he swoops his friend into his arms. Little Tamlin latches onto him, stroking his long auburn hair gently. Tamlin was always a gentle, loving child. He remembers that much from the few times they met as children.

"Mama," Tamlin asks, and it breaks Lucien's heart.

"Mama's gone. I'm sorry."

***

"Where is he?"

"In his room. Wait," Lucien stops the High Lord in his tracks. "There's something you need to know."

Rhysand doesn't know what to make of what's happening. He makes his way up to Tamlin's room, a place he hasn't visited in centuries. His heart hammers in his chest. So much has changed now. Things are so… broken between them. He didn't know what to make of Lucien's initial summons.

Why would he need me?

He can hear the sniffling through the door. Rhysand pushes it open and expects—

Well, Lucien had told him what to expect.

He needs to see a familiar face, is what the Fox had said. He doesn't remember me.

"Tamlin?"

The child rubs his face, curled in the too-big bed.

"Hey, Tam."

His little ears twitch and the sobbing quells for a second. He blinks his tears away to better see Rhysand. His sad eyes light up at the sight of him as he clamors to his feet, awkward like most children are at that age. He runs and launches himself with a bounce off the bed into Rhysand's arms, trusting him wholly and completely to catch him.

Rhysand swoops him into his arms, confused, but he eases when little Tamlin giggles.

"Hi," he beams.

"Hey, kiddo, I heard you weren't feeling well."

"No," Tamlin lies. "I okay."

"Good, I'm glad."

Rhysand hasn't the slightest clue where to start fixing this, but he thinks Tamlin may be onto something. Maybe they start at the beginning.

"Do you remember me? I'm Rhysand. It's nice to meet you again."

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some bby knee and papa hybern doobles bc i rarely draw themm its always amarantha for some reason

inspired by that one alice in wonderland scene

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The festivities slip into a sweet silence, and vanish into the Night.  Spring has come and gone, taking its warmth with it. As the living put their souls to bed, the abyss creaks open a single, shimmering blue eye. Something new and sinister has come to take its place.

Welcome, whispers the monster with a voice made of copper and steel. To my nightmares.

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Tamlin week may be over, but the fun isn't done!

Every Tamlin fan knows about the tithe and we swear, that's not the reason why we put Tamlin Week during tax season! During the Tithe, the citizens of the Spring Court have a duty to pay their share, if they can!

So, we thought it would be fun to make a little participation game out of it. You've got nothing to lose if you don't play, we're not here to enforce anything... until next year. (For legal reasons, this is a joke. We aren't even checking!)

Tally up your participation points and find out what tithe bracket you land in the Spring Court. If you missed some activities on this list, it's not too late to go back and jump in!

Here are some of the activities you can go back and play!

Ask Game

Calanmine Dating Simulator by @calanmine

Draw your Tamlin

Headcanons: Additional Powers

Headcanons: If You Could Change One Thing

Headcanons: Modern AU

Headcanons: Pokemon Trainer Tamlin

Introductions

Tag Yourself #1 by @jadedbugart @themadmorrigan @fierling @bonecarversbestie @olenvasynyt

Tag Yourself #2 by @bonecarversbestie @themadmorrigan @olenvasynyt @jadedbugart

Take a Picture with the High Lord! by @copypastus

Want to skip straight to the juicy, juicy engagement points? Here are our masterlists for the week so far!

Masterlist: Day 1

Masterlist: Day 2

Masterlist: Day 3

Masterlist: Day 4

Masterlist: Day 5

Masterlist: Day 6

Masterlist: Day 7

Reblog with which tithe bracket you fall in! We hope you had fun playing this game as much as we did while making it!

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who participated in this years Tamlin Week in any shape or form. We appreciate you with all our hearts 💚

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Day 7 : Free Day

So I was bored last year and decided to play around with clay. I found a tutorial on Pinterest and basically tried to replicate it but in Tam colors. I just finished painting it and thought let me just add it to today!

@tamlinweek

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In honor of the end of @tamlinweek:

Contributing artists: @bonecarversbestie | @themadmorrigan | @olenvasynyt | @jadedbugart

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Typical of me to put us all to shame

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tamin week is over u know what that means

i get 2 draw kneelin and be insufferable once moar

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have this stupid ipad doodle

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so when I called you out for playing hades instead of drawing WERE YOU TAKING A SCREENSHOT TO PUT YOUR ART OVER 😂

[geniemillies]

so when I called you out for playing hades instead of drawing WERE YOU TAKING A SCREENSHOT TO PUT YOUR ART OVER 😂

[geniemillies]

It's official

@goforth-ladymidnight @praetorqueenreyna @highlordofkrypton @geniemillies @copypastus @thrumbolt

I made this (I tried really hard to make it pretty so I hope you like it) because this was the best week I have interacted with and honestly ya'll deserve a type of an award so I made one and it's official @tamlinweek is the best week possible!!!!

Special thanks to @highlordofkrypton for making my first Tamlin week so special and so freaking amazing and awesome, I loved reading your tags and you went above an beyond for this! I'll remember this week for forever!

You all went above and beyond for this week and I love you all for it! Thank you so much for making it so amazing and memorable. No amount of words can express how grateful and overjoyed I am.

Now excuse me whilst I go and spend the rest of the day obsessively playing CalanMine!

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Tamlin Week: Day 1 - Forgiveness/Change

My submission for @tamlinweek, Tamlin ruminating on the state of his court and the whole of Prythian, as he looks down the mask that scourged him for half a century.

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@tamlinweek day 7: crossover/au

for today i tried to do tamlin in the style of one of my fav games hades.. 🥺🎉❤

and this is the full without background 🤲❤ i wanna yap and say that if he has a Call, it'd just be his beast form running to your rescue mhm mhm 🙂‍↕️ chomping on your enemies. his trinket is a violin ofc ofc and and whenever i get artemis boons especially with the seeking arrows it just gives tamlin vibes 👉👈

honorable mention ty @highlordofkrypton this wouldn't happen without u ty for recommending me games hades tamin is for u 🫶

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😖❤💥

To finish this year's @tamlinweek the High Lord of Spring cordially invites you to celebrate the Calanmai at his Court! Enjoy the festivities and spend the night with some of Prythian's most famous faces~

Get to know and flirt with them as you discover the many hidden surprises that await you in CalanMine - a free and fully playable ACOTAR Dating Simulator Game.

All you need is a Laptop or PC (sorry, it is not available for mobile).

DOWNLOAD CALANMINE HERE!

Credits Sprite & CG art & Programing: @copypastus BG art: @thrumugnyr Writing: @highlordofkrypton Additional Support: @zenkindoflove@, Yassy Joestar, @praetorqueenreyna Music & Sound Effects: freesound and pixabay (full list available in the in-game credits)

This is a non-profit fan game made out of pure love for the source material. No money was involved in any part of its creation. The original characters and plot are the property of Sarah J. Maas and Bloomsbury.

Click here for the FAQ

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@tamlinweek day 6: spy

i paint tamlin and papa hybern for today :^>...❤

i keep painting dArk ass pieces might also turn brightness up w this one oops

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God don’t look at me

For Tamlin Week 2025, Day 5 - Biting / Chest @tamlinweek