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Interlude chapter is up!

Interlude: Heir to the Tides

3k. Gen. Crack-fic crossover between PJO and HotD

A “What would happen if Percy Jackson was reincarnated as Daeron Targaryen?” Fic

They say that Targaryens were considered to be closer to gods than men. For the fire and ashes that ran through their veins, the dragons they commanded, and the deaths that trailed in their wakes. But a man is still a man, no matter what madness lies in their blood.

And really—what is a dragon, to a demigod with weaponized daddy issues?

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The idea that perhaps someday Nesta will give birth to a little girl with wings.

A girl who will get to keep them, because she’s privileged and the niece to the High Lord/Lady and not because it’s her god given right to fly.

A little girl who will grow up safe and loved in a pretty house, get to be anyone she wants—mother, warrior, healer, saint—when thousands of others like her are still abused and mistreated and living in poverty.

She will have a life and Velaris and wings to keep her safe; endless possibilities to keep her happy and content, with doting aunts and uncles who’ll praise that she’s more her father than mother. An auntie Emerie, who’ll smile sadly at her own broken wings, but encourages that little girl to never lose sight of her own.

She will have the sky and the world at her feet, the future High Lord’s ears at hand. But not because she deserves more; her people will always just deserve less.

At least, that’s the story her family will tell.

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The only upside I can see to this is that if Nesta does end up with Illyrian babies, she’s the type to put her foot down and change things. She’s not gonna let her son be raised in a war camp—she’ll sooner burn the whole place down and rebuild from the ashes. She would never let her daughter be clipped, and hopefully the knowledge that she could be anytime would drive Nesta to putting a stop to wing clipping in general.

There’s a difference between being a passive watcher and an active participant. Right now she’s still passive. Illyria is not her home and not her people, with two leaders that could actively change things if they wanted to.

But if her child is one, Illyria will be her people too. And that, I think, is when Nesta will take the reins of change. The only question is: will Cassian help her, even if it goes against Rhysand’s wishes? Even if it incites rebellion and bloodshed? Is the endgame worth it?

while im at it u know its kinda nasty that nesta changed her own reproductive organs to illyrians when she does not like illyrians😐

“cassian is her mate and azriel and emerie are her friends” yes ok and that it

and then we have the fact that illyrian women are oppressed, ur taking making ur organs like theirs while ur “family”, your mate who are the ruling party of the court are their oppressor

what right u have to do that? it comes across entitled to me

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Saw a post on the acotar subreddit about Nesta and Elain should’ve been left out of the story because “they suck” and are thus “undeserving of magic and wonder”. They should’ve just stayed human and out of Feyre’s “safe space”.

Oh, honey. No fucking shit

Nesta and Elain would’ve been SO much happier left out of Feyre’s story. They didn’t even want to be involved it in the first place! Nesta sent Feyre away in Acotar so that she could be freed from her shackles of family, knowing she might never see Feyre again. It was Feyre who came back and dragged them along to hell. It was Feyre who brought the ugly bats to threaten and manipulate her sisters into a war they had zero part in. It was Feyre who put a living target on their backs by getting them involved. It was Feyre that unwittingly led to their human deaths via magic boiling water lazarus pit hybrid.

They didn’t ask to be a part of all the magic and wonder and all that shit that was apparently only Feyre’s. They never consented to magic body modification that turned them into something they weren’t. And if you gave them a choice? Guaranteed they’d choose to be humans still. They would’ve been significantly happier if Feyre never came back for them and left them alone for the rest of their puny human lives.

You can’t be upset that neither sister is particularly happy or thriving with being Fae. They never wanted it; never asked to develop powers no one understood and they couldn’t control. Or be shackled to random men via some weird magic bond. Up until HoFaS, you still couldn’t convince me Nesta was happier as Fae than she could’ve been living a human lifetime. She’s happier now because she has friends and people who love her (the Valkyries). Not because of the magic or the body or the thrill of the danger, or Feyre and her shit family.

The same will be true of Elain, when we get her book.

Edit: also, you can’t compare Nesta’s inability to deal with her trauma to Rhysand or Mor or Feyre. Feyre had people who actively did everything they could to help her. And I don’t even think she’s healed, only content enough to ignore every glaring sign of toxicity because they all willingly feed into her arrogance and stupidity. Nesta’s 25. 26 at most. It’s been a year. Mor had 520 years and still can’t deal with her trauma. I’m not even gonna talk about Rhysand and UtM because that whole thing is a can of worms of noncon con noncon sexual slavery (the dude consented to being Amarantha’s whore to protect a city no one even knows existed, where’s the logic in that).

If Nesta’s still traumatized in 500 years, feel free to drag her to filth. But she won’t be, and you know why? She’s actively trying to heal and improve herself.

Can you say the same about the IC?

PSA: if you’re old enough to read smut, please have the media comprehension needed to understand that liking less palatable characters is not equivalent to being a horrible human being. You can like problematic characters without being problematic yourself. A favorite character or even just relating to them, is not a reflection of the readers themselves. If you don’t understand that, you are not mature enough to be reading adult books.

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What is with this fandom (especially the reddit thread) and it’s obsession with downplaying every single goddamn thing Percy’s ever done and achieved in order to prop up Nico di Angelo 😂

And I’m not just talking about in feats, but also in power-scaling. I’m sorry, but on what earth is Nico anywhere near more powerful than “Most powerful demigod since the age of mythology/best swordsman in 300 years/ closer to god than mortal/Hero of Olympus” Percy Jackson? Like, are we being serious right now?

Mr. “Blew up a volcano and survived/bested Ares in a fight to first blood at 12/defeated a Fury and Minotaur untrained/held up the River Lethe and turned a Titan into an amnesiac/held up the sky/survived the Sea of Monsters and Polyphemus/led <100 demigods in battle against thousands of monsters at 15/won the respect of most of the gods and still chose mercy over power/defeated 200 monsters singlehandedly/indirectly saved Olympus from Typhon/summoned a hurricane and broke like half a glacier in the land beyond the gods/gambled his life against Gaia and won/made Praetor in like a week/survived fucking Tartarus/nearly murdered a goddess with her own domain” Percy Jackson.

Why does this fandom (his fans especially) need to needlessly baby Nico to the point of delusion and just straight up lying? Isn’t it bad enough y’all blame Percy for literally everything wrong that happened to that kid? Like I’m sorry that the 14-17 with a death sentence hanging over him TWICE doesn’t have as much time to deal with the kid 3 years younger than him.

Get fucked if you actually think Percy ever owed Nico di Angelo anything.

Nico’s gotten training directly from Hades, and before that Minos. If his powers show more finesse it’s because he was trained directly from the source. Percy’s never had that. It’s just talent vs nurture. And I’m not saying Nico will never grow more powerful; I just highly doubt he’ll ever beat Percy. Nico’s powers are outright killing him. Percy’s may very well make him a god. That, I think, is the greatest difference between them.

Also? If we’re gonna go by feats making someone higher on the “Who’s more powerful” spectrum y’all are obsessed with, Jason would be second. Dude’s got almost as much feats as Percy, and as good as a swordsman, even if his powers can’t compare. And tbh, between Nico and Hazel? I’m not even sure Nico would win.

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But not the abused and used victims of both Hewn City and Illyria.

Interesting.

but how are they suppose to make it there, all the way through the other courts and to a place that no one knows about? this makes no sense

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The Wheel of Time character types:

The Dumb Puppy - aka - Serial Imprinter - aka - Won't Get A Single Break From Now Until the Final Heat Death of the Universe... Or After.

Tiny and Angry - aka - The Sleeping Berserk Button - aka - The One They're Not Gonna See Coming Until She Rips Out All Their Throats.

'If my middle name wasn't Spite it would be Fuck You' - aka - The Duck Mother to the Very Dumb Baby Ducks - aka - Will Spend at Least an Episode a Season Inside a Tragic Romance B-Plot - aka - Had The Braincell, Temper Made Her Lose It (she contains multitudes).

The Violent Sunshine Character - aka - Would Sucker Punch a God for a Homie She Met Two Hours Ago.

If Evil, Why Hot?

The word 'Nap' isn't in her vocabulary but it should be - aka - Can't Have 'One Nice Thing' for More Than Two and a Half Minutes - aka - Allergic to Feelings.

'There's a big sign that says Don't Touch The Red Button... I'm gonna touch the Red Button.' - aka - Who is This... Self Esteem You Speak Of? Never Heard of Them.

Voted Most Likely to be Adopted by a Hundred Random Strangers - aka - The Wolves Would Like Him to Get the Braincell but it Fell on the Ground and the Ground is Lava.

Doesn't Get Paid Enough for this Shit - aka - Clinging to the Last Braincell With the Tips of His Fingernails - aka - 'I can't believe I of all people am willing to have a single goddamn conversation here.'

'Fine I'll Do the Babysitting But You Owe Me So Much Booze' - aka - The Aunt That Once Forgot You In the Mall - aka - The Aunt That Gave You All the Safe Sex Tips and Traumatized You For Life - aka - The Aunt That Would Absolutely Bury a Body No Questions Asked.

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u can’t compare tamlin and rhysand post UtM and how much time they gave to feyre afterwards bc;

tamlin was running around picking up the fallout pieces, fixing his entire court and helping his ppl settle once again, all while pushing his own state aside bc he’s a high lord and he put his ppl, his court first

rhysand went back to his 1 precious well protected city and didn’t have to worry about anything bc they were all fine to begin with and could focus on his own mental state. like all did he was kill illyrians who sided with amarantha bc he left them on their own

ofc rhysand has time for feyre when he takes her to night court! he literally does nothing else! he’s useless of a high lord

and it’s the whole reason why he is the one who has all the time to go after hybern king -bc every other high lord were busy fixing their court and catching up with everything

inner circle too bc they weren’t UtM for 50yrs or even fighting against amarantha. they didn’t see any of the horrors so ofc all of them were able to put feyre first

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today’s game is count how many times cassian tries to make nesta say it when she clearly didn’t want to and even said “no” yet he still pushed her😀 look at his reaction and how it progresses when she doesn’t

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the fact that feyre harmed, tried to drown with intent to kill the high lord of autumn and harmed the lady of autumn and the heir of autumn + rhysand, a high lord attacking another high lord

these acts which can cause a civil war, in a meeting where it shouldn’t have happened

and no other high lords found a fault with feysand’s actions or least wearily of them after they tried to come across as “good” after waves at every lie, destroying spring court as a member of another court and so on and rhysand is ridiculous

feysand should be kissing nesta’s feat for cleaning up after them again and yes again, bc the whole reason she was there was bc feyre destroyed spring court, which got spring and summer court ppl killed and made night court look even more worse and untrustworthy -all their fault btw

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The absolute hilarity of Feyre being the only person under the impression that Cassian, Azriel, and Mor are enough to protect her and Rhysand because “They’re just so powerful! More than the High Lords themselves!”

Meanwhile, Rhysand at the back because he knows their enemies (enemies he created mind you) are far more powerful than anything he and his little circle can protect themselves from: 👀 Let’s make a Death Pact Feyre. I die, you die.

Feyre, under the impression he’s doing this for love and not because most of his enemies like her better: 🤩 Okay my love 🤩

Idiots.

I saw a comment on Reddit about a TikTok theory that Rhysand tied his life to Feyre to protect himself from powerful people who could kill him, aka Nesta, Tamlin, maybe even Lucien (when and if he becomes HL) and you know what?

His bitchass absolutely would hide behind his 20-something-year old mate.

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Tempted to write a Nyx x Hewn City OC, because cauldron knows Feysand would never fix the CoN out of the goodness of their hearts. Now, if Nyx forces them to face their issues? Maybe the Hewn City has a chance.

Imagine a Hewn City sort of masquerade ball for Nyx’s birthday, because this is the first time they’re introducing him after a lifetime in Velaris. And Nyx…isn’t what most expects a HL’s heir to be. He’s tall and lithe like his parents, handsome with his mother’s eyes. But that’s it. He’s not muscular or built or with a wingspan to rival his father. His skin is smooth from a lifetime sheltered and pampered, no callouses line his hands and feet. He has exactly one siphon on his chest, and his Night magic is average at best. He’s not even a Daemati.

An only child, Nyx grew up lonely with only books to keep him company. He has no cousins, or even friends really outside of the Inner Circle, because enemies are everywhere. Illyria and Hewn City are just stories to him—far, far out of his reach. A little socially awkward but well-meaning kid, he escapes his own debutante ball to mingle with the masses. That’s where he runs into her: a Hewn City noble, the daughter of a Darkbringer General.

She’s not hideous under her masks like he expects. In fact, she’s far more beautiful than anyone he’s ever met, with her red-gold hair and strange eyes. A quietly, sad thing, but there’s a fire to her that shines almost as brightly as her mercy. Because there is kindness and mercy still at the heart of the Court of Nightmares. One just needs to be brave enough to look, and they all know the High Lord’s circle are made up of cowards.

She’s brave and almost blinding in her subtle fury, and Nyx falls. Even when his parents find out and try to humiliate her for trying to ‘seduce’ him, this Hewn City trash doesn’t bow or bend. She stands tall like the mountain she was raised under. And Nyx would do anything to give her the sky and stars. Even disobey his parents. Even turn a blind eye to the seeds of rebellion being stirred right in front of him. He’s no warrior—his built too frail, his magic too fraught—he cannot fight for her, but he’ll stand with her when the gallows swing and the mountain cracks open with their anger.

And maybe then, the High Lord and Lady will understand what happens when you abandon a third of your people to uncertain death.

And at the very end, when Feysand rage about the rebellion shifting on their borders, and the son that chose to fight against them, I want them to find out it was Elain all along.

The innocent fawn they all underestimated, who they left unattended to in Velaris. But a cage is still a cage, no matter how golden and gilded the bars are. Elain who hated black, with a mate far away in a Court she could never follow him to, and a sister banished for daring to choose herself. Elain who sees everything, every version of every reality possible. Who knew what would happen if the Hewn City was left unchecked, if Rhysand’s greed knew no bounds. If Nyx never fell for a girl with fire in her veins.

So she plotted. Maneuvered all the pieces in the game until there was exactly one future left. Only a single path. All she had to do was make sure Nyx was ready for it. Not the Nyx his parents would try to raise, but the Nyx the Hewn City needed to be free.

No one ever notices a drop of Faebane, if served with every meal.

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Across the entire series, there is a single reference to Nesta drinking on page. This is when Cassian forces a brandy into her hands after the Twin Raven attack and she downs it in one. Elain also presses a glass of wine into her hands on Solstice in ACOFAS, but there is no further mention to Nesta drinking it. Furthermore, there are many references to her past drinking in ACOSF, but at no point does she drink a single drop - nor does she express a desire to gamble, which is also how she ran up a debt, but was seemingly not an issue for the IC.

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Things I wished SJM had done instead regarding the Night Court post-ACOFAS (which has been exactly 1 book, but we all know she won’t be heading in this direction anyway):

1. Have ACOSF be about Nesta, and Nesta alone.

Make it about her healing journey + the formation of the Valkyries, instead of being a book about Stockholm Syndrome and essentially beating a woman into submission

If the Dread Trove needed to be in the book, let it be a byproduct of Nesta’s journey in exploring her magic. She can’t heal if she’s still terrified of its existence, and the Dread Trove primarily calls to her.

2. Have Nesta learn healing magic

Make and Unmake; Life and Death. Two sides of the same coin. If Nesta is Lady Death, why can’t she also be the Mistress of Life?

Feyre’s pregnancy: having Nesta learn healing magic ties in to Feyre’s pregnancy problems. It gives her a goal and a reason to explore the many facets of her abilities that isn’t just its manifestation as silver flames (that she eventually lost anyway)

Which brings us to issue number 3

3. A Court of Silver Flames should’ve been about, you guessed it, the silver flames

Why was Nesta forced to become a warrior instead of being taught to hone her magic? Amren couldn’t do it, but that doesn’t mean she was the only option. SJM literally had every means necessary to circumvent the story to find a way to make Nesta learn proper magic. It’s not like the physical training was consensual; they should’ve given her another option.

Eris: the random throwaway plot involving Eris just to make it about Cassian’s many many insecurities. Let’s be fucking for real right now. It should’ve been about Nesta—especially if they were going the route of what Nesta wants vs how she was raised. And lemme tell ya something really funny: Cassian’s hardly any different than Eris, status-wise.

Eris vs Cassian: SJM should’ve had both of them train her. Cassian can remain as her yoga instructor for nonconsensual boot camp, but have Eris teach her fire magic. At least then the whole Neris plot/proposal has an actual point, and it’ll give Nesta some reprieve from her forced proximity to Cassian. Eris is also fortunately in a position to understand her quite well.

4. Nyx should’ve been a daughter and not a son

Oh that would fuck with them alright. Have Feyre and Rhysand conceive a son because of the vision….only for the child to not only have wings (that were conveniently missing, how strange) but also be a girl. So not only is the child more Illyrian than High Fae, she also can’t inherit the magic

And even if she could, do we honestly think Feysand would know how to raise a daughter to be the heir? Feyre doesn’t even know how to rule or do taxes or make policies 😂. Chances are, Nyx would grow up to be another Mor—who does nothing involving her job and just runs around having fun like a stereotypical rich daddy’s girl.

Which, sorry to say, means that more than likely Feysand will want to try for another child soon. Remember, these are the same idiots who willingly conceived a child knowing that they made a death pact. They are in fact, reckless and selfish enough to do this.

And finally, in preparation for the clusterfuck that will be book 6:

5. Nyx having wings and no magic

My favorite theory truly, is having the child that Feyre and Rhysand nearly died for due to their own stupidity, be absolutely powerless and incapable of inheriting the HL magic. Genetics is funky for a reason; Nyx can be born primarily Illyrian and it still would be possible. We don’t know what having Night Court magic does to Feyre’s genes after all or if shapeshifting also fucks with DNA (like it does in Animorph).

Having an Illyrian heir would be absolutely hilarious because it would be a complete mindfuck for the IC aka the people who absolutely look down on and LOATHE the Illyrians. Despite you know, having three of them in the group. And Illyrian Nyx means they have no choice but to confront the issue that is Illyria. Feysand would never let their precious son go through the training or the Blood Rite or the poverty. Nevermind that they couldn’t care less when it’s someone else’s sons and daughters, but I digress. Either they fix it, or they ignore it and watch as it bites them in the ass in about 20 years

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Feyre’s so fucking stupid it’s amazing she can even think out of a paper bag.

Spoon-fed information and opinions? Nah, girlie’s gonna make shit up instead of rubbing two braincells together.

she’s so smart. the smartest mc i’ve read

u mean the court that was suffering under amarantha’s for checks 50 fucking years?????? the court despite all opened its borders to others and welcomes everyone?????? now tamlin’s picking up the pieces and working overtime to fix everything and bring the court back to life?????

vs the court where 2/3 of is left out of any protection, 2/3 was left to suffer and die and it’s leader is busy stealing from other courts and making an enemy out of them instead of talking to them bc “his mask”🙄 yeah ok

this was in acomaf which confuses me more like how is this conclusion she came up with? she knows nothing

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Chapter 5 of Fata Morgana will be up in a bit, and it’s a whopping 7.5k words. I’ll link it here when it’s up!

For anyone who missed it, I’ve made a timeline for the Fata Morgana-verse that’ll update as the years pass in-fic. Figured it’ll be easier to keep track of the dates and ages.

Edit:

It’s up! Chapter 5: her sword of Damocles

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Genuinely convinced that the only reason the average (IC stan) reader hates Nesta is not because she’s sassy or mean or bitchy, or even for things she did/didn’t do in the cabin or how she “treated” Feyre. Nope, guaranteed it’s because she never once tried to or wanted to kiss Rhysand and the IC’s asses. If she were a Jiang Yanli-esque older sister, the fandom would paint her as fucking saint for everything she did for Prythian.

Think about it: the average SJM reader loves Aelin (her most arrogant, bitchy, messy female character) and Manon (who spent a century killing indiscriminately and drinking the blood of men for funsies). The IC are notoriously awful people. Nesta’s not any worse than them lmao, and y’all are straight up deluding yourself if you think she is. And if it was because of things she did/didn’t do, y’all would hate Elain’s guts a hell lot more than Nesta. At least Nesta’s done things, at least she has character—Elain has so far been a non-character plot device, whose only use is to generate interest via shipwar. And if we go by things Nesta has done, she’s done more for Prythian than literally anyone else at this point.

If Nesta hadn’t been immune to Tamlin’s magic, Feyre would never have gone UtM when she did, and Prythian would still be sitting on their asses under Amarantha’s rule

If it weren’t for Nesta scribing, would the IC even know the Wall fell, or the Cauldron’s location during the war

Nesta’s the only reason the other courts agreed to ally against Hybern. It certainly wasn’t Feysand’s cringe-fail asses!

Nesta (and Elain) was the one who killed the King of Hybern

Nesta’s the only reason they even have the Dread Trove (and was nearly killed AND SA’d for it)

Nesta’s the only reason Feysand’s dumbfuck asses didn’t die alongside Nyx

So reasonable conclusion is that really, it’s because Nesta refused to kiss their asses the first time they met. I’m sure fans were expecting her to get on her knees and beg for forgiveness, or welcome them with open arms, even though they didn’t deserve. But not Nesta! Girlie was uninterested and unimpressed by the bat boys and Feyre trying to flaunt her sparkly new tiara, and title she still doesn’t deserve. News flash y’all: Feyre could’ve shown up as a unicorn with wings or a bat-sized fae, and Nesta still wouldn’t have been impressed. That’s her idiot baby sister 😂. She wasn’t going to be intimidated by weirdos in leather in her estate. She’s not Elain. And it certainly isn’t a crime to not kiss Rhysand’s stinky feet. He definitely doesn’t deserve it anyway.

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Genuinely convinced that the only reason the average (IC stan) reader hates Nesta is not because she’s sassy or mean or bitchy, or even for things she did/didn’t do in the cabin or how she “treated” Feyre. Nope, guaranteed it’s because she never once tried to or wanted to kiss Rhysand and the IC’s asses. If she were a Jiang Yanli-esque older sister, the fandom would paint her as fucking saint for everything she did for Prythian.

Think about it: the average SJM reader loves Aelin (her most arrogant, bitchy, messy female character) and Manon (who spent a century killing indiscriminately and drinking the blood of men for funsies). The IC are notoriously awful people. Nesta’s not any worse than them lmao, and y’all are straight up deluding yourself if you think she is. And if it was because of things she did/didn’t do, y’all would hate Elain’s guts a hell lot more than Nesta. At least Nesta’s done things, at least she has character—Elain has so far been a non-character plot device, whose only use is to generate interest via shipwar. And if we go by things Nesta has done, she’s done more for Prythian than literally anyone else at this point.

If Nesta hadn’t been immune to Tamlin’s magic, Feyre would never have gone UtM when she did, and Prythian would still be sitting on their asses under Amarantha’s rule

If it weren’t for Nesta scribing, would the IC even know the Wall fell, or the Cauldron’s location during the war

Nesta’s the only reason the other courts agreed to ally against Hybern. It certainly wasn’t Feysand’s cringe-fail asses!

Nesta (and Elain) was the one who killed the King of Hybern

Nesta’s the only reason they even have the Dread Trove (and was nearly killed AND SA’d for it)

Nesta’s the only reason Feysand’s dumbfuck asses didn’t die alongside Nyx

So reasonable conclusion is that really, it’s because Nesta refused to kiss their asses the first time they met. I’m sure fans were expecting her to get on her knees and beg for forgiveness, or welcome them with open arms, even though they didn’t deserve. But not Nesta! Girlie was uninterested and unimpressed by the bat boys and Feyre trying to flaunt her sparkly new tiara, and title she still doesn’t deserve. News flash y’all: Feyre could’ve shown up as a unicorn with wings or a bat-sized fae, and Nesta still wouldn’t have been impressed. That’s her idiot baby sister 😂. She wasn’t going to be intimidated by weirdos in leather in her estate. She’s not Elain. And it certainly isn’t a crime to not kiss Rhysand’s stinky feet. He definitely doesn’t deserve it anyway.