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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.

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Okay Aelin’s plan at the end of EOS was complete bullshit for so many reasons, all of which can be lumped under 3 larger categories.

1) Probability of success during the war

This is limited, as they mentioned in the books, but Lys’s ability to trick people into thinking she’s Aelin lasts about as long as it takes for them to need her fire powers. The point of pretending Aelin was alive was to help morale and keep the bad guys from learning that she was out of the picture, but if your supposed “fire breathing” savior queen doesn’t show a single spark of power, even when a battle turns dire, that’s arguably worse for morale and does nothing to rally the people. Martyring Aelin & saying she died arguably would’ve been a better choice for this purpose.

Strategy is a huge part of war. Someone like Aelin, with magic as powerful as hers (especially bc of how effective a weapon fire was against Erawan’s forces), would be treated as a battalion all her own. War strategy relies on knowing every player on the board, every move that needs to be made. Generals (like Aedion) are factoring Aelin’s powers into a battle (how it’s fought, chances of success, etc) which means innumerable deaths and devastating losses when that power doesn’t show face. It’s actively harming the war effort — imagine if you thought you had a nuke but then it turns out your strongest weapon is a nerf gun and nobody fucking told you…

2) Aedion & Lysandra’s involvement

Was Aedion justified for how he treated Lysandra? No. Was he justified in being that angry? Yes. Lys knew what she was getting into, understood the sacrifices she was making to execute Aelin’s idiotic doppleganger plan, but nobody told Aedion. He was going to have to sleep with Lysandra just for his goddamn genetics like some prize cattle and, in one fell swoop, lost the woman he loves and cousin he should have sworn his life to. It’s also implied in EOS that he has some sexual trauma in his past, having slept with people to move up Adarlan’s ranks as fast as he did, which makes the role they expect him to play even more fucked up. Lysandra’s essentially sacrificing her entire life and any possible chance at the happy ending she wants(which, btw, I can’t fathom asking of anybody, but at least she agreed to do it on her own…I guess)

3) The likelihood (& morality) of continuing the deception post-KOA

This entire plan moving into the future hinges on some weird ideas about genetics. Yes, the “Ashryver traits” seem to be dominant and there’s a high chance of Lysaedion’s children looking like Aedion… but if they don’t? What then, pass them off as bastards? That would mean they don’t get the throne. It’s also pretty well established that magical abilities follow the same heritability as physical traits but neither Lysandra nor Aedion has magic that could be passed off as a child of Rowan/Aelin. The best case scenario is that the kids inherit Aedion’s lack of magic and it’s all seen as some cruel joke from the gods, that the offspring of two such powerful magic wielders didn’t get any of their parents’ abilities. The worst (and most likely) case is that the kids turn out to be shape-shifters and they’re still written off as bastards…so they don’t get the throne.

The other problem with putting a false queen on the throne lies in the fucking morality of it all. Aelin’s whole claim to the throne relied on divine right (or some fantasy version of it) and the idea that people who are born to a throne have the inimitable right to rule. Darrow had the right idea in QOS when he told Aelin that she didn’t have the proper upbringing to be a queen, to rule a country, and her only argument against him was “weLL iM AeLiN aShRyVEr gaLAtHyNiUS.” As though that means anything in terms of all the knowledge, temperament, and responsibility required of being a GODDAMN QUEEN.

So if Aelin deserves queenhood purely because of circumstances of birth and blood, what are they achieving by putting a lowborn shapeshifter and her illegitimate children on the throne? Does that not go against everything that was supposedly so important? It seems more like Aelin only cares about the appearance of herself/her family sitting the throne of Terrassen, which is fine as far as writing an interesting character goes, but that’s a sinister kind of corruption that should be acknowledged for what it is. If she truly wanted what was best she would let Darrow and the other northern lords lead it (or at least put Aedion on the throne working with them) because they were the ones helping Terrassen through those ten horrible years and they have the power and experience to bring the kingdom back to its former glory.

SJM writing a plan that was so clearly not going to succeed is lazy writing. She knew it didn’t have to be a foolproof plan bc she knew Aelin was going to survive & be rescued (duh) but the fact of the matter is, an author’s actions and thoughts become the characters’ actions and thoughts. To make such a poorly-thought out plan then to present it through the narrative as some kind of genius move on Aelin’s part is…bad writing. It’s just bad writing.

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Aegon and Helaena losing the son they were forced to have in a war they didn't start for a throne they didn't want. God my tragic children I love them so much

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So I went a little batshit last night, wrote a whole outline, and got this for a story concept:

Ten years after the restoration of the Cup of Ankh, and eight after Sibuna scattered to the winds, former Anubis House residents are brought back together by a nation-wide manhunt for one Poppy Clarke—thief of the Rosetta Stone.

(…Clarke, 22, had previously been spotted at various sites of stolen Ancient Egyptian artifacts, from London to Cairo. She was identified by Victor Rodenmaar, a former groundskeeper of her alma mater, when Clarke stole the artifact known as the Touchstone of Ra from his primary residence. But there’s more to this particular heist than meets the eye. Witnesses claim that Clarke disappeared with the Stone in “a shower of golden symbols”, that have now been identified as Egyptian Hieroglyphics. —Excerpt from BBC News)

The retired Sibuna members must now band together to find Poppy before it is too late. But with magic comes a price, and all roads lead to the High Priestess of Old. And the past they’ve all tried to forget.

The year is 2021. An ancient temple has unearthed itself in the middle of Cairo Airport. The gods of Egypt are awake; the barrier between worlds thin. And war peaks its wings upon the horizon.

Kinda wanna write a House of Anubis fic set post-canon. Like 8-10 years after Sibuna graduates and scatters, that delves more into the world of Egyptian gods in the modern world. Because like…the show implied that they’re there and watching everything that unfolds in Anubis House, but just…never delve any deeper than that.

Besides, I really want to experiment with the Chosen One/Osirian relationship, especially since canon never did it justice (seriously, they could’ve just said Nina was texting/calling off screen instead of writing her off). That, and I really wanted to see the mess that is Jealous!Fabian, and Eddie having to deal with his instincts to protect Nina over Patricia in dangerous situations.

It’ll be Fabina and Peddie of course, because I’ve never forgiven the show either for making Fabina not endgame.

Wondering if anyone is interested in reading something like this?

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Kinda wanna write a House of Anubis fic set post-canon. Like 8-10 years after Sibuna graduates and scatters, that delves more into the world of Egyptian gods in the modern world. Because like…the show implied that they’re there and watching everything that unfolds in Anubis House, but just…never delve any deeper than that.

Besides, I really want to experiment with the Chosen One/Osirian relationship, especially since canon never did it justice (seriously, they could’ve just said Nina was texting/calling off screen instead of writing her off). That, and I really wanted to see the mess that is Jealous!Fabian, and Eddie having to deal with his instincts to protect Nina over Patricia in dangerous situations.

It’ll be Fabina and Peddie of course, because I’ve never forgiven the show either for making Fabina not endgame.

Wondering if anyone is interested in reading something like this?

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Fata Morgana Timeline

I’ve decided to upload the timeline I use in Fata Morgana, to give all y’all readers a way to keep track of the ages and events. God knows HotD did an epically abysmal job at it, to the point my expression was 🤨 the entire time I was trying to make sense of it.

(Like, wym Aegon was born in September of 113? With the way some fanfic authors act (the theory he was conceived premaritally), I was expecting him to be born in 112. Or early 113 at most. At this rate, he’s barely even 19 during the Dance, which fucks over the other three kids as they’d be born within two. years. Imagine that: 3 kids in two years, and no twins. Insane. Even more insane is that Helaegon would’ve been 14 and 12 when they were married.)

Anyway, I hate that the show can’t figure out if they want to be set in 132 AC or 134 AC, and frankly I don’t care. The setup was a mess, so I made my own one.

Timeline

*It will also update as the years pass in the fic

96 AC: Laenor was born

97 AC: Rhaenyra and Alicent are born

Alicent was born late in the year (Late Fall-Early Winter)

99 AC: Laena was born

109 AC: Daemion Velaryon is born

112 AC:

Summer: Aemma Arryn dies birthing Baelon

War on the Stepstones begin

Two months later: Viserys announced that he’s marrying Alicent

November: Alicent marries Viserys

113 AC:

February: Daeron Velaryon is born

September : Aegon is born

115 AC:

November : Helaena is born

War in the Stepstones end (Late December -Early January)

116 AC:

May: Rhaenyra’s wedding to Laenor

July: Laena runs away with Daemon

117 AC:

January: Aemond is born

May: Jace is born (canonically born less than a year after Rhaenyra’s wedding)

118 AC: Luke is born in December

119 AC: Daeron is born in August

*Timeskip 1*

124 AC: Rhaenyra and Fam relocate to Dragonstone after Luke’s 6th bday

126 AC: Joffrey is born in December

*NOW*

127 AC:

January: Laena dies in Pentos

February: Laena’s funeral in Driftmark

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Currently writing the Incident in Chapter 5 of Fata Morgana, and I wanted to share some of my thoughts with y’all about the characters and their motivations.

One of my least favorite parts of HotD is the way they made everyone that isn’t Team Green a Rhaenyra glazer. The vast majority of TB are non-characters whose only personality trait is being Rhaenyra’s cheerleaders. This is most prominent in the main Velaryon branch—characters who owe no loyalty to Rhaenyra or her sons, but are for some reason so beholden to them that they don’t have a shred of individuality.

This is also especially prevalent during the events of Driftmark, where Rhaena and Baela’s whole arc involving Vhagar made no sense. In the books, it’s just the Strong boys and Aemond. Rhaena and Baela’s had nothing to do with Aemond’s maiming, because they don’t know Aemond or the Strong Boys. Even in the show, it made no sense for Baela and Rhaena to ask Jace for help. I want Baela and Rhaena to have their own personalities and arcs, with their own reactions to the Incident that isn’t swallowed up by the Saint Rhaenyra message the show kept trying to shove in our faces.

Is Fata Morgana a Team Green fic? Yes, it is. Does it glaze them a bit? Yes it does, but the main reason for this is Daeron, who has the soul of a multiple war veteran half-god prince. Daeron was born with an adult soul and mind, and a working plan from the get-go. He’s not gonna bumble around failing when the majority of the HotD characters are as complex as a worn shoe.

And please, please, please remember that Percy’s fatal flaw is personal loyalty. There’s a reason why he does what he does, especially as he’s first and foremost a General of an army.

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Currently writing a fix-it/AU from the Acowar resurrection scene, because I genuinely think it was utterly ridiculous that the HLs all agreed to resurrect Rhysand without any kind of bargain or oath or reparation or whatever from Feysand. Given the entire book basically covers how often feysand fuck over the HLs AND how much said HLs don’t even like much less trust Rhysand…yeah, it’s an unrealistic bordering delusional choice.

Out of 6, only Helion would help without anything in return. Thesan, perhaps, had they not broken the agreement at the meeting they (the IC) themselves called. Beron lives off chaos and hates Rhysand and Cassian and Morrigan and Azriel (valid, given he’s more than likely Rhysand’s father’s (also a famous dickhead) peer). Tarquin *gestures vaguely at Acomaf and acowar*. Kallias *points at UtM*. And Tamlin—who most definitely wants Rhysand and Feyre both drawn and quartered. So no, I don’t see how the HLs—known for their cunning and ruthlessness—would ever voluntarily revive Rhysand, the notoriously evil asshole, without first guaranteeing their own safety.

Because what happens if Rhysand had been reborn with all the powers of the Courts? He would’ve made a play for High King the second he found out Feyre was pregnant, and Koschei was making his move. And he’d be unstoppable then. So they’d need a failsafe at minimum; a way to take back the powers given to Rhysand and kill him if they must. Not to mention, the reparations owed to easily over half of the HLs just by Feyre and Rhysand’s fuckups within the last 50 years.

My point is: the High Lords really should have been smart enough to force Feyre into bargains in exchange for raising Rhysand from the dead. They had no loyalty to him; at least half of them have lived through the exchanging of High Lords. And they’re meant to be cunning! There’s nothing cunning about resurrecting someone, knowing it could go sideways again, and having not a single contingency plan.

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doesn’t surprise me feyre doesn’t do her high lady duties and she only brings it up for her own interests bc remember how much she brought up tamlin not making her a high lady?

tamlin would have made her his lady, same duties now she is doing now except her title has “high” word in it

“tamlin never saw me as his equal” bc your not! you don’t even know the basics of fae world!

tamlin not seeing feyre his equal for position of ruling does not mean he didn’t love or value her

it’s most likely tamlin thought they had all the time in the world now and he would teach her as they’d go

and is like what’s wrong with that?? some self reflection would go a long way feyre

she isn’t educated

she knows nothing about the faes or lands

has no training in politics

has no idea how to behave at court

she knows nothing

feyre had no reason to believe she is worthy of being tamlin’s or anyone’s equal in a position of leadership over a court

all she did was free tamlin, who then killed amarantha

if she believes it should be bc of love like honey, that’s not how it works. again it shows she has no knowledge of the land, of fae and the world of power

if it was human lands and politics then it’d make sense, they don’t follow magic bound laws

does that mean kallias sees viviane, who was in charge while he was UtM, as weak? no

if feyre wants to hate tamlin for not teaching her anything like girl at first u didn’t care about it and then u were traumatised and whisked away to nc, when was he suppose to teach u??

even if we ignore magic choosing the ruler rule….

she married a high lord and got her title, but she hasn’t earned it

it would be one thing if she worked after getting it through marriage but she hasn’t. all she did was destroy a court, attack lady autumn, look down on her citizens like her mate and opened a paint studio like?? that’s not ruling

“i’m the high lady of night court, i can do as i please” but u can’t honey, that’s not how it works

it’s a title she shows off but she doesn’t do the job it requires, and i don’t see how she is respected for it- for being a high lady

feyre hasn’t earned the title of being a high lady

she hadn’t even earned a position of power or a position in a court

for nesta, i don’t believe she’s ready nor has earned a title of a ruler either, but she is educated enough to be a part of a court

nesta was meant to married for power but it’s feyre who actually did

looking back, it’s crazy how much tamlin not naming her a high lady bothered her and she did no self reflection on it

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—m.a.w.

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you don't realise just how big of an impact will made on magnus until you read the bane chronicles. he talks about him in like. Every Chapter it's crazy that after all these years he still remembers him and so fond of him, and I'm so glad for it. will deserves to still be loved as much as he is even after he died 🥹🩷

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it’s always about them.

🎨: larisa rusina

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no, you know what, i’m still mad at the people who vilified aedion for his reaction. because what the hell do you mean “he overreacted”? you think being rightfully angered that your cousin, who you would die for, came up with a plan that turned you into a fucking sperm bank, relayed that plan to someone you wanted to marry, to which she agreed, and then you not finding out until your cousin had been kidnapped by a sadistic queen, is an overreaction? hey siri play “shut up” by ariana grande.

“oH bUt He CaLlEd HeR a BitCh eVeN tHoUgH hE kNeW hEr PaSt” and lysandra agreed to that plan even though she knew aedion had sold his body to keep the rest of terrasen’s army alive, so she can deal.

“Oh He ThReW hEr OuT iNtO tHe SnOw” i’m like 85% sure he didn’t physically throw her out, he told her to get out, but someone go and re-read that book that should’ve been 200 pages shorter, cuz i’m not

honestly, i think the way people reacted to aedion’s consent being violated like this is why miss janet thought it was ok for flopsand to do what he did and for feyre to not get angry abt it. because when ppl point out the victims in both situations, and how both of their autonomies were restricted, y’all lose your minds.