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Nesta core

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As a society I think we moved on from the fact that it was canon for a hot minute Rhysand killed a bunch of children before it got retconned into some other rando

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no actually I don't want a book where two men have a blood duel over who gets the rights to a woman

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I still can't get over the fact that every single one of her "found family" was willing to not say a damn thing to Feyre about the fact that the pregnancy was going to kill her.

Not her mate, who swore he'd always give her a choice and never lie to her again.

Not Cassian or Azriel who told her they'd step in personally if Rhysand ever became like Tamlin.

Not Morrigan, who suffered at the hands of men that also thought they owned her body and her womb.

Not even the healer told Feyre about HER OWN BODY.

And the fact that there's people who defend this make me sick. In recent times where we are absolutely on the cusp of losing our bodily autonomy again, where abortion rights have been overturned, where women have already died because of this, not a single one of you should defend that.

The people Feyre chose over her own family were going to let her die and that's straight up a horror story.

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why did he have to lick her tears away. literally wtf compelled him to do that

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Could y'all imagine if SJM had leaned a bit more into the horrific part of the Cauldron and made Elain and Nesta feel as if they were in there for an extremely long period of time as opposed to just a few minutes. Neither of them deserve to suffer more BUT I think it would've been a nice intro to the darker side of magic she kept hinting at and might have helped people understand just how violating the process was.

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I need more stories and fanfiction where the MC is an adult. Really don't like the way we've shifted to every single MC has to be barely 19 years old paired with these men who are at least twenty years older than them. Why did we go backwards.

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I'm getting mad about it all over again, if a man threatened my sister, much less threatened to kill her, I would crash out. Stand up Feyre, ACOTAR Feyre would not have tolerated this.

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if I see your blog and I see boop im hitting it

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and what if I said all three archerons are girl kissers what then

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Something about most art of Nesta being sexualized makes me so very sad for her. She's reduced to a sex object by a lot of fans and her own mate. Yeah you can be sexy and empowering at the same time but there's just this undercurrent that feels very much like she was hated when she was modest and private but now that she's a sexy hellcat she's badass. Nesta deserved to be courted properly with gifts and books and flowers and chocolates.

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I read Final Girls by Riley Sager and the main character really embodies how I feel Elain would be with a better author writing her. Pretending everything is perfect, perfect, perfect, because that's the only lesson her mother ever taught her. Being afraid of the anger, what she might be capable of, and burying it so deep that she forgets who she is. Settling for a man who's the easiest, safest option for her. Burying herself in something seen as soft (for Quincy, baking, for Elain, gardening) yet still surrounded by ways to protect herself (knives, poison). Refusing to rely on anyone other than herself because she already learned the hard way that was the only way to stay alive. Not wanting to be seen as a victim or a miracle or a savior because she just wants her life to return to normal even though it never will be again. Refusing to acknowledge any of her trauma because it'll make it real. I already mourn what SJM is probably going to do to her.

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something something the inner circle's trauma absolving them of all guilt versus the trauma of anyone who isn't them being their penance for the crime of existing

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If Rhysand's sister was put into power she'd 100% stop the brutalization of Illyrian women and work to actually fix Hewn city. She's my au savior of the acotar shitverse

Absolutely, she would've had this shit figured out immediately. It kind of makes me think of that one comedian who was talking about his friend who admitted to him that she'd been assaulted; he said he was so filled with anger on her behalf he didn't know what to do with it and she asked him "How do you think I feel?" Even men who sympathize with things won't understand how horrible it actually is for the victim unless they experience it themselves. Which the bat boys in ACOTAR never will, so the most they'll do is "🥺🥺🥺 We're trying to outlaw it but it's hard!!!"

You'd think that maybe Cassian, who had his wings shredded, would get close to understanding what it's like for the Illyrian women. Or Rhys, who IS a victim of sexual assault, would have more pity on those still suffering in the Hewn City that are likely being forced into marriages the same way Mor almost was. Yet there's still this level of ignorance to them that makes it so frustrating. I did the math on another person's post and even if there are only 5k Illyrians born a year, that's still millions of girls that end up getting mutilated in the time Rhysand is High Lord.

It's my personal HC that in the Rhys' sister lives AU, the power of the High Lord tried to choose her once their father was murdered, but she rejected it since she was still Going Through Some Shit. That's the only reason the magic chose Rhysand next to become High Lord, and he's not lived up to the title at all 🤷

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Rhys being anti choice goes hand in hand with SJM’s not so feminist writing. Rhys isn’t a feminist he never was. He only likes choices that suit him. He has not done anything for Illyrian women. Nothing ahout Feysand screams feminism the whole series is laced with sexism and racism.

Facts Anon. He's only a "feminist" so long as they're under his thumb and not doing things that he disapproves of. He gives the illusion of choice when really there's only ever one option: his way.

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someone needs to write an ACOTAR next Gen AU where Feyre and Rhysand adopt an Illyrian child and raise them side by side with Nyx only for that child to go forward and lead the Illyrian revolution against the Night Court. It would be tragic regardless of whether Nyx decided to side with his sibling or side with his parents + I just love the idea of the kids growing up and being like "hey our parents are shitty actually"

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Okay this is driving me crazy,