#‘sjm is obviously trying to mirror tamlin and feyre’s situation with azriel and elain’ you think azriel who is clearly favored by sjm rn is

[stargirlfeyre]

People (we all know who) are trying to use this as an opportunity to compare Azriel and Tamlin so let’s talk about that.

You cannot put Azriel’s behavior towards Elain and Tamlin’s behavior towards Feyre on the same level because there is a fine line between protective and controlling.

Azriel is protective of Elain. He doesn’t want her in harms way and when someone hurts her he becomes upset. Now does Azriel ever actively do anything to control or limit Elain out of protection? No. When the conversation about the troves came up he said that Elain shouldn’t be subjected to that kind of darkness but did he actually do anything to stop her from helping? No. Ultimately, whether Azriel liked it or not, Elain was still going to help them if Nesta had not done it. His dissatisfaction and protectiveness over Elain did not stop her from making her own choices.

Unlike with Tamlin and Feyre.

Tamlin straight up controlled Feyre. To the point where she was not even allowed to learn about her powers. Something that belonged to her was still under the justification of him. His “protectiveness” of her stopped her from making choices even about her own body. She couldn’t even walk out of her front door without following the rules he put in place for her. He directly did things to limit her and when she pushed back, she was physically injured. Twice. When Elain pushed back against her families overprotective nature, Azriel sat in his little corner and just watched her make the decisions for herself. When Feyre pushed back against Tamlin’s controlling nature, he almost killed her the first time and gave her bruises the second.

Azriel’s protective nature is normal when it comes to the people you care about, Tamlin’s protective nature manifests in toxic and aggressive ways. But you’re still asking what’s the difference between them?