#It’s like *Aw shucks Rhysand lied to Feyre and betrayed her trust…buuuuut really it was just because he loves her so much so really it’s

[littlefeltsparrow]

My hunch is that Sarah J Maas genuinely doesn’t get how much of a violation it was for Rhysand to lie by omission to Feyre about her pregnancy. Maas, like many other fans, most likely views his actions as wrong, but ultimately forgivable. In other words, she sees it as a white lie of omission that was ultimately done because Rhysand loves Feyre and cares so much about her well-being that he’d do anything to keep her happy. This is why Rhysand is so easily forgiven and why his actions are swept under the rug.

What she doesn’t comprehend is the frightening implication that Rhysand can commandeer Feyre’s healthcare based on his own personal judgement and get their friends to back him up on it. She doesn’t grasp how him omitting that information effectively prevents Feyre from making an informed choice, and why that amounts to reproductive abuse. Furthermore, she ignores how infantilizing it is for him to treat Feyre like she’s so mentally fragile that she cannot be trusted with her own medical information.

Rhysand is her little good boy, so she’d never have him do anything she didn’t think was forgivable.