#Pro nesta

[dippedinmelancholy]

This isn’t aimed at any one creator, but just a trend I’ve noticed, especially with the holiday art.

Often when all three of the sisters are drawn in ACOTAR art, I’m seeing both Elain and Feyre in the softest, most cottage core dresses/sweaters ever designed, and Nesta is in the sluttiest, high slit line, low neckline, titties out dress you’ve ever seen.

Words cannot tell you how much this infuriates me. Nesta, the one character whose modesty was SO FUCKING IMPORTANT TO HER. Nesta, who feels uncomfortable baring herself in such a way in any social setting. Nesta, the only sister described to have a large chest and yet finds comfort in high necklines and long dresses, hiding as much of her flesh as she can, who has been repeatedly SA’d ON PAGE, over and over and over again, is the one sister who is drawn this way? Why??????? why is such a core part of her stripped away even by the fandom? Against Feyre who is apparently free and uber Girl Boss as she consistently wears the sluttiest dresses ever made? but not in the fan art, no, it’s nesta who needs to dress that way, because how else could recognize it was her?

idk it just feels gross and wrong and horrible mischaracterization of her, especially if you’re trying to show her as healed and comfortable with her family. I promise, Nesta is never happy if her tits are out in public.

[silverflameataraxia]

The IC feared that Nesta, in a fit of rage, would lose control of her magic and hurt someone. They didn't want to leave her alone with Feyre because of it. They felt like she needed to be restrained because of it. Yet it was Feyre - not Nesta - who threw a temper tantrum, lost control of her magic, and burned the LoA.

The IC didn't want to tell Nesta the truth that she could Make magical weapons because they worried that she would Make something to spite them. They thought that she was plotting against them, that she was a threat to their court. Yet it was Feyre - not Nesta - who plotted against and destroyed an entire court out of spite.

The IC judged Nesta for being prejudiced against the Fae. Yet it was Feyre - not Nesta - who killed an innocent Fae with hate in her heart.

The IC hated Nesta for being cruel. Yet it was Feyre - not Nesta - who caused an innocent guard to be whipped. Feyre didn't check in on him afterward because she cared or because checking on him was the right thing to do. She visited him to make Tamlin look bad. (I don't think Feyre understands that ACOWAR doesn't just make Tamlin look bad. It makes her look bad, too.) It was Feyre - not Nesta - who tortured Ianthe. It was Feyre - not Nesta - who displaced innocents out of their homes because they committed the crime of living in the Spring Court or living in the same apartment complex as Nesta.

The IC wanted to punish or execute Nesta for giving Bryce the Mask because they thought her actions would benefit the enemy and risk Prythian. Yet it was Feyre - not Nesta - who benefitted the enemy by destroying an entire court on the cusp of war. It was Feyre who gave the enemy a stronghold in Prythian. It was Feyre who risked Prythian by releasing a death-god and Fear itself. It was Feyre who lost control of Bryaxis.

Feyre is the monster the IC fear Nesta to be.

[thefatesofspring]

I swear to god this fandom does not understand the difference between mean, cruel & evil!!

Nesta was mean for the most part & when poked, prodded & provoked she was occasionally cruel AFTER having her very clear boundaries walked all over.

Nesta was NEVER evil or lazy for that matter.

And everyday I hate the fact that Nesta was introduced into this fandom!!

The projection is insane & the continuous lack of reading comprehension & illiteracy in this fandom is terrifying, at this point a lot of y’all don’t even have the illiteracy of book 1 Feyre…it’s so much worse.

[nezumez]

Nesta week DAY 7 : FREE DAY @nestaarcheronweek

no way I’d be nestas #1 and NOT participate in Nesta week.

So here’s a little drawing of her and her girls gossiping about the aftermath of the ball dance. I’m not really a huge Nessian girl but here you guys go 💕 you guys can see my mini headcanons in the characters lol

[rosesncarnations]

A knight in all but name

[stephsarchives]

I just finished Empire of Storms and at the end Rowan says a mating bond prevents mates from harming each other. This proves that Cassian never hurt Nesta by taking her on that hike.

[lovelygwyneth]

they have already started to quickly change the discourse from "the valkyries are irrelevant and their story has already been finished" to "the valkyrie will be important in elriel's story" lmaooo

[fenrysmoonbeamswife]

every day I discover a new level of deranged

this is the second time I have seen something like this since this art was posted, not including the original post itself. I posted about it before

imagine romanticizing two little girls being groomed to seduce grown men to make it seem like being ignored is worse, and then acting like she bested them in the end. it wasn't a fucking completition you absolute freaks of nature

[nova885]

“As an older sister I will never forgive Nesta-“

To every Rhysand stan that can’t leave Nesta fans alone for even five minutes:

Rhysand rules over an apartheid state, literally enforcing segregation and gender discrimination to the point of physical mutilation.

Rhysand neglects two thirds of his court and not even then is the one third free of slums while he’s drowning in wealth.

Rhysand is a sexual abuser that doesn’t give a fuck about women he’s not in love with or that are not of use to him in any way besides cannon fodder.

Women under his rule are violently abused, se****** assaulted, mutilated, killed, oppressed, poor, discriminated against.

THAT is forgivable to you?

Or has it only ever been about the man, about self-inserting yourself into the story? If yes, don’t talk about morals.

[travelingbandit]

Justice for Andras. I’m really tired of Feyre fans diminishing his contribution to saving Prythian. I’ve seen them go so far as to call him a pathetic no name which is crazy because we do know his name. 😭 I’ve seen fans berate him and say he’s a loser for obeying Tamlin’s orders when we know for a fact that he and other sentries volunteered. I’ve seen people say such heinous shit over a character we hardly get to know.

Whenever I mention without Andras, Feyre couldn’t have saved Prythian, fans lose their minds and call me a misogynist. I don’t think it’s misogyny to state the fact that Feyre had to kill Andras in order to get to Prythian and save Spring Court.

And even thinking about his role in the story is insane. He gets shot in the eye and skinned, his murderer treats his friends like shit and fake apologizes for murdering you, and then you’re forgotten after a year.

[silverflameataraxia]

There's way too much discussion about whether or not Nesta is mean to Feyre with or without provocation. It doesn't matter if Nesta is the meanest bitch in the world to Feyre without provocation. It still doesn't make her nearly as problematic as Feyre.

People want to talk about Nesta's "victims," but Feyre's victims number in the hundreds or even the thousands. Feyre harms innocents like it's her favorite thing to do. She ruins people's lives like it's her favorite thing to do. If Nesta's worst crime is being mean then that's not that bad.

People want to hate Nesta for telling Feyre the dangers of her pregnancy out of spite, yet Feyre destroyed an entire court out of spite. If we have to choose which Archeron sister does the worst things out of spite...it's Feyre. If the worst thing Nesta does out of spite is tell the truth then that's not that bad.

Nesta being mean to Feyre is not more problematic than Feyre murdering innocents, causing an innocent guard to be whipped, using Lucien to make Tamlin jealous, destroying an entire court, torturing Ianthe, benefitting Hybern on the cusp of war, displacing innocents out of their homes in the Spring Court, sexually assaulting the CoN, burning the LoA, sexually assaulting the people of Velaris, building her fifth mansion while the people of her city are struggling, and displacing innocents out of their homes in Velaris.

People want to talk about Nesta's "treatment" of Feyre, but she treats Feyre a lot better than Rhysand does. Nesta has never forced Feyre to wears clothes she was uncomfortable in; she's never drugged and sexually assaulted Feyre; she's never twisted a bone in Feyre's arm until she agreed to a bargain; and she's never withheld life-threatening information from Feyre.

If Feyre can forgive Rhysand for his treatment of her, if Feyre can forgive herself for her treatment of others, then she can most certainly forgive Nesta for being mean.

[strawbrrycowgrl]

y'all wanna talk about female characters serving cunt and yet some of you couldn't even handle nesta archeron...

[lady-selenee]

Why are so many people acting like Papa Archeron actually did anything for his daughters? Everyone is blaming Nesta and Elain for allowing Feyre to go hunt in the woods, but they live with their father, who is a grown man. Are you telling me that Nesta is to blame, when that grown man, their own father, could have convinced Feyre to stop. But he didn't. Why?

Because it was perfectly comfortable for him like that. Sure, maybe he was afraid that something would happen to Feyre. But he could have tried to stop her. He could have tried to get a job.

"He could find work if he wasn’t so ashamed, Nesta always said when I hissed about it." (ACOTAR, CHAPTER 2

And Nesta is right. There are so many people in the world who suffered form injuries but kept working. Do you think people in medieval times had the luxury to stay at home if they needed a cane to walk? No. So why could those people do it, but Papa Archeron can't?

[themadmorrigan]

Do we have a frame of reference for how much 1 gold mark is? That is - is Nesta spending 500 of them in one night the equivalent of spending $500 in one go, or more?

Anyway, I ask because I'm pretty sure that due to material cost and labor alone, each one of Feyre's single-use tissue dresses dripping in diamonds costs way more than that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[aphroditeofcnidus]

I come across arguments from Nesta antis that they don't respect her,because 5 books later she still doesn't provide for herself.They do realize that Acotar world isn't a modern world,right?Women in this type of world typically get married and don't work unless they're poor.Feyre hunted to keep herself and her family alive,but when she became involved with Tamlin and later married Rhys,she never worked again.5 books later Nesta is mated to Cassian,a bond that equals and is in fact more serious than marriage and he will support her financially,as is natural for the mate of a wealthy,upper class male,in this type of society.

Nesta's education revolved around her becoming a good wife for a rich,upper class man.This is what women's education revolved around in theese type of societies,not them obtaining skills for the job market and becoming financially independent.When the family became poor,theese skills couldn't provide for them financially,unless their father moved them to a big city.There,she could perhaps use her homemaking skills,such as cooking and cleaning to find employment as a maid,but their father moved them to a small village,next to the fae lands,with few employment opportunities.This is why Feyre hunted,instead of doing a safer job.

Later,they became wealthy again and as the daughter of a rich man,she wasn't expected to work.When she became fae and depended on her sister financially she was in a really bad mental state and didn't function well enough to keep a job.

Nesta isn't useless, because she had the skills deemed appropriate for a woman by the society she was raised in.Were housewives of the past useless because they learnt how to cook and clean,as society saw fit and didn't pursue a higher education and got jobs that allowed them to be independent?It all boils down to women's social roles,which in Acotar are still very much traditional in both human and fae world.Acotar isn't Crescent City.

[shluha-da]

SJM loves to write about characters that fandom hates or strongly dislikes. Like it was with Nesta.

You know who is disliked the most for the next book? Elriel. Elain is because — she’s not good enough/doesn’t deserve/boring/useless/not developed enough to be the next main character because her name was only mentioned 200 times (lol at least she appeared in the OG series and not just in one spin-off book that was called a standalone after you finish acofas/war 🫢)

But Azriel is the worshipped king, which makes Elriel is the couple that could possibly turn the fandom upside down.

From all Elain/Azriel hate —> Elain and Azriel are soo good. Wow this and wow that