#anti nessian

[fenrysmoonbeamswife]

Except the problem is half of these are from his own selfish wants and half of them are contradicted by his actions. This is not romance or love when you add context

But sure, a bit of peppermint tea fixes all of the abuse he's put her through

Ok I’m usually president of the let’s criticize Cassian club but things have gotten wild the last few days and we are almost at Cassian week and I relate to Nesta because no matter what that dumbass does there just is … SOMETHING ABOUT HIM

So.

Cassian did not say I love You (a travesty), but he did say (or think)

“His very heart was in his bloody, outstretched hand.”

“If Briallyn made a move against Nesta, he’d kill the queen himself.”

“Whatever you need to throw at me, I can take it. I won’t break.”

“I’ll take whatever you offer me.”

“Whatever you want. Whatever you need from me.”

“I’ve needed you from the moment I first met you.”

“I’m Here.”

“There is nothing broken to be fixed.”

“I have always been your friend, Nesta. Always.”

“You’re not going to use her”

“Love is Complicated.”

“Nesta’s mother had wanted a prince for her. Cassian now thought she had undervalued her daughter. Only a King or an emperor would do.”

“Do you want some peppermint tea?”

“I went back the next day. Asked the musicians of the Hewn City to play it all again for me.”

“There will be no one else. For either of us.”

“The only thing that frightened him was that she might reject the mating bond. Hate him for it.”

“You’ve had me from the moment you met me.”

“He’d never stop being in awe of her.”

[fenrysmoonbeamswife]

"As if he'd had it waiting a long, long while" lives rent free in my head and people do not talk about it enough

SJM keeps sprinkling in these little sentences that just scream Rhysand is the bad guy and she knows it but I don't know if she's that evolved

It's also funny how they're trying to tell Nesta she can't spend "their" money while at the same time Amren is trying to say that Nesta being human emissary means that she works for them. She hasn't been paid for that job so way to contradict yourself you absolute pleb

"You have no problem spending money that we owe you but also we don't owe you anything but also we own you because you work for us" yup makes sense

They are truly amazing rulers. God forbid Nesta spend the money, you know the fortune they have so much of they don't know what to do with it, the money that she is owed, in the community and boost the economy. No, we can't have that. But when they tear down peoples houses because they want to control one person, make an entire court refugees but don't actually house any of them, and build their fourth, sorry, excuse me, their fifth mansion, that's just cutesy ruler things🥺🥺

And the fact that Cassian just said absolutely nothing when he knew Amren was lying? And acted as if Nesta was the problem? You will never convince me he's a good person. He took full advantage of that lie for his own gain because he wanted to get some because he's pathetic and he can't get it anywhere else outside of a manky back alley or *checks notes* his sister🫶🏻🥺

Credit to @stellariium for the pics and og post 🩷

[youareatragedy]

I feel like no one talks enough about how Elain did Lucien so dirty in that bonus chapter by trying to make out with another guy when Lucien visited, because if it were the other way around, people would be furious at Lucien.

If you say Elain doesn't owe Lucien anything, you are wrong. She has had enough time to understand mate bond, and if she doesn't know enough about the bond at this point, it is due to her lack of effort to understand. She just doesn't want to. Selfish, isn't it? She could definitely just reject Lucien if she doesn't want him, and then freely hook up with Azriel, but no, I guess she just wants to keep Lucien as a backup. As an assurance that she won't be alone no matter what, because Lucien is gentleman enough to not reject the bond without legitimate reason. And just because Elain avoids him, I don't think Lucien can just reject something so sacred as long as Elain doesn't outright say it. So I think being in the good graces of the IC means no one can hold her accountable for anything then?

It's so easy for people to still like Elain and justify her when she treats her non-IC mate like shit, but there's an uproar because Nesta didn't immediately smile and nice to Cassian, because Cassian is a member of the IC.

(Example number infinity of ACOTAR fandom only favoring women who aren't a bitch to Rhysand. Nesta = Bad. Elain = Needs time bc she's young and doesn't understand much.)

[ladydeath-vanserra]

I remember reading a snippet of Azriel hugging Nesta in that new CC book and are we really telling me he has comforted Nesta more than her own mate has in five (5) books?

[the-darkestminds]

Me:

[hrizantemy]

It’s genuinely amusing how Tamlin is painted as the ultimate villain in the narrative, yet before the chaos with Feyre, his entire court was ready to lay down their lives for him. Meanwhile, it’s almost comical that two-thirds of Rhysand’s court, the very individuals he relies on for military support, harbor such animosity toward him that they actively want to see him dead.

[motherrstorm]

elain: my entire world was turned upside down, my body was violated, and I'm really struggling to grasp this new lifestyle. Im not ready to face lucien or acknowledge the mate bond at all.

the ic: okay elain, that's absolutely okay. we'll let you have your space from everything + lucien and give you protection from him should you need it.

nesta: my entire world was turned upside down, my body was violated, and I'm really struggling to grasp this new lifestyle. Im not ready to face cassian or acknowledge the mate bond at all.

the ic: LMAOOO. you're going to stay with him in a house you can't leave, he's going to be your caretaker and have influence over your day to day tasks, he's going to take you on dangerous missions for us, and we don't gaf that he's fucking you when impulsively having sex is one of the reasons why we put you in the house.

ps: if you don't listen to him, we'll deport you. good luck babe💋!

[arson-09]

and doesn’t it talk about in ToG that when your mated, you cant even stomach the idea of hurting your mate? Physically at least? I don’t remember for sure if the mates from ToG are the same as Acotar (I would think so) but that makes cassian seem even worse. If thats his mate, how could he even think of hurting her? to the point he has to leave?? its awful.

One thing that unhinges me most about Cassian is that there was more than one occasion where he is barely able to restrain himself from physically hurting Nesta, like I’m talking if he didn’t walk or fly away when he did this male would have physically abused her & that is something I can not understand why it’s not talked about enough.

[kataraavatara]

these were a little too real for tiktok. maybe someday…

[seleneprince]

ACOSF, except that Nesta refuses to move to the House of Wind and packs her bags to leave to the "human lands", but instead of actually going there, she stops at the Spring Court and kinda forces Tamlin to take her in. After all, Spring is close enough to the human lands and she's sure none of the IC would look for her Spring.

She and Tamlin clash at first, but then Nesta tells him that Feyre wanted to lock her in the House of Wind for "her own good" and Tamlin has to take a walk outside the house to not break anything because what the fuck? Those people haven't forgiven him for locking Feyre up to protect her and make him miserable because of it, but suddenly it's okay when they do it? Unbelievable.

They drink together and bond over the Night Court's hypocrisy, how they were treated by them, and Feyre. They start living together. Tamlin plays the music and Nesta dances to it. They spend time in silence in his library or taking relaxing strolls around the garden. Nesta does more healing there that she could've done in the House of Wind. Eventually, she and Tamlin become good friends.

Oh, and she meets Eris again and they actually get to know each other outside the Night Court's machinations. They have a slowburn romance and get married eventually, turning Nesta into the High Lady of Autumn. She helps Tamlin rebuild his court and strikes an alliance between both courts, and she thrives with positive relationships and a man that genuinely loves her and doesn't try to change her.

Also Lucien makes up with Tamlin and returns to Spring, adding him to Nesta's friendship circle.

[roseadleyn]

is nesta archeron truly a bitch, or are you all inherently misogynystic and expect women to be friendly and laugh freely ( or whatever bullshit sjm wrote at all times), and the minute a woman doesn't conform to your rigid standards of what makes a woman worthy of respect — which in itself is insane — you simply must demonize her and call her every derogatory name ever

[fenrysmoonbeamswife]

I can't even describe how much hatred I have for soft fanart of Feysand or Nessian, especially Nessian

Feysand fanart is just annoying because of his ugly mug but to be fair to him at least Rhysand is soft and caring with Feyre, even if he is an abusive pos. But soft fanart of Nessian fills me with boiling rage every time

It just reminds me how he has never, not once, been soft with her. He is never caring towards her or gentle, never loving or kind. He is always either nasty to her or sexualizing her, or he straight up ignores her and then villainizes her

And the worst part is that people have actually convinced themselves it's canon, that their relationship is actually like that in the books. They have not had a single moment that was even close to soft that wasn't entirely selfish on his part. He has said himself he sees her as an animal, he refers to her as an animal multiple times. He has agreed that she belongs in Hewn City, his inner thoughts about her are either misogynistic and filled with so much hatred or they're aggressively sexual. Their nicer moments are all about him and his ego, never her, never love

This man does not care about her, he doesn't even like her nevermind love. He doesn't caress her, he doesn't cuddle her or read her books or lie with her as she reads. He isn't gentle with her, he doesn't tuck her hair behind her ear, he isn't intimate with her outside of sex. He doesn't hold her outside of possession. They don't cook together, they don't go shopping together, they don't laugh together. They don't share small, gentle smiles. They don't share secret looks

He sees her as a vicious animal that needs breaking. And he did it, he broke her and even that wasn't good enough. HOFAS should have been them in "mated bliss" if they were as solid and in love as people like to claim

Headcanons are nice but let's not delude ourselves here

[gwandas]

you guys ever think about how cassian’s insecurities were completely made up by the voices in his head while nesta’s insecurities are affirmed by cassian at every presenting opportunity

[ladydeath-vanserra]

imagine having Nesta being compared to royalty, to an untouchable queen only to have her end up with a man who laughs at her falling down the stairs and not the untouchable prince of the autumn court

[shadowqueenjude]

Eris is one of the only people who can keep up with Nesta on the dance floor, Bryce is a dancer, Lucien as a courtier can certainly dance, Gwyn and Azriel can sing songs for Nesta to dance to, Nesta is constantly compared to a queen and Helion wants her (Rhys too but he’s in denial) and Lanthys promises to crown her the queen of queens, Nesta loves reading and so does Lucien, Tamlin canonically has a giant library and so does Helion, and you’re telling me Nesta ended up with…that.

[infiniteetcetera]

One of the most annoying things to me about the “poor Cassian he’s just a sad little brute of a warrior and Nesta makes him feel so inferior” arc in ACOSF is that it’s literally ALL CASSIAN’S OWN FAULT. Yes, his early childhood is especially traumatic and unfair but he was taken in by Rhys and his mother young enough (even earlier than Azriel) that he was given far more luxuries than any of the other Illyrians. The timeline is a bit screwy for the bat boys early days but Rhys took power relatively young after the war and Cassian was immediately put into a high ranking position of political power. He has all the money/power/luxuries he could want and also he’s FIVE HUNDRED+ YEARS OLD.

This man is not some poor sad underdog being belittled by a LITERAL TWENTY YEAR OLD WHO SPENT MOST OF HER LIFE IN POVERTY. Even the foil they try to do between him and Eris for sympathy is ridiculous. Yes, Eris is politically strategic, well dressed, knows how to dance and be diplomatic but CASSIAN COULD BE THOSE THINGS TOO and we know that not just because it’s obvious from his standing (which again he’s had for centuries) but because LITERALLY AZRIEL IS.

Azriel is described as the politest one constantly (even better at it than Rhys), Azriel knows how to dance expertly with Nesta (without needing sudden training from Mor), Azriel knows how to handle Eris and general diplomacy and AZRIEL HAD THE SAME UPBRINGING AS CASSIAN IF NOT A WORSE ONE. Again, the weird dichotomy they try to create between Cassian and Nesta about their social standing is ridiculous enough because it misrepresents Nesta but also the victimization of Cassian as if it’s somehow the worlds fault for his behavior and vilifying of people like Eris and Nesta for calling him out on it is insane.