#anyway fuck rhysand

[astrababyy]

i think the thing that frustrates me the most about feyre's character post-acotar — hell, even post-acomaf — is that she stops being a character past that point in the series. acomaf, i can still see elements of feyre's original character, but i think acowar and beyond (especially acofas and acosf) is where her character devolves completely into something virtually unrecognizable. and this, in my opinion, is because once she and rhysand become established in their relationship, her entire characterization starts to revolve around him.

prior to acomaf/acowar, feyre has a personality independent of the relationships she has with other people. her characterization has its flaws, as the first book is flawed as a whole, but she's generally a decently-crafted character. feyre is an interesting character because, in the first portion of the book, we learn that she's a jaded, clever huntress who is willing to kill to survive and make painful decisions for the good of herself and her family. she's bitter, resentful, and miserable, and the crux of her life revolves around survival.

but then we learn new things. feyre loves painting, and if she had a choice, she'd marry off her sisters and live peacefully with her father, spending her days painting anything her heart could desire. she's capable and an able killer, but her dreams and wants are for a peaceful life. these desires are expanded upon later in the book when we learn that, if given the option, feyre wouldn't kill. she's jaded and can come off as someone who'd be a stereotypical "girlboss," badass killer. but in reality, feyre doesn't like bloodshed. she doesn't like killing, and if she had it her way, she'd never kill another living thing again.

this is interesting. acotar!feyre is actually a very interesting and dynamic character when compared to who she becomes in later books. she has an internal conflict that affects every aspect of who she is, and it is this conflict that is so deeply tied to what she's forced to do in the climax of the story: either kill innocent faeries or watch as the love of her life dies before her very eyes. this final trial is so painful because it's been established that, in a peaceful environment, a killer is not someone feyre wants to be, and a killer is instead what she's forced to become.

then, of course, acomaf happens and yada, yada, yada. she's still a relatively interesting character on her own, if (arguably) ooc, but has an independent characterization regardless. it's after this book where things take a turn for the worse.

in acowar, feyre is no longer the character who protects the "little guy" and would give up petty jewels to make sure a faerie can eat. she's no longer the character who acts based on her morals and inherent humanity, rather than faerie logic. instead, she's the character who destabilizes an entire court on the brink of war, uncaring of the consequences to the people of spring. in acofas, she's buying another goddamn house while people in velaris and beyond are struggling to make ends' meet following the war that she and rhys dragged them into. in acosf, she's doing the same fucking thing to nesta that destroyed and traumatized her a few books previous, and she's become the glorified housewife to rhysand. she's having his kid when she's not even 25 yet. she's being paraded around like some prized horse. she's sitting around, painting and decorating houses, while rhys does all the actual politicking. she's exactly what she feared she'd become in acomaf, and there's no consequence whatsoever.

this is not the feyre of acotar. this feyre is the faceless, empty love interest to the real main character: rhysand. she's a reflection of him. that's why she went from the woman who feels uncomfortable wearing fancy jewels to the woman who'd spend her newfound millions on frivolous lingerie rather than do anything meaningful with her position as high lady. that's why she went from the character who had respect and a new understanding of nesta in book 1, to the character that'd do such horrendous things to her in acosf. that's why she stands around and lets rhys and amren bully and degrade nesta. she's not a character anymore. she's just rhysand's mate.

[romanticatheartt]

I don't care what crimes Rhys has committed. As long as he looks at his wife like she hung the moon and kiss the ground she walks, he can k!ll people left and right and I wouldn't bat an eye...

[asilentfrenzy]

remember when

"Rhys bared his teeth. My limbs turned light, trembling at the dark power curling in the corners of the room. Not fear - never fear of him. But at the shattered control as Rhys snarled at Lucien, 'My mate may one day find it in her to forgive him. Forgive you. But I will never forget how it felt to sense her terror in those moments.' My cheeks heated, especially as Cassian and Azriel stalked closer, those hazel eyes now filled with a mix of sympathy and wrath. 

Lucien, to his credit, didn't back away a step. From Rhys, from me, or the Illyrians. 

The Clever Fox Stares Down Winged Death. The painting flashed into my mind."

(it's the "forgive you" for me lmfao like shut the actual fuck up)

he has the audacity to say this shit to lucien when two books prior -

"'You draw blood from me, Lucien, and you’ll learn how quickly Amarantha’s whore can make the entire Autumn Court bleed. Especially its darling Lady.'

'Oh? Here I was, thinking you still mourned your commoner lover after all these centuries,' Rhysand said, stalking toward me."

"'I knew you liked to stoop low with your lovers, Lucien, but I never thought you’d actually dabble with mortal trash.” My face burned. Lucien was trembling—with rage or fear or sorrow, I couldn’t tell. 'The Lady of the Autumn Court will be grieved indeed when she hears of her youngest son. If I were you, I’d keep your new pet well away from your father.'"

"'Amarantha will enjoy breaking her,' Rhysand observed to Tamlin. 'Almost as much as she'll enjoy watching you as she shatters her bit by bit.'" 

Those invisible claws lazily caressed my mind again - then vanished. I sank to the floor, curling over my knees as I reeled in everything that I was, as I tried to keep from sobbing, from screaming, from emptying my stomach onto the floor. "

(damn. i wonder how it felt to feel her terror in those moments 🤔)

anyway, friendly reminder that rhysand is the biggest fucking hypocrite in the series and feyre & co's self-righteous attitudes are absolutely insufferable 🤗

[catastrophiccerealkiller]

hello just came here to say i hate rhysand and cassian please die thank you for listening to my ted talk.

[goddessofwisdom18]

Thinking about how Mor’s power is truth and yet she isn’t truthful with herself. About how if she looked in the Ouroboros, she would not be able to handle what she saw. People say in 500 years she should’ve found the nerve to reject Azriel, to come out, but I see 500 years as a time for her fear to calcify, to harden, to become a full delusion that controls her every move, even if consciously she’s confident. She grew up in a world where her worth was completely equivalent to her appeal to men. Does she regret taking that appeal away? How does she live with herself, knowing that most of Prythian, if they knew the truth, would believe she had nothing to give them, and nothing therefore to live for? Does she know the truth? Does she hate herself so much that she can’t believe a single thing she thinks? 500 years, trapped in herself, trapped in her own intuition, in doubts that her power was even real. You’d think Azriel, with his spymaster sources, would know she didn’t like him, and yet he continued to chase after her. You’d think Rhysand, with his intuition and Daemati powers, would know she liked females, and yet he made no move to - to imply that he’d protect her, should she come out. No substantial move. It would always be lip-service. It would always be talk. Oh, we love Rita’s, we love everyone, blah-blah-blah. How could she believe that when so much of his own pride is predicated on his maleness? On how male mates interact with female mates? On how fertility and virility shape the very land on which they stand? She has been shown since the day she was born that what she is is inherently in opposition to what she was told. She has no truth.

[anchoredgalaxy]

a court of silver flames gets the award for book where i've said "god i wish everyone in this book would die" the most

[xxvalkyriesxx]

You know, I don’t think I would want to live in Velaris with the amount of roaring that shakes mountains. What if there’s an avalanche 🙃 What then Rhysand.

I think it’s Day or Dawn for me tbh. The seasonal courts are either too cold, too controlling, too traditional, or just too much.

[rhysie]

a hard pill to swallow ... rhys not telling feyre during her pregnancy is not as ooc as u think it is

[sonics-atelier]

Sweetie Rhys SA Feyre, he's one of the villains alright 👍

( @whitedemon-ladydeath selective reading is a very big problem apparently lmao )

[praetorqueenreyna]

can really tell that Feyre is the self-insert protag for a lot yall do-nothings that want everyone around you to hold your hand and coddle you while you scream and cry like a toddler

[bittermuire]

I’m cursing your bloodline, ao3 user vanyamoon

[silvreflames]

lune and i are obviously fixing the mess that is canon but i cannot stress enough that she clearly would accept the treatment that she receives throughout her book because she thinks that she deserves it and she is nothing if not built in the image of the obedient little wife

[romanticatheartt]

So unhinged and horny😭💀

Feyre:

[acourtofcriticalthinking]

to be clear: we don't hate tamsand because we hate queer people. we hate tamsand because tamlin is a piece of shit who got rhysand's mother and sister killed and abused feyre.

i can see how you would get confused though. those are two very similar reasons.

[feyres-divorce-lawyer]

i would like to thank my mom for birthing me and my beautiful acotar mutuals who supported me on this journey: my stepfather, sage, (@mossytrashcan) who has to deal with my rhysand hate on their dash, fellow alternate universe shenanigator, riote, (@riote) the amazing rowan, (@thoughtfulshepherdmongerkid) who i can always find in my likes and provides mean feyre art, lovely letty (@looseleaflettuce) with its amazing stories that sustain me and give me energy for prolonged hating, kate, (@kateprincessofbluewhales) and her beautiful vip’s (very important polls), bookish, (@bookishfeylin) our strongest feylin soldier, always reminding us of what we lost because of this man, andy, (@andrigyn) her amazing photographs always make me smile, foxcort, (@foxcort) feylin angst hurts like no other, reyna, (@praetorqueenreyna) my marine knowledgeable lesbian, kehinde (@ofbreathandflame) and her galaxy brain, andra (@andramoreaux) who should give sjm history lessons so she knows how to write monarchies properly, lady midnight, (@goforth-ladymidnight) ardent feylin enthusiast, chaotic, (@achaotichuman) spearheading spring court propaganda, polar, (@northern-star-polaris) leading dionysus enthusiast and ceo of making me giggle, emma, (@queercontrarian) who made native winter court canon to me, chelsea (@theladyofbloodshed) giving nesta a better ending than canon one fic at a time, munchkin, (@munchkinchild) funnier than half of you know, memie, (@nestaismommy) winning the malide is canon war, blue, (@blueinkn) an honor to share a name with someone who’s literally right all the time, mel (@fenrysmoonbeamswife) always sharing the prettiest art, the woman, the myth, (@longsightmyth) the legend, greatest book reviewer that ever was, eon, (@ae-neon) leading the anti cassian army, a literal trendsetter, (and bravely sacrificing their sanity so i can hate crescent city without ever reading it), dapa, (@aho-dapa) mentally fighting cassian at all times and winning, gem, (@beansidhebumbling) fixing and making canon one fic at a time, muire, (@bittermuire) whose feyre fic i never recovered from, snow, (@acotardeservesbetter) clocking tea all day every day, jay, (@mygreendandelion) a menace (affectionate) with a spongebob pfp, dope, (@dopeartisanprincess) who made one of my favorite feylin art pieces ever, loony, (@loonylooly) running the feyneth fanpage, daisy, (@shi-daisy) always reblogging my posts, flamingo, (@flamingo-strikes) the pink to my purple, copypastus and thrum, (@copypastus @thrumbolt) the tamsand artists, lena, (@theweeklydiscourse) catching sjm in her weak writing and informing the populace via beautiful critic. mila (@tamlinsffiddle) the newest of acotar is a standalone truthers. all of you! even to my detractors for boosting me with engagement. you know sometimes when you find the one thing you’re very passionate about and excel at, malevolent forces may try and stop you from achieving your best, but standing on this stage, winning this award, it’s a testament to perseverance. i will cherish this moment for the rest of my life. to those who have stood here before me, it is an honor to be in your shoes right now, and to all those who will stand here after me, never back down, never what?! thank you, good night!

my day is ruined (i’m not one of the top anti rhysand blogs)

[bisexualbellamys]

You ever just love a book and it's characters so fucking much and then you get online and get bombarded with very valid critiques and it just shatters your soul a tiny lil bit?? How did I not see that before