#nesta archeron derserves better

[starrbirrd]

I refuse to read the new book but what I'm hearing is that it's okay when the IC want to impulsively steal from another court which results in a death sentence, it's okay when both Feyre and Rhysand want to impulsively form pacts with ancient death Gods without consulting one another and treat it as a weird flirty gift???, it's okay for Cassian to impulsively murder the entire village where his mother was or whatever that was about, it's okay for them to impulsively tear down an entire apartment building to teach a lesson, Feyre and Rhysand made a life/death pact without consulting anyone- AND SO MUCH MORE because the IC is literally all impulse and no self control, but they're livid and hateful towards Nesta because she "did something impulsively". Okay Janet.

[queenofqueensarcheron]

What if SJM is planning a Uno reverse with Nesta in terms of lovers. HEAR ME OUT.

Feyre gets with Tamlin, but she leaves him for Rhys who happens to be her actual mate.

Nesta leaves Cassian, her actual mate for someone else. Someone of her choosing, someone who loves her for who she is and someone who actually stands up for her.

[ink-insomnia]

You ever just think about how N*sta thought about becoming a prostitute and/or begging for elaine but made excuses when Feyre asked her to chop wood and go absolutely feral? Me too.

[cordeliaandnestastan]

Now i cant stop thinking abt nesta getting therapy and going through aduction treatment

Uhg, why is that such a good take. Plz

It’s kind of sad when the fanfiction for a book series (and relationship) is better than the book series itself. No author is perfect, but SJM has absolutely butchered the characters in the last few ACOTAR books (Feyre and Cassian in particular) all in the name of making Rhys the most perfect, infallible, and can-do-no-wrong character for her own narrative. To her, every character that doesn’t think like or submit to Rhys in any way, is the villain.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that she doesn’t write objectively. She lets her own biases influence the characters.

Nesta becomes the villain for not agreeing with Rhys and not submitting to their to their happy little family

Feyre is no longer independent. Rather she is just subservient to Rhys, and the few times they don’t agree, they just make up after fucking

Rather than Cassian being supportive to his own mate, he constantly antagonizes her even though he’s 500 years old with patience of a 4 year old

Nesta’s “healing” arc. SJM could have written Cassian being supportive, Nesta receiving counseling and addiction treatment, and her family recognizing what she’s going through. Instead, she’s given a choice between death or imprisonment, forced to train when she never wanted to be a warrior, and is fucked by her jailer while she’s still extremely emotionally vulnerable. Cassian tells her everyone hates her because god forbid anyone ever criticize Rhys rather than worship him.

Nesta is still despised by Rhys even after helping in the war (and saving his brother), getting physically and sexually assaulted by a kelpie getting the mask, and locating the harp. It took her having to give away her own power before Rhys ever acknowledged that she significantly helped their court even when she had absolutely no reason to.

Nesta was never given a fair shot because SJM hated her character to begin with. The writing was always subject to Sarah’s blatant biases and by doing so she ruined half the series.

I’d like to give a thank you to the fanfic authors who have written the series better than SJM herself.

The end.

This 👆Rhys has eclipsed every other character and it’s caused the demise of others!

[starrbirrd]

Something about most art of Nesta being sexualized makes me so very sad for her. She's reduced to a sex object by a lot of fans and her own mate. Yeah you can be sexy and empowering at the same time but there's just this undercurrent that feels very much like she was hated when she was modest and private but now that she's a sexy hellcat she's badass. Nesta deserved to be courted properly with gifts and books and flowers and chocolates.

[starrbirrd]

I know the whole book was fucked up but there's something just deeply evil to me about not even letting her have SUGAR in her oatmeal. It's been bothering me all day.

[starrbirrd]

I'm getting mad about it all over again, if a man threatened my sister, much less threatened to kill her, I would crash out. Stand up Feyre, ACOTAR Feyre would not have tolerated this.

[starrbirrd]

something something ACOSF AU where the first fae-tradition Nesta learns is cutting her hair and sending it to Rhys as a declaration of war

[starrbirrd]

the men laughing at ember defending nesta will never not piss me off

[starrbirrd]

and what if I said all three archerons are girl kissers what then

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"morde you can't keep creating random sisters to ship Nesta with because you think it's funny" absolutely I can, what if cassian had a sister who stole his mate from him bc she could treat nesta better 🤷

[starrbirrd]

it never occurred to me that people saw cassian taunting nesta about falling down the stairs as romantic what the fuck is wrong w/y'all 😭

[starrbirrd]

ACOSF AU where Nesta DOES go to the Hewn City and she finds out Mor has a sister they left there/never talk about and they fall in love and lead a rebellion against the Night Court 👍 they can have pretty little lordling Eris as a treat and become a 'hated by our siblings' club

[starrbirrd]

I need someone to draw that tiktok audio - where it's a child going "they look so angry... why does everyone look at you that way?" and then it pans over to their adult self- as nesta, rip out my heart please and thank you

[starrbirrd]

Brighid/Rhaenys is Nesta being like haha I'm fucking your sister to the people who hate her the most

Laetitia and Nesta is Tia going haha I stole your wife fuckwit to her brother

[cordeliaandnestastan]

Acosf is my third fav book because of Nesta. Not nessian. But nesta. And how it made me feel when i read it. I relate / related alot to Nesta and love her friendship with Emerie and Gwyn and the whole valkyries situation. I loved nesta learning to control her brain, and feeling more at home and at peace in her own company. I loved the shared smutty book readers and the women who was portrayed as being un worthy of love finding love in her friends (and through cassian regardless of his shitty parts, which are alot ahaha, but he did try his best for a loyal dog hehe). The fandom has made me realised why some things i found uncomfy were in fact uncomfy and toxic. Especially the healing “arc” with bowing to Amren like maam wtf. But I will still always love the book for what it was and even for the fandom its given.

Tbh I also think I like it because I read it through the lens of Cassians flaws kinda being the point. Like showing how strong the mating bond is, and how it leads people to feel and act (the intense sex drive and possesion). I by no means hold them as a moral standard of a good couple ahahahaha but it does make me respect Rhys and Lucien (mostly Lucien) for how they handle the mating bond, keeping their distance etc.

It’s a bad habit but sometimes I secretly judge people who say their favorite ACOTAR book is Silver Flames because I know some people just like it for the smut (and there’s nothing wrong with that), but I feel like they don’t analyze it enough to acknowledge how unhealthy of a relationship it actually is. It’s based on sex, power dynamics, and Cassian not understanding Nesta at all, despite SJM making it seem like he does. Don’t get me wrong, I love Nessian, but I love what Nessian could be in theory, not how SJM has portrayed Nessian in canon.

I know :( nessian had potential to really be the most iconic ship but it went down in flames quite literally from acofas onwards