#save me religious lesbian icon ianthe

[achaotichuman]

Warning- Lengthy Ianthe ramble, because I cannot stop thinking about her

Okokokokok but like, we need to talk about the almost two hundred year age gap between Tamlin and Ianthe. Again.

It's specified they were childhood friends, but for all we know, Tamlin was already High Lord by the time Ianthe was born! Or very close to the time when his family were killed.

If they were such close friends, it only makes sense to me, that in actuality, Tamlin just got dumped with babysitting duties.

Which actually works so fucking well. It makes perfect sense.

Especially since Ianthe's father, despite never being on page, comes across as extremely cunning and sly, I highly, highly doubt she learned to try and seduce men as a form of manipulation because she just happened to learn that. Considering that was also what Nesta was taught to do by her parents. I find it highly probable that it was the same for Ianthe.

Meaning that I doubt Ianthe and her father have a fabulous relationship. And if Tamlin was having baby Ianthe shoved onto him enough, it's also highly likely he played a significant role in her upbringing. Which stands to reason, he could easily view her as a younger sister/daughter.

And if this is the case... it does make sense why he would prioritise her over anyone else, including Feyre and Lucien, specifically when it comes to her voice within the Court.

Not only is she one of the 12 High Priestesses, she's been training alongside him since, we can only assume, birth. She would know the Spring Court's inner workings inside out, she'd have more than likely been Tamlin's right hand man since before Lucien ever came to his Court.

And to have such a deep emotional bond to her, especially with the fact that he not only didn't have a great relationship with any of his family, he also lost them in such a horrific and violent way, could only intensify his want to protect Ianthe, and listen to what she has to say.

This is why I can't take people who say "Oh Tamlin listened to Ianthe over Feyre and that's why he's evil he should have known!" seriously.

Ofc, SJM hasn't explicitly written their relationship this way, but... she kind of has... The massive age gap exists in canon, it is explicitly noted in canon that they were childhood friends. With that as the foundation of their relationship its quite easy to draw the conclusion that Tamlin saw Ianthe as one of his own family members.

And she probably saw him as family too. Ianthe goes to every length not really to claim power for herself, but to claim power for the Spring Court.

Ianthe is a girl, who has clearly grown up being taught that she needs power to be secure, that power is the ultimate goal. Power is protection. What would Ianthe want to protect? Her home. The place she is in such a High Power in. The place where Tamlin is. The place of which Tamlin is in charge of.

Now, I also know, Ianthe fully sided with Hybern, but when you think of it from the lense that Ianthe doesn't care for the rest of Prythian, only her home and her family, it makes sense why she would. It guarantees the Spring Court's safety.

Ianthe is a true morally grey character, who could have such a complicated and complex story to tell. And instead, because of SJM's shitty, shitty, shitty writing, she is written off as a sex offender.

Also. Also, Elain x Ianthe????? ELAIN X IANTHE, COME ON PLEASE

Also, also, also, Feyre x Ianthe. FEYRE X IANTHE PLEASE

Ianthe I will never get over you.

[achaotichuman]

Cult leader by KiNG MALA is the Ianthe we could and should have had.