#this one is about SJM

[mearcatsreturns]

“authors behaving badly”...are they behaving badly, or are they just writing a story that you don’t like or that doesn’t resonate with you in particular? are they not engaging in a way you like?

[riorsonxaden]

Me and the girlies getting ready for the ship wars, the fandom debacles, and the people that will hate on hofas for not enough acotar.

[amaltheas-garden]

people still shocked that in the year of our lord 2024 some of us don't want to see Dany get her 'happy ending' by becoming the white savior who was promised

[extremely-judgemental]

I can't get Tamlin x Eris as mates out of my head. It's a big fuck you to the IC (and even the magic of the lands is involved). The two powerful people they screwed over are mated now?? And imagine Lucien rejecting his bond and Nesta doing the same. Them as friend is good but them as mates? It will be glorious! We know each of them are a ride or die person. Nesta will have a partner who reads! and has a fucking brain. She will have two brothers-in-law who own a huge fucking library. We know there will be drinking games around who was done dirty the most. At some point Tamlin is going to whip out his fiddle and Eris is showing off his dance moves until Nesta joins, next thing you know they are competing, and I'm talking riverdance guys. I don't know where I was going with this but tell me you get the vision!

Now I need to insert the Valkryies here somewhere.

[sluttypatrickstar]

there is actually no fucking way you are saying this about bestselling white piece of shit fantasy author sarah j maas. there is actually no way you are comparing sarah j maas, a woman who used breonna taylor’s murder to promote her book, to women of colour who are regularly and routinely sidelined in the publishing industry and who struggle to get marketing budgets or publishing contracts in the first place and whose work is often pigeonholed. there is simply no way

[gwyns]

i don't understand the hatred some people have for hunt... like hasn't he been through enough to prove to y'all he's not evil? are you forgetting he, alongside two of his best friends, were TORTURED? and he never ONCE broke? are you forgetting the hatred he had for himself to the point where he had to shut his brain off and become a zombie to be the umbra mortis? did you forget how he made bryce come alive again?

i've been saying it since the beginning and i'll continue to say it. this fandom doesn't deserve hunt athalar

[anchoredgalaxy]

i do hate how much acotar discourse revolves around trying to pretend the story isn't plotted like garbage. the entire second book of this series is a giant retcon and characters are constantly changed on the fly. anytime someone tries to defend this series as if the characters are real people capable of making decisions and as if the plotting is at all organic i just can't take that seriously.

[lainalit]

Spot the difference

Artist: @__alex_oxy__

[gwandas]

One thing about me is that you're not gonna catch me telling people to "get some reading comprehension" or telling people to "go reread the book" because as someone who did read the words on the page and references them quite often, ACOTAR is insanely contradictory and it all depends on what the reader chooses to latch onto.

[gracie-rosee]

You know something? Aedion gets so much hate for absolutely no reason. Yes, he has had some questionable behavior but not once was it ever actually misplaced. He had every single right to be mad at everyone in KoA for lying to him about something that would affect him for the rest of his life.

They reduce his entire character to his actions in a very small part of one book. Have you forgotten how loyal, strong, smart, caring, passionate, soft, optimistic, courageous, kind, brave, reliable, genuine, honorable, thoughtful, gentle, compassionate, and selfless he is? Please.

[goldenspringmornings]

ya know for a fandom that is screaming from the rooftops that the books are ‘dark fantasy’ they sure do complain about people taking those darker elements at face value or even god-forbid exploring them

[arson-09]

i wish mor was a likable character. instead sjm made her into a girl on girl hater with the personality of flatbread and half toasted diversity. sad

[ofbreathandflame-archive]

Elain stans have such a weird relationship with Nuala and Cerridwen and I genuinely can't tell if they just choose not to look at the optics of that dynamic or what...

[bluiela]

YK what is the BIGGEST SJM unexplored plotline that had potential to take these books to the next level?

SJM ignoring the SA of Rhys, Nesta (DV in her case as well) (not including Lucien as he doesn't have a book so maybe she'll address and explore it)

Rhys went through 50-yrs of assault, but SJM literally mentions it once and doesn't even shed light on it. Or maybe explore how being in a healthy relationship has helped him heal or anything literally 3 BOOKS + 1 NOVELLA but not even addressing once.

Gives Nesta 700+ page book but not once did she address or talks about the domestic violence Nesta went through or Nesta being SA'ed in the past and IN THE BOOK by a kelpie, but NO ONE even acknowledges it. They see the scars and stuff, but no one is like, hey do you wanna talk about it or maybe to someone else or is there anything you need? or literally anything.

Like SJM does not shy away from Heavy topics but still she doesn't even address the trauma that is supposed to shape the character's personality?

[acourtofquestions]

How is rowaelin already every romantic trope in one before they even have their first kiss?🫶😂👏

[chairofchaos]

So when are we going to talk about SJM's decision to use the map of The British Isles as the map for ACOTAR and making Hybern, the villains of the first three books, Ireland?