#without the rose tinted glasses of trying to be generous in my thinking about sjm's writing

[bookofmirth]

unpopular opinion probably but i think sjm should have let rhys die at the end of acowar instead of bringing him back it would have made for better a story instead of what she's currently doing with his character, like feyre dealing with her grief while trying to be the ruling high lady and also trying to be there for nesta, she even could have kept the pregnancy plotline just moved up the timeline a bit and at the end of acosf while feyre's dying during the birth have rhys' ghost or whatever pop up that only her and nesta can see and he helps nesta save her somehow

This would be so interesting from a character exploration perspective. Feyre has already gone so much, so to lose Rhys in that moment, it would hurt so good to see how she dealt with the grief and then finding herself in power, alone. I would totally write that fic, I love writing angst.

You know what would be interesting is knowing how Feyre would have handled the birth stuff without it being hidden from her, if it weren't used as a way for Nesta to finally snap and then reconcile with Feyre at the end. And at least then, Feyre wouldn't be relegated to the background of her own story.

I do think death would be preferable to what Rhys has been up to since acofas. Not to mention it would address the fact that there are NEVER actual stakes in her stories since she doesn't kill any major characters.