I've Been Thinking About The Chase Scene In Acowar And How Smart Eris Actually Is. When He Captured Feyre

Nesta's untapped mean, sarcastic and bisexual older sibling vibe was what drew so many of us to her character and then Acosf had to wipe it all away until she became another Feyre and no, i will never stop grieving

I love this, I love you, I'm going to die mad about Nesta's entire plot being about apologizing for who she was and fucking babies.

Like yes- you are SO RIGHT. Nesta's appeal is outside those pastel lines. She's angry. She's smart. She's self aware and miserable and relatable- and yes, incandescently bisexual, thank you, yes this is in everything I write even though I consistently pair her with men.

BUT ALSO

Can we speak for a second about the fact that Nesta is literally. Supposed. to be Feyre's foil?

Two sides of a coin! Sister's who look alike, who manage to live the same experience in totally different ways, who would never make THE SAME CHOICES. The whole fucking point of their conflict is a fundamental breakdown of understanding- they start in the same place- love, because the sister's love the fuck out of each other even at their worst- and then move in opposite directions.

Their terrible, neglectful, shitty parents? Feyre enshrines them. Nesta hates them as much as she loves them. Elain? Feyre writes her off. I refuse to believe Nesta, who is her best friend?, does the same. Stupid, aggressive faery flirting? Feyre learns to play the game. Nesta's game ends in murder, given the opportunity.

The idea that there is only one happy ending: mate, marriage, babies. Is just....wild? insane? reductive?

It never surprised me that Feyre defined herself by Rhysand because Feyre...is, frankly, too young to know what to define herself by. She sticks to the same exact pattern of falling into the shadow of a shitty relationship. She doesn't have chance- he's her mate. he's her husband. he's her overlord. she works for him. she works with him. He dresses her. He plans for her. He makes her a place by his side. A promise binds her to stay- Feyre's journey is, essentially, a circle.

Nesta survived abuse exactly the same, from childhood, from a man- but the entire point of her fury, of her stubborn to the point of self-destructive attitude, is that she learned from it- she's grieving, she's angry, she's never going to allow herself to be hurt again in anyway except for pain she chooses.

That women folding in on herself?

Apologizing for herself, that it's her at all? Altering her literal body? Falling in line? Giving up what small piece of human life she had left? Bowing and begging and crying and taking any shred of affection, even laced as it is in LITERAL physical punishment??

That's not a happy ending, that's a breakdown.

Do we already have a week dedicated to Eris cause if not there definitely should be one

Seeing multiple men on tiktok (because of course) praising Cassian for being “such a good guy” and saying “Nesta doesn’t deserve him” is scary. But unfortunately not surprising in the the least bit.

How can you read about Cassian

locking Nesta in a house house she can’t escape without his help

laughing at Nesta physically harming herself

telling Nesta everybody hates her

Throwing a temper tantrum and yelling at Nesta in public when Nesta doesn’t want to accept the mating bond

Taking advantage of Nesta and using her for sex when he knows she is in a bad mental state and using sex as a coping mechanism

Not to mention Cassian locking her in a house making him her only option for sex which he knows that’s her only coping mechanism now that he’s taken alcohol away from her.

And not come to the conclusion that he is an abusive piece of shit. Like I said it’s scary men see Cassian as “good person”

laser tag places are always like “no running, no laying down, no touching, waah waah we can’t afford the liability insurance.” boring. where do i go for the  underground full-contact laser tag where i can tackle people from on top of the crates.

TW: SA

Disclaimer: this is about fiction and narrative, which are based on rhyme and reason, every action a character makes is a deliberate choice by the author so unlike with real life, it's possible to question the motive of these actions

I'm legit asking btw, please tell me if you know

Besides switching the narrative from Tamlin to Rhysand (going from Amarantha's dark obsession with Tam to her habitual abuse of Rhys) what did sjm gain from making Amarantha a rapist?

Character wise, she was already evil, with an actually interesting backstory so why?

In the "original" storyline, inspired by the Ballad of Tamlin, it makes sense for Amarantha to want Tamlin, ultimately the story boils down to a heroine saving the hero from the fairy queen. Therefore the idea of her assaulting him once she finally has him is in character and in alignment with the story

But in the context of final product, what was the point of Amarantha's sexual abuse of Rhysand? It only ever matters once, and that's so Rhysand can skirt the responsibility of his own actions against Feyre.

So why not just have Rhys not assault Feyre? Have him be cruel but specifically forgo the sexual element

Ianthe, at least, seeks power in every possible way. It makes sense that she would go to such lengths, especially with how bloodlines hold magic etc

But Amarantha? What's the point? She could just as easily enslaved Rhysand or held someone hostage or made a bargain.

My personal opinion is that sjm has a twisted, but unfortunately common, notion of sexual interest - whether reciprocated or not - being a badge of honour, for women but especially for men.

She thinks she's showing us how desirable and literally irresistible the character is by making them a victim

You don’t own fanfics. They’re inherently public domain because they aren’t your IP. Agree or disagree with AI, there are no grounds for “protection” from AI because it isn’t your IP to begin with. That’s what you chose when you chose this medium

Oh dear.

Okay, you get an answer, because at least you took the effort to write your ask out properly, even if you are hiding behind the grey, sunglassed circle.

Do I, or any fanfic author for that matter, have any legal claims to our work? No, not really, no. (Although if someone took a fic, filed off the serial number--deleted the fandom specific elements--, and then had it published for financial gain, yeah, that would be a case.)

BUT

Fandoms are built on a social contract that says we respect each others work, the effort people put into their art. We don't steal or disrespect the work of our peers. By feeding people's fanworks to AI you both steal and disprect it, and we need to make people realize that before it's too late--before fandom falls apart, because there will be no more real, actual fanworks.

Disrepectfully,

Orlissa

(i can't believe I have to say this)

sickens me to my stomach. how dare this guy get to live my dream.

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