I Think First And Foremost This Fandom Needs To Remember That Everyone Has Faults. And By Everyone, I
I think first and foremost this fandom needs to remember that everyone has faults. And by everyone, I mean the people within this fandom, the characters in ACOTAR, and SJM herself. I think that we need to remember that despite all the character’s faults, we kept reading. We kept reading because we like the plot, we like the inner circle, we like Feyre, Rhysand, Cassian, Nesta, Azriel, Mor, Emerie, Gwyn… we like the universe that Sarah J Maas has created. (Anf if you’re that group of people that reads for the sake of hating it or only read on because of so and so character, that’s okay too.) At the end of the day, all of us still read on. It doesn’t matter how problematic you think Sarah J Maas, she still deserves our thanks for creating a universe that we love, characters that we relate with, and a community that we get to share in. People come into this fandom because they have something to say about the book, not to argue over who’s right and who’s wrong. It’s fine for a huge fandom to not have a generally agreed on opinion, it’s fine for people to share theories, opinions, love and hate certain characters, find certain actions problematic, that is totally fine and is what the fandom is for. But a fandom is supposed to be a loving and accepting community, and when you see people leaving this fandom, leaving social media, shouldn’t we also self-reflect? When you see such a clear line between pros and antis, so many people blocking each other, so much hate, isn’t time to do something about it?
Everyone has good intentions and I know that. When it's no longer about the ships and the theories, everyone in this fandom is the sweetest person. But it's always about the ships and always about the problems, and there's so much hate isn't it time to just wonder why? I dont think it's any single person's fault. Sarah J Maas is human, she doesn't wake up one day and decide that the abuser that people characterize Rhysand as should get together with the heroine. Or that it's such a beautiful day for her main characters to be neglectful rulers who are so selfish that they had a bargain to die without regard for their people.
I get that authors should be called out for poor representation or some other sorts of "problematic actions" but I think this fandom has overanalyzed the books to a point where everything is problematic and everything is either this or that and if it's not it's Sarah J Maas's fault it's that person you just blocked's problem. And maybe I'm being naive and maybe this is what the freedom of speech and all that crap entails. But other fandoms aren't like this. Other authors have faults too, but they're never overanalyzed to this point. People love certain characters over others too, but they don't have the entire fandom divided because you either like Nesta or you don't.
And I think that just because you can filter out anti tags and "the block button is right there"... is that really any better?
This isn't right. This isn't a community.
And I honestly don't even know what tags to use at this point because it's not gonna reach the target audience regardless because either the anti tags are blocked or the pro tags are blocked and there's fucking wars with actual people dying right now and we're fighting over fictional characters. And I really want to be nice and fair and reason with people and actually DO SOMETHING instead of just talking about it, but I am also so, so mad.
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I’m sorry, but the High Lords’ Meeting in ACOWAR slaps, and I re-read it at least once a month. Everyone is so bitchy and petty and we need more of these dysfunctional fuckers in the next book.
tHat sImIlAr
House of Sky and Breath spoiler:
Here’s our lovely beauty, Elain Archeron and her partner in crime, the Spymaster/Shadowsinger from ACOTAR series by SJM.
Declaimer: This is NON-CANON scene!
When Rhysand said to his wife/mate and sister of Elain, Feyre - “I wonder if everyone has spent so long assuming Elain is sweet and innocent that she felt she had to be that way or else she’d disappoint you all.” … “With time and safety, perhaps we’ll see a different side of her emerge.” ACOSF, Bonus Chapter… So, naturally I imagined Elain opposite of what she allowed us to think of her. I wanted to create a composition of Elain dressed in black in a place such as the Court of Nightmares, an event which has not yet occurred. I think we may see something like that in her book. I understand there was mention in ACOSF of her to not looking flattering in black. I believe it was done on purpose so her sister, Nesta could outshine her. I also believe with Elain’s gifted beauty, she can look stunning in black with the right cut and materials of course. I’m a Paulo Sebastian fan and if you know the designer’s collections then you may see where I got the inspiration for Elain’s dress. I haven’t decided if I will post this on my Instagram since it’s not canon, but I may in the near future. So I wanted to share this with you guys.
I have read many of your fan-fictions and I could never write as amazingly as you. I can only convey my fan-fiction stories through visual art. Perhaps some of you may weave your magic with words to describe the scene of this art- just for fun? That would definitely be a treat! I hope you like it. I’m about to start reading Kings’ Wife by @nikethestatue , I heard the story is a hit. ;)
I gladly welcome any constructive feedback, however I have zero tolerance for any snide or hate comments. I will delete any such comments and accounts will be blocked. Only positivity allowed in my space. Thank you for understanding.
Sharing is welcome. Credit me please. :)
i genuinely dont understand why some people can proudly tell me their reading goal for the year is 20 books and that they FAILED TO REACH THAT GOAL LAST YEAR which is why it's still their goal this year.
and i just sit there nodding and being supportive while internally screaming bitch i read 145 books a year what do you mean 20 books 😭
I swear y’all acotar haters who compare sjm (who writes masterpieces) to Colleen fucking Hoover only read the first book. (Which is still a problem because the first book is still >>>>> anything coho can ever conjure in that tiny brain of hers)
And throne of glass!! like ok if y’all hate acotar cuz Rhys fucked in a war tent Rowaelin fucked on a beach I hope thats more acceptable for you. (no but fr tog is also a literal masterpiece. The ending of EoS???? KoA????? hello?)
my heart cannot
SJM couples + “I’d walk into the burning heart of hell itself to find you.”
(contains HOSAB spoilers)
Elide + Lorcan, Empire of Storms
Rowan + Aelin, Empire of Storms
Lysandra + Aedion, Kingdom of Ash
Nesta + Cassian, A Court of Wings and Ruin
Bryce + Hunt, House of Sky and Breath
+ Bonus: Ruhn & Lidia, House of Sky and Breath
2000th listen of cardigan and @taylorswift i need to know how the fuck did you rhyme cardigan with car again because just how
OVE SPOILERS
going absolutely feral with this parallel:
these violent delights (2020)
our violent ends (2021)
i’m ok
·𝓜𝓾𝓵𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓶 · 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚢𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚢 𝗮𝗻𝗱 ᥴ᥆ᥒ𝗍ᥱm⍴ᥣᥲ𝗍іᥒg ᥣі𝖿ᥱ
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