your A/N got me thinking, that could be a funny and vaguely plausible origin story for a rule against marriage, philosophy aside. Jedi kept getting entrapped in these contracts and the senate kept suggesting diplomatic marriages and it was such A Problem so eventually the jedi petitioned to get it written into Republic Law that no you could not barter for a jedi spouse under any cicumstances >:<
haha, i love that. Like, terrible for the jedi ofc, that it was so bad that they were like TIME TO DO LEGISLATION ABOUT THIS because yikes but also very funny.
...now I want the incredibly convoluted legal drama digging into jedi vs republic regulations, because on the one hand, ofc, they're jedi, they're a culture, not just Government Employees With Special Training, and on the other hand, they're also magic space wizards who can do shit like 'fuck with your mind and perception' and 'crush a ship like a tin can', and that's both very good (to have people who will do things like that For You, The Republic) and also very scary (to have people who can do that who are not Just Your [public] Servants)
Honestly, I can see 'can't force a jedi to get hitched/ contribute genetic material' passing into law less because there's enough republic senators who are against it on ethics grounds (politics! [extremely derogatory]), and more because...well, ok, so your world can't claim the jedi, which kinda sucks, but neither can anyone else's, which is great. Small chance at having magic space monks under your power vs larger chance one of the other 10 billion planets you're competing with having magic space monks under their power, might as well not play those particular odds.
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look i have to take my victories where i can get them okay
Spy didn't actually get hurt from the bolt (opposite in fact), he's just being dramatic lol
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If Magic Chooses-
So we know the magic in Prythian ties the land, Courts, and the High Lords and can be vaguely sentient (as with the Cauldron).
It's unclear how it chooses the High Lords but the magic seems to be deliberate and adheres faithfully to whoever it chooses. Even Amarantha couldn't fully access it despite all that she did - she could only prevent the Lords from using it against her.
So imagine if this was explored.
E.g: The time when Feyre and the IC stole the Book of Breathings from the Summer Court as guests - literally committing a crime worthy of a magical death sentence. This then left the Summer Court open to Hybern's invasion, further enabled by what Feyre did in the Spring Court.
This didn't just harm the High Lords. It harmed the Courts in a major way. The very land and the people living in there were devastated by it. And it must have caused mass turmoil that even the magic sensed.
So imagine because of this intricate connection to the land, the people and the High Lords - it caused Feyre's bond to the Spring and Summer magic to become hard to control or even the magic rejecting her.
The kernels of magic are technically still the High Lords'. They're not Feyre's magic but were gifted like handing her a scale off their essence. And it would make sense if the magic reacted to the state of the High Lords (and deeper the courts themselves) if they experienced deep, visceral emotions & damage thanks to Feyre.
Magic being fickle about who wields it would sort of suit the capriciousness of Faeries.
It would also require Feyre to use her wits and sense to navigate situations instead of resorting to the Feysand tactics of Lie, Steal and Justify.
It would give actual consequences and gravity to her actions, and add depth to why her being a Made Fae is a big deal. She is now attached via these kernels of magic to the land in a way that she can't run from. Just as High Lords (even those reluctant like Tamlin are).
Just the plot potential and character development. And the internal conflict over actions that we never got.
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Still here, just a little lost lately...
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