#anti-feyre

[yykh22]

Anti-Acotar series rant

Like the title says, if you are not "anti"-acotar fan then don't read nor comment meaningless hate.

Also, this is really long so don't force yourself to read everything if you don't/can't.

In a previous post I said I would talk about the female characters of acotar and how f*cking wasted their potential was...Well here it is for our beloved MC : Feyre Archeron!(Girl got her character thrown out to uplift an abuser a.k.a Rhysand)

First, let us talk about how her character was supposed to be written:

Feyre is a young adult (19 years old in my country is older than the official adult age.) who takes down a big villain and saves the day as a powerful mortal girl because of the power of love (Don't get it wrong I have nothing against love and such) but it wasn't that bad because she actually used her skills to defeat the villain. After that, everything goes to sh*t...She falls out of love after her man gets abusive (Logical response tbh) but she gets with one of her previous abuser UTM? Honestly, it was nice when she hated him because she had all the reasons to,like Rhysand forced her into a bargain under the threat that she would likely die and after one book of brainwashing and manipulations she suddenly loves him? Nah, it does not make any sense...Now, after all that brainwashing and such, she supposed to have turned into a badass MC with no independence? Hell no, I don't know how the actual f*ck (I'm swearing a lot and I apologize but I'm very mad about this) this is supposed to work 'cause : If you want to write a "badass" character, you need to make that character evolve and mature and change to become truer to themselves. No character is badass if the only thing they can do is endanger people and abuse them. Overall,(I could go on about this), Feyre was supposed to be written as badass but really she became a bad ass. (Ik this ain't funny but I couldn't help myself). Second, let's talk about her backstory and her actual character: Look, when I read the scene of the cabin, I honestly stopped functioning like a decent human being and overlooked one of the major annoying thing about that small arc. It is actually pretty funny because I, myself, know how the breadwinner doesn't do everything. I'm not poor,in fact I'm supposedly rich(This is getting personal) but that doesn't mean I have servants that clean the damn house. I know how f*cking important cleaning chores can be and how most people attribute these chores as "feminine" and "traditional" because society has always put these things as "female" work when it's simply work you need to do to live in a sanitary environnement. I don't think gender is supposed to have much to do with it, at least not in this age. It should have infuriated me how SMJ dismissed the active work the other sisters must have done to keep the cabin in a "good" shape (Not like you can blame them if they are not super good, since they used to be literal nobles.) but I actually got immersed in her sexist narrative that I believed Feyre when she said that her sisters did "nothing". Here is a link to a really well-explained post about this : https://www.tumblr.com/nightlyteaandpaper/724151253254455297/unseen-labor-exploring-the-undervalued?source=share

Now for her character that had SO much potential and how her story could have impacted the story she is supposedly the main character of:

Feyre, at first, was a savage(this is not derogatory) and defensive person, which is understandable when you know she didn't get that much support from her family,(Yes her sisters took care of the cabin, doesn't necessarily mean they were supportive towards Feyre and she wasn't supportive towards them either just to be clear), and she basically was the breadwinner of her family for years. This is a lot for a young adult who was stripped away from their fortune and had no prior skills to survive. It's why I liked Feyre at first and one scene that proves that despite the non-discussed and bad family dynamic, she still loved her family or at least appreciated them? Is the scene who starts the whole discord of the first book, Tamlin appearance! This scene proved that despite her anger towards her sisters, Feyre still considered them her sisters and even her father. (SN: While their relationship wasn't the happy-family type, it certainly wasn't as abusive as her romantic relationships). After that, we can see Feyre slowly adapt to her new environment and the new relationship dynamics she encounters (her and Lucien had such good friendship scenes) without losing sense of who she is but we do see her struggle with abandoning her family and such, until Tamlin assures her that they are well taken care of. (Tamlin was real for doing the minimum for his "guest", plus it was a good way to make her more comfortable to stay). After the UTM is where Feyre's character got slowly brainwashed, being forced to stay with an assh*le and manipulator should not have felt like romance building up. I understand how she felt less confined (despite still being stuck just elsewhere) because at that point, Tamlin had let his trauma and issues from the first book, hinder their relationship. Plus, the Spring court was busy recovering. One particular scene that had a lot of potential for her growth was the tithe scene. Feyre, who is now treated like a hero 'cause she is, feels empathy for wraiths who are basically starving and helps them despite what Tamlin says. Look, that scene put a lot of emphasis on Feyre's great empathy skills and it is understandable from her POV how unjust the tithe feels but it could have also been a great "prep" scene for how she would come to love and adapt to her new world/gain more knowledge on politics and economics . Because, I'm gonna be clear, I do not like the fact that Feyre became High Lady and did not have classes on like politcs and economics or even just etiquettes to help her. Instead, she is out there painting and doing nothing and don't misunderstand, I wouldn't mind if she painted or anything but to do that instead of learning how to become a ruler to a court is ridiculous. Rhysand basically made her his trophy wife and I hate, absolutely hate, it. Why did we get s*x scenes instead of character growth? Couldn't SMJ include one part,even a tiny sentence, mentioning Feyre learning to become High Lady? No? An another thing that pisses me off is how instead of saying she's getting corrupted by a bunch of losers, SMJ makes us believe they are right? The whole ass chapters in Summer court had too much potential and none of it was used for actual character development. WHY? The least we had was a crappy scene showing Rhysand's trust issues and regrets? I get he is the main love interest but what about Feyre? She is supposed to be the MC not Rhysand. Like why did Feyre not have a more opposing reaction to Rhysand's lying tactics? ACOTAR and Pre-middle ACOMAF Feyre hates dishonesty but just because it's Rhysand and because Rhysand doesn't trust Tarquin, then all of a sudden it is okay to lie and stuff? Why did Feyre not go against Rhysand's order and simply asked Tarquin for the artifact (ngl I don't remember why they went there for...). She went against Tamlin and Lucien's orders but when it's Rhysand she can't? That's all I can remember from the books so I won't add anything else...But I will say Feyre didn't deserve to be thrown out for a overgrown and immature bat.

Overall, Feyre had a great start but ended up being thrown aside for an abusive old perverted bat. I hate it and I'm doing justice for her in a nice fanfic.

(Comment if you think about other examples)

#anti ic #acotar #rant post #she had so much potential #why #she deserved better #anti-feyre #pro-feyre #this is my opinion #criticisim about a huge aspect of writing a book

[theoriginalsuki]

It's dawned on me (yeah, I'm slow) that while Feyre is written by the author to be a reliable narrator, the text actually shows otherwise. Hence my deep confusion and dissatisfaction with these stories.

And yet, there is so much potential there. The introduction of Rhys was interesting, and in ACOTAR, he's clearly a villain, but a villain with redemption-potential, which always holds my interest. Then in ACOMAF, his entire character is ret-conned, and it turns out that that person of complex and objectionable morality was a mask and that he is secretly always right as well as being the most powerful person ever. So instead of forcing him through a redemption arc, the author just sort of hand-waves away his bad behaviour and its feels totally unearned.

#anti-Feyre #anti-Rysand #anti-Feysand #I have opinions

[aprill-99]

How it started *Under the Mountain*:

Feyre: “So that’s the love of my life.”

Rhys: “Really? Tamlin? That guy?”

Feyre: “Yeah. Thoughts?”

Rhys: “And prayers. Girl what-”

Where it went *Early ACOWAR*:

Feyre: “So this is my mate.”

Lucien: “Really? Your mate is that guy?? Rhysand???”

Feyre: “Yeah. Thoughts?”

Lucien: “And Prayers. Girl what-”

#incorrect quotes #incorrect acotar quotes #acotar #acowar #feyre acotar #feyre cursebreaker #tamlin #rhys acotar #rhysand #feysand #lucien vanserra #Lucien must be so tired by that point I can’t even #is it any surprise Rhys throws shade with his powers? #Lucien’s reaction showing up in the Night Court will never not be funny to me #yup this is how it happened #this is how that scene went right? #NOT an anti-post but for some reason people think it is?? #nothing but love here for all guys #this is a joke #I do not do ship wars here #please no negativity #if you’re going to reblog with tags keep them positive

[kataraavatara]

these were a little too real for tiktok. maybe someday…

#carly’s pro nesta propaganda #nesta deserves better #feyre critical #anti inner circle #anti ic #anti nessian #anti cassian

[lorcandidlucienwill]

The stupid Inner Circle never told Lucien about the dangers of Feyre’s pregnancy because he wouldn’t have even tried to keep it in out of fear like Nesta, this man is unhinged. He told Amarantha to go back to the shit-hole she crawled out of then came back and defied her again and again. He would’ve dipped and told Feyre as soon as he found out there was a chance of Feyre dying. Then he would’ve gone to Dawn and sought the advice of every damn healer. He probably would’ve even risked telling Tamlin if the Dawn court healers had no advice. That’s just the kind of guy he is.

#lucien vanserra #pro lucien vanserra #anti inner circle #anti rhysand #anti ic #feyre archeron

[spacerockfloater]

“I once told you I would fight against tyranny, against that sort of evil. Did you think you were enough to turn me from that?”

What a strong, gut wrenching statement from Tamlin. I’d get up and winnow my ass back to Velaris if I was Feyre.

#pro tamlin #tamlin #acotar #acowar #feyre archeron #anti feysand #anti rhysand #rhysand #anti feyre

[aelingalathyniusrailme]

acotar stans

nesta stan’s: can’t decide whether they hate rhys or cassian more

feyre stan’s: would murder nesta if they could

elain stans: *cough cough elriel* *cough cough self insert*

rhys stans: *I simply choose to ignore what I don’t want to see*

cassian stans: idk maybe have like a man bun fetish

azriel stans: he has no personality but it’s ok because he has a big dick

mor stans: mor 👏 did 👏 not 👏 lie 👏 about 👏 her 👏 trauma 👏 you 👏 just 👏 think 👏 eris 👏 is 👏 hot

amren stans: we exist?

gwyn stans: protect her with everything they have

emerie stans: she likes smut and is gay if you hate her thats on you

hellion stans: on their knees begging sjm for a hellion x lady of autumn novella

lucien stans: he caught a fish with his bare hands, there is nothing else to say

#nesta archeron #feyre archeron #elain archeron #rhysand #gwyn berdara #cassian #emerie #azriel #mor #amren #lucien vanserra #eris vanserra #hellion #acotar #nessian #gwynriel #feysand #elucien #anti e/riel

[hereathemoment]

I just remembered that Cassian sat across from Mor sipping tea while she talked about how Nesta should be in a dungeon or being tortured by being locked up in hewn city and he’s just there blown the fuck away by Mor’s beauty AND THEN LATER she winnows to Illyria where Cassian is training, ogles him and talks to Nesta about how she’ll never deserve him and how attractive he is

Nesta stood up for Cassian during the high lord meeting, in front of EVERYBODY and he can’t take his family aside and tell them to stop starting fights with her? He’ll stand in front of Mor when Eris is around but sit by and do nothing when Rhys threatens Nesta’s life?

He. Does. Not. Love. Her. Funny also that his attitude changed toward her after the war when she was taking other men to her bed. Sjm made her sleep around out of character so that nessian can have hate sex but sjm still virtue signals feminism as if Cassian in acowar wasn’t calling her sweetheart and Cassian in acomaf didn’t wipe away her tears in front of the queens and everyone. He promised her time together as his would-be last words. But then sjm writes that Nesta uses sex to cope and now all-of-a-sudden Cassian is telling her that everybody fucking hates her and that he never asked to be shackled to her. Making it clear she can only use sex as a coping mechanism if it’s sex WITH HIM.

Suddenly he’s not understanding. Suddenly he isn’t gentle with her. No, now he’s an incel who locks Nesta up until she caves and sleeps with him.

It’s hard to imagine a being with wings, who flies in the air, would want to confine his MATE to a house she can’t escape from. Azriel, too, was locked up as a boy and then acts as a prison guard against her? And for Feyre to be the one to do it when she was supposedly traumatized when Tamlin locked her in his mansion? I understand why elain packed her clothes and sent her on her way— she’s the type to save herself and if she sided with Nesta she’d be locked up alongside her.

I’m just saying, ACOSF is a lot to unpack and I’m still processing my shock and disgust years later. I truly can’t believe it happened.

#also the fact that Nesta can’t winnow is insane because she was super powerful and a high fae like there’s no reason she shouldn’t have #been able to except to keep her locked up in Velaris where Rhys and Feyre have access to her power #nesta deserves better #anti acosf #anti inner circle #anti sjm #anti mor #anti cassian

[achaotichuman]

Human Nesta would shake Nessian Nesta by the shoulders screaming "What the fuck is wrong with you???!!!!"

Human Feyre would be drawing her bow trying to shoot Feysand Feyre just so she would never become her.

Human Elain would look at Elucien Elain and be like, "Nice."

#acotar #elain archeron #pro elain archeron #nesta archeron #pro nesta archeron #feyre archeron #pro feyre archeron #anti nessian #anti feysand #pro elucien #anti rhysand #anti cassian #anti ic #anti acosf #anti acomaf #anti acowar #acotar headcanons #acotar au #elucien

[stargirlie25]

The Suriel:

The house of wind:

The Shadows:

#pro gwynriel #anti elriel #elucien #gwynriel #pro elucien #pro elain #pro gwyn #acotar #anti e/riel #pro lucien #feysand #feyre archeron #feyre acotar #rhysand #nessian #pro nessian #cassian #pro cassian

[lunamond]

He had me dance until I was sick, and once I was done retching, told me to begin dancing again.

A Court of Thorns and Roses, Chapter 39

Based on this post by @decadentpostnacho

#acotar #a court of thorns and roses #feyre archeron #anti feysand #anti rhysand #anti sjm #feyre deserves better #in the beginning i also tried to draw the bat but then decided i don't want to draw him #feyre should have her trauma portrayed without the bat having to be centered

[whitedemon-ladydeath]

feyre: I cannot believe I do EVERYTHING all By my Self. my sisters and their Smooth Hands 🙄😒

feyre: cannot cook, does not put any thought to the daily chores required for home upkeep and says she spends all her time hunting so it leaves unanswered questions regarding housework and cooking

nesta: can cook. was groomed from birth to be a Wife and a matriarch. chops wood

the Fandom, refusing to believe that maybe, just maybe Feyre is an unreliable narrator: I cannot believe feyre has to do EVERYTHING all By her Self

#a court of thorns and roses #acotar #sjm critical #nesta archeron #anti feyre archeron

[keepittoyourshelf]

Rhysand is NOT morally grey, for fuck’s sake. I’m tired of the amount of people that jump to say “rHySaNd!!!” any time someone asks for recs for morally grey villains. I will downvote that shit on Reddit, idc. I’m petty and it’s just an incorrect statement.

Actual morally grey characters would include Kaz Brekker, Lestat de Lioncourt, maybe even Cardan Greenbriar. They don’t have an excuse or explanation for literally every single wrong thing they’ve done in their entire lives.

Rhysand, if anything, is morally brown, because his morals are shit and so is he.

#anti rhysand #anti feysand #anti sjm #anti feyre #pro tamlin #anti inner circle #anti acotar #sjm critical

[copypastus]

Feyre's selective hearing is the origin of my villain arc.

#my art #acotar #acotar fanart #rhysand #feyre archeron #feysand #acomaf #anti feyre #anti sjm #rhys killed his tamily too feyre! #that was a pretty important part of that story! #he melted his brother's brains! #his dad killed tamlin's mom even tho he promised him he wouldn't #wow what are the odds tamlin went through something similar when rhys's mom and sister got killed #rhys wasn't there #AND NO ONE BOTHERS TO ASK HIM #srsly tho i get it she's fully on board the tamlin hate train at this point #but the way she twists every little thing the man does to be him being an asshole on purpose is just >_> #tamlin did nothing wrong ever in his life

[imnotoverlyobsessive]

Feyre: if you take me from my mate, I’ll destroy your court and everything you hold dear

Tamlin: takes Feyre from her mate

Feyre: destroys his court and everything he holds dear

Tamlin:

#shut up maggie #acotar #a court of thorns and roses #a court of mist and fury #a court of wings and ruin #feyre archeron #feyre cursebreaker #feyre x rhysand #feysand #pro feyre #feyre acotar #high lady feyre #feyre darling #rhysand #rhys acotar #tamlin #anti tamlin

[lorcandidlucienwill]

The most disturbing things portrayed in ACOTAR

Victim-blaming: Lucien tries to help Feyre and gets physically abused by Tamlin as a result. Feyre then proceeds to call him a dog despite Lucien doing everything he could in a difficult situation. And we're supposed to...support Feyre on this? And Rhysand throws around words like "can never forgive" man stfu you prick.

Sexual Assault: The most disturbing thing is not that Rhysand sexually assaulted Feyre. It's that he's never held accountable for this and never even apologizes at ANY point in the series. There are so many examples but this is the one that is the most disturbing.

Double Standards: We have Tamlin locking Feyre up for her own good being vilified, yet Rhysand is championed for locking Lucien and Nesta up in houses for their own good. Huh? WTF.

War Crimes: What Feyre did to the Spring Court, manipulating the sentries with the whole Ianthe thing and basically getting them killed, then weakening the Spring Court rulership which resulted in all those villagers in the Spring Court getting killed, then laying the Summer Court bare to Hybern as well, are nothing short of war crimes. And...instead of feeling regret, we have the main characters saying "Hybern's actions are their own." Like bitch what? Hybern wouldn't have been able to do shit if it wasn't for you! Have some damn accountability! And the fact that Tamlin and Tarquin are vilified for this never ceases to irk me.

Grooming: Rhysand groomed Feyre. He made excuses for everything he did with trauma, then sent Feyre out to do tasks for him like she's some kind of weapon he can use. WITHOUT giving her proper information, there is no choice. And everything he does is constantly explained away, until eventually Feyre becomes his trophy wife. Rhysand basically assigns Cassian to do the same for Nesta. I'm holding out hope that Elain will be saved from the Night Court.

The pregnancy debacle: the whole thing with the baby having wings and Rhysand withholding information from Feyre is just...disturbing. Idc if you're not telling her FoR hEr OwN gOoD, it is HER life at stake and she deserves to know. They didn't even try to shapeshift her to try and save her life? Like why is everybody seemingly more concerned about the baby than the mother? Disgusting. And why is Nesta vilified for being the only one to tell Feyre? She said it to hurt her, blah blah blah. She also wanted to show Feyre that their situations are similar. That they're BOTH being shit on by the Night Court. And when she's close to a breaking point...Nesta is forced to hike a mountain? That is physical abuse. Also, Rhysand being extremely territorial putting a shield over her and barely letting Feyre go anywhere is beyond weird.

Suicide baiting: What Rhysand did to Tamlin in ACOFAS is nothing short of suicide baiting. And...only Lucien seems to really be that concerned about it? Like...are you telling me I'm supposed to be supporting Rhysand after he basically told a depressed male to kill himself?

Segregation: Separating the Hewn City from Velaris IS segregation, no matter what excuse you try to come up with. You can't claim they're all shitty people, since your bestie Mor comes from the CoN. So, there are good people stuck in the CoN unable to get out of their torment because Rhysand decided that only certain individuals are allowed in Velaris.

Performance Feminism: Establishing laws to help women and not doing shit to enforce them is performance feminism. If he's as powerful as he says, he can 100% stop wing-cutting and r*pe. But, he's a goddamn virtue signaler so he doesn't fucking care. The thing is, SJM could've handled these topics in a much better way and it would've been fine. But she completely fucked shit up here and it's crazy that some people don't see it. Part of me is still waiting for the final book where she says, psych rhysand was the villain the whole time. If so, I'll take everything back.

#lucien vanserra #pro lucien vanserra #pro nesta archeron #nesta archeron #tamlin #feyre archeron #anti rhysand #anti feysand #anti nessian #anti inner circle #anti ic #anti e/riel #sjm critical #pro tamlin