I do not understand how people say they saw Tamlin red flags from the start and then turn around and excuse everything Rhysand does, even his actions towards Nesta and Feyre in ACOSF. Like these people clearly AREN'T capable of seeing red flags, they only see red flags for characters they personally dislike.
Yeah, on my old Tumblr (long gone), I had written a meta about how the narrative of these books is designed to uplift and shut down different characters based on how the author herself sees them, not based on their actions.
Even if Rhys and Tamlin do the same things, the narrative tells you that only one, and not both, of them are wrong for what they've done. It selectively villainizes. Because that's who the narrative, who's its own character at this point lmfao, likes. That's poor storytelling.
These books are like... fae propaganda or some shit.
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Fifth tardis team dvd commentary moments that kill me (with honourary colin baker):
*the doctor walks out in a dressing gown*
Peter Davison: *chanting* sexual awakening sexual awakening sexual awakening
Sarah Sutton: sexual awakening alert
Janet Fielding: personally I'm going to sleep
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The Doctor: "[a steam train]... I always wanted to drive one when I was a boy"
Matthew Waterhouse: DiD yOu ReAllY?? A sTeAm TrAiN?? oN gALLiFrEY???
Everyone else: *losing their shit*
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Peter: what is that you're holding there?
Matthew: my, my belt thing! My rope belt
Peter: ohhhhh, trousers have fallen down
*Adric literally dies in an explosion*
Janet: *about pockets* nothing to put your hands in now!
Matthew: no hands either!
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*the cyberman leader is threatening Tegan*
Peter: oh to hell with it, kill her
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Peter: oh the waitress has just stepped in! Uh should you be sitting down, waitress?
"Waitress" Janet: they're picking on me! I haven't even started yet and you're picking on me!
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Janet: have I just walked into the middle of two saddo middle-aged men talking about who they fancy?
Peter: yep. yep.
Colin Baker: and funnily enough, your name didn't come up
Janet: thank god I haven't had breakfast
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Peter: we've managed to kill off Adric
Sarah: yep, we've dumped Tegan
Peter: and uh, lose Tegan at heathrow airport... Result!!
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Colin: last time I saw you lying on the ground like that, you turned into me!
Peter: fate worse than death Colin
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Janet: *about a piece of set with a green light coming from it* are you cooking something? Nyssa's making a pot of soup
Sarah: cabbage soup!
Janet: broccoli and stilton!
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Janet: I think I was very mean to you on this story Matthew, I took to calling you "boom-boom waterhouse"
Matthew: what?
Peter: *wheezing the whole time*
Sarah: oh yeah, of course and the other one was, "matte-finish"
Janet: *laughing* oh yeah!
Matthew: I don't remember any of this!
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Cyberman in the episode: *about the doctor* "the tall one with the fair hair"
Everyone: *dying*
Janet: and the highlights!
Sarah: the highlights yeah, with the expensive highlights!
Peter: *imitating the cybermen* and the blush on the cheeks
Matthew: *also imitating the cybermen* and the fake tan
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Sarah: That’s the trouble with all this chat, I can’t listen to the programme, find out what’s going on.
Matthew: You’re not missing much.
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Death By a Thousand Cuts but it’s Lucien reminding himself that it’s okay, he’ll be fine eventually. What’s another cut or another heartbreak? He’s survived this long. He’ll be alright. He’s a fox. He’s a gentleman. He’s the jack of all trades that people constantly underestimate. And really, what’s another disappointment? He’ll be fine. He will take all his pain, all his resentment, all that stress, and all that loneliness and yearning and shove it deep, deep down where no one can touch it or see it. He makes sure he dresses well to kill his time and he’s most definitely lost his way home. But he can pretend he’s okay even when he’s not. Even when he’s bleeding from places nobody can see. He’ll be alright, it’s just a thousand cuts.
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