The Heart of Spring

I need Americans to understand that Illyria is a real place in Europe. It is in the Balkans and is in modern day Albania.

All I said was Rhys and his batboys haven’t never been with Illyrian females sexually. This was on the topic of Feyre culturally appropriating Illyrian women and using Azriels wings as a prop. And I said I will blame Rhys who is already a sexual deviant to want to have this fetishization of flying and fuvking.

If my saying that the batboys haven’t had relations with Illyrian females means I don’t like them then it’s fucking dumb af. Yes I don’t like Rhys but I am not blind to see the social systems of Illyrians. People don’t like Nesta yet they have shipped her with Tamlin. People don’t like Tamlin they have shipped him with Rhys sister. How is this very reasonable theory a bad one? I have already talked about this in-depth on a reblog but again the Illyrian females are not easily accessible. Per my reading and understanding

Many cultures in our real world don’t give their women access to foreign men or the being with another who has a bad rep to taint their women. These females are shunned or killed for even going outside the culture. Peoples world views should start expanding beyond where they live or else things like this will fly over their heads. I’ve heard stories of caste systems, religion etc getting couples killed.

Cassian mother was an obvious example. With Illyrian women you either marry or become a prostitute and your children becoming bastards.

Illyrian pregnancies were also male Illyrians to another female fae which put these females to death, never the other way around.

The way they subjugate their females, what makes you think you can just waltz in and get one? They are also not even regarded as high fae.

We truly do have a lot of material to come to such a conclusion.

If you agree, please examine why and try to think about how you fell into a trap that’s historically been used to justify the mistreatment of other ethnic groups

How do you call people “a wild ethnic group” and “primitive” and not see how that’s an issue???

To see people say this and argue that she’s not using the “savage dark-skinned poc” because the bat boys are also Illyrian is ridiculously lazy and stupid. The three bat boys constantly emphasize how different they are of the Illyrians and disapproving of their ways, they are meant to be the OUTLIERS.

If you want to say it’s just fiction or poorly written, than you’re going to have to let people critique it for what it is??? Poorly written???

You can’t use the text point blank saying that they’re primitive and then get mad at someone calling the text an issue 😭

ACOTAR fan try to not kiss Sarah’s ass and acknowledge when you might be wrong challenge: failed

Rhysand’s actions under the mountain are a good example of this trope done wrong, because there are very few points where the threat of harm to Feyre genuinely justifies the harm he inflicts upon her. For example, Feyre could have reasonably stayed in her jail cell and remained safe without Rhysand’s intervention, which ultimately, caused her more harm than was necessary. Many fans try to justify his actions by claiming that he was sparing her from the horrors she might witness UTM, but that simply isn’t substantiated by the evidence we’re given. We’re never given a substantial reason that requires drugging and fondling Feyre for nights on end to save her from greater harm. It is never established what might have happened to Feyre had Rhysand not intervened, and the reader is given no reason to think that Feyre would have suffered more had she remained in her cell.

The most blatant example of this however, is when he uses physical force to coerce her into agreeing to a contract that serves his interests. He did not have to twist her broken arm or frighten her into signing the contract, he could’ve just healed her because Feyre beating Amarantha was ultimately beneficial to everyone. Nobody told him to do that and it is never established why he *needed* to hurt her in order to protect her.

Like it just felt undue to me? Idk

The whole “Feyre is a Night Court spy in the Spring Court, we’re so cool and strategic 😈” was always so meh to me anyway, cause like Tamlin let her in on good will; y’all didn’t really get the drop on him, you basically just used his trust and lied. Up until then, he saw Feyre as a trustworthy person, and I don’t think it’s stupid to trust a woman who helped save all of Prythian, especially when they’re praised as super moral and charitable by the narrative and fans 🤷‍♀️

After the kelpie/bog scene if he would have said, Hey, ya know, I know you want to have sex and you have that right. But I don't want to be a part of your self destructive habits while you are still healing. I mean, you said you didn't care if it hurt you and that sounds like a pretty big red flag to me. Let's wait until you're in a better headspace, huh. What do you think?

You won’t convince me that it was actually Rhysand all along who wanted the book & he needed a way to get it & when Tarquin became HL he found his way. The way Rhysand kept saying that Tarquin was new & untested, the way he was adamant that Feyre NOT tell or ask Tarquin for help, told me everything I needed to know.

The way Tarquin genuinely wanted an alliance & maybe even a friendship & they screwed him & his court over.

The way Hybern wasn’t even interested in the book until he found out Rhysand had taken it from The Summer Court.

How does one go from sleeping with someone in a barn to describing taverns as "seedy"? How bad were these taverns? Are we talking like the Salty Spitoon? Or were they simply just not Rita's, which is no doubt the Bel Air Country Club of Velaris, with dancing.