Maasverse Thoughts

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I’ve had this thought for a long time but if Tamlin had a child, I imagine their name would be Eros because that child would be made with the love Tamlin has always wanted to give and receive and is the family he never had. He’d do everything in his power to raise that child completely differently from the way his father raised him. A child being named after love itself would be healing I think. Plus I associate the name with roses which fits the Spring Court aesthetic so well.

So apparently I got tagged by @senu102929 to list 5 of my favorite female and 5 of my favorite male characters. Thank you very much bestie 🙂‍↕️

I’m going to do this based on the romantasy books I’ve been reading since this is a romantasy blog.

5 Favorite Female characters:

Rosalina O’Connell - She is literally me 😂 I love that she’s not your typical stick skinny heroine but is curvy with a soft belly. She’s cute and a bookworm and I love everything about her. Out of all the romantasy books I’ve read, she deserves to number 1 spot more than anyone. She’s also in a reverse harem and deserves it cause she’s caring and builds a genuine relationship with each of the guys. She’s the “Belle” character I’ve always wanted and I want to be her

Nesta Archeron - I love Nesta and think she deserves better. She’s hardly a bitch like people claim and she could be meaner. I relate to her trauma and the abuse she faced. I love her relationship with her friends and honestly, she’s my favorite female character in ACOTAR and the only Archeron sister I love fully. I’m bummed her romance didn’t turn out well but that’s SJM for you.

Hypaxia Enador - I love her concept and kinda hate that she was dropped at Ruhn’s love interest but given SJM’s track record with romance, it’s for the best. I love a witch character and I think her backstory about being basically raised by ghosts to be so cool. I’ve always been excited for every scene she’s in and her friendship with Tharion is so cute.

Rhiannon Matthias - My bisexual queen! I started out liking Violet cause she’s smart but as I continue the book, Rhiannon has become my favorite character because she’s a loyal friend and cool character. I love that she’s not doing this spiritual purity crap that happens to the heroines and has hook ups and relationships like a normal person. I don’t ship her with anyone but I love seeing her on scene having the time of her life.

Emerie of Illyria - She’s basically everything the fandom claims Elain is but I just adore her more. She runs her own shop, has a vegetable garden, reads smutty romance novels, cooks and is strong in her own right while still being feminine. Her friendship with Nesta and Gwyn is adorable and I honestly want more of her, she’s so underrated. I also love her voice in the graphic audio and thinks her having a cute feminine voice really suits her.

5 Favorite Male characters:

Tamlin - My favorite throughout the entire ACOTAR series and no one can change my mind. I already love the Beauty and the Beast thing and he is my Beast. Writes poetry, plays the fiddles, and is built like a god? Hell yes. I also really relate to the abuse Tamlin faced and see him as a victim in the narrative. He really does deserve better and all I can ask for is he gets to be happy and rule Spring again.

Lucien Vanserra - Became my favorite right next to Tamlin the second he came on screen. I love his sarcasm and banter. I like that he’s born in Autumn but lives in Spring cause my favorite season is Autumn and I’m born during Spring. His story is one of the most interesting and I think he also deserves better. I’m excited to see where things go for him. I hope we get more on him and Jesminda, him and Tamlin, and him and the Band of Exiles. I also hope we get more of the kind of wit and sharp tongue he had in book 1.

Ithan Holstrom - My sweet boy! 🥰 I have a weakness for wolf boys and I love what a sweet dork Ithan is. He reminds of what I imagine a young Tamlin would be like in a way after seeing him impulsively free 3 enslaved fire sprites and a dragon from the Astronomer. His relationship with Tharion, Flynn, and Dec is the best and I honestly just need more of him.

Liam Mairi - Golden boy playing knight is so cute. He sounds gorgeous and I love how he carves little figures. His loyalty is one of his best qualities and Violet is an idiot for not sleeping with him when she had the chance.

Farron - Another Autumn boy, what can I say? He’s sweet, smart, and I love how feral he secretly is underneath his gentleman exterior. His romances with Dayton and Rosalina make me emotional. Half way through Prince of the Arena and I swear, I am in love with this nerd. I wanna hold him forever.

Ngl, choosing only 5 male character was extremely hard cause there’s so many more characters I adore.

Taglist if you want to do it…

Honestly, I do not believe Tamlin has ever abused Lucien.

Lucien is the only character consistently on Tamlin’s side and still defends him.

The only time Tamlin has raised a hand against Lucien was under coercion from Amarantha, it was not Tamlin’s will.

Lucien has never blamed Tamlin for anything, in fact when Tamlin sent Lucien’s things to the Band of Exile’s manor, Lucien specifically blames Rhysand who had been suicide baiting Tamlin.

They’ve gotten into fights, but so have the Bat Boys. Lucien has never said a bad word about Tamlin in those moments, only Feyre has assumed shit she never witnessed.

Tamlin is Lucien’s best friend and the closest thing to a true brother he has. Stop trying to put him against the person he cares about.

Lucien is not part of the Inner Circle, they treat him like crap. They are not his friends. Like Nesta, he’s just a tool to those people.

Lucien’s friends are Tamlin, Jurian, and Vassa.

People who HAVE abused Lucien though?

Beron is known for torturing his own sons and had Jesminda executed in front of Lucien.

Amarantha gouged out Lucien’s eye for disrespecting her and used as a tool to hurt and coerce Tamlin.

Ianthe SAed Lucien on Calanmai and sexually harassed him multiple times.

Feyre used Lucien in a sexual manner after he confided in her about Ianthe’s SA of him in order to put a wedge between him and Tamlin. She nearly left Lucien to get raped again because she didn’t really care but remembered Rhysand. She purposely ruined Lucien’s reputation and admitted he was collateral damage. She left Lucien wet and dirty in the foyer to sit while she fucked Rhysand. She made fun of his friends when he refused to stay in Velaris.

Rhysand is responsible for Lucien losing his home for a time, said so by Lucien himself.

Azriel actively wants to kill him for being Elain’s mate and nothing more. Lucien has literally done nothing to him besides exist.

If you care about Lucien and want to be mad, be mad at the ones who actually have harmed Lucien.

Tamlin is Lucien’s friend and if he felt otherwise, he wouldn’t still defend and care for Tamlin the way he does. They even do Winter Solstice together still.

While I don’t like Nessian in ACOSF but do like them prior in previous books, if SJM thinks Nesta’s imprisonment was a form of rehab, I don’t think she understands what rehab is. The fact that Feysand knew it would end with Cassian having sex with Nesta destroys the point of it being about Nesta’s recovery and more of a forced matchmaking. It’s disappointing that Cassian doesn’t see the manipulation for what it is and becomes a participant instead of courting her properly outside of this when she has freedom.

But really, if doctors and staff in rehab centers were having sex with patients, that’d be a major violation. Nothing about Nesta’s imprisonment says rehab. So either SJM did no research on people with addiction, Nesta never had an addiction, or SJM is fetishizing something really messed up.

Reminder that Tamlin is also a victim!

He was abused by his father and brothers since childhood to the point that he joined the military to get away.

He was pursued by a predator since he was young and his father facilitated it by bringing Tamlin to see Amarantha. Amarantha tried coercing Tamlin into being her lover for centuries. You know if she’s willing to SA Rhysand, she 1000% SAed Tamlin UTM even if it wasn’t on screen. It’s unlikely she let him refuse her for months.

Feyre abused Tamlin in ACOWAR when she baited him into having a panic attack knowing it’d destabilize his magic in order to ruin his reputation. That is emotional and mental abuse. She manipulated him and took joy in it, causing the deaths and abuse of hundreds at the hands of Hybern.

Ianthe took advantage of Tamlin when he was vulnerable after 50 years of trauma to manipulate him and his court and betrayed him when she stole the Archeron sisters for Hybern.

Rhysand verbally and emotionally abuses Tamlin constantly, even baiting a suicidal Tamlin towards harming himself.

You may not like Tamlin but he’s just as much of a victim as other characters. He is not some cartoonishly evil bad guy. He is hurt and broken too.

Listening to more Big Time Rush songs and I keep imagining the ACOTAR and CC men as a boy band 😂

So the song “Any Kind of Guy” by BTR made me think of Tamlin and his shapeshifting abilities 🤭 Any kind of lover you want, he will adapt and you know you’re in for a good time.