Nesta fans are honestly some of the calmest people in this fandom, which is funny considering how chaotic every other ship side has become lately after the Valkyrie marketing 🤔😅
But something that genuinely fascinates me is the way the fandom talks about Nesta’s role in the future narrative.
Apparently every main ship still has “important future storylines,” every character is secretly the chosen one for something, every theory somehow revolves around Elain, Azriel, Lucien, Bryce, Gwyn, Feyre… or basically anyone else.
And I genuinely do not understand HOW people reached that conclusion when SJM keeps directly tying major narrative elements to Nesta.
Claiming the Dread Trove? Apparently irrelevant now.
Being repeatedly associated with the Mother and fate? Doesn’t matter.
Having one of the strongest reactions to the Prison in the entire series? Nope, that belongs to Bryce now.
Feeling something ancient calling to her from the Prison? Immediately forgotten because Elain mentioned the Prison once.
Bryce literally handing Gwydion to Nesta? Somehow that STILL becomes: “Well actually, the sword is probably for Elain/Azriel/Lucien/Feyre.”
Nesta mastering the Harp, the literal object tied to space, worlds, and reality? Nope, fandom theories immediately reassign that to somebody else too
And this keeps happening over and over again.
Every storyline connected to Nesta gets reframed as setup for another character.
At a certain point, it genuinely starts feeling like part of the fandom sees Nesta less as a protagonist and more as a narrative stepping stone for everyone else.
Which is wild because if NONE of these storylines are actually meant for Nesta… then what exactly is her role in the series supposed to be?
SO WITH ALL THAT IN MIND, I HAVE CREATED THE PERFECT NESTA NARRATIVE:
Honestly, if everyone is so convinced Nesta no longer “needs” an important role, then she should just grab a backpack and go explore the ACOTAR world.
And I’m being completely serious when I say that book would instantly become my favorite in the series.
Just Nesta traveling through Prythian and beyond, wandering through forgotten territories, ancient ruins, abandoned courts, human lands, libraries filled with cursed knowledge, interacting with strange magic, accidentally uncovering terrifying secrets, getting dragged into political disasters against her will, threatening rude men in random taverns, drinking expensive wine she absolutely did not pay for, and discovering how enormous and ancient this world truly is outside Velaris.
Nesta would honestly be the PERFECT character to explore that side of the universe.
She questions things, resists narratives, notices uncomfortable truths, challenges authority, and is naturally drawn toward hidden or dangerous things.
She just needs to make sure Cassian does NOT follow her because that man can somehow turn everything into either a walk of shame or a conversation about himself, and Azriel absolutely cannot pack her travel bag 😭
At this point, Indiana Jones Nesta of Prythian would genuinely be a massive success.
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