#kalias

So this is my headcanon and which country/culture I base each court on. Mostly for myself.

Spring: Tamlin

Traditional: Claymore/ two hand long sword

Due to Spring court being more Welsh/Scottish influenced, the high Lord's traditional weapon is a claymore/heavy two handed sword taking advantage of spring fae's immense strength to cut down enemies like butter.

Preferred: polearm

Tamlin had to hide his power and joined the warband when he was young, despite being a noble born his first weapon was a polearm (halberd, spear, long axe) which is common weapon for soldiers. He can wield any weapon proficiently but prefers polearms. He only started using a two handed sword after becoming a HL training with it constantly.

Summer: Tarquin

Traditional: war club/ leiomano

I based summer on Polynesian, due to being the court of freedom, heat and ocean waves. The traditional weapon of the HL of summer are sharp toothed clubs (leiomano). Rather then rushing, they ride of waves using the momentum to crash skulls.

Preferred: short fishing spear

Tarquin is young and wasn't expected to be the HL, due to this he doesn't have that much experience with weaponry yet and focuses on magic but I headcanon he goes fishing so his preferred weaponry is a short spear that most fishermen typically use.

Autumn: Beron

Traditional: Rapier

I based Autumn court on the French ( late 1700s for reasons). Traditional the court of change believe in beauty but also efficiency so their traditional HL weapon is a one handed rapier. They don't like fighting long, they aim for weak points to end fights quick to let their enemies body rot faster. Their fighting style is very brutal with using flame infused rapier and burning the target from the inside.

Preferred: magic scepter

Beron strikes me as someone who sees fighting as something brutes only do so he focuses more on business and economic. Hence he buys the finest magic scepter gold can buy. The scepter increases his magical powerful allowing him to act as a flame mage in battle.

Winter: Kalias

Traditional: Dane war axe

I based winter court on Danish (snow Queen mythos/Elsa) so the traditional weapon of the HL is a war axe usually enchanted with ice magic. Used to cut through ice like butter and ensure the enemy struggle to heal after being cut/chopped.

Preferred: Dane war axe + knives

Kalias was trained to be HL and does use the axe which is expected of him but he also has experience with knives (Sami people knives).

Dawn: Thesan

Traditional: Chinese piyin/ meteor hammer

Morningstar flail aside from the pun, I based Dawn on ancient China so their weapon is more specifically a piyin (meteor hammer). It's chained flails are enchanted allowing complicated movement to ensnare and damage enemies fitting with the court with the most complex automation.

Preferred: Spear

my headcanon, thesan and his male lover constantly train. Due to his lover being a peregrine Fae, Thesan's preferred weapon is a spear. The weapon of the peregrine Fae.

Day: Helion

Traditional: Spartan spear and shield

due to his aesthetic I tie day court with ancient Rome and Egypt. The high Lord's traditional weapon is a spear and circular shield similar to the Spartans offering decent offense and defense capabilities.

Preferred: khopesh sword and light shield

Helion is considered the smartest or most book smart high lord. He knew that a spear while good isn't well in close quarters combat so he opted to train with a khopesh and uses a lighter shield enchanting them both strengthen his blows. His fighting style is adaptable switching between offense and defense to match his opponent.

Night: Rhysand

Traditional: bastard sword

using darkness to blind and mess with the opponents perception, the high Lord's traditional weapon is a bastard sword. It's a light weight sword that's adaptable to one hand or two hand swings which confuses enemies further.

Preferred: one handed sword/ Illyrian daggers

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Them Night Court boys

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Them Spring Court boys

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Them Day Court boys

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Them Autumn boys

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Them human boys

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Them good good'Dawn boys

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Them Winter boys

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Them Summer boys, they wanna fuck too 😂

First Kiss: Gwynriel

First Fight: Elucien

First “I love You.”: Nessian

Moving in together: Azris

Favorite Trope: Viviane and Kallis

What Comes Next: Helion and Lady of the Autumn Court

I don't support Tamlin in all the attitudes he's had throughout the series. But I also don't think he deserves all this "hate culture" that most readers throw at him. The Tamlin we see ourselves in the events of ACOTAR is kind, caring (a little overprotective, but I believe it was because of the moment when Feyre, who is a human, was in her turf, and creatures like bogge and attor were after her). But, of course, Tamlin ends up making mistakes in the first book of the series, and ends up making big mistakes in the second book, since, in ACOMAF, we see a Tamlin that gets, in a way, aggressive and controlling, and this ended up causing me a doubt about this character that, at first, gave me such a certain and true image, but later, it seemed to show the real and sudden proposal of the author who wanted to do everything to make Feyre and Rhysand stay together, the that was his plan from the start.

I confess that the Tamlin I saw in ACOMAF took me by surprise. I would constantly talk to some people and see them using Tamlin's overprotectiveness in ACOTAR as a harbinger.  I've seen people say that his charm and affectionate manner was just a ploy to get Feyre to trust him, whether for the sole purpose of breaking the curse or with the intention of making her his, and his alone, until the end ( in a somewhat impulsive and abusive way). These points were pretty valid for considering how Tamlin "regressed" into the figure he turned out to be (this is all just my opinion, guys!), but I've also seen that Sarah J. Maas doesn't give us an insight into the months after Under The Mountain. Basically, she gives us the vision of ACOTAR's Tamlin, who loves Feyre enough to send her back home instead of facing Amarantha, and then she gives ACOMAF's Tamlin, who won't let the feyre out of the house of Spring Court.

However, I also saw that the characters that appeared in ACOMAF also failed in several ways (as did Rhysand, since his appearance in ACOTAR), and they revealed a few points that made me question whether Tamlin, in fact, deserved all the blame.

Although Tamlin made mistakes, the other characters did too, like Rhysand who goes from villain to savior with a somewhat convenient story to explain all his flaws and his behavior in ACOTAR and Under The Mountain (as if Feyre didn't even dance, while drugged, between his legs and he didn't even apologize about it afterwards).

I'm not saying I don't like feysand, on the contrary, I love seeing them as a couple. But come to think of it, as the book is from Feyre's point of view, it's easy to get carried away by her feelings about the whole situation she's been through. But, let's try to do what Feyre didn't, and let's review what Tamlin went through during the events of ACOTAR and ACOMAF. From the start, obviously, Tamlin had put up with Amarantha for fifty years, and while it wasn't as bad as Rhysand or Kallias or Tarquin, he still had to put up with her. Furthermore, he was even forced to watch Amarantha break Feyre piece by piece Under The Mountain, and cannot interfere as Rhysand repeatedly drugs her and parades her like a cheap whore. And finally, he has to see Feyre die. His getting her back after all this, while trying to deal with her own trauma, suddenly makes it seem somewhat understandable why he won't let Feyre out of the Spring Court's house, or let her fight. He's already lost her once, he's afraid of losing her again.

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