#morrigan analysis

As soon as she realized that Nesta was opening herself up to Cassian, she felt threatened. And I can 100% get behind that. Because it was realistic. Mor had a LOT at stake in this book and she needs both Az and Cassian to participate in the not-a-love-triangle-love-triangle. So we see Mor go from nice to Nesta, to “shouldn’t you be filling that water bucket?” Like Nesta is so beneath her. And it’s because she can’t let Cassian go. No one likes change. And Mor at that point in the story was realizing that Nesta and Cassian are likely mates and that’s a threat to how she’s kept herself hidden/safe. And Cassian is one of her best friends. We all have moments where we have friends who start dating/seeing someone and we get territorial because we don’t want the dynamic to change. And I think to some degree Mor wanted to protect Cassian from getting his feelings hurt, but she didn’t act that way when Nesta was mean. So to me that change in her behavior was in response to Nesta as a threat to her and Cassian and AZ’s dynamic. And they’re also in a war, and Mor found out Eris was working with Rhys behind her back, and having the make a deal with her father—all that only made her more angry. And then at the war camp it was pretty clear to me that Mor was courting Vivianne’s sister. And that became one more thing to hide.

And I think we can also argue that Mor was to some degree jealous of nessian’s likely mating bond. The war brought up old feelings about the lover she lost. And the descendent she saw who ended up dead. I can tell you RIGHT. NOW. I would have a VERY HARD TIME not being jealous and feeling like my family/support system we’re leaving me. Mor puts on a good “tough girl/I don’t give a damn about my reputation” act. But after this book, it’s very clear that that’s a front to mask what she’s hiding and her insecurities. It was obvious that her “chipper” attitude in ACOMAF was a show, we just weren’t sure to what extent it was a show until this book.