Okay⦠so like⦠I can try and āget intoā Rowanās head, esp. with the mindset of what I donāt know (Iām still on my first read) HOWEVER with the few spoilers I failed to avoidš¤¦āāļø; knowing him & Aelin date, & he seems to be a fan favāļø makes 0% sense right now (esp. when trying to āavoidā further spoilersš
) ⦠I seriously donāt know short of brainwashing (plot or meš) how SJM is going to undo him saying āYou would have been more useful to the world if youād actually died 10 years ago.ā
Like Celaena/Aelin (whichever it isš¤£) was in the wrong with her āFae like you make me understand the King of Adarlanās actions a bit more, I think.ā she even says so āone of the foulest things sheād ever uttered in her lifeā & though I donāt love that he hit her (actually bothers me a lot) but Iāll be generous & say she was trying to get in a fight.
I can even go to a āheās reading her mindā (which I actually really think he might be⦠DIFFERENT POINT) but letās say somehow heās picking points for some āgreater reasonā OR even that he just does NOT understand⦠I gave him that on the coward line (I didnāt even realize how big of a deal it was in CoM until TAB)⦠the whole biting her thing is an issue but one I think gets resolved??? But these comments, this is NOT cute banter, this isnāt just arguing, this is like seriously UNHEALTHY. I love a good enemies to lovers, or a classic SJM āheās not the villainā. Chaol & Dorian arenāt perfect, Celaena/Aelin is also NOT perfect⦠I CAN EVEN GIVE POINTS FOR THAT; he can handle her worst⦠BUT STILL!
Rhysand had a LOT more going for him UTM; & he wasnāt trying to make Feyre suicidal (quite the opposite). Even Helnik (*spoiler alert* yes ā new series mention; I know! rip bbāsš„ŗ just had to reference as a good āenemies to loversā) arenāt constantly trying to destroy the others psyche on a fundamental level⦠And even Celaena is not provoking THAT⦠It just feels like Rowan doesnāt know the āhumanityā portion of it; he canāt tell the line between pushing Celaena & ātough loveā vs waterboarding her with words until she cannot function or possibly piece herself together ever again.
⦠This isnāt a hate post (I really hope it ages terribly & later I can totally change opinions) ⦠but this one is just bothering me & making me worry about taking it/making it āacceptableā.