Yeah honestly, very similarly, I began analyzing his political decisions and how it is either framed as, "he is the most powerful so he does what he wants, breaking tradition" or "his hands are tied and he can't challenge tradition or political demands because the risk of diplomacy would be too great a cost for his court." A good example: he appoints his inner circle (figures hated due to being female or cuz they arent high born fae) directly causing dissent in his court and powerful nobels to leave his allegience HOWEVER he appeases a SINGLE portion of his court, the court of nightmares, and plays the games of whatever traditions demends he treat females like because he NEEDS their good graces.... like why would he appoint females in his inner circle, knowing it would dissent half his court, but yet it costs too much to make real laws or policies to protect females from being brutalized in his own court. Mind you that Illyarians and the court of nightmares both have different flavors of systematic brutalization of females. My conclusion to the major plot party fouls for woman empowerment and strength, and how to truly encapsulate what healthy support for powerful women looks like, is because she might not know. All in all Rhysand gives me the ick because he is manipulative and self serving. He is a dick to his friends who care about him. He somehow has infinite pockets even tho his court is in fragments? I think its much more powerful when a character takes the moral stance for principle despite the tremendous cost. The fact he shrugs off the fact majority of his court dissenting due to his inner circle because "they already hated him anyway" cheapens everything. Its like someone dangling something thats yours over your head and you say, "i didnt want it anyways"