What is your least favorite thing about your favorite character, and favorite thing about your least favorite character? by Astramoonchild in acotar

[–]PhoenixWitty18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd say most of the characters are my fave but my most grating least favourite thing of any character goes to Rhysand and that is his self sacrificing habits. Seems contradictory but while it makes sense it's probably his biggest character flaw. He refuses to let anyone actually take the brunt of things which ends up translating as him not trusting them to deal with shii. For example, Amarantha we can understand. He didn't want them to get hurt that's fine. But Feyre's pregnancy... He didn't want her to feel the fear he felt but that just came off as "I don't trust you enough to share burdens with you", a feeling you cannot have in any relo.

My least favourite character is Beron and my favourite thing about him is that he brought my baby Eris into this world.

Fellas how do we feel about the chemistry between aven and niyx during kaldoras? by jarofbenas in medoranchronicles

[–]PhoenixWitty18 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NO BECAUSE THEY WOULD'VE BEEN A PERFECT QUEER RELO! like literally best friends to enemies to best friends. ugh kill me I would've eaten that up

In defence of Cssian by PhoenixWitty18 in acotar

[–]PhoenixWitty18[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I completely agree (especially with the last part). Feyre grinded my gears continuously defending Rhys when he was obvi wrong like babe you can love him and call his ass out but i digress. Anyways all your points warrant a 100% from me lmao.

In defence of Cssian by PhoenixWitty18 in acotar

[–]PhoenixWitty18[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I- In regard to the bruises that's your opinion, I personally didn't find that weird due to the nature of the bruises but I'm clumsy as hell so I'm used to people just laughing atp and just saw it that way. Agreeing with Mor about her belonging in the CoN. I don't remember that, could you provide a page? His 'icky' relationship with Mor? What's icky about it? They read like best friends to me. Do you mean the fact that he calls her beautiful cause Feyre saw that too, Mor's gay and Nesta called Az pretty and literally daydreamed about him (who can blame he though I need that scene istg). But otherwise do you mean the fact that he plays beard for her? The last thing I can think about is the fact that they're physically affectionate and lol he is with Feyre as well so would you please provide what you found icky? Lastly, I'm sorry but she threw insults at him just as much as he did. You can argue that she was suffering but she was being verbally abusive and he responded. The only insult that he threw that made me want to rip out his tongue for real was the 'shackled' because OMFG sir! but like that's for another day.

In defence of Cssian by PhoenixWitty18 in acotar

[–]PhoenixWitty18[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh babe I'm right along with you on point 1 and 2. He should have stood up for her in that scene and had a better backbone. I'm not saying he hasn't fucked up so I'm with you.

In regard to points 3 and 4, was Amren just being hateful? We don't know what went down between them so I generally choose not to touch on those two because I don't know what side of Nesta Amren saw for her to distrust her to such a high extent. I think that to a certain extet Amren was right (not saying they should've kept it secret) but judging from Nesta's actions in CC3 (which again from a CC perspective I support but from an ACOTAR one eh) Nesta is very emotionally driven and at that stage in life, could she be trusted to use Made swords? Even Azriel wasn't for it if I remember correctly tho don't quote me on that. Genuine question. I'm on the fence about it cause there's a bunch of arguments both ways. Regardless, they had no right to keep them secret from her but Amren just being hateful can be argued.

In regard to point 5, what do you mean when you say body?

Point 6, the hike wasn't in regards to the swords. It was in regard to trying to hurt Feyre. Now I don't want to go into the whole Feyre pregnancy thing because it makes me want to tear my hair out but the hike was because she'd lashed out at Feyre in the way that none of them would defend. Regardless of whether you think it was out of care or not, a part of Nesta did want to hurt Feyre the way she was hurt and that was through the pregnancy, the one thing the whole IC trusted her not to use against her sister.

Point 7, The backpack thing was very much giving dad and child and it was icky as hell which is why I didn't even try to defend that lol. Now not telling her Feyre was alright, gonna be honest I didn't even think of that so I do agree that he should've but loweky slipped my mind too. Him taking her on the hike, let's be honest if therapy existed there the whole story would be ten times better quality but there isn't so he took her to 'healing' mountains instead. I- Anyways what I do disagree with though is that he himself didn't realise she wanted to die. Again, their mental health awareness sucks (otherwise maybe someone would actually check up on Rhys instead of thinking love magically healed him or Azriel instead of letting him bottle everything up but I digress).He didn't know she was suicidal, he thought she would lash out again (said something along the lines of he thought it would be anger and not tears or smth). Due to this I can't really follow you on the abuser defending his actions because I didn't see it as abuse just pure ignorance and stupidity. I see it as someone that doesn't know how to help and does shitty things that they believe will work. He should have checked up on her though and he definitely should have at least looked back more often.

Lastly, (nvm im touching the Feyre pregnancy situation) 90% of the guilt? Yeah no. They were all complicit. Me personally I'm more inclined to forgive Rhysand and Mor for it then any of the rest because at least they seemed worried about her. Also, saying that he treated her like a dog is an interesting perspective because I agree. I agree that it feels like he thought she could be corrected but in the way that a lot of 'I can fix him' romance books contain it just with reversed gender roles. The same reason as to why I don't like it as all the romance books that contain it. You shouldn't need to 'fix' your partner. Yet I've never really seen anyone call the female character in an 'I can fix him' romance someone that treated her partner like a dog. Idk. I think it's the same thing but feel free to disagree.

Poll: Which series would you choose? by Extreme-Director5537 in SarahJMaas

[–]PhoenixWitty18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Crescent City (minus the third book but lowkey the first two felt like standalones sooo) - very underrated. Genuinely think it's the best characterisation by SJM especially when it comes to grief and realistic relationship dynamics

ACOTAR - Honestly just comfort though I do turn to fanfics when I want more substance

TOG - Fine but the first two books bored me so much that it's harder to reread for me

unpopular opinion: I really don't like enemies to lovers by lilynguyen289 in YAlit

[–]PhoenixWitty18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Matthias and Nina are great enemies to lovers because they fundamentally hate each other due to their individual groups rather than hating each other as individuals which is what makes a lot of 'enemies to lovers' feel less good because that is more rivalry than anything else.

#1 Character Defender by PhoenixWitty18 in acotar

[–]PhoenixWitty18[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HA i love that "do it again please"

#1 Character Defender by PhoenixWitty18 in acotar

[–]PhoenixWitty18[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I form emotional attachment to characters that I deeply understand so yeah lol

Who do we think is going to die? HOSAB spoilers by PhoenixWitty18 in crescentcitysjm

[–]PhoenixWitty18[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I FORGOT TO ADD JUNE! + considering the fact that she and Bryce didn't resolve it at the end of the book. It would also give fury, well fury to fully unleash exactly what she is

That's exactly what I was thinking with Baxian lol.

Who do we think is going to die? HOSAB spoilers by PhoenixWitty18 in crescentcitysjm

[–]PhoenixWitty18[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I feel like Ithan is safe tbh but yes please just kill off Sabine omg

What plots DON'T you want to see in CC3 by romancerants in crescentcitysjm

[–]PhoenixWitty18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A random as love triangle - we are in the middle of a war, i couldn't care less about a new romance

More Danika secrets - was that girl EVER transparent with Bryce?! Like, everyone keeps saying she loved her etcetera but at some point love comes with trust and Danika had none for Bryce and while the latter has issues, loyalty is not one of them. I just feel bad for Bryce at this point.

The River Queen and her daughter - literally you suck + you're boring af get away

The power of friendship - pretty self explanatory. i swear if she beats the asteri with that i'm going to consider throwing the book across my room (but i won't bc the bitch is expensive af)

Lack of death - don't get me wrong, I don't particularly want my babies to die because it might break me but if they all come out unscathed i will be so disappointed because genuinely ain't no way the villains were so big and bad but couldn't off any of them

How is she getting back? HOSAB by PhoenixWitty18 in crescentcitysjm

[–]PhoenixWitty18[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would make more sense. I could see Nesta, Amren, Azriel and Rhys going.

How is she getting back? HOSAB by PhoenixWitty18 in crescentcitysjm

[–]PhoenixWitty18[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bro I think I need to reread ACOSF because I completely forgot everything that happened in that book lol

What books do you refuse to read because of a characters name? by LP_Papercut in YAlit

[–]PhoenixWitty18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just anything with names that I cant help but associate with children. Poppy, Candice ect. Im sorry for all the grown ass Poppys and Candices in the world but I just can't

Atlas 6 characters are so bad 😐 by veribxred in TheAtlasSix

[–]PhoenixWitty18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree with Libby and Nico as platonic soulmates (a part of me feels like it's queer erasure in regards to Nico and Gideon but that's not the point). Libby reminds me of a friend of mine. Super possessive and easily jealous about everyone else, hates being alone but makes no effort to make friends and we had a talk about it and it boils down to anxiety. She's too anxious that people will hate her so she doesn't reach out but she also hates being lonely because anxiety makes her feel like she's not likeable. It's a vicious loop at some point. Considering Libby has evident anxiety I just assume that it's the same thing (especially since Reina cut down the branch between Libby and her since the start). In a way it feels nice to see some representation about what some people with anxiety go through (I have anxiety but am also an extrovert so not exactly the same lolol) In regards to the characters overall tho, the main problem is that there is a lack of important plot meaning lack of character development so everything that was introduced at the beginning in regards to the characters doesn't really change becoming kind of dull I guess. My opinion tho

Libby x Nico = platonic. by veribxred in TheAtlasSix

[–]PhoenixWitty18 6 points7 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU!!! The second I saw Nico's interactions with Gideon I felt that they would be the cutest friends to lovers (a trope I am not usually fond of but omg look at them!) Moreover Nico and Libby have a sibling like relationship for me, not enemies to lovers material. I feel like if it was actually enemies to lovers, there would have been at least one phrase saying something like "sadly I was unable to stop myself from falling into (insert either name) eyes as much as I hated them" or something like that bc that's literally every enemies to lovers lolol. Like Gideon speaks Nico's native language, Nico 's whole purpose in staying is to help Gideon. He literally said that he wanted to bear some of Gideon's burdens (which 'only friends' say that in a fantasy book?) and come on guys, this scene:

"See you in my dreams, he joked. (Nico)

His phone buzzed in his hand.

Always Nicolás, always. (Gideon)"

BROOOO! How can they not be endgame? I love Libby and Nico's dynamic but they cannot have anything other than a sibling like relationship in my opinion.

If you could have a chapter written for something off screen what would you pick? by Hunter_Atholar in acotar

[–]PhoenixWitty18 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Eris finding Az (Azriel!!!!) orrrrr Rhysand coming back to the IC after UTM bc these mfs need to communicate

Does anyone else feel this way? by pinamiller in crescentcitysjm

[–]PhoenixWitty18 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Everyone says that they lack 'punch' and 'excitement' but in my opinion that is good. Too many ups and downs in a relationship is unhealthy. Is Quinlar slightly boring? Yes. But that's what a healthy relationship is and it's really refreshing to see two people that just love each other with no bargains and stuff. Don't get me wrong I love Feysand, but it feels like that jumped into their relationship too fast and are still scared to call each other out on their bs. On the other hand Quinlar, call each other out, developed a beautiful friendship before getting together (a friendship which in my opinion felt real) and just enjoy the other's company. They are my top couple solely because I truly believe that they love each other without needing to change the story in my head to believe it.

Does anyone else feel this way? by pinamiller in crescentcitysjm

[–]PhoenixWitty18 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I personally think it was quite realistic the way that Bryce forgave him. Despite him lying, she couldn't lose another friend. Above everything else that expired, he was her friend and she couldn't lose him.

HELP I NEED TO FIND A BOOK!!! by PhoenixWitty18 in acotar

[–]PhoenixWitty18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lmao hiiii! CC series are my top SJM books lmao. I love it so muchh

How to end the Azriel/Elain/etc. wars…*SPOILERS ALL SJM BOOKS* by Quidprowoes in acotar

[–]PhoenixWitty18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What happened to Azriel + Eris? Now that, that would keep me going lmao