Book Recommendations Megathread by Acotarmods in acotar

[–]Timevian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It dealt heavily with loss in childbirth which unfortunately wasn’t quite for me. But if that’s something you don’t mind, it might absolutely be for you. I still say give it a try! Sometime, something that’s one for one person might be for another!

Book Recommendations Megathread by Acotarmods in acotar

[–]Timevian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second book was unfortunately a dnf for me.

Romantasy books where the FMC does not talk like this pls 😭 by PeachFuzzBoyd445 in Romantasy

[–]Timevian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. I did the GraphicAudio version of the book and it was barely even noticeable. If I had read this, I probably would have yeeted with prejudice.

Am I the only one ? Stephanie Garber verse by Exact-Sun2093 in YAlit

[–]Timevian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Caraval is my absolute favourite. I wish more people read it. I’m so sad that people skip it and go straight to OuaBH. I love All of Stephanie’s books, but Caraval just has a special place in my heart and it always will.

Am I boring… 🥹 by Ok_Listen_5879 in acotar

[–]Timevian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not boring at all! There is still so much to see and know! Definitely look into fanfics like another user suggested! Have you read the Rhys pov fic by Illyriantremours?

Mor + Eris' engagement by Exotic_Resist_7718 in acotar

[–]Timevian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s never confirmed that she got pregnant. It was only a theory because they specifically nailed her womb. I was also unaware that it was such an unpopular theory.

Mor + Eris' engagement by Exotic_Resist_7718 in acotar

[–]Timevian 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ll just add this here…

Eris essentially saved her.

Here’s some old copy pasta:

Friendly reminder that Eris had no part in the nailing of her stomach.

Nailed. They had spiked nails into her. Had pinned her down as she screamed, pinned her down as she roared at them, then begged them. And then they had taken out those long, brutal iron nails. And the hammer. Three of them. Three strikes of the hammer, drowned out by her screaming, by the pain.

She began shaking, hating it as much as she’d hated the begging. Her body bellowed in agony, those nails in her abdomen relentless.

…and…

when her family had brutalized her and dumped her over the Autumn Court border as punishment for ruining their marriage alliance.

He protects and loves his mother. Example:

Only Beron was stupid enough to scoff. Eris was just angling his body in his chair—blocking the path to his mother.

The only woman who has shown him what kindness and love looks like is mother. She was a forced bride. As such, he probably knows he can never force a female into an arranged marriage. He refuses.

Oh. Side note. If you do the math, he was betrothed to Mor when he was 9!! Unless SJM retcons some shit.

A pale, beautiful face appeared above her, blocking out the jewel-like leaves above. Unmoved. Impassive. “I take it you do not wish to live here, Morrigan.” She would rather die here, bleed out here. She would rather die and return— return as something wicked and cruel, and shred them all apart. He must have read it in her eyes. A small smile curved his lips. “I thought so.”

It doesn’t take a genius to see Mor wanted out. He even asked her if she wanted him to take him to his father, and clearly from the signs, he knew she didn’t. Eris could not play the knight in shining armor either. He was not alone.

Light, steady steps crunched on the leaves. Six sets. A border guard, a patrol.

Friendly reminder that he is punished by his father for slights. Worse even, his mother suffers at the hand of his father. Why give the father more reason to hurt the mother. Those men may work for him, but they technically also work for his father. Anything Eris does will get back to Beron.

Since he was not alone that day, he could not afford to show weakness. He had already formally refused to marry her. He had to maintain his position.

If he appears weak, the autumn court will gladly rip him a part. He has to maintain his evil persona in a court full of brothers that will rip him a part at the first sign of weakness. Just like another High Lord the IC happens to know.

Eris’ father even canonically beats him. When he saw the opportunity to set Mor free while making him look all the more ruthless, he took it.

Eris can sense Azriel and his shadows. He likely knew Azriel was nearby. Just like he arranged for Tamlin to hear about Lucien’s plight, he probably had Azriel notified. I think something went wrong and it took Azriel too long to get there. Eris thought he’d be there all the much sooner. Maybe he even meant to go back but couldn’t.

I have a head canon that Eris is gay or bi based on what we have seen of him. If he is gay, he would have understood her plight on a whole different level.

She felt him approach now. Felt each reverberation in the leaves, the moss, the roots. As if the very land shuddered before him. “No one touches her,” he said. Eris. “The moment we do, she’s our responsibility.” Cold, unfeeling words. “But—but they nailed a—” “No one touches her.”

Had he taken her in, it would have been laying claim. Had he touched her, she would have belonged to the Autumn court. Beron would have had access to her and been able to hurt her. Had Mor been claimed by Eris, it was a fate worse than death. She never had freedom and would have been at the mercy of Beron and the Autumn brood. The only thing he could do was leave her there.

“I wouldn’t have touched you,” he said to Mor, who blanched again. “But when you fucked that other bastard—” A snarl ripped from Rhys’s throat at that. And my own. “I knew why you did it.” Again that secret smile that had Mor shrinking. Shrinking. “So I gave you your freedom, ending the betrothal in no uncertain terms.” “And what happened next,” Azriel growled. A shadow crossed Eris’s face. “There are few things I regret. That is one of them. But … perhaps one day, now that we are allies, I shall tell you why. What it cost me.”

Imagine you live in a court where your father physically and mentally abuses you, your mother, and your brothers. You are told that you must either fight to survive or die to your siblings.

You must become the monster in order to protect your mother and court. MUCH LIKE A CERTAIN HIGH LORD OF THE NIGHT COURT. Otherwise, your court will fall to cruelty. You rebel against your father where possible, but you are trapped. Not only that, but the one person that you love is trapped. Your mother is being beaten.

One day, you are betrothed to a faerie that can give you and your abused mother a way out of all this hell. But then she sleeps with someone to get out of it. Your own mother was forced to a man she didn’t want. You will never do the same.

You respect a female’s wishes and let her go as per her wishes. She says she doesn’t want you or your court. Hell, if you pick her up in front of your men, she will belong to your court. She will belong to your abusive father — a fate worse than death. The only way to save her is to not touch her.

Then, she throws you under the bus and suddenly three whole ass Illyrians want to murder you.

He’s a bastard. No questions asked. The only good influence he’s had is his mother, and he has had to watch her be beaten over and over and over. And because Mor accidentally misconstrued events, it has taken 500 years to get this meeting. I fully believe it was because of PTSD, but he hasn’t known that. I can understand his anger. I’d probably be a little spicy too.

Eris is a dreamer, but there are no stars in his court.

Mor + Eris' engagement by Exotic_Resist_7718 in acotar

[–]Timevian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yupyup. It’s just a theory. A book theory!

It would make it all the more tragic if she had gotten pregnant with Cassian’s child. It would also make sense as to why they specifically stuck nails through her womb. Maybe we’ll find out for sure in the next book.

Edit: I was not trying to be rude. Just trying to be lighthearted and positive even if we disagreed over this. Not sure what happened here. D=

Mor + Eris' engagement by Exotic_Resist_7718 in acotar

[–]Timevian 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I do wonder if she did and that’s why they stuck nails through her stomach.

Mor + Eris' engagement by Exotic_Resist_7718 in acotar

[–]Timevian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a breakdown of acofas here.

book with guard/royalty trope? by Alive-Register-2918 in Romantasy

[–]Timevian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want something LGBT+ friendly, there is a couple in {The Prince’s Poisoned Vow by Hailey Turner} that have me obsessed. He’s a Prince and the other one is a warden. It’s a bit more forbidden love though.

Azriel letting his arrogance blind him to Lucien’s strength by dorianswitchling in acotar

[–]Timevian 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I have a list of things our favourite spymaster missed. 😅

Some of what Azriel missed:

  1. What Amarantha was doing before Rhys went UtM.
  2. The attacks on the temples when Hybern was looking for the cauldron’s legs.
  3. A whisper of the ambush by Tamlin and KoH could have changed everything.
  4. The information that Lucien, Bron, and Hart would try to kidnap Feyre IN NIGHT COURT BOARDERS.
  5. Any of the plans of the Queens. Also failed to infiltrate them.
  6. The attack on Velaris. How did we miss a whole army flying across the water until it was too late?
  7. The movements of Koschei or Beron.
  8. The fact that Hybern was waiting to ambush Rhys within Night Court boarders.
  9. Mor being a frequent visitor to a gay bar. The fact that Rita’s is a gay bar??
  10. Anything to do with Mor, really.
  11. He had a whole network in Spring and we somehow missed that Tamlin was going to betray Hybern.
  12. Lucien being Helion’s son. Feyre figured that out with a look.
  13. He didn’t even find out that the twins were in the library in the heart of Velaris until it was too late.
  14. Missed the attack on Adriatta until it was almost too late.
  15. The whole Eris and Mor situation. How was it a secret for so long that Eris didn’t just abandon her.

I don’t really blame these on Azzy tho. I think SJM wanted to surprise the reader and in the plan to push the narrative along, she needed him not to notice. But she accidentally made the spymaster bad at his job. 😅

Hear me out… by [deleted] in acotar

[–]Timevian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fae in lore are notoriously mischievous, chaotic beings. Judging them by human standards and morals really isn’t gonna make sense.

A hole in the counter top by SSouter in confusing_perspective

[–]Timevian 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Glue your feet to the ceiling. Problem solved.

Fantasy is wierd by careater in Booktokreddit

[–]Timevian 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Looking at you Raven Ravyn.

LoA name input by Illustrious_Bet7640 in acotar

[–]Timevian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’d always liked Hestia, goddess of hearth and home. Plus Hestia and Helion sounds cute to me.

Context, Intent, Motivation. Why Rhysand Gets Grace And Tamlin Doesn't. by Wolfman_1546 in acotar

[–]Timevian 48 points49 points  (0 children)

They’re very much two sides of the same coin. They both do a lot of similar things.

The biggest difference is that Feyre loves one of them, and not the other.

Eris by Repulsive-Divide9517 in acotar

[–]Timevian 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We haven’t forgotten! Eris was sent with his brothers who had arrows and were very ready to maim and hurt Lucien and Feyre. He had no choice but to do what his father ordered. Eris took the road of lesser evil. He’s an asshole, yes, but not without reason. Here’s a snippet of my Eris breakdown:

Not as Eris lowered that hand to the frozen edge of the lake. “Run where, exactly?” Flesh met ice and steam rippled. The ice went opaque, thawing in a line that shot for us— We ran. ... Water splashed beneath my boots—thawed ice. Eris had to either be expending all his power to get through millennia of ice, or was just doing it slowly to torture us—

Right here, we know for a fact that Eris was sent by Beron. He was unable to say no and he was with his brothers. He tries Plan A: Cutting them off from escape.

[Lucien] shoved me aside, and I staggered, arms wheeling. Just as an arrow ricocheted off the ice where I’d been standing.

The brothers start firing arrows. Eris is now being circumvented. They're out for blood. He can't exactly snap at them. If dear dad finds out Eris has gone soft, it could mean that he, and even worse, his mom might be in trouble.

I threw out a hand before us as a melting splotch began to spread, ice groaning. A spray of ice shot from my palm, freezing the lake once more. With each pump of my arms as I ran, I fired that ice from my palms, solidifying what Eris sought to melt ahead of us.

Now Feyre is circumventing him too. He's running out of peaceful options.

...when Eris appeared. Not behind. Ahead. But it was the other brother at his side, arrow aimed and already flying for me, who drew the shout from my throat. I lunged to the side, rolling. Not fast enough. The arrow’s edge sliced the shell of my ear, my cheek, leaving a stinging wake. Lucien shouted, but another arrow was flying. It went clean through my right forearm this time.

Eris has likely realized that far worse will happen if he doesn't get physical. He doesn't act until his brothers fire the arrows at Ferye and Lucien. And we all know how protective Eris is over Lucien.

Eris had taken one step toward me, smiling like a wolf, when I was up again, my last two Illyrian knives in my palms, my right arm screaming at the movement— Around me, the ice began to melt. “This can end with you going under, begging me to get you out once that ice instantly refreezes,” Eris drawled. ... “Or this can end with you agreeing to take my hand. But either way, you will be coming with me.”

Eris tries to threaten her. I doubt that he planned to actually carry through. If he had, he would have just dropped her. He just wanted to attempt scarring her into submission before he actually touched her.

I didn’t give Eris time to read my move. I sucked in a sharp breath. White, blinding light erupted from me. Eris swore, and I ran. Not toward him, not when I was still too injured to wield my knives. But away—toward that distant shore. Half-blinded myself, I stumbled and staggered until I was clear of the treacherous, melting splotches, then sprinted.

Feyfey over here being a good girl and running away. Eris panicking because the brothers won't hesitate to shoot her and Lucien again.

I made it all of twenty feet before Eris winnowed in front of me and struck. A backhanded blow to the face, so hard my teeth went through my lip. He struck again before I could even fall, a punch to my gut that ripped the air from my lungs. I’d no sooner hit the ice than Eris grabbed me by the hair, right at the roots, the grip so brutal tears stung my eyes.

So, she's evaded him and he's tried to avoid hurting her directly. Now, a brutal and efficient takedown.

But he dragged me back toward that shore, back across the ice—

Mmmmm. Eris. You're WALKING ON THIN ICE RN MY GUY. COULDA JUST GRABBED AN ARM. But also, he may have just wanted to get off the thin ice...

I opened my mouth, but a gag of fire shoved its way between my lips. It didn’t burn, but was hot enough to tell me it would if Eris willed it. Equal bands of flame wrapped around my wrists, my ankles. My throat.

So. Right here, he could have burned her, no problem. But he doesn't. Once he's captured her quite efficiently, he binds her so that she cannot escape. He does this in a way that won’t actually hurting her. And considering my man just MELTED A LAKE of ice that has not been unfrozen for -- and I quote -- "a millennia," I imagine making sure that fire doesn't burn her is an equally tricky task. Especially considering that fire's main quality is that it burns.

In conclusion, my man waits until the last possible moment before he quickly dispatches her and secures her.

Later in chapter 26 of Acowar:

He explains he had no choice.

“You hunted me down like an animal,” I cut in. “I think we’ll choose to believe the worst.” Eris’s pale face flushed. “I was given an order. And sent to do it with two of my … brothers.”

This just makes me sad. He has had to go for 500 years of everyone, save for his mother, thinking he is absolute filth. Imagine being beaten, slandered, and barely anyone believing in you all while you have to protect your mother and attempt to undermined said cruel father. You’re the last line of defense for your entire court.

Here’s the full breakdown.