I don't think sjm did any other interviews from 2021~ now (or if she did it's not public so I can't see it) and since I've only first read acotar during January of last year and only acosf and hosab came out when I was actually a part of the fandom, I've never actually seen any of sjm's interview until this recent one with Katherine Webber and I have to say.. the way sjm haters villainize sjm one would think sjm is some kind of heartless psycho that 1. purposely created Danika Fendyr solely to be used as a plot device because she's dead 2. purposely designed Rhys and Feyre to be selfish rulers who will be the doom of Velaris 3. purposely made Feyre such an irresponsible mother and ruler 4. purposely made Rhysand such a manipulative and irresponsible ruler 5. purposely made nesta such a evil and uncaring person not even bothering to redeem her (you all, nesta's human, she makes mistakes and it's not always okay but that doesn't make her an evil person who doesnt deserve a second.. well fine maybe third... chance) 6. purposely killed the thirteen (this one's a joke you people who take everything so literally) 7. purposely made Rhys and Feyre seem so heartless they could have sex when people are dying (bro it's supposed to be romantic not a personal attack on the dying people 🙄 it's supposed to symbolize how "people in find hope in others [in sex, yes] during the hardest times" 8. purposely created the IC as a toxic enviorment and toxic family who "keeps things from each other" and "don't trust and open up to each other" (eg: Mor not being willing to admit she's gay, telling feyre her preganacy can kill her WELL IF YOU WERE IN THEIR POSITION YOU PROBABLY WOULD DO THAT SAME THING) 9. purposely made Bryce curvy without "proper representation" because she's fatphobic 10. purposely didn't give any of her characters god forbid THERPY and had them magically get better (you all fun fact no one believes in therapy where i live and im suicidal but obviously im not dead yet and probably also less messed up than HALF of you sjm haters so one doesnt require therapy to get over trauma or to just... not be dead✨) 10. purposely gave Rhys and Feyre power (and from one of the acotar hate chain I quote) "so they can fucking waste it" 11. purposely had Nyx conceived out of fear (not true but I'll humor you all)
I could go on and on and on but i think this sufficient don't you? You all, acotar and tog and cc are books. in a world designed by a single human. characters have flaws, it doesnt mean they're horrible people, it doesnt mean the AUTHOR is a horrible person or transphobic or fatphobic or anti lgbtq.
also note that before every single point there is a "purposely" as in the things these characters do maybe arent totally correct, but it isn't done because of "problematic intensions"
I don't think SJM is problematic. she's human like any of us, and that means she has her own viewpoints or writes about things she finds acceptable but you don't. that doesnt make her a bad person or a problematic author.
A thing I really loved about Dorian was that he understood. He understood, and told Chaol that he can't "pick and choose which parts of her [Aelin] to love." And I just get this. *moving from ToG to Shadow and Bone... But Mal... MAL. He only loves Alina when she wasn't being herself. When Alina had to suppress her powers, when Alina played nice. And because of Mal, Alina was SICK for like 7 years. But The Darkling... he understood, like Dorian. He did love Alina, I think, and he loved her wholly. Alina tried to deny it, the connection and the similarities with him, but Alina was really just holding back for Mal once again.
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thank you for attending my tedtalk and ship Darklina
this actually makes alot of sense lol Feyre and Rhys were lovesick teens who didn't think about the future and the consequences of them dying together and leaving Velaris with no rulers but 1) it's a book give them a break 2) I doubt that if Rhys dies Feyre would want to live anyways nevermind RULE and vice versa. Yes, rulers are supposed to be selfless and all that stuff but at the end of the day they still have FEELINGS and they were the love of each other's lives. That doesn't make them an amazing ruler, but it doesn't make them bad rulers either. Also if that happens, Velaris IS better off with another ruler 3) if Feyre dies, Nyx was never gonna survive anyways cuz he was like 3 months premature or smth so he wont be an orphan he'll just be.. uh.. dead 4) Bro who the heck decides to not have a child because they think they're gonna die??? People have children assuming they will live to see their child grow up???
I know some readers can’t forgive Rhys for withholding the pregnancy from Feyre.
But I can’t forgive Feysand for putting their baby and court in danger constantly from their death bargain. The bargain is still in place and NO ONE SHOULD THEM BREAK IT FOR THEM. For once, I want them to pay for their selfish deeds. All that fucking power they have is completely wasted.
Cassian: *does something cute*
Nesta: I don’t care.
Narrator: she cared.
I find it so funny that acotar people go "I want to hold Feysand accountable because etc etc/ they shouldn't have etc. etc it's selfish/ they're bad leaders" but y'all they're fictional??? Like yea uh sure go hold fictional people accoutable but like uh what's the point? And hold the author accountable??? Waitttt is sjm gonna rule Velaris someday and suddenly vow to die together with her husband cuz that's gonna be so cool.
SAME BESTIE SAME
Idc what you think, I want Elriel to fight after the solstice scene. I want Elain to be even more mad because he ignored her. I want them to act like nothing happened in the beginning and then Az confronts her for whatever reason and I want her to be “oh I thought we were acting like it never happened, since you ignored me all this time”. And I want him to be like “I just think that you misinterpreted what happened and i think we should talk”. And then her to be like “oh now you want to talk? Ok.” And sbam. Gets mad, tells him everything she’s thinking with no filters whatsoever, throws flowers at him. Everything without crying at all, while Az is standing there like “oh shit”.
I mean my girl has been rejected too many times and ignoring her for months after that makes it even worse. Plus she’s always elegant and formal, even when she fights with Nesta. I want her to be like “fuck all of this, I deserve good things”.
Nesta Archeron
art: kallycreates [instagram]
You know how Day Wing just sounds so weird but Daniel Altan Wing just screams hot?
Percy: My mother was made Hades’s Prisoner
Jace: Mine killed herself after my fathers’s death, I never knew her and I was dug out of her corpse.
Percy: Well, we have the Mist
Jace: We have glamour AND runes
Percy: My eyes is a beautiful sea green
Jace: Mine is gold and I’m naturally blond.
Percy: I almost got killed a million times in my series and I came out of Tartarus.
Jace: Big deal, I actually died and the Angel Raziel raised me back from the dead.
Percy: I have a movie.
Jace: So do I, and I have a Neflix series though the actor is not as stunningly attractive as I am.
Percy: I was betrayed by my so called good friend, Luke.
Jace: My adoptive father and brother are the villan of my series and I not only thought Valentine was my real father but I was also connected to Sebastian.
Percy: Ugh....I give up, I challenge you to a sword fight.
*Jace lights up a Seraph Blade and twists it expertly, flipping his hair
Percy: Umm, nevermind.
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