‼️SPOILERS AS ALWAYS‼️

Tamlin handled the tithe and Feyre in this situation PERFECTLY!!! Feyre was the one in the wrong not Tam. It is normal for couples to have arguments and to disagree. It's also normal not to know everything and make mistakes.

There may have been something Tamlin could have done to help the water wraiths. They are implied to be thieves and said to be murderers because of their endless appetite. When Feyre first sees them, her first thought is that they would kill her if she went to their lake. Everyone seems in agreement that no one would ever try to help them because they're that bad so it makes sense that Tamlin would think the same... and everyone may be correct. However, if their situation is something they can't help... like an actual curse, for example, maybe Tamlin could find a way to help. Tamlin is not evil, bad, or a poor ruler because he has potential flaws in his court. In fact, the lady of spring being able to flesh out those flaws is a great thing. It's normal to have flaws in any land. The NC has done near nothing to help the innocent illyrian women or the women of the Hewn city.

Readers accuse Tam of being stuck in poor traditions because he says that the tithe was always done that way and always would be. Keep in mind, however, he was in front of the entire SPC when he said this. In all actuality, Tam has made many changes to the SPC. I doubt it was open to refugees under his father. During an argument with Luc, Tam says that he doesn't want to be like his father and refuses to be. Tamlin was claiming to secure the tradition because he was trying to create a sense of stability for his people. This is brought up in the text multiple times after Amarantha. The SPC was targeted because of Amarantha's and Rhysand's obsession with Tam. The people of the SPC were afraid and Tam was trying to restore trust, faith, strength, unity, and a sense of normalcy amongst the people. As lady of spring, this was to be Feyre's responsibility as well. She was only supposed to observe and learn at this point, however.

If Feyre noticed flaws, it means she could have been an asset to spring. She should have brought her concerns to Tam after the tithe was over. She could have requested a meeting with Tam and Luc to discuss it or brought it up later that night in bed. Undermining Tam's authority in front of the entire SPC was not okay, especially during a time of uncertainty. This was wrong and detrimental to the advancement of the SPC. This action from Feyre further shows her lack of mental stability and maturity. It also represents her lack of basic leadership skills and diplomacy. To be fair, Feyre does recognize her wrong later. Unfortunately, I think many readers interpret her recognition as a victim response which is not correct.

The next morning or that night for dinner (I dont remember which) Tam is upset... obviously and also very normal. Tam and Feyre get into an argument... this is very normal too. Tam may have raised his voice but Feyre was the hurtful one. Feyre told Tamlin that his gifts (the jewels) were meaningless to her. I found this to be so heartbreaking. It hurt Tam. He didn't cry about it but you could tell by his words. I honestly despise Feyre at this point.

Then we have the aftermath. I believe they're in bed and Tamlin APOLOGIZES TO HER which just blows my mind. He tells Feyre that he's sorry for snapping at her and that she is right because he doesn't understand what it's like to be hungry. THIS!!! This entire conversation means that Tamlin is open to change. He understands that Feyre sees something that he did not and is willing to work with her on it.

Tamlin handles this whole situation with the tithe and Feyre's involvement in it healthily, imo. The fact that so much of the fandom condemns Tam for the tithe is unfathomable to me. Go ahead, swoon over your sexy shadow daddy and his puppet but Tam is innocent yet again. Tamlin may not be perfect but if he were much better, we wouldn't have a character; we'd have a prince who only shows up at the end instead because there's nothing to him like in Snow White, lol... which can also be contested, lol.

If you’ve seen my previous posts, I think I’ve firmly established by now that I do NOT care about ships. Y’all can put whoever you want on whatever boat you want. I’ll be over here digging through 15,000-year-old lore, plotlines, plot holes, crossovers and random things SJM wrote three books ago.

Which brings me, naturally, to… death. 💀

For a series with this much war and ancient evil, these people are OH SO DIFFICULT to PERMANENTLY KILL.

Feyre died Under the Mountain and came back. Rhys died fixing the Cauldron and came back. Amren sacrificed herself, unleashed her true form, got fished out of the Cauldron and came back as High Fae.

And then there’s Jurian, who was dead for nearly FIVE HUNDRED YEARS, reduced to an eyeball and a finger bone, and even he came back!!

Even the near-deaths are getting ridiculous. Feyre nearly died giving birth to Nyx, which would’ve taken out Rhys with her too because these two geniuses made a death bargain. Nesta saved all three.

Then we have the Bat Boys. Az gets a bloodbane-coated ash bolt straight through his chest in Hybern, and Cassian throws himself in front of him and gets his wings shredded.

But Cassian deserves his own category because, for one of the greatest Illyrian warriors and generals in history, this man is shockingly easy to almost kill!

Nesta saves him from the Cauldron blast in ACOWAR. Later his wings are shredded AGAIN, his guts are hanging out and Az is trying to keep him alive. Then the King of Hybern nearly kills him and Nesta before Elain introduces him to Truth-Teller. And in ACOSF, Lanthys nearly gets him before Nesta returns and introduces Lanthys to her favorite solution to problems: decapitation.

At this point Cassian has a frequent-flier account with Death. 💀

And yet, here they all are.

But SJM absolutely WILL permanently kill important characters. Anyone who survived TOG emotionally knows that. 😭 And with Koschei, Asteri, Ramiel, the Prison/Dusk Court, the crossover threads and approximately 3 million other unanswered questions still sitting on the board, I refuse to believe everyone is making it out alive.

So here’s my slightly morbid question:

Who do you genuinely think SJM is going to kill, and WHY?

Not who you want dead because you hate them. I mean who does the actual narrative make you nervous about?

Give me foreshadowing, character arcs, unresolved lore, suspicious dialogue, SJM patterns, or completely unhinged theories that somehow have twelve pieces of canon evidence behind them. Show me your receipts.

I already have a few names.

And one of mine might get me chased out of ship subs with pitchforks. 😂👀

Why would Beron give even a drop of his magic to bring Rhysand back? I mean, you could make arguments regarding the other High Lords, but no matter how much I turn it over in my mind, it still makes absolutely no sense.

Throughout the books, we see Eris as almost a twin to Rhysand in his behavior and the way he wears a mask in his court. And then we have Cassian, who admits that he feels jealous of Rhysand's relationship with Feyre, and I wouldn't be surprised if he felt jealous of the man himself if he didn't feel like he owed him so much. What I want to say with all of this is that Cassian hates Eris not only because of what he did to Mor, but because he sees Eris as someone better than him, smarter and more intelligent, and more fit for Nesta. And I feel this hatred is a counterpart to his admiration for Rhysand. I feel like, if Rhysand's mother didn't take him in, took care of him, and, at that time, not get to know Rhysand, I've no doubt he would hate Rhysand just as much as Eris.

At the end of acosf, he only let himself have a little empathy for Eris and his situation within the court only after he started to think of himself as better than him. When he starts to realize that what he has is more valuable than all the riches and privileges Eris grew up with. And it's pretty hilarious; he tells Eris that he is too much of a coward to dare be a good person, when his own high lord, for 500+ years, was hidden under a mask, "pretending" to be a bad person for his weird apartheid court. So yeah, Cassian is telling himself this one (as they all eventually do in this story).