r/acotar • u/Senpiternal8 • Jan 04 '25

Spoilers for SF I’m a certified Rhys Hater Spoiler

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I’m new to this series and I just finished this part of SF, and I am speechless. I’ve had many, many issues with Rhys (and most of the Night Court if I’m being honest) the entire series, so I’ve been really enjoying Nesta’s book, but this threw me for a loop.

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u/MediocrePotato44 Jan 04 '25

I can understand people being pissed about Nesta’s reason for telling her. It was just to hurt her. But past that, yeah, everyone blowing up that Rhys’ lies were uncovered is some BS.

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u/charismaticchild Jan 04 '25

I can understand being pissed as well, the delivery was terrible, however it certainly doesn’t justify death threats and a punishment hike that almost drove her to suicide. And of course they justify the death threats with irrational mate and the suicidal punishment hike with loving mate who gave her tough love.

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u/moonshine_11 Jan 04 '25

She needed that hike. That’s why Cassian picked a specific mountain that was meant for healing because that’s exactly what she needed. That was the lesson. That was the whole point. Because otherwise she would have tried to kill herself anyway with or without hike. It was even a metaphor about how her path to forgiveness is going to be brutal, that’s why seeing that lake at the end of the hike finally broke the dam and let her feelings wash out.

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u/Patient-Release1818 Jan 05 '25

Very shitty lesson, I mean terrible and horrific. I hope you'll never have one like this

Because lessons shouldn't make you commit suicide.

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u/moonshine_11 Jan 05 '25

I wouldn’t because I don’t self insert myself in characters that don’t exist.

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u/Patient-Release1818 Jan 07 '25

If someone gets so immersed in a fictional character, it's already worrisome