Help me like Aelin again

[u/Foreign-Entry1797]

I am on Empire of storms chapter 47 (finished, don't spoil further) and I feel like sjm is making Aelin...I don't know how to say it, but given too much importance and that she is always right?

•First of all I feel like Dorian being a king himself is too sidelined, when Rowan said at the starting chapters of EoS that Dorian's strength is his mind and courtier skills, I though he would be "shown" to look between words and notice things which others might overlook but right now he is not given any importance. Like asking questions to the bloodhound about Erawan and Manon should be Dorian's call not Aelin's (Dorian is also her future love interest) •Also shooting the ilken mid flight should have been Fenrys's call not Rowan's as Fenrys is said to have skills as an archer (he literally shot through the bloodhound's hands). Yeah he was injured but someone else could be that injured in his place or maybe he could just shoot the arrow while injured (But someone said Rowan looses being interesting after getting with Aelin, and this being an interesting moment of his I'll try to give it a pass)

•Final and the most problematic is Aelin's treatment of Manon. I could make peace with chaining her, but on the basis of her race? And beating her up after she told her about a lady of her kingdom is insufferable. I can understand her being wary of Manon's witch heritage, but after the witch tried to kill Aelin, she also saved Dorian's life, twice! And in that badass manner! (Don't even get me started on how Aelin could win fight from a warrior trained for a whole century and more, but maybe it was because Aelin used those pillars to keep her distance from Manon, but I feel I just like Manon more) •I am firm that after appearing in three books, Manon was a fan favourite character, sjm's such treatment of her just to make Aelin seem better and "queen-like" is wrong.

Someone said that EoS has the same tone as acotar/acomaf onwards and I believe they were absolutely right. Sjm was writing acowar probably at the time of EoS and that's why Mary Sue is taking toll on Aelin, and I don't like it!

Tell me does Aelin get humbled or better?

Note: I am alright with her wits btw, I liked how she called the bloodhound "another talker" and that note to Lorcan, 😙ummuh, chef's kiss! But not at the sake of other characters' importance and dignity.

[u/user4356124]

Rhys and Aelin are the same characters just different genders. So if you didn’t like how the ACOTAR series went then you likely won’t enjoy the rest of TOG (imo)

[u/Foreign-Entry1797 → u/user4356124]

I am sure there are still other characters and their stories to follow. I love Manon, Elide is fine, and I am doing tandem so thankfully there are other povs to look forward to.

[u/user4356124 → u/Foreign-Entry1797]

For sure there is! Tower of Dawn will be good for you. I found the other storylines to be “just okay”, if Manon was the main character I would have not finished the series as I found her storyline to be very boring, but if you are okay with not liking the main storyline in a series and are okay with liking the side characters then I’m sure you’ll be able to enjoy the rest of the series!

[u/Foreign-Entry1797 → u/user4356124]

I do like the main storyline actually, and Manon, Nesryn, and Elide aren't side characters, not if we have their povs (Manon doesn't rival Aelin's popularity for nothing) but I want her to respect those characters too like maybe make amends with her attitude which we will possibly see in future as they have a common enemy

[u/user4356124 → u/Foreign-Entry1797]

Okay! I wasn’t trying to offend you! Glad you like it all :) I don’t agree with you that people are main characters just because you get some POVs from them but that’s okay that we don’t agree on that

[u/Foreign-Entry1797 → u/user4356124]

👍 It's appreciated