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Just finished A Court of Mist and Fury and the feminist in me is so icked out by the fated mates trope tbh (it’s my first faerie romance). Like the whole ‘“she’s MINE” he growls’ thing…
96 upvotes, 11 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in Book Club. "Just finished A Court of Mist and Fury and the feminist in me is so icked out by the fated mates trope tbh (it’s my first faerie romance). Like the whole ‘“she’s MINE” he growls’ thing…"
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Anonymous 9w

I hate possessive “she is mine” kind of stuff. It’s so disgusting. You don’t own her mister she is her own person. It’s one of the biggest icks a book can have for me tbh

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Anonymous 9w

I think the “mates” part is what appeals to a lot of the books audience 😭 like a lazy way of building deeper intimacy but also makes sense for the world she built, but the way that they start acting after the “mating bond” like what are we DOINGGGGG

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Anonymous 9w

Saaame. Like a small part of me does find it hot but the rest is running like a bat outta hell keep that shit AWAY

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Anonymous 9w

How is that stuff not flat out corny? Like how do people actually get turned on by it? I read it and it’s just so hard to believe. I’m sorry

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Anonymous 9w

see i like it in my books, but not my life, if i cant live my own life with my own choices thats it but books, not my life not my problem its enjoyment

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Anonymous 9w

Read Smoke and Scar by Gretchen Powell Fox!! The FMC is the fae!! Enemies to lovers, lots of action, slow burn, I loved it

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 9w

I honestly just think it’s cause the readers are meant to imagine the most gorgeous dark featured man they can possibly picture in their heads yearning for the female lead

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 9w

RIGHT WHAT THE HELLLL they had sm going for them before dropping the mates part and then they just absolutely became unbearable

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 9w

I’ll give it a try

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 9w

YESSS so upsetting they didn’t include this part of the lore sooner and then make it the center of the book AFTER readers are invested in the rest of the storyline 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 9w

genuinely 💀. felt like the author just completely threw it in there and now the first book feels like a completely different universe atp

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