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This episode is a big one!! We FINALLY meet *the most beautiful man* Feyre’s ever seen and we get lots of interesting lore and conversation around Calanmai. For this ep, we did two chapters because who the hell wants to wait a week to talk to this man?? We talked lots about Rhys and his mental state knowing what we know as well as the ways he may be steering the conversation or even listening to her thoughts? With those things in consideration, this part because even more interesting. We also have lots of fun questions about the world and how it works! It says all High Lords need to do Calanmai but do they actually? Is Tamlin becoming symbolically nameless during Calanmai–and what in the symbolism is with the white stag of Terrasen being sacrificed?! Does Rhys tamper with Tamlin’s glamour on accident? What if the High Lords decided not to replenish the magic of the land (could this have helped them with a coup against Amarantha?) Is Calanmai the holiday for mating bonds? Also, what is Lucien feeling when he gives Feyre her talking to (is it Rhys watching them after following them to the manor?). We also go on lots of wild tangents about the bite and Tamlin’s authoritarian attitude towards Feyre when he gets back after Calanmai.
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Intro/Closing Music Credit: Indie-Pop by Ivan Luzan
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Episode Overview:
00:00–Intro song, episode intro and summary/overall thoughts (and discussion of how this goes for Rhys knowing what we know about Rhys!)
03:47–chasing shadows & Feyre just knowing exactly what the Attor looked like despite not ever seeing it
07:35–Did the glamour also wear off on Elain and she just didn’t tell anyone?
10:52–the drums and faerie music
16:20–Rhys is the one who pulls her to Calanmai!
17:51–Lucien gets his fire from Aelin? Or Aelin gets her fire from Lucien?!
20:23–Tamlin already in the wayyyyy
26:49–Tamlin authoritarian parenting style for Feyre
29:07–ACOMAF foreshadow (Feyre goes hungry under Tamlin’s watch)
32:24–Rhys wants her to “go see” (and…is the mating bond a wicked force?)
35:20–Why doesn’t Amarantha want to go to Calanmai?
36:31–What’s with the “balance” of magic in this world? (& Book 6 speculation)
44:39–How does this glamour work??
53:21–Naga’s eyes & “the void”?
56:43–There you are. I’ve been looking for you.
1:05:49–Feyre’s first words to Rhys!
1:07:11–Rhys molded by the night itself!
1:08:05–Is he listening to her thoughts the whole time??
1:16:43–Rhys trying to keep Feyre away
1:22:29–Rhys can’t shake the bad guy act fully right now
1:25:07–Where did the glamour go after she talked to Rhys? Faces were blurred before but not now?
1:26:10–First time winnowing!
1:26:57–“Have you lost your senses?” Lucien’s pissed lol
1:30:03–What is the magic of Calanmai? Is Tamlin wearing the same paint that Feyre does UTM?
1:32:27–What “invisible touch” is Lucien feeling? Did Rhys follow her to the manor??
1:34:44–Lucilin fanfic over here
1:36:36–The Hunter & the Swan Maiden folklore tie in?
1:40:42–ALL the High Lords are apparently supposed to do Calanmai every year! Is this a mistake/plothole or are the High Lords actually are all doing it? Lol
1:46:46–Does the magic symbolically make Tamlin…nameless??!
1:51:49–Why is Lucien SO SURE that Tamlin would have “claimed” her???
1:59:50–Always with the earth-shattering orgasms with these High Lords loll
2:01:42–SHE DOESN’T THINK TAMLIN’S HOT DAMMNN
2:05:43–The most basic lovebombing & Tamlin’s Calanmai fuckery
2:20:32–Next week, Tamlin redemption arc?, closing & outro song