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Rhys and Tamlin both by isa.sketches on Instagram!

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**All our episodes may contain SPOILERS for all three Maasverse series so please only listen if you've read ALL the books!**

In this episode, we discuss Feyre’s last night before the final trial! We discuss the situation in the closet with Tamlin and then Rhys (*note*: title/the ep overall is lighthearted but we do also have more serious discussion about the kissing scenes). We also discuss the way that scene is dealt with and portrayed, and the circumstances and reaction to it. There’s lots of subtle moments and internal thoughts here and then the classic conversation between Rhys and Feyre at the very end. We’ve got lots of thoughts and lots of tangents this episode! Is Rhys’s beast form a wyvern (the coat of arms for Adarlan?) Did Jurian and Rhys trade secrets mind to mind under the mountain? Was the Suriel tricking them into a blood oath? Lots of interesting convos, theories, and multiverse discussion in this one so give it a listen!

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Intro/Closing Music Credit: Indie-Pop by Ivan Luzan

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Episode Overview:

00:00–Cold open, intro song, episode intro and summary

1:25–similarities between Feyre and Aelin’s wyrdmarks (bargain marks are wyrdmarks..?)

6:03–Is the green fae in Rhys’s lap a spy?

06:50–difficult to look at Tamlin!

7:32–What Tamlin should have done in the room

11:17–Why TF does Feyre have fae scent?!

12:44–that’s REALL horny lol

14:59–the language of Tamlin and Feyre’s kiss

16:57–is Tamlin trying to trigger the mate bond?

19:21–Did Rhys find them because Feyre was horny down the bond? Lol (plus tangent about Rhys being a wyvern..?)

23:47–what IS the bond between Tamlin and Lucien?

26:15–What does he mean by this?

32:21–Rhys tasting Tamlin…

33:17–We hate the language and circumstances of this freaking scene…

39:01–What is Amarantha thinkingggg?? Plus Jurian tangent–have Rhys and Jurian been chatting mind to mind for the last 50 years…?

48:17–Feyre calling him Rhysand vs Rhys!

50:05–What’s with this weird winnowing that’s seemingly only in this book?

51:29–Rhys has “blue black” hair–Havilliard hair? Danaan hair??

57:20–Rhys thinking about how silly his mate bond is (What is she really?? What is the cauldron doing?)

59:45–Is Rhys really this apathetic?

1:01:41–Why they never just…hulksmashed Amarantha! Was the Suriel scamming Feyre into blood oathing Rhys? Do they have a blood oath DISGUISED as a mate bond? Are Lucien and Tamlin carranam? Confirmation of Lucien being a high lord??! (What were our brains doing during this part loolllll)

1:07:41–Tamlin’s wrath & Rhys’s plan

1:20:.09–She instinctively wants to comfort him

1:24:26–Feyre knowing he gave her a better deal than he should have

1:28:37–Next week, closing & outro song