anti-manorian:

You: Rowan Whitethorn

Me, an intellectual: Literal embodiment of hyper masculinity in male characters. This may not have been a problem save for the fact that all of the fae - and sometimes even human - males are romanticised in this way. When the females simply shake their heads and laugh it off, it becomes normalised. And it is definitely possible that some girl reading this might take it as gender norms; the man is the big strong one who can sleep around as many times as he wants, the woman must be loyal to her partner and submissive. If another man so much as LOOKS at her, he will immediately be torn to pieces. This leads readers to believe that it is OKAY for men to get angry, it’s okay for them to be constantly on edge. You might argue that Aelin can stand up for herself, but she shouldn’t have to. This hyper masculinity is also reinforced by the fact that Rowan never actually considered her a friend and wanted to pursue her romantically from the get-go. It reinforces the “can a boy and a girl really be friends” box that straight people like to put themselves in. You could also argue, however, that Aelin is friends with a lot of male characters, though, most of which she dated before. At one point, in Queen of Glass, Aelin even showed romantic interest in her cousin, so, again, she seems incapable of being just friends with any male due to the sheer amount of heteronormativity in these books which is reinforced by the hyper masculinity that can even be seen in the gentlest of male characters.

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matthias helvar boyfriend headcanons

goldengoddess:

request: Hey! Can we get Matthias Helvar as a boyfriend headcanons please?

a/n: our best boy <3 glad i could write about him !!! 

  • as we all know 
  • matthias is pretty reserved
  • he’s not one for pda 
  • at all 
  • but he loves your skin against his
  • so he’ll hold your hand under the table 
  • or pull you into an ally to give you a quick kiss
  • or make any excuse to be touching you 
  • “no guys seriously im really cold i need the body warmth”
  • he’s literally from fjerda, he’s not cold 
  • all the crows know this though
  • poor boy gets teased by your friends endlessly 
  • but c’mon, he makes it so easy 
  • he turns bright red when you compliment his hair 
  • or his outfit 
  • and its so much worse when your joke is inappropriate 
  • the red blush spreads down to his neck and ears
  • he turns crimson 
  • “you can’t say things like that! we are in public!”
  • he says as if that’ll stop you 
  • he’s usually very quiet but when it’s just the two of you 
  • he’ll talk for hours 
  • he loves telling you about all of the small things he did in his day
  • even the silly stuff
  • especially the silly stuff 
  • “this lady offered me a churro today. love, what’s a churro?”
  • he also listens to your long angered rants 
  • drawing small circles on your thigh 
  • you fall onto his chest as the anger slips away 
  • he likes humming songs to calm you down 
  • and you always always fall asleep to the vibrations 
  • on really hard days he spoils you rotten 
  • takes you on long walks 
  • and buys you waffles 
  • and chocolate covered strawberries
  • knowing they’re you’re favorite 
  • and foot massages, back massages, all the massages 
  • you’ll feel like you don’t deserve it 
  • and he’ll quickly cup your face 
  • “no. don’t say that. you’re a queen. you’re my queen.”
  • you make him try new things 
  • for example, you took him to his first party 
  • he stood in the corner for two hours 
  • before you dragged him onto the dance floor 
  • and placed his hands on your hips 
  • it was pretty dark but jesper made fun of his embarrassed face anyways
  • sure he’s never been to a party 
  • but boy does he have moves
  • once you get him going he won’t stop 
  • this man has moves for days 
  • and the entire group starts hyping him up 
  • he walks home with the biggest smile on his face that night 
  • and his arm wrapped around your waist 
  • lazy kisses!!! lazy fucking kisses!!!!!
  • he wakes up and kisses you 
  • in his low raspy morning voice 
  • kisses all over your face 
  • “you’re so gorgeous love”
  • he’s so great with kids 
  • they gravitate to him naturally 
  • maybe they can sense your boyfriend is a giant teddy bear 
  • they try to climb his legs sometimes 
  • you two always talk about having a family 
  • of course, matthias wants a big family 
  • “matthias, baby, five kids? really?”
  • his love language is totally acts of service 
  • so everyday you wake up with your coffee done the way you like it 
  • and he folds your laundry without you having to ask 
  • cooks when you’re sick 
  • professional hugger 
  • chastises you for cursing 
  • jokes about marrying you 
  • snow fights!!!!
  • obviously he takes them so seriously 
  • and makes a whole ass fort 
  • and a mountain of snowballs
  • and then makes you a snowman that weirdly resembles kaz 
  • then he brings you inside for hot coco and marshmallows 
  • fjerdan style 
  • and you wonder how you got so lucky to love matthias helvar 

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