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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 after being “welcomed” Under the Mountain! We begin with Lucien healing her and lots of interesting considerations (Why does Lucien having power make Tamlin tempted by Amarantha? What’s with his power??) We also get some Jurian backstory–and okay seriously WHO TF IS Clythia?? Then we get into the scene where Amarantha asks Feyre for her name. That scene has really interesting descriptions and notes about Rhys and the Amarantha deals with him, plus some interesting imagery with him and Feyre. Also–a slight ToG tangent (because Sam is reading that right now!) makes for a FASCINATING theory about Rhys and Feyre’s end game–are they gates?? Also some really interesting discussion of the roots of maybe both of Feyre’s names and we get the riddle. We also discuss Chapter 36 which is a relatively short discussion despite being such an important moment but we still have some good discussion there! 

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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

2:17–Lucien just strolls on into the cell..?

2:48–Coppery tang vs metallic tang

3:55–what’s with the screaming?

5:38–What did Tamlin sacrifice??

8:02–Healing in ACOTAR?

10:36–Lucien’s little light? Why did Amarantha give Lucien some power to entice Tamlin..?

13:14–What does he mean by “some good”?

15:07–Jurian & Amarantha just…killed everyone else? Why didn’t Hybern kill Amarantha before..?

19:13–Who the HELL is Clythia…? (Did she “Make” Jurian..? Is she a seer?)

22:52–What was Lucien going to say?! & winnowing questions (do Hogwarts rules apply?)

25:15–Everyone is clean and fed..?

27:05–Feyre’s keeping Amarantha awake all night..?

28:01–Rhys wraps around Feyre? (“A black cloud wrapped around me”)

33:36–Are Rhys and Feyre GATES??

37:18–She likes being by Rhys…!

39:15–Feyre senses his lie IMMEDIATLEY lol

42:21–Why does Amarantha not just have Rhys get Feyre’s name? Amarantha/Rhys cold war?

44:43–Was Rhys really holding Lucien’s mind? Was Rhys’ “smiling faintly” because of his mental convo with Lucien?

46:57–Which ones swore allegiance?

48:36–Eris’s snarling

50:20–Ancient Fae name??

51:57–“I’m glad I didn’t give her my family name”

53:05–The riddle! (Why would a villain make the answer “love”?)

54:09–Bharat mentioned again!

57:12–SJM teasing Rhys & Feyre!

58:03–Rhys is smiling because he realizes she isn’t gonna get the riddle??

1:00:24–Start of Chapter 36 Discussion! Who are these excited bitches?

1:02:20–High Lords descriptions

1:04:11–Rhys was the one who fired the shot?

1:07:22–Only the human parts of her want to run? What are the other parts?? Plus Amarantha description (also she bares her teeth at Amarantha? Very Fae!)

1:09:02–“Not like this”--who is saying this in her head? Her? Rhys? The Mother?

1:10:51–The trial (her strat, Rhys fangirling)

1:17:36–Her blood is the bait! Plus the iconic Lucien save!

1:23:24–Is Rhys helping her?

1:24:02–Feyre the fae! (She’s a territorial fae bastard!)

1:25:06–Rhys bet on Feyre! Hints at the division between Rhys & Amarantha (plus Maeve/Amarantha similarities) & ending Dorian tangent 

1:35:23–Closing & outro song