Tamlin as a character has seen an interesting turn sinceA Court of Thorns and Rosesbecame a bestseller, starting out as the next big romantasy love interest before becoming meme fodder.Tamlin serves as Feyre’s main love interest in Sarah J. Maas' firstA Court of Thorns and Rosesbook,with only dismissable hints that this relationship will not last forever.Feyre and Tamlin’s relationshipbecomes increasingly abusive inA Court of Mist and Fury, prompting her to leave the Spring Court and eventually begin a relationship with Rhysand, the High Lord of the Night Court.
A Court of Thorns and Rosesfans generally detest Tamlin, but they love to make fun of him.Some popular meme formats are reused to hilariously mock Tamlin(as well as the rest of the books' cast). Bringing Tamlin to life in theA Court of Thorns and RosesTV showis going to be a challenge given the serious subject matter that surrounds his character. On the other hand, the online fan community utilizes one of the most succinct forms of entertainment available to say how they feel about Tamlin’s character — and the results are extremely amusing.
Release date
A Court of Thorns and Roses
2015
A Court of Mist and Fury
2016
A Court of Wings and Ruin
2017
A Court of Frost and Starlight(novella)
2018
2021
A Court of Thorns and Rosesbook #6
TBC
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The Court of Thorns and Roses series is well-beloved by fans, and its memorable characters and fun dynamics make it the perfect series for memes.
10Tamlin Is A Prince Charming…Or Not
Tamlin Is The Subject Of So Many Downgraded Memes
Tamlin leans into a lot of the conventional Prince Charming aesthetics that theShrekfranchise used to make a beautifully detestable character. Golden hair, skilled warrior, gorgeous magical home, and so on. With the number of Disney and fairy tale tropes at play,this meme comparing Tamlin to the villainous Prince Charming is spot on.A notable facet of this characterization is that the first book explicitly says that Tamlin is not the most powerful High Lord, which has always been Rhys.
Tamlin being younger and slightly less powerful initially comes across as being more suited to Feyre; more down-to-earth, as it were. He is still presented as capable, powerful, and stunning, like Charming riding a horse with his hair in the wind.The events ofA Court of Mist and Furythen turn most of what Tamlin does into a joke,always incompetent and faking it in comparison to not just Rhys but the other High Lords.
9Tamlin While Reading ACOTAR, Everyone Has Been There
We All Make Fun Of Our Friends Who Are Reading The First ACOTAR Book
There are a lot of memes out there that revolve around the same idea of“my friend just started reading A Court of Thorns and Roses and loves Tamlin,”accompanied by some image of someone looking ridiculously suspicious. To its credit,A Court of Thorns and Rosesdoes a good job of convincing the reader that Feyre would never leave Tamlin. When she risks everything for him, it feels like the narrative is saying that it is endgame.
This is what makes A Court of Mist and Fury an interesting book, as it implicitly states that Feyre having done this for Tamlin doesn’t mean she has to stay with him.
This is what makesA Court of Mist and Furya subversive book, as it implicitly states that Feyre having done this for Tamlin doesn’t mean she has to stay with him. It is also why theA Court of Thornsand Rosesshow needs two seasons, at the least. The relationship falls apart fast;within 100 pages the reader has likely completely changed their mind about Tamlin.This gives rise to all these memes of Cillian Murphy and the like looking incredulous because they have lived through that shock.
8Tamlin Never Wanted To Be High Lord
Tamlin’s Leadership Skills Are Lacking
In a profound passage inA Court of Mist and Fury,Feyre compares Tamlin and Rhys and how the latter always wanted to make his court better during his time as High Lord.In contrast, Tamlin never wanted to be High Lord, hoping the responsibility would pass to one of his brothers. Tamlin’s approach to ruling is to do things exactly the way they have always been done, including demanding tribute from the people they can’t always afford.
This leads to a visceral scene inA Court of Mist and Furywhere Feyre gives away some of her jewelry to denizens of the Spring Court so they can pay their tithe, which Tamlin disapproves of. Meanwhile,fans mock Tamlin some more with memes about his ineffectual government.To be fair, Yzma is a hilarious villain, and almost everything she says can be used as a meme.
7ACOTAR’s Beauty And The Beast Metaphor Gets Even More Confusing
Tamlin Is The Beast But Breaking The Curse Turns Him Into Gaston
Given the story’s origins,all theA Court of Thorns and Rosesmemes utilizing images fromBeauty and the Beastare especially clever.The first book is pitched as a retelling, which follows the familiar trajectory of a maiden named something equating to“beautiful”being imprisoned by a beast-like entity and falling in love with him. Tamlin is a shapeshifter with a beast form and needs Feyre to fall for him to break the curse that affects the entire country.
ThenTamlin starts exhibiting attitudes more like Gaston,expecting Feyre to be his submissive consort. Meanwhile, Rhys empowers Feyre and actually helps her learn to read, something that apparently never crossed Tamlin’s mind. People also elaborate upon theBeauty and the Beastmetaphor by describing Rhys as the character everyone treats as beastly, but who is actually better at heart than Tamlin (viaReddit).
6But Tamlin Is A Good Musician
Tamlin Is A Classic Musical Faerie
However, Tamlin does not escape the series’ motif of the arts being a powerful thing in people’s lives. Feyre paints; her sister Nesta finds comfort in music and literature; the city of Velaris is a center of art and culture. Meanwhile,Tamlin is a skilled violinist and once considered traveling as a warrior and minstrelto avoid being seen as his brothers’ competition to inherit the Spring Court.
Feyre is also drunk during this scene inA Court of Thorns and Rosesand is completely entranced by the alcohol and Tamlin’s performance. On the other hand,Tamlin having a talent and passion for music leans into the archetypical image of faeries having some kind of musical revelrywhen a mortal stumbles across them. Tamlin himself is named for the main character of a legendary Scottish ballad featuring a faerie queen.
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5Really, All The High Lords Are Terrible
Tamlin Rules An Unjust Society Before Giving Way To A Worse One
Thefae inA Court of Thorns and Rosesare terrible, but also occasionally careless.All the High Lords, including Tamlin and Rhys, were tricked by Amarantha,resulting in half a century of an even worse dictatorship over Prythian and costing countless lives. To his credit, Tamlin never fully trusted Amarantha, even when she returned to Prythian claiming to want to make amends after a bloody war. Yet he and everyone else accepted an enchanted drink from Amarantha which took away their powers.
Tamlin also went a step further and insulted Amarantha by saying that he would rather marry a human than her,as Amarantha had long desired him. This leads to Amarantha cursing him and his court to wear masks, only to be broken if a human who hates fae falls in love with him. While the comment was inspired by Amarantha’s feelings about humans, it’s still telling that the most insulting thing Tamlin could come up with was saying he’d rather sleep with one of them.
4ACOTAR Meets That One Lion King Meme
Tamlin During Book 1 Vs. Book 2 Memes Never Get Old
ThisLion Kingmeme leveraging one of the most famous animated scenes of all time to illustrate disgustedly rejecting something is always hilarious. Really,this is the feeling of most of the fandom when they disavow Tamlin after the typical romantasy storyrevolving around him and Feyre of the first book. It is an interesting phenomenon among the fandom, given the author’s history and the genre conventions.
When other supernatural love interests have acted this way, people don’t expect that the book will treat it as a reason to end the relationship.
Maas’bestThrone of Glassbooksalso feature the protagonist ditching the apparent endgame love interests from the initial love triangle for a new character who doesn’t show up until book three. Meanwhile,there are some red flags with Tamlin’s behavior in the first bookthat most people dismiss. When other supernatural love interests have acted this way, people don’t expect that the book will treat it as a reason to end the relationship.
3Feyre & Tamlin’s Wedding Scene Is Iconic
ACOMAF Features A Dramatic Entrance By Rhys
One of themoments theA Court of Thorns and Rosesshow needs to includeand get absolutely perfect is Feyre and Tamlin’s failed wedding. This sequence is going to be quite a set piece, with a disgusting amount of frills and a wedding dress Feyre hates. More seriously, Feyre has a flashback to the events under the mountain and unintentionally telepathically calls Rhys for help, who proceeds to show up in a cloud of swirling smoke to whisk her away.
The other category of great Tamlin memes comprises those of Rhys and/or the Night Court reacting to or messing up Feylin.Rhys creates a massive diversion with all the subtlety of a speeding train to stop or at least delay the wedding,giving Feyre an out when she was likely to about to stop the wedding herself. In typical Tamlin fashion, he blames it all on Rhys.
2Tamlin & Lucien’s Friendship Is Fun To Think About
Helping Lucien Is Tamlin’s Most Redeeming Act
Tamlin’s redeeming moments are mostly talked about in the first book, some of which even contradict his later behavior. Namely, he did a lot to help Alis and Lucien.Lucien is the youngest son of the High Lord of the Autumn Courtand planned to marry a commoner against his father’s wishes. Lucien’s family then killed his fiancée, before several of his brothers pursued and attempted to kill him. Tamlin helped Lucien escape and has since been Tamlin’s best friend and most trusted advisor.
After the events of the first trilogy,Lucien keeps visiting Tamlin and trying to repair their relationship,suggesting there is genuine affection between them. This is how the fandom gets funny memes about their interactions over the years, including their initial approach to Feyre. However, Lucien’s dating advice is as bad as Tamlin’s superiority complex. This meme also showcases another general issue with theBeauty and the Beaststoryline about why this would ever be a good way to start a relationship.
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1Feyre Becomes Too Powerful For Tamlin
There Are No High Ladies…Says Who?
Everyone gets their wish to see Feyre enact diabolical revenge on Tamlin inA Court of Wings and Ruin. At the end of the previous book, Feyre very dramatically tells Tamlin that if he takes her back to the Spring Court, she will destroy everything important to him. Tamlin still lives in denial, saying that Rhys used his power to brainwash Feyre. Feyre then changes her approach by pretending to“wake up”and goes back to the Spring Court to do exactly what she said.
In the first few chapters of the third book,Feyre effortlessly manipulates everyone, especially Tamlin.The stunned Pikachu meme is the funniest possible illustration of Tamlin’s shock, although this quickly turns to anger in the book. Tamlin’s role in the rest of theA Court of Thorns and Rosesseries includes him spitting insults at Feyre and neglecting everything because she left, reinforcing that leaving him was the right choice. The books may now be setting up aredemption arc for Tamlin he doesn’t deserve, but the memes are unlikely to ever stop.
