Ever wonder if ChatGPT could write a punk-pop love anthem? Us too, apparently. Come listen to Weekly Maas this week to find out what our thoughts are about that! In this weeks episode, Anna and Jeffrey discuss chapters 38-39 of A Court of Thorns and Roses. It's probably better that they discuss this book because Anna fell asleep during A Nightmare Before Christmas and couldn't tell you the resolution of Sally's unrequited love for Jack. Instead, they'll chat about Feyre's requited love for Tamlin. Boo.

Jeffrey gives his second weak synopsis in a row, though he does try to defend himself. Once they begin chatting about these chapters, Jeffrey immediately regales us with a memory of watching Fantasia in music class in elementary school. Relevant? Probably not. Getting back to the plot of this book, Feyre is given some impossible cleaning tasks and is helped along in them by faeire patrons. Jeffrey confronts the sexism of pet names while discussing Lucien's mother who happens to come along and save Feyre from her first cleaning task. Do y'all think it's nice to have your physical attributes attached to the land you live in? In Lucien's mother's case, it's very pleasant. More importantly, fuck, marry, kill: rice, bread, pasta. Let's go.

Feyre's next task is to clean up never-ending lentils from a dirty hearth and thank god this is Rhysand's room because we're about to get an exposition dump. We learn some key info from this tête-à-tête: Rhysand has greater potential base powers than the other High Lords; all the High Lords have unique powers; all the High Lords can shape-shift; Rhysand's shape-shifted form is some kind of bird/bat-like creature; nobody can help Feyre with the riddle because Amarantha has willed it so; Amarantha's power is so immense that she can force everyone to stop breathing at any moment. This is all some key world-building information. What will Feyre do with it? Probably nothing.

After checking out Google's NGram viewer to look up words Jeffrey doesn't know, they discuss Feyre's makeover before being forced to drink faerie wine that makes her black out while Rhysand does what he wants with her at court parties. Anna tried on some sac's for work the other day... is the sac-look basically what Feyre is wearing? They spend a lot of time discussing these sacs, that's for sure. Rhysand is getting very creepy - calling Feyre his property, dressing her in risqué clothing, drugging her, making her dance in front of the court... this guy sucks. Tamlin has no reaction to any of this. Is he ensorcelled? Anna seems to be a Rhysand apologist as Lucien turns up to berate Feyre for saving herself from dying. Why does Lucien suck in this moment? Later on, Rhysand notes that he saved Feyre to save Tamlin, which leads Anna and Jeffrey to wonder about Tamlin and Rhysand's prior relationsip... were they besties in the past? Lovers, maybe? Why do they hate each other now? Who knows?

The final set piece for these chapters is Rhysand most likely saving the secret of potential rebellion coming Amarantha's way from the Summer Court. Why would Rhysand protect the High Lord of the Summer Court in such a way? What's in it for him? Is he just picking up future favors? Is he trying to bring Amarantha down? We do figure out that Rhysand's theme song is "Get Free" by The Vines. Feyre begins wondering all these same questions as well, though, as ever with Feyre, her thoughts generally lead nowhere.

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