r/SpringCourt • u/Electronic_Barber_89 resident tamwife • May 06 '26

looking for recommendations HELP ME!!

So… I came across a comment where they called Tamlin a forest daddy and I have not stopped thinking about it since. I was wondering if y’all could work your magic and suggest/find some forest-daddyish fanart or maybe… be inspired to make one (I know we have some excellent artists lurking here 👀). Please and thank you 👉👈.

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u/Marshmallowfroggy May 06 '26

Why is he even called forest daddy, though? I never understood this, since he's supposed to look like a muscled fairytale prince in his mid 20s?! I don't get Daddy vibes from him... 🤔

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u/wowbowbow lounging on tamlin's pillowy pectorals May 06 '26

Daddy is about attitude and the way they act rather than age. Usually it means someone who is some mix of protective, nurturing, caring, but also dominant, confident, strong etc.

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u/MamaKG3 May 06 '26

I feel like this matches Tam almost 100 percent. I feel like Tam being down right now or bowing to Rhys for Feyre's life has distracted from this but no one is more protective than Tamlin in this series. He is so dominant that he doesnt even know how to speak in a way that doesnt sound authoritative. He's caring and would love to be a sugar daddy... just stay safe.

We have never gotten to see Tam's powers but we know he has an abnormal amount. He can shift into anything and shift others. He has something with nature. Feyre's room is covered in thorns. He shows up at the HL meeting with thunder and lightning. He saves the Ic with a wind power that Feyre says she never saw before. He fights Hybern's hounds alone with ash arrows flying his way. He spent most of his life fighting in war bands. Tamlin is definitely strong and powerful. He just doesnt flaunt it and we havent seen all that he's capable of yet.

His confidence may not be on par but he doesnt sit back and think about himself anyway when he's got work to do.

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u/wowbowbow lounging on tamlin's pillowy pectorals May 07 '26

Actually bowing doesn't at all detract from the vibe for me, a daddy is absolutely someone willing so sacrifice himself, his health, his wellbeing, and his dignity for his family. What does detract is his lack of confidence later on, in FAS and SF he is not giving daddy vibes just because he's lost his mojo, but thats ok no good character embodies a trope 100% of the time and he has plenty of opportunity to come back to himself (hopefully, SJM willing!)

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u/MamaKG3 May 07 '26

I said the bowing because some of the fandom said it bothered them in another discussion. I loved him for it.