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casuallivi · 1 year

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Yellow Carnations

I’ll admit elriel is more of a background here, since this is part of my Her Ladyship's Garden collection, where I tell little stories about Elain. Set post ACOSF. Word count: 2016

For Elriel Month 2023. Prompt 3: Happy Solstice @elriel-month

The High Lord confident steps halted as he passed by them, a frown marring his face.

“You are here.”

Elain lifted her eyes from the tome she was reading, dark circles in her pale face, her freckles less prominent now that she spent less time under the sun.

“Am I not aloud anymore?”

“Don’t be silly,” he recovered quickly, “I’m surprised to see you home, that’s all.” Too late. The oddness of his initial tone sent her alert.

Elain watched Rhysand like a hawk. She could now interpret all the subtle changes in his posture, the quirk in his lips when he came across information he found relevant, the twitch in his left ear when his attention was actually settle in a different conversation than the one he was having, the slight grind of his molars when the information was not to his liking, the unguarded rub off his chin when he found something amusing. Amren was right. Translation was a game of patient, its own brand of art. Observe a language for long enough, and you'll find the patterns. Observe a male for long enough, and you'll find his weaknesses.

“Early day?”

“Late night.” Amren corrected.

The night began in the opulent dinner table, where they had more space to work. As the hours went by and their eyes grow tired, they moved to the sofa, seeking a bit of comfort, later sitting on the rug, cushion spread all over the place. Now the sun was high in the sky.

Amren slouched back on her hand, sipping wine from her enchanted gold goblet that never emptied. Her latest gift from Varian. “Sunshine here, is surprisingly good with languages. I’m thinking of keeping her.”

Cunning violet eyes scanned the mess spread on the center table, crinkling the smallest bit at the corner while he exchanged a silent conversation with Amren. Elain pretend not go notice the use of his daemanti powers.

“Is that so. Had I known that earlier I’d not have let you move out. It's good to have reliable people close by." He grinned at her, joking. Elain had no doubt he was trying to mask the truth with pleasantry.

Rhysand was not happy with her decision to leave. Not when he and Feyre went above and beyond to build her a room that could rival a small house. It was certainly bigger than the cabin they lived in. A cage was still a cage, no matter how big the antechamber was. She smiled at him.

“A lady never tells.”

“Is that another of your human costumes?”

“No. A feminine one.” She could not help but notice how his smile did not reach his eyes.

“Well, best of luck, ladies. Don’t let Amren drink on an empty stomach. She gets cranky.” He waved them goodbye.

Amren squinted at Elain, as if daring her to take her goblet. Elain only rolled her eyes. The people in this household had a level of love and tolerance for alcohol that she could not understand. More than once she witnessed Cassian downing entire barrels, by himself, and still remember vivid details of the night. It was mesmerizing and worrisome.

Their books were staked in high piles in a vain attempt to gain space. It was no use. The surface was covered with a variety of tomes written in a dead tongue, accompanied by dictionaries and encyclopedias. Although her fingers were cramping from the long hours spend writing, Elain used the piles to her advantage, the books creating a makeshift hideout. With the help of her acute fae-sight, Elain caught a view to Rhysand's map room, Cassian and Azriel already inside, their back to her, waiting on their High Lord.

Azriel.

Her heart ache at the sight of him. Sleep hardly came by these days, her mind too busy in replaying the moment he rejected her. Elain did not even had the luxury of remaining his friend, for Azriel made his presence scarce, shutting her down completely. No more walks along the Sidra, no more sitting by the garden, no more exquisite seeds left in the shed, no more tiny trinkets from his trips, no more shopping at Rainbow, no more breakfasts at the breaking of the day, no more sage carefully applied to the cuts in her hands. Azriel was gone.

Yet, he had come to see her father.

Every month Elain visited her father’s grave. Taking her time to tend to his tombstone, pluck the weed that insisted in climbing the stone, replacing his flowers with fresh one, gently polishing the jaded letters forming his name while murmuring new memories made by her and her sisters. Sometimes they went with her – Feyre more than Nesta – whether they choose to go or not, there was someone who never failed to accompany her, standing with his hands clasped behind his back, wings tucked tight, keeping a respectful distance at the foot of the hill. The first time she voiced her wish to visit her father, back when her family was still careful of her mood swings, Feyre volunteered to take her. To their surprise, Azriel was waiting for them outside, implying his High Lady flying skills were not good enough to carry others. Feyre gasped at the audacity, threatening to punish him with frontier duty, and Elain thought it was endearing how he hide his smile behind her tresses.

When the following month came, Elain descended the stairs to find him waiting in the foyer, a placid smile in place. They exchanged no words as he took her basket, safekeeping it in a pocket of shadows, and off they went. Another ritual was born of silent agreement, as all the ones created before it, because that’s how they worked, inexplicably attuned to each other.

Or so she thought.

The solstice mistake haunted her all day long, Elain returning to her sleepless nights, mind running a thousand miles, recreating every interaction she ever shared with Azriel, cataloging all the touches and glances and suggestions of something else. Something more. No matter how hard she thought, the conclusion was the same: Azriel felt for her as she did for him. Then why, why, reject her? Elain rubbed a hand under her breast, caressing her ribs, disappointment settling over her very bones. It saddened her that she was used to people validating her bond more than her, but to have Azriel doing the same was like having her heart ripped out of her chest. Again. She tossed and turned in her bed. Maybe it was for the best. If she was just another woman, they would have freedom to explore their relationship, but she wasn't, and things were complicated. Elain was tired of complications. Perhaps she could use this event to distance herself as well, easier to bury her feeling. As Nesta's romance books said; out of sight, out of mind.

The problem was Azriel didn't get the memo, reappearing when she finally settled her mind in forgetting him, therefore ruining her plan.

To see Azriel standing outside the River House, waiting for her, after the solstice fiasco, was a bucket of cold water putting out the fire of her resolution. Damn him. No, she would not go with him. He had been avoiding her like the plague, forgone their friendship as if she was nothing, disappeared from her life without giving her a proper reason, a goodbye. Elain had more self-respect than giving him a free pass after all he had done. She’d rather walk all the way to the mountain than submitting herself to be in the company of a man who called her a mistake.

That's what she told herself as she looped her arms around his neck, Azriel taking up to the sky seconds later. Elain was a fool for love. Elain was a fool for Azriel. She could barely focus on cleaning the grave, apologizing to her father and promising to come another day to talk properly. Contrary to her other visits, the was no placid smile waiting for her downhill. His silence was different now, tense, guarded, as if he was stopping himself from spilling words. It made her jittery. When he brought her home, Elain could swear he tightened his hold on her, burring his nose in her hair before settling her back on her feet. Her heart thundered the entire time.

Her stare meet the one of her brothers-in-law, Rhysand noticing her watching. He winked at her, the door closing with a hit of night-kissed power.

A powerful, heavy, slap hit the back of her head, jerking her body forward, her breast hitting the corner of the center table.

“Focus.” Elain straighten herself, rubbing her aching tits. Her eyes remained fixed at the door. The scent of jasmine thickened, burning the oxygen in the air.

“Amren.”

“No talking.”

"Listen,"

“Girl, I do not care for how cauldron-blessed you are, if you do not concentrate, I'll smack you with that book.”

The threat did not detained Elain. She had long learned to identify the humors of the small female sitting beside her. Despite her words, Amren was calm and relaxed, carefully translating the parchment in front of her with her dubious calligraphy. Elain’s expression was a block of stone, showing nothing of the havoc in her mind, a swirling of thoughts she had avoided for a long time taking a hold of her tongue, obliging her to ask a question she had never dared to voice out loud.

“What if his mate comes?” The scribbling stopped, the metal tip of Amren’s feather pen piercing the pager.

Goddamn tears rimmed her eyes again, and Elain couldn’t know if they were from anger or frustration. Or sadness. Elain was so tired of crying. She rubbed them off.

“What if she comes for him. For Varian.”

The pen broke under the strength of her hold, dark blue ink smearing the translation. The hairs in Elain's arm stood up, her senses getting alert to the scent of danger spreading in the air. Then it was gone, masked with perfection. Amren scrunched the paper carelessly, throwing it over her shoulder.

“It won’t happen.” she said with conviction.

“It can happen.”

“It won’t.”

Elain shook her head, placing her book down. She knew denial when she saw it; had learned to identify it in the mirror.

“You don’t know that. She can be out there, and at some point, they might meet,”

The slam of a fist cut her words, shaking the table, splintered wood forming veins in the dark wood. Grey eyes smoldered, a snarl escaping the ferocious female. Amren snapped her head towards Elain, her grin savage, her words hushed and deadly.

“Then be my guest and try me.” Another fae would have flinched, instinct urging then to cower in front of the great predator snarling at their face. Elain did not balk, did not blink, she faced the other female head on, cunning brown eyes tracking the passionate possessivity hiding behind the maddening outburst. “Do I look like I give a fuck about some fae-made mystical rope of destiny? I’m not from this world, girl. Where I come from, you want something, you take it. I wanted this world, I wanted this body, and I want that male. Varian is mine, and mine alone. Mine. If someone, anyone, thinks they can steal him from me, they are welcome to try.”

She slammed the book into Elain’s chest.

“Stop spouting nonsense and finish this shit.”

In her heart of heart, Elain had always thought that being made gave them a sort of comradery, but seeing the ferocity in Amren’s eyes today proved they shared more similarities than the middle Archeron imagined. She took a deep breath, purging all the other scents lingering in the house to focus in one and one alone, when she found it, Elain breathed it in, holding it down in her lungs the longest she could, exhaling it slowly.

You want something, you take it.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Elain returned to her book. Amren’s words ringing in her ears. Maybe the former angel of death was put in the seer’s way to teach her more than dead languages.

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werewolf-artfriend · 11 months

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a lil speedpaint for the summer solstice! time: ~1 hr 30 mins :)

#just remembered the solstice is today and hey that means i can make a companion piece..!!#furry #furry art #artists on tumblr #digital art #original #this was VERY fun. what a good time #i had planned to draw more after i posted my last art BUT i got violently sick a few days after posting LMAO #im good now tho 💪#hope yall are stayin safe in the summer HEAT. see ya next post!!!

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stellarrev-artblog · 30 days

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post-Solstice, Solstice trio

#oneshot game #oneshot fanart #prototype oneshot #cedric oneshot #rue oneshot #stellarrev art #FINALLY finished a complete art piece b4 graduation. had this sitting unfinished for weeks #not sure if i can pull it off again tho. lol #solstice trio my beloveds. do yall know about them

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salsa-di-pomodoro · 1 year

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Uh guys

GUYS

#rainworld #rain world #OneShot #one shot #i know this is probably just a reference moment but #the implications guys #its on the wiki i cant be the only one who has noticed this #does this mean that the old world would be just like oneshot #before the void revolution perhaps?#except it was unfinished...#maybe oneshot exists in a world where the author had enough time to finish coding it #i domt know if they would have ascended then thiugh #the world was corrupted after all #and it seemed to have deviated a lot from what it was originally #but also solstice #idk man #if anyone has any thought at all aboit this please tell me about them id like to know them #again tho. im aware that this is probably just videocult poimting their finger at the game oneshot and going hey look that game's cool :)#but it still was about to exist in universe and i am going to take advantage of that as much as i can #i hope i got all the tags #rainworld spoilers #i guess?#oneshot game

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farolero-posting · 11 months

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💔

For the author

HEY. and on Father's day no less??? This man is just angst after angst. But I will try.

💔 - an angsty headcanon

He tried obscuring his identity as much as he could for many reasons, but mainly because he viewed this action as punishment for what he couldn't do for the World. Truth is, after the last patch (the one that made Solstice possible) he wanted to let the world be as independent as possible, and in a sense free TWM from the limits in the programming he imposed on them.

(ask game this is referencing, requests open)

#oneshot game #the author #he is a trixky subject tbh #Like if u ask me i view him as someone that self punishes and apologizes a lot #so. he Has Regrets #and he was torn between doing something to change the situation #or letting it be and let twm decide #when he noticed the restrictions TWM imposed on itself and how it would affect Niko he couldnt stay idle tho #so he worked on the solstice patch. even if it was conflicting with his ideal of not interfering with TWM again #look i like the author to be a complex guy that definitely made mistakes #but also someone who does genuinely care once he is aware of it #^ can u tell i hate a certain theory video #like he is not trying to avoid resppnsibility but he definitely had. Unresolved Stuff.#headcanon

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pride-of-storm · 1 year

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i have successfully! made cookies!!!

#to bring to work to celebrate solstice :D #they are oatmeal with crystallized ginger #and a very relaxed kinda tasty #v satisfying #storm's posts #personal #food #my cinnamon Disappeared tho :/#i had enough cinnamon sugar mix that i could use that but still :/

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in-omni-scientia · 5 months

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what holiday are you guys celebrating?

ENCYCLOPEDIA [Trivial: Success] — Winter Solstice. VOLITION [Trivial: Success] — New year. COMPOSURE [Trivial: Success] — Some kind of fucked-up in-between that celebrates Not Dying, or something. AUTHORITY [Trivial: Success] — December. COMPOSURE [Trivial: Success] — January. PERCEPTION [Trivial: Success] — Christmas.

ENCYCLOPEDIA — ...What? PERCEPTION — Uh. Christmas? Like... the holiday? Birthday of His Innocence the Puni-- AUTHORITY — Christ, Percy, don't start making shit up too, we've already got *one* liar on our hands... PERCEPTION — You just *said* the name of-- ENCYCLOPEDIA — Quit this, there's only seven Innocences. Leave the facts to me. COMPOSURE — Good try, man, but nobody's gonna believe you. ENCYCLOPEDIA — He is not real. IN MEMORIAM [Godly: Success] — In another world... VOLITION — Mmh -- maybe on the damn moon, but not here. PERCEPTION — Mmgnnbhgfjfjn.

#ooc: i said this in the skillsposting server but. while god heaven hell and angels might be real in elysium #jesus has been confirmed to Not be (by luiga iirc) therefore there is no christmas! (“geez” is still a real word tho)#however they do celebrate winter solstice according to my reliable source (another autism haver)#i mentioned christmas in another post bc i wanted to sing christmas carols but i had work then christmas and now i am fucking SICK !!!!!!#so the opportunity has lapsed. gets sad #sorry for taking so long to respond btw !! same reasons as above #contains: txt #author/s: me #contains: answers

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solsticethebatearedfox · 8 months

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#solstice irl #friend and i (vaguely mentioned them before) had a fight-ish. really upset me and most of our friend group. it's been like a month #i finally felt secure enough to reach out and he was pretty mature but said he wanted to leave it be and not be friends.#i get it and im happy to get closure but man. ya boy sad.#idk like it doesn't really matter too much (moving away in a year so ig i can just forget him entirely then) but im still conflicted #dude was slowly heading down a shitty path tho so at least i got out before it was too late. worth bringing up with therapist tho.

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forestgames03 · 10 months

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🎧 this site

...saw @pleuro doing this so thought I might too...

#music #topten #delilah just vibes with my inner summer solstice child #also reminds me of summer songs I'd listen to in like 2017/18 as a teenager with sever depression #ringa linga is just there cos I simp for Taeyang's arms in the music video #Casey Lowry is to this day the only artist I've ever payed to go see performing live #it was a pretty great night + I'd definitely go again (if I had the money lol)#and I'm not surprised by “your vibes” except I have no idea what stomp + holler is #sounds sorta like the horse ranch pack tho #forestgames03

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wileycap · 9 months

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Okay, so I had a thought (and I'm about 300% sure I'm not the first one, but I was too lazy to check, I also don't know if canon has adressed this already):

When Wan Shi Tong was dragging the library into the Sprit World, how was Toph able to hold it?

Because Toph learned from the badgermoles.

Let's back up a little. The Ocean and The Moon are explicitly spirits. Fang, Roku's dragon, is able to traverse the Spirit World (and on the Solstice, even the physical world) freely, even though Roku isn't. Appa is spiritually connected to Aang and able to perceive it (with help) and follow the connection to Ba Sing Se.

I think all of the original benders are either spirits, or animals that crossed over from the Spirit World. And all of the bending styles we've seen have distanced themselves from the original sources of bending - even Airbending, because Aang and the historical benders don't fly freely, like Appa. Firebending is fueled by rage, that's explicitly stated, I don't have anything good for Waterbending so the source is firmly trust me bro, and in Earthbending, Toph's moves are based on a different martial arts style (Zhujia/Chugar family kung fu rather than the Hung Gar style used by other earthbenders*) than the other earthbenders we see - there is explicitly something different about learning from the original source. I also think all of the original benders, when crossing over, used their bending to anchor themselves into the physical world. For dragons, fire was life and the sun, for Tui and La, their eternal dance was their life and power, etc.

That's a long paragraph to say that no other earthbender could have held up the library. Toph learned her bending from the badgermoles, not as a fighting style, but as a way of interacting with the environment - the same way they do. I don't think she's necessarily aware of it, but I think that, because badgermoles are spirits that crossed over a long time ago, as Toph learned, she also unconsciously learned a style of bending that is much more spiritual than human-taught bending.

This also weaves nicely into the show's themes of destiny. Aang was destined to find Toph (he saw her in a vision, after all), and Toph was destined to teach Aang. But not only that, Toph was the only person who could have held up the library. She wasn't just holding up a big rock. She anchored it into our world.

And I think that's beautiful.

*BUT NOT WING CHUN THO THAT INFORMATION WAS LITERALLY ONE GOOGLE SEARCH AWAY ALL THIS TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS WING CHUN I SWEAR I HEARD IT SOMEWHERE AND INCORPORATED IT INTO MY BELIEF SYSTEM FOREVER thank you dear person in the tags i don't know if it's polite to @ you considering it was in the tags but thank you srs

#atla spoilers #atla #toph beifong #atla toph #toph #earthbending #fan theories #fan theory #avatar toph #avatar the last airbender #spirit world #i really like that #i really like that you can make up fan theories for this show without breaking canon at all #it shows a depth of writing and worldbuilding

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ofswordsandpens · 4 months

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Finale Thoughts

The show stuck the ending far better than I thought it would and when compared to the preceding episodes it knocks it out of the park. That being said, I think because the bar was so low going in, that it makes this episode feel spectacular when really every episode should have done this well, at minimum.

Solo Lessons and Ares Battle

I'm so happy they included the one-on-one training sessions with Luke since its so essential to foreshadowing. I also liked the setting in the woods but why was it like autumn/fall in the flashback lol? However, I think that did unintentionally add a dreamlike quality to the scene which I did really like so whatever I'm here for it.

That being said I do wish these scenes were in episode 2/3 alongside the other chb stuff instead of being a flashback in the finale because it makes it just so on the nose that Luke's the traitor. However, the shot panning from Luke's extended sword to Percy's on the beach ate I can't lie.

Honestly it may have been interesting if they had established some of the solo lessons early on in episode 3 and then done periodic flashbacks to expand on them throughout the series. That way, its not so obvious that Luke's the traitor in the final hour and we also get cool transition shots and establishing that Percy is thinking about what he's learned from his lessons with Luke.

#Relieved that the Ares and Percy fight was not a single sword strike and then cut to black. Glad we had some action. Still think we should've pushed the limits much harder tho.

Oh but Percy's wave did go hard. They actually made the wave much bigger than what happened in the book and now I'm just sitting here wondering why we couldn't see some more of this instead of 10,000 cut to black scenes every time Percy uses his powers.

I wish we had gotten this Ares's reaction from the book when he lost: "The roar that followed made Hades’s earthquake look like a minor event. The very sea was blasted back from Ares, leaving a wet circle of sand fifty feet wide." Show Ares's reaction seemed so anticlimactic in comparison.

And no curse???? huh??

I know Ares was like "we're enemies 4 life now" but the curse and dialogue from the book goes so unbelievably hard: “You have made an enemy, godling. You have sealed your fate. Every time you raise your blade in battle, every time you hope for success, you will feel my curse. Beware, Perseus Jackson. Beware.”

Why couldn't show Ares say that??

Olympus, Zeus, & Poseidon

[Insert aw, she's ugly John Mulaney Meme]

sorry Olympus could've should've been prettier.

Like Olympus in the book felt a lot more wondrous and lush and colorful. But in the show it seemed so dull. Idk if its cause the "war's happening" or whatever it was just bland. a wash of dull-looking cgi and then an instant cut to the Big Palace.

Lance Reddick's Zeus was amazing tho. He had that godly presence I've been waiting for.

And Toby Stephens's Poseidon? oh I loved it.

I especially loved their conversation in greek.

I still wish however they would have done effects on the gods' eyes. Like glowing with energy or something when they get emotional. I felt like I was waiting to see electricity burst from Zeus when he was yelling at Percy.

And so it turns out that the reason why they changed it to Percy missing the deadline in the show was to create a situation in which Poseidon surrenders a war for his son.

And listen, if this scene existed in a vacuum I'd be so here for it. I guess a part of me can't fathom the solstice being anything other than a hard deadline. I enjoy the scene without context, within context I have mixed feelings about it.

But the "do you dream?" convo between Percy and Poseidon. Oh my god no notes. I loved it.

Some more book dialogue that I wish made it: “You did well, Perseus. Do not misunderstand me. Whatever else you do, know that you are mine. You are a true son of the Sea God.”

Luke's Betrayal

Okay here's where we get some high highs and low lows.

Some things I sincerely liked:

The setting. Fireworks going off in the background. The lantern illuminating the side of Luke's face with the scar. So visually nice.

Luke actively trying to recruit Percy! I've always joked that if Luke was just a little smarter he would have tried to persuade Percy to join his side rather than immediately kill him. And I do like that the show went this direction.

While I do mourn the loss of the scorpion them battling via swords is a great subversion of the sword mentor/mentee dynamic they share. It makes the scene tense and fast pace.

And its all of the above that makes me wonder why we didn't have more of this throughout the show: talking while battling, visually appealing and dynamic settings, unique visuals, etc.

I love how triggered Luke was at Percy's mention of meeting Hermes. I still hate how much Hermes introduction bogged down the show but damn if it didn't lead to one singular funny moment.

Percy getting a hit in on Luke and then immediately apologizing

"I didn't think you'd give the shoes to Grover." Oh that was cold.

Walker and Charlie deserve their flowers and more they were fantastic and carried.

Now things I DIDN'T like:

I don't like how Percy pieced it together with the information he did have... which honestly isn't a lot in the show? If he was going to figure out that Luke was the traitor I would've have had Luke show more of his bitterness like he did in the book. Like the fact the show never even mentioned Luke's failed his quest loses the entire element of Percy succeeding an "impossible" quest and being celebrated while Luke only got a scar and a chip on his shoulder from his failed one.

Luke's scar shoulda been worse idc.

Percy should have been mortally wounded. That's where we run into an issue with there being no scorpion because yeah, a fatal sword injury probably would've been a bit much to depict. I also 10000% think that Luke is enough of a baby to get his daddy issues triggered and then try to off Percy for it even if his original intention was to recruit him.

Also the fact that you see Luke raise his sword for a damning blow and then the very next day you have Percy like "I don't think Luke was trying to kill me." and Chiron agreeing? asdlkfjsdlkf WRONG.

Also, sorry, I don't like that Annabeth was there.

But if you're gonna have Annabeth there, her reaction to Luke betraying her and trying to hurt Percy should've been way more severe than a solemn "I heard everything."

She shoulda been crying, questioning, yelling even if she had suspected him. It's one thing to suspect it, it's another to see the person you consider your family to actually prove it true.

(And this isn't on Leah! It's 100% on the directors cause what was the thought process here? Her brother figure betrays her and she's like :/)

And sure, in the book Annabeth isn't actually all that surprised by Luke's betrayal when Percy tells her about it... but we also never got to see her initial reaction to it. Percy was out for 2 days.

Just, if book Annabeth had been there, she would've been so emotional and that's okay!! let Leah show off her chops!

Sally

I mourn book Sally. I mourn her arc. I mourn the power of Sally unapologetically petrifying Gabe with Medusa's head.

One of the most iconic storylines from the book and it was sanitized in the show to the point that it lost all sense and meaning.

Honestly one of the biggest disappointments of the show for me.

Other

I love the fact that a flower is the searcher's license for satyrs its just so silly and sweet.

I love Annabeth sincerely hugging Percy but also using it for strategizing purposes it feels very on point for her.

Also her braids at the end!! so sweet!

I am very very bitter that Percy didn't see the fates. This + the changes made to Sally's characterization and arc... the show truly doesn't get it.

#pjo show crit #probably need to edit this its likely riddled with typos but

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moonlit-dreamers · 4 months

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drew out a scenario idea that @night-waker had

for context, this eclipse is called solstice and servant sun is called sunshine. sunshine accidentally fell through the portal when the wither storm attacked and he entered a different dimension that was much nicer and calmer. at first him and solstice had a rocky relationship (sunshine was scared he would be punished even tho solstice would always remind him he wouldnt) but over time they grow to enjoy each others company! tho theyre not great with communicating that to each other- but thats a different thing!

theyre relationship with each other is complicated so i wont be talking about it in this post but if ppl wanna know i can make another post for it :)

(also @lyrical-hue bc ik u would wanna be tagged)

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greenleaf777 · 3 months

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My biggest theory is that Azriel and Elain are true mates and Az(also Elain too) can for sure feel the bond between them.

Just take a minute to think of how horrible that would be for Azriel to experience tho. He would feel this unbelievable pull and connection to Elain but as far as he knows she has a mate already. He is probably confused and upset all the time but has to play it cool. He just can’t make sense of it. Which Az knew what ailed Elain, why we see him so feral when Elain is taken. Why i think we’ve gotten the narrative from ACOSF that we got about Az, where he can’t sleep cause of “wants and needs”, he stays away from the River House and doesn’t come to family meals anymore, how we see that the smell and sight of the Elucien “bond” (which he shouldn’t be able to smell) makes him upset and physically ill where he has to stay by the door so he can leave quickly 😭. He’s probably losing his damn mind about this and he doesn’t know why but no matter what he can’t stay away from her. This is why we see him full on state to Rhys that “What if the Cauldron was wrong?” and how it states hes been feeling that way for a while but had yet to speak the words out loud.

On to Elain, I think she truly feels the bond with Azriel as well. Thats why she acts so weird around Lucien, why him pulling the “bond” is so uncomfortable to her, why she shrinks away and ignores him. It feels wrong to her. I am of the mind that she also has Seen her and Azriel together, which was why she acted confused when he pulled away from her at Solstice. I also think she’s actively trying to figure out how to fix everything.

Do you think Elain has Seen her and Azriel together???

#elriel #acotar #a court of thorns and roses #azriel #azriel x elain #elain x azriel #azriel shadowsinger #azriel acotar #elain archeron #pro elriel #acofas #acowar #acomaf #acosf #a court of mist and fury #a court of silver flames #a court of wings and ruin #sjm #sarah j maas

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mythicalcookie · 3 months

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Some Gwynriel headcons:

We all know that Gwyn has long and beautiful hair. She surely devoted her time to either style or take care of them. We all have seen stunning fanarts of Az touching her hair/ tiying it up

So here are my headcons about her hair:

Gwyn has to have some hair bands or ribbons that she would tame her hair.

I imagine her throwing her accessories around the House as they are easy to lose (I swear I have to buy them every month, they just disappear)

What if one day Azriel found some of them? I believe that he would think about Nesta or Cassian, but ribbons are rather Gwyn's thing

So he would just take it and swear to return it to her, but he would forget about it since he was called on another mission or something

After a few months I believe he would have a nice collection of those accessories, just because (I'm sure shadow babies would help him to differentiate between her and Cassian's. Imagine Azriel just picking which ones are Gwyn's and leaving the rest).

What if he heard Gwyn talking to Nesta about how tiresome is acquiring new ribbons since she loses previous ones.

So Azriel got the idea for the perfect gift for her for Solstice (or her birthday if she told him). He would spend hours just trying to pick colors and textures. We all know his gifts are allegedly the best so I believe he would take this task seriously. With the help of his shadows he picked the most suitable ones, in appropriate colors so everybody would know they're hers.

I wrote a previous post about his hands and this is my Roman Empire, if he would feel them.

He wrapped them nicely and left them in her room. I'm certain he wouldn't want others to know it was from him, as being in the center of attention is not his thing. And perhaps it's the same for others, that's why he wanted to do it in private.

Okay and now imagine them being in a relationship:

Both of them would wear her accessories in either their pockets or wrists

Just in case she needed some

It would be hilarious to see the Spymaster, in the middle of a training and Gwyn just searching through his pockets (do their leathers even have some?) and taking out her ribbon.

Maybe even his shadows would bring her one.

Imagine if Cassian tried to take one, he wouldn't even manage to touch Azriel's hand 😭 I believe he would be quite protective of Gwyn's possezsions

I have this beautiful fanart in my head, where Az was styling her hair in a pony tail.

He would want to learn how to braid her hair, even the simplest braids. It would be a sign of him taking care of him, his love language maybe.

And again, it would be a journey for both of them: Gwyn letting a man touch her without seeing him (he would be behind her), and Azriel learning to love his hands (my eyes sweat when I think about it)

I've read some of the stories where Azriel would admire her hair. There is even one modern au Gwynriel one shot where he actually had her hairband on his wrists (it was absolutely cute tho).

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PJO Episode 6 (spoilers)

The good

1. Ok, I do agree that having 4 pearls instead of 3 makes more sense I guess. Because then they have hope that they’ll actually be bringing Sally back.

2. This was a fun episode, but definitely the farthest from the source material.

3. The “Clarissa is the lightning thief” fake out is NICE. Like sure?? I’m down for it (don’t think there was enough about that tho. Like if we had a hellhound scene in ep 2, we would know someone in camp was the traitor but alas)

The bad

1. Why change it to after the solstice instead of the day before? I like the stakes better when they’ve wasted 5 days in the hotel and have 24 hours to fix everything. We’ve learned the gods are assholes. If they missed the deadline, why tf would Zeus care what they have to say after that deadline. His pride is still gonna be too fucking hurt and he’ll start a war over his broken ego anyway. I don’t know, just not a fan, personally.

2. I’m getting kind of tired of the trio knowing exactly what is happening at all times. There was no whimsy and fun in the casino. There was no Percy slowly figuring out something was wrong. In fact, we don’t even really learn that people in the casino don’t age and everyone there are from different decades. Just not a fan of the trio knowing everything all the time. Like they are 12 year old kids. Let them play for a little bit PLEASE. The plastic credit cards, the sims city game, the deer hunting people game, the nice big hotel room, etc etc.

Edit: 3. WAIT WHY THE RANDOM SATYR??? LIKE JUST TO DRAW GROVER AWAY?? Really?? I don’t know, whole thing could’ve been done better. There is no fun in this episode, only s e r i o u s business.

???

1. Why keep the episode title “We take a Zebra to Vegas” when there is no Zebra…? Not to mention there is no Percy talking to said Zebra. Neither of these points are too important and I can live without them. (I’m sure we’ll learn that Percy can talk to horses another time so it’s no big deal but still.)

2. I don’t know, this episode was fun, right? But like, it’s starting to feel less like TLT, and more like a parallel universe.

Week ?? Of me saying TLT is still the closest adaptation of Percy Jackson we’re ever gonna get and that’s funny. I’ve been pretty open-minded about the TV show and I like it as it’s own thing, but as an adaptation I think as it goes on I’m just starting to feel more meh about it. When our characters tell instead of show, they know everything, etc etc there’s no stakes, there’s no suspense, and it gets stale. It’s the same every episode…

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