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aelin

The real problem people have with Aelin’s attitude throughout TOG (imho) is the fact that she owns what she is. She’s smart and strategic and carries a lot of burdens and is beautiful, and she never tries to diminish herself or act like she is less, in order to make other people feel better about themselves. And that’s what people don’t like to see.

We don’t want to see a pretty girl who knows she is pretty.

We don’t want to see a smart girl who knows she is smart.

Those things bother people. And honestly, why. Why do we want people to feel like shit about themselves. Or at the very least, why is it that others need to be the ones to validate us and say “why yes, indeed, you are actually smart, you may think that of yourself now”. That’s so effed.

In conclusion, anyone who would want to put someone else down (real or fictional) for recognizing their own strength and not minimizing it or downplaying it, can screw right off.

(And sure you can have other reasons for disliking her, whatever, but a character having confidence in themselves should not be a reason to dislike them. Especially when that can spill over into the real world and suddenly we are shaming real women for feeling good about themselves, for whatever reason.)

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i believe without a doubt in my mind percy jackson can take every single sjm character except aelin ashryver whitethorn galathynius

#percy jackson #aelin ashryver galathynius

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percy’s view of himself: i’m so stupid and ugly and useless. i’m such a lame demigod

literally everyone else’s view of percy:

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I won’t even lie I would have eaten this ending up if sjm had decided to do this

I Can Do It With A Broken Heart

I turned. It took me a moment to grasp it. What I saw.

Rhys was sprawled on the rocky ground, wings draped behind him. He looked like he was sleeping. But as I breathed in-

It wasn’t there. That thing that rose and fell with each breath. That echoed each heartbeat.

The mating bond.

It wasn’t there. It was gone.

Because his own chest… it was not moving.

And Rhys was dead.

(ACOWAR pg. 665-666)

I couldn’t breathe. How could I possibly breathe again when my mate never would again?

I searched for that golden thread that had always connected us, but it wasn’t there. Why wasn’t it there? When I died, Rhys was able to hold onto me long enough to bring me back. I should be able to do the same thing.

I pulled his head into my lap, sight blurring from the tears spilling from my eyes.

“Rhys..,” My voice was low and barely recognizable to me, but I knew everyone gathered around us could hear me. “Rhys come back. Hold on to the bond and come back to me..”

I choked on a sob and buried my face in his chest. “You promised me.. You said you would love me, always. For all time. You promised!”

Suddenly, I felt my power building within me. Building until I felt like I would burst. It was cold and dark, the thing of nightmares, and I realized it wasn’t my power that I was feeling.

I heard the crowds around me gasping and looked up from where I was still holding onto my mate.

There was more darkness spilling out of me than I had ever seen Rhys display. The most powerful High Lord to ever exist in Prythian. I had never grasped just how endless his well of power was, but I knew now. Because this was his power flowing through me, the magic of the Night Court claiming me as its sole ruler.

Because I was now a High Lady without her High Lord.

And I had a duty to my people.

I closed my eyes, pushing every thought of Rhys into a bubble in the back of my mind. I would have time to mourn later, but now was not the time.

Opening my eyes, I focused on that darkness, so concentrated that I couldn’t see the people standing ten feet from me. I took a breath and then.. tiny stars lit up the battlefield as I pulled the darkness back into myself.

As I stood, I was pulled into an embrace by my two sisters. My sisters who never asked for this, never asked to be fae or to be in the middle of this war. My sisters, who despite everything they had been through, still stood strong beside me. 

We would grieve together, we would hold each other up. My sisters and my chosen family. It would be the hardest thing I’d ever do.

But we’d be ok. Eventually, somehow, we’d get through this and be ok. For Rhys.

I wouldn’t accept anything less. 

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they can’t handle the fire 🔥 🔥

What's one word that scares the antis?

'Spark'

"Her eyes were the brown of a fawn's coat. And he could've sworn something sparked in them as she met his gaze."

- Lucien Vanserra about Elain Archeron.

"Something sparked in Azriel's chest. He could picture it. How Gwyn's teal eyes might light upon seeing the necklace. Azriel tucked away the thought, consciously erasing the slight smile it brought to his face. Buried the image down deep, where it glowed quietly. A thing of secret lovely beauty."

- Azriel thinking about Gwyneth Berdara

It's time for the redheads to reign supreme.

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its always "percy and blackjack" this and "jason and tempest" that SHUT UP

let's talk about how Arion tried to (and did a few times) kill anyone that wasn't Hazel that tried to tame him. Let's talk about how there was a WHOLE PROPHECY foretelling Hazel and Arion being an iconic, powerful duo. LETS TALK ABOUT THEY FOUND EACH OTHER IN BOTH HER LIVES. LETS TALK ABOUT HOW HAZEL AND ARION ARE ABSOLUTELY 100% WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST DEMIGOD/EQUESTRIAN DUO

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nah cause I didn’t need the bonus chapter to know gwynriel was endgame

all that did was sink e/riel harder than the titanic

#gwynriel #gwyn berdara #azriel #anti e/riel

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@nestaarcheronweek | Day 03: Self Care 

Cassian strode in, a tray of food in hand, and halted when he didn’t see her on the bed. His eyes shot to the sunken pool, and she could have sworn he almost dropped the tray onto the white carpet. “I … You.”

His loss of words was enough to pull her from her thoughts, to curve the corners of her mouth upward. “Me?”

He shook his head like a wet dog. “I brought some food. I assumed you'd want dinner.”

“There’s no dining room?”

“There is, but I thought you might need to unwind.”

She surveyed him, surprised that he knew her well enough to guess that the thought of speaking to everyone again, of dressing in suitable clothes, was draining—miserable. Knew her well enough to grasp that she’d rather eat in her room and piece herself together.

-  Chapter 37, A Court of Silver Flames.

Alone time is also self care, even if this scene did not ended up like that. But some also would argue spending time with Cassian could be considered some kind of self care. 😏 Thank you @wantsgmarie for creating this gorgeous art!

Art by: @wantsgmarie

Commissioned by: @melphss

Characters belongs to: @sarahjmaas

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If you hate Nesta that’s fine it���s your opinion…

But if you hate Nesta and love Elain????

We have a problem

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women doing anything and people getting upset

I'm so tired of this "The Valkyries winning the Blood Rite is so unrealistic" In a world with; magic, fae, evil kings, monsters, and winged men.. you draw the line at 3 women winning the Blood Rite..........

The misogyny is calling from inside the house.

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Uncles of the Year - Cassian Archeron and Azriel Berdara

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fs has me giggling and kicking my feet 🤗

A novel by Inej Ghafa

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daily reminder cassian didn’t believe in mates and finding true love until he saw feysand 🥹

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nesta being recognized/feared as a death god while her goals in life are to eat chocolate cake and read smut with her girls is hilarious to me

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all of them violently searching how to be like annabeth

percy would legit be one of the hardest ppl to get over if you had any type of feelings for that man

like swear you’d like be waiting for him to do smth bad or look ugly waiting for that ick and IT WOULD NEVER COMEEEE

like if you look at nico bro is SCRAPING THE BARREL for ANYTHING to dislike abt percy

percy smiles a little too bright nico has to turn away and mentally remind himself that percy was one of the last ppl to see his sister alive

rachel legit can’t like him so she probably just watches from afar and she’s chill anyway

if calypso found out percy planted that little flower she gave him and subsequently learned he liked planting and kept that flower alive in her memory??? ITD BE WRAPSSSSSSS

like percy is legit just such a good person that anytime someone has a crush on him 🙏🏼 thoughts and prayers bc that crush is haunting you for the rest of your life

ik moving to new rome is gonna kick start that too bc i feel like chb everyone’s gotten used to him yk everyone’s like “sigh there’s percy and his beautiful face and nice laugh and good morals and self sacrificing ways sigh annabeth sure is lucky love those two together tbh”

but now they’re being introduced to all these new ppl who have to learn that percy is simply percy and bro is wifed up

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I just saw hozier live

my life will never be the same

how do I move on from this

#hozier #the only man ever

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