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SJM is known to give her MCs powerful lines ... you know which other character apart from Manon was introduced in the middle of a series only to be given numerous impactful lines ... You guessed it right .... our very own Gwyneth Berdara!!! We all know how popular Manon is and how relevant she was to the series , if Gwyns start has been this impactful and obviously she has a HUGE fanbase already she will only grow 100 times more in popularity after the next book

Here is the collection of all the amazing Gwyneth Berdara Quotes

Signifying inner strength ....

Signifying her ability to accept herself and her her friends for who they are and what they have been through....

Signifying her ability to hope and question...

Signifying her Will....

Signifying her emotional intelligence ....

Signifying her values in life....

Signifying her loyalty....

Signifying her ability to question and challenge...

Gwynriel is happening and it's very obvious that SJM fleshed Gywns character and gave her the significance for that very reason ... she had one book to introduce her and convince her readers ... I think the author just smashed the brief out of the park 😍

#gwyneth berdara #pro gwyneth berdara #main character energy

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

Imagine if Gwyn is able to talk to Azriel’s shadows and they actually talk back to her. She treats them like little pets and even gives them names. 💙🖤

OMG YES maybe when gwyn and az accept the bond it makes it so his shadows can speak to her too!! imagine how cute that'd be!!! they'd have little gossiping sessions, they'd probably even spill some of az's secrets or just tell embarrassing stories about him from years ago 😭

#gwynriel #gwynriel theories

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

Gwyn Bedara 🤝 Azriel Shadowsinger

They both sing. They both spy.

They both are highly competitive.

They both are warriors: Illyrian 🤝 Valkyries

They both seem to enjoy training with daggers/swords.

They both train at night when almost everyone else is asleep. Which ties into them both having insomnia.

They both are associated with Blue stones (Invoking and Siphons)

They both participated in & completed the Blood Rite and gained titles of Carynthian.

They both have feelings of unworthiness.

They both have experienced trauma at the hands of others.

They both will put themselves in danger to ensure the safety of others.

With all of this...how can you not see them as endgame? Especially given "like calls to like" in Sarah's books.

Art is by BookishKoda

#gwynriel #pro gwynriel

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

“Everything that comes before the word “but” in a sentence is bullshit.”

“I’m not excusing that dm to Yaz… But—“

Girly, her posting theories that debunk your ship is NOT mocking 😭🙏🏻

I can literally pull you a file with over 70 screenshots to show you who is actually more toxic, and this is something noted by even the people who are not into the shipping stuff.

#fandom wank

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

SJM is known to give her MCs powerful lines ... you know which other character apart from Manon was introduced in the middle of a series only to be given numerous impactful lines ... You guessed it right .... our very own Gwyneth Berdara!!! We all know how popular Manon is and how relevant she was to the series , if Gwyns start has been this impactful and obviously she has a HUGE fanbase already she will only grow 100 times more in popularity after the next book

Here is the collection of all the amazing Gwyneth Berdara Quotes

Signifying inner strength ....

Signifying her ability to accept herself and her her friends for who they are and what they have been through....

Signifying her ability to hope and question...

Signifying her Will....

Signifying her emotional intelligence ....

Signifying her values in life....

Signifying her loyalty....

Signifying her ability to question and challenge...

Gwynriel is happening and it's very obvious that SJM fleshed Gywns character and gave her the significance for that very reason ... she had one book to introduce her and convince her readers ... I think the author just smashed the brief out of the park 😍

#pro gwyneth berdara

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

I have nothing to add to this perfect post.

Gwyn being argued as some enchantress that manipulates Azriel and his Shadows has been the worst theory to come from this fandom EVER.. and I’ve been with this series since the beginning(2015)

Trying to find any crumb of a flaw from this courageous, empathetic, and positive character has made me so upset about the fandom. It is making elriels seem like they are crumbling under themselves.

Resorting to calling Gwyn a manipulator because you cannot BELIEVE that Azriel would EVER have a positive reaction to Gwyn is desperate beyond reason. If you actually think that Sarah J Maas will have a character like Gwyn become some evil enchantress or manipulator, then you don’t know her as an author at all. Gwyn has inspired THOUSANDS in the fandom. Her story might even be the most horrific one that sjm has ever written. Her ability to overcome trauma, be so positive, and even begin the entire Valkyries again will leave a long lasting impact in the entire series. If you think for one second that sjm will ruin the entire beauty that is Gwyneth Berdara, you’re again very wrong.

The fact that Gwynriel’s could easily say the same thing about Elain’s unknown powers and how Azriel could be manipulated by them. But we don’t say that because we understand that they are attracted to eachother. We acknowledge that they have a natural connection. But we also recognize that their attraction for eachother are for the wrong reasons. We understand how sjm closes the aspect of a couple and that’s what she did in the bonus chapter.

As someone who has literally seen it all, has been gaslit for saying feysand was endgame before ACOMAF, this by FAR is the worst theory that anyone could say about an ACOTAR character. This is the worst take and it really shows me how quick some people in the fandom are to tear apart another woman. It’s disgusting and desperate.

Elriels come talk to me when you actually have a concrete theory, instead of your gross wish that Gwyn is evil

#pro gwyneth berdara #10/10 no notes #the comment section is hater bait #block for peace

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

Fictional characters cannot consent to anything.

They aren’t traumatized by any fan behavior.

All they can do is serve the story the way the author thinks best.

Elriels suggesting that shipping Gwyn with Azriel is disrespectful to real SA victims is without a doubt the worst take I have ever seen in my life lol

“Stop shipping Gwyn with ANY man without her consent”

LMFAO WHAT SHE AINT REAL 😭 how tf do I get her consent?? Do I need a permission slip from SJM??

#fandom wank

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

Elriels, crying about it: It was only ONE shadow!!!!!!

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

Friendly reminder that the picture of Gwyn’s smiling face is still buried in Azriel‘s chest.

#gwynriel

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

What am I doing you ask??

Oh nothing just sobbing and imagining a Gwynriel duet recreation of this scene in Mamma Mia.

LIKE GWYN AND AZRIEL SINGING “LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME” BY THE BEACH IN THE SUMMER COURT ON THEIR HONEYMOON!!!!???!!!!

I know I’m being delusional but I need an ACOTAR musical.

I’m crying now I love them so much💙🩵🤍

Ty to @vellaryss on instagram for drawing this gorgeous art!

#gwynriel #fanart

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

A very happy birthday to our Taurus queen, Nesta Archeron! 👑 I'm sure she'd spend it with her besties and chosen sisters, Emerie and Gwyn! And I just know that the House would give them all the smuttiest books to read and all the chocolate cake to eat.

A very big thank you to @/michi.illustrations for working with me on this gorgeous commission to celebrate! Do not repost without credit and do not feed into AI programs.

#nesta archeron #valkyries #fanart

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

It truly makes me wonder if E/riels really read ACOSF when they say things like this:

Because if they truly read the book.... they'd know this happens after the bonus scene takes place:

And this:

Two scenes in which his shadows have a reaction when Gwyn is around or mentioned in ACOSF. One during training, one when Gwyn is in the Blood Rite. And there is no singing involved.

Oh, and in the bonus scene.. there is more than just that one mention of the shadows dancing with Gwyn breathe.

There is this before they even dance for her breathe:

And this happens when something restless settles in him during his scene with Gwyn:

And this is as Azriel is leaving his interaction with Gwyn:

Again, no *actual* singing involved. Azriel can hear & see things others cannot so when he's leaving he's not actually hearing Gwyn sing. He's hearing faint, beautiful singing that follows him that his shadows sing back to, which can only be concluded as foreshadowing of a mate bond between them since Nessian bond snaps into place that same night and is described as music between their souls. If Gwyn was the one singing, that would have been made clear.

I rest my case 😌

#E/riels hate this so much #makes them grind their teeth #shadowsinger #gwyneth berdara

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

I completely agree. I see a scene where Azriel goes to the dusk service to find his faith again as a distinct possibility.

One aspect of Gwynriel that really excites me is religion. The other protagonists don’t seem to take religion or rituals very seriously? Everyone respects the Mother and acknowledges her power (and the Cauldron), but we haven’t explored faith among the fae. Feyre has a terrible experience with Ianthe (a sadly accurate depiction of corruption within organized religion). But we know that not all priestesses are like power-hungry Ianthe. Nesta is understandably indifferent even though she later has an experience with the Mother during Nyx’s birth. Rhys and Cassian seem respectful but we’ve never seen them pray or attend services. It’s giving “only attending church during Christmas” level of religious commitment.

Azriel, on the other hand… we haven’t had much canon insight in his head, but I firmly believe that Azriel is more religious than his brothers. Like he’s not the type to attend temple services, but he probably thinks about faith and the Mother regularly. Clearly he has contemplated mating bonds and who creates them — maybe he’s prayed for a mating bond? Maybe his mother raised him to be more religious. In HOFAS, after Nesta takes the mask off in a close call, Az’s very first instinct is to thank the Mother. Possibly that is meaningless (like how an atheist can say “thank god”) but idk. Az seems to have more faith than his brothers.

“The Mask fell from Nesta’s face, clattering on the stone.

Nesta swayed, but Azriel was there, catching her, bringing her to his chest, scarred hands stroking her hair. “Thank the Mother,” he breathed. “Thank the Mother.”

A few chapters later, Az describes the Cauldron and what happens after death.

“Bryce nodded to the carving. “What’s the big deal about a cauldron?”

“The Cauldron,” Azriel amended. Bryce shook her head, not understanding. “You don’t have stories of it in your world? The Fae didn’t bring that tradition with them?”

Bryce surveyed the giant cauldron. “No. We have five gods, but no cauldron. What does it do?”

“All life came and comes from it,” Azriel said with something like reverence. “The Mother poured it into this world, and from it, life blossomed.”

Later in the conversation, Az explains what happens to souls after death.

“When you die, where do your souls go?” Did they even believe in the concept of a soul? Maybe she should have led with that.

But Azriel said softly, “They return to the Mother, where they rest in joy within her heart until she finds another purpose for us. Another life or world to live in.”

The way Az talks about the Mother, with reverence and confidence, makes me certain that he’s more religious than his brothers.

Then, of course, we have Gwyn — a literal priestess who was raised in a temple. She still attends daily services and sings for the choir. I’ve wondered if what happened in Sangravah shook Gwyn’s faith. Maybe she thinks the Mother exists but isn’t a benevolent deity. Maybe she’s bitter that the Mother didn’t save her servants from Hybern attacks. She definitely feels shame and unworthiness — Gwyn no longer feels like she has a right to wear the Invoking Stone. Working through those feelings will be a major aspect of Gwyn’s arc.

“You asked me once why I don’t wear the hood or the Invoking Stone. That stone is a sign of holiness. How can someone like me wear it?”

Within the temple, Gwyn also faces prejudice and discrimination from her fellow sisters. Ianthe isn’t the only asshole within the organization (cough Merrill cough). I’m sure that some people in Sangravah were cruel to Gwyn’s family because of their nymph heritage. I don’t know what SJM has planned, but I feel that religion will play a major role in the Gwynriel book. I wouldn’t be surprised that, like Nesta, Gwyn has a firsthand experience with the Mother. She will definitely use the blue invoking stone for healing (a nice parallel to Az’s blue siphons).

“It’s an Invoking Stone.” Gwyn unfurled her fingers, revealing the gem within her hand. “Similar to the Siphons of the Illyrians, except that the power of the Mother flows through it. We cannot use it for harm, only healing and protection. It was shielding us.”

I’m also curious to see Gwyn and Az discuss their religious beliefs together. Maybe Az gets permission to join the dawn and dusk services. The man barely sleeps, he might as well watch Gwyn during her religious commitments. The shadows are NOT going to pass a chance to hear their girl sing (or watch her glow). Maybe Nesta can talk Az into singing with the choir. 🥹

Nesta could only gape at the lovely melody, the voices from the front of the cavern leading it, lifting higher than the others. Gwyn sang, chin high, a faint glow seeming to radiate from her. The music was pure, ancient, by turns whispering and bold, one moment like a tendril of mist, the next like a gilded ray of light. It finished, and Merrill spoke about the Mother and the Cauldron and the land and sun and water. She spoke of blessings and dreams and hope. Of mercy and love and growth.

Idk, maybe I’m wrong about Az being religious. But it feels like such a wasted opportunity if we don’t learn more about the Mother! At the very least, I do see Az attending the dawn and dusk services if he’s not on a mission. 🎼🩵🎶

#gwynriel #gwyneth berdara #azriel

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

People are allowed to think whatever they want about fictional characters.

They can ship WHOEVER THEY WANT. Ship Elain with Hybern. Ship her with Graysen. Ship Gwyn with Koschei. Ship Lucien with Ianthe. These are not real people. They do not have any rights. There’s no such thing as thought crime.

Just keep your thoughts about them to your own page.

Coming on to pro-character blogs just to spew negative and hostile opinions you know will be poorly received is what’s at issue here.

#ACOTAR #fandom wank #talking about Gwyn not being ready for sex gets an instablock from me personally #but you do you

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

Lady Death🖤 by xohikka [twitter]

#nesta archeron #fanart

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

@nestaarcheronweek | Day Four: Lover

A swift shadow passed overhead, followed by a whisper of wings, and Nesta didn’t need to look to know who sailed high above, making sure all was safe. That she was safe.

Busybody. [...]

Her mate. Her love. Her friend. The light within her chest brightened to a radiant sun. – A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 80

For today I wanted an illustration of Nesta and Cassian enjoying the tranquility of the House. This was, in fact, the first illustration that I commissioned with Pablo and when I saw how it turned out, I was unable to correctly order the words because of how impacted I was by the beauty of the illustration.

Art by: Pablo Souza (pablochmn)

Commissioned by: @podemechamardek

🚫 Please do not repost.

#nessian #fanart

[nymphpriestessvalkyrie]

Elain is going to *listen* to Lucien talk about Jesminda. She’s going to help him heal the last of his grief for her. The same way Aelin listened to Rowan talk about Lyria. The same way Bryce listened to Hunt talk about Shahar.

Elain isn’t going to feel threatened by this or jealous. She’s going to feel fucking HONORED that this male trusts her with his pain and his broken heart.

THAT’S how SJM rolls.

“She was nothing like Jesminda.”

People are always up lucien’s ass for this line and for comparing elain to jesminda but like…no shit he’s gonna be comparing them 😭—the female he thought was his mate and his actual mate.Lucien genuinely believed him and jesminda were mates and she died with him thinking that.It’s only natural now that he’s found his real mate his mind would wander back to jesminda and he’d subconsciously compare the two.Lucien did not think anything negative about elain he was merely making an observation on how different she is than who he’d expected to be his mate(jesminda).

“Elain had been … thrown at him.”

People also twist this line in a million different ways.Lucien was thinking back on how him and jesminda had this epic love story where she had seduced him and teased him and chosen him in every way there was.He had then spent centuries believing his “mate” was dead so elain had been thrown at him.Thrown at him as in he never expected to find his mate because he thought his mate was DEAD.The mating bond snapping was just as shocking for lucien as it was for elain.So just like elain,lucien is allowed to be confused and uncertain about their mating bond especially in this scene where he was literally meeting her for the first time.This is not proof lucien doesn’t want elain or that he resents the mating bond,it’s literally just him thinking and making keen observations regarding their situation.Stop twisting my man’s words 🗣️.

#elucien #elucien supremacy