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ACOFAS

“But I had no idea how to finish that sentence. Just because Lucien was her mate didn’t mean he had a claim on her time. Her affection. She was her own person, capable of making her own choices.”

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Elain will wed for love & beauty.

Not an unwanted mating bond & political obligation.

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From being raised as a people pleaser and expected to be a valuable asset in the marriage market, to standing against a divine bond highly valued by the fae because love is what truly matters to you. This is the iconic shit I'm ready to read about. Go, Elain Archeron, show them that love can trump even a mating bond.

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Now me personally?

I'm more of an I'm getting her back over a get her back girlie.

I'm more of an offer and permission over an and that entitles him to my time? My affections? girlie.

I'm more of a she doesn't need anything, we're the ones who need a seer over a should we-- does she need anything? girlie.

I'm more of an I can help her over a she needs fresh air girlie.

I'm more of an Elain would would like it too, though she'd probably cling to Azriel, just to have some peace and quiet over a she cringed away from the coat, from him girlie.

I'm more of a you are to stay away from her, you can't order me to do that over an I am not always in this city to see my mate girlie.

I'm more of a would you like me to show you the garden over an I can't stand to be in the same room as her for more than two minutes girlie.

I'm more of a the faelights gilded Elain's unbound hair, making her glow like the sun at dawn over a she was nothing like Jesminda girlie.

I'm more of a what if the Cauldron was wrong? over an Elain had been... thrown at him girlie.

But that's just me personally.

Choice. @elriel-month

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Our shadowsinger while he looks at the headache powder 🥺🦇❤️

the prophecy - taylor swift

#pro elriel #elriel

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I’ll say it.

Rejecting a mating bond, and being with someone other than your fated mate because you actually love them

OR

A mating bond that has kept you from your love, but that bond turns out to be fake/corrupted, and keeping you from your REAL mate

Is 1000000% more interesting than another “training and healing together ACOSF 2.0” or “ending up with ~gasp~ your fated mate with nothing keeping you from each other (besides your own indifference??)”.

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THIS

I'm so excited for a bond rejection plot because it means that elain, who is chronically pressured into doing what's easiest for everyone else, may finally be respected for the actual words that come out of her mouth

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just wanted to draw some attention to these two incredible comments i saw earlier today, love the wedding imagery surrounding elain and az! 💖

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Why I stand by Elriel, no matter what (even if SJM decides to go in a different direction)

Disclaimer: This post contains spoilers for ACOSF and Azriel’s POV

Keep reading

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Oh, to be seen ❤️🌹🦇

Art: tangerine.Eileen and artfrostandflame (commissioned by stephdaydreams and captnswreads) ❤️

#pro elriel #elriel endgame #eriel #elain x azriel #elain

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it freed her

when we find out Elain is a seer

Lucien murmured to me, eye still fixed on Elain, “Should we—does she need …?”

“She doesn’t need anything,” Azriel answered without so much as looking at Lucien.

Elain was staring at the spymaster now—unblinkingly.

“We’re the ones who need …” Azriel trailed off. “A seer,” he said, more to himself than us. “The Cauldron made you a seer.”

the knowledge seems to free her

“You stole from the Cauldron,” I said to Nesta, who seemed ready to jump between all of us and Elain. “But what if the Cauldron gave something to Elain?”

Nesta’s face drained of color. “What?” Equally ashen, Lucien seemed inclined to echo Nesta’s hoarse question.

But Azriel nodded. “You knew,” he said to Elain. “About the young queen turning into a crone.”

Elain blinked and blinked, eyes clearing again. As if the understanding, our understanding…it freed her from whatever murky realm she’d been in.

from a dark realm where dream and reality entwine.

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I saw these comments and it got me thinking..

Why was Lucien so sassy and compelling in the first novel and then fell off after?.. As mentioned by the commentators?

Lucien originally was meant to be Nesta’s mate. SJM confirmed this.

There are posts already made (myself included) that highlight that Nesta would have rejected Lucien immediately if she were to be mated with him after the cauldron. Elain, on the other hand, would not be. She is a people pleaser, and RHYS calls this out in the ACOSF bonus chapter everyone omits from their memories.

This was an intentional switch because again.. a rejected mates trope was in SJM’s mind when she had Feyre say in ACOWAR: “why not make them mates?…. Who decides it?… What if that is what she NEEDS?”

But why else has Lucien’s character fell off in the sense he isn’t really the Lucien we saw before? The one we all loved? (Other than obvious trauma)

Because Lucien is not meant to be the male lead in Elain’s story.

Will he be in it? Yes of course. He is her mate. But will we get his POV? No.

Without getting into Elain’s head, we had a POV of how Elain is seen by Feyre and Rhys. Without getting in Elain’s head, we got a POV of how Azriel views her (much like Cassian’s POV in ACOMAF and ACOFAS).

We didn’t get Elain because it would give away too much. Also Nesta never got a POV before ACOSF either because it would give too much of her away.

Lucien’s story is intertwined with Elain’s, but it does not end with hers, it ends with the Band of Exiles. Where he has been since ACOSF. It’s about him finding a true home, a place to stay that he made of his own, not Autumn, not Spring. Wherever he ends up (hopefully at Day), that is his journey. Elain is not leaving the Night Court.

#pro elriel #elain x azriel #elain

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ELRIEL + TUMBLR POSTS PT. 1

[art cred: @fremuard /comm: stephdaydreams, @SolLillium/comm: acoracaodefogo, @viiiiictOria/comm: lesolehabitantdelalune, @pandyals_art, @luxury_banshee/comm: stephdaydreams, @sketchesanmin/comm: stephdaydreams, @rutisfree/comm: stephdaydreams, @_alex_oxy /comm: stephdaydreams]

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🌸 Choice 🦇

“Elain shall wed for love and beauty” -ACOSF Chapter 4

“. . . that love would trump even a mating bond.” - ACOWAR Chapter 55

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For this @elriel-month prompt, I wanted to showcase one of my, and most Elriels, favorite theories/hopes for the Elriel book: a secret wedding between Azriel and Elain. Seeing them choose one another over fate and the powers that be would be such an epic, incredible, and powerful love story.

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🦇Art by: @tpiola-blog

🦇Commissioned by: me

🦇Characters belong to: @sarahjmaas

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༉‧₊˚🕯️🖤❀༉‧₊˚.

“𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤.”

𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚝: 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎

༉‧₊˚🕯️🖤❀༉‧₊˚.

✮♱✮ art by @isis_villalobos_art

✮♱✮ commissioned by me

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I have returned to bestow more beauty on this wondrous celebration of @elriel-month . This lovely piece of art was absolutely perfected by the amazing, sweet, and talented @isis_villalobos_art! The choice prompt is so romantic and perfect for Elriel, I couldn’t resist contributing! For this one, I wanted to show the longing both Elain and Azriel have for each other and the length their willing to go for the other—whether it’s defying fate or the cauldron, we’ve seen how they will stop at nothing to be with each other—their true loves. I also couldn’t help but add more of their glorious light and dark aesthetic! I hope yall enjoy and have been having a wonderful Elriel Month!

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✮♱✮ quote is from A Court of Wings & Ruin by @sarahjmaas

✮♱✮ characters are Elain Archeron & Azriel.

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✮♱✮ likes, saves, and shares are always appreciated!

✮♱✮ no reposts allowed.

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"SJM is an Elucien Shipper"

SJM: literally writes nothing positive in any scene with Elain and Lucien

#pro elriel

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Powers and possibilities

There are so many good theories about powers and possibilities, however, people don't talk enough about the Shadowsinger and the Seer, and how the two are individuals of equal strength. (possibly mates, then?)

Art by deboecia on Tumblr // @ Morwenaert on IG

Characters belong to Sarah J Maas.

This piece wasn't completely done and I'll probably fix it some other time. I am so incredibly late for the third prompt of Elriel-month (posting on Tumblr at 23:59 letsss go)