#elain's necklace

[shitwillnotbegiven]

Imagine thinking the necklace is going to be important when Sjm made her way out of this situation at the same time she created it.

It's so obvious that she only did that for marketing. And, honestly, who in their right mind wants their fav to have a second hand necklace meant for another woman.

When we look at where the bonus chapter happens in Acosf, we can see where Sjm could have mentioned it (but she didn't).

Solstice night: Azriel gives Elain the necklace, Rhys talks with Azriel, Azriel talks with Gw*n (happens between chapter 58 and 59 of Acosf).

The morning after Solstice: Azriel returns to the River house and gets the necklace back, snowball fight, Azriel talks with Clotho (Chapter 59).

A little bit later after the quote above (chapter 59), this happens:

Gw*n says she will ask Clotho to come to the House of Wind that night. If Clotho was going to give her the necklace, this would be the perfect occasion.

When Gw*n arrives for the night, Nesta pays attention to her throat but no necklace is mentioned. If Gw*n had received it, she would have, at least, mentioned something to Nesta and Emerie (but she didn't).

Sjm could still use it for cheap drama but since it happened in a bonus chapter and would be addressed almost a year later in Elain's book, it makes me think this is not going to amount to anything. It's very probable that Azriel already got it back (this could very well have happened immediately after the bonus chapter ended and that would explain why Gw*n didn't receive anything).

#elriel #anti gw*nriel #acotar 5 #Elain's necklace

[offtorivendell]

"She gave it back."

Like Feyre, was Elain passing "a test" when she returned Truth-Teller, and/or her necklace, to Azriel?

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Disclaimer: this is a potential parallel that I noticed, which makes no claims of accuracy - I get it, it's pretty fanciful and could absolutely qualify as a crack theory, or just be a complete coincidence on SJM's behalf. Thank you, as usual, to the brilliant @wingedblooms for discussing this with me. 💜

Spoilers: Crescent City and ACOTAR series to date.

While looking up the Mor and Feyre quote I mention below for a different theory, the wording I used to find it was "gave it back." And wouldn't you know, the only two uses of that phrase in the entirety of the ACOTAR - ACOFAS omnibus ebook seem fairly significant.

I know a lot of Elriel antis love to use the following examples of Elain returning what Azriel had given her as proof that they aren't destined for each other, because Elain kept the ring Graysen gave her during their ill-fated engagement (and she loved him back then), and she has, we assume, kept - but not used - the spelled gardening gloves and pearl earrings that Lucien gave her over the last two winter solstices (and, if their theory holds, she'll love him in the future, I suppose?), but I disagree, respectfully.

Not only would it have been extremely rude and presumptuous of Elain to keep Truth-Teller at all, given Azriel told her he wouldn't be using it "today" - ie. he'd need it again tomorrow - but Elain likely did not throw the knife back at Az¹ as a metaphor for her being unable to handle his darkness/profession, she gave it back to him as he passed it to her. Gently. As for her necklace, I think that - crack theories about magical testing aside, and assuming she returned it herself - it showed growth on her behalf to not keep the gift² of a man or male who hurt her (of course Azriel obviously didn't want to cause Elain any pain, unlike Graysen, though an apology is still clearly in order, whatever happens).

¹ This was originally pointed out by @ofduskcourts, if I'm remembering correctly.

² As an aside - and because I discussed this with @123moiaussi last year and still haven't posted about it 😅 - I do think that Elain keeping her pearl engagement ring could end up being for another reason altogether: it most likely went into the Cauldron with her, so I suspect it is also Made. Now, I don't blame her if she simply chose to keep the ring as some sort of emotional crutch after Graysen's brutal rejection of her, but also, it probably wouldn't be a great idea for a human to be in posession of a Made object... could he even have handled it? What powers, if any, does it have? Can she use it as a focus for her own magic? Did it compel her, or strengthen her feelings at the time, such that she kept it? So many questions!

But I digress; back to the theory, which, ships aside, I hope you'll consider.

Feyre Archeron and Amren

In ACOMAF, Amren gave Feyre a necklace, an amulet that would supposedly protect her/keep her free whilst visiting the Bone Carver in the Prison.

Amren was standing at the foot of my bed. I jolted back, slamming into the headboard, blinded by the morning light blazing in, fumbling for a weapon, anything to use— “No wonder you’re so thin if you vomit up your guts every night.” She sniffed, her lip curling. “You reek of it.” The bedroom door was shut. Rhys had said no one entered without his permission, but— She chucked something onto the bed. A little gold amulet of pearl and cloudy blue stone. “This got me out of the Prison. Wear it in, and they can never keep you.” I didn’t touch the amulet. “Allow me to make one thing clear,” Amren said, bracing both hands on the carved wooden footboard. “I do not give that amulet lightly. But you may borrow it, while you do what needs to be done, and return it to me when you are finished. If you keep it, I will find you, and the results won’t be pleasant. But it is yours to use in the Prison.” By the time my fingers brushed the cool metal and stone, she’d walked out the door. Rhys hadn’t been wrong about the firedrake comparison. - ACOMAF, chapter 18

I could do this; I could master this fear. Amren had gotten out. And stayed out. And the amulet—it’d keep me free, too. - ACOMAF, chapter 18

I didn’t want to think about it entirely, not yet—not with that letter now on its way to him, if not already delivered. So I reached for the small box on the vanity and pulled out her amulet. “Here.” I handed over the gold-and-jewel-encrusted thing. “Thank you.” Amren’s brows rose as I dropped it into her waiting palm. “You gave it back.” “I didn’t realize it was a test.” She set it back into the case. “Keep it. There’s no magic to it.” - ACOMAF, chapter 28

The key things to note:

Amren entered Feyre's room undetected, as a spy might.

The necklace was specifically called an amulet, that would prevent anyone from keeping her.

Feyre could use it to do what needed to be done, then return it.

Feyre questioned whether her returning the amulet to Amren was a test.

Amren said there was really no magic in it.

Amren told her to keep it.

Now, let's see how these passages stack up against those specific to Elain.

Elain Archeron and Azriel

Elain gave Truth-Teller back to Azriel after the battle in ACOWAR, when she used it to end the King of Hybern, and save Nesta and Cassian.

“You honestly think he’d ever give up Truth-Teller?” “He gave it to Elain,” Mor said, admiring a moonstone necklace in the counter’s glass case. “She gave it back,” I amended, failing to block out the image of the black blade piercing through the King of Hybern’s throat. But Elain had given it back—had pressed it into Azriel’s hands after the battle, just as he had pressed it into hers before. And then walked away without looking back. Mor hummed to herself. - ACOFAS, chapter 4

Elain gave her necklace back to Azriel after their disastrous winter solstice interaction in ACOSF.

Azriel winnowed into shadows before she could say anything, appearing at the doors to Rhys's study a heartbeat later. His shadows whispered in his ear that Elain had gone upstairs.

Rhys growled, "Allow me to make one thing very clear. You are to stay away from her." "You can't order me to do that."

He slept as well as could be expected, but when Azriel returned to the river house to gather his presents before dawn, he found Elain's necklace amid the pile. He pocketed it. Spent the rest of his day, even the blasted snowball fight, with every intention of returning it to the shop in the Palace of Thread and Jewels. But when he returned from the cabin in the mountains, he didn't go to the market square. Instead, he found himself at the library beneath the House of Wind, standing before Clotho as the clock chimed seven in the evening. - ACOSF, Azriel's Bonus Chapter

With Truth-Teller in hand, Elain sneaked up on the King of Hybern, undetected, and stabbed him through the neck. Nesta also noted her stealth-like behaviour in ACOSF, and wondered if she had been taking lessons from Nuala and Cerridwen, her two spy friends.

Azriel specifically described Elain's necklace as a sort of amulet. As I theorised last year, could it (now?) have some sort of protective power?

Elain used Truth-Teller to do what needed to be done, and then she returned it, as Azriel gave it to her.

There are still three parallels left that are yet to be answered; the test, the magic, and her keeping it.

Were Truth-Teller, or her necklace, tests of a sort?

A test could either be considered one of skill or worthiness. When she returned her necklace or Truth-Teller, was Elain herself testing one of her powers, or was she being tested by someone else, in terms of her moral fortitude or magical abilities, for an event in the future?

Elain handing Truth-Teller back to Azriel, after doing what needed to be done - might I add, very successfully - could be read as her passing a test of skill (stealth, accuracy of aim, possibly even her Sight if that was involved, and maybe activating Truth-Teller's ingrained magic). And because it would have been rude of her to keep Azriel's dagger forever when she was only given it for the day - or because she was able to give back a powerful, Made blade - this could maybe be considered a test of worthiness, too.

Azriel finding himself standing before Clotho, especially after the snowball fight, almost paralleled Gwyn finishing the Blood Rite qualifier, except instead of asking for a prize, he was giving up an object that meant a lot to him... but what if he was not the one being tested? Although, who knows, maybe he was being tested for his ability to give up a magical necklace?

@wingedblooms and I have both suggested that Elain could work with Clotho and the priestesses at some point, but what if she has already started to do so? Could she have told Clotho about what happened, or realised that she had possibly Made or imbued the necklace with her magic (at which time it was probably best to keep it out of the jewellery shop and the hands of the general public), and Clotho then instructed her to have the necklace compel Az to bring him and it to the library, where he "found" himself at 7pm? I'll admit, compelling someone isn't the nicest thing to do, so I hope it wasn't active on Elain's behalf, unless she hadn't left the necklace on Azriel's pile of gifts herself (perhaps Koschei has shadow moles in Velaris). That being said, they're about to enter another period fraught with dangerous enemies, and if we don't judge Rhys for using his daemati powers on enemies, or even Feyre (when he made her think they were at the lingerie shop), then we should extend the same grace to Elain, or anyone else.

Alternatively, if Elain's necklace is now Made, as I suspect her engagement ring is also, does it have a mind of its own and so orchestrated the return by itself? Did Elain realise this somehow, perhaps because she was its Maker and they share a link, and subsequently tell Clotho what happened, and that she needed to intercept it? Given Clotho found the songs that (I assume) helped to weave a spell that lured Nesta into scrying for the Harp, perhaps she gave another spelled song to the priestesses that night, in order to call to Azriel?

A crack theory based on @wingedblooms shapeshifting post: during Azriel's ACOSF bonus chapter, Clotho and Elain could both read him without words. What if it was not Clotho who met with Azriel - as she presided over the dusk service that Nesta watched, rather than sitting at her desk - but Elain as Clotho instead? Was Elain testing her (hypothetical) ability to glamour or physically change her appearance to keep a potentially powerful object safe? And if she has been working with Clotho for a time, was she a part of this plan, too?

Was there magic involved at any time?

Amren said there was no magic in the amulet she'd given Feyre, that it was all a story she'd concocted to give Feyre the confidence to overcome her fear and enter the depths of the Prison mountain, which we assume is the truth... but what if this isn't the case for Elain?

While some of us suspected that Truth-Teller was Made before CC HOSAB was published, it is now canon that the Starsword used by Bryce and Ruhn is, in fact, Gwydion, a Made blade from Prythian, and that Truth-Teller is its paired dagger. Alpha and Omega, light and dark (light). Because of this, and all of the hints written into the ACOWAR scene when Azriel armed Elain during the final battle, not to mention Elain stepping out of a shadow, I think it's absolutely plausible to consider that there was magic at play.

Elain's necklace could have come pre-spelled - Azriel didn't think it during his inner monologue, true, but I wouldn't put it past any of the bat bros to boost the protection of a loved one - or perhaps it had no magic when Azriel gifted it to her, but Elain Made it, or imbued it with magic some other way, while it was in her posession?

Will Truth-Teller and/or the necklace eventually be returned to Elain?

The above passage from ACOFAS could plausibly be read as suggesting that Azriel will give Truth-Teller to Elain once more. Given the likelihood of it either providing some sort of magical link between the two of them, or Elain being able to activate its inherent abilities, this isn't, in my opinion, too far fetched.

As I mentioned above, if Elain was conducting some sort of test with her necklace, could Clotho know that it was intended for her and is holding onto it/gave it back to Azriel? Or, if the wilder option is true, and Azriel met with Elain as Clotho, rather than Clotho herself, could Elain already have it back, or have returned it to Azriel once more?

Nesta Archeron and "someone else"

As a bonus, Nesta also "gave it [her Death magic] back" in ACOSF, to save Feyre, Nyx and Rhys.

So Cassian asked, “Is your magic … The power’s really gone?” The brisk spring wind whipped her golden-brown hair across her face. “I gave it back to the Cauldron in exchange for the knowledge of how to save them.” She swallowed. “But a little remains. I think something else—someone else—stopped the Cauldron from taking all of it. And I made some changes of my own.” - ACOSF, chapter 78

Was this also a test of worthiness, and because she passed - though I'm not suggesting she could have failed - by bargaining with the Cauldron to give back the magic she stole in return for Feyre, Nyx and Rhys' lives, she was permitted to keep some magic? What was the magic that this "someone else" kept back from the Cauldron? Could it be Starborn power - light - that was always hidden underneath the death magic she loathed?

As with everything I just discussed, I can't wait to find out!

#elain archeron #elain archeron theory #elain's powers #she gave it back #pro elain #pro elain archeron #acotar theory #acotar #acomaf #acowar #acofas #acosf #nesta archeron #feyre archeron #hosab spoilers #elain's necklace #elain's ring

[toolsofmyenemy]

The necklace is not that big of a deal.

I don’t think it is even going to come up again.

It was a means to an end. A way to leave some breadcrumbs. And nothing more.

#necklacegate #gwynriel #pro gwynriel #gwynriel supremacy #Gwyn would never #Elain would never #cat fight over Azriel in his fucking dreams #way too much drama over a necklace

[pastelpinkkadan]

I’ve done a lot of things in fandom, but I’ve never romanticized a hand-me-down necklace.

#especially when we’ve never actually SEEN Gwyn where it #lol but yeah sure the necklace specifically crafted for Elain is Gwyn’s #how romantic #acotar #acosf #elriel #pro elriel #anti gw*nriel

[yaralulu]

The difference between the gift azriel got nesta for solstice and the gift he got elain is veryy telling.Azriel got nesta a book mark with a little faelight on it so she can read in the dark without squinting — a very thoughtful gift that he clearly put a lot of effort into picking out.It was specific to nesta and personalized just to fit her and her needs.The only reason Azriel was able to pick out such a perfect gift for nesta is because he actually knows her and has a relationship with her.

Then you have his gift to elain.A pretty rose necklace for a pretty girl .I’m not gonna say there was no thought behind the gift but compared to nesta’s gift it almost feels shallow.Like he doesn’t know elain well enough to get her something that’s personal to her or her hobbies.I just think if elain and azriel were really as close as some people believe he would’ve gotten her a more thoughtful gift like he did with nesta.Not to mention if the necklace was meant to represent elain and was supposed to be super meaningful he would have never regifted it to gwyn 🤷.

There’s no denying that azriel and elain are attracted to each other but to say they’re best friends and are falling for each other is insane and quite literally nothing in the text supports that.If anything the BC proves the opposite.Elain and azriel canonically do not spend time with each other,azriel canonically makes it his mission to avoid elain,they literally don’t know each other beyond the surface level and the gift proves that to me especially when compared to gifts he got nesta and even feyre.

#about time i talk about the necklace 😈 #lucien’s gifts could also be considered shallow #but nobody’s saying him and elain are bffs that’s where it differs #and they’re still better gifts than the claire’s ass looking necklace #a court of thorns and roses #acosf #a court of silver flames #anti elriel #azriel bonus chapter #pro elucien #acotar

[the-valkyries-gwyn-nesta-emerie]

Elain and Lucien Headcanon (Sexy)

Lucien gifts Elain a pearl necklace for Solstice and later that night leaves a different kind of pearl necklace around her throat 😏🤭😉

#elucien #pro elucien #elain and lucien #lucien and elain #elain archeron #lucien vanserra #elain x lucien #lucien x elain #solstice gift #pearl necklace

[silverdreamscapes]

I can’t believe that this artwork was included in ACOFAS and people still think the rose necklace is Gwyn’s, when she was never associated with flowers or roses, and we have no idea if she even received the necklace from Clotho.

It wasn’t a coincidence that Azriel picked a rose necklace for Elain. As many times as Elain has been associated with flowers and roses in particular. The gentle gardener. The one who Feyre painted irises and roses for on her dresser drawer. In ACOSF, Nesta finds the dark wooden rose, “half hidden in shadow”, that their father carved just for Elain. The wooden rose that Nesta then places on their father’s grave at the end of the book.

Azriel picked that rose necklace for Elain, and the way he described it was symbolic of Elain. How it was something unassuming and easily overlooked until the light hits it and then all of its beautiful facets are revealed. It’s almost exactly how Rhys describes Elain directly in the Feysand bonus chapter. How Elain is too often underestimated and overlooked but how she has more to offer and is more than what people assume she is. Just like there are more facets to the rose necklace, there are more facets to her character than just the sweet, docile sister who gardens. They just have yet to reveal themselves.

And this isn’t even getting into why Azriel, who gifted a rose necklace to a woman constantly associated with roses, is himself associated with a place called Rosehall.

#elriel #elain archeron #azriel #that necklace is elain’s #it will always be elain’s #gw*n has no connection to roses or the necklace

[sapaul]

Let’s get one thing straight, Elain is NOT the other woman. Azriel didn’t buy the necklace for “another woman” and she gave it back. Azriel regifted the necklace that he specifically bought for Elain, he said something stupid, and she rightfully returned it. Azriel was, again, stupid and decided he didn’t want it so he gave it to someone he didn’t even consider a friend. So, technically, there is no other woman. There is only Elain. Thanks bye!

#elriel #azriel #elain archeron #azriel shadowsinger #acosf #acotar #azriel supremacy #elain archeron: general #pro elriel #acofas #Elain’s necklace

[curiousity-cell]

just had a thought regarding gwyn & the lightsinger theory & az’s regifting of the necklace

disclaimer: i do not believe gwyn is evil if she’s confirmed as a lightsinger i don’t think she even realises she has this effect on people & it might not even be a lightsinger it could very well be a nymph thing so. don’t be a dick basically

so i was basically just thinking about the bonus chapter and why azriel would regift elain’s very targeted gift (shape of a rose necklace? that’s just pure elain Why is he giving that to another woman who has no connections to roses or flowers at all. why do men. anyway). i think this sentence is really really important because while yes maybe her powers are mainly channeled more powerfully when she sings, SJM would not have put “silent music” & about his shadows here -

- if it was not important. so when he leaves the training area and discovers elain’s given her necklace back (because. obviously. she’s just been rejected by someone she thought liked her back. idk why some people think this is confusing), look at what is written:

“beautiful singing” follows him. he had “every intention” of giving the necklace back to the palace of thread and jewels but didn’t. why? i believe it’s because gwyn’s accidental lightsinging / nymph effect kept gwyn on his mind and therefore she was who he was thinking about all day. i think that’s also why the “secret thing of lovely beauty” is repeated for gwyn. now i’m not gonna say i know what a lightsingers effect has on a person but looking at the effect gwyn’s singing has on /nesta/ (read below)

i think it’s safe to say that it has a luring effect & brings out positive emotions (again: we know lightsingers are stated to be evil in the siren like way but i don’t believe gwyn is that type of person so. i’m led to believe she doesn’t realise she has this effect)

but what positive emotions do we know that azriel has had recently? liking elain. possibly loving elain. so yeah i think that gwyn’s luring powers rubbed off on azriel and that’s why he regifted the necklace to gwyn, because she was on his mind. literally. because of effect she has on people.

i feel like this also explains why it feels so jarring for him to hop from one woman to the other in a night and then go back to being in a foul mood literally the next morning after the solstice. maybe he doesn’t remember giving the necklace away? maybe because gwyn doesn’t wear the necklace he doesn’t know where it went? idk but yeah. this is my theory.

#elriel #pro elriel #pro elain archeron #elain acotar #elain archeron #azriel #azriel shadowsinger #acotar #acotar theory #lightsinger theory #gwyneth berdara #gwyn berdara #still don’t like gw*nriel #not all too fond of g herself either #just thinking out loud #ghostposting #ghost posting #was always curious why he’d go from in love with elain to then liking gwyn to then giving the necklace to gwyn (designed for elain) #& then being in a foul mood the day after solstice #this in my head makes more sense #but that’s just a theory #a ghost theory #lol

[starsreminisce]

SJM made it abundantly clear in his bonus chapter that Elriel's end is unmistakable. I'm not sure how Azriel could win her back, nor do I think he even wants to at this point.

How can he bounce back from referring to what they were about to do as a mistake?

👏 when 👏 a 👏 male 👏 says 👏 it’s 👏 a 👏 mistake 👏

👏👏 believe 👏 him 👏👏

Even when he left, Azriel felt justified in his decision to do so. He had already been pursuing what he wanted with Elain, which was distance, and had deliberately been maintaining that distance. When he walked away, it wasn't in anger over Rhys telling him to stay away from her. Rather, he left with the belief that he had been vindicated in his choice to do so.

Are Elriels hoping for Elain to pursue a male who has labeled them a mistake, holding out hope that he'll change his mind?

Do they want her to beg and plead after she has returned the necklace to him?

Because Azriel won't. He felt justified in his choice to distance himself from her.

If Azriel goes against his own choice to maintain distance from her, it does imply that he's grappling with his instincts to be with her. This raises the question of whether he is now struggling against the very instincts they criticize Lucien for when he actively resists them.

This is canon:

Rhys vanished, and Azriel was left standing before Elain, who still awaited his kiss. His stomach twisted as he pulled his hand from her hair  and stepped back. Forced himself to say, "This was a mistake.”

This is canon:

Then he flew to the House of Wind, knowing that if he slept in the riverside manor, he'd do something he regretted. He'd been so vigilant about keeping away from Elain as much as possible, and had stayed up here to avoid her, and tonight...tonight had proved he 'd been right to do so.  

Considering this happened after Elain had returned the necklace, this is also canon:

Indeed, Azriel and Cassian had just leaned against the wall, arms crossed, and smiled at them the entire time. Gwyn threw Azriel a withering stare as she strode past him. “See you tomorrow, Shadowsinger,” she tossed over a shoulder. Az stared after her, brows high with amusement. When he turned back, Nesta grinned. “You have no idea what you just started,” she said. Az angled his head, hazel eyes narrowing as Gwyn reached the archway. “Remember how Gwyn was with the ribbon?” Nesta winked and clapped the shadowsinger on the shoulder. “You’re the new ribbon, Az.”

One thing is undeniably clear: Azriel makes it known where he stands in his relationship with Elain, and to him, it feels wrong.

He may have not cared but everything he had done after the fact doesn’t suggest that.

Another undeniable fact remains: despite her discomfort, her declarations that she doesn't want a mate, her demeanor towards Lucien, the deliberate distance Lucien chose to maintain between them, and the assurance that Rhys will protect her, Elain has not yet rejected their bond.

However, what remains unknown is how Elain truly feels about Lucien.

It's worth noting that in this series, characters have been wrong before in assuming how others felt, and this might be another case of such misinterpretation.

#antie/riel #antielriel #yall keep sprouting about how we need to respect Elain's choice #I think her choosing to keep her bond in tact is one #I think her choosing to return the necklace is another

[azsazz]

Sometimes I think about how Az regifted Elains necklace to Gwyn and it just makes me mad because I feel like it’s going to come back and bite him in the ass

Yeah, I feel like there has to be something more going on with that...

One of the things I wonder is if it is some kind of secret weapon. If there's something imbued into it like a protection spell or something else, you know? Or something along the lines of that, I'm not too sure but I think that route would be interesting for sure.

We haven't seen much of Az throughout the books to understand if this is something that would've been a normal action for him or not. I do understand his anger clouding his judgement at the time and the fact that he might not have wanted the necklace to go to waste...him, Elain, and probably Rhysand (which might mean Feyre by extension) know about the necklace right now...

Orrrr, what if Elain had seen something in the future about the necklace and declined it knowing he'd give it to gwyn and it would somehow protect her? That would be another interesting route SJM could go with it without creating that love triangle tension.

lol i did not know i had this many thoughts about the necklace tbh 😂

#ask azsazz #elain v gwyn v necklace

[ervotica]

just read the azriel acosf bonus chapter again and i have the ick <3

#arrogance is not it babe #and lucien has never said a bad word against him #if nesta finds out he gave elains necklace to gwyn it’ll be ON SIGHT #azriel acosf #acosf #acotar

[gwyns]

Do you think that Gwyn knows that the necklace was meant for Elain/someone else? I have a theory that her sense of smell is excellent (remember that scene where she says she can tell who the priestesses are by scent?). And that she can scent both Az and Elain on the necklace.

That’s why I think the necklace won’t be a huge deal/moment of betrayal in the Gwynriel book. She already knows and has put the necklace aside, never to be worn.

oh! that's a very good point, i didn't think of that. she could totally know then

even if she doesn't though i really don't see the necklace holding much significance going forward, it was a metaphor for az's shifting attention and nothing else in my opinion. and after 3 years of discourse, i think it's time we retire it lmfao

#im all for talking about the text itself but the necklace? its done #although ive been seeing people be nasty about how they interpret the text too like!!! idk if anyone told you #but its ok to have differing opinions on the necklace description possibly being a nod to elucien like damn #doesnt mean the secret lovely beauty quote is about elain. just means sjm couldve thrown in some extra foreshadowing #antielriel #anti e/riel #not really but idk how else to tag this lol #asks #anonymous

[mossytrashcan]

What about Gwynlain sharing a milkshake …?

Gwyn is 100% trying to get Elain to tell her about all of the embarrassing shit Nesta did as a kid

#acotar #acosf #elain archeron #gwyneth berdara #gwynlain #sage’s art tag #also YES gwyn got elain rose earrings that match the rose necklace #they are the sweetest most precious couple to ever exist and you can’t convince me otherwise

[yanny-77]

I Love You Just The Way You Are

SJM Romance Week Day 2: Love Languages

Summary: Azriel plays hooky for a day a decides to show his wife how much he loves her the only way he knows how: Acts of Service. Hilarity ensues as Azriel discovers that baking pies is much harder than it looks.

(Because obviously neither words of affirmation nor gift giving are Azriel’s strong suits and I didn't feel like writing smut today)

SJM Series: ACOTAR

Primary Ship: Elriel

Dedicated to: Everyone on the ACOTAR server who keeps asking for Pieriel...think of this as a prelude For the rest of you, I know what you're thinking: "But Yanny only writes crackships! She doesn't even ship Elriel!" Well, you're not wrong and I am just as surprised as you are. But, for whatever reason, I saw the prompts and this story just popped into my little brain.

Word Count: 1,772

Excerpt:

She smiled at him, and for a moment, Azriel was struck stupid. He always was whenever he saw her practically glowing beneath that radiant expression of hers. “Of course. Will you please do the dishes, Azriel? I really do have to run. I’m already late.”

“Anything for you, my sweet Elain.” He grabbed her fingers and held them in one of his own scarred hands, squeezing them for just a moment. She blushed deeply in response, turning a shade of red that had Azriel wanting to demand she cancel on Feyre and spend the day with him in bed. But he knew he couldn’t ask her to do that, so he dropped her hand. “I’ll see you tonight then.”

While he was cleaning up after breakfast, it occurred to Azriel that this might be the perfect opportunity to show Elain how much he loved her. She spent so much time taking care of him, and it was time to repay the favor.

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