Tower of Dawn spoilers ahead. Scroll away…unless you’re a person that needs to hear this. 🤭
SJM doesn’t NEED 30 books of “build up” for her love stories to be great. The fact some people point this out as an argument for why Gwyn and Azriel can’t be a thing shows that you haven’t read ALL of Sarah’s book.
For those who haven’t read Throne of Glass allow me to introduce you to not just one but TWO couples featured in this book that had ZERO interaction prior to Tower of Dawn. Chaol Westfield and his WIFE Yrene Westfall (Towers) and Nesyrn Faliq and Prince Sartaq.
Neither of these couples were aware of each other prior to this book, two of these characters had very little to no pages time prior to this book too. So your excuse that Sarah can’t write Gwyn and Azriel and make it a good story because there was no previous build up doesn’t fly because Tower of Dawn was a good book and the amount of people that love both these couples prove you so very wrong.
Plus Sarah’s books are almost 1000 pages long sometimes. So you’re telling me that a romance novel with 200-300 pages, that y’all like to say we’ve NEVER read 🙄, will make yall swoon when strangers get together but not Azriel and Gwyn with more the double those pages. Give me a break 🤦🏻♀️🙄
Giving back a gift DOES signal a rejection and/or ending. To say otherwise is to be living in denial.
Besides, it's pretty telling when she kept Graysen ring for a while even after his blatant rejection of her. A person she was in love with. And whose gifts has Elain not given back? Lucien Vanserra. I bet she even keeps them close by.
But she sure as heck returned that necklace pretty fast. It was left on Azriel's gift pile when he went to retrieve them the next morning. If she truly had romantic, lasting feelings for Azriel, she would have kept the necklace and not given it back. But she didn't. Which makes her actions and intent pretty darn clear. Even Azriel knows an outright rejection when he sees one so 🤷♀️
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Lucien telling Elain stories about her father
Vassa telling Elain stories about her father
Elain becoming an owl shifter
Elucien performing in the Great Rite.
The LoA falling in love with Elain after never having had a daughter and Elain falling in love with her, finally having a maternal figure who sees the strength she possesses
Elain and Lucien outsmarting Koschei with their intelligence.
Elain and Lucien being able to open up to one another about their first loves that were then lost and the depression they experienced as a result
Band of Exiles sass
Helion's excitement over Elain being a conversationalist just like him
A smutty scene with Elucien against a tree
A smutty scene with Elucien in a field of flowers
A smutty scene where Lucien shows Elain just how good he really is with that mouth when he's using it for something other than talking
Elain helping Lucien through his guilt, helping him see that he is not to blame for Jesminda's death.
Lucien being able to stop Beron from harming Elain after not being able to do the same for Jesminda.
Lucien looking over to see Elain wearing the pearl earrings he gifted her.
Lucien looking over to see Elain wearing only the pearl earrings he gifted her.
Lucien looking over to see Elain wearing only the pearl earrings he gifted her and his jacket.
Elain curing the illness plaguing the Pegasus foals
Elain breaking Vassa's curse
Lucien demonstrating exactly why Azriel would not in fact defeat him with little effort
Elain admitting to Lucien that she was angry with how perfect his first Solstice gift to her was when she was trying to fight the pull she had to him
Elain telling Lucien that she was angry at herself for feeling disloyal to Graysen when she first met his eye and found him the most handsome thing she had ever seen.
Lucien being delighted to find that after the many months of Elain keeping herself at a distance by not talking, she has the ability to put him in his place with her verbal sparring.
Elain and Lucien playing practical jokes on Jurian
Elain restoring the people of Springs faith in it's leadership, whoever that maybe be.
Elain creating life like Isabela Madrigal, Te Fiti, or Cthona
Lucien coming into his own High Lord power and becoming a force to be reckoned with.
Elain telling Graysen he never deserved her.
Lucien and Eris resolving their past / brother bonding.
Lucien and Eris defeating Beron and finally avenging their mother and Jesminda.
Elain hugging Eris which might be the first hug he's been given in a very long time
Elain and Lucien feeding treats to the Pegasus
Elain and Lucien feeding treats to the smoke-hounds
Elain and Lucien riding on a horse together
Elain and Lucien riding on a Pegasus
Lucien's first hug with his mother in centuries
Elain and Lucien visiting Helion's libraries to do research
Lucien surprising Elain with a visit to the tulip fields in the continent. When she turns to him in delight and surprise she'll ask him how he knew. Lucien will tell her that her father told him, that he wanted to take her one day but since he no longer could, Lucien wanted to fulfill both of their dreams.
The reader once again getting a glimpse into Elain's mind but this time, the buds are in full bloom after accepting her mating bond.
Lucien having learned of human customs and getting down on one knee to propose to Elain.
You’re telling me there are multiple pictures depicting a flower woman with a fox one of which is depicts a seer and you don’t believe them to be endgame? Be so forreal.
Lucien and Elain inspo! Also love love love the Elain out of the cauldron in Lucien’s hands inspo art!
Stop taking things out of context, especially when it’s so damn easy to prove you wrong with a simple search of the book.
The trembling fawn and fanged beast line from ACOMAF? It’s not about Elain. It’s not about Azriel either. Wanna know who it’s about? Come closer and I’ll tell you, Feyre 🤭
Look out the line BACK into CONTEXT and you can clearly see it’s the BOOK OF BREATHINGS talking to FEYRE. 🤣🤣🤣. I mean come on y’all. You make it too easy for us sometimes. That and I will stand on the hill that there is about Elain and Az in ACOMAF because SJM was setting up Mor and Az back then.
I NEED the redheads in the series (Gwyn and Lucien) to get their happy endings with their mates.
Why? Because they are the least problematic, toxic characters and these two redheads deserve the world. Also, these two redheaded fictional characters get a lot of hate over a ship war and I've seen some pretty sickening takes just because they are redheads.
Plus, it would be justice for those out there who look down upon redheads and call them names. Redheads deserve love and happiness to instead of the hate they receive.
Artists & Commissioners from Top Left to Bottom Right : Saramirza_art & the_valkyries_trove, Romannboch, & The.sketching.hour
Ngl... I think this is one of the best Elain and Lucien fan arts I've seen so far since entering the fandom. The 'cooking for dummies' had me chuckling and I love how these two look together. Elain looks safe and secure against Lucien and Lucien looks so in love and content having Elain in his arms ❤
Art is by B_Astora and Commissioned by Bookish_Embers
OMG. I just saw that if Elain gets with Lucien it would be Stockholm syndrome. Are you fucking kidding me?
Where in this situation is Lucien Elain’s abuser or captor? WHERE. STOP MAKING LUCIEN THE VILLIAN OF ELAINS STORY WHEN HE IS NOT THE ISSUE!
For some reason people only like to look at the fact that elucien mating bond is shackling them together like Elain doesn’t have a choice to reject the damn bond! SHE CAN. Lucien is still a choice whether people like that or not. If Feyre got to choose Rhysand in acomaf, and nesta got to choose Cassian, why the hell can’t Elain choose Lucien?
Lucien has done nothing to Elain! NOTHING. He didn’t know that the sisters were involved. I don’t care for Tamlin but he didn’t know either! The only person who knew was Ianthe and that bitch got what she deserved.
Lucien and Elain being mated is not Lucien’s fault. Lucien literally thought that his mate already fucking died. THE BOND IS FROM THE DAMN CAULDRON. The same cauldron who is suppose to love Elain so much remember, so why the hell would Elain not have a perfect mating bond?
People in this fandom have a hard time accepting that mating bonds are there since both parties are born! Rhys literally saw Feyre in his dreams when she was still human! It was clear something was going on with Nessian when nesta was still human. Nothing happened between Elain and Lucien while she was still human because they didn’t have a chance to properly meet first before she was thrown in the damn cauldron.
But even then before Lucien knew that Elain was his mate, he was the ONLY one who was trying to get to Elain and was worried about her and her well being before & after she was put into the cauldron.
• Lucien staggered a step forward as Elain was gripped between two gaurds and hoisted up. (pg 604, ACOMAF)
• “This is enough” Lucien surged for Elain, for the cauldron. (pg 604, ACOMAF)
•“Lucien snarled at the King over the bite of the magic at his throat, “don’t just leave her on the damned floor—“. There was a flare of light, and a scrape, and then Lucien was stalking toward Elain, freed of his restraints.” (pg 606, ACOMAF)
• Lucien took of his jacket, kneeling before Elain. She cringed away from the coat, from him—“ (pg 606, ACOMAF)
• Water poured forth, Lucien hosting Elain in his arms and out of the way. (Page 607, ACOMAF)
Before Lucien even announced that Elain was his mate, Elain was already looking at him! She didn’t look at Azriel who was injured with a damn bolt in his chest! She was looking at Lucien.
• “But Elain was staring over Nesta’s shoulder. At Lucien—whose face she had finally taken in. Dark brown eyes met one eye of russet and one of metal…Lucien hands slackened at his sides. His voice broken as he whispered to Elain, “you’re my mate” (pg 608, ACOMAF)
And I hate the argument that Elain and Azriel weren’t mated because Azriel was injuried. So was Cassian after he literally got his wings shredded defending Azriel and him and nesta were still mated. Azriel was not worried about Elain going into that cauldron! He was worried about Mor! He didn’t tell hybern to not touch Elain! He told hybern to not touch Mor.
• “Azriel’s head lifted from where he was sprawled in his own blood, eyes full of rage and pain as he snarled at the king, “Don’t you touch her.” Mor looked at Azriel—and there was real fear there. Fear—and something else. She didn’t stop moving until she again kneeled beside him and pressed a hand to his wound. Azriel hissed—but covered her bloody fingers with his own.”
A certain part of this fandom are going too far with their statements about FICTIONAL CHARACTERS in order to bring up a FICTIONAL SHIP THAT IS NOT CANON.