I have this irrational fear that the only reason why Lucien is so good as a character is because Sarah leaves him alone. Because I saw what happened with her male leads (Tamlin, Rhys, Cass) and how they went from characters with a lot of potential (ACOTAR Tam and Rhys, ACOWAR Cass, I am a firm believer that ACOWAR Cass would sucker punch ACOSF Cass for his appalling behavior towards Nes) to the hot mess we have now.
I am scared shitless that the reason why my baby Luci is so good is by accident. That because Sarah didn't focus on him since he's not the main "love interest" is precisely why HE'S SO GOOD AS A CHARACTER. And that's why I'm kinda dreading the next book (if it's really going to be about Elain because that means Lucien is bound to be showing up a lot in it no matter what she chose to do with the mating bond).
God pls protect my man Lucien Vanserra. Sarah have a track record of ruining her own male lead (for me!!! They're kinda ruined for me) and I can't have that happening again. THRICE IS ENOUGH HEARTBREAK FOR ME
One of the things I like about seeing things in the highest resolution possible is that you can see tiny but important details that get lost otherwise. The moment from the deleted scene is short but we get a lot of information about Sarah, Sarah and Sam's relationship as siblings, and just also how well the comedic timing of all this is, on top of the canon sarahbucky content.
I just love seeing the variety of expressions Sarah gets to be shown just from this once scene alone! And of course she shares another stare and look with Bucky.
And just look at how deliberate Sam was in stealing the chair when he knew she was interested in it 😂 You know he loves teasing her
I hc that Rito kiss each other by touching the top of their beaks to something (their beaks aren’t touching but that’s just cuz I can’t draw 💀💀) so they’re doing a lil Rito kiss <3 I WISH we had more of them man.
Part two of my tired and extremely done ACOWAR annotations
The fact rhysand TELEPORTS HIS CLOTHES OFF is the FUNNIEST THING TO ME EVER. I hate it so much!! why can he do this?? idk most powerful high lord or some shit. No cause imagine ur flirting with your bf and suddenly his clothes are GONE. to where??? idk i feel bad for whoever does his laundry. i wouldnt be able to keep a straight face like WHERE DID YOUR CLOTHES GO ???
Making this made me realise that Marz and Tang don't have CGs with their younger designs, that aren't group shots. Which is disapointing becuase I love thier designs. Tang was robbed, she only gets one CG to herself.