#IT IS WRONG

[viridianevergarden]

Here we go again:

People ask “why didn’t Az fight for his love for Elain?”

People ask “If he really loved her like elriels claim then why didn’t he stand up to Rhys?”

People ask “Why didn’t Az try to explain his view?”

I’ll tell you why. Even though it’s been said a million times.

✨Azriel hates himself✨

✨He thinks he’s unworthy of love✨

✨He thinks he’s unworthy of Elain✨

✨He thinks his touch taints her✨

It’s that simple.

Why the hell would he try to combat Rhysand, his High Lord, his dear younger brother and trusted friend, for something that he so badly wants but believes he should not have?

Azriel’s MIND trumps his HEART.

He feels so strongly but his mind is constantly barking at him going “you don’t deserve this”. Of course he’s going to believe that. Depression does that to people. Poor self esteem does that to people. If you don’t get that then you live under a rock.

And in the heat of the moment that solstice night, of course some part of him will have the thought of “maybe just this once”, “I can be selfish this one night”. In that moment, He was thinking with his heart. Not his mind.

He thinks he’s being selfish in allowing his heart to yearn and feel.

And people are dick riding Rhys with the “you feel entitled to her?” Comment?

Azriel doesn’t feel entitled to Elain. Not the way people think he is.

He’s envious of his family. He’s agonizing over it. Not entitled. He has every right to be envious, even though he loves them. He’s questioning his religion, he’s questioning his and her placement, and get this- with ✨logic✨

Observe:

Azriel ignored the question. "The Cauldron chose three sisters. Tell me how it's possible that my two brothers are with two of those sisters, yet the third was given to another." He had never before dared speak the words aloud.

You can’t tell me you look at 3 brothers and 3 sisters, 2 having been paired up, yet think that the remaining brother and sister aren’t going to be together?

“BuT tHaT’s CLiChe.” Yeah, and? SJM is a cliche writer.

That’s Azriel’s thought process. He’s thinking logically. If there are 3 pairs and 2 pairs of the 3 are mated, then why isn’t the 3rd pair?

That’s not entitlement.

He’s not looking at Elain and thinking “she should be mine”.

Because again, ✨he thinks he’s unworthy of her✨

And Azriel isn’t going to stand there arguing with Rhysand. I wouldn’t either, no matter how much I loved someone. Because that’s his High lord. That’s his brother. He loves and reveres him.

TL;DR: Azriel, despite his feelings, decided to once again put himself last and cast his feelings aside for Rhysand and for everyone else’s betterment. Partially out of loyalty and partially because he, again, thinks he doesn’t deserve Elain’s love. No matter how hurt he is.

He won’t fight for something he thinks he shouldn’t deserve.

Not until he’s proven wrong.

[ask-swansea]

what result did you get on your test Swansea :3

The test is wrong. The website thing is broken.

I want nothing more to do with this.

[iclarye]

me and homies getting ready to go watch one piece together (we’re going to read kinktober fanfics about the characters)

[dark-visitors]

This whole writing thing would be so much easier if I could just:

When the urge strikes, you know?

[chaotic-pulsar]

@mrgartist does this make your blood boil with rage like it does mine?

[heartbreakincident]

nothing but respect for our troops (smut writers) but listen. i dont want to be the person to tell you this, but not every character is going to be a dom or a sub. some people. and i know this is hard to hear. but some people do have vanilla sex. and some of those people might even be The Character.

[podcastwizard]

affirmations for writers: i know how to write. i have seen sentences before, and i know how to make one. i can identify up to several words and their meanings. i am not afraid of semicolons.

[great-and-small]

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[heresylog]

I don’t care if you make fun of Catholicism as long as it’s accurate! The best humour has its roots in the truth.

[andisupreme]

At the company retreat, one extremely drunk girl asked what my pronouns were. (Eventually, it took her a while to word the question.) After the whole conversation was done, she goes- "YEAHHH GURL, Get on with--with THY bad self! See what I did?? They/them/thy."

I was almost holding back tears from trying not to laugh as I told her yes that's great you nailed it honey. Thank you very much I am feeling the love.

Anyway I've been assigned Thee/Thine at Supportive Drunk Girl

[stafsar]

my muse and I

[devotedlystrangewizard]

i think everyone should program at least once just so you realise just how fucking stupid computers are. because theyre so fucking stupid. a computer wants to be told what to do and exactly that and if you make one typo or forget one detail it starts crying uncontrollably

[noodles-and-tea]

Well, yes.

[chronurgy]

[mythalism]

i actually need to know people's thoughts on this because at least in my experience the answer to this has drastically changed since i was on tumblr in the 2010s and its driving me fucking insane

*im talking about fandom takes specifically. not someone being horribly evil about a real-life issue or or blatantly factually incorrect. literally just harmless fandom disagreements or differing interpretations of a text/character/etc.