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@elriel-month | Free Day

The gray light of morning had broken over the world, mist clinging to our ankles as we headed into that camp, Azriel still cradling Elain to his chest. He dripped blood behind him the entire time—a trickle compared to the torrent that should be leaking out. Contained only by the patches of power he’d slapped on it. Help—he needed a healer immediately.

Rhys lunged for Azriel, taking Elain from him and gently setting my sister down. Azriel rasped, swaying on his feet, “We need Helion to get these chains off her.” Yet Elain didn’t seem to notice them as she rose up on her toes and kissed the shadowsinger’s cheek.

✨Art by @luxury_banshee

✨Commissioned by me

✨Please do not repost without permission. Likes, comments, and reblogs are appreciated.

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Straight from the woman herself!

ACOTAR 6 is coming!!

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First fucking drafts????

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ACOTAR 6 DRAFT DONE I AM GAGGED I MISS MY BABY AZRIEL

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I was a little disappointed at first glance that the book is still in draft form, but honestly I was beginning to wonder if she dropped ACOTAR 6 so this is great news today.

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WHO WAS GONNA TELL ME THAT SJM POSTED ABOUT FINISHING THE FIRST DRAFT OF ACOTAR SIX DAMN I AM GAGGED I AM SO EXCITED AND HAPPY

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Azriel hides behind silence. He always has. He made his pain into discipline, wrapped his shame in shadows and pressed his longing into the quiet, calling it control. He is the master of vanishing of pretending the pain doesn't exist if he doesn't look at it. But then there's Elain. Soft voiced, doe eyed Elain, who lived in silence too not because it protects her, but because no one ever thought to listen. She doesn't flinch from the quiet like others do. She makes it gentle, makes it safe. Because she knows silence can hold whole truths without ever needing a sound. And that's how she reads him. Not by asking ,not by demanding. Just by being... Present ,Warm like the sun.

She notices the way his hand flexes when it brushes hers. She hears the shift in his breath when he's holding back. She notices when his shadows vanish around her, how his voice softens when he talks to her. She knows when he's hiding pain behind a calm voice, and she doesn't need to hear the whole story to understand his heart.

She sees him ,not as the Spymaster but as a male aching to be known without having to explain himself, and for the first time, he lets himself be seen.

Because she doesn't try to pull the truth from him. She just offers a quiet place that makes him feel safe enough to want to share it. And he realizes, She is fluent in the language he's spent his whole life hiding in. And maybe without ever meaning to, she gave him what he didn't know he was longing for ;the permission to be just himself ,Azriel.

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"What did you paint for yourself?" “I painted the night sky.” He stilled.

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You can't tell me she isn't the literal mother

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“𝐼 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓎𝑜𝓊, 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝑔𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓂 𝒾𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑒𝓎𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝑜 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓇 𝒶 𝑔𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓉’𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒹𝑜𝓂 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓂. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝒻 𝐼 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝐼 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊’𝓁𝓁 𝒹𝑜, 𝓎𝑜𝓊’𝓁𝓁 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝒾𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓊𝓅𝑜𝓃 𝒶 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂.”

𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵: 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴

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✮♱✮ art by @artzy_faith

✮♱✮ commissioned by me

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It’s no secret that I love sleeping beauty Elriel together, so I couldn’t wait to show y’all this GORGEOUS piece from @artzy_faith did for me for @elriel-month! I love the idea of Elain saving Azriel the same way he did for her! I think it would be so romantic as well and a cool way of showing Elain’s strength and powers in the upcoming book! I hope yall love this as much as I do!

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✮♱✮ quote is from Sleeping Beauty

✮♱✮ characters are Elain Archeron & Azriel

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

✮♱✮ no reposts allowed.

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“True loves kiss conquers all, even the deepest slumber.” – Sleeping Beauty

“I truly believe love conquers all – love is an incredibly powerful force, both in this world and in fantasy ones.” – Sarah J. Maas

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Elriel Month 🩷 Fairytales

This piece is inspired by the tale of Sleeping Beauty, with a slight change – the maiden rescuing the prince. We love the theory that Koschei will lure Azriel and Elain – Elain – will be the one to save him, with none other than a true love’s kiss.

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A huge thank you to (unii) for creating this gorgeous artwork. You were an angel to work with and so communicative at every step of the process 🩷

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Art by @x_x.uniii

Commissioned by @theseersgarden, @aoitavacorte, @lovelyfawnxx, @rae2velaris, & @landofthefaerie

Characters belong to @sarahjmaas

For @elriel-month

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Not All Dark Wings Are Red Flags: In Defense of Rhysand 🖤✨🕊️

After talking about Tamlin... let’s talk about Rhysand!

No, really. Let’s talk about him — because for a character who’s literally written to be the fantasy, he sure gets called toxic a lot.

It’s a conversation that keeps resurfacing in fandom spaces: “He’s manipulative.” “He hides things.” “He has too much power.” And sure, if you squint hard enough and remove all context and character development… you might be able to argue that.

But here’s the thing: Rhysand isn’t toxic. He’s complicated. And there's a very big difference.

🧠 First of all: He was introduced as a mask. Let’s not forget A Court of Thorns and Roses was written through Feyre’s point of view — and Rhys, at that point, wanted her to mistrust him. He wasn’t trying to be liked. He was trying to protect his people, himself, and Feyre, in the only way he could under Amarantha’s rule. The Rhys we meet at the beginning is not a complete man — he’s a cornered animal with claws out.

🌟 But the deeper we go, the more we see the real version. By A Court of Mist and Fury, we learn that Rhysand is one of the only characters who respects Feyre’s autonomy. He gives her choice, time, space. He doesn’t lock her in a house, doesn’t silence her pain, and certainly doesn’t pretend to know what’s best for her. He challenges her, but never controls her.

💔 He understands trauma — because he lives with it. Rhysand doesn’t arrive in the narrative as a knight in shining armour. He’s broken, strategic, full of pain — and still able to offer gentleness. Unlike the male love interest in book one, he never tries to rescue Feyre from herself. He helps her become who she wants to be, not who he wants her to be. That's not toxic — that’s healing.

📜 "But he kept things from her!" Yes. Because trust is something that’s built, not automatic. Because he wanted her to choose him, not feel obligated to him. Because sometimes, people make the wrong call — even when their intentions are good. And importantly: when Feyre does confront him, he listens. He apologises. He grows.

🧸 Being powerful doesn’t make him a threat — how he uses it is what matters. Rhysand has immense magical, political, and personal power. But not once does he use it to force Feyre into anything. That’s the point. He could, but he doesn’t. Because real love is consent, balance, and agency. He’s an example of strength that chooses restraint.

🌠 At the end of the day, Rhysand is a fantasy. Yes, he’s written to be alluring, clever, strong, and just a little bit smug. But above all: he’s written to be safe. The man who waited. The man who saw her breaking and didn’t rush to fix her — he knelt, and said: I’m here if you want me.

That’s not toxic. That’s emotional literacy in wings and starlight.

[Roberto Crescenzio]

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Happy international tea day! It’s the 21st! LETS GOOOOOOOO. I am not getting any work done today 😂

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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“And it was Elain—Elain—who sighed and murmured, ‘I hope they all burn in hell.’”

Elain Archeron | A Court of Thorns and Roses Series

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Let Me Hold You

Pairing: Azriel x F!Reader

A/N: I'm still having awful writer's block and have been busy and not having a great time in my personal life so here's a very short and very self indulgent story.

The air was colder than you anticipated, wrapping your arms around yourself as the wind caressed the bare skin, raising goosebumps with its touch. You were ready to give up when the shadowsinger spoke up from his place sitting against the railing.

“Can I hug you?”

It takes you a moment to process the words, eyes widening slightly as you did. You'd think you heard him wrong if it weren't just the two of you on top of the roof, making it impossible to mistake the whispered words. In all the years you've known Azriel he had never asked something like this of you, or anyone, not so openly.

You followed him here because you noticed how upset he seemed at dinner, barely saying a word and keeping to himself even more than he usually did, but beyond a few encouraging words from you and a refusal to share his feelings from him, you had expected to go back to your room empty handed.

Azriel always seemed so intent on keeping his emotions to himself that it made you even more curious and worried for the reason he was feeling like this today. You weren't going to let that stop you though. Nevermind what happened, all that matters is that he needed you.

“Of course,” you answer quickly, perhaps a bit too loudly, especially in the quiet of the night and the vulnerability of the moment. You've always wished Azriel would let you or anyone else in at times like these, that he shared his problems or at least let someone comfort him.

A ghost of a smile appears on his face before you both reach for each other at the same time, kneeling down in front of him and letting him pull you closer, your arms wrapping around his neck as his circle your waist, his wings following suit and creating a cocoon around your melded bodies, his shadows joining in and effectively hiding you both from the outside world.

You let him hold onto you like it was his last lifeline. His face falling onto the crook of your neck, breath hitting your skin in unhurried pants, as you run your fingers through his hair, trying your best to give him the peace of mind he seems to be craving so badly.

Over the last few months, your relationship with Azriel seemed to have evolved into something else, something you were too scared to admit for now, not quite ready for such monumental feelings. Still, your heart stirred as he held you close, as his breath came out slower and his body relaxed against yours. You were happy to be a calm and comforting presence for him, it was all you needed actually.

“You don't have to tell me what's wrong,” you start, softly this time, careful not to disturb the air around you, “but I want you to know that whenever you feel like this and you just want someone to hold you, or listen to your worries and doubts, take a walk with you or even spar with to let out your frustrations, you can come to me.”

He stops for a second, letting your words sink in before he pulls his face away from the safe place he made for himself against your neck, never straying too far as he looks into your eyes, searching.

“I'll always be here for you,” you confirm softly, a smile playing at your lips, one that widens when he lets out a sigh, closing his eyes and leaning his forehead against yours, arms holding onto you even tighter than before, until you could feel his heart beating against yours.

“Promise?”

“Promise.”

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I need a scene where Azriel is completely in control, his cold spymaster mask in place as he tries to hide his emotions from Elain to lie to her. But it won’t work on her. She simply looks at him with her big brown eyes, Like I know exactly what you're doing, and then softly tells him 'Don’t.' His face and voice immediately soften, the cold mask slipping as if he can’t help it.

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Elain literally killed the king of hybern like miss girl stepped out of a shadow and shoved an ancient mysterious knife through his throat and was like ok welp glad that’s done.

that was like so hot of her.