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Guilty As Sin

What if he's written "mine" on my upper thigh only in my mind? One slip and fallin' back into the hedge maze Oh, what a way to die I keep recalling things we never did Messy top-lip kiss, how I long for our trysts Without ever touchin' his skin How can I be guilty as sin?

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𝐿𝓊𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓃 & 𝐸𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃

I was planning on saving this art for Elucien week in July, but I’m just so excited to share this with you guys that I decided to drop it early!

I’ve always wanted to do a commission with Elain and Lucien kissing in the rain and @witchlingsandwyverns did such an incredible job.

Her artwork is so beautiful. She’s so talented. Thank you so much for this beautiful Elucien art.

Also, Elain with bangs is my new favorite thing 🔥

Characters belong to Sarah J Maas

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Before, I didn't think it was necessary to have to list every good deed of Tamlin to make a defense of the character; I thought that showing the underlying motivations behind his actions was (and should indeed be) enough for people to understand my point of view, but apparently, I really do need to, Especially when it involves Rhysand and a comparison between the two.

Basically, fans of ACOTAR, and fans of Rhysand in particular, have come to associate anything bad with Tamlin, and everything good with Rhysand, even if that's not necessarily true. For example, earlier I saw a video where the character captioned as Tamlin said something like "You don't have to accept her no...," and I believe I don't need to explain the context. The character captioned as Rhysand obviously condemned the speech.

Well, I don't need to say here who did what to whom, do I? However, somehow, over time, things about Tamlin have reversed to the point where people simply erased from their minds anything remotely positive about him, and suddenly, he embodies all the absurdities that our society condemns, and of course, this happens because of the author, who despite everything, insists on shoving Feyre's distorted view (actually, Rhysand's view) down our throats.

I've been seeing a rollercoaster of videos, especially on TikTok, where Tamlin is completely despised. The last one that made me most furious implied that Tamlin wanted to keep Feyre illiterate, and that Rhysand was the only one to help her with literacy, when in fact Tamlin offered her help numerous times, and the idea of the poem he wrote for her was precisely to alleviate the difficulty she was experiencing with the task, but even that is ridiculed... because "Oh my god, he gave a poem to a girl who couldn't read. How dumb!"

I come to the conclusion that a good portion of the fandom has undergone a brainwashing due to the strength of the group's hatred towards the character, feeding into each other. In other words, people produced hate content, consumed it, and then produced more. It's pointless to even list Tamlin's many good deeds because no matter what he does, it will always be wrong, which means that even a redemption arc, which in my opinion wouldn't be the case, would be enough to stop this, because people have already solidified this view and won't stop

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Ok but imagine Elain and Lucien arguing about the bond and Lucien blurts out something like "I'm sorry the Cauldron gave you a mate who's so disfigured you can barely bring yourself to look at me" or something like that and Elain just pauses in utter shock because that is the exact opposite of why she can't look him in the eyes.

The truth is, he's so devastatingly handsome that she can't bring herself to look at him fully without blushing. And the thought that he could ever find himself unworthy of her nearly brings her to tears.

If anyone knows of any fics like this PLEASE let me know.

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I'm so insane for Lucien fucking Vanserra.

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“You are a better friend to me, Feyre,” he said quietly, “than I ever was to you."

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A very happy birthday to our Taurus queen, Nesta Archeron! 👑 I'm sure she'd spend it with her besties and chosen sisters, Emerie and Gwyn! And I just know that the House would give them all the smuttiest books to read and all the chocolate cake to eat.

A very big thank you to @/michi.illustrations for working with me on this gorgeous commission to celebrate! Do not repost without credit and do not feed into AI programs.

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Art based on SJM’s Pinterest board before she deleted it in 2021, which means Elucien’s been endgame for years.

The author decides, and it’s been decided. How we can argue against it, I don’t know.

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Whoever you are… I hope your pillow stays cold on both sides everytime you lay your head down

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This:

But Feyre, Cassian knew, had been aware of what she’d see before entering. And well aware that these ten minutes had only been the opening movements in a symphony of pain that Azriel could conduct with brutal efficiency.

Is compatible with this:

Gwyn crossed her arms, pale robes rustling. She winced and rubbed her shoulder. “Did you know shields weighed so much? I certainly didn’t. No wonder the Valkyries learned to use them as weapons as deadly as their swords.” She sighed. “They’d have been quite a sight in battle: cracking open enemy skulls with blows from their shields, throwing them to knock an opponent onto their backs before skewering them …” She rubbed her shoulder again. “Their arm muscles must have been as hard as steel.”

but it's not compatible with this:

Nesta wasn’t going anywhere. She could barely stay sitting. And Elain … Amren was holding Elain upright as she vomited in the grass. Not from the Cauldron. But pure terror.

as this is:

I looked to Lucien, but the color had blanched from his face, leaving a sickly white-green in its wake. “Lucien,” Tamlin said—a quiet command. But Lucien kept gaping at the faerie’s ruined back, at the stumps, his metal eye narrowing and widening, narrowing and widening. He backed up a step. And another. And then vomited in a potted plant before sprinting from the room.

however this:

Her focus wholly on me, on taking from me the beauty I’d burned from her, Brannagh did not see him winnow until it was too late. Until Lucien’s sword refracted the light of the sun leaking through the canopy. And then met flesh and bone.

is similar to this:

But as a black blade broke through the king’s throat, spraying blood, I realized someone else had. Elain stepped out of a shadow behind him, and rammed Truth-Teller to the hilt through the back of the king’s neck as she snarled in his ear, “Don’t you touch my sister.”

which is different from this:

She smiled crookedly at Nesta. “I kept to the trees the first two nights, watching the beasts, and I spotted that horrible male and his companions this morning. Saw they’d found my nightgown and displayed it, and I knew they were hunting for you. I thought I’d take them out before they could find you.”

but is similar to this:

“Azriel slaughtered all of them within moments. He didn’t hesitate. But I could barely move, and when I tried to get up … He gave me his cloak and wrapped me in it.

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“If Lucien needs to be dead, then your ship is already dead.”

“If Lucien needs to be dead, then your ship is already dead.”

The ironic thing to me about this new wave of theories about Lucien dying so that Elain and Azriel can be together is that for both Nesta and Feyre, their mates almost dying is what prompted them to finally recognize and accept their mates. Both Cassian and Rhys almost died twice, and both times Nesta and Feyre acted on instinct to save their mates.

So, actually, Lucien dying is probably what will force Elain to look at her feelings towards him and realize how empty she'd feel without him, considering their bond had snapped.

Plus, honestly, if thinking a ship can only happen if one of them is dead, well... it's as good as sunk, especially when ignoring all unresolved plotlines that are connected to Lucien. If Lucien needs to be dead, then your ship is already dead.

Especially when Elain was shown to take years to greive.

He only glanced at Elain, whose face was again a calm void while she traced a finger over the embroidery on the couch cushions. “Yes. Let me help in whatever way I can.” Even Nesta seemed relatively concerned. Not for him, no doubt, but the fact that if he were hurt, or killed … What would it do to Elain? The severing of the mating bond … I shut out the thought of what it’d do to me.

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This is Elucien’s song!

Elain’s guilt for wanting to be with her mate and finally letting go of her human life.

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I will say this one last time…

For a cheating trope to be somewhat fulfilling and romantic AT ALL the cheated partner HAS TO BE a piece of shit or at LEAST indirectly benefiting from the cheating itself.

This does not apply to Lucien. AT ALL. And Elriel would be a cheating trope, it would function like one, since no one is really gonna stop them from being together if they just said they loved each other. Not Rhys, not Feyre, not even Lucien. No matter how much you want to call it forbidden love. It’s not, it is just a minor cheating trope if anything.

Thank you i will not take further questions.

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Begging for an “I didn’t have anywhere else to go” moment with Elucien.

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“But Elain was staring over Nesta’s shoulder. At Lucien—whose face she had finally taken in.”

“But Elain was staring over Nesta’s shoulder. At Lucien—whose face she had finally taken in.”

“But Elain was staring over Nesta’s shoulder. At Lucien—whose face she had finally taken in.”

“But Elain was staring over Nesta’s shoulder. At Lucien—whose face she had finally taken in.”

“But Elain was staring over Nesta’s shoulder. At Lucien—whose face she had finally taken in.”

“But Elain was staring over Nesta’s shoulder. At Lucien—whose face she had finally taken in.”

“But Elain was staring over Nesta’s shoulder. At Lucien—whose face she had finally taken in.”

“But Elain was staring over Nesta’s shoulder. At Lucien—whose face she had finally taken in.”

“But Elain was staring over Nesta’s shoulder. At Lucien—whose face she had finally taken in.”

“BUT ELAIN WAS STARING OVER NESTA’S SHOULDER. AT LUCIEN—WHOSE FACE SHE HAD FINALLY TAKEN IN.”

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E/riels: Elain owes nothing to Lucien. She doesn't want him; she is not interested in him. Elain almost kissing Az was not cheating! People who accuse Elain of cheating are disgusting—

E/riels after SJM posted a song on her story: Omg Guilty as Sin so E/riel coded. You see, Elain is emotionally cheating on Lucien with Az.. so she's feeling guilty! It all fits!

Them: Omg Elain and Azriel are totally meeting in secret. And they have grazed fingers, secret touches ahhh!

Also them: Without ever touching his skin line is so E/riel haha—

If contradicting themselves on a regular basis was an art, E/riels would be the Picassos of it.

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𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓰𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓱𝓲𝓶 𝓪 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮.

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