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𝘌𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.

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⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⤞ art by im.areth

⤞ commissioned by me

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Pride & Prejudice 2005 x Eddie/Chrissy

oh *that scene with the hand flex* - this is definitely what happened when he helped her to get into his van (yeah she is small) before heading to his trailer

note: i only realized at the end that she was sitting on the wrong side but shhhh

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Death and his Lovely Fawn 💙 An enormous thank you to @/_kanareykka_ for this gorgeous piece!! I hope you guys love it as much as I do!!

•Based on a romance novel cover•

Art by @/_kanareykka_ on IG. Commissioned by me.

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The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand,

And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.

Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!

For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.

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⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⤞ art by Luxury Banshee

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Characters belong to Sarah J. Maas.

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Elain and Azriel the morning after 🧡 Thank you so much to the artist @/biloart for this beautiful work! I hope you guys enjoy it!

•Inspired by a Korean novel cover•

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Elain and Azriel cuddling in bed together 💜 A huge thank you to the artist @/shatukawa for this amazing commission!! Enjoy!!

•Based on a Korean novel cover•

Art by @/shatukawa on IG. Commissioned by me.

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so many elorcan & elriel fans out there 

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ELRIEL MONTH WEEK FOUR: CHOICE, TRUE MATES, BALANCE

Give you the silence that only comes when two people understand each other, family that I chose, now that I see your brother as my brother. Is it enough?

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Elriel Month | Week Two | Spies, Visions, Shadows, and Knives

Elain: The Seer

Azriel: The Shadowsinger

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Characters who have expressed attraction toward Azriel:

Elain

Nesta

Ilana

Roslin

Helion

Characters who have not expressed attraction toward Azriel:

Gwyneth

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The Inspiration for Elain

This is just a theory - I did my best to connect the dots, so please be respectful!

During the last year, people found SJM's pinterest. From March 2021-August 2021 before she shut down her pinterest, it seemed she reposted a bunch of pictures relating to elain x azriel. One picture stood out in particular - inspiring me to write this.

(credit to the person who tweeted this - so sorry but i lost your username)

Now let’s look into who Blodeuwedd is. But first, let me be clear, I think certain aspects inspired Elain’s story, not all.

Blodeuwedd is known as the Goddess of flowers, emotions, the wisdom of innocence and initiation ceremonies. Elain is constantly described as innocence and her love for gardening flowers. 

It gets more interesting… 

So why was Blodeuwedd created? In the Welsh Tale, a male named Lleu was put under a curse by his mother. The mother, a goddess, felt ashamed of Lleu and put three fates of him: he would never have a name, weapons, or (human?) wife. Because of this he could not become king.

The story goes on to say Lleu’s mother, the goddess, was tricked by the uncle, Gywidon, with his magic to break the curses. He gave Llew a name, weapons, and created a wife for him from the flowers of oak, broom, and meadowsweet.

So let’s take a pause there to connect some things. First of all we can associate Lleu with Lucien. Both of their names mean light.  Another similarity is that Lleu and Lucien are both have shame brought upon them in the eyes of their parents.

Blodeuwedd was created for marriage to this guy. You could say when Elain when in the cauldron - she was recreated and was born again into fae. When she came out of the cauldron, it seems like the bond was almost instantly created, marking Lucien her mate.

Lleu fell for Blodeuwedd immediately as she was beautiful. She put up with being the perfect wife for a while, until she became unsatisfied with her fate. Almost like how Elain is not happy with this fate of Lucien being her mate. Elain does not feel the same for Lucien, as he does for her.

It’s said that Lleu would go away on trips often. When he was away, Blodeuwedd met Gronw. This man was in need of shelter, so Blodeuwedd invited him inside. She even invites him for a meal. The two fall in love at first sight. Then the story gets a little crazy because they conspire to kill Llew to be with each other. Here are some quotes of the story I pulled:

So let's connect some things again, lol.

If you haven’t realized already Gronw = Azriel. 

Blodeuwedd was created for Lleu just like how Elain is meant for Lucien because of the mating bond, but falls in love with another man. It’s also interesting that Gronw’s and Blodeuwedd first interaction is the same as Elain and Azriel. Azriel (and Rhys, Cas, and Feyre) were seeking shelter at the Archeron’s home. Elain and Azriel's first interaction was over a meal, just like this tale. 

Blodeuwedd and Gronw would meet and spend time together in secret - which relates to the forbidden love trope that it seems SJM is setting up when Rhys tells Azriel he is to stay away from Elain because of her mate + the alliances that come with Lucien. 

Could this be setting up for Elain’s book? Elain and Azriel having to meet up in secret? 

Also, do I think Azriel + Elain will kill Lucien like the tale? No. SJM seems pretty clear when she says she likes to write more uplifting stories and not killing off characters. It’s also pretty evident that SJM has never killed a main character off before. So I think Lucien is safe, lol. Gronw also dies in the tale, but I don’t think she would kill of Azriel either, haha. I'll quote what happens at the end, and if you give have any theories on what it would relate to - I'd love to hear it!

To further connect Bloduwedd, Gronw and Lleu to Elain, Azriel, and Lucien, I saw these passages:

I mean can it get any more obvious. Lleu being associated with light, like Lucien. Gronw being associated with darkness, like Azriel. In Celtic mythology, Gronw Pebyr is a god of darkness. Blodewedd is associated with flowers and her land, and innocence. Elain’s name also means light. Which also goes back to SJM constantly comparing Azriel and Elain with light and darkness.

Blodeuwedd stopped trying to make her relationship with Lleu work, the man she was created for. In her relationship with Gronw - she feels free and grasps the truth of her sovereign self. This could mean Elain will go against fate and be with the man she loves, which is Azriel. 

I think it's clear in both the tale, and the ACOTAR series that Elain wants Azriel. For her to go against the mating bond would be huge! (I also believe in the two mates/ true mates theory)

Anyways - the ending of the tale is that Blodeuwedd and Gronw plot up to kill Lleu. Gronw throws a spear at Lleu. As he is dying, Lleu's uncle Gwyidon revives Lleu and turns him into an eagle. Blodeuwedd and Gronw then leave to go back to ruling a court (maybe ties into Az + Elain ruling dusk court, but maybe a reach!) Gwydion finds Lleu as an eagle, and returns him back to normal form. Lleu returns to court, and demands that he should enact the same deed that was done to him, upon Gronw. Gronw has no choice but to accept to keep his honor, but he requests that a stone be placed between him and Lleu. Lleu then fights and kills Gronw. Now what is interesting is that this kinda sounds like a duel? Could it relate to the blood duel that Az and Lucien could fight in, maybe! However, I really do not believe SJM will kill either character. Also, Blodeuwedd gets punished and turn into an eagle, lol.

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Also, just some things I wanted to point out. It says in the tale that Gwyidon created Blodeuwedd. And what's really interesting is that the word/name, Gwyidon, exists in the Acotar/CC world. This cannot be a coincidence that the same name in this tale is used here.

"It is described to be as dark and beautiful as the night itself. Gwydion's power is described as holy, savior's light." It's the twin to the Truth Teller. This goes back with the whole dark/light theory with Elain and Azriel. I think it's a huge possibility that this Gwydion sword will belong to Elain eventually.

And another one is having to do with Blodeuwedd's power. She has the ability to heal / renew Lleu.

Could this go back to that quote, "Life, Death, and Rebirth" with rebirth having to relate to Elain? Maybe besides being a seer, she might be able to bring back life again and heal things.

I'd love to hear any of your thoughts!! I hope you guys enjoyed the read as much as I enjoyed putting this together <3

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“i’m getting her back.” nesta slid her gaze to the shadowsinger. azriel’s hazel eyes glowed golden in the shadows. nesta said, “then you will die.” azriel only repeated, rage glazing that stare, “i’m getting her back.”

— a court of wings and ruin

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Happy Elriel Month! 🦇💙🌸

Forbidden Love

The meeting…

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𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠. 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮, “𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚.”

𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨, 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙, “𝙄’𝙢 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮. ”

“𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩-- 𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙯𝙚,” 𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮. “𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙯𝙚. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙄 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙…” 𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙, 𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙝𝙚'𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣.

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⁣⁣⁣❧ art by @oblivionsdream (thank you so much!)

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Let's level up the angst and forbidden love trope as we await @elriel-month 🔥

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(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✲ﾟ｡⋆✲｡⋆ Happy Day 1 of Elriel Month! ヾ(☆◡☆)

I am here to kick May off with a wonderful MerMay inspired Elriel commission, while this doesn't go alongside Week 1's Forbidden prompt rest easy because I have another one coming tomorrow for it, I simply couldn't resist given what month EM always takes place in. (Click for better quality)

It was an absolute pleasure of no limits working with carasalexandra, she has to be one of the sweetest humans I have worked with, and her attention to detail in crafting this piece is beyond. It has been absolutely soul wrenching keeping this piece of art saved away for like a month, I want a medal for not caving and just posting lmao

I can't wait for all of the magical works of art this month will bring, I have seen a few bts and it is safe to say this is going to be an epic month! As usual please do not repost <3

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Azriel when he finds out Gwyn's in danger:

Azriel when he finds out Elain's in danger: