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not ours to own,cage or control.

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Someone please add the "I thought it was obvious" gif

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Azriel is such a “i’d give up forever to touch you” kinda guy and I’ll die on this hill. A guy who, despite intense feelings of worthlessness, despite calling his hand on her skin a SACRILEGE, despite all ODDS, wanted to risk touching her.

Bro literally gave off “Idgaf about my religion. She is my religion” vibes, wanted to WORSHIP her on his knees, and we’re gonna pretend she’s not his entire world?

Yuikes. Well.

*sips tea with my pinky out*

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Elain Archeron Week: Secret Garden

Art by the lovely giogiove on Instagram and commissioned by me! Working with you was such a breeze and I'm so in love with everything you create 💙

This piece is inspired by the night Azriel stayed up late with Elain while she showed him her gardening plans. That night, Elain felt comfortable enough to share her passion with Azriel and gave him a gift that shows she’s been observing him in a way others haven’t. I think this night is a pivotal moment in their relationship where Azriel realizes the depths of his feelings for Elain.

Whether he’s following the sound of her laughter, staring at the gift she gave him at night, or preparing his shadows to strike those that insult her, Azriel is the ultimate yearner for Elain Archeron. I can’t wait to see the yearning notched up even more in Elain’s book as they navigate their feelings for each other.

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@elainarcheronweek 𝓓𝓪𝔂 5 | 𝓢𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷

“Even before you touched me, I belonged to you; all you had to do was look at me.”

― Louise Glück, The Burning Heart

An Elain and Azriel wedding portrait (painted by Feyre, of course)

🎨 art by nuagedefraises

🌸 commissioned by lovelyfawnxx and @lunaatthezoo

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𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅...

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⁣⁣⁣⤞ art by @adelikashere

⤞ commissioned by me

⤞ secret garden

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Instagram | Twitter | @elainarcheronweek

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The best part about Azriel and Elain ending up together would be representation for the quiet ones. Honestly.

There have, very rarely, been tropes with quiet x quiet energy AND have successfully made it into mainstream romance. And I get it. We don’t wanna read about two quiet people awkwardly trying to make it work. It’s a tricky trope. Besides. Mainstream romance has a thing for grumpy x sunshine or enemies-to-lovers. And I get the flair. Amazing banter, ace dialogues and no one is shy? Now that would be an uncomplicated read.

And while enemies to lovers is about “I see you at your worst and I still accept you”, quiet x quiet could be “I see your extraordinariness without you ever trying; I see you for exactly what you are”.

And how many of us just want to be seen without hiding behind layers of mould that is not us? How many of us just want to be us in our quiet existence without justifying we matter by going all out? How many of us want to be seen without doing anything drastic or exaggerating?

Ask yourself.

The kind of love that doesn’t shout. That hears you over all noise. That clocks your subtle discomfort at first try, sees beneath all your layers. The one where it’s not flashy, but the mere existence of it is gently beckoning. That doesn’t flirt, or charm, or grin, but is encompassed in the quiet essence of yearning.

You know? The kind of yearning that doesn’t yell “I LOVE YOU!” but gently, thoughtfully whispers “Are you hurt?” The kind of love that doesn’t barge into rooms, it flies by your balcony to check whether you’re asleep. The kind of love that will refuse to touch you without your permission, even when you’re sleeping. The one that is louder in rooms you are not present. The one that blushes and steals glances like preaching a forbidden god in plain sight. The one that may look like indifference but if you notice closely, their eyes want to grow hands and caress your face, their knees wanting to embrace your alter.

Because to the world you may be boring, but to them, you are their world. A language that only you have access to and vice versa.

Because if this is the route SJM is taking for the next book?

That’s hope. For quiet ones like me.

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don’t forget to live for the hope of it all this month

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The main difference between the weather being uncomfortably cold, and the weather being uncomfortably hot, is that the things you can do in the cold to warm yourself up (hot food/beverage, blankets, cuddles, nice clothes like sweaters, thick scarves and snazzy jackets, getting exercise) are very pleasant and very effective, and the things you can do in the heat to cool yourself down don't do shit.

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Sunrays | Elain Archeron Week 🌹

Elain- the rose bloom in a mud field, with a face that brings kings to their knees, and glows like the sun at dawn- personifies light, life, and beauty throughout the series. I can not wait to have a window into her mind in the upcoming book so that once held to the light, her true depth becomes visible. A thing of secret, lovely beauty.

I have wanted to commission @old_arcture for years now and am still in awe that I was lucky enough to win a giveaway from Marina! She captured Elain’s beauty and vibes exquisitely and I am so blessed and appreciative that she gifted me and my fellow Elain fans such a stunning piece 🥹

Art by: @old_arcture

Characters belongs to: @sarahjmaas

For: @elainarcheronweek

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I'm definitely not the first person to say this, but from the time Lucien let his mate stay in a place he thought to be deathly dangerous without once trying to rescue her (until Feyre brought him with her), questions should have been asked.

They definitely should have been asked when we got Azriel, without question and despite pushback, insisting on going to rescue Elain from Hybern's camp immediately.

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Elain Appreciation Week

Day 3: Sunrays

After everything Elain has endured, she still has hope for the future, wishing for more gardens and joy to be spread far and wide for all to experience. Her radiant soul has always captivated my attention, and I'm so incredibly excited for her story. I'm ready for SJM to show us that soft female leads are just as powerful and strong. 💗

I wanted to capture Elain in a more relaxed art style than my usual style. The photo of Rainiana was my inspiration for the piece. 🥰

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Art by me, Rae2Velaris

Photo inspiration Rainiana

Character belongs to SJM

For @elainarcheronweek

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Here is the problem (thankfully not an Elriel problem, but a problem never the less).

It goes back to the idea of over-indexing on random canon leads to anti-intellectual 'analysis'. It also goes back to the idea that you cannot skip books and you cannot simply pick and choose what you like and pretend like it supports your POV.

For example: you cannot simply take Azriel's POV, treat it as be all, end all of ACOSF, and absolutely ignore even ACOSF itself, nevermind the rest of the series. It's placed right smack in the middle of the book. To act like the book ended with it is simply disingenuous.

You cannot take a line in ACOWAR, for example, which states that Lucien blushed at Elain, and then use it as some kind of 'proof' and then discard the line that he said himself in ACOSF about not visiting Velaris to see Elain.

You can't take a few chapters of HOFAS, and then create a whole ship, while discarding TWO whole series! Discarding ACOTAR, discarding 2 books of Crescent City and also the end of HOFAS.

All of these books are interconnected, and as much as one recommends, no, insists that ACOFAS be skipped, you really can't.

You cant bring up a line about Elain giving away TT, and then act like this was some kind of relationship ender, where you literally have 2 more books which say the exact opposite.

You can say, well, Azriel was looking at Mor with longing in ACOWAR. That's fine. But you cannot argue that by ACOSF, any and all longing has ended. It's in the text.

I think it's intellectually dishonest to build analysis on convenient information, but what's more, it will lead to heartbreak down the line. When you say, wait, hold on, I never saw all these other hints and plainly stated facts and scenes! No, you did. You chose not to see them.

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God, what I would do to be Azriel. He is literally one of the luckiest men in this entire series.

Imagine having a breathtaking, gorgeous 10/10 woman wanting YOU over her mate? She doesn’t get her mate anything but got you gifts. TWICE. She’s literally calling your scars beautiful and has you practically blushing every other page all because she’s just being her cutesy self. Omg, imagine waking up in a lovely home, you turn around to see this beautiful woman staring at you, blinking those huge doe-eyes at you with a sleepy smile? I just know Az would be thanking the mother every single night for bringing elain into his life

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Remember when Lucien said he couldn’t stand to be in the same room as Elain, wasn’t always in the Night Court to see her and says she was thrown at him instead of someone he would have picked for himself?

Cause I do.

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Elide 🤝 Elain

Finding the scariest most brooding males alive and making them their bitches

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Just a friendly reminder, for all those who are clutching their pearls over Azriel's entitlement and 'the third' and how he supposedly didn't think about Elain when he was talking to Gwyn in the Bonus, and how Cassian...

wait.

Cassian?

The same Cassian who pulled his hand away from Nesta when she was bandaging it, when Mor strolled in?

The same Cassian who gifted Mor lingerie IN FRONT OF NESTA?

The same Cassian, who in Nesta's own book, was waxing poetic about Mor's golden hair and beauty and all that she was and Nesta wasn't?

The same Cassian who was thinking about deflowering Mor when he was talking to Nesta?

I am sorry, if you are so offended by 'the third' may I remind you that Azriel never ever compared Elain to either Mor, or Gwyn, or anyone else.

'Azriel didn't make plans with Elain!'

What plans did Rhysand make for Feyre? when he admitted that he would've watched her marry Tamlin, if that made her happy. And that is knowing that Feyre was his MATE.

What plans did Cassian make with Nesta?

Azriel didn't make plans with a MATED woman. Shocking.

Also, stop the derangement.

SJM did not write the next MMC being a horny, disrespectful douchebag who just want to fuck an Archeron sister, while knowing how horrifically she's been treated by Graysen, and then how she was handed Lucien, whom she does not want in any capacity.

That's NOT the set up that SJM is writing.

Y'all need a good slap of reality and a steaming cup of 'shut the fuck up' because this remains one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.