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In case you forgot... Elriel moments have existed since the first time they met. The same goes for Nessian. And Feysand. Nothing about it is subtle--and in this case that's a good thing. It would be poor storytelling to create characters who fall in love without a bunch of little moments prior (including the first time they meet) that hint of the romance to come.

So yeah. Elriel's been there since the beginning.

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Gwynriel a ship that started with a secondhand necklace and secondhand phrase..how romantic

No wonder eluciens and Gwynriels are like 🤞because Eluciens also find second hand things romantic such as Lucien telling them to take Elain out when Amren already had said so or when Lucien used the same line on Elain that he used on Jesminda:

I think this is further proof antis don’t understand what a good romance is

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I honor of SJM posting about ACOTAR 6 book, here is a quick reminder of who the next book will be about.

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I always hear that elain is Azriel’s rebound from Mor. But isn’t that exactly what gwyn would be. The only reason az is not pursuing elain is because his high lord threatened him and ordered him to stay away from her

The problem is that Gwynriels don't understand the concept of a 'rebound'.

A rebound is a boxing term, where a boxer is knocked down, but he gets back up and rebounds and starts fighting again.

That's almost the opposite of Azriel's situation. Why? Because Azriel was never in a romantic relationship with Mor. He isn't rebounding after 500 years. Also, a rebound is an immediate action--you get dumped, you go and rebound. If you are in a relationship 3 years later after a breakup, it's not a rebound. It's moving on.

Nothing's happened between Mor and Azriel. Nothing. She didn't suddenly come to him and didn't demand that he, I don't know, stop staring at her(?)! Or she didn't suddenly confess her sexual preferences to him. In fact, Mor was acting MIGHTY jealous over Nesta with Cassian. With Azriel, it's been status quo the entire time since Elain appeared.

So the concept of a rebound doesn't work here.

What happened is that Azriel simply fell out of love or whatever he was feeling for Mor and fell in love with Elain.

My personal opinion is that the IC have been greatly misinterpreting and exaggerating his feeling for Mor for a LONG time. I don't he felt anything particularly passionate for her for a long time.

But like Cassian noticed in ACOSF, Azriel moved on. He wasn't interested in Mor. When Rhys asked him 'what about Mor' Azriel didn't even bother answering.

Azriel isn't rebounding. Mor is old news. The only appropriate time for a rebound would've been 520 years ago when she walked away from him.

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Imagine thinking that Sarah J Maas who wrote this, coming from Azriel: 'chain me to a tree, Rhys. I'll rip it out and fly with it on my back' would easily fold and say 'okay' when Rhys told him,

"Allow me to make one thing very clear. You are to stay away from her."  

Because literally, the immediate reaction was from Azriel was:

"You can't order me to do that." 

Imagine being that deluded that you would think that Azriel would give up on Elain after that. Especially with all the STEM degrees and literary knowledge.

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“𝙄 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩—𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.”

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✮♱✮ art by @luxury_banshee

✮♱✮ commissioned by me

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A little late Elriel for @elrielmonth from the fabulous @luxury_banshee and I! Better late than never right? An Elriel from one of my best friends I’ve ever made on my commission journey, @luxury_banshee who is just as obsessed with this Elriel as I am! And most importantly, one that is Bombo approved! I can never truly thank @luxury_banshee for being so amazing and one of my closest friends—and always makes the most breathtaking art I’ve ever seen. I’m always your biggest fan, and can’t wait to watch you reach the stars!

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✮♱✮ quote is from A Court of Mist & Fury

✮♱✮ characters are Elain Archeron & Azriel

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Someone made fun of Jordin sparks comment on the title, “A court of Sight and Shadow” saying it doesn’t make sense since Elains visions come out around Lucien and Azriels shadows skittered back from Elain whereas they “come alive” around Gwyn and all I have to say is:

If you’re labelling the shadows skittering due to Elain as something negative then you must also comsider it negative when they skitter back from Azriels own laughter:

So…according to Gwynriel logic, the shadows skittering from Elain is a negative thing which (since the shadows do the same action for Azriel) then its negative for Az too. So if the shadows dont like Elain or Az…Ig in the next book we’re going to get the shadows pov and they’ll realise how bad Az is for them and leave him, going to their true home. Sweet Gwyn.

“They come alive around Gwyn!” Referring to the one, single shadow that danced with Gwyns breath….right…so if we’re labelling that instance as the shadows coming “alive” which isnt even canonically correct then what would you label thiz instances where, unlike with Gwyn, its all of Azriels shadows?

unless they’re referring to the fact his shadows sang back in answer to some singing in which…

I would definitely argue dancing is more being alive then them responding to some song.

oh btw, Feyre felt a spark for Tamlin in her chest. So according to Gwynriels logic, feylin must be mates because ✨ spark ✨ you know, you cant just say Spark = mates for Gwynriel, since Spark is used widely in the massiverse for other things. If you want to claim this as proof of gwynriel being mates - you have to back it up with other evidence. Im sure in the 700+ pages of acosf, between Elriels charged glance and elriel blushing/smiling around each other, Mass - who loves foreshadowing and dropping clues - would have left some evidence in the actual book that Gwyn and Az are mates like she has with all her other couples.

As for the elucien part…who found out Elains gift was sight aka a seer? Certainly wasnt her useless mate who only offered the same advice that two other characters said. Oh thats right. It was Azriel and due to him seeing her and paying attention which allowed everyone else to understand what was happening w elain, that she was then freed from that murky realm, can’t also forget this little gem:

and who guided Elain through her vision? Certainly wasn’t her ashen-looking mate. It was Azriel.

Personally, I think the title “ A court of Sight and Shadow” is such a fitting title for elriel (Ik it won’t be it since the title has nothing to do w ships and wont include “and” anymore but)... Az whose experience with his own shadows was compared to Elains experience with her sight powers. Az who guided Elain through her visions. Az who figured out her gift was sight. The shadows being protective over Elain, they were ready to strike Nesta for her. The shadows helping Az rescue Elain. Elain whose never shown any hesitance or fear at the shadows. The shadows (whose job is to protect Az and give him a blanket of safety and security) trusting Elain alone w him. The shadows that went still when finding out Elain was hurt, Jordin Sparks nailed it with such a good potential title. Didnt a very popular Gwynriel comment under her video telling her to make sure she “read” the bonus…and even doing so she is an elriel stan? I love smart people, who dont allow themselves to be brainwashed into shipping whats popular, so much 🥰

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Just the fact that there is a discrepancy between what # Acotar book is coming out next tells me all I need to know 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

Let’s count together, for the people who missed their episode of Sesame Street this morning 🤡:

ACOTAR #1: A court of thorns and roses

ACOTAR #2: A court of mist and fury

ACOTAR #3: A court of wings and ruin

ACOTAR #4: A Court of Frost and Starlight

ACOTAR #5: A court of silver flames

The next book coming out will be <drumroll pls>….

ACOTAR 6

That was so easy, wasn’t it? So why do I keep seeing people saying “oh when ACOTAR5 comes out…” ? Could it be, possibly, that people skipped a book? Let me guess, they completely skipped ACOTAR#4.

I wonder why. Perhaps because there were so many Elriel moments in that book. Perhaps in that book you see 200 pages where the seeds for Nessian and Elriel are sewn, while SJM continues to write how Elain and Lucien avoid each other. Perhaps because the you/know/who’s claim nothing of importance happens in that book and they refuse to acknowledge it 🤷🏻‍♀️

So please forgive me if I’m not listening to the opinion of anyone who can’t even COUNT properly smh.

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I’m confused as to where this narrative that Azriel wants some murderous SO came from.

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Denying all elriel moments is crazy work. Thinking you know more than the author is crazy work. Disregarding the author saying the next couple/book is obvious is CRAZY WORK.

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i think some of you dont like narratives or stories or characters i think you just like fanfiction tropes

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fingers crossed all the ELs and GAs saying they’ll leave the fandom if elriel is endgame stay true to their word 💜

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Righhht it never crossed my mind it’s 6-8. I don’t think that is a reveal that would be casually dropped like that.

I think the arrow is like Acotar 6——> eventual title???

My honest reaction when people started saying ‘ACOTAR 6–8’—like that arrow isn’t clear as day. As if Sarah would casually hint she drafted three books at once when it took her 4.5 years just to announce the next one.

Are we seeing the same thing?

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The boy moms thinking I hate him for the ship war when I have hated him since he tried to take Feyre back to his abuser

Sorry I’m not going to like that loser

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There has been one consistent theme that SJM's been pulling through the entire series, and it involves Elain and Azriel. And that is that we see time and time again that both of them are misunderstood and remain unknown even to those who are closest to them.

The way SJM maneuvers the narrative is that Feyre, as the MC, will make an assumption in her head about Azriel (typically, because he is new to her and she spends most of her time in Prythian). And then, he will act, and it's almost the opposite of what she assumed about him.

The same happens with Elain and her sisters, or people like Lucien, and even Rhysand.

With Azriel, for example, Feyre watches him when they first visit the sisters and there is an immediate assumption on her part that he doesn't want to be there and that he is uncomfortable. Yet he turns around and acts as a gentle peacemaker and puts Elain at ease, as well as everyone else. Suddenly, Feyre realizes that he uses manners and almost a version of seduction to get the desired results.

Nesta repeatedly says how she'd do anything for Elain, how she'd protect her, and whore herself out and whatever. But she doesn't do ANY of it. Yet Elain is the one who turns around and actually starts building alliances, a future and seeking out protection for her and Nesta when they were still human.

Both Feyre and Nesta think that Elain 'doesn't get it' and that she is kind of vapid and vacuous. Yet, it turns out that Elain is the most observant of them all, and she saw everything about everyone even when she was a child. When Elain tells the IC about Nesta's dancing and her being primed to seduce a duke, Feyre acknowledges that she didn't realize any of this and Elain did.

This is a long preface for my main point.

When Feyre observes Azriel and Mor at the first Solstice and makes up this whole thing in her mind about how he is desperately desiring Mor and how he is longing for her, what does SJM do?

She turns the whole thing upside down.

What actual ACTION does Azriel perform?

He almost knocks his High Lady off her feet in his rush to wish Elain, and Elain ONLY, a Happy Solstice.

Not ONE person observed Elain's interest in Azriel. Not her sisters, not Rhysand, not Mor, not Amren, and forget Cassian.

What does Elain do?

She gifts Azriel the headache powder. Not only that, it's a gift that had to be specially commissioned through Madja.

So this supposedly 'open book' Elain who is simple and transparent, is able to do all of this without anyone having any idea.

Going back to Azriel.

Throughout the entire Solstice, he demonstrates via his ACTIONS one solitary interest. And that's for Elain.

Whether it's him staying with her till the wee hours and listening to her gardening plans, or totally ignoring everyone's gifts while absolutely losing it over hers, and of course absolutely spiraling at dinner, forbidding everyone from eating until she was ready.

These are actions that SJM wanted us to pay attention to. Why? BECAUSE THEY ARE SURPRISING EVERYONE.

Both Elain and Azriel are acting in ways that are borderline shocking to those who supposedly know them best.

The reality is that Azriel doesn't give any thoughts to Mor. All of it is what Feyre and the IC have programmed themselves to see. What SJM is showing us instead is that his focus is not on Mor at all, but solely on Elain.

That's the constant parallel that SJM's been drawing between the two characters that everyone assumes they know, but who are actually existing in a totally private reality.

Why do you all think that Rhys was so shocked when he saw Azriel and Elain about to kiss?

Because their actions don't align with his preconceived notions about both of them.

And I feel that the book is going to open a whole new world of Elriel that we don't even imagine right now.

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*Gwynn listing all the ways she maimed and killed in the Blood Rite*

Azriel: 😍🥹😘🥰💍

How Gwyn* didn't do any of those things: 😍😘🥰💍

How Azriel didn't care enough to lift a finger to save her: 😍😘🥰💍

How Azriel didn't show any emotion on seeing her safe: 😍😘🥰💍

How Azriel listed their mistakes in the BR: 😍😘🥰💍

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IM NOT READING NO DAMN BOOK ABOUT TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE MAINS REALIZING THEY ARENT MEANT TO BE AND IN THEIR OWN POVS THEY ARE FALLING FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE. (or whatever those people be trying to say, thats what I got from their takes) BYE.

I’ve seen this take too.

How the book WILL be Elain and Azriel pov but it’ll be about them realizing how bad they are and then falling in love with the red heads??

Like…no. SJM said one couple per book. And like, they don’t want the second pov to be Gwyn/Lucien???

It’s a reach and copism at its finest.

No matter the ships, that’s a shit book set up but it just goes to show that they don’t really care about their ship or whatever, they just want to “win” congrats