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Sweet, kind flower enthusiast Elain Archeron bagging literally the biggest manhood in Prythian will never not be iconic.

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🌸Elain Archeron Character Sheet 🌸

Here’s best girl Elain 🥹💗 She’s so Barbie coded, gah I cry 🤧

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I want Elain to know Azriel

I want Elain to know the polite courtier Azriel, who would dance with her, knowing every step of the gavotte and who would escort her to dinner

I want Elain to know the gentle, but encouraging Azriel who would help her with her physical and mental struggles

I want Elain to know Azriel's dry, sarcastic sense of humour

I want Elain to know warrior Azriel who can take down whole battalions on his own

I want Elain to know Azriel whose heart isn't hardened by years of loss and rejection, and who found the need to love again

I want Elain to know Azriel the Tactician, who would develop elaborate plans for snowball fights and would share them with her, because he trusted her THAT MUCH

I want Elain to know Azriel who struggles with self-doubt and slef-hatred

I want Elain to know Azriel who loved both of her sisters, and who never said one bad word about Nesta when everyone else did

I want Elain to know Azriel who could love another for 500 years, never push or pressure her to reciprocate, only to move on to Elain in a few months because she spoke to his soul

I want Elain to know Azriel who took note and interest in her and her hobbies

I want Elain to know domestic Azriel, who is self-sufficient, economical, who knows how to cook, and wash, and clean, and keep himself organized and neat and who is good at adulting

I want Elain to know Azriel the son, who loves his mother and who takes care of her without fail

I want Elain to know Azriel who is so attuned to others' pain and inner suffering that even the most battered and traumatized females trust him with their bodies and know that he'd respect their boundaries and their pain

I want Elain to know Azriel who can beat both Rhys and Cassian in training or a fight, but sometimes pulls back because he knows that's what's needed at that moment

I want Elain to know the competitive Azriel who'd get way too involved in games and would win

I want Elain to know Azriel's full powers and share them, because only she can

I want Elain to know Azriel who hums to himself and who'd sing when he makes scrambled eggs and who knows old Illyrian lullabies and isn't above singing them to Nyx

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Not sure if this is not apparent, but the way the 3 relationships are structured is fairly easy to read.

Feyre and Rhys = words and actions

Nesta and Cassian = words

Elain and Azriel = actions

Feysand, they have banter, they discuss things, they have mind speak, etc. They also are action-forward couple, where they DO things for each other and with one another. For example, Feyre asks about Velaris and Rhys explains it to her, they also discuss strategy, they talk plans, he speaks for an entire chapter in ACOMAF. At the same time, of course he assists her UTM, and then the rest of their story is full of physicality and actions: whether it's fighting in a war or buying each other gifts. He comforts her when she has nightmares, she comforts him. They scheme and plan together--whether it's stealing the book from Tarquin, or going to CON. There is always discussion and action with them as a couple.

Nessian are mostly about banter. They aren't action-forward with each other. It seems counter-intuitive, but they are. They mostly act separately, even when they are together. For example, in Prison, they took 2 separate actions against Lanthys--Cassian stood up to fight him. Nesta ran. Then Nesta came back and killed Lanthys. Same with Oorid. Cassian explained (talked) about the history of it, about the kelpie and the lightsingers. Then when it came to action, it was all Nesta. In ACOWAR they decided to act together, but ultimately the actions were Nesta's. He isn't present during the Blood Rite, even if he taught her the basics of combat. They are two friendly nations, but they are not one country.

Lastly, we have Elriel. Elriel are not a verbal couple. They barely speak on page. But they are very action forward, where everything we know about them together is always driven by one or the other doing something for each other. From the beginning, Azriel responds to Elain's questions and comforts her, then later on, he invites her to the garden, and they sit in companionable silence, but they both take an action--he gives her his hand, she takes it, they walk out together. He uncovers that she is a Seer--again, not a lot of talking, but whatever and however he did it, it was an action. He rescues her from Hybern, she fights off the beasts. More action. He arms her with TT, she kills the king with it. She gives him a gift--an action she takes up on her own. He takes the potatoes from her. The one time they sit and talk about gardening plans, the observation isn't about what they are saying, but about what they are doing--that maybe even if he isn't interested, he stays with her and she chooses him to share this info with.

So no, Elriel will never be a super bantery couple. But sometimes, actions speak louder than words.

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Nessian, Elriel and Feysand - A Court of Thorns and Roses

Artist: @schetroschky

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why do so many gw/nriels act like elriels hate gw/n?? Most elriels I have seen are either neutral about her or positive about her as a character.

The ones I've seen that don't like her tend to be very mild about it and it's more like "huh I just don't think her bubbly personality fits in with the rest of the IC, but w/e"

Like... we ship Elriel bc of canon evidence across multiple books. It seems like a lot of gw/nriels ship them bc they dislike Elain? or think that Elain is already somehow in a relationship with Lu/cien without any evidence and just bc of their mating bond?

Honestly, I hope we get something like Gw/n and Elain becoming besties and her supporting tf out of Elriel.

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Taking Elain, a character who has always conformed to society's expectations of her, giving her an arranged mate she doesn't seem to be very interested in and a relationship with a man that was not "picked" for her and using this setup to show her journey where she learns to pursue her own happiness instead of doing what is expected of her and using this to tell the story of a girl who can be gentle and kind and feminine and also stand up for herself in a world where books have an oversaturation of "girlboss" fmc's who "break stereotypes" so often they are a stereotype in and of themselves is one of the craziest thing an author can do and I am literally so so excited for her book

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Let's just celebrate babygirl

Let's just do a spontaneous Elain Week, because why not?

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“𝘏𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘹. 𝘏𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦—“

You’re in this male’s mind, and he just fully confessed the whole year of pleasuring himself to meres thoughts of this female. Not with other lovers, may I add, only full on fapping.

He wants her so fiercely he changed address to avoid acting on it.

And you’re telling me… SJM wrote this… to end Elriel? That’s what you understood when you read this?

Girl, bye.

The velocity I leave the discussion when they pull the “it’s just lust card” may earned me speed tickets.

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Ruhn is explaining mate behavior to Bryce:

Ruhn glared at her as Hunt continued to glow and menace. It means that he’s going ballistic in the way that only mates can when the other is threatened. It’s what happened then, and what’s happening now. You’re true mates—the way Fae are mates, in your bodies and souls.

*Ruhn's first mate behavior towards Lidia :

“I’ll get her myself,” Ruhn shot back. “I just need to get in with you two first.”

“Absolutely not,” Bryce countered. “I get that you want to play rescuing hero, but what you’re talking about is suicide.”

“Would you hesitate to go in after Athalar?” He pointed to the angel. “Or you to go after Bryce?”

*Azriel when Elain is in danger :

From the shadows near the entrance to the tent, Azriel said, as if in answer to some unspoken debate, “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.”

Azriel stiffened. “I know. I helped rescue Elain, after all.” Az hadn’t so much as hesitated before going into the heart of Hybern’s war-camp.

“Eyes can be blinded,” Nesta said. “Not the ones under my command,” Azriel soft menace. Nesta met his stare, knowing he was the only one aside from Feyre who could truly understand her hesitation. He’d gone with Feyre into the heart of Hybern’s camp to save Elain—he knew the risk. “We won’t make the same mistake twice.”

I mean, you'd know why a certain side fights to make the Elriel rescue scene seem unimportant 🤭

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thinking that a woman has to explore a relationship dynamic with a man that she doesn’t want in order to reject said man is, to be quite honest, fucking insane

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Started the next Elriel stain glass piece. What canon scene do you think it is?

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Art by my Rae2Velaris

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The sluttiest depiction of Cardan.

Artist: frostbite.studios

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Rhys and Nyx - A Court of Thorns and Roses

Artist: @svanhaart / @svanha

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Can love trump even the mating bond??

Commission by me Greenleaf777

Art by the amazing and talented Shinkxart on insta

Please do not repost, i will allow pic to be used in PRO elriel videos only but credit is a must for both i and shinkxart.

Reposting cause i am in an elriel withdrawl after elriel month lol

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✨Dearest gentle reader, here’s a little reminder of this scene ✨

“Where Azriel stood in the doorway, monitoring them. As if he’d heard Elain’s sharp laugh and wondered what had caused it.

“I was just checking on dessert,” Elain explained as they approached the doorway and Azriel. Nesta met the shadowsinger’s stare and he gave her a nod. Then his gaze shifted to Elain, and though it was utterly neutral, something charged went through it. Between them. Elain’s breath caught slightly, and she gave him a shallow nod of greeting before brushing past, leading Nesta into the room.”

Yours truly,

Lady Lunadusk xo

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Death and the lovely fawn 🌸🖤

So the original text this scene is based on is below, but both Insta: the_megabee33 and I agreed that the scene would be super cute as she drew it, with Az sneaking looks to Elain while she gardens.

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Elain sat silently at one of the wrought-iron tables, a cup of tea before her. Azriel was sprawled on the chaise longue across the gray stones, sunning his wings and reading what looked to be a stack of reports—likely information on the Autumn Court that he planned to present to Rhys once he sorted through it all. Already dressed for the Hewn City—the brutal, beautiful armor so at odds with the lovely garden. And my sister sitting within it.

"Why not make them mates?" I mused.

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"What if"—I jerked my chin toward the window, to my sister and the shadowsinger in the garden— "that is what she needs? Is there no free will?"

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**Art by Insta: the_megabee33

**Commissioned by me — Insta: erin.elizabeth97

***Please credit both artist and commissioner when sharing

***Text from ACOWAR by SJM