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Gwyn Week Day 3: Titles

Repost with credit to @flaviedub and @foreverinelysian is allowed!

Hi everyone! With today’s prompt I went back and forth on how I wanted to show Gwyn, but I eventually decided that on showcasing her in all her priestess glory!

@flaviedub did such an incredible job and working with Fla again was such a wonderful experience! I adore how regal Gwyn looks and the lighting is phenomenal!

I hope you guys all enjoy this art!

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Link to post here

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Literally imagining Zuko taking Aang around the Fire Nation schools post-ATLA to help reform the curriculum, and the students of the school from The Headband immediately recognise him. Students and On Ji and Shoji:

The Headmaster and Hide (the bully) realising the colony kid they picked on was actually the Avatar and the friend/student of the new Fire Lord:

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Nobody:

Cassian training the Valkyries before the Blood Rite:

V.S.

Cassian training the Valkyries after the Blood Rite:

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A reminder: If Elriel was written to be endgame and was as obvious as people scream it to be, there would not be this much pushback from TWO other prominent ships. Feysand was so obviously endgame that Feylins died out. Nessian was obvious from the second they met and their chemistry, even without needing their own POVs, translated strongly throughout the books. Elriel, despite the few significant scenes between them, read as flat and without chemistry because that is how SJM intended for them to read as.

I was once a casual reader—the ship war what brought me into doing analysis posts and videos—and even I could tell that they were a marketing tactic. The ship war is what has kept ACOTAR as popular as it is after Feysand’s POVs were removed; the love triangle and the uncertainty from the interviews is what is keeping profits and anticipation for the following books high. It is all about engagement in the “off-season.”

🦊🦌🔥🌸 | 🤍💙🦇🎶

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Allen's hummingbird enjoying the rain

🪶 Hawk Force

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The way Gwyn is going to love Azriel is going to blow his fucking mind.

You just know that when she loves someone it’s with all her heart, openly and without reservation. We see glimpses of this in her friendship with Nesta.

There’s no forbidden/hidden romance for Gwyn. Az is hardly gonna know what to do with himself and I’m going to love every second of it.

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New chapter of Thirty Moments Tell A Story is up on AO3!

✨️ Read it here! ✨️

Story Summary:

How could thirty moments in the lives of two warriors tell a tale of friends to lovers? From holding hands to ruthless competition; from patching each other up to their first major argument.

These are thirty moments that tell Gwyn and Azriel's story.

AKA my version of a 30 Day OTP Challenge. I won't be updating daily, but maybe every few days or every week.

Chapter Summary: A Fairytale Dream

Once upon a time, there was a Priestess and a Shadowsinger...

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I don’t want to hear it when I saw an Elriel shipper get specially themed commission of them as Eric & Ariel for merday & Elriel month…

Babes, be serious 💋

Embarrassing 😭😭🙏🏻

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ELUCIEN | GWYNRIEL — MAASVERSE SPOILERS

I tend to see posts and videos from a multitude of people who seem to be reluctant to accept foreshadowing in the ACOTAR books—specifically regarding the endgame couples to finish out the overall series. As this post is simply beating a dead horse down, I find that it is very much needed as a specific group of people lack the capacity to understand the books.

Foreshadowing is not meant to be obvious. There are, of course, cases where it is relatively obvious, but only within the parameters of back-to-back scenes. Foreshadowing is meant to be picked up on, but to be fully understand later on in the story when everything comes to fruition. Examples of foreshadowing include color descriptions, specific use of language, emphasis on certain scenes, emphasis surrounding specific objects, etc cetera. If something happens obviously and you can read the scene as-is, it is not foreshadowing.

I see many people who ship Elriel claim that there is buildup across the entire series that foreshadows why they will be endgame. As the books do not support that claim, it is outlandish and a spread of misinformation. Allow me to disprove this theory using the books alone:

ACOTAR: Zero interactions between Elain and Azriel as Azriel had not been introduced as a character yet. This book highlighted Feyre surmising that Elain would thrive within the Spring Court, that her sister enjoyed typical emissary work, and instead introduced Lucien as a character.

ACOMAF: This is the first book where Elain and Azriel met, as is this is where many Elriels like to claim that the Elriel build-up begins. However, this book says otherwise. Elain and Azriel’s first meeting is neutral, quiet conversation to ease a tense situation as Nesta/Feyre/Cassian/Rhys were creating an uncomfortable situation and Elain meant to ease it. This book highlighted how in love Azriel was with Mor and how Elain was engaged to Grayson. Many Elriels also claim that the color of Elain’s dress in this first meeting—being cobalt—is indicative of endgame between she and Azriel. However, cobalt is also the signature color of Grayson’s family crest. There interactions die out after that first meeting and instead focus on Feysand again. The throne room scene in Hybern also showed the beginning of Elucien and their mate bond, while Azriel was on the floor reaching for Mor. (I go more into this on my Tik Tok page: @oristian)

ACOWAR: When Feyre returns to the Night Court after her month in Spring, she finds that Elain has been within a catatonic state for the entirety of that month and has shown no signs of recovering—that is, until Lucien came along. Elain began eating and moving around once he came and after tugging on the mating bond, her visions started showing. Everyone likes to credit Azriel for most of this, but all that Azriel did (take her to the garden) was suggested previously by Lucien. Lucien, who was not able to be alone with her due to Nesta and Feyre. Next, everyone tends to say that Azriel “saw” Elain when he named her power. “What we need is …” Contradicts such a thing. Naming a power does not cure someone of their trauma. Lucien is also canonically the first character to take Elain’s visions seriously and went in search of Vassa, ultimately finding Papa Archeron and creating an even deeper connection into the Koschei plot arc with Elain. This is also where we get the iconic half-step on the stair scene.

Elain is now kidnapped by the cauldron portraying itself as Graysen—Elain wanting so badly to be with her previous lover. This is a scene where many Elriels claim that it is supportive of Elriel being endgame. However, it is within character for Azriel. Certainly, Elain being appreciative of being saved and kissing him on the cheek is cute, but that is not enough “foreshadowing” for an endgame. Next, Azriel hands her Truth Teller after Elain refused weapons. Elain is hesitant and only agrees to take it once Feyre chimes in that she will not have to. Juxtapose this with Elain immediately giving it back after the battle is over, not saying a word, and instead falling into conversation with Lucien.

ACOFAS: This is the buffer book that was meant to do two things: Establish Nessian as the next couple, and establish a clear love triangle between Azriel/Elain/Lucien. Elriels use this book to drive the idea of an Elriel endgame. While this book has scenes between Elain and Azriel, there is unfortunately no foreshadowing present enough to support that claim. This novella emphasizes, from a conversation between Rhys and Feyre, that Azriel may be inclined towards Elain due to her having traits that may remind him of his mother (Freud). We also have Solstice where Lucien brings Elain a gift, Elain brings Azriel a gift, but Azriel does not bring Elain a gift. Elain’s gift being superficial and more of a joke than anything truly meaningful to them as a relationship.

ACOSF: The book that ended Elriel. We have this book set up as PRE-BONUS CHAPTER | BONUS CHAPTER | POST BONUS CHAPTER. In the pre-bonus chapter, we have a few scenes between Elain and Azriel that is a glance, or a very small interaction. The infamous scene that Elriels like to use that his shadows actually like Elain is the scene where Cassian says that Nesta upset Elain and his shadows seemed poised to strike. His shadows reacted to his anger, not to Elain. The Solstice scene where Azriel refused to be within the room due to the mating bond between Elain and Lucien and Nesta seeing that he was interested in Elain—which is never brought up again, however we do get a scene post bonus chapter of Nesta encouraging Gwyn and Azriel by calling him the “new ribbon.”

The bonus chapter ended Elriel officially as endgame. The chapter is told from Azriel’s POV and documents his lustful thoughts of Elain and how he wants a mate, hurt and confused why his brothers had two of the Archeron sisters and the third was given away to another male. Rhysand even asking Azriel what his plans are after seducing Elain and Azriel having none “past the fantasies he pleasures himself to.” This is also a chapter where Elriel like to claim that Elriel is a forbidden romance. ACOWAR Rhys clearly objects to this being the case. (I have a video on my Tik Tok going over this @oristian) The bonus chapter then moves to Azriel finding Gwyn, his shadows not warning him of her presence at the HoW. His shadows are curious about her and dance with her breath. Azriel then finds out that Elain rejected his necklace and the next morning finds him re-gifting such to Gwyn. Azriel can picture her eyes lighting up at the gift and he smiles—this is also where mate language is used to describe the spark in his chest at the thought and the glow of the thought. “A thing of secret, lovely beauty.”

Post bonus chapter has zero interactions between Elain and Azriel. The interactions between Azriel and Gwyn are charged and witty. Energetic. This is also where we see Azriel’s siphons glowing darker at the thought of the Valkyries in the Great Rite—the first instance that this has happened.

Next, we go into the last two remaining plot arcs: Koschei and Dusk Court. Both ACOSF and HOFAS have set Nesta up as the driver for the Dusk Court arc, with Azriel as the character to follow. With SJM’s Bloomsbury contract slating her to have two more main books with dual POV romantic interests, the Dusk Court arc book would only make sense having Gwyn and Azriel as the FMC and MMC of that arc. The Koschei arc has been carefully crafted for Elain and Lucien to be the FMC and MMC of that book, with both of them being set up for this since ACOWAR. Elain with her visions of Vassa, the lake, and Koschei’s black box, and Lucien being tied to Papa Archeron and Vassa and the mortals. (I have a video on my Tik Tok that goes more in depth with this @oristian)

SUMMARY: Elain and Azriel do not have multiple books of foreshadowing, a Gwynriel and Elucien endgame is not fanservice, and the remaining two plot arcs do not support an Elriel endgame. If you have any problems with that, take it up with SJM.

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Azriel in ACOWAR:

Gwyn in ACOSF:

NESTA & EMRIE:

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I should’ve expected this.. lol

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New chapter of Thirty Moments Tell A Story is up on AO3!

✨️ Read it here! ✨️

Story Summary:

How could thirty moments in the lives of two warriors tell a tale of friends to lovers? From holding hands to ruthless competition; from patching each other up to their first major argument.

These are thirty moments that tell Gwyn and Azriel's story.

AKA my version of a 30 Day OTP Challenge. I won't be updating daily, but maybe every few days or every week.

Chapter Summary: Firsts

The Winter Solstice celebrations in the Night Court have begun!

How many 'firsts' can you find in this super fluffy holiday chapter?

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Plz watch this all the way through. We are on RED ALERT. we need to focus all our energy into making sure our house reps know we don’t want KOSA. I have links in the pinned post on my page with all the links you need

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me at the job i begged god for