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“𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘻 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦,”

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✮♱✮ art by @azeher_may

✮♱✮ commissioned by me

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Whenever Elain said in SF that her favorite dance was the waltz, I couldn’t stop thinking about the idea of her and Azriel sharing one! I think it’s such a sweet idea, the closeness and intimacy to each other would be so romantic and swoon-worthy! I couldn’t be more in love with this art from @azeher_may who created such a beautiful and romantic piece, and did such a beautiful job bringing my ideas to life!

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✮♱✮ quote is from a Court of Silver Flames

✮♱✮ characters are Elain Archeron & Azriel.

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𝕃𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕌𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕖𝕒 🪼☂️🪸

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦?”

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘺𝘦𝘵. 𝘚𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.”

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”

🫧 art by @talitasami

🫧 commissioned by me

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𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍

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⁣⁣⁣⤞ art by oli_diart 

⤞ commissioned by me

⤞ free day

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There’s a quiet kind of magic in Velaris , the kind that settles into cobblestones and lingers in the air like perfume after laughter.

They say the High Lady’s older sister carries it with her. That wherever she’s been — not where she stayed, just where she was — something begins to grow. At first, no one noticed. But then, after a visit to a lonely corner of the city, tiny blossoms began pushing through stone. Lavender in winter. Ivy curling up walls that hadn't known green in decades. Pale roses blooming along balcony railings where no one had planted a thing.

The florists don’t sell them. The shopkeepers never sweep them away. Artists sketch them in the margins of their canvases. Because the people of Velaris know now: when the flowers come, it means she smiled there once.

Not out of duty. Not for anyone’s sake but her own.

They don’t say her name often, but when they do, it’s soft — almost like a blessing: Elain. The one who sees, the one who blooms, the one whose quiet joy grows roots even in stone.

And if you ever pass a sprig of forget-me-nots growing where it shouldn’t — pause. Let it be.

She was happy there.

🎨: @/somethingdeviant

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Happy Elriel Month everyone! For today's prompt, @acourtofquietdreamers and I collaborated on this commission and we are so happy we got the chance to work with the talented @lynx_illustration again!

Her work always blows us away and she did a phenomenal job bringing the prettiest in Prythian to life 🩷

There's something so beautiful about two people who seem so different on the outside being drawn together so effortlessly. In this piece, we wanted to showcase the beauty created when light and dark blend together.

Elain and Azriel representing light and dark is one of the many reasons they make such a complimentary pair. While Azriel can help Elain embrace the darkness, Elain can show Azriel he's worthy of the light he's craved since he was a young boy trapped in a dark cell.

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𐙚 art by @/lynx_illustration

𐙚 commissioned by me and @acourtofquietdreamers

𐙚 @elriel-month | Death and the Maiden

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₊⊹ Characters belong to @/therealsjmaas

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The ghost of Nick Blaine is definitely haunting the Hulu offices 👻

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I need Max to channel Dakota Johnson’s unfiltered honesty, even if just for the GMA interview.

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Az sketch for some boy practice

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“He reaped what he sowed. He lead a violent and dishonest life”

Another example of the writers’ poor attempt at vilifying Nick.

The “betrayal” wasn’t a real betrayal. Him “choosing” Gilead wasn’t really him actively choosing Gilead. It was him self-sabotaging and abandoning himself after losing the most important person in his life. It was him believing that he was indeed a monster and a worthless human being.

Nick’s “villain” arc will always be one of the worst executed ideas in the entire show.

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100 interviews later, and they still can’t explain why Nick had to die like that.

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Nick was the only one of the OG characters who didn’t get a happy ending in the final season. It’s problematic because it reinforces the idea that some societal groups are more valuable than others and deserving of second chances, regardless of the crimes they committed. Second chances are, therefore, as it is now, awarded on such shallow considerations as wealth and race.

Besides how problematic that is, what was even the political message of the show? Or was it even the intention to send a political message? If the intention was to just entertain and to satisfy self-indulgent desires, was it really necessary to sacrifice the only character that had a difficult upbringing, and whose life struggles (as well as low self-worth) led him to fall victim to a cult?

Is the show really honoring Margaret Atwood if it sanitizes the world of Gilead, destroying its complexity and the characters that contributed to its creation and rise, while sacrificing the only character that questioned it from the inside and not from a place of privilege?

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EM: People have been asking me for years, "Nick or Luke, Nick or Luke" I'm the biggest fan of romance and rom-coms, and believe me, I love that shit. But just in this particular story, I felt it was really important that IT WASN'T ABOUT THE BOYS."

No, it was about a woman and her abuser.

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Idc idc. It’s Nichole Blaine not Nichole Osborne or Holly Osborne.

NICHOLE BLAINE

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Someone from Hulu needs to tell these people to STFU. The more they talk, the more I’m convinced I won’t rewatch the show in the foreseeable future, not even the first 2 seasons. I have zero desire to support these people in any shape or form.

The interviews are just as messy as the writing. They really threw cohesion out the window, even in the communication with the audience.

Even some of their personal triggers and insecurities are coming to the surface.

The mess of the messaging convinces me this season was nothing more than a collection of things each one of them wanted to see onscreen and that were glued together as best they could. It was nothing more than a wishlist translated onscreen when it should have been a season crafted by expert writers looking to honor the source material.

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@elriel-month | Free Days

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮'𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓪 𝓼𝓪𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾

𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓘'𝓵𝓵 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓵𝓮𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮

𝓛𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓶𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓱𝓾𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓮

𝓨𝓸𝓾'𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓭𝓲𝓭

A beautiful, peaceful moment between Elain and Azriel, who will discover love without hurt for the first time together.

Art by @/zolyna_

Commissioned by @lunaatthezoo, @/aoitavacorte, and me 🫶

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Elriel Month // Free Day

For my final Elriel Month commission, I wanted a piece where they were, quite simply, happy and content together. Like many Elriels, I've always gravitated toward the image of Elain clinging to Azriel "just to have some peace and quiet." In a chaotic world, I love the thought of them finding refuge in each other.

And happy Elriel Month to everyone! It always amazes me every year just how fast May flies by. Each time, I am blown away by all the art and writing and creativity on display. We may not have our Elriel book yet, but I love the little community we've built during this endless wait. 

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🎨 Art by @lacampanule

✨ Commissioned by me for @elriel-month

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@elriel-month | Free

Azriel and Elain embody the emo boy/sunshine girl trope in every timeline and in every universe.

I wanted a modern twist of our favorite seer and shadowsinger and Paz delivered everything I was hoping for! She is just so much fun to collaborate with and an absolute dream to work with, and I hope we get to again soon!! 💕

🎨 art by: @tpiola_

✨ commissioned by: me

📚 characters belong to: @sarahjmaas

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