#I’m pro Gwynriel

[thisblogisaboutabook]

When the Lightsinger Calls (I Hear a Symphony)

An Azriel Drabble

Azriel daydreams of his mate -Inspired by ‘I Hear a Symphony’ by Cody Fry

I used to hear a simple song.

The warm winds of summer blew through the Illyrian mountains as Azriel sat sprawled on a thick branch fifty feet in the air, one leather covered leg dangling as the other stretched across the branch, his back resting against the trunk of an old Oak tree.

Cassian had been butting heads with Devlon for hours. Same shit, different day as they heatedly negotiated new terms for the training of Illyrian females. Devlon, of course, remained as stubborn as an ass. Even after decades of his bullshit, it never failed to chafe Azriel’s nerves that they were under the regime of the most powerful High Lord in Prythian’s history yet had to make nice with stuck-in-their-ways pricks like him. Today in particular had left Azriel feeling less than giving.

Cassian booted Azriel out of negotiations in record time, which admittedly, was likely for the best. Azriel’s dominant stance, deadly gaze, and violent whirling shadows were not best suited for these futile attempts of “sweet talking” Devlon out of his deeply rooted misogyny. If Azriel had his way Truth Teller would do all the talking, but diplomacy unfortunately took precedence.

He may have put up more of a fight when storming out of the Camp Lord’s office had Cassian’s weapon of choice today not had a unique way of toeing that line between diplomacy and force in a way that even Truth Teller could not. No blood spillage necessary, though, Azriel thought with a smirk, the weapon could do just that as well.

The warmth of the suns rays shining through the rustling leaves and the scratch of bark lightly grazing the sensitive membranes of his wings - hitting those spots he could never quite reach - had Azriel drifting off into a light dream state.

As he began to doze, shadows hummed around him, the whistling breeze mixing in with their whirring as they sensed for any incoming threats.

Blending in with their simple song, the creek nearby babbled with the sounds of trickling water, crickets chirped beneath rocks below.

His thoughts became more vivid as his conscience drifted deeper into sleep.

His jaw ticked, wings jerking slightly as he dreamed glimpses of deep red coating his marred skin from the countless souls he’d drawn blood from, lifeless bodies scattered across bloody battlefields, dark cells, the bright flare of roaring fire scalding a child’s hands, his shadows melody becoming broken as they attempted to soothe their master.

The melody became lighter as the flame in his dreams became flashes of light, blurred glimpses of a lovely face appearing in and out of his dreams. A soft laugh intertwined itself with his shadows, the solemn hymn becoming lighter, with vibrant bursts of energy leaving his heart fluttering. More images of the ethereal face flickered through his mind, soft blush dusted cheeks, a radiant white smile, supple fingers tracing the muscles of his chest, plush lips on bare skin, all appearing to the beat of the rising staccato. His lips quirked upward in his sleep as his guard dropped lower and lower and the melody continued growing louder, building into the crescendo of the loveliest symphony he’d heard yet, even in Prythian’s most renowned concert halls.

The music filled Azriel’s entire being, leaving him light as shadow, his flaws forging themselves from ugly into something beautiful, something worthy, as the melody carried his soul toward the light.

Just as his body began to slump out of the tree a sing-song voice brighter than day awoke him. “Careful, Shadowsinger. One might think you’re sleeping on the job.”

He looked down to his beautiful mate, the face his dream had called him to. “My little Lightsinger, did you give Devlon hell?”

She beamed. “Worked a little on him. The girls get seven more hours per week and Cass or I can do spot checks whenever we please. I’ll push for more when we meet again in a few months.”

“That’s my girl.” His eyes shone with the pride filling his chest as he launched out of the tree and swept her off her feet.

“Let’s go home.” She whispered, pressing a kiss to his nose. Azriel only blushed and did just as his lady said, the two falling into companionable silence as her light and his shadow mingled in harmony the entire flight back to Velaris.

And now I hear a symphony.

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[the-darkestminds]

“The riddles in books are always so easy to solve!”

Me (has never solved a riddle in my life):

[sunnybyler]

is it controversial for me to say that i think i’d be disappointed if gwynriel was announced as the next book as someone who very much ships them? because like, don’t get me wrong. i’m sure i’ll eat their book up when it’s time. but i just…. feel like it’s not time yet. i feel like az still needs to grow a lot and gwyn was JUST introduced last book. i mean, quite frankly, the ship itself wasn’t even hinted at until the bonus chapter. i think we need some more building for both of them. also full transparency elucien is one of my favorite ships of all time so i might be biased in that sense. but we’ve been waiting on them for EIGHT YEARS. now i’m grateful to not have been in the fandom that long bc i’m decently new and i’m already clawing at the walls so i cant even imagine y’all who have. but the buildup for elucien has just been SOOO many years in the making now. esp when books are coming out so slow?? i just don’t think i can stomach waiting another 4 years for them when they’ve already been mated since acomaf. like i genuinely think having to sit through ANOTHER painfully awkward solstice would make me end up on national news

[washmchineheart]

people out there fighting over el/riel or elu/cien and there’s me who only cares about gwyn’s lore and her healing arc

[sserrafeim]

“Gwyn is a lightsinger” no, you’re just scared your ship is not endgame

[bearbluebooks]

Gwyn’s hair seemed to glow brighter with her song, skin radiating a beckoning light. Drawing every listener in.

Did I develop a Pinterest and Canva obsession over the weekend? Yes, yes I did.

I have made three more boards. Someone take my phone away from me.

[lorcandidlucienwill]

Miss Maas how about you reveal the next ACOTAR book couple and end the ship/next book wars because your girl is tired😭😭😭

[azrielsbxtch]

Lucien is not beating Azriel in a fight and I’m going down with my opinion

When Lucien becomes High Lord then he can.

Right now…No.

“Okay but Lucien has light” Not now he doesn’t. Lucien has Fire okay. He doesn’t have Helions powers yet.

And seeing how easily Az beat up Eris. Even Beron (a High Lord) powers couldn’t get through Azriel’s shadows

Also there was a magical rule preventing physical fights at the High Lords meeting and yet….

Even without powers Azriel is still beating him. There’s a reason Illyrians are the best warriors in Prythian it’s literally in their blood please-

Don’t play with my man

[curiousity-cell]

i’ve decided going forward i’m not prefacing anything with tentative language. i’m not going to put any “btw i don’t hate [insert character]” shit on my posts. if you don’t like my posts, block me. you’re not the target audience. i’m done with all this tentative language and soft, gentle approaches towards these people. they’re ridiculous, they have no problems slandering our girl, & they’re never going to treat us with that respect.

[acourtoflight]

I promise you figuring out the couple of the next acotar book is not rocket science. You literally just have to read the books. If you’re smart enough you’ll know it’s elriel.

[batboyrhyrhy]

The ship wars of this fandom are so chaotic, but you know what I ship?

I ship Elain with finding happiness and love.

I ship Azriel with finding happiness and love.

I ship Lucien with finding happiness and love.

I ship Gwyn with finding happiness and love.

But most of all….

I ship Azriel AND Lucien with myself👹 mwahaha

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[ataraxiasflame]

Ok, I don’t want to stir the pot here, but I was having a conversation with my sister (who is in no way connected to the online fandom or under any ‘ship’ influence at all) and we had some very interesting discussions because of her lack of ‘influence’. It was really refreshing to hear opinions from someone who is (for the sake of this point) 100% ‘neutral’.

Though there were several interesting points in our conversation, there was one I HAD to share because as soon as the point came up, it made my mind go into overdrive.

Those of us who have read the CC series from the start….do you all remember after book 1, the Ruhn fans (those of us who loved him before Ch 3 of HOSAB) were very much pro-Ruhn-Hypaxia because of all the subtle clues in HOEAB. There was a lot of admiration and appreciation of Hypaxia from Ruhn, dare I say, very similar to Azriel’s appreciation of Gwyn in ACOSF?

And what happened in the next book? Hypaxia/Ruhn was a smokescreen for the real endgame which was Ruhn and Lidia, a character who was already introduced in book 1 though there were zero clues that she would be important to the rest of the series.

So what’s my point? I don’t really have any investment in Gwynriel (I think they’d make a cute couple but I won’t lose sleep over it), but given that SJM has proven in the past few books she’s released that she’s not above an unpredictable plot twist (even ones that don’t make sense), I think it’s not entirely impossible that Gwyn could have a different LI, maybe one who has already been introduced but without any clear reason why….say a Balthazar for instance?

I’m not trying to discredit any ships at all (if you come for me, I’ll just point out that Gwynriel would support my own ship)…what my sister and I did realise is that SJMs writing has changed since her ToG days and this kind of manoeuvre does feel like a possibility now.

(Now, logically, I know that the infamous bonus chapter might seem pointless then, and the argument that Azriel is hinted at getting a book, therefore who is his love interest if not Gwyn, and to that I say, you’re probably right. But could it be a smokescreen just like Hypaxia was?)

My point is just that SJM has developed a taste for throwing curve balls (Ahem…the million involving Danika come to mind) and I think it would actually be hilarious if after all these years and the insane ship wars over Azriel, if he doesn’t end up with Elain OR Gwyn.

(Also, I can laugh at this because I’m not an Azriel fan, but if you don’t see the humor in this, I apologize 😅)

[lunaduskxo]

Holy shit the hypocrisy from antis! The HOFAS teaser did a wonder today. Recently before this teaser there were posts that we shouldn’t make HOFAS about ACOTAR and that Elain wouldn’t be in it, blah blah, etc

But there are now posts now being made about how supposedly there may be more than one red head in a certain BC lol. What happened to the only red from CC? Miss Bryce Quinlar.

Get a grip. It can be about TT and Starsword. Hmm, who knows maybe only the people who have touched these weapons may come out…?

(other than Ruhn)

[shadowsingerspriestess]

Nesta: I love the new leathers on you, Gwyn

Gwyn: Thanks, but they’re really tight and hard to take off

Azriel: It didn’t take me long to take them off you last night, though

Nesta: 😏

Cassian: 😮

Gwyn: 😃🔪

Azriel: Oh shit

[velidewrites]

Azriel: *eating a cinnamon roll*

Gwyn: Cannibalism

Azriel: *confused chewing noises*

[cresswellslover]

OH MY GOD

i have an idea for a gwynriel short fic