#elriel coded

[lunaduskxo]

If long-suffering propriety is what they want from me

They don't know how you've haunted me so stunningly

I choose you and me religiously

-Guilty as Sin

[highladyjane]

- Unknown

“The lovely fawn, blooming spring vibrant behind her. Standing before Death, shadows and terrors lurking over his shoulder. Light and Dark, the space between their bodies a blend of the two."

[acourtoflight]

SJM said Elain was gonna dream about ivy and there’s this. Interesting.

[megumitaichou]

[foxybananaaaz]

Now... I know I'm late... but I was honestly hoping they were joking. A mistake on my part, I admit. One I won't make again.

Why does colour not mean shit when characters are flat out saying on page in print that black does not suit 🌸, and using colour theory is a stupid way to 'prove points' ...

But when it's in favour for THEM? "Who.. who said colour theory is stupid? Clearly not me. SJM post pink image. CLEARLY telling us the next book is 🌸's !! I can't wait!! 🌸/🦇 CONFIRMED!!"

Honestly, at this point, I'm waiting for 🌸 to be wearing 🍊 or has a vision of a 🔥 and they find a way to link it back to their ship. "OMG 🌸/🦇 CONFIRMED!!"

Because of course 🍊 and 🔥's are related to 🦇/🌸 right? Totally not 🦊's thing or colour at all.

It will happen. I'm like 93% sure it will. I'm seeing that they're APPARENTLY claiming that 🎶 is an 🦇/🌸 thing, when really it is a 💎/🦇 thing. And remember when they tried to claim the ❤️ beat scene?

Anyway. I don't ship 💎/🦇 ... mainly cause I don't like 🦇. But I stand with you guys. You guys are cool.

I think it goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway, but I ship 🌸/🦊. That's who I ship and will always ship. That's not gonna change.

[deathsweetblossoms]

Bruv the endings of A River Enchanted and Divine Rivals cannot even be measured on the same scale. I don’t know what to think.

Has Rebecca Ross been going through a hard time and she decided to take it out on Roman Kitt? Someone talk to me. Someone open a Rebecca Ross group chat. I have words. I have thoughts. I have theories, but they’re convoluted and I’m …… feeling so much.

[bird-on-the-wire33]

What if we rewrite the stars?

Say you were made to be mine

Nothing could keep us apart,

You’d be the one I was meant to find.

It’s up to you, and it’s up to me,

No one can say what we get to be,

So why don’t we rewrite the stars?

[shadowflorecita]

HIM = Elriel music 🖤

[capriciata]

do yourself a favor and read the Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson.

[greenleaf777]

I am losing my mind over this new fanart oh my god

The colors are so elriel coded

🎨bloodydamnit on insta. Go follow immediately.

[howmanysideblogscanihave]

The bonus chapter was written to let readers know what they were picking up on between Elriel was real.

The moments between Eriel are romantically coded with or without the bonus chapter.

That’s it, that’s the take.

[lovemyromance]

SJM: I thought it was obvious??

AKA - No analysis needed. The clues are there. Things are already happening.

Please keep your 80 page PowerPoints and highlighted words from your “8 books of canon” (none of which are actually from ACOTAR, btw) to yourself.

“I thought it was obvious” = no deep dives needed. No extrapolation or analysis necessary. The words are already on the page. You don’t have to work harder than SJM to come up with your own theories (*cough* see HOFAS crazy hype theories vs actual book)

“I thought it was obvious”

The ONLY couple currently mutually attracted to each other is Elriel. They have had moments since ACOMF. ACOSF did not end them, it gave them the setup for the next book. They are set up for the greatest tortured forbidden romance of the series, how can you dispute that? Why would you WANT to dispute that love story? I don’t want ACOSF 2.0 which was all physical and no substance. I want an angsty, slow forbidden romance. I want to fall in love when the characters fall in love. Elriel will give us that.

“I thought it was obvious”

The other ships do NOT exist on the page at the moment. Elucien, I will give credit to because they are still mates so that COULD happen still. But right now, where ACOSF ended, they had barely even seen each other in a year. The only romantic coded interactions have been between Azriel & Elain thus far.

“I thought it was obvious”

Elucien & Gw*riel have not shared any romantic moments. There is no romance between them at this current time in the series. I am not talking about “what could happen” or “what could Sarah be setting up” because she said it was obvious. That means it’s there already. There’s no reason to hypothesize and theorize about ships that don’t currently exist in the book. Because - and say it with me-

“I thought it was obvious”

What is obvious about elucien? Other than the fact that they are mates. That’s it. That’s all they have. Not even a conversation on the page. Not even a shared shy glance or brush of their fingers. It’s the equivalent of an arranged marriage neither of them seems to want. Analyzing 20 sentences about flowers and sunlight, going out of your way to prove feyre is an “unreliable” narrator when she questions the bond (but Cassian, fashion police of Velaris, is a very very reliable narrator)-Why? Is any of that obvious to the casual reader? No.

“I thought it was obvious”

I’m not even going to spend many words talking about Gw*nriel, as I don’t see it as anything more than a crackship. They have like 4 platonic interactions. Friendly. Banter, sure. But not all banter is a clue that people are predestined soulmates. Most people who read their interactions are not going to overanalyze spark and glow and shadow behavior. They shouldn’t have to because - again - none of that is obvious.

“I thought it was obvious”

Shy glances and subtle scenes in the background wasn’t enough for those who claim to be reading experts. So SJM released a bonus chapter where in clear black and white text, you see both Azriel and Elain desperate for each other. This man is willing to BEG on his knees for a taste of her/ the end. Why would you even want him with anyone else after that?

“I thought it was obvious”

All these characters I’ve mentioned have been supporting characters this entire series. Nothing concerning them is going to happen in someone else’s book-but the seeds have been sewn. Any scene with Elain could have been written with Lucien or her sisters instead of Azriel - but it wasn’t.

Ex: when majda says, “if anyone can figure out what’s wrong, it’s a mate”

Lucien is THERE. Feyre is THERE. Nesta is THERE. But who figures it out - not her mate, nor her sisters - Azriel.

Lucien could’ve shown her the garden, feyre could’ve sat with her and listened to Elain’s garden plans till 3am - but no - it was Azriel.

And this man is the only one in the NC I’m convinced that has an actual job and responsibilities. So he is choosing to spend what little free time he has with ELAIN. What’s not clicking, folks?

“I thought it was obvious”

Sarah-we love her-but she is Queen of cliches. Her writing is not some insane thriller level that has you gasping every page turn. She likes threes, she likes happy endings, she likes her male LIs desperate for their female counterparts. The answer to Amarantha’s riddle was LOVE. CC had “through love all is possible”.

You really think she wrote the line “hoped love would trump even a mating bond” and it meant nothing?

SJM doesn’t do anything easy. But she said it was obvious- because it IS.

[highladyjane]

So... it's 3am and I might be delirious and delulu, so this'll be a very quick dive, but I just couldn't help but see some parallels and connections that I felt the need to share no matter how far-fetched😅

If/say Azriel is Death & darkness aka Hades.

And Elain is the lovely fawn of Spring aka Persephone...

And Mor is Leuce who was Hades' first love who had similarities with/was friends with/an epiteth of Persephone much like Mor and Elain has Golden/Sunshine etc. similarities

Then could our resident red-headed nymph Gwyneth be... Minthe?

And diving deeper... Cocytus, which literally means "lamentation" (which is, you know, also a special kind of song 👀), the underground river/lake where Minthe is from...

And just who lives in an underground lake? Koschei.

I don't really want Gwyneth to turn out to be a villain, and I especially do not want her to join the drama and give Gw*nrie/s and the necklace fiasco anymore validity than they're due, but she does have suspicious qualities that I know many are already familiar with...

All in all, this just further gives quite another meaning to secret, lovely beauty in my eyes 👀

[fauxdette]

So elriel coded ♡

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[devi1sange1]

Me when I think about The Today Show liking only pro Elriel comments and one comment acknowledging the ship war on their post about sjm and mates . So they acknowledge the ship war and then only like pro Elriel comments….🤔

Me when I remember that audible clowned with us saying that Guilty as sin? is “so Elriel coded”

Me and the girlies whenever a new article comes out about the next ACOTAR book and Elain is mentioned as the most likely protagonist (and Azriel is only ever mentioned alongside Elain).

“i ThOuGhT iT wAs PrEtTy ObViOuS”

[the-darkestminds]

Ok call me crazy but have you seen SJMs IG story about the new Taylor song?? Everyone is saying SJM called it out because it is “giving Elriel” and I’m so worried 😭😭😭 what do you think??

You know what I feel unqualified to answer this 💀 personally I don’t agree that it’s Elriel coded, because to me Elriel is unromantic, not really forbidden, not deep, not interesting, not sinful lol. So I personally wouldn’t read much into it. BUT—if any of my beautiful followers are hardcore swifties now is your time. What do y’all think?