Betsy

• Bookish shit-posting • ACOTAR multishipper • Mostly Azris

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Welcome!

I’m gonna tag some fandoms I’m in (so feel free to give me a follow if you like any of them ;))

⭐️ ACOTAR

- Throne of Glass

- Empyrean (Fourth Wing)

- All for the Game

- The Raven Cycle

- Vicious/Vengeful 

- The Prison Healer

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Oh god it’s down again

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I’m pretty sure Andrew was the kind of kid who’d have this kind of convo:

Random Girl: hey, what’s your name?

kid!Andrew: let’s say Mike

Random Girl: let’s say?

Random Girl: what, you don’t know your own name?

kid!Andrew: *shrugs*

Random Girl: what does your mom call you?

kid!Andrew: dunno, never met her

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And, you know… I bet Neil was something like this:

Random Kid: yo, hey

kid!Neil: uh, hey?

Random Kid: what’s your name?

kid!Neil: mine???

kid!Neil: I think it’s Chris

Random Kid: you think?

Random Kid: you don’t know your own name?

kid!Neil: today, I’m pretty sure it’s Chris

Mary, standing off to the side: 🫠🫠

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Now just imagine if they’d met as kids:

kid!Neil: your hair’s white, like mine

kid!Andrew: your hair’s black.

kid!Neil: oh—

kid!Neil: my bad… it was white yesterday

kid!Andrew: …

kid!Neil: what’s your name?

kid!Andrew: haven’t decided yet

kid!Neil: you get to pick your own name?

kid!Andrew: yup

kid!Neil: that’s dope

kid!Neil: my mom picks my names…

kid!Neil, sticking out his hand: today, I’m Justin

kid!Andrew: lame name

kid!Neil: yeah, I hate it too

kid!Neil: my old names were better

kid!Andrew: what was the last one?

kid!Neil: the most recent one?

kid!Neil, thinking hard: I think…

Mary, swooping in and yanking Neil away: time to go

kid!Andrew, calling after him: my real name’s Andrew

kid!Neil: nice to meet you!

kid!Neil: I’m Nathaniel

Mary: OH, FOR FU—

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night court kiss

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pick a trc character and this tweet applies

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on my second reading of The Foxhole Court it's ridiculously obvious that the only reason Neil Josten survived for so long was because his mother was there to smack him over the head every time he opened his mouth.

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azris……..

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Do you like Lilith Sorrengail

Yes—I love her!

No…

It’s complicated

Voting ended onAug 22, 2025

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Can you imagine what must have been going through Lilith Sorrengail’s mind when Violet was missing for 6 days after war games?

[jessie-reads-books]

Thinking about how Violet always says her mom IS the storm, how she finds storm sounds comforting, how her power manifested as lightning because that’s the form she’s most comfortable with—

(No spoilers past iron flame please!! As a matter of fact don’t even mention the end of iron flame I’m not ready to talk about it 💀)

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i feel like this conversation must happen to a lot of people with buzzcuts. their hair is secret

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I was having a good day and then I remembered after Mira left it was probably just Violet and her Mom existing in the same space but not really connecting with one another because Brennan died, Violet’s dad died and Lilith probably new she’d have to send her daughter to the Rider’s quadrant and she’d lose the last of her children and yeah I need to stop listening to Slipping Through My Fingers

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TRC spring/summer 🤝 AFTG autumn/winter

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I know this isn’t an extremely popular ship (& not one I’m necessarily crazy about (at least at the moment)) but I genuinely think Vassien, alongside Elriel, will happen.

Here me out:

- Feyre says in chapter 47 in ACOWAR that Lucien and Vassa are “a bird of flame and a lord of fire. I wonder if they have found each other yet.” This title feels very much like foreshadowing, and the fact that both are linked with fire… well.

- Jesminda. Feyre goes into Lucien’s head in chapter 24 of ACOWAR and finds out some of Lucien’s thoughts about Jesminda and Elain—and the fact that both are very different. “She was nothing like Jesminda.” Is followed shortly after “But there she was. His mate.”

I think it’s clear Lucien loved Jesminda, and in this passage she was described as being “all laughter and mischief, too wild and free to be contained.” None of this language would be associated with Elain, and already Lucien points this out.

I’d say it could probably be argued Lucien’s type (if, of course, he has one), would be someone more like Vassa, since she seems to be more associated with Jesminda’s description. Again, I’m not saying he necessarily has a type, but since Elain and Jesminda are so different… well, would Elain really be the right fit for him?

Also in this passage, Lucien says “she had chosen him,” referring to Vassa. “Elain had been… thrown at him.” This language—while I’m not saying there isn’t room for growth between Elain and Lucien—feels a bit more like they won’t get together, especially since Lucien himself acknowledges how this bond seems to be the only thing tethering them, and it feels almost forced.

- Swan lake parallels and ‘The Death of Koschei the deathless.’

Swan lake: there’s a huge allusion to this tale with Vassa being Odette, who was put under a spell alongside her companions to be a swan during the day and return to her human form at night (familiar?) the spell can only be broken if a man promises his love and remains faithful to that (again please hear me out.)

Lucien in this tale could potentially be the Prince Siegfried who falls in love with Odette. During a ball, he’s supposed to find a bride when he’s tricked into dancing with a likeness of Odette (may be a reach, but this could allude to the mating bond as a ‘likeness’ of true love).

Eventually Siegfried refuses his fiancé (Odile, the likeness of Odette) to be with the real Odette (or maybe Lucien’s real/chosen mate, Vassa.”

The death of Koschei the deathless:

While I’m less familiar with this tale, the description of the story caught my eye:

The wandering prince (the warrior queen’s husband in the tale) sounds very familiar to a ‼️spoiler‼️ wandering high lord’s son/heir who happens to be apart of the ‘Band of Exiles’ alongside Vassa (who’s a most likely allusion to the warrior queen in this tale)

Again, it’s not a secret that SJM likes a good fairytale retelling.

- The cauldron doesn’t put couples together based on love but because they are most likely to produce the most powerful offspring. So, take Elain and Lucien who don’t yet (or potentially won’t ever) love each other, and take their mating bond. Could a chosen one be forged instead?

I *get* that we don’t really know Vassa yet but I think her character will be later explored anyway. So yes, I think Vassien will become canon, although my words may come back to bite me.

I know people often call this ship a solution to Lucien being left alone if Elain got with Azriel, but honestly there’s enough evidence to suggest it might not be just that, but something that could actually happen. I also think that Lucien won’t necessarily be happy with his cauldron-chosen mate, even if I see a bit of discussion that he would be. I think both Elain and Lucien may be happier with people they choose. (*cough* Azriel and Vassa.)

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Two Mira’s with crazy older sister energy and a slightly aggressive outlook on life

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Community is blowing up again 😬