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These Two:
•own my entire heart
•live in my head rent-free
•make me believe in love
•are🔥 af for each other bro it's just the truth
Either way...
I'm just a fool... a fool in love with Elriel
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*reposts allowed with credit 😊*
azriel can't sleep, he's avoiding family dinners, he's obsessing over a potion, losing the snowball fight for the first time in centuries, showing more emotion than ever... that pathetic man is a MESS and it's all because of elain
Elriels after ACOSF : Elain’s book is next
Elriels after HOFAS: Elain’s book is next
Elriels after CHD : Elain’s book is next
Gwynriels after ACOSF: Az’s book is next
Gwynriels after HOFAS: It’s Nesta AND Az’s book next
Gwynriels after CHD: It’s going to be a massive multi-POV like TOG
Apparently when SJM said it was pretty obvious, she meant it was obvious to only some readers.
*sigh*
“why would SJM introduce gwyn as azriel’s love interest if it’s going to be elriel?”
guess what! she didn’t. gwyn was never introduced to be a love interest for anyone, she was introduced to support nesta through her journey.
the only character who has canonically been introduced as a love interest for azriel is elain. that is what’s written in the books, that is the direction SJM is going.
it’s no one’s fault but your own that you’ve gaslit yourself entirely out of reality.
I am pretty sure that Lucien described his ideal woman and that was the fiery Jesminda who challenged him and was exciting and feisty.
And who is similar to her? Oh yes, not Elain. Vassa. Vassa, the bird of flame is similar to the Lord of Fire.
And Elain's ideal man? Someone like Azriel, to whom she'd cling for some peace and quiet.
Who gives Azriel headaches? Mor, Cassian, Rhys, Amren...
Who does he want to sit with alone, in peace and quiet, going over gardening plans? Elain.
No, Lucien and Elain aren't compatible, but they are both magically powerful. The Cauldron took notice of that.
Elain and Azriel are compatible, and they are both super magically powerful. The Mother took notice of that.
Let me lay it out…
🩷 = Elain
💙= Azriel
💖🎶💖= Azriel is the MMC, and he’s a ShadowSINGER.
^ pink nails, for Elain.
^ shadow-like background on this book graphic with pink writing = Azriel & Elain
^ pink & blue gradient book graphic = Azriel & Elain
SJM wearing blue on CHD, Alex wearing pink - For Azriel and Elain.
Azriel’s siphons = blue. Elain mostly wears = pink.
I’m sure there’s more I’m missing but there’s the gist!!
nesta: shadows darkened his eyes, full enough of pain that she couldn’t stop herself from touching his shoulder. letting him know that she understood why he stood in the doorway, why he wouldn’t go near the fire. his secrets to tell, never hers.
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Remember, it wasn’t:
“We will bring her back.”
Or
“Let’s get her back.”
No. Mf took it personally and said:
“I’m getting her back.”
A GA complaining to BB because they liked an Elriel comment.
You can't make this shit up even if we tried.
NO FALSE EXPECTATIONS WERE EVER CREATED. YOU DELUDED YOURSELVES.
It's called a red herring, haters and antis! Look it up!
Sometimes, I think that it's really a matter of what smut would SJM rather write? Elriel or Gwynriel?
And since she already started writing Elriel smut in the bonus chapter, and that tiny little smutty part ignited the entire fandom for almost SIX YEARS and brought it to its knees, what do you think she will continue on writing?
Let's be for real--when she is saying that Azriel is a freak, she is imagining him with Elain.
Because as the saying goes: a man wants a good girl who is bad only for him, and a woman wants a bad boy who is good only for her.
Elriel
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"Then his gaze shifted to Elain, and though it was utterly neutral, something charged went through it. Between them. Elain’s breath caught slightly..."
“SJM is totally an el*cien!!”
meanwhile, SJM when she has to talk about el*cien:
Elain has had the most well-written story buildup out of the sisters but some of y’all aren’t ready for that conversation yet...
See the thing is Elain is not ok... she just hides it better than anyone else. She smiles, gardens, bakes, and says she's fine. But throughout the books we're given hints that she isn't.
With Feyre, her suffering was visible from page 1... she starving, hungry, exhausted, hunting.
With Nesta, her spiral was unavoidable... she was self destructing loudly
Elain has been written differently... she hides her suffering. She's learned that if she smiles, people relax. That being agreeable keeps the peace.
I think its also interesting to note that because she’s so good at pretending, even the people around her start believing she’s okay or at least when they do notice that she's not actually ok they don't push for more cause she doesn’t make it look serious from the outside. She isn’t destructive. She isn’t loud or visibly falling apart. She doesn’t look “concerning” enough. So her pain gets dismissed. Elain survives by keeping herself composed, by making herself quiet and manageable and because of that, no one realizes just how much she’s actually carrying. I've even seen a number of readers who believe that she’s okay. That she doesn’t need a story. That her place is to be “left gardening and baking.” As if having a hobby is a bad thing...
Feyre likes to paint
Nesta likes to dance
Elain likes to garden and bake
What's so wrong about enjoying something that gives you joy and brings you peace?
I don't think Elain lacks depth... I think she lacks the space to be seen for who she is. For who she TRULY is.
YESSSSS. As a people-pleaser myself, I relate most deeply to Elain out of all the sisters and that's probably why I'm so obsessed with Elriel. They both just want peace bc theyre constantly putting up with everyone else's chaos and letting everyone else's grief and anger be loud while they both suffer in silence. They're both such fundamentally misunderstood characters that seem to only truly understand each other and I am so excited to watch their story play out
In HOFAS, for all of its terribleness, SJM showed a LOT of Azriel. Arguably, more Azriel than was even 'needed'. Azriel was almost as prevalent as Rhys was in ACOTAR.
And she presented him in a way that, I think, she sees him. And honestly? is he a super attractive character? I think that's debatable. He is short-tempered at times, kind of permanently semi-annoyed, closed off, snappy, indifferent at other times. He didn't strike me as the regular romantasy MMC--the banter that GAs love to wax poetic about isn't actually present very much. He is not the cavalier, banter-y, indestructible sort of hero. In some ways, he is almost off putting. And I feel that SJM was so heavy handed with him on purpose. As if to prepare people for what to expect, but also, as kind of a warning?
He is almost the exact opposite of what a large part of the fandom made him out to be. And SJM said, no, this is actually how this character is. What you saw is him. What you saw in the bonus chapter is him. Again, what GAs absolutely refuse to acknowledge and see in their beloved bonus is exactly what SJM showed in HOFAS --Azriel WAS annoyed with Gwyn, he WAS lying to her, he MADE himself appear more accommodating. That's how he is. With most people. The day after Solstice he WAS aloof, angry and silent. In HOFAS, he is mostly aloof, annoyed, and challenges both Bryce and Nesta out right when they act up. His reaction to the unfavourable mention of his mother was swift and angry. So much so that Nesta nearly cowed in front of him and apologized. Most of the time, Azriel is avoidant, secretive and resentful.
Which is why his attitude towards Elain is so stark. Essentially, he melts around her. He softens. He laughs. He is a blade that is suddenly wrapped in a marshmallow and he loves it.
I think that buried under the heap of Headcanons, fantasies, misinterpretations and willfully obtuse misreadings of canon text the 'real Azriel' emerges. A cantankerous, stiff, solitary, lonely and tired warrior. Not a bantering, ribbon-cutting dudebro. Azriel is much more Malachi Vize than Casteel, or even Rhysand.
The ONLY time we see him crack, his facade soften, his eyes brighten is when he is around Elain. Sorry. That's just how it is.
Do with it what you will. SJM warned us.
Whenever Elain walks past him, do you think Azriel subtly reaches for her? Letting his fingers brush against her dress, the curly ends of her long hair, her shawl, her scarf or the edge of her apron? Do you think Elain notices and blushes to herself? Or do you think she is unaware of him reaching for her and her blush is because she made fleeting eye contact with him?
Elain thinks she’s imagining things at first.
Surely it was a coincidence that Azriel’s hand brushed against hers as they passed each other in the hall. Surely, he didn’t mean to snag one of her curls around his finger as they sat on the sofa, his arm resting across the back, hand so close to her that she could lean ever so slightly and rest her cheek upon it.
But when he trails his knuckles over her arm after picking a stray bramble from her dress? How he hesitates, for just a moment, his arms tightening slightly, before putting her down when they fly to the House?
To test her theory, she starts reaching back. The first time she does it, just a light touch against Azriel’s wrist, he nearly drops the dish she’d handed him. The second, her nails ghosting over his neck as he carries her through the sky, has his breath catching. By the third, he meets her in the middle.
Azriel helps her stand in the garden, when her legs are unsteady from kneeling for too long. Except he no longer drops her hand. At least, not right away. Not until they round the hedge, putting them in sight of the kitchen windows. Elain tentatively raises a hand to brush a streak of flour from his brow, after he helps her prepare lunch, Nuala and Cerridwen mysteriously absent, and gasps when he leans into her touch.
So when he clasps that necklace around her throat, she pivots beneath his palm. Steps into him. All of those fleeting touches, lingering longer as time stretched on, led to that moment. It would surprise anyone but the two of them how easily they moved together — it had become as natural as breathing.
