I was in the middle of writing part two of my Sleeping Beauty theory when I stumbled across a few more colour scheme nuggets about the 8th Court/Dusk Court theory by @shadow-singing!
“The sunset was at its peak, the sky ablaze with pink and blue and gold and purple,” [ACOSF]
So this is how SJM describes Dusk during ACOSF, which generally speaking we already had a good idea about… minus the addition of Gold.
But it is interesting that these colours all represent Elain.
“Elain at last slid into the chair near Mor’s, her dawn-pink dress—”
“Elain didn’t turn. She was wearing a pale pink gown that did little to complement her sallow skin, ”
“Elain straightened from the piping-hot loaves of bread she’d hauled from the oven, her hair half up, the apron over her rose-pink gown dusted with flour.”
“Elain’s dark blue cloak, still warm from her body”
“But my sister remained near the stairs. She’d covered her nightgown with a silk shawl of palest blue, ”
“Elain seemed to realize it, too. She peered down at herself, at the simple blue gown she wore.”
“Elain rasped, “Nice to meet you,” before hustling after her, the silk skirts of her cobalt dress whispering over the parquet floor.”
“Gone was the ill-suited black dress from the ball, replaced by a gown of amethyst velvet, her hair half-up and curling down to her waist. ”
“Elain headed for the doors, purple dress sweeping behind her.”
“Elain stood at the wall of windows, clad in a lilac gown whose close-fitting bodice showed how well her sister had filled out since those initial days in the Night Court.”
“I found Elain studying it, beautiful in her amethyst-colored gown. I made to move toward her, but someone beat me to it. The shadowsinger was clad in a black jacket and pants similar to Rhysand’s—the fabric immaculately tailored and built to fit his wings.”
“From the edge of my vision, purple and gold flashed—Elain. ”
“Elain asked, the faelight of the chandelier catching in the ripples of her golden-brown braid.”
“So Elain had let her golden-brown hair down tonight, and pinned it back with twin combs of pearl.”
Her hair is literally always described as golden so that’s just two examples, or I would be here forever listing them.
I think another interesting thing to note is after Solstice in ACOFAS, we continually see her in shades of purple, as if there is a significant change after said date. With the exception of the Ball when she is in black and they remark on how it doesn’t suit her.
It might mean nothing or it might be a little foreshadowing. These are certainly her colours and I don’t think that is a coincidence, along with a 8th Court being mentioned, and having every manner of Court except a Dusk court. To many coincidences for me…
ALL HAIL HIGH LADY ELAIN OF THE DUSK COURT!
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