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Elain

[cottageblossoms]

I have not seen anyone talk about the parallel of two scenes, one in acowar and one in acosf, which predicted the books of the remaining Archeron sisters and the order in which their books would be published:

First of all, I have my ACOWAR book in Spanish, so there may be a variation in the dialogue that is not exactly how it is written in English.

Scene predicting Nesta's book (ACOWAR):

- Page 671 (book in Spanish): dialogue between Feyre and Elain:

« “I know,” I murmured. “I think Nesta needs to sort through … a lot of it.”

Too much of it.

Elain faced me. “Do we help her?”

I fiddled with the end of my braid. “Yes—but not today. Not tomorrow.” I loosed a breath. “When —when she’s ready.” When we were ready, too.

Elain nodded, smiling up at me, and it was tentative joy—and life that shone in her eyes. A

promise of the future, gleaming and sweet.»

Then we have the well-known scenes from the Feysand Pov in Acosf, where the initial conversation between the two focused on Elain. and here we have a fairly studied phrase:

«I sighed, absently rubbing my still-flat stomach. "let's focus on helping one sister before we start on the other"».

the parallelism of both situation in quite similar and curious right?

As in acowar it is already indicated that the next protagonist will be Nesta (not counting ACOFAS, where Nesta although she participated very little, but was there, there were indications of the beginning of her story) and now in the bonus chapter of Feysand, they again make mention of helping to a sister, but they know that they cannot help both at the same time, Elain has not yet started her journey of healing and development and like the few, but significant appearances of Nesta in ACOFAS, Elain is the same she appeared little in ACOSF, however, his appearances generated the questions to be resolved in his book, which for me is more than clear what will be next...

[simplysimple-blep]

Azriel is so funny

We didn’t forget LOL

This man’s first convo with Elain included “we’re born hearing the song of the wind”. Do not tell me you’re not tragically poetic Azriel!

I can’t wait to hear what he spouts to earn Elain’s forgiveness and beg on his knees for a taste.

[cottageblossoms]

All hail Chaos out of context

[cottageblossoms]

Oh Key

[lacanthropy]

*rolls over toward you in the dark and dead of night* Are you awake? Cool, cool. Do you ever think about how, if given the chance, Key of the Cauldron would've been there for Rae when she was hospitalized?

He would've been by her bedside every day no matter what anyone else thought about it, he would have held her hair back when she threw up and tucked her in when she was cold and told her dad that he and his new family could go fuck themselves, the baby included. He would've skipped school and gone back just to tell Marlowe that Rae might not throw her out the window but he gladly would, and he would've learned to get along with Alice and he'd have memorized the whole Time of Iron series just to read it to Rae when she was awake. He'd steal the hospital popsicles for her and beat the crap out of anyone who made her feel bad when she started losing her hair, he'd have held her and raged with her *becoming increasingly hysterical* He'd have been there for her until the end and after that. No matter how mean and tired she got, no matter how m any times they tried to kick him out, he'd have slept on the hospital floor just to stay by her side. Love survives death.

Anyway, goodnight.

[cottageblossoms]

[theseeingfawn]

Azriel in ACOSF

[cottageblossoms]

Y is for Yandere Key

[theaologies]

Nobody talk to me I am at CHURCH

[acourtofquietdreamers]

Elriel Month: Yearning

Art by rockieartt on instagram and commissioned by me.

Happy Elriel month everyone! We are finally getting more Elain and Az content this year 🥹 I'm anticipating a lot of yearning and angst between these two in book 6 so I wanted this commission to capture that feeling. In this piece, Elain and Az can't help but reach for each other as they pass in a corridor. Between their charged glances, words left unspoken, and brushing of hands - they are the ultimate yearners and I'm so excited to see where their story goes 💙🩷

Huge thanks to rockieartt for creating this for me! You capture Elriel so beautifully every time.

@elriel-month

[mypovkmv]

Elriel Month

Artist @/kotikomori (in) and commissioned by @/elain_kingslayer (in)

I found this artwork on Pinterest earlier and the more I stare at it, the more it feels like the perfect visual representation of the “Death and the Maiden” dynamic that exists at the heart of Elriel.

Azriel has always carried the imagery of death around him — shadows curling at his shoulders, Truth-Teller at his side, silence and violence woven so deeply into him that most people only ever see the terrifying parts first. Even his name echoes it. He is darkness, night, the unseen thing lurking beneath the surface.

And Elain has always been his opposite in the most beautiful way possible.

She is gardens and springtime and life blooming after ruin. Softness without weakness. Light without cruelty. The kind of person who looks directly at the scars everyone else fears and calls them beautiful anyway.

That is why this image feels so haunting to me.

Above the water, they are gentle together, almost peaceful. But beneath them is death staring back from the reflection, like a reminder of everything Azriel carries inside himself. And yet Elain stands beside him completely unafraid, her hand in his as though she has already accepted every dark part of him and chosen him regardless.

To me, Elriel has never been about “light defeating darkness.”

It is about coexistence.

About the way Azriel’s shadows disappear around her because for once he does not need them to protect himself. About the way Elain, so often underestimated for her softness, is one of the only people who has never recoiled from him. They meet each other in that in-between space — not day, not night, but dusk. A merging of opposites that feels less accidental and more inevitable.

Life and death.

Bloom and shadow.

Tenderness and terror.

And somehow, together, they make each other softer instead of smaller.

[leiaamidala]

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔. 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈.

༻𖤓༺

⁣⁣⁣⤞ art by @mmariesr (🩷)

⤞ commissioned by me

The featured quote is one of my favorite lines in the series. It encapsulates the yearning, the longing, and the desires of a forbidden romance. And the singular moment that finally breaks the dam of restraint into the exploration of something more.

༻𖤓༺

Instagram | Twitter | @elriel-month 

please do not repost.

[lovelyfawnxx]

“Azriel stood in the doorway, monitoring them. As if he’d heard Elain’s sharp laugh and wondered what had caused it.”

One of my favorite subtle-yet-powerful scenes that shows the true depth to Azriel’s yearning. To be unable to keep himself from following the sound of her laugh; wanting to see what caused it, quietly wishing it was him, content just to see her happy. Their slow burn is just *chefs kiss*

THANK you endlessly to Lynx for creating this for me; every piece you make is a knockout, and I can feel theyearning through the screen 🫶

🎨 by @lynx_illustration

🌸 commissioned by @lovelyfawnxx

please no reposts without permission 💜

[tragiclore]

— you are madness | @tragiclore @inkpressedpetals

[viridianartsblog]

Vipers of Eyam 🐍⚔️👑

The most infamous, and most scandalous, group?

I’ll be posting their individual portraits soon. I completely fell back in love with this story, and I’m so excited for the new book.

Bonus:

[viridianartsblog]

Vipers have to stick together! 🐍⚔️👑

Rae and Key from Long Live Evil, the cheerleader and the evil gremlin.

(I’m learning how to make better lineart and improve my grisaille—hope it’s working!)

I loved this book and I’ve been drawing its characters a lot; they’re all amazing and fun.

[mabevil]

since apparently now the claims are “elain is not associated with pink in the books, that’s just something elriels made up” let me leave a few examples of elain being associated with pink in the canon text🩷

[viridianartsblog]

Day 2: Witch Elain & Demon Azriel 🔮

Spooky week continues! This time Elain’s a witch who dared to summon the fierce and dangerous demon Azriel — drawn to her light, he now guards her… or maybe tempts her. 👀

I had so much fun (and lost a few eyelashes in the process) finishing this one — I adore this idea too much! 🎃🕯️

[cottageblossoms]

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