don’t leave me.

🌸🦇 currently reading 📖: matched by becca steele

[lovelriel]

the seer and shadows and terrors

made by me <3

[lucky-clover-gazette]

[renee715]

“I think Azriel and Elain are going to be friends!”

…same… 😌

[haruktj]

I don’t think we’re actually aware of just how much Azriel has been pining for Elain. In his BC he says he’s been looking at her present every night for a YEAR. That means thinking about her daily, imagining her/them together, searching her out, trying to touch her even for a second, making up trivialities to be able to talk to her, listening to her plans patiently, seeing her in every plant, in every color, in every person, in every sound…. For a year. And the feeling grows the more time you spend with the other person. But they want to convince you they’re not romantic.

[persephatta-crescent]

Idk guys, do you think there's any significance behind Alice in ACOTAR saying Lucien needed someone with fire and Vassa being a literal firebird? 🔥

Like, do you think it's relevant that Elain is associated with roses and Azriel gifted her a rose necklace and also has ties to a place called Rosehall? 🌹

Maybe I'm missing something obvious...

[bloomriel]

life when you don't expect a title or a blurb

[lovelyfawnxx]

“What if he’s written mine on my upper thigh, only in my mind?”

🎨 by shy.illustrator

🩷 commissioned by elanjuss and acyace03

[sad-endings-suck]

What if Elain and Azriel are mates?

I know it sounds crazy, but bare with me.

In the Throne of Glass series, Rowan was convinced from the moment he first laid eyes on Lyria that she was his mate. He believed that for centuries and every day since, even after falling in love with Aelin.

However, in the end, it was all a trick orchestrated by Maeve to turn him into her servant. What if that’s what went on with Lucien, Elain and The King of Hybern.

What if the King of Hybern (who we all know is NOT an idiot) saw how faltering Lucien’s loyalty to Tamlin was becoming and how dangerous that could be to him during the war, but couldn’t risk killing Lucien and ruining the alliance with Tamlin and The Spring Court. So, as a way to ensure Lucien’s loyalty, he tricked him into believing that Elain was his mate, because he never expected her to get away with the rest of The Court of Dreams at the end of ACOMAF. He expected to have Elain locked away at his side (as she temporarily is in ACOWAR) with Lucien right there, ready to do anything for The King as long as he didn’t harm her.

The King of Hybern had The Cauldron. He broke an unbreakable bond, turned humans into high fae, destroyed the entire wall in the blink of an eye and he almost cleaved the world apart with it. Creating an elaborate illusion is certainly not beyond him.

It would also explain why Lucien, despite always being concerned with Elian’s safety, wasn’t hesitant about leaving her at The Night Court when he left for The Continent. In fact, when he returned, he didn’t even ask about her or try and find her in the middle of a deadly battle where she could be in serious harm. In fact, Elain shows little to no interest in him at all. She is simply indifferent to him.

If Lucien was not Elain’s mate but Azriel was, it would also explain why Azriel was so quick to take a liking to her. He was supposedly in love with Mor for five hundred years, but if both Elain and Mor were in the same room, his attention would always be directed towards Elain. Even Mor noticed it and pointed it out herself.

Elain trusted Azriel enough to not fear him, even though she knew exactly what and who he was, and exactly how dangerous he could be. She was never scared of him. Oh, and here’s the real kicker, Azriel gave her Turthteller. Remember, that weapon that he has never so much as let anyone touch, not even his high lord, not even his brothers or the woman he supposedly loves? He handed it over to her despite barely knowing her.

Maybe it’s just me. Maybe I find Azriel and Elain as a couple makes more sense to me then Elain and Lucien together, and perhaps I think Azriel and Elain have much better chemistry. However, there were way too many hints and clues pointing towards Elriel, and we all know SJMaas does not just do that for no reason. They could be each other’s temporary romantic interest, but they’ve both had they’re hearts broken by the person they believed they were meant to be with.

So maybe this isn’t a crazy theory, and maybe they are mates. We’ll just have to wait and see.

[tragiclore]

The fact that Az and Elain covertly have so much chemistry happening right in front of our eyes but some of us can't see it.

Like.

She laughed.

Az stopped in the doorway to listen to it.

They locked eyes, shared a charged glance.

Her breath hitched.

She brushed past.

He brushed fingers with her.

BRO THIS MAN HATES TOUCHING OTHERS IF HE CAN'T HELP IT.

[tragiclore]

Everybody including Rhys: Az can't move on from Mor. He's probably looking for a distraction in Elain. He should use a pleasure house.

Az, in a room full of Mor and Elain: *looks to Elain, moves towards her, greets her, helps her with domestic chores, makes her smile*

Az when she laughs: *randomly stops in the doorway to follow it, shares a charged glance with her after, brushes fingers with her in passing when she leaves*

Az when she's defenseless: *shadows leap to her defense, verbally protects her in rooms she doesn't exist in, gives her his most precious weapon to defend herself something that makes him PANIC if he's without it, goes on a suicide mission*

Az when he knows he can't have her: *stares at her headache powder for a YEAR straight, stays closer to exits because it's painful to watch her with someone else, punishes himself by taking long cold flights, can't sleep, moves HOUSES so he can avoid the unbearable pain, damns his centuries long competitive steak at snowball fights because he was too busy throwing rocks at Rhys for forbidding him, has sad eyes because of her, gets rid of the reminder that she rejected him right back because it was too painful*

Az when he's a workaholic and had an early morning the other day: *sits with her until 3 am to listen to her talk about plants and gardens, shows interest in her hobbies*

Az when she exists: *stutters, gets hard just by a neck touch, pleasures himself to the memory of her, thinks about pleasuring her, almost rolls his eyes back at the scent of her arousal, immediately thinks about going down on his knees for her, gets her a gift unique to her and her alone, questions his religion, fought his brother/high lord, went against his nature to not spy on her when he keeps tabs on everyone, finds every excuse to reach for her even tho he knows he doesn't deserve her despite his selfworth issues, stares out the townhouse windows towards her*

[deathslbx]

anyways, fun little tuesday it’s been. 🩷💙

[ofduskcourts]

“Elain is more connected to the color blue” your brains are starting to ROT from the constant denial that you are in. GWYNS FRIENDSHIP BRACELET is quite literally teal, white, and BLUE. Friendship bracelets are connected to the Valkyrie’s and GWYN. Please donate your brains to science this level of stupidity is concerning

Speak for yourself, babe

[deathslbx]

ayo they’re clinging to them friendship bracelets like a lifeline rn lmfaooooo

[deathslbx]

But what does Godzilla have to do with that ship?

something about the exact placement of the tattoo aligning with the stars and galaxy and every moon the universe has proving g.wynriel are endgame.

there’s also a shark fin, but something about godzilla is relevant here.

[deathslbx]

they’re going ham over a blue and black bracelet and a *checks notes* godzilla tattoo…

i mean pack if up fellow elriel babes, g.wynriel is officially confirmed. nothing else we’ve been given (including canon) holds a candle to this new information.

it’s been fun. 🤝

[mortalfae7]

Just found out that the great artist Muni_Luny has passed away after the Earthquakes in Venezuela :(((

May she rest in peace!

[yonglixx]

Connor Storrie today in Paris🖤

[deathslbx]

logging in to see the tl the last couple of days