it’s really odd how much ga’s want what elriel has.
if ga’s treated ga as a (…crack) theory, I think the fandom would’ve been a lot better. there’s nothing that has happened between ga for anti’s to really grasp onto, meanwhile elriel is integrated into the story. theories are natural within fandoms, but when the people that are so attached to the theory become delusional and ignore what is CANON-not theories but the actual CANON- we end up here. I don’t know if it’s the jealousy, but the anti’s in this fandom are so toxic that they genuinely need to read a non fiction book and reevaluate themselves.
elriel’s are the furthest in the shipping war from being the delusional ones. if the bonus chapter is so important because it ends Elriel and brings to life another ship, why wasn’t it reprinted with feysand’s bc? that would seem to be pretty important if it really ends the ship that has been built up since acomaf.
oh and better yet, why didn’t Lucien have a bonus chapter? The pov of the bonus chapters matter, because anti’s saw Azriel had a bonus chapter and began to argue that “no Elain isn’t next, Azriel is” but we’re not stupid, we know Elain’s book is next. The male character who has the bc pov is the love interest. 🦭
That first line is the truth that's been echoing within the shipwars for the last 5 years.
Gwynriel is essentially elriel, they've just replaced Elain with an fmc they can self-insert with and deem more worthy/deserving of Azriel.
Its that simple. Ofc, you'll have people come away from acosf enjoying whatever small amount of interactions Gwynriel had. Just like people came away from acotar liking Feyre and Lucien. Or in acosf, people liked the idea of Nesta x Eris. That's normal.
Whats not normal is turning a ship built on nothing and trying to equalise it to a ship that has been buildinb up steadily for the last few books.
You can see chemistry between two characters and their interactions. That does not mean the author has set them up as a couple. This is something gwynriels don't understand. In the book thats meant to set up Gwynriel, they barely interact until like more than 50% in. And throughout acosf, Sjm goes out of her way to tell us about elriel. Their charged glance. Azriels secret. The way he reacted when he learnt Nesta and Elain fought. Etc etc.
Logically, why the hell is Sjm foreshadowing a couple for the next spinoff...in a standalone book? She started foreshadowing Nessian in acomaf. And you're telling me she waited another 3 books to start foreshadowing Azriels love interest? The author who LOVES spreading seeds in advance, foreshadows a couple within one book? That too - the foreshadowing consists of what? a glance? a comment?
These people are an example of the rising literacy crisis levels. They can't even tell when something is a parallel or not. Or even a difference between a metaphor vs what's actually happening.
Gwynriels have always been toxic, the fandom became rabid after their arrival. It was like "Gwynriel! Gwynriel! All Hail Gwynriel and the Great Gwyneth" under every tt video. The ship became so viral bcs it branched off of acotar's popularity and it was built on engagement farming.
Its so funny calling the stans who ship two CANON love interests delusional.
THIS. Correct me if im wrong but I dont think Azriels bonus ever got reprinted. It was only sold to a few hundred or maybe a thousand people. It was very limited. If Azriels bonus was SO important, it would have recently been reprinted or resurfaced.
Exactly, Gwynriels argued Gwyn and Az were next because they knew that the male who had the bonus was the next Li. Cassian had wings & ember, after Rhysand -> He was the next male Li. Azriel had his bonus, after Cass -> He will be the next male Li. Lucien hasnt had a bonus. He hasn't had a focus in either pov. Elains book has been confirmed, she appears in both bonus chapters, Sim hinted at elains book in an acosf interview, in acofas she tells us she knows the first two spinoffs and then later admits to researching and planning elains book.
The math adds up and it undoubtedly equals elriel.
