I don’t think Azriel deserves to suffer more in order to finally get his happily ever after. He has been suffering for 500+ years stemming back to his childhood neglect and abuse. His very existence was always deemed inadequate because he was an outcast bastard of a lord son.
Azriel did express entitlement toward Elain in the BC which is a major part of why I don’t ship Elriel. However, reducing it to just entitlement is an inaccurate representation of his very complex feelings and insecurities.
He was angry and does want to be deserving of Elain. He wants the fates that he believes in to consider him good enough or worthy enough of being mated to an Archeron the way that his brothers are. That has nothing to do with Elain and everything to do with himself. It’s not his entitlement that is the root of his issues, it’s his own self hatred, insecurity, and unworthiness.
Elain isn’t special to Azriel. She’s just the next Mor.
Sorry to break it to people, but Azriel’s growth does not revolve around Elain. These are all feelings stemming back centuries before Elain even existed that keep getting worse because now in his trio, he is the odd one out. Of course he’s like why am I not worthy enough when my two brothers are.
Elain is a very minor blip in his 500 year history with Mor. If he “needs to watch the woman he felt entitled to find her happily ever after” it should be Mor he watches (like hello????).
However, Azriel being kicked while he’s already down is not essential to his story moving forward. Most Gwynriels believe his love and/or mating bond with Gwyn be something that catches Azriel by surprise anyways.
Idc who people think has the next book, but this whole “they deserve it more” stuff is really obnoxious and adding fuel to a fire for no reason.
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