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i'll never let you guys forget that in one of the xaden pov bonus chapters he internally refers to sgaeyl, the second biggest and most fearsome dragon at basgiath, as "my girl"

transformativeworks

AO3 Celebrates 17 Million Fanworks

AO3 now has over 17 million fanworks on the site! Come celebrate with us at https://otw-news.org/2p9bk5jk

littlefireling

Lucien giving main character energy 🙂‍↕️🧡

I was trying to hold off posting this but it’s just too amazing and with the ACOTAR 6 announcement, my excitement got the better of me.

Art by: earsofelf (IG)

Commisoned by me: @littlefireling

I’m literally on my knees barking 🧎‍♀️. Thank you, thank you, thank you to earsofelf for this STUNNING art!!! 💖

starsreminisce

Fated mates is a trope. All Archeron sisters ending up with bat boys is not. It’s repetition. That is what makes it feel like a cliche. A trope carries emotional weight. A cliche just follows a pattern without depth.

SJM does follow patterns in how she writes the mating bond, but what sets them apart is not the bond itself. It is the journey toward accepting it. She has yet to write a bond where both characters are on equal footing, knowing about it before getting to know each other.

Right now, Elain and Lucien are resisting a bond that will follow them for the rest of their lives until death. They are not close. They are not comfortable. That tension creates space for real character growth. Two people who have every reason not to fall in love but still do, drawn together by a force they can’t ignore, is not a cliche. That is a story. That is what makes the trope land.

Putting Elain and Azriel together would make it the third Archeron and bat boy pairing. That is symmetry for its own sake. Even SJM seems aware of that when she had Rhys question Azriel: just because there are three brothers and three sisters, does that mean you deserve her?

Two people whose only obstacle is miscommunication fixable in one conversation make for a shit story.

Two people who are equals in every way and discover that for themselves while falling in love, especially after fighting it for so long, do not.

snowwhitewithanxiety

Lucien telling Feyre “I would never hurt her” with such a bleak honesty in his voice that she stops her tough girl act and looks to Rhysand for help hits different when you consider

1. Elain is always being hurt by those she loves (and not just romantically either)

2. Lucien blames himself still for the murder of Jesminda.

And gah the angst is too good there.

fallenstarborn

I will never understand why people hate Lucien Vanserra…the man has just suffered loss after loss and I can’t wait for him to have some peace and happiness.

I will fight whoever brings him suffering just because he’s in the middle of your ship.

littlefireling

HONESTLY HOW CAN YOU HATE SUCH A PERFECT AND PRETTY MAN???

littlefireling

For @lucienweekofficial Day 6 - Reputation

Lucien Vanserra, an Autumn Court prince, known for being a strong, charismatic, and composed emissary. But maybe there’s more to him than we’ve seen. Maybe he has yet to heal from losing his eye, his first love, a court to call home, and his best friend. Maybe it isn’t easy for him to look at his mate, only to see her avoid his gaze. Maybe it’s hard for him to be surrounded by people with support systems and so much love, yet lack those same things himself.

Maybe he’s hurting and desperately in need of a hug and compassion.

This artwork represents two sides of Lucien: the one everyone expects him to be and the one he truly is.

Art by: @thornart

Commissioned by me (@littlefireling)

Thank you so much 💕 This piece is absolutely stunning <3

** Reposts are okay with proper credit**

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katnissisbrown

I hope the people making the show understand how locked in dead fucking serious we as a fandom are about percabeth’s gray hair streaks

isa-sketches

When I read that line I just knew Feyre chose WRONG.

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littlefireling

For @lucienweekofficial Day 1 - Fireling

Our Fireling and Nyx sending a small flame into the night sky 💗.

I really hope we get to see Lucien interacting with Nyx in the upcoming books, I think he would be such a fun and loving uncle 💕.

Art by: @moussedoodles

Commissioned by me: @littlefireling

Tysm to the lovely @moussedoodles!!! 😭💗 You are so kind and talented!!! You took a sloppy stick drawing I made for you and turned it into THIS?? I am absolutely mind blown. Thank you again 🫶🥹

** Reposts are okay with proper credit**

fairiequeen

Violet Sorrengail & Xaden Riorson's Electric & Emotional Olympic Performance

Who would have thought that once-rivals Sorrengail and Riorson would ever team up, let alone perform at the level they have been this year?

peachrtistic

starchaser doodle

girlbossinglikejudeduarte

Mira: Stay away from Xaden Riorson. Violet: Okay, shouldn’t be hard, his father’s the reason Brennan is dead so- *sees Xaden* Violet: Oh, fuck, he’s hot

flytingriptides