if it wasn’t going to be gwynriel, why have nesta and cassian notice how much they seem to be drawn to each other
ACOSF (excluding the bonus chapter which I’m not even going to mention in this post) is told from the pov’s of nesta and cassian
the fact that we know that azriel and gwyn are constantly glancing at each other during training, that azriel turns to look from across the training yard when gwyn makes noise, that azriel is giving gwyn private dagger lessons, that azriel looked at gwyn with silent encouragement and admiration when she cut the ribbon, that they are competitive with each other, that azriel was the one to save gwyn, etc. etc. etc. and the book was not even from either of their pov’s
it would’ve been so easy for SJM to just not include any of that because ACOSF wasn’t about them
the argument could be made that those details weren’t necessary
but she included them
on purpose
to show us, the readers, that those interactions are necessary
that they matter
.💖🎶💖.
i could make a similar post about elucien (maybe I will)
















