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[lady-embers]

💙✨️Gwynriel Gingerbread House Holiday Edition✨️🩵

Gwyneth Berdara is putting the final touches on the gingerbread house she's working on with a special someone when a little playful encounter begins due to some strategically placed icing on her nose. She isn't one to back down from a challenge.

Azriel Shadowsinger ends the encounter as the true winner, though, with his mate wrapped in his arms, smiling and laughing. He's content and at peace with his shadows dancing around them in delight 💖

Many, many thanks go to @bluenefelibata for this stunning, gorgeous heartwarming holiday piece! Her creativity and attention to detail is seriously mind-blowing!! Working with you was a dream come true for me, and I am so happy we got to do this together 🥹🥰

Characters belong to @sarahjmaas

🎄✨️🎄✨️🎄✨️🎄✨️🎄✨️🎄✨️🎄✨️🎄✨️🎄✨️

Artist: @bluenefelibata

Commissioner: Bookish_Embers (Me)

[gwynrielweeksofficial]

✨ 𝒜 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉, 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓊𝓉𝓎 ✨

Beautiful art by theredcrane/@theredcrane! The hearts in her eyes 🥹💖✨

[gwynrielweeksofficial]

⚔️✨ 𝒞𝒶𝓇𝓎𝓃𝓉𝒽𝒾𝒶𝓃 ✨⚔️

Art by nym.phem for atouchofmagicdesigns

[lady-embers]

My thoughts on what has been revealed:

1. What Katie did was absolutely wrong. Not only to the artists but to fellow commissioners and others in the fandom. I also need people to remember that some are good at hiding things from others. Sometimes it takes time for *all* things to come to light and some of this information a lot of us are only learning about recently.

2. No one is or has been protecting Katie. In fact, I know a few who have also called her out but somehow that isn't being talked about. Also, if you knew about her behavior over the years, but stayed silent, how are you any better?

3. Looping a group of people together based on ONE person's actions is NOT OKAY. Calling that one person and their behavior out is fine but don't group people together when you don't even know the full story.

4. While others are using this as performative outrage against a group of people, our side has helped take care of the issue(s) BEFORE this mess even made it to Tumblr.

5. Blocking people is NOT harassment/bullying. It was literally created for the purpose of blocking anyone who you don't agree with, like their content, any number of reasons.

6. Artists should ALWAYS be respected and paid. Their time is valuable and should be properly compensated for it.

[acourtdelaluna]

Show me the receipts. Oh wait. you can’t, because those who actually knew what was going on, had already been in direct contact with the artists and paid them before this exploded on Tumblr.

The only reason some of you didn't know that is because people made assumptions without having the full story.

We know exactly who took care of the artists, those people may not want credit but I’m not letting anyone else who didn’t spent a single cent take credit for it either.

I have no issue with people sharing their own experiences with someone who treated them like shit. Guess what? She treated a lot of us the same way. That's exactly why many of us cut ties with her over a year ago.

What we're not going to do is fabricate stories about people you don't know, make accusations based solely on guilt by association, and erase the fact that members of this community stepped up to make sure the artists were paid. Those are facts, not opinions, and no amount of rewriting the story is going to change that.

[mizuchiwolf]

''I want you to be free. Our world doesn’t deserve you. Yet.''

[miseryreads]

𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒷𝓎 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉..

✨ Art by: etherealart008

✨ Commissioned by: @miseryreads

[josiestime]

So from my understanding, there’s certain people who are trying to play “morally superior” even though they’ve also known about Katie. Openly admitting they had a bad experience with Katie and “knew how she would act.” All while shitting on others for the very same thing they are guilty of.

And you know what? Throughout this entire disaster, I have not once seen anyone mention the artists and commissioners who were wronged by her, not once seen anyone show their support for these people.

Instead, you’re pointing fingers at others and making it about one ship vs the other. It’s been about tearing down others and trying to make yourself look good, especially in the eyes of Elriels. Who are honestly, no better than Katie.

Everyone who has been victimized by Katie has already spoken to those of us who are actually in their circle, who actually support them, who actually care.

And you’re dragging the situation out like a bunch of teenagers with nothing better to do. You keep going with your performative bs, and we’ll continue to show love and support to our artists and commissioners.

[lady-embers]

Elucien Week later this month and Gwynriel Weeks next month has me like this ⬇️

I'm excited to see and support all the commissioners, artists, and writers who participate! 💖

[yazthebookish]

I said I would rather not bother my peace with this since I did my part, but let me just say this.

I don't regret extending my empathy for someone who I witnessed get publicly bullied multiple times, because that's who I am. I extend empathy to others while their intentions is their own.

And because I don't wish it upon anyone. I know what that feels like from firsthand experience in the past 5+ years. I always tried to have my friends' back and supported people who were treated unfairly and cruelly, because it can fuck you up if you didn't have a support system. Because let's not forget people receive death threats in this community and there are people that find absolute joy in harming others. And by saying that, it does not absolve Katie of what she did, I have defended countless of Gwynriels and Eluciens and other people. I don't need to make a list.

What I will not do, not now or ever, is excuse someone who screwed over co-commissioners (my friends included) and artists by not paying or treating them unfairly based on what has been shared (because I was not in spaces where those issues took place or addressed). I will never forgive her for it. As someone who has been commissioning for a long time and has wonderful friendships with artists, my stance is known so I don't even need to say this. Again, we all had different experiences with the same person and we were not aware of the issues other people have picked up on (not until it was brought up just a day ago).

Instead of supporting the commissioners who were affected by this, what I'm seeing is blame. "Guilty by association" is not a fair verdict to throw around when some of those commissioners covered the costs of someone who screwed them over. Those commissioners spent time and money wanting to give something beautiful to the community. It's human to give someone the benefit of the doubt or hope they'll do better so are you going to blame people for showing an ounce of decency and humanity? Again, it depends on your experience with that person. The topic is shifting into harassment and blame rather than focusing on how we protect those artists and commissioners and that is unfair to me.

I have nothing further to say or would rather protect my peace because everything that needed to be said and done has been accomplished.

To add:

If you have a personal score to settle with someone, if you had a bad experience with someone, you have every right to speak about your experience, but I am not your scapegoat in your angry rampage. Especially if you have not interacted with me, don't know me personally or what my own experience was or my level of interaction with other people. I don't owe you an explanation for that.

Some are also basing their accusations on assumptions that everyone knew about their experience or should've have known. That isn't a fair assumption (or rather multiple false assumptions) to make and they have no right to accuse people based on assumptions made in anger or to project their own experience on others assuming that they all saw the same side to someone. And no, I have no logical reason to give the other side the benefit of the doubt when they have actively harmed me and my friends way before Katie showed up and none of you are going to erase what was done to us over the years. You are justified in your anger at someone who caused a lot of problems, but you are not justified in directing it on a whole or propping me up as a scapegoat to make yourself feel better.

[monikastuff]

i'm still not over how they didn't end up together #KlarolineForever

"However long it takes."

[allthebestnamesweretaken]

Ship so good they weren’t endgame but they’re the only couple referenced throughout the original show and both its spin offs. Klaroline you will always be famous

[gwynrieldefenseatty]

I wasn't going to say anything because this situation should have centered on the people directly affected. But after seeing so much misinformation, I feel like something needs to be said.

To be clear: Katie's actions are her responsibility. Not paying artists is unacceptable and no commissioner or friend should be expected to defend or excuse that.

What I do want to address is the narrative that everyone around her knew everything and stayed silent. Many of us handled our own experiences privately and believed the issues we personally dealt with had been resolved. Speaking privately about your own situation is not the same as knowingly covering for someone else's behavior.

A lot of us only learned the full extent of what was happening recently, when multiple artists and commissioners came forward publicly. That's why you're seeing more people speak now. It's not because anyone suddenly decided accountability mattered, it’s because the bigger picture wasn't known to everyone.

Please stop blaming every person who was friends with, commissioned by, or associated with Katie. Being connected to someone does not mean you knew everything they were doing behind the scenes and it certainly doesn't make you responsible for their choices.

Hold Katie accountable for what Katie did. Don't turn this into a hunt against people who had no involvement in her actions. Accountability is important, but so is directing it at the person actually responsible.

[trashforazriel]

Commission by @luciensdefenseattorney 💞

[gwyns]

now i'm not saying anything but azriel being subconsciously drawn to the library (and gwyn) is giving me feyre following rhysand's tug on the mate bond at the end of acotar vibes

[howtopotato]

And he could picture the way her eyes would light up...for whatever reason. They’re coded as mates. I stand by that interpretation.

[norabraveseeker]

Feyre’s first time feeling the tug of the mating bond during Calanmai when she was human.

“There was a string—a string tied to my gut that pulled me toward those hills, commanding me to go, to hear the faerie drums …”—ACOTAR Chapter 20

Feyre’s first time feeling the bond as fae

“I was pulled from sleep by something tugging at my middle, a thread deep inside.[…] I knew who summoned me long before I opened the door to the hall and padded down it,[…] and I found myself on a small balcony jutting out of the side of the mountain.” —ACOTAR chapter 46

Azriel first hearing Gwyn’s singing and his shadows sang in answer. 🎶

“Azriel entered the warmth of the stairwell, and as he descended, he could have sworn a faint, beautiful singing followed him. Could have sworn his shadows sang in answer.” —ACOSF Azriel’s bonus chapter

Azriel finding himself in the library…

“Instead, he found himself at the library beneath the House of Wind,[…] Something sparked in Azriel's chest, but he only nodded his thanks and left. He could picture it, though, as he ascended the stairs back to  the House proper. How Gwyn's teal eyes might light upon seeing the necklace. For whatever reason... he could see it.   But Azriel tucked away the thought, consciously erasing the slight smile it brought to his face. Buried the image down deep, where it glowed quietly. A thing of secret, lovely beauty.” —ACOSF Azriel’s Bonus Chapter

@gwynrielweeksofficial

[josiestime]

Saying Nesta and Gwyn are ugly or aren’t as beautiful as other characters just because of your bias, doesn’t change the fact that canon tells us otherwise.

If your hatred for Nesta or your love for E/riel has blinded you,

Feyre claims Nesta is devastating as High Fae, Cassian said he was on his knees for Nesta even before she turned High Fae.

Feyre also claims that Mor is one of the most beautiful women she’s ever seen. Calls her the female equivalent to Rhysand.

Nesta says that Gwyn’s beauty rivals Merrill and Mor’s.

And no, your hatred for Nesta doesn’t automatically make her pov unreliable. These are characters, tools used by the author to make a specific point.

[catheccino]

Gwynriel Compilation! 🌊⚔️ Clocking in with more fanart in the Gwynriel Factory (im on my knees begging to have a scene of them singing together in the future books pls)