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me, breaking into sjm’s house in the middle of the night: give manon and elide the romantic relationship they deserve you coward
Friendly reminder
Asterin yanked a mug of ale away from Manon and drank a mouthful to check no one had poisoned Manon after she was crowned wing leader. No hesitation.
Stans: I ship Manorian so much!! They’re meant to be!!
Me:
”I want Erawan to know that the next time I see him, I will carve Manon’s name on his godsdamned heart.”
before ww3 pops off does sarah j maas want to admit she made a mistake by not making manon a lesbian
Let's list the favourite pairings of the SJM fandom
-Rowaelin -Chaoleana -samleana -lysandion -manorian -elorcan
-Feysand -nessian -elucien -elriel -vamren -vivallias
I pose a question to you. Where are the mlm and wlw pairings? Sure we have malide and chaorian but they are crack ships in the eyes of the fandom despite having chemistry. Take a look at Lysandion. Aedion (possessively) says that he wants to marry Lysandra despite not really showing affection towards her before that time, yet they still have fierce shippers. Elucien and Elriel are odd to me because Lucien doesn’t seem to have any attraction to Elain other that the mating bond which he feels has been forced on him and have Elain and Azriel even interacted in a light that is romantic?
It baffles me how many shippers jumped on the Elriel train when the interacted, but the SJM fandom is heavily fueled by shipping so I shouldn’t be so surprised.
Ships in the fandom that make (or made) sense to me are Samleana and Chaoleana. Sam was Celaena’s first love. Cool. And to be honest, I shipped chaolaena because is was the slow burn friends to lovers trope. If the fandom ships characters that barely interact, why aren’t ships like Malide or Chaorian bigger? People have legitimate reasons to ship them- Manon makes her first positive connection outside of the Thirteen with Elide and literally races death to save her and Chaol says he loves Dorian and they have the whole friends to lovers trope that Chaolaena had. Manorian confuses me because they have sex at a low point in their life, when they’re seeking validation from someone, but people tell me they’re in love. Elorcan confuses me too because Lorcan only seems to show sexual attraction to Elide and Elide has appreciates Lorcan aesthetically rather than romantically. But since they travel together they fall in love. To wrap this up, this shipper fuelled fandom seems to overlook a lot of details when it comes to their ships and it seems to leave mlm and wlw pairings overlooked. A big theme in both Acotar and ToG is that two powerful characters coming together and falling in love is a huge deal and they are powerful together and could destroy the world or something. If I was younger reading these books I would be confused to why not gay pairings are shown in the same light in both series. Diversity is natural, so why doesn’t it really appear in the main cast of SJM books? Who fucking knows.
malide + kisses/cuddling/fluff
Fluffy Malide is the best kind. ^.^
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“They’re going to be looking for you.”
“I don’t care.” Manon pressed a kiss under Elide’sear. “They can wait. You’re more important.”
“Manon!” Elide squirmed out of Manon’s arms.“You’re supposed to be in a strategy meeting right now. And I was just supposedto be bringing you tea. Which, by the way, is getting cold.” She nodded at theno longer steaming mug.
Manon shrugged. “Screw strategy meetings. Screwtea, for that matter. Stay with me for a while. You’ve barely sat down since weleft.”
Elide sighed heavily, rolled her eyes, andsnuggled into Manon’s side. “Where did you even find this many pillows?”
“I have my ways.” Manon stroked Elide’s hair withone steel-taloned finger. “I missed you, you know.”
“You did?”
Manon nodded. “Every minute after I left you. I’vespent the last weeks wondering how I could’ve done that. Left you there on yourown… I didn’t even know if you were alive.”
“Hey.” Elide tipped Manon’s face towards her. “I’mhere. I’m okay.” She smiled. “Better than ever, in fact. I don’t think I’llever want to leave.”
Manon stared at her. “Do you mean that? Or are youjust saying it to make me feel better?”
“I mean it.” Elide kissed Manon’s cheek gently. “Imissed you too. You… were the first person who’d loved me in years.”
“You didn’t even know I loved you then.”
“I could figure it out.” Elide buried herself inpillows and Manon again and closed her eyes.
“I didn’teven know I loved you then.”
Elide giggled. “Really? The only human you’ve evercared about and you didn’t think that was love?”
Manon huffed a little. “I care about other people.”
“Witches. Not humans.”
Manon made a small, grumpy sound, which Elide tookto mean that she’d won the argument. “Well, now that that’s settled,” she said,“if you’re going to insist that I stay and snuggle with you, the least you cando is kiss me some more.”
Manon was happy to oblige.
The boys: *swearing up a storm*
Manon: do you mind?!
Aelin: there are children here!
Elide: ?
Manon Blackbeak is awesome
I think a lot of people under appreciate Manon’s character.
First of all, she’s hot as fuck. Everyone that meets her describes her as being the most beautiful women or person they’ve ever seen. She’s even been told that her beauty could win her a king.
And she couldn’t care less. Her beauty couldn’t be more irrelevant to her. Not in a “appearances don’t matter to me” kind of way, in a “I just don’t care” kind of way.
She is also extremely loyal to her coven. Her thirteen are practically part of her. They’re so tight. If you hurt one of her thirteen, you will face the wrath of the rest of them. They’re sisters to the bone.
Not to mention men are on the bottom of her list of priorities (whether she’s straight or not). She doesn’t need a man, she’s got her thirteen and her wyvern. To her, there is absolutely no fucking reason a man should command or control her.
Let’s not forget how she protected Elide. Elide who was abused by her uncle. Manon came in, and took none of that shit. She protected Elide until she could give her the freedom she deserved.
Don’t forget about her and Abraxos. She could have had any of the wyvern’s, but she chose him because she saw something in him. She chose him, and she fixed him up and strengthened him until he became the underdog to watch. She made sure he could fly and fight just as well as all the other wyvern’s who didn’t have to go thru the same physical abuse and disintegration as him.
She saved Dorian’s life. She warned Aelin he was still there, beneath the Valg’s enslavement. She didn’t have to, but she did. She saved Dorian.
There is so much more to talk about, not to mention how totally badass she is.
Malide + first time
I don’t write smut, but here’s this!
Tagging @escapingtheconstrictingboxes and @ablackbirdsinging, and @sapphicadenas for the heck of it!
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“Manon?” Elide set her bundle of firewood down atthe edge of the camp. “Asterin, have you seen Manon?”
“Over there somewhere.” Asterin waved a handtowards the tents. “I think. Thanks for the firewood.”
“Of course.” Elide carefully made her way over tothe tents. “Manon? I’m back. You said you wanted to see me?”
“Shh.”Elide squeaked in surprise as Manon pulled her into the shadows, away from thefirelight. Her expression was almost nervous. “This way.”
Elide followed as Manon led her a little ways outof camp, through the trees, and then – into a small clearing. A small tent wasset up there, and a cheery fire was blazing.
“What is this?” Elide asked curiously.
“Well…” Yes, Manon was definitely nervous. Heryellow eyes kept shifting away from Elide’s. “I thought you might like someprivacy. So this tent’s for you.”
“That’s not all.” If that was it, there would beno reason for Manon to be nervous. Maybe uncomfortable, since she was doingsomething nice, but not… scared.
“No.” Manon’s eyes finally met Elide’s, and Elidecould’ve sworn they sent a jolt through her, like magic or lightning. “The tent’sfor you… but it could be for me, too. If you wanted.”
Elide felt color rising rapidly in her cheeks. “Asa couple?” she asked carefully.
“However you want.”
“Yes,” Elide said, and smiled at Manon. “I wouldlike that.”
Manon grinned, her features melting into reliefand delight, and tugged Elide to her for one of the crushing, sweet kisses theyboth enjoyed so much.
“It was a very nice surprise, Manon,” Elidewhispered to her.
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Hahaha ok I guess sexuality isn’t forced when it’s token side characters and literally “just there to be there”. I guess it ain’t forced when you literally thrust two characters that haven’t even interacted yet into a bland het ship and ignore great chemistry between multiple same sex pairings. It isn’t forced to kill off and sideline your poc’s for white pain or vilify your love interest characters for the soul purpose of uplifting the next Otp. And it isn’t forced to literally leave behind ¾ of your world building and characters half way through your series. But omg same sex couples that are actually relevant to the plot that sure is forced.
I’m just so disappointed a her
wow i can’t believe elide lochan is a brown disabled bisexual girl in love with her lesbian girlfriend
manon and elide need to be cannon in EoS ( also because I love when witches are teases)
Please S J Maas
Please
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When your Otp and your notp are standing next to each other….
same
wow i can’t believe elide is a lesbian and manon is a lesbian and they are in super gay love with each other and are living happily and chilling with abraxos. so blessed to have this canon relationship with no heterosexuality. love my gay moms.
“This,” the Crochan said for all to hear, “is a reminder. My death–my murder at your hands, is a reminder. Not to them,” she breathed, pinning Manon with that soil-brown stare. “But to you. A reminder of what they made you to be. They made you this way.”
“Nothing of her in the raw voice as Elide said to Lorcan, “I hope you spend the rest of your miserable, immortal life suffering. I hope you spend it alone. I hope you live with regret and guilt in your heart and never find a way to endure it.”’