it’s so painful to watch yourself grow cold, bitter, and resentful, even toward small, irrelevant things, when all you’ve ever wanted was just to be warm, gentle, kind, and loving.
bitch this is all you’re gonna get. this life, this face, this body. you better not ‘maybe in another universe’ your way out of everything. sit your ass down and face this. go make tea and have a picnic and read a goddamn book. kiss your loved ones, send that damn text, and hug your siblings. this is all you’re gonna get.
Heyy. So i just want to say something. from gwynriel perspectives and i try to understand why they are so convinced the next book is about az and gwyn. Of cos they included unending shadow theories , elain's useless womb, weirdo hobby gardening, a secret lovely beauty quote (dont forget it was to described elain) and so on. So here, they said that yes elain would appear in the next book bcs az would reject her (they said az only want elain just for sex ) and az finally begin to realize he loves gwyn. I know this is kinda funny. And they go on and on that acotar6 is about elain finally accept the mating bond with lucien. I know most of these theories doesnt make sense but i want to know your opinion on these theories. Love y'all ❤
I think it’s fairly obvious many of them (not all, I never like to generalize) frankly don’t understand Elain as a character. They have a perception of her, one they don’t like, and they like Az (and Lucien), so they want to cling to anyone that could possibly sink that ship. Which means trying to fit a narrative around that couple.
Some of those theories are comical. So let me just lay down some facts and common sense.
Looking at this from a plot perspective:
Koschei will be released from the lake, because there’s no way in hell a final battle with the villain will happen with him chained up.
He needs all four Dread Trove items to be released from his lake, so the fourth has to be found in book 5 so he can be free in book 6.
Only Feyre, Elain, and/or Nesta can find it. Feyre and Nesta have had their main journeys
It’s Elain’s turn, especially considering she already volunteered to go find it. And its veiled in shadows. (hint hint who will help her)
The Feysand bonus scene did not highlight "let's help one sister before we help the other" and "we haven't seen everything Elain can offer" just to say ACTUALLY, let's wait and skip over her for a book.
Looking at this from a romantic subplot perspective:
Elain and Lucien have regressed, not progressed.
Lucien is now showing discomfort regarding Elain and Elain visibly shrinks into herself and loses her newfound boldness.
Solstice would have been a perfect time to show progression - but nope, SJM did the opposite.
Lucien has a home with Vassa and is said to be so close with her, he can’t even be trusted to do his job.
Azriel’s pov confirms mutual romantic feelings between Elain and Az.
Az’s moodiness, avoidance of the river house, the reason he won’t sit near the fire, Nesta’s knowledge of his secret, their shared charged look - all point to the advancement of a romantic subplot with Elain
As stated above, Az will be needed to help Elain with the fourth Trove item
Bottom line: Vucien and Elriel continued to progress in ACOSF, and this book needs to lead us to the next romance.
Looking at this from SJM’s actual words:
“I realized at that point I wanted to tell not just this story about Nesta and Cassian, but also I wanted to tell the story of all these other characters who were in the earlier books as kind of side characters.”
“I know what the first two will be about.”
“But I do know that the Cassian and Nesta book is next. And I know what I want to write for the second spinoff novel, but I’m keeping the door open after that.”
“And I remember the entire time I was ripping out ivy, and was trying to get some semblance of order into the garden beds, I went into Elain’s head. Elain is a gardener, and everything I did became research for her book.”
Many of the seeds for this book (ACOSF) are already planted in ACOFAS, along with seeds for some of the other spinoff novels.
“Do you have another book planned for the third sister?” - “Yes--yes to everything. As soon as Nesta and Elain came back onto the page in ACOMAF, I knew that they would have journeys beyond what the readers were seeing.”
I may have hated math classes growing up but I can do some simple addition. If the spinoffs are about characters from the original trilogy, and seeds were planted in ACOFAS (before Gwyn existed), and SJM is researching Elain’s book, and she knows what the next book is about....
Elain is book 5.
Those theories are wishful thinking and disregard facts and common sense.
(Note: I'm not saying Gwyn won't play a role in the next two books, or that she won't have a novella or something in the future. I'm simply saying she's not getting a full length book before Elain and likely won't be a main pov until after the Koschei story wraps up.)
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