I have a lot of thoughts

They say journaling helps?

[nicawritesandwhines]

I want to live in my lovely bubble here in Tumblr

Meaning, I tag the majority of my posts strictly with Elriel tags. No, I don’t use anti because I honestly don’t like the wording and being against anything. I do disagree with the majority of the theories so far, yes, but I think I prefer to consider myself a pro Elriel that anti whatever ship is opposed to that.

I will ask for permission to reply posts related to any original posts of mine, in case it ends up reaching me. I don’t actively follow G*ynriel and E*ucien tags, because again, I like to keep my experience here less antagonistic possible.

So I reserve my right to just delete your comment if you clearly don’t share the same beliefs and want to start something. I don’t engage, I don’t argue. I just delete. I like to keep my house clean and in harmony. I’m not baiting opposition with my posts, I’m trying to reach the Elriel community to share some lovely thoughts and have a few laughs.

If I want a debate, I will tag it and invite people to participate in a safe space. Otherwise, thank you for sharing your opinion, but I will delete it without engaging.

[daisybrekker]

An ACOTAR/D&D crossover? Yes, please!😍

(Art by @/inkfaeart on Instagram)

[nyxreads]

Elain rasped, “Nice to meet you,” before hustling after her, the silk skirts of her cobalt dress whispering over the parquet floor.

But Elain did not balk from him, did not shy away as she nodded—just once. Azriel, graceful as any courtier, offered her an arm.

“Why not make them mates?” I mused. “Why Lucien?”

But Azriel only took Elain’s heavy dish of potatoes from her hands, his voice soft as night as he said, “Sit. I’ll take care of it.”

Azriel stood in the doorway, monitoring them. As if he’d heard Elain’s sharp laugh and wondered what had caused it. [...]Then his gaze shifted to Elain, and though it was utterly neutral, something charged went through it. Between them. Elain’s breath caught slightly,

Got inspired by @protectorofvel on twt 🫶🏼

[recklessromantic]

Precious canon Elriel moments 💖🫠🥹

[dvinefem]

no i’m CACKLING

“who? oh. no.” LOLLLLL

[elrieluniverse]

Drakon is a real king for this.

Him when Feyre mentioned Lucien:

[thefriendlypigeon]

❤️💙💛GRACEFUL💛💙❤️

⭐[my social media links]

[tragiclore]

The fact that Az and Elain covertly have so much chemistry happening right in front of our eyes but some of us can't see it.

Like.

She laughed.

Az stopped in the doorway to listen to it.

They locked eyes, shared a charged glance.

Her breath hitched.

She brushed past.

He brushed fingers with her.

BRO THIS MAN HATES TOUCHING OTHERS IF HE CAN'T HELP IT.

[merymoonbeam]

We talked about how Azriel wanted to save eris insted of freaking out like Cassian because of Valkyries being thrown into the blood rite but after last live with sarah... cass wasn’t even with azriel in the first place. He was watching nesta while Azriel was off saving eris 😀

Cassian was not off with azriel like with the whole Eris thing

And this is how the actual book turned out:

Cassian couldn’t breathe. Hadn’t been able to breathe or speak for long minutes now. His family had arrived, and they all surrounded him in the wrecked bedroom of Emerie’s house. They were speaking, Azriel with some urgency, but Cassian didn’t hear him, heard nothing but the roaring in his head before he said to no one in particular, “I’m going after them.”

“Cassian’s stomach turned over. Nesta and her friends—his friends—were in the Rite. And he could do nothing to interfere, not without damning them all. His hands shook. “So, what—we just sit on our asses for a week and wait?” The idea was abhorrent. Feyre gripped his trembling fingers, squeezing tight. “Did you— Cassian, weren’t you listening at all when we got here?” No. He’d barely heard anything. Azriel said tightly, “My spies got word that Eris has been captured by Briallyn. She sent his remaining soldiers after him while he was out hunting with his hounds. They grabbed him and somehow, they were all winnowed back to her palace. I’m guessing using Koschei’s power.” “I don’t care.” Cassian aimed for the doorway. Even if … Fuck. Hadn’t he been the one to tell Rhys not to go after those soldiers? To leave them be? He was a fool. He’d left an armed enemy in his blind spot and forgotten about it. But Eris could rot for all he cared.Az said, “We have to get him out.”

You can clearly see the difference between Cassian’s reaction to Azriel’s... like he went to save the male he hated instead of freaking out like Cassian. And they expect me to believe their ginger fave and azriel are mates? PLEASE! When we have this scene with Azriel and Elain:

“From the shadows near the entrance to the tent, Azriel said, as if in answer to some unspoken debate, “I’m getting her back.” Nesta slid her gaze to the shadowsinger. Azriel’s hazel eyes glowed golden in the shadows. Nesta said, “Then you will die.” Azriel only repeated, rage glazing that stare, “I’m getting her back.”

When this elriel scene was reminded to us three times in acosf:

Elain had been stolen by the Cauldron and saved by Azriel and Feyre.

Azriel stiffened. “I know. I helped rescue Elain, after all.” Az hadn’t so much as hesitated before going into the heart of Hybern’s war-camp.

“Eyes can be blinded,” Nesta said. “Not the ones under my command,” Azriel said with soft menace. Nesta met his stare, knowing he was the only one aside from Feyre who could truly understand her hesitation. He’d gone with Feyre into the heart of Hybern’s camp to save Elain—he knew the risk.

The guy didn’t hesitate to go to heart of the Hybern’s war-camp even though he could die to save Elain but he was talking about Eris while Vallyries were thrown into the blood rite 😀

[rosenecklaces]

"You- we trained them well" the way he also was about to not take credit of their training

[devi1sange1]

The way she rewrote the scene and still didn’t give Azriel a bigger reaction.

In the first draft, we probably wouldn’t have seen Azriel. Just Cassian watching Nesta. Obviously, we wouldn’t be able to tell what Azriel is feeling here because he’s simply not there.

But she rewrote the entirety of Cassian’s storyline here and stuck him with Azriel, and still decided Azriel was going to have a minimal reaction to his “mate” being abducted into the BR. She added more Azriel and STILL DID NOT GIVE HIM A REACTION.

[violetasteracademic-deactivated]

So... this is very interesting. And from a writing perspective, this puts Azriel with Eris, Koschei, and the Crown alone. Was Azriel initially going to be captured? What would Elain's reaction have been if Cassian had to tell the IC he could see Azriel captured by the Crown and in the Blood Rite being forced to hurt Nesta, long after G/wyn and Emerie had disappeared through the monolith? Was Azriel simply going to get captured and remain captured at the end of ACOSF? Would Elain have been involved in trying to help get Azriel out of the Crown's clutches?

SJM doesn't say there was no Eris thing, just that Cassian wasn't originally there. I know early drafts should be taken with a grain of salt, and we don't know how everything else was structured. Maybe Az simply flew back once he realized Eris was captured. But it's interesting to imagine the function of keeping the Eris/Crown/Koschei storyline in there initially, without Cassian getting "taken" by it first.

I had always thought this line was very specifically pointed at Azriel:

Oh ho ho, Elain is SO gonna have her "I'm getting him back" moment.

[merymoonbeam]

YOU ACTUALLY MAKE A GREAT POINT.

and I always thought that line was directed at Az not cassian so 👀👀👀

This is so interesting and weird 🤔🤔🤔

[oddly-romantic]

(hears a song lyric) this would make a great all-lower case fanfiction title

[violsva]

(hears a song lyric) wait, i've seen this as an all-lower case fanfiction title

[marvelous-goose]

(sees all-lower case fanfiction title) wait, i know this song

[solamaryllis]

the trinity

[elainsvisions]

Something tells me that if their kiss gets interrupted again, Elain won't let it end there.

This time, she'd be the one closing the distance, taking Azriel by surprise, and finally stealing the kiss they've both been waiting far too long for.

Enough interruptions, enough longing, Elain's getting her kiss.

A huge thank you to @aurithemoon for this absolutely breathtaking comic. I'm completely obsessed with the way you draw Elain and Azriel. Thank you for sharing your incredible talent with us.

⊱❊⊰⁣⁣⁣

⁣⁣⁣⤞ Art by @aurithemoon

⁣⁣⁣⤞ Commissioned by me

⁣⁣⁣⤞ Please do not repost without permission

⁣⁣⁣⤞ Instagram

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[sad-endings-suck]

What if Elain and Azriel are mates?

I know it sounds crazy, but bare with me.

In the Throne of Glass series, Rowan was convinced from the moment he first laid eyes on Lyria that she was his mate. He believed that for centuries and every day since, even after falling in love with Aelin.

However, in the end, it was all a trick orchestrated by Maeve to turn him into her servant. What if that’s what went on with Lucien, Elain and The King of Hybern.

What if the King of Hybern (who we all know is NOT an idiot) saw how faltering Lucien’s loyalty to Tamlin was becoming and how dangerous that could be to him during the war, but couldn’t risk killing Lucien and ruining the alliance with Tamlin and The Spring Court. So, as a way to ensure Lucien’s loyalty, he tricked him into believing that Elain was his mate, because he never expected her to get away with the rest of The Court of Dreams at the end of ACOMAF. He expected to have Elain locked away at his side (as she temporarily is in ACOWAR) with Lucien right there, ready to do anything for The King as long as he didn’t harm her.

The King of Hybern had The Cauldron. He broke an unbreakable bond, turned humans into high fae, destroyed the entire wall in the blink of an eye and he almost cleaved the world apart with it. Creating an elaborate illusion is certainly not beyond him.

It would also explain why Lucien, despite always being concerned with Elian’s safety, wasn’t hesitant about leaving her at The Night Court when he left for The Continent. In fact, when he returned, he didn’t even ask about her or try and find her in the middle of a deadly battle where she could be in serious harm. In fact, Elain shows little to no interest in him at all. She is simply indifferent to him.

If Lucien was not Elain’s mate but Azriel was, it would also explain why Azriel was so quick to take a liking to her. He was supposedly in love with Mor for five hundred years, but if both Elain and Mor were in the same room, his attention would always be directed towards Elain. Even Mor noticed it and pointed it out herself.

Elain trusted Azriel enough to not fear him, even though she knew exactly what and who he was, and exactly how dangerous he could be. She was never scared of him. Oh, and here’s the real kicker, Azriel gave her Turthteller. Remember, that weapon that he has never so much as let anyone touch, not even his high lord, not even his brothers or the woman he supposedly loves? He handed it over to her despite barely knowing her.

Maybe it’s just me. Maybe I find Azriel and Elain as a couple makes more sense to me then Elain and Lucien together, and perhaps I think Azriel and Elain have much better chemistry. However, there were way too many hints and clues pointing towards Elriel, and we all know SJMaas does not just do that for no reason. They could be each other’s temporary romantic interest, but they’ve both had they’re hearts broken by the person they believed they were meant to be with.

So maybe this isn’t a crazy theory, and maybe they are mates. We’ll just have to wait and see.

[nicawritesandwhines]

From 2017, btw!

[blindlydancing]

has anyone talked about this? reminder, this is the day after nesta and elain move to the townhouse, az escorts elain to the garden and she calls az’s scars “beautiful,” then two hours later is the meeting in the hewn city with eris and keir (where az places his hand on mor and she snatches it away). i think this a subtle but important moment for az. he’s thinking about the day before and ruminating on the difference between elain and mor’s reaction to his hands. i think this is the moment where he is simultaneously getting over mor and catching feelings for elain.

[themoonshiners]

i don’t give a shit about "protecting the other commissioners" (that dont even need protection in the first place because THE ARTISTS were the one actually harmed but that's just me) when all of you were perfectly fine with what katie was doing.

i know how awful elriels can be, just as I know how awful eluciens AND gwynriels can be. katie purposely went after elriel artists, tarnished their work, bullied multiple people on ALL sides of the fandom, made it to where an artist doesn’t do commissions anymore because of katie trying to stifle her as well and being an overall bitch the entire time, bullied and ruined reputations of people I know, wrote a fetish elriel fanfic in hopes to get more clout, stole fuck knows how much art and stifled multiple artist out of their money, told people to kill themselves all because they didn’t like the same character as her, faked being a gwynriel because she thought it was the ship that hurt elriels the most, then proceeded to go with elucien when gwynriels clocked her and started cutting her off, all because she is obsessed with her own need to be validated and have the most clicks. id argue that what katie has done is muchmuchmuchmuch worse than what the average elriel does that yall bitch and moan about

all of her commissions were truly saved by the artists because they were a: over used concepts, b: copycats, and c: gotchas (she labeled them like this herself in those gcs). all of her content was specifically created to target audiences to clout her. “i stand for the bullied” not true, you dont stand with the bullied, you stood with THE bully that just has the same opinions as you. you think just bc you’re some big named “theorist” and commissioner that means you can also get away with applauding katie for her behavior until katie did something she couldn’t walk away from (which she has bc you guys decided to handle this privately allowing her time to just delete her acotar socials and start new with a different fandom where she continues to act this way). the only thing I’m sorry about is that her supposed stalker didn’t find its prey because she and her friends bullied not one but TWO of my friends off this stupid fandom (both gwynriels just so you know) all because of some opinions about characters she didn't like.

you can scold me all you want about how my approach was "weird/just putting your nose in where it dont belong" and scream all you want how you think handling the matter privately to "protect the artists" was the best decision you made in your life but this might just be my opinion.... i dont think i would feel safe when the danger targeting a group is running free and i dont know about said danger while being part of that group.

katie was an entitled, nasty, rude, cruel bitch and yall want to save face about this whole thing just to make yourselves look like you were never associated with her. scream all you want "i stand with the bullied" but after seeing how she treated elriels (which you all have) dont you ever think that "bullying" was the consequences of her own actions? we cant be babying a grown ass adult now can we? again yall dont stand with the bullied, but you stood with THE bully and now you're trying to brush it off like they were small all the vile things she did from the very beginning days of her being in this fandom.

if katie was an elriel you all wouldve been talking shit about her publicly and scolding elriels instead of saying this morally high bullshit. get off your fucking high horse

[mortalfae7]

Just found out that the great artist Muni_Luny has passed away after the Earthquakes in Venezuela :(((

May she rest in peace!

[dorianswitchlingg]

So one of the biggest bullies of the gwynriel and elucien fandom who was best buddies with and always defended by all the biggest accounts in that fandom turns out to be the POS elriels said she was???

I am shocked.

Elriels are truly always right.

[tswaney17]

[renee715]

He had only allowed himself these thoughts in the dead of night. Had only allowed his hand to fist his cock and think about her then, when even his shadows had gone to sleep. How that beautiful face might appear as he entered her, what sounds she’d make.

-ACOSF, Bonus Chapter 💙🩷

[merymoonbeam]

Something something Adam and Eve and Eve being made out of the rib of Adam...Eve being created for Adam....Elain and Lucien bond being a thread tied to a rib...Elain being tagged as Blodeuwedd by Sarah... Blodeuwedd being created for Lleu Llaw Gyffes...

Something you know........

[merymoonbeam]

I cant believe I've never made a post about this but here you go...

No wonder she didn’t wish to speak to anyone about it—didn’t wish to bear witness on our behalf. It had been mere seconds for us while she’d gone under. I had never asked either of my sisters how long it had been for them inside that Cauldron.

Feyre thinks this in acowar about how long it had been for Nesta and Elain inside the Cauldron when it was seconds for them...

With Nesta we know from acosf prologue that it was seconds for her as well...

Now Elain 👀 I think it had been EONS for her inside the Cauldron. Add her being a seer, being lost inside the thing that "created" your world which also has "void" the being that existed before....what if she was drifting inside the "nothingness" for years and years and years...hoping to be finally out.

[nicawritesandwhines]

The Cauldron loves Elain, what if it didn’t want to let her go and kept her there for what seemed to be years?!?