Elain is the most useless character of ACOTAR:
Now im sure many of us are familiar with this statement but I highly disagree. This post will be to compare Elain to some of the other characters .
*Reminder I will be using Canon texts that you would find in ACOMAF, ACOWAR, ACOFAS and ACOSF.
There will not be any negativity of any character.
This is not about SHIPS. Its a post to undermine the theory that elain is absolutely useless and all she does is leach of feyres money.
Hunted for her family for 10+ yrs
Saved all 7 courts and the fae
Completes a test to get rhy his family ring
Trains her powers and trains physically
Conducts a meeting with the human queens
Becomes high lady of the Night court
Destroys the spring court
Attends and takes part in the high Lords meeting
Book of breathing she took from the summer court
Visits bone carver, trial with the mirror
Helps the fish fae? Forgot what they were called
Turns the couldron neutral
Helped save her sister elain from Hybern
If I have forgotten anything feel free to add more points but this is all I can remember her doing in ACOTAR ACOMAF ACOWAR ACOFAS. Besides from being a genuinely good person.
Now obviously since the trilogy follows Feyre we have seen more of her
Protected the rainbow and Velaris
Gave feyre a much needed safe place
Helped feyre run from her wedding
Taught feyre how to read and write
The whole summer Court fiasco
Conducted a meeting with the human queens
Managed to get the book of breathings
Brought all the high Lords together for a meeting
Fought in the war, almost died
Once again if I am missing anything feel free to add that on
Point to remember was that Rhys was also a main character meaning we did see more of him albeit not much from his POV
Became feyres friends and security
Mor helped to convince the queen's
Mor goes to other continents to convince them of peace
Amren almost betrayed everyone.
Genuinely can't think of anything else. They are side characters
Cassian created a friendly environment for feyre
Cass and Az both went to the human world to talk to the sisters
Cass taught feyre how to fight physically
Azriel taught feyre how to fly
Both attended the high Lords meeting
Regular visits to the human world to check in on the quuens
Azriel helped save Elain from Hybern
Azriel comforted elain and put her at ease
Azriel gave elain TT to defend her self
Both gave feyre b day or solstice gifts
Reluctantly allowed the IC into her home
Would chop Woods for the cottage
Got captured and thrown into the couldron. Survived but took from it.
Tries to help rebuild the wall, she fails
Is able to lift the mist put upon her mind
Encourages feyre to go after Tamlin
Goes into the forest alone to look for feyre
Is able to successfully locate the dread Trove item and use it
Completes in the Blood duel
Gives back her powers to the couldron to save feyre
Saves her friends and helps them to win
Got SA by her lover, Thomas.
Point to add is that over half of these things were in her own book.
Becomes Nestas first friend
Helps out with the libary
Her singing is able to help Nesta locate the harp
Becomes Nestas seconds friend
Competes In the blood duel and helps to bring gwyn to the top
Helps feyre once or visits her UTM
Sides with bybern in acomaf
Was mind controled by hybern
Took part in capturing Nesta and elain
Runs away from spring Court with feyre
Sets of to find vassa and papa archeron
Gets elain gloves and earrings
Becomes an emissiory for the night court
Does nothing (that we know of) to help feyre hunt or provide for the family
Did the bare minimum by being nice to feyre
Kept the peace between Nesta and Feyre
Had an engagement to Graysen that benefitted Nesta and even feyre
Allowed the IC into their home
Admitted that she had failed feyre
Allowed them to use their house for the meeting with the human queens
She was still under the mist at this point btw
When she was under the mist she was led to believe that Feyre was caring for an aunt on the continent. Yet Elain still wrote feyre letters after letters asking about her
When feyre first came back elain arranged a ball for her sister
Then elain got a horse and a sack of food ready for feyres journey back to tamlin
Elain then got captured by the couldron
A random male tells her she is his mate
For 3 whole months whilst feyre was with tamlin elain was in a murky crazy state of mind.
Her visions about the prison and the fae
Her vision about the ravens made of flames, helped save both Nestas and Feyres life and anyone else's who was at the libary
When a beast attacks Azriels wing or leg she kicks it off WITH HER BARE FOOT
helps save briar from hyberns camp even though it put her in danger
Killed hybern, she dealt the deathly blow
Her engagement gets broken off cause she is mated to someone else
When feyre desperately needed the suriel elain found it for her
She gave the vision about vassa. Which turned out to be the advantage they needed to win the war
She bakes feyre a birthday gift that represents the drawers. Tells feyre that she is the foundation of their family
Gets feyre a gift of paint brushes with the NC symbol
When NO ONE else accept from (cass) gets Nesta a gift elain did. Even if at that point Nesta pushed her away.
She got Nesta a set of books from her favourite author
Gets Azriel head ache powder. A gift he needed. This makes Azriel so happy
Gets Nesta a birthday gift when no one else does even cass
Approaches Nesta when she sees her, however Nesta avoids her
Talks lovingly about Nesta to the IC
Openly accepts Nesta during Solstice even when everyone around her Is wary.
Creates gardens for the fae of velaris
Gets the twins birthday gifts
But yh she is absolutely useless, barely does anything.... those who claim this are the ones who clearly read the series with a filtered lens.
If you can't forgive her for not sticking up for not helping feyre during the cottage times that's fine but I hope you despise Nesta for the same thing.
If you claim that elain leaches of the IC but in the same breath justify Nesta spending the IC's money on drinks and bar. Your views and opinions are clearly biased. Elain has every right to spend the IC money on whatever she wants just as Nesta did.
If you claim elain is a manipulative horrible person please show me where you got that from when both her sisters have always praised how she has an optimistic view. Nesta in acofas was emotionally blackmailing Feyre if im right yet we never see elain blackmailing anyone.
If your going to make such claims at least have Canon proof.
Elain isn't perfect she isnt a Saint she is allowed to make mistakes yet she is quite literally one of the least problematic characters but somehow the most hated?
This post once again -since some particular ships are very sensitive to non harmful posts- is about elain. Not elriel. Not elucien but about her as a character.
I'm not saying you have to absolutely love her. No
But the hate is unnecessary.
You can say you dislike her but have an open mind about her. Her book is going to slap soo hard.
Once again if I forgot one of the things the characters did feel free to add on to it. Positivity only.