Qwilla

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[qwillaart]

What was a fic that you felt compelled to draw?

SO MANY (thank you for the ask!!)

I'm an avid fanfic reader and there are so many amazing Elucien fanfics out there. Our ship has incredible writers!! I feel like most of the fanfics I read take me on an emotional journey - one that wouldn't really be able to be fully captured by one picture alone. There have been a few that I'd love to make into a webcomic though! I've made them before and they take up an incredible amount of time and effort, but maybe someday I'll complete one (with the permission of the author of course). I'm not a great writer so collaborating with someone who can tell a great story and I can make it come to life via art would be my dream! Anyway, Elucien fanfics that really, REALLY inspired me: "Right Where You Left Me" by @separatist-apologist. I love modern AU fanfics and this one is probably my all-time favorite Elucien one. It's perfect and if you don't agree FIGHT ME. This one would be super fun to make into a comic but would probably be like 50 chapters because I'd want to have every facial expression in it's own separate frame. "Shackled" by @zenkindoflove is another favorite of mine! It's funny, sweet, spicy, and a great story. This one would also make a great comic but would focus on hands too much, I think I might die lol. Hands are my weakness.

"Healer in the Night" by @infinitefolklore. Spicy and angsty, my favorite things.

"Animal Instincts" by @crazy-ache! This story was so cute and heartwarming. It would make a perfect comic! Elain as a cat and Lucien being a cat dad? Yes please.

"A Blaze in the Dark" by @the-lonelybarricade! This fic was another I had to read in one sitting because it was SO GOOD!! This is another that would be 50+ chapters because I'd want to capture every little detail. All of these authors have tons of other god-tier Elucien fics, and there are tons of other authors I didn't mention, but yeah. Y'all helped elevate my Elucien love to Elucien obsession, and I'm constantly inspired by everyone's works!!

[snowwhitewithanxiety]

Will you share a piece of Elain fanart that altered your brain chemistry?

This piece that was gifted to me that was a collab from @jadedbug and @itsblobross when I was going through a health crises and was in and out of the hospital.

It’s not super sexy to be sure but it is the Disney love story vibes they know I crave.

When Jade gave me my print to hang on the wall of my library I felt like I’d won the lottery (and I did)

[qwillaart]

I'm obsessed with this!!

[qwillaart]

I'm sure you're drowning in these but -

Do you have an artpiece to share that made you go Daddy? Sorry. Curious minds demand to know!

Hi thank you for the ask!!

Something not mine:

This Lucien art by @works-of-heart makes me feel things. 😮‍💨

My own:

This one was specifically made to increase heart rates hehe. I made it for my little toothy @teethmissing ! 🦷

[qwillaart]

The Elucien Mommy and Daddy bracelets made me remember about these WIPs! And by WIPs I mean please squint because these are the definition of underbaked. I know this will probably land me on some weirdo E/riel hit list but I love the idea of Lucien and Elain having a bunch of kids. They both seem like they'd LOVE being parents.

Here's Daddy Lucien:

He's the type of dad who loves doing his girls' (and boys') hair and will only let Elain do it if she absolutely insists.

Mommy Elain:

Elain I imagine being the world's funnest mom and wants to play with her kids 24:7. She bakes them their favorite meals for the entire week of their birthdays and forces everyone to obsess over each of them. If you're wondering who the most energetic one is it's the Lucien flavored one in the middle, obviously.

[qwillaart]

MY LOVE TURN ON YOUR MEDIA SO I CAN SEND YOU BRACELETS!

Will you share one of YOUR Lucien/Elain/Elucien pieces that will absolutely alter our brain chemistry? Which one is YOUR favorite??

I'M SO SORRY I THINK ITS FIXED NOW.

Thank you for the ask though!

Believe it or not I spend WAY more time than I should worrying about if people will like my art, so if I alter even one person's brain chemistry I'm a happy little puddle of joy. Lately I've been into drawing *ahem* steamier Elucien stuff so here's some sneak peaks of stuff I'm working on:

This one is still cooking in the oven and I realized that it's horizontally reversed oops. Probably will color this one eventually because it brings me joy.

This one I'm working on for Elucien Week, so I'll only share a bit of it. It's for the "Feral" prompt 👹

This one is going to be pretty NSFW, I'll have to clothe them more to put it on instagram 😋.

My favorite Elucien piece I've done so far is actually this one!

It's based on a Witcher fanart of Geralt and Yennefer that I thought was SO pretty I just had to create an Elucien version of it. I very frequently find little mistakes in my art that make me hate it, but this one always makes me smile when I look at it.

[qwillaart]

Please share the elucien piece you’re most proud of 🌷🦊

Hi, thanks so much for the ask!!

The one I'm most proud of so far is this one:

I spent a ridiculous amount of time on it and I still love how it turned out!!

[majuandrad]

"What can I get you, Elain?" 🌄

[qwillaart]

I can't send you a bracelet so I'm sending you one in theory. It has a little disco ball charm on it

Truth!

If ACOTAR 6 doesn’t include this one specific thing for Elain and Lucien, I’ll crash out. Tell us what it is. 

How did you know I love disco balls?! I'm going to go with a "who did this to you?" moment where Elain sees the scars on Lucien's back.

[qwillaart]

Throw back to the only fandom that actually hurt my feelings.

[separatist-apologist]

never get bored of being annoying and right

[qwillaart]

Manon Blackbeak 🖤

I am re-reading Throne of Glass right now and almost forgot how much I adore this series. I love ACOTAR, but TOG changed my brain chemistry. Manon is one of those characters that has stuck with me from the first moment I read about her, and her character arc is one of the best I've ever read.

[qwillaart]

I've been informed that I "hate Elain" because I think the next ACOTAR books are going to be multi-POV. 💀

News to me, since I spend quite a bit of my limited spare time drawing her. Maybe I'm too employed to understand why someone would post multiple posts a day about how angry they are that someone else in the fandom thinks differently than they do, but I digress. Getting a hobby might help? Idk.

Anyway here's some Elain art I've done over the past couple years! Enjoy!

[sunanthrope]

"But what if people will pretend to need this accessibility option so they can be lazy! People who don't need it will use it!!" I don't actually care

I dont care if 9/10 of the people who use the wheelchair ramp arent actually in wheelchairs. As long as the 1 person who needs it has access to it.

I dont care if 9/10 people who use the automatic push button on the library door can actually push the door open themselves. As long as the 1 person who the door is too heavy for gets to use it.

I dont care if 9/10 people who buy the can tab opener, or the little guitar clamp that holds the chords for you, or the hand grip that helps you hold chop sticks, don't need any of it and just get it to "be lazy". As long as the one disabled person who needs it gets access to it.

I do not care. Oh my GOD I do not care. As long as there's a disabled person on this planet who the accessibility device will benefit, the accessibility device is necessary.

Also, if you're so worried about people being "lazy" by using accessibility devices, MORE worried than you are about disabled (visibly or not) people not having access to them, you have unchecked ableism you need to work through.

Edit: Please stop fucking talking about the capos. I am talking about the thing you clamp on the neck of the guitar that holds/changes chords with a button, not capos. Stay on topic.

[hollow-head]

"who do you self insert as when you read?"

This is me when I read:

[psychicrunawaybouquet-aus]

Not normally a part of Gwynriel discourse but I would be interested to see if what I perceive of Gwyn and Az on a more surface level, is aligned with the Gwynriel ship.

For context I ship Elucien but I can see the ‘Elriel buildup’ some people argue. I haven’t read any Gwynriel fics or really been a part of Gwynriel discourse.

From my evaluation/ reading of acotar, Azriel is a character who truly hates himself. He seems to metaphorically ‘self flagellate’. I think this is part of the reason he loved Mor for so long. IMO Az seems to feel both slighted by fate yet also unworthy of happiness and goodness.

With Mor I think he knew deep down she was never going to love him back and he used that as evidence to tell himself ‘see no one will love you’.

With Elain he is obviously attracted to her physically and spiritually butttt. He also seems jealous his brothers have mates and he seems to think he and Elain ‘should’ work. When he goes to kiss Elain he is thinking about his hands, his forbidden attraction to her, his shame at not being chosen for her, her softness and kindness which is at odds with how he views himself.

I believe Azriel had genuine feelings for Mor and Elain. However I think he uses them both as a way to punish himself for being unworthy or ‘damaged.’

With Gwyn, Az hasn’t thought of her in a romantic way. He sees her purely as a good person who he can share his knowledge/ expertise with. Because of this, Azriel is able to be himself and not dwell on all his self perceived flaws and failings. In the bonus chapter Azriel and his shadows are free and unrestricted around Gwyn. His shadows are trying to tell him something, trying to show him that their souls are singing the same song (literally), but Az hasn’t figured that out yet.

I would argue that the lack of overt romance between Gwyn and Az is exactly why they are good together. There is undoubtedly chemistry there but crucially Az hasn’t really considered it, which means he hasn’t over thought it. Gwyn makes Azriel feel free and good when MOST of the time Azriel seems to feel hurt and unworthy. This is why I think Gwynriel are end game. There seems to be a massive opportunity there for both of them to grow and for Azriel to fall in love BEFORE he can punish himself for it.

Gwyn I feel less confident on as a character. However again, she is clearly attracted to Azriel but hasn’t considered him as a serious romantic option. Gwyn is still recovering from her trauma and unsure of what she wants from life. She doesn’t see Azriel as a threat (he literally saved her ). Gwyn seemingly also hasn’t noticed that they could have a bond. She just sees Azriel. She sees someone trust worthy who treats her as an equal. This means she can be close to him, she can connect with him and again she could fall in love before she has the chance to be afraid.

In different ways I think Gwyn and Az are both self sabotaging, I could see them growing together and falling in love built on a foundation of genuine respect and an ability to quietly make the other person feel better, stronger, braver, kinder.

Gwynriel’s please weigh in, I’d love to discuss

[yazthebookish]

I would argue that the lack of overt romance between Gwyn and Az is exactly why they are good together. There is undoubtedly chemistry there but crucially Az hasn’t really considered it, which means he hasn’t over thought it. Gwyn makes Azriel feel free and good when MOST of the time Azriel seems to feel hurt and unworthy. This is why I think Gwynriel are end game. There seems to be a massive opportunity there for both of them to grow and for Azriel to fall in love BEFORE he can punish himself for it.

This! He does not attach hopes and fantasies he tortures himself over. What they would have is organic and built on genuine love.

[qwillaart]

Cannot wait for Brat Elain and Brat Tamer Lucien to happen.

[works-of-heart]

Doing the Shadow hand art trend with Elucien! Forgive the crappy quality, I did this on my iPad and my normal clip brushes and settings are on my main computer!