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[miseria-fortes-viros]

your weird obsession with moral purity is degrading your critical thinking skills and poisoning your ability to empathize with other people btw

[miseria-fortes-viros]

your weird obsession with moral purity is degrading your critical thinking skills and poisoning your ability to empathize with other people btw

[acourtofquietdreamers]

“𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙃𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨.”

Elain and Azriel may not have a mating bond between them, but they’re still drawn to each other in an unexplainable way. I cannot wait to see the heated moments this connection leads them into. We will likely see them trying to resist their connection for a while, but ultimately, the pull is too strong to ignore.

In this commission, the rain is interrupting a moment where Elain and Azriel are once again caught up in each other. Thanks so much to rockieartt for creating this for me! You are soo talented and I’m so grateful I had the chance to work with you 💙

Art by rockieartt and commissioned by me.

Characters belong to Sarah J. Maas

Please do not repost without permission. Likes and reblogs are appreciated!

[silverlinedeyes]

Remember when Azriel’s shadows helped him give the necklace to Elain??

I love this. They whisk away the box for him so that he doesn’t have to deal with it and can focus on her 🥺

And his shadows also let him know that she went upstairs after he rejected her 😫

His shadows definitely don’t hate her. They’re helping him with her 🥰

[shadowedpetals]

😭😭😭😭

[leiaamidala]

𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍

༻𖤓༺

⁣⁣⁣⤞ art by oli_diart 

⤞ commissioned by me

⤞ free day

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[aelinfeyreisa]

Elriel Masterlist

For my dearest @rosehallshadowsinger. And all the Elriel shippers. :) Consider this an index of sorts for all the Elriel moments in ACOMAF, ACOWAR, and ACOFAS. Obviously there will be spoilers, so tread with caution! Not all of these moments are shippy, per se, although some could certainly be considered so. I’ve simply tried to compile a list of all the times they’ve interacted or where other characters have discussed them together.

(On a related note, some of you may remember me saying a while back that I was going to do something like this for Rowaelin. I’m still planning on it, so stay tuned!) 

One more thing before I get started, because I feel it needs to be said given the climate of the fandom right now–this post is NOT meant to bash the Elucien ship or Lucien as a character. I have absolutely no problem with Elucien as a ship, and to be honest, I still swing back and forth on which one I want to be endgame. ACOFAS just seemed to be leaning more in the Elriel direction, in my opinion, and so I was curious to see if there were other clues pointing to it throughout the series. But so long as Elain’s happy, I’ll be happy with whomever she ends up with. :)

Here we go!

A Court of Mist and Fury

Chapter 24

Elain and Nesta are introduced to Cassian, Azriel, and Rhys. Azriel smiles when he sees Elain clutching her fork at the dinner table. 

Later, Elain tries to make up for Nesta’s rudeness by explaining how humans are raised to fear the Fae. “Elain cast pleading eyes on Rhys, then Azriel…” Azriel agrees with Elain that it must be very disorienting to have them in her home.

Elain relaxes after Az talks to her.

Elain tries to make conversation with Azriel by asking him if he can fly.

A Court of Wings and Ruin

Chapter 24

Azriel carries Elain from the House of Wind to the town house.

There are “no shadows to be seen” around him as he’s carrying Elain.

Azriel asks Elain if she’d like him to show her the garden. Elain agrees, and calls either his Siphons or his hands “beautiful,” causing Az to blush.

Later, Rhys tells Feyre that Azriel knows she’s watching him. He is in the garden with Elain, reading reports while Elain has tea.

Feyre asks, “Why not make them mates?” and goes on to talk about how Rhys’s parents and Tamlin’s parents were mates but wrong for each other. Then, talking about Az, Feyre says, “What if that is what she needs?” Rhys assures Feyre Elain will have their protection if she rejects the mating bond with Lucien.

Chapter 27

Elain comes downstairs in the middle of the meeting with the Inner Circle. She says she thinks she’s always dreaming, and Azriel asks her what she has seen. Elain answers in a riddle, and Feyre asks Azriel what he thinks Elain means. Azriel “studies” Elain and then winnows away. Mor “watches the space where he’d been standing long after” he’s gone.

Chapter 30

Cassian and Azriel come to the town house while the sisters are having breakfast. They both go “a bit still” upon seeing Nesta and Elain. Azriel bows to them. Elain comments makes a cryptic comment to Cassian about how it won’t take more than snapping his wings and breaking his bones to kill him. Feyre offers to help Elain to the garden, but Azriel steps in to do it. Again, Feyre notes there are no shadows or darkness around him when he’s near Elain.

Chapter 32

Elain tells everyone that the other queen might come to help them in the war. Azriel asks Elain which one, and she responds, “The queen–with the feathers of flame.” This is when Azriel announces that the Cauldron made Elain a seer.

Chapter 33

Feyre says, “It made sense…that Azriel alone had listened to her. The male who heard things others could not … Perhaps he, too, had suffered as Elain had before he understood what gift he possessed.” Azriel continues to question Elain about what she has seen.

Chapter 50

As the group prepares to winnow to the camp, Feyre notes that Elain is at Azriel’s side. “Then Azriel, gently taking Elain’s hand in his own, as if afraid his scars would hurt her.”

Chapter 63

Azriel is the first to notice Elain missing after Feyre wakes up from her nightmare about the Cauldron. He goes to her tent and finds her blankets are still warm.

Chapter 64

Azriel says, “I’m getting her back.” Nesta tells him he’ll die. Azriel just repeats, “I’m getting her back.”

Azriel swears to Rhys that he’ll bring both Feyre and Elain back.

Azriel and Feyre find Elain, Az removes Elain’s gag and asks her if she’s hurt. Elain is “devouring the sight of him as if not quite believing it” and then says, “You came for me.”

Az tries to break the chains using his Siphons, but it doesn’t work. He carries Elain while they escape, telling her, “Hold tight, and don’t make a sound.”

Az is attacked by one of Hybern’s hounds but Elain kicks it away and it falls into the ravine.

When they arrive back in the camp, Azriel is “still cradling Elain to his chest,” despite his bleeding wounds. Rhys arrives and takes Elain away from him, but Az tells him they need Helion to get the chains off her. Elain kisses Azriel’s cheek.

Chapter 69

Azriel gives Truth-Teller to Elain.

Cassian gawks at Azriel in shock and Rhys tells Feyre that Az has never given Truth-Teller to anyone. “I have never once seen Azriel let another person touch that knife.”

“Elain looked up at Azriel, their eyes meeting, his hand still lingering on the hilt of the blade. I saw the painting in my mind: the lovely fawn, blooming spring vibrant behind her. Standing before Death, shadows and terrors lurking over his shoulder. Light and dark, the space between their bodies a blend of the two. The only bridge of connection … that knife.”

A Court of Frost and Starlight

Chapter 7

Azriel tells Rhys he doesn’t keep tabs on Lucien because he’s Elain’s mate and “it would be an invasion of her privacy to track him.”

“You mean to tell me that you weren’t bluffing when you said you didn’t track Lucien’s every movement?” Nothing. Absolutely nothing on that face, on his scent. The shadows, whatever the hell they were, hid too well. Azriel only said coldly, “If Lucien kills Graysen, then good riddance.”

Then Az asks if they’re buying the sisters presents, but he “stumbles” and Rhys notes how odd it is for him to do this.

Chapter 12

Elain carries out potatoes to the dining room and Azriel enters the room. Feyre: “I felt, more than saw, my sister go still as he approached her. Her throat bobbed.”

Elain says hello to Az, but he moves toward her, tells her to sit, and takes the potatoes from her, telling her he’ll take care of it. Elain freezes for a second and then goes back to the kitchen to tidy herself up.

Cassian tries to grab some potatoes, but Azriel grabs his wrist: “Wait,” Azriel said, nothing but command in his voice.” Mor is gaping and Azriel and Amren in smirking. “Wait until everyone is seated before eating.”

Rhys tells Feyre that Az is sensitive to things like that because of how his mother was treated. Feyre comments that Az has never had that reaction before, but Rhys just tells her it comes at odd times.

Amren tells Elain that she can’t go back to being human. Feyre looks at Azriel and “It was pity on his beautiful face. Pity and sorrow as he watched my sister.”

Azriel makes a joke that eases the tension at the table and makes Elain smile.

Chapter 15

While Amren and Feyre are discussing Nesta, Amren comments that Elain “has her own problems to focus on.” When Feyre asks what she means, Amren just gives her “a Look.”

Chapter 16

Cassian wants to take bets on whether Lucien shows up, but Azriel refuses, even though Cassian says he’s made bets on people all the time.

Chapter 19

On Solstice, Azriel goes to stand by Elain and wishes her Happy Solstice. Elain says she’s never participated in the holiday before and Az tells her it’s overrated.

Chapter 20

Elain opens Lucien’s gift, but immediately sets it aside. Mor gives Azriel Elain’s present–the powder to mix in his drink to ward off headaches brought about by the Inner Circle. Azriel laughs, and Feyre says she’s “never heard a such a sound, deep and joyous.” Azriel tells Elain it will be invaluable.

Chapter 22

Azriel and Elain stay up on Solstice night, and Elain shows him her plans for the garden.

[silverdreamscapes]

When Sarah said it was obvious who the next couple would be, she meant it was OBVIOUS. Because can we talk about how freaking cute this scene is? And it wasn’t even in ACOSF. It was in ACOFAS. Domestic elriel is the best Elriel, and I don’t know how anyone can say she’s just a fuck toy to him (especially when they’re not even fucking. But that’s a different conversation.)

Azriel emerged from the sitting room, a glass of wine in hand and wings tucked back to reveal his fine, yet simple black jacket and pants. I felt, more than saw, my sister go still as he approached. Her throat bobbed.

But I strode to my seat—nestled between Amren and Mor—in time to see Elain say to Azriel, “Hello.” Az said nothing. No, he just moved toward her.

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.”

With a blink, she lowered them, and noticed her apron. “I—I’ll be right back,” she murmured, and hurried down the hall before I could explain that no one cared if she showed up to dinner covered in flour and that she should just sit.

One moment, his hand was spearing toward the serving spoon. The next, it was stopped, Azriel’s scarred fingers wrapped around his wrist. “Wait,” Azriel said, nothing but command in his voice.

Elain swept in, apron gone and hair rebraided. “Please don’t wait on my account,” she said, taking the seat at the head of the table. Cassian glared at Azriel. Az pointedly ignored him.

Elain had been slaving away in the kitchen all day cooking a meal for everyone. Rolling up her sleeves, covered in flour, slinging dish towels, hauling bread from the oven. Everyone then comes rushing into the dining room to eat…Cassian, Amren, Mor, Rhys. And then here comes Azriel, the smooth mother fucker he is dressed all in black, carrying a wine glass and strolling in last. And specifically takes the dish Elain is carrying, even though Feyre, Nuala, and Cerridwen are carrying dishes as well.

And Elain gets flustered, swallowing nervously, and notices how disheveled she looks. Azriel refuses to let anyone eat until Elain is seated as well, and when she finally returns, my girl went and fixed her appearance. Feyre says no one would care what Elain looked like, but she still felt the need to clean up and even rebraided her hair because she wanted to look nice in front of Azriel. She took off her dusty apron and even fixed her hair. Which I don’t have to tell anyone but if you’ve ever studied body language, grooming is a sign of attraction. Whether it’s putting on lipstick, touching your hair, fluffing it, smoothing it, or fixing it.

And this is all before she gives him the headache powder, a gift that Azriel keeps on his nightstand and stares at every night for a year. She notices that he rubs his head all the time, which seems to indicate she’s been watching him for awhile. She watched him and saw him and noticed something about him that everyone else around him, people who have known him far longer than her, didn’t notice. She was observant specifically when it came to him, and then she acts nervous around him and wants to be attractive around him, which is why she fixes her appearance before dinner. My girl has had it bad for Azriel for a lot longer than people think. How do you read these hints and not come away with anything other than they want one another?

[fawnandshadows]

the yearning. the tension. THE MANNERS.

[silverdreamscapes]

Azriel is the type of man to risk his own life to rescue you when you’re kidnapped, help you serve dinner, wait till you’re seated before everyone eats, take you to the garden and sit in the sunlight, lend you his dagger that he never lets another soul touch so you can protect yourself, and fantasizes about the way you taste and giving you pleasure for a damn year. My man is a gentleman and I won’t hear anything else.

[lunaatthezoo]

The most husband wifey scene I've ever read THEY ARE ALREADY MARRIED

[cateyesinlove]

꧁“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲, 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲.” 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤. “𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝.𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐳, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞,“꧂

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Art by the talented @luxury-banshee

Commissioned by me and @thecw-unicorn

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Firstly I want to thank banshee so much for how wonderful this came out, when I approached her with the idea she was so excited and working with her was a wonderful experience 🥹♥️ two this piece was inspired by my small one shot for elriel month “The Veil Between Life and Death” I love the idea of Elain getting Azriel back, a call back to their biggest moment in ACOWAR and how powerful their love is.

I also want to thank @purpleunicornc_ for being so wonderful and supportive helping me out with this commission 🥹😭

[rosebudsarts]

Elriel 🩷

[lovelyfawnxx]

@elriel-month : 𝕻𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕼𝖚𝖎𝖊𝖙

A peek into Elain and Azriel finally getting their chance at their peace and quiet.

A favorite headcanon of mine is Azriel carrying Elain over the threshold of the townhome, but now as husband and wife- finally achieving their hard-won peace and quiet. The immeasurable joy Azriel feels at finally having the love of his life- his wife- in his arms, in their home, knowing she chose him. The relief and peace Elain feels in those arms now that she’s finally with the person who sees her for who she truly is, and did not turn away, did not give up on her. Despite the fact they are both reserved people, they can’t help the joy that is bubbling over.

HUGE thank you to @/iinnevvitable for bringing this concept to life for me! You were an absolute angel to work with, every update had me giggling and kicking my feet, this was truly such a joy from start to finish!

🎨 art by @/iinnevvitable

✨ commissioned by me

likes, comments and shares appreciated!

please do not repost 💜

[bright-side20]

SJM imagined the snowball fight scene, where Rhys and Azriel are so mad at each other they’re throwing rocks, and people still want to deprive us of that dynamic? Still think Azriel would just quietly accept Rhys’s orders, head to the pleasure hall, and move on to Gwyn? Really?

We’ll be moving from the dynamic between Rhys and Cassian , where Cassian kinda looks up to Rhys as a role model to Azriel, whose love and loyalty to Rhys have always been clear, but so has his independence. From the very beginning it’s been shown that if Azriel believes he’s right, he will act on it, regardless of what Rhys commands.

And people want to erase all that powerful hot sibling rivalry?

Azriel’s Siphons guttered, the stones turning as dark and foreboding as the deepest sea. “Where did Lucien go.” I straightened at the pure order in the words. But I said, voice slipping into adrawl, “He went to the Spring Court. He’ll be there for Solstice.”

Rhys’s power rippled through the room like a dark cloud. “I’m talking about you, about to kiss Elain, in the middle of a hall where anyone could see you,” he snarled. “Including her mate.”   Azriel stiffened. Let his cold rage rise to the surface, the rage he only ever let Rhysand see, because he knew his brother could match it. 

Gimme more things like this, I’m eating it up.

Here’s the thing: if Azriel thinks that Rhys has no right to order him to stay away from Elain, then at the end (in Elain’s book), he's going to violate that order especially that he knows Elain wants him too, and that the Cauldron itself was manipulated.

It’s not going to be about obedience or proving that Az is a fuckboy. It’s going to be about Azriel following his heart, standing his ground.

Rhys’s face drained of color. “You believe you deserve to be her mate?”

And finally believing that yes he deserves Elain, regardless of his past.

With that sibling rivalry between Rhys and Azriel, combined with the big brother dynamic between Elain and Rhys who clearly has a soft spot for her , it’s going to be very fun and emotional.

[thornsofthenightcourt]

What has this fandom come to?

So i usually never post on tumblr. i've always been a silent supporter for all my fandoms from the same blog i've had since middle school, mostly supernatural and it2017, etc.

But in the past few years, ACOTAR has utterly consumed me. It got me out of a 5 year reading slump and honestly brought back my fan girl self, someone who i havent seen in a LONG time.

I didnt want any spoilers for ANYTHING, so i stayed away from all online discourse surrounding these books. I was SO SO excited when I finally finished ACOSF to come on here and once again silently watch the fandom of a series I have grown to love so much.

Boy oh boy was I utterly confused. Not that i was expecting much, but as someone who stayed far away from any outsider theories or ships or anything, i truly expected everyone or the majority of people to be on the side of elriel??? Based on the CANON (yes, CANON) scenes between the two throughout all 5 books, and SJM making it very obvious that elain and luciens mating bond is the ONLY mating bond to ever be questioned, and Feyre herself creating the most romantic and iconic couple name for them, and nesta knowing why Az was the way he was on solstice night, i just kind of assumed that everyone picked up on the fact that elriel was next?????? The same way i could tell Nesta and Cassian were next since ACOWAR. I genuinely did not think there was any other conclusion to be made. Even my friends and family who aren't online agree that elriel will be next.

So imagine my pure shock and horror i had when the first fanart of az was with gwyn of all people? never, and i mean NEVER, during ACOSF did i picture them being together. As someone who purely only read the books and based my theories on what i was READING (cough cough ACTUAL CANON), it was always az and elain, just like it was always cassian and nesta even before ACOSF, just like it was always rhys and feyre even before ACOMAF (knew he was going to be the mmc when she described him as the most beautiful person she's ever seen). From the very moment the bat boys met the archeron sisters i picked up on the theme of three, the rulers, the warriors, and the spies. "Oh but its so boring and predictable" YOURE READING A FAERIE ROMANCE SERIES WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? It's almost like symmetry and patterns are IMPORTANT to story telling. It would be so unsatisfying if it was 2 sisters and 2 brothers, and then one sister and her unwanted mate who didnt stop her from being kidnapped and dragged into the cauldron, and then one brother and this random chick who was in the last book as a side character, only there to aid the plot line of a main character. It's almost like 3 sisters and 3 brothers is the perfect way to wrap up the stories of all 3 archeron sisters.

It's been months now of me just silently watching the ship wars go down (why is this even happening, why are we shipping someone with the very person who is making her visibly uncomfortable and cave into herself, like im literally going to crash out) and i quite literally have had enough. I cant be silent anymore. This fandom is the most toxic, anti against the literal series they are reading, compared to ANY other fandom i have been it. Dont even get me started on the whole rhys is evil and the IC sucks debate. I just genuinely have never seen a fandom deny canon text so much? How. HOW??

Anyways, my point is im sick of it. Elain clearly needs as much love as possible in this toxic ass household and I will no longer be a fly on the wall to witness her abuse. I LOVE YOU, ELAIN ARCHERON. You are fierce, beautiful, powerful, and have more kindness than all antis combined. To break you down into just a mate for someone just because people think he deserves it (spoiler: he doesnt) is utterly insane, and purely misogynistic and i will NOT stand for it. I am dedicating my entire blog to her from now on (and yes that includes az too, because CANONLY they have crushes on each other and want to kiss <3) because i am so sick of the misogynistic losers bringing my poor sweet girl down every chance they get. Elain you will always be famous.

(if you are against anything i said in this and comment, you will be blocked i dont even have the energy to argue)

[greenleaf777]

This is so true.

I have never seen a fandom blatantly ignore the canon story as much as the acotar fandom.

Its truly like this is their first ever novel.

[acourtofquietdreamers]

Elriel Month: Peace and Quiet

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝒛𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 - 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒅. 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕. 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒆’𝒅 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝑶𝒓 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.

I’m hoping to get many soft and intimate moments between Elain and Azriel in their book and in this commission, I wanted portray the moment Elain spends the night in Azriel’s bed for the first time. After spending months staring at Elain’s gift with longing throughout the night, Azriel is finally able to worship Elain in his bed till sunrise. They are each other’s soft place to land and in each other’s arm, they’re truly at peace.

I have been obsessed with Elizabeth’s work for years now and I’m so grateful I got the chance to work with her! She is so incredibly talented and truly delivered a masterpiece 🥹 Thank you so much for creating this for me!

Art by diielliee and commissioned by me!

Characters belong to Sarah J. Maas

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[lunaatthezoo]

This is 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 everything 😭😭😭😭😭

[greenleaf777]

Elriel Month | Peace and Quiet

There is such tenderness, intimacy, and safety when you can understand the person you love without words. For this prompt we imagined the relief that Azriel and Elain would feel as they fall into bed together at the end of the day after enjoying the extroverted company of the inner circle, so they can cling to each other for peace and quiet just like our High Lady foretold.

We were all so excited to get the opportunity to work with @kotikomori on this piece and she truly gave us a little peek into a slice of Elriel heaven!! We are so grateful @kotikomori! 💕💕

🎨Art by: @kotikomori

✨Commissioned by: me, @theseersgarden , @saraannereads and @emilyondemand

📚Characters belong to: @sarahjmaas

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[nikethestatue]

😍

[echotzzz]

The introduction : Archeron- batboys dinner.

There were already post talking about this and i want to give and add some of my thoughts because for me in this scene, there are so many foreshadowing and chemistry between Feysand, Nessian and Elriel and not to mention that this was before the sisters were turn into fae..well save for Feyre. There are reason why Sjm made this scene exclusively for the 6 of them. ( Mor n Amren need to stay in Velaris while all the servants had gone home)

This is very significant because sjm said that when Nesta and Elain came back in acomaf, she knew that the sisters will have their own journey. This introduction will be the start for both Nesta and Elain journey as well for Cassian and Azriel.

Looking at Rhys, Cassian, and Azriel, I knew I’d been right to select it as the meeting spot.

I said to the males, “My sisters, Nesta and Elain Archeron.”

We know that Sjm is very good with wording and in every book ( if i’m not mistaken) the sequence when mentioning three brothers, three sisters will start with

Rhysand-Cassian-Azriel

Feyre- Nesta- Elain

It has always “ Cassian and Azriel “ and “ Nesta and Elain” . The spin off will be Nessian first then follow by Elriel. This is the foreshadowing of the couple and book sequences.

Continuar lendo

[onceupona-chaos]

This post is so amazing!!!!! Very well put and explained.

I would like to add my two cents if it’s ok (I hope it is 😊)

When I was reading ACOSF (well before even knowing there were bonus chapters), I also noticed a sequence when SJM mentions the three brothers and three sister. Also, SJM creates images with this sequence. Two of them really got my attention.

The first scene:

Feyre and Rhys took their thrones, and Nesta and Elain came to stand at the foot of the dais, between him (Cassian) and Azriel.

I love this image: Feyre and Rhys on their thrones, Cassian and Nesta at one side, Elain and Azriel at the other.

The second scene:

“Cassian and Azriel went to stand behind Rhys, hands on his shoulders. […] A hand slid into Nesta’s, and she found Elain there, shaking and wide- eyed. Nesta squeezed her sister’s fingers. Together, they approached the other side of the bed.”

In this case, Feyre is lying on the bed, bleeding and almost dying. By one side is Rhys, with Cassian and Azriel, their hands on his shoulders. By the other, Nesta and Elain, holding hands. (I’m praying for someone make a fanart of this)

[nikethestatue]

Friendly reminder:

Elain, who according to some 'cannot handle Azriel's darkness' was the one who flew with him. having never flown with anyone before (remember both Feyre and Nesta's reactions to flying for the first time?), took his hand, called it 'beautiful' (having said almost nothing coherent for a month prior), and went out to the garden with him, to sit in peaceful, companionable silence knowing that it didn't need to be filled with chatter to be comfortable.

Elain, by Azriel's own admission, understands him better than just about anyone.

[rahjasmine]

Elain has also winnowed with Azriel. Something Feyre describes as “colder” and “sharper” than Rhys’s. And remember Feyre’s first reactions to winnowing? She was terrified. Elain winnowed with him to windhaven and seemed fine after. Winnowed with him to escape hybern too. Even Nesta, who has already winnowed several times with other people by the time she winnows with Az to Oorid, “clings to him from fear that if she lets go she’d be lost”.

Elain has also been standing on the same hill as Azriel as he “released blasts of his power to echo Rhysands”. AIMING AT PEOPLE. She has seen that same power melt a tent side, and deflect magic arrows. She has seen him launch himself into battle after saying “tie me to a tree”. She has seen what mask he wears as he stands beside the throne in the Hewn City.

None of this was too dark for her, none of it scared her away. It’s all happened before she was ready to kiss him in that foyer.

[elainsvisions]

Fairytales | @elriel-month

In The Snow Queen, it is Gerda, kind-hearted, brave, and unwavering, who journeys north to save Kai.

Not with weapons.

Not with force.

But with love that refuses to be forgotten.

It’s hard not to see Elain and Azriel in them.

Elain, the light who would walk through ice and snow to bring him back.

Vallahan lies in the cold, distant north. And there’s foreshadowing, so much of it, telling us we may end up there soon.

Maybe that’s where their story will finally bloom.

Because in this fairytale, Elain gets to be the one who saves him.

And Azriel is just waiting for someone who sees him clearly… and still accepts him for who he is not what he is.

Feel free to read more about the theory.

From @acourtofquietdreamers post

As well from @womanexile post

Thank you so much to the gifted @evaroseart for this beautifully imagined piece. It’s pure fairytale magic, and your storytelling through art never fails to leave me in awe. ✨

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[elriel-month]

This is incredible! 🩵🩵

[lunaatthezoo]

𝓕𝓪𝓲𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓽 𝓭𝓾𝓼𝓴 💕 𝓔𝓵𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓵 𝓜𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓱

“You were already more beautiful than anything I dared to dream. Hear this now: I will always come for you.” - The Princess Bride

We were inspired by the idea of Azriel and Elain meeting at dusk in their favorite hidden spot in nature (maybe even near Rosehall 🌹). There’s something so timeless about a whimsical princess and a handsome, loyal man meeting in secret till the day they can be openly in love. Nothing will break them, neither external forces nor villains. And their unwavering commitment despite all obstacles will triumph in the end.

We cannot thank cally.draws for her incredible talent and for this breathtaking Elriel piece. We cannot stop staring!

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Art by cally.draws

See it on Instagram here

Commissioned by @saraannereads , @lunaatthezoo, @lovelyfawnxx, @theseersgarden for @elriel-month Characters belong to @sarahjmaasbooks

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