sakura :3

here for elriel and literally nothing else <3

[sakurakittypeach]

my hot take is that there is nothing feminist about nesta or her story. there's feminism in emerie and gwyn's stories, don't get it twisted! but i don't consider abusing your little sister and only apologising to her when it's convenient for you, or calling your other sister a dog for defending the sister you abused in the first place, as feminism. i would consider that what it is, verbal abuse.

[mabevil]

it’s always the people that create the most negativity in this fandom that want to cry about this fandom being too negative

[elainsgirl]

Trying to justify a ship where the fmc is so uncomfortable around the mc, to the point she's physically losing her boldness around him, isn't normal btw.

[haruktj]

I’m tired of not saying names. Yaz the bookish, if you or any of your followers is reading this, I hope you know you can’t stir the pot and run away. You’ve harassed artists and web managers, you’ve spread lies and terrible theories among the fandom and encouraged others to spread misinformation and to bully. You’re trying to wash your hands and claim you don’t want to be a part of “fandom wars” when it all started because of you. You’re trying to get away from the backlash that will come, but nobody will forget what you did, and I hope it weights on you.

[cdalexsworld]

I’m sorry, but I cannot take seriously the person who created the womb theory and spent years feeding into this idea that Elain is somehow useless by excluding her from basically every single theory and acting like her character barely even exists, suddenly coming out to complain that ‘the fandom isn’t what it used to be.’

You have actively contributed to creating the exact kind of fandom environment you’re now criticizing. You can’t spend years reducing one of the main characters to irrelevance, encouraging theories that conveniently erase her from the narrative, and then act surprised when fandom discourse becomes increasingly hostile and divided.

And this isn’t even something from five years ago that you’ve clearly moved past. Literally two weeks ago you manually edited Elain out of a piece of fan art. Like… please 😭

Obviously people are allowed to change their opinions and reflect on their past behavior, and I’d actually respect someone acknowledging that they contributed to the problem. But acting nostalgic about how much nicer the fandom supposedly used to be without acknowledging your own role in fostering this exact mentality is genuinely ridiculous to me.

[sophiekrd226]

Comparing what TWO PEOPLE feel and how they react when they see each other or are together vs SHADOWS (MAGIC) WITH A PERSON and believing you discovered the author's big secret for the future because of that "interaction" is simply ridiculous.

And honestly, at this point, I'm really embarrassed that people still believe GA is "something" ... and that this "something" is only because of their hatred of Elain's character and the fact that they can't accept that Sarah decided to write that she and Az have romantic interest beyond a mating bond (supposedly sacred!!! Elain, what are you doing going in the opposite direction from Lucien and you, Az, Gwyn is right there and has been for much longer...🤡)

If you want to make comparisons about spark, music, etc., do it like all of Sarah's couples, WHERE THE CHARACTERS ARE REACTING NOT THE MAGIC, THE CHARACTER. Your comparisons with Az's shadows are just magic reacting to magic, just like Nesta's magic reacted, THERE IS NOTHING ROMANTIC ABOUT IT and that should tell you everything. But of course, you can't, because THERE ARE NO INTERACTIONS LIKE THAT BETWEEN THOSE TWO CHARACTERS BECAUSE NEITHER OF THEM IS ROMANTICALLY INTERESTED IN THE OTHER!!! I INVITE YOU TO RE-READ AZ AND ELAIN'S INTERACTIONS, BECAUSE THERE ARE AND YOU DON'T NEED A BC THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVEN'T EVEN READ, IT'S IN THE MAIN BOOKS :)

[nikethestatue]

Btw, when Elain said that she needed 'sunshine' what she meant was she needed warmth and illumination. The Cauldron is described as deathly cold and black and who knows how she found her way back from its depths. She was the first to be thrown in and her experience was unique to her. Not only that, but her mind was in turmoil. Murky realm of visions and confusion. Elain needed a path out--a sunny path of illumination that would take out out of that shambolic state and which would lead her to clarity and understanding.

Elain needed physical warmth and mental clarity.

She didn't need Lucien. Lucien, who isn't associated with sunlight or the sun, but with fire. The Lord of Fire.

Eventually, clarity, that path that she yearned for, came from Azriel. He literally took her by the hand, and brought her out to the garden, offering her physical warmth. And then, he deduced what she was suffering from, naming her new powers and explaining what she was seeing in her head. He cleared the murky realm of her mind. He was the path. The Illuminator. The one who became the sunshine that she had asked for.

[sakurakittypeach]

the great gwynriel decline of 2026 is off to a great start :)

[elainsgirl]

97% of elucien shippers only ship elain x lucien out of convenience.

They genuinely see Elain getting Azriel as punishment, they love As sm that they can't bare the thought of him getting with someone they consider "boring".

So they just throw her onto Lucien, she apparently isn't good enough for Azriel but suits Lucien - in a messed up way, it just rlly shows how most of the fandom doesn't give an actual f*ck about Lucien or Elucien.

4 books in and Maas has not been able to genuinely sell a lot of people onto elucien. Yes its a popular ship, not because most of the fandom genuinely enjoys it, but because it keeps elain away from their precious Azriel.

[lovemyromance]

Things I have noticed that make a Gwynriel very angry:

Whenever they make a claim (e.g. Gwyn is Azriel's mate), ask them where in the book this happened.

When you point out Azriel's shadows react to everyone and when they retreat, it's when he's happy and with people he loves

When you ask them to show you where Gwyn shows interest in Azriel

When you show them in the book the exact sentence where Gwyn blushed at Rhysand

When you say the necklace was bought with Elain in mind

When you tell them even Amren and Mor are more likely to get a POV than Gwyn

[lovemyromance]

Elain: I am a part of this court

Elain: let me help, I can do it

Elain: you can't baby me and still criticize my choice to live a peaceful life

Elain: I have friends here that I'm going to buy solstice presents for

The ELs/tamlains: .... Elain is not meant to be in the NC bc she looks bad in black. And she asked for sunlight once.

[lovemyromance]

So... Cassian saying Nesta shouldn't scry is seen as protective and romantic....

But Azriel saying Elain shouldn't scry (reminder: she was taken by the cauldron the last time and he was the one who saved her) ....

That's infantilizing her? Thats him not respecting her power??

Stfu 🙄 these moments happen not even a few sentences apart, but people have such double standards they can't even acknowledge the parallel

[throneofem]

this was in a fb post about a theory that amarantha and tamlin were mates and he rejected the bond

when sjm said she wanted to explore rejected bonds she meant like in the present.

and she literally talked about elain’s mate bond when she said that.

[sakurakittypeach]

i'm so nervous for these next books bc genuinely the last three SJM releases were slop.

acosf was genuinely one of the worst books i've ever read and it's influence (i believe) has actively regressed the romantasy genre. 1/5 stars. the only reason why it's not a zero is bc of elain and azriel.

hosab destroyed bryce and hunts characters in one fell swoop. had nothing interesting to say and the last few pages were an obvious cash grab. ruhn has the stupidest haircut of all time still. just grow it all out. lidia is cool tho therefore 2/5.

hofas. holee fuck. the acotar portion had azriel (my best friend) therefore was fun but??? you'd think after the shitshow that was acosf, nesta would've learnt a semblance of accountability for her actions but she literally doubled down? rhys had every right to be mad. ember needs to stop making up scenarios in her head and getting pissed. i thought the ruining of bryce and hunt's characters were bad (they were worse here) but then she ruined my goat tristan flynn? SJM made him angry and abrasive when he's supposed to be my flirty cutie. lidia having kids brought further depth to her character which i really enjoyed but also?? where was the foreshadowing. piss poor writing. ruhn shot her in the leg therefore i want to beat him up. jesiba died. "it was in the water all along" pissed me clean off bc again, no foreshadowing. also hypaxia forgiving celestina after arguably one of the biggest betrayals ever? madness. ithan and hypaxia had a fun and flirty relationship dynamic that was actually just platonic?? and then ithan is mated to some other rando??? SJM had the potential for a dorian/manon tribute right there. i don't even want to talk about biting hands off situation. 0/5 everyone should've died.

i'm genuinely so scared for the elriel books bc i do NOT want it to be slop like the previous 3 releases have been :'( part of the issue with these books is bc i believe SJM truly did not give a shit about the mains so she just wrote some bullshit to get it over with. but it seems like she really cares about elain and azriel so i hope this isn't the case :((((

[ellesnezhnkova]

Since I won't be posting for a while.

I've noticed that so many people who ship GA and EL are also shipping Nesta x Eris.

Not once Nesta had a genuine positive reaction for that man.

She had to pretend the whole time that she was comfortable, she was so disgusted by the idea of being with him, that she was willing to accept his proposal out of pure self hatred. Accepting Eris was the ultimate act of pure hate Nesta was willing to do against herself.

All because "she didn't deserve the person she truly loved" because she thought she didn't deserve Cassian. Well, thank God Sarah told everyone that they're true true mates and perfect for eachother.

It makes me think of a certain couple that everyone says "he feels entitled" and "she doesn't deserve him".

[professionalfandomshipper]

The inner circle has 8 members… ONLY 8, Sarah has said that herself

Rhys

Cassian

Azriel

Mor

Amren

Feyre

Nesta

ELAIN

Deal with it and stop trying to involve Lucien and Gwyn in everything

[lovemyromance]

For literal YEARS the ELs have been like

"SJM is a fated mates author she would NEVER break up a pair of fated mates"

"Fated mates are endgame"

"Elriel will never work since Elucien are mates"

And now that SJM keeps talking about rejecting bonds and exploring free will and "what if the cauldron chose wrong"... now their arguments have changed. Now it's

"Oh well it could be an amazing story if Elain rejected the bond and still found her way back to Lucien"

🙄

Yeah, so honestly, I'd rather have an Elucien book than read a story where Elain rejects a bond and then goes back to Lucien. It's devaluing a mating bond if you're going to reject it and still get together??? What the hell would that add to the story?? It's giving married couples who divorce and get back together. Why are you wasting my time people???

Anyway - you know what hasn't changed? The Elriel argument. Everything is rooted in canon, logic, text (in context) and backed by SJM's own words. We don't need to come up with alternative theories to shove a square peg into a round hole.

[elainsgirl]

it’s so funny (weird?) whenever an anti anon says something along the lines of “(insert word) (insert another word) … elriel doesn’t exist”

putting ship preferences aside, Elriel undoubtedly exists. Azriel CANONICALLY is ready to eat Elain out. Without the bonus chapter, it’s still clear to anyone that there is something going on between Elain and Azriel. Every article that’s come out has mentioned Azriel, and/or has mentioned Elain (possibly) choosing to reject the mating bond and choose Azriel. In acomaf, Elriel was already being dangled to the audience. In acowar, Elriel was being pushed to the audience. In acofas, there’s practically a big sign saying “ELRIEL 🩷💙.” In acosf, Elriel continues to be present. Elriel has always existed, and at the end of acosf + both bonus chapters, Elriel is the only Azriel ship that actually exists.

"elriel doesn't exist"

Yes it does. The ship canonically exists within the written narrative.

As a ship, elriel isn't built on potential or interpretations, its IN the text. They are romantically associated countless of times.

You don't have to believe elriel is endgame but denying its existence all together just makes you stupid because you are actually denying the text. It's like me saying..."oh well I didnt see Nessian. I never shipped them therefore they arnet a thing".

somethings aren't arguable. They're canon. Elain and Azriel are canon Lis. Their attraction to each other is canon. Their personalities being said to compliment each other is canon, not only does Maas show that through multiple scenes but outright says it through Feyre in acomaf. She literally had the MAIN character of this entire acotar universe say elriel would look good together, wtf do antis think that was for?

When antis proudly say "oh I never saw elriel! elriel is literally fanon! elriel doesn't exist in the books!" they're either lying or just genuinely have terrible reading comprehension or personal bias.

elriel has been building up from acomaf-acosf. Their last interaction was a charged glance, that isn't an author breaking or ending a couple. Thats her setting them up for the next book.

Gwynriel as of now is a fanon ship. Elucien is...stagnant and barely love interests - so yh, elriel is a very strong ship.