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Day 29 of @vampirefest 's vfkinktober2024: Incognito
It would not harm Elain, even in its hunt to reclaim what had been taken .
It purred immediately after she killed the king.
It retreated the moment she found her father dead.
And you're telling me. That her mating bond is a mistake. If the cauldron decides them. Or the mother. I believe it's the mother. Feyre even says it gifted her powers. The cauldron gave her powers not the mating bond.
She's beloved.
Hofas spoilers below. Don't read if you're not caught up.
People like to discredit Nesta reawakening the Dusk Court theories because we already got her book, but SJM has said that Nesta's story isn't over yet. HOFAS made that abundantly clear because not only did Nesta have a major role, but she was the most vital ACOTAR character in the crossover. She was in two bonus chapters, one of which focused exclusively on her. Az's most significance in the Ember bonus chapter was to glare at Nesta.
The chapter focused on Nesta and her negative emotional state; Nessian and how Cassian didn't stick up for Nesta or proect her, and was actually the most furious with her (which was in stark contrast to Quinlar in this very same book when Bryce made a risky move); and the IC's treatment of Nesta.
There's only one reason Nesta would be the main focus of a bonus chapter after her story has been told and that's because her story's not over yet and that bonus chapter is going to fuel her story arc in the next book. My theory is that Nesta will use the Harp to go back in time and gather all the missing information about the Daglan coming to Prythian, enslaving Prythian, and their ultimate downfall. And then when she gets back to her proper time period, she'll clear out the Prison and reawaken the Dusk Court.
Cassian will have to make the decision to either fight for Nesta or let her go. He needs to either choose her fully, and be fully devoted to her, stick up for her and protect her from Rhysand or he needs to let her reject the mating bond and go to Dusk without him.
I really think the next book will make it or break it for Nessian.
Unpopular Opinion: I’m not convinced that the Asteri, the Daglan, and the Valg are all the same.
I think both the characters in the books and readers put too much trust in what the Princes of Hel, Vesperus, and Silene tell us, and that there are too many conclusions built on assumptions and information from shady characters.
Is there overlap? Probably. But I'm not convinced that there will be a single species of "big bad" that has been behind every series.
And yes, I’ll gladly eat crow if I’m proven wrong.
Small Elucien rant
Elain & Lucien don’t make sense for the over all Maasverse plot. If Sarah continues on the Asteri/Dagland storyline then the starborn fae✨ lines will need to be at their strongest.
Azriel has powers that others don’t and Elain does too. What does Lucien have that’s extra? What can he add? What can Lucien possibly bring to the table to beat them?
Not to mention Azriel was already present when Bryce killed one not Lucien.
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ASTERI TIMELINE
We were slaves to the Daglan. For five thousand years, our people—the High Fae—knelt before them. They were cruel, powerful, cunning. Any attempt at rebellion was quashed before forces could be rallied. Generations of my ancestors tried. All failed. -Silene Hologram, HOFAS Ch. 18
But when we compare Silene's claims and Rhysand's history book on the Daglan to the dates we are given in the Asteri Archives in HOSAB...things don't quite add up.
With the timeline we are given in the Dusk Room at the Asteri Archives, the Asteri were in Prythian at some point between 720 A.E. and 14000 A.E. - between Iphraxia and Rentharr.
This leaves a minimum of 3,000 years between Theia and Fionn overthrowing the Daglan and Theia going to Midgard.
Rhys tells us in ACOSF:
“Some strains of the mythology claim that one of the Fae heroes who rose up to overthrow them was Fionn, who was given the great sword Gwydion by the High Priestess Oleanna, who had dipped it into the Cauldron itself. Fionn and Gwydion overthrew the Daglan. A millennium of peace followed, and the lands were divided into rough territories that were the precursors to the courts—but at the end of those thousand years, they were at each other’s throats, on the brink of war.”
“Fionn unified them and set himself above them as High King. The first and only High King this land has ever had.”
We don't have a set date for how long Fionn ruled but nearly 2,000 years?
Silene claims "But my mother was still in her prime," when Fionn died. But given the timeline from the dusk room matched with what we know from Silene and Rhys she would have been ~3,100 years old when they went to Midgard.
In HOSAB, Rigelus says: "Our people, who built fearsome warriors in that world to be their army. All of them prototypes for the angels in this one. And all of them traitors to their creators, joining the Fae to overthrow my brothers and sisters a thousand years before we arrived on Midgard. They slew my siblings."
So after the Daglan were overthrown in Prythian, 1000 years passed and then the Asteri arrived in Midgard.
This poses a few possible implications:
1AE ≠ 1VE : So how long is an AE? I think 1AE could = 33VE, as this is the date we are given at the beginning of every CC novel as the year the 4 Houses of Midgard were established.
There are multiple groups of Asteri. It appears Rigelus was not in Prythian, as he says that the fae overthrew his "brothers and sisters" not him and he uses "our people" when speaking about the Daglan on Prythian but "we" when referring to the Asteri on Midgard.
Has this timeline sparked any thoughts or theories for you?
The Cauldron and its far reaching threads; who is susceptible to the puppet master, and how might it work?
Disclaimer: this is a massive crack theory that I have held off posting since June 2022, but fuck it I guess, let's go! This is not a shipping post.
As usual, I am absolutely NOT suggesting that anyone who is influenced by the Cauldron is inherently evil in any way. This is just a crack theory. If you can't interact respectfully, then please keep scrolling.
Spoilers: ACOTAR series to date, and massive character spoilers for River Song and the Ponds from Doctor Who (if you care about that) in part 2.
Part 1 - Cauldron Made Beings
This first section will be stating some of the obvious, as we know, per Amren in ACOSF, that Cauldron-Made beings are able to be influenced by the Cauldron, though the “how” is not yet clear. @wingedblooms has theorised extensively about the living bond that Elain Archeron may share with the Mother's crockpot, and I suspect that this bond may also tie (terrible pun, sorry) into how the Cauldron can exert control: by pulling the “bond” threads that connect it to its former inhabitants.
**ACOTAR & Throne of Glass series spoilers & crescent city spoilers?***
Ok, i’m reading kingdom of Ash and I’m at the part where Aelin is forging the word gate and did Aelin just put the DAGLAN IN PRYTHIAN?!?! This probably is not a new theory, but holy shit it’s breaking my brain so hear me out.
The powers of the gods sound like the powers of the high lords/their ancient predecessors in acotar
The power that Mala gives Aelin is described the same way as a seed of the High lords power
Long ago creatures called the Daglan ruled over Prythian, though they were not of that world
Aelin opens a portal to the hell realm(the Valg relm?) that she discovered in crown of of midnight into the gods world
there are Valg like creatures in Pythian, the Weaver, Lanthys, and the Suriel all have black blood
The Suriel and the creature that Aelin meets in the hell realm in crown of midnight have extremely similar descriptions, and the creature is described as having uncanny intelligence
Maeve had Damati like powers and is a Valg queen
Reese has Daimati powers and the Night Court is closely tied to the Daglan, their hounds ( Wyrd Hounds?) are the same as those in the Hewn city
Diana is described as having silver flames, the same as Nesta
Nesta describes a female voice speaking to her in Silver flames, the same as the gods in ToG
Did Aelin just sent the daglan (and the Valg) into Prythian?!?!