#having faith

[blacktreacle22]

Elriel design choices?!

!!!!! Spoilers for ACOMAF, ACOWAR and ACOSF

Just some thoughts that may have been voiced already somewhere on here (or on tiktok, or instagram, or reddit (where i have also posted this….):

Just a small context: I am new (NEW) to the fandom (finished the series a couple of days ago, read them in about 2 weeks, now I am listening to them bc I am feral- next stop: ToG and CC!!)

So, when listening I either find myself rewind to listen to specific wording OR find myself wanting to do something else with my phone or just my hands or anything (like a sudoku or something).

Literally a couple of minutes ago, I was like “hmm what do I do, do I just sit in bed and listen? I don’t want to fall asleep and not know where I left the audio off” so I just stared at the picture of the book cover for ACOWAR (I read them on kindle) and as I was staring (really looking this time) i thought: “Is that Truth Teller? I mean, silly me, of course it is, it is the weapon that killed the King of Hybern, the big bad of the trilogy, duh!”

But then, on closer inspection I noticed something in the lower left corner that very much resembles a rose, imo. We already know what the rose is a symbol for, so I will spare you the Elain imbibed with spring-like qualities description. After that, I looked at the intertwined shapes of smoke, mist, tendrils, whatever you wish to call them and realized the one forming the rose is particularly lighter and the ones in the back are particularly darker- just like, you guessed it, shadows and light.

“Oh well, it could just mean that the Shadow D*ddy offered the really important weapon to the person that killed the king, not that big of a deal” (again, I will spare you the she’s-the-only-one-he-has-ever-entrusted-the-weapon-to discourse).

Or, dare I say, it was a really conscious design choice?

(REALLY IMPORTANT MENTION: when i started voicing this post in my head, the ACOTAR cover in my memory, had Tamlin’s beast on it, which I realized is actually Andras but I still made it work, I think)

I thought:

“hmm, interesting that you should have Andras on the first cover, serving as the event that triggered the whole story AND a testament to Tamlin’s power (shapeshifting- dual nature);

“interesting that you should have Rhys’ beast form on the second cover, him being the main love interest (on the book that the mating bond snapped in place and changed the story further) AND a testament to his dual nature (especially him being half-Illryan);

“interesting that you should have a dual symbolism (light and shadows, Az and Elain) both of them having a second nature of sorts, on the third cover, them being the people that basically made the story end;

So, not only are we keeping in line with the “dual nature symbolism” (which will most likely play a big part in Elaine’s book- with her being a seer) but we are also adding a duo on the center stage;

Not only are we referring to pivotal people/moments in the story, but we are putting them together in the spotlight;

If we are also to consider the fact that, in ACOTAR, we are hinted at Feysand (it is true, it happened, it is on page) in ACOMAF at Nessian (happened), I wonder what could possibly be hinted at in the third? Specifically now, that I have seen this book cover more clearly.

++++ the cover of ACOFAS is a flower, which again, great symbolism for… you guessed it, ELAINE. I do agree that it can also suggest spring, but what I think is even more important is that in spring, things are REBORN. So rebirth, a new beginning, a new story to tell, a new cycle of books.

And if you think about it, there is a new story to tell for each sister (even tho we had Feysand for the trilogy, they will still be there, and with Nyx that is a new beginning).

We have ACOSF, with friendship, love and healing.

And we have whatever is in store for us with Elaine’s book (bc I am so tired of bashing on her as a character, like it is going to CLEARLY be her book).

PS: I know it is not necessarily a good worded theory but this is my first ever post on reddit and it is currently 3 in the morning so I do hope I made sense for some people at least 🙏🥲

PPS: I am a hardcore Elriel shipper, THO, if everyone is happy and it is well written, I could eventually (months later, warm up to other ships- I am only here to read and appreciate amazing posts so please no ill-thoughts)❤️

[atheostic]

Sh!t Christians Say

"It takes more faith to be an atheist than to believe in God."

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1. Ah, so you admit that belief based on faith is unreliable because it can lead to both a correct belief and an incorrect belief?

2. Ah, so you think having faith is a bad thing, then?

Because if faith is good then what would be the problem in atheists having more of it than you?

3. It doesn't take faith to not believe a claim that hasn't been substantiated.

[aliteraryprincess]

March Wrap Up

Okay, I swear this month has lasted a freaking decade. Usually the months fly by, but this was just a slog. Like most people, I am self-isolating. My university has moved to online classes for the rest of the semester. Honestly, it sucks. But at least I’m with my boyfriend. Hopefully this will all be over sometime next month.

Books Read - Goal: 6  Read: 9

It may not look it, but I was in a reading slump all month. The only reason I read most of these is because they were for my classes; there are only two that I picked up because I actually wanted to read them. My favorite of the month is The Girls at 17 Swann Street followed by Fun Home. My favorite reread is The Hound of the Baskervilles. And my least favorite was Having Faith, which made me terrified to ever be pregnant. Hopefully April will be less slumpy. Starred titles are audiobooks and ones marked with a ® are rereads.  

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel - 5 stars

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle - 4 stars ®

Educated by Tara Westover - 4 stars

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson - 3 stars ®

Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen - 4 stars

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande - 4 stars  

The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib - 5 stars *

Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood by Sandra Steingraber - 3 stars

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle - 5 stars  ®

On the Blog:

I’ve started 100 Days of Productivity again since it holds me accountable for doing my work. And there are quite a few lists because what else am I supposed to do with my time while self-isolating? (Work, Elizabeth. The answer is do your work.) 

100 Days of Productivity

Book Haul: February

Fiction Recommendations: Books About Mental Illness

Jane Austen Film and TV Recommendations

Book Quotes: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Book Quotes: Becoming a Heroine by Rachel M. Brownstein

Book Quotes: Becoming a Heroine by Rachel M. Brownstein

aliteraryprincess’s 100 Best Books in YA Literature

100 Books aliteraryprincess Has Read Multiple Times

Series aliteraryprincess Has Read in Full

aliteraryprincess’s Unfinished Series

Es’s Library From Alter Ego

Reblogged: 18th Century Recommendations

Reblogged: Angsty Classics Recommendations

[chillchls]

Letting go & allowing things to be as they are🤞🏼

[groundrunner100]

Like mother, Like son.

[kaoruyogi]

Controversial opinion: I want to play Anthem.

[christthatshinesthroughme]