ALUCARD

chronic redhead liker . they / them & 22 . occasionally known to be active

[shrugsinchinese]

Let’s pray

[theshriketoyourthorn]

I just have to say this and move on, but I hope all sides of this fandom know that once it is all over and the endgames are known, the other ship will not simply vanish. Gwynriel and Elucien will not disappear if elriel is endgame. Elriel will not disappear if Gwynriel and Elucien are endgame. People will keep shipping, writing drawing and loving their ships. We are allowed to do that. Everybody is.

[thedickgraysons]

ONE OF MY ARCS CAME IN LETS GO BABYYY

[thedickgraysons]

I STALK MYSELF ON THE INTERNET 🗣️ JUST TO SEE WHAT YOU’D FIND 🗣️ I’M WALKING THESE WOODS 🗣️ AM I THIRTEEN OR THIRTY 🗣️

[wishcamper]

Me reading my own fics because I have the exact same taste as myself

[thedickgraysons]

kind of wanna read dungeon crawler carl as it keeps getting recommended to me and it sounds so fun BUT consider me lowkey intimidated by the length of the series 🥹

[calakuna]

he fought because he actually felt safer fighting than running.

[thedickgraysons]

eris:

kallias: my wife and i saw you from across the tavern and just wanted you to know that she absolutely hates your vibes. she thinks you’re evil and wants you dead. if there is a heaven you will not be seeing it because she’s condemning you to the pits of hel.

viviane: don’t forget the other thing

kallias: oh yeah also she wants to know if you’re down to be our third

eris: …. what the hell. Sure

[lady-embers]

Emerie as The Chariot 🪽

For @emerieweekofficial day 4: Strength

The Chariot is about defying limitations. Throughout ACOSF, we watch Emerie overcome emotional (childhood trauma, societal expectations) and physical (scarred wings) obstacles through sheer determination, focus and willpower. Her Carynthian title is proof of victory through hard work.

While Strength is another Major Arcana, @lovelymoonflower1, Missiemei, and I felt the Chariot uniquely fit Emerie.

Thank you Kloartz for bringing this idea to life!

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

Artist: Kloartz

Commissioners: @lovelymoonflower1, MissieMei, and me

[thedickgraysons]

boss makes a dollar i make a dime that’s why i think of eris/kallias/viviane on company time

[thedickgraysons]

eris knows that if he wants to be high lord, an alliance with night will only take him so far. the inner court may be strong, but they are still on the furthest point of prythian. he needs more allies, closer to home.

so he seeks a similar bargain with winter. he has Some hope that it might be accepted, as he and kallias had an odd sort of alliance beneath the mountain (aka they had an INSANE situationship that stopped around the time feyre went UTM because kallias, lord of winter, carries a tender heart that aches to spread warmth and love and he didn’t recognize the sudden surge of cruelty eris showed (eris who was heartbroken and afraid for lucien, who was now trapped in amarantha’s claws, whose best and only way to keep those he cares for safe is a cruel, barbed tongue)).

but his audience is, instead, with viviane. kallias’ friend before she was his mate and wife, a strategist and cunning politician in her own right. she has kallias’ ear and heart, and she is mor’s friend, and she very openly says she will never allow winter to be ruined by the cruelty of autumn’s sons (winter is obviously a thin metaphor for kallias here but yuh).

and then eris has to win her over in order to even speak with kallias, which might mean being far more honest than he wants to be with not only others but also himself. and winter is forever enduring but autumn is the season of change. and viviane is the people’s princess who is adamantly telling kallias to NOT pick up the phone to his ex while also (to her horror) being charmed and intrigued by the man eris is capable of being. and it just all around fucks heavily. thank u for coming to my ted talk.

[thedickgraysons]

boss makes a dollar i make a dime that’s why i think of eris/kallias/viviane on company time

[akutlou]

[thedickgraysons]

hashtag overstimulated i want my acrylics OFF

[foreverinelysian]

Emerie Week Day 2: Reaching the Summit

"Her eyes did not lower, not in the way Illyrian females had been ordered and trained to do. No, even with the clipping scars that proved traditional ways ran brutally deep in her family, she held his stare. " - ACOFAS

Emerie has always been a character who has inspired me. I cannot imagine being 12 years old, having your wings brutally scarred by your own family, having to bury your own mother, and living in a society which does everything in it's power to limit your freedom.

I find it so beautiful that in ACOSF she not only is able to fight her way out of the Blood Rite, but climbs Ramiel while injured and carrying Gwyn on her back.

It speaks to the strength that Emerie has, not only physically but emotionally, and it's why she has struck a chord with so many of us. She is driven and is as firm as steel when she sets her mind to something. Yet she is also kind, accepting, and loving.

I hope that in the future books, we get to see Emerie be a driving force in helping other Illyrian woman. She can a figure point and an example that the just because people clip your wings, it doesn't mean you can't climb to the tops of mountains.

@emerieweekofficial

One of my favourite Emerie arts ever by artabreth and commissioned by @yazthebookish

Link here to the OG post!

[buffy-vanserra]

acotar memory loss bottle episode where elain and lucien hit it off immediately and they get along sooo well they think oh we *must* be a couple, this feels so right. they’re making eyes at each other and flirting and giggling and canoodling all over the river house while nesta tries to get to the bottom of things

and then when the spell is broken and everyone remembers who they are again intense blushing ensues. elain mortified by the realization that lucien *knows* she thinks he’s hot. lucien horrified to have been so forward with her (he forgot all his #trauma so was peak rakish flirt u know how it is). but then they get together for real happily ever after the end

[thedickgraysons]

reading direbound before work and im on page 400 and for the last 200ish pages there’s been a whole lot of shadows shivering and stretching … im choosing to believe these are metaphors and flowery language because if there’s a shadow daddy im gonna be PISSED

[secretmellowblog]

> I am recommended a feminist historical romance

> I ask whether it’s actually feminist, or whether it’s a story about how patriarchy is good as long as the patriarch is benevolent

> they don’t understand

> I describe the common trope in faux-feminist historical romance where the female lead is able to “escape” the sexism of her time simply by marrying the rare good man who respects women— as if patriarchy is a problem of abusive individuals, rather than an inherently abusive system. As if all the issues in patriarchy go away if the man you marry is Nice. As if “patriarchal systems can actually work well when the patriarch is kind and loves you uwu” is a bold feminist statement, instead of the cornerstone of inherently reactionary tradwife beliefs about gender roles.

> they laugh

> “it’s a feminist historical romance”

> look inside

> it’s a story about how patriarchy is good as long as the patriarch is benevolent