Mad Morrigan's Trash Lair

I write fanfic (Forgotten Realms, ACOTAR, whatever strikes my fancy) and sometimes make art. Elucien/Neris stan. I do not care about your winged shadow daddies (pre-SF Cassian excepted), keep them to yourself. You can find me on ao3 as Mad_Morrigan.

[themadmorrigan]

my ao3 stuff

Hello! Here is the list of things I have published on AO3 and on here. Comment to be added to my taglists for when I post new chapters or stories!

ACOTAR

Longer Fics

(1) Of Swords and Sorrows: an ACOTAR rewrite. Andras doesn't die; Feyre's not the only who taken to Prythian. How will the Spring Court contend with not one but THREE Archeron sisters, especially when something is definitely going on between Elain and Lucien, and Tamlin is vexed half to death with Nesta, the eldest? And what will anyone do with a truly feral Feyre?

Status: In progress (14/30 chapters) Rated: M for violence and downstream light smut, also general vibes. Ships: Elain/Lucien, Nesta/Tamlin, Feyre/Andras

(2) Sic Semper Tyrannis: a Clue- and The Last of Sheila-inspired murder mystery. Elain and several others receive mysterious puzzle boxes, inviting them to an exclusive party about the luxury yacht Autumn Breeze. Murder, madness, mystery, and mayhem ensue.

Status: In progress (5/9 chapters) Rated: M for violence, downstream light smut, and character death. Ships: Elain/Lucien, and more to be revealed as the series continues

(3) The Last Ten Days: cowritten with @limeandorange! A short(ish) fic outlining the last ten days of Nesta's freedom before becoming locked up in the House of Wind, the motley group she meets, and her whirlwind romance(?) with Prythian's own Bard himself.

Status: Complete Rated: N/A Ships: Nesta x OC

(4) A Thousand Threads of Fate: Elain goes to sleep on Solstice Night, still reeling from her rejection by the Shadowsinger. She wakes up in a liminal space where she's shown glimpses of worlds and meets other Elains that have never come to be. At least, not that she's aware of.

Status: In progress (4/7 chapters) Rated: T Ships: Elain/Lucien

(5) You've got Mail (Neris' Version): a modern Neris epistolary fic. (Cowritten in part with @itsblobross.) Nesta Archeron does the one thing you're never supposed to do: text the number on the bathroom stall. To her surprise, she and the mysterious stranger on the other end have more in common than she could ever have expected.

Status: In progress (22/30-something chapters) Rated: T Ships: Eris/Nesta, Elain/Lucien, Helion/LoA, Feyre/Rhysand, Gwyn/Emerie

(6) We Both Go Down Together (part 1 of Or Forever Hold Your Peace). Nesta needs a happily ever after. Eris needs to move after being in a holding pattern for decades, if not centuries. But a split second decision at Nesta and Cassian's mating ceremony has unforeseen consequences for everyone.

Status: Complete Rated: M Ships: Eris/Nesta, Elain/Lucien, minor background Feysand, implied Gwynriel

(7) The Singer Addresses His Audience (part 1.5 of Or Forever Hold Your Peace). Cassian's mating ceremony is a total catastrophe, after Mor says the unforgivable and Nesta leaves with Eris to Parts Unknown. Azriel finds himself in an awkward conversation, caught between Cassian and Morrigan and 500 years of unspoken history.

Status: Complete Ships: Cassian/Nesta (mentioned), Feysand, foreshadowed Azriel/Gwyn, implied Emerie/Mor

(More after the cut!)

(8) The Harrowed and the Haunted (part 2 of Or Forever Hold Your Peace). Elain and Lucien find themselves in limbo after siding with Nesta when she abruptly leaves her mating ceremony with Eris Vanserra of all people. But what on earth can a trembling fawn with unpredictable powers and the exile of two and a half courts do to help? And a better question: how on earth will they be able to stand working with each other?

Status: In progress (1/5 chapters) Rated: M Ships: Cassian/Nesta (mentioned), Elucien, Neris, OC x OC (Damien/Philoméne)

Drabbles/One Shots

(1) MadMorrigan's Curiosity Cabinet: a collection of drabbles and other short works done on tumblr, all in one collection.

Rated: T for non-explicit violence. Ships: Beron/Unnamed first wife, Beron/Lady of Autumn (2) Anemones: the last night of Pomona Danaan - soon to become The Lady of Autumn - and her attempts to write the perfect goodbye letter to Helion. Rated: G for lack of spice Ships: Beron/Lady of Autumn, Helion/Lady of Autumn

Planned/Not Yet Published

(1) The Wanting Comes In Waves - summary TBA

(2) The Bachelor and the Bride - the story of what brought Damien Vanserra from the Court of Rot, and Philoméne Vernell, of the Court of Harvests, together over the past two centuries. Ships: Beron/Lady of Autumn, Philoméne/Damien, Philoméne/Galen

(3) The Hazards of Love - summary TBA

(4) Easy Come, Easy Go - summary TBA

(5) The Cauldron: fresh off of being laid off and her three-year engagement broken, Elain Archeron takes on a pastry chef role across the country at a struggling San Francisco restaurant owned by executive chef Eris Vanserra and meets the crew of misfits trying to keep The Cauldron alive.

Ships: Elain/Lucien, with downstream ships to follow

My Art

(1) Elain Week 2025: Psyche (2) Tamlin Week 2025: Free Day (Serious Tam) (3) Tamlin Week 2025: Free Day (Cursed Lion Tam) (4) Elucien Week 2025: New Beginnings (5) Eris Week 2025: Burn (6) ACOTAR Secret Santa 2025: Erislain (7) Tamlin Week 2026: Free Day (Sad Tamlin)

Forgotten Realms

(1) The Pride Before the Fall: a Netherese archmage reflects - and then rejects fate - as his city crashes to the ground all around him.

Rated: G. Nothing spicy here, minus a bit of language.

Ships: nope

(graphics by @saradika-graphics, and banner by @limeandorange!)

[themadmorrigan]

People eagerly awaiting the YGM update: this may take a little longer than anticipated because apparently I can't go 5 minutes at work without someone getting on Slack and asking me the status of something. -_-

[works-of-heart]

"No matter how much she claimed to be a part of this court- it sucked the life from her" -Silver Flames

Elain stepping out of the darkness into the light.

I can't wait to see my girl face difficult challenges and watch her bloom! <3

[themadmorrigan]

Neris headcanons for these: 💕🔥🌸💤

(I couldn’t choose!! There were so many good options!!!)

💕How did they both realize “oh wait, this is actually love”?

I think Nesta realizes it first and then pushes it down because "that's silly, who has time for that? She must be mistaking those butterflies for something else". Whereas with Eris, it takes longer but it's a much more fully-formed concept: he's had the opportunity to read and experience a lot more, and recognize the many various manifestations it could take. That said, it clicks for them at the same time over something thoroughly mundane: maybe one of them is sick, or just really busy and stressed. The other, without being asked, brings them a refresh of a cup of coffee or leaves a bar of chocolate somewhere nearby without being asked or pointing it out and making a big deal of it - knowing exactly what the other person needs and taking care of them without prompting or need for glory. THAT's when it kicks in.

🔥 What’s the pettiest thing they’ve ever argued about?

Takeout. There are differing opinions about the proper way to prepare a specific kind of food: let's use, say, guacamole as an example.

This argument simmers in the background and comes to a head whenever someone grabs food from one of two local places. Eris has his preferred taco place, and Nesta hers; the food is more or less equal. It's the differing preparations of guacamole, however, that causes a fight that results in the following:

At least two powerpoint presentations over the proper way of making it, including diagrams

Multiple instances of blind taste tests

In a similar vein, multiple instances of gathering up multiple restaurants' guacamole as a means of comparison, as well as making it themselves to prove a point

The argument ends, at long last, when they finally find a third place they can both tolerate (though they will still default to their normal place if they're alone and grabbing stuff at work or while the other one is out). And then Nesta gets annoyed at Eris for calling the incident Avocado-gate.

🌸 What nickname do they have for each other that would mortify them if others heard?

Oh boy. I don't really see either of them as the nickname-y type, outside of You've Got Mail, so I'll use what they call one another in their phones: Dr. Bad Lay (for Eris), and Providence the Maneater (for Nesta).

💤 Who has the weirdest sleep-talking lines that the other quotes constantly?

Honestly, Nesta. She dreams very vividly and as dreams are wont to do, sometimes they don't make sense. I'm willing to bet modern Nesta has said in her sleep, "Feyre, don't have that winged baby" while out cold at least once, which makes Eris deeply concerned at first until he realizes it's a dream. That said, the both of them had a horrible childhood so I'm 100% positive they've both said actually alarming things in their sleep that the other has gently asked about at a later date. (If this is YGMverse, some of Eris' dreams have been in French, which Nesta writes down and looks up later.)

Thanks, @captainseaweedbrains!!!

Ship headcanon questions (still accepting!)

[haunteddollsgeorg]

As a society we have benefited so much from successful public health measures that we now have the privilege of declaring that we must not need them anymore

Bitch before enriched flour, neural tube defects like spina bifida were far more common. Even now, spina bifida clinicians and researchers are begging to have salt and maize fortified to reach groups that don’t use as much flour. Before iodized salt, the United States had a fucking GOITER BELT. Eleven years after the introduction of fluoridated water, a city in Michigan found the rate of dental caries among school children dropped a staggering 60%— in an era where tooth decay regularly fucking killed people

I’m literally not even going to start on vaccines, which are among the most successful and robustly studied public health measures in world history

You might say “oh well today we all have access to vitamins and toothpastes and dentists so we don’t need those things in our food supplies” and boy do white people on social media loooove to fucking say that. But here’s the thing: no, people don’t all have easy access to those things. That’s privilege talking yet again

[odinsblog]

This is their logic:

[themadmorrigan]

How do you feel abt transfem!mor (and transfem!emerie)?

Totally fine with both! Thanks for the ask, @hollypop !)

(Actually now you're getting the old brain fired up... I've seen transmasc Cassian before but hadn't considered what a transFEM character would go through in a society like the one SJM wrote. Huh. There's a lot to think about!)

[themadmorrigan]

🧩 for Neris 👀

Nesta is a planner in my head, and operates off of spreadsheets, itineraries, and ledgers nearly 24/7. Eris, especially FANTASY versions of Eris, doesn't. He keeps it all up in the old noggin. So he finds her general life accounting just so very endearing, and makes sure she has always has very nice day planners and such to use.

Eris is fastidious about his shoes, and keeps them clean and polished at all times. Except he doesn't let anyone but himself do it out of a lack of trust and the fact that "no one else does it right), so the sight of him shining his own shoes (and the general smell of shoe polish) makes her smile. :D

Ty, @pittedjune !!!

[themadmorrigan]

💌 Who leaves little love notes & where do they hide them?

Nesta and Tamlin 👀

Tamlin has left the lion's share of these. At first he left them out in obvious places where they could be found (so anyone who came across them would see how much he adores her, since I think he'd pick up on her wanting to be loved... y'know, as someone who also just wants to be loved).

And then, it becomes a game: where is the most absurd place he could leave a note that she'd still find? So she starts finding them in books and coat pockets, her shoes, her jewelry boxes and all manner of other weird places, which delights her but she can never admit it.

Ty, @nocasdatsgay

[olenvasynyt]

Fluttering Wings CH 5: Dahlias

Elain x Lucien | Rated Explicit | 5/25(?) chapters | 21,819 words

Summary:

Plagued by mysterious visions and war on the horizon, Elain Archeron must challenge herself and her usefulness to the Night Court. So when Lucien is called back to his estranged home to stop Beron from gaining territory in Spring, the two mates find themselves confronted with similar paths, forced to address the mating bond they've been avoiding for two years.

Read chapter 5   ||   Start from the beginning 

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The male with the braid rested a bruised hand on a tree trunk.  “Are you lost, my love?” he crooned, tilting his head at Elain.

With her heart daring to leap out of her throat, she pressed closer to Kohana.  “No, sir.  We’re travelling.”

The male smiled, his genial air so in contrast with his cruel, amber-colored eyes.  “Quite an unusual road for a Spring female to travel on.” He gazed leisurely down the empty path, then onto her green dress peeking from underneath Kohana’s borrowed coat.   His smile grew wider.  “So far away from home.”

Hoping she sounded calmer than she felt, she replied, “That is the circumstances of travel.  One will be far from home before traversing closer.”

The cronies around them chuckled, their voices like crackling embers.  In Elain’s periphery, one pushed aside his tattered cloak to reveal a knife—not the jeweled weapons she had seen on Lucien’s person, but the plain metal looked just as sharp.

The leader with the auburn braid chuckled at her retort.  “Indeed, my lady.  But I didn’t realize such esteemed High Fae associated with disfigured rabble such as this one.”  He raised an eyebrow at Kohana.

Kohana squeezed her arm, as if to warn her to stop talking.  All of the faerie’s teasing and confidence seemed to be buried in the presence of the High Fae males: the female kept her eyes down, though Elain couldn’t help but notice her other hand slipping beneath her cloak.  

Two females—one unarmed and frankly useless in the foreign court—against three males with already bruised fists and weapons hanging at their belts.  They would lose, surely, before Elain’s sisters or Lucien could even realize she was missing from Night.

Lucien.  He would surely become aware of her absence in Night, if he hadn’t already.  Amidst the fear weaving its way inside her, the bond tugged hard and heavy.  

He had held you before the Cauldron, a small voice said.  He had fought through the battle for you, blood staining his hair and skin.  And he would do the same now.  

A small twinge of hope.  Despite the illogic of it, despite the miles between them, despite everything…her body screamed for him.

But he had not saved her then.  It had been her to wield the knife.  And he had certainly not saved her before, when her mortal life had ended and her immortal one forced upon her.  If anything, it had been his fault it had happened, she thought, a bitter sadness and desperation fighting against the cursed bond.  The Hybernian soldiers who had taken her and Nesta from the beds: their leering faces, their hands wrapping around their wrists and ankles—

Now, she was on some country road in the heart of Autumn, miles away from the border with Spring, and again forced to face males she would no doubt lose against.

[nerisweek]

The Prompt list for Neris Week 2026 may have accidentally escaped containment. Unfortunately, all records have been reduced to emojis. Can you crack the code?

The full reveal is coming soon, but until then we'd love to hear your guesses. Which day do you think will be your favorite?

[raesource]

ship headcanon questions

make sure to include the pairing(s) you are wanting these questions to be answered for . these should work for poly ships as well as monogamous . feel free to edit these as you see fit .

💕 How did they both realize “oh wait, this is actually love”?

🌹 Who fell harder & who fell first?

🫂 What’s their favorite way to hold each other when words aren’t enough?

🔥 What’s the pettiest thing they’ve ever argued about?

💋 Who says “I love you” first & how?

🌙 Who’s the little spoon & who pretends they hate it but secretly loves it?

💍 Would they ever get married? What would the proposal look like?

🧸 Who still has the very first gift the other ever gave them?

😈 Who is more likely to start chaos “for the vine” & who films it?

🎶 What’s their song - the one that makes them both tear up / grin like idiots?

☕ Who’s the morning person & how do they lure the night owl out of bed?

🛡️ Who jumps in front of danger for the other without thinking?

😳 What’s the most embarrassing thing they’ve walked in on the other doing?

💔 What’s the one fight that almost ended them?

🩹 How do they comfort each other after nightmares?

👀 Who gets jealous more easily & how obvious are they about it?

🍳 Who cooks & who sets off the smoke alarm trying to help?

🧳 If they had to run away together tomorrow, where would they go?

😏 Who is bolder in public (hand-holding, kisses, etc.)?

🌧️ Who steals whose hoodies when it rains?

🎂 How do they celebrate each other’s birthdays?

🖤 What’s the darkest “we’ll never tell anyone” thing they’ve done together?

💌 Who leaves little love notes & where do they hide them?

🛌 Who hogs the blanket & who ends up freezing dramatically?

😴 Who falls asleep first & who watches them with heart-eyes?

🚪 Who’s more likely to say “we’re not leaving this room today”?

🌸 What nickname do they have for each other that would mortify them if others heard?

🎤 Who sings in the shower & who secretly records it for blackmail?

💞 How do they act when one of them is sick?

🩸 Who would literally kill for the other & who would help hide the body?

🌅 Do they go on sunrise / stargazing dates? Which one do they love more?

😤 Who apologizes first after a fight, even if they weren’t wrong?

🧩 What tiny habit of the other do they find unbearably adorable?

🎪 Who plans elaborate surprise dates & who just wants to stay in?

👑 In their relationship, who’s the king / queen & who’s the knight / advisor?

🌪️ What’s the most chaotic thing they’ve done together on pure impulse?

💤 Who has the weirdest sleep-talking lines that the other quotes constantly?

🧡 What color reminds each of them of the other?

🕰️ If they could go back in time, what moment would they relive together?

😶 Who’s terrified of saying “meet my parents” & why?

🍷 Who gets tipsy first & starts spilling embarrassing love confessions?

🌿 Do they want kids/pets/plants together? What do they name them?

🪞 Who takes longer getting ready & who hypes the other up in the mirror?

💥 What’s the biggest risk one of them took for the other that the partner didn’t find out about until much later?

🧣 Who steals the other’s scarf / gloves “on accident” every winter?

🌌 What’s their “we made it through hell” memory they’ll tell their grandkids?

😘 Who kisses the other first thing in the morning, morning breath & all?

🩰 Slow dancing in the kitchen at 3 a.m. - who starts it?

⚓ If one of them had to leave forever, what would they leave behind for the other?

💫 Ten years from now, what random Tuesday are they spending together?

[erisweekofficial]

Here are some prompts to help you brainstorm ways to contribute to Eris Week. Whether you're into writing fic, creating art, crafting quotes, developing headcanons, theorising, making playlists, or anything else, these questions can help spark your creativity! Remember, we're all here to support each other's ideas, so feel free to step out of your comfort zone and try something new!

Read more below the cut.

Siblings

How have Eris’s relationships with his brothers shaped who he is?

How deeply does Eris actually care for his siblings?

How deeply does he care for Lucien? Or not at all?

What lines would Eris accept to cross when it comes to his siblings?

Is there any genuine loyalty between the Vanserra brothers?

Is there a competition for power between Eris and his brothers?

What memories bind the brothers together despite everything?

Does Eris see his siblings as allies, rivals, or something in between?

What would it take for Eris to truly trust one of his brothers?

How did growing up under Beron shape their idea of brotherhood?

Would Eris choose his brothers over power, or power over his brothers?

Father Figure

How will Beron’s influence shape Eris’s approach to fatherhood?

Can Eris care for someone without turning that care into control?

What kind of mentor would Eris be to someone young and vulnerable? To his brothers?

How does Eris respond when someone places their trust in him?

In what moments does Eris act most like the father he never had?

Does Eris want to become a father himself or is he afraid he’ll turn into his father?

How does Eris’s relationship with his father influence Eris’s relationship with other people?

In what ways does Eris embody the idea of a father figure?

Does Eris see his father as someone to look up to or reject? How will this develop in the future?

[themadmorrigan]

The Singer Addresses His Audience: Chapter 3

Banner by me! Blue music notes and staff below by @saradika-graphics!

Part 1.5 of the Or Forever Hold Your Peace series. Part 1 - We Both Go Down Together - can be found here. The prologue for Part 2 - The Harrowed and the Haunted - can be found here.

Status: Complete Rating: T (language) Relationships: Nessian, with crumbs for Gwynriel and Emorie that never quite got off the ground

Thank you to my betas for chapter 3, @chelseamorninggirl, @frostystarlight, and @gooseyjossip!

Snippet:

“What do you mean,” Azriel asked slowly, enunciating the syllables of each word slowly and crisply, “that you think the fire was your fault, Cassian?” The temperature around them dropped even further in a matter of seconds and all the little noises that tended to come with older buildings—walls settling, wind rattling the windows—paused at once. The House, it seemed, also wanted to know the answer to that question.  Instead of answering immediately, Cassian swallowed; he could feel his heartbeat kicking in his throat, the strong staccato beat of a bass drum, growing faster in tempo as the combination of nerves, shame, anger, and fear for his mate—because where in Hel was she?—continued to descend upon him. Nesta was missing. Azriel’s words echoed in his mind: Her mate abandoned her on her mating day! You can’t understand how to make a godsdamned decision to save your life! It was his fault, ultimately, that Nesta was missing. His heart beat a little faster still. He could still salvage this. He had to salvage this, even though it meant revealing secrets and insecurities that weren't his to tell, a boundary Nesta had always been very clear about. He opened his mouth to speak, then shut it again as a thought occurred to him. It was a firm boundary, but she had gone missing and if it was a detail that could help find her…?  Fuck it. He’d already done so much wrong that day, what was one more strike against him? “I forgot to mention to Rhys that Nesta…” Cassian finally answered after a deep breath, “That, uh, she can’t handle the sound of logs popping in a fire.”

Read Chapter 3 here!

Start at the beginning!

taglist behind cut!

@lady-selenee, @frostystarlight, @azrielsdaggerpolisher, @tria1and3rr0r, @limeandorange, @nocasdatsgay, @secret-third-thing, @pinkfuneral7, @misstyfikacja, @alexof90s. @theknittingoracle, @chaol-apologist, @crazydragongurl, @renehart13657, @musty-old-claptrap, @snowwhitewithanxiety, @professorprompt, @limeandorange, @chelseamorninggirl @iftheshoef1tz, @gooseyjossip

[eluciey]

Thinking about how I thought the ship war would finally be over on March 4th

[themadmorrigan]

Me, after spending time in the reddit trenches. My god.

[themadmorrigan]

YGM is a little delayed because I stupidly thought posting twice within the span of a week was a good idea, haha. It'll be up soonish. This chapter's a big'un though.

[drchucktingle]

tough but fair

[themadmorrigan]

Has someone ever compiled all of SJM's interview quotes? I need an easy way of fact-checking when people quote her, because of this fun little tendency people have to cherrypick the parts that support their argument.

Because if I see, "But [Elain] said she didn't want a mate or a male one more time...!" to justify e/riel, I'm gonna scream. That quote was about Graysen. Or, outside of books, "She asked what if nature gets it wrong!": when I'm pretty sure there was more to that quote than just that. -_-