Today I’m here to talk about something ridiculous, disgusting, and dishonest happening in the Brazilian ACOTAR fandom, more specifically within the Elriel fandom. In this space (on the X platform), these same people have already accused different artists of absurd things, in addition to calling artists names like “whores” and similar insults. This has been a constant behavior, and in my view, it needs the attention of both the community and the community of artists and those who commission art, because there are people disrespecting your work and the goodwill of those who provide artistic content to the fandom. I share the tweets made today (regarding a piece made for Nesta Week) and I translate them.
👇🏻 This is the person who first started it.
It says: They comissioned.... Nesta... as Cassian's mother... MOTHER.... when they have sex 465464x times a day.... and even depicted.... him as child..... in the artwork...........
She is implying that it’s absurd someone made an artwork of Nesta as Cassian’s mother (which is a lie, that’s not what the artwork shows) and that Cassian was depicted as a child because the two of them (in the canonical book) are mates and have a sexual relationship.
Anyone who has actually seen the artwork knows it’s NOT about that. The description of the artwork is clear.
Here, she posts the artwork along with the Instagram caption and also adds an automatic translation (because she doesn’t know English). It only serves to prove that she is still exposing the artwork and the artist. The link to the artwork (so you can check it out) is below.
For those who have seen the artwork, it’s very clear that it depicts Nesta as the Mother (the entity, not a literal mother) appearing in a multiverse to Cassian, who is still a child, living through war and struggle. There is NOTHING sexual about it, nothing implying anything sexual, nothing suggesting that the artist is a criminal, or that the artwork is wrong. It’s a LOVELY piece, showing the Mother entity appearing as Nesta to give strength to a younger, insecure Cassian from the past.
Oh, but they are mates in canon. Their relationship is romantic — yes, that’s true. In canon. Not in an artwork, a drawing, something that came from someone’s imagination, a multiverse, with Nesta as the Mother. The Nessian relationship doesn’t always have to be shown as sexual or as romantic partners, because they are more than that. There can be artworks and artistic interpretations that place them in other types of relationships (in this case, Nesta showing support to a young Cassian simply as a warrior figure).
Next (still about the art) 👇🏻
It says: “It’s just Nesta going back in time to be Cassian’s mother.” Do you even read the bullshit you write? Going back in time to become the mother of the guy she has sex every day is NOT acceptable. Thinking this fanart is normal is SICK. And then you have the audacity to talk about ped**? Look at the crap you’re supporting.
It's from another elriel and her wrong interpretation of the art.
It says: I think it’s weird because it is weird. No normal person looks at a couple they like and thinks, “wow, what if they were mother and son? 😍” You’re just being weird, that’s all.
There are many other comments like this — people accusing the person who commissioned the art, the artist who drew it, and even those who liked it of being “sick” and supporting a crime. ALL because they twisted an innocent artwork into something it is NOT.
This is not the first time that the person from the first screenshot and her friends have done this kind of thing to artists and commissioners. I have proof of her claiming that a fandom artist drew Elain being raped (which is a lie), and of her calling another artist a whore just because she drew Elain with the Band of Exiles. And there’s much more.
It’s time for this community to stop allowing people like this. People who do not respect artists’ work, the effort of commissioners, or the fandom. People who twist everything they see into something wrong, distorted, criminal. People who speak with so much certainty and ease when accusing others of being pedo** or supporting pedo**. Enough.