“They had survived, when so many had not. And no one else could understand what it was like to bear it, unless they had lost as much.”
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@throneofsand
“They had survived, when so many had not. And no one else could understand what it was like to bear it, unless they had lost as much.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows
Rhys whenever Amren suggests a plan:
Fenrys: Look at this...
Fenrys: So beautiful
Dorian: That's a mirror
Dorian: *whispers under breath* You are beautiful though
Fenrys: What?
Dorian: What
100 aesthetic summer challenge
#37 Dorian Havilliard and Aelin Ashryver Galathynius
She would fill the world with it, with her light–her gift. She would light up the darkness, so brightly that all who were lost or wounded or broken would find their way to it, a beacon for those who still dwelled in that abyss. It would not take a monster to destroy a monster–but light, light to drive out the darkness. She was not afraid. She would remake the world–remake it for them, those she had loved with this glorious, burning heart; a world so brilliant and prosperous that when she saw them again in the Afterworld, she would not be ashamed. She would build it for her people, who had survived this long, and whom she would not abandon. She would make for them a kingdom such as there had never been, even if it took until her last breath. She was their queen, and she could offer them nothing less. Aelin Galathynius smiled at her, hand outstretched.“Get up”, the princess said.
My interpretation of the scene, with young Celaena manifested as fire; her “light”.
This actually just took my breath away. Holy CRAP. Thank you so, so much for taking the time to create such a compelling, stunning, and absolutely PERFECT rendering of that scene. I’m seriously trying (and failing) not to cry. Thank you, thank you, thank you. <3
Speechless.
Damnit @laikenbaby. 😂😂 Tamlin and his beast form. 😂😉
STOP. STOP IT.
You forgot his Tamlines
sarah j maas: now to find a badass name for this character
sarah: wait i know
*punches the keyboard*
sarah: ahh perfect
Sarah J Maas Readers Be Like...
Aelin sketches
It’s just dawned on me (no pun intended), that we are going to get a definitive image of Chaol for the very first time, on the cover of Tower of Dawn. Like, I know how he looks in my own head, but I’m suddenly *really* intrigued to see how he looks to Sarah. Also, also, also, will Nesryn be joining him on the cover? I’d be surprised, but would squeal like a fool if she did.
What Sarah said at her book signing
- Rhys’s last name is Hotpants (then she retracted and said his name might be revealed in future novels).
- She doesn’t think Aelin and Rhys would fight if they met, they have to much in common. If they met Aelin would be like “I’m too distracted by how attractive you are.” If they got into a verbal fight Aelin would win. Her mean streak runs deeper than Rhys’s. Then she’d feel guilty because “he’s too pretty to cry.”
- If Amren and Manon were tapped in an elevator they’d have a stare off until they both got too hungry to continue. Manon would tear off the elevator’s ceiling panels with her claws and Amren would climb the wires. Then they’d go get a cup of blood together.
- Sarah likes to write “not nice” female characters like Amren and Nesta because she doesn’t think she was always the nicest person in high school. She also believes that no one is ever completely sweet and kind all the time, we’re all a mix of good and bad (except her sister-in-law who is apparently the nicest person in the world).
- She wrote 20 000 words of Tower of Dawn her first day sitting down to write it.
- Tower of Dawn will be told from the perspectives of Chaol, Nesryn and Yrene.
- If her characters order Starbucks Amren would be super strong expresso, Rhys would get a latte with pretty foam art and Feyre wouldn’t drink coffee but she’d get English breakfast tea.
- If she could bring her characters anywhere in our world she would bring Feyre to the Louvre. She would just watch Feyre look at the art for hours. She would bring Aelin to the Metropolitan Opera House, which is her favorite place in the world.
- Page 666 of ACOWAR was completely coincidental. When she was reading the version with numbered pages for the first time she burst out laughing when she saw what happened on that page.
- She refused to answer who has the longest wingspan but says she might throw it in at the end of the very last novel. Until then we can choose for ourselves who has the longest ‘wingspan’ and the best ‘flying skills’.
- It upsets her that people feel like they need to apologize for reading fantasy or romance novels. She gained most of her knowledge of healthy romantic and sexual relationships from those kinds of books.
- She still has her copy of Pride and Prejudice from ninth grade where she drew hearts and wrote Sarah Darcy in gel pen.
- Throne of Glass wasn’t a huge success right away. If Crown of Midnight hadn’t sold well she only would have gotten three books.
- She went off on a really long but super sweet tangent about how much she loves her husband. She says that despite common fandom belief he is not the inspiration for Rhys (their only similarities are that they have dark hair and are tall) but their relationship did inspire the tone of Feysand’s relationship, especially the importance placed on equality and partnership. Josh was smiling like crazy the entire time to the point where Sarah had to stop because she kept laughing at his “goofy grin.”
- The very first scene of ACOTAR was inspired by the first song of the Princess Mononoke soundtrack while the last scene of ACOWAR was inspired by the last song on the soundtrack. This was a coincidence.
- Her dog sleeps in Sarah’s office while she writes. She goes there after her walk every morning like she’s going to work.
- She gets inspiration for her female characters through music. She gets inspiration for her male characters by trying to figure our how to get their shirts off in a rainstorm.
I will always cry when i read this 😭
Me, every god-damn time:
Aelin would totally annoy Rowan with questions about being full-blooded fae. "Rowan what's it like to shift into an animal?" "What's it like to fly" "How does it feel to have lived for so long? Will I eventually feel that way?"
“Rowan do you have baby hawklings?” “Have you ever flown into a tree?” “Are you so cranky because you’ve lived so long?” “Will be become cranky too when I live as long as you?”
“shuts her up by kissing her”
Aelin: Rowan are you expecting me to lay eggs? Will you be building a nest? What if I don’t like the nest? Will you be expecting me to sit on the eggs to keep them warm? I’m not good at sitting around.
Rowan: dares Aelin to keep making bird jokes whilst not so subtly threatening her
“Will you molt?” “Can your feather’s be plucked?” “Rowan I can’t speak bird.” *flaps arms* “Rowan these are important questions!”
“Rowan. Rowan! Have you ever eaten a worm? What did it taste like? Rowan did lady hawks ever try to make moves on you?”
“Fireheart. Stop. Go to sleep.”
“But Rowan. You arent answering me.” “Oh my gods. Lady hawks did make a move on you didn’t they!” *Brandished dagger* “Where are they rowan. I’ll make Lady Chicken for dinner Rowan”
*screams into pillow*
“Rowan! Rowan! How do birds have sex? Rowan! Rowan! Do you have a tiny bird d-”
“FIREHEART!”
“These are the important questions, Rowan, answer them!”
“Do you have a tiny army of hawks rowan?’ “have you ever pecked someones eyes out Rowan?” “Rowan! Do you have your own nest?” “How am i supposed to sleep in it Rowan?” “Do you expect me to have a pile of sticks ready to make a nest for you?” “Rowan! Do you want a nest in the bedroom?”
*Shifts and flies into a wall*
“Rowan! Are you okay?! Do you need a vet?”
*Squawks in exasperation*
“Rowan, Rowan, Rowan! This is serious…” *treads carefully* “Go on…”
“SO IF YOU GOT ME PREGNANT WOULD I HAVE LITTLE HAWKS FLYING OUT MY VAGINA, ROWAN. WOULD I HAVE LIKE FIVE OR SIX OF THEM. WOULD I PUSH OUT EGGS OR LITTLE FLYING HAWKLINGS”
*flings open window and jumps out*
Aelin: If I lay unfertilized eggs, can we make scrambled eggs? What’re the rules on that??
“Rowan!”
“Fireheart, I swear to gods-!”
“No this is really important!”
“Go on….”
“DO I NEED TO HAVE SPECIAL BIRDBATHS PLACED AROUND THE PALACE?!’
*screams into the void”
“Okay, last question Rowan” “LAST ONE”
*pouts softly* “So when you’re in hawk form…and you’re with a lady hawk…how do…you know…how do you do the wham wham Rowan?”
*screams and jumps into the void*
“Rowan! Why are you running? Why aren’t you flying? DID YOU HURT YOUR BEAK IN THE WALL?!” “ROWAN COME BACK!!”
*bursts into gavriel’s chambers*
“Bird questions again?”
*siGH*
“At least she didn’t ask you if you needed a cat litter box.”
“Dad!” “It’s Aedion. Hide me.” “DAD WHY WASNT I BORN AS A KITTEN” “What have we gotten ourselves into?”
“Dad! Do you get fleas?!” “Wait! WAIT! Do I have siblings that are full cat?!” “Would they be my siblings or can they be my pets?”
*shifts and climbs up tree*
“Rowan!”
*shifts and flies up tree with him*
*sulks* I bet aelin gets her questions answered
“DAD DID YOU DO THE MOUNTAIN LION POSITION WITH MUM” *grabs blades and climbs up tree* “DID YOU GET A LADY MOUNTAIN LION PREGNANT”
“Rowan!!!” *starts climbing up tree with Aelin* “DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT HAVE A LADY HAWK ‘FRIEND’” “Ashryvers” *eye roll* “Tell me about it”
“Are you guys still besties when you shift?”
“Do you try to eat my mate when you are a kitty, Gavriel?”
“….Sometimes.”
“ I KNEW IT!”
*betrayed squawking*
*violently tries to hold back Aelin from killing his father*
“LET ME GO AEDION HE TRIED TO EAT MY ROWAN FOR THANKSGIVING” “BAD KITTY” “APOLOGIZE”
“What. Have. Our. Lives. Become” “I’ve been asking myself that question ever since I saw my Aelin on that rooftop” *sighs lovingly*
“Rowan I am sorry I tried to eat you like tweety”
“Gavriel Im sorry I tried to pull your fur out with my beak.”
“What?”
“What”
Fenrys : “They’re so dramatic”
Lorcan : **brooding**
Aelin : “OOooOOOooooH FENRYSSSS MY BABY PUPPY COME HEEREEEEE”
Fenrys : **screams and winnows to Asterin**
Aelin: *pouts* I just wanted to tell him he was a good boy
*looks at Lorcan*
Lorcan: *widens eyes*
Aelin: Will you get Connell?
Lorcan: *sighs*
Lorcan: *whistles* conELL Aelin wants to tell you something
Connell: *hides under bed*
Aelin: “ROWAN”
Rowan: *grumbles into pillow*
Aelin: “Did you come from and egg or a v— Rowan: ITS 4 AM AELIN
Aelin: You came from an egg didn’t you. That’s why you wont answer.”
Rowan: Aelin. Fireheart. Please
Aelin: I owe Aedion 50 bucks
3 am “Rowan Rowan Rowanrowanrowanrowanrowanrowanrowanrowanrowanrowa-” “OH MY GODS AELIN WHAT IS IT NOW” “Which came first…you or the egg?”
Aelin: ROWAN ROWAN ROWAN ROWAN ROWAN
Rowan: what now. I swear if you ask me about eggs again…
Aelin: I have a serious favour to ask
Rowan: *kisses her hand* anything for you Fireheart
Aelin: Darrows pissing me off. Poop in his head for me? There’s a good buzzard
Rowan: IM NOT GONNA POOP ON HIS HEAD!
Aelin: WELL WHAT R U GONNA DO?! LAY AN EGG ON HIM BECAUSE U STILL HAVEN’T ANSWERED THAT QUESTION!
Rowan: omg what has my life come t-AELIN WHERE R U GOING
Aelin: TO GET ANSWERS…ITS TIME TO PULL OUT THE BIG GUNS
Rowan: what in the sh-
Aelin: LYSANDRA
Aelin: Lys lys lys!! cmere???!!! DID ROWAN COME FROM AN EGG?? msnsbsbsgacan
Lysandra: hell yes
Aelin: *runs back to Rowan* I KNEW YOU CAME FROM AN EGG WHY DIDNT YOU JUST ANSWER ME
rowan: i didn’t know it would come to this
Aelin: say something in bird speech
Rowan: Bird speech?
Aelin: *clears throat* SCREEESQUAAACHEEEPPP
Rowan: *stares*
Aelin: TEACH ME TO SPEAK BIRD SPEECH
IM FUCKNG WHEEZING IM LAUGHING SI HARD THESE ARE PURE GOLD
My parents are looking at me like I lost my mind. The noise that came out of my mouth wasn’t human.
Aelin: *squawks* Rowan, Rowan, Rowan, ROWAN Rowan: WHAT IN HELL ARE YOU DOING? Aelin: I’m speaking bird, squawk, squawk, squawkity squawk Rowan *hides in tree*
You guys. The sounds I’ve made were INHUMAN
I’m going to be a hot Maas after acowar
That’s not feyre, I didn’t know we were making puns
Sorry the only Rhysand I’m doing it is because I’m bored
This is amazing, I need Mor
It seems I Amren a pun game
I’ll be mad Attor if Sarah kills any of my ships.
I’ll turn into a Suriel killer if she does
Ya you def need to Lucien up on the puns
But these jokes are Azriel as it gets. (So I’m Cassian my own jokes from the pun bank.)
Ok but Amarantha the bank and grab some more puns for you guys
Sorry to Rowan things, but you need more ToG puns….actually Elide, these are great as they are
Aelin: You’re smiling, did something good happen?
Manon: Can’t I just smile because I feel like it?
Elide: Lorcan tripped and fell in a river.