I had this vision of Azriel breaking through his habit of idealization represented through a painting. The painting symbolizing his history of limerence and rendering women as untouchable ideals.
On the other end of this painting is Gwyn. She is the muse that finally reached back. She isnโt just paint and canvas, or the ideals his scarred hands shouldnโt taint. She faces all of him, and in doing so, breaks that barrier of idealism when he least expects it.
She meets him with fingers outstretched toward his shadowed and scarred hand. His shadows are present and curious, greeted with a smile.
I read a quote in a book the other day that perfectly described finding beauty in the unexpected: ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด: ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐บ.. ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ-๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ช๐ต.
It reminded me so much of the last line in Azrielโs bonus chapter where he describes the image of Gwyn as a thing of secret, lovely beauty. We can find beauty anywhere, but it is those moments that interrupt expectation and arrive unannounced that linger deep in the chest.
SJM in an interview: โmusic inspires like 90% of what I writeโ
Also SJM:
โHer breath curled in front of her mouth, and one of his shadows darted out to dance with it before twirling back to him. Like it heard some silent music.โ
โShe shrugged again, irreverently. Az narrowed his eyes, studying her. โDo you, though?โ she pressed. โSing?โ Azriel couldnโt help his soft chuckle. โYes.โ
โAzriel entered the warmth of the stairwell, and as he descended, he could have sworn a faint, beautiful singing followed him. Could have sworn his shadows sang in answer.โ
For people who claim to be pro inner circle, e/riels certainly love to paint the IC in the worst possible light when it comes to hyping up their โforbiddenโ romance.
The need for secrecy, deception and lies relies on Azriel and Elain having no trust in their family and friends to do right by them.
Itโs anti Rhys and anti Feyre to prop your ship up with the idea that they wouldnโt do everything they could to find a way to protect both their familyโs happiness and safety. That they canโt be trusted with the knowledge of their relationship.
Donโt call yourself pro IC then proceed to make the IC the villains of your ship.
So much love and respect goes out to @kolumnist-art for delivering another stunning Gwynriel piece. Karina never ceases to amaze me with her work. ๐ฅฐ Please head on over to her IG and show her some love. โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
What started out as a simple bathroom scene that quickly turned into "let's make this MerMay" to us becoming bathroom designers, thank you @cyrastory for bringing my vision to life! It was such a pleasure working on this with you
Read the fic here on AO3!
Summary: Azriel is a lighthouse keeper on the Velaris coast and after one brutal storm he spots something stranded along the cliffside. Turns out that that something is a someone -- a mermaid to be exact. He nurses her back to health in his tub and makes a connection he never saw coming.
My lovely friend @melphss and I were able to commission with insanely lovely art by @jjflorentina
The artist did such an incredible job showing Elain and Lucien in a sweet embrace.
@melphss thought this quote from Elain in ACOWAR reminded her of a quote from Jane Eyre so I attached both of them. I thought it was a lovely correlation.
Elain: โIt felt.. strange, like you pulled on a thread tied to a rib?โ
Jane Eyre: โI have a strange feeling with regard to you. As if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly knotted to a similar string in you. And if you were to leave I'm afraid that cord of communion would snap. And I have a notion that I'd take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, you'd forget me.โ
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