“why do you think gwyn and az are endgame?”
EVERYTIME azriel is with elain, his shadows shrink away or hide (“elain sucked in a soft breath that whispered over his skin. his shadows skittered back at the sound. they’d always been prone to vanish when she was around”) HELLO? azriel has a connection, an emotional one, w his shadows because he’s never really been close to anyone else besides cass and rhys. morr pushed him away for the better half of 500 years, his family rejected him, the illyrians rejected him, so his shadows have been the only constant in his life. IM ORETTY DAMN SURE THEYRE A GOOD JSUGE OF CHARAACTER. so, how do they act with gwyn?? here’s some snippets from the books::
(for context in this one, azriel was heading up to the training rings alone because he likes his silence and it helps clear his mind)
“he found it [training rings] already occupied. his shadows had not warned him.” GWYN WAS AT THE TRAINING RINGS.
“his shadows peered over his wings at her.”
“how was the party?” her [gwyn] breath curled infront 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.
“azriel dipped his head in sketch of a bow, something restless settling in him. even his shadows had calmed. as if content to lounge on his shoulder and watch [gwyn]”
“azriel 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”
HELLO?? his shadows are ALAWYS responding to gwyn and always curious about her. they NEVER shy away? she “settles something restless inside him” IM??? NOBODY ELSE HAS BEEN ABKE TO DO THAT..
this is js like my counter claim/rebuttle…
“oh az spends so much time w [fucknuts bitch ass] elain! he has to want her blah blah blah” NO. azriel only spends time w elain bc she’s quiet and he sees himself in her, NOT BECAUSE HE WANTS HER. azriel needs someone strong and reassuring because he’s never felt returned love, atleast some that’s not ‘brotherly’ before. elain is too soft and too PATEHTIC to treat him right. but you know who’s strong willed, smart, beautiful, amazing, sarcastic, and perfect? GWYNETH BERDARA.
this is a post from “thinkmyhappythoughts” on twitter/X whatever dafuq.
“Azriel has always suffered by a lack of self-love. He was rejected by his family, he was rejected by the Illyrians, and he was shuttled off to the side by Mor for 500 years. Azriel has no idea how to love himself. At all. He doesn't not feel comfortable in his own skin.
And while he uses his abilities and shadows as part of his spy work it's almost like he is self conscious of them. He needs to embrace them, and be with someone who embraces them as well, not someone who makes them hide away.”
i could not have explained it ANY BETTER
ex. 3:: gwyn finds comfort in azriel + they’re always noticing everything about eachother
perhaps this is from the whole saving her from the temple thing, but she literally always looks at him for reassurance during training…:
“we slice the ribbon in two,” emerie asked gwyn warily, “and our training is complete?” gwyn again glanced to azriel, who DRIFTED CLOSER.
HELLO? are you guys seriously seeing this and still shipping elain and azriel. don’t pmtfo. SHE FINDS COMOFRT IN HIM ASWELL AS HE DOES TO HER. which, given what sarah has said about their characters, is MONUMENTAL. they’ve both been through shit loads of trauma which makes them very wary of attachments and trusting people YET HERE WE ARE.
“Gwyn let out a high-pitched noise that was nothing but pure excite-ment. Azriel, on the other side of the ring with the rest of the priest-esses, half-turned at the sound, brows high.”
HELLO? AZRIEL THE SHADOWSINGER WHO NEVER BREAKS HIS FOCUS?? IM!
like guys cmon now OPEN YOUR FOXING EYES.
ok this is a scene from i believe acosf maybe?? i think so…
He found it [training ring] already occupied. His shadows had not warned him.
It was too late to bank without appearing like he was running. Azriel landed in the ring a few feet from where Gwyn practiced in the chill night, her sword glimmering like ice in the moonlight.
She stopped mid-slice, whirling to face him. "I'm sorry. I knew you all were going to the river house, so I didn't think anyone would mind if I came up here, and—"
"Te's fine. I came to retrieve something I forgot." The lie was smooth and cool, as he knew his face was. His shadows peered over his wings
The young priestess smiled - and Azriel thought it might have been directed at his curious shadows. But she just hooked her coppery-brown hair behind an arched ear. "I was trying to cut the ribbon." She pointed with her sword at the white ribbon, which seemed to glow silver.
"Aren't you cold?" His breath clouded in front of him.
Gwyn shrugged. "Once you get moving, you stop noticing it." He nodded, silence falling. For a heartbeat, their gazes met. He blocked out the bloody memory that flashed, so at odds with the Gwyn he saw before him now.
Her head ducked, as if remembering it too. That he'd been the one who'd found her that day at Sangravah. "Happy Solstice," she said, as much a dismissal as it was a holiday blessing.
He snorted. "Are you kicking me out?"
Gwyn's teal eyes flashed with alarm. "No! I mean, I don't mind sharing the ring. I just... I know you like to be alone." Her mouth quirked to the side, crinkling the freckles on her nose. "Is that why you came up here?"
Sort of. "I forgot something," he reminded her.
Pure amusement glittered in her stare. Better than the pain and grief he'd spied a moment before. So he offered her a crooked smile. "I can't sleep without my favorite dagger."
HELLOOOOOO?? THE FOXING CHEMISTRY HERE. they’re so obv into eachother and they’re so compatible, yet he has to walk on eggshells around the skank elain.
NOW I KNOW THIS ONE IS KIND OF A STRETCH, but not really..
this comes from @munchkin_readz
"Azriel dipped his head in a sketch of a bow, something restless settling in him."
IT'S THE MATING BOND AZ OPEN YOUR EYES
Okay but seriously, think about how Rhys and Az were just arguing about how Azriel wants a mate and how he thinks it's supposed to be Elain. Then he goes to the training ring to cool down about that argument and he finds Gwyn. And then Gwyn calms him down. Azriel is known to need a physical distraction from things that bother him. He usually sparres with his brothers and he was planning on working out his anger in the ring. But he doesn't need to do that because a simple conversation with Gwyn calmed him down. I think that restless thing that settled in him was the mating bond. It was going crazy because he was thinking about another woman as his mate, but when he went to his actual mate, it calmed down.”
SHE PUT IT PERFECTLY. literally they are both VERY strong, which could put them at being equals, and OMG IF U DONT SEE HOW COMPATIBLE THEY ARE THATS YOUR FAULT. HE KILLED EVERY HYBERN SOLDIOR TO SAVE HER.
ex. 6:: okay this one takes some background info so here’s a snippet of a ribbon gwyn had to slice to complete her training. she became obsessed with slicing the ribbon but it was EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
"A comfort to every growing child."
Aznets lips twitched. He refrained from mentioning that he did indeed sleep with a dagger. Many daggers. Including one under his pillow.
"How was the party?" Her 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.
"fine," he said, and realized a heartbeat later that it wasn't a socially acceptable answer. "It was nice."
Nor much better. So he asked, "Did you and the priestesses have a
"Yes, though the service was the main highlight."
She angled her head, hair shining like molten metal. "Do you sing?" He blinked. It wasn't every day that people took him by surprise, but ..."Why do you ask?"
"They call you shadowsinger. Is it because you sing?"
"I am a shadowsinger—it's not a title that someone just made up." She shrugged again, irreverently. Az narrowed his eyes, studying her. "Do you, though?" she pressed. "Sing:" Azriel couldn't help his soft chuckle. "Yes."
She opened her mouth to ask more, but he didn't feel like explaining.
Or demonstrating, since that was surely what she'd ask next. So Az jerked his chin to the sword dangling from her hand. "Try cutting the ribbon again."
"What—with you watching?"
She considered, and he wondered if she'd say no, but Gwyn blew out a breath, steadied her feet and balance, and sliced. A beautiful, precise blow, but it didn't sever the ribbon.
"Again," he ordered, rubbing his hands against the cold, grateful for its bracing bite and the distraction of this impromptu lesson.
Gwyn sliced again, but the ribbon remained unyielding.
okay so we see the chemistry, duh, not to mention az and gwyn both sing, BUT u see her obsessing over the ribbon, yes? now read this snippet:
Indeed, Azriel and Cassian had just leaned against the wall, arms crossed, and smiled at them the entire time.
Gwyn threw Azriel a withering stare as she strode past him. "See
you tomorrow, Shadowsinger," she tossed over a shoulder.
Az stared after her, brows high with amusement. When he turned back, Nesta grinned. "You have no idea what you just started," she said. Az angled his head, hazel eyes narrowing as Gwyn reached the archway.
"Remember how Gwyn was with the ribbon?" Nesta winked and clapped the shadowsinger on the shoulder. "You're the new ribbon, Az."
AZ IS GWYNS NEW ONSESSION. and with her spiral to cracking his mysterious behavior, they fall in LOVE! trust me bro IM JOT STUPID. im acc very smart.
okay this concludes everything im going to talk about
