Friendly reminder that in the same chapter we find out Azriel's shadows keep him company "as they always had, as they always would", we also find out that his shadows sing and dance for Gwyn while "they'd always been prone to vanish" around Elain.
Literally foreshadowing ✨
Also, "his shadows had not warned him" that Gwyn was in the training ring. The other side argues that Gwyn is evil but do you honestly think his shadows wouldn't have warned him about her presence if she was really evil? Oh wait, I know, Azriel is an evil shadowsinger too!
"His shadows peered over his wings at her."
"The young priestess smiled -- and Azriel thought it might have been directed at his curious shadows."
"Her breath curled in front of her mouth, and one of his shadows darted out to dance with it before twirling back to him."
"Even his shadows had calmed. As if content to lounge on his shoulders and watch."
"Could have sworn his shadows sang in answer."
If you take these quotes and show it to any random person, I guarantee you nine out of ten of them (the one in the ten is an Elriel lol) will agree that his shadows like Gwyn or, at the very least, definitely do not think she's going to harm Azriel. Regardless, the wording implies that his shadows do not see Gwyn as a dangerous threat at all.
For instance, SJM could have easily changed "curious shadows" to "cautious shadows" and we would know his shadows are wary of her. BUT SHE DIDN'T. Instead, curiosity implies a degree of interest. In one chapter, his shadows show more chemistry and interest in Gwyn than Azriel and Elain ever had in "four books of build-up".
Btw, I've said it before and I will say it again:
When a side character introduced in the latest book can threaten supposedly "four books of build-up" is how you know there actually isn't any "four books of build-up".
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Just imagining Dipper's parents finally trying to get their shit together and rekindle their relationship with the twins after several years of almost no contact, only to show up in town and 1. Dipper doesn't recognize them at first, and 2. When they remind him who they are, his brain scrambles for a second because, in his head, his "Dad" is already in the shack, scamming groups of tourists for loose change. He nearly goes, "huh? But my dad is-," and points to the shack, before catching up with his brain and realizing who he's talking to
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congratulations i've never been a fan of sangcheng mostly bc i TRIED but i'm not really interested in their early days dynamic and post-canon i find it hard to believe it could ever happen. but the weird messy version which may or may not lead to wwx-jc reconciliation but imo cannot end happily if jc finds out about the whole jin ling thing IS interesting to me!!
Actually I think I only like this if it doesn't work out between jc and nhs so I don't think I can call myself a sangcheng shipper now if I only want mess and an unhappy ending but you know. i'd read a fic about them now if this specific one existed!
In theory I'd be down for either, but I always manage to trick myself into wanting a happy ending by the end of a fic I'm really enjoying. I think they're both really exhausted post-canon and in most universes they just avoid each other but there's one or two where Nie Huaisang tricks Jiang Cheng into doing his homework, which makes Jiang Cheng feel needed, and dangles him in front of Wei Wuxian for sport, which makes Jiang Cheng feel wanted, and they're the only two major sect leaders who are both adults and not in seclusion so I can see them getting stuck eating lunch together enough for Nie Huaisang to develop ideas.
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Imagine if during the stick!Alan au while they're staying with Chosen right after the showdown, the guilt ends up getting to him and he tries to sneak away because he's also scared that he might hurt the sticks again or because he feels bad about having done so in the first place and they have to track him down. Wait what if this leads to him getting captured by victim
i think that he'd be too anxious about the others to leave them alone (SC would be VERY upset if he left and made that very clear when they freaked out upon not immediately seeing him with the others when they came back to consciousness but i could see him wandering and getting lost just because he needs some time away to process all of this..... so mayhaps......
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i put a lot of effort into my icon edits but oh my god...giving myself breaks has actually benefitted by how much i've gotten done
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