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Finished datv!! So Inquisitor fanart commences

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Reposting this bc he belongs on this blog and not my other one, and also I want an excuse to yap about my oc.

So this is Silas, and is entire personality is that he sucks so bad. He's one of the middle Vanserra children, and his entire goal in life is to be a disgrace to the name Vanserra. He's succeeding, by the way. He's got that lazy playboy persona going on, along with a plethora of addiction issues. He actually kinda cultivates this all to seem as unthreatening to his brothers and father as possible. He Really does not want to be taken seriously by anyone for any reason. His coping mechanisms are super healthy, why do you ask?

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Love you bestie! I’ll always be your Neris art dealer🫶🏼

“When you get tired of the animal, come find me. I’ll show you how a future High Lord carved pumpkins.” - a totally real and accurate quote from ACOSF

Eternally grateful for my bestie and Neris dealer @autumns-high-lady for yet another gorgeous Nesta and Eris piece. Y’all, I saw that I had gotten a discord message from her last night that included a .png, and RAN SO FAST TO SEE IT!

If you’re interested, below was my headcanon from back during @nerisweek about Nesta and Eris carving pumpkins!

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“Nes, oh Nes. Let down your hair.”

Nesta Archeron and Eris Vanserra as Rapunzel and the Prince. My Halloween piece! Hope you enjoy!

Reference: “Romeo and Juliet on the balcony” by Julius Kronberg (1886)

Speedpaint below the cut!!

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Leave it to Quinlar to break my Nessian heart

Hunt squared his shoulders, utterly unshakable. Bryce's throat tightened to see it - to know even before he spoke that he had her back. "It's tough for me to accept, especially when they wrecked Lunathion this spring, but if Bryce trusts them, I trust them. Besides, we're out of options."

It kills me that Bryce knew before Hunt even spoke that he had her back. It makes me wonder if Nesta thought Cassian would have her back only to find out that he didn't? Or if she already knew at this point that he would never have her back?

And then we have Hunt, who does not fully support Bryce's decision and thinks it's a tad reckless, but trusts her anyways. Cassian proved that he neither trusted Nesta, nor believed in her.

And then to make matters worse, we have this:

Hunt fell into step beside Bryce, putting a hand on her shoulder as if to offer his support, but she could have sworn that even her mate was disappointed in her.

Hunt is disappointed in Bryce, but he still comforts her and supports her. Cassian let Rhysand threaten Nesta with punishment, let Rhysand directly challenge her, watched his mate cower before Rhysand and never once offered her any support or comfort. And worse, Cassian was the most furious with her. She spent all night thinking she would be executed at dawn, and I guarantee you Cassian offered her no comfort. He ripped her to shreds so badly that she raised that wall of steel in her mind to protect herself from him.

Cassian is a spineless asshole, and SJM does not like her males to be spineless assholes, so I do think we'll get a Cassian redemption. Maybe Hunt will re-enter Prythian and hand over his copy of the Mated Male Memo so Cassian can read up on the bare minimum of being a mated male: 1. Always have your mate's back, even if you don't agree with her. 2. Always trust your mate, even if what she's doing seems reckless, it will always turn out okay in the end. 3. Always support and comfort your mate,  even if you don't fully agree with her decisions.

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“Nesta was just as nasty to Cassian”

Have you considered that they barely treated her kindly from the beginning? 😭 Feyre went and planted the seed in their heads that she’s some horrible witch, and they met Nesta having this biased perspective. I actually do proudly support Nesta being “mean” because it was provoked every single time. The above quote is just an excuse for nesta antis and so called Nesta stan’s to put her down and raise Cassian up. Get over it.

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And when the firelings pulled up and started burning all the faebane stores? That was hot.

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every now and then I think about Rhysand and Cassian joining forces after hating each other simply so they can gang up and beat on a kid who was fresh out of childhood torture. and then SJM decided that's the pinnacle of brotherhood? siblings dynamics in this book series are so fucking weird

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Can we talk about the significance of Nesta being only the third female to ever wield Gwydion? The other two being Queen Theia and Bryce Quinlan.

Nesta now wields the last Made weapon, plus she's the only person in 15,000 years who has been able to Make more weapons.

Nesta now wields Ataraxia (plus she has her other Made sword and dagger), the three objects of the Dread Trove in Prythian, and Gwydion. She controls all magical items except Narben.

I don't think it's a coincidence that Nesta and Bryce control the Dread Trove, which were created by the Asteri and stolen by Queen Theia to be used in their defeat in Prythian. I don't think that it's a coincidence that Nesta and Bryce teamed up to defeat the Asteri once and for all by using the items of the Dread Trove, as well as Gwydion and Truth-Teller.

I think it's obvious at this point that Nesta is Starborn. Does that make her a descendant of Queen Theia on Silene's side? Does Nesta have the power to awaken the Dusk Court and bring it back to its former glory, as well as bring back the pegasi to the land?

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@valkyrieappreciationweek

@freyjas-musings and I are SO EXCITED that we were able to commission this beautiful artwork!

Our headcanon is that Bryce drops by to leave a fully charged phone for Nesta; and Nesta puts it to good use by taking selfies of her and her chosen sisters…it’s their favorite hobby….posing and taking pics ❤️

Artist: @cherryandsisters

Link to Instagram post

Characters belong to Sarah J Maas

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ACOSF was meant to be a healing journey for Nesta, but at the end she said that she wouldn't fall back into that pit of depression if she had Cassian at her side, her friends at her back, and the HoW.

Perhaps the future did not need to be so planned - she could just take it one day at a time. As long as she had Cassian at her side, her friends with her, she could do it. Face it. They wouldn't let her fall back into that pit. Cassian would never let her fall again.

But it didn't matter. Nesta could hardly wait for it - the ceremony, the...whatever awaited her beyond it. None of it frightened her. None of it left her with that pit of despair. Not with Cassian at her side, her friends at her back, the House of Wind...

HOFAS ripped all that away. Cassian was most certainly not at her side. He didn't agree with her decision, he did absolutely nothing to stick up for her, he didn't defend her when Rhysand threatened her, he did nothing to protect her from punishment or possible execution, he did nothing when she cowered before Rhysand. And to make matters worse, he was the most furious with her. He probably ripped her to shreds, probably said some incredibly hurtful things to his own mate. Every other SJM mated couple is a team...except Nessian. Cassian left Nesta all alone. Every other mated couple sticks up for their mate (even if they don't agree with their decisions), at least in public. And they most certainly don't let someone threaten their mate.

I have no doubt that Gwyn and Emerie had Nesta's back, even if they didn't agree with her decision, but Az (Nesta's other bestie) did not. He didn't agree with her, he did nothing to stick up for her, he allowed Rhysand to threaten her, he did nothing to protect Nesta from punishment or possible execution, and he did nothing when Nesta cowered before Rhysand. Nesta and Az have developed a beautiful friendship, but he most certainly did not have her back.

The HoW probably ceased to be Nesta's home when Rhysand entered without her permission and threatened her in it, when she cowered before him in it.

We know Nesta's story isn't over yet, and she's the only character to have been given a clear objective: take Gwydion and find out why the eight-pointed star was tattooed on her. Considering in HOFAS she seemed so lost and hurt and broken, maybe she'll take this journey on her own and maybe Cass, Az, Gwyn, and Emerie will team up to find her.

When it comes to Nessian, I see two directions forward: Nesta rejects the mating bond or Cassian gets a redemption arc. I really see no other alternative.

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A Court Of Silver Flames - pg 371

"A line of them; a legion. Some mere collections of upright bones, jaws hanging and eyes unseeing. Some half-preserved, decaying flesh flapping over exposed ribs. Judging by their fine armor, they were warriors and kings and princes and lords."

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All i’m saying is

Morrigan slept with Cassian to break her bethrothal to Eris. She knew that by sleeping with Cassian, she was proving that she could not be trusted to be married to the heir of Autumn.

When Eris rightfully so, broke their engagement, any fallout rightfully fell on Morrigan, as he did EXACTLY what she wanted him to do. He absolved himself of any further relations with the NC.

Mor is mad because he left her at the Autumn border, completely disregarding the fact that her actions alone prohibited her from seeking solace in the Autumn court And yes, Eris found her (along with his fellow soldiers btw) and left her there because touching her meant condemnation for her to the Autumn court, guess who didn’t want to be there, oh yeah the dying fae with a nail through her “womb”????

these were choices she made. so no i don’t hold 11 year old eris accountable for his actions the same way i dont hold 14 year old sansa stark to her actions. but i do hold 19/20 year old Morrigan to hers.

And fucking hell, maybe start blaming her family first?? they’re the ones that hammered those nails in and left her there!!

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I really saw someone say that Feyre Archeron is “literally Princess Diana”

Let’s not insult Lady Di like that. 😭 Feyre does not give a shit about 2/3 of “her” people, only the ones who live in their special city. She outwardly loathes the Illyrians, and consciously chooses to not thank people who are trapped in the Court of Nightmares against their will.

She also destroyed an entire court by turning the High Lord’s people against him to be petty, even when they needed an alliance more than anything at that time.

Princess Diana was for all the people, not just the inner circle royal family.

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The Blood Rite. Nesta. Emerie. Gwyneth.

My contribution for @valkyrieappreciationweek! Day 2 - Nothing Can Break Us. Hope you enjoy!

Reference: “Courage, Anxiety, Despair: Watching the Battle” by James Sant (1950)

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Hunt is the best

Hunt Athalar is one of the men SJM has written that aren't assholes.

"he's boring!" GOOD.

People aren't used to a nontoxic douchebag.

We need that HEALTHY masculinity