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the death of dvds is so fucked. what about bonus features

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Sarah showed us the Lady of Autumn being silent and sad like Elain was during all of WAR, then she showed us Helion who has the same flirty, rakish personality as Lucien before everything fell apart for him and also showed him still suffering and pining for the LOA under his façade, like Lucien is still suffering and pining for Elain even though he's toughing it up.

Sarah very much implied the LOA and Helion to be mates and more importantly during those few appearances of the LOA she all but screamed at the reader "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO MATES ARE COMPATIBLE AND COULD MAKE EACH OTHER HAPPY BUT ONE OR BOTH OF THEM THINK THEY CAN IGNORE THE BOND AWAY. SHE'S BEEN SUFFERING FOR CENTURIES AND NEITHER OF THEM ARE OK. BONDS ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN IGNORE AWAY."

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I drew this in a fugue state last night

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Elucien Murder Mystery - Ch 4/6

Summary: Detective Lucien Vanserra has been sent to Sunset Hollow to solve a grisly murder. Cunning and skeptical, he is determined to not allow superstition and hearsay divert him from the truth. However, the town is whispering of witches, and one suspected witch by the name of Elain Archeron haunts his dreams and his heart.

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“I want you to stay away from my sister,” Nesta demanded with the same fire she dismissed Elain. Lucien narrowed his eyes, steeling his spine as he prepared to go toe to toe with her. He had enough of her sneering at him from afar. “I promise, I have nothing but good intentions with your sister.” She scoffed, “Oh, I’m sure you do, Detective. I’m not stupid. I know what this town is whispering about us. And your constant presence at our home is not helping the rumors.” Defensiveness stirred in in gut, “I am not one for witch hunts, Miss Archeron. I visit your sister because I enjoy her company. That is all.” Nesta swung her head, reminding Lucien of a snake rearing back before it lunged, sinking its fangs into its prey. “I’m sure you’re enjoying her a lot. More than decorum and decency demands of you.” Fire blazed inside of him. It angered him, the truth in her words.

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the name Lucien means not only light, but also intelligence and beauty. Even this man's name hints to us that he is awesome.

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open a new window somewhere in the world. 

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Let me tell you something. Sex is not fun. Sex is wrong. Immoral. Terrible. So stop having sex with your husbands. I will shoulder the burden of sin. I will fuck your husbands on your behalf.

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Eluciens and Gwynriels be like:

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“ By the time Lucien was born …

I had so little left to give.

My heart had turned cold. ”

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Brother feels 🦊🍁🔥

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"Everything I love has always had a tendency to be taken from me. I tell very few about the wings. Or the flying."

If Rhysand said something like this what can we expect to hear from Lucien?? Yes, Rhys lost his mother and sister in an absolutely barbaric and awful way but he never lost Azriel, Cassian, Mor and Amren after meeting them. They were a constant in his life for centuries, they never left his side and they never will. At least I don't think SJM will write that. But Lucien? LUCIEN??? I mean, what's left to take away from this man? No seriously...

His first true love? Gone. Killed in front of him for good measure.

His mom? Not dead but still gone. He's forced to stay away from her and has been for centuries.

His first home? Expelled and forbidden to enter it or go near its borders.

Spring court? His second home? Brought to ruin by a revenge plan and some bad decisions of its leader. People there don't even trust him anymore.

Andras? Gone.

Tamlin? Their friendship forever tarnished and I personally don't think it will ever be the same.

His mate? Currently can't stand to be in the same room as him.

I feel like I can go on and on about all the things that mean/meant something to him that got taken away from him. I can go on and on about all the bad things that happened to him without enough (not neeearly enough) good things to counterbalance those. And that just completely breaks my heart. Maybe that's why he's the character who has stuck with me the most and to whom I wish the happiest ending ever. Can't wait to find out what soul shattering quote SJM gives him in his book (he better have one).

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Sometimes I love reading the ACOTAR fan posts where they go on rants about how if you love Tamlin or Nesta to block them because they don’t understand people who support abusers and xyz logic. Who then turn around and praise Rhysand, Feyre, and the inner court who have committed far worse atrocities.

Cause nah dude I’m not doing your job for you. I’m going to be an international super spy and not say a thing and let you block me yourself. We aren’t the boogie man of the fandom. Y’all got that on lockdown to be honest.

I’m not bugging you, and as long as you’re not bugging me we can coexist. But if your sensitive sensibilities are bothered by my mere presence maybe talk to someone cause I’m worried and you shouldn’t be afraid of people who haven’t done anything to you.

That’s a lot of energy into fearing and/or hating strangers online and you should put that towards something you love. Even if it’s Rhysand. I won’t understand but y’all don’t understand why we love Tamlin and/or Nesta so let’s call it even.

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Trauma does not justify being shitty with those around you, but it explains lashing out.

Being at your lowest, most self-destructive version, can make you push people away as hard as you can, isolate, self-harm, take your anger on your loved ones, and say the most foul things, because your own head makes you believe you are that cruel, disgusting being that deserves nothing, so that's the mask you show people to prevent them from wasting their time on you.

Now imagine going through such deep pain and being sexually harassed, locked into a house with a man that disregards your every need, and confirms every bad thought about yourself crossing your mind, even telling you he does not understand how your own family can love you.

If you cannot or have no idea how to help someone going through that, that's completely valid, but it does not give you the right to break them further until they fit that neat little mold of the person you think they should be.

You find them help if you can, and then remove yourself from the situation if you need. You don't send them to a fucking hike as a punishment to further confirm in their head that they deserve nothing but pain.

So yes, Nesta's trauma does not justify her being mean, but explains why she is mean, and of course she is going to be even meaner when everyone around her confirms every depressive, self-loathing thought in her head.

And honestly, she isn't even that much of a bitch for the amount of shit those self-righteous assholes of the IC give her.

Considering throwing her into the hewn city to be further traumatized for being a little mean? Didn't her "mate" kill an entire fucking village? Oh wait! Sorry! Forgot he is a man, therefore his trauma does justify him lashing out~

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Elucien Murder Mystery

Summary: Detective Lucien Vanserra has been sent to Sunset Hollow to solve a grisly murder. Cunning and skeptical, he is determined to not allow superstition and hearsay divert him from the truth. However, the town is whispering of witches, and one suspected witch by the name of Elain Archeron haunts his dreams and his heart.

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Snippet:

Lucien squatted down in front of the corpse, jotting notes in his pocket notebook as he examined the corpse nailed to the tree. His arms were crossed above him, a large rusty nail hammered through both his wrists. With his neck craned to the side and his head slung over his shoulder, he couldn’t help drawing parallels with specific iconography of The Church. From the shoulders down, his body was skinless and full of holes. The arrows were left behind. Whoever killed him hunted him down in these woods, shooting arrow after arrow into him until he collapsed to the ground. They then ripped the arrows out and skinned him like an animal. Like he was game and all they wanted was his pelt. “Poor bastard,” Tamlin’s deputy, Andras, said as he covered his mouth with a handkerchief.  

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Nine (7/9)

Summary: Eight times Elain and Lucien spoke, and one time they didn't.

He stared at her, amusement and heat dancing across his face as he took another small step towards her. ‘Oh, I like you like this.’

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