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Elriel Month 2025🌸🦇

Hi everyone!

We are so excited to present the official prompt descriptions for the fifth-ever ELRIEL MONTH!! Like the previous few years, we will have two prompts per week that center on different aspects and scenarios of the relationship between Elain and Azriel. We aim to foster a positive space for us to celebrate our favorite Seer and Shadowsinger. Remember to tag us (@elriel-month) to be featured on this page!

We cannot wait to celebrate with you! 🦇🌸💙🗡🌹

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🎨 Art: tpiola_ (IG) | Comm: bookishbiologist (IG)

Rules and bi-weekly prompts under the break!

RULES:

✷ Participation of each day/prompt is optional!

✷ Ideally, post your art/work on the week of the prompt. However, if you cannot post on time, post whenever you can.

✷ Elriel month will be across Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram.

✷ If you want to be featured on this blog please tag @elriel-month in your posts so we can reblog them

✷ On Tumblr while posting your piece of work please use the following hashtags:  #elrielmonth #elrielmonth25 #elrielmonth2025

✷ No hate or slander towards other characters!

✷ Your submission can be a fanart, fanfics/oneshots, edits, gifset, moodboard, playlist - anything you deem acceptable.

✷ The final prompt is free choice - you can indulge your own prompt or Elriel fantasy!

✷ Be respectful of other people’s work. Do not repost without permission and credit.

Prompts

Death & the Maiden: May 1-4

In many ways, Elain and Azriel embody the "Death and the Maiden" trope: Elain personified as goodness and light, and Azriel as the broody, dark warrior surrounded by shadows. This prompt is all about exploring Elriel's light and dark aesthetic. How do you see this dynamic playing out?

🎨: jjflorentina (IG) | Comm: lunepapillons_ (IG) & gigiblodyn (twitter)

Star-Crossed: May 5-7

From the moment Rhys commanded Azriel to stay away from Elain, a great forbidden romance was born. Use this prompt to explore Elriel's star-crossed story: how do you see them defying fate (and their High Lord) to be together, despite the odds?

🎨: lacampanule (IG) | Comm: lazydaisyreads (IG)

Guilty as Sin: May 8-11

It wouldn't be an Elriel Month without an opportunity to explore our favorite couple's sexy sides. For this prompt, it's time to get spicy and highlight the chemistry between Elain and Azriel. Feel free to make things as NSFW as you'd like them to be!

🎨: artyventurer (IG) | Comm: emilysbookishtales (IG)

Free Will & True Love: May 12-14

Throughout the series, SJM emphasizes the importance of choice and free will - and this prompt is your chance to delve into how those things will play out for Elriel. What lengths will they go to choose each other? Will there be a grand "I choose you!" declaration?

🎨: eguardx (IG)| Comm: jasmineandshadows (IG) & purpleunicornc_ (IG)

The Eyes & Ears of the Night Court: May 15-18

With Elain's gifts as a Seer and Azriel's skills as the Spymaster, these two are quite literally the eyes and ears of the Night Court. Let's explore how Elain and Azriel's powers complement each other. Do you imagine them working together? Undertaking spy missions? Using their powers to help one another?

🎨: honeyypears (IG) | Comm: cassianfanclub_ (IG)

Fairytales: May 19-21

We certainly hope that Elain and Azriel have a fairytale romance in their future! For this prompt, indulge all your most whimsical, romantic ideas about Elriel. Maybe you want to explore a fairytale AU, or imagine them waltzing through a ballroom together - let your imagination run wild!

🎨: elainem97 (IG)

Peace & Quiet: May 22-25

As Feyre observes, Elain and Azriel find a peaceful refuge in each other. Use these days to explore Elriel's domestic life. How do you imagine their quiet moments at home? How do they spend their time together, and what hobbies do they share? What is their family life like?

🎨: adduani (IG) | Comm: elain_kingslayer (IG)

Visions of the Future: May 26-28

It's time to channel your inner Elain Archeron and make some predictions: what do you think the future has in store for Elriel? Now's your chance to share all your theories and predictions about how you see the future unfolding for these two lovebirds. The possibilities are endless!

🎨: lynx_illustration (IG) | Comm: duskcowboy_ (IG) & morganssecretgarden (IG)

Free Day: May 29-31

For the final days of Elriel Month, feel free to celebrate Prythian's prettiest couple however you see fit. There's only one rule for this prompt: show your love for Elriel. Beyond that, the sky's the limit!

🎨: salihace (IG) | Comm: lovelyfawnx (IG)

[homeshooledhermit]

How to write a kiss scene

requested by: anon request: How do I write a good kiss scene? As how do I describe it? What details or words would make it good?

What goes into the writing of a kiss scene?

details to incorporate:

the sensations in their stomach, their chest, and their knees

the way their breathing changes shortly before the kiss

the feeling of the other's hands

the texture of the other's clothing

the moment they realise they've reached the point of no return

the feeling they're left with after the kiss

words to use...

... to describe the kiss:

tentative

tender

hesitant

quick

soft

gentle

delicate

languid

feathery

familiar

exploring

hungry

heated

fiery

frantic

impatient

sloppy

messy

aggressive

... to describe how they feel about the kiss:

nervous

excited

giddy

anxious

apprehensive

ambiguous

surprised

reassured

certain

confident

relieved

eager

greedy

... to show what the lips do:

exploring each other

brushing over each other

locking

devouring

touching

sealing

pressing against each other

capturing

lapping

tasting

crushing together

travelling (the other's body)

trailing (down to the other's chin)

grinning into the kiss

caressing

lingering

... to show how their body reacts:

feeling warm all over

buzzing

humming

pumping/palpitating heart

clenching lungs

joy bubbling up

tingly stomach

warm chest

burning cheeks

sweaty palms

blood rushing through their veins

... to describe what their hands are doing:

tangling in their lover's hair

wrapping their arms around their lover's neck

intertwining their fingers with their lover

resting on their lover's hips

pressing into their lover's shoulder blades

cupping their lover's cheeks

touching their lover's chin

curling their arm around their lover's waist

resting on their lover's shoulders

grabbing their lover's collar

sneaking up under their lover's shirt

brushing over their lover's bare skin

lightly squeezing their lover's butt

focus on:

the sensations instead of what's physically happening. (the protagonists might very well not know themselves what is happening exactly, but they feel very precisely)

I hope this helps <3

[homeshooledhermit]

can't believe my mind (the boy is divine)

Here's a sneak peek of one of my upcoming wips. Which should be coming to ao3 .... soonish.

Elain follows after her, hoping her older sister doesn't ruin her date before she's even gone on the date. Feyre has just opened the door for a man. Calling him hot doesn't exactly do his devastating hotness justice. He has short black hair, hazel eyes, and golden skin. Even through his suit jacket, she can very clearly see his muscles. He’s tall. Taller than all three of them. Then her eyes land on his scarred hands. Which, for reasons she can't quite explain, only adds to his hotness.

“It's nice to meet you both. You must be Nesta.” Azriel says as he steps into the house.

“Yes. And you must be Azriel… I'm sorry, what was your last name again?” Nesta says, looking up at the male like she's sizing him up.

“Villanueva.”

“Right. And what is it you do again?”

“Nesta.” Feyre hisses, looking like she's moments away from pushing Azriel and Elain out the door with her bare hands.

“I'm a manager at my friend’s restaurant. Well, one of his restaurants, at least.” But Azriel doesn't falter under the line of questioning coming from Nesta. And most people would run away in absolute terror if Nesta Archeron was looking at them the way she is right now. She's smiling, but her eyes give away what's going on in the dancer’s head. If he gives her one answer she doesn't like, then the date’s over before it's even begun.

“And how do you know Feyre?” “After the mural on the wall in the restaurant was damaged by a drunk patron, Feyre was hired to do a new one. And we became friends.”

“Exactly like I told you. Now let them go, I'm sure he made reservations.” Feyre turns to look at Azriel, who catches on quickly.

“Yes. We should really get going.”

“Hold on.” Nesta says but Elain is already heading out the door. Azriel puts a hand on her back as Feyre closes the door. He leads her over to his car, a black Bentley parked in between Elain’s Prius and Nesta’s Hearse.

Azriel opens her door for her, and she climbs into the passenger seat. He walks around to the driver's side, getting into the car. “So where are you taking me? I assume you don't actually have reservations.”

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Elain Archeron/Azriel Characters: Azriel (A Court of Thorns and Roses), Elain Archeron Additional Tags: Blood, Minor Violence, Murder, Soft Azriel (A Court of Thorns and Roses), Truth-Teller (A Court of Thorns and Roses), Spy Elain Archeron, Elriel Month 2024 | Tumblr: elriel-month

[homeshooledhermit]

It's Time! Welcome to TodoIzuOcha Week 2024!

After some planning behind the scenes (and Mod Cal dealing with carpal tunnel), we've finally set everything up for this year's TodoIzuOcha Week! It will take place from May 13th to May 19th to ensure that everyone has enough time to create and celebrate!

Our rule post will be coming out in the next few days. But as a refresher, make sure to properly tag for any blood or gore, try to keep things sfw, and tag your manga spoilers if there are any! Remember to use the tag #todoizuochaweek2024 in the first few tags of your post and tag us at @todoizuocha-week so that we don't miss your creations! Please try to include in the description what prompt(s) you're using!

Onto the prompts! Like last year, there are two AU options and two concept/idea options! Feel free to use as many or as few prompts as you want; they're not required! They're simply guides to help you get started!

Day 1, May 13th: Fantasy AU, Villain AU, Reflection, Bloom

Day 2, May 14th: Childhood Friends AU, Actor AU, Identity, Nostalgia

Day 3, May 15th: No Quirk AU, Pirate AU, Sanctuary, Revolution

Day 4, May 16th: Cyberpunk AU, Vigilante AU, Kryptonite, Savior

Day 5, May 17th: Steampunk AU, Supernatural AU, Ascension, Eclipse

Day 6, May 18th: Soulmate AU, Space Opera AU, Compass, Legends

Day 7, May 19th: Animal AU, Free Choice AU, Gift, Journey

We hope to see everyone participate, and we look forward to sharing the love of this ship!

[homeshooledhermit]

Text: When my mother dies, I inherit her Riverkeeper’s clothes. Dresses made of water, poured over ones head out of special bottles, they allow me to walk the water without upsetting any spirits.

[homeshooledhermit]

Also, I just want to make this very clear I do not ship nor will ever support Thundercest in the fandom it is gross in my opinion just no. Phoebe and Max are twins. They are siblings. 💜 I found out about Thunder you know today and was like wtf lmao.

Just to make this clear when I tag Thundertwins it is platonic.

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reblog if you’ve read fanfictions that are more professional, better written than some actual novels. I’m trying to see something

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No because I actually want to see a villain who’s both comedic and has absolutely no idea what the hell they’re doing

Like

Imagine they’re new to the city where the hero operates and they get caught in the crossfire during a fight

BUT

The villain acts on impulse and sticks their hand out to shield themselves from an attack

AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT Y’ALL

They don’t feel like..uh..dying

So they open their eyes

AND FIND OUT THEY FRICKING BLASTED A HOLE IN A BUILDING

And the hero’s just gaping at them like 0-0 wut

So this naturally sets off a nation wide manhunt for the villain

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL FOLKS

While on the run, the villain encounters someone who treats them like a goddamn celebrity

Like this person legit idolizes their actions

The person joins the villain and becomes their self-proclaimed ‘sidekick’

Bonus points if more ‘sidekicks’ join and it becomes the most out-of-context cult(?) ever

AND ALL THE WHILE THE HERO’S CHASING THEM DOWN LIKE A MADMAN

I rest my case.

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[homeshooledhermit]

Villains who are polite and elegant while commiting crimes. Their fighting looks like a dance form. They're well-versed in how to act for/ preform for/ entertain the rich (they are the rich, "villainy pays well"). Genius (actual braindead idiot).

On the other hand, a hit-hard, ask-questions-after kind of hero. They're a disaster, and quite frankly help others because they don't know how (or don't want to) help themselves. Braindead idiot (accidental genius).

Now make it enemies to lovers.

Hero "hates" villain for their mannerism, but they're really just infatuated with them. Villain's taunts make them think about their actions.

Villain's attraction is "why are people in their midlife crisis so hot" and moronsexual™️. Hero makes their brain shortcircuit.

Hero: "Oh poor you, your perfect, greasy, pretty hair is singed."

Villain: Are they flirting or insulting me? God they're so bad at it no matter which on it is (It's both), that's so sexy

Hero, bruised and bloody, getting up with shaky legs, smiling. It's very attractive: "I've been hit harder"

Villain, nose bleeding: "Hello, sailor"

Villain, dusting off their now riped-in-shambles suit, and straightening the cuffs, "I just got this suit after you destroyed the last one. I would ask you to purchase me a new set of attire, but I doubt you can afford it."

Hero, their brain thinking 'No, I deffinately cannot' to 'I'd like to see them without the suit entirely' to 'Wait, what?' and 'God, I hate them, their lovely voice, their hair that smells like how honey tastes, the way they smile when they reveal their plans' and would really like to see villain without the suit entirely (even through villain looks great in all of their suits): "Just stop wearing suits and wear something that can handle me."

Villain, wondering if Hero is doing this on purpose (they aren't) and what their relationship even is: "Hot"

Hero: "What"

Villain: "What"

Hero: "Did you just call me ho-"

Villain, paniking: "You're on fire"

Hero: "???? No, I'm no-????"

Villain, pulling out a flamethrower and shooting Hero (dw they're flame-proof): hO t.

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Prompt #1018

"Shut up, I'm trying to confess my love to you."

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Prompt #1009

"Are you not going to say 'I told you so'? Tell me that you knew better than me?"

"No, I'm not going to say it, I'm not that mean. But I will heavily imply it for the next few years."

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Prompt #73

The villain brought the hero into their arms carefully - gentle. More like a lover than the person who'd just destroyed them in a fight but the hero wouldn't have had it any other way. They settled into their defeat comfortably, more than used to it by now.

"So," the villain began, smile teasing as they carried them. "Your place or mine?"

The hero chuckled, tucking their face against their enemy's shoulder. "You say that as if you know where I live," they mused.

A beat.

The villain didn't say a word and the hero frowned because of it.

"Villain?" Nothing. "Villain, you don't actually know where I live, right?"

Silence. Long, guilty silence.

The hero turned their gaze upwards, instantly noticing the blush that coated the other's cheeks: despite their talent for mischief, they had always been a terrible liar...

"Villain," they asked, "why do you know where I live?"

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Ot3 prompt- you talk too much

person A yawns: Not that I’m complaining but why do you talk so much C?

Person B: They have a lot to say?

Person C: If I didn’t reach out and talk to either of you then we wouldn’t speak for weeks. I am the grease that keeps these gears running baby.

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~ POV: U KEEP RUNNING INTO UR EX ~ HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE PROMPTS

requested by: anonymous request: can you mention reasons why exes would keep running into each other in a highschool/college setting? thank you <3

Feel free to use and reblog!

they still have the same classes/lectures

they are both on a sports team and have their practice at the same time

a mutual friend tries to bring them back together and makes sure they're 'accidentally' bumping into each other

they have the same way to school/to their dorm

they share the same favourite restaurant/coffee shop

whenever they try to avoid each other, they go to the same hiding spot until one day, they are both there at the same time

their lockers are next to each other

their younger siblings are best friends and regularly hang out/need to be picked up

they can't find a free seat at the cafeteria except the one at their ex's table

they run into each other at the library because they are both stressed out about an exam

A started a new student job at the local cinema, and B goes there with their friends/date

the teacher pairs them for a group project

they secretly try to run into the other and wait near their classrooms

they're both on the student council

they both have to wait in front of the principal's office at the same time

[homeshooledhermit]

Nyctophilia

(Nic-toe-fi-li-a)

Noun

The love of darkness or night. Being happy and comfortable in the dark.

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And, Wednesday ---

@jacobnordby