#AELIN GALATHYNIUS WOULD TBH

[bonniesfamiliar]

I HAVE TO RANT.

The only series of SJM I can ever read is TOG (Throne of Glass) and that's it.

That is the only one of her series that has the best worldbuilding, plot twists, romance and characters.

ACOTAR RUINED fantasy novels for me and not even in a good way.

I mean, in a bad way, that I can't pick up a fantasy novel anymore, in fear that it'll be like ACOTAR.

Yes, I used to be a sweet summer child who thought ACOTAR was amazing, Rhysand was so romantic and Tamlin was a tool.

I was the tool.

I'm now in college and I read ACOTAR & ACOMAF & ACOWAR last year.

I stopped after ACOWAR because NEVER FUCKING AGAIN WILL YOU CATCH ME READ THAT SERIES.

I can't even begin with the non-existent lines between misogyny and romance and hypocrisy and the lack of actual world-building and how I NEED to drag the Archeron Sisters FAR FAR AWAY, YES ALL THREE OF THEM.

[sarahnotjmaas]

Kingdom of Ash

Struggling to get into this one

Awww Rowan and aelins babies

This book feels like all my sweet babies are grown up 😭

Omfg is Yrene pregnant?? Is this the book they all have babies? Idk if I’m gonna like that

Dorian is gonna learn how to shift!! Wait last fall? This all happened so fast! 8 books of drama in like two years?? Jesus

I’m 100 pages in and needing more!! The last two books ended with so much action to be had it feels like nothing is happening!

Okay Manon is looking for a way to connect with the Cochran and her great grandma literally told her ‘we got our fire cuz Brannon GALATHYNIYS gave it to our queen your great great great great great grandma’ and you’re literally allied with Aelin Galathynius….. I read that and said ‘whoop there it is’

Yay Aelin is back!! Taking her scars is FUCCKKKED

I have been slacking on note taking but I’m like 400 pages in now and Aelin and Yrene finally met!!!!! I’m so ready for Aelin to start kicking ass again!

Oh and I hope Lysandra is okay….

So many story lines finally coming together!

Queen of witches🥹

Okay I’m getting sick of Aelin not using her power!! People are DYING Aelin! Get it together miss ma’am

When is it gonna be revealed that Elide had dope powers? I know it’s gonna happen

Okay Elide your man just got cut down, now would be the time to be a powerful badass

What a stupid reason for Aelin to not be using her powers. You’re literally at war lol

Manon and Dorian always get me!!! Ugh she loves him and just wants him to stay and not sacrifice himself!! Me toooooo!!

Forget any bad thing I’ve ever said about Elide and Lorcan, they’re precious 😭😭😭

Why doesn’t Yrene use the tower to cure all the valg

Don’t ask me why I go over huge plot points and don’t feel the need to document my emotions but Lorcan gives Elide a foot rub and I’m 😯🤭📝✍️ But seriously me too girl, a man giving you a foot rub is sensual as hell iykyk lol

The way that could’ve been so hot and SJM just blue balls the shit out of the reader. It’s fine I’m fine. She just got my heart racing just to go into one of Aelin’s fucked up nightmares 👍🏻 cool cool cool

Aelin and Dorian have all 3 word keys…

No one has died yet and I don’t want anyone to!!! I’m so scared I have 250 pages left, I know what feelings are coming for me I just don’t know why yet wait did Dorian learn how to use portals from Maeve!?!? Could he transport the army. My boy is the most powerful mf in the books

Not Abraxos. Bitch I’ll throw this book out the window. PETRAH!!!!! Bitch that was So badass fuck Iskra

Wtf!!!!! The entire 13!?!? No I fucking can’t wtf!!! Seriously what the fuck

Waaaahh😭Dorian and Chaol

They’re not wasting time on a vote… really?

I’m hyperventilating reading this unfold. Please don’t kill Dorian or Aelin for this stupid gate

‘My name is Aelin Ashryver Galathynius and I will not be afraid’ WAAAAAAHH 😭

The king saving Dorian and telling Aelin her parents are proud 🥲 I’m not ok

Snow capped mountains under shining stars. Where A winged Fae male stood beside a heavily pregnant female, gazing at those very stars. 👀👀👀👀

Wow Rhys saved her

Chapter 100 wow I’m so proud of myself

So quick recap: Stones are gone no longer in play and gate is shut meaning erawan can’t ever return to his brothers of bring them to him. BUT he and maeve are still strong scary muthafuckas who have like 100k soldiers a bunch of witches and 6 spider fuckers cool 👍🏻

Oh no Murtaugh

It’s about time Lysandra and Aedion! You’ve literally lived eachother for like 4 books now

Aelin has missed her entire war. It’s literally her war on her land and she’s been absent for like all of it.. I’m glad she saved Anielle but her own home needed her weeks ago

Darrow naming Evangeline his heir got me all teary eyed and shit

Omfg Gavriel!!!! No no no why do I even read SJM books they just hurt me

All the battle scenes are so bleak, they’re getting smeared in this war!! I don’t see how they’re going to pull through tbh I’m waiting for a big Aelin scheme but idk if I can take another 100+ pages of them getting they butts whooped

Ugh ‘And she will not be afraid’ that’s gonna stick with me forever

I’m so close! They did it! Chaols reading a letter from his mom and his wife literally saved the world 😭

I’m unwell.

[silly--fangirl]

so about me:

HIIII i'm alexa (if you're from 🇵🇱 call me Ola <333)

i LOVE books, mostly fantasy, but sometimes i'll read something else

series that live in my head rent free:

got, tog, the deavabad trilogy, soc duology, acotar??????, and much more

my beloved characters:

Nesta Archeron, Darayavahoush e-Afshin, Sansa Stark, Daenerys Targaryen, the whole Martell house, Lucien Vanserra, Gwyneth Berdara, Emerie, Nahri e-Nahid, Jude Duarte, Cardan Greenbriar, Inej Ghafa, Jesper Fahey, Aelin Ashryver Galathynius, Dorian Havilliard, Manon Blackbeak, Elide Lochan, Lorcan Salvaterre, Gavriel, Fang Runin, Lidia Cervos

also a quick claryfication: if i say something about some of my prefered ships I MEAN FANON

i also love: crocheting, painting, drawing, going to the gym, writing, poetry, tbh most forms of art, cooking, baking, EATING THE FOOD I MAKE, doing gel nail extentions (i'm proud of this one), complaining, annoying my friends, summer, autumn but only in theory (as soon as the weather gets cold i loose my will to exist), hot girl walks, taylor swift, just overall listening to music and MANY other things

i also like to make my own life miserable by choice sometimes (TRYING NOT TO DO THAT A LOT, but chaos just CALLS to me), rn it's just a whole mess kept together by a single thread. i'm not in a very positive place in life, but i want to figure it all out so keep your fingers crossed for me💖💖

i am usually thirsting over fictional characters (or this one tall hot guy from my town who doesn't know about my existence)

my romantic life is almost non existent tho, so there's not a lot of tea on it

i'd love to move out of poland in a couple of years and i'm contemplating canada, scotland, denmark and norway (leaning the most towards canada and scotland because i have family there)

i would love to become a tattoo artist and i hope i finally take steps toward it

posts about my personal life or shit posts will be tagged: #alexa's yapping

i sometimes feel like i have one braincell (and share it with my friends)

but hey at least i'm fun right

i don't know what else to put in here so yeah!! but if anyone has read it up to this point, love you, you're amazing!!

[becarefuloflove]

Life As We Know It- Rowaelin AU

I’ve wanted to write an AU for so long and I’m finally doing it. It’s based on the movie Life as We Know it, through I made some artistic changes. Aelin’s a badass lawyer/political star and Rowan’s basically Anderson Cooper. The rest will be revealed as the story goes on. It’ll be slow burn, lots of drama, but plenty of fluff. It’ll be up on AO3 soon too. And If anyone wants to be a beta, please send me a message. Would love to get feedback (and have someone to keep me honest tbh).

Masterlist | Read on AO3

Prologue

AELIN

“Holy shit Galathynius, you fucking obliterated the bastard.”

Aelin looked up from her desk and gave her assistant Fenrys a small smile. “I just did my job. They deserve to rot in jail for the rest of their lives.”

“No shit, but what you did, nailing Arobynn Hamel for all those murders, and bringing down his inner circle, that’s not nothing. There’s no way the Governor isn’t going to name you the next District Attorney when Brannon’s term ends in 6 months.”

“We’ll see, now shoo, don’t you have research to be doing for my other 2 cases? Bad guys don’t stop, so we need to catch up.”

Fenrys started to leave, but not before running around to her chair and pulling her into a massive bear hug. “I’m so proud of you. You’re a fireball.” Aelin clucked her displeasure, but flashed him a genuine smile as he walked away. Like the idiot he was, Fenrys clutched his heart and pretended to swoon, before disappearing around the corner. 

Aelin knew Fenrys liked her, could see him checking her out when he thought she wasn’t looking, and she would be lying if she said she hadn’t thought about returning those looks. If she hadn’t thought about what would happen if he put that smart mouth of his to work on her body instead of merely flirting. But after everything, after losing her parents to assassins when she was only 8, and then Sam 3 years ago, she couldn’t bear letting anyone else in. Even with her parents and Sam’s murderer, notorious crime lord Arobynn Hamel behind bars at last, Aelin knew she had a target on her back as the one of the last two surviving members of the great Ashryver- Galathynius political dynasty. The other being her cousin, Aedion, who was a Senator, taking their Great-Uncle Orlon’s seat after he had died of cancer a year ago. 

After losing Sam, Aelin had become obsessed with finding his killer. She knew it couldn’t be a coincidence that her parents’ assassination and Sam’s shared so many similarities, and so the second she graduated from Terrasen University’s Law School at 23, she turned down all the corporate offers she’d been planning to take and joined the prosecutor’s office. For the past three years she’d been working on this case, meticulously gathering the evidence to bring Arobynn down. And she’d finally done it. He couldn’t hurt anyone else anymore. 

A part of her knew she should be celebrating her victory with the rest of her staff, but the case had dredged up too many memories, and if she let go, that dam of emotions would drown her out entirely. So she quietly packed up her bag and snuck out the back door, looking forward to opening a bottle of wine at home and getting a head start on her next case. 

Just as she was leaving the building, her personal cell went off in her purse. She let it go to voicemail, not in the mood to talk to whichever one of her friends was calling to bitch about their office drama. No- she wanted to be alone today. But when the ringing started again, she dug out the phone. She didn’t recognize the number, but on some instinct she picked up. 30 seconds into the call, she felt her feet give out as she fell to her knees on the pavement and started crying. 

ROWAN

Rowan was silently tapping through the latest news on his phone while the assistant ran around him, touching up his makeup and making sure not a piece of hair was out of place. He felt her gaze wander to his neck, where his tattoo peeked from under the collar of his suit, and saw her reach for the makeup brush to cover it up when he grabbed her hand. 

“No, it’s part of my contract. The tattoo stays.” It was a reminder of his shame, and he would not cover it up, had insisted on it when he had moved from Wendlyn to Terrasen. Leveraging his fame at Wendlyn’s Nightly News, he had been able to negotiate a fair amount when he took on the lead anchor role for “Rowan Whitethorn 360” at Terrasen News Network (TNN). 

“Oh, I’m so sorry sir, I’m new here. I didn’t know.”

“It’s fine. Just don’t forget in the future.” he quipped. Moments later, his assistant Connall runs into the dressing room, out of breath, and shoves a folder into his hands.

“You’re on in 5 minutes. There’s been a complete change to the script, new breaking story. New experts on the show. Something big with Aelin Galathynius.”

Rowan shooed the makeup assistant away and pushed out of his seat, opening the folder with his new script as he started talking toward the set for the nightly broadcast:

Aelin Ashryver-Galathynius, daughter of the late former President of Terrasen Rhoe Galathynius and late First Lady Evalin Galathynius, who as we all remember were assassinated 18 years ago during their second term in office, made history in the High Court when she indicted crime lord Arobynn Hamel on 23 counts of murder, including that of her late fiancé Samuel Cortland. While circumstantial evidence tied Hamel to the murders of her late parents, the jury ultimately found Hamel not guilty on those counts. Regardless, Hamel will be serving 23 life sentences in maximum security prison, without possibility of parole. 11 of his associates were also arrested and will be serving life sentences for their crimes. Hamel is the latest in a series of high profile wins by Aelin Galathynius, and many leaders in the political world believe she is poised for a successful future in national politics.

Rowan lets out a low whistle. He’s impressed. A quick scan of the other documents reveals that Galathynius is only 26. He remembers meeting her at a wedding a few years ago, she was the maid of honor and he the best man, but they had barely seen each other, barely spoken. She had spent the entire time with her fiancé Sam, dancing and laughing without a care in the world. Rowan had hated her then, thought she was another spoiled rich kid living an easy life. But even he had heard about Sam’s murder in Wendlyn, and now looking at the work she had been doing in the DA’s office- he realized he had gotten her all wrong. 

But they would never see each other again, so what did it matter anyway. He pushed those memories away, and looked up at the camera in front of him as the crew started counting down from 10. 

“Good evening Terrasen. Welcome to the show, we bring you breaking news from Terrasen’s High Courts….”

An hour later, when the show finally wraps up, Rowan steps out from behind his desk and makes a beeline for his dressing room before his assistant can hound him with any more work. He makes quick work of packing his things and is out the back door with a silent wave to the crew. It’s late, almost midnight, and when he gets in his car and pulls out his personal phone, he sees 20 missed calls. Most are from his friend Lorcan and others from his cousin, Enda. There’s also two missed calls from a number he doesn’t recognize. He clicks that first. When the line connects, Rowan’s breath leaves his body and he feels the tears fall down his cheeks as he starts to cry.

[aelinbitch-archive]

top 5 moments of all time for miss galathynius bc i'm a wildcard like that 🥴

SORRY I NEVER ANSWERED THIS i got super busy for finals ok so. i simply cannaught pick 5 so i’m going to wax poetic for 200 bullet points (but top 5 moments if i HAD to choose are bolded)

the whole scene where she beats rolfe in a (short, lmao) fight and makes him sign the documents saying he won’t sell more slaves in tab and she reveals she memorized his signature and stole his ring

all of the assassin and the healer. being just totally pissed off and drinking all the time and looking for a fight and then getting her shit together and teaching yrene to defend herself

racing with ansel on asterion horses through the desert and feeling free in the first time in forever... i’m Emotional

the party in tab

putting the spider silk in sam’s suit and saving his life and not telling him... all the samlaena scenes in general tbh

first scene in tog when she mouths off to everyone... that was the first thing i read of her and i fell in love immediately 

meeting nehemia and speaking eyllwe with her so chaol can’t understand them. especially the scene where she turns around “sneers” at dorian nvsnfkdl i love that wording 

telling dorian outright that she doesn’t exist for his entertainment

beating grave in the fight obviously 

wearing the red dress in tog and telling archer she’s trying to kill him instead of fuck him and just being so unimpressed with him overall

maiming chaol’s face and trying to kill him after he gets nehemia k*lled 

torturing grave. we love revenge in this house

killing baba yellowlegs

using wyrdmarks to do necromancy... honestly every time she uses wyrdmarks. i love witchy!aelin

killing archer

saying fuck it and drinking on the rooftops in hof

“because i am lost and i do not know the way” even though it K I L L S me

when she first shifts into her fae body and runs with rowan through the forest + it’s so joyful

setting a trap for the skinwalkers

scene where she burns out and rowan sees her scars and then she sleeps in his bed... the Tenderness of it all.......

sneaking out in the middle of the night to train 

the final battle at mistward......... as immy put it ��aelin, using the very magic that frightened her and caused her to be shunned by people she loved to protect mistward whilst simultaneously putting herself at the mercy of things she knew would kill her because she was actively suicidal but wanted to go out helping those who had taken her in >>> anything any male tog character has ever done or has the capacity to do”

rowan taking the blood oath to her after she threatens to burn maeve’s city

ALL OF QUEEN OF SHADOWS LITERALLY FUCKING ALL OF IT THERE IS NO SCENE THAT IS NOT ON THIS LIST BUT ESPECIALLY:

meeting with ar*bynn in the vaults and then wrecking the place

meeting nesryn for the first time

absolutely going off on chaol the first time they see each other again, and bitching him out again on the rooftop of her appt

reconciling with lysandra and deciding to get sweet sweet revenge with her

freeing aedion

manipulating lorcan into killing the wyrdhounds for her

fight at the vaults

THE SCENE AT DINNER WITH AR*BYNN WHEN SHE’S LIKE “WELL IF YOU’RE CONCERNED ABOUT MONEY YOU COULD ALWAYS SELL THE HOUSE OR STOP USING LYSANDRA’S SERVICES” LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING!!!!! THE O N L Y BENEFIT OF A TOG TV SHOW (BESIDES TO CORRECT THE SHITTY ELEMENTS OF THE SERIES WHICH IT INEVITABLY WON’T DO) WOULD BE THE ABILITY FOR ME TO TAKE THAT SCENE AND PUT THE ‘TURN DOWN FOR WHAT’ BEAT DROP OVER IT 

(and then their ensuing discussion in the living room. she plays him so flawlessly)

standing on the roof in the rain while arobynn dies being like “i just feel empty” :((((( baby

being an absolute goofball in the sin eater’s temple

fight with manon at the temple of temis hellooooooo

tricking lorcan into taking the fake amulet

oath to darrow at the beginning of eos as beautifully depicted by this edit (i HAVE to plug zoe as aelin i HAVE to)

taking back whatever that place is called for rolfe... turning all those soldiers to ash

convo with her ancestor’s ghost (brannon?) where she’s literally canonically like “well i’m suffering but at least i’m hot”

appearing in rolfe’s office and Ending His Whole Career... that whole part in skull’s bay where she manipulates him into helping her 

she’s not technically in this scene but “here’s to hoping you find more creative terms than the word “bitch” to call me when you find this. with all my love, aag” LMFAOOOO

reuniting with ansel holy fuckkkkkkkkk and just the way all her plans come together. schemey babie

every interaction with fenrys in that book too

the “you do not yield” scene where she punches the shit out of the iron coffin

telling cairn his dick was small after he tortured her for months

the scene where she escapes and its from lorcan’s pov

asking people to VOTE on when her fucking death should occur even though it depressed me that it came to that

SENDING THE GODS TO HELL.... I FUCKING LOVE “She was no lamb to slaughter. No sacrifice on the altar of the greater good. And she was not done yet... Aelin smiled and bowed. Far out, striding over the hills, the gods paused. Aelin’s smile turned into a grin. Wicked and raging… She had been a slave and a pawn once before. She would never be so again. Not for them. Never for them.” LIKE HELLO??????? AELIN GODKILLER INDEED

walking with all the women through orynth after the battle

practicing with rowan before her coronation bc she was nervous.... Shes Baby

and like 600 other things that i probably forgot!! basically I Am Aelin’s Whore 

[titsthedamnseason]

2020 mid-year book tag

i’m using mobile rn so there’s no easy way for me to find them all easily but thank you to the few people who tagged me in this :)

Best book you’ve read so far in 2020: too many tbh! i read so many personal classics this year but the ones that come to mind are the royal we, the shatter me series (yes, the whole thing), the addicted series (yes, the whole thing)

Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2020: the heir affair !!!

New release you haven’t read yet, but want to: so many of these too! girl serpent thorne, the midnight lie, and something to talk about are probably the most notable

Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories, iron heart, the lost book of the white, the traitor queen (idk if the heir affair counts because i already read it but it did come out in the second half of the year and it was def my most highly anticipated)

Favorite new author (debut or new to you): i read tahereh mafi and alice oseman both for the first time this year and i cannot wait to read more of their stuff!

Biggest disappointment: i read the captive prince after so many people recommended it and can i just say 🤮

Biggest surprise: i didn’t expect to enjoy shatter me, stalking jack the ripper, the addicted series, or throne of glass even half as much as i did

Book that made you happy: tweet cute, heartstopper, and yes no maybe so were all so fucking precious 🥺

Newest fictional crush/newest favorite character: LILY CALLOWAY AND AELIN GALATHYNIUS AND AARON WARNER

Book that made you cry: the royal we/the heir affair, imagine me, the whole addicted series, kingdom of ash

Favorite book to film adaptation you saw this year: i am trying to think but i honestly think the only one i even watched was ps i still love you

Most beautiful book you’ve bought or received this year so far: crier’s war is literally STUNNING if you can get it irl the texture is so holographic and pretty and cog is also gorgeous but we all know that already

Book you need to read by the end of the year: i still need to read the ninth house, serpent and dove, and the secret history which i would really love to get done before 2020 ends

not going to tag anyone because i can’t really remember which of my friends tagged me in the first place and it’s past the mid-year point but if anyone wants to do this it’s a very good way to reflect on the year lol <3

[pisces-mars]

okay so i spend a lot of time reading so heres a list of characters i can remember and what star signs i think they are

julian blackthorn: i think hes a scorpio moon n maybe a capricorn sun?

emma blackstiars: probably a aries with a leo moon

aelin galathynius: taurus sun w a capricorn moon

feyre archeron: sagittarius sun n a sagittarius moon tbh

will herondale: capricorn sun w probably a fire moon? im guessing sagittarius moon

tessa herondale/gray: cancer sun w a libra or maybe virgo moon or maybe libra sun w a virgo moon idk

jem carstairs: libra sun w a gemini or like maybe pisces moon? idk

drusilla blackthorn: cancer sun w a maybe idk she doesn’t have much book time yet (wiked powers 2k21) but maybe a gemini moon?

alex from rwarb: leo sun w a gemini or aquarius moon

henry prince of wales: w a pisces sun n a cancer moon?

rhysand: scorpio sun leo moon

neil josten: aries sun scorpio moon

andrew minyard: capricorn sun w an aquarius moon

azriel: scorpio sun w a cancer moon?

nesta archeron: i think she would be a capricorn with a pisces moon

audry rose wadsworth: capricorn sun with maybe a cancer moon?

thomas cresswell: aquarius sun w a gemini moon i think but he does give cap vibes?

rowan whitethorn: virgo sun n a capricorn moon mayhaps?

juliette ferras: sagittarius sun w an aries moon

aaron warner: capricorn sun w a capricorn moon 👀 though its hard to say bc we don’t get to see much of him out of survival mode :(

kenji: i think hed he a leo w a cancer moon? hes someone who wants to feel his emotions 🥺

i’ll add more if i think of them also pls if u think im wrong or have others pls add them

[clockworkgraystairs]

dorian havilliard from tog pls!! 🖤💫

DORIAN FREAKING HAVILLIARD I’VE BEEN BLESSED 

ILY

How I feel about this character

-Sweet kinky smol bean who deserves to be loved and protected.

-I’VE LOVED HIM SO HARD SINCE BOOK ONE

“Dorian Havilliard smiled at her. It was a polished smile, and reeked of court-trained charm. Sprawled across the throne, he had his chin propped by a hand, his golden crown glinting in the soft light. On his black doublet , an emblazoned gold rendering of the royal wyvern occupied the entirety of the chest. His red cloak fell gracefully around him and his throne.

Yet there was something in his eyes, strikingly blue-the color of the waters of the southern countries- and the way they contrasted with his raven-black hair that made her pause...”

-THERE’S THE MOMENT I LOST IT. (literally page 8 of ToG)

-I said OK i’m his bitch now

-Also THAT Manorian foreshadowing with the golden wyvern and red cloak???? *french kiss*

-Picturing him all sprawled across the throne now makes me think of Cardan too huh

-He deserved nothing of all the terrible things that suffered. NOTHING, YOU HEAR ME SJM??

-You cannot even picture my face when his kinky side came out. You just can’t.

-Tbh he scared the HELL out of me in KOA, not because something bad was happening to him but, like, the cleverness, the power, the audacity to do everything he did without even flinching DAMN, even Manon was like ?!?!

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Manon Blackbeak x100000000000000000000 THE POWER COUPLE 

I really shipped him with Celaena at the beginning, they were cute fight me

A recent wake up call is making me ship Dorian with Jude and Cardan from TCP, there’s no coming back from that one, sorry

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Chaol Westfall. I see a lot of people shipping them romantically, but for me is like NOPE they’re best friends forever and they love each other SO HARD I WANT TO CRY, but that’s it (they remind me of the parabatai bond in tsc maybe)

Aelin Galathynius. After all their development I think they’re awesome friends. Also, remember that time when baby Aelin wanted to befriend him but he said nooo bc he already had Chaol?? LMAO

My unpopular opinion about this character

Idk, maybe that part where I don’t ship him with Chaol?? 

I never entirely shipped him with Sorscha, not because I didn’t like her. She was incredible, but something always felt off? And I was really shocked with her ending *sobs*

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

I AM NOT SAYING ANYTHING BC KOA SPOILERS

So I guess “we’ll see” when you finish reading it *smirks*

[mgrzelcyk]

sorry for being latE but i was tagged by @chaospitals​ @circle--of--confusion​ @laings​ @kuraleapingoose9​ and @dad-marchand​ thank you all ;-; <3

Name: Courtney

Nicknames: family calls me by my initials, CMG

Zodiac Sign: virgo sun, scorpio moon, gemini rising. definitely feel like i oscillate between virgo and scorpio as far as the whole personality thing goes haha

Height: 5′7

Languages Spoken: English on a good day, I can read enough French to understand what’s happening on the mtl metro sometimes

Nationality: American

Fave Season: Definitely fall bc all my clothes are fall clothes 😂

Fave Flower: For scent, I really like jasmine. For appearance, maybe snapdragons? i also love wildflowers like blue violets and buttercups

Fave Scent: the ocean

Fave Colour: purple!

Fave Animal: i like big cats! also foxes are neat

Fave Fictional Character(s): oh boy okay uhh nikolai lantsov (grishaverse), kell maresh (shades of magic), mirabella (three dark crowns), taako (the adventure zone), renee minkowski (wolf 359), spencer reid (criminal minds), steve rogers (mcu), aelin galathynius (throne of glass), gregory house (house m.d.), dana scully (the x files), probably more tbh but i’ll stop

Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate: hot chocolate > coffee >>>>> tea

Average Sleep Hours: either 6-7 or 10-11 there’s no in between

Dogs or Cats: both! but i only have a cat rn and he’s technically my sister’s (his name is thor and i love him)

Blankets: i usually sleep with just the one duvet, but i have a bunch of fuzzy blankets that i wrap around myself for when i’m just chilling ✌️

Dream Trip: i would love love love to dive in southeast asia. my parents went to the philippines last year and they said it was the best place they’ve dove and i’m like 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 i also want to go to iceland which i feel like is so stereotypical but 😌

Blog Established: this one was around jan19 but i’ve been on tumblr since uhhh 2011-ish

Followers: yes

Random Fact: i am an author and also love to read, especially ya sci-fi/fantasy!

i’m super late to the hockey-tagging train so i’m taggin my rp fraaaands but also feel free to say i tagged you if you want!!! @shoobiie​ @spidysense​ @moondrcps​ @cosmonautcranky​ ❤️

[runawayrowan]

Get to know me.

Rules: answer 20 questions, then tag 20 bloggers you want to get to know better.

- Name: Cara-Leigh

- Nicknames: Cars, carpark, koala, crow. That’s the only ones I can think of right now

- Zodiac Sign: Pisces

- Height: 5’5.5

- Languages: English

- Nationality: British

- Favourite Season: Fall

- Favourite Flower: Gerbera/Sunflowers

- Favourite Scent: Books (old or new)

- Favourite Colour: Emerald green but this changes at different points in my life

- Favourite Fictional Character: Fuck I can’t pick just one. Aelin Ashryver Galathynius or Rhysand I think?

- Coffee, Tea or Hot Chocolate: Hot Chocolate

- Average Sleep Hours: My insomnia is a chronic pain in my ass so right now it’s about 3 hours.

- Dog or Cat Person: Dog (I love Cats too but I just connect more with Dogs)

- Number of Blankets Slept With: 2, 3 if it’s really cold and I want my heated blanket too.

- Dream Trip: I’d love to road trip Italy and America tbh

- Blog Established: sometime in 2008 I think?

- Followers: I’m not sure, around 400?

- Random Fact: @highqueenofelfhame and I were born on the same day.

I was tagged by the absolutely incredible @highqueenofelfhame who you should all be following if you aren’t already, she’s an absolute gem!

All the people that I would tag have already completed this because I’m so late with it so... help yourselves

[sleepingrenjun]

all of the autumn asks? 👉👈

lantern - how did you meet your best friend? what were your first impressions of eachother?

we met at school like 6 years ago or something but we’ve only been friends since December 2017 & best friends since last summer! she apparently thought I was intimidating & I thought she was a lil pretentious buT HEY BFF IF YA SEE THIS I LOVE U SO ITS OKAY 😂

frost - if you could give some advice to your younger self, what would you say?

answered here!

maple - is there a hobby/skill that you’ve always wanted to try but never did?

ngl I’ve been pretty keen on snowboarding for a while but I’ve never tried it! maybe I will this winter 🤷🏼‍♀️

harvest - what fictional character do you most identify with? why?

probably aelin galathynius from the ‘throne of glass’ book series! she’s feminine but also feisty and fierce, she’s strong & good at masking her emotions but is actually quite soft at times & I see a lot of that in myself! (I’ve answered this in more depth before here!)

fireside - if you had your dream wardrobe, what would it look like?

aghhhh I could literally spend all day answering this - I LOVE fashion! but to put it simply, I’d have a huge range of colours & I’d have loads of streetstyle, grunge & cosy clothing! not to mention I’d probably add to my already large doc marten collection & I’d have a section just for elaborate ballgowns cause why tf not 😂

cider - a food that you disliked as a child but now enjoy?

CURRY! I used to hate it and refuse to eat it but now I eat it like every week and whenever I go out for food w my dad we go to an Indian!!

amber - share an unpopular opinion that you may have.

answered here!

fog - how well do you think you’d do in a zombie apocalypse scenario?

I actually think I’d do pretty well! I’m quite good at keeping calm when other people are freaking out about something & I can be pretty sneaky when I need to be, idk I think I’d survive for a while but who knows 🤷🏼‍♀️

jack-o-lantern - if you could look like any celebrity, who would you choose?

I’d probably choose halsey or kendall jenner tbh they’re just absolutely gorgeous

spice - have you ever encountered a house that you believe to be haunted?

no I don’t think so! I don’t really believe in ghosts... (bet I just jinxed myself by saying that!!)

orchard - share one thing that you’d like to happen this autumn.

hmmmm ig I’d quite like to meet a new guy and yano see where it goes (ideally a musician cause I’m a sucker for musicians) but knowing me that ain’t gonna happen sooo

crow - which school subject do you wish you had an aptitude for?

mmm ngl I think I was pretty good at all the subjects I’d wanna be good at cause that’s where my interests lie... sciences weren’t my strongest point but I don’t care for them so I can’t really answer this 🤷🏼‍♀️

bonfire - describe your dream house.

I have 2! firstly, a light, airy rooftop apartment in Paris with a balcony overlooking the city & enough room for me and my best friend to live! but also, I dream of having a modern house in the Norwegian fjords right by the water, it’d have huge windows & lots of timber cladding & interesting spaces to explore & it’d have the most incredible views imaginable!

cinnamon - if you had to live in a time period different than the present, which would you choose and where?

okay I know it’s not that long ago but the 70s & 80s & probably in the uk! the music scene was amazing back then & roller skating & discos n all that fun shit they did during that period!!

cobweb - (if you’ve graduated) do you miss high school?

I graduated like 18 months ago & nah not at all, I miss my friends and a couple of teachers but that’s it!!

cranberry - what’s one physical feature that you get complimented on?

my hair! idk why but people like it apparently

maize - share the weirdest encounter you’ve had with a stranger on the street.

a couple of weeks ago I was out on a shoot in town (I study fashion photography) and this random guy came up and posed behind the girl I was photographing - he put his hand on her shoulder n started saying some weird shit, was proper creepy

quilt - how do you take your tea (or coffee?)

I just have a tiny drop of milk in my tea & if I have coffee then I either have a mocha (iced or hot) or just a plain latte!

pumpkin - do you think that humans are inherantly good or bad?

I believe that some are inherently good and some are inherently bad... not one or the other!

moonlit - are you a neat or messy person? Is your room / house orderly?

my room is pretty clean and orderly tbh but my mind is insanely messy!! (Idk if that makes sense but it does to me)

flannel - have you ever gone on a bad date?

yuppp my first date with my ex was pretty awful - the restaurant we went to fucked up our food order & then he forgot to take ID to the cinema and they wouldn’t let us in so it was an absolute disaster

cocoa - if you could have any type of hair, what colour and cut would you have?

I’d probably keep my natural colour or have it icy blonde!! I’d keep it around collarbone length (like it is now) and I’d have it messy-wavy instead of straight! (might have a fringe too if I was feeling daring)

ghost - is there someone that you miss having in your life?

yeah there are a couple of people I miss having in my life a lot

[requiemhqs-blog]

anonymous said: what are some of your mw ya lit characters?

MY BRAND ! cracks knuckles, alright lads, let’s just dive in ! my answer is gonna be under a readmore because it’s super long. this is why i shouldn’t be allowed to answer stuff like this ... i go waaay beyond the acceptable amount.

katniss everdeen, peeta mellark, gale hawthorn, haymitch abernathy, primrose everdeen, johanna mason, enobaria, president snow’s granddaughter ( who would probably have to be played as an oc ), finnick odair, mr. everdeen, president snow, brutus, chaff, seeder, mags, maysilee donner, mrs. everdeen, alma coin, rue, glimmer, clove, cato, marvel, foxface ( the hunger games ), richard campbell gansey iii, ronan lynch, henry cheng, noah czerny, adam parrish, declan lynch, matthew lynch, mr. gray, maura sargent, calla johnson, persephone poldma, jimi, neeve, orla, artemus, gwenllian, piper greenmantle, colin greenmantle ( the raven cycle ), jason grace, piper mclean, grover underwood, leo valdez, frank zhang, hazel levesque, silena beauregard, charles beckendorf, will solace, nico di angelo, bianca di angelo, calypso, rachel elizabeth dare, drew tanaka, reyna ramirez-arellano, may castellan, sally jackson, meg mcaffrey, katie gardner, travis stoll, connor stoll, kayla knowles, paolo, carter kane, sadie kane, zia rashid, walt stone ( rick riordan books ), nesta archeron, elain archeron, rhysand, tamlin, cassian, azriel, amren, lucien vanserra, kallias, viviane, nuala, cerridwen, queen vassa, tarquin, cresseida, varian, miryam, drakon, helion, thesan, the suriel ( a court of thorns and roses ), draco malfoy, lucius malfoy, narcissa black, andromeda black, ron weasley, george weasley, angelina johnson, fleur delacour, bill weasley, charlie weasley, minerva mcgonagall, albus dumbledore, peter pettigrew, james potter i, emmeline vance, marlene mckinnon, emma vanity, lavender brown, seamus finnegan, neville longbottom, alice fortesque, frank longbottom, rubeus hagrid, horace slughorn, sybil trelawney, delores umbridge, percy weasley, audrey weasley, molly weasley ii, lucy weasley, fred weasley ii, louis weasley, hugo weasley, arthur weasley, blaise zabini, millicent bulstrode, vincent grabbe, gregory goyle, evan rosier, rabastian lestrange, rodolphus lestrange, newt scamander, tina goldstein, queenie goldstein, jacob kowalski, gellert grindelwald ( harry potter ), bella swan, edward cullen, rosalie hale, jasper hale, alice cullen, emmett cullen, carlisle cullen, esme cullen, charlie swan, renesmee cullen, jacob black, seth clearwater, leah clearwater, jane, alec, aro, caius, markus ( twilight ), jude duarte, taryn duarte, cardan greenbriar, vivienne, oak ( the cruel prince ), tris prior, tobias eaton, caleb prior, jeanine matthews, christina, tori wu, uriah pedrad, peter hayes, will, al, marlene, lynn, zeke pedrad ( divergent ), kaz brekker, nina zenik, inej ghafa, jesper waylan, wylan van eck, matthias helvar ( six of crows ), jace herondale, alec lightwood, magnus bane, simon lewis, emma carstairs, julian blackthorn, livvy blackthorn, ty blackthorn, dru blackthorn, tavvy blackthorn, mark blackthorn, helen blackthorn, jem carstairs, will herondale, tessa gray ( the shadowhunters books ), aelin galathynius, rowan whitethorn, aedion ashryver, lysandra, evangeline, evalin ashryver, roe galathynius, elide lochan, sorscha, dorian havilliard,yrene towers, chaol westfall, manon blackbeak, asterin blackbeak, manon’s thirteen, lorcan salvaterre, sam cortland, ansel of briarcliff, fenrys, gavriel, kaltain rompier, marion lochan ( throne of glass )

i’m gonna leave it at this because it’s a LOT of names tbh ! i really want to see ALL of these characters here, truly. 

[highqueenofelfhame]

hey... I'm not a coward so I demand you answer all 60... 60 is What d you desire most in this world?

1. selfie - i posted like four yesterday, click here or here 2. what would you name your future kids? I don’t want kids, but if accidents happened, I quite like Aelin and Rhys. 3. do you miss anyone? Don’t we all. 4. what are you looking forward to? Getting off work so I can write. 5. is there anyone who can always make you smile? My nieces. 6. is it hard for you to get over someone? I think it’s hard for all of us. 7. what was your life like last year? Ordinary, but a little chaotic, I grew up a lot. 8. have you ever cried because you were so annoyed? So much you don’t even know9. who did you last see in person? I’m at work, so coworkers.10. are you good at hiding your feelings? Too good my pal.11. are you listening to music right now? In The Woods by Hozier12. what is something you want right now? To write. 13. how do you feel right now? Content, if a little annoyed.14. when was the last time someone of the opposite sex hugged you? I’m not big on being touched and generally I only hug my family. 15. personality description - annoying af. Introverted extrovert, too in my head and anxious but when I get comfortable around you I’m an open book.16. have you ever wanted to tell someone something but you didn’t? Ya dude17. opinion on insecurities. we all have them and that’s okay. 18. do you miss how things were a year ago? No. 19. have you ever been to New York? IT’S MY FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD. 20. what is your favourite song at the moment? Movement by Hozier21. age and birthday? 24, March 10. 22. description of crush. I don’t have one currently. 23. fear(s) Spiders, lizards, being murdered in a parking garage24. height 5′5 1/2. 25. role model Aelin Ashryver Whitethorn Galathynius26. idol(s) Celaena Sardothien lmfao27. things i hate - so much that I don’t have time to write them all.28. i’ll love you if… let me talk about books29. favourite film(s) Hook. 30. favourite tv show(s) GREYS ANATOMY BBY31. 3 random facts - I broke both bones in my wrist when I was like 7, right where the bones meet. I’m pretty good at skiing. I played Clarinet grades 6-8. 32. are your friends mainly girls or guys? An even mix. 33. something you want to learn - SFX makeup34. most embarrassing moment - i posted an answer to this already but there’s so many fuck35. favourite subject - history36. 3 dreams you want to fulfill? Move to NYC, Publish my book, Not have to be worried about anything finanically. 37. favourite actor/actress for some reason I can only think of Timothee chalamet and RDJ38. favourite comedian(s) JOHN MULANEY39. favourite sport(s) football40. favourite memory - seeing wicked in nyc probs41. relationship status - single af42. favourite book(s) - currently? TOG series, acotar, tfota, etc etc. But also anna and the french kiss. 43. favourite song ever Your Hand In Mine by Explosions in the Sky44. age you get mistaken for probably like 20 idk45. how you found out about your idol - the books duh46. what my last text message says I sent a draft of something to @city-of-fae47. turn ons - necks, neck kisses, light fingertip touches48. turn offs Chaol Westfall 49. where i want to be right now - NYC or London50. favourite picture of your idol - listen theres so much incredible fan art of aelin 51. starsign - I’m a double pisces!52. something i’m talented at - makeup. 53. 5 things that make me happy - diet raspberry snapple, biscuits and gravy, writing, music, sleeping54. something thats worrying me at the moment - my job55. tumblr friends - @city-of-fae @musicmaam @illyrianbeauty @illyrian-bookworm @zoyastormwitch @starseternalnighttriumphant @highladyofthesith @daddycardan so sorry if i forgot you 56. favourite food(s) - taco boats57. favourite animal(s) - otters & lions 58. description of my best friend - i just did this, he’s a qt with brown eyes and an annoying personality 59. why i joined tumblr - i wanted to geek out over sjm tbh60. ask me anything you want - what I desire most...an earth shattering, groundbreaking kind of love. 

[aelinbitch-archive]

☕️ Manon asking dorian to marry her and elorcan in general oh and also aelin losing her scars how could i forget that was the first thing that went through my mind when i saw the post akjgshq

yesssss ok

1. Bad. It’s kind of complicated for me because like… I love Manon, so reading the books I’m always like yes a Manon Scene!! Yes Manon Character Development!! Yes Manon-Related Content!! But, as anyone who follows this blog knows, I kiiiind of loathe M*norian with my whole heart, and it’s sometimes hazy where a Manon Scene ends and a Manorian Scene begins. 

(Which is what I hate most about that ship - it’s fundamentally about ½ of The Chainsmokers weaseling his way into the arc of one of my favorite women!!! But I digress).

So for Manon to have a moment of vulnerability? To admit that she feels fear? That she cares for people? Great. For it to still be consistent with her characterization - she has ~human~ emotions, but could never truly be happy in the cage of marriage - Great!! For that to be… all about…. Dorito Havilliard? Not great. I didn’t like that it was from his POV, didn’t like that HE was the one who was like “noooo manon you would hate marriage,” really REALLY didn’t like the “for a second he was so turned on he almost selfishly said yes knowing that it would ruin her life and freedom teehee!” part.

(And before anyone jumps in with “omggg Dorian is so ooc can’t believe SjMESS made him into some 2D douchey dude-bro womanizer” yeah lmfao you’re sooo right! Dorian “Celaena Just Be With Me Even Though It’s Dangerous and Painful For You” Havilliard?? Dorian “Came This Close To Taking Advantage of Drunk 17 y/o Aelin At a Party” Havilliard?? Treating women with anything but utmost respect???? Sooooo ooc wow!!!).

Imagine how much better that scene, or the equivalent to it, would have been if it was with Manon and… anyone else. Elide. Or Asterin. Someone actually RELEVANT to the themes of Manon’s arc. How much more interesting and meaningful that dynamic would have been. 

Like, the following quote: “She would be his wife, his queen. She was already his equal, his match, his mirror in so many ways. And with their union, the world would know it.” I don’t buy it. I just don’t buy it and I never will. They are… not equals. She’s better than him in… every way. And not in an “out of his league” kind of way (although that too, lmao) but literally just that she’s older, stronger, more experienced, more powerful, etc etc etc. To me, they are not mirrors, in any meaningful way. The fact that Dorian has Suffered A Lot and is Super Sad is not enough to make those two characters somehow parallel. 

So tldr I don’t think a marriage proposal/moment of vulnerability in that context was ooc or anything for Manon if we just look at her character (like if you hold your nose and pretend that Dorian is Elide and change half the dialogue/narration to match it then her emotions and instincts make sense) but Dorian’s role in her narrative has always been forced as hell and kind of infuriating, tbh.

2. I wish I had more tea to spill on Elorcan. I don’t have too many feelings about it. It’s nowhere near as objectively bad as M*norian. The scene where Elide goes to save him on the horse was pretty well done (although, again, for me that was because I love ELIDE, not Elorcan, and if it had been Manon instead of him I would have liked it more). Didn’t love that we were supposed to see Elide in a negative light for continuing to be cold/standoffish to him after he like… said sorry a few times lol. She had every right to do that. Even if she did take it too far by comparing her love for him to his love to Maeve, he’s 500 years old!! I really just think!! That somehow!! He’ll be fine!! Although, of course, that interaction was what caused him to go and kinda sorta commit suicide in the battle at Anielle, so yeah I guess burn the witch what a bully. Ew, yeah, the more I think about it the more of a bad taste it leaves in my mouth. I can see the good/cute things too, but at the end of the day I’m a malide bitch who would not care for Dorian or Lorcan even if they weren’t involved with my gay witches so… perfect storm. 

3. Whew this one is…. hm. Tbh, I’m still processing KoA. I read it so fast and nervously (the whole time I was just in a cold sweat begging for Aelin to survive) that I didn’t have time to let all of it sink in.

But right now I…. don’t love it. Maybe I’m just dumb but I don’t see what it did for her and her arc and her character development. It’s too meaningful to just be good ol’ random Suffering™, but it’s somehow not meaningful enough for me to Get It. Like… why that had to happen to her. I loved Aelin’s scars. She did too. I’m still sort of thinking through the symbolism there and what exactly sjm was trying to do with that, and I honestly haven’t found a satisfying answer. 

With Aelin losing her power, which I also disliked, because I just don’t love to see Aelin disempowered (especially in ways that feel… pretty heavyhanded tbh) I could at least see the value of it in terms of the narrative. I loved the line “I am a god” in the context of a powerless(ish) Aelin, because it was like… fuck yeah. She’s more than Mala’s gift to her, more than her bloodline. She IS a god, but not just of fire. A god of lying and wit and arrogance and boldness and insanity and bravery and iron will and pulling victory from the jaws of defeat and of having HUGE balls. While the loss of her power was, by definition, disempowering, it did have a kind of interesting way of bringing the focus to Aelin Galathynius as a person - and the fact that the person there is just as much of a powerhouse as her magic was. 

The loss of her scars was the opposite. Not only was it the result of disempowerment (months of torture and bondage etc etc) it was dehumanizing. It took away some of that personhood, instead of pointing back towards it (not saying Aelin as a person changed just by losing her scars, just that as a symbol it kind of had that effect). It erased the map of survival from her body. It took away something she treasured for a different reason than her power, and I feel really weird about it. Maybe I’ll have a better answer after rereading or thinking about it more, but for now I’ll say that I think if Aelin had been able to keep her scars but lose her power (ideally keep BOTH but whathefuckever) I think that would have been much more consistent and sensible in terms of what I think sjm was trying to do with her character. 

[illyrianbastards]

Tag Thingy

I was tagged by the wonderful, @dreamerforever-5 thank you so much 💕💕

Rules- answer 21 questions and tag 21 people who you want to get to know better.

Nickname: I don't really have one... my friends been trying to find one for years, but have finally given up. So I suppose I just go by my first name (Mathilda)

Zodiac sign: Aries

Height: 1,7m or 5'7

Last movie I watched: Treasure planet

Last thing I googled: Does an arrow to the throat kill you immediately? (I swear I'm not a murderer... I was just looking up whether it would take longer to die from an arrow through the throat or through the heart.. for my friend because she was writing a scene in which a character was to die from an arrow)

Favourite musician: Hozier, OMAM, Caamp, Queen

Song stuck in my head right now: Blackout by Frank Turner

Other blogs: Don't have one..

Following: 400

Followers: 1080

Amount of sleep: 4-6 hours... I.. I should probably sleep more..?

Lucky number(s): I don't really know.. I honestly never have any luck but I like the number 2.. It's like, the only even prime number so it's cool..

What I'm wearing: Jeans and a hoodie

Dream job: tbh I would kinda die to be an author.. But that won't happen in this lifetime, so maybe I'd like to become a psychologist or maths professor idk..

Dream trip: There are a few places I'd like to visit... I've been to most of Europe but I'd like to travel to US sometime, maybe New York? And then it would honestly be so cool to see the great wall of China.

Languages: My native language is Swedish, and I would say I'm pretty decent in English as well, seeing as I went to an English speaking school for 6 years. I have also taken French for 4 years (currently on my fifth) although I am really bad..

Instruments: I've played guitar (both acoustic and electric) for 5,5 years now

Favourite food: Tacos

Favourite songs: All the depths I owe - Caamp,

Humbug mountain song - Fruit Bats,

Land of the living - Roo Panes,

Above the clouds of Pompeii - Bear's den,

Love walked in - Thunder,

The show must go on - Queen

Random fact: Oh, I don't know... um.. basketball is a huge part of my life, I suppose. I have practice 6 times a week. I am also a referee, and am currently on my third year as a coach.

Aesthetics: dark but comfy. Libraries, candles, a little vintage

Tagging: @highladyofterrasen98 @house-of-galathynius @hollyblue2171 @illyrianbeauty @illyrian-fireheart @jsarcheron @illyrianrhys @rrrhysand @cauldron-blessed-maassassin @bitchinaelin @aelin-and-feyre @illyrianbabyy @aelinashryvver @feysand-rowaelin-worshiper @sensative-babies

Oh, and if anyone else wants to do this tag, consider yourself tagged as well!! 😊😊

[goforwardgreenwriter-blog]

The Worm Reads: Empire of Storms, Ch 71-72

These goddamn chapters are so long I want to d ie

The Queen of the Fae was exactly as Aelin remembered. Swirling dark robes, a beautiful pale face beneath onyx hair, red lips set in a faint smile

Of course Maeve is also drop dead gorgeous. Somebody gotta put a cap on the amount of beauty in SJM’s novels, it’s becoming too much.

With [Maeve’s] attention elsewhere, Lorcan took up a place at Aelin’s side—as if they were somehow allies in this, would fight back-to-back. Aelin didn’t bother to say anything to him.

I mean, Lorcan being on your side gives you a much better chance of rescuing Elide, but sure Alien, be like that.

That ripple of Lorcan’s power the day Ansel’s fleet had closed in … [Aelin]’d known it was a summoning. The same way she’d summoned the Valg to Skull’s Bay. She’d refused to immediately explain Ansel’s presence, wanting to enjoy the surprise of it, and he had summoned Maeve’s armada to take on what he’d believed to be an enemy fleet. To save Elide.

This seems kinda weird to me? Elide has stated to Lorcan numerous times that she’s on Alien’s side, so wouldn’t Maeve consider her a threat and an enemy? Why would Lorcan summon her to save Elide, then? But whatever, the less time we dwell on shitty writing, the quicker we get this shitshow over with.

Elide was trembling; every bone, every pore was trembling

Every pore??? Lmfao is SJM just giving up at this point?? She can’t shoehorn in sexual references when her protag is confronting the villain so she wants to just get it over with.

Lorcan betrays them and Alien is shocked, but like... why are y’all surprised Lorcan was literally only with you guys for Elide, he has no reason to like anyone else in Alien’s group of jackasses.

Flame danced at Aelin’s fingertips. No. Her magic had been emptied, still hovered near burnout.

Maeve kick her ass please I am begging you, wipe the fucking floor with her

Maeve returned Aelin’s smile. “(...)Of course, the fools didn’t realize that when you had drained yourself on their armies, I’d be waiting. You were already exhausted after putting out the fires I had my armada ignite to tire you on Eyllwe’s coast. It was a convenience that Lorcan gave your precise location and saved me the energy of tracking you down myself.” A trap. An enormous, wicked trap. To drain Aelin’s power over days— weeks.

Alien’s tiny mind is fucking blown by this but no fucking shit!!! You’re a dumbass who thinks wasting her magic on shooting fireworks out of her ass is a good idea, of course someone would notice and take advantage of you!! Does Alien even have a goddamn brain???

“The armada was a precaution. Just in case the ilken didn’t arrive for you to wholly drain yourself … I figured a few hundred ships would make for good kindling until I was ready.” To sacrifice [Maeve’s] own fleet—or part of it—to gain one prize … This was madness. The queen was utterly insane.

I mean. Maeve is an evil bloodthirsty monster, but she’s way smarter than any of these dumbasses. Honestly, I’m starting to root for her. She figured out her enemy’s weakness and used it against them, which is more brain power than Alien is capable of.

Flame slammed outward, red and golden—just as a wall of darkness lashed for Aelin. The impact shook the world. Even Manon was thrown on her ass.

Love how SJM tries to make this showdown all ~epic and uhmayzing~ but then throws in Manon falling flat on her ass. The rivalry between Maeve and Alien is barely developed so I’m hardly excited for Maeve to kick Alien’s ass. Makes me wish I could be reading Death Note instead, now there’s a good power play between rival characters.

Lorcan grabs Elide while Maeve and Alien duke it out and he tries to get her to run.

[Elide] would not. She’d sooner die than flee like a coward, not when Aelin was going to the mat for all of them, when—

Going to the mat? Wtf??? Yes I know it’s an expression of struggling/fighting until defeated or victorious, but this completely threw me out of the story when I read it. This is a (supposedly) medieval setting, and this saying just seems out of place in this setting.

A whip of black sliced into Aelin. She went down. And Elide thought the impact of Aelin Galathynius’s knees hitting the sand might have been the most horrible sound she’d ever heard.

Elide was literally enslaved in a tower and abused by her uncle but seeing some stupid queen she barely knows getting the shit kicked out of her is the worst thing she’s ever witnessed. Okay, SJM, okay. Elide deserves so much better than to be reduced to a fangirl to splooge over Alien.

Aelin crawled backward, blood sliding from her right nostril. Dripping on her white shirt.

*clenches fist* fragmentsssssss. A comma or the word and would’ve sufficed better there.

Aelin tried to rise. Tried, but her legs had given out. The Queen of Terrasen panted, fire flickering like dying embers around her.

I’ll admit, I rather like the symbolism of the embers dying out around her, highlighting how she’s utterly failed and gotten her ass whooped. Very nice.

Fenrys and Gav roll up to the party while Maeve continues to beat Alien. I know it’s cruel to say, but I’m rather enjoying Alien getting her arrogant ass whooped after unfairly winning literally every confrontation with no effort in this novel.

But Maeve let the darkness around Aelin part. She was curled on her side, bleeding from both nostrils now, more blood dribbling from her panting mouth.

Considering she’s getting whipped and stabbed by black magic, I think she should be bleeding from actual wounds than having just a nosebleed lmao. Maeve starts grilling Gav.

“Did I or did I not tell you to execute Lorcan on sight?” “There were … circumstances that prevented it from happening. We tried.” “Yet you failed. Am I not supposed to discipline my blood-bonded who fail me?” Gavriel lowered his head. “Of course—we will accept it. And I will also take on the punishment you intended for Aelin Galathynius.”

NOOOOO I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD SJM IF YOU KILL OFF GAV FOR ALIEN TO LIVE I WILL FUCKING FIGHT YOU

So Maeve kicks Gav out of her court and dishonors him, but he lives, thank god. If Gav ends up dying in this series I’m gonna have to have a long angry chat with SJM. Gav basically disappears for the rest of the scene even though he’s right there? Whatever spares him from the agony of this shitty book I guess.

Elide splooges about what a badass assassin Alien was and how she’ll wait for the right moment to strike, before Maeve removes all of Alien’s weapons for that exact reason. My sides hurt from the fucking cackling I did at that. Can’t believe I am about to stan Maeve, but she’s a ruthless, badass, calculating villain who is capable of thinking about things other than sex. Nothing but respect for my evil queen.

“What a powerhouse you two would be—[Aelin] and Prince Rowan. And any offspring of that union …” A vicious smirk. “You and Rowan could rule this continent if you wished. But your children … your children would be powerful enough to rule an empire that could sweep the world.”

Ungh, c’mon Maeve, I know you’re just fucking with Alien, but don’t make me read that garbage. Can’t wait until there’s a sequel series to Thr0ne of glass about Alien’s goblin kids being even more uber powered special snowflakes than their mother. C’mon, you know SJM would.

“It was so easy to tug on the right psychic thread that day Rowan saw Lyria at the market. To shove him down that other path, to trick those instincts. A slight altering of fate.” (...) Maeve said, “So your mate was given to another. And I let him fall in love, let him get her [pregnant]. And then I broke him. No one ever asked how those enemy forces came to pass by his mountain home.”

Great, so Lyria was nothing but a plot point to get Ratlin together now? Fuck off SJM, stop reducing your other characters as nothing but plot points for your precious OTP. Lyria deserved so much better than this.

“[Rowan] took the blood oath without question. And I knew that whenever you were born, whenever you’d come of age … I’d ensure that your paths crossed, and you’d take one look at each other and I’d have you by the throat. Anything I asked for, you’d give to me. Even the keys. For your mate, you could do no less. You almost did that day in Doranelle.”

Lmfao I love how one of the main selling points fans use for this series were “it depicts love accurately, Alien has more than one love interest!1″ and SJM fucking killed any chance of using that as a positive of the series hahahahaha I am actually fucking dying. Chaol, Dorito, and Sam didn’t mean shit because her one true love was Rowboat all long. Couldn’t have written a shittier plot twist if I tried, SJM, hats off to you. That deserves a slow clap.

Maeve ignored [Elide pleading]. “Well? When did you know [Rowan was her mate]?” “At Temis’s temple,” Aelin admitted, glancing to Manon. “The moment the arrow went through his shoulder. Months ago.”

Nothing turns me on more than my abusive boyfriend almost dying by an arrow to the shoulder. I know, I know, the mating bond in AC0TAR is different than the ones in T0G, but still.

Maeve shrugged. “If it’s any consolation, Aelin, you would have had a thousand years with Prince Rowan. Longer.”

Go tf off, Maeve!!!! I’d read an entire book of Maeve just ripping Alien a new one tbh

Turns out Alien is due to Settle in five years or so. What a relief, SJM’s precious Mary Sue won’t ever have to grow, god forbid, old and ugly! Phew, really dodged a bullet there!

Maeve calls out Cairn, the asshole dude Lorcan brought up many chapters prior.

A handsome, brown-haired warrior walked toward them from the cluster of escorts. Handsome, if it weren’t for the sadistic cruelty singing in his blue eyes.

So is he handsome or not, SJM? These two sentences are so contradictory. Maeve gives Alien a choice whether to come willingly or to refuse and let Elide be dragged along. Alien is a selfish shitlord, but she cares about Elide despite barely knowing her, so we all know which she’ll probably choose.

Next chapter, finally, holy shit that one was so long I had to skim most of it.

Aelin’s body hurt. Everything hurt. Her blood, her breath, her bones. There was no magic left. Nothing left to save her.

It’s funny how this is framed as we’re supposed to feel bad for poor Alien but I’m laughing my ass off. Act like a little shit, get hit, Alien.

Aelin simply nodded at the Fae Queen. Her acceptance and surrender.

Surprise, surprise. I’ll at least give Alien a little credit for considering the safety of somebody else besides herself or Rowboat’s Fae peen. Man, the bar is set pretty low, eh?

And because she had won, Maeve even loosened her power’s grip on Aelin’s bones. Allowed Aelin to turn to Elide and say, “Go with Manon. She will take care of you.” Elide began crying, shoving away from Lorcan. “I’ll go with you, I’ll come with you—”

Wtf Elide, no, you’re smarter than this!!!! Alien is sacrificing herself so you can be free, you run and get Alien’s comrades and then you have a chance to free Alien afterwards!! Goddamnit SJM you’re making me repulsed by Elide because all she is now is a tool to fawn over Alien dhfkhfksdh I'm so goddamn mad

Aelin’s soul splintered as she saw the iron box the escorts now carried between them. An ancient, iron coffin. Big enough for one person. Crafted for her.

Oof, so there’s the coffin bit I’ve been hearing about. Can’t really say I’m sorry for Alien. Yeah I know that’s mean, but she’s a massive unlikable selfish asshole who gets everything handed to her without her doing any work, so forgive me for not feeling bad when she finally gets a good deserved kick in the bottom.

“And tell Rowan,” Aelin said, fighting her own sob, “that I’m sorry I lied. But tell him it was all borrowed time anyway. Even before today, I knew it was all just borrowed time, but I still wish we’d had more of it.”

Again, good concept, just wasted on an absolute shit tier ship. Someone write an AU of this but with a good ship, yeah? And, y’know, rewrite most of the plot so it makes sense.

Maeve lowered the mask and drawled to Aelin, “Rumor claims you will bow to no one, Heir of Fire.” That serpentine smile. “Well, now you will bow to me.” She pointed to the sand. Aelin obeyed.

I shouldn’t be enjoying this as much as I am, but ahhh feels so good to read Alien get taken down a peg or two after being so irritatingly arrogant! Feels good, feels organic.

“Take off your shirt.” Aelin tugged her shirt out of her pants and slung it over her head, tossing it in the sand beside her. Then she removed the flexible cloth around her breasts.

So.... a bra, essentially? Is she wearing a bra? Or was SJM unsure of whether or not medieval women wore bras and was like “Ehhhh I’ll describe it as just a cloth, that way nobody can point fingers at me for shitty world building!”

Aelin didn’t fight as [the Fae warriors] each gripped her by an arm and hauled her up. Spread her arms wide. The sea air kissed her breasts, her navel.

Man, given how there’s only a few chapters left, this may be the last unnecessary focus on a female character’s breasts we get in this novel. And it’s right before our main character endures a harsh whipping. Oh SJM, you never disappoint.

Cairn halted. [Aelin] felt him studying the tattoo on her back. Rowan’s loving words, written there in the Old Language. Cairn snorted. Then she felt him revel in how he’d destroy that tattoo.

Evidently, SJM never learned what nuanced characters are. Cairn whips Alien some until Maeve orders them to chuck Alien into the iron coffin. Manon peaces out with Elide, and I hope SJM lets them run away with Abraxos to a better novel.

Time—[Aelin] was grateful Elena had given her that stolen time. Grateful she had met them all, that she had seen some small part of the world, had heard such lovely music, had danced and laughed and known true friendship. Grateful that she had found Rowan. She was grateful.

Another good example of good concept that’s wasted on a shitty character. This should be breaking my heart, but it’s about Alien and I fucking hate Alien more than almost any other fictional character. So alas, I’m left just feeling hallow and tired.

So Aelin Galathynius dried her tears. And did not fight when Maeve strapped that beautiful iron mask over her face.

Seems odd Alien would describe what is essentially an object meant to torture her as beautiful, but alright. We’re almost done folks, buckle up for the final leg of this shitstorm of a journey.