#Did I miss something

[ramblings-of-a-chaotic-neutral]

Why the hell is Merlin trending again today?? Is it one of those days where we all wake up and collectively go nuts over our favorite beautiful Shakespearean tragedy of a show again?? Did I miss something?

[buckbuckleybegins]

I’m starting to think there was something really fucking weird in those cameos like hypnotizing subliminal messages or something bc WHAT DO YOU MEAN YALL CRASHING OUT THIS HARD ABOUT A WHITE, RACIST, SEXIST, ABLEIST, TRUMP-SUPPORTER MAN THAT CAN’T ACT??????????!!)?!:!!!!/!/!

WHAT IS GOING ON???????

[gunsatthaphan]

The Next Prince 🤴🏻 - coming soon

[ashes-in-a-jar]

Wait are people really thinking [ERROR] being full of eyes and holding a tape recorder means it's Jonathan Sims? I thought it was clear that this is just this world's Archivist since it's voiced by Beth Eyre

[thearchercore]

the aftermath of the canadian gp on social media:

- lewis/george fans civil war

- mercedes admin getting community noted on twitter (and later apologizing)

- the great "did max write that comment" investigation of 2024

- ln4 admin publicly saying they ship lando and oscar

- alex/williams fans beefing with carlos stans ft. williams courting carlos

- lewis and max stans uniting for the first time to fight their new joint enemy (lando)

- max stans dissing lando for being disrespectful towards max

[boiyslove]

"There is a heavy storm outside."

[littlemisspoltergeist]

after the first act of s2 when vi and caitlyn were fighting jinx and sevika, did no one stop to consider why the hextech was malfunctioning? all of their weapons were glitching and affecting the fight but it wasn’t really mentioned afterwards and they just continued to use hextech

[cangse-sanren]

why is tgcf trending?

[yeah-thats-probably-it]

“total eclipse of the heart” but the lyrics are about vampires now wasn’t on my musical theater bingo card

[lilix-love]

Why do people keep saying Jayce fumbled Mel

[apoth]

i made htis fUcking venn diagrma. someone tell me imwrong

[feinfeinfeinfeinfein]

hey don't ask me if i'm fucking alright i'm not star-stilinski is GONE

[sirenthestone]

I've been watching Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun, and uh... who's this random pink haired guy in the openings? Like, the second opening calls them Purson, which is kind of a hilarious name, ngl, but I don't think I've ever actually seen them in an episode? Am I missing something? I'm just under halfway through season 2, if that helps.

[themadmorrigan]

... So we're getting a special, NC themed edition of the series through B&N and ACOWAR includes the Feysand bonus chapter. And somehow, this is proof that Elain and Az are fated to be together?

Of course a Feysand book, with a Feysand bonus chapter would be Night Court themed. They live there. They run it. And that bonus chapter - while it does involve them talking about Elain - isn't actually about her.

Just... what?

[highladyjane]

The assault at Sangravah happened in early ACOMAF (before Elain's existence even came into picture for Azriel - 3 days before he even got to meet Feyre)... So I don't get how G and Az are supposed to be mates when he's had all that time to feel something?

There's the parallel of Rhys' father feeling his mating bond snap into place the moment he met his mother being assaulted.

"One look at her, and he knew what she was..." (ACOMAF, ch. 16)

Or Rhys himself feeling the bond when Feyre was being tortured by Amarantha...

"And I knew as I picked up that knife to kill her... I knew right then what you were. I knew right then that you were my mate." (ACOMAF, ch. 54)

Or Cassian simply meeting Nesta. "Say what I've guessed from the moment we met" he breathed. What I knew from the first time I kissed you. What became unbreakable between us on Solstice night." (ACOSF, ch. 62)

Bonus from Nesta: “‘From the moment I met you, I wanted you more than reason. From the moment I saw you in my house, you were all I could think about. And it terrified me. No one had ever held such power over me."

Or even Lucien after Elain was Made and maybe even while being thrown into the Cauldron... I don't even need a quote for them, but even Lucien knew and has tried seeking Elain out after the incident.

It's stated in the books and shown again and again that it's the males who are deeply affected by the mating bond. That they can know from the moment they meet. They all in one way or another sought after the females. Even Nesta and Feyre felt something before they knew or opened themselves up to it. And since they all met - They. Couldn't. Stay. Away.

But there's like... no hint of it from Az after stumbling upon G? Like he just literally stumbles upon her - never actually even actively seeking her out through all those years? He hasn't even actively tried to stay away? He's just... *crickets*

It's been Gwyn making noises and attracting his attention through all their scenes together. It was Gwyn asking for dagger lessons. It was 'Gwyn' making Az the new ribbon (whatever that means). And it's Az's shadows reacting to Gwyn, not Az himself. But there's no real hint that Gwyn feels anything romantic for him. There's barely any interactions between them without linking it to her assault in Sangravah and her growth from it.

Besides Az's shadows reacting to G, and that ribbon moment that everyone deems so pivotal when Az realises what it means for the Valkyries (that he's had a hand in training) and maybe even reflects upon Gwyn's character development and therefore what the ribbon means for Gwyn - which made me feel proud too, and that's how I interpreted it - but I can't see an undeniable sign of it being a mating bond anywhere.

I thought at first that mayhaps he was giving her space because of the assault, but then the BC came and he went "It was too late to bank without appearing like he was running," and then "He wouldn't go so far as to call Gwyn a friend,". (ACOSF, Azriel's Bonus Chapter)

Let's not even mention the part where Gwyn was actually in danger (no matter how capable she was at that point), while Cassian was going ballistic at Nesta being in danger, but Az is all like "Let's go save Eris". Eris who both he and Cassian hates. Eris who Az himself nearly killed during the HLs' pre-war meeting (before he exhibited actual mate behaviour and sought and risked his life to save Elain who's not even his mate). But no, he gave just as much or even less action and reaction about Gwyn as Tamlin gave when Feyre was UTM.

And I was like...

How are they mates? Where's the mate behaviour every male - mated or not - in Prythian has exhibited throughout the books? Why did I keep seeing things about them being mates and endgame?

The only hint between them that I could even begin to consider it from is the second to last sentence in Az's BC.

"But Azriel tucked away the thought, consciously erasing the slight smile it brought to his face. Buried the image down deep, where it glowed quietly."

But I basically have the same interpretation about that as this post from @merymoonbeam. (Although I'm still neutral about the lightsinger theory, it's the most interesting take.)

Because again.

Why hasn't Azriel felt/shown anything or actively sought her out or even actively stayed away if he's known Gwyn since Sangravah?

If they're mates, shouldn't he have felt and shown something - like that glow - and Gwyn be the one to snap him out of his 'love' for Mor before he even had the chance to meet Elain? If he's just lonely and jealous of his brothers having mates then... Why has he barely noticed or sought out Gwyn who's supposed to be his mate?

What, he had to wait until his shadows reacted to her to even think about her?

I'm not an expert at analysing things - I wouldn't even say I'm good at interpreting things especially when I've got my rose-tinted glasses on, so/but I'm always open to being wrong and changing my mind accordingly.

But/so convince me with actual canon and not just your biased opinions, delusions, self-insertions, or ships.

[qoldenskies]

clipped wings exploded after i posted chapter 20-21 in a way than it hasnt since like mid november when all that fanart for me was trneding.... ive gotten like 15 followers in the past few days....,,, where. are yuo people coming from what happened