#Elain is kindness

[tremsing82]

Something that has been floating around in my head a lot about Lucien is the fact that I wonder how insecure he is feeling about his mate bond with Elain, in the sense that he can’t provide for her.

So hear me out, but in FaS he tells Feyre that Greyson gifted Vassa and Jurian the Manor and that when he is not in Velaris he stays there. He tells Feyre that he hates the idea of staying/living in Velaris because it feels like charity from Rhys. He is rightly upset that his personal items that he has collected over the years in spring was dumped on the manor doorstep like garbage or junk.

He has met Greyson, he knows the family and estate and wealth that Elain was about to marry into. He says in his head “and a whole lot of nothing” when he first introduces himself to Elain. He views himself as a nobody. Not a high lords son in anything but name, no dowry, no trust fund, no inheritance of property.

I think he is definitely feeling insecurity in the idea that even if Elain does accept the mate bond how will he provide for her, where can he make a home for her and with what funds.

He openly states he doesn’t have a home. And I think a person without a home is going to definitely beat themselves up for not being able to give the best stable home and life to the person the love.

But interestingly enough I think Elain won’t care.

She was happy in the cottage. And she was happy in her estate. I think Lucien being apprehensive and guilty for being homeless/courtless. For not being able to give Elain 6 homes or a castle on top of a mountain, will be shot down instantly by Elain. She won’t care if she gets a castle or a river house or just a small 3 room cottage she just wants to be there with someone she loves and adores.

[tremsing82]

This is where I think we will finally have the Night Court (Rhys & Feyre) and Elain conflict come in. Elain sees these hewn city people looking longingly in these windows of bakeries and toy stores and see them refused entry and she will go in there and buy them stuff and hand it over right outside the store doors to the HC people and Velaris store owners are going to complain to Rhys, That his sister in law is promoting and helping the HC residents in Velaris.

And how wild would it be if Elain’s first question when confronted by Feyre and Rhys and maybe even Mor about her actions is:

“Is Hewn City and the people who live there also not Night Court citizens?”

And how quiet the room will get because I don’t think anyone has actually brought that to their attention in decades or centuries.

Imagine a lowborn & low-ranked Darkbringer finally having the opportunity to go to Velaris so that he can buy sweets and toys (something like a teddy bear) for his daughter, only for him to realize that the shopkeepers ignore and refuse him to purchase these things

(Edit: If anyone is interested I wrote one shots with this prompt in mind part 1 | part 2 )

[cinnibelle]

Powers & Possibilities

@elriel-month

[gracie-rosee]

Yes Nesta can command an entire ballroom but all I can think about is the fact that Elain likes a Waltz, the most romantic of dances. 🥹🩷

[clockwork-ashes]

elain, eris, and jurian would be the most iconic trio of friends at fancy events i feel. they 100% sit around in circles at parties and gossip, sipping wine. jurian eats pastries the whole night, eris always comes overdressed, and elain just thinks they’re neat.

[blindlydancing]

Amren was right. They hate Elain because they ain’t Elain.

[the-lonelybarricade]

Lucien Vanserra can perfectly crack an apple in half with his bare hands

[moonpatroclus]

🍂Elain🍃

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦

𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨

𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴

𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴. 𝘐 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘵

𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦

𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨

𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴

𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥

𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴

𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵

𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨

𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴

𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵

𝘐 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨

𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘮. 𝘉𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴

𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳.

- 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘖𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳

When I first saw efellana_illustrations beautiful, whimsical artwork, I knew I needed to see Elain in their style. They were so wonderful to work with, and I’m so happy with how this piece turned out💕 I think that this poem by Mary Oliver goes so well with this artwork, and Elain as a character in general, so I had to include it. Personally, I think Elain deserves to spend more time frolicking through the woods, getting up to all sorts of witchy business, talking with the birds, and gazing into mysterious golden orbs.

Art by efellana_illustrations on Instagram, commissioned by me 🫶🏻

Please do not repost

[bluiela]

My biggest flex in the acotar fandom is that in the sea of "I actually care about Elain and that's why I ship her with Az" "I actually care about Elain unlike you" "I care about Elain hence I take her word rather than Cassian's",

I actually care about the person behind the screen and don't harass them for words on paper that are someone's imagination.

[lucienarcheron]

Thinking about how each of the Archeron husbands would be a crying mess watching their beloveds walk down the aisle and it’s making me hella emotional 😭

Rhys’s lips are trembling so hard and he’s trying to wipe his eyes as fast as possible so he doesn’t miss a second of his Feyre darling beaming at him.

Cassian is sniffling so loudly (“It’s the flowers.” he wails) and Nesta’s smile at his antics is the only thing keeping him from breaking down completely.

Lucien has to take a few deep breaths before he turns around and it’s those silent, joyful tears streaming down his face and Elain’s giving him a warning look through her own teary eyes because he if doesn’t stop, she’ll start crying and then the feelings will overwhelm them both.

And they’re all so happy and so excited to spend the rest of the lives with their loves 😭

[silly--fangirl]

lucien declaring he'll go on a dangerous mission because of elain's vision?

AND COMING BACK ALIVE SUCCESSFUL????

i think i'm going to swoon

[acourtofthought]

Az knew the name to Elain's powers but all that means is he could have provided the exact same information for anyone displaying the signs of being a Seer.

Elain's Seer powers are not unique to Elain, there have been other Seers throughout history.

But Lucien knowing Elain needed to be taken outside specifically to the sea or a garden? Lucien reaching out through the bond then thinking back on what he saw inside of her, the thing that made him blush? Those thoughts / emotions were unique to Elain and only Elain.

Elain as Elain and Elain as "Elain the Seer" are two very different things and "Elain the Seer" is no more romantic than the Bone Carver alluding to Nesta being Death.

[venusin-aries]

Anti’s: show me where it says Elain seeks sunlight and Lucien is related to sunlight lollll

Elucien’s: constantly provide text evidence.

Anti’s:

[lifeisabiscuit]

It will never not bother me how people are like Elain doesn't owe Lucien anything, she doesn't want him, he should take a hint, leave her alone and stop stalking her (even though he moved to the human lands and only comes when requested and doesnt even see her everytime hes there or at solstice where he kindly brings gifts for her and Feyre and she barely acknowledges it. Like, no girl the gifts don't make him entitled to your affections but aren't you supposed to be the kind sister? He hasn't done anything wrong). Even in canon, Feyre barely tries to meddle in their relationship (or lack thereof) and even questions why not give Elain and Azriel a bond instead. They never clear up that he was not the reason they were taken (and neither was Tamlin but of course they would let them keep blaming him instead of taking responsibility for their part), they just dangle her in front of him to make him compliant and keep doing things for them (sounds a lot like what they did to his brother with Nesta).

But then, when Nesta clearly makes it known she wants nothing to do with Cassian (like Elain has about Lucien), they let him follow her around and lock her in a house with him. Don't even get me started on the bonus chapter where he cornered a human woman and asked about her virginity. No matter what Nesta wanted, Cassian wanted Nesta so they had to be together, ignoring every thing she's said and every sign she's made that she wanted him to leave her alone. No, let's lock them up together instead and force proximity. I don't care if deep deep down she wanted him too, she told him to leave her alone. He found glee in locking her up with him where she could not go anywhere without him. And so many people think this is romantic and goals? They think Nesta deserved to have her wants ignored because Cassian wanted her.

I don't believe the problem was that Nesta was sleeping around, but because she wasn't sleeping with Cassian and he was throwing a pity party. Because as soon as she started sleeping with him even though that was another of her vices, all of a sudden no one had an issue with it.

Like, it seems like just another way to punish Lucien for 'not helping Feyre' against a high lord (something everyone excuses Cassian from because Rhys is his high lord) and punish Nesta for being a child "letting" her sister hunt (even though Feyre made her mom a promise and was never going to listen to Nesta whether she told her not to anyways).

Cassian didn't even really want Nesta more than physically, they had to break her to make her more what he wanted and then he never even said he loved her. He wanted a mate, Nesta wanted Cassian. And the thing is, I don't even have a preferred Elain ship, I just want Lucien to stop being toyed with. But I don't think Lucien even wants a mate, so I could see him actually falling for Elain for who she is, not just her beauty. If anyone would give him a chance. Like, even if she still wants to break the bond, at least talk to him.

I dunno, The double standard between how people treat the sisters is annoying.

[whatawonderart]

i'm an enormous fan of how significantly down bad elaine and guybrush are for each other

[theladyofbloodshed]

do you think elain, as the high lord and lady's sister, takes money for gardening from velaris' citizens or does rhys give her an allowance so she can buy solstice presents