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Excited to share this beautiful piece by isnanaun for @emerieweekofficial ! I love the idea of each of the Valkyries getting their own Pegasus and this one chose Emerie. What do you think their name is?
No reposts without permission and do not use this art for anti content please.
Characters belong to SJM.
IG post can be found here.
Artist: Isnanaun
Commissioner: Misery.Reads
#emerie#emerie of illyria#emerie week 2025#emerie fanart#acotar fanart#acotar#a court of thornes and roses#the valkyries#pro emerie#a court of silver flames#acosf#valkyries acosf#emerie acosf#emerie acotar#night court#Illyria#illyria acotar#pegasus#booklr#romantasy
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Alexander the Great had a half-sister named Cynane, who was trained as a warrior by her mother and became a notable military figure in ancient Macedonia.
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unfriendly reminder that Illyrians arenât white
Cassian isnât white
Azriel isnât white
Emerie isnât white
Rhysand isnât fully white
ILLYRIANS ARENâT WHITE
#cassian acotar#Azriel#Azriel shadowsinger#emerie#emerie of illyria#rhysand#illyria#illyria acotar#white washing#STOP I BEG YOU
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was searching for the quote in acomaf about mor wanting to burn Windhaven down and came across something much more sinister

Amren. AMREN. Rhysand has been the High Lord for centuries. why are we talking about CHILDREN. GETTING THEIR BONES BROKEN (REPEATEDLY & OVER WEEKS). IN THE. PRESENT. TENSE. You mean they âdidâ worse, Amren. Right??? Surely Rhysand has stepped in by now. You mean bones were broken. rightâŠ
#carlyâs anti rhysand manifesto#anti rhysand#jesus christ#the wing clipping is one thing but thisâŠthisâŠ.#illyria acotar#illyria#anti amren#anti inner circle#acomaf#anti ic#night court critical#anti night court
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On Rhysand and Eris:
I saw a post that said Rhysand and Eris were the same exact character and it low key implied that itâs hypocritical to like Eris while hating Rhysand (among other things lmao), so I wanted to give my two cents as someone who fucking hates Rhysand with every fiber of my soul but who also likes Eris. No hate to the person who made that original post. Iâm just using it as an excuse to ramble and avoid the work I should be doing right now.
More below the cut:
Iâll start off by saying that Eris and Rhysand are DEFINITELY similar characters. I wouldnât say theyâre the same though. I would say theyâre foils of each other instead. They both wear masks, but one of them has a support system while the other is completely isolated. But I want to go deeper than that.
I think the key difference between Eris and Rhysand lies in the reason they both wear a mask.
Rhysand. I cannot for the life of me understand why Rhysand wears a mask. Amarantha maybe? But that doesnât make sense. Heâs been wearing that mask for way longer than 50 years if his treatment of the Illyrians and the CON is anything to go by. Is it because he wants to seem powerful? Well, he already is, isnât he? Heâs ThE mOsT pOwErFuL hIgH lOrD eVeR. So itâs not that. Maybe heâs wearing the mask because he wants to keep a tight leash on Illyria and the CON? Fine, but I donât think heâs wearing a mask at all when he interacts with Illyria or the CON. I think he actively hates them and treats them as such. If he actually gave a shit about the Illyrians, he would enforce the wing clipping ban. If he actually gave a shit about the CON, he would work harder to find the âdreamersâ who are trapped down there. What does he do instead? He has Cassian bark orders at the Illyrians and actively torments the CON by torturing Keir and parading Feyre around as his own personal, glorified slut. (And no, I donât think thatâs what Feyre is, but it CERTAINLY is what Rhysand portrays her as when theyâre in the Hewn City. Especially in ACOSF where he fetishizes her pregnancyâŠ) So it doesnât seem like heâs wearing a mask when he interacts with 2/3rds of his court. It reads like he straight up hates them.
Okay, well maybe he wears the mask to protect Velaris from outsiders? No, that doesnât make sense. Velaris was already hidden from the rest of Prythian. No one was going to discover it. The only reason it got discovered was because Rhysand made a gamble on telling the human queens about it and it backfired.
Fine, maybe he wears the mask around the other High Lords to seem more intimidating. That seems plausible, but I donât understand why he would do that. Coming off that way means the other HLs will never want to ally with him (as we saw in ACOWAR). And if weâre being honest with ourselves, Rhysandâs actions while wearing his mask do not do him any favors with the other HLs. In all likelihood, he killed those Winter Court children (and no, Iâm not taking arguments on this point. If this mysterious other daemati really did exist, why didnât they out Feyre and Rhysandâs alliance UTM? That daemati may not have been able to get into Rhysandâs mind but they easily could have gotten into Feyreâs or Clare Beddorâs mind instead), he stole an ancestral artifact from the Summer Court when he could have just asked for it, he allowed his wife to burn the Lady of Autumn (I know Beron didnât gaf about that but if weâre talking alliances, hurting Beronâs wife is a great way to make sure they never work together for the greater good), and he regularly gallivants around the Spring Court when he has NO BUSINESS being there. Sooo wearing the mask around the other HLs may make him more intimidating, but it hasnât yielded him any positive results. If anything, his behavior should have alienated him more.
So then whatâs the reason for Rhysand wearing a mask? Because I havenât figured it out. Heâs just⊠Wearing one for shits and giggles, I guess? (We all know the real reason heâs wearing that mask is so SJM can justify him sexually assaulting Feyre UTM and twisting her broken bone.)
Eris. Erisâs reason for wearing a mask is a lot less convoluted than Rhysandâs. If Eris doesnât wear the mask, then Beron will kill him. It really is that simple. In the HL meeting, Feyre notes that when Eris spoke up, he chose his words very carefully, which clearly implied he was trying not to provoke his father. It was even confirmed in ACOSF that Beron tortures Eris. So if Eris doesnât wear a mask, he gets murdered. The difference is that he doesnât have the IC sucking him off and telling him what a good guy he is because heâs wearing a mask. Eris has nobody.
I also want to note the other MASSIVE DIFFERENCE between these two characters. Consequences.
Rhysand. This mf does not face any consequences for his actions. Ever. He steals an ancestral artifact from the Summer Court? Yes, he gets the blood rubies, but those are rescinded one book later. He barges into the Spring Court all the time (Specifically ACOTAR, but also ACOFAS and ACOSF) and Tamlin never whoops his ass for it even though he would have every right to. He locks Nesta up in a house with a man she DOES NOT WANT TO BE AROUND after he crucified Tamlin for doing the same thing to Feyre? Heâs NEVER challenged on this. He straight up lies to Feyre about her life-threatening pregnancy and then has the entire IC lie to her as well, and thatâs that. Heâs never held accountable for those lies. He sexually assaults Feyre, defiles her body with paint (the thing she LOVES), and twists her broken bone when sheâs likely already septic and what happens? Nothing. Itâs never brought up again. He gets away with all of it.
Eris. Eris is a great example of talk shit, get hit. He makes some hateful ass comments to Mor at the HL meeting and what happens? Azriel beats the ever loving fuck out of him. He leaves Mor on the Autumn Court border (he did NOT nail the note to her womb, as a lot of this fandom likes to pretend) and the Night Court holds a grudge bigger than the state of Texas against him for it and they bring it up every single chance they get. Eris goes after Lucien and Feyre in ACOWAR when they (illegally) cut through the Autumn Court? He gets his shit clocked by Azriel and Cassian. If there is one thing about Eris that I like, itâs that while he may dish out a lot of shit, he can also take it.
So is it hypocritical to like Eris while hating Rhysand? I guess you could say that if you still believe theyâre the same exact character, but I personally donât think they are. I also wonder if the people who think itâs hypocritical to like Eris while hating Rhysand also think itâs hypocritical to hate Eris while loving Rhysand. Just some food for thought.
#iâm rambling#I just really donât feel like working today#eris vanserra#pro eris vanserra#anti rhysand#anti feysand#anti inner circle#anti ic#anti sjm#sjm critical#acotar critical#anti acotar#anti cassian#anti morrigan#pro nesta#court of nightmares#illyria
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To Carry Home My Little Soldier
balthazar, emerie, zhila - dreamers in illyria/the night court
(army dreamers - kate bush)
close up of the characters under the cut
#army dreamers#night court#illyria#balthazar of illyria#emerie of illyria#zhila of illyria and the night court#aka unnamed fridged sister#acotar
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Diocletian's Palace by Ernest Hébrard
#ernest hébrard#art#diocletian#roman#emperor#palace#roman empire#split#croatia#dalmatia#illyrian#illyria#architecture#antiquity#romans#ancient rome#history#europe#european#adriatic sea#sea#ships#ship#landscape#adriatic coast
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so i've got a very specific pitch for you
#fred burkle#illyria#angel the series#ats#art#believe it or not this is#fred x illyria#this is all part of an extremely elaborate ats s5 au i have#i just want more gritty fred#love wesley but also would like to have seen AD play the shit out of an evil alien lady in their weird psychosexual stand-offs#wes!illyria
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Summary: Tamlin is a Virgin. He asks ( read : uses his very convincing puppy eyes ) Rhysand to teach him how to have sex in time for calanmai. Smut Ensues. Yes the title is a pun. Read On Ao3. Snippet Given Below.
CW : Smut, MDNI, Thigh Riding, Dry Humping, Corruption Kink, Praise Kink, Overstimulation, Nipple Play, Handjob, Blowjob, Sex in a body of Water, Wing Play, basically Porn without plot. WC : 5K
Author's Notes : Hello Fellow Gays. A month ago, I had the incredible honor of bringing 400 amazing souls into my little corner of this world (or cult, if you will). I wasnât able to properly celebrate at the time, but now, Iâm thrilled to share this gift as a thank-you to all of you who have supported me, encouraged me, and made this journey so worthwhile. Special shoutout to @praetorqueenreyna for beta reading this fic. I hope you enjoy this and please let me know your thoughts in the comments, I'd love that!
Snippet ( the whole fic has been posted on Ao3 Link Here )
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Rhysand whirled around momentarily, his expression a perfect blend of affront and disbelief. âA reason? Tamlin, the audacity of that question defies reason! It defies logic! It defiesââ He gestured vaguely, as though at the entirety of existence, before spinning back around to escape.
âRhys,â Tamlin said, softer now, his voice carrying a note of pleading that gave even the birdsânow safely aloft ( although they still glared at the overgrown bat with contempt ) âpause. âPlease Rhys Calanmai is only a cycle away, I need your help.â
When Rhysand ignored him, Tamlin sighed, then surged forward. With one decisive motion, he grabbed Rhysand by the shoulders, effectively halting his escape. Rhysand froze, his jaw tightening as though bracing for impact. Slowly, begrudgingly, he turned to face the Son Of Spring.
Tamlinâs expression was devastating. Wide, imploring green eyes gazed up at Rhysand with the kind of earnest vulnerability that could topple empires. His lips formed a slight pout, the picture of wounded innocence. It was the quintessential âpuppy dogâ look, and it hit Rhysand with the force of a thousand suns.
For a moment, silence reigned. Rhysandâs throat bobbed as he swallowed hard, his meticulously cultivated composure crumbling under the weight of Tamlinâs gaze. He tried, valiantly, to look away, to summon some shred of dignity, but the heat creeping up his neck betrayed him.
âFine,â Rhysand bit out, his voice tinged with defeat. âFine. Iâll teach you how to have sex, but I swear to the Mother, if you everââ
Tamlinâs lips twitched into a triumphant grin, and Rhysandâs words faltered. He raised a hand to rub at his temple, as though nursing a sudden headache. His other hand tugged at the collar of his tunic, futilely attempting to conceal the blush that now dusted his cheeks a rosy hue.
âStop smiling,â Rhysand grumbled, turning his face slightly away.
Tamlin, of course, smiled wider.
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Taglist : @lifeisabiscuit , @donnadiddadog <3
#tamsand#pro tamsand#pro tamlin#tamlin#tamlin acotar#acotar tamlin#rhysand#acotar rhysand#rhysand acotar#rhysand x tamlin#tamlin x rhysand#tamsand fanfic#tamsand fanfiction#tamsand smut#acotar smut#acotar fanfiction#acotar ff#acotar fanfic#acotar#a court of thorns and roses#gay#spring court#night court#illyria#acotar fic#acotar fluff#calanmai#gay smut#acotar au#writers on tumblr
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i am such a horrible little apologist for every buffyverse woman. they could drink my blood or sacrifice me to a demon or just fucking beat me up and i'd probably be into it
#btvs#buffyverse#drusilla#willow rosenberg#darla btvs#lilah morgan#illyria#harmony kendall#faith lehane#buffy summers#etc but i am drunk and there are so many of them#but i do mean pretty much all of them lol#buffy the vampire slayer#angel the series#anya jenkins#cordelia chase
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#angel the series#spike#illyria#spike x illyria#ats#mine#mine: ats#mine: spike#mine: illyria#mine: spike x illyria#ats: s05e18
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My Fred/ Illyria drawing đđ
#angel the series#angel series#fred burkle#illyria#digital drawing#drawing#fanart#digital art#my art#artwork#art#artists on tumblr
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I just listed the characters that were all in the title sequence at one point or another.
#angel the series#angel btvs#Angel ats#spike btvs#spike ats#Cordelia Chase#wesley wyndam pryce#Charles gunn#winifred burkle#Connor Angel#Connor ats#illyria#Lorne#krevlornswath of the deathwok clan#Francis doyle#allen francis doyle#doyle#harmony kendall#Angel polls#my polls
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I feel like the entire concept of a ruler having an army made up of people who hate them and don't share their values is kinda...counterproductive, at best. like doesn't rhys know that people are more likely to fight to protect the things they care about? what do the Illyrians gain by fighting in his wars, aside from the right to keep their lives assuming they don't die in battle? it's not like they get a say in whether or not they become warriors. and yeah yeah they are a "warrior race" and I know this is all due to sjm's lazy writing but I just cannot help but lament how many missed opportunities there are in regard to the Illyrians and their dynamic with rhysand/the night court in general. could've been so interesting.
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Azriel's association with Enalius, what it means for his arc and Illyria
This is something me and my friends have talked about off tumblr, but I wanted to write my own post about it and gather my thoughts. But here, I'll discuss a bit Azriel's character and how the revelations we witness in House of Flame and Shadow will be important to his character. (+ a little bit of Emerie).
What do we know about Enalius? From ACOSF, Emerie provides us with a little exposition when they are in the Rite, when the Pass of Enalius is brought up:
Long agoâso long ago they donât even have a precise date for itâa great war was fought between the Fae and the ancient beings who oppressed them. One of its key battles was here, in these mountains. Our forces were battered and outnumbered, and for some reason, the enemy was desperate to reach the stone at the top of Ramiel. We were never taught the reason why; I think itâs been forgotten. But a young Illyrian warrior named Enalius held the line against the enemy soldiers for days.
Now, from the Crescent City crossover, we learned that Truth-teller and Gwydion are twin blades. They are a pair. According to the Silene History Lesson, the dagger used to belong to her father's (Fionn's) dear friend, slain during the war. A bit later, when they find Vesperus, she confirms that this friend was Enalius:
The Asteriâs eyes flared with recognition at the long blade. âDid Fionn send you, then? To slay me in my sleep? Or was it that traitor Enalius? I see that you bear his daggerâas his emissary? Or his assassin?â
Immediately before that, she also confirms that the Asteri crafted (which can either mean created, shaped forged, but we are going with created) the Illyrians:
The Asteriâs blue eyes lowered to the dagger. âYou dare draw a weapon before me? Against those who crafted you, soldier, from night and pain?â
From everything, we can conclude this: Enalius was the original wielder of Truth-teller before Fionn and Theia, a dear friend to Fionn, and someone who pulled the ultimate sacrifice to keep the Asteri/Daglan from reaching the top of Ramiel. He was a traitor to the Asteri, a rebel against his masters and everything they stood for.
Enalius is the hero most Illyrians strive to mimic, the legendary figure who they all hope to one day surpass. He's a symbol of their people, even if so much about him has been forgotten â the fact that he had a dagger, Fionn's friendship, what the battle was for, maybe even how he was as a person. Brave, for sure. Willing to die for the cause.
And it's Azriel who bears his dagger. Azriel, who has such a complicated relationship with his Illyrian heritage and loaths it - and by extension, himself - is the one with this enormous legacy right at this hand. And this matters.
Still in ACOSF, we have Rhys talking with Cassian and wanting him to play Courtier, the following exchange then follows:
âWhat, weâre doing some role reversal? Az gets to lead the Illyrians now?â âDonât play stupid,â Rhys said coolly. Cassian rolled his eyes. But they both knew Azriel would sooner disband and destroy Illyria than help it. Convincing their brother that the Illyrians were a people worth saving was still a battle amongst the three of them.
Azriel hates the Illyrians for what happened to him and his mother and his dislike for them is, to a degree, understandable. The thing is that Azriel, no matter how much he loaths it, is Illyrian. Maybe he's more than that (as it's pointed that Az is different in a lot of ways and Bryce wonders if he is Starborn), but at heart, he's Illyrian. Siphons, leathers, fighting, being Carynthian, his wings, his scabbard and the dagger it holds.
It was healthy, perhaps, for Az to sometimes remember where he'd come from. He still wore the Illyrian leathers. Had not tried to get the tattoos removed. Some part of him was Illyrian still. Always would be. Even if he wished to forget it.
Being Illyrian is part of who he is and his deep hatred for them only fuel his self-loathing. He would like to set himself apart, but he is not.
We can actually draw a direct parallel between Azriel and Bryce with how they regard the Fae vs the Illyrians. Bryce loathes the Fae and for most of HoFaS, she believes they are evil, corrupt, power-hungry and quite generally, not worth saving. She would leave them all to burn. Sound familiar?
And Bryce is wrong. Sathia challenges her notion, pointing out that she's laying judgement to all fae and that is hardly fair. What the one who don't deserve it? Herself, yes, but Flynn, Declan, and Ruhn himself? Do they deserve to burn too? Bryce herself acknowledges this:
Urd had sent her there to see, even in the small fraction of their world that sheâd witnessed, that Fae existed who were kind and brave. She might have had to betray Nesta and Azriel, trick them ⊠but she knew that at their cores, they were good people. The Fae of Midgard were capable of more. Ruhn proved it. Flynn and Dec proved it. Even Sathia proved it, in the short time Bryce had known her.
And this part here sums up quite neatly:
Fire met starlight met shadows, and Bryce loosed herself on the world. It ended today. Here. Now. This had nothing to do with the Asteri, or Midgard. The Fae had festered under leaders like these males, but her people could be so much more.
There are Illyrians who are kind and brave and break the mold. We see this with Emerie, who is also a woman. We see that with Balthazar, Cassian. The main point stands, though, that you cannot judge or condemn an entire race for the bad apples.
Azriel is wrong, just as Bryce was wrong, and his journey will be also to realise that his people are worth saving. They were created of night and pain (words that Azriel embodies, being a master of shadows and a torturer), but that is not everything they need to be. They can be more than soldiers. They can thrive.
And I believe this was something Enalius himself came to the believe, long ago. His people deserved more than to be slaves to the Asteri, forced to give them their power when need be, bred to live and die for them. They could be more. And Enalius died to free his people from their chains.
Is Azriel Enalius's blooded descendant? I'm not sure, but he doesn't need to be. Azriel is Enalius successor because he will finish what was started. He'll uncover the secrets of the past, what his people were in truth, what Enalius rebelled for, what he stood for, what the Blood Rite truly means - which he only got a glimpse of.
And this is where I think Emerie will also come in. She's s one of ACOSF most relevant characters and the first female Illyrian to be Carynthian. I think Emerie will also become an inspirational figure to the Illyrian women, another of these what they coud be. What they can be. And more importantly and that is just a theory, what they were.
Orestes was a warrior. What if so was Carynth and she was woman? The name always struck me as similar to Carina, which is the name of a constellation and commonly used by women. It would be ironic and another shaking revelation to the Illyrians that Carynth, for whom their greatest warriors are named after, was a woman.
Does that mean all Illyrian women must become Valkyries? No, but some might wish to follow this path whilst their society takes its time to catch up. They already shook the status quo and with Nesta poised to have a big role (andthe Valkyries along her), they will continue to do so.
Azriel will uncovered the lost history of Vesperus offered him all the clues he needed to start looking. His journey to find out this secrets will lead to him facing his own demons, confronting his loathing for his people and, in doing so, he will make peace with himself.
#hofas spoilers#azriel#shout out to yaz for helping me fish the quotes#my meta#acotar#acosf#emerie#illyria
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