#She had to be there. Aelin had to be there.
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Overhead, the stars shone clear and bright, and though Mala had only once appeared to him at dawn, on the foothills across this very city, though she might be little more than a strange, mighty being from another world, he offered up a prayer anyway.
Then, he had begged Mala to protect Aelin from Maeve when they entered Doranelle, to give her strength and guidance, and to let her walk out alive. Then, he had begged Mala to let him remain with Aelin, the woman he loved. The goddess had been little more than a sunbeam in the rising dawn, and yet he had felt her smile at him.
Tonight, with only the cold fire of the stars for company, he begged her once more.
A curl of wind sent his prayer drifting to those stars, to the waxing moon silvering the camp, the river, the mountains.
He had killed his way across the world; he had gone to war and back more times than he cared to remember. And despite it all, despite the rage and despair and ice he'd wrapped around his heart, he'd still found Aelin. Every horizon he'd gazed toward, unable and unwilling to rest during those centuries, every mountain and ocean he'd seen and wondered what lay beyond... It had been her. It had been Aelin, the silent call of the mating bond driving him, even when he could not feel it.
They'd walked this dark path together back to the light. He would not let the road end here.
#Chapter 23#Kingdom of Ash#Sarah J. Maas#Rowan Whitethorn#Rowaelin#Essar#Mala#more starry quotes#lord of the north#I will find you#no spoilers pls 1st read to read along with me pt 4 of 4 perspectives more notes/quotes/reacts in tags; spoilers in both post & tags#They would not all go in all go out. — he won’t leave without Aelin… and probably Cairn dead#Ready to unleash hell when he sent a flare of his magic diverting soldiers to their side while Rowan made his run for Aelin.#She'd protested but even Gavriel had told her that she was mortal. Untrained. And what she'd done today… Rowan didn’t have the words#thank you for Elide appreciation day#He trusted Essar. She'd never liked Maeve had outright said she did not serve her with any willingness or pride.#But these last few hours before dawn when so many things could go wrong...#the full circle of him praying to Mala in HoF and then mentioning it in QoS and EoS and now here in KoA😭#She had to be there. Aelin had to be there.#If they had come so close but wound up being the very thing that had caused Maeve to take Aelin away AGAIN#The bond within him lay dark and slumbering. No indication of her proximity. — Maeve doing that too AGH I HATE HER SO MUCH#Essar had no idea that Aelin was being kept here until Elide informed her. How many others hadn't known? How well had Maeve hidden her?#— maybe that means there’s some good face on their side who might help if they know or learn?#ah rowaelins love language of revenge and compartmentalizing#Overhead the stars shone clear and bright and though Mala had only once appeared to him at dawn on the foothills across this very city#though she might be little more than a strange mighty being from another world he offered up a prayer anyway.#his magic sending a prayer to the northern stars for dawn to stay with the woman he loves — even back then😭#Tonight with only the cold fire of the stars for company he begged her once more.#HE SAYS COLD FIRE BECAUSE ITS NOT HIS FIREHEART😭 and the the darkness back to the light — IT WILL NOT END HERE WE WONT LET IT HE WONT LET IT#and the fact he knew he loved her back then😭 and all those centuries before when he didn’t know why😭😭😭
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Rowan would invent mother's day for Aelin and no one can change my mind
#like she had five children with him of course hes going to invent a day to appreciate her#like he would appreciate her all the time#but like this would be a reason to be more intense about it lol#and yes i do consider rowans dream of aelin and their five kids canon#rowaelin
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Imagine if you had a friend with a crush.
Imagine if she decided to stop pursuing that crush in December.
Imagine if 5 months went by and there was absolutely no indication that she liked him any longer. No reaction to his presence (good or bad), no looks - just complete indifference.
Then imagine if you insisted that she still had a crush on him, you were extremely forceful in telling everyone around you that she still wanted him despite her returning the gift he got her which should be a clear indication of her decision to move on especially considering she's got absolutely zero connection to this person, zero ties to him any longer after returning everything he gave her - the way she would if she shared a mating bond with him, still had his jacket, still accepts every one of his gifts (because no matter Elain's declaration that she didn't want a mate or her refusing to speak to Lucien, she accepts his gifts and has not formally rejected their bond - both which do send mixed signals).
That's E/riels when it comes to Elain currently having feelings for Az.
5 MONTHS. 5 months and not a single glance his way, not a single sentence where Nesta noted Elain being sad, not even a single mention of Elain shooting daggers Az's way. 5 months and plenty of opportunities where Elain and Az were both on page at the same time yet Sarah gave no indication of any interest on her part, no irritation, no hesitation, nothing. Instead Elain stood with Helion at Starfall. Instead Elain was at Mor's side when Feyre and Nyx nearly lost their lives.
Could Sarah write that changing in the next book? Sure! Just like Sarah could still write Elain wanting Lucien in the next book. However based on where we're currently at Elain does not want Az. Sarah stopped her character from having any further interactions with him once Elain returned his necklace, a clear signal of her being done. Sarah stopped her character from even having "open to debate" interactions with him the way she did with Lucien (i.e., the reason for why Elain shrank back into herself is still open to interpretation regardless of E/riels being convinced it's a negative thing. Sarah's writing has provided enough scenarios where a FMC is overwhelmed by the feelings of want that she has around her mate to make this a plausible explanation).
As it stands, Elain and Az have no further business together compared to Elain and Lucien since a decision about their bond has not been made.
If she wants, Sarah could easily never delve into Elain and Az's interactions again where we know she will have to have Elain and Lucien communicate.
And it's clear that after the snowball fight Az didn't take long to turn his attention towards a certain redhead what with the admiration and encouragement he had shining in his face for her. His anger over being told to stay away from Elain lasted a total of 3 days (anger that probably had nothing to do with actually wanting a future with Elain and simply because he doesn't like being told what to do).
#elain archeron#anti e/riel#pro elain archeron#you don't get to pretend the story stopped on Solstice#Elain might have had a crush on Az but there's no evidence of it any longer#Just like Feyre once cared for Tamlin and we've got no evidence of that any longer#Just like Aelin had a crush on Dorian until she didn't#these stories continue moving forward#even if you don't like where they're headed
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Modern au
When asked, Manon would confess that pregnancy wasn't all that great, and she honestly can't understand how some people willingly put themselves through that kind of thing again and again.
The first few weeks were okay; she really didn't think too much of it, and from how things were going she believed it would be smooth sailing. Why were people complaining? Everything is seamless (she really thought she was built different)
A few weeks later, morning sickness began, and with it, Manon's earlier sentiments went out of the window. It was hard and downright brutal. She believes that calling it morning sickness is wrong because it was persistent all day and night long, for days and days and days. Really, it was endless. She was feeling sick most of the time; she wasn't eating and she was tired all the time. During that time there were regular hospital visits because she just kept throwing up and all that dehydration was not good neither does her nor the fetus growing inside of her.
A few weeks later it eased up a little but did not stop. She was still going to the hospital once every few days getting hydrated through an IV because really, her body is not dealing with this at all.
A while later when she was 4-5 months along, she began noticing some spotting. Dorian called the doctor and got them seen almost immediately. Things were okay, they’re baby is doing fine but from that moment on Manon was put on strict bed rest until her daughter was born.
At around the sixth-month mark, Manon was so over being pregnant. "Hate to break it to you, witchling, but you still have three more months to go," Dorian got kicked out of the room that night for his smart remark. But she called him back later on because she was lonely and by that point, she wasn't used to going to sleep without him being there.
It seems that all of her biology lessons in school have evaporated. And she was horrified at finding out some things she was certain she'd remember if she had actually studied them. She honestly didn’t think of what the difference is between giving birth and having a c-section in her mind she was just ‘a baby gets born’ without thinking how that would actually happen (Asterin was the unfortunate soul that discovered this and had to explain it)
'It's not too late to back out from this now, is it?' Asterin only rolled her eyes at her because yeah sure, by all means just stop being pregnant.
Newfound information aside, nothing actually prepared Manon for the grand finale: almost four days of (slow labor) and a little over 30 hours of active labor was all it took for her daughter to be born.
Manon, bless her soul, right in the middle of active labor, (literally her baby is only a few hours away from being born) realized one thing: she wasn’t her ready to become a mother.
The notion terrified her, and she seemed to realize it all of the sudden. She confidently thought that she can stop or try again later (???) but that wasn’t possible for obvious reasons. She wasn’t in pain (thanks to the epidural) but she was terrified. That is something she doesn’t know how to navigate and she was just panicking. She did end up having a panic attack and yeah imagine going through that while giving birth. (She really wasn’t having a good time)
Dorian was right next to her, his presence steadied her somewhat and after a WHILE she finally started listening to him and calmed down enough to focus on the main task.
Honestly the sudden cries kinda distracted her then she realized that her daughter is actually born and it took her a minute to fully realize that it’s all over.
Honestly, she'd rate the experience -10/10 even though her little baby girl is so worth it. She was born a little early (3-4 weeks, nothing too major) and she might have taken over 30 hours but she was out at last.
She won't do this again willingly though. Never.
Manon's both in awe and lowkey wonders of Aelin and Asterin are okay in the head. Her cousin went though this twice (willingly) and Aelin has like four children and Manon just cannot comprehend this.
#booklr#books and reading#throne of glass#manon blackbeak#tog#dorian havilliard#manon x dorian#manorian#asterin blackbeak#aelin galathynius#aelin throne of glass#aelin of the wildfire#aelin ashryver galathynius#listen she was so out of her element#she was having second thoughts about the whole thing WHILE she was giving birth#kind of a delayed reaction#like nows not the time babe#Dorian was amused but he didn’t say anything#he knows how much of a struggle it is#so he kept quiet about and focused on saying encouraging things only#but also to keep things real because ‘no witchling you can’t stop now and try again tomorrow this isn’t how this works’#Manon got mad at him for this but later she realized that she might have been overreacting#honestl Dorian just kept grounding her he kept talking about all the stuff they already have for their daughter#like her room and her clothes and toys#because Manon needs to realize that this is real but also it’s not so scary#she just had no faith in her ability to be a mother and wanted to stop right before her daughter was born#Dorian was the real mvp tho because he was with her every step of the way#he was serious when he said that Manon is not going to go through this alone#so he made sure to be present all the time#he was more focused on Manon bc she needed him at this crucial time she was really struggling and just panicking
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I just can’t fathom how untrustworthy chaol is about aelin. They’ve became friends to lovers to bitter exes than to friends again been through thick and thin together grown to know each other yet he still thinks that she can do all these terrible acts in tower of dawn which she can but doesn’t want too and that’s the whole point she doesn’t want to she has a whole list of reasons why she could do all that but she won’t because it’s just not who she is even after all this time he still doesn’t believe that she wouldn’t do all these things and it’s just so disheartening because like he says in chapter 36
“But he knew that there were no restraints, no inner ones, on how far Aelin would go to protect those she loved. Protect her kingdom.
And if someone stood in her way, barred her from protecting them ... No lines existed to cross within Aelin in regard to that. No lines at all” she would do anything to protect the people she loves no matter what and the funny thing is is that he would do the exact same things for the people he loves he treats her so bad even in his own mind like yes aelin can and would do anything for the people she loves and cares for even if it would lead to her own demise which she does do for elide in empire of storms, I don’t know I just find it so fucking funny that he can criticize and judge her and reprimand her all the way across the fucking sea when he would do the exact same shit aelin would do for the people he’s loves and cares for.
I don’t know if this made any sense the point is is that chaol just doesn’t know aelin at all
Could she conquer the fucking world yes would she? No, that’s just not who she is
#just had to get this off my chest#I just find him so insufferable#he treats aelin bad he treats nesryn bad the only people he treats good are dorian and yrene#i just have no words#I will never like him sorry not sorry#I just hate it how he blames her for fucking everything even when it’s out of her power#like yeah she was a fucking assassin #yeah she killed gutted people#move the fuck on#she literally did that for survival#if aelin had kept herself in check my ass#that’s a direct quote from chaol himself#perhaps aelin had cost them this war this one shot at a future#bitch be so fucking for real#you’re dumb you’re literally dumb#no amount of anything will ever make me like chaol#SHES LITERALLY A FUCKING GOD#SHE WAS CHOSEN BY THE GODS THEMSELVES BITCH#SHES ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE TO END THIS WAR#YOU FUCKWAD YOU BALL OF FUCKING TURD#PUT RESPECT ON HER FUCKING NAME#you say you’re her friend but you’re literally not#tower of dawn#nesryn faliq#yrene towers#nesryn x sartaq#aelin ashryver galathynius#dorian havilliard#chaol westfall#chaol x yrene
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y’know maybe Chaol was onto something because I too loved Celaena Sardothien with my whole heart and disliked Aelin Ashryver Galathynius for a while till I came to terms with the fact that this is just how she is now and I have to learn to like it
#I adored Celaena with my whole heart but im kind of just fine with Aelin#nothing wrong with Aelin but Celaena was so much more human I found it easier to sympathize with her#I miss Celaena so much (she just had a name change why am I like this)#throne of glass#pro chaol#pro celaena#anti aelin#celaena sardothien#chaol westfall
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I’m having a bit of an artist dilemma and I’m hoping someone might be able to help.
Every year my work does a pumpkin decorating contest (painted, not carved). And the prompt is always “Favorite book character.”
This year I thought it would be fun to do all the main SJM girls. I also bought a pack of acrylic paint pens just for my pumpkin.
However, I usually work digitally and wanted to draw up my designs digitally just to play it safe. Since you can’t really sketch on a pumpkin.
Now I’m stuck trying to figure out how to get the designs onto the pumpkin. Nothing I’ve tried so far has worked. I tried to decoupage the images but they just peeled right off. I then downloaded a paid app that’s supposed to superimpose your images over the camera. Great in theory. Didn’t work out for this particular project.
And now I’m back at square one. I considered the old pencil tracing technique but the designs are just too detailed and I know it won’t come out visible enough to be worth the effort.
The only other thing I’ve thought of is a projector. But since I have no plans to use it for tv, I don’t know what to look for. I still want something relatively affordable. But I’m not looking for something to project big images. The pumpkin is fairly small even for a pumpkin. I know I’ll probably use it for canvases. But I still don’t want to shell out the money for something unless I’m sure it’ll do what I want it to do. And we don’t really have a store here that I can go browse and talk to people.
Also I did consider a home made projector but to get it to do what I need, I’d have to buy so many supplies that I may as well just buy a real one.
So that’s where I’m at. I had this issue last year too and i ended up giving up just because nothing worked out. I’m hoping I can get at least one of these ladies on my pumpkin this year.
If you have any ideas or know of a good projector I can buy, I’d be really grateful.
#my art#ninelivesart#art#procreate#digital art#art 2023#art dilemma#sjm#yes I’ve used some of these lines already before#Nesta is a full piece I already did#feyres is a redo of an old feyre drawing of mine#and aelin’s was a redo of my drawing of lara from the bridge kingdom#I thought she had the right energy and I’ve been going through a bit of an art block#Bryce’s is completely new though#anyway idk what else to do and I’m already frustrated#I only have about 2 weeks to finish it#last year I just gave up and turned my pumpkin into madame leota#I won 2nd place but we ended up not doing ranking beyond 1st#so I only won the knowledge that I won 2nd#also feyres dress is unfinished because I was going to cover it in silver stars or actual glitter
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lidia the woman that you are
#i saw someone talk about how they think shes descended from aelin/rowan and manon/dorian#like far down the line aelin and rowan's and manon and dorian's great great grandkids had kids#or aelin and rowan are her father's side and manon and dorian are her mother's (and hypaxia's)#bc she has manon's golden eyes and is always described as the most beautiful#i love this theory so much#she's def aelin's descendent with her fire her deer form and rowan's ring#i loved her since the beginning of hosab and i love to be correct#lidia cervos#hofas spoilers
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You know how in every SJM book, the last 100 pages is the world upside down and on fire? Like. The majority of Empire of Storms has been that but god I did not expect that ending.
#aelin galathynius#dorian havilliard#empire of storms#she did everything#aedion could suck it sometimes (just sometimes)#i haven't had a story rock me like this i think ever#how can i go to sleep now#i need to start the next book
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and if i said rhys' similarity to bryce and aelin says everything about who sjm sees as the main character of acotar— *gunshot*
#she loves her a lil mc who is loud and annoying#an mc who always has a plan but hides the plan from other characters#and the plan always works out#i see people compare aelin and rhys all the time#and call bryce a watered down aelin#feyre being different should be a good thing#but here we are and she's been tossed to the sideline#not even a brief appearance in hofas was crazy#she should've had more page time in acosf too#but no we are stuck with HIM#at least feyre isn't annoying#ik some people disagree but personally i don't find her annoying#i find her sad and written inconsistently
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Aelin.
He had no voice here, but he spoke her name. Threw it across the gulf between them.
Slowly, she turned to him.
It was her face—or it would be in a few years. When she Settled.
But it wasn't the slightly older features that knocked the breath from him.
It was the hand on her rounded belly.
She stared toward him, hair still flowing.
Behind her, four small figures emerged.
Rowan fell to his knees.
The tallest: a girl with golden hair and pine-green eyes, solemn-faced and as proud as her mother. The boy beside her, nearly her height, smiled at him, warm and bright, his Ashryver eyes near-glowing beneath his cap of silver hair.
The boy next to him, silver-haired and green-eyed, might as well have been Rowan's twin.
And the smallest girl, clinging to her mother's legs ... A fine-boned, silver-haired child, little more than a babe, her blue eyes harking back to a lineage he did not know.
Children. His children. Their children.
With another mere weeks from being born.
His family.
The family he might have, the future he might have. The most beautiful thing he'd ever seen.
Aelin.
#the most beautiful thing he’d ever seen was Aelin#Chapter 5#the prophecy she saw#the life they should’ve had#the fact the one kid has Elena’s eyes#they both dreamed of this#and with him she wanted a family#the shadows and nothing without her#He tried to scream. Tried to get off his knees to find some way to them.#They were still staring at him as it swept them away too.#break my heart#read along#read with me#cry with me#Kingdom of Ash#EoS#KoA#no spoilers please#first read#Sarah J. Maas#Rowaelin#Rowan Whitethorn#Aelin Galathynius#their children who represent the Forrest’s and mountains and better world and omg imagine them with chaorene bb’s & lil abraxos bb dragons#Their children pressed closer to her the eldest girl peering up to Aelin in warning.#I wish I could unrecall how we almost had it all#let this be foreshadowing please#that song in his blood the dream#the ashryver eyes and terrasen green#A dream. That same dream
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Elide: hm, I know I’m interested in men but women are also hot. I kinda want to try and explore that with someone-
Literally all of the tog women: I volunteer as tribute!!
#tog#manon blackbeak#throne of glass#elide lochan#asterin blackbeak#malide#aelin ashryver galathynius#yrene towers#lysandra ennar#ansel of briarcliff#nesryn faliq#borte#the thirteen#she’s had them all wrapped around her finger
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Aelin got the Steed of the Silent Hunter in a lockbox, and Rhia earned enough festivity tokens to buy the Honey goat :D
#queen in middle earth#aelin technically had enough for the goat too but i spent them on the vine dress instead#she's only level 20 i'm sure there will be plenty of time to get her a goat mount before she hits moria
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Omg since winter is coming my brain is HUNG UP on the idea of Dorian going with his friends in a trip to the mountains.
It’s a thing they do annually; there is a large cabin up in the mountains and it’s where they go every winter. It’s cold and snowy and the perfect getaway for a while.
After getting serious with Manon he decided to take her with him. She knows his friends and it won’t be an issue. He did ask her if she was okay with going first, because he doesn’t want to pressure her.
By that point Manon was becoming friends with Aelin (and Rowan) she’s also growing closer with Yrene because Chaol is Dorian’s best friend. She sees Lysandra from time to time because of Aelin so she’s also good.
So going up to the mountains for ten days away from civilization didn’t sound too bad for her. She knows the people going and it should be fine.
Idk just something something about Manon making friends and having good fun times with others because my girl has been through enough.
#booklr#books and reading#throne of glass#manon blackbeak#tog#dorian havilliard#manon x dorian#manorian#yrene towers#chaol westfall#aelin ashryver galathynius#rowan whitethorn#lysandra ennar#aedion ashryver#to Manon it was a major thing to think about because what do you mean ten days of doing nothing#her grandmother would probably kill her if she knew#but she also wanted to spend time with her boyfriend#so she just went and decided to work while she’s there#but because of the weather and the location there was no signal most of the time#so she spent that time with heightened anxiety and just.. stressed#but she did try to have fun#as much as she could#but there was no helping the panic attacks that would come out of nowhere (not really) every now and then#she was so occupied with her grandmother and her reaction#then ‘what if im unable to receive important emails or calls??’ and cue another stressor#she really did try to have fun tho but it was very hard bc these thoughts wouldn’t leave her alone#at one point she was set on returning back home but Dorian stopped her because there is a blizzard outside you can’t just leave??? but she#tried to leave not listening to logic or anything she just HAD to back home because what if her grandmother can’t reach her???#she’s not ignoring her and she needs to let her know that
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I’m not not saying Rhys is a bad High Lord,,,,,,,,,, but I am saying that Aelin would’ve had the Illyrian wing clipping sorted in a month tops
#I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again#aelin is what Rhys thinks he is#and she would’ve just killed the illyrians abusing their daughters until the rest got the memo to stop#same with the court of nightmares#she would’ve just stuck aedion and lysandra in the camps to enforce it#and any abusers caught would’ve had their throats ripped out by snow leopard teeth#aelin might be a tyrant compared to Rhys#but admittedly- her people suffer far less under her rule#key reads tog#key reads ACOTAR#key reads books#aelin galathynius#rhysand#acotar rhysand#anti rhys#I’m tagging it just to be safe#ACOTAR#tog#throne of glass
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I keep seeing people's predictions for Crescent City 3 and how Aelin is gonna come in and be this badass with her fire powers and I'm just like... did you read Kingdom of Ash?? Cause like she gave up her powers to close the wyrdgates
#spoilers for Throne of Glass#but like she isn't as powerful at the end of the series#cause she had to give up her powers to close the gate#that's why they didn't win right away#cause Aelin literally gave up her powers
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