#bc her own so called fans don't even respect her as a character and survivor

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GWYNRIELS WAS CREATED BY PEOPLE EVEN BEFORE ACOSF WAS RELEASED FULLY. EVEN BEFORE THE BONUS CHAPTER WAS PUBLISHED...

I think I need to remind them this because they love to forget that shit. S*M had never planned for them being a thing at all and even now it haven't been discussed seriously by no one that matters (s*m, BB, all those articles published of what comes next for acotar)

Gwynriel have no legs to stand on, at least Elucien have an unwanted mating bond but what of y'all? You people are so desperate to keep away two characters that like and have interacted for years with eachother just because you can't read properly what had been wrote at this point

Gwyn can't look at Azriel without remembering he saw her aggressive rape and viceversa, she had never commented about wanting to either date or feel attraction to someone or, damn, not even a sign of wanting to touch or talk away from training with Az (she blushed to Rhys one time, are they endgame material now?)

Gwyn AT THE END OF ACOSF couldn't even tell nesta she would be at her mating ceremony, and she went back to the library. Away from men and around women she trust more. She doesn't have the damn necklace, she would had mentioned it on acosf or nesta might see her with it, so Elain's necklace isn't Gwyn's now and probably would keep that way

You people are so obsessed with putting that woman in extremely sexual situations in almost every damn fanarts of them, or choose to romanticize her rescue that was actually made by Mor primarly, by the way

If I liked a ship where in sexual art EVERY DAMN CAPTION of it have a disclaimer of how SA victims can have sex in a short period of time, I would be considering if I wanted to keep liking this couple at all. As a victim myself, it takes like five minutes to reason that it's not okey to be putting this shit of "well she will date some day which mean sex is on the menu, she can do it no matter the time" so casually, because it affects victims likewise. You guys can literally google how gangbang rape affects victims long term in their intimacy and sexuality, how not every single one would be affected the same way obviously, but it's way more common for them to take time out of sexual encounters and even romance. How it's more about trust and confidence on your partner, and that even with both things been present it's difficult to let them touch you.

Gwyn have no trust, knowledge nor the enough confidence in Azriel as a man to go in bed with him right after we read how she ended up in acosf. It's very unlikely to see her character change her mind about being around men, trust one, be alone and hang out with him, be sure he likes her back and then have sex in another book (that isn't even gonna be hers or about her in the first place)

I'm going to say this once, and I am not going to voice this again because the fact that it even has to be said, is absolutely crazy.

Nothing in ACOSF has shown us that Gwyn is ready for a relationship. She can't even leave the library at the end of ACOSF to attend Nessian's mating ceremony. She is probably now even more traumatized after the BR, and rightfully so.

Could she one day be in a relationship with a male/female? Sure. But that time is not now, right after ACOSF.

Right now, she is NOT ready for a relationship with anyone (including Azriel).

Do not get me wrong. If there had been ANY sign she had shown interest romantically in any character - I would not be saying this. But she has not shown that for anyone, let alone for Azriel.

Gwyn is going to eventually heal. But she does not need a man to do so. She does not need to play sidekick to Azriel and help him handle his so called "darkness" to heal.

Y'all can't just force her into a ship when she's clearly not ready for a relationship. Well, I suppose you can, but that would be disrespectful to SA victims everywhere.

Fictional character or not, SA trauma is real. Forcing this timeline of healing on Gwyn or shipping her with someone just so she can "fix him" or suit his "sexual freak" nature is just downright ignorant.

If y'all like Gwynriel because you think the aesthetic is cute or you think they'd compliment each other - that is fine. But this dialogue of Gwyn is gonna fix him and she and Azriel HAVE to be together because some half-baked statement from Azriel's POV - it's so weird.

Stop shipping women with people they have shown no interest in. Same goes for people shipping Elain with Lucien, when she loses her boldness around him and shrinks into herself.

Literally the moment SJM shows Gwyn is ready and likes Azriel or Elain suddenly gives Lucien the time of day out of her own free will, I will fully accept and understand the other ships.

But for now, I am shipping the couple that has actually shown desire and attraction and affection for each other. Just my opinion, and I'm not entertaining any arguments on this.