#book: acofas

[thestarswholisten]

Stars flickered around us, sweet darkness sweeping in. As if we were the only souls in a galaxy. A COURT OF FROST AND STARLIGHT by Sarah J. Maas

[whendidmythoughtsgocrazy]

I think my heart knew you were mine long before I ever realized it.

k.b. // a court of frost and starlight - feyra to rhysand (by sarah j. maas)

[acourtofmishapandmistakes]

Another one thank you.

Azriel and Nyxie

[yazthebookish]

"I love you. Even when we are a whisper of existence among the stars."

Feyre and Rhysand's Secret Mating Ceremony commissioned by me with the amazingly talented Artcraawl (link to art post here).

[thecw-unicorn]

༉‧₊˚🕯️🖤❀༉‧₊˚.

“𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚏” — 𝙸 𝚓𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠, 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗 — “𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜?”

༉‧₊˚🕯️🖤❀༉‧₊˚.

✮♱✮ art by @isis_villalobos_art

✮♱✮ commissioned by me

༉‧₊˚🕯️🖤❀༉‧₊˚.

I’m back with more Elriel, (because there can never be enough of them!) this time by the wonderful and sweet @isis_villalobos_art! Such a joy and absolute pleasure to work with, and create such a beautiful and amazing piece! Here we have Elain and Azriel spending quality time together, which we know is their love language. One thing I love about them is how obvious their attraction and pull towards each other is, despite the circumstances that are trying to keep them apart. They found a sweet spot by a waterfall to take everything in and let the world around them stop so they can just be with each other. I hope yall love this one as much as I do!

༉‧₊˚🕯️🖤❀༉‧₊˚.

✮♱✮ quote is from A Court of Wings & Ruin

✮♱✮ characters are Elain Archeron and Azriel.

༉‧₊˚🕯️🖤❀༉‧₊˚.

✮♱✮ likes, saves, and shares are always appreciated!

✮♱✮ no reposts allowed.

༉‧₊˚🕯️🖤❀༉‧₊˚.

[duskcowboy]

Elriel New Year 🎊

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 ‎‧₊⋆*.⊹ ˖

Happy New Year! We have been saving this artwork for so long and are incredibly excited to finally share 🥹 This piece is a celebration of the past and the start of something new. Thank you for being here in this amazing community and for the memories we’ve been able to create! Here’s to an amazing 2025 and hopefully some upcoming news about the next ACOTAR release soon! 🥳

To Emma, thank you for pouring your love and talent into this piece. It was an absolute joy to work with you! Elain and Azriel hold such a special place in our hearts and we adore imaging such a vibrant celebration of their characters and their love and seeing it brought to life. Thank you so so much again!

❥ Art by @/emmagilletteart on insta

❥ Commissioned by me, @starswhogaze, @wollfking and @duskwhisperer!

Please do not repost!

𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 ‧₊˚ ⋅* ‧₊

[throughstarlitfields]

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵-𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘳-𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘻𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭, "𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰." 𝘼𝙯 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.

𝙉𝙤, 𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝘔𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝘼𝙯𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙀𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣'𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙎𝙞𝙩. 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩."

𝙀𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣'𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙧, 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘯. "𝘐—𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬," 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘵.

𝘈𝘻𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯. 𝘖𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥, 𝘈𝘻𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭'𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵. “𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵,” 𝘈𝘻𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦.

𝘔𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧-𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘈𝘮𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴. 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮. "𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘺?" 𝘈𝘻𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰. "𝙒𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜.”

𝙰 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚂𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑 𝙹. 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚜

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟸

𝘿𝙊 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙍𝙀𝙋𝙊𝙎𝙏. 𝙊𝙉𝙇𝙔 𝙎𝙃𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙍 𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘿��𝙏 𝙂𝙄𝙑𝙀𝙉.

🎨: @lulybot

Commissioned by me

[my-acotar-thoughts]

High King and High Queen…

I don’t understand why people think this is a good idea no matter who you want in the throne… You will not get all 7 Court to agree to give up all their power to one ruler. You’re asking for war. You’re asking for most likely genocide. You’re asking for tyranny cause that’s the only way a High King and High Queen can come into power again. Also, for those who want Rhys and Feyre on the throne… one good city inherited by generations before who built it in a giant court that is double the size of most other courts is not enough to prove you’re good rulers. Seriously, ONE. SINGLE. CITY.

The road to High King and High Queen is paved in blood. You know who also wanted to take all of Prythian? Amarantha. And look what happened there. No one. Not a single court will ever want to live remotely like that again. Especially not under the rule of the court that has a city Amarantha’s court under the mountain was modeled after.

[azrielaxtar]

Me: BF please read this (Azriel Bonus) and tell me which chick the guy is interested in.

BF: what is it?

Me: fucking read it

BF: he loves that Elain chic and Rhysand is a cockblocker

Me: What about Gwyn?

BF: What about her?

Me: 😫Does he have a romantic interest in her?

BF: Umm… No. He said shes not even his friend

Me: He barely calls her a friend

Bf: Rhys cockblocked him

Me: again, 😫 What about Gwyn?

BF: what about her?

Me: Does he like her?

BF: Did you read it? He loves that Elain girl with the long hair (glares at my short hair), he thinks about her day and night. He’s pissed off but he didn’t run to Gwyn about it. They didn’t even talk about it. They aren’t like that? I thought you read a lot.

[darkest-fantasy]

The only thing Lucien Vanserra needs to do for his Mate to fall head over heels in love with him is to literally wear one of these shirts

Elain will fold in half a second

[bunnyshideawayy]

i’m tired of the narrative that rhysand is the perfect mate when he literally is no better than tamlin.

i’m tired of people thinking it’s okay that Cassian never, NEVER, truly sticks up for Nesta at any point in the story.

i’m tired of Azriel getting a pass for feeling entitled to Elain but Lucien is a walking devil all for accidentally blurting out she’s his mate during a bad time and trying to respect Elain’s space while still showing her kindness.

i’m tired of Rhysand and the IC getting a pass for their shady behavior, especially when it comes to the pregnancy plot line. they should’ve told her when they knew, no they weren’t keeping it from her “for her health!!!” they were stripping feyre of her autonomy, the same with nesta.

i’m tired of Elain being seen as a child.

i’m tired of everyone vilifying Nesta.

i’m tired of Rhysand and the IC being extended empathy for their past and even current actions but that same forgiveness isn’t given to anyone else. people seem to forget rhysand is supposed to be morally gray, he’s done bad things for the sake of doing bad, he is not the perfect goody-goody in a dark color palette.

i’m tired of people forgetting Feyre (and any other pov characters) is an unreliable narrator.

i’m tired of people acting like Nesta and Feyre aren’t the different sides of the same coin.

i’m tired of people pretending the IC wouldnt have reacted differently had it been feyre to give “x” away in CC3.

im tired of this fandom lacking media literacy!!

[uukipi]

Pocket sized nesta! She’s so happy swinging around her lil sword

[rainingriversofyou]

Elain ‘The Seer’

A Court Of Thorns And Roses

Artist: mistilyeinn.art

[acourtofmishapandmistakes]

Nesta *walking into a room*: Sorry I'm late ... I was ... doing things.

*Sounds of running footsteps progressively getting louder*

Rhys *out of breath*: SHE PUSHED ME DOWN FUCKIN' THE STAIRS

[oristian]

ELUCIEN | GWYNRIEL — MAASVERSE SPOILERS

I tend to see posts and videos from a multitude of people who seem to be reluctant to accept foreshadowing in the ACOTAR books—specifically regarding the endgame couples to finish out the overall series. As this post is simply beating a dead horse down, I find that it is very much needed as a specific group of people lack the capacity to understand the books.

Foreshadowing is not meant to be obvious. There are, of course, cases where it is relatively obvious, but only within the parameters of back-to-back scenes. Foreshadowing is meant to be picked up on, but to be fully understand later on in the story when everything comes to fruition. Examples of foreshadowing include color descriptions, specific use of language, emphasis on certain scenes, emphasis surrounding specific objects, et cetera. If something happens obviously and you can read the scene as-is, it is not foreshadowing.

I see many people who ship Elriel claim that there is buildup across the entire series that foreshadows why they will be endgame. As the books do not support that claim, it is outlandish and a spread of misinformation. Allow me to disprove this theory using the books alone:

— 🌸 ACOTAR: Zero interactions between Elain and Azriel as Azriel had not been introduced as a character yet. This book highlighted Feyre surmising that Elain would thrive within the Spring Court, that her sister enjoyed typical emissary work, and instead introduced Lucien as a character.

— 🦢 ACOMAF: This is the first book where Elain and Azriel met, as is this is where many Elriels like to claim that the Elriel build-up begins. However, this book says otherwise. Elain and Azriel’s first meeting is neutral, quiet conversation to ease a tense situation as Nesta/Feyre/Cassian/Rhys were creating an uncomfortable atmosphere and Elain meant to ease it. This book highlighted how in love Azriel was with Mor and how Elain was engaged to Grayson. Many Elriels also claim that the color of Elain’s dress in this first meeting—being cobalt—is indicative of endgame between she and Azriel. However, cobalt is also the signature color of Grayson’s family crest. Their interactions die out after that first meeting and instead focus on Feysand again. The throne room scene in Hybern also showed the beginning of Elucien and their mate bond, while Azriel was on the floor reaching for Mor. (I go more into this on my Tik Tok page: @oristian)

— 🔥 ACOWAR: When Feyre returns to the Night Court after her month in Spring, she finds that Elain has been within a catatonic state for the entirety of that month and has shown no signs of recovering—that is, until Lucien came along. Elain began eating and moving around once he came and after tugging on the mating bond, her visions first started showing. themselves. Everyone likes to credit Azriel for most of this, but all that Azriel did (take her to the garden) was suggested previously by Lucien. Lucien, who was not able to be alone with her due to Nesta and Feyre. Next, everyone tends to say that Azriel “saw” Elain when he named her power. “What we need is …” Contradicts such a thing. Naming a power does not cure someone of their trauma. Lucien is also canonically the first character to take Elain’s visions seriously and went in search of Vassa, ultimately finding Papa Archeron and creating an even deeper connection into the Koschei plot arc with Elain. This is also where we get the iconic half-step on the stair scene.

Elain is now kidnapped by the cauldron portraying itself as Graysen—Elain wanting so badly to be with her previous lover. This is a scene where many Elriels claim that it is supportive of Elriel being endgame. However, it is within character for Azriel to save someone, especially people close to him. Certainly, Elain being appreciative of being saved and kissing him on the cheek is cute, but that is not enough “foreshadowing” for an endgame. Next, Azriel hands her Truth Teller after Elain refused other weapons. Elain is hesitant and only agrees to take it once Feyre chimes in that she will not have to use it. Juxtapose this with Elain immediately giving it back after the battle is over, not saying a word, and instead falling into conversation with Lucien. Lucien, who is canonically the only character to credit her for assisting with ending the King of Hybern.

— 🌨️ ACOFAS: This is the buffer book that was meant to do two things: Establish Nessian as the next couple for the following book, and establish a clear love triangle between Azriel/Elain/Lucien. Elriels use this book to drive the idea of an Elriel endgame. While this book has scenes between Elain and Azriel, there is unfortunately no foreshadowing present enough to support that claim. This novella emphasizes, from a conversation between Rhys and Feyre, that Azriel may be inclined towards Elain due to her having traits that may remind him of his mother (Freud). We also have Solstice where Lucien brings Elain a gift—a gift that fully reflects her interests—Elain brings Azriel a gift, but Azriel does not bring Elain a gift. Azriel even questioning beforehand if he has to get the sisters a gift at all. Elain’s gift being superficial and more of a joke than anything truly meaningful to them as a relationship.

— 🗡️ ACOSF: The book that ended Elriel. We have this book set up as PRE-BONUS CHAPTER | BONUS CHAPTER | POST BONUS CHAPTER. In the pre-bonus chapter, we have a few scenes between Elain and Azriel that is a glance, or a very small interaction. The infamous scene that Elriels like to use to “prove” that his shadows actually like Elain is the scene where Cassian says that Nesta upset Elain and his shadows seemed poised to strike. His shadows reacted to his anger, not to Elain. Next, the Solstice scene where Azriel refused to be within the room due to the mating bond between Elain and Lucien and Nesta seeing that he was interested in Elain—which is never brought up again, however we do get a scene post bonus chapter of Nesta encouraging Gwyn and Azriel by calling him the “new ribbon.”

The bonus chapter ended Elriel officially as endgame. The chapter is told from Azriel’s POV and documents his lustful thoughts of Elain and how he wants a mate, hurt and confused why his brothers had two of the Archeron sisters and the third was given away to another male. Rhysand even asking Azriel what his plans are after seducing Elain and Azriel having none “past the fantasies he pleasures himself to.” This is also a chapter where Elriels like to claim that Elriel is a forbidden romance. ACOWAR Rhys clearly objects to this being the case. (I have a video on my Tik Tok going over this @oristian) The bonus chapter then moves to Azriel finding Gwyn, his shadows not warning him of her presence at the HoW. His shadows are curious about her and dance with her breath. Azriel then finds out that Elain rejected his necklace—the only Solstice gift that he has gotten her, and one he expressed as “nothing extraordinary”—and the next morning finds him re-gifting such to Gwyn. Azriel can picture her eyes lighting up at the gift and he smiles—this is also where mate language is used to describe the spark in his chest at the thought of her and the glow of the thought. “A thing of secret, lovely beauty.” A line that was used twice—one to describe the necklace, and another time to describe the thought of Gwyn.

Post bonus chapter has zero interactions between Elain and Azriel. The interactions between Azriel and Gwyn are charged and witty. Energetic. This is also where we see Azriel’s siphons glowing darker at the thought of the Valkyries in the Great Rite—the first instance that this has happened.

Next, we go into the last two remaining plot arcs: Koschei and Dusk Court. Both ACOSF and HOFAS have set Nesta up as the driver for the Dusk Court arc, with Azriel as the character to follow. With SJM’s Bloomsbury contract slating her to have two more main books with dual POV romantic interests, the Dusk Court arc book would only make sense having Gwyn and Azriel as the FMC and MMC of that arc. The Koschei arc has been carefully crafted for Elain and Lucien to be the FMC and MMC of that book, with both of them being set up for this since ACOWAR. Elain with her visions of Vassa, the lake, and Koschei’s black box, and Lucien being tied to Papa Archeron and Vassa and the mortals. (I have a video on my Tik Tok that goes more in depth with this @oristian)

— SUMMARY: Elain and Azriel do not have multiple books of foreshadowing, a Gwynriel and Elucien endgame is not fanservice, and the remaining two plot arcs do not support an Elriel endgame. If you have any problems with that, take it up with SJM.

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“𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙: 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙬𝙣 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝, 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧. 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤.”

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✮♱✮ art by @luxury_banshee

✮♱✮ commissioned by me

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I’ve been wanting to commission my sweetest friend @luxury_banshee for the ultimate Elriel aesthetic: light and dark. As we know Feyre imagines them as this when Azriel lets Elain borrow truth teller, and it’s such a beautiful and breathtaking visual she gives, I couldn’t wait to see what @luxury_banshee would come up with! The light and dark has always been a personal fave and it makes it even sweeter that it belongs to Elriel in the books! Another strong emphasis I wanted was the forbidden nature of their relationship—both of them are being held back by something that is stopping them from being with each other—who they truly want.

To @luxury_banshee, my best friend I’ve made in my commission journey, I can never be too grateful to have you in my life and being able to wake up everyday to talk with you. I can’t wait to see what the future brings for us.

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✮♱✮ quote is from A Court of Wings & Ruin

✮♱✮ characters are Elain Archeron & Azriel.

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