#elriel playlist

[tothestarsinvelaris]

Rain by Sleep Token is so Elriel coded.

I just can't get over how much it sounds like Azriel talking to Elain

(obvs the song isn't actually about them, but I had to break down the lyrics with an Elriel specific interpretation bc its just so fitting)

For so long, I have waited So long that I almost became Just a stoic statue, fit for nobody

This whole section is him commenting on how he was pining after Mor for 500 years and lost himself in the process, always beating himself up for feeling inadequate to the point of fading into the background.

And I don't wanna get in your way But I finally think I can say That the vicious cycle was over The moment you smiled at me

I don't wanna get in your way - the mating bond is there with Lucien, and while he knows she's not really into him, he wants to give her a fair chance. Plus, Azriel is well aware of Elain dealing with the trauma of being Made against her will and her recently broken engagement with Grayson. I finally think I can say that the vicious cycle was over the moment you smiled at me - He and Elain have admired each other from the first time they met at the Archeron estate while she was still human. She asked about his wings and flying and they immediately understood each other in the roles they played for their families. She broke the cycle he was stuck in with Mor.

And just like the rain You cast the dust into nothing And wash out the salt from my hands So touch me again I feel my shadow dissolving Will you cleanse me with pleasure?

You cast the dust into nothing - Elain makes him feel alive, she makes him forget about the years of pining and feeling like a statue. She made him laugh like nobody in the IC had ever heard him laugh before. And wash out the salt from my hands - she said his hands were beautiful, she doesn't balk from his scars or the blood on his hands. She is also associated with gardening, baking, and cooking food, which are all things that bring life and happiness, she has easily and effortlessly included him in these things already, and he has shown that he wants to participate in them with her, giving him a way to use his hands for good. So touch me again I feel my shadow dissolving - his shadows canonically disappear when he's feeling safe, happy, comfortable, at peace, etc. They seem to always disappear when Elain is around, which is just more evidence that she makes him feel cared for. Will you cleanse me with pleasure? - it's giving the bonus chapter almost kiss where he is ready to beg on his knees for a taste of her

It's that chemical cut that I can get down with Up like the moon and out like the hounds A dangerous disposition somehow Refracted in light, reflected in sound I'm coiled up like the venomous serpent Tangled in your trance and I'm certain You have got your hooks in me

Up like the moon and out like the hounds - he literally can't sleep over her. A dangerous disposition refracted in light, reflected in sound - the mating bond, the heated convo in the BC with Rhys, the threat of the blood duel, etc. But its all encompassing. His feelings take over his entire being and make up everything he sees and hears around him. I'm coiled up like the venomous serpent tangled in your trance and I'm certain you have got your hooks in me - he's so caught up and tightly wound bc he can't have her and can't even express his feelings properly, but he knows she feels the same way.

I know, I know, the way that it goes You get what you give, you reap what you sow And I can see you in my fate And I know, I know, I am what I am The mouth of the wolf, the eyes of the lamb So darling, will you saturate?

I know the way that it goes you get what you give, you reap what you sow - he doesn't feel like he is deserving of someone as pure and precious as Elain. He doesn't seem to really think he's deserving of anything or anyone at all tbh. His thoughts in the BC are so self-deprecating, which clearly stems from a life of not being understood and his childhood traumas I can see you in my fate - he feels so strongly for Elain, he's literally questioning their religion. He's asking things like 'what if the cauldron was wrong?' His feelings for Elain are what he's observed both Rhys and Cassian feel for Feyre and Nesta in their mating bonds, its like he can see Elain in his fate. (also, love that she's a seer and the little nod to that with this line) I know, I am what I am, the mouth of the wolf, the eyes of the lamb - Azriel feels impure because of the things he's done in his life and the blood he's shed. He would refer to himself as the mouth of the wolf - deadly, sharp, vicious) and would refer to Elain as the eyes of the lamb (innocent, pure, precious).

Nobody can say for certain If maybe its all just a game When I open my eyes to the future I can hear you say my name So rain down on me

When I open my eyes to the future I can hear you say my name - I honestly just love the nod to her seer abilities again with this line. I would love to have their book involve Elain having visions about a future with Azriel in some way. I just love thinking about this from Azriel's pov and him being like "look, I'm not a seer, but I see you in my future"

ugh this song, this band, this ship!!! 🥰💙

[elriel-month]

Elriel Playlist

What songs would you add to an Elriel Playlist? We’re asking on our IG page for your suggestions! Click here to add yours or share them with us here! 🌹🗡️

🎨 by bloodydamnit on IG

[shedoessoshedoes]

as always, I have songs (!!) to recommend in honor of elriel month. these are only from the 1975 because truly there is no other group that I think can articulate azriel's (slightly unhinged) thoughts quite as well! the lyrics that make me think of them are in the final parentheses after each song. let me know what you think! (& which artist to do next!) @elriel-month <3

sex (she's got a boyfriend anyway)

fallingforyou (i don't wanna be your friend, i want to kiss your neck)

a change of heart (about mor) (you used to have a face straight out of a magazine, & now you just look like...anyone)

somebody else (trying to convince himself he's fine after solstice) (i'm reminded that i should be getting over it)

the sound (fuckboi az as rhys intended him to be in matty healy's sarcastic tone) (you say i'm such a cliche, but i can't see the difference in it anyway)

this must be my dream (let me tell you about this girl, the one to rearrange my world...this must be my dream (wide awake before i found you))

paris (and oh, how i'd love to go to paris again (and again and again))

be my mistake (after solstice if he tries to drown his feelings) (you do make me hard, but she makes me weak)

it's not living (if it's not with you) (and all i do is sit and think about you and if i knew what you'd do: collapse my veins wearing beautiful shoes, it's not living if it's not with you)

me & you together song (i've been in love with you for ages)

all i need to hear (it all means nothing, my dear, if i can't be holding you near. so tell me you love me--that's all that i need to hear)

happiness (THIS SONG IS THEM) (i'd go blind just to see you. i'd go too far just to have you near...and i'm never gonna love again, hey, no)

about you (after solstice reconciliation) (i know a place, it's somewhere i go when I need to remember your face. we got married in our heads, something to do while we try to recall how we met...do you think that i've forgotten about you?)

when we are together (the only time i feel it might get better is when we are together)

[courtofblooming]

elain archeron + elriel playlist. 🎶🤍

i have spent a really long time to get songs that fully represent elain as a person and elriels relationship. <3

[acourtoflight]

Oh Taylor, I knew you were an Elriel truther too

[dvilkings]

elain and azriel, listen here and fall for the fawn and her shadows.

» character playlists.

[lunaatthezoo]

This took me so long lmao. I made this playlist of random niche indie/alt songs that I associate with acotar characters/couples.

I am so scared to admit this on the Internet but I am just not a Swifty or Lana girly please don't hate me 😭 I have absolutely nothing against them it's just not my vibes! Please don't cancel me lol.

Here is a playlist for my alt friends?? With a lyric from each song below. Absolutely not exhaustive, just random brain wiggles.

Wings/Teeth Playlist

✨ Calm Down aka I Should not Be Alone (Ezra Furman)/Marigold (WHY?) - Tamlin 😬 after Feyre leaves him (yikes)

~Panic-stricken, sweating in my bed/could someone help me down/So I catch a ride instead/Never ending movie playing in my head/Of the dress you wore and all the shit you said

~She dyed this coat with marigold/But the stain is still visible/This mess is not repairable/And the aftertaste is terrible

✨ Reason feat. Lala Lala (WHY?)/Wait So Long (Trampled by Turtles)- Cassian when he's pining after Nesta

~I've been carving my elbows/I might just take flight/Give me a reason to go there/Give me a reason, I'll leave right now

~I could never pretend that I don't love you/You could never pretend that I'm your man

✨ Dark Bird is Home (Tallest Man on Earth)- Rhysand after he is taken and pre-mating bond

~And suddenly the day gets you down/But this is not the end, no, this is fine/We're still the towers in the valley/Still winds down this dream/Still we're in the light of day/With our ghosts within

✨ Metamorphosis (Infinity Song)/Every Feeling (Ezra Furman)- Nesta

~ And sometimes I don't like myself, can I be someone else?/Someone who makes their dreams come true and drinks from wishing wells

✨ Two Lovers (Delicate Steve)- Feysand

~instrumental (also the song I walked down the aisle to 😭)

✨ Atreyu (WHY?) - Feysand

~ In health or disease/You're here with me/My salty eyes/You kiss them dry

✨ Seven Devils (Florence + The Machine)- Feyre Under the Mountain

~Holy water cannot help you now/See, I've come to burn your kingdom down

✨ Into The Shadows Of My Embrace (WHY?)- emo Azriel (😭)

~oh, am I clean?/lord, please, why me?/I wish I could feel close to somebody but I don't feel nothing

✨ I Wanna Destroy Myself (Ezra Furman)- Nesta after the war (😭)

~I wanna destroy something/I wanna destroy myself

✨ Can I Sleep In Your Brain (Ezra Furman)- Nesta and Azriel (separately)

~Can I sleep in your brain tonight, stranger?/Can I spend just one night on your mind?/I can't live with this pain, with this anger/And I need some place else to go

✨ Cosmic Love (Florence + The Machine)- Elriel

~Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too/So I stayed in the darkness with you

✨ Wild Rosemarie (Ezra Furman)- Elain post-cauldron

~And I thought about Wild Rosemarie/How that was who you used to be/How the wilderness sprang up around us/This dry desert heat

✨ The Gardener (The Tallest Man On Earth)- Elain (it's literally about a gardener who grows flowers over the dead bodies of his enemies and listen if that's not our girly in her book idk what is)

~So now we're dancing through the garden/And what a garden I have made/And now that death will grow my jasmine/I find it soothing, I'm afraid

✨ Soon It Will Be Cold Enough (the entire album, Emancipator)- Winter Court

~mostly instrumental

✨ The Letters, Etc. (WHY?)- Elriel when they inevitably have drama before they get back together

~How strange to be strangers after what we was/In a soft separate life with heart we held the center part of us

✨ Bangarang (Doomtree)- Night Court IC

~Wings, fan the flames/Teeth, with the fangs

[starswhogaze]

Elain, Azriel 🎶

[nitecourtfairytail]

In honor of @elriel-month 2023, here is some music I hope y’all will enjoy. This playlist is a bit all over the place genre-wise but I’m sure there’s something for everyone 💜💜

Hope y’all like it 💕

@elainsweetcobalt @elriel-month

[rosenecklaces]

everybody moved on but I stayed here ( azriel official song is Mr. Brightside by The Killers )

[blackparadoxx]

I tried to do a spotify playlist with all the songs that reminds me the whole serie. (Not only acotar but also acomaf, acowar, acofs, acosf).

I payed attention to the lyrics and they can fit for one or many characters.

If you have any recommandations let me know !

Hope you'll enjoy it.

I'll keep it updated (probably 🫠) ♡

[deathslbx]

i’m just so down bad for all that upcoming elriel angst. my playlist has never looked juicier…

[elriel-month]

Elriel Month 2025🌸🦇

Hi everyone!

We are so excited to present the official prompt descriptions for the fifth-ever ELRIEL MONTH!! Like the previous few years, we will have two prompts per week that center on different aspects and scenarios of the relationship between Elain and Azriel. We aim to foster a positive space for us to celebrate our favorite Seer and Shadowsinger. Remember to tag us (@elriel-month) to be featured on this page!

We cannot wait to celebrate with you! 🦇🌸💙🗡🌹

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🎨 Art: tpiola_ (IG) | Comm: bookishbiologist (IG)

Rules and bi-weekly prompts under the break!

RULES:

✷ Participation of each day/prompt is optional!

✷ Ideally, post your art/work on the week of the prompt. However, if you cannot post on time, post whenever you can.

✷ Elriel month will be across Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram.

✷ If you want to be featured on this blog please tag @elriel-month in your posts so we can reblog them

✷ On Tumblr while posting your piece of work please use the following hashtags:  #elrielmonth #elrielmonth25 #elrielmonth2025

✷ No hate or slander towards other characters!

✷ Your submission can be a fanart, fanfics/oneshots, edits, gifset, moodboard, playlist - anything you deem acceptable.

✷ The final prompt is free choice - you can indulge your own prompt or Elriel fantasy!

✷ Be respectful of other people’s work. Do not repost without permission and credit.

Prompts

Death & the Maiden: May 1-4

In many ways, Elain and Azriel embody the "Death and the Maiden" trope: Elain personified as goodness and light, and Azriel as the broody, dark warrior surrounded by shadows. This prompt is all about exploring Elriel's light and dark aesthetic. How do you see this dynamic playing out?

🎨: jjflorentina (IG) | Comm: lunepapillons_ (IG) & gigiblodyn (twitter)

Star-Crossed: May 5-7

From the moment Rhys commanded Azriel to stay away from Elain, a great forbidden romance was born. Use this prompt to explore Elriel's star-crossed story: how do you see them defying fate (and their High Lord) to be together, despite the odds?

🎨: lacampanule (IG) | Comm: lazydaisyreads (IG)

Guilty as Sin: May 8-11

It wouldn't be an Elriel Month without an opportunity to explore our favorite couple's sexy sides. For this prompt, it's time to get spicy and highlight the chemistry between Elain and Azriel. Feel free to make things as NSFW as you'd like them to be!

🎨: artyventurer (IG) | Comm: emilysbookishtales (IG)

Free Will & True Love: May 12-14

Throughout the series, SJM emphasizes the importance of choice and free will - and this prompt is your chance to delve into how those things will play out for Elriel. What lengths will they go to choose each other? Will there be a grand "I choose you!" declaration?

🎨: eguardx (IG)| Comm: jasmineandshadows (IG) & purpleunicornc_ (IG)

The Eyes & Ears of the Night Court: May 15-18

With Elain's gifts as a Seer and Azriel's skills as the Spymaster, these two are quite literally the eyes and ears of the Night Court. Let's explore how Elain and Azriel's powers complement each other. Do you imagine them working together? Undertaking spy missions? Using their powers to help one another?

🎨: honeyypears (IG) | Comm: cassianfanclub_ (IG)

Fairytales: May 19-21

We certainly hope that Elain and Azriel have a fairytale romance in their future! For this prompt, indulge all your most whimsical, romantic ideas about Elriel. Maybe you want to explore a fairytale AU, or imagine them waltzing through a ballroom together - let your imagination run wild!

🎨: elainem97 (IG)

Peace & Quiet: May 22-25

As Feyre observes, Elain and Azriel find a peaceful refuge in each other. Use these days to explore Elriel's domestic life. How do you imagine their quiet moments at home? How do they spend their time together, and what hobbies do they share? What is their family life like?

🎨: adduani (IG) | Comm: elain_kingslayer (IG)

Visions of the Future: May 26-28

It's time to channel your inner Elain Archeron and make some predictions: what do you think the future has in store for Elriel? Now's your chance to share all your theories and predictions about how you see the future unfolding for these two lovebirds. The possibilities are endless!

🎨: lynx_illustration (IG) | Comm: duskcowboy_ (IG) & morganssecretgarden (IG)

Free Day: May 29-31

For the final days of Elriel Month, feel free to celebrate Prythian's prettiest couple however you see fit. There's only one rule for this prompt: show your love for Elriel. Beyond that, the sky's the limit!

🎨: salihace (IG) | Comm: lovelyfawnx (IG)

[shedoessoshedoes]

For Elain & Azriel 🫶

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4JoHcNjo1IE3JUitvp79UK?si=70df7a25108849ca 

I love them

These songs make me think of them

I hope u can see it and I hope u enjoy (pls tell me if the link doesn’t work lol)

Feel free to send me ideas of new songs hehe

I also am obsessed with explaining why I think songs go with things so if you care to know I’d love to share

@elriel-month 

[nicawritesandwhines]

So I entered in a bunny hole here watching SJM’s instagram livestream, initially because I wanted to check for myself the antis allegations about SJM supporting their ship. The live from January 15, 2021 caught my attention.

At minute 38:35, Steph questions Sarah with the following: How much Azriel content can we expect in ACOSF?

I redacted SJM answer for y’all:

Sarah: “A good amount. He - it’s so hard to talk about this book without spoiling things but - he’s in the book more than Eris (she was questioned before about Eris being her favorite from Autumn Court) - laughs - Cassian and Az, they have a close bond, and Az has a lot of his own shit going on that you, erm, maybe get some hints on, and, hm, I’m kinda obsessed with him. Weirdly enough, I have no ideia why but this song that came on in a Throw Back playlist - you know Mr. Brightside, by The Killers? I always think of Azriel when I hear that song, I don’t know why!”

Josh: “Were you writing something when this song came on?”

Sarah: “No! But every time I hear that song, I think about him for a reason!”

She then goes on saying is to not over analyze it, it’s not Azriel’s character song or a theme or even the lyrics. It’s just that the song reminds her of Azriel, maybe the vibes?

So guys. What was Azriel’s own shit during ACOSF? I wonder… what was his “secret to tell” according to Nesta? What happened with Az that he suddenly stop longing for Mor, apparently gave up and Cassian couldn’t understand why?

Yup.

You know the answer.

Elriel is coming, fam.

If you want to watch the live: https://youtu.be/_JoqDwwqxPg?si=YB8WRNNDB-2YS_2z

[myromanempiree]

Dear ACOTAR Fandom,

Fandoms are made for people to collectively enjoy and take in media together. Not dox people, harass one another in dm's, and post pictures of peoples kids.

Ship wars are ruining the fandom for everyone. Can we all please just ship who we ship in peace? One group will be proved right and the other will be proved wrong in the future, sure.

But in the end, its still just a bunch of words on paper. We are endangering people for words on paper. Everyone who behaves like this needs to grow up and learn to have an opinion without forcing it down each others throats.

If you behave like this, you. are. ruining. fandom.

The hating of Gwyn, Lucien, and Elain (its almost never Azriel, I find) because they are "getting in the way of your ship" is immature and childish.

Elriels, the pettiness and rudeness is going too far.

Gwynriels, the pettiness and rudeness is also going too far.

Stop fighting hate with hate and just enjoy the fics, art, silly little theories and playlists. Block tags if you really dont like it, I have. Because at its core, that's what fandom is about. Simply loving art.

- xoxo, Ana <3