#his and Aelin’s trauma bond but like legit friendship

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Ok, well, all you do is talk about MANORIAN, MANORIAN, and more MANORIAN. I'm sorry, but Manorian is just annoying. It's stupid. Witchling, princeling? Seriously? I'd say THEY formed a trauma bond, not Moriel.

Hi! So you 100% do not have to like them. 

I would challenge you though, not to go looking for things you don’t want to see. That seems like it would be very self-defeating. If you don’t like Manorian, I’m not the blogger for you (although you might be here for Abraxos or Elriel and in that case–I’m your girl!). But there are plenty of legit ToG and ACOTAR blogs out there that are big into other characters/ships. I’d be happy to give you some recs if you need some follow suggestions.

And the only other thing I will say is that to form the kind of trauma bond I think you’re talking about (which would be the kind that we could argue Mor and Azriel may have formed) is that it has to be a shared experience. So we’d need Manon and Dorian to have an existing friendship or relationship that is then tested in the event of an extreme, life-altering situation. If that makes sense? 

So if you’ve ever been in a car accident, or been mugged, or thought you were about to die—and someone saved you, or was with you when something that traumatic happened, that’s where that bond would come from.

If we wanted to argue for Mor and Azriel, that moment would be along the lines of Mor knowing that she was slowly dying, alone in the middle of a forest and Azriel shows up as she loses hope. And he saves her. And he feels like the hero because his background (bastard-born, abused and lonely, always in darkness) and she feels so connected/indebted to him for saving her. We see it a lot of times when people are pulled from a burning building or car accidents. It’s a very strong, life-humbling moment where you’re whole existence came down to the actions of another person. And it can have huge, lasting effects on people. 

In ACOMAF, Azriel 100% shows love (or some kind of emotion beyond friendship) to Mor. I didn’t see anything from Mor that I thought was indicative of anything beyond friendship (or beyond how Cassian acts toward Mor). But that doesn’t mean it’s not there. I totally made an argument about why Mor and Azriel could be having an affair behind everyone’s backs (and why Mor could, maybe be pregnant). And if Mor does love Azriel, a secret affair makes more sense. Because it would explain why she blatantly ignored his staring–because she didn’t seem to feel uncomfortable by it. 

And I’m 100% the kind of girl who thinks men openly staring/gawking at women is NOT okay. Whether it’s a cultural machismo thing, or creepy/non-creepy infatuation–I’m not okay with it. 

But the story was told from Feyre’s perspective so Maas had to show Azriel’s feelings somehow (maybe not the healthiest way to show it–but maybe that was the whole point). And it would explain part of her “chipper” attitude. She’s acting as if she’s hiding or suppressing something similarly to how Aelin does it. It could be a simple lack of self-confidence, or it could be something more, something bigger. Like a secret affair, or it’s a wall to keep out/away. We don’t know. But soon we will!