#koa quotes

[acourtofquestions]

Even if the woman treading water before him didn't seem to have vengeance on her mind. Not so much as a hint of the burning rage that fueled her. He didn't blame her. Knew it would take time, time and distance, to heal the internal wounds. If they could ever really heal at all. But he'd work with her, help in whatever way he could. And if she never returned to who she had been before this, he would not love her any less.

[beaofterresan]

always things about KoA when...

"Be the bridge, be the light. When iron melts, when flowers spring from fields of blood—let the land be witness, and return home."

"And far away, across the snow-covered mountains, on a baren plain before the ruins of a once-great city, a flower began to bloom."

[boooklover]

“And far away, across the snow-covered mountains, on a barren plain before the ruins of a once-great city, a flower began to bloom”

Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

[naurasweetarudesu]

Skarloey buffed external resistance but not internal too

Skarloey, having his head bleeding out: "Oh, this? It's just a scratch. Don't worry about it." 😄

Also Skarloey, when bedridden because of flu: "Rhen, I don't think I'll make it to 160 years-" 🤧💀

Rheneas, annoyed while pouring some Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa into a spoon for Skarloey: "Stop being so dramatic and take your meds!" 😠

[parisdimi]

i think the only way to stop missing you is to start hating you. so, i’ll tell myself that i hate you. i despise you.

and when i’m alone, picking the petals of the peonies we dreamt of planting, i’ll linger at the last two left over.

for the first, i’ll whisper, “he loves me not,” and for the second, i’ll beg, “he loves me.”

i think i’ll love you forever. — yshro.

[welldonekhushi]

Koa, was slowly sliding into Vasili: Sooooooooo. Got a crush on Miss Park hmmmm?~ Vasili, blushed deeply: I-I don’t know what you are talking about? Koa, chuckled before putting his arm around his shoulder before grinning: Aw come on~ You can tell me~ And also, it’s obvious how you interacted with her because of how you speak in a bit of Russian. Whenever you’re around her. Vasili: What? What do you mean? I speak VERY normally to her! I’m professional enough to talk to her clearly! And also, what do you mean when I speak in a bit of RUSSIAN when I’m around her! Helen, walking by before seeing the two as she smiled: Hello, Captain. Bell. Koa: *waving at her* Hey, Park. Vasili, giving that lovey dovey look: H-Hi…дорогой… Helen: Oh Bell. After you’re done chatting with Nikau. Can you assist me with something? Vasili: O-Oh! Yes! Of course! Anything you need, мой дорогой. Helen: *smiled* Thank you. *walked away* Vasili: 🥴 *paused before glancing at Koa* Koa: 😏 Vasili: ��…THAT doesn’t count. Koa: Ha! It IS! Vasili: No it ISN’T! Koa: Then what’s those Russian words mean that you JUST said?~ Hmmm?~ Vasili: пошел на хуй! Koa: *was laughing*

Omg Koa never leaves a chance to make Bell melt in front of his crush HAHAHA, THIS IS SUCH A BOYS MOMENT, TARO

Him telling Charles about it and they keep making fun of him about Park so bad and Vasili's just "I'll kill you—" as a joke 🤣

Thanks for the ask, mitra! You're really creative! 🩷

[elphilim]

@houseflyy @beneaththedunes

[abigailspinach]

“The king waved one hand, and the two men hurried away and returned with Pilades, a bent older man with wisping white hair and an expression of delight on his wrinkled face.

“If Your Majesty would like to see, I have samples here.” He reached into a variety of small bags that he was carrying and dumped handful after handful of grain onto the table. Dust rose in a cloud, and the king winced, waving his hand in front of his face. Pilades didn’t notice. He called the king’s attention to the formation of the seeds, to the number of the seeds, to their shape. He dumped more piles onto the table and explained the advantages of each, which one yielded the largest crop, which survived the most inclement weather, which could be planted summer or fall. Many facts Costis knew, having been raised on a farm. Some were new, and the lecture, once begun, was clearly unstoppable.

The king, who normally wandered away to a window during meetings like this, sat immobilized. He had little choice. If he so much as shifted in his seat, Pilades moved in closer, hovering over him with zeal. No doubt he rarely got a chance to expound to this extent and was reluctant to lose the king’s attention. The king made a few abortive attempts to escape but was ultimately forced to sit and listen. Over the king’s head, the counselors and the attendants exchanged glances of awed delight. When Pilades finally wound down, the king, his face blank, thanked him. He thanked the two men he’d begun the meeting with and suggested that perhaps they could finish their business at another meeting, or better—they could just give him a written summary and he would look over it sometime himself. They nodded; the king rose and escaped into the hall.

Once there, with the door closed, he put his face in his hand. “Thank gods I didn’t ask about fertilizer,” he said. Costis almost laughed out loud. A glance told him that the others in the entourage were also amused, but they were smirking at the idea of the king sitting through another lecture. Only Costis shared the king’s vision of the dedicated Pilades dropping handful after handful of various animal wastes onto the tabletop and discussing their individual merits. The king met Costis’s eye and smiled. Costis looked away. When he looked back, the king’s smile was gone as well.”

[ba-mi-soro-orisha]

"Are you ready to fight with your own power?" -Köa to Tzain, Children of Anguish and Anarchy, pg. 259

[acourtofquestions]

Aelin making up new battle rumors about Rowan! While passing human soldiers… random doodle by hmmr.art (on Instagram)

[faerieheart]

"I am both the sacrificial lamb and the executioner. The scapegoat and the sword-slayer. The one screaming and the angel of death." / ✧ open.

[thenerdsofcolor]

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[luxthestrange]

Incorrect quotes#887 Koa-Lu

Mc*Spooning Lucifer, kissing his forehead as his face is smooshed unto your chest*Have I ever told you that I love you with my whole heart?~

Luci*Sighs and hisses, nuzzling deeper into her chest*FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THATS UNHOLY, I AM NOT TAKING YOU TO EARTH FOR MCDONALDS.ITS 2AM

Mc*Pouts and clicks tongue*Mean...

-On Earth a McDonald's-

Mc*Smilling at the cashier* Eight happy meals and black coffee please

Luci*Clinging to your back like a koala, humming happily you got him black coffee*...

[acourtofquestions]

Aelin Galathynius: *falling through the sky* I HAVE FOUND THE OTHER ROUTE

Azriel: We'll find another route, it's not safe for amateurs.

Feyre: That sounds like a challenge.

Azriel: I have to stress, that is not a challenge.

Feyre: ... Is exactly what you say to dissuade the weak of heart from accepting the challenge. Well! Challenge accepted!

Azriel: There. Is. No. Challenge.

[offtorivendell]

Is this proof that the mating bonds of the High Fae were corrupted along with Prythian's Cauldron? What might this mean for Azriel and Elain Archeron?

This post was written for @azrielappreciationweek Day 5: No Need For Poetry

Disclaimer: this is a theory that, while based on the text, makes no claim of being canon. My thanks as always go out to @wingedblooms, @elrieldreamer, @ladynightcourt3, @psychologynerd and anyone else who tolerates my nattering. And don't worry, this isn't nearly as long as my last post. 😂

Spoilers: the entire Maasverse to date is discussed.

High Fae and their mating bonds

@wingedblooms recently made a great observation: that the witches from Erilea had once taken up the Fae habit of "selecting" their mates. This especially caught my eye as I have previously theorised that all Singers could be witches or sorcerers of a sort. I think @psychologynerd also mentioned the same passage when she discussed the possibility of Azriel being a witch prince, which I absolutely hope is true.

The crone read her question in her eyes. “Our men dwell at our homes, where they are safe. This camp is an outpost while we conduct our business.” The Crochans had always given birth to more males than the Ironteeth, and had adopted the Fae habit of selecting mates—if not a true mating bond, then in spirit. She’d always thought it outlandish and strange. Unnecessary. - KOA, chapter 15

It even pairs nicely with the following quote, which @silverlinedeyes included in her discussion about true mates possibly being a bond type all of its own.

“After your mother never returned, your father was asked to couple with another young witch. He was the sole carrier of the Crochan bloodline, you see, and should your mother and you not have survived the birthing, it would end with him. He didn’t know what had happened to either of you. If you were alive, or dead. Didn’t even know where to look. So he agreed to do his duty, agreed to help his dying people.” Her great-grandmother smiled sadly. “All who met Tristan loved him.” Tristan. That had been his name. Had her grandmother even known it before she’d killed him? “A young witch was chosen for him especially. But he did not love her—not with your mother as his true mate, the song of his soul. Tristan made it work nonetheless. Rhiannon was the result of that.” - KOA, chapter 15

Those on their own were very interesting finds, but when we combine them with the now-canon fact that, per Silene's message, Prythian's Cauldron has indeed been corrupted, it shines the following passage from ACOMAF in an entirely new light.

The Cauldron was of our world, our heritage. But upon arriving here, the Daglan captured it and used their powers to warp it. To turn it from what it had been into something deadlier. No longer just a tool of creation, but of destruction. And the horrors it produced … those, too, my parents would turn to their advantage. - HOFAS, chapter 19

I held out my own glass for Mor to fill. “He does need unusual amounts of coddling.” Azriel choked on his wine, and I met his gaze—warm for once. Soft, even. I felt Rhys tense beside me and quickly looked away from the spymaster. A glance at the guilt in Rhys’s eyes told me he was sorry. And fighting it. So strange, the High Fae with their mating and primal instincts. So at odds with their ancient traditions and learning. - ACOMAF, chapter 56

So at odds with their ancient traditions and learning.

Feyre suggested the primal instincts of the high fae mating bonds - at least as they currently exist - were "at odds" with their ancient traditions and learning.

Does this not sound like we should be questioning everything, especially in light of the information we learnt in HOFAS, which confirmed what some of us had previously wondered about the Cauldron having been tampered* with? It makes me wonder what, exactly, made these two facets of the current high fae become so at odds with each other.

* Kudos to @fawnandshadows for that brainwave years ago!

Why can Azriel smell the bond between Elain and Lucien before it has been consummated? That shouldn't be possible, especially as - like Cassian - he simply "suspected" that Feyre and Rhys were mates in early ACOMAF. Unless there's something we don't yet know, Amren was the only one who knew without being told.

Further, why does proximity to the "bondmates" become too much for even such a hardened soldier to bear? This doesn't seem normal.

Why does the Cauldron's magic appear to be associated with oiliness?

It has to be the Cauldron's corruption, right?

What if Azriel has been right all along... what if the Cauldron was wrong?

So... Azriel and Elain Archeron?

We know that Azriel's shadows can hide him from binding magic, such as the contract Thesan created to keep the peace in the High Lords' meeting.

Azriel squeezed, Eris thrashing beneath him. No physical brawling—there had been a rule against that, but Azriel, with whatever power those shadows gave him … “Enough, Azriel,” Rhys ordered. Perhaps those shadows that now slid and eddied around the shadowsinger hid him from the wrath of the binding magic. The others made no move to interfere, as if wondering the same. - ACOWAR, chapter 45

@mrspettyferr has previously wondered if this part of the shadows' power could have been why a true bond didn't snap between Azriel and Elain while at Hybern, either when she was in/freshly out of the Cauldron (or with Mor previously, if it turns out they share some sort of bond); do his shadows hide him from the binding magic/contract of a mating bond? Especially as SJM has used the term "shackled." It is an incredibly interesting thought, as I had only ever considered this ability in terms of defensive magic, and is part of the reason why I first took note of the passage below. Of course, we still need to answer why a mating bond would generate with Lucien in the absence of Azriel's soul; was there some sort of external interference, such as the Cauldron itself, or is it simply part of the function of at least one of the hypothesised bonds to snap into place if the nearby match is "good enough" for strong children?

@wingedblooms and I have previously discussed the potential for an evolution of the current mating bond (here and here), and many theories exist about how the bond may be dissolved. Will it be Nesta or Elain who use the power of the Cauldron to unMake it; will it be Truth-Teller severing the Elucien bond, per sleepyliv and @riddlecrux; or did Lucien and his spell-cleaving heritage unintentionally pull their bond thread loose and begin its unravelling back in ACOWAR, as once suggested by @nikethestatue.

Assuming that whatever exists between Elain and Lucien can be unMade, of course, I wonder if Azriel's shadows/magic could contribute in some way towards him "selecting" his own mate in the future, after reading the following exchange.

“No one’s got any rope?” Bryce asked pathetically. She was met with incredulous silence. Bryce nodded to Azriel. “Those shadows of yours could take form—they caused that cave-in. Can’t you, like, make a bridge or something? Or your blue light … you seemed to think it could have restrained the Wyrm. Make a rope with that.” His brows rose. “Neither of those things is remotely possible. The shadows are made of magic, just very condensed. These”—he motioned to the blue stones in his armor—“concentrate my power and allow me to craft it into things that resemble weapons. But they’re still only magic—power.” - HOFAS, chapter 16

Cassian gawked at Azriel, and I wondered how often Azriel had lent out that blade— Never, Rhys said from where he finished buckling on his own weapons against the side of the wagon. I have never once seen Azriel let another person touch that knife. Elain looked up at Azriel, their eyes meeting, his hand still lingering on the hilt of the blade. 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. The only bridge of connection … that knife. - ACOWAR, chapter 69

Why did we learn that Azriel's shadows cannot make any sort of "bridge" or "rope" (aka a cord of woven threads, which is very reminiscent of a mating bond) to reach across the gap? It seems pretty symbolic to me, and marries nicely with Truth-Teller being described as "bridging the gap" between Elain and Azriel in ACOWAR's pre-war meadow scene. Will Azriel's shadows or siphons be able to help nullify the Elucien bond somehow? What about creation?

Purification?

I know @wingedblooms and @ladynightcourt3, at least, join me in my suspicions that - similar to Yrene in KOA - Elain's magic/light could purify a Valg (or similar) infestation from Azriel's shadows, which we now know are really condensed magic. If this is possible, could Az's shadows - once purified by Elain, of course (assuming Valg or similar corruption to the Cauldron, with Elain as the "executioner") - help to bridge the gap between his and Elain's souls with his magic, to meet hers half way? Thereby having Azriel and Elain "select" each other as true mates, just like the witches in Erilea once did?

Why did SJM say that Truth-Teller was bridging the gap between the two? Was it because it had been charged with sunlight and/or Elain's own light enough to begin negating a possible Valg infection in Azriel's magic, or that it will be charged enough to do so at some point in the future? Or will Gwydion or Truth-Teller's magics help to cleanse the hypothetically corrupted Cauldron bond that currently exists between Elain and Lucien? There are so many possibilities going forward.

Whatever ends up happening, this all seems very symbolic. Especially once you add in all of the "purity language" (not my term) that SJM used between Elain and Azriel. Imagine the pay off if it was always suggesting that Azriel sensed Elain's light could cleanse his magic and free him from Valg (or other) corruption?

That would be amazing foreshadowing. Sorry.

[ba-mi-soro-orisha]

"When the world has pushed you to your knees, that is when you learn who you really are! That is when you find your true strength!" -Köa, Children of Anguish and Anarchy, pg. 257