#pro elriel

[rae2velaris]

I've had an anti-Elriel ask me in the past why I would ever place the scene with Elain and Azriel sitting peacefully in the garden as one of my favorite Azriel moments.

If people don't get WHY having complete PEACE with someone's company without the need for conversation, then they have yet to appreciate this small, IMPORTANT moment of companionship.

As someone who's been through a verbally abusive marriage, all that matters to me with finding a partner or even just a friend now is PEACE and understanding.

Those abusive experiences opened my eyes to what truly matters with a relationship. And with all honestly, I believe Azriel and Elain understand and crave this mutual, comfortable, peaceful companionship.

Personally, I've finally found my person now, and my soul is slowly being healed. No more unreachable expectations, no critiquing, no fear. Just peaceful companionship.

To have someone in your life who just accepts YOU and respects your peace is worth more than people realize.

[elainsgirl]

The fact elriels have an actual, canon scene of Azriel offering his scarred hands to Elain, Elain looking down at them and calling his scars beautiful which caused him to blush, before taking his hands’ in hers, not hesitating one bit to touch him, is absolutely crazy to think about.

[stargirlfeyre]

“Elain doesn’t belong in the Night Court because Cassian said she looked bad in black” Cassian also said that Nesta would be better off thrown in the CoN so his opinions about where these sisters “belong” is meaningless to me.

[elrielsgarden]

Elain Archeron belongs in the Night Court. She said so herself. 👏🌸

[aurana-i]

«Azriel deserves someone better»

Only there’s no one better than Elain. She’s Velaris’s It-Girl 💕 because everybody and their mother looooves Elain, which is stated in canon 🥰

Azriel in canon thinks he deserves nothing [“it doesn’t matter what I want” - his actual words in acosf] so he couldn’t even dream of her reciprocating his feelings. And when he finally got the confirmation in the BC [“offer and permission”] he nearly rolled his eyes and groaned out of satisfaction.

C’mon, I bet he’s gonna worship the ground she walks on in the next book and we all gonna love it 😌

[elriel-quotes]

My sisters both stiffened at Cassian and Azriel, at those mighty wings tucked in tight to powerful bodies, at the weapons, and then at the devastatingly beautiful faces of all three males.

Elain, to her credit, did not faint.

And Nesta, to hers, did not hiss at them.

A Court of Mist and Fury - Chapter 24

[lovemyromance]

what's your favorite elriel theory

I'm being petty, but I think that Azriel was always destined to be for Elain. Like yes, I think it's so powerful that Elain & Azriel might end up choosing each other over a mating bond -

But I also think there's enough textual evidence to support that Azriel has shown more mate behavior towards Elain than her actual mate.

I know this sounds crazy, but while I believe Elain & Azriel will choose each other FIRST, I still think SJM won't be able to resist and will reveal Elain to either have TWO mating bonds (one blessed by the Mother -> Azriel, and one from the Cauldron -> Lucien), or the mating bond with Lucien is fabricated (a la Maeve in TOG) and Elain's real mate is Azriel.

I think Azriel was slowly dying from the poison/faebane in ACOMAF when Elain was thrown into the Cauldron. He did cry out when she got thrown in – which Feyre thought was from the poison – but what if even Feyre misunderstood? What if he was crying out for Elain - not because of the poison?

He has always been soft with Elain. Even Rhys hasn't bothered to act differently around Feyre's sisters – but Azriel immediately went into gentleman mode around Elain. She had the man reciting poetry at their very first meeting, for god's sake. I think they've always had a connection. Elain might not have been able to put a name on it because she was human – but Azriel must've had some indication.

And then the tiff with Hybern happened.

Azriel was on the brink of death - but he cried out when the King instructed his men to throw Elain in first. And then suddenly, Elain is fae. But before anyone can even blink, Lucien swoops in and claims her.

Now if I were Azriel - I'd be HELLA doubting myself at this time. Because if I had felt a mating bond with a human, who knows if that was even possible? What could it be that I'm feeling, then? And then when that human I share a connection with suddenly becomes fae - but she's immediately "given to another" that doubt comes in FULL FORCE.

It makes perfect sense that Azriel is so hesitant to act on his feelings for Elain. The mating bond is the most sacred thing in their world. Azriel essentially has to say "Fuck your mating bond, I think my connection with her is stronger". Why would he do that before he knew Elain even wanted him back? Why would he fantasize about a future together if he didn't even think she would choose him over a mate?

This man is full of so much self doubt, and unfortunately, his logic tracks. Like the way he is - makes sense. The angst, the self-hatred, the guilt he carries around -> All of this only serves as a barrier to his love with Elain, not just Rhys.

This is a couple that has been set up for an EPIC love story. And after the hard and fast narrative of ACOSF....An Elriel slow, romantic, angst-riddled forbidden love story is exactly what we need.

[shadowsatdawnx]

thinking about how l*cien gave elain the ick so bad that not even a mating bond could make it go away

[nikethestatue]

Azriel Appreciation Week (Day III)

Connections

@azrielappreciationweek

[truthflower19]

“Soft and quiet doesn’t have to mean shy”

Elain’s sexuality, change my mind

[rae2velaris]

Sometimes, I think about how concerned Azriel was for Nesta in HOFAS when the mask still possessed power over her.

He held firm on bringing her back.

Listed all the people who loved her dearly.

Caught her and stroked her hair.

Prayed thank you to the Mother.

Azriel and Nesta are dearly close friends.

Can you imagine the absolute care and dedication Azriel will have when the official forbidden love trope begins between Elain and him?

Someone Azriel cares immensely for?

[elainsgirl]

[rizzoreads88]

Azriel is down so bad for Elain🥹♥️

I honestly cannot wait for their book🔥

✨He likes her so much he keeps her gift on his nightstand and looks at it every night…✨

✨He has a physical reaction to E/uciens mating bond and needs to be able to leave if it becomes too much…✨

✨He can’t even stand the sight of e/ucien talking together in the same room✨

If they weren’t endgame there was no reason to include all this and then give us canon confirmation they are into each other.

[lovecatsandaliens]

Azriel never had a bad track. “Chain me to a tree, Rhys, go ahead. I'll rip it out of the ground and fly with it on my damned back. BANGER. “Be careful how you speak about my high lady” ICONIC. “I’m getting her back.” LIFE CHANGING. “Hold tight,” he ordered her, “and don’t make a sound.” UNMATCHED.

[elriel-quotes]

Azriel, graceful as any courtier, offered her an arm. I couldn’t tell if she was looking at his blue Siphon or at his scarred skin beneath as she breathed, “Beautiful.”

Color bloomed high on Azriel’s golden-brown cheeks, but he inclined his head in thanks and led my sister toward the back doors into the garden, sunlight bathing them.

A Court of Wings and Ruin - Chapter 24

[uxia15]

Offer and permission