#pro queen vassa

[roxan1930]

Who would be the best character to point out Feyre, Rhysand and the IC's toxic hypocrisy not just to their faces but in front of all the other High Lords too?

Let's be honest, Feysand and th IC are NOT good people. They love to act like they're supposed "freedom fighters", but don't actually help female Illyrian or other "dreamers" in the Hewn City, they lie, they steal, they manipulate and literally destroy villages and whole courts out of pettiness more than anything else without any regret, even for the innocents caught in between

I really feel SOMEONE needs to call them out, and it needs to be in front of the other High Lords, cause I feel too many are too willing to too easily forgive the NC's bullshit and can get their eyes opened.

Also, let's be honest, just whoever does it against the IC will just result in the IC only gaslighting and making excuses how they're supposedly "in the right"

[littlefireling]

For @lucienweekofficial Day 5 - Home

Featuring our fox and his Band of Exiles. Because Lucien can always come home to his friends who understand what it’s like to have no one and nowhere to turn to. And they will always make sure to make him feel a little less alone 💗

Art by: @pist4chi0

Commissioned by me (@littlefireling)

Tysm for this artwork! They are so adorable!! 😭💗

**Reposts are okay with proper credit**

[bandofexilesofficial]

Art commissioned by sanktadu1, art by nyastellar on instagram of the Band of Exiles playing poker at Emerie’s house.

👀you up for some visitors? @valkyrieappreciationweek @emerieweekofficial

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[lady-embers]

Elucien Week Day 1: Fated 💛🥰💛

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This beautiful, stunning artwork was done by the amazing @pinkishmalina!

I am going to be honest... I struggled with picking out which day I wanted to post this for Elucien week. Ultimately, it came down to the simple fact that these two are fated to be together. Forever. And a wedding to signify that bond is so perfectly them. 💛

In attendance:

The lovely Vassa, her man Jurian, & Lucien's brother Eris aka Elain & Lucien's found family 🥰

Characters belong to Sarah J. Maas

@elucienweekofficial

[rizzoreads88]

“ A bird of flame & a lord of fire”

I have shipped Lucien and Vassa from the moment Feyre said this line in Acowar. The chemistry we see between them in their small moments already has me foaming at the mouth for their story.

Art by Chelzd_art

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[shadowqueenjude]

Does anyone else find the Night Court sooooo boring? Like, there's nothing interesting there, no courtly dynamics or anything, just some sexist Illyrians and sexist people in the Court of Nightmares as well, and the whole book is Rhysand throwing his weight around WHEN he feels like it but not doing shit about genuinely important issues (like sexism). Rhysand is smart supposedly, but I've never actually seen him use TACT in this series. He's so powerful that he doesn't need to or whatever. Blah blah blah, Night Court is the biggest and the baddest. But the Autumn Court... Cutthroat, beautiful. It has sons competing for power from an early age, through combat and courtly wiles. Only the strong survive. It produced a Lucien and an Eris, and their complicated brotherly relationship. You have a paranoid, abusive leader. You have the whole LoA + Helion affair, a love child. The man who abandoned his heritage to play courtier to another High Lord. Who is friends with two humans, one who is tied to an evil god. You have Eris, playing the perfect prodigal son while planning a coup right under his father's nose. Both are potential High Lords. You have Gwyn, a part water-nymph having Autumn heritage; we could explore how mixed High Fae are treated as well. Also, I want to know more about how Lucien learned to catch fish with his BARE HANDS??? Finish the line: Autumn court males have fire in their veins and... The way I'd read an entire series on the Autumn Court 😩😩😩😩😩

[my-acotar-thoughts]

Saw some great fanart of Lucien introducing the Band of Exiles to Tamlin and… I want that. Tamlin needs friends. I’m surprised Tamlin and Jurian weren’t already bonding over playing double agent with Hybern. Tamlin, Lucien, Vassa, and Jurian. That’s a friend group I wanna see.

[princesserene]

✨Manifesting this scene in a book✨

[darklinaforever]

Me, still trying to understand how people, first degree, think that Azriel will end up with Gwyn, and Elain with Lucien... Sarah J Mass is not a subtle author. It has been clear that Elain & Azriel are going to end up together since volume 3, oh and later Lucien with Vassa of course.

[yaralulu]

why do the band of exiles have a bright pink couch in their house and why do i just know jurian was the one who bought it.he got it as a joke to piss lucien off and they never got the chance to return it, now they’re all too attached to it and can’t bring themselves to replace it.like yeah it’s the most atrocious couch you’ll ever see but it’s their couch 🤷.

[yennas-stuff]

Don't you think it's important that we got a name for the Band of Exiles?

Sjm didn't have to name their little group. She certainly didn't name them just to have Feyre dunk on Lucien about it.

The Inner Circle, the Court of Dreams, the Valkyries... Can you see the pattern?

We got introduced to these groups by their names, and they became friends of the protagonists of the stories. Feyre and Nesta both found their place within these teams.

I don't see why it would be wrong to assume that the Band of Exiles will be Elain's group of closest friends.

The struggle to lift Vassa's curse would hit even more if we had a real friendship between her and Elain. Vassa, being a human woman, would understand Elain's still very human-like sensibilities. At the same time, we know Lucien mentioned her foul mouth and brashness. She might encourage Elain to be more confident and less ladylike, which we already saw a hint of when she laughed at the fuck you from Nesta. She has some fire within her to match her mate. She just needs some space and sunshine to bloom.

And she can bond with Jurian over being into cunty redheads.

[dippedinmelancholy]

I keep telling myself I'll write a fic for it but . . . I really wish Nesta really, earnestly had been given a chance to be messy af. To confront Vassa at some official meeting or whatever. Because what do you mean Vassa walks around saying Papa Archeron loved her like a daughter in such a wonderful manner? Give me Nesta losing her fucking shit. Give me messy, angry, drunk Nesta laughing in her face much to everyone's horror. Telling Vassa that no, her father loved Vassa like he loved gambling and gold and chance, but not his daughters. If he had ever loved Vassa like that, he would have watched her starved and did nothing but smile. He would have watched as full grown men lusted and flirted and touched her from the time she was a girl, and did nothing. As much as ACOSF likes to say Nesta needed to be controlled, she was embarrassing them . . . Nesta was not given enough of a chance to be messy. Give it to me. She deserves it.

[emmitaaa4]

Hey so i just think its funny how every elriel i've talked to has said they'd read elain's story no matter what: we're pretty fking sure she'll end up with shadow man, but if sjm decides to give her fire man instead we'll indulge it and see if she can convince us.

The funny part is that in all my years I've literally almost never seen people on the other side reciprocate that sentiment. People feel very strongly against elriel, and theres nothing wrong with that! but it makes you think.

musings below the cut

For gwynriels primarly invested in Gwyn's story--makes sense. I get it. I personally wouldnt jump on a gwynriel book should it ever exist: in fact if the next book isn't elain's im abandoning the series.

not bc i dont care about Az, but bc: A) i wouldnt care about him if it turns out he is a flaky guy who thinks of elain as a sexual object he is entitled to, B) a gwynriel book being next completely disregards the narrative importance of elain's choice & story which makes it C) extremely poor writing in an already mediocre series. oh and D) gwynriel's "storyline" (where) is so boring to me.

For gwynriels primarly invested in Az's story...perso i dont see why they wouldn't give it a shot, but fine.

Eluciens? Most of them seem to believe that the only way we'd ever get lucien's story is through elain, that elriel implies an eternity of heartbreak for him, and that sjm loves him too much to not let him have his mate... again, perfectly fine.

(but then they call fellow lucien enjoyers like myself stupid for thinking he is too important not to have a PoV and would have his story told in his own book. sigh.) also sidenote but WHO knew yrene would have a book until it happened, huh? and now u have vassa given more narrative importance than any side character AND connected to every retelling sjm wants to write... but no we dont know her enough for her to have a PoV. the irony.

In this equation I'm just wondering... Where are all the folks primarily invested in Elain's story?

whereee?? i know you exist but theres so few of you.

where.

im aware im making generalizations. they're based in my years quietly observing the fandom on all sides and withstanding a shit ton of "elriel is a lesser love cause mates mean everything" and "baby lulu deserves his HEA that can only come with elain" and "eplain has to be evil she cant be with Az shes too weak & boring".

[bandofexilesofficial]

Who does each Band of Exiles member put on their hear me out cake?

(can be in ACOTAR or in an AU)

[rizzoreads88]

“Vassa still remained inside, chatting with Lucien animatedly. I supposed that if she only had until dawn before turning back into that firebird, she wanted to make every minute count. Lucien, surprisingly, was chuckling, his shoulders loose and his head angled while he listened.” ACOWAR ch 80

In this scene Feyre is watching Vassa & Lucien talking by themselves and this interaction is interesting.

We see that when Vassa wanted to make every moment count she spent it just talking with Lucien…We see Lucien laughing and relaxed enjoying spending time with just Vassa..We also see that Feyre is suprised with how Lucien is acting…

[offtorivendell]

Elain Archeron Week, Day 5: Connections

One of Elain's love languages is definitely gift giving (in addition to acts of service), so modern AU Elain would absolutely message "gift" her loved ones memes and reels because they remind her of her favourite people.

Nesta gets random posts about her favourite artists, but especially the Taylor Swift eras baked goods IG posts that act like a bridge between their two very different selves. Would she like Elain to bake her eras cookies? She'll have them ready by family dinner next week.

Feyre would get posts about cool art techniques, anti AI posts, and a smattering of reels about parenting a baby or toddler. Elain sent her the reel of someone "ecoprinting" a baby onesie and promised to make one that doesn't look like a baby 💩 on it.

Elain has a group chat with Nuala and Cerridwen, in which they share baking reels (hot guys baking with their dogs "helping" are a regular occurrence) and information about the properties of medicinal plants and how to prepare them are not far behind.

Cassian gets reels of stupid pranks that go too far with a warning that Nesta absolutely would NOT appreciate it. She and Rhys share political posts and memes, and Azriel receives posts with people doing parkour, links to podcasts about famous murder mysteries, or National Geographic posts with vistas of stunning, sunny mountains and lakes.

Mor loves haute couture, so gets clips of runway shows. Vassa is an enigma, but occasionally Elain will see a reel with a joke she'll really appreciate, and Lucien gets posts ranting about the effects of logging old growth forests on climate change.

It's clear Elain pays attention to her loved ones, and this is just one small way in which she would show them she saw and cared for them day to day.

@elainarcheronweek