#the band of exiles

[copypastus]

I believe Tamlin would get better much faster if given some rest, love and care instead of people coming to his house and lands to yell at him.

Another piece I ran out of time to finish for @tamlinweek

[velidewrites]

Jurian: I told Elain her ears flush when she lies Vassa: What why Jurian: Watch this Jurian: Elain, do you like Lucien? Elain, covering her ears: No! Jurian: *smiles triumphantly*

[bandofexilesofficial]

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

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[goddessofwisdom18]

@lucienweekofficial Day 4: Lover <3

Jesminda and Lucien as a retro romance novel! Would you pick it up? :’)

I imagine Jesminda as being a tree spirit, dryad type of girl. Half Himalayan pine (her father, from the Winter Court) and half Elm (her mother, from the Autumn court); real world ethnicity-wise, I see that as half Tibetan, half Catalan or Occitan (because I imagine the Autumn Court as the Pyrenees)! And I imagine her being more late Autumn, very Evermore by Taylor Swift, wooded and rich and chilly 🤎

[yennas-stuff]

Smooth brain take:

The rule of three means three sisters and three bat brothers together!

Big wrinkly brain take:

The rule of three can be applied to the three sisters and their three separate powerful groups of friends and allies:

The Inner Circle

The Valkyries

The Band of Exiles

[acourtofthought]

Do some in this fandom really not pay attention to Sarah's writing or past books?

A known to be very problematic e/riel, while specifically writing her post is not ship related and using every characters name tag and the e/riel tag is claiming e/riels are the only ones who care for Elain because we don't feel the twins will be a major part of her story. Because why would SJM have written them as her friends if they were not meant to play a major role in her arc.

For the same reason that in canon Amren became Nesta's friend in ACOWAR, helped her train but did not end up playing a major role for her in SF? For the same reason that Gwyn and Emerie became Nesta's found family instead?

All the twins have done for Elain is spend time baking with her and dressing her. That is the canon friendship e/riels are dying on their hill for.

In canon they haven't helped Elain train her powers. In canon we have no evidence they care for her turmoil over Graysen or Lucien or her father or stabbing a man.

In canon Az does not even address them by name or share a single on page conversation with these supposed friends of Elain's, people he himself trained yet he ignores. Yet he had half his bonus dedicated to Gwyn. Yet Sarah found a way for Az to share conversation in SF itself with Gwyn, a brand new character.

It was canon Feyre once believed Ianthe her friend, canon is not the trump some think it is.

We don't care less for Elain because we don't imagine her arc will feature much of the twins. We care more for Elain because we know what a SJM friendship actually looks like and we haven't seen it in the series for her yet.

That's not to say she and the twins won't always be fond of one another. It's possible to have more than two friends after all and Elain being liked by many would be the type to have friends wherever she goes.

However we look forward to friendships for her that involve characters who push Elain outside her comfort zone and who force her past her polite shell, something we've never seen when she's around the twins.

It's funny how hard they'll push Vassien together because to them she's such an "important, amazing" character that she deserves to be by a future fae High Lords side yet somehow she's not good enough to become Elain's friend. Though Vassa, not the twins, actually knew and cared for Elain's father just as she did.

Caring for the same father figure would logically create more of a sisterly bond than liking the same tarts and baked goods.

[sunbrightheart]

the band of exiles | rockstar modern au.

tracklist: circles, pierce the veil // new perspective, panic! at the disco // sugar, we’re goin’ down, fall out boy // beverly hills, weezer // my friends over you, new found glory // she looks so perfect, 5 seconds of summer

[whatisamettafor]

I told y’all Lucien will be happy too, these guys are having a great time.

[aelin-elucien]

Lucien was mentally abused by his “father”, he was mentally and phisically abused by his own brother (or half brothers), excluded maybe by Eris.

He saw his first love murdered in front of him, the person he loved the most.

He lost an eye because of Amarantha.

For awhile he was happy and he found a home in the spring court but he was Tamlin’s victim too. He was mentally and physically abused by him for years

He literally almost died to save Feyre’s life UTM.

Lucien was Tamlin’s victim too. An emotional toxic friendship. Tamlin litelly obeyed him to do the Rite and he was SEXUALLY ABUSED by Iantahe (several times).

He found out that his mate was Elain and not Jesminda and he was SHOCKED and then he was willing to die in the war. Lucien went on a mission to find Vassa.

He is unaware that Helion is his real father and I bet when Helion found out, he’s gonna kill Beron and taking his revenge. Lucien deserved to know about this, deserved to be loved by a proper father for once.

He trusted the IC, I like to think they’re friends, literally during acosf Lulu, Cassian & Rhys were talking about sports (I need that scene from Lucien’s pov). Cassian was sad for Lucien for the situation w Elain.

Rhys is definitely Team Lucien, (just for political reason but still)

He found his family, his found family with the Band of Exiles.

lucien Vanserra deserved the best, deserves an happy ending.

[copypastus]

Poly+ ACOTAR Week - Day 4 Adventure (Lucien/Vassa/Jurian) @polyacotarweek

I just think after everything life's thrown at him lately, Lucien deserves to be a part of a happy thriving polycule.

[velidewrites]

Lucien: So you have 12 apples and your friend asks for 6

Lucien: What do you have?

Jurian: [tears up]

Jurian: A friend

[bandofexilesofficial]

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

(can be in ACOTAR or in an AU)

[huntquinlan]

wait guys i just figured something out. this is literally the band of exiles

[harperbrynne]

Band of Exiles Headcanon

[acourtofthought]

New Anti Take:

Rhys about Feyre:

Nesta about Feyre:

Nesta about Elain:

Feyre about Elain:

Cassian to Nesta:

Azriel about Elain:

But sure, it's so terrible to imagine Elain ending up being friends with a guy who said this:

while he was pretending to be the bad guy but went on to prove it was an act while providing them information that helped them save many lives. Who ended up becoming good friends with Elain's mate, the guy he made the comment to. Lucien who is almost certain to have a POV which means Jurian will be heavily featured.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Anti's getting so furious over the BOE (which includes Elain's mate) being more connected to the same plots that Elain is connected to than the twins, being given way more dialogue, purpose and backstory than the wraiths have been given, being more connected to Elain's father than Nuala and Cerridwen have ever been (and the entire reason we theorize Elain's story will involve them) is the craziest new argument I've seen in a long time.

I'm not wanting anything, I'm simply following the authors bread trail of crumbs. The funniest thing is that when anti's claim we dislike them because of our ship it's inaccurate because Nuala and Cerridwen aren't a threat to the Elucien ship the way the BOE are to e/riels. They have never actually interacted on page with Az in the entirety of the series, he never once refers to them by name (funny how my anon accused me of this very same thing). Elain could end up with Lucien and the wraiths could still play a big role in her book. They are not heavily connected to Az beyond his training them ages ago and their "work" for he and Rhys but it's only ever mentioned in the background, never something we see play out. We actually witnessed Az training / speaking to Gwyn and going on a spy mission with Cassian yet we've never been given a scene where Az says "I'll send Nuala and Cerridwen out to gather information for me" or "I'll take the twins".

Elain needs to shine in her own pov so the wraiths would never be the ones leading the pack, they would be there to serve Elain's character growth which they could do regardless of her LI.

The reason I don't theorize them doing so (beyond them maintaining a casual friendship) is Sarah hasn't given me any reason to think that's where she's headed.

Lucien and Tamlin were / are friends.

Feyre and Lucien become friends.

Celaena became friends with Dorian.

Celaena became friends with Chaol.

Nesta became close with Amren.

Nobody is denying these friendships exist however it cannot be disputed that the nature of the friendships changed over the course of the series. It cannot be disputed that those friendships (while lasting) did not prevent the main characters from leaving a certain place and building a life elsewhere, making new friends along the way.

Why would Elain be any different?

[olenvasynyt]

What do you make of the quote in SF where Eris says, “I wanted to feel out Jurian and Vassa.” He didn’t mention his brother oddly enough.”

Do you think Eris didn’t care about Lucien’s opinion of things and what he knew? Or because Eris knows his brother well enough to not need to “feel him out”

I misread that quote for a second and I thought it was Eris “wants to feel up Jurian and Vassa” lmao so a good start for Dana 😂

I think this is a case of Eris focusing on the politics and pushing away personal feelings. Vassa and Jurian are very important aspects to the future political system of the human lands, since Vassa is a queen and Jurian is a general. However, Lucien is very close with both of them: he lives with them, no doubt gives them advice, is their connections to Prythian, etc. SJM writing in Eris not mentioning Lucien and how it was “odd” kinds of reads like an emotion for Lucien like concern, interest, etc should have been expected, but it never happened. Eris avoided that by not mentioning him.

Eris definitely knows a lot about Lucien since they were raised together. Lucien is also an emissary: he's been one for Spring and Night. But it's interesting because Lucien is part of the politics too and plays an important role. Wouldn't Eris want to "feel out" Lucien to see where his loyalties lie, what is influencing him, etc. He could be doing that, though. We don't exactly know his relationship with Lucien but I personally think there may still be a bit of resentment about the past, even if it's not total hate (I totally believe Lucien knows Eris' true motivations but he understands what he's willing to do to achieve his goals).

I think Eris wouldn't be willing to talk about his true feelings for his brother with anyone in the IC, and he also would not talk badly about him or twist the truth. It was a very quick thing that Cassian caught, and SJM made sure it was highlighted.

I hope we see more of Lucien and Eris' relationship in future books and I hope they reconcile with each other! Thank you for the ask!