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Elain and Azriel

🎨 art by @wwispart

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ARTIST: frostbite.studios

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Starfall 🌌✨

That night I had danced with her until dawn, barely daring to hope that she might be starting to return a fraction of what I felt for her.—acofas

“I think I was falling in love with you for a while,” I said, the words barely audible over the trickle of water as I washed his beautiful wings. “But I knew on Starfall.—acomaf

“Starfall” prompt for @feysandmonth on instagram

⟢ Art by @fremuard

⟢ Commissioned by me

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I have this headcanon that Azriel takes Elain dancing………….. so here’s a really crap 30 minute gif/flipbook I made in Sketchbook Pro. 

If this doesn’t play/work, I’m sorry. I’ve never made a animated/drawn gif before in my life :’)

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I have been waiting patiently for the right moment to declare this and I think the time has finally come.

*checks notes and clears throat*

My headcanoned Azriel has dimples (which appear about twice a century when he unclenches his jaw to smile faintly).

My headcanoned Elain also has dimples (which can bring kings to their knees).

Double. Dimple. Damage.

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@batboysappreciationweek day 5 | chosen family and relationships

“𝒫𝓊𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃’ 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝑒, 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉

𝒮𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓂𝑒 𝓘’𝓶 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓪𝓯𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓷𝓸𝔀

𝐼’𝓂 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒶𝒻𝓇𝒶𝒾𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓃𝑜𝓌

𝓥𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓿𝓲𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽, 𝓲𝓷𝓯𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓽

𝐵𝒶𝒷𝓎, 𝒷𝑜𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓇𝓂𝓈 𝒸𝓇𝒶𝒹𝓁𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓃𝑜𝓌

𝐵𝑜𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓇𝓂𝓈 𝒸𝓇𝒶𝒹𝓁𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓃𝑜𝓌”

there’s a beauty in the dichotomy of violence vs innocence when it comes to azriel and elain.

while elain is often pushed into the naive, boring, timid archetype people expect from her, she has her own propensity for violence when it’s needed to protect those she loves. whether she enjoys it or not, she will do what needs to be done.

and while azriel himself is often stereotyped as the violent torturer of the night court, he is still capable of stopping to admire the soft, innocent beauty of the world, especially when it comes to elain. something he was deprived of for so long, now at his fingertips and yet being denied again, but still he reaches for it.

thank you SO SO MUCH to @edazuri for drawing this up for me! it really captures the yin and yang of elriel’s relationship perfectly, and i’m so happy we got to do this for #artistsforvalencia 🫶

i know i wasn’t able to pull together a full 3 brothers x 3 sisters commission in time but i’ve been wanting to share this piece for a while so i hope you enjoy regardless!

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🌌✨ A Night in Velaris ✨🌌

Beneath the starlit skies of Velaris, the City of Starlight, the bonds of love, friendship, and family shine brighter than ever.

Rhysand and Azriel face off in an intense game of chess, their sharp minds locked in friendly rivalry. Feyre and Cassian banter with each other, their vibrant energy lighting up the space. Nesta, ever the stoic yet radiant force, enjoys the solace of her book, while Elain softly chats with Azriel—her words laced with love, perhaps even slyly revealing Rhysand’s next move.

This is Velaris at its core: a tapestry of connection, laughter, and quiet moments that make this family of warriors, dreamers, and lovers whole.

Three brothers, three sisters—each uniquely whole, yet stronger together.

A huge thank you to pinkykei.art for bringing this stunning moment to life. Your talent has perfectly captured the magic and love of the Inner Circle, and we’re forever grateful for this masterpiece! 💜

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What does it say about you as a person when the author gives you this description of a character and you then describe them as :

Useless

Boring

Evil

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Hmmmm what does it say?

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Rhysand, [mindspeaking to Azriel]: Just snap his kneecaps and he'll talk, I'm at parent teacher conferences.

Rhysand: Anyways, you said Nyx is enjoying finger painting! That's great!

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People purposely misinterpreting the whole “plans” moment in the bonus chapter is annoying at this point. Azriel didn’t make plans for Elain choosing HIM. It has nothing to do with planning their future or whatever they come up with. He hadn’t gotten that far in his planning of what to do cause his plans didn’t include being the number one choice for Elain. It’s like he didn’t see the point in hoping for more.

Its entirely about his own sense of self worth. Do people skip half the words when they read?

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"Fated mates'. SJM is a 'fated mates' writer. She'll never go against the concept of 'fated mates'!

You know what bothers me about this?

The notion that only these pre-destined relationships matter. That only they can make people feel love and passion, sorrow and yearning, desire and heartbreak. That bonds trump love. Whereas SJM was very clear--it's love that trumps the bond. It's love that trumps fate.

Eluciens, of course, are the biggest advocates of the whole 'fated mates' notion. Because they think that somehow, they are 'advocating' for Lucien when they support this. But objectively speaking, ALL of Lucien's most important relationships had nothing to do with any bond. His loyalty, his often misguided support for people who perhaps needed to be questioned, his friendships, his love--none had anything to do with the bond. His bonded relationship with Elain is in fact the weakest relationship that he has. What's been meaningful to him was Andras and the other sentries in Spring, who were his friends, and whom he mourned. It's been Tamlin, who took him in and who protected him and offered his his friendships, alongside a sanctuary and a position. It's been Feyre and Vassa--two humans whom he chose to befriend and protect and serve. And then Jessminda, his love and his lover, who, by his own admission made him happy. None of these people are his 'fated mates', including Jessminda, and yet, they are the ones who shaped him and made his life bearable, and worth living.

If only 'fated mates' matter, then are we to assume that Lyria's whole life and relationship with Rowan was pointless? Was her love for him pointless? Her death? The family and the life that she built with him? Because it wasn't fated, does it mean it wasn't wanted? Does it mean it wasn't important?

Asterin and her Hunter had love and sorrow the likes of which hardly anyone else experienced. They had a daughter. They had a life they could't share. And he waited for her in that cabin until he died. But they weren't mates. So does it not matter? And if one of them got a mate, would that bond trump a lifetime of their experiences?

Lorcan and Elide aren't mates. Should a mate pop up, would Lorcan ever leave Elide, to whom he bound his whole life? Whose existence is tied to hers, because he never wanted to be without her, and never wanted her to be without him?

And when Rhys told Feyre that if this is the only time that they were allotted then that's enough, that knowing her and being with her even for a little bit was enough to last a lifetime? Was it only because they were mates? Or was it because he waited for 500 years to love someone as much as he loved her?

"Fated mates' is, in fact, one of the worst things that you can build a narrative on. Because it doesn't take into consideration the joy of the human experience, which always comes with pain and struggles. But that's what makes it meaningful and worth living for.

Would Cassian love Nesta any less if they weren't mates? She, who chose to kill over 1,000 people for him, years before they were mates--does that love not supersede a mating bond?

And if ALL you have is a mate bond, is it ever enough? Would it ever be enough?

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there's no greater betrayal than finally starting to read a book you've had sitting for months on your shelf or your desk or your nightstand and then finding out it's bad. like. i gave you a fucking home.

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This gives me elriel vibes 🤷🏻‍♀️🤌🏻

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No but can you imagine the god tier level angst we'd get from Azriel if Cauldron/Mother bonds mate theory is true?

Azriel being Elain's Mother given mate and having all these mate feelings and yearnings towards Elain with no explanation because she already has a mate (Cauldron given).

Him wanting Elain in every way but not being able to have her because she's "technically" spoken for and it physically effects him?

To have to watch as another male, her supposed mate, that she doesn't even like, interact with her on the basis that she is his and in Prythian culture, Azriel would be the one in the wrong to even think about pursuing Elain in that way?

So he's left with all these feelings he can't escape or act on and he has to watch another male that Elain doesn't even want try to be her mate while trying to dampen his own mate instinct?

Oh, that's prime time baby. That's messy and angsty and juicy. And the pay off that Azriel really is her mate???

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Because Elain is a social butterfly, a socialite, she is an extrovert who loved the parties! Elriels made her into this shy and introverted character!

Are you sure about that?

The official Bloomsbury quiz:

Elriels didn’t make her introvert. That’s literally her description.

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One of my favorite things SJM has ever written in her books is “The world will be saved and remade by dreamers” in the ToG series and the Night Court being the “court of dreams” and Elain being a “quiet dreamer.”

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The almost kiss of Elriel 🌹❤️🦇

The necklace details are so beautiful

—jae.sketch