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i had this theory awhile back but I don't think I posted it because it seemed highly unlikely... but now with the news about The Valkyrie Cycle I'm revisiting this again.

Prefacing by stating that I don't necessarily want this but she has taken so many details from The Black Jewels so why not this lol

What if SJM writes Elain like Jaenelle?

Jaenelle is a main character, the most powerful witch, has a romance etc. and yet... she never has a POV.

All of Jaenelle's story is told through the pov of other characters.

We've had povs from Feyre, Rhys, Mor, Cassian, Nesta and Azriel. We've briefly been inside Lucien, through Feyre. Nothing from Elain.

Elain is discussed in every bonus chapter in a way that reminds me of how Jaenelle is discussed.

Jaenelle is really good at sneaking around and lives a sort of double life, making new friends in different places. Similarly, Elain has been noted to be good at sneaking and we don't really know what she has been doing since acosf.

Elain is a seer. There is comments in acofas that suggest Elain might be looking to become human again. She has a general air of mystery about her that SJM may be intentionally keeping for now...

I would hate to not ever get Elain's POV but I'm feeling like it's a toss up if she'll have a POV in the Valkyrie Cycle... or at least in book 6.

I replaced the expansion tank of my Ford focus (2016 100k km automatic) but one of the cap claws broke... a new cap is coming this week but can this be driven at all until then?

It's hard to believe we're less than 5 months away from ACOTAR 6. The entire month of May with zero updates or any word from Bloomsbury or SJM. As disappointing it is to hear nothing, it gets me thinking... were Bloomsbury and Sarah planning a strategic Azris blurb and title release during pride month this whole time?