We have known them since ACOTAR as Rhys "handmaidens", when UTM they not only helped Feyre to dress up, but also protected her. And we got to properly meet them when they introduced themselves to Feyre in ACOMAF. So it feels right for them to have their own week to celebrate their characters, specially when so often they get ignored by the wider fandom or reduced to just "Servants that work for Rhysand".

The Week will be celebrated from June 28th to July 4th, which we know is a very short notice, but the date felt right.

We hope some of you want to participate on it, thank you Darlings ~

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The First scene comes from ACOWAR CH15, and while the scene "Winged Death" is personified in Rhys, Cassian and Azriel right there... Why couldn't this also be a foreshadowing for Lucien facing a Death God as well?

"Stares"

SJM uses the same word to describe Lucien setting his Target in Koschei on ACOSF CH7, when they're discussing Koschei using the distraction of some chaos to get freed from his lake.

Also worth notice that this action of setting a target on the lake and Koschei only happen after Vassa reminds everyone that she IS enslaved by Koschei.

The Inner Circle as Dog Breeds. Do you agree with our pics?

Looking forward to their potential in the upcoming books

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It might not mean anything, but with the "Eye" as the symbol of the Dustjacket, i couldn't stop thinking about this; it is certainly interesting that in ACOWAR, Cassian's power on his Siphon was compared with Embers, and that Nesta's book was later called "Silver Flames" and how her own powers are related with Fire.

In ACOMAF, Azriel's Siphons were compared with the eye of a great slumbering beast from a frozen wasteland, which is very specific for a description to not mean anything.

Could this be a hint toward both Elain's powers or even the title of the book?

EDIT:

I wanted to remind you all that just as Azriel's powers are described there as "slumbering beast", Elain's OWN mental place is described as a sleeping garden.

>She had no mental shields, no barriers. The gates to her mind … Solid iron, covered in vines of flowers—or it would have been. The blossoms were all sealed, sleeping buds tucked into tangles of leaves and thorns.

Again, this could mean anything, but is a very interesting connection.

I just wanted to share some of the characters that make me think about Vassa.

- Anastasia (Anastasia 1997)
- Vasilisa (Vasilisa the Beautiful, Russian Folktale)
- Captain Amelia (Treasure Planet 2002)
- Sorcha (Willow 1988)
- Eowyn (Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien)
- Marya Morevna (Koschei the Deathless, Russian Folktale)
- Odette (The Swan Princess 1994)
- The Firebird (Ivan, the Grey Wolf and the Firebird Russian Folktale)

Vassa's art by Morgana0anagrom

We haven't see her much in canon, but i'm very interested in her character and what else she is hiding. This was really fun to make, because some where easy to figure out; we know her character is influenced by the Firebird and Vasilisa the Beautiful. Marya Morevna also shares qualities with her.

Odette was also a very easy guess to make, as their stories are very similar to one another.

Eowyn is a personal choice, I think they have both very strong personalities, from cultures very influenced by horses and horse riding, and I very much hope we get a "I'm not a man" moment for her.

Anastasia was another very easy guess, not only they look similar, they also are exiled royals fighting a wizard who wants to enslave them.

Sorcha might be the less known from the butch, I loved Willow when i was little and there is something about her that always makes me think of Vassa.

Captain Amelia, I'll blame Emma Thompson, but whenever i read Vassa it was her voice on this character that I was hearing. Also physically, I can't stop thinking about her when i read that Vassa had cut her hair on ACOSF.

I adore this description of the snake with the pom-pom tail that Sarah did for Feyre back on this interview in 2016:

>Q: What would the inner circles Hogwarts Houses be?

>Sarah: Cassian would definitely be Gryffindor. Azriel would be Ravenclaw. Sweet Elain would be a Hufflepuff. Nesta would be Slytherin. Amren would be Ravenclaw or Slytherin, although I feel she fits more in the role of the headmaster. Mor would be Gryffindor. Rhys would be a Ravenclaw. Feyre would be a Hufflepuff/Slytherin (like a snake with a pom-pom tail).

And in 2015 she did say that Feyre would be a Slytherin:

>"...Feyre would be Slytherin actually. Rhys is Slytherin..."

So this aspect is consistent between the interviews.

Personally when reading the first book I was more inclined for Feyre to be a Gryffindor, because how brave she was. But the Hufflupuff option could also be a good one, because one of the most important qualities about the house is how hardworking they're, and we saw this with how much Feyre was doing for her family and how much hard work she has been doing on the rest of the series.

But, I do also agree with SJM when she says that Feyre would be a Slytherin, specially after ACOTAR, i feel like she is more of a Slytherin than a Gryffindor as i first believed her to be. Because how cunning she is and resourceful, like, the fight with the Middengard Wyrm proves it, and how she was able to manipulate two High Lords... And the Slytherin/Hufflepuff thing feels right with the "Persephone" theme that she was given.

So, what do you think? Is she a Slytherin? a Hufflepuff? a Gryffindor? or maybe a Slytherpuff???

2016 Interview
2015 Interview (min 27)
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"...I wondered if they’d found each other.”

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I have already made this post before on a poll version, but wanted to make it again now that there are more people on the sub and I have more inside on it.

Back in 2016 SJM sorted the IC members on different Hogwarts houses, and on this occasion she placed Rhysand on Ravenclaw:

>Q: What would the inner circles Hogwarts Houses be?

>Sarah: Cassian would definitely be Gryffindor. Azriel would be Ravenclaw. Sweet Elain would be a Hufflepuff. Nesta would be Slytherin. Amren would be Ravenclaw or Slytherin, although I feel she fits more in the role of the headmaster. Mor would be Gryffindor. Rhys would be a Ravenclaw. Feyre would be a Hufflepuff/Slytherin (like a snake with a pom-pom tail).

BUT in another interview on 2015, when a fan asked her to sort her characters into Hogwarts houses, she had another answer:

>"...Feyre would be Slytherin actually. Rhys is Slytherin. Tamlin is Gryffindor..."

Personally I think he fits better on Slytherin than Ravenclaw, but it could go both ways, while Slytherins are more cunning and ambitious, Ravenclaws are seen as curious and independent thinkers, and those are all things we could associate with him.

Maybe he is a Nerdy Slytherin? Whose favourite class is Astronomy? A Slytherclaw?

So, which one do you feel it would fits him better; Ravenclaw or Slytherin? Or maybe something else??

2016 Interview
2015 Interview (min 27)
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I love this little moment in ACOFAS

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Have fun Darlings ~