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Full credit for the slides to: luna.bookishh on TikTok! The og video has a great song to go with the slides but sadly it doesn't translate well into a reddit post
But it's so badass
I can't stop laughing at this 😭 please go follow this artist! They have wonderful animations
If you had the chance to enter the acotar books and become a character of your choice, who would you choose?
If we had to ignore all the trauma and dying/near dying they've endured 😂
Me personally I'm a terrible baker and all my plants die hopelessly every time, so being like Elain would be amazing to me. Plus in the spirit of Nuala and Cerridwen week, and at the risk of being repetitive, they sound like the most interesting friends to have! I'd love to be in her shoes.
What about you? It can be from the Night Court, or any other** Court (the summer Court sounds awesome to me).
So as we know in Sarah's stories, found family is a huge thing. Most of her main characters don't stay close to their blood relatives, except for a few of them, maybe with cousins or half brothers.
But mostly Sarah is a big fan of depicting through her characters this idea that not sharing blood with the people you surround yourself with doesn't necessarily mean they can't be you family.
We see this with the Bat Boys and their bond as brothers, with no disclosed blood relation. We see this with Feyre, Mor and Amren. For Nesta it's Gwyn and Emerie.
And for Elain is the twins. There's even an instance where Feyre points out that they know Elain's moods and spend more time with her than even she has.
>"( ... )Nuala and Cerridwen signaled was ready, their shadows veiling them more than usual. To grant us some sense of privacy. I threw them a look of gratitude, but they both shook their heads. No thanks necessary. They'd spent more time with Elain than even I had. They understood her moods, what she sometimes needed."
ACOFAS, Ch. 13
This translates into Elain slowly coming out of her traumatized state post Mist and Fury, first and foremost with their help. With an act as simple as making bread because she was hungry, they gave back a sense of normalcy she'd lost since she was thrown in the Cauldron.
Elain also buys them gifts for Solstice which disproves immediately this idea that they're just some filler friends that Elain will have until she gets "better" or "more worthy" friends. She's lucky enough to be of the very few characters that has family she still keeps around. But also be blessed by these two badass spies, shadow-wraiths that will be by her side in whatever she embarks on for her book.
Long before this new world she was thrust upon asked Elain to become someone new, Nuala and Cerridwen simply let her be. There is a quiet, gentle kind of sisterhood in that; a friendship that sparked from acceptance and not expectations and that separates them from the life she'd had as a human, where a certain role needed to be fulfilled.
Elain didn't need to be anything but herself around them, and that's the beauty of their friendship and bond.
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>Whether described as a faceless shadow or a cloaked figure with skeletal hands, it remains one of the most terrifying undead creatures in all myth and legend. It does not just haunt—it hunts.
So from my research I've found that SJM seems to write super out of the box compared to the origins of these mythological creatures that are often depicted as related to bad omens and death, and I find that so fascinating; while in canon they're these beacons of hope and comfort for both Feyre and Elain.
I mean the Night Court is a scary place for foreigners, so it makes sense a few of its creatures are somewhat scary for those unfamiliar.
>they appear as formless shadows, crawling up walls, hiding in corners, or stretching across the floor like oil slicks. They are shapeless and silent, blending into the darkness of night. And when they move—fast, gliding, silent—it’s as though death itself has stirred.
Nuala and Cerridwen being these scary creatures for the rest of the world but absolute cinnamon rolls with the IC and especially Elain who they've grown so close to is so endearing!!
A fun fact about wraiths:
>Their favorite hunting time? Twilight, that strange hour between day and night when the veil between worlds thins. Some say you can hear their arrival in the silence—a sudden stillness, as if the world itself holds its breath.
So our twins are according to mythology tied to this time of day where there veil between worlds is thinnest, and that's a concept introduced in CC that I wonder how it'll come back for book 6 and if it will involve the twins somehow.
Anyway I'm so excited for the rest of this week bc these two are super interesting and it's a great way to pass time until we get further information! 🩷
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>My heart thundered, but I said, “I have one last Solstice gift for you.” Rhys went still at my soft voice, the tremble in it.
“Oh?” Our hands linked, I caressed the adamant walls of his mind. The barriers immediately fell, allowing me in. Allowing me to show him that last gift. What I hoped he’d deem as a gift, too.
His hands began shaking around mine, but he said nothing until I’d retreated from his mind. Until we were staring at each other again in silence. His breathing turned ragged, his eyes silver-lined.
“You’re sure?” he repeated.
Yes. More than anything. I’d realized it, felt it, in the weaver’s gallery. “Would it be … Would it indeed be a gift for you?” I dared ask. His fingers tightened around mine.
“Beyond measure.”
ACOFAS, Ch. 22
Happy international father's day to this absolute king and maybe the only decent father ever portrayed in the series 🤭
You picked a good one Feyre!
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This video really expresses perfectly the way I feel the sisters love each other, and how it can be misunderstood, mostly by people who haven't experienced loving a sister. Such a complex yet beautiful kind of love.
No matter how much some try to pit them agaisnt each other, or insist that they dislike each other, that will never be the case.
We've seen time and time again they'd sacrifice for each other no matter what if it means the other is safe and happy.
I can't wait to read more of their journey.
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Respectfully looking at this version of Azriel with Prince Philip from Sleeping beauty haircut 👀
I recently made a High Lady Feyre and her knights, post but we know Cass has a special place in Feyre's heart and they're the chaotic besties of the IC. Also lowkey pair up to get on Azriel's nerves too lol
>Cassian was on me in a second, hoisting me off the ground to twirl me until I was going to be sick. I beat at his chest, cursing at him.
Cassian set me down at last. “What’d you get me for Solstice?”
I smacked his arm. “A heaping pile of shut the hell up.” He laughed again, and I winked at him. “Hot cocoa or wine?”
Cassian curved a wing around me, turning us toward the cellar door. “How many good bottles does little Rhysie have left?”
>We drank two of them before Azriel arrived, took one look at our drunken attempts at decorating, and set about fixing it before anyone else could see the mess we’d made.
Lounging on a couch before the birch fire in the living room, we grinned like devils as the shadowsinger straightened the wreaths and garlands we’d chucked over things, swept up pine needles we’d scattered over the carpets, and generally shook his head at everything.
ACOFAS, Ch. 12
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Sorry si no es el subreddit apropiado chicos, los que son exclusivos de odontología están un poco abandonados jaja
Pero me pasaron casi 350 lucas hoy y no tengo muchos más contactos de odontólogos que me puedan tirar el dato.
Es un montón o es lo que vale?
No me traten de boluda porfa en las respuestas estoy preguntando pq posta no sé 🥹
Let me leave you with a funny video in compensation for giving you guys a heart attack yesterday 🤣
Edit: reddit why won't you let me fix my title 😭
In the months I've been in this fandom I've seen this opinion going around a lot:
>"Elain will leave the Night Court because she doesn't own a house, she lives with her sister and brother in law and she needs to be more independent"
Now I'm not gonna lie and say I don't think the Townhouse isn't the place she'll eventually go live with Azriel, I think it's a plausible headcanon most of us have. If not maybe Rosehall even though we don't know much about it yet. We can only assume.
However, the argument is kinda funny to me because this seems like more of a cultural thing influencing the belief. That living with family members as an adult is embarrassing, or that you've failed if you don't own your home properly.
I'm not gonna go into a whole diatribe again about how home owning is, historically speaking, a very recent thing and it doesn't have much influence in medieval-ish fantasy, let alone fantasy romance. I'll just say it is a bit ridiculous to judge Elain for not being a home owner in this context.
But coming to the internet and finding out it's very common for teens, 18 sometimes even younger, to move out and "leave the nest"; that people in their 20s are shamed for not leaving as young adults, and so on...
It's funny to me though because being from South America and I'd dare say a more rural area than anything, it is so common for big families to live under the same roof. I know a lot of people who have 3 generations within a family living together: grandma/grandpa, a marriage/single parent, and the children. It is a very common thing for family to stay really together, to not move very far from each other, see each other on at last a weekly basis, to enjoy living like this because it's the most normal thing in the world. I'm sure I could speak with someone from the US or Europe and they'd think this notion is crazy.
But to not make this any longer than it needs to be, even if I think Elain will leave the River House when she finally gets to be openly together with Az, I don't find it strange or off-putting at all that she lives with Feyre and Rhysand, and now her nephew too, in the present. That's a family that stays closely together. And they love each other, you can tell.
Damn the whole IC are a close family themselves, they have breakfast together, dinner together. They adore each other! Not to mention the RH is so big I'm sure if it weren't for meals had, they wouldn't even cross paths lol
It's just so weird to me how people insist Elain must leave because living with her sister, and by extension her sister's little family is somehow shameful or beneath her.
I think it's cute 💕
I try to not overdo it with the fanart because I'm sure there's a lot that's only new for me and you guys have already seen, but sometimes I stumble across a piece and I can't not post it! She looks stunning in this 🩷🌹
Art by: sketchesanmin on instagram
My eyes had to endure the absolute pain of having to read this take about Feyre earlier today, and I just wanted to drop by quickly to say that there's two very, very scary Illyrian warriors who would very much disagree with this that would obliterate anyone who suggested so.
>Another impact struck the ice behind us. Shadows skittered in its wake.
Azriel.
I began crying in earnest, some leash I’d kept on myself snapping free as my friends landed. As I saw that Azriel, too, was alive, was healed. As Cassian drew twin Illyrian blades, the sight of them like home, and said to Eris with lethal calm, “I suggest you drop my lady.”
ACOWAR, Ch. 13
>Tamlin only angled his head at Rhys. “When you fuck her, have you ever noticed that little noise she makes right before she climaxes?”
Heat stained my cheeks. This wasn’t outright battle, but a steady, careful shredding of my dignity, my credibility. Beron beamed, delighted—while Eris carefully monitored.
Rhys turned his head, looking me over from head to toe. Then back to Tamlin. A storm about to be unleashed.
But it was Azriel who said, his voice like cold death, “Be careful how you speak about my High Lady.”
ACOWAR, Ch. 44
She is a High Lady. A badass one at that; with the two most powerful Illyrian warriors ready to cut the throats of anyone who even looks at her the wrong way. Not to mention Feyre herself could take care of the issue with a snap of her fingers.
>Cassian snarled his warning.
I only removed the glamour I’d kept on myself these weeks. With the sleeve of my jacket and shirt gone, there was nothing but smooth skin where that wound had been. Smooth skin that now became adorned with swirls and whorls of ink. The markings of my new title—and my mating bond.
Lucien’s face drained of color as he strode for us, stopping a healthy distance from Azriel’s side.
“I am High Lady of the Night Court,” I said quietly to them all.
Even Eris stopped sneering. His amber eyes widened, something like fear now creeping into them.
“There’s no such thing as a High Lady,” one of Lucien’s brothers spat.
A faint smile played on my mouth. “There is now.”
And it was time for the world to know it.
I caught Cassian’s gaze, finding pride glimmering there—and relief. “Take me home,”
ACOWAR, Ch. 13
Don't hate her 'cause you ain't her!
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Empire of Storms, Ch. 57 | A Court of Frost and Starlight, Ch. 4
No major spoilers, but this has been in my mind since I've read ToG a couple months back.
When I got to this part I was like "huh, would you look at that..."
Considering this is one of the arguments people use to dismiss the importance of the Truth Teller scene with Az and Elain I find it so funny SJM used this exact same expression surrounding a couple that was, of course, endgame and not only that but had also kissed and basically went through a much worse "miscomunication" trope after this if you would call it that and not a betrayal which is what Elide felt.
This is also a callback to my other post about parallels between Elriel and Rowaelin's almost kiss and "this is a mistake", and how that was anything but an indication that this couple wouldn't work. Same with this post on parallels between Ruhn and Azriel, how Az is demonized for being lustful and not actually having feelings for Elain; meanwhile Ruhn and his mate share almost word for word the exact same language descriptors for their almost kiss as Elriel.
I don't know, it feels like everything the antis use as a reason why they will not happen (or the most recent bargaining instance "they will get together but then split up by the next book"), can be traced back to a different Maasverse couple that went through the same thing, rose above it and stayed together in the end.
Cassian is really feeling himself isn't he 😂
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Ever since the CHD I kid you not I've been listening to Guilty as Sin about 10 times a day - around a million of the streams that song has are mine only -, and in my fixation with it I completely missed just how much The Prophecy applies to our Elriel love story too.
The entirety of the Tortured Poets Department album is basically about a love she thought was for all time, earth-shattering, grow old and die together kind of love that just didn't happen. But The Prophecy specifically gives me a glimpse of how Elain must be feeling about her misfortunes with love as well.
With Graysen, she thought she'd marry that man and grow old with him. She thought her life was figured out and with her family now out of poverty everything was taken care of. Nesta was at her side, their father got out of his depression and went back to being a merchant, Feyre was happily living with Rhysand on the other side of the wall. There was nothing for her to worry about.
Howeve, fate and people's decisions, ripped that away from her without a chance of choosing something for herself anymore. She stopped being human, Graysen rejected her in a brutal, heartless way that must've broken her heart more than it already was, she is struggling with powers she doesn't understand and never asked for. Every day is a new traumatic experience for her.
She also gets this "mate" concept thrown at her, again with no choice of her own, she's told this is the person she's supposed to spend her immortal life with; centuries next to this man who she associates with her trauma, who she sees as a traitor, responsible for everything that went wrong in her life. Is that what she's supposed to know as "love" now?
She doesn't want it.
The Prophecy to me in Taylor's song refers to that. To that mating bond she stands against, because it doesn't entitle anyone to her affections no matter what other people might suggest. The entire song is about a woman on the verge of losing all hope of ever finding her true love, the person she loves and that loves her back just as much.
Then Elain meets this man, so patient and so understanding of her, literally. He figures out what her powers that have been tormenting her are, he takes her to her favorite place which is the gardens, he stays there and listens to her, is interested in what makes her happy and would spend hours immersed in that with her. He protected her with his own life, lent her something that gave her the strength and courage, knowing someone had faith in her ability to protect herself, which allowed her to save her sister and her sister's mate's life and kill an ancient evil king all on her own.
How on earth do you not fall for that man?
And then our second Solstice comes around, Az gifts her a necklace and she finally has a window to make a move, to show him with no restraints how much she wants him. She also realizes, without a shadow of a doubt, that he wants her too. They're about to kiss!!
And then they're interrupted. Again, it feels like love is being ripped away from her. When it was righ there, dangling in front of her, all because of this "prophecy" that was out of her control. I can only imagine what her mind must've thought in those moments.
"I'll never have the love I want, is this what fate, whatever Gods have planned for me? Please, whoever it is that's listening, change the prophecy and give me the love I long for"
>Let it once be me
Who do I have to speak to
About if they can redo the prophecy?
Still the moral of the song, and of Elain's story, is to never give up on love. Even when it feels like everything is against you, that it's happening for everyone around you and not you, don't lose faith.
>I guess a lesser woman would've lost hope
A greater woman wouldn't beg
But I looked to the sky and said, "Please"
I know Elain hasn't and it will pay off. Fate is certainly saving something beautiful for her.
Guilty as Sin will remain my Elriel anthem, yes. But The Prophecy is for sure my Elain song right now 🩷