u/devotionatic

🎨 by the.angel.incarnate commissioned by @cauldronblssd @panicatthenightcourt @moonpatroclus (on tumblr) 🖤

“Rhys, Az, and I touched it together, even though we were deliberately separated from each other at the beginning.”

“Why?”

“The leaders feared us and what we’d become. They thought the warriors or beasts would handle us, if we didn’t have each other to lean against. They were wrong.” His eyes glittered fiercely. “What they learned was that we love each other as true brothers. And there was nothing that we wouldn’t do, no one we wouldn’t kill, to reach each other. To save each other. We killed our way across the mountains, and made it through the Breaking—the worst of Ramiel’s three routes to the top—and we won the damn thing. We touched the stone in the same moment, the same breath, and entered the Carynthian tier of warriors.”

Az took the photo ofc 📹📸

Edit on the title: ACOFAS* not SF

Art by ehmandinha ♥️ (comm by lunepapillons)

“Elain met me halfway to the kitchen, bearing a tray of jam tarts toward the table in the dining room. Where an assortment of baked goods had already begun to take form, tiered cakes and iced cookies. Sugar-frosted buns and caramel-drizzled fruit pies. “Those look pretty,” I told her by way of greeting, nodding toward the heart-shaped cookies on her tray. All of it looked pretty.

Elain smiled, her braid swishing with each step toward the growing mound of food. “They taste as good as they look.” She set down the tray and wiped her flour-coated hands on the apron she wore over her dusty-pink gown. Even in the middle of winter, she was a bloom of color and sunshine.

She handed me one of the tarts, sugar sparkling. I bit in without hesitation and let out a hum of pleasure. Elain beamed.”

artist: wwispart 🖤

Recommended composition to go with this post: https://youtu.be/ieuVr1-jWwc?is=ParDPOKuCX73HHcb (ballet)

"One spin after another after another, moving across the now-empty dance floor like a night storm, Nesta’s slipper-clad feet danced so fast they were a near blur. He knew that Eris turned her arm, but her feet held her, propelled them. It was she who led this dance. On the seventh spin, she twirled so swiftly she rose fully onto her toes.

On the ninth spin, Eris released her fingers. And Nesta, arm still stretched above her head, rotated thrice more. Each one of the sapphires atop her tiara glimmered as if lit with an inner fire. Someone gasped nearby. It might have been Feyre.

And as Nesta spun solo—on the toes of one perfect foot—she smiled. Not a courtier’s slick smile, not a coy one, but one of pure, wild joy, brought by the music and the dance and her wholehearted yield to it.

It was like seeing someone being born. Like seeing someone come alive."

ACOSF, chapter 57.

I find this scene very touching and inspiring. I loved how dance was incorporated into Nesta's journey. Her passion when it comes to dancing is wholesome.

I had made this a while ago but wanted to share. Love her forever! 🤍

It’s been a fun few months and we have less than 100 days left! I can’t wait for October 💙**🩷**

🖼️: jmoonjones

I was cracking up during this scene 😭. The way he gobbled it up too LOL

art by: artzy_faith comm by: theseersgarden 🤍

There is a quiz on SJM’s page - the Fated Mate Quiz.

User @/swi22y on tumblr cracked the quiz code and because of it people could see which exact answers were given to each character(https://www.tumblr.com/swi22y/811113791120146433/sjm-roasting-her-acotar-characters-since-july?source=share). You can see all of the answers using that link.

Just like their canon scents, their answers match in a complimentary sense. The standouts are “What do your friends love most about you?” & “What would you most love to receive as a gift?”. The qualities they named for the former - kindness and loyalty. They appear to be “swapped”. And it fits both. His answer to the latter question (the gift) is jewelry 🥺💙. Just shows how much care he put while getting her a gift. Who do you relate to more?

Question	Answers
Character	Azriel / Elain
When do you usually wake up in the morning?	I‘d prefer not to say / I like to rise with the sun
Choose a snack:	Salted cashews / A slice of cake
Choose a magical power:	Invisibility / Seer (the ability to predict the future)
How are you spending your weekend?	Travelling for work / Gardening
What’s your greatest weakness?	I’m haunted by my past / I don’t like sharing my feelings
I like to read:	Other people’s diaries / Epic adventure tales
Your ideal party would involve:	No party / A royal ball
What do your friends love most about you?	My kindness / My loyalty
What would you most love to receive as a gift?	Jewellery / Something homemade with sentimental value
Your friend betrays you to your enemy, what do you do?	I’d snoop and find out why / Probably cry

Elain was in the private library. Nesta knew it before she’d cleared the stairs, covered in dust from the library. Her sister’s delicate scent of jasmine and honey lingered in the red-stoned hall like a promise of spring, a sparkling river that she followed to the open doors of the chamber.

Jasmine: multifaceted floral, sweet, and musky character

Honey: golden, sweet, and richly indulgent. it brings a natural sweetness with depth, combining floral warmth with a smooth, slightly resinous richness

But I let Azriel scoop me up, his scent of night-chilled mist and cedar wrapping around me as he flapped his wings once, stirring the dirt of the courtyard.

Cedar: warm, woody aroma that adds depth and richness, often described as comforting and grounding

Mist: the essence of a serene morning dew on lush green landscapes. its scent profile is a harmonious blend of airy notes with earthy undertones

Their scent profiles match well and create a sort of harmony. They are opposite and complimentary. Which is Elriel at its core.

I did one for Elly a while back so I wanted to do for him as well. 💙

His include:

- doberman (floppy eared), raven, black swan, scorpion, panther, bat, orca and (black) horse.

I wanted a mix of scary and soft lol.

Throwback to this gem from jessdraw.s 💜

"As fate tried to dictate her response, as love almost diverted her from her quest, she remained the only master of her destiny. She was a beacon of hope. She gave her life for the galaxy, and though it seems to become darker and darker, in the shadows her spark remains and guides us all."

Throwback to when SJM’s representative company posted about Elriel 🖤. The post has been taken down later (I imagine because it was spoiler-y…too soon).

Drowning in the Blue Nile 
He sent me 'Downtown Lights' 
I hadn't heard it in a while 
My boredom's bone deep 
This cage was once just fine 
Am I allowed to cry? 
I dream of cracking locks 
Throwing my life to the wolves 
Or the ocean rocks 
Crashing into him tonight 
He's a paradox 
I'm seeing visions, am I bad? 
Or mad? Or wise?

What if he's written 'mine' on my upper thigh 
Only in my mind? 
One slip and falling back into the hedge maze 
Oh what a way to die 
I keep recalling things we never did 
Messy top lip kiss 
How I long for our trysts 
Without ever touching his skin 
How can I be guilty as sin?

“I don’t want to be part of history,” she whispered. “I just want to be loved . . . and to love.”

She rides the sandworm of space!
She guides through all storms
Into the land of gentle winds.
Though we sleep by the snake's den,
She guards our dreaming sould.
Shunning the desert heat,
She hides us in a cool hollow.
The gleaming of her white teeth
Guides us in the night. 
By the braids of her hair
We are lifted to heaven!
Sweet fragrance, flower-scented,
Surrounds us in her presence.

Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah

I like the idea of Elain having beauty marks on her body. Very chic.

on the topic of cakes and pinks….🎂🌸