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acourtoflight · 33 minutes

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I can’t even explain how much I disliked ACOSF. It had some good parts but overall it was bad. Downright bad.

Cassian and Nesta could’ve been written better. They had so much potential in ACOWAR. 🫤

#acotar

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acourtoflight · 2 hours

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All jokes aside, nobody should be out here attacking real people over their stance in a ship war with fictional characters. I've definitely seen hate spewed from all sides of the fandom, but attacking people and saying inhumane shit about SA/someone's personal life/someone's kids is NOT okay.

It's not that serious y'all. We can make theories and headcannons and fanart and debate civilly - there's no need to resort to threatening someone else over fictional characters.

I think we can all stand to do better. I know everyone is frustrated after 3 years of this, and I'm fairly new to this fandom so perhaps it's not my place to say it, but I'm saying it anyways.

The only thing we can control is how we personally react to things - so let's all take a little bit more accountability and treat people with the respect they deserve.

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acourtoflight · 4 hours

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I love you hated female characters. I love you female characters who are flawed. I love you female characters who mess up and try to do the right thing after. I love you female characters who get the undeserved vitriol from fans. I love you female characters who fans completely condemn because of one mistake they made. I love you female characters who fans completely condemn because of one mistake they made as a child. I love you female characters who people blame for ripping apart their ships instead of the larger forces that be. I love you female characters who get all the hate as the male characters who do worse in canon get absolutely none. I love you female characters who get hated on because they told a man “no.”

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acourtoflight · 6 hours

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The way my heart hurts for Elain in this moment:

For a heartbeat, it appeared that Elain might say something to soften the words. But Nesta cut her off, seething at the pity about to be thrown her way. “Look who decided to grow claws after all,” she crooned. “Maybe you’ll become interesting at last, Elain.”

Nesta saw the blow land, like a physical impact, in Elain’s face, her posture. No one spoke, though shadows gathered in the corners of the room, like snakes preparing to strike. Elain’s eyes brightened with pain.

Elain is the girl who never felt seen for who she truly is. The girl who was only looked at as a pretty doll to be married off. The girl whose mother thought she had no drive, no ambition. Nothing, but a pretty face. And Nesta exploits that deep rooted insecurity by basically calling Elain boring in front of the IC. This clearly hurts Elain, but she doesn’t cower at Nesta’s words:

Something imploded in Nesta’s chest at that expression. She opened her mouth, as if it could somehow be undone. But Elain said, “I went into the Cauldron, too, you know. And it captured me. And yet somehow all you think of is what my trauma did to you.”

Nesta blinked, everything inside her hollowing out. But Elain turned on her heel. “Find me when you wish to begin.” The doors shut behind her. Every awful word Nesta had spoken hung in the air, echoing.

I’m so proud of her and I can’t waaait for Elain to continue to show everyone who she is.

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acourtoflight · 6 hours

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So I have news (?) to share.

I had already said that one of my friends was reading ACOTAR, and she finished ACOSF yesterday.

By the way she’s totally a casual reader she is not in the fandom in any way.

Having said that, I asked her back when she was reading ACOWAR what couples she thought were gonna get together, and she said Nessian and Elriel. Then she read ACOFAS and was totally fan-girling over the headache powder scene (I hadn’t told her anything, didn’t influence her in any way lol). Now she finished ACOSF and said this:

I showed her the bonus chapters just in case her opinion changed but it didn’t budge. All she told me was that she was so excited for Elriel because now they can’t be together and it will hit harder lol.

In conclusion, Elriel endgame is very obvious and is EXPECTED because SJM wanted it to be.

#elriel #pro elriel

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acourtoflight · 7 hours

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I am begging on my knees to be released from the god awful opinions of Acotar TikTok

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acourtoflight · 7 hours

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quick why is it always the people that reduce Elain’s arc to her being a flower needing the sun that go on to lecture us about how there’s more to her story than romance 🧍‍��️

anyone who’s actually paid attention to her character would realize that there is a clear dichotomy between what people expect her to be and who she’s showing herself to be. it’s no coincidence that SJM emphasizes the former with very superficial statements (whom everyone and their mother pick up on & define her by), while weaving the latter into the actual fabric of her story.

it’s probably why they are so insistent on dismissing her friendship with Nuala & Cerridwen, who are said to know her better than Feyre does. or why her beauty in a dress is world-reckoning one second, while her radiant health in the city she calls home a chapter later is so dismissible. or why the only thing they remember from WaR is her need for sunshine, while conveniently leaving out that the one person who listened to her and spent time with her in the sunshine, enabled her to begin to distinguish dream from reality, elain’s mental health all the better for it.

she represses the parts of herself that would make her sisters uncomfortable & that she’s been conditioned to believe were undesirable, and hides her pain in fear to be a bother, but that doesn’t mean that she doesn’t know what’s best for her own life.

but yea apologies for recognizing that Elain needs only her light to bloom (canon), and for pointing out that while she is obviously not all happy & healed up & in love or whatever it is ppl think we are saying, her story won’t be about her realizing that everyone was right about her not belonging: it will be one of self-realization.

“well so and so says—” yea it’s almost like that’s the point idk what to tell u.

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acourtoflight · 7 hours

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I can't wait to read Elain's book. Wanna know how her mind works. What she really is instead of how other defined her, see the surface and decided yep that's who you are then treat you accordingly.

You know sometimes when you don't correct others about yourself 'cause you think it's not that big of a deal there's no need to confront it, usually a small thing and then not so small but the misconception is already a fixture and live moves on.

You'll get tired tho and one day the conversation, confrontation or change will happen, straightening who they thought you were to who you actually are.

I think and hope that'll be part of Elain's journey. She's the kind of someone most overlook because she does "little things" people tend to brush off and called her personality plain (relatable).

In short, I wanna be inside Elain's head. I'll definitely cry reading her pov.

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acourtoflight · 7 hours

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Elriel scenes I would like in the Elriel book, some are silly and not needed but just cute things I’d like to see:

Elain saving Azriel

Bathing together

Elain and Azriel growing something together like a super rare flower or something as a metaphor for their relationship

Not Elain becoming a warrior but some training with a dagger and dagger only—from Az ofc

Cooking/baking together

If they are not mates, Elain still makes Azriel a “mate” meal or they get traditionally married

Azriel braiding Elain’s hair

Elain makes Azriel a flower crown—-or matching flower crowns 😤

A clubbing scene with Az and Elain

Az humming or lightly singing to Elain while she’s sleeping/dozing, her head in his lap

Elain meets Azriel’s mother

Decorating for Solstice—-since Az is so picky, I think it’d be a cute moment and Solstice has been where they’ve had a lot of special moments

Let 👏 them 👏 waltz 👏

NSFW:

Azriel cutting off Elain’s clothes with Truth Teller

Elain putting Azriel’s scarred hands on her body and his fingers in her mouth

Az finally EATS —- with Elain on a table to be thematic

Fingering in public-ish

Nasty, dirty sex in the garden, like IN the dirt

Wing foreplay—pretty much a given but maybe not have Elain know at first that it makes Illyrians horny and she does it accidentally/innocently.

Since Azriel is a freak per SJM—some type of BDSM would be nice as it would be new comparatively to other couples. I want Azriel to dom but I would also like to see Elain be a little switchy and tie HIM up too.

I could probably think of more but it would just be super miniscle things or way to in depth lolol I just love these two and am obsessed.

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acourtoflight · 7 hours

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The timeline has always been pretty clear, so i don't know why that side is acting surprised right now.

Sjm has only addressed Elain and Lucien 3 times (2 in 2016) and one time in 2017.

The last one was during a Q&A during the Tower of Dawn Tour and giving how Acofas/Acosf turned out, i think we all have the answer for the question it was posed :

INTERVIEWER: So the next question is from Abigail, and says: Will Elain accept the mating bond with Lucien? And congrats on your announcement!

SJM: (people cheering) Aw, thank you! So if you guys don't know what we're talking about... I'm preggers. (Laughter and cheers) --talks about it some more before coming back to topic--

You... might get an answer to Elain's fate in the upcoming spin off books. I'm not gonna tell you when. Once you read ACOFAS, you may get a sense of the timeline and layout and things, but I've been planning and thinking... I know everyone's fate and (hesitates and laughs) romantic situation.

Interviewer: Not ominous, at all.

SJM: (literally cackles maniacally) Jusf - I have so many secrets I'm keeping from you guys!

Charlie Bowater: How do not let anything slip?

SJM: I live in constant terror of just accidentally being like, "oh and by the way these people are mates. Surprise!" I have no self-restraint in any regards except trying to keep secrets. (...)

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acourtoflight · 9 hours

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i’m done with this fandom

#leave me alone #get a job

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acourtoflight · 16 hours

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Elain's problems:

🎶 I keep recalling things we never did

messy top lip kiss how I long for our trysts

without ever touching his skin

how could I be guilty as sin? 🎶

🎨: the incredible jessdraw.s

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acourtoflight · 17 hours

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I swear I try to understand Elain's argument regarding plant vegetables but I can't.

Her family clearly didn't have enough money to buy vegetables and supplies to grow vegetables. Feyre was the one putting money on the table.

And obviously, it wasn't enough to buy vegetables seeds. They didn't have money to buy salt, simple commodities for us that are essential for cooking food. Poverty does not allow you to make mistakes with your meager resources. Should they spend their money on a bet or a full meal?

And when they had money and a place that allowed her to plant, she was willing to learn. Feyre didn't even ask her, she wanted it herself. Why do you think she would be willing to learn only when she had money to buy it?

Planting vegetables depends on hard work, but you have to be lucky too, since it doesn't just depend on you, but on the weather conditions, the quality of the soil, in short. If Elain’s vegetables didn't thrive, her family didn’t have extra money to put food on the table.

I can't understand why people loves to blame Elain regarding this topic, and not the real person that had to look after them, their father.

Besides, Feyre taught Nesta how to use a bow and arrow and she didn't help her hunt, and no one hates her for that. Imagine how much more money they could earn?

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acourtoflight · 18 hours

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The True timeline some shippers are using as “proof” Elucien is endgame.

(I cannot take credit for figuring out all of this. A friend posted it and wished to remain anonymous but gave me permission to post it)

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acourtoflight · 18 hours

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another one thank you!!

#elriel #pro elriel

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acourtoflight · 18 hours

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kinda announcing that I’m giving up on acotar tiktok 😬 might be the most toxic fandom i’ve ever been in in my life, and i used to be a kpop stan…

#they keep harassing me 💀#i’ll have elain and azriel’s back from over here #acotar tiktok scares the shit outta me #save me #idk if i should abandon the account or just never talk about acotar again #all i did was point out the misogyny towards elain

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acourtoflight · 20 hours

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"Elain can't handle the cruel torturer of the NC because she abhors violence"

Wait... are we talking about Elain, Kingslayer? The sister who stabbed the King of Hybern and in turn, saved Prythian - that sister can't handle violence?

The sister who said "I hope they all burn in hell" to the mortal queens in ACOMAF... that sister can't handle violence?

The sister who time and time again, dealt with Nesta, understood what she was going through - that sister can't handle someone's darkness?

"Elain doesn't know about Azriel's darkness. Once she finds out what he does, she'll be disgusted"

Based on what? Azriel's thoughts in his POV?

Personally, I interpreted this as another way SJM has shown us what low self-esteem Azriel has. He's essentially thinking there's no way Elain would've looked at him with such trust and hope if she knew what he did.

But I don't think that's the case, honestly. I think Elain is fully aware.

And again, if antis are going to say things like "Oh we don't have Elain's POV yet, so we don't know what her thoughts are yet, she could be deeply in love with Lucien" then I believe it's a fair statement to also say that "We don't have Elain's POV yet, she could be fully aware who Azriel is and what he does. And it doesn't matter to her either way."

Also not to mention the fact that Elain is literally a SEER. I think there's a very high chance she already knows all about Azriel's day job, and she does not care.

Elain is not a child. She isn't some ditsy airhead that doesn't know what is going on with the politics in her home and the true nature of the people closest to her. She's not a rebellious teenager sneaking around with Azriel just to "act out".

The people who claim Azriel and the IC are just infantilizing her are also the ones saying "they don't need to respect her, she's a fictional character", or "Elain doesn't know what she wants, she doesn't know what's best for her", or "she's not happy with her family and friends and home in Velaris", or "she secretly loves Lucien and is using Azriel to be rebellious". The same people are ignoring her wants, her needs, her desires, in favor of their own agenda. "Pro Elain" my ass 🙄

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