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thedaycourts · 7 years

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(completed) acowar liveblog

ACOWAR LIVE BLOG (SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY)

spoilers will be ahead... you have been warned

feel free to message me to talk about the book!

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5/1/17 11:22pm- someone help me I've literally preordered the ebook and the hardcover (which hasn't even shipped yet ugh) and I'm so prepared

5/1/17 11:31pm- I've read the first 8 sample chapters so. many. times... i'm ready for the real thing now pls thx bye

5/2/17 12:06am- IT TOOK TILL 12:06 FOR THE EBOOK TO RELEASE OMG MIDNIGHT RELEASE MY BUTT SMH

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chapters 1-8: i kinda like jurian actually (maybe ill regret saying that idk), lucien being protective of elain is making my heart warm, tamlin makes me wanna kill someone, feyre shouldve cut ianthe’s throat tbh, the twins give out such weird vibes, AND OMG rhys and feyre sending images of themselves sticking their tongues out is my moodboard i love it so much

chapter 9: “Blood rubies or no, you will always have one friend in the Summer Court.” My throat bobbed. “And you will always have one in mine,” I promised her. She knew which court I meant. And did not look afraid. I LOVE ALIS OK SHE IS ACCEPTING AND PROTECTIVE AND AMAZING

ianthe needs to get her filthy hands off of lucien before i strangle her

LUCIEN AND FEYRE GOING TO THE NIGHT COURT TOGETHER HECK TO THE YES

chapter 12: @luciens brothers can you go die pls ok thx bye

chapter 13: CASSIAN IS OK AND SO IS AZ ADHEIOFHJKFAJ MY LIFE IS SLOWLY PIECING ITSELF BACK TOGETHER

“i am the high lady of the night court” hECK YES YOU ARE

the tender cassian and feyre hug made me sob even more and then the mor hug hauidfghuajkshcdfa the feels

chapter 14: I AM SOBBING I AM S O B B I N G AT THIS FEYSAND REUNION HELP MY POOR BROKEN SOUL

also omg just imagine lucien watching this reunion bc i think his expression would be absolutely priceless

chapter 15: “I was in love with Feyre,” Rhys said quietly, “long before she ever returned the feeling.” whats that noise??? oh yeah its just the sound of my heart breaking no big deal

“I revealed the mating bond months later—and she gave me hell for it, don’t worry.” hA

LUCIEN CALLING AMREN A CRANKY OLD AUNT OMG

chapter 16: poor nesta and elain omg no

i really need to know whats going on between nesta and cassian bc theres def something there hehe

chapter 17: MOR AND CASSIAN AND STICKING THEIR TONGUES OUT TO EACH OTHER TOO NOW OMG FIRST FEYRE AND RHYS AND NOW THEM WHAT IS HAPPENING

chapter 18: “defending the female he loved” PLS JUST GET TOGETHER ALREADY @MOR @AZRIEL

“our family” MY HEART IS MELTING HELP I JUST WANT MY BABIES TO BE HAPPY

“It was the first time you had looked … peaceful. Like you were indeed awake, alive again. I was so relieved I thought I’d puke right onto the table.” GUYS RHYS CARES SO MUCH ABOUT FEYRE LIKE PLS REALIZE HE WAS SO ECSTATIC THAT SHE LOOKED ALIVE AGAIN HE WANTED TO PUKE BC HE CARES ABOUT HER SO. FREAKING. MUCH.

“I will fight with everything I have, too, Rhys. Everything.” why do i have the feeling this is foreshadowing something that i am not going to like at all

chapter 19: “Why should I be scared of an oversized bat who likes to throw temper tantrums?” this is how true love starts out 400% you go nesta

chapter 21: oh dang it here goes the nightmares starting up again

chapter 22: feyre sees the bone carver as their son omg what can this please happen

chapter 23: “Nothing about Nesta could frighten me.” *cue me audibly going awwwwww*

chapter 24: “She was the most beautiful female he’d ever seen.” This seems to be a common way of thinking when people look at their mates hehe throwback to acotar

az is such a bean like who else is awesome enough to wait 500 years for the girl he loves

chapter 26: AZRIEL PUTTNG HIS HAND ON TOP OR MOR’S DURING THE MEETING WITH KIER OMG WHY MUST SHE REJECT HIS TENDER HAND TOUCH

chapter 27: mor being depressed bc of what she witnessed at the meeting makes me wanna cry

omg the inner court arguing what is this

chapter 29: tbh az reminds me of myself so much and i think we have the same MBTI personality type((:

chapter 30: the heck is hybern’s little minions doing in velaris nonunion go home you aren't allowed here

chapter 32: NESTA IS A SEER WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

chapter 33: “He did not glance back at Elain. Did not see the half step she took toward the stairs—as if she’d speak to him. Stop him.” elucien for rulers of the autumn court pls

chapter 34: varian warning amren??? they're friends?? so they keep in touch?? hmmmmmmm sounds suspicious(((;

chapter 36: KING OF HYBERN VS RHYS OMG WHAT AM I ABOUT TO WITNESS

oh jk he wasn't really there oops

chapter 38: I think tarquin should forgive them especially since they came to his rescue but hey thats just me

chapter 39: “And it was precisely because of it that I said, “I love you.” His head lifted, eyes churning. “There was a time when I dreamed of hearing that,” he murmured. “When I never thought I’d hear it from you.”

nesta being worried ab cassian ahhhhhh

chapter 42: nesta being named emissary omg i love it

“And to my eternal shock, a smile tugged at Nesta’s mouth.” ahaha

GAMBLING ON THE FIGHTS AT THE MEETING AHAHA WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED AT ALL

chapter 43: this viviane girl seems cool.. i hope she doesn't end up stabbing my babies in the back:)))

ew no i was perfectly fine with having tamlin absent for the remainder of the book

same @feyre who is 500% done with tamlin and his crap

chapter 45: NESTA STANDING UP FOR CASSIAN AND SASSING OUT BERON IS THE REASON IM STILL ALIVE

chapter 47: I'm beginning to really like helion

chapter 48: too bad i already saw spoilers so i knew helion was luciens dad smhhhhhhh

ok but like if nesta thinks something is wrong, shouldn't you have learned by now that something is usually wrong???????

wow would ya look at that...something was wrong *scowls*

chapter 52: where the frick frackle jensen ackle did jurian come from

chapter 53: ok but i totally called jurian being good

....tamlin still being a tool i see

chapter 55: they keep mentioning their dad so i have a feeling he's in trouble/being held captive

chapter 56: nesta helping heal cass omg yes

YES MY GIRL SURI

chapter 58: I've never wanted ianthe dead more,,,,WHO DARES SHOOT MY GIRL SURI HREIAOFHJAKEF FIGHT ME

chapter 60: i literally bawled so much when suri died omg i sounded like a dying horse

chapter 61: this episode of honestly hour features feyre and mor going head-to-head about decisions and relationships... stay tuned for the next episode

chapter 62: amren and varian kissing hm how do i feel ab this

chapter 63: ELAIN IS AN ACTUAL SUNSHINE WHO DARES TAKE HER AWAY (of course its az my little bean who notices she's gone)

also I'm betting ten bucks lucien will find her and save her (prolly not gonna happen but it would be cute if he did)

chapter 64: EW SHE HAS TO BE IANTHE WOW THATS UNFORTUNATE

rhys and feyre’s goodbyes felt more like a pep talk than a sad goodbye but thats just me

ok thanks for saving feyre @tamlin but for the record i still hate you

chapter 65: omg nesta hugging feyre and all the sisters being all nice and cuddly makes me so happy

chapter 66: the moriel shipping part of me is very sad but yunno maybe this means i can keep az for myself (or elain can have him idk which direction sarah will take this) and mor can be eternally happy((:

sooooo does this mean elain x az is now gonna happen bc like az is gonna need someone to help heal the hole in his heart and elain is such a sweetie but what about lucien????

chapter 68: but are we ever gonna know what feyre saw in the mirror?

chapter 69: tender az and elain moment omg that was so cute i love my smol beans

“I would have waited five hundred more years for you. A thousand years. And if this was all the time we were allowed to have … The wait was worth it.” AWEEE

rhys and his lil speeches to everyone dang what is this

chapter 70: “And then Nesta began screaming. Not in pain. But a name. Over and over. “CASSIAN.” IM SUCH NESSIAN TRASH IDOFHAJDKFA

chapter 71: “This was it. The last moments … the last time I would see them all.” nothings even happened yet and I'm already crying

“He told me that he’s got three daughters who live here. And that he failed them for many years. But he would not fail them this time.” well shoot i have no words rn and tbh i kinda forgot their dad existed the past few chapters

chapter 72: “She wrapped her arms tightly around Cassian, those gray-blue eyes bright, then they were gone.” THEY GIVE ME LIFEEEE YESSSS

chapter 73: OK AMREN WHAT ARE YA DOIN???

chapter 74: ....welp... bye bye mr archeron thanks for saving my babies and also wHERE THE FRICK DID YOU COME FROM?? nesta and elain and feyre being sad is making me sad

OK WHY IS CASSIANS WINGS GETTING HURT AGAIN??? i feel like this is sarah starting a new thing like “hey! lets just end every book with cassian’s wings getting ripped to shreds!!”

“I have no regrets in my life, but this.” His voice shook with every word. “That we did not have time. That I did not have time with you, Nesta.” FRICK OMG THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE MOMENT I BECAME COMPLETE NESSIAN TRASH. AND THEN THE KISS. OH MY. I CANT. I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH.

and elain coming to the rescue omg heck to the yes

chapter 75: nesta stabbing the king is tHE BEST. i can't just feel the pure rage and emotion radiating out of her as she twists the blade in his neck. think of the people she's doing it for. her dad, her sisters, her new family, cassian. this scene gives me so many feels

amren saying she's glad she met feyre awe

chapter 76: AHHHH RHYS IM SOBBING NO FEYRE HDAUKHJD AHHHH WHY DID RHYS DIE ON PAGE 666

chapter 77: feyre screaming for rhys nononononono i feel my soul shattering

rhys was DEAD and he comes back making a JOKE....why is this not surprising

chapter 78: lucien is back ahhhh it feels like he was gone for the whole book tbh

yes drakon and miryam hauifheajkdfhajfha

chapter 81: RHYSAND’S POV YESSSS

talking about feyre’s “beautiful laugh” ahhhhhh they're sooooo cuteeee

chapter 82: i LOVE the fact the book ended with them all peaceful. they deserve it. i love everyone. i am happy. goodbye.

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yatosponytail · 7 years

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My thoughts on the potential “ships” for the spin off series

Well, it looks like SJM has just created one of the biggest shit storms I’ve ever seen in the FINALE of a series. Between blowing holes in one and creating the most confusing love pentagon that may or may not come into play, this was a mess. Let me try to break it down:

ELUCIEN: I’m going to be straight up honest here and say I love this ship. I was actually thinking about it even before the ending of ACOMAF where it was revealed *gasp* they were mates.

why I do think they would work together: I always thought Elain and Lucien would be a good match because they were both tenderhearted and sweet. I know a lot of people see Lucien as snarky and sassy, but I’ve always seen that as his shield. Back in the first book after hearing what Lucien’s father did to his partner, Feyre even states that she now understands why Lucien acts the way he does and builds up walls to keep people out. It was more of a mask, a way to protect himself after being hurt by his family and even Tamlin over the years. Deep down, he’s actually extremely softhearted and always trying to make others happy before himself. Elain is similarly softhearted (although ACOWAR definitely showed us she can be quite unpredictable at times) Yes, Elain is also the opposite of Jesminda, but I think a more gentle-hearted person would be suited to help both of them heal from their pasts.

my predictions: after finishing ACOWAR, i’m not going to lie: I feel like I’m sailing aboard the Titanic. There were just so many possible “hints” foreshadowing that SJM is going to make Elucien an example of the mating bond being wrong (not going to lie that this sort of pisses me off though. It’s just extremely convenient that all but two sets of parents we never met, the mating bond is always 100% right. Like shit, people have already suspected that Nessian might be mates and there was the whole thing with Kallias loving Viviane for years and as soon as he came back and they did the do THEY JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE MATES >:U Don’t try to ex machina 99% of the time and then try to teach me a lesson with that one percent) There’s also the fact that I s2g SJM knows who my favourite characters are and loves to screw with them *coughcoughchaolanddoriancoughcough*

BUT ALAS, there were some looks and moments that leave me with some small inkling of hope.

VASSIEN: Even if Elriel ends up being canon, I REALLLLY (atm, i might change my mind, but probably not :P) don’t want it to end up as one of those “well I can’t leave poor Lucien alone so I created a love interest just for him” (here’s looking at you, Chaol novel :I)

why I’m not for this ship: I think a lot of people believe Vassa and Lucien would work because she seems to be similar to Jesminda, but that just seems weird. Why would you want to be with someone who reminds you of your dead lover? Lucien describes her as someone with a “foul temper and foul mouth” and suggests Vassa and Feyre would get along quite well. Which a) just made me think that she’s similar to Feyre and as much as I love my lovely brotp, i don’t even crack ship that shit and b) made me think she’s going to be a similar version to Aelin, especially with all the fire queen parallels and shit. Like i said earlier, I feel like the Lucien I think of (I know everyone interprets characters in their own way) is someone who is more kind hearted and soft than the snarky bastard he may appear as sometimes. It’s really weird for me to think of Lucien in a relationship like Feysand and Nessian where there’s snarky banter and retorts and it’s highly sexual (even though I know there’s that whole fire dick meme going around lol) when I think of him as my cinnamon roll and see him being in that cute fluff ship. I can’t speak on if she’d be good for Lucien to help him with his past since we know next to nothing about her as she came in on the last 20 pages and most of what we heard was from others, but so far I’m not seeing what they’d really have in common unless she has some evil parents that killed her lover or something. There could also be potential problems since isn’t Vassa human? Is Lucien destined to repeat the cycle of sadness his whole life???? I also feel like it’s going to be one of those “whelp he needs a love interest” type of ships like I said earlier.

my predictions: Knowing SJM and how she likes to write (since 95% of the time she’s pretty predictable and uses a ton of recycled themes from her other series and vice versa :P) this will more than likely end up canon. The whole set up for the spin off is taking care of the queens and now I guess, breaking Vassa’s curse (way to set that one up at the end of the last book) There were also just smaller hints of Lucien blushing when talking about her and the whole “we’re both fire” parallels that just screamed cheesy set up to me. OFC I want Lucien to be happy seeing as he’s my favourite, but every time I say that it always ends up backfiring on me so now I’m just going to be selfish and say not here for this BYE.

ELRIEL: My feelings on Elriel are sort of a middle ground. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it like I do with Vassien.

my feelings overall: OFC I ship Elucien, but I would be alright with it if Elain and Azriel ended up together. The moments they had in the books were pretty cute and I feel like they’re somewhat similar and Azriel understands what Elain is going through. Ironically enough, I feel like Azriel and Lucien are quite similar. They both lost a loved one (sort of different circumstances obviously, but you catch my drift) They’re both kind and self sacrificing and can be snarky/sassy at times and they both have really fathers and brothers. Honestly, I was hoping for some bromance, but hell if that’s going to happen if this does end up being a fuckfest of love triangles. Cause even if they both choose other people, Elain and Lucien are always going to be mates (unless SJM pulls some haha just kidding I just made you think they were mates shit like with the whole Rowan thing in TOG) and it’d probably be an awkward time.

My biggest problems with this ship have more to do with the fact that a) who the fuck even knows if he was doing all that because he liked her or just because he was being a nice person and knew how she felt and b) Azriel has spent literal centuries wanting to be with Mor and for him to just be like “whelp guess it’s time to move on” would be in poor taste.

A) Nothing really hinted at being anything other than friends. I mean, Azriel did give his blade to someone which he’s never done, but I also can interpret that as him just understanding Elain and seeing himself in bits of her. Elain kissed him on the cheek after he saved her which isn’t really that crazy of a thing to do. I don’t remember it saying he blushed or did anything that would interpret it as more. Even more so, when Elain was kidnapped Azriel didn’t go crazy with worry. Just comparing how brashly he acted when Eris just insulted her and Elain being taken it just didn’t seem like he cared for her beyond that of a friend. Ofc it could still be that it is more or could be something in the future, but during ACOWAR there was nothing beyond the fact that Feyre thought they’d be better together and a few kind gestures to really hint at anything more.

B) Obviously Moriel isn’t going to happen (even if she is sort of hinted at as bisexual, she made it clear she couldn’t love him fully the way he needs and deserves to be) but that doesn’t mean it’s completely swept under the rug. Az still doesn’t even know these facts so I doubt he’s even started to think about finding someone else. And even after he does find out, he’s still going to need a shit ton of down time. Like i said before, for him to just move on would be in poor taste. ( I think the whole situation with Feyre and Rhys was quite different than this so don’t try to come at me with comparisons there) This guy has been in the ?? zone for 5 centuries and one does not just move on in a month. And the same goes for Elain even if she ends up with Lucien, she is also still in love with that dickwad Grayson and they both have to deal with their unrequited loves.

predictions: Like I said, I have a feeling SJM will be using the whole “some mates are’t meant for each other” and if that happens, she’s gonna pair them with other people. The mostly likely for Elain would obviously be Azriel. All the points I made here also give me hope that maybe Sarah is just setting this up as a red herring so that we don’t go into the next books confident we already know what will happen but at the same time I feel like that’s giving SJM a lot of credit where I don’t think she’s been great at. I can never really tell with her “foreshadowing” because a lot of it comes off as very clumsily done in my opinion. Even with the most complex of stories, when you finally figure out the twist and look back it should be quite obvious with all the hints and foreshadowing, but I feel like with SJM’s works it just makes you wayyyyyy too confused. Like I never really saw the Mor being lesbian/bisexual thing coming. I don’t remember anything that would have hinted at it except Rita’s which was pretty vague if you ask me :P I reread ACOMAF before ACOWAR came out and there was just so many things that seemed like Mor did like Azriel and it was him and his own self worth problems that were stopping them. I guess maybe you could call that a red herring, but a) I think giving hope to people who obviously seriously shipped this when there was literally none was a pretty shit move and b) it’s still a pretty sad version of one. Honestly, if it wasn’t for Vassa I’d feel a bit more in the middle, but the fact that Vassa is there just screams that this is how things will go down, but who knows, maybe that’s a red herring too.

Now there’s also other things I want to address. I felt like there was a lot of hinting that Eris could play a big part in the spin off series too. This is sort of a crack idea, but I do seem to recall Eris being intrigued by Nesta quite a bit and I wonder if SJM wants to really fuck with people and have him try to get with Nesta or something lololol. Or maybe he just wants her powers (if she still has them) or will come into play to fuck with Lucien some more. Only time will tell, but does anyone else feel like he was being pointed out quite a bit and that hinted at something??

There’s also the question of Mor and if she’ll get a love interest (if she finally comes out to everyone) and if Elucien is canon *pleasebookgodsgivemepeaceofmind* what does that mean for Mor and Vassa?

I’ve heard people suggest possibly Vassa and Mor? I guess I can’t say too much about that since we don’t know much bout her, but it seems interesting. Although once again, Mor was once in love with a queen/human so that might be problematic.

There was also that one human girl Briar which I feel like will play an important part. It just seems weird to go to that much trouble of saving her and naming her to just have her be some random that never comes into play again.

AND FINALLY: Tamlin. A ton of people are obviously going to hate Tamlin regardless, but I think SJM wrote his interaction and redemption (especially that one part) really well. Feyre’s last words to him are for him tofind happiness too and although not everyone needs to end up with someone, this is a romance series and that’s just how things tend to end up.

OVERALL THOUGHTS: Although I’m excited for more books and spending more tie with these characters and this world I’m also fucking terrified that SJM will somehow manage to make me hate it. For me, the TOG series has just been drained of the things I previously loved about it and I mainly just plan to keep reading since I came this far with it. I don’t want this series to end up like that. This series has been such a joy and breathe of fresh air and I would hate to see it go downhill. The hints at love triangles has really dampened my excitement, I’m not going to lie. I hate getting emotionally invested in a pairing to just watch it turn out to be nothing. It starts conflict within the fandom and is just honestly a shit time in general for everyone. Although I still have hope -- always.

Thanks for reading this mess of a post and I’m sorry for any grammer errors because I’m a lazy fuck who doesn’t want to spend time going over and correcting it. I hope I got everything across okay because sometimes I have a hard time putting why I love things into words (I’m pretty good with the things I hate though lol) Feel free to message me if you want to discuss anything mentioned in this post.

Any thoughts?

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