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#death and his lovely fawn
hereforelriel · 2 months
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Art🎨: art_by_ava.georgia
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*taps microphone* Is this thing on?
I'd like to give my perspective on something, from someone who started out in the ACOTAR fandom as part of the general audience, and who has a sister that is not apart of fandom but has read the books.
I read the series back in November 2023 in about 2 weeks. I stayed off of social media for a bit until I decided to make a Tumblr account.
After reading the books, I wasn't sure if the series was complete. It didn't feel complete. The first three books focused on Feyre. Nesta had an entire, almost 800 page book dedicated to her. For me, it was natural to assume, "Oh, Elain is next!" because logically, that was the only thing that made sense. Why would two sisters have books, but the third wouldn't? The series would seem incomplete.
Flash forward, and I find out that yes, there will be more to come in the series. However, at this point, I was still unaware that a bonus chapter for Silver Flames existed until a friend casually mentioned it. I asked where to find it and I began reading.
The first part of the bonus chapter confirmed what I already believed from reading the books. Azriel and Elain share mutual feelings. Truly, I didn't need confirmation in the bonus, because there were moments in the books that I already had picked up on. The bonus was just a nice surprise. Something fun.
But imagine my shock when I decided to insert myself into fandom space as a casual reader, and see folks who are 110% convinced that the next book's main character is going to be a secondary side character that was introduced about 40% of the way into the 4th book.
You don't have to imagine my shock, because I'll tell you. The moment I set foot into this fandom, I have been beyond confused. Bamboozled. Befuddled. And honestly, a bit gaslit.
Prior to this bonus chapter, I assumed everyone thought it was obvious and picked up on the pattern. The first sister gets a few books to explore her powers, heal, and fall in love. The second sister gets a book to do the exact same thing. The third sister would get a book...to do the exact. same. thing.
There was a week where I had zero idea that the bonus chapter existed. There are STILL people who have no idea that the bonus chapter exists, and may never end up reading it. These people are not on Tumblr, Reddit, Instagram, or Discord, discussing in depth theories and potential love squares. They are solely relying on canon text.
So, genuinely, what do you think their reactions are going to be, if the next book does not focus on Elain, the third sister, but rather a priestess, who was part of someone else's story, who was only just introduced in the very last book, who does not have any ties to the plot? Yes. They will be lost, too.
My sister, who is part of the general audience, and is not present in fandom spaces, has the same opinion. The idea of Azriel and Elain not ending up together doesn't make sense to her. Prior to showing her the bonus, she had already assumed Azriel and Elain would be the next pairing in the next series. Because she had only read the canon text. The canon text that is available to everyone. The bonus is not.
So, essentially, what I'm trying to say is, if the next book does not feature Elain as the main character, and Azriel as the main love interest, with sprinkles of Lucien here and there because he is still important because of the mating bond, then there will be a gigantic chunk of casual readers, who are not involved in fandom spaces, that will be utterly confused at the direction of the story. Because for people who are not on social media, they are only using the canon books. Their information is only coming from the canon books that are available for all readers. If information in bonus chapters is supposed to be important, then it would be featured in books for everyone to read.
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lunaduskxo · 2 months
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This scene alone tells me that Elain can most definitely handle Azriel’s darkness. Baby girl will light him up.
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highladyjane · 2 months
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- Unknown
“The lovely fawn, blooming spring vibrant behind her. Standing before Death, shadows and terrors lurking over his shoulder. Light and Dark, the space between their bodies a blend of the two."
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acourtoflight · 30 days
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Elriel
Death and his lovely fawn 🌸
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elrielmoments · 5 months
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Feyre gave us “Death and his lovely fawn” and I will forever be grateful for that.
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adhd-mess · 3 months
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Okay okay. If Elain has earth/en(? Idk haven’t read hofas)and can control vines and the like. What if, what if plants can react to her emotions, or when she’s starting to to learn to control her powers maybe her power flairs when she’s feeling a certain emotion and she has to learn to to control it.
So with that exposition aside, I would love a scene with Elriel that mirrors
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But this time Az is being insulted/whatever in front of Elain, and maybe some vines start to creep near the offender like snakes preparing to strike without Elain’s “consent”, or maybe the flowers in the area wither though I’d really love the former
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starswhogaze · 2 years
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Elriel Month
I desperately wanted to redraw what I think was my very first elriel fanart (I think very first digital fanart ever..). And of course it's of these two.
Az and El lounging in a corner of the garden, away from the noise and prying eyes. He said he was going to rest his eyes just for a sec...its been more than that, but Elain doesn't mind 💜🌿.
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vic-the-bookdragon · 2 years
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Why do people completely disregard the fact that there was another bonus chapther? The Feysand one, hello???
They're all adamant that the next book will be Azriel's story and his "romance" with Gwyn, because of a simple appearance and a couple of lines from a chapter that was not included in all the editions.
Following that logic, in the Feysand chapter one of the topics of conversation was Elain. Combine that with Azriel's POV, it makes sense that the next book will have Elriel as the main characters.
I have more thoughts about what Gwyn's role will be, but that is bound to make people mad and I'm not in the mood. At least not until I finish my reread.
Also....SPRING BLOOMED IN VELARIS.
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dark-elf-writes · 21 days
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I'm now imagining Zeus trying. Exactly.
ONCE.
To fuck over Harry, like, WAY DOWN THE LINE. Decades and decades later, and things he has a full proof plan only to...
Fuck up.
The brilliant part about all of them being immortal is not only does Zeus have Harry as a full god dancing circles around him he also has Andy who is still angry from the time he tried to force her to become Hera, Alex who has already openly and loudly declared that they will actually kill Zeus for the people they love AND TRIED TO DO SO, and also Jason who let’s be real is equally anti-Zeus after being raised around all of them and is shown to be rather powerful at like five much less decades down the line. Not to mention anyone what Harry picks up along the way that is more loyal to him than the gods (Hydra for example. Probably others as well let’s be real.)
Zeus stands no chance
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izzystizzys · 14 days
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little snippet that im salivating at writing out but don’t have the time someone pls fulfil my steddyhands dreams
aka The Reason Izzy Is Not In Charge Of Coming Up With Plans (he’s self-admittedly shit at it)
and is determinedly not meeting edward’s eyes while he’s calling ned low and his crew a bunch of second-rate playgroup pirate cunts. “comgratulations, you’re the first to succesfully torture me to sleep”, he says, and, “maybe just be better then people wouldn’t break your records without noticing, have you considered that?”, and, “my tummy aches hurt worse than this, they used to have goddamn standards for torture back in the day, now they just let any twatty with daddy issues try his -“ at which point ned is squarely whacking a fist into izzy’s face.
by the time the world stops spinning and flaring up in strange colours, he’s already being hefted up by the scowling blonde woman and dragged off in the direction of the captain’s cabin, still avoiding both his captains’ gazes on account of the fact his head’s lolling over hellkat maggie’s shoulder loosely.
is this maybe the worst idea izzy has ever had? some would agree, but it’s got ed and stede out of the firing line, hasn’t it. plus, izzy thinks when the door closes behind low’s bone-chilling grin, gives the dickheads more time to damn well come up with a better plan.
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blueiight · 1 year
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Coming slowly to know his evil, or being catapulted into it ... was all the same. I wanted none of it finally. And, deserving nothing better, I closed up like a spider in the flame of a match. And even Armand who was my constant companion, and my only companion, existed at a great distance from me, beyond that veil which separated me from all living things, a veil which was a form of shroud. (IWTV, 1976)
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I don't know. I just find it interesting how no one had an issue with Rhys sexually desiring Feyre before they were official, or Cassian sexually desiring Nesta before they were official.
But Azriel sexually desiring Elain is now all of a sudden problematic. He's a "pervert" for thinking about how she would taste. He's a "creep" for considering her own pleasure above his own. He's "weird" for touching himself to the thought of her. And yet...Rhys and Cassian had these exact same thoughts. And yet...no one is calling Rhys a pervert. No one is calling Cassian a creep.
Sex is not a bad thing. Desiring someone is not a bad thing. It's not bad, it's not gross, it's not problematic, it's not weird. Wanting to receive sexual pleasure is normal. Wanting to pleasure someone else is normal. I have no idea when the idea of 500 year old fae males wanting to give pleasure to the women they're interested in suddenly became such a bad thing.
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lunaduskxo · 5 months
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my house of stone, your ivy grows and now i’m covered in you…
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highladyjane · 2 months
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So... it's 3am and I might be delirious and delulu, so this'll be a very quick dive, but I just couldn't help but see some parallels and connections that I felt the need to share no matter how far-fetched😅
If/say Azriel is Death & darkness aka Hades.
And Elain is the lovely fawn of Spring aka Persephone...
And Mor is Leuce who was Hades' first love who had similarities with/was friends with/an epiteth of Persephone much like Mor and Elain has Golden/Sunshine etc. similarities
Then could our resident red-headed nymph Gwyneth be... Minthe?
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And diving deeper... Cocytus, which literally means "lamentation" (which is, you know, also a special kind of song 👀), the underground river/lake where Minthe is from...
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And just who lives in an underground lake? Koschei.
I don't really want Gwyneth to turn out to be a villain, and I especially do not want her to join the drama and give Gw*nrie/s and the necklace fiasco anymore validity than they're due, but she does have suspicious qualities that I know many are already familiar with...
All in all, this just further gives quite another meaning to secret, lovely beauty in my eyes 👀
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enamoured-x · 2 years
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Can we also talk about the fact that Lucien’s whole thing with his mask was a fox and Elain was compared to a fawn. And yet… Sarah never put them together for a couple title. Like it’s the most obvious couple title bc they are both compared to forest animals and yet… she decided to say Death and his lovely Fawn. Very telling…
Like the title/imagery was right there! But instead she gave Elriel a couple title and even Vassien a couple title with the whole Lord of Fire and Bird of Flame. Like pls be serious.
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