Babble’s Babble

My sister was beaming, content—prettier than I’d ever seen her, even in her simple muslin gardening dress. Her cheeks were flushed beneath her large, floppy hat.

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⁣⁣⁣⁣⤞ art by catherine7mk

⤞ commissioned by me

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“𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑤, 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝐴𝑧𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑙’𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚”

Art by @/lucielart on IG. 🌸✨

Commissioned by @soyzaweels @acourtofelriel @/valbookstan and me.

Characters belong to @sjmaas

Pʟᴇᴀsᴇ,ᴅᴏ 𝗡𝗢𝗧 ʀᴇᴘᴏsᴛ. Lɪᴋᴇs ᴀɴᴅ sʜᴀʀᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ.

…Just this taste in the dead of the longest night of the year, where only the Mother might witness them.

And I think Elain—Elain would like it, too. Though she’d probably cling to Azriel, just to have some peace and quiet.

This is a man who has always been the outcast. He was abused and locked away as a CHILD because people were afraid of him. Do y'all realize how damaging it is to be so thoroughly othered from the time you are born? It has been so violently inprinted into his mind that he doesn't belong, that he is other, that he is somehow lesser, because of how he was treated as a child. Because of how some people STILL treat him! Cassian earned the begrudging respect of the Illyrians but none of them want anything to do with Azriel even now. He struggles, constantly, with these feelings. It's obvious in everything he does.

Cassian and Rhysand love him, dearly. There's no doubt about that. They know he belongs right there in Velaris with them, they know without a single doubt in their hearts that regardless of blood he is their brother.

But he doesn't. That damage runs deep. He will never, never feel fully totally secure in his worthiness to be associated with these people who he loves so much they may as well have put the moon in the sky for him.

Now imagine that everyone around you has scorned and hated you your entire life, save for two people. Two people who you could see yourself in- outcasts, bastards, unwanted, abused. And you grow alongside them, you watch them flourish, and together you become the most accomplished bastards in history.

And then the universe itself unites them both with beautiful, powerful, amazing mates who love them just as much. Sisters for your brothers whom you adore so deeply.

And then the universe itself seems to tell you that you are not worthy of your own mate. You are not worthy of the third sister.

You are not worthy because you do not belong. You do not deserve your brothers' love and you do not deserve to be a part of them.

Hit me with your favourite scholar!Elain and traveler!Elain HCs and let’s make this a thread

My HCs:

- As a kid Elain used to sneak into her father’s study to look at all the books and items he acquired on his travels. She would use a candle to read books about far away lands and their cultures and spent time memorising historical events to ask her father about.

- Elain at one stage attempted to learn a couple of foreign languages and would converse with anyone around her that was not monolingual. She started to talk to friends, the staff, and other visitors to the area in their native tongues as well as translated anything she could get her hands on.

- One of Elain’s most treasured items was a map her father got for her from the continent. Before going to bed she would memorise all the cities and landmarks on the maps. She asked her dad about doing a merchanting trip with him when she was all grown up.

-Elain was super academic as a kid and aspired to going to university on the continent. She dreamt of becoming a polyglot and learning how to trade so she could help her father run the family business.

”𝒀𝒆𝒔,” 𝑬𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒅, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.

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⁣⁣⁣❧ art by Luxury_Banshee (IG)

⤞ commissioned by me

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i feel like azriel probably would love elain if she was never wore anything but a burlap sack but elain and azriel are both so nervous around each other. not to mention, azriel and elain really only see each other at family events. azriel isn’t just hanging out around elain–because the scent of her mate bond (which–lets face it–elain hates) makes azriel upset and angry. 

“Allow me to make one thing very clear. You are to stay away from her." "You can't order me to do that.”

Please enjoy this phenomenal work of art from my heart, to yours! Think of this as inspired by @suelky's amazing Forbidden piece or a part 2 of sorts <3