elucien is such a depressing ship. i'm convinced nobody genuinely ships these two.
like (paraphrasing a bit forgive me im lazy)
"i need to see if she's worth fighting for" what
"can you hear my heartbeat?" "no" holy bleak
"she (elain) was nothing like jesminda" boy why are you thinking of YOUR EX?????????
"i can't stand to be in the same room as her for more than 2 minutes" hot yikes
"it was the most uncomfortable thirty minutes i could recall" cringe
"he's not entitled to my time or affections" get 'em girl
"you betrayed us" lol lmao even
this is just what i remember off the top of my head. there's soo much more.
the only reason people ship these two is a) the mating bond that smells + has been questioned a million times and b) they're really just GA shippers who need Elain out of the way and ship EL by default. most fall under the latter.
this ship has no chemistry. no tension or yearning. just sheer indifference towards each other. it's so bad and gloomy.