can you truly fly?

YES rhys doesn't care about any of the ships, the only thing he cares is his family.

Is not about Elriel just yet since only Azriel, from the two, is tied to music right now. However...

💖⚡💖

SJM also posted this in her CC instagram post. At first glance you could think this ties to Hunt being Crescent City's MMC, the most obvious assesment, however it ends up being about Bryce too later on, so...

In Scandinavian sources, seeresses work as diviners using a practice called seiðr on a ritual platform called seiðhjallr

There are two ways in which the seeress conveys the acquired information to the audience. One of them is by having a seizure during the trance and gasping for air with a wide open mouth (Hrólfs saga kraka and Hauks þáttr hábrókar). She delivers her prophesy during the trance, and it may be said that a song appears from elsewhere in her mouth (Ǫrvar-Odds saga and Hrólfs saga kraka).

Other names for the songs are varðlok(k)ur and seiðlæti, where the latter simply means "seiðr songs". The former term is more complex, and scholars such as Cleasby and Vigfússon, Tolley, Strömbäck and Price have derived it from vǫrðr ("guard, protector").[108][109][110][111] Several scholars have also compared it to the Scotting dialect word warlock,[111] and scholars such as Cleasby, Vigfússon and Strömbäck consider it to be the origin of the Scottish word.[112][109] Katherine Morris translates the word as "warlock-song"

The last two are connected to seidr magic in norse mythology. I talked about its connection to elain in here.

And I read a book about shaminism and old pagan rituals. Songs are connected with seers. Again seidr but it is a magic performed by a seer lol.

So ⚡ was meant for Hunt but at the end he "fueled" her up becoming a THEM thing

🎶 is now connected to Azriel but at the end will become as the OP said a them thing.

As the last ss suggests songs are a way for a seer to "see" basically. 🤷🏻‍♀️

It isn't Azriel's shadows that are protective of Elain. Azriel is protective of Elain. And he was ready to use the shadows to strike. But they're not an extension of him, they're separate. Like during the Cauldron's song, he observed the shadows behaviour and realized something was up, but he couldn't hear the song himself. The shadows are separate from him. Don't accept gwynriels fanon. We don't have to defend our ship from within their fanon.

Ahh jinx anon I was going to make a post on this lmfao.

See, I feel like the shadows, despite being their own entities, are connected to Azriel in some way. Maybe they react to his emotions simply because they are around him so often, that they reflect how he is feeling. Azriel is angry/calm -> its reflected on the shadows by increasing their presence or decreasing it.

But yes! The shadows are JUST condensed magic, they are NOT from Azriel as a person. He is NOT a natural born shadowsinger, he is only able to control the shadows BECAUSE he learnt their language. The shadows are sentient, they have their own reactions and thoughts, they can reflect Azriels emotiond but they are not apart of him. Its like TT. A weapon Az is able to weild. Thats the shadows. An external weapon Az is able to control.

The shadows were protevtive over Elain BECAUSE of Azriel. They reflected his emotional state in that time.

Someone seriously needs to break it to them that Azriel feels nothing for Gwyn. Also, Gwyn feels absolutely nothing for him either. She has no moments that make her stand out to him, but Elain does. Like how Azriel gives Elain Truth Teller when he won't even let anyone else touch it.

Umm, where? Show me the documentation, because not ONCE has Azriel said he wanted a mate, or even mentioned them, aside from one time in the bonus chapter.

And he did not act like this entitled pig who just wanted the sister that is left over. He just questioned why she’s mated to Lucien.

“I hate Azriel and Elain!” … “Elain is too boring for Azriel!” … “Elriel is too predictable!” … “3 brothers 3 sisters is cliche!” … “Azriel needs to be with a warrior!” “Elain can’t handle Azriel’s darkness!”

“Elain is toxic for wanting Azriel!” … “Elain NEEDS to give Lucien a chance!” … “Elain is such a bitch for not wanting Lucien!”

“I don’t hate Elain! I actually like her but she needs to be with Lucien!” … “I love Elain and she NEEDS to be with Lucien even if she doesn’t want to!” … “Elain/Lucien shippers actually like Elain the most!”

“Elain is just playing hard to get! It’s enemies to lovers obviously!” … “I want what’s best for Elain! Which is of course my favorite character, Lucien!” … “SJM is a fated mates author!”

“Elain said to Azriel, perhaps the only two civilized ones here…”

“Elain would like it, too. Though she’d probably cling to Azriel…”

“… at his blue Siphon or at his scarred skin beneath as she breathed, ‘Beautiful.’

“…rage glazing that stare, ‘I’m getting her back.’”

“…Azriel still cradling Elain to his chest.”

“… the lovely fawn, blooming spring vibrant behind her. Standing before Death”

“Actually Elain should be with Tamlin cause flowers!” … “Elain should leave the Night Court! She doesn’t belong there, because she looks bad in black!” … “Elain should be with Lucien so she can do wifely things for him!”

‘You came for me.’ 

“Elain looked up at Azriel, their eyes meeting, his hand still lingering on the hilt of the blade.”

“Azriel and Elain remained in the sitting room, my sister showing him the plans she’d sketched to expand the garden in the back of the town house”