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if ga’s treated ga as a (…crack) theory, I think the fandom would’ve been a lot better. there’s nothing that has happened between ga for anti’s to really grasp onto, meanwhile elriel is integrated into the story. theories are natural within fandoms, but when the people that are so attached to the theory become delusional and ignore what is CANON-not theories but the actual CANON- we end up here. I don’t know if it’s the jealousy, but the anti’s in this fandom are so toxic that they genuinely need to read a non fiction book and reevaluate themselves.

elriel’s are the furthest in the shipping war from being the delusional ones. if the bonus chapter is so important because it ends Elriel and brings to life another ship, why wasn’t it reprinted with feysand’s bc? that would seem to be pretty important if it really ends the ship that has been built up since acomaf.

oh and better yet, why didn’t Lucien have a bonus chapter? The pov of the bonus chapters matter, because anti’s saw Azriel had a bonus chapter and began to argue that “no Elain isn’t next, Azriel is” but we’re not stupid, we know Elain’s book is next. The male character who has the bc pov is the love interest. 🦭

That first line is the truth that's been echoing within the shipwars for the last 5 years.

Gwynriel is essentially elriel, they've just replaced Elain with an fmc they can self-insert with and deem more worthy/deserving of Azriel.

Its that simple. Ofc, you'll have people come away from acosf enjoying whatever small amount of interactions Gwynriel had. Just like people came away from acotar liking Feyre and Lucien. Or in acosf, people liked the idea of Nesta x Eris. That's normal.

Whats not normal is turning a ship built on nothing and trying to equalise it to a ship that has been buildinb up steadily for the last few books.

You can see chemistry between two characters and their interactions. That does not mean the author has set them up as a couple. This is something gwynriels don't understand. In the book thats meant to set up Gwynriel, they barely interact until like more than 50% in. And throughout acosf, Sjm goes out of her way to tell us about elriel. Their charged glance. Azriels secret. The way he reacted when he learnt Nesta and Elain fought. Etc etc.

Logically, why the hell is Sjm foreshadowing a couple for the next spinoff...in a standalone book? She started foreshadowing Nessian in acomaf. And you're telling me she waited another 3 books to start foreshadowing Azriels love interest? The author who LOVES spreading seeds in advance, foreshadows a couple within one book? That too - the foreshadowing consists of what? a glance? a comment?

These people are an example of the rising literacy crisis levels. They can't even tell when something is a parallel or not. Or even a difference between a metaphor vs what's actually happening.

Gwynriels have always been toxic, the fandom became rabid after their arrival. It was like "Gwynriel! Gwynriel! All Hail Gwynriel and the Great Gwyneth" under every tt video. The ship became so viral bcs it branched off of acotar's popularity and it was built on engagement farming.

Its so funny calling the stans who ship two CANON love interests delusional.

THIS. Correct me if im wrong but I dont think Azriels bonus ever got reprinted. It was only sold to a few hundred or maybe a thousand people. It was very limited. If Azriels bonus was SO important, it would have recently been reprinted or resurfaced.

Exactly, Gwynriels argued Gwyn and Az were next because they knew that the male who had the bonus was the next Li. Cassian had wings & ember, after Rhysand -> He was the next male Li. Azriel had his bonus, after Cass -> He will be the next male Li. Lucien hasnt had a bonus. He hasn't had a focus in either pov. Elains book has been confirmed, she appears in both bonus chapters, Sim hinted at elains book in an acosf interview, in acofas she tells us she knows the first two spinoffs and then later admits to researching and planning elains book.

“𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑬𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕. 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.”

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“𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔.”

This is the last interaction we see between Elain and Azriel in ACOSF and I think it perfectly sets the stage for their romance. Their feelings have been slowly building for multiple books now and tension like that can’t be kept secret for long.

This commission by the talented thiaperezart captures the mutual yearning and desire between Elain and Azriel so beautifully! Fingers crossed we finally get to see Azriel on his knees for the woman he’s been so desperate for in the new books 💖

Art by thiaperezart on instagram and commissioned by me

Characters belong to Sarah J. Maas

Well, God they better be. After 4 books of buildup, there should be lust between them. Thats the natural development of a relationship, its healthy to have attraction to your s/o.

"but its only lust" wrong but so? Nessian agreed to only a lustful relationship. Now look at them, happy and mated. Didnt Feyre tell Rhys she just wanted fun? Now look at them. Mated and have had a child together.

So no actually. Even if you want to believe elriel is "just" lust, that doesn't mean anything wrong in this new adult romantacy series. Especially when so many books in the genre rely on lust for "spice".

Lust can always turn into love. Its a microtrope thats gained popularity in multiple subgenres over the years.

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Now before ppl freak I am in no way saying Lucien himself is anything like Mr Collins… bc he’s not…I’m referring to their dynamic. They have no chemistry whatsoever and every interaction is so forced and Elain literally shrinks in on herself around him.

You have actively contributed to creating the exact kind of fandom environment you’re now criticizing. You can’t spend years reducing one of the main characters to irrelevance, encouraging theories that conveniently erase her from the narrative, and then act surprised when fandom discourse becomes increasingly hostile and divided.

And this isn’t even something from five years ago that you’ve clearly moved past. Literally two weeks ago you manually edited Elain out of a piece of fan art. Like… please 😭

You mean your delusions are falling apart and people are excited and everything points to Elriel being next?

AZRIEL DOES NOT NEED TO ACCEPT THE ILLYRIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unless, for whatever reason, HE chooses to do so, no woman, not Cassian, not Rhys can make him 'accept the Illyrians'.

If he wants to feel animosity towards them, if he hates them, if they hurt him, he doesn't need to be besties with his abusers. After 500 years the Illyrians haven't accepted HIM.

Should Lucien 'accept' Beron and run to him and say 'daddy!!!!!!!!!!'?

Oh I bet not.

Should Mor say 'I know dad that you nailed actual long nails into my stomach, but let my bygones be bygones."

Also, the extremely NON-ILLYRIAN Gwyn will not be helping Azriel get in touch with his inner Illyrian. Not only does she know nothing about the culture or the people but just as a reminder, they tried to rape and kill HER. And Nesta. And Emerie.