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+ PRYTHIAN’S PRETTIEST COUPLES ,

Also SJM:

“Her breath curled in front of her mouth, and one of his shadows darted out to dance with it before twirling back to him. Like it heard some silent music.”

“She shrugged again, irreverently. Az narrowed his eyes, studying her. “Do you, though?” she pressed. “Sing?” Azriel couldn’t help his soft chuckle. “Yes.”

“Azriel entered the warmth of the stairwell, and as he descended, he could have sworn a faint, beautiful singing followed him. Could have sworn his shadows sang in answer.”

If this isn’t a glimpse into the future on what’s gonna happen when the next books don’t confirm E/riel, I don’t know what is.

Like, it’s one of the most obvious plots when another male she immediately does not want anything to do with shows up. The desire is there, the emotional avoidance is there, the narrative setup is there. People just keep trying to overcomplicate it because they’re attached to a different outcome.

The fact that Elain is avoiding Lucien is exactly why people should be paying attention instead of dismissing it.

SJM does not write pages and pages of discomfort, awareness, emotional resistance, charged silences, and unresolved tension for characters she plans to make irrelevant to each other. That’s not how romance structure works in her books. OR any book.

Elain’s reactions to Lucien are never written like she feels nothing. They’re written like someone overwhelmed by what he represents, what the bond means, and what she herself is not ready to confront yet. And in romance narratives, avoidance is often just desire/conflict wearing armor.

The fact that Elain was interested in Azriel before her story even truly began, or even have her POV, is honestly why is not her endgame. Their dynamic exists more through proximity,while the actual emotional resistance and unresolved tension is with Lucien.

Like, for generations and centuries even past her time, she will be as legendary as Enalius.

She is a legend and I love that for her🤍 she faced the breaking and will go as far as she can in honor of her mother's memory.

Manon Blackbeak 🖤

That’s who Gwyn is at her core, compassionate, brave, selfless. Not because it was easy, not because she was unafraid, but because even in unimaginable pain, her instinct was still to protect those children first.

Without Gwyn, Nesta would never have found the Harp, which means none of them would have been saved. The Valkyries would not exist either.

FEEDING MY ELUCIEN BABES 💖💖💖

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