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Insight into various things? Almost like a…

“It’s just the story that was finally ready to come out of me was big, really, really, really big. And as I started writing this in like this, like Montana, like energy vortex, like it came outta me in a way that surprised me. And by the time I reached, you know, I like to do like parts like part one part two, part three, by the time I gotta end of part one it was, like, 400 pages long. There’s a certain reality to books like ‘Kingdom of Ash’ had to be, like, two because the glue will not hold books together, but like what I was writing felt right? Like that was what the story that needed to be told. And so I decided I wasn’t gonna approach this project from a, you know, traditional format of a book. And what if this story, like, what if this book was really long? Like, what if it took me more than a thousand pages to tell the story that needed to be told, the arc that I wanted to create from start to finish. What if that took a long time? Like, what if that took me on the constraints of a single volume and what does that look like? How do I tell that story? And so part one was this huge, huge thing. And then I realized it was gonna be four parts. A book told in four parts. So then I wrote part two and part three. And those were really fucking long. And so, like, and then part four has yet to be written because right now I’m trying to just get part one, which is out in October. And then parts two and three to be out in January is like one combined thing. So it’s basically gonna be three physical volumes, but it’s like one thing altogether that like no amount of glue in like any publisher’s factory could ever like hold this. So it’s meant to be read ideally as one massive, massive story as opposed to a trilogy. It’s not a trilogy. Like arcs aren’t wrapped up. It's like if you expand it all of part one, all of part two, all parts, like all part, like it would be huge like that. And so I just decided like, I’ve never told a story that way. This is how it wants to come out.”

Almost like it was divine inspiration, am I right?

When it was ready to come out, when I was re—, when it was ready to come out—like when this right story hit me, it hit me hard. And I had a vision from the start, of like what it would be and how I would deliver it to you guys, and like that’s what I want to do, and getting to be in the driver’s seat and decide like this is how I want to tell stories, and if I want to adapt it for every new book or just like arc, I can do that, like I can do that, like why not? Why do we have to stick to these boxes? Like this is how you tell a story from A to B, I’m like no, what if we do something different.”

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“But I wonder if everyone has spent so long assuming Elain is sweet and innocent that she felt she had to be that way or else she’d disappoint you all.” He sighed toward the ceiling. “With time and safety, perhaps we’ll see a different side of her emerge.”

“That sounds dangerously close to what Nesta said about Elain finally becoming interesting.”

“Sometimes, Nesta isn’t wrong.”

I glowered at Rhys. “You think Elain’s boring?”

“I think she’s kind, and I’ll take kindness over nastiness any day. But I also think we haven’t yet seen all she has to offer.” A corner of his mouth tugged upward. “Don’t forget that gardening often results in something pretty, but it involves getting one’s hands dirty along the way.” (Feysand bonus)

SJM has told us multiple times in her different series that fated mates isn't the end all be all romance/perfect partnership.

Rowan & Aelin are mates, Rowan had a previous mate. Come to find out Maeve created a fake mating bond between Rowan and his first mate to manipulate him for centuries.

Rhys parents were mates, they barely liked each other. Rhys insinuated his mother wanted differently, that his parents bond wasn't ideal.

Tamlin says essentially the same thing about his own parents.

The Autumn Court High Lord has a wife that's not his mate, his wife had a love child with her mate and her mate hasn't done anything to get her back.

Elain not wanting to be bonded to Lucien (a complete stranger to her mind you) is not the end of the world nor is it the opposite of what SJM writes when it comes to mates. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't.

SJM is not fated mates author.

Please read the books.

None of us tried to turn this into a "ship war". None of the fictional characters were brought up whatsoever during this whole conversation. Gwyn, Elain,Azriel and Lucien were not mentioned AT ALL.

This is yet again an attempt at twisting the narrative and deflecting blame by making it into something it was not. It was never about shipping.

It was about THIS side of the fandom telling YOUR side of the fandom for at least a year how nasty Katie was and you ignoring/enabling her behavior because it fit your agenda of "Elriels are evil so they deserved it" and anything being fair game when it came to tormenting us. You knew what she was like, you ignored it and then it came back to bite you in the ass.

And instead of taking accountability that this one person did awful things and you were aware and fine with it, you dogpiled on the two-three people who were brave enough to stand against it, unlike the rest of you.

And as I said earlier, it makes no sense that you think it was because of us she deleted her account. Those were YOUR anons on her askbox asking her to stop airing out your dirty laundry because it tarnished your reputation. You couldn't "handle things privately" or sweep shit under the rug so instead it was best to harass her until she got fed up and left.

None of this is our fault. You STILL even after all this managed to take zero accountability, and are still blaming this on Elriels when all we did was verify that what Nestastits was saying was true because we KNEW. And if we knew then so did you, no matter how hard you try to play dumb now.

Her deactivating is on you. You flooded her inbox, you blocked and ostracized her into leaving this fandom because none of you would wanna associate with someone who dared speak up against your collective behavior.

Lie all you want and kiss each other's asses all you want. We know what the truth is.

​One of the most common arguments Eluciens throw around is how Rhys treated Feyre under the mountain, or what he did here and there. But they completely miss a crucial detail: Feyre was never afraid of Rhys. She never shrank herself around him, and she never walked on eggshells in his presence.

​With Elain and Lucien, the dynamic is entirely different. Elain visibly shrinks herself and constantly pulls back whenever Lucien is around.