Bibliophile Psychologist

Taking wild accusations at face value without evidence. Perceiving things constantly in bad faith. Because wdym we’re just accepting that somebody who fueled this fandom with vitriol and hatred can say they had to move to another state because of harassment and nobody questions that? Wdym somebody had their phone hacked and we’re just accepting that?

Idk. Maybe it’s because I work in a field with a lot of dynamic situations, I cannot accept allegations like that at face value and categorize anybody in my mind as awful, horrible or vile. Especially somebody who has been known to lie, manipulate and mislead. People have a lot of individualized motivations to lie and deceive for their own benefit or (sometimes) their own pathological urges.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, feel me? Sometimes people just suck and instead of taking accountability for their own behavior, they have to blame/demonize others, to make themselves appear blameless. Or to garner attention. Or to harm somebody/a group they perceive as their enemy.

Do you know how many times in all of our lives we mismeasure a person? We thought one thing was the truth and maybe even erroneously caused harm believing something that when all the facts came out…we were duped? We were wronged?

How hard is it to acknowledge you were wrong? You wanted to give somebody the benefit of the doubt and you saw true colors. You made a mistake. That’s human. Instead, all I’m seeing, with the exception of a few, is…”yes but the Elriels are awful.”

Really?

The logic is confusing to me. Why does taking so much time equate to Sarah changing her mind about the romance? As a mom, I can tell you that your efficiency at work shifts a lot when you have little children. It’s not that you’re inefficient, it’s that your priorities change and your brain stops working as well for a good bit (this is science not anecdotal). She also had, what sounds to be, a very stressful experience with the show during this time. She wrote HOFAS within the last 5 years. Suffice it to say, there are a lot of explanations as to the time it has taken that don’t equate to changing plans.

I don’t think her plans have changed. In the CHD interview she spoke of Elain. She spoke, in no uncertain terms, about the mating bond and how nature chooses right v wrong in the context of a question posed about Elain rejecting the bond. She said years ago she knew what the first 2 books in the spin-offs were about. She said they were dual-pov. Could that change? Sure. But there’s been no indication of that change.

The multi-pov thing is possible but I still think it’s unlikely. I think the multi-pov thing is cope bc they know their ship cannot fill an unbindable book. And they know Elain is needed to cover that much ground. She’s made. She’s an Archeron. She’s a seer. She can wield the trove. She can activate made weapons. She has other powers. And she has this mating bond with somebody who nature seemed to pick wrong with while there seems to be some fate associated with 3 brothers and 3 sisters. 2 of which nature picked right for. I don’t think it’s complicated to pick up what she’s throwing down but we’re in the trenches still in this fandom.

For a variety of reasons.

1. Anticipation. It stirs up a lot of conversation keeping quiet.

2. The giveaway regarding the ship war: when she confirms Elain, she’s confirming Elriel bc

Azriel got a bonus chapter. Not Lucien.

Azriel was in the cross-over.

It’s obvious that it’s Elriels book as it stands but she wants to continue to pull things along and build more hype. She wants to explore the bond and let the readers figure things out along with Elain.

3. You don’t have to market anything if there is hype, speculation and conversation.

4. She might contractually not be allowed to disclose the POVs at this time.

To the contrary, Sarah has been very clear historically that Elain is getting a book. And unless you truly believe she’s

1. Deviating from the formula and Elain’s book will be multi-pov unlike Nesta’s (and what she said in prior interviews)

Or

2. She’s holding off on Elain’s book until Gods know when

…then it’s obvious what is happening here.

“Let’s focus on helping one sister before we start on the other.”

Elain is next.

I can’t keep up either. Is it Eluc*en?? Is it gwy*riel?? Is it multi-pov? Is it an epic fantasy quest reminiscent of LoTR with “side-quests?” I just had an anon saying Elain can’t carry a book this long. It has to be multi-pov. Now there’s “4 movements” and we’re back to GA. So what tf is it?

The goalposts move Every. Single. Time.