jasmine scented darkness

like sure, she coming on his tongue and having sex would make him happy and everything but, that's the thing. it was on eating her, she feeling good, her orgasm, while his reminds as a secondary thing

And here’s mine:

False

Reporting to Azriel against Rhys' orders: “Why do you think they’re now whispering in Azriel’s ear that I’m in here?” “I thought they answered to Rhys.” “They answer to both, but they were trained by Azriel first.” “Are they spying on me?” “No.” She frowned at a loose thread in her rain cloud–colored shirt. Her chin-length dark hair swayed as she lifted her head. “Rhys has told them time and again not to, but I don’t think Azriel will ever trust me fully. So they’re reporting on my movements. And with good reason.” ACOMAF - Chapter 28

(Pretty early on this is canon, shocking that you don't remember queen)

Doing "anything that isn't cooking or cleaning" Exhibit A: Protecting Feyre UTM Nails clicked on stone, and my escorts swapped glances before they swung me into an alcove, a tapestry that hadn’t been there a moment before falling over us, the shadows deepening, solidifying. I had a feeling that if someone pulled back that tapestry, they would see only darkness and stone. One of them covered my mouth with a hand, holding me tightly to her, shadows slithering down her arm and onto mine. ACOTAR - Chapter 41 Exhibit B: Styling Feyre for missions Nuala selected seafoam green accented with rose gold, curling and then braiding back my hair in a thick, loose plait glimmering with bits of pearl. (...) But she took extra care of my face, brightening my lips with raspberry pink, dusting my cheeks with the faintest blush. I might have looked innocent, charming.(...) Rhysand’s gaze swept over me, noting the clothes that were obviously in honor of my host and his people.(...) “You’re looking well today,” Tarquin said, inclining his head. Nuala, it seemed, was a spectacularly good spy. Tarquin’s pewter tunic was accented with the same shade of seafoam green as my clothes. We might as well have been a matching set. I supposed with my brown-gold hair and pale skin, I was his mirror opposite. ACOMAF - Chapter 34 (emphasis on spectacularly good spies, not cooks or cleaners you dumb fuck) Exhibit C: More styling I’d worn the necklace he’d given me, and Nuala and I planned my clothes around it. We’d decided on gray—a soft, dove shade—to show off the glittering black. I had worn nothing else—no earrings, no bracelets, no rings. Tarquin had seemed pleased by it ACOMAF - Chapter 35 Exhibit D: More styling for missions. We had taken my gown from Starfall and refashioned it, adding sheer silk panels to the back shoulders, the glittering material like woven starlight as it flowed behind me in lieu of a veil or cape. If Rhysand was Night Triumphant, I was the star that only glowed thanks to his darkness, the light only visible because of him. I scowled up the stairs. That is, if he bothered to show up on time. My hair, Nuala had swept into an ornate, elegant arc across my head, and in front of it (...). The crown. ACOWAR - Chapter 41

Are you catching the drift or are you too hopelessly dumb still?

The twins can't be spared because they're Azriel's spies and Elain's friends on top of other tasks they do for the IC. Lucien was doing fuck all while moping around and sitting on his ass because he was officially kicked out from Spring Court, on top of this obviously being a device for Lucien to find Vassa who he obviously found comfort in because he STAYED THERE. What the fuck do the twins have to do with Vassa you idiot.

So the twins who have been here since book one, doing multiple things, across multiple books, are the exact same that two characters who never did anything of relevance? How so? That comparison just shows your lack of reading comprehension..

Exhibit whatever: “Tomorrow night,” I said. “We note the guard’s rotations tonight at low tide—figure out where the watchers are. Who we might need to take out before we make our move.” “You think like an Illyrian,” Rhys murmured. “I believe that’s supposed to be a compliment,” Amren confided. Rhys snorted, and shadows gathered around him as he loosened his grip on his power. “Nuala and Cerridwen are already on the move inside the castle. I’ll take to the skies. The two of you should go for a midnight walk—considering how hot it is.” ACOMAF - Chapter 35

Would you look at that, Feysand take them to missions and use their skills for spying just as they do with Amren. I know others can't relate. SHOCKER considering they were also with Rhys UTM who would've thought. You could say this ISN'T cleaning and cooking, could you?

HAHAHAHAHAHA I'M SORRY WHAT THE FUCK EVEN IS THIS AHAHAHAHAHH why on earth woul any of us want the twins ANYWHERE NEAR THAT BUM HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK WE'D WANT FOR HER TO KNOW WHO LUCIEN IS AS A PERSON AHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHH OH MY GOD THIS SHIT IS TOO FUNNY One of the best parts of the twins is they have zero connection with him. In fact keep the twins AS FAR AWAY FROM HIM as possible. Ew. Those are Elain's friends. Not his. If anything the men they're tied the most to are Rhys and Az. WHAT A COINCIDENCE! Both Elain's brother in law and the man she ACTUALLY wants. It's almost like... Sarah wrote that intentionally.

Again. Ew. Not everything has to be about your unwashed ginger. You're the only ones desperate for him to be of any relevance. Us over here in rational land are horrified by your hallucinations.

By "ridiculous Elriel theory" you mean the books??

“You came,” Elain said behind her, and Nesta started, not having heard her sister approach. She scanned Elain from head to toe, wondering if she’d been taking lessons in stealth either from Azriel or the two half-wraiths she called friends. ACOSF - Chapter 58 Feyre smiled. “Elain was the only one who guessed. She caught me vomiting two mornings in a row.” She nodded toward Azriel. “I think she’s got you beat for secret-keeping.” ACOSF - Chapter 21

And if you try REAL HARD and use that teeny tiny brain for a change you'll notice that in both this instances Elain - the twins - Azriel are always mentioned closely together. Maybe just MAYBE it's because Elriels are right, because we rely on canon evidence, that Nuala and Cerridwen are Elain's friends who will make up the trio and Azriel is Elain's endgame. They are a unit of spies the same way Nesta-Cassian-and the Valkyrie are the warrior unit, and Feyre-Rhys- Mor and Amren are the ruling unit of the Night Court. These books aren't that hard to understand, you don't have to be this confused all the time. I promise.

antis: oh my god you must hate SA survivors!! how dare you say something so evil!!

meanwhile, antis: “i hope azriel and lucien reject elain and she goes evil and betrays everyone and they kill her. or better yet she can just die in childbirth”

Something tells me that if their kiss gets interrupted again, Elain won't let it end there.

This time, she'd be the one closing the distance, taking Azriel by surprise, and finally stealing the kiss they've both been waiting far too long for.

Enough interruptions, enough longing, Elain's getting her kiss.

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in this case, her flaws dont allow her to have big, immediate achievements like feyre or nesta, for ex, so u have to pay attention to the details and small actions and see how they change throughout the books

when a character’s arc is centered on internal change/identity/etc, it requires more patience and empathy from the reader bc they’re not going to give u a direct, fast payoff, it takes time. not to mention that this kind of character doesn’t allow as much self-insert bc in general ppl tend to project themselves onto more expressive characters or idealized versions of themselves (like the badass, sharp-tongued warrior girl)

for that reason the criticism toward elain is ALWAYS the same ("she’s a plant," "she’s boring," "she doesn’t do anything", "we dont know anything abt her" etc etc), even though that’s not true, her development is being built slowly and internally above all else (i think that’s also why a lot of ppl tend to dismiss her achievements or dont even recognize them). in fact elain in the latest book already has more of a voice and is trying to act in a more confrontational way which we would never have seen from elain in book 1. but those who like her can actually see her struggles, narrative themes and gradual change

We don’t like him. And we don’t care to hear about he’s actually not that bad.

I like how she outted her burner here (peep the one view 37 seconds) and was harassing someone she was trying to befriend because she couldn’t stand that there were potentially other people interested in elriel. All this while using Elain crying (by another Elriel artist) as her pfp and saying “I don’t care” when told to take it down.

And she put this in her stories for her friends to witness and applaud. For every artist in her circle (all) to see and think “wow elriels really are bad”. All while also boasting about not looking at elriel content and crying about how she was being harassed.

And to clarify: I don’t think telling ppl to “jump” over faeries is appropriate.