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thinking abt them tonight, 🎇🎆

I’d like to begin by thanking the lovely people of this group chat for contributing to this theory!!

Alright, we have a lot to discuss, starting with that vision Nesta had at the Prison when she touched the harp:

Basically, the harp showed Nesta what had happened the last time it was used- Fae being trapped within the stone of the mountain, now known as the Prison. Why was this added? It doesn’t really contribute anything to Nesta’s story, and we all know SJM never adds anything without a good reason. Nesta later brings up this vision with Rhys:

So the people who once lived on the island were trapped within the stone. Who were these people? Are they still alive, somehow preserved in time? Let us remember this tidbit:

The island may even be an 8th court! So these people trapped within the stone may have BEEN that court! Don’t you think it’s weird how we have a Dawn, Day, and Night court, but no Dusk court? This leads to part 1 of this theory- the island WAS the Dusk court, but it has been so long that nobody even remembers. To further support this theory:

This is all the was back from ACOMAF. You can’t tell me this wasn’t foreshadowing for the vision that Nesta had that people were trapped in the stone.

So anyway, how does elain tie into this? Well, let’s look at this:

“Life and death and rebirth”- Feyre. “Love me”- Feysand.

“Sun and moon and dark”- Nesta. “Touch me”- Nessian.

“Rot and bloom and bones”- Elain. “Sing me”- Elriel.

Remember the thing about the three sacred mountains? Feyre faced her greatest challenges Under the Mountain, Nesta faced hers on Ramiel, so that leaves us with the Prison. So what does Elain have to do with bones that connects her to the Prison?

Gates 👏 of 👏 bone 👏

Somehow, Elain will be connected to the Prison, possibly freeing those people trapped within in her story (fingers crossed). Some other evidence:

Elain can see and hear things others can’t, what if she can see/hear the people trapped in the stone? Her saying she can hear “through the stone” is really specific.

Also there this part about her being able to hear the sea. At first a lot of us associated this with Koschei, but he dwells at a lake, not the sea. You know what is by the sea? The island/Prison.

Another reference to the sea. And hearing things others can’t.

Sooo how will Elain get to the Prison?

She and Azriel will go. The only two people who can see/hear things others can’t.

In conclusion, Elain’s story will somehow connect to the Prison. Both of the other sisters faced their fears/greatest challenges on/under their respective mountains, so this one has to be Elains. SJM brought up the Fae trapped within the stone for a reason TWICE. There has to be more to that. And seeing as they were trapped within this specific mountain means Elain will likely encounter them (and hopefully free them, thus restoring the 8th court) with the help of Azriel.

Also, as a side note- Rhys said the Pegasuses hailed from the island the Prison is located on, and haven’t been able to breed successfully ever since. If Elain restores the 8th court, that means more pegususes! :) I would include the screenshot but I’ve hit the 10 image cap 🙃 So in conclusion… Give 👏 Elain 👏 a Pegasus 👏

This is such a solid and well based theory I cant see how it could all be a coincidence. 8th COURT!?!? You cannot tell me that will no come back up.

“Sing me” thats oddly specific and doesnt really apply to feysand or Nessian.

the thing that interests me most is the ‘Rot and Bloom and Bones’  and what that could actually mean in regard to Elain and Azriel’s characters, I mean, obviously the Bloom would be about Elain and her connection to nature but the Rot and the Bones?? It could mean the bone gates at the prison like this post mentions but could it also mean something else? Does it tie in other characters too? Then there’s the Rot which could mean a lot of different things, physical rot, mental rot, a relationship rotting… it ties into the bloom and how everything that blooms will eventually rot too. How would Elriel ‘sing me’ ? Apparantly Azriel sings from his chapter but did he mean his shadowsinging or actual singing? and people sometimes describe gardeners as ‘singing’ to the plants and helping them grow (i’ve read this description in a lot of different fantasy books)  also gwyn sings but i dont like thinking about that lmao

I also just had a thought, if the harp was hidden in the prison, and the harp can jump between different doors/dimensions then whats to say that the prison didn’t come from another place? thats how the people became trapped? also because i realised that some characters, such as amren had been alive before the courts were made, so she would have known about the possible dusk court and it’s a stretch to think the other highlords current and in the past wouldn’t have known about an eigth court, so perhaps the prison, like the harp and the dread trove also has that power to make you forget about it or events that took place, or even a whole group of people that once existed. They said the prison has always been here? Maybe it made them think that which is why no one remembers the extra court

i’m not great at organising my thoughts but yeah

great post OP i’m loving all of these theories!

Elain, Nuala, and Cerridwen 🖤🌸🖤

Day 5: Connections

“Elain. . . had found a place, a role here. Tending to the gardens of Feyre’s veritable palace on the river, helping other residents of Velaris restore their own destroyed gardens— she had purpose, and joy, and friends: those two half-wraiths who worked in Rhysand’s household. But those things had always come easily to her sister. Had always made Elain special.” -acosf chap. 3

I am so looking forward to getting to know Elain’s friends Nuala and Cerridwen in her book! They have been such a shadowy presence in the background since book 1 and I can’t wait to find out more about them and the dynamic between them and Elain.

It was such an honor to get the opportunity to work with @mysleepyblue on this piece! The love and care she puts into every detail shines through in her work, Isa took my idea and made it even more beautiful than I could have imagined 🥹❤️

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Commissioned by: me

Characters belong to: @sarahjmaas

For: @elainarcheronweek

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Call Tamlin a misogynistic sexist asshole or whatever else you want, but he's right.

High Lady is a title Rhysand gave to Feyre.

It's honorary.

It wasn't 'earned'. She wasn't 'blessed' with it, and she certainly wasn't chosen by the land and the magic.

If there was a title and it meant something, don't you think Viviane, of all women, would've been granted it by the lands for holding down the fort in Winter Court for 50 years while Kalias was stuck UTM?

Kalias could've also easily slapped the title on her like Rhysand did with Feyre, and yet he didn't. You know why? Because Viviane doesn't need it. She's already respected and seen as his equal by his court and the others for what she has done.

Feyre can't say the same, can she?

SJM sets it up as this badass moment of empowerment, but all I saw was Rhysand giving a baby (by Fae years) a title and letting her run loose with it as well as letting it go to her head.

The first thing she did after getting that title was go and get revenge on a whole ass court because she had issues with its High Lord which is insane in of itself but it brings me to my point, that there was no political repercussions where as if Rhysand had done it, it would've declared an internal war between Night and Spring.

It would've been a good ass arc if she had learned Prythian politics, history, diplomacy, the cultures, and customs of the other courts, including her own, so much as visited the other courts, slowly climbed the ranks and learned instead of Rhysand shoving that crown on her head and down everyone else's throats.

It's like taking me, a complete clueless, inadequate foreigner, and making me the Queen of England. Utterly ridiculous.

"You just hate Feyre being High Lady because you want Nesta to be one."

The same thing goes for Nesta, babe. NONE of the Archeron sisters are qualified to be High Ladies, honorary or not.

The Archeron Sisters - A Court Of Thorns And Roses