(also a publishing house known for hating a book character, the power of elain archeron, making whole ass racist and homophobic companies mad. queen of my heart, no one does it like you)

their charged glances lingering too long, their eyes locking in a room full of people and sparks flying, some whispers and unsaid words , getting a little too close, losing their restraint for a single moment and then forcing themselves to act cold again, their soft touches like a bare touch of a hand, a touch on her cheek, her hair, her lips during a vulnerable moment. the forced proximity moments where they have to be together on a mission, or to train despite trying to stay away from each other. his jealousy moments over the one who shall not be named. him not being able to hide his protectiveness and his feelings showing. the “we shouldn’t be doing this”, the “fuck it” moment, the secret meetings, the almost getting caught. their feelings swallowing them and clouding their judgement, their need, their doubts on themselves, their guilt. the angst. THE CONFESSION.

and these people are still wondering about the couple and who elain will end up with, like GIVE IT A REST ALREADY. we all know, you all know. stop being in denial.

stop stretching already? GRAYSEN REALLY? even elain is probably who? graysen who? that book would be like 2 pages cause elain would never.

but she said elain thinks lucien is hot. no she didn’t though, turn the volume up.

no doubts about elriel in my mind and that’s done but will it be the slowest of the slowest burns? is this like a scheme to actually please everyone with some content? will it be multiple povs or just elain/azriel/lucien pov?

I don’t know what to think at this moment, I would totally be happy if elain is getting three books for her story to evolve but also I don’t know if I should get dissapointed if it’s not in some way centered on her but a whole ass mashup of characters and storylines.

like some people created a ship from nothing but they still can’t come up with a plausible theory over this subject.

and don’t come at me with those out of this world they will fuck and it won’t work out bullshit theories. sjm’s gonna spend pages on some other couple’s book exploring elriel, them fucking and then they understand they don’t feel anything but lust and then elain goes to her mate and it’s like “well I fucked azriel and it didn’t work out so guess what, it’s you I think” and azriel’s gonna be like “well I guess I should find someone else then, who’s available on prythian tinder?” and suddenly it’s gonna hit him that he actually has a mate that he found out about when reading acotar’s subreddit.

and we should talk about the other part that act like elriel doesn’t exist and they just ignore it. but it does though, It’s written on page and clear as day. like they just think they will never meet again apparently cause elain will be touring with readhead fox and leading some court and azriel will be training with redhead pegasus to save Illyria LMAO I’m crying just writing this.

scene 1: lucien tries to be helpful to elain but azriel can’t let that happen’.

Lucien murmured to me, eye still fixed on Elain, 'Should we-does she need ...?'"

She doesn't need anything, “Azriel answered without so much as looking at Lucien."

(my man was prepared with the answer he wasn’t gonna let that guy interrupt his moment)

scene 2: azriel’s supposed to do his job and track lucien but he’d rather retire and die than see him and elain together

"Lucien is away right now."

Az's brows rose.

"Where?"

I winked at him.

"You're my spymaster. Shouldn't you know?"

Az crossed his arms, face as elegant and cold as the legendary dagger at his side.

"I don't make a point of looking after his movements."

"Why?"

Not a flicker of emotion.

"He is Elain's mate."

I waited.

"It would be an invasion of her privacy to track him."

To know when and if Lucien sought her out. What they did together.

"You sure about that?" I asked quietly.

Azriel's Siphons guttered, the stones turning as dark and foreboding as the deepest sea.

scene 3: ultimate level of hating. when you are in literal pain and it’s a torture to even see them next to each other so you stand near the door prepared to leave if it becomes too much.

"Why don't you sit?' "My shadows don't like the flames so much." A pretty lie. She'd seen Azriel before the fire plenty. But she looked at who sat close to it and knew the answer

Shadows darkened his eyes, full of enough pain that she couldn't stop herself from touching his shoulder. Letting him see that she understood why he stood in the doorway, why he wouldn't go near the fire.

Because her mate had been in the family room and Azriel had needed to stay by the door the whole time because he couldn't stand the sight of it, the scent of their mating bond, and needed to have the option of leaving if it became too much.

we’re entering the ELRIEL ERA bitches (finally and hopefully)!

and no I have no doubts about the couple being elriel, I mean even the antis know at this point (they always knew). i’m just hoping it’s announcement time and not just some anniversary celebrations. or worse some kinda novel or something, or she is about to pull a “chaol” and give us like a tamlin spring court ass book.

WE’VE WAITED FOR SO LONG!

I think at this point I already imagined the plot, like I’ve thought of so many scenarios all these YEARS, sjm can’t find something I didn’t already think about.

based on the books only, among all the ships regarding the next book azriel and elain are the only two people who want each other, it’s mutual and it’s reciprocated.

don’t need to theorize, to interpret, to imagine, or to twist anything. that’s not an opinion or a thought, that’s an actual fact not based on my wishes but based on canon.