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A Court of Rage and Wishes (ACORAW)—Multi-Chapter!
Summary
Elain and Lucien wake up in the hull of a ship, tied to one another and unsure of how they got there.
AO3 | tags: fluff, Elain is snarky, Lucien likes it, complicated feelings | 3.7k | for @elucienweek2022 prompt: bonds
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When Elain woke up, she had a pounding headache and a dry mouth. She groaned rather against her own will, a most un-ladylike sound, and reached up to rub her temples. She dragged another arm along with hers, one that most certainly did not belong to her, yet seemed to respond to the movements of her own body. Elain looked down at the disembodied limb, raising her own arm and blinking at what she was attached to. The other arm was bare from the elbow down, golden, muscular, distinctly masculine, a stark contrast to her own pale arm whose exercise came from weeding and carrying garden implements from one end of Velaris to the other. The other arm, the one attached to her yet not her own, was clothed in the same cream-colored linen that she had last seen Lucien wearing. And it was attached to her own arm via a shining, golden rope that spoke of magic and a bargain.
Elain groaned again, this time with much more intention and the full weight of her own frustration behind it.
She lifted her arm dramatically, enough so that Lucien’s arm was lifted above where his head rested on the floor near Elain’s hip, and the chain linking them together clinked gently. Up and down, she raised and lowered her arm enough to get his attention without making it seem like she had intentionally woken him up. Or had even noticed his presence.
Lucien made a noise not unlike a whine and pulled his arm in tighter to his torso, frowning before he opened his eyes. “Stop doing that, Elain.”
“Oh, you’re awake,” she said, her voice flat.
New covers for the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas (UK/India edition)
reblog to stick a fruit sticker on a mutuals’ shirt where they can’t see
This is a redraw based on the Huevember Mor I finished back in 2018. I was never happy with how she turned out and that she didn’t tie in visually with the others.
The Morrigan from a Court of Thorns and Roses. August 2021
Gwynriel Prompt
"because nobody cares about me"
"I care about you"
Okay, so my first inclination was to make it Azriel saying that nobody cares about him. I think a lot of people would naturally move that way.
And we all know Gwyn is a badass, strong woman. But that doesn't mean she doesn't have bad days. And that doesn't mean that sometimes she doesn't feel lonely. Soooooooo I switched it up. I hope you like it :)
Azriel’s brow furrowed as he approached the doors to the balcony, having only just noticed the copper-haired, leather-clad Valkyrie. She sat on the thick stone railing, feet swinging as she appeared to gaze out over the city. It troubled him that he hadn’t seen her there before, and even more troublesome was the knowledge that there was no way she could have made it out there within the past two hours without his notice, as he had been in the sitting area opposite the dining room. He would have seen her or heard her or scented her, his shadows would have reached for her as they often liked to do. Something.
How long had she been out there?
Striding through the door, he squared his shoulders and pulled his wings and shadows in tight. “Could you choose a more dangerous place to sit?” he admonished as his steps brought him to her side. He shot her a sideways glace, seeing her eyes on him, before leaning his elbows on the rail.
“It’s not so dangerous, unless someone plans on pushing me,” Gwyn answered, a giggle tinkling in her voice. “And seeing as the only one here currently who might push me also has wings, I would hope that I am still relatively secure.” The shadowsinger chuckled.
“Fair enough.”
“Gwyn! Are you even listening to me”
“She’s not” replied Azriel.
They were all in the dining room,Azriel sitting in front of Nesta with Gwyn beside him. A plate of food before everyone except Gwyn whose plate was in front of Azriel.
“Can you stop writing for one second and answer me properly?”
“No she can’t.” he answered again. “She has a deadline and she’s behind”
Nesta put down her fork and knife and glared at him. He stared back amused as he buttered Gwyn’s toast.
“This isn’t funny”
“I’m not laughing”
“Azriel,as far as I recall,you have your own best friends. Stop stealing mine”
He scoffed. “I’m not stealing Gwyn”
“Oh? So what do you call you taking her out last night when we had a dinner date with Emerie? Or last week when we had to go shopping and you took her instead. And now I’m trying to get her to actually make plans....but she’s not even answering me!” She finished by throwing a grape towards Gwyn’s forehead. Azriel intercepted it before it landed.
“I didn’t plan all that. I just happened to be there” he shrugged.
Gwyn started putting away the books she was writing in and Azriel slid her plate in front of her. She threw him a grateful smile before digging in. When she looked up,she found Nesta glaring at her.
“What?”
“Did you hear anything I said in the last few minutes?”
Gwyn was about to reply when Cassian sauntered into the room and motioned for Azriel. He stood up from the table and walked over to where Cassian was standing.
Ignoring them,Nesta continued, “You’re not cancelling on me and Emerie again to go hang out with Azriel. Understood?”
“I didn’t cancel but okay”
They continued eating their breakfast. Cassian and Azriel came back to the table and sat next to Nesta and Gwyn respectively.
“What’s going on?” Nesta inquired.
“Nothing. Just a meeting with Amren after breakfast.” replied Cassian.
They all resumed eating and when Cassian and Azriel were about to leave, Az bent down and whispered something in Gwyn’s ear before kissing her on the cheek and leaving.
“Is something going on between you two? You’d tell me right?”
“With Azriel? What? Nothing’s going on”
“Then what was that?”
“What was what?”
“Don’t play dumb Gwyn. The little kiss on the cheek before he left”
“It was a kiss.....on the cheek”
Nesta just glared at her. For like the hundredth time
that day.
Gwyn sighed dropping her fork and knife. “There’s nothing going on between me and Azriel. We’re just friends. I mean I kiss you on the cheek too for Cauldrons sake”
“Okay then what was the whole him picking out your food for you,buttering your toast and picking out your favorite fruit?”
“So the fact that he knows my favorite fruit means something’s going on between us? He’s just being Azriel. He’d do it for anyone.”
“Well I’m his friend and he’s never done it for me” Nesta grumbled.
“That’s because you throw grapes at your friends” Gwyn said laughing.
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A few days later,Azriel stood before Gwyn’s door and knocked. He hadn’t seen her since they had breakfast and he left with Cassian. She opened the door and smiled brightly when she saw him.
“You’re back”
He walked in shadows swirling around her.
“Yes.I had to go to the Day court with Rhys. Impromptu visit. What are you doing?” he said staring at the colorful mess on her bed.
“Making jewelry”
“Why?”
“Because I’m bored”
He shrugged and sat down on the bed. She sat across from him and he dutifully passed her the items she needed. Both of them working in a comfortable silence. That is until she started asking questions about his trip and he launched into a description of the Day court,Gwyn listening with rapt attention.
Eventually,they finished the jewelry and were lying side by side just talking,when the door handle started rattling.
Azriel rose up on his elbows then turned to look down at her.
“You locked the door?”
She nodded.
“Gwyn why is this door locked!”
“You locked Nesta out” he said laughing
The door handle started rattling again.
“We’re supposed to go out for lunch but....”
“But....”
Her eyes trailed over his face before she said,”I wanted to hang out with you okay. I haven’t seen you for days”
His smile was wicked when he said teasingly “ You missed me”
“Whatever” she said rolling her eyes.
“GWYNETH!!”
Azriel rose up from the bed and opened the door a fraction.
“Ugh I should have known. When did you even get back?”
“Gwyn has company. We’ll see you later”
Nesta was about to punch him when Cassian who seemingly appeared from nowhere,pulled her away just in time. Azriel was chuckling. Gwyn appeared next to him,a slightly guilty look on her face.
“I’m sorry Nesta. Can we go out for dinner later instead?”
Nesta was about to ask why but she noted the look on Gwyn’s face and realization dawned on her. She wanted to spend time with Azriel.
“Okay but can I talk to you for a second”
Gwyn joined her in the hallway and they walked a few feet away from the guys.
“You little liar!” Nesta whispered. “You said there was nothing going on”
“There isn’t!”
Nesta raised an eyebrow.
“I swear! Look I just want to spend some time with him okay. I haven’t seen him for days. We’re just catching up”
“Mm-hmm....just catching up” said Nesta sarcastically.
“Shut up Nesta”
“Gwyn,you always stare at him during training. Last week you tripped when he took off his shirt. Just admit it. You like Az”
“He’s my friend”
“You are so frustrating.Look I’ll see you later. Emerie needs to be here for this conversation.”
“There is no conversation!”
Nesta rolled her eyes then went to Cassian and dragged him away. Azriel ruffled her hair when she passed.
Gwyn walked back to Az who was still standing by the door. He tucked her under his wing and they went back into her room. This time,he locked the door.
We need more. 🖤
I still cant move on from these Feyre legendary arts. Feyre Archeron, The Cursebreaker, High Lady of the Night Court 🌙
🎨: jessdraw.s
Ladies of the Night Court
Art by me
Enemies-to-lovers, but instead of featuring a villain redemption arc, the heroic one is getting progressively more corrupt, unhinged and fucked up, and the one who was originally the clear-cut villain out of the two is just like "well mark me down as scared and horny"
Summary: After the sudden deaths of Nesta’s sister and Cassian’s best friend, they gain guardianship of their nephew, Nyx.
Based on Life As We Know It (2010) and a prompt sent in by anonymous for our Nessian fanfic contest. This is a modern au.
Lounging Cassian pt.2
people are saying lucien is not POC, do you know any posts that clarify this question?
Besides canon, yes! Here is a post from an official artist and @moononastring about the topic.
Lucien is Helion's son. Therefore, Lucien is not white.
I had a student a few semesters ago write an amazing argument about how she wasn't Latina enough for some people, and not white enough for others, and how organizations for people of color don't do enough to support bi-racial people. This is something to keep in mind when thinking about whether Lucien is "POC" enough. It's just an ironic turn of events that, when historically people couldn't be white enough due to the one-drop rule, now the opposite is true.
(A little off topic from the original post but i need to get this out lmao.)
I loved Lucien a lot, because he's white-passing, he represents an identity a lot of people struggle to find within books. The general ignorance of his race is so irritating on so many's levels, and it happens regularly with other characters too.
Emerie, for example:
“Her angular eyes and light brown skin suggested a heritage from another region, perhaps a recent ancestor from the Dawn Court.”
Emerie is canonically biracial, yet people ignore this. Her skin is Light brown, different to the other Illyrians who's skin is a golden brown (which suggests she's mixed) and her eyes 'angular' suggesting she's either got a parent or grandparent (more likely grandparent) that's Asian. I've even seen some people try and say she's Latina/Hispanic, which clearly is not the case.
She's also (obviously) Illyrian, which based off the real life Illyrians, suggests she's indigenous.
"The territory the Illyrians inhabited came to be known as Illyria to later Greek and Roman authors, who identified a territory that corresponds to most of Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo,[a] much of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, western and central Serbia and some parts of Slovenia between the Adriatic Sea in the west, the Drava river in the north, the Morava river in the east and in the south the Aous river or possibly the Ceraunian Mountains."
And while the exact race of the real Illyrians is still a debated topic, the Greek settlers in the central Adriatic islands in the early fourth century indiscriminately used the term 'Illyrians' to describe the indigenous population on the coast and hinterland as early as the fourth century BC.
Going based off this we can then assume that Emerie is Indigenous and Asian.
Also with Vassa:
"Golden brown":
She clearly has brown skin, so why draw her otherwise? She does has red hair and blue eyes, pointing to her perhaps also being biracial but that doesn't mean she's white!!
Lucien is bi-poc.
Helion is either Black/middle eastern.
LoA is white.
Erasing characters identities is erasing representation. We have this amazing character who's biracial (and has a disability) who people love and we have another character who's a strong female role model who's poc (potentially lgbtq+ too!) who people see and adore. SJM isn't exactly known for her good representation so the representation we do have should not be brushed aside so we can white-wash our characters.
SJM also includes other super cool poc characters like Amren, Thesan, Varian, Cresseida, Tarquin, Nuala, Cerridwen and we have Rhys who is Bi-Poc.
Let's not take away these peoples identities, even if these are "just books", there are still real people who are the same race as these characters, who may be mixed/biracial (like myself) and by acting as though their identity is not important, it's ignoring the years of oppression these people have faced.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk, cheers and thanks.
Summary: After the sudden deaths of Nesta’s sister and Cassian’s best friend, they gain guardianship of their nephew, Nyx.
Based on Life As We Know It (2010) and a prompt sent in by anonymous for our Nessian fanfic contest. This is a modern au.
Instead of doing a tag list for this story, we have decided to have a set posting schedule. Chapters will be posted weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. Occasional surprise chapters could be posted at miscellaneous times. Chapters will be posted on both my and Shelby’s blogs! >> @snelbz
A/N: Legit cried while editing this chapter lmao no shame……two chapters left! Both will be posted on Shelby’s blog! I hope you all have enjoyed this story as much as we did while writing it.
Warning: NSFW, 18+
Summary: After the sudden deaths of Nesta’s sister and Cassian’s best friend, they gain guardianship of their nephew, Nyx.
Based on Life As We Know It (2010) and a prompt sent in by anonymous for our Nessian fanfic contest. This is a modern au.
Instead of doing a tag list for this story, we have decided to have a set posting schedule. Chapters will be posted weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. Occasional surprise chapters could be posted at miscellaneous times. Chapters will be posted on both my and Shelby’s blogs! >> @snelbz
A/N: Surprise. :)
Summary: After the sudden deaths of Nesta’s sister and Cassian’s best friend, they gain guardianship of their nephew, Nyx.
Based on Life As We Know It (2010) and a prompt sent in by anonymous for our Nessian fanfic contest. This is a modern au.
Summary: After the sudden deaths of Nesta’s sister and Cassian’s best friend, they gain guardianship of their nephew, Nyx.
Based on Life As We Know It (2010) and a prompt sent in by anonymous for our Nessian fanfic contest. This is a modern au.
Instead of doing a tag list for this story, we have decided to have a set posting schedule. Chapters will be posted weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. Occasional surprise chapters could be posted at miscellaneous times. Chapters will be posted on both my and Shelby’s blogs! >> @snelbz
A/N: Happy (barely) Monday! I have to admit, this is one of my favorite chapters in the entire story….I hope you enjoy.
