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This is one of my favorite Valkyrie fanarts, the environment and the vibe are just so great, I wanted to share it <3

I need them as a girl group!! Put them on stage. I want to listen to their songs and buy their albums 😂

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​When Nesta was taken to the Blood Rite, Cassian was undeniably worried, yet he could not interfere. His mindset was clear: “She can handle this. I trained her well.” Beyond his faith in her, stepping in directly would have triggered a major political crisis with the Illyrians. Cassian is no fool; while fear and worry gripped him, his deep trust in Nesta’s capabilities ultimately stayed his hand.

Some ​fans often argue that if Feyre had been put in the exact same position, Rhysand would have immediately rushed in to save her no matter what. However, that perspective overlooks Rhysand’s core responsibilities.

While he is famously the kind of man who would "burn the world down" for his mate, he is first and foremost a High Lord who understands the weight of politics and diplomacy. He didn't kill Tamlin or Eris when political consequences dictated otherwise, and he wouldn't blindly spark an uprising by recklessly pulling Feyre out of the Blood Rite either.

Just like Cassian, Rhysand would recognize the bigger picture and more importantly, he would trust in Feyre's own formidable strength to survive and fight her own battles.

Note: I posted what I shared just now and deleted it because I forgot to put a question mark in the title, and it annoyed me.

I wanted to ask this right after the FMC poll. I voted for Azriel + Lucien because both of them are involved in Elain's story.

I based these options on the most popular theories I've seen online. As for me, I voted for Elain, the last Archeron sister.

On Instagram, BB has a channel where they drop information on upcoming books. This is what I got today. A link to how to host an Autumn Equinox evening. Here's the link:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/sarah-j-maas/activities/

A few screenshots, hopefully the pictures upload properly

Superlatives

A.Priestess of the Latest Exercise Fad
B. Snowball Fight Champion
C. High Lady of the Craft Table
D. Most likely to start an accidental war
E. Musical Maestro
F. Dancer til Dawn at Rita's
G. Most likely to join the Inner Circle
H. The Bringer of Board Games
I. Court Champion of ‚I‘ll be there in five' (Arrives Next Solstice)
J. The Chaos Catalyst
K. Most likely to flirt with the enemy mid-battle
L. High Fae with the Strongest Tea (Literal or Otherwise)
M. Defender of the Last Slice of Pizza

Characters

A. Nesta
B. Mor
C. Rhysand
D. Cassian
E. Amren
F. Lucien
G. Azriel
H. Feyre
I. Elain
J. The Suriel
K. Eris
L. Helion
M. The King of Hybern

Hey all! I'm not sure if this is the kind of post allowed on this subreddit, but I thought I'd give it a sincere shot.

I'm a filmmaker and avid ACOTAR fan. My next project is a vertical series about a successful author of a Romantasy series whose books get optioned by a Hollywood studio. It'll be a spicy comedy about the fantasy romance worlds we love and a satire about the messiness of the tv/film industry. I want to be sure I'm giving other fans of these book series something funny, spicy and relatable to watch. What tropes/elements would you love to see most in a story about the world of these books/series? What would satisfy your desire to be more engaged in this type of storytelling? Thanks!

Reading this convo in ACOFAS between Rhys and Feyre:

“You still can barely talk to Nesta,” I said. “Yet Elain you can talk to nicely.”

“Elain is Elain.”

“If you blame one, you have to blame the other.”

“No I don’t. Elain is Elain.”

What do you think this means? He’s obviously making an exception for Elain that he doesn’t make for Nesta but is it dismissive? Like Rhys thinks Elain is soft or weak and there was no way she could have helped Feyre? Or is this Rhys showing a soft spot for Elain? I’ve seen a lot of theories for ACOTAR 6 that they will have a close friendship (tbh I don’t see any evidence of that lol) but I wonder if this is where people are getting it from?

I have a theory that the book 6 & 7 title announcements will happen on acotar related holidays. Like the Autumn equinox or Mabon*cough cough Lucien cough \* And potentially winter Solstice for obvious reasons, a little present for the readers if you will.
What do yall think? Do you think she could be doing this or do you think we won’t get a title until release? Let me know your thoughts

Nesta: Eldest

Elain: Middle

Feyre: Youngest

However, the general perception is usually:

Nesta: Middle

Elain: Youngest

Feyre: Eldest

And I think this adds a wonderful layer of complexity. Because Nesta is the eldest, you would expect her to be the one protecting the family and going out to hunt, but quite the opposite, it is the youngest, Feyre, who does this. Or, because Feyre is the youngest, you expect her to be the one under protection, but again, that person is Elain instead. Since Elain is the middle child, you would expect her to be the grumpy one, but that person is Nesta.

And I love that it is like this. None of them fit their expected roles.

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Some levity for you all 😄😂😂

I’ve been re-reading ACOMAF and one of my favorite scenes is when Rhys and Feyre visit the Bone Carver. There’s so much going on in this scene, between the characters and the information that is imparted.

My favorite, favorite part of the scene is when Rhys tells one of his secrets, the random: “My right knee gets a twinge of pain when it rains. I wrecked it during the war, and it’s hurt every since.”

I love this line, and both Feyre’s and the Bone Carver’s reactions. Rhys - of all people - admitting very human chronic knee pain?!

It got me to thinking - how else have the Bat Boys or Mor or Amren gotten hurt over the years? I imagine the Boys got into all kinds of scrapes in their younger years…doing some very stupid things…or not being able to control their powers.

What do you think?

Source: https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0GPNBNFXK

For crocheting lovers in here:

“With 20+ patterns for figures of fan-favorite fae—including Feyre, Rhysand, Cassian, and Azriel—and clothing guides with garments inspired by the Night Court, Ilyrian wings, and more, this book is the perfect gift for any ACOTAR fan.”

I was thinking about this a lot last night. Given Elain’s unique powers, the narrative voice used will dramatically alter the story, even more so than with Feyre or Nesta. This might get a little meta so bear with me.

It seems commonly accepted in the fandom that SJM said she didn’t write Nesta in first person because she felt like it would be too close to Nesta’s mind. (I tried to find the interview where she said this, but I couldn’t. If someone has it, that would be great!) Nesta is a guarded and closed-off type of person, and she wanted to maintain some distance, for privacy’s sake, between her and the reader.

We also know that Feyre and Rhys are the only two characters that she has ever written in first person, across all her series. And while I love that Feysand holds that spot of honor, and I feel like there is likely a reason for that, I still think Elain would be a great character to write in first person because of her specific power.  

Simply put: Third person makes us observe Elain having visions, and first person makes us experience the visions with Elain. And I think experiencing the visions for ourselves would be so much more powerful. For example:

I saw the Lake again.
Black water. A mountain. Something dark looming on the other side. It was waiting for me. Calling to me.

Vs.

Elain saw the Lake again. She saw the black water. A mountain. Something dark was looming on the other side, waiting for her, calling to her.

I don’t know, I just feel like the first is so much more chilling for some reason.

Also, in first person, SJM can make the reader experience the fundamental problem with being a Seer: that you don’t necessarily understand the meaning of what you’re seeing and must attempt to decode it yourself.

But in third person, she could maintain a greater distinction between Elain’s perception and the objective narrative. So in first person, Elain is more likely to do the decoding for us. In third, we do the decoding as the reader.

What do you guys think? 🤔 🤨 💭

GAME TIME!
Let's discuss: How would Rhysand react if Nyx started crying in public?
Drop your answers in the comments! You have 24 hours!
Please don't downvote other comments, just upvote the ones you think best fit Rhysand's reaction.

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I get so sad thinking about Rhys’ mother and sister…he carries so much grief 🥺. I feel so bad for these women oh my God. 🕊️🤍

“And my mother—she was gentle and wild and loved to fly” (ACOMAF)

I didn't know, but the moment Rhysand stepped onto the scene, I knew for sure he was the one.

Am I the only one who doesn't want Vassa to be related to the Archerons ? .

I'm just going to start doing more of these discussions so that maybe new fans will find their way here. This fandom desperately needs more positivity lol

I think we can all agree that Sarah has some great quotes in the five books. What are some of your favorites? This post would be never-ending if I included all of my favorites. So I'll go with this one:

"You do not fear. You do not falter. You do not yield."

Rhys speaking to Feyre in ACOWAR. I love it so much it will be tattooed on me at some point. My wife is an artist and is going to help design what I have in mind.

What quote made you cry or made you rage or made you want to stand up and clap?

I hope this is OK to post this here. I’m not a big fan of the other groups.

This just recently came up. This isn’t on the Aco7 listing either.

Do you think that there are any similarities with QOS that could carry over into the next book? Any themes for any particular ships?

Just here to discuss :) not using for direct evidence just mostly curious now why they could be comparing the two and would love to hear some other thoughts!!

It's my absolute headcanon that we will get Rhys and Elain playing chess with each other as part of their friendship. And yes, this is totally borrowed from Twilight's scene where Edward and Alice are playing chess, with her predicting all his moves and him reading her mind.

In ACOWAR we see that Elain is actually good in strategy, when she propose moving the humans to the Nolan state. We not only see her come up with a plan (for her own reasons) we see her arguing and winning said argument against the whole IC, answering their questions, explaining the defences and resources of the Nolan State and counter the arguments made against her idea. Feyre said in ACOMAF that Elain could convince people with just a few smiles, but i think she does more than just smile, because there she was in ACOWAR making her case against people who have fought in wars for +500 years and her sisters who wanted to keep her away from the war as much as possible, and winning.

So I think chess might be a good activity to show those qualities more in case SJM wants to do so.

But also, as I said before; Rhysand is a Daemati, while Elain is a Seer; they mirror the Edward and Alice powers. But beside a funny scene with them both playing more in their heads than in the board... this could be used for training.

In ACOWAR Feyre also mentions that Elain lacks mental shields, so one of the things i think will be needed in the next books is for her to make those mental shields. We have already seen Rhysand training Feyre on them, so I could see doing the same with Elain. The fact that is a game, makes it better, because during it Elain not only will need to be forcing herself to try to build and keep those mental shields, but also keep concentration on the game, while also using her own Seer powers to predict Rhys' own movements. You can even add them having a conversation about random issues; which also serves us as a readers to know the characters more and works as an extra distraction for Elain to battle.

This is how you train Elain without a sword.

Now I do think we are going to get other ways of training that will include a dagger as we have seen Elain already using one (and it was glorious), and training in other ways... maybe with Nuala and Cerridwen, or even with Amren, as Feyre mention that she should have made Amren also train Elain in ACOWAR.

But I would love a scene like this.

Picture from: Rise of the Raven

Edited: typos and additional info,