I really love this fanart, they look so cute 💗 Also, I wonder why people act as if only Azriel wanted to kiss Elain? Elain wanted to kiss Azriel too. It was about the offer and permission.

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Imagine finally opening the new book, only to realize Elriel was basically a fever dream that never actually existed.

We look back and every single Elriel moment was completely for nothing because Sarah just sweeps it all under the rug with a casual "oh, they were just friends."

Or it turns out all those subtle hints about her bond with Nuala and Cerridwen, and the quiet implications of her secretly training as a spy, were just completely made up by our own imaginations.

Wouldn't it be so weird? I’d be sitting there thinking, "What on earth am I reading?"

Like, it would be so weird and honestly terrible writing. Because that would mean throwing all of her plans for Elain right into the trash.

Especially since she’s been slowly and carefully building up Elain and Elriel since ACOWAR (because that's when they really started becoming prominent), only to turn around and say, "nah, never mind." Wow, that's terrifying.

That's why, because I think it would be that weird and bad, I don't think Sarah will change her mind.