Elain Archeron’s Character Growth
I'd never once seen [Nesta and Elain's] hands sticky with blood and fur. (...) It wasn’t that Elain was cruel…Elain sometimes just didn’t grasp things. It wasn’t meanness that kept her from offering to help; it simply never occurred to her that she might be capable of getting her hands dirty. I’ve never been able to decide whether she actually didn’t understand that we were poor or if she just refused to accept it.
—ACOTAR
Getting Her Hands Dirty:
"“Don't forget that gardening often results in something pretty, but it involves getting one's hands dirty along the way."
“And torn up by thorns," I mused, recalling a morning this past summer when Elain had come into the house, her right palm bleeding from several gashes thanks to a stubborn rosebush that had pierced her gloves. The thorns had broken off in her skin, leaving sharp splinters that I’d had to pull free."
—ACOSF Bonus Chapter
“Enchanted gloves,” she read from the card. “That won’t tear or become too sweaty while gardening.” She set aside the box without looking at it for longer than a moment. And I wondered if she preferred to have torn and sweaty hands, if the dirt and cuts were proof of her labor. Her joy.
—ACOFAS
"Elain stepped out of a shadow behind him, and rammed Truth-Teller to the hilt through the back of the king's neck as she snarled in his ear, "Don't you touch my sister".
—ACOWAR (thank you @tealeaves-and-rosepetals for this one)
Elain "Grasping Things":
“It’s their tradition, though,” Elain countered, her face still flushed with the cold. “One that they fought and died to protect in the war. Perhaps that’s the better way to think of it, rather than feeling guilty. To remember that this day means something to them. All of them, regardless of who has more, who has less, and in celebrating the traditions, even through the presents, we honor those who fought for its very existence, for the peace this city now has.”
For a moment, I just stared at my sister, the wisdom she’d spoken.
—ACOFAS
Elain saw every single thing Nesta had done, and understood why.
—ACOSF
Elain Offering to Help:
A lady—that’s what Elain would become. What she was risking for this.
(...)
“I’ll do it,” Elain said, taking a deep breath and squaring her shoulders.
—ACOMAF
Cassian shifted in his seat. “So we track down the Dread Trove—how?” Elain spoke from the doorway, having appeared so silently that they all twisted toward her, “Using me.”
—ACOSF
But she hadn’t hesitated to come. When Feyre had
offered to let her remain home, Elain had squared her shoulders and declared that she was a part of this court—and would do whatever was needed.
—ACOSF
Elain Accepting The Hand She is Dealt:
Elain, who would not eat, or speak, or do anything at all. Elain, who had somehow become the adjusted one.
—ACOSF
Elain, mourn as she might for the life she would have had with Graysen, 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.
—ACOSF
Silver lined Elain’s eyes, but her voice remained steady, sure. “There was nothing that could have been done to save him, Nesta.”
The words were kindling. Elain had accepted his death as inevitable.
--ACOSF
“It’s already ended badly. Now it’s just a matter of deciding how we meet the consequences.”
—ACOWAR
Anyways she's perfect. She is everything. She is the moment.
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I don't really understand the blaze...algorithm?? I guess?? Not the content, but when Tumblr decides to show me blazed posts. Some days I'll get literally none and then on others, I'll get six or seven. It's just very inconsistent, and I can't imagine that's because simply no one blazed any posts on a specific day.
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how tf do you find adult fantasy romance books that aren't just erotica, i s2g if i get recommended YA/NA where the fmc is younger than 25 one more time i'm gonna scream
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angus young is my profile picture now
yeah
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I’m rereading ACOTAR and already having a meltdown about Elain, ten pages in.
We started here:
and we ended with her preferring to get her hands dirty, tending soil, preparing meals for her family. We ended with her refusing enchanted gloves to protect her from cuts.
ITS ABOUT THE CHARACTER GROWTH 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
SHE IS THE LIGHT SHE IS EVERYTHING I LOVE YOU ELAIN
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who's nesta? once a mortal woman born to a family of wealthy means, nesta grew up with two sisters, feyre and elain. when their family lost all their money and their mother passed away, the girls were left with a father who wouldn't take care of them and the loss of a life they loved so dearly. hurt and grieving, nesta grew closer to her sister elain, who she could take care of and protect. feyre, meanwhile, would attempt to provide for the family by hunting and trading for food and means to keep their home warm, though this often was unsuccessful.
when feyre is stolen by a monster, nesta attempts to rescue her but cannot pass into the fae realm where her sister is held captive. having grown up a human, nesta had learned to fear and hate the fae. so when nesta learns that feyre has fallen in love with one and in fact been made into one as well, she is outraged and resentful. this is especially apparent as nesta and her sisters are thrown deep into the middle of a brutal magical war.
this outrage will only grow. when elain and nesta are captured themselves by a fae king, they are both thrown into a magical artifact, the cauldron, and turned into high fae. this is devastating to nesta, who has yet to accept that her fear and hatred of fae is ignorant and wrong. despite this, it is realized that nesta is connected to the cauldron now and has magical abilities. amidst all this, nesta begins training though she smothers her magic as best as she can.
the war comes to an end when nesta and her sister elain murder the fae king who had them made into fae. however, this victory is short-lived for nesta who will continue to suffer from severe ptsd, claustrophobia, and fear of her own abilities. as a result, she turns to alcohol and other illicit activities, and pulls away from her sisters entirely, including elain who she loves most of all.
in an effort to intervene on nesta's new self destructive nature, feyre forces nesta to work with a group of priestesses and continue her training. inspired by the shared pain with the priestesses at the hands of men, nesta convinces these women to begin training alongside her. they become known as the valkyrie.
recently, nesta was sent on a mission to recover three magic artifacts together known as the dread trove: a harp, a crown, and a mask. on this mission, it is discovered that nesta is the only being in existence capable of using all three artifacts all at once.
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Noble!Yuu: RIddle has once again banned my methods of punishment but no matter we have alternatives. Deuce get the cauldron.
Deuce: Yes, your highness! (summons cauldron)
Noble!Yuu: Very good Deuce. Ace! Pour the hot oil!
Ace: (vibrating in excitement) Aye!
Noble!Yuu: Very good. Now then we move on to the main event. Boys, slowly lower the prisoner into the boiling oil.
Crowley: (tied up and gagged) hguarf!!
Riddle: You can't boil the headmaster in oil!
Noble!Yuu: I didn't have enough tar so we had to compromise!
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