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raand0m · 2 years
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Guardians of The Maiden is a fantastic series that shouldn't be underrated.
That's the post.
Goodbye.
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itzshrike · 20 days
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Okay okay we already got tales of the Jedi and are getting tales of the empire but are we forgetting something? 🤨
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thesoftestmess · 4 months
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Thinking about focalors saying furina's humanity is what made her perfect, but sending her on a 500 years long quest where she had to divorce herself from her humanness every single day anew.
Furina having to keep up a show of distance to humanity and having to put herself above her fellow humans, while encouraging Neuvillette, who has never been human, to mingle with them and learn to understand them.
Focalors inviting Neuvillette into the palais and knowing damn well something as strong as Furina's love and care for humans will inevitably rub off on him and there's nothing he could do about it.
Focalors loving and admiring humanity so much that she trusted herself, her human form, enough that not even a mighty ancient dragon could exist for centuries next to Furina's deeply kind and compassionate heart and be immune to it.
It wasn't only time that made Neuvillette unable to declare fontainians guilty after everything. It undoubtedly was also his Lady Furina meeting personally with her citizens, throwing big social banquets on her birthdays and visiting the sick and elderly in their homes.
Caring about the young and the old, remembering their names and bloodlines and their countless life stories.
There's something so special about the theme of humanness between Furina and Neuvillette and how it binds them together not just by fate, but by heart.
There's something special about him spending 500 years by the side of a human unknowingly, and it inevitably turning him into their ally, while Furina has no idea she's making it happen.
Loving humans comes naturally to her and this part of her could never be drowned out, not even by a painfully lonely and straining act of authority and godship.
There's something so heartbroken in Neuvillette's voice when he learns about her sacrifice and really, how could he ever declare humanity guilty for their mere existence when Furina was by his side sacrificing everything and then some for them for four centuries, regardless of how they treated or talked about her?
How could he ever leave her and her people to a doomed fate?
And a part of Furina telling him to get out and mingle with humans feels like she was saying "I know you don't like me much as an archon, but you would've loved me as a human" and she's right.
The moment she drops the act and moves out and goes on her very own healing journey, he falls hard.
Once the heavy presence of fate between them evaporates, he sees her clearly for the first time ever and what he sees is the very best of humanity. One of humanity's kindest and strongest and most determined.
So fragile and exhausted and half-ill from mental torment. Someone who certainly deserves the praises offered to a god, but who wears her human skin so much better.
Wears her heart on her sleeve, just like all her insecurities and flaws.
There's no act, no big secret, no impending doom hanging over their heads now, but she's further from Neuvillette's side than she's ever been and it makes him yearn for her in a way he doesn't know is utterly human.
And she's lying awake with the very same feeling.
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teddyhoneybear · 2 months
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What if Elain has to hold in the urge to bake cinnamon rolls everytime Lucien visits, because his scent reminds her of them, only to find herself in the kitchen anyway, kneading dough while cursing him.
Then she keeps smelling them addictively, her little nose covered in frosting, while imagining it's him. 🥹
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People want a rejected mate trope but fail to realize a lot of rejected mate tropes are just second chance romances for the rejected mate pairing as they work through their differences.
There are very few books where the rejected mate couple stay apart, and usually those are when the guy tries to off the woman & as she's dieing is blessed with a different guy. I can't see that happening between Elucien when Lucien looked at Elain with longing still in ACOSF.
Sarah is a fated mate author. Elain and Lucien WILL be endgame, even if they explore a rejected mate bond.
🎨 is by @rosalynnart
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xkzuka · 7 months
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we. came. so. far.
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From being too nervous to even hug her back, to melting into her embrace without hesitation, despite not seeing each other for literal eons. They didn't skip a beat. Their love is strong I bet it can be felt across every single timeline in existence.
The fabric of time may have ripped, events of history and it's inhabitants changing in the most bizarre ways, it's clear one thing didn't change.
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acourtofladydeath · 17 days
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Poly+ ACOTAR Week Day 2: Comfort
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Nesta has always struggled with more intense cycles than most, and when she became fae it only got worse. Thankfully, her mates Azriel and Cassian are there to take care of her.
Based on my headcanon that Nesta has endometriosis, which became more intense after she went through the Cauldron.
Have some Nessriel hurt/comfort fluff for @polyacotarweek day 2. Start reading below the cut, and read the full fic on AO3 here!
When Nesta rolled out of bed that morning her body felt sluggish, tired even after a full night's sleep. But warriors, especially Valkyrie’s, didn’t let anything keep them from training. She held in her groan as she sat up, trying not to wake Azriel. The male could sleep until the second before training started, still make it on time, and be one of the most alert people there.  Cassian had awoken and left the bed almost an hour ago, preferring to have extra time for his hair and breakfast routine. Nesta fell somewhere in the middle. She allowed herself only the exact amount of time it took her to pull on her leathers, braid her hair, grab a quick snack from the House, and make it to the training ring.  Each step she took felt heavier than the last, and her arms ached from what was typically the easy task of taming her hair. If that wasn’t a sign that something about this day would be different, the House providing Nesta with a pan au chocolat instead of her regular oats with berries definitely was.  Groaning at the realization of what the House was trying to tell her, Nesta decided that she would pretend like it wasn’t happening and accept the House’s gift as a token of friendship and not the warning it was. This was her first mistake. The second mistake was heading up to train with the Valkyries and her mates.  Training was horrible. Azriel and Cassian kept an eye on Nesta as she faltered slightly. Not enough that any of the usual priestesses training with them would notice, but these males were finely in tune with their mate’s abilities and they noticed the subtle differences. Toward the end of practice Emerie and Nesta sparred. When Emerie actually managed to land a gut punch Nesta had been properly defending for years, both females immediately stopped.  Nesta stood hunched over, fighting for her breath through the pain that radiated through her body. In an instant, Emerie was by her side.  “Fuck Nes, are you okay? I didn’t think I hit that hard, I’m so sorry.” Emerie grabbed Nesta’s arm and helped her to sit on the ground. It took several moments before Nesta could gasp in a full breath. She felt the stares of her mates from across the training ring, and sensed their concern flow down their shared bonds. Cassian and Azriel respected her enough to know that she could handle her own training, even if she took a bad hit. They wouldn't approach unless she was too injured to respond or she asked for them. Instead of getting up as she usually did, Nesta curled further in on herself. The scent of blood filled the ring, and Cassian could no longer keep himself from helping his mate. Within moments he was kneeling beside Nesta and Emerie at the edge of the ring. 
Finish reading on AO3 here!
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apamates · 21 days
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RGU, ep. 23: Qualifications of a Duelist | Fool's Fate, ch. 18: Ice
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bonefall · 24 days
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tall shadows line of "she was only a kittypet" kinda reminds me of the line "they were only slaves" from the prince of egypt.
What kills me about it is that like, at that point in the movie, the Pharoah Is Bad. Him saying that a billion babies where fed to crocodiles is A Bad Thing. It's the point where Moses realizes he can't be part of the royal family without being complicit.
But Tall Shadow says "calm down, Bumble was less than human anyway" and Gray Wing nods along (complete with the jiggly clicking noise that comes with shaking a can of spraypaint) and this is an example of them being reasonable. Level-headed, even, not getting swept away by the passion of the angry mob.
There are so many levels to how fucked up the Bumble Debacle is that you can't explore every floor all at once. It is an onion. It has layers.
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back-manage-animal · 2 days
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honeydots · 3 months
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i love olivia's flying dancer alt so obviously inigo needed an outfit too.....
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raand0m · 2 years
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"Cassiel suppressed a groan when Dyna stopped, once again, to pick another measly plant."
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA... Adorable 🤧
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justplaindeviant · 1 year
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I swear I'm not just obsessed with their chibi counterparts. 🧍🏻
Fyodor out here running amok and wreaking havoc on my baby boys.
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teddyhoneybear · 2 months
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I've always thought that Lucien would be the epitome of a fae male to Elain when she was still a human. I mean the most beautiful and unique features she could think of, the finest qualities, just her having fun, fantasizing and wondering how a fae male would look like or how the perfect one could look like.
Then she's face to face with him. Her imaginary creation, but real. Flesh and bones. And, yes, she's probably mortified, but also amazed. Because even if she thought one couldn't be more lovelier, there he was. Absolutely breathtaking. And so hard to look away.
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“I want Elain to choose love over a mate bond!”
Sounds like some total bullshit to me.
This is the mate bond:
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And this:
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SJM: “Is it something that’s destined? Or is it something that you make? Is it both?”
Me? I want both.
“Not lover, not husband, but more than that.”
I want that for Elain. (And Azriel too.)
No, Elain doesn’t love Lucien yet. That’s what her book is for! You know, the romance novel? The genre that’s about falling in love? Why would she already be in love now?
Love without a bond is lesser. Everyone says it. Why tf would you want that ending for your characters when, in the world of the book, a mate bond is the absolute best thing they can have? But E/riels who claim to want Elain to be happy are like, “Mmmm, no thank you?” They think she’s already found the most happy she can be and not only is it outside of her “bond so deep, so permanent, so rare, so cherished” it’s outside of her book!
Rhys says he’ll marry Feyre if she wants, but he’s going to call her “mate.” Tamlin calls marriage “insignificant” in comparison.
E/riels: I’d like to see some of that second-rate love please!
Certifiable crazy talk.
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irlplasticlamb · 1 year
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i’m so sorry if i seem a bit off or post less in the next week or so — i just found out my beloved 17 years old soulmate cat got diagnosed with bone cancer and he doesn’t have much time left. he lives in my family home with my parents still whilst i’m abroad so it’s double tough because i can’t be with him. i just need some time to calm down and make my peace with everything
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