#jurian

[reblogandlikes]

Dipped a toe and snooped in the pro IC and Co. tag just for shits and giggles and it's crazy how so many can't seem to comprehend general criticism of the acotar books and will call people or stans of other characters abusive and idiots and whatever else for simply being a stan of (name character) but do not see the total hypocrisy in their own faves. The abusive nature of their faves. The favoritism towards their faves. The manipulation both from and of their faves.

Many resfuse to see how all over the place SJM writing generally is and I find it hilarious how when it's stated that SJM retcon blatantly to fit the 1st person narrative of the book it's bullshit people and antis are hating for no reason, but as soon as it comes to ACOSF it's lies pandering to pro Nesta despite the story being written in 3rd person from both Nesta and Cassian's POV. I'm sorry, your fave Rhysand has always been a dick. They'd take everything in first books as gospel, but the moment it's Nesta's or even Bryce’s, it's not true? It's biased. It doesn't count.

Hmm...odd

I don't like ACOSF. The story wasn't about healing, but beating a character down into submission and as a Nesta stan, I still critique it because...I can and I will. Cassian can go fall down those stairs and give the usefulness of his wings to Emerie.

If they want to read the books blindly, go ahead, but don't get mad when others actually internalise and think about the messages being spoken. Everyone digest media differently, and that's OK. I personally like reading about ambiguous and indepth characters. Not a fan of being told how to feel and what to think. The ability to ready between the lines and pick up things that aren't in big neon writing is preferable. SJM has the capability, generally, which from what I've seen, is why TOG is far better recieved, even with the criticism.

They say if we hate Rhysand or Feyre so much, why keep reading? Well, at this fucking point, we're all too deep in this shit show to stop. Call it morbid curiosity. These books have made me a masochist.

If you're an anti blog, keep doing your thing. If you're a pro blog, same thing. Who cares? We find our communities and have fun talking shit. But the unnecessary harsh name calling over something supposedly "not that deep" is wild.

#sjm critical #acotar #acowar #acomaf #acofas #acosf #anti rhysand #anti ic #anti feysand #pro nesta #pro tamlin #pro eris vanserra #pro lucien vanserra #jurian #queen vassa #feyre acheron #elain archeron #anti #pro #reading comprehension #critical #stan culture #wtf sjm #acotar critical

[starlessvsaint]

#nessian #elucien #feysand #gwynriel #jassa #nesta archeron #feyre archeron #elain archeron #rhysand #azriel #cassian #lucien vanserra #gwyneth berdara #jurian #vassa #acotar #barbie

[animezinglife]

I think Elain would thrive having her own circle. Feyre has Rhys and the Inner Circle of the Night Court. Nesta has Cassian and the Valkyries. Both women have a mate they know and love, but they also have friends of their own. Yes, it could be argued that Feyre and Rhys have the same friends, but she also has her art studio and business partner. She's branched out. She's built a full, fulfilling life, and has had the freedom to.

So has Nesta. She has Cassian. She has Gwyn and Emerie. She has her own home and her own purpose.

Elain was social as a human. She had friends, and she had a fiance she thought loved her. All of that was ripped away from her when she was Made.

She will always love her family--the Night Court is part of her extended family now as well, but she needs something that is hers. She needs her gardens, but she also needs her own purpose, her own people, her own love, and her own life.

She's trying to bloom where she's planted, but she can't. It's not working. She faces the window because she needs sunlight and a bigger world beyond it. She wants more--she's said as much.

If/when she does start falling for Lucien, she will flourish. The broader the world becomes again, the more trusting she becomes of herself/gains confidence, and a growing sense of purpose and fulfillment.

I could see her befriending Vassa and Jurian--two humans who absolutely know what she's going through.

I could see her warming to Lucien and opening up to him. Realizing what a genuinely good, sweet, gentle, and intelligent male he is. Watching him seamlessly and cleverly maneuver through a crowd like the most regal and elegant of emissaries, and tying back his hair, rolling up his sleeves, and catching fish in the stream with his bare hands and knowing exactly how to cook it. Being thoroughly overwhelmed by how good he looks in the firelight while they camp, and trusting herself--trusting him--enough that she realizes she's falling in love.

I could see her immediately hitting it off with the Lady of Autumn (and the Lady loving her/treating her like the daughter she never had). They would, of course, tease Lucien good-naturedly.

Helion would love her, and I think he would immediately see through the pretty face and know there's more to her than gardens and frivolous parties.

I could see Eris genuinely liking her too and being comically warm towards her in comparison to how he treats others (and Lucien never being entirely sure whether this is partly to get under his skin or not).

If I'm being honest, I could see Tamlin liking her quite a bit too once he gets past the whole Archeron thing and whatever hurt/anger he still feels towards Lucien.

I want to see her have it all.

#elain archeron #it's loving elain hours as usual #acotar #elucien #lucien vanserra #a court of thorns and roses #eris vanserra #lady of autumn #the lady of autumn #helion spell-cleaver #helion #the night court #vassa #jurian #tamlin

[copypastus]

@lucienweekofficial Day 5 - Family

I wanted to do different families Lucien had over the years. So we have: 1. Baby Lucien with his mom 2. Lucien with Jesminda 3. Lucien with Tamlin 4. Lucien with his Band of Exiles

#my art #acotar #acotar fanart #lucien vanserra #lucienweek2023 #lady of the autumn court #jesminda #acotar jesminda #tamlin #jurian #vassa #jurian acotar #vassa acotar #it's all fun and games until you remember he lost 3/4 of those families #i'm glad he has his friends now #lucien deserves to be with people who like him and want to be around him #happieness for lucien 2023

[theladyofbloodshed]

Crescent City ¦ ToG

#azriel #jurian #nesta archeron #elain archeron #lucien vanserra #feyre archeron #helion #rhysand #eris vanserra #acotar

[gwyns]

jurian:

#truly an iconic man #i want him to [redacted] me so hard #acotar #a court of thorns and roses #jurian #tp

[juriansgeneralgoods]

Jurian is the funniest character in the entire ACOTAR series and I'm pretty sure most of what makes him so funny isn't even on purpose. like he's a living legend. he led a slave revolt and allegedly spent the whole time bragging about how great he is. he's a femme fatale. he crucified someone. for five hundred years, he was Spirit Halloween costume jewelry. he eats loudly. he was such an obvious double agent and literally nobody around him noticed even though four of them could read minds and his motive for siding with the baddies made no sense. he's really annoying. he's deeply traumatized. his ex girlfriend tried to murder him in the middle of the final battle of the series. despite being a relatively minor character, the main trilogy nearly ends on him and Feyre talking about the future. his best friends are a queen he unintentionally got turned into a bird and a centuries old nobleman he spent months intentionally antagonizing. he's almost a king. he's sprawled out on a ridiculous pink couch. he's undead. he's literally just a guy.

#not to blorbo but i love this man #jurian #acotar #🗡️

[whatisamettafor]

I told y’all Lucien will be happy too, these guys are having a great time.

#lucien vanserra #Jurian #vassa #the band of exiles #am I wrong I could have sworn it was #the band of misfits #naturally when I'm glad I no longer need to draw lucien the first thing I do is draw lucien #but everything about this was so goddamn fun #jurassien

[treadsuren]

It's so poetic that the next ships are about how beautiful redheads found love. I so need to find a picture where Jurian, Elain and Azriel talk about how they love their redheads and how they love touching their fiery hair.

#lucien #lucien vanserra #elucien #elain x lucien #gwynriel #lucien acotar #pro lucien vanserra #Vassa #Jurian #Jurian acotar #gwyn x azriel #acotar

[deathbealady]

wait a minute

was it ever explained how Brannagh and Dagdan are daemati and magically never fucking realized that Jurian was playing the King of Hybern like Tamlin playing a fiddle?

you mean to tell me that the sadistic and gross Brannagh and Dagdan never bothered to go into Jurian��s mind, not even just for shits and giggles because they like to torture humans??

I know SJM explains that Rhysand (and Feyre for that matter) didn’t think to check, but that’s also kind of a really stupid excuse. Yeah sure he’s gonna be mentally/emotionally/physically scarred from all the bs he’s been through, and it might’ve made him crazy in any number of ways, but he’s clearly of sound enough mind to be acting on behalf of Hybern in some capacity. Changing loyalties to turn against his own people is out of character to say the least, but certainly not outside the realm of possibility

Also, Jurian knew of daemati and expected them to do daemati things. He told Rhysand he figured he would’ve read his thoughts and known where his true loyalties lay. I don’t recall mention of him having mental shields, and as a human, how would he have known how to put any up? Doesn’t it require magic? And just assuming he could do it despite being human, how effectively would he be able to maintain such shields as a human, especially if he’s up against a more powerful and practiced daemati, let alone two??

Related: it’s established that daemati are not only able to read minds, but manipulate memories and essentially brainwash/control the minds of their targets. Why the fuck wouldn’t Rhysand check to see if Jurian hadn’t been brainwashed into serving the king of Hybern??? Especially after knowing that Hybern had at least 2 daemati rolling with Jurian, who could monitor and control his behavior in the Spring Court.

And for THAT matter, how did Brannagh and Dagdan not notice that Tamlin was also biding his time to double cross Hybern? I may be misremembering, but wasn’t there a whole-ass scene where Feyre had to go in and create mental shields for Tamlin and Lucien to protect them from Brannagh and Dagdan?? She protected his mind then, but it was also a lot of strain on her magic that was being sapped by the faebane. And in any case, it’s not a stretch to think Tamlin wouldn’t have met them before

It’s already stupid enough that a high lord like Tamlin and the son of a high lord like Lucien, somehow do not have training to protect themselves from daemati. It’s an especially stupid plot hole for Tamlin, who was once friends with Rhysand, and likely would’ve known about Rhysand’s abilities given their history. You mean to tell me that if he didn’t learn how to protect himself from daemati before or during their friendship, Tamlin just never thought “hey maybe I should learn to protect myself from daemati just in case”??? And especially not after the big falling out he’d had with Rhysand?!?!

This was honestly supposed to be a quick shower thoughts level post about Jurian but the more I thought about it, the more I realized NONE OF IT MAKES SENSE! These books truly do such terrible disservices to the most interesting characters and it is so painful to watch it happen

#daemati are powerfully useless apparently #jurian #tamlin #pro tamlin #anti rhysand #sjm critical #acotar #a court of thorns and roses #acotar discourse

[animezinglife]

[Poll open one week].

#my first poll and I've chosen to use it wisely #acotar #a court of thorns and roses #acomaf #a court of mist and fury #acowar #a court of wings and ruin #acofas #a court of frost and starlight #acosf #a court of silver flames #rhysand #cassian #azriel #lucien vanserra #tamlin #jurian #helion #tarquin #eris vanserra #varian #thesan #acotar males #sjm #sarah j maas

[copypastus]

@lucienweekofficial Day 1 - Exile

Taking the prompt very literally for this one.

"What does the Band of Exiles even do?" The Band of Exiles:

(Based on this amazing stock photoshoot I couldn't get out of my head.)

#my art #lucienweek2023 #acotar #acotar fanart #lucien vanserra #jurian #vassa #jurian acotar #vassa acotar #the band of exiles #i just like lucien having friends who like him #let them be silly and unreasonably hot #(put some feathers on vassa coz of the bird thing) #(gotta tell them sjm redheads apart somehow) #(then i forgot she cut her hair at some point >_>)

[queercontrarian]

it's jesus jurian

#the only man ever #i need him biblically #and in many more unholy ways #jurian #acotar

[gwyns]

lucien, having to be subjected to jurian and vassa's arguments that are just thinly veiled sexual innuendos and flirting attempts while his mate currently won't give him the time of day:

#my mans constantly going through it #acotar #lucien vanserra #jurian #vassa #jassa #vassian #tp

[juno-rain]

Sketch request for @cascadingmoon

#jassa #jurian #vassa #acotar #acotar fanart #band of exiles #acosf #my fan art

[aelin-elucien]

Lucien was mentally abused by his “father”, he was mentally and phisically abused by his own brother (or half brothers), excluded maybe by Eris.

He saw his first love murdered in front of him, the person he loved the most.

He lost an eye because of Amarantha.

For awhile he was happy and he found a home in the spring court but he was Tamlin’s victim too. He was mentally and physically abused by him for years

He literally almost died to save Feyre’s life UTM.

Lucien was Tamlin’s victim too. An emotional toxic friendship. Tamlin litelly obeyed him to do the Rite and he was SEXUALLY ABUSED by Iantahe (several times).

He found out that his mate was Elain and not Jesminda and he was SHOCKED and then he was willing to die in the war. Lucien went on a mission to find Vassa.

He is unaware that Helion is his real father and I bet when Helion found out, he’s gonna kill Beron and taking his revenge. Lucien deserved to know about this, deserved to be loved by a proper father for once.

He trusted the IC, I like to think they’re friends, literally during acosf Lulu, Cassian & Rhys were talking about sports (I need that scene from Lucien’s pov). Cassian was sad for Lucien for the situation w Elain.

Rhys is definitely Team Lucien, (just for political reason but still)

He found his family, his found family with the Band of Exiles.

lucien Vanserra deserved the best, deserves an happy ending.

#lucien vanserra #elucien #the band of exiles #Vassa #Jurian #acotar #Vanserra #team lucien #he deserves better