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The old gods are dead

Zeus sits at the bar, he’ll buy a thousand and one drinks and the girls who he smiles at will raise their eyebrows and think of the pepper spray tucked into their sleeves.

Hera waits at home. She knows the numbers of all the girls and she has their facebooks open on the computer. Her hands hover over the keyboard., She wants to tell them that men will always lie. She wants to take her own advice. She never will.

Apollo and Artemis travel the world. They are chasing the sun. Chasing the moon. They will never catch up. Their hand are curled around each others hip bones. Never in public though. They look too similar for that now. Society has learned judgement and so they keep their caresses safe in the shadows.

Poseidon wanders the shore. He wears a plastic poncho and carries a bag of trash. His tears mix with the salt water. No one can tell the difference. A girl with hair that moves like serpents trails after him, retribution in her eyes.

Hades lies in bed, his wife curled around him. He smiles because people will always believe in death and finally, finally he has beaten his brothers at something.

Athena paces through college campuses, handing out pamphlets on architecture. She scoffs at professors who are simply going through the motions. She carries signs in her hands as she marches through the streets with the students, screaming about the newest problem. She laughs wild, these children, these fearless children are her people.

Hestia wants her family to come home. She waits in the doorway, arms outstretched and a smile like forgiveness waiting to embrace the siblings whom she knows will never return.

Demeter counts down the days until her daughter returns. She smiles when children cheer over the snow days she gives them. There was a time when she had a child like that.

Persephone kisses her husband and grins when people tremble. She is vengeful and wears flowers in her hair and she will make damn sure that the world will never forget her name.

Ares walks through the Middle East, picking his way around the ruins of an elementary school. He stopped understanding war a long time ago. This was not brave, this was not heroic. This was senseless.

Aphrodite narrows her eyes at boys in cars who yell obscene things. She’s long since stopped romanticizing love. She is gaunt and over worked but sometimes she sees a teenage girl handing her baby over to an older couple who had tried for years and she feels young again. Sometimes, she sees Ares from across the room as soldiers embrace their loved ones and they smile at each other. 

 Hephaestus limps through his shop, his hands are worn down, his back is still twisted but people don’t seem to notice anymore. He makes their furniture, their toys and trinkets and they thank him, they pay him.

 Hermes runs through the streets of New York, Tokyo, London. He is young in this time, young and beautiful and slipping between business men, his hands finding their way into their pockets. He never stops laughing. 

 Dionysus mixes Zeus his drinks. He watches his family grin and cry and get sick in the back room of the bar. He holds back their hair and hands them another drink before they even ask. He’s been here a long time. He’s seen them drunk more often then he’s seen them sober. He is watching them flicker out and fade. 

 The gods are dying. The gods are dead. The gods are us.

-L.D.

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Best thing I’ve seen this week is a video of Rebecca Yarros talking about how Xaden knew all the filthy thoughts Violet was having about him in Fourth Wing because of his second signet, and that there are several moments in Onyx Storm when he’s like “yeah I remember you thinking that”

someone please explain why i can have a fucking pantry at home FILLED with food and yet still have nothing to eat

SJM Couples and Characters that give off the same vibes to me:

Characters:

Nesta Archeron and Manon Blackbeak

Sam Cortland and Connor Holstrom

Lorcan Salvaterre and Baxian Argos

Elain Archeron and Elide Lochan

Eris Vanserra and Cormac Donnall

ACOTAR Lucien Vanserra and pre-KOA Aedion Ashryver

Queen Vassa and Asterin Blackbeak

Amren and Fury Axtar

Mor and Danika Fendyr

Helion and Fenrys Moonbeam

Dorian Havilliard and Ithan Holstrom

Cairn, Amarantha and Pollux

Blackbeak Matron and Sabine Fendyr

Couples:

Feyre/Rhysand and Aelin/Rowan

Celaena/Sam and Bryce/Connor

Nesta/Cassian and Ariadne/Flynn

Manon/Dorian and Lidia/Ruhn

Elide/Lorcan and Elain/Azriel

sometimes i really wish i can text taylor swift and ask her the meaning behind her songs because how the fuck did that come out of her brain????

@taylorswift

Here’s our lovely beauty, Elain Archeron and her partner in crime, the Spymaster/Shadowsinger from ACOTAR series by SJM.

Declaimer: This is NON-CANON scene!

When Rhysand said to his wife/mate and sister of Elain, Feyre - “I wonder if everyone has spent so long assuming Elain is sweet and innocent that she felt she had to be that way or else she’d disappoint you all.” … “With time and safety, perhaps we’ll see a different side of her emerge.” ACOSF, Bonus Chapter… So, naturally I imagined Elain opposite of what she allowed us to think of her. I wanted to create a composition of Elain dressed in black in a place such as the Court of Nightmares, an event which has not yet occurred. I think we may see something like that in her book. I understand there was mention in ACOSF of her to not looking flattering in black. I believe it was done on purpose so her sister, Nesta could outshine her. I also believe with Elain’s gifted beauty, she can look stunning in black with the right cut and materials of course. I’m a Paulo Sebastian fan and if you know the designer’s collections then you may see where I got the inspiration for Elain’s dress. I haven’t decided if I will post this on my Instagram since it’s not canon, but I may in the near future. So I wanted to share this with you guys.

I have read many of your fan-fictions and I could never write as amazingly as you. I can only convey my fan-fiction stories through visual art. Perhaps some of you may weave your magic with words to describe the scene of this art- just for fun? That would definitely be a treat! I hope you like it. I’m about to start reading Kings’ Wife by @nikethestatue , I heard the story is a hit. ;)

I gladly welcome any constructive feedback, however I have zero tolerance for any snide or hate comments. I will delete any such comments and accounts will be blocked. Only positivity allowed in my space. Thank you for understanding.

Sharing is welcome. Credit me please. :)

I don't think sjm did any other interviews from 2021~ now (or if she did it's not public so I can't see it) and since I've only first read acotar during January of last year and only acosf and hosab came out when I was actually a part of the fandom, I've never actually seen any of sjm's interview until this recent one with Katherine Webber and I have to say.. the way sjm haters villainize sjm one would think sjm is some kind of heartless psycho that 1. purposely created Danika Fendyr solely to be used as a plot device because she's dead 2. purposely designed Rhys and Feyre to be selfish rulers who will be the doom of Velaris 3. purposely made Feyre such an irresponsible mother and ruler 4. purposely made Rhysand such a manipulative and irresponsible ruler 5. purposely made nesta such a evil and uncaring person not even bothering to redeem her (you all, nesta's human, she makes mistakes and it's not always okay but that doesn't make her an evil person who doesnt deserve a second.. well fine maybe third... chance) 6. purposely killed the thirteen (this one's a joke you people who take everything so literally) 7. purposely made Rhys and Feyre seem so heartless they could have sex when people are dying (bro it's supposed to be romantic not a personal attack on the dying people 🙄 it's supposed to symbolize how "people in find hope in others [in sex, yes] during the hardest times" 8. purposely created the IC as a toxic enviorment and toxic family who "keeps things from each other" and "don't trust and open up to each other" (eg: Mor not being willing to admit she's gay, telling feyre her preganacy can kill her WELL IF YOU WERE IN THEIR POSITION YOU PROBABLY WOULD DO THAT SAME THING) 9. purposely made Bryce curvy without "proper representation" because she's fatphobic 10. purposely didn't give any of her characters god forbid THERPY and had them magically get better (you all fun fact no one believes in therapy where i live and im suicidal but obviously im not dead yet and probably also less messed up than HALF of you sjm haters so one doesnt require therapy to get over trauma or to just... not be dead✨) 10. purposely gave Rhys and Feyre power (and from one of the acotar hate chain I quote) "so they can fucking waste it" 11. purposely had Nyx conceived out of fear (not true but I'll humor you all)

I could go on and on and on but i think this sufficient don't you? You all, acotar and tog and cc are books. in a world designed by a single human. characters have flaws, it doesnt mean they're horrible people, it doesnt mean the AUTHOR is a horrible person or transphobic or fatphobic or anti lgbtq.

also note that before every single point there is a "purposely" as in the things these characters do maybe arent totally correct, but it isn't done because of "problematic intensions"

I don't think SJM is problematic. she's human like any of us, and that means she has her own viewpoints or writes about things she finds acceptable but you don't. that doesnt make her a bad person or a problematic author.

Update on Won't You Run Away With Me (LoA x Helion's story)

Chapter 3 is in the works (finally) !! in the meantime, here's a snipet from one of the later few chapters:

Read Chapter 1 and 2 on AO3

“It’s not fair to the both of us.” Tears. Those were tears streaming down her face. “It’s been a century. Beron would never know. It’s for your own good too,” he continued.  Oh practical, practical Helion. So different from the male she’s gotten to know. A part of her wants to fall to her knees and beg him for his forgiveness, to stay, and tell him that she was so, so, sorry. But Beron’s cruel face, and the faces of her beautiful children, flashed before her eyes.  “Please.” She didn’t know what… or whom she was begging for.  She grabbed his arm, one hand lifting up to touch his face, only for him to shake her off. “You have to let me go. Someone will see us.” “I love you.” She choked out. But Helion was already gone. And somehow, she knew this was not another one of their fights, where they’ll make up and slip away in the middle of the night.  There will be no more secret touches, inside jokes whispered against her skin. No more glances across the room and arms brushing against each other on the dance floor. There will be no more of Helion Spellcleaver, the only male she has ever truly loved, and who showed her what it meant to be loved. 

The acotar ladies as Disney characters:

Feyre = Merida (brave, no nonsense, skilled archer)

Nesta = Mulan (intelligent and a warrior)

Elaine = Rapunzel (sunshine flower child)

Mor = Jasmine (beautiful, strong and speaks her mind)

Gwen = Ariel (the singer that longs for adventure)

Emerie = Tiana (determined and a business owner extraordinaire)

Amren = tinkerbelle (small, powerful and has a bit of an attitude)!