#sort of meta
If Azriel spends half, or even a quarter, of his book pining after Elain while Gwyn just quietly supports him….I will hurl myself into the sun and never read another SJM book again.
Gwyn deserves to experience proper romance and love without being the second choice.
Azriel deserves to grow and understand love without his lust for someone else overshadowing it.
Elain deserves to be more than just the object of someone’s lust or a catalyst for other people’s romance.
This is part of why I don’t ship him with anyone yet, it’s tough for me when I know a character is hung up on someone else.
But I really think we can take the PoV chapter and when it occurs in acosf as an indication that he listened to Rhys, and would have spent most of acosf away from Elain. I think his larger problem is why he gets so obsessed with Elain/Mor/a woman. He will need to work through that and it might take up some page space. But hopefully won’t be focused on Elain, but the issue more generally.
That is totally valid! I can see how that would be a worry. I definitely don’t want him to be pining for someone else his entire book.
I agree that the timing of his pov is really important. He spends five days being a grump, but then he slowly starts to be more normal and we see him bantering and relaxing a bit more. He has a lot of healing and growth to do before he can be healthy enough for a solid relationship, but I truly think that bonus chapter was an ending of sorts for one story and the beginning of another.
I know this seems to be an unpopular opinion, judging by the responses to my original post, but I fully believe that SJM is capable of giving us a beautiful healing journey and romance for Azriel and Gwyn.
P.S. I just want to make clear to others (not this specific person because I know them and I know they know this already) that I am NOT anti SJM or anti Azriel. I love these books and I love these characters. So uh….if you thought this post or my blog was something else, sorry, but you might be in the wrong place.
Anyway, glad to see people talking about stuff besides fandom drama! And thank you for your thoughts @aelin-godkiller<3
