r/AcotarShipDebateSub

This post is a bit tongue in cheek, but I do think SJM gave a cheeky hint to this in Azriel’s bonus chapter.

When Elriel have their almost kiss, the text reads: “just this taste in the dead of the longest night of the year, where only the Mother might witness them” (emphasis added).

Of course, Rhys ends up seeing and putting a stop to it. The fact that the Mother was invoked and the kiss was then aborted by outside factors suggests that “higher powers” put a stop to it. In a literary sense, it’s a way to foreshadow/signal that Elain and Azriel are not meant to be together. It’s similar to when a character in a novel says “may God strike me if I’m wrong” etc and then there is a lightning strike or something like that.

Basically, the Mother saw Elain and Azriel about to kiss and said “not on my watch, babes.” And/or Rhys is Mother, confirmed.

Most ship are okay for Elriel to try first before the Elucien/Gwynriel endgame to know why they’re not compatible. What if its the other way around? Will Elriel be okay for Elucien/Gwynriel to happen and have a relationship first?

I can see SJM have Elucien trying and see if nature really made mistake so it can get to an Elriel endgame. But I do not see it for Gwynriel. I don’t think Gwyn have any prior experience with men and after what happen to her, I don’t see how Gwyn will be okay after Azriel since he will basically be her first love. Unless of course Azriel will help her experiment on her sexuality. Will the Elucien/Gwynriel be okay to read that even though Elriel are endgame?

I’m actually hoping that any title or cover reveal is vague enough that we don’t know what is happening with the ships. I want to be excited and surprised!

And if there is a synopsis, I hope that is vague as heck too.

We were polling this question in our Maasverse (cross series) discussion discord yesterday, but I figured it would be interesting to repost here (obviously) see how people respond. The question we asked was:

If a ship you’re rooting for ends up not working out in ACOTAR 6/7/8, what are you doing?

with these answer options:

1. DNF
2. Tearfully trudge on
3. *shrug* I’m here for the plot, doesn’t bother me

anyway I thought given the topic of this sub it would be interesting to see how people answer here and whether that differs from how people have been voting in the discord!