r/Elucien

I saw this gorgeous Elucien fan art by @sad-scarred-sassy and fell in loveeeee!!! I couldn’t help adding some cheeky dialogue to it because it captures their energy so well. 🤭🔥

I think Elucien are going to have such a brat x brat tamer dynamic, with Elain being a brat with him and Lucien loving and enjoying every second of it. 😭❤️‍🔥🙌🌝

Link for the original art by @sad-scarred-sassy https://www.tumblr.com/sad-scarred-sassy/756553056419758080/you-are-so-gorgeous-it-makes-me-so-mad

This artwork is a little headcanon of Elain walking down the hallways at night after a nightmare and Lucien's jacket that he wrapped around her after coming out of the cauldron bringing comfort to her. Maybe having something like his jacket close to her triggers a vision? She seems to have them when he's close by....

Either way, I can't wait for her story to be told. I am excited to see her character growth, learn more about her Seer powers and what all she has seen/will see, and read about her falling in love with her mate 💛

Why wouldn’t we ship Elain Archeron with Lucien Vanserra?

Lucien is what happens when you take the quiet grace and awareness of Legolas, the quiet devotion, emotional depth and cleverness of Jamie Fraser, and give him a backstory that echoes the hidden lineage, displacement, and resilience of Aragorn

He’s *the* favorite male character. He’s the best male in prythian. He’s respectful, he’s caring, he’s witty as hell, he’s resilient, he’s emotionally intelligent, he’s loyal, he’s intelligent, he’s a survivor.

…..so of course we’re going to ship elain, the female character in this series that is *his mate*, with him.…in a fated mates series. She deserves the best. That’s why he was chosen *for* her.

Flowers need sun. The sun misses the flower at night and in winter. Time to set her free from the NC to travel with her *emissary* mate.

So….yea. Obviously we ship them. No one ships their favorite male with a character they dislike. That makes no sense.

Sjm made them mates *for* a hea. For the tension. For the uncertainty. For the angst. For the healing. For the growth. That’s what makes a slow burn….*slow*.

#elucien2026☀️🌷

(Artwork by mybookishdoodles I’m obsessed with, and you all should be too. 🔥🔥)

Beautiful 🌷🦊

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The lore between Helion x LoA x Beron x Lucien x Elain has me going feral because there’s so much we still don’t know yet.

I know there’s already a big theory that the Lady of Autumn and Beron aren’t mates and yeah, I fully agree with that.

But I want to push it a step further and say that I think the Lady of Autumn and Helion are the real mates. 👀

And honestly… the hints are too consistent to ignore.

This might sound a little unhinged at first, but if you line up the timeline, it actually tracks in a really clean way (I think lol!)

And I also think this ties directly into Elucien, not because it’s the exact same situation, but because it follows the same pattern. The difference is that Elucien might be the first time that pattern actually breaks.

SIDE NOTE 1: Thank you to @/Eluciey, who helped me put this together, and to all the Eluciens I met here who discussed this with me. 💗

SIDE NOTE 2: I’ve added screenshots with canonical parts of the book that support this entire thread of thought. It would take too long to cite everything individually, so please check the screenshots as you go lol.

So… are Elucien about to heal Prythian’s longest running generational trauma? HEAR ME OUT! 👀

1. It starts before Beron (the equinox ball)

Everyone assumes Helion and the Lady of Autumn only got involved after she married Beron, especially because of the war rescue, but that doesn’t really hold up…

Mor mentions a rumor that before agreeing to marry Beron, LoA was waiting for “someone” she met at an equinox ball the year before.

Who else could that realistically be but Helion?

At that point, he wasn’t even High Lord yet so not politically powerful and definitely not a “safe” choice for her power hungry family.

Which raises manyyyyyy questions: why didn’t he come for her? Did the bond not snap yet? Was there pressure on him too?

Either way the timing suggests they knew each other BEFOREEE Beron even entered the picture.

2. This wasn’t a love triangle. It was politics.

LoA wasn’t choosing between two men.

She didn’t really have a choice at all.

Her family wanted power and alliance. Beron offered that.

And the way it’s framed in the text honestly feels less like a marriage and more like a transaction. She was given to Beron to strengthen political ties.

What makes it worse is her relationship with her sisters. It’s repeatedly emphasized that they love each other fiercely.

Sooo.. if there was any kind of pressure, blackmail, threat or leverage involving her family… it makes sense that she would comply. 👀 Not because she wanted to. Because she had to, maybeee to save her sisters that she loved FIERCELY?? 👀👀👀

Which brings in the mating bond question:

Either it hadn’t snapped yet ORRRR it had and she was forced to reject it anyway.

And if she did reject it, I don’t think it was about not loving Helion. I think it was about choosing her family’s safety over herself.

3. Helion finding LoA during the war wasn’t random AT ALL

Feyre says to Helion: “You saved her. You found her, didn’t you?” when Hybern attacked during the past war.

That wording is… specific.

Because how do you just happen to find one person in the middle of that level of chaos?

Unless you’re being pulled there. 👀👀👀

And that’s where the mating bond fits perfectly!!!!

Then look at how he reacts, he doesn’t fight strategically, he tears through enemies with his bare hands. It’s not controlled, it’s instinctive.

Feyre even parallels it with Rhys when she’s in danger.

That’s a pattern!!! When mates are threatened, instinct overrides everything else.

So it’s not just that he saved her.

It’s HOWWW and why he was there in the first place.

4. “She chose to stay.”

When Feyre asks why he didn’t stop Beron, Helion says “She chose to stay. Chose.”

That repetition feels… off. Like he’s trying to convince himself as much as anyone else.

Because if you factor everything in her family, the political pressure, possible threats, SO was it really a choice? Or was it survival?

And what if Helion doesn’t know that?

What if he genuinely believes she chose Beron over him?

That would explain the distance. The avoidance.

The fact that he barely looks at her during the High Lord meeting!!!! 👀👀👀👀👀

“You barely even looked at her today.” THAT detail about him barely even looking at her. Like if he looks too long, something might snap. Or resurface. Like he can’t stomach it.

That’s not indifference. That’s unresolved history.
That’s not lack of interest, that’s avoidance.

5. Helion’s reputation might be a coping mechanism

People reduce Helion to just being a fun hoe, but that feels shallow. What if that reputation came after LoA?

If he believes she rejected him, then every lover becomes either a distraction… or a message to her.

Because if they’re mates, she would feel it.

So it’s not just indulgence, it could be grief, anger, even retaliation.

Maybe it’s his way of telling her: you made your choice, now live with mine… 👁️

6. Beron knows more than he lets on

If Beron knows or even suspects that Lucien isn’t his son, a lot clicks into place.

The abuse inflicted on Lucien wasn’t just sadistic, it was targeted.

Lucien isn’t just Helion’s child, he’s a threat to Beron. A reminder. A political liability tied to another High Lord.

And Beron not exposing the truth? That doesn’t read like ignorance to me, it reads like leverage.

He’s sitting on information that could destabilize Helion, Lucien and the Day Court and he’s choosing to wait. Why? Because that evil man wants all the power.

7. Lucien is the emotional fallout of all of this

LoA favoring Lucien suddenly makes a lot more sense in this context. He represents the life she didn’t get to have. The bond that was broken. The choice she was denied. He’s not just her son, he’s her love child. 🥹❤️‍🩹

8. Elucien and Lucien’s restraint towards Elain and their mating bond

Notice how Lucien never pushes Elain? That’s because he understands the meaning of choice.

Because whether he knows the full truth or not, he clearly understands that a mating bond doesn’t automatically mean a fair or mutual relationship.

So his fear isn’t just “what if she doesn’t choose me?”

It’s what if I become part of a system where she doesn’t get to choose at all? And that’s why he holds back.

When Lucien learns the truth, his first reaction could easily be anger, especially toward Helion for leaving his mother with Beron.

But eventually… I think he might understand.

Because he’s living a version of that same situation with Elain. Having a bond…and still choosing not to force it. Respecting their choice, whether they like it or not.

And that realization would shift everything.

Because then it’s not about failure.

It’s about respecting someone’s choice, even when it costs you everything.

So this isn’t really about proving Helion and LoA are mates (even though… I do think they are).

It’s about what their story represents.

Elucien could actually become something hopeful. Where LoA and Helion represent a bond that was shaped and ultimately damaged by power, pressure and lack of choice…

Elain and Lucien are in a position to do it differently. Lucien doesn’t treat the bond as something he’s entitled to, and Elain isn’t being forced into a role she didn’t choose. That alone shifts everything.

It means their story has the space for something Prythian hasn’t really seen before: a mating bond that’s chosen, not just accepted or endured. And if when they do come together, it wouldn’t be because fate “demanded it”, but because they both, FULLY and FREELY decided it was right. 💗💗💗

PHEWWWW! 🤯 So as you can see, the lore is deeeeeeeepppp and it’s been living in my mind rent free. I just can’t wait until we find out more. That’s all for now thanks for reading. Close the curtains. 🌝

Mermaid Elucien is EVERYTHING 🧜🏻‍♀️🧜🏾

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Lucien 🦊🩷

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I can so see things like this happening when we get Elain’s POV, sneaking looks at him and finding he’s already looking at her 💜🧡

Obsessed with this !!!!

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Beautiful Elain art, in her signature purple colours 💜🥹 I love this piece so much !!

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This is one of my favourite Elucien arts ever 😭 it’s so soft and romantic

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I want to start doing moodboards for Elain’s different court fashions, and I started with the Day Court because I think Elain would absolutely eaaaaaatttt the fashion there. The soft golds, flowing fabrics, delicate jewelry, warm sunlight colors, like it’s literally so HER energy coded. She would thrive in all the romantic sun kissed looks. ✨🌷☀️💖

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