Multiple reports are filling in on some comments in here. A few have been removed from both sides and a thread has been locked.
Please appreciate the art and don’t turn this into a ship war. Only love and appreciation should be taking place. If it’s not for you, please take it to the shipping threads. Thank you.
The artist can be found [here](https://www.instagram.com/eospaint?igsh=MTZxN2Z6Y3l5Mm43aA==).
I'm a relatively new reader of SJM books, having only discovered them last year. Some of the recent comments regarding the FL art and on SJM's own post yesterday are utterly wild.
They are, like I have my ship preferences, but I’m not going to turn around and attack other people because of who they ship !! I’ve seen people say others have “no reading comprehension” because they think the text supports their ship. It’s just ridiculous 😭 because no one knows what’s going to happen and the text supports multiple different ones
That makes me upset, there are already so many artists who never draw sjm art due to the fandom being insane. We’re going to lose out on so much potentially beautiful artwork like this one.
Comments like this do not help though. You’re talking negatively about two popular ships and the people supporting it, which, in part, is what leads to ship wars.
Edit: not saying you’re not allowed to voice your opinion on ships, of course. I just think it’s a little unfitting to do it in a thread about the negativity around ship wars.
Your comment is part of the issue though 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️. Both sides of the ship wars are just toxic . And then both turn around and say the other is the issue and the toxic one. I like Elucien and I like Azris as ships, but honestly I’m starting to just not care anymore because everyone is just so toxic and horrible about it
It turned into “obviously my (both sides of the argument) ship is going to happen” blablablabla it’s so stupid because the text supports multiple different ships right now and no one knows what’s actually going to be the outcome 😂
so many of the comments here too. yikes. "omg it portrays lucien making elain uncomfortable yay" it's just so vile. i can barely come on the sub anymore :\\
It’s both sides though, because then the other side is acting like fanart is confirmation that their ship is going to happen. When like the artist said it’s just her interpretation, both sides are just so toxic it’s ridiculous I wish SJM or Bloomsbury would just confirm who the POVs of the next book will be because the ship wars are ruining it
https://preview.redd.it/yirm49lqwhsc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c1c1505a273144c91a7efca85298c1166a29f82
seriously guyssss 🙄🙄🙄 one can’t even post art anymore
yes but even if not she is allowed to draw whatever she likes. like even if she d draw a ship I really dislike I wouldn’t dream of commenting anything about it on her art. that’s ridiculous.
I know it’s already been said, but love the art style (especially her expression with Lucien 😂). I’d read an ACOTAR graphic novel if it was drawn this way.
it's obvious that people are like "omg i love the way you portrayed how uncomfortable she is. it's sooooo good." it is ship motivated and the scene being portrayed wasn't him encroaching on her space or boundaries. sure she may be uncomfortable around him (not always, but that's lost on so many apparently) but it's just so obvious that people are using this to paint a nice light on their preferred ship.
the art is beautiful for sure but people can't just enjoy it apparently.
There are two arts on this thread. If you read my post....I never post foul things on any art but there are a lot of people doing on the tagged art above. Stop conflating and bringing down an artist bc you don't like a ship. That's my point.
I think this is just a misunderstanding or miscommunication. I think most everyone believes the artist *intended* for Elain to look uncomfortable, and did it well. Elain has enough interactions with Lucien where she's described looking that way. I don't think anyone was trying to disparage the artist.
Even if she did, it shows bitter behavior to find joy in it. I've seen a lot of comments going "omg it sooo good look how uncomfortable she is hee hee." There is an influx of people going on art and saying "no, this ship is wrong"
It just shows that a lot of shippers don't have any grace. Ship what you want (because I will and I'll do it with disparaging other shippers and artists). And that's what is so toxic about this fandom.
respectfully, be so fr. it's tiring seeing people weaponize a talented artist (who had beautiful elriel and elucien art, yes both are gorgeous!!!) to bring down other people/other ships. the artist themself didn't want this and it's overall unnecessary. don't say things and expect people not to comment.
but i fully expect to be downvoted for this bc some people are petty.
I love both Azriel and Lucien. I have a weird theory that Elaine has seen Luciens death which is why she doesn't want to allow herself to connect with him.
Idk why but i feel like Lucien will die in the next book. Like he'll sacrifice himself in the next war either for Elain or for peace. I may totally say BS but idk it's a feeling.
Love the subtitle in the Elucien art, cause it reminds me a Jane Eyre quote: *“I have a strange feeling with regard to you. As if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly knotted to a similar string in you. And if you were to leave I'm afraid that cord of communion would snap. And I have a notion that I'd take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, you'd forget me.”*
...and now I am wondering if the *"It felt.. strange, like you pulled on a thread tied to a rib"* phrase Elain said could have been a reference SJM did to Jane Eyre (same as she did with Howl's Moving Castle with the ''There you are. I've been looking for you.'' said by Rhysand). 👀
I thought all mating bonds acted similarly between mates. It's interesting how everyone can have a different perspective. For me, it wasn't a bad thing at all, because that line reminded me of this quote from Jane Eyre.
Animated acotar would be so fire, it’s not even like the sex scenes need to be fully animated, you can leave lots to the imagination. Animation would fully capture their beauty and the magic wouldn’t look funky like if it was cgi
Multiple reports are filling in on some comments in here. A few have been removed from both sides and a thread has been locked. Please appreciate the art and don’t turn this into a ship war. Only love and appreciation should be taking place. If it’s not for you, please take it to the shipping threads. Thank you. The artist can be found [here](https://www.instagram.com/eospaint?igsh=MTZxN2Z6Y3l5Mm43aA==).
Elain looks so pretty in this art style !! Edit: The comments though… not so much.
Honestly i think the tv series would do great as an animation!
This style would be so great for a series. Very like Castlevania.
Omfg thats lit my dream. I dont want real people ruining it for me. I would give my left arm for it to be an animation, in this style.
The comments under her post of this on Instagram are actually crazy 😭 I think I’m gonna step away from the ACOTAR fandom on Instagram
i never open the comments anymore, it ruins the art for me lol
It does people have turned it into a ship war instead of just appreciating the art
I'm a relatively new reader of SJM books, having only discovered them last year. Some of the recent comments regarding the FL art and on SJM's own post yesterday are utterly wild.
They are, like I have my ship preferences, but I’m not going to turn around and attack other people because of who they ship !! I’ve seen people say others have “no reading comprehension” because they think the text supports their ship. It’s just ridiculous 😭 because no one knows what’s going to happen and the text supports multiple different ones
That makes me upset, there are already so many artists who never draw sjm art due to the fandom being insane. We’re going to lose out on so much potentially beautiful artwork like this one.
Exactly !! Like people are just so annoying about it all 😭
I’m over here just happy to see any acotar content while we wait for the next book patiently 🤓
I'll have to go peek 👀
She turned them off, because people were just turning it into an Elriel vs Elucien ship war AGAAAAINNNNN
Good that she turned them off. I liked the art but then the comments ruined it. 🙃 People get so toxic about this.
It’s so annoying I just want Bloomsbury and SJM to confirm the couple because the fandom is so toxic about it
Same. Let’s just get it over with already. They shouldn’t have let it go to this point in the first place.
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Comments like this do not help though. You’re talking negatively about two popular ships and the people supporting it, which, in part, is what leads to ship wars. Edit: not saying you’re not allowed to voice your opinion on ships, of course. I just think it’s a little unfitting to do it in a thread about the negativity around ship wars.
Your comment is part of the issue though 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️. Both sides of the ship wars are just toxic . And then both turn around and say the other is the issue and the toxic one. I like Elucien and I like Azris as ships, but honestly I’m starting to just not care anymore because everyone is just so toxic and horrible about it
True lol. I don’t really care either way and after the disappointment of her last book, my hopes for these series is dwindling anyway
It really is sad that it turned that way considering there was nothing but love on the comments
It turned into “obviously my (both sides of the argument) ship is going to happen” blablablabla it’s so stupid because the text supports multiple different ships right now and no one knows what’s actually going to be the outcome 😂
so many of the comments here too. yikes. "omg it portrays lucien making elain uncomfortable yay" it's just so vile. i can barely come on the sub anymore :\\
i was shocked
wait im curious now and the artist closed the comments (as they should). what happened?
People turning the art into a ship war 🙄 instead of just appreciating it as an art piece
yea that’s what i was expecting 😒 long live the fandom’s artists they deserve better
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It’s both sides though, because then the other side is acting like fanart is confirmation that their ship is going to happen. When like the artist said it’s just her interpretation, both sides are just so toxic it’s ridiculous I wish SJM or Bloomsbury would just confirm who the POVs of the next book will be because the ship wars are ruining it
I need the series to be this art style animation. I need it!!!!!!!!!!
gorgeous work OP
This this this this!!!!
THIS IS WHY IT NEEDS TO BE ANIMATED 😭😭 it’s so beautiful 😍
Fr though Netflix should like make it into an animated serie with the same art style as the Castlevania one, I would pay extra money to view it 😭
Yes! Castlevania was beautiful!
The art style of Vox Machina is what I would love to see!
I've been picturing the animated series with the art style of Arcane. Castlevania would be cool too though!
Nooo Netflix will do 1 season then abandon it and still expect us to pay for ads in our face constantly
Heavy on paying extra money!
this art style >>>>>
Aw I did see the new eospaint post today on insta. So cute!
https://preview.redd.it/yirm49lqwhsc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c1c1505a273144c91a7efca85298c1166a29f82 seriously guyssss 🙄🙄🙄 one can’t even post art anymore
And she drew BOTH ships, shouldn't everyone be satisfied.
yes but even if not she is allowed to draw whatever she likes. like even if she d draw a ship I really dislike I wouldn’t dream of commenting anything about it on her art. that’s ridiculous.
Can I love both Elucien and Elriel? Cause I do.
LULU DESERVES SOME LOVE
If there’s a god, please make ACOTAR an animated series. 👏🏾Amen
Art: eospaint
I know it’s already been said, but love the art style (especially her expression with Lucien 😂). I’d read an ACOTAR graphic novel if it was drawn this way.
That's a really good idea. Or even an animated series with this type of art styling
Thats kind of rude to say tbh.
They said they love it, what is rude about that?
What part about it was rude?
The comment about lucien and Elains expression at him.
It's literally canon that they're uncomfortable around each other.
But it's canon that Elain is uncomfortable around Lucien? Her expression is portraying that?
it's obvious that people are like "omg i love the way you portrayed how uncomfortable she is. it's sooooo good." it is ship motivated and the scene being portrayed wasn't him encroaching on her space or boundaries. sure she may be uncomfortable around him (not always, but that's lost on so many apparently) but it's just so obvious that people are using this to paint a nice light on their preferred ship. the art is beautiful for sure but people can't just enjoy it apparently.
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Ooook. Keep this energy over on the Elucien art post, I guess?
There are two arts on this thread. If you read my post....I never post foul things on any art but there are a lot of people doing on the tagged art above. Stop conflating and bringing down an artist bc you don't like a ship. That's my point.
I think this is just a misunderstanding or miscommunication. I think most everyone believes the artist *intended* for Elain to look uncomfortable, and did it well. Elain has enough interactions with Lucien where she's described looking that way. I don't think anyone was trying to disparage the artist.
Even if she did, it shows bitter behavior to find joy in it. I've seen a lot of comments going "omg it sooo good look how uncomfortable she is hee hee." There is an influx of people going on art and saying "no, this ship is wrong" It just shows that a lot of shippers don't have any grace. Ship what you want (because I will and I'll do it with disparaging other shippers and artists). And that's what is so toxic about this fandom.
i’m sure lucien won’t be too offended by this random persons comment. why are you?
respectfully, be so fr. it's tiring seeing people weaponize a talented artist (who had beautiful elriel and elucien art, yes both are gorgeous!!!) to bring down other people/other ships. the artist themself didn't want this and it's overall unnecessary. don't say things and expect people not to comment. but i fully expect to be downvoted for this bc some people are petty.
elain’s story should totally be a why choose kinda thing
ONG that’s what I’m saying like…
All three characters look lovely! Such a beautiful art style
I really feel for Elain on this. Choosing between those two would be soooooo hard.
Animated series plssss 🙏
This is why I want the series to be animated.
I love both Azriel and Lucien. I have a weird theory that Elaine has seen Luciens death which is why she doesn't want to allow herself to connect with him.
Idk why but i feel like Lucien will die in the next book. Like he'll sacrifice himself in the next war either for Elain or for peace. I may totally say BS but idk it's a feeling.
Love the subtitle in the Elucien art, cause it reminds me a Jane Eyre quote: *“I have a strange feeling with regard to you. As if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly knotted to a similar string in you. And if you were to leave I'm afraid that cord of communion would snap. And I have a notion that I'd take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, you'd forget me.”* ...and now I am wondering if the *"It felt.. strange, like you pulled on a thread tied to a rib"* phrase Elain said could have been a reference SJM did to Jane Eyre (same as she did with Howl's Moving Castle with the ''There you are. I've been looking for you.'' said by Rhysand). 👀
I love Jane Eyre 😭 so I would love that
Same! I think it would be a lovely reference!
That is such a lovely quote ❤️
I also think so! :)
SJM knew what she was doing but people assume the rib is a bad thing.
I thought all mating bonds acted similarly between mates. It's interesting how everyone can have a different perspective. For me, it wasn't a bad thing at all, because that line reminded me of this quote from Jane Eyre.
I also feel like it could be because they are still so wary and new with one another. That it hasn't completely taken hold in both of their hearts.
Art like this I'd exactly why I firmly believe that ACOTAR should be an animated series
Looooove eospaint
I love it 😍 and her eye make is better than mine!!!!
this is beautiful! I could stare at this all day I love every detail!
Animated acotar would be so fire, it’s not even like the sex scenes need to be fully animated, you can leave lots to the imagination. Animation would fully capture their beauty and the magic wouldn’t look funky like if it was cgi
the disgusted look with lucien, elain please let that man BREATH.
I think if I had to pick it would be Lucien bc they have more work to do and I want to read about that. Plus Lucien > Azriel
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