can i be vulnerable here for a sec? 
i just have no other place to vent where i feel comfortable enough to share my thoughts rn. 

i tend to be very unserious and joke a lot but i just wanted to express something that has recently been on my chest. 

sjm gave us a reason to expect a same-sex mated couple in acotar. that wasn’t a fandom reach — it was something she said. so we’re not being dramatic or asking for too much by looking for that ship in canon.

whether it’s azris, mor and whoever her mate may be, or someone else entirely — it’s not “crack” to search for clues. azris, for example, didn’t appear out of thin air. that ship exists because there were actual signals in the text. obviously there are theories and headcanons that are explored for fun, but azris also started because something in canon made people pause and wonder.

some readers may not care if we ever see a same-sex mated couple. but for many of us, who love this series, it does matter. deeply. and in a fandom where we analyze every other ship to death, it’s honestly baffling that this one is treated like a joke or a reach. why is it “too much” to want a same-sex mated couple?

and beyond that — why not make one of these characters fully gay? what does the story lose by giving us someone who isn’t “fluid” or “figuring it out,” but who knows who they are and loves people of the same gender, period? what does it gain by finally showing queerness that isn’t ambiguous or optional?

in sjm’s world so shaped by fated mates — the supposed pinnacle of love and connection — it’s worth asking: why have all the canon mate pairings been heterosexual? if these bonds transcend logic and represent soul-deep, universe-level connection, then there’s no reason they should be limited to straight couples… unless, consciously or not, the system is rooted in heteronormativity.

i think we deserve to see every kind of love — not just flirtation or attraction, but epic, magical, fated connection. making a character fully gay isn’t about checking a box. it’s about breaking a long-standing pattern and letting queerness center the story, not hover at its edges.

sjm was asked about a same-sex mated couple. she answered. she said we’d see clues in acowar, and that we’d have a novel about them down the line. so no — we’re not imagining things. we’re just holding her to the standard she set. i love azris and hope it’s the mated couple she is referring to. but i’m mostly hoping she represents us with the depth and dignity we deserve


faerie💜 




“same-sex mates exist”