if friends to lovers has a million fans i’m one of them, if friends to lovers has 5 fans i’m one of them, if friends to lovers has one fan is me, if friends to lovers has no fans i’m no longer alive
az is always getting verbal consent from elain, from only kissing her after she says “yes” to saying “i need you sure, i need you certain”, meanwhile l*cien barges into her room and says “get out of her room” & “you don’t touch her”, showing no regard to elain’s wants
and that’s why they need to TALK. they keep following the logic of “don’t ask” and it lead to rhys seeing azriel’s situation as the opposite of what he went through with feyre, but it’s pretty similar
az and rhys are much more alike than the fandom realizes and that’s exactly why they clashed in acosh. rhys wouldn’t allow anything to disrupt the family he has built with feyre just like azriel wouldn’t allow anyone to come between him and elain. both have the same motivations
e*uciens trying to spin as though elriels don’t care about elain is laughable because we all know which side is hoping for her to kneel before a man for his “forgiveness”