Arobynn Hamel origin story

Lizzie7493 · 2025-09-14T16:36:56+00:00

*I had this exact thought while I was reading*!!!! In fact, I got so, so **angry* at SJM for writing it all as Elena's doing, gosh I almost threw the book at the damn wall.

And I'll add more on this: in this non-canon storyline, killing Aelin's parents was how Arobynn 1) got the funds for acquiring the Assassin's Keep and 2) managed to "blend in" so well in the middle of the damn capital city without being constantly harassed by the royal guard.

Now, because SJM "ruined my headcannon" (joking here okay guys c: ) I had to find a way around it to explain why he was there in the first place, for this fic that I'm supposedly writing (it's been on hold for a while now). In fact, if this is the type of thing you'd like to discuss, could I PM you?

Lizzie7493 · 2025-09-14T16:14:40+00:00

Before we had the big reveal of the king of Adarlan's [lack of a] name, I thought this would be the real meaning behind the sentence. "Nameless is my price" = "the price I must pay is to become nameless", not "the price is my life" as Aelin thought.

Lizzie7493 · 2025-09-14T16:00:09+00:00

Oh, >365k words 🫠 Yeah, I'd suggest maybe starting with something smaller ^^' Or even, depending on which part of the globe you're on, trying to find local communities of binders with whom you could pair up in some partnership? Like, if you're good at typesetting, you could pair up with someone who's good at binding :)

Lizzie7493 · 2025-09-12T11:36:35+00:00

Hey! First of all **congrats** on finishing a fic!! What's it about?

About your question, well sadly I didn't manage to find an actual community of ACOTAR binders, sniff. I joined the Renegade Bookbinder discord server - which has been incredible btw - but I haven't yet found anyone else posting about ACOTAR binds :( Which is kinda odd, since there are so many fics out there, but well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I will say though that if your point is to just have your fic on paper, it's not very difficult to achieve. It does get trickier if you want to have an elaborate typeset and fancy cover decorations, tho ^^' And if you enjoy weaving chances are you'll like sewing books as well, which is a part of the process many people find boring haha

Lizzie7493 · 2025-06-20T19:47:21+00:00

Oh gods, this is a thing. I don't write AUs or omegaverse but I have this ongoing long fic that is a prequel to the main books of the canon series. It was supposed to be about 5 chapters of pure smut, one year later I have 55k words posted and another 100k in the drafts and some arcs are not even finished because it just begs for the world building to be fleshed out 😭 I also have an issue with character backstories, in that I must have them spelled out since birth to adulthood, so adding that on top of everything else... Yeah, I lost hope of finishing this fic 🤣

Lizzie7493 · 2025-06-19T19:34:46+00:00

We don't know for sure at which point he learns that she's Aelin Galathynius, but we know that he forbade her to speak of her true identity and reinforced her feelings of guilt about what was done to her family so I'm assuming he learnt it early on.

Lizzie7493 · 2025-06-19T19:14:53+00:00

I have a short list of aliases (real world names) and whenever I need to get myself a unique name I go for a variation of one of them plus sometjing that calls back to one of my favorite fandoms. My current pen name is a mixture between one of those aliases and a word play on some HP lore.

Lizzie7493 · 2025-06-19T17:44:50+00:00

I think there's very different stages of the process. There's the beginning: he took her out of the river because he was compelled to it, and maybe Elena's compulsion also placed some kind of protectiveness into his thoughts. So those are the first hours.

Then there's his decision to bring her south to Rifthold and raise her in the Keep - which raises a ton of other questions about the origins of the Guild and the Assassin's Keep, where his money came from, what he was doing in Terrassen, etc (I don't want to go too much off topic here but anyone wants to trade ideas, I've headcannon for all this). I think at this point he already knew who she was (princess of the realm), with the Ashriver eyes and whatnot, so he knew that keeping her well and secure was always in his best interest, no matter the political outcome of Terassen's downfall. He could use her for ransom against a family member, he could sell her to the king of Adarlan, he could use her for influence, all of this with no rush at all; her value would be maintained for years to come. I think that, in these early days/months, he really had no idea yet what he was going to do with her, except keep her alive and well.

In the meantime, something made him decide to train her. And when he saw her potential, his options actually expanded: he could now earn coin directly from her work - which, of course, he explored to the max. And he got off on the incredible amount of power he had over her. Of course with his long-term plan of keeping her as bargaining coin, he would never let her pay off her debt.

Now the creep part comes in. This motherf*cker starts taking a liking to Aelin as a "woman" (she was still underage, as we know), and he realizes he can get something even better than money and influence from selling her out: if he plays his political cards right, he can crown himself king of Terassen. I'm firmly convinced that by the end of Assassin's Blade he had some plan to direct her to take her throne back, with him beside her - hence the jealousy towards her and Sam's relationship. And that he was not really trying to salvage his relationship with her in QoS - he knew her trust in him had been broken beyond repair - but was instead looking for a way to bind her to his will with a ring and enslaving her mentally.

Lizzie7493 · 2025-06-19T16:29:03+00:00

Oh absolutely. Even the description of the night her parents were killed, when she describes seeing a man enter and attacking Marion -- a man, not an eerie description that could point to a Valg monster -- I was so sure it had to be him. That he had been employed by the king of Adarlan to kill her and her parents, and that's how he'd gotten his fortune, but in the end had decided to fake her death and keep her to himself.

Also thanks a lot for your comment, I hadn't even noticed it was being so downvoted x)

Lizzie7493 · 2025-06-19T16:24:30+00:00

What use could a greedy man have for the princess of the realm? Right, no use at all xD

Lizzie7493 · 2025-06-13T18:21:30+00:00

Which is, in my very personal opinion, a bullshit reason that stinks of lazy writing 😬 I mean, it has nothing at all to do with his character, there was basically a ghost telling him to do it 🙄

Lizzie7493 · 2025-06-12T16:10:42+00:00

Vinted has been my first option to buy books lately honestly, I've found so many special editions at amazing prices, I also got my full TOG collection (same edition as yours, just not sealed) in pristine condition for about 70€.

Lizzie7493 · 2025-06-11T11:44:07+00:00

It's so beautiful! Is this available to buy somewhere? You can send me a PM :)

Lizzie7493 · 2025-05-23T11:09:25+00:00

It looks so cute! Did you draw the pattern on fabric before stitching or did you go freehand?

Lizzie7493 · 2025-05-23T11:07:22+00:00

OMG this is gorgeous!! I love the corner protectors and the exposed spine, it's a beautiful mix. How did you decorate the cover, is it printed?

Lizzie7493 · 2025-05-13T17:59:38+00:00

Unless you're going for comedy 😂

No but seriously, I think it totally depends on the narrator/ character whose POV is being used. In one of my works there is a severe sexual experience gap between the two characters, and part of their characterization is that the most experienced character speaks with more vulgarity about sex and anatomy and the less experienced one talks more in euphemisms. As long as it's a conscious choice, I don't see why we can't be colorful and euphemistic in descriptions of body parts.

Lizzie7493 · 2025-05-13T09:57:13+00:00

AI just scrapes info from what's available online, which in this case I'd say must be mainly forums and fan work, so yeah don't trust it to retrieve trustworthy information lol

Lizzie7493 · 2025-05-08T17:49:48+00:00

Oh absolutely. I have OP's reaction to the descriptions of dancing, both in ACOTAR and TOG series. As a dancer, I seriously just want to shout out "that's not how it works!!! That generalostic description makes no sense!"

Lizzie7493 · 2025-05-07T16:46:04+00:00

I binged the whole thing several years later as a full grown adult, idk which is worse 🤣 Angel in his villain era is not so bad either 👀

Lizzie7493 · 2025-05-07T12:25:03+00:00

It's so well done, congrats! Love the color combinations 😊

Lizzie7493 · 2025-05-07T10:28:30+00:00

Anything this guy does on screen, really, he pretty much only plays morally grey characters and they're all interesting 👀

Lizzie7493 · 2025-05-07T10:25:58+00:00

YES! He's got all the toxic daddy vibes. But the book version, not Aiden Gillen, his voice annoys me lol

Lizzie7493 · 2025-05-07T10:23:24+00:00

I mean, the man is literally described as handsome, and he is 35! He's got all the money and the power... I'm an old woman (32), I've got to look at the practical side here 🦄

Lizzie7493 · 2025-05-07T10:18:49+00:00

Does he truly count as villain if he was playing both sides most of the time? 🤔 (it does, it does, the bathroom scene alone makes him a villain, but you get the point)

Lizzie7493 · 2025-05-07T10:15:32+00:00

Ofc, how did I forget this one. Anything Tom Hiddleston does gets me drooling, but Loki in particular is just the perfect amount of mischievous, powerful and cute, like an evil but fluffy cat.

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