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now I wonder if mortal armour works in faerieland the way it should….

if jude went to the mortal world and came back with a gun the series would be a standalone

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parallels✨✨

PETAK, 21:00 ː PETAK, 23:07

There's no "us".

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I lean toward him, close enough for a kiss. His eyes widen. The look in his face is some commingling of panic and desire. It is a heady feeling, having power over someone. Over 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯, who I never thought had any feelings at all.

“You really do want me,” I say, close enough to feel the warmth of his breath as it hitches. “And you 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 it.” I change the angle of the knife, turning it so it’s against his neck. He doesn’t look nearly as alarmed by that as I might expect.

Not nearly as alarmed as when I bring my mouth to his.

-The Cruel Prince-

By Holly Black

Guys this took me so long but it was so worth itttt 🥲

P.s. Cardan smiles when he is nervous 🤭

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whoops.. yes she did

Wait didn’t Jude do the Kiss Marry Kill ALL on Cardan?!?!?!

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sooo I got some kind of aha-moment. Cardan wanted Jude to tell him about her hatred so many times because he hoped then it would mean she was thinking about him a lot because it works this way for him????like hate me to your heart’s content but think about this hate and think about me 24/7 like I do???

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jude, frustrated: "were you dropped as a child?"

cardan: "what makes you think i was held?"

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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT OH MY GOD

This isn’t as good😾😔

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idk why but before I finished QON I was eager to read the whole ao3 with jurdan content but now somehow I feel like the canon is enough for me. maybe some short episodes somewhere between books 1-2 or 2-3 but I don’t want things to be differently. holly black what a genius you are (I can’t count how many times I’ve said this phrase within the last week)

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Book 1, Chapter 7: Things get ugly when the bullies decide to push the sisters into a lake. This was so fun to draw, I hope you like ❤️

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me fr

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I hate when people draw Cardan showing his back being flawless af. WHERE ARE THE SCARS?!??? WHY IS EVERYONE FORGETTING ABOUT THEM?!?

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More! Jurdan! Headcanons!

Because they are my babiesss

-Jude always exclusively wears Cardan's shirts to bed. Specifically the silky one.

-Cardan keeps trying to convince her to sleep naked, like him. (Also have we collectively forgotten that he canonically does that)

-Jude is an early riser and a morning person.

-Cardan refuses to get up until midnight. (Remember that the fae are nocturnal.)

-Jude has to genuinely drag him out of bed whenever something important happens.

-Whereas Cardan always tries to keep her in bed with him (he usually succeeds)

-Jude takes up baking in her spare time because Cardan made her get a hobby that doesn't involve stabbing people.

-They like to have little playfights.

-E.g Cardan will pin her down to do her makeup.

-Or Jude will come up behind him and put him in a headlock.

-Cardan never sneaks up behind her though.

-He also knows where she keeps all of her weapons on her person.

-If he needs a weapon and he didn't bring one he just casually grabs one from like her pockets or the folds of her dress or something like that.

-Cardan is a biter. And I don't just mean in bed.

-Just like in general. He nibbles her ears or just like casually bites her shoulder.

-They go riding together through the milkwood.

-And take long walks through the gardens together.

-Jude teases Cardan about all the things he did to her at school.

-"Hey, remember that one time you tried to drown me?"

-He feels incredibly bad.

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TFOTA hot take: cardan is not the foolish, weak, and simpering prince that some people make him out to be

& i come with receipts to prove it

aka just a compilation of hot cardan moments

AND proof that amazing literary sexual tension doesn’t always need smut 🤌🏼🤌🏼

*spoilers for TFOTA, all books

the cruel prince

• speaking about taryn, to jude: “I imagine that if I asked, she’d roll with me right here until her white gown turned green and then thank me for the honor of my favor… not that I’d be the first to green down her”

• speaking to jude after the book war: “Get down on your knees. Beg. Make it pretty. Flowery. Worthy of me.”

• the faerie fruit scene. this scene inspired to write fanfic for the first time lol

• the entire garden scene when two girls are kissing his body & he’s just staring down jude the entire time… no words 🫠🫠🫠

the wicked king

• literally when cardan ‘practices’ seducing nicasia on jude and he’s just touching and teasing her the whole time

• testing jude’s ensorcellment after she returns from the undersea, “crawl to me” … the fact alone that this is what he wished if she was ensorcelled has me like 🥵

the queen of nothing

• when jude is impersonating taryn & cardan immediately knows it’s her and still takes her to his chambers and says “Shall I command you to remove your clothes? I don’t mind.”

• when jude is getting her stitches out and jokes that cardan would like to hear her scream, and he responds “I would… And perhaps one day I will” and then just leaves the room. mic drop. 🤌🏼

•when he reveals to jude his fantasy of her naked on her knees in front of him & then says “I imagined you telling me me to do with you whatever I liked” 😳 ok daddy cardan

• there are more but this is just off the top of my kindle highlights lol

like yes cardan is 1000% a softie for jude & an absolute wife guy but that doesn’t make him automatically a sub lol, he is the cruel prince for a reason

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those parallels😭

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no book couple does enemies to lovers better than jude and cardan

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"I will lie down," he says, guiding me toward his enormous bed. Once there, he does not let go of my hand. "If you will lie with me."

The Wicked King Holly Black

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me now not finished queen of nothing

i'm trying to fight the second one but THE VOICES-