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this is a star wars concept art (by iain maccaig) but it's definitely giving ✨queen jude✨

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cardan’s letters to jude in a nutshell

That’s a waste of pap— that’s a waste of grief, begging, love and I quote, “indiscreet promises”

the “I expect you to come back now that everything is settled” letter

lol the “I want you to come back but I don’t want to say it so just come be angry at me closer” letter

The second half part though- 😭. the “just come home I don’t care what you do to me but just COME BAAAACK” letter

Cardan be like: tf does this queen think she is not responding to my letters, AKA the “YOU HAVE NEVER DONE MORE OF A SIN THAN THIS JUDE DUARTE” letter

Also cardan: yeah I’m doing something wrong, how about I address this to The High Queen of Elfhame, ha this will definitely work AKA the most heartfelt, poetic and longest letter

At this point cardan just gave up and started doing what he does best: writing Jude’s name in an angry, passionate and grieving fashion. This is called the, “ I give up you win” letter.

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they would absolutely be terrible parents. not a single good role model in their lives. and i love that for them.

I laugh everytime I see people headcannon jude&cardan as being these super awesome parents because I cannot imagine them being anything other than Fucking Bad at it. Not in the same way their parents were but like. Jude has zero patience and very strange ways of dealing with compassion not to mention she's just busy as hell and Cardan has never in his life known a decent adult so he would be an over indulgent let the kid do whatever they want all the time forever with no consequences kind of dad. (or maybe a very anxious helicopter parent. jury is out on this one) This kid would constantly be stuck in the "but daddy said I could" loop and I can guarantee you they would develop the same weird ass matyr complex that Oak did.

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cardan wears black nail polish that jude got him in the mortal world, sorry i don’t make the rules

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Locke: Tell us what you think of our lady

Cardan:

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guys i just started reading Haunting Adeline and WHAT THE FUCK but also i’m kinda invested

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I am coming out as a lover of Cardan’s tail!!!! It makes him unique and is a metaphor for his differences and how he hides parts of himself so others will like him more. If you want a classically attractive, normal-looking guy, read a rom-com. This is high fantasy- some of the characters are green. How many of your book boyfriends have tails? None. That’s why he’s the coolest. 

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literally his tail is the best

he even uses it as bargaining chip when jude kidnaps him, he's like "okay but do you wanna see my tail??? 😏" LIKE THAT WILL FUCKING WIN HER OVER!! i love the confidence

I am coming out as a lover of Cardan’s tail!!!! It makes him unique and is a metaphor for his differences and how he hides parts of himself so others will like him more. If you want a classically attractive, normal-looking guy, read a rom-com. This is high fantasy- some of the characters are green. How many of your book boyfriends have tails? None. That’s why he’s the coolest. 

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i wanted HIS ANSWER

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hey um i LOVE ur content!! okay so i have a head canon that my freaky children jude and cardan are super into giving each other hickies and jude will try to cover them up as best as she can but fuckin cardan will show them OFF and be like LOOK WHAT MY WIFE DID TO MEEE like if he’s got hickies on his chest u best BELIEVE his shirt will barely be buttoned

i fucking love this idea, sorry it took me so long to write it!

they love giving each other hickeys, for several reasons

first, they are sloppy and hot

second, kissing each other so hard that it causes small-scale internal bleeding and bruises is the type of harm they love to inflict upon each other

third, it leaves a mark

a mark that sends a very clear message to everyone

jude, though she doesn't like to admit, loves marking her territory, and cardan loves being subjected to it

but when it comes to bearing the mark herself, she prefers doing it discreetly

after a particularly hot & heavy night, she makes sure to wear a high-collared dress the next day

she applies a layer of concealer on areas that aren't covered by clothes—her jawline and the base of her ears

cardan frowns at her. "why are you doing this? are you embarrassed of the mark of my lips, my love?"

"no," says jude, a blush creeping across her cheeks, "i just prefer keeping our business to ourselves."

he cackles. "there's nothing about the king and queen's marriage that ought to be concealed from the court. they expect us to produce an heir any day now. surely, a few hickeys won't trigger a scandal."

jude shoots him a sharp look. "are you familiar with the concept of public decency? i hide hickeys just like i wipe your cum off my face: because the sight of it might make someone uncomfortable."

"why bother?" a lazy smile spreads on his face. "i wouldn't mind going into public with my lips drenched in your juices. i would wear you like a jewel."

jude snorts—the fact that he can't lie yet is able to make such a statement is... oddly charming.

and a little concerning.

as the day goes on, jude's attendance is needed at living council meetings, in the court of shadows, and for a brief visit in the tower of forgetting. she keeps busy, as always

cardan holds the front at being picturesquely lazy, as usual

in the evening, when jude returns to the throne room, she finds cardan lounging on his throne, listening to complaints and requests from a queue of courtiers

she makes her way up the dais, and takes a seat on her throne, next to cardan

he leans over and places a soft kiss on jude's neck, while the courtier to continues her long tirade

jude assumes the kiss is just a form of quick greeting

but he continues

his hand reaches over, palm sliding across her abdomen and hips, while his lips leave a trail of increasingly sloppier kisses along her jawline

jude's face hardens, but she doesn't pull away

her gaze fixes on the courtier and she attempts to focus on listening to her long-winded tale about her cursed kelpie, pleading for a solution from the high king

when cardan begins sucking on jude's neck, she finally nudges him away

"cardan, we have a job to do," she whispers.

he acknowledges it with an offended groan

"your story is dull!" he raises his voice at the courtier. "i don't care for your dead kelpie."

"it's not dead, it's cursed," the courtier corrects.

"well, i hope it stays cursed," cardan sneers. "it's the least you deserve for distracting my queen. now, get out of my sight."

the courtier scurries away, and the next one seems hesitant to step forward

"i'm not the one who's distracted!" jude protests in a hushed voice

only now, when she fully turns to face him, does she notice his loose, open collared shirt, which exposes an ungodly amount of hickeys

calling it open collared is a conservative term—it's split open in the middle, almost all the way down to his navel

the small, dark bruises span from his jawline and neck, through his chest, all the way down near his lower abs

jude's cheeks bloom deep red at the sight

anyone who casts their gaze at the high king—and let's be honest, everyone does—can clearly tell that the high queen has been busy with her mouth recently

jude's eyes dart around the room, and she can see several familiar faces

nicasia is feasting at the dinner tables, taryn and the ghost are dancing together, and her knight fand is standing at attention near the dais

"i hope you're happy," she scolds cardan. "i hope it does it for you. displaying yourself for everyone to see. not a decent bone in your body, cardan. you're truly the worst."

"oh, this isn't the worst i can do," he snickers. "i can show you more, my queen."

he stands from the throne, pulls his shirt apart completely, and pushes his pants down his hips, exposing a dangerously low part of his abdomen

"cardan, what are you doing?" she asks, throat gone dry in horror. it isn't hard to imagine that he will shed his pants completely

"look!" he says with a wide smile. he dips the edge of his pants to reveal a hickey there, just near the right side of the base of his cock

jude remembers when she put it there, of course

but now, everyone else in the room will also know

and jude is on the edge of losing her mind

but he looks so proud of himself

he wears those goddamn hickeys like badges of honor

and jude can't help but find it a tiny bit amusing

and finally, her mouth twitches, in what looks like a supressed smile

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“ I have too often been troubled by dreams of Jude,” he says, voice carrying. “Her face features prominently in my most frequent nightmare.” Okay he’s probably still mad at himself for liking Jude or maybe he has nightmares of something bad happening to her, but what if he has nightmares about Taryn. lol

I definitely think that there is still a twinge of self-hatred that he feels over liking Jude, so even a wet dream about her might classify as a nightmare because while he's horny, he's also scared lmaoo

With the Taryn thing, tbh I don't really think he cares about her enough to even conjure up a dream about her.

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throwback to when i made this abomination

Cardan’s browser history is  fUcKeD uP

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she would die just to prove him wrong

jude: *coughs violently*

Cardan: don’t die

Jude: don’t tell me what to do

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ok so yeah taryn killed locke and whatever but i STILL don’t want her to get a redemption arc

yeah, taryn has done some really infuriating shit. by the end of the book, i was pretty happy with where she was—not quite redeemed, but just there

jude seemed to be neutral about her, and i could accept that. i mean, she did stitch jude up when she was dying and she did help with organising stuff for the final battle, so that counteracts some of the shittier moves she pulled

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yes, yes, and YES

i want cardan’s pov so freaking bad. i desperately want to read with my own eyes the thought process behind the paper that had jude’s name written over and over until his pen broke. i want to read the exact moment he thought to himself “i love her”. i want to read the exact moment he realized she loved him too. i want to know his thoughts every time they looked into each other’s eyes, every time they touched, every time they kissed. i want that first kiss from his point of view— i want to see his desire for jude grow into an addiction after that first angry press of their lips. i want to know how he felt as he desperately searched for and brought back the now love of his life ;0; i want to see with my own eyes, from his lips, how he felt when he realized he’d somehow found himself and an entire family in a group of spies that worked entirely in the shadows; how he found a love so deep he could willingly drown in it in a human girl who he thought he hated; how the boy who was ‘never meant to be king’ was put on the throne by the one who would be his queen. i desperately want to read cardan’s pov— i desperately want to be destroyed and forever undone by him. please grant my wish.

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everyone please vote cardoor