#cardan being teenage

[tfotababe]

Did I?

Two months ago, my dad noticed I've been reading. He asked what the book was about, I told him it was about 'Fairies' that existed with the human world kinda like Harry Potter or Peter Pan. He asked if there were villains, I said no, there aren't any, they just fight amongst themselves (I really didn't think about our dear I hate you = I love you couple) But did I lie???

[isabella1798]

things I wanna see in the prisoners throne/a future TFOTA book :

Taryn’s child - We know she had a son called Leander and going by the timeline he should be about 7 or 8 years old so I want to know what sort of character he is and if he’s going to be like a mini Locke (hopefully a nicer version 💀)

Eva and Justin backstory - I want to know the love story between Eva and Justin and the bargain that Justin made with grimsen (I don’t see enough people talk about this like what did he want and was it to do with Jude and Taryn??)

Eva and Asha backstory - I feel like the tfota fandom seem to ignore the fact that Cardan’s mother and Jude’s mother were best friends 😭 I want to know about what they got up to because they were said to be besties always together causing trouble (sounds a lot like their children)

The bomb and the roach - I want to know the details of their “relationship” and if they ever properly got together and how they’re doing in the court of shadows 🥹

Flashbacks of Oaks childhood - we NEED to know what he got up to in his teenage years to turn up the way he is cause I just know that he needs therapy 😭😭

Badass Wren - I loved her in the stolen heir and I can’t wait for her to put everyone in their place she deserves her revenge for everything that happened to her (although if she touches Jude and Cardan I will sue)

Tiernan and Hyacinthe - I want these two to have a happy ending and forgive each other 😭 the tension between the two of them drove me insane

A big fight scene with our queen jude - I just NEED a duel scene with jude… the last time we got that was the queen of nothing with grima mog and any scene with jude in a duel is *iconic*

Grima Mog - I want to know what happened to her and if she’s remained grand general ? if she has I want to see her and Jude’s relationship because the first time they met they tried to kill each other but at the end of qon they become each others biggest supporters

Nicasia and the undersea - even though nicasia is horrible she is still a very interesting and iconic character + we know there’s a war beneath the waves and her and her mother have become weak so I want to know whats going on there and if she’ll ask for help from Jude and Cardan

The royal council - if we go back to elfhame I want to see these guys and how they co-operate with Jude and Cardan as their leaders 😭

Madoc, Oriana, Vivi, Taryn, Jude, Oak reunion - we started the trilogy with this family and I think it should end with this family reunion because the last time we saw them Vivi, Taryn and Jude cut contact with Madoc and possibly Oriana (what we know) but Oak still stayed close with them? What’s the relationship like with the Duarte sisters and have Jude and Taryn resolved their differences?

Madoc and Jude - I want to see more of this father daughter relationship especially after madoc’s exile and find out if he still wishes to kill her or take the throne from her

Heather - is heather still dating Vivi and does she know about elfhame again?

AND OF COURSE MARRIED JUDE AND CARDAN - what have these two been up to since we last saw them? how is married life between the two of them? how is their relationship going? Are they affectionate with each other in public? How protective are they of each other and the big question… is Jude pregnant? The theories circulating around her being pregnant have been driving me insane because there are so many pointers to her being pregnant and if she is with child, then she should be early within in her pregnancy because oak would have noticed her stomach…

Anyway that’s it 💅

[zinniax]

Deleted scene tsh oak/madoc

"She was going to send someone else?"

He just looks at me.

"Several someones," I amend.

"And you figured that since she's already angry with me, I'd be eager to make her angrier?" Madoc gives a heavy sigh.

He's raised four children, more or less, and all of us frustrate him in one way or another. I am used to being the least frustrating, probably because I am the youngest.I can tell that's about to change.

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"She won't do anything that puts you in danger," he says.

She is my sister, of course. Jude, whom he calls by neither her name nor her title. And if that seems to give both even more significance, I will not be the one to make that point. Let him believe that he is snubbing her, not affording her even greater consequence.

"I am tired of being the one everyone protects," I say.

“I can see that," he says. "But there's no shame in deciding you've made a mistake if it turns out that heroics don't suit you."

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Omg!! How important this scene is and how much oak is still a teenager!! And it’s just like I wonder how oak will react and if he’ll have some type of complex or blame himself when or if he finds out that the only reason jude and madoc are at odds is bc how they wanted oak on the throne but handled it way differently.

Jude wanted the throne to protect oak. Madoc wanted the throne to ultimately control oak. Jude knew madoc would go crazy with power and it would be the downfall of him and their family. In order to stop that she put the person who really hates the “throne” and the power that comes with it.

The similarities between father and daughter is something I absolutely love to read and make connections. Madoc and Jude are both or would be using someone to control the fate of Elfhame but again jude wanted the power to protect her siblings from the fae and madoc wanted to “protect” his family but I think if he ruled he and his family would’ve ended up in danger. It would be as of balkin was king.

Madoc would’ve never gave up the power, he would’ve created unnecessary wars in the name of his hunger for blood. That’s why Jude exiled him to the human world. I think part of it was payback for her parents to send him to the world her mother escaped to but also he’s a redcap and he needs bloodshed, he can’t really do that in the human world. it was a forced rehab in a way. Cardan and Jude are done with the rules and “patriarchy” of the court/throne. They will gladly make the tough decisions and pave the way for that than to have oak to be the one todo that. They want him to have a peaceful happy reign. Again Jude is protecting oak. Protecting oak against madoc. Protecting oak against the court. And again that’s why oak rebelled against Jude wishes. But again madoc knows how deep Jude’s love is for her siblings and even him. Jude will always protect, rescue,help, and love her siblings. She’ll always be there for them and the people she loves.

[ur-mousey]

Shot in the Dark ~

Jude Durate x Cardan Greenbiar

summary Morden AU, Jude remembers a steamy night of fun with Cardan. 2.1k warning mature, flashback smut, softcore possessive, breast fondling, steamy makeout.

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Jude Durate nocked the arrow into place. Her stance held rigid as she breathed in deep. Her skin prickled, haggard by the sun's rays. And the whirlwind that was her raged mind never ceased to calm. Too much had pissed her off this week. 

She had known outright that a relationship with Locke would turn out less than hopeful. 

He was dumb teenage fun. Dry humps in the back of his truck after stealing vodka shots from the party of the week. His chest had felt like a feather pushed against hers when she desired friction. Always, his hands, so desperate, reached for hers to touch his bulge. When she meant to overpower him, his lithe tongue found refuge by hitting the back of her throat, which caused her to battle against his pursuit.

Dumb teenage fun.

Cardan Greenbriar was more... Encompassing. However, she would never allow herself to imagine a future with him either.

Both of them had tormented her and her twin for their illegitimate seat at the Madoc Estate. She lived like them since the age of six. And, it was never enough to make her one of them

The gothic manor she had inhabited, with more rooms than there were people inside, didn't impress. Nor was her ability to attend the same private school. Or dress her hair in braids and beads. Nor was her conquest to dominate many sports get her any praise.

All because she was a bastard child?

She fucking doubted that.

There was something else about her that made her insignificant to them. Madoc called her weak. He'd beaten her down countless times until she could land a satisfying blow. She wasn't stunning like Nicasia, the gem of the sea, or psychotic-like Valerian. She felt little need to be manipulative like Locke, or to be as cruel as Cardan. 

Cardan, Cardan, Cardan. Cardan this. Cardan that. Like a vermin, he seeped his way into everything.

How dare he?

Locke wasn’t much of anything. He’d chased a story where he pitted sister against sister. Being a silent observer of betrayal because he found himself too boring. That fiasco was years ago and whatever hurt had faded into the backdrop until times like these.

Cardan was the reason she found herself here.

Jude has been shooting all day. She drew from the quiver strapped to her back, nocked the arrow, and released the shot until it became monotonous. Canaries and quails fell victim, struck from atop trees, or while diving for the stream to escape the heat. Their corpses were then tied and dealt with before she placed them in the travel cooler at her side. Now, she stared ahead, left hip held forward towards the unaware hare some feet away. It rubbed its face in between nibbles of grass blades. Its head swiveled at the drop of acorns mistaken as footsteps. 

She couldn't waste any more time. Jude adjusted her feet, re-curled her fingers around the bow, and pulled at the sting. She ended the hare's life. The arrow plunged into its side. Like that hare, all her life Jude Durate was meant to play as a defenseless little thing, prey for the taking. 

When in actuality she was something to be feared. 

Nicasia had drugged her in front of her peers where she found herself on her knees in front of Cardan. Locke made prom a spectacle where his date, Jude, stood on the sidelines as he revealed in tender kisses, not of her lips, but, of the pious Taryn Durate. Valerian more than the rest had tried to tame the beast he saw behind her feral eyes. 

But she'd always slept afraid. And, Valerian was dealt revenge worse than the rest. Their family names are tarnished or lost with their life. 

Cardan complicated things the minute she tread too close. At a house party hosted by Cardan years after they went their separate ways. Jude found herself in arms with Madoc and her stepmother, guided into the lustrous golden arches of the Greenbriar manor. Twine held everything together.

Chrysanthemums stamped the floor. Each tile became a monument of flowers held in time by resin casings. Since his family's murder, Cardan decorated with fever, white rabbits and ticking clocks filled the space between the doors and walls. Portraits of his father were replaced with him seated with a crown of thorns, his ethereal beauty highlighted. 

"Darling Jude, could you follow me?" Cardan made his appearance from the shadows. His feline features quirked in a welcoming smile. "I've waited for your arrival more than I care to admit." Jude pouted but accepted his outstretched hand. He pressed her knuckles to his lips. He lingered there while sinking his eyes into her. She tensed at the sensation of his teeth grazing her calloused skin before nipping at her fingertips. 

"What are you doing?" Jude hurried her arms to her side.

"Oh... Something that I should have done long ago."

He dragged her to his barren room. The closet door swung wide with collared shirts and tweed jackets hung. However, a mound of clothes could be seen kicked under his bed. There, sat in its lonesome corner, a floor lamp pushed soft warm lighting into the space. The only thing filled with life was his bookshelf, filled with titles she had never seen. Even his brown comforter lacked a human touch. "You are free to leave whenever. But, please look around, darling Jude." 

"Free to leave?" Jude scoffed, "What the fuck? What would you do if I didn't want to play your game?"

Cardan gently twirled Jude around by her shoulder. She sighed, he's treating her like a pet, she thought. Her hands clenched as she made the effort to refrain from decking him in the face. "I see you wore the dress I sent. Should I say, good girl?" Cardan's thumb trailed down her back, exposed by its v-line. He brought her back into his chest. His drunken breath played tricks on her skin. "If you do decide to leave, I'll find other ways of getting what I want." 

"And what would that be?"

"Hint, I'll start with the bookcase if I were you," Cardan whispered, sauntering by to take perch on the edge of his bed. Jude tilted her head which he acknowledged with the same gesture. He undid his collar and began unbuttoning his shirt. And with a scoff of his own, he bellowed, "Buttons are the bane of all outfits."

With reluctance, Jude strode to the opposite wall, the click of her heels echoed in her ear. She had no reason to believe that the dress she'd worn that evening was sent by him. She had assumed Oriana, her stepmother, laid it out for her on her childhood bed. The fabric of the skirt flowed pin straight to the ground. Her breasts were held tight by the fabric, showcased by the heart-shaped neckline, whose trim was finished with gold embroidery. 

The sleeves were cut down the middle from the crease of her elbow and looked as if it could merge with the skirt. The gown hugged her silhouette comfortably. How did he know her size? More importantly, what would be his intentions? Cardan was born with more even if he wasn't seen as the heir to his father's wealth. He belonged. There was nothing for him to gain from her. Did he mean to humiliate her in some way? Is that why she's here. It had to be a joke on her part. The hues of blue moved throughout the dress like a story, images of the forest were embroidered into the skirts, its branches reaching to touch the tip of her nipples. Silvered-shaped stars hid themselves, playing peek-a-boo with all who would want to search for them. It was tailored to her taste and with pockets in random nooks.

It took Jude little effort to find the most suspicious thing on Cardan's bookshelf. Alice and Wonderland sat there worn and in her face. Out of all the novels, it seemed the most childlike on his shelf. She made her way to Cardan, standing in front of him. "Is this it?"

"Not quite," He quipped. "It's what's inside that you'll find interesting." Cardan tapped the spine, adorning her ruby ring which she had on in the banquet hall. "Well? Hurry on, you keep me in suspense."

"Cardan... I don't like your games."

"It is merely a surprise."

"Let me rephrase. I like nothing when it comes to you." Cardan eyes met Jude's in a mid-languid blink. Like a cat, she thought. 

Jude flipped through pages until she came across a folded note. Her eyes furrowed at what was sprawled across, her name, over and over:

Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude. And then some.

Stains inked the paper along her name. Blood splattered and dried alongside spurts of... cum? What the fuck? 

Did he hate her that much? But, would you do that to someone you hate? She surely hated Cardan and her friends but she never made a display of their name. "What is this?" Jude threw the novel aside on the nightstand. She shook the paper in his face. 

"Surprise... that's it."

"Now you're out of words?!"

Cardan shuddered, kneading the palm of his hands into his pant legs. "I have always been afraid of you," He confessed. "I have hated myself for less, but mostly because I wanted you."

Jude threw the paper at Cardan's feet. "You have some nerve... And a cruel way of showing you like someone."

"Darling Jude," Cardan gripped her waist. His fingers glazed over her plump bum. "I could be good for you... To you." He nuzzled his head into her stomach trailing kisses along to her left hip bone. 

Jude faltered in step to Cardan's motion. She swung her legs over his waist and lifted his face to reach her lips. He tasted like sour wine and it intoxicated her. She knew not much of kisses. There was Locke but it was years away and didn't feel as forbidden as this. His cruel mouth was soft against hers, and his eyelashes shuddered against her cheek. He reached his other hand up to her ears and he tugged at the upper bit before biting down. He sucked her lips into his mouth, and the warmth of his lip ring brushed her lower lips. Teeth smacked and she wanted to laugh. Cardan lolled his tongue over hers which he gave up power to be dominated by her.

She pushed down on his chest till he lay there flat. Cardan reached for her lips to stay connected with his, however, Jude parted. Being witness to his face, desperately red, sent shivers down Jude's front. Cardan hiked her skirt up and encouraged her movements. She let herself buck her hips against his growing cock. 

"Is that what you imagined?" Jude could only imagine the silver on his cheeks staining hers. 

"No, and I rather not say."

"Why? Did you imagine more?" Jude tugged the collar of her dress. Her glorious cups spilled out for him to see. Cardan eyes widened and he looked like a deer caught in headlights. "Now you look scared?"

"I told you that you terrify me." Cardan reached both hands to pinch around her areoles. She would say that his touch felt reverent if she didn't know better, but she did. "Alas, I didn't believe I would get this far." He chuckled lightly, guiding her hands to wrap around his throat. Jude gave an experimental squeeze and Cardan breathed out deep. 

Mocking, Jude parroted his earlier statement, "I'll find other ways of getting what I want."

NONNONONONONONO!!! Jude kicked at the ground like a toddler throwing a tantrum. Her cheeks burned deep into the skin. He played her, right? How dare he?! It made no sense. Jude hung her head while she packed the hare into the cooler and began to make the trek back to the manor's stable where she'll ponder and get more furious. And, where she'll replay more vivid scenes.

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Cardan saluted to the groundskeeper who pointed him down the dirt path to where he was sure to find Jude. He has let her be a full week. Longer than he wanted, but he knew Jude like the back of his hand.

Jude, Jude, Jude, everything about her screamed to him. He twirled her precious ring from finger to finger. This time, he's on a mission to engrave her taste on his tongue.

.............................. Thank you for reading! Accidentally deleted this upload but here it is again! Please leave suggestions! And possible part two because I didn't truly deliver on smut.

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NEXT JURDAN POST: Song Writer! Cardan x Jude

[jasminedragonart]

My goal for this year is to read more books. There were a lot of books I avoided when I was younger just because I thought they weren't for me. I'm starting to realise that a lot of books are and it just wasn't time for me to read them yet. Others I've found are as badly written as I thought they would be and it makes me question why I want to read books by author's I haven't read from before.

Anyway, so far the books I've read that I've enjoyed are:

The Wheel of Time: Books 1 and 2. I have book 3 and plan to read it, however I fond out that this is an unfinished series since the author died. While it is technically finished, it was finished by Brandon Sanderson and while I have his books on my reading list, I don't think reading without Robert Jordan's penmanship will really bring justice to the world I've invested in. THAT BEING SAID, the first two books are SO good. I picked this book up by chance when I was away last year and put it back because the blurb was the vaguest thing I've ever seen. Except, then it haunted me once I heard there was a TV show. I haven't watched it, nor do I plan to since they seemed to have taken it in a different direction. But if you're looking for a good fantasy series to read, even if it's just the first few books, this one hasn't let me down yet.

The Raven Boys: I haven't finished this one yet but the book is good so far. I have the other 3 on the way that's how invested in this series I am right now. I've read other works by this author before, the Shiver one, and while I don't remember hating it I don't remember liking that one much. This book is good though. I'm enjoying it.

The Neverending Story: This one I enjoyed reading but I found that it's definitely a children's book. I picked it up in the hopes to read this to my niece when she's a little older. I thought it wouldn't be until she was around 10 before I could read this with her, but I'm happy that it's simple enough that I'll be able to read it to her maybe when she's around 3-7 Not too scary, not too detailed and while the movie is phenomenal, I really enjoyed this book as well.

The Folk of the Air series: I read them all. There were things in this I enjoyed. I liked the world building of the faerie realm. I also enjoyed some of the politics. But the book had its faults too. It's very teenager-ish. Which isn't inherently bad. The Raven Boys is proving to be better at it though. Jude and Cardan were... at times hard to read. It was quite predictable at times and it's not the best enemies to lovers book out there but I managed to finish it and I did enjoy it. It's something I would recommend to people, but not something I would rave about like I would the Wheel of Time.

I'm looking for other books to read after this. So far my list is:

The rest of the Raven Cycle (3 books) The Way of Kings series (These are so long and there's like 4 books) The Wheel of Time (Book 3 and maybe 4) God of War Inkheart

If there's anything else you would recommend let me know. If anyone has read any Robin Hobb books let me know if they're any good, I'm looking for a good fantasy series.

Also also if anyone knows if someone has written a Davy Jones and Calypso book let me know. I wish Disney had decided to do a prequel on them or at least release a book but I have yet to find one.

[alex-iltempo]

So, knowing now what's up with Severin and Roiben... I have to give to Cardan credit for his suggestion to Jude, it was genius strategic move. Like he said "He might be foolish, but he's not a fool" and knows quite a bit despite he was drunk all the time...

I'm glad I read The Darkest Part of the forest and The Modern Faerie Tales, although I didn't like them as much as tfota...

mostly bc they have more heavy atmosphere, I mean Requiem for a Dream kind of heavy, with a lot of not so fairy themes not so far from real world like homeless teenagers, drug addiction and multiple betrays by siblings(I know, right? Hello, Tyran) and by other close relatives ( I didn't expect to find here slut mom who's sleeping with daughter's bf 😳)...

and I must say, even though you can't accuse Jude in being lovely and sweet, the main characters in those are pretty damaged and flawed.

I would say I liked Kaye more than others, but maybe it's also because she's in two books, so her story is more fleshed out

[ezziefae]

My thoughts on Jude & Cardan becoming parents in the stolen heir duology!

I’m aware this topic has become a huge debate in the fandom. Everyone has their own opinions on this. But i’d like to share my ideas of how holly black would most likely handle this trope in her writing.

I see both sides of the debate, and i’m here to clear things up….hopefully!

First of all, i really don’t think holly would write pregnant jude.

HEAR ME OUT!! 🏃🏻🏃🏻

If anything, i see holly black writing a time skip to jude and cardans kids grown up, as teenagers. the pregnancy trope isn’t something i see holly writing at all. There wouldn’t be a lot of action if jude were pregnant.

I have lots of questions after reading the stolen heir, but no matter what happens in the second book (The prisoners throne” coming out 2024) i hope jude and cardan stay monarchs of Elfhame. no matter what.

And that being said…jude and cardan would HAVE to have children, who can grow up and eventually take their place as the new monarch of elfhame. it has to happen eventually, but it doesn’t have to happen in “The prisoners throne”

Holly already confirmed that she will be writing a lot more books that will be set in faerie/elfhame. Meaning new characters will be introduced, or side characters will have their own story. If jude DOES become pregnant, it will probably only be mentioned from someone else’s point of view. But it wouldn’t be shown.

In conclusion, i don’t believe holly would write pregnant Jude. specially in the second book of the stolen heir. It would be rushed. Jude and cardan would have been together romantically for 8 years, (TSE time period from TQON)and if they decided to keep ruling elfhame, then there would be no rush for them to have kids.

⚠️ THE STOLEN HEIR SPOILERS ⚠️

"The Folk adore Cardan, and they're terrified of my sister, two excellent things. I hope they rule Elfhame for a thousand years and then pass it down to one of a dozen offspring."

- Oak (The Stolen Heir)

Since the folk of the air series, we have known that Oak has never wanted to rule Elfhame. It’s clear that he hasn’t changed his mind, and he definitely won’t. He even wants jude and cardan to have kids, and believes he doesn’t have to be involved.

We know that Faerie women struggle to get pregnant. Since Jude is mortal, she can easily carry. Jude can restore the greenbrair family line. I don’t think holly would throw that opportunity away. So i definitely see jude and cardan being parents, but probably 20-50 or 100 years from now (in the world of elfhame obviously, as long as jude stays in faerie, she will live forever) theres absolutely no rush!

With the events that have taken place in the end of the stolen heir 🏃🏻💀…i’m scared and excited to see what holly black will do with oak and suren.

I don’t think people should worry about the pregnancy trope. I also know that people don’t want jude and cardan to be parents because it would be “out of character for jude & cardan”

let me remind you, in the folk of the air series, jude and cardan are teenagers/young adults, from the cruel prince, to HTKOELTHS. The stolen heir duology, is an 8 year time skip from TQON. MEANING, that jude and cardan will be more mature than they used to be. They’re ADULTS now. I heard someone say that they heard Holly black say during TSH tour that ‘she still has no idea how to write adult cardan.’

Meaning that holly is going to write adult jude and cardan. Giving us a more mature version of them. this doesn’t mean cardan won’t be his usual self, he’s going to keep being funny, and clever, but in a more mature way.

I’m excited to see what holly black does with the characters in the prisoners throne. i hope she can keep jude and cardan monarch of elfhame. But no matter what Holly decides to do, i will always support 🫡 she is a genius after all.

[moaihybitoyoidaics]

Some Things Never Change~ Jurdan

Jue and Cardan return to the Duarte family home to find a gift for Taryn's baby shower. A trip down memory lane leads them to reconnect with Jude's childhood best friend.

A chapter from The Captured King on wattpad (@ teddyhawkins thats me)

Word count: 2148

Jude's POV

The house still stood as it had the day I had left, almost identical to the pictures we had saved more than ten years before. Although now, instead of sun filled windows there were wooden boards, and the parallel-striped lawn was over grown. The door hung ajar, slightly off its hinges. I turned to look at Cardan, whose face was an indecipherable mask.

"Home sweet home." I muttered under my breath before heading up the cracked paving slabs. Running after me, Cardan's composure fell away a second later.

"Jude, are you sure we're okay to be here?" He asked quietly. "Are you sure nobody will be watching the house?"

I stopped just shy of the front door. "As far as this world is concerned, the Duarte family were massacred almost twelve years ago. No one is looking for us anymore, and no body is bothered about this house." I nudged the door open, groaning as it went. "There are things I should like to retrieve, if they're still here." "I'd follow you to the ends of the earth my dear, lead the way." He followed me inside, creeping as if he could somehow wake the ghosts that remained here.

The carpet was ripped up, presumably taken when the police came to investigate the murders. Still, though, a muddy brown stain remained and the floorboards in the vestibule. The sight turned my blood to ice and a cold sweat bead on my upper lip.

"Jude," Cardan tests, his hand grazing my shoulder blade. "What is it?"

I remembered the day Madoc took us, the day he made that stain. I remembered my white converse skidding in the blood, my legs too short to step entirely over it. "I- it's just hard. Being here, it makes it harder to pretend it all away. Let's just get what we came for and go."

I stepped over the stain and moved on through the house. In the lounge the TV was gone, the sofa was charred as if it had been set alight, soot crept up the wall behind it. On the chimney breast someone, probably an edgy teenager, had sprayed a pentagram, dripping and red. I moved on to the kitchen, noticing the notch in the door frame and another dirty brown patch on the floor. I looked out of the window, into the back garden. Our old swing set stood unused, the chains rusted orange, creaking gently in the autumn breeze. I turned to see Cardan sat on the breakfast bar.

"So this is a mortal kitchen."

"You've been to Vivi's apartment, you know what our kitchens look like."

"It's strange to think of you living here. Before all the... stuff happened." He spoke so softly, I could hardly hear him.

"It's stranger to be back." I left the kitchen and made my way upstairs. I had the best chance of finding what I came for up there. "You can wait here, if you want." I called back to him. He shook his head and jumped down off the island.

"No chance."

I pushed open the door I remembered to be mine. The sight sent another shiver through me. The room has been preserved, almost untouched. There drawers were still open, with the clothes we left behind. The bunk beds, made up with Peter Pan and pink floral sheets. "Mine was the bottom bunk, I used to be obsessed with Peter Pan. Sword fighting, pirates, fairies... I guess some things never change."

"Taryn had the flowers, I'm guessing."

"Like I said. Some things never change." I made my way over to our old bookshelves searching for my sister's favourite book. "Taryn would never like to admit this, but she always wanted to be a homemaker. My mom bought her this Tumtum and Nutmeg, I got the first Harry Potter book instead- which is also about magic-"

"I know, I've read them." Cardan said, surprising me out of my nostalgia.

"You've read them?" My mouth was agape, a shocked laugh at the back of my throat.

"The magic is somewhat rudimentary, I mean using wands? But I did cry in book seven." He seemed confused by my obvious shock.

"Okay, we'll discuss that on the way home. Anyway, I thought it would be nice to return her old copy, you know? For the baby shower." I shoved the book into my satchel and made my way towards the bedroom door. "Let's go."

He caught my arm. "Do you not want to stay? Take back some of your old things?"

"It's painful being here, with everything that happened here." For the first time, I realised how strong my husband was. "I do not know where you find the courage to sit in the burgh everyday, where your family was murdered. I am so sorry."

He shook his head. "You are my family. I don't need to dwell on that anymore."

We made our way out of the house, on the front lawn I took one final look at my old family home and sighed. "I can forget this now. I think I can do that." Cardan kissed me softly on my forehead and smiles.

"I think I saw some ragwort by the side of the house. I'll be right back."

I nodded and he turned and jogged away. I took the opportunity to look around the street I used to play on, the cracks in the asphalt, the weeds on the sidewalk, the girl across the street running out of her house...

"Jude?" I was startled out of my trance. "Jude Duarte?" She called.

"No, sorry." I panicked.

"Liar."

"You have the wrong perso-"

"So you're Taryn then?" I knew the girl. Or rather I used to know her, twelve years ago. A lot had changed since then. "I know it's you Jude."

"Jude Duarte is dead." I lied. "So is Taryn and so is Vivienne. They all died."

"Bullshit." She furrowed her brow and pursed her lips together.

Cardan strode around the corner, clutching a fistful of ragwort stalks, "Jude, are you ready to ride?" It was moments like that which made me remember why I used to hate him.

"Sorry, Jude Duarte is apparently dead." She called to him as she smirked at me. Cardan looked to me, visibly confused.

I sighed. "It's Rosie, right?" She grinned again and nodded. "Okay, Rosie, we were never here. "

"I knew he didn't kill you." She yelled. "I knew it! Everyone said I was crazy but I knew I saw him take you."

"Wait, you saw what happened?" Cardan asked. "You were there?"

"I called the police!" She continued to yell. "You left your bike at me house and I was returning it, I saw that guy take you. Sorry who is this guy?" She pointed to Cardan.

I turned to look at him and realised how strange this must've been for Rosie. Cardan, as beautiful as he was, did not look human. I had dressed him in sneakers and jeans but of course he hadn't concerned himself with disguising his pointed ears or his uncanny features, this was supposed to be a quick trip- in and out. Not to mention the fact that for all intents and purposes, to Rosie I was dead and had been for more than a decade. I looked back at Rosie and sighed.

"Would you like to come in? My folks aren't home, but I have some lemonade in the fridge." She asked sweetly. "I have some videos from when we were kids, if you want to see?"

There was a pang in my chest, a deep yearning to look back in time. But the thought of spending more time here with Rosie and seeing who I could have been coiled around that longing.

"We would love to." Cardan answered for me, taking my hand and following her across the street.

***

Rosie knelt next to an old VCR, feeding it an even older VHS tape. The label on the back of the cassette read Rosie and Duarte girls 2008. 2008? The year we were taken. The TV static dissipated and kicked into life, showing grainy footage of an orange summers day, brown lawns and tanned kids in shorts. The first few seconds of footage primarily consisted of Rosie's dad trying to figure out if the camera was on, that was until I heard a familiar voice; like something pulled from a forgotten dream.

"Mark, the red light is on. It's recording." The camera snapped up and I saw a man. The scruff of his beard and the chestnut brown of his eyes, the slight auburn of his hair catching in the August sun. I I grabbed Cardan's hand and squeezed.

"Jude?"

"That's... uh that was my dad." I said, lump catching in my throat. He squeezed my hand in return, his thumb rubbing gently circles against my skin.

I saw a girl, twin to my younger self sat on the grass with a young Rosie, pulling daisies from the grass and lacing them together, coronating each other with flower crowns. Taryn of course. Then of course there was Vivienne, a few years older than us but an eternity younger than I could recollect, sat under a shady tree. She wore the same disapproving then as she always had, as if she had never taken it off.

"I swear you're in this one Jude. Just wait a minute." Rosie mumbles, fast forwarding through what she must've thought was the most mundane memory, I didn't want to miss a thing. She pauses a rewinds it for a second. "You're going very fast, blink and you'll miss it."

For a moment, I didn't understand what she meant. Until I heard my father cheering and my mother screaming in horror. "Jude! Pull the brakes!"

There I was, a blur peddling faster than my little legs had ever gone before, or since for that matter. I flew down the street on my purple bike, which at the time I had insisted I was tall enough for, before crashing into my neighbours trash cans and flying over the handle bars. I landed in a heap on the floor, blood pouring out of my nose, my knees and elbows skinned and covered in gravel. The camera fell to the floor as Mark, Rosie's dad, ran over to me. My parents caught up a second later, picking me up and dusting me off. My mother fussed over me, pulling a Kleenex out of her pocket and dabbing my nose, but I pushed passed them and picked up my bike.

"I'm going again. I will jump over the trash cans." I couldn't help but laugh, some things never change.

***

We spent the afternoon and most of the evening in Rosie's living room, pouring over childhood memories. Cardan howled watching myself, Taryn and Rosie performing a dance routine to Wannabe by the Spice Girls, trying to convince our parents to let us have another sleepover.

"Jude still can't dance." He said, trying to catch his breath.

Rosie watched him cautiously, still unsure of what to make of him. "So, why did you never come home?" She asked tentatively. "I mean I always thought I saw you at the mall or in coffee houses or one time at a pool I think, so you I know you could come back but you never came home."

I thought about it for a moment before answering. "Where I've been, well where my sisters and I have been, is different. We had to change to survive. If you saw what I was truly like now you wouldn't have invited us in." Cardan watched me try to explain myself, engrossed. "Honestly, I am happy where I am. I made something of my life! But being here and seeing how things could've been for me... it makes me feel homesick but for life."

"Life sick?" She whispered.

"Exactly."

"I still have your bike." She grinned, sensing I didn't want to answer any more questions.

"Her what?" Cardan asked. I shot him a look that I hoped told him to shut up.

Rosie led me outside, she wandered into her garage and pulled out my purple bike, still scuffed with a flat tyre, but it was my bike.

"Take it home with you, wherever that is now. But come and visit us sometime, I want to prove to my folks that I'm not crazy."

I wheeled my bike up the driveway and out into the cool night air, turning back one final time to wave goodbye to my old friend. "Can you make her forget?" I whispered to Cardan.

"Why?"

"It'll be too hard to leave if she knows I'm still out there." I sighed. "There'll be questions, people will think she's lost the plot."

"No." He placed his hand on the small of my back. "You deserve to be remembered."

[clockworkbee]

Will herondale or Cardan Greenbriar?

Cardan Greenbriar <3

I love Will with all my heart, don't get me wrong, but what makes the difference to me is that while Will is like a precious boy I relate to (as a reader) and want to protect, Cardan goes through the kind of character growth which simply hits me.

Like, Will was from a beloved family where he had to run away from ever since he believed himself to be cursed and turned into our typical, sarcastic teenage boy with a sad past. Cardan, on the other hand, was the youngest prince of faerie, and yet, instead of being showered in love by everyone, he was not only prophesied to bring destruction and ruin but was also neglected by his very mother, used by his brother and despised by his father.

Where Will decided to be cruel in order to keep everyone from loving him and keep them safe, Cardan became cruel in order to be seen and admired and inspire fear if he couldn't inspire love. (I love that about Cardan's arc so much!) Also, the fact that Cardan can't lie is just SO HOT? Like his honesty, whether plain or in riddles is so, so powerful and attractive to me. Neither Will nor any other sarcastic character could ever beat that for me, except Jude, of course. cuz her sarcasm and lies are simply epic, lol.

[theladyofbloodshed]

So I listened and bought cruel prince and it is good enemies to lovers and he’s way less sadistic then rhys and cassian it’s Honesly night and day like I can see them going through something in future that makes them bond and hookup. Now rhys and cassian hell no I do not get it at all. The sister situation in cruel prince is also way more interesting unlike SJM who forgets book 1 she basically said all 3 are bitches to each other 🤦‍♂️

And Cardan has the benefit of being a stupid teenager whereas Cassian and Rhys have had 500 years to get their shit together.

The sister situation in TCP makes me so angry. I'd fight Taryn. I understand why she does things, but I still despise her for doing them lmao. Weirdly, they're the only books by Holly Black I enjoyed. I tried modern faerie tales by her but could not get into it at all!

[blvckdress]

𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐤 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐔

Collab with @iheartkomori-deactivated2022072

u will be missed :,(

Eight actors are chosen for the corresponding roles and each season will be a new 'route' where the heroine, Yui Komori, chooses which boy will suck her blood.

Social media goes absolutely insane when a live action adaptation of the series is announced (cough cough booktok and book twitter) and the controversy of whether the books romantacize abuse re-emerge, creating more traction for the show.

People come up with all sorts of fancasts (with some insisting the actors have to be romanian) but are general depictions of how the characters look like in the books.

Anyways, fan opinion does have a little influence on the casting and the eight actors are revealed to the public.

Shu Sakamaki:

Everyone lived for his casting 

Like it was the same way people felt when ben barnes was casted for shadow and bone 

It was absolutely perfect 

He’s of greek descent and has been in a few indie films 

Nepo baby 

He was def in baby diaper commercials and a child model for a while 

Think bjorn andreson in that one movie 

His mom was a big 80s/90s actress and his dad is a popular screenwriter 

Style gives very much greek, mediterranean wealthy 

People constantly make tik toks of how he invented old money 

People also make edits with the audio ‘glimpse of us by joji’ with scenes of him and edgar/yuma 

He is super different from shu in real life but likes to call him a mood because he lies down, listens to music and vibes

Very much gives older brother energy with the rest of the sakamaki actors

His real life little brother gives very much iris apatow who’s a fashion icon and constantly feeds fans content 

Is a big shu x yuma shipper and constantly talks about how he would definitely be willing to explore that in interviews 

Is straight but def gives fruity vibes 

popular achilles fancast and knows it oop 

Gets the most set candids because he is such a natural 

Has a highlights on his instagram of him sleeping on set 

Him as shu is undeniably sexy and my guy has the most expressive eyes despite being a mostly chill character 

Ocean eyes from billie eilish automatically becomes associated with him

Reiji Sakamaki:

Bro

This guy absolutely slays at playing Reiji 

Lowkey unintentionally funny 

But for real though his screen presence is top notch and he carries such charisma

When it is shu’s season, he gives major second lead syndrome 

Out of the entire cast reiji’s actor is the most like his character minus the sadism and trauma 

He is also a nepo baby with his mom being a 90s supermodel, think Kate Moss or Vanesa Paradis 

Used to be in this one disney original movie as the snarky little brother and people didn’t realize it was him till it was brought up 

Extremely professional on set 

Like deadass 

He is always on time with 99 problems and green chai 

He is always seen reading the script

The paparazzi always takes pictures of him and no matter where he is, he is either annotating or skimming pages 

It becomes a tiktok trend to read a random script at random places for the aesthetic 

Dark academia king 

Wears light kohl that matches with his tim burton eyes 

Is not super close with his co stars or crew but occasionally has brunch with them individually and wishes them happy birthday along with getting them a gift 

In general he is a very private person 

Has a girlfriend who he loves with his entire being 

Keeps his relationship on the down low to avoid annoying paparazzi 

She is a lawyer and activist with a teenage son (single mom) who later becomes the product of edits and is widely used in the ‘i want my mommy , i want your mommy too’ audios used to refer to reiji 

Popular fancast for cardan greenbriar 

His girlfriend and yui’s actress are super close and yui is also super in love with her 

He jokingly says ‘team reiji’ during interviews but is very vocal about how the series and the relationships should not be romanticized

A little kid once comes up to the comic con panel and he nearly shits himself

Ayato Sakamaki:

Fans will not leave this man alone 

Especially when he is with yui’s actress 

Like there will be an interview where they look at each other and you will see people trying to analyze their body language and raving about how they are soulmates 

Is the funniest member in the cast and you never know if half the things he does are ironic

Bro will dress like a nike highlighter one day and the next day he will be dressed by tom ford himself 

Nike loves him 

When he was casted as ayato people were skeptical because while he was good looking, booktok and twitter are nit picky as hell 

But when they saw him in the ryotei uniform and red hair they gave him a massive apology because the man delivered 

A fan favorite for sure 

Has a bfa in acting which he received in florida state university

He has had credits in theater and television but this show was his big break 

Like it was destined for him 

He is also romanian 

Memes 

Memes everywhere 

Kanato Sakamaki: 

By far the most underrated and seasoned actor in the show amongst the younger cast 

Brings the horror and vibes to the max 

Posts pictures of the prosthetics in the show 

Casually eats sweets on set 

Has voiced jason todd in a batman movie and people were surprised at how well his voice can change 

Alas kanato requires a lot of tone changes 

His season is one of the scariest 

Like jumpscares come super naturally to him 

Yui’s actress is taller than him so they are the poster couple for  “tall girl x short boy” ships 

Is currently dating a costar from a previous project 

Lowkey a nepo baby 

His mom is a celebrity makeup artist oop 

There’s pictures where he randomly shows up in pictures with other celebrities and events he has no business being in

think alexa demie

naturally blond

Laito Sakamaki:

Best actor in the show

It is a generally prodigious cast but laito steals the show 

His season is one of the most controversial but critically well received 

Is nominated for an Emmy award for as lead actor in drama series 

Like ayato he also holds a bfa in acting from the carnegie mellon school of drama 

Is a newcomer to television but has been in off broadway shows and the broadway revival of “death of a salesman” 

Extremely versatile 

Is mixed (he gives me very mixed vibes in general im sorry) 

Is mom is french and his dad is afro-brazilian 

Acts fruity, is fruity 

Bisexual 

Him and Yui are best friends 

The epitome of sky by playboy carti ("she my best friend yeah we not a couple")

Think olivia rodrigo and conan gray 

#freelaitofromhisstylist goes viral because his fashion sense on the show is horrendous 

Debates on whether the fedora is necessary exist on twitter 

The green leopard print seals the deal 

Gives very much harry styles trying to fight gender norms but it ends up looking trash

When asked about how he gets into character he says that he plays laito “with a little bit of gayness” because that is the vibe he got when he read the books 

Like reiji he states very clearly how the show shouldn’t be romanticized and frequently calls out people dumb enough to believe the show does on twitter 

Very unapologetically might I add 

Does this with kanato and ayato on instagram lives since the three of them hang out together a lot

Subaru Sakamaki:

No one can do it like he does 

Bro embodies subaru to a T 

Him and ayato smoke weed and dance together in thier LA homes 

Is a london based actor 

One of those actors who had frequently played the younger versions of other characters 

Is wasian

finds subaru trying to act like a gangster the funniest thing ever and will always make fun of it during interviews

does the 'his eyes darkened' and 'he growled' like its in his blood

for readers that were never able to visualize it

here he is

Yui Komori:

this girl literally jumped out of the books

she looks exactly how one would picture yui looking in live action

everyone absolutely loves her and vows to protect her from all harm

acts fruity, IS A BIG FRUIT

is nominated for lead actress in a drama series

a huge huge book nerd

has talked about being a huge fan of the series and always posts little easter eggs in her insta posts to tease fans

the actress is Romanian

has a deeper voice in real life and carries a more snarky chill demeanor

her and ayato's actor lowkey have beef

but not the kind of beef one rlly takes seriously

mostly the kind where the rest of the cast and fans laugh at how idiotic it is

no one ever knows why they have beef

they just do

even ayato's actor who is an open book still to this day will not talk about why they occassionally give each other stank looks in interviews which fans make analysis videos of

that being said her chemistry with ayato on screen >>>

[shadowsobscurity]

The monarch's little honeymoon

Summary: The day of Jude and Cardan's wedding anniversary, The Bomb decides to prepare them a surprise

The Bomb was waiting for the king and queen to come outside, standing in the gardens. The sun shone as the couple exited the castle, walking hand in hand. She waved at them, smiling at the sweetness of their love.

She had known Cardan long before Jude did,and the change she saw in his behavior was astonishing. He had gone from being a lonely bastard to a sweet loving husband.

Jude was the first to talk, she didn't know why they were here, so she asked.

-Please Jude, be patient. I have a lot of surprises for today-

She might not care, but today was the day Jude and Cardan got married, and it was a waste of the opportunity not doing something special. She had prepared an excursion to the lake, but first they would stop to have a picnic in the forest.

The Bomb guided them through the gardens, until they arrived at the stables. Before they got on the horses, Cardan asked:

-Where are we going? There is a lot of business I need to take care of and if it isn't important I am leaving-

-Don't worry about your obligations today, if gotten people to take care of them-

He rolled his eyes, but seemed to accept. He got on a horse, and Jude, instead of taking another one, she sat behind him.

The bomb led the path, while the couple was following her.

-As you might remember, today is your wedding anniversary- she started- and as I know you don't want to make it public, I've prepared a leisure day with the court of Shadows-

While she said this, two more horses appeared on the path, The Roach and The Ghost were riding next to The Bomb.

After a short ride a beautiful meadow appeared in front of them. Everyone got down from the horses and tied them to a tree. The Bomb took a little basket and opened it, revealing a small meal and a blanket.

They laid the blanket on the floor and prepared the picnic. Everyone sat down and they shared some time together. Jude and Cardan were sitting together, talking lower between themselves and laughing at their inside jokes.

Little time had passed when Cardan got up saying:

-I wish it doesn't bother you to wait for us, we are going somewhere -

No one seemed to oppose it, so they left the group. The Bomb was extremely curious to know what they were going to do, so she waited a prudent time and followed them.

It wasn't difficult, their laughter could be heard from a mile away. She arrived at a big tree, knowing that she couldn't get nearer because they were behind. She stood on her side of the tree, observing the couple as they chased each other. Jude was running while Cardan ran away from her. She held a bottle full of water, and both were laughing. A sound full of joy, different from the contained laughter they made in the court. Today they weren't king and queen, they were just two teenagers in love, without responsibilities that weren't according to their age. After some time, she decided it was enough of spying on them, so she went back to the meadow and spent the time with the Roach and the Ghost.

When Cardan and Jude came back, they were soaked. No one said anything, they just stared with a smile.

The Bomb was excited to get to the lake

-Untie the horses, there is still another surprise left-

They followed her, arriving at a small and private lake.

Jude and Cardan didn't say anything, they just jumped off the horse and started striping. The Ghost quickly got off as well and grabbed the spare horse, tying them again in a tree. He copied the couple and dived into the lake. The Roach and the Bomb didn't take much to follow them.

Jude was swimming distractedly and Cardan watched her with a grin, definitely planning something. He seemed to decide that the previous water fight wasn't enough, because he started chasing her, while splashing everyone around. As soon as Jude saw her, she started swimming away while laughing. When Cardan catched her, she started running after the Ghost, who had no other option than swim away.

They spent the afternoon on that lake,and when the sun started to go down, they laid on the grass

-Thanks Bomb, it definitely was worth it- Cardan said, while holding Jude on his arms.

[cruelprincae]

@lcfthaunted liked the sc for older! Cardan

Although he has never had the patience to dedicate time to study all the progress that humanity has made over the passage of the years, merely content with the fundamental information that is the existence of tremendous skyscrapers, internet, pizza and cars ― all of which being Vivi's input on the few occasions that he has come to visit the apartment herself and Heather inhabit ―, Cardan is quite familiar with the concept of coffee shops, for they have been there on the occasion that he visited the mortal land when he was significantly younger, and he would return the ensorceled mortals to their families and homes, away from his brother's influence.

On the rare occasion when his moth would twinkle its antennas in a silent demand of wanting for something other than the six-pack bottle of beer it was accustomed to, to make the journey back to Elfhame, he would visit one of these shops and he would glamour himself a handful of caffeinated beverages; one for himself, and several for the gigantic moth he would often park behind the establishment, hidden away from prying eyes, which he would then pour inside of a bucket for it to drink from. Even if the taste was foul and did little more other than insult his taste buds, it would appear that the moth quite fancied it, as it took its sweet time devouring all the liquid it could find as well as licking all traces of it from the bucket's walls. The Prince knew little of its use, but what he did know ― most of it being from observing the moth's behaviour, which stood on high alert for days on an end after consuming the caffeinated beverage ― is that, upon its consumption, it offers clarity, focus and liberation from the heavy feelings of tiredness that would occasionally wash over him.

Mab, he can use some clarity right about now, particularly since the heir to his throne thought it would be rather fitting to make himself a prisoner of the now-dispatched Court of Teeth, all to impress its teenage Queen. Cardan is no stranger to rough declarations of affection ― in fact, majority of the romances in his life were of such nature ― and, were the circumstances any different, he would have sat back and allowed the youth to work on their problems; alas, Oak's ill judgement made for a fairly ancient enemy of the Crown to threaten the integrity of both the himself and the Court that he has tried to built for the better part of the decade. Interference is, at this point, inevitable.

Alas, he knows not how to move. Both Jude and his General, Grima Mog, opt for a direct attack against the Court of Teeth in sight of such deliberate disrespect, which would most likely result in the uproar of war ― in fact, it would appear that the majority of his court thirsts for the taste of battle after nearly a decade of tranquillity. And, though Cardan is a pacifist, with battle almost always as a last resort, he knows not how to talk his way out of this predicament. Clarity and ideas are what he beseeches, and hence, the reason why he is seated in a particularly crowded coffee shop, with the chatter of mortals like the irksome buzzing of sprites flying above his head.

❛ I wish for a coffee, ❜ He merely says at the girl that comes forth upon his table and pushes forth a green leaf, glamoured to resemble that of mortal money, with two ring-adorned fingers. Then, there is a moment of a silence as his black hues glance upon the catalogue of delicacies in a considerate frown, and he adds; ❛ I also wish for dumplings. ❜

[hellsblood]

cont.

❛ i would never imply such grave accusation. ❜ he'd used the french words, as he often did. french was the language he's grown the most attached to. they called it the language of love. and it has been the one he'd spoken with his first love. how delighted he'd been when he'd first heard nyx curse in good old french! ❛ though if you did wish to end my immortal life…may i suggest you find yourself an angelic sword? that should not only harm my body but also shatter the remains of my soul and thus leaving no room for potential resurrection of my being in the foreseeable future. ❜ he smiles, as if handing out this information brought him some kind of——  joy. he isn’t really crossed by the betrayal. truth be told, he had fully expected it. just not today. but he’d known that one day, one way or another, cardan @cruelprincae would use this one weakness against him. he just didn’t know when and how exactly. well, now he knows. he lets his body fall against the mattress and goes back to slurps on his benadryl with his stupid looking straw. ❛ why are you bothering even staying with me in this room? ❜ he asks, at last, genuinely curious as to why the teenager submitted himself to this punishment. sage had never even ask for an apology. it was nyx who'd insisted cardan takes responsibility for his actions. but the latter had been under no obligation to yield to her authority.

[tfotababe]

Jude..? Wha- What's that?

Sometime in TWK || Word count: (I don't think I was able to explain what I think would happen properly but you get the idea right? XD)

Jude is sick

but like always

she didn't care.

Why should she?

She has a whole Kingdom to rule over and an alcoholic teenager to take care of.

So, she continued with her day. Attending meetings, getting disrespected, doing paper works, getting irritated, seeing said alcoholic teenager set fire to a room, getting baffled.

Ya' know?

Normal 18-year-old girl stuck in a horror wonderland thing.

Then it came to the nth meeting of the day

And no, ten hours haven't passed yet.

Cardan,

who was the aforementioned alcoholic teenager-adult abnormality.

is attending the meeting.

How lucky?

No.

No she isn't lucky.

That drunk is only attending because he wants to see irritate Jude.

Anyway, after an irritating hour, the meeting ends.

She hasn't committed treason. (Now, this is what we could call lucky)

So she stands up to leave.

"Is this why you had no reaction to my so called tomfoolery?"

she turns around.

"What do you mean?"

He stands up

"Who did it?"

By now she's really just confused.

Then he says

"Who stabbed you?"

and then the Bomb comes in

She's behind Jude

"Uhhh... Jude? You have something on your trousers..."

Only then did she realize that her cycle started earlier than she had expected.

"It's not a stab."

"Then what is it? An open wound? Who wounded you? The Ghost? Or was it because you were being stupid again?"

"No. It's a thing women from the mortal realm experience. Since you know not about it, you must be the moronic one between the two of us."

And then they just stare at each other until Jude leaves or when the Bomb or Cardan says something.

Nevertheless, missy Jude still believes he almost stormed out the room because he didn't like the idea of having nobody to attend the meetings for him.

[orchidyoonkook]

Fruit asks!!

🍉,🍋,🍈, &🍇

Eeeee! Hi Violet. I love you!

🍉: Do you prefer to write short fics or long fics? Multichaptered works or single ones? Why?

Long cuz I don’t know how to shut up and I like to include useless details.

Multi chaptered cuz it creates suspense and drama! And I’m a dramatic ass bitch.

🍋: What's your favorite spicier trope to write?

I haven’t really written spice yet. The ones I have written are used more as plot devices rather than gratuitous. It’ll probably end up being something dom/subby or maybe body worship?

I read somewhere that a lot of (heterosexual) sex is making the girl feel desired and loved and that makes it great for the (heterosexual) man. And I happen to agree with that. I am also paraphrasing that horribly.

🍈: Who's your blorbo and what are some of your favorite headcanons/ideas about them that repeatedly show up in your fics? Free pass to rant about blorbo opinions.

Please feel free to mock but I had to google what a blorbo was as I strictly avoided tumblr until august last year (don’t ask me why I have no idea)

From what google says they’re just characters or celebs I adore and boy are there a lot of them.

Kpop (not in my fics cuz I have so few rn, so I’ll just say my faves to read):

Always either Yoongi as the big bad (grumpy mean) secret softie.

JK in anything where he’s a big powerful man (like CEO etc) who’s hellbent on being the best lay Reader will ever have but then letting only her be the first to soft dom him?

or Joon just being very big and very dominant.

Chan, Felix, San, Jisung, Hyunjin, Hongjoon, the list goes on….

Non Kpop: aha.. ya girlies a YA/ Adult fantasy reader and movie/tv NERD. So to keep the list short:

Rhys, Cassian, Hunt, Cardan, Ruhn, Dorian, Maxon, Thorne, (there’s more here but it’s late I can’t remember them all), Sebastian Stan, actually, far too many men who are in their 40s -> Chris Evans, Hyun Bin, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, Tom Hiddleston, Eric Dane, Tom Ellis, Ewan McGregor, Charlie Hunnam.. please know that teenage me had MANY phases and all of these men were apart of them in one way or another.

🍇: Is there a particular scene/episode/book/ etc that you want to just write a million fics about, over and over? Which one?

BTS obvi, there was a time in my life where I considered doing it for the Cinder series. Maybe Chan from stray kids? Or something Sarah J Maas related. Just comfort characters and people really.

I don’t really obsess over writing, which why my bio says what it does. But maybe just making up endless scenarios in my head is a better way of putting it. I only ever write when I’m inspired which is why I don’t do it professionally.