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cardan & jude (not part of analysis)

something i love about cardan and jude’s marriage is that they love each other so imperfectly. like just because the love they feel is complicated, and they are both young, broken teenagers doesn’t change the fact that it is raw, and real, and passionate. they’re just two kids trying to figure things out along the way. things won’t always be perfect for them, and their history shows that, but they are trying. their pasts were horrible and traumatic but they are healing. and they’re healing together. something about that is so so so beautiful.

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have you ever noticed that in percy jackson the very first thing percy is warned about is to never use a god’s full name because in this universe names hold power, calling back to the old greek belief that if you invoked the name of a god you risk catching their attention. and dionysus refuses to use percy’s real name even to the point that you know that he knows it but still refuses to use percy’s name. except at the start of the titan’s curse when percy has left camp against orders. he hasn’t been issued a quest, nor has he been to see the oracle of delphi. it’s him and blackjack leaving to save annabeth. and after giving percy his blessing to leave mr. d says good luck, perseus jackson.

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wren: hi

oak: marry me

wren: chill out first

oak: okay, hi. how are you?

oak: marry me.

cardan: that’s my boy

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”it’s not a praise kink if i actually am a good boy.” - cardan probably

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any requests for who to do next???

best book trios pt. 1:

percy jackson

annabeth chase

grover underwood

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best book trios pt. 1:

percy jackson

annabeth chase

grover underwood

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hi everybody cardan x jude pt 5 is in the works don’t fret but i’ve been very busy recently and don’t know when i will get it out ty <3

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Cardan's body type is a mystery for me. For Jude we know she's curvy and has bigger...stuff than fae. Cardan tho? He's described as a lean and slender guy that can't fight with a sword but at the same time Jude mentions he she remembers the muscles on his back in chapter 16 of twk. And also he can just casually carry the roach and break a crown with bare hands?

so i didn’t get to this in my analysis of cardan’s absolute gorgeousness, but cardan’s body seems to change throughout the series. he definitely stays on the leaner side, but as he begins training in the court of shadows he seems to gain some muscle as compared to the start of the series.

i think where most of the confusion comes from is that in tcp he’s definitely pretty lanky and slender. i think he also has at least some knowledge of sword fighting but never trained it or developed it properly so he didn’t grow the muscle as early as jude did.

however in twk and tqon when he starts training with the court of shadows it’s mostly off-page (if not completely off-page) so i think it gets forgotten. cardan also doesn’t have as much motivation to grow that muscle since he doesn’t wish to be a murderer nor does he need to become physically powerful when he’s already in this powerful position. so i think he only becomes more muscular out of pure necessity.

it’s also possible that during his time as the snake he could’ve lost some of that muscle like someone does when their body is very ill?

anyways this got a bit off track and wasn’t purely a body type analysis but the bottom line is that he starts off as a pretty skinny noodle armed boy and developed more muscle as the series goes on, but still not a whole lot of that makes sense?

i couldn’t find the text evidence so i guess you’ll just have to trust me on this

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cardan: *does the most pathetically trophy wife thing*

fandom: awww what a cinnamon roll

jude: *murders someone in the most gruesome morally unjust way.*

fandom: get it girl!!!!!

taryn: *breaths*

fandom: that little bitch-

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i am never arguing with a man that has big brown eyes. whatever you say beautiful

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i don’t think you guys understand how much i FUCKING DESPISE lady asha. like firstly she is the shittiest mom known to planet earth and secondly this raggedy ass whore has the AUDACITY to BURN cardan’s letters to jude. my man was DISTRESSED BC OF HER. like when i find her istg she better be ready

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jude: so, cardan and i are engaged.

madoc: i wish you asked me first, greenbriar.

cardan:

cardan: i’m sorry, madoc, but you’re just not my type.

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OK SO I KNOW I SAID ALICE IN WONDERLAND IS HIS FAVORITE BUT WHATTTTTT THIS IS SO CUTE!!!!!

Cardan's favorite book is Pride and Prejudice

wait, hear me out

Cardan has a lot of connections to the mortal world...he saves mortal servants, and steals mortal books (Alice in Wonderland)...

See where I'm going with this?

Imagine, Cardan picks up P&P and realizes HE is Darcy. He's a rich, well-to-do brat who loves a girl he also slightly despises, a girl who despises him. And only through humbling himself to her do they fall in love and mend things around them.

Jude is his Lizzy *sobbing and throwing up*

He's such a romantic at heart I can just see him fangirling when Darcy and Lizzy finally confess to each other, aghhh

Bonus: He probably also sees Mr. Wickham as Locke and hates them both with a passion

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How gorgeous Cardan is according to the books? Can you do analysis like you did with Jude?

oh my goshhhhh!!! of COURSE i will make a post about this! tysm for asking!

cardan greenbriar appearance/ drop-dead gorgeousness analysis bc we ALL know how beautiful this man is

in tcp jude has an ENTIRE monologue about how gorgeous cardan is so let’s go through that first, shall we? she describes him as: “and cardan is even more beautiful than the rest, with black hair as iridescent as a raven’s wing and cheekbones sharp enough to cut out a girl’s heart.”

and when cardan confronts jude during the mock war she says: “i am struck suddenly by his height, by the arrogant sneer he wears like a crown.” so my man is a tall king and almost always has a sort of smug expression.

and then when she’s in hallow hall for the first time and accidentally walks into his room: “i am instantly sure who’s room i’m in. those are prince cardan’s extravagant doublets and breeches, prince cardan’s gaudy, fur-edged capelets and spider-silk shirts.” so it’s safe to say my man does THE MOST with ootd’s and probably looks like he just walked out of dress to impress every time he gets to lessons.

also, i can’t find the exact text, but cardan’s eyes are pure black save for a ring of gold around his iris.

and don’t forget to note his long and slender fingers that jude NEVER fails to mention.

as for body type i’m pretty sure he’s described as fairly slender though, again, i can’t find the exact text.

and once again there is the official art we can go off of:

ahhhh i also forgot to mention jude describes him as wearing plenty of rings on his fingers. (then ofc later in the series he wears the stolen ring from jude that he later proposes with 🤭)

once again tysm for asking!!

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heyyyy just a quick psa for my small but very lovely audience: if you would like to be tagged in any of my upcoming works, especially the ongoing cardan x jude analysis- please please PLEASE let me know i’d be more than happy to!! ty ty have a good day/afternoon/night!

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How pretty would you say Jude is in the books?

tysm for asking @imaginelovewrite !!

jude appearance/beauty analysis

so locke describes jude as her hair being “as beautiful as curling woodsmoke” and her “eyes the exact color of walnuts”.

jude also describes herself by saying: “already we are taller than vivi, our hips wider, and our breast heavier.” so it could be fair to say that she and taryn could be a bit curvy.

she often wears her hair in horn type things as well as often having intricate braids or knots tied into it.

there’s also the official art by frostbite.studios on twitter (x but whatever), that we can go off of.

i think it’s pretty safe to say that our girl jude is HOT as i know cardan and many others would agree.

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cardan x jude pt. 4 (!) omg that’s a lot

in pt. 3 of whatever this (series?) is, i started to get at how cardan protects the human servants and hallow hall and often tried to rescue them, even taking beatings for doing so. so could cardan have also been trying to protect jude throughout the series?? as much as he ‘hates’ her, there are many times throughout tcp that cardan has *subtly* protected jude in one way or another. take the scene when valerian tried to kill jude by feeding her faerie fruit and nearly suffocating her with it and cardan KICKS HIM OFF OF HER. “abruptly, valerian is kicked off of me. i roll onto my side, coughing. cardan is looming there… “enough,” cardan says. he has an odd, wild expression on his face and a muscle jumping in his jaw.”

so not only does he physically remove valerian from jude, but babygirl is PISSED. and while jude is intoxicated this is stated; “for i moment, i think they’re going to fight, although i cannot think why.” like my mans was ready to FIGHT VALERIAN.

just some more evidence from that scene: “everyone is so dull today,” cardan says, but he doesn’t sound as if he’s bored. he sounds as if he’s barely keeping his temper in check.”

“noggle turns away from us, … cardan watches him go, hands fisting at his sides.”

and then a page or so later , nicasia tries to command jude comes and licks her hands clean of the faerie fruit. “no,” cardan days, stepping in front of me, his voice ringing and a little unsteady… “jude will come here and kiss my foot. she said she wanted to kiss us. and i am her prince, after all.” i think this could be interpreted in two ways, one being that this was him protecting her again, OR, that he was jealous. it could also be a bit of both. but cardan being jealous of others when it comes to jude intrigues me because he shouldn’t want something ‘less than him’ like jude, but he does. i want to point out another insight to cardan’s jealousy here, when jude overhears nicasia and locke talking. “are you enjoying yourself?” i overhear nicasia ask locke once, as he joins them for a lecture. “cardan won’t forgive you for what you’re doing with her.” so after reading, this is most likely about taryn and locke’s secret relationship, but it could also be referencing how locke is actually manipulating and toying with jude’s feelings by pretending to like her for sake of his ‘dramatics’. they could be really saying that cardan won’t forgive locke for hurting jude, protecting her again and also alluding to his jealousy as he probably believes only HE is allowed to mess with or hurt jude.

see, cardan’s feelings are very contradictory when it comes to jude. he likes her for reasons but hate her for those same reasons. he wants to protect her yet he also hurts her. anyways i thought these were interesting points to bring up.

btw this series will probably end up being FAR longer than i intended it to be as i’m only part way through my analysis of their relationship in tcp and plan on continuing this as their relationship become more developed in twk and tqon. my apologies for uploading on a pretty inconsistent schedule.