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I find it really interesting how the Regent constantly degrades Laurent by comparing him to a child.
Like, it’s an obvious, petty insult. But also, the Regent sexually abused Laurent when he was a child. We know that Laurent felt powerless and ashamed during this time of his life; his statements about his younger self being naïve even imply that he blames his child self somewhat for having “allowed” this to happen.
When the Regent tells Laurent that he’s petulant like a child, or irresponsible like a child, or whatever, he isn’t just spewing venom. He’s reminding Laurent that in his eyes, Laurent will always be a child. In other words, he’s telling Laurent, “You can never escape the powerless little boy that you were when I abused you. You are still powerless. And I still control you.”
This is why Laurent’s final words before his uncle’s execution are so powerful. The Regent says, “You think you can rule Vere? You?” and Laurent replies, “I’m not a boy anymore.”
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kings in love. illustration for c.s. pacat trilogy “captive prince”
i love them so much omfg
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A little tribute to my fave Akielon gang 🥰
I want to thank @linecrosser for being so lovely and letting me take some inspiration from your own Damen and Nikandros’ design. Check out linecrosser’s marvellous artwork here!
My little head canon is that the Akielon Royalty, the upper class and military generals all have their hairs styled in some form of a side shave/ undercut. I though it’d be cool that when we first meet Damen, he’d just got his hair almost completely shaved by Adrastus before being shipped off to Vere, in a half-attempt to keep his identity hidden.
As his hair grew longer with time, it would make sense for it to be trimmed and styled the Veretian way.
I also wanted to highlight a line from the book that mentions the Veretian hairstyle, basically implying that there are different trends for both Akielos and Vere:
‘Damen was wearing Veretian clothes…..Even his hair had been cut in the Veretian style.
He saw the man see all of that first, and then he saw the man see him.’
This scene never fails to give me chills. For Nikandros, seeing Damen again but styled so vastly different to his usual appearance must’ve added to the surreality of the moment.
And as for Laurent. I keep imagining his reaction to seeing Damen for the first time after the Charcy incident, now in full Akielon gear and radiating all his kingly power and authority. Probably a mix of pride? approval? anger? hornyness? sadness? thrill? Guess we’ll never know 👀
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it is almost my birthday...I have made Laurent fanart every year since I read Captive Prince 6 years ago, and it’s wild to think that in 3 days I’ll be the same age as he was in the story lol. Here’s to 6 more years of Laurent art!
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