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cardanfckinggreenbriar · 1 year

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the stolen heir thoughts

so apparently people are not liking this book. which icl is a little bit WILD to me because i thought it was brilliant.

but here are my thoughts on why that *might* (emphasis on MIGHT don't come at me if you have some ✨quirky✨ reason for why you didn't like it i literally don't care) be the case.

there will be some spoilers ahead, i will try to limit them, but you guys are pretty unpredictable anyway, just don't say i didn't warn you.

most people reading this duology have come straight from tfota (and if you're not wtf are you doing here, go sit your ass down and read tcp, you demon) and if that's the case, there is a high likelihood you are a reader who idolises jude and cardan and puts them on a pedestal (AS THEY DESERVE ABSOLUTE BEAUTIFUL ICONS.) and you know, although we were warned by holly that this first book would be in suren's perspective, it's not so comfortable to not only be so tantalisingly close to them and not see them (we want our babies back), but to see them, to see this world, to see other characters, too (like oak), through a completely different lens.

i've heard people saying it's flat for that, and i get we're returning to a world, it might feel like holly is just doing some recycling but icl i kinda really love the book for that, and it also seems like a really holly thing to do.

i mean sure, i could have maybe lived without madoc's return, but i also think that it really works.

back to the point tho, for suren, this is a very different world, her relationship with it is different, and the people in it, though familiar to us, are not to her, and i think the main thing to take away from this is to remember that not one of these characters are clear cut heroes or villains. they're people.

jude, to suren, is just a cold, harsh, strategic mortal queen — funnily enough, suren probably didn't get to read tfota, so hasn't experienced jude the way that we have, and the same for other characters that we are familiar with.

i mean think about it, when we read tfota and suren was described as 'creepy' and all that, did we bat an eyelid? no, we accepted it, mainly because we were seeing suren the way that jude and her family were, as a monster girl, whose parents wanted her to marry oak, and we didn't want that. we see it politically, also. when we see this through suren's eyes, all of a sudden, it's heartbreaking, and ofc it is, because she was a child, and she was being manipulated and used, she wasn't saved, she wasn't treated with any sort of love, from anyone.

but jude couldn't give her that love. for so many reasons. but still, that makes her seem like less of a hero (again, not that she was one to begin with.)

and if they're not the heroes anymore, if our way of seeing things suddenly becomes blurrier and less defined, where does that leave them? we feel like everything becomes less stable, because in most books, we're used to the protagonist telling us how we should feel.

so it feels like the possibility of things going south for our favourite characters is all too real, and no one likes that. i hate the idea of jude and cardan not getting their perfect happy ending, whatever that looks like... but i'm not too sure that i want it to look any different to how we expected it: them being in love, high king and queen forever and ever and having lots of children, until they get too old and tired and decide to retire together.

of course, the plot itself also destabilises the chances of this, but i won't go into that in detail here just in case someone with a taste for chaos has decided to read this far (!! i said begone, demon !!)

but here's the thing, like i said, in holly's books, the characters are first and foremost people. jude makes mistakes, does so many horrible things, and tbf in the reading community, we have a bit of a nasty habit of glorifying that, and just saying slay, she's a badass (which she IS, but also guys... murder... bad...?), especially when it's the main character (see the way people still villainize taryn... but that's a whole other discussion.) and what does that mean? it means independence. yes there's mention of fate in the books, but there is independence and true character growth.

now here's the thing. we have a whole other book to come. i doubt that holly is going to leave suren where she is (unless she does which could also be so cool and open up a whole new universe of opportunity for the direction in which elfhame goes and whilst this might be completely evil, i could so get behind that. ANYWAY) why is holly writing suren? what are suren's fears? what is suren's motivation rn? if we examine all of these things, we see that wren is still grappling with all of these things, and that the position she is in right now isn't going to help her or satisfy her.

suren's whole life has been dictated by the greed and megalomania of the people around her. she is suffering because of that exact greed and megalomania. power will not heal her, not like this, at least.

and finally, coming to oak. holly has already played the 'i-don't-want-to-be-king-but-ends-up-being-one-and-a-really-good-one-because-i-didn't-want-to-be-one-in-the-first-place' card with cardan. i don't personally think she's planning on playing it again with oak. i think it's a really clever way of suggesting at it, and reminding us, and showing us what we're used to, but i think oak is being honest. ofc, i also HOPE he is being honest.

there is also the next book's title to think about (the prisoner's throne) but in all honesty, i don't think speculating on that will be worthwhile. holly really could throw anything at us.

i have a couple of other thoughts, about jude and cardan and what might be going on there, but those thoughts don't really sit right with me and aren't really constructive to the happy endings lol so i don't like them and will not be sharing bc i do not have to !! 🥰

all in all, if you didn't like it because of what it suggests for our favourite high king and queen... anything could happen. i trust holly to write a book that truly devastates us all. but i hope that i've also shown you that what she has written is not unjustified. i'm not going to conclude with a what i think will happen, even though i have very strongly suggested it because i don't want to jinx anything... if i'm wrong, i'm wrong, and i'll happily be wrong, though i know my happiness isn't guaranteed...

#the stolen heir spoilers #stolen heir #the folk of the air #queen suren #oak greenbriar #prince oak #suren #oak x wren #oak x suren #elfhame #high queen of elfhame #high king of elfhame #jude duarte #cardan greenbrair

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pplatonic · 1 year

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my name is platonic i go by all the pronouns (here's my pronouns.page)

. <- this dot is here so i can edit the userboxes easier :3

We're a system that collectively identifies as a multigender a-spec abrosexual. Me specifically as in the one that uses this blog i am a loveless heartless non-sam aplatonic bigender boygirl.

check out my sick neocities site

my main fandoms are Vocaloid, Serial Experiments Lain, Blue Exorcist, Soul Eater, and ones I'm less active in are Haruhi Suzumiya, MHA, and Touhou. Vocaloid is the biggest out of all of those, and I'm a synth v producer. I have Haiyi, Saki+AI, Yamine Renri, and Yuma. I also have all of the lite/free banks (including Mai) but like those are the babies that I paid for and would give my hand in marriage if they asked me even though I'm aro. I also sometimes use Neutrino, SEVEN is my fave.

i'm alterhuman and otherkin! All of my kins are endelic.

Deitykin

Ghostkin

Robotkin

Corpsekin

Shapeshifterkin

Rosy maple mothkin

Pink heronkin

Cathearted

Naturehearted

Fictionkin

@inspectorlyfrakin (u cant cancel me for this bc nym gave me explicit permission

my fictionkin list looks like:

Platonic the Phantom Thief (Evillious Chronicles)

Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain)

Haruhi Suzumiya (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

Clarisse McClellan (Fahrenheit 451)

Abigail Williams (The Crucible)

Millenium-chan (Living Millenium by Iyowa)

Susuwatari (Spirited Away)

...and kinsidering Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche (Evillious Chronicles)!

日本語を勉強していますよ！間違い出やすいからおかしな日本語になってたら、教えてもらいたいです。「時々」と「凸凹」ってはあたしのお気に入り言葉だよ！日本語のボカロ曲を英語に時々訳します。

Tags guide:

#plat art - All visual creative stuff #plat music - Original songs, including remixes #plat cover - All of my vocalsynth covers #plat writes - fanfic links #plat rambles - Random talky post tags

you hit kept reading and scrolled to the bottom so you get my super not really secret sideblogs list:

@non-sam-aplatonicism - Sideblog for aplatonic stuffs @ganbaruwayo - JPN to ENG translations @mogaihaze - Deluna's mogai coining blog @alexithymia-culture-is-what - Culture is blog for alexithymic folks @vocalsynth-culture-is - Culture is blog for vocalsynth @lumen-sancta - Kin-centric sideblog @gray-gray-gray-gray - Mental-health centric sideblog, used to just be my secret vent blog, but now I post my psychosis related nerd rambles and edgy middle schooler poetry so I feel safe linking to it here. @delunas-amazing-blog - Deluna's sideblog. @ghost-coral-girl - Haiyi's sideblog. @the-carol-of-caroline - Caroline's sideblog. @team-chimera-phoenix - The TCP group's sideblog.

#ask to tag #tw eyestrain #eyestrain #eyestrain tw #repetition tw #tw repetition #unreality #volume warning #definitely tell me if this needs any more trigger tags. like it was a vent-shitpost hybrid so its kinda meant to be Blegh #i totally understand if needs a trigger #pinned post

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simptothestars · 2 years

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WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABT THIS SHORT STORY AT THE END IF TCP?? it’s in kaye’s (roibens consort) perspective of the coronation AND HER INTERACTION WITH CARDAN OML:

my favorite part:

oh my god “THE GIRL WAS GLARING AT HIM, AND KAYE WONDERED HOW THEY WOUND UP DANCING TOGETHER. THEN SHE NOTICED THE WAY HE WAS LOOKING AT HER. BUT THAT MADE THINGS EVEN MORE PUZZLING” I CANT BREATHE.

#cardan greenbriar #jude duarte #tcp #twk #tqon #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #tfota #the folk of the air #holly black #kaye fierch #how the fuck did i miss this the first million times??

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chobit92 · 2 years

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House Of Wax: Part Twenty

@rubycstory07 😊

Not sure if anyone is still reading this but hey. Not sure if I like this chapter, think I’ve made Vincent too soft, he probably would have stabbed her lol

Warnings: Rape (Mentioned), Miscarriage (Mentioned), Self harm (Mentioned)

(Kaia wakes up and squints at the brightness of the room. Someone’s opened the grubby curtains and the sunlight is streaming into the room. She has spent most of the last two weeks lying in bed. She hasn’t eaten much and has mostly just slept. Vincent had stitched up her wounds, dabbed TCP on her split lip and then carried her to bed. She looks down at her arms which are still bandaged. One because of a wound she herself made. The other Bo and his knife. She wonders why Vincent took such good care of her afterwards. Perhaps her plan is starting to work after all. Perhaps she can convince him that Bo is evil and they would be better off without him. But then maybe he only fixed her up because Bo told him to. He always does exactly as Bo says after all. She sighs and closes her eyes trying to go back to sleep. She hears the door open a few minutes later and footsteps. She tenses up waiting for hands to start pawing at her. She hears something being put down on the bedside cabinet.).

Lester: Thought you might want some breakfast.

(She doesn’t move.).

Lester: Come on girl you gotta eat, no use starving yourself.

Kaia: Piss off. What do you care? You’re just as sick as he is.

Lester: Now look I’m trying to be nice to you.

Kaia: Well bang up job ya’ll are doing.

(Lester sighs.).

Kaia: Just go away and leave me alone.

Lester: Look I ain’t saying it’s right what my brother did...But did you honestly wanna have his kid?

Kaia: It was my baby too.

Lester: So you wanted it?

Kaia: I didn’t want any of this. I didn’t want to be raped, I didn’t want to be beaten and tortured and held captive. I didn’t want to be pregnant and I didn’t want someone to beat me so bad that I lost a baby. I also don’t want you coming in here bringing me fucking breakfast and telling me that you’re trying to be nice. Fuck off. I dread to think what it would be like if you were all horrible to me.

Lester: Well...It’s there if you want it. Coffee too. I’ll leave you to your pity party.

(Lester leaves the room closing the door behind him. Kaia lets out a sob and closes her eyes. Fucking bastards.).

(It’s late afternoon and Kaia is sitting in the church next to Whitney. She is crying. This is the first time she’s left the house in two weeks.).

Kaia: I can’t believe this is happening to me. Why me? Why us? You know what he’s done now? He got me pregnant then when he found out he beat me so bad that I lost the baby. I’m still bleeding. I should probably see a doctor really but that ain’t happening is it? Be just my luck wouldn’t it? Survive Bo for this long only to get killed by a fucking infection or some shit! I thought Vincent was different but now...I’m not so sure. He just stood there and watched Bo beating me. He just watched as I lost my baby and he did nothing. Nothing! Why would you do that?

(She wipes her eyes.).

Kaia: I tried to kill myself. Slashed my wrist with a razor. But oh no I’m not allowed to die am I? No not until Bo says! Vincent patched me up. He took care of me. It kinda felt like he cared. Kinda didn’t. But then I realised that he probably only did all that on Bo’s orders. He’s the boss and everyone has to do what he says. God he’s such a fucking bully!

(Then don’t let him be. Fight back.).

Kaia: With what? I have nothing.

(Even if she managed to hurt or kill Bo his two brothers would have something to say about that. She highly doubts she could take them all on.).

Kaia: I’m gonna die here.

(No.).

Kaia: I am.

(Fight. Kaia turns and looks at Whitney. Fight!).

Kaia: I’ll try.

(She gets up and turns around. She stops dead as she sees Vincent standing just a few feet from where she was sitting. She wipes her eyes then leaves the pew and stands there staring at him. She wonders how long he’s been stood there listening to her talking to her dead friend. He takes a step towards her and holds out a bag. She looks down at it and realises that it is Whitney’s tote bag. She looks up at Vincent frowning.).

Kaia: For me?

(He nods and she slowly takes the bag. She looks inside and sees her walkman and the CD’s from the RV. There is also some clothes, they’re Whitney’s.).

Kaia: My music.

(She puts the bag over her shoulder.).

Kaia: Thank you.

(She thinks for a moment then wraps her arms around him. He stands there stiff as a board then he steps backwards. She frowns.).

Kaia: You don’t like hugs?

(He stares at her frowning.).

Kaia: Well...I’m gonna go and lie down. I feel quite tired. Maybe I’ll listen to some music.

(She smiles then leaves the church heading back up to the house.).

(Kaia is lying in bed with her headphones in. It’s late evening and she’s gazing out of the window at the night sky watching the stars twinkling. She doesn’t hear Bo stomping into the room but she is made aware of his presence when he grabs her roughly and hauls her up before smacking her across the face. She lets out a cry as the walkman falls to the floor with a clatter and the CD flies out.).

Bo: The hell is this? Huh?

Kaia: What’s what?

Bo: This! I told you no music!

Kaia: What?

Bo: No music. That’s what I said. You disobedient little bitch!

Kaia: I don’t understand.

Bo: Really? I say no music and you sneak up to the old mill to get it anyway!

Kaia: What? I didn’t go up there. I went to the church that’s it. Vincent gave me Whitney’s bag with my music and some clothes.

Bo: He did what?

Kaia: He gave me this stuff. I just thought you’d told him to give it to me.

Bo: The fuck...

(Bo turns and stomps out of the room. Kaia gets up and follows him to Vincent’s bedroom. He kicks open the door and marches over to Vincent who gets up from his desk.).

Bo: The fuck you giving her shit for?

(Vincent just stands there.).

Bo: Huh? You dumb fuck! I didn’t say she could have anything! The fuck’s wrong with you?

(Bo smacks Vincent over the head and Vincent steps backwards.).

Kaia: Leave him alone.

Bo: Awww. What you two friends now?

Kaia: Just leave it. Why do you have to get so mad all the time? It’s just a walkman.

(Bo glares at Vincent.).

Bo: No more giving her gifts alright? She’s just a whore, she’ll be like the others soon.

(Kaia shudders.).

Bo: I don’t know what’s up with you lately. You trying to lose your virginity or something?

(Bo chuckles and turns for the door. Kaia steps back but Bo grabs her by the hair. She lets out a sob then remembers Whitney’s voice in her head. Fight. She brings her knee up into Bo’s groin. He lets out a grunt of pain and doubles over slightly. He punches her sending her sprawling backwards onto the landing. She pulls herself to her feet as Bo grabs her again. She reaches up and scratches his face making him yell.).

Bo: You little bitch!

(He knees her in the stomach making her double over gasping. He drags her down the hall and into his bedroom. Vincent hears the door slam shut then Kaia screaming. Vincent closes his bedroom door and sits back down at his desk.).

(Kaia is in the bathroom looking in the mirror. Her body is a road map of bruises and she has a black eye. It’s slightly swollen too. She lets out a sob then leaves the bathroom wrapping her dressing gown around herself again. She is just about to go back into Bo’s room when she hears whining coming from down the hall. She walks to Vincent’s bedroom and hears scratching on the door. She opens the door and Vincent’s dog walks out. She turns and follows the dog down the stairs. It sits by the back door and she sighs.).

Kaia: You want to go out huh?

(She opens the door and the dog bounds outside. She follows it and stands there watching as it walks around sniffing the ground. Once the dog has done its business it trots back inside and she follows it closing the door behind her. She follows it back upstairs and into Vincent’s room. The dog lies down on the floor and she kneels down to stroke it. She suddenly hears a creak and looks up to see that Vincent has gotten out of bed. He hasn’t got his mask on and he is glaring at her. She smiles at him.).

Kaia: The dog needed to pee so I let him out. He was scratching at your door.

(She stands up and stares at him. He is wearing a pair of black jogging bottoms, his torso bare.).

Kaia: Well I should probably get back to bed. Don’t want another beating. Night Vincent.

(She turns and leaves the room closing the door behind her. She goes back to Bo’s bedroom and gets back into bed next to him. He fidgets and lets out a grunt but remains asleep. She curls up with her back to him and closes her eyes.).

(Kaia is in the kitchen making coffee. It’s just gone midday and Bo has been absent from the house for the last three days. She wonders where he’s gone not that she’s complaining. It means she gets a reprieve however brief it may be. Lester is out again as always and she has no idea where Vincent is. His workshop perhaps. She thinks he actually sleeps down there sometimes. As she sits down with her coffee she wonders if her plan is working at all. She remembers Vincent putting his hands on Bo’s chest as if to try and stop him from beating her when she lost the baby. He drew her and painted her and he bought her the walkman and her CD’s along with more clothes. Perhaps she’s succeeding more than she thinks. She wonders what to do next, she has to be careful. A plan suddenly forms in her mind, she doesn’t like it and she isn’t sure if it will work but she has to try. Fight. Hm. Fat lot of good fighting did for her last time. Still she has to do something. She’s starting to think that she is going to die here, she’s even been having nightmares about it. With Lester and Bo out it seems this is the perfect time to try out her new idea. She just needs to find Vincent. She decides to drink her coffee and enjoy the rare moment of peace and quiet. Another idea suddenly occurs to her. She could run now. With Bo and Lester gone that only leaves Vincent and he’s probably in his workshop and wouldn’t even know she was gone. But then Bo or Lester might not be too far away, they might see her leave. Maybe they have set this up to see if she tries to run, she wouldn’t put it past them. She sighs debating on whether she should just get up and leave when she hears footsteps. Vincent appears in the doorway. There goes the idea of running. She smiles at him.).

Kaia: Coffee?

(He walks over to the kettle and makes himself a coffee before leaving the room and going upstairs. She finishes her coffee and goes upstairs. She walks into his room. He is sat at his desk leafing through sheets of paper. She sits down in the armchair in the corner. He has taken off his mask which has melted slightly again. He glances at her and she smiles.).

Kaia: Looks like it’s just me and you again.

(He looks back down at his desk and picks up a pencil.).

Kaia: You been working on another sculpture?

(She moves the armchair closer to the desk and he turns and looks at her frowning.).

Kaia: You know...I was wondering if you could draw something for me.

(He continues to stare at her.).

Kaia: Could you draw Whitney? Bo won’t let me have any of my photos and it would be nice to have a picture of her. She was a very good friend. She always knew what to say and she was smart and funny. I think you would have liked her if you’d gotten to know her. She saw the good in everyone. You don’t have to I just...

(She shrugs and looks down. She hears the rustle of paper and the scratch of a pencil. She looks up to see Vincent hunched over the paper drawing. His mouth is open slightly and his tongue suddenly pokes out a bit. She finds herself giggling. He turns and looks at her.).

Kaia: You look so cute when your concentrating.

(His expression doesn’t change. She decides if she’s going to do this she might as well go all the way with it.).

Kaia: You know...I had a dream about you last night.

(He’s turned his attention back to his drawing.).

Kaia: I’ve been thinking about you ever since that day I saw you getting out of the shower.

(His hand stills the pencil hovering over the page.).

Kaia: Um...In the dream last night...I was touching you. Your hair, your chest...I’ve found myself wondering lately what it would feel like to touch you. What your hair would feel like...Your skin...What you would feel like. You were touching me too. I know it’s kinda wrong...I sleep next to your brother but...I don’t want to be there. I don’t want to lay next to him. He’s mean and...He treats me like shit. He forces himself on me I don’t want it. It’s not like I’m in a relationship with him. It’s not wrong is it? Tell me it’s not wrong.

(He turns his head slowly and stares at her. She thinks he kinda looks suspicious. His eye is narrowed and his head is slightly tilted to one side. He might appear at times like he’s an idiot and perhaps a bit simple but he obviously isn’t. Perhaps he is suspicious of her intentions here. She decides to just go for it and see what happens. She leans forward and goes to kiss him. Her lips barely touch his when he jumps out of his chair and steps backwards. Now he is glaring at her. He looks frightening.).

Kaia: I...I’m sorry. I just thought...

(She gets up. He tilts his head to one side again.).

Kaia: You drew a picture of me and did a painting. You made me look beautiful. You gave me my music and some clothes. You’ve always been nice to me. You fixed me up after I lost the baby and I tried to kill myself. You took care of me. Your always watching me and Bo whenever we...I just thought maybe...You fancied me.

(She looks down.).

Kaia: Course you don’t. Sorry. Stupid.

(She feigns embarrassment.).

Kaia: I’ll just um...Go.

(She leaves the room hurriedly. She walks down the hall to Bo’s room and goes inside closing the door behind her. She sighs as she sinks to the floor. So much for that plan.).

#House of Wax #My Writing #Writing #Fanfic #Fanfiction #OC #original characters #Kaia #Whitney #Bo Sinclair #Vincent Sinclair #Lester Sinclair #Ambrose #Part Twenty

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wanderingpages · 3 years

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3AM by Halsey, but I don't even know if that counts as a VDay song? Just been stuck in my head for a while, probably because you reblogged some lyrics earlier 👀

I grin lazily, stirring the cup in front of me, chasing the lone olive with a toothpick. “Mmhmm,” I mumble, into the phone, forcing down the hiccup, and trying to up the sultry tone I’ve adapted some time ago. Four phone calls since 3 am, and I have no clue which one of my exes I’m talking to, which one of them I’m putting on a show for; I just know it’s not the person I want, not Cardan from across the hall, who’s probably deep into his REM cycle to pick up any of my calls. I might have left five or six or maybe seven voicemails the timid neighbor in me would most likely later die of embarrassment over. I down my drink, the college student in me would live to regret in a few hours.

“Miss you so much, Jude,” the voice on the other line tells me. And, that’s nice, I suppose. Maybe one of my personalities needed to hear that tonight – the desperate, lonely girl, sitting at the bar by herself type.

“That super nice of you,” I tell them. My eyes light up, thinking of the next euphemism but as I open my mouth to speak, my phone is being pulled from my grip. “Hey!” I turn in time to see a very tired looking Cardan glaring at me as he speaks into the receiver.

“Jude’ll have to call you back later.” He hangs up and pockets my phone. My cheeks begin to hurt and I realize it’s because I’ve been smiling so hard. As I reach for my drink, practically empty anyways, Cardan snatches it away and hands it to the bartender, along with a sleek looking card.

“I could pay for that,” I point out.

He takes his card back and helps me from the stool and into his arms. He sighs and brushes my hair back. “Somewhere between, ‘hi Mr. Sexy Neighbor’ and ‘Will you please pick up the fucking phone,’ you may have mentioned misplacing your money.”

I grin at him, at his pretty, sleepy face, at his lips wry with a smile he seems unable to fully complete. “Oopsie.”

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pushingpeopleover · 5 years

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hot take: can people stop drawing jude skinny ?? she’s got big titties y’all !!! screw tumblrs titty ban, give us big boob girls the icon we read about

#the cruel prince #the wicked king #tcp #jude duarte #carden greenbriar #holly black #im not trying to come @ anyone for their art style #but i really loved jude because her body type matched mine #and it hurts to see so many people headcanon her as a very skinny #and a flat chested girl ???#anyways happy yuletide #tumblr dies tmmrow so no one will see this anyways

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hanuh · 2 years

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MORE HEADCANONS FOR CUPID PROJECT 💥💳💥💳 i ask kind and respectfully

I will raise your headcanon for a drabble ✨

the cupid project masterlist

Okay so I imagine for Eren and Reader's first anniversary Carla was supposed to watch Addie but she got a really bad stomach bug and Falco's family was out of town so Eren had to resort to desperate measures.

Zeke.

Eren basically begged and bribed Zeke to watch her for the night and after spent 10 minutes of groveling and the promise of buying him his favourite $267 bottle of wine, Eren somehow managed to convince him.

The first 10 minutes after dropping Addie off at his bachelor apartment were awkward- well, awkward for Zeke. How does a 32 year old man talk to a 7 year old? He had no idea.

"Eren told me you like monkeys."

"I don't."

"Well he said when you were little you wanted to marry a gorilla at the zoo."

"I was 8."

"Sounds like you like monkeys to me then."

Zeke was going to need two bottles of wine after this. Of course Eren had slandered his name. Zeke was sweating. How could he feel this judged by a little girl? Staring at Addie he could feel the same teasing and taunting stare Eren would give him when he was her age.

"You hungry?"

"Only for the truth, Zeke."

If he didn't know he would've swore this was Eren's biological kid. She hit the same nerves his brother did.

"Well I'm hungry for food." Zeke bolts from the couch and waved a her, "Come on grab your things we're going out for dinner."

It took him exactly 42 minutes to figure out how to secure Addie's booster seat in his Jeep. It wasn't until him and her were sitting beside the parked car searching Youtube for a tutorial that he was able to figure it out.

Feeling hangry and irritable, Zeke finally felt a bit of relief knowing he was about to eat. After a quick google search for a kid friendly restaurant near his apartment, one popped up only 0.2 kilometers away.

Rainforest Cafe

Addie stared at the elaborate entrance with real trees and live fish swimming all around. She was in awe that a place that mimicked a jungle could also make her dinosaur chicken nuggets. It wasn't until they were sat at their table that she noticed all the animals around her and a little bulb clicked on in her head.

"Eren was right, you do like monkeys."

TCP Taglist: @cottonheadedninnymugggins @melaniebakugo @bl00eyeswhitedragon @bbellamy-xoxo @polartrident @softyutae @floweryongs @mvtcha-latte

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justdaphne · 2 years

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Reading The Wicked King was basically like:

ok note: i dont remember the exact order anymore im forgetting a lot of this book

Oh?? she’s seneschal now. GIRL.BOSS

what

hmm okay

the twin sister is getting married to that asshole okay….

THE LOVEE OF MY LIFEEEEEEEEEE

CARDAN GREENBRIAR WHY DO YOU SPEAK LIKE THIS ITS SERIOUSLY HITTING DEEP IN MY SOUL

lmao remember when Cardan in tcp said “i dont take commanda from mortals” pffttt

I LOVE CARDAN GREENBRIAR WITH MY WHOLE SOUL

Jude in this whole book: CARDAN. NO.

Cardan: yes mam

huh locke-

Miss girl Cardan is literally complimenting you though it may seem sarcastic

BAHAHAHA JUDE

JUDE IS LITERALLY THE SISTER I NEVER HAD. I WANT HER. NO I WANT TO BE HER.

ew balekin

Lady Asha. i hate her already

why is nicasia here

WHO WOULD DARE HURT CARDAN GREENBRIAR

“They missed” CARDAN GREENBRIAR YOU ABSOLUTE WOXJWJDEFNRKF

“KISS ME AGAIN, KISS ME UNTIL I’M SICK OF IT” UGGWHSJWJDNEND

what betrayal-

theyre “getting things out of their system” PISS OFF

LMAO CARDAN ISNT HAPPY 😭🤚

Jude, you dont hate him

AWW JUDE

i hate locke so much

its locke right

whatever i hate locke WITH A PASSION

WHAT THE FUCKEJFW

SHES NOT IN THE UNDERSEA SHE IS DID NOT

she is

can someone

bye wtf is this

BALEKIN CAN YOU PLS JUST DIE

NICASIAICJWJFJE WHY TF

JUDE MY POOR CHILD

DAMMIT THIS IS SO TRAUMATIZING WTF IS THIS

SHE HAS TO PRETEND BYE

“KISS ME AS THOUGH I WAS CARDAN” BITCHHHHH

i mean on the plus side, at least its obvious that she loves cardan and both cardan and jude are so blind by it smh

NO NO NO NO NO

oh hey cardan

CARDAN

CARDANNNNNN SAVING HERR

CARSNAHDWJFR

fucking balekin

“Yes, my sweet villain, my darling god.” “sweet jude you are my dearest punishment” HOW DOES ONE BREATHEEEEE

oh fuck

HE’S BEEN POISONED FFS

oh my god she was was covering his mouth and cardan was fighting until he saw it was jude 😭😭

I HATE BALEKIN SM

Taryn duarte. you absolute piece of sh-

“I TRUST YOU JUDE” BYE

SHE KILLED BALEKIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH JUDE

THE WAY THAT TARYN WAS WEARING THE EARRINGS MAKING HER THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN THE ROOM AND CARDAN THOUGHT SHE WAS JUDE BYE IM SO SOFT RN

“Marry me, become the high queen of elfhame” YOOO WHAT I CAN HEAR MY HEART CARDAN GREENBRIAR😭😭😭😭

OH MY GOD HER RING

SHE IS QUEEN

WIXJWJCJJEJCJERGHEJSIQMWKEOSOXJNWBCJWJFIEIFIEIFIWIZIKWKWKSKZKW

AWWWWWWWW IN THE TANGLE OF LIMBS BYEEE

what

what the

what the fuck

cardan

what the fuck

what

WHAT THE FUCKEKSWLWJX

#tcp #the cruel prince #the wicked king #wicked king #cruel prince #queen of nothing #the queen of nothing #jude x cardan #high queen jude #jude greenbriar #jude duarte #prince cardan #cardanandjude #high king cardan #cardan greenbriar

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scarletaire · 2 years

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Favorite TCP Moments: Chapter 24-Epilogue

A very much delayed conclusion to the TCP reread for @wornpagelibrary’s January Book of the month! Every single scene in this last set of chapters could easily make my favorite moments list. But just like Cardan and Jude, I too have endeavored to repress myself and my raging feelings:

1. “I smile a lot when I’m nervous. I can’t help it.”—I love how this radically recontextualizes Cardan as a character. Up until this point, Jude has consistently narrated Cardan as powerful and scornful. He is always smiling mockingly at her. But this one line demolishes that veneer and exposes him for what he truly is: a dramatic, drunk, problematic hot mess with a crush on a pretty girl that he doesn’t know how to act around. Aka, the simp we knew he was all along.

2. The whole first kiss scene is a moment—It’s as much a kiss as it is a fight: with each other, and with themselves. And when they give up and give in, it’s both a sweet loss and a wicked victory. My favorite part about this whole scene and the conversation that precedes it is Cardan’s self-aware embarrassment about it all. He’s this combination of resigned and self-deprecating as his feelings are dragged out of him by the ruthless object of his affections. Makes me laugh every time. Also: he’s imagined kissing her!

3. The following very interesting duality of Jude Duarte 👀

I could go on and on. Instead, here are more lists because these two are idiots, and just like them, I couldn’t keep myself restrained, either.

More things Jude notices as she swears she absolutely hates Cardan:

his deft hands splitting the deck of cards, even as his glittering eyes stay on her (glittering eyes count total: 4)

how he is sickeningly handsome, stretched out on a cot

his bed-messy hair that makes her hot with shame

his long fingers curling against hers

his long fingers tracing over the paper (Jude thirsting after his long fingers count total: 5)

the way he looks at her through dark lashes

his lazy grin and the sick thrill it gives her

the memory of his mouth on hers stealing into her thoughts, so that the possibility of kissing hangs over everything (Jude thirsting after his mouth count total: 17382014486)

Moments when Cardan’s feelings were way too obvious:

when he knows her so well that he knows she already has a plan

when he lets his guard down to greet his Door Friend even though his sworn-enemy Jude Duarte™ is standing right there

when he’s powerless to resist tracing the curve of her ear

when he grabs her wrist and tells her to take care before talking to the other Courts

when Nicasia comments that he finally slipped from Jude’s bonds and he goes, “Did I?”

when he admits to his depraved tastes, aka his sworn-enemy Jude Duarte™

when he tucks her arm firmly through his before entering the throne room

when he can’t help but parade her around on his arm

when he notices the bruise on her jaw after her fight with Madoc

when he lets her sit on his throne because one day he’s going to give Jude her own throne

Moments when I felt physically and emotionally attacked by this book:

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In short: I should reread books I love more often, it’s so much fun.

#jurdan #jude x cardan #jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #tfota #the folk of the air #the cruel prince #rereading the cruel prince #guess who had this written up in her tumblr drafts and just completely forgot to post it?#not me wondering if I should reread TWK now too

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