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always-reading-fantasy · 1 year

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Fuck all love letters except whatever Cardan Greenbriar had going on when he wrote “my heart is buried with you in the strange soil of the mortal world, as it was drowned with you in the cold waters of the undersea. it was yours before i could admit it, and yours it shall ever remain”

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serien-grl-22 · 18 days

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Vivi: *prepares everything so she and her younger sisters can leave the world of her parents murderer behind* Taryn: *marries and becomes pregnant by a faeri* Jude: *becomes queen of faeriland* Vivi: excuse me...what?

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highladyofterrasen7 · 5 months

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Jude: I hate you

Cardan:

#cardan and his hate kink #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #juardan #jurdan #high queen jude #jude cardan #cardan and jude #high king cardan

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whatisamettafor · 2 months

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#jurdan #jude cardan #jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #folk of the air #the cruel prince

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hannahalexart · 1 year

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Jude and Cardan from ‘A Cruel Prince’ ✨

#jude cardan #jude and cardan #the cruel prince #the folk of the air #fanart

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whothecrappadoodlecares · 2 months

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So it may just be me and my personal interpretation, but one thing that absolutely infuriates me is the "Cardan is a genius for his banishment plan and Jude did a dumb dumb by not returning" idea that some readers have.

Because that plan, as it was, would only work if, and only if, Jude was fae.

In fact, Jude even thinks about pardoning herself, and how that would not work (given the current situation as she knows it).

(I will illustrate my points with extracts of Queen of Nothing (QoN), and The Wicked King (TWK) of the Folk of the Air series by Holly Black)

recap: the plan was to exile Jude, and have her return via her pardoning herself a bit later when the coast was clear (lol unintentional sea pun) of the wrath of the Undersea disturbing negotiations.

"I exile Jude Duarte to the mortal world. Until and unless she is pardoned by the crown. (...) Meaning by the King of Faerie. Or it's queen. You could have returned anytime you wanted." (QoN chap 18)

Here is where the issue lies. Jude is High Queen of Elfhame, but has literally no way to prove it. She doesn't have the powers conferred to her as queen yet, she doesn't have the trust of the people, and she doesn't have the magical inability to lie that the fae have.

Now if Cardan had proclaimed her queen, she could, but he didn't. In fact, when he first exiles her, she proclaims that he can't do that on account of her being queen, which no one believes:

"But I am the Queen of Faerie," I shout, and for a moment, there is silence. Then everyone around me begins the laugh. (...) "Deny it, then," I yell. "Deny me!" He cannot, of course, so he does not. (TWK chap 30)

Which leads to Jude seeing through the plan and pushing it away because she could not trust Cardan to do what would be needed for it:

It occurs to me that maybe he made a mistake with that phrasing. Maybe I can pardon myself. But then I remember when I insisted I was the Queen of Faerie, and the guards laughed. Cardan didn't need to deny me. He only had to say nothing. And if I pardoned myself, he would only have to say nothing again. (QoN chap 6)

Meaning for her to actually pardon herself, she would have needed to illegally enter Faerie, not get caught, get into presence of Cadan so he could confirm the claim she is rightful queen, and then pardon herself publicly. Of course many of those steps are dangerous, and she has no reason trust Cardan.

If at any point she was caught in Faerie before being pardoned and confirmed queen by Cardan, well, it pretty much almost happens in the book.

"Clap her in chains," says Randalin. Never have I so wished there was a way for me to show I was telling the truth. But there isn't. No oath of mine carries any weight. (QoN chap 16)

The only thing that stops them from trying to arrest or kill her?

"Whatever do you mean?" Randalin says. "She's-" "She is my wife," Cardan says, his voice carrying over the crowd. "The rightful High Queen of Elfhame. And most definitely not in exile." (QoN chap 16)

Cardan even seems to be aware of it at one point (a couple hours before he names her queen in fact):

"Since you're mortal, Jude, I cannot hold you to your promises . But you can hold me to mine: I guarantee you safe passage. Come back to Elfhame with me and I will give you the means to end your exile." (QoN chap 13)

Okay, so the plan was flawed, but why make it then?

"Let me remind you that I didn't know you'd murdered my brother, the ambassador to the Undersea, until that very morning," he says. "My plans were made in haste. And perhaps I was a little annoyed. I thought it would pacify Queen Orlagh, at least until all promises were finalized in the treaty. By the time you guessed the answer, the negotiations would be over." (QoN chap 18)

So we get the entire picture: the entire thing was a hastily made plan with expected flaws (Cardan's lack of undertanding of the treatment of mortals and the consequences thereof on Jude's decisions), born from the miscommunication and lack of communication between them, that ultimately worked, only with a couple hiccups.

It makes sense to their characters, to where they are in their character growth, individually and as a couple, to their understanding of each other.

Jude, who has figured out, manipulated, and maneuvered entire coups to take the throne and subsequently took one of the highest political positions did not suddenly become an idiot ignorant of political maneuvering. And Cardan, who did not expect, want, or even took over the functions of the throne if he didn't absolutely have to, did not suddenly become a political genius.

Instead, Jude, who often works alone, trusts only herself, and consequently does not report everything to Cardan, accidentally put him in a difficult position, and Candan, who has yet to really work with Jude and take into account her limitations and differences, did not take them into consideration in the plan he had to come up with on the fly. And then the complete lack of communication (and trust) aggravated the problem.

Lo and behold, what happens after their reunion? They start working together, communicating better, and developing trust.

Character development stemming from an incident caused and aggravated from their flaws. Aka good storytelling.

I.e. when the political fantasy book with a sprinkle of romance in the background actually brings the romance to the foreground and starts working on the couple.

This is of course, my own interpretation at the end of the day.

#queen of nothing #the wicked king #the folk of the air #jude cardan #jude duarte #jude x cardan #cardan greenbriar #the exile #holly black

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fandomcentralsstuff · 3 months

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The Folk of the Air- Dialogues that TOTALLY happened

Jude: I’m glad manslaughter is a crime

Jude: Men should never laugh

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Jude: Do you take constructive criticism?

Cardan: I only take cash or credit💅🏼

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Jude: The correct response to the question “Are you ticklish?" is letting the person know you have a weapon.

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Cardan: arm wrestling😤 - as an excuse to hold her hand🥰🥰

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Jude: literally shut the fuck up nobody gives a shit

Cardan: Why are you so mean to me? Are you in love with me?🤨

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Jude: You are in his bed i'm on his mind and his nerves we are not the same🤘🏻

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Cardan: in your opinion, what’s the height of stupidity.

Jude: I don’t know- how tall are you?

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swiftiemoon222 · 8 days

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rip jude duarte you would’ve loved who’s afraid of little old me by taylor swift

#are you normal or do you relate every ts song with a fictional character #girlblogger #girlblogging #booktok #booklover #bookblr #jude duarte #jude x cardan #cardan greenbriar #jude cardan #the cruel prince #holly black #taylor swift #the tortured poets department #ttpd #the anthology #who’s afraid of little old me

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miaslibrary · 2 years

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If he will not write me letters like Cardan does, I DONT WANT IT

#the folk of the air #the cruel prince #the wicked king #queen of nothing #jude cardan #jude duarte #jude x cardan #cardan greenbriar #jurdan

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duarteegreenbriar · 2 years

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This is why I love them so much

#tfota #cardan greenbriar #jude duarte #jurdan #judecardan #tqon #jude cardan #qon #the queen of nothing #the 'we share one braincell' energy is real

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always-reading-fantasy · 1 year

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You can love a character and still admit when they’re wrong. I love Jude Duarte but I acknowledge her flaws (none, she’s perfect) and I can hold her accountable for her wrongdoings (she’s never done anything wrong in her life) and call her out on her actions (which are always right).

#jude duarte #tfota #the folk of the air #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #jude cardan #how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories #high queen of elfhame #high queen jude

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septemberkisses · 2 years

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It's always "come home I miss you" and never "come home and shout at me. come home and fight with me. come home and break my heart, if you must. just come home." *sigh*