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exchao-ordo · 15 hours

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The Cruel Prince of Elfhame sends his regards. (cardan sketch!)

#the folk of the air #the queen of nothing #the wicked king #the cruel prince #cardan greenbriar #faerie #jude x cardan #cardan fanart #fanart #tfota #tfota series #tfota art #prince cardan #high king cardan #jurdan #how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories

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murasaki-cha · 6 months

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Cardan: I always smile or sneer when I'm nervous

Jude: You're always smiling or sneering when you're with me

Cardan: Don't think about that too hard

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amrubrum · 7 months

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Cardan as Kermit memes

Cardan getting held hostage by The Court of Shadows:

Cardan just chilling while Jude runs Elfhame for him:

Cardan thinking Jude will figure out his little riddle and come back to him immediately:

Cardan realizing that Jude hasn't figured it out and actually thinks she's in exile forever:

"I can only suppose your continued absence in Elfhame is due to me. I urge you: come be angry at a nearer distance."

How Cardan felt writing "Come home and shout at me. Come home and fight with me. Come home and break my heart, if you must. Just come home."

#cardan greenbriar #jude duarte #jurdan #jude and cardan #jude x cardan #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #the folk of the air #tfota series #cardan's letters #the high king of elfhame #the high queen of elfhame #how the high king of elfhame learned to hate stories

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planetmars732 · 7 months

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how it feels when i get really excited to talk ab a special interest and my friend goes "yeah you've said that before"

#just let me have this #please #SHHHHHH NO YOUVE NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE #booklr #six of crows #ouran high school host club #supernatural #disney #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories #big mouth #south park #doki doki literature club #last night at the telegraph club #to name a few

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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”

#cardan greenbriar #jurdan #jude cardan #tfota #the folk of the air #holly black #enemies to lovers #young adult #books #book tumblr #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories #elfhame #high king of elfhame #high king cardan

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rainingriversofyou · 3 months

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Jude x Carden - The Cruel Prince - Artist: scribbubbles

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i-only-see-daylight · 3 months

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Cardan: I have a question for you

Jude: Yes I’d cry if you died Jude: Yes, I’d still love you if you were a worm Jude: Yes, I still love you Jude: No, I don’t want to break up

Cardan: Thank you

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starrynightsxo · 3 months

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"And you think it was sunrise I was waiting for and not my queen."

CARDAN FREAKING GREENBRIAR THE MAN HE IS

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whisperingreader · 2 months

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I actually adore the thought of Cardan and Jude’s everyday life. Like that “I pretend like I hate you, but you know I love you” type of banter, is EVERYTHING. Like he’s so obsessed with her, and everything she does. Jude could kill someone (she has, multiple) and he’d still adore her. I do like how his first instinct isn’t murder though, when compared to hers. They balance each other so well. I find myself thinking about them often, and that’s when you know it’s a good book. When I went into that first book, I did not expect it to become so beloved among my collection.

#cardan greenbriar #jude greenbriar #jude duarte #the cruel prince #cardan duarte #cardanandjude #folk of the air #jude x cardan #the wicked king #cardan's letters #the queen of nothing #high king of elfhame #high queen jude #high king cardan #high queen of elfhame #how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories

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marecalshipper · 26 days

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The Folk Of The Air Spoilers aka The Queen Of Nothing

Cardan: Well… I fucked up.

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isabella1798 · 4 months

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Why does no one talk about Eva (Jude’s mother) and Asha (Cardan’s mother) being best friends + Justin’s deal with Grimsen ?

I would love a backstory of Asha and Eva’s “friendship” because we know they were best friends who went everywhere together causing trouble. Their companionship was brief, they were both awful and they used to sneak of to the mortal lands together. I can imagine Asha knew what was going on between Justin and Eva and made Eva spill all of the *tea*. I’m very certain that Lady Asha helped Eva and Justin escape and was present at the time of when Eva received that prophecy. It got me thinking how Eva and Justin could get a pregnant mortal in to Madocs household but Asha was probably the one that did by using her glamour. Asha said she could tell Jude about her mother and her mother’s escape which obviously tells us she was there. It also got me thinking if they sent letters to each other while Eva and Justin lived in the mortal lands is well. If Eva and Asha were still in contact then it might have been how balekin found out Eva and Justin were alive (although balekin claims he found out from gossip) … he probably found one of Asha’s letters at the time they lived in the palace (a symbolic reason as to why Asha burned Cardans letters to Jude). We also know Oriana didn’t like Asha and Eva. Which makes me think that part of the reason why she could not tolerate Jude, Taryn, Vivi and couldn’t care less about Cardan is because Eva and Asha were cruel to Oriana. Even though Oriana told Jude Asha never loved anyone, it makes me think Asha might of loved Eva, even if it was only a little bit. Of course Asha will never admit this to anyone because she is a heartless and shallow woman, but I think she wanted to help her friend escape because she could see how miserable Eva was. I get the impression she didn’t think it was a good idea but still did it because she loved Eva. And when she found out Eva had died she must have mourned for her ex best friend. I can also see Asha looking at Jude and Cardan and thinking how much they remind her of herself and Eva. According to Oriana Eva had a great appreciation for Asha’s wickedness and this reminded me of when Cardan said to Jude in TWK “I never thought I could see my cruelty as talents but you did”. That is the exact copy of Asha and Eva. I think that’s why Asha holds a lot of resentment against Jude because Jude is the spitting image of her mother and is a lot like her. And that’s something that Asha is reminded of that she wishes to forget. I can see Asha and Eva getting drunk on wine at each other’s homes and playing cruel pranks on the folk while making fun of everyone and sneaking off to the mortal lands coming back with heeps of mortal clothing, accessories and food while they were friends.

It’s quite interesting to think that Eva, Asha, Oriana and Liriope (Locke+Oaks mother) were all familiar with each other. Could they have been friends all in a group like Cardan, Locke, Nicasia and Valerian ?

But what I want to know is what was the deal Grimsen made with Justin and did it have anything to do with the hag that gave Eva a prophecy about Jude? And something to do with Cardan’s star chart reading? Was the deal that Justin’s future children would have power or something like that? I have no idea but this is a question that NEEDS to be answered before this trilogy ends. Holly Black said she will probably do one more book set in Elfhame after the Prisoners Throne and that Jude will “face a political problem” at the end of this book. This makes me think the last book will go back to Jude and Cardan. And if so we need to know what this deal was….

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love-and-books320 · 11 months

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okay, so in How The High King of Elfhame Learned To Hate Stories, the moral of the fist story the witch tells Cardan is this, "A sharp tongue is no match for a sharp tooth". And this is so Jurdan. Because as we learn in the books, in an act of hatred and an attempt to seem as if he doesn't care, Cardan develops a quick tongue. But Jude is a fighter, the sharp tooth, and can beat him. She beats him in a sword fight later in the book, and throughout the series proves she can outfight him. But I think this means more that no matter how he tries to ignore and demean her, her strength will eventually make him fall in love. I know this is really obvious but I can't stop thinking about this couple.

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

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murasaki-cha · 6 months

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You get someone to read The Folk Of The Air trilogy. They start The Cruel Prince. They get shocked that the prince is like, actually really cruel.

It's a canon event. You can't change it. They must go through the true tfota experience

#it has happened to all of us #the folk of the air #tfota #tfota series #cardan greenbriar #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #how the high king of elfhame learned to hate stories #tcp #twk #tqon #qon #hthkoelths #holly black #the stolen heir #the prisoner's throne

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amrubrum · 4 months

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Jude: I fell—

Cardan: From heaven?

Jude: No, like, I literally fell—

Cardan: In love with me the moment you saw me?

Jude: CARDAN MY ARM IS BROKEN

Cardan: Okay, but do you think I'm pretty? Be honest.

Jude:

Cardan: OH NO WAIT-

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hope-di-angelo · 3 months

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I just saw a reel that says "so Jude just played Kiss, Marry Kill with Cardan's friend group".

You know who else she played that game with? Cardan.

She kissed him, married him and then eventually, kinda kinda, killed him.

So my point here is, Jude is our queen and no body touches her without having to plow us weeds out 1st

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always-reading-fantasy · 1 year

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Fuck all romances except whatever that faerie prince who had “not a heart of stone, but a heart of fire” and that mortal girl who was “the only real thing in a land of ghosts” had going on.

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