My friends, read cruel prince for the first time: I’m supposed to LIKE Cardan????? He’s a fucking bitch and awful to Jude
Me, who has gone through this exact same phase: ahhhhh but have you considered, he’s also slutty bitch
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how dare cardan greenbriar casually drop a number like "yes, my sweet villain, my darling god" and kiss jude duarte on the mouth in front of basically the whole damn kingdom
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Taryn: Jude, stop! This isn't you, you've gone mad with power!
Jude: Well of course I have.
Jude: Have you ever tried going mad without power?
Cardan: It's boring.
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jude and cardan both have re-occuring fears that the other will leave them. And the other always know when they feel that way. jude's brow will twitch when she thinks about it throughout the day. cardan will fidget with his hands all day (because he thinks about it all day). They will pull each other aside on days where they notice this, and will just speak to each other softly. They will tell each other they love them. They will hug, and kiss, and touch each other, just to show each other that they love each other. Sometimes these conversations have a good ending. Sometimes they don't, and they need to talk it out at the end of the day. Sometimes these conversations have smiles. Sometimes these conversations have tears. Either way, they will always be there to pull the other into their arms when they're unsure.
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cardan, about Jude in The Queen of Nothing: oops, sorry that's my wife, Jude, yeah Jude Duarte? that's my wife actually, did i forget to mention she's my wife? oh before you forget shes my wife, oh yah actually you know what's interesting she's my wife, oh are you drinking water? you know who else drinks water? my wife, Jude Duarte yeah sorry that my wife wife wife wife wife wife wife wife wife wife wife wife wife wife wife wife wife wi-
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i hate how the cruel prince was marketed by readers on booktok as an enemies to lovers romance book because the romance was such a little part of it. it’s a subplot. the main focus of the book is on the politics of the fantasy world, and people end up disliking the book simply because they read it for the romance that they were told they’d receive.
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“Draw the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man. You did some bad things, but I'm the worst of them”
“They say looks can kill, and I might try. I don't dress for women. I don't dress for men. Lately I've been dressing for revenge”
[art credits barb.arts, naliterata, _jadee.art and artsninz]
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Cardan: Why would you think any of this was a good idea?
Jude: Probably because I’m a dangerous sociopath with a long history of violence.
Cardan:
Jude: I don’t know how you keep forgetting this.
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I don't think we talk about Cardan just enough
I don't think it will ever be enough
I'm sorry but we are talking about the BOY who got beaten by his own brother every day the same brother he had to live with because his father had kicked him out of his home because of his OTHER old brother.
The same guy who took the mortal servants back to the human world under the threat of Balakien's wrath.
And the guy who sent a dress to Jude the girl he "hated" so much that he couldn't stop thinking about her.
And the man who was forced into a role he never wanted but carried with it the best he could.
The man who hid his own tail until he didn't
The man who TURNED INTO A SNAKE just because he broke the blood crown and freed the people.
The man who joked about when people were eating meat that was his just a few hours ago.
Cardon is so much more than just the villainous love interest or Jude's pawn.
He is the true king of Elfhame.
And he is better than any man any day.
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