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cxinis · 3 months

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read a fanfic yk what that means *brainrots*

#captive prince #my art #damen of akielos #laurent de vere #guess who finally got time to doodle #also the sad beige palette isnt going anywhere✌🏽

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damiawnos · 9 months

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why The Fuck it’s always the french who’s winning???? i’m SO ENVIOUS bro shut up they never had a bad cover in their lives hOW DOES IT FEEL TO LIVE MY DREAM

#captive prince #damianos of akielos #laurent de vere #cs pacat #capri #art #my DREAM is to own l’integrale with the lion cover and then they go and RELEASE THIS #am i supposed not to kms????????#i’m not even going into the separate volumes

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ayo-escudero · 4 months

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The Young Prince and his protector.

Jord & Laurent.

#laurent captive prince #captive prince #Jord Captive Prince #Ayo-Escudero-Art #laurent de vere #Capri #Jord needs all the love #He's a good man #He try so hard

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marzipanthots · 2 months

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DID HEAR THATA ITS CANON LAURENT WOULD SOMETIME TIPPY TOE TO KISS DAMEN I AM GOING CRY AHAHAHAHHA !!!!

PACAT STRIKES AGAIN!!!

Some one teach me how to do water color pls I am fighting for my life here

And I missed them 💓💓💓

#captive prince #laurent de vere #damen x laurent #damen of akielos #TIPPYTOEKISS 💋💋💋#lamen

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laurentsbf · 7 months

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HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#captive prince #captiveprince #damen captive prince #damianos of akielos #laurent captive prince #laurent of vere #laurent de vere #damen x laurent #lamen #laurent x damen

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mmilkovxch · 3 months

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Captive Prince | Damen & Laurent

"A kingdom, or this."

#capri #captive prince #cs pacat #laurent de vere #damen of akielos #lamen #damen x laurent #book aesthetic #book

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serendipetite · 5 months

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laurent giggling.

laurent giggling against damen

laurent being unable to stop giggling

they were literally in peril and laurent is giggling

i'm sorry but i have not once been able to stop thinking about this

#captive prince #prince's gambit #laurent of vere #i know it's describe as laugher but that boy was giggling and i won't be swayed otherwise #laurent de vere #laurent

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mia-nina-lilly · 2 months

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Regarding Damen's innocence/ignorance:

We know that C.S. Pacat felt that Damen shouldn't have discovered why Laurent was so reserved about sex and so tense at the prospect, but taking a different approach, I would like to interpret the character, the way he thinks, because it's really frustrating to watch Damen not reach this conclusion after being informed that the Regent was a pedophile, and that Laurent had been alone - both in terms of family/friends, and other companions - all this time, with the Regent being his only guardian.

In my view, throughout Damen's perception of Laurent, the idea that the Prince of Vere was untouchable was consolidated, and I'm not just talking about the fact that Laurent doesn't lie with anyone, I'm actually talking about Laurent being someone inaccessible, extremely difficult to captivate or even defeat, and this in the eyes of anyone, even the most loyal men to the prince.

Damen truly believes that Laurent, being in the position of heir, and also being so astute and a remarkable warrior (the scene with the assassins in the room and many others show this to him clearly), and overly self-sufficient, is unattainable even to the Regent. That's his interpretation of Laurent. Therefore, when he sees him hesitate so much in the face of sex, it's more likely that he thinks all the tension stems, in truth, from the fact that Laurent struggles to let someone connect with him so intimately, so accustomed he is to solitude, and not some abuse, because Laurent is practically unscathed to him.

Sobre a inocência/ignorância de Damen em relação ao abuso de Laurent

Sabemos que C.S. Pacat sentiu que Damen não deveria ter descoberto o porquê de Laurent ser tão reservado em relação ao sexo e estar tão tenso na iminência do ato, mas indo por uma linha diferente, eu gostaria de interpretar o personagem, a forma como ele pensa, porque é realmente custoso assistir a Damen não chegar a essa conclusão depois de estar em posse da informação de que o Regente era pedófilo, e que Laurent esteve sozinho – tanto em relação à família/amigos, quanto outras companhias – todo esse tempo, sendo que o Regente era seu único tutor.

A meu ver, ao longo da construção da visão de Damen sobre Laurent, foi consolidada a ideia de que o príncipe de Vere era alguém intocável, e estou falando para além do fato de Laurent não se deitar com ninguém, estou falando, na verdade, de que Laurent era alguém inacessível, extremamente difícil de cativar ou ainda, derrotar, e isso aos olhos de qualquer um, até mesmo dos homens mais leais ao príncipe.

Damen realmente pensa que Laurent, estando na posição de herdeiro, e também por ser tão astuto e um guerreiro notável (cena dos assassinos no quarto e tantas outras mostram isso a ele de forma clara), e em demasia autossuficiente, é inatingível mesmo para o Regente. Essa é a interpretação dele sobre Laurent. Logo, quando ele o vê hesitar tanto diante do sexo, é mais certo que ele pense que toda a tensão é fruto, a bem da verdade, do fato de que Laurent tem dificuldade em deixar alguém se conectar a ele de forma tão íntima – tão acostumado ele está à solidão, e não algum abuso, porque Laurent é praticamente incólume para ele.

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x-xhiro · 1 month

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Damen to Laurent: Aimeric is up to something, he's causing fights and/or going to seduced your men. He's not trustworthy.

Damen to Jord: You should sleep with him.

#i was just thinking about this its was so funny to me #again joke #captive prince #laurent de vere #damen captive prince #damianos of akielos #laurent captive prince #capri #cs pacat #jord captive prince

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ltrllynbdy · 2 months

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So a few years ago I bought this trilogy called captive prince but after reading a few chapters of the first book I kind of gave up on it. I normally don't have a problem with exploring darker themes in a story but captive prince in particular was unenjoyable for me at that time

Later, I was bored with nothing much to do, so I decided to check my bookshelves, found captive prince and started reading and boy I am so glad that I did! I finished the books in a few days and proceeded to read all the short stories.

First of all, before I get to praise the book, I want to say my main criticism about the books: "the slavery stuff in the first book is badly written". Don't get me wrong, Captive prince does not glorify slavery like some haters suggest. I'm not exactly opposed to writing slavery in fiction and there are many political/historical fictional stories that have main characters trying to abolish slavery. It's a common theme.

Captive prince is not much different from the main character ,Damen ,who used to be a slaver himself, gets turned into a slave and tries to abolish it by the end of the series.

It's a fine idea on surface level but there's one big problem with it , I'd like to call it the "Erasmus problem". The first book of captive prince heavily suggested that there were slaves like Erasmus who liked to have a master and I want to believe it's Damen being biased and bigoted because of his privileged upbringing but the story itself still falls apart. There are also instances where sexual slavery becomes apparent and uncomfortable. So if any of these bothers you like it bothered me, the first book of CP is definitely not for you.

OK now for the positives:

From the second book onward, this trilogy becomes a masterpiece.

This story is truly an enemy to love. Most of the other enemies to lovers stories that I have read are just characters either having a simple rivalry or a petty misunderstanding. They dislike each other because one character ignored the other when they were kids , or because they are simply on a different sports team. Captive prince does not shy away from giving the main characters good and logical reasons to hate each other and even hurt each other to an extreme for great and understandably human reasons. They have hurt each other a lot and have no business ever falling in love and still somehow manage to grow and understand and develop something special and unique and I think it's beautiful.

The slow burn: The romance starts only after the entire first book (in which they just hate each other) and most of the second book (where they get to know and understand each other), it's not the slowest burn I've ever read but for a book with characters like these two, it's necessary. and well written

Captive prince's author is extremely brave in making the first book and one of the main characters deliberately hateable with a seemingly unreliable narrator: I don't think I've ever read a story where I hate the first book and enjoy the rest. First impressions are very important and when people don't like an entire first book they probably wouldn't try to continue. I have no idea how and why this author managed to make people still invested enough to publish the second and third book but I'm glad that it happened. It was so enjoyable reading the story from one character's perspective and going from absolutely hating the other character to loving him and understanding him. with the unreliable narrator that is Damen.

The world building, writing and the political story: This may not be the greatest political story with the greatest worldbuilding I've ever read but considering the genre that is m/m romance, I think it's excellent. Let's face it, it's not common for m/m romance to do worldbuilding and politics well. I don't want to seem mean but I've read a decent amount of books and m/m romance and very few of them were actually satisfying to me in terms of politics. Captive prince was one of the rare gems. There might be a few plot holes for me here and there but seeing the characters struggle with each other and plan things out , helping each other or getting fooled by each other in a romance story focusing on mostly only two characters was great to see. I also found some aspects of Homonormativity in the world hilarious. Unless you are married, you are not allowed to be straight in Vere because they hate bastards lol

Despicable villain: This story has the worst and most hateable villain I've ever read in an m/m story. This again goes back to the author being brave enough to write the story the way it is since a lot of romance writers don't dare tackle some really darker aspects.

Subversion of Tropes and Exploration of Power Dynamics : This one was a little hard for me to put into words but basically the series delves into power dynamics in relationships, politics, and society, offering nuanced portrayals of domination, submission, and consent and I don't necessarily mean sexually. In most romance stories, whenever character 1 goes to character 2's kingdom as a lover or sex slave (usually character 1 is the female character in a straight romance) you'd almost always see them have one specific power dynamic. In Captive prince, their characters and their dynamics clashes and changes rapidly and as the story goes on, Damen as a king becomes almost equal to Lauren (I would argue he even becomes politically more powerful than Laurent during certain parts of the story considering Laurent remains a prince for the most part but I digress)

Flawed and human characters who hurt each other without actually romanticizing toxicity: One thing that some people criticize about captive prince and I disagree with, is that it has a toxic relationship. I have to mention that there's basically no actual relationship between the characters until the end of the story and when they do get into a relationship they are a very sweet couple. I think people call them toxic because they were flawed and literal enemies who hurt each other because of it but that's not what I call toxic. Toxicity implies that them being together (they were not together) poisons their life. Both characters manage to grow and understand each other. Damen in particular is a character who you don't see his flaws at first but it becomes more evident how privileged and naive he was and he changes a lot as well as Laurent.

Overall I think excluding the slavery aspects of book 1 which are badly written, this story hits the mark of everything I need in a romance book and I just needed to talk about it. Thanks for coming to my ted talk!

#captiveprince #Captive prince #damen x laurent #laurent de vere #damianos of akielos #damen of akielos #Damen #Laurent #Book review #lgbtq #Prince gambit #kings rising #c s pacat #lamen #Capri #prince's gambit

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cxinis · 3 months

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wont stop the damen babygirl-ification

( inspo from @outfits4urblorbo )

#and why i gave laurent boring straight people outfit #there can only be one nice outfit per drawing or my brain wont work #my art #captive prince #damen of akielos #laurent de vere #also if anyone was gonna point out how damen’s hair look like reki from sk8 stop✋ i realised that after colouring and im too tired to fix i

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laurelinofvalinor · 9 months

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Ok, here's every time Pacat writes that Laurent and Damen were gazing at each other. This is easily my favorite motif of CaPri both because it's hot as hell and because Pacat says so much by saying almost nothing at all.

Captive Prince: 0 gazings

The tension is not quite at gazing levels...

Prince's Gambit: 7 gazings

Here we gooooo

Ch 1

Right before this moment, Damen thinks "Damen felt desire come hard upon him: not wholly a desire for violence, but a desire to drive the knife into Laurent’s composure, to force him to show something other than cool indifference." oh yeah buddy?

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Ch 9

Ch 17

Ch 19

Ch 20

Ch 21

Kings Rising: 4 gazings

Notably, there are no "they were gazing at each other" moments in KR until Laurent gets drunk and then we get the only 2x in a chapter moment. Then a break until they are truly reconciled.

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