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oh cardan i’d write ballads about the way you yawn.

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Oak: *Murders like seven people*

Jude: :0

Jude: *slowly turns*

Jude: MADOC, how could you do this?!

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— Cardan to Jude, The Wicked King

— Suren to Oak, The Prisoner's Throne

THE PARALLELS ARE PARALLEL-ING Y'ALL SJDJSDK

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The Prisoner's Throne spoilers!!

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As Oak watches, Jude emerges from a carriage. Ten years into her reign, she doesn’t bother waiting for a knight or page to hand her down as would be proper, but simply jumps out. She hasn’t bothered with a gown today, either, but wears a pair of high boots, tight-fitting trousers, and a vestlike doublet over a shirt poufy enough that it may have been borrowed from Cardan. The only sign that she is the High Queen is the crown on her head—or perhaps the way the crowd quiets upon her arrival.

Cardan emerges from the carriage next, wearing all the finery she eschewed. He is in a black doublet as ink dark as his hair with lines of scarlet thorns along the sleeves and across the chest. As if the suggestion of prickliness isn’t enough, his boots come to stiletto points. The smirk on his face manages to convey royal grandeur and boredom all at once.

MOTHER AND FATHER ARE HERE!!!!!! Simple casual wife and her dramatic extra husband my beloved💕

I'm not focusing much on jurdan as this is Oak and Wren's story but I am crying at every mention and appearance of them because I'm a simple girl and I love jurdan too much

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I feel bad about it but I had to do this 🙈

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When they propose marriage, and that's the response they get. My beloved boys 😭🤌🏼

—The Wicked King, chapter 29

—The Prisoner's Throne, chapter 12

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Jude has always had to keep a strong countenance in front of the entire Elfhame so as to make sure no one can find fault or weakness in their mortal queen.

But when she is all by herself with Cardan she is able to let that guard down, show vulnerability and just be herself 🥹

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I know TPT is gonna be a feast bc only 2 chapters are out and I'm already so well fed

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As I read Prisoner's Throne, I become more and more impressed with a knowledge about Cardan that I didn't have when reading the three books, even though it was right in front of me the whole time: Cardan is loyal only to Jude. I think my lack of perception occurred because the books were from Jude's point of view, and although our girl is very perceptive in many aspects, her own way of seeing the world wouldn't include concluding a fact like this in its entirety, since Jude, accustomed to betrayal and even disappointment after a while, wouldn't perceive this, nor in relation to Cardan, who used to be the cruel prince.

From Oak's point of view, it becomes clear that Cardan is not only loyal only to Jude but also she is the only one he sees as family until Leander is born, and even that is somewhat dubious, since, given his history, if he had no other choice, Cardan would likely sacrifice him if it meant keeping Jude safe.

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I love how Cardan turning into a snake lives on as a joke in the family.

Cardan: You know, I could try and bite people

Jude: Uhh I don't think they'd like that

Cardan: Cmonnn just a small bite to see if they would write a song about it :)

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reading the jurdan scenes in the prisoner's throne has cured my depression and literally every other problem i have ever had

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Ok The Prisoner's Throne broke me, but you know what was the funniest part of the entire book?

Oak being the noisiest bitch in the entirety of Elfhame. That boy was always listening!

When he accidentally listened in to Jude and Cardan's private conversation in the prologue and in the end when Jude was with Cardan while he was recovering. LITERALLY EVERY TIME HYACINTHE AND TIERNAN WAS INTERACTING!!

No because he was INVESTED into Hyacinthe and Tiernan's relationship! Boy was carrying the entire fate of Elfhame and his relationship with Wren on his back for the whole book but damn him if he didn't give couple counseling to his otp any chance he would get! And he was always eavesdropping into their conversations!

Love that for him

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Do y'all also think about how Cardan went from telling Jude she was destined to and deserving of death to being like Jude dies over my dead body? Or are you normal?

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The Prisoner's Throne, spoilers!

Jude and Cardan letting down their armor one piece at a time, you will always be famous and loved 🫶🏼

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CARDAN MAKING FUN OF LOCKE TO HIS CHILD IS SO ON BRAND OF HIM. CARDAN IS NEVER LETTING THAT GO.

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'that spoiled snake boy and his mortal concubine'

- oh you just know Cardan would tattoo this on his ass

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You know that trope of a very hardened strict mother-figure that is actually just an embarrassingly sweet mess in closed doors with the people she trusts? Yeah