#anti jude

[unseelie-kaye]

you know, if I was forced to live on land away from my mother and home, out of my natural habitat and then I actually managed to make friends there and I fell in love with my best friend (so deeply that I was willing to murder the other girls he took to bed) and I broke his heart because we were both young and stupid but it was the biggest regret of my life and then some arrogant little wench kidnapped him and forced him to take the crown right after he watched his family (who had all rejected and abused him) suffer death right in front of him (in front of the entire court) but he decided to sleep with her (and then she forced him to seduce me and sleep with me for her own ends, though he didn’t want me) I would be a bitch too

[dmitri-smerdyakov]

JK Rowling is being a Holocaust denier now…makes sense now why in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, she wrote the villain as evil for wanting to prevent the Second World War - and by default the Holocaust - from happening 💀

[fenrysmoonbeamswife]

Listen I need people to realize you can dislike a female character without it automatically meaning you're misogynistic. I don't hate Taryn because she's soft or weak or a woman or she had different dreams or ways of survival.

I can absolutely 100% acknowledge that Locke was incredibly abusive and Taryn was his victim and I completely support her ✨murdering✨ him and I can acknowledge that everything she did was the equivalent to what Jude did and they were both trying to survive.

But I can also acknowledge that Taryn was an absolutely horrendous sister/twin. The Lost Sister is literally just pages and pages of her blaming Jude for her own actions? She has no loyalty, she betrayed Jude over and over again and then had the gall to guilt her into helping her get out of her own messes. Taryn used Jude and endangered her repeatedly and then blamed Jude for all of it. And Jude still helped her and she did it AGAIN.

I don't expect Taryn to be like Jude or want the same things as her, Vivi is my second favourite character in TCP and she is flawed, she wants different things in life but I still love her. But she has always supported her sisters, she has never betrayed them or used them and even when she didn't understand or agree with them, she was always there for them in as much of a capacity as she could be as a fae.

Jude also has flaws, it's what makes her so compelling, she can be ruthless, she can be ambitious to the point of causing harm, but she would never harm her sisters. She would never betray her sisters or use them for her own gain.

Taryn was betraying Jude from the very start, then she used her when things went wrong and blamed her for it all. Jude is a much better person than me because Taryn honestly should have been exiled with Madoc as far as I'm concerned

[stargirlie25]

Random: Why do you dislike taryn duarte?

Me:

“I get why he chose her. I just wish she had chosen me.”

Thats it.

[1800naveen]

Jude Duarte fans

There is a clear difference between Jude fans on Tumblr and Jude fans on Tik Tok.

On Tumblr, people actually get Jude's character. They go more into her character and get/understand who she actually is. That there is more to her and how she's a selfless person that will do anything for the people she loves.

On Tik Tok, she's only a killer. That's it. She's just morally grey to them. I mean yeah, she killed people but she isn't the unhinged killer that TT fans perceive her as. The "You're not a killer, Jude" thing and how they go on saying, "then she kills Valerian!" Nah, Madoc means that she isn't like him. Jude is a killer but she's not a true killer. MADOC DIPS A CLOAK IN THE BLOOD OF THE PEOPLE HE KILLS. And they always use that fanart of her with blood on her head. I do like it but y'all stay using it, get something else.

The people who glaze Jude annoy me. The ones who think that she can defeat anyone because she's a human who has tricked her way and killed a couple of fae. If you tell them that there are characters who can defeat her, they go "NUH UH." FUCK YOU MEAN?

The slideshows where they put four characters and say who will win and people have the audacity to say "Jude will win." My girl is NOT winning this, I'm sorry. She's still human at the end of the day. It's only fair if you put her against other human characters like Kaz Brekker or Aaron Warner.

I saw a slideshow that had Jude, Feyre, Aelin, and Fang Runin. In the comments, someone said "They would just team up and be friends." Nah. Jude would be disgusted by Rin and her actions, Feyre and Aelin too. Rin committed genocide. And I don't think Rin is capable of making friends besides Kitay. Why would Jude be friends with a woman who committed heinous crimes like this?

The mischaracterization of Jude will never not piss me off.

[megumiifushiiguro]

cardan is so real for this hadfghjhgfd go away taryn!!

[highladyofterrasen7]

This post is dedicated to nothing but my hatred for Taryn Duarte

Reblog or like if you also hate Taryn Duarte!

[cynicalclairvoyantcadaver]

Does Cardan EVER apologise to Jude?

All right, TFOTA fandom, everyone who ships Jurdan-

So we know that Jurdan was toxic at first but then got healthier. Somehow they started loving each other. He lets a very important ally court be attacked and risks possible war to save her. She chops his head off so that he won't have to wear the bridle forever. Very sweet, total relationship goals-

But does Cardan ever apologise to Jude for his abuse of her?

The stripping scene which he could have prevented. Throwing her in the river. Threatening her at the tournament and shaking her up.

Jude literally expected abuse from him. Cardan traumatised her and shook her up and Jude did NOTHING to him. Nothing.

Does he ever fucking APOLOGISE? Yes, actions are great, but a verbal apology is very important.

Did he ever acknowledge her trauma and how he caused it?

Some please tell me?

I'm don't hate Jurdan that much and yes they do get healthier, especially in the sequel duology.

It's just that if he doesn't apologise and acknowledge how he caused her trauma, then that's always going to be hanging over their relationship. Acknowledgement and apologies are important.

Edit: All right, I found out that he acknowledged his abuse towards her. Good for them.

But people are telling me that it's not in the fae culture to apologise-

Ok, so why didn't Holly make Cardan connect to Jude's humanity by actually apologising to her?

Not having a proper discussion and apology about their horrible past isn't healthy. This was a bad message to send-not talking about your past problems and just acting all cute and lovey dovey towards each other will solve everything!

[rabid-catboy]

Yeah okay good article

[shiveringfrogspawn]

[cromulentreader]

I love this scene from the first part of TWK.

Up to this point, Jude at least pretended to follow faerie ways. But here, instead of bargaining, invoking her status as seneschal or getting a faerie to sort it on her behalf, she went: "NOPE, do what I want, or I am dismembering you - here, right now. And I'll say you liked it."

[theultimategoodgirl]

Vegaspete x The Wicked King by Holly Black

[justjudethoughts]

The older I get, the more I'm pretty sure there are a lot of people who just really, really hate joy. And the thing is, I don't think they realize they do. I think our culture has built them to be like that. I think it's part of the "Men Without Chests" thing C.S. Lewis talks about.

All you have to do is make a post about something you care about and watch the responses you get. No matter how innocuous what you said was, somebody is going to be weird and nihilistic about it. Of course, they have a right to respond. But that isn't the point. The point is that you could say something like "the memory of my great grandparents formed me as a person" and someone will respond "yeah, but you didn't know them, so—"

Say that you like Valentine's day and count how many responses like this: "I hate Valentine's day, it's stupid and made up" you get. Or that you like Taylor Swift. Or that you are moved by a certain tradition. Or that you think children's literature is important. Someone is going to pipe up for the express purpose of negating what you just said. They aren't getting anything out of it or contributing an experience of beauty to the world. They're just cutting down a spot someone else found and expressed beauty.

Have we really become so bitter that when someone shares a piece of their heart or their story our first instinct is to shut them down? Do we really hate happiness so much that we wish to dismantle anything we think we "made up"?

Gee, I'm sorry you think holidays are stupid and made up (wait til you learn where cultures come from). I'm sorry you won't listen to any music that's "too popular." I'm sorry that you don't think history is living and breathing and beautiful and matters today. I'm sorry you don't think anything matters. I'm sorry you think we are on a big rock of meaninglessness. But I don't.

And frankly, I think I'm having more fun than you.

[fenrysmoonbeamswife]

I have such an issue with characters that are portrayed as sweet and endearing when they're more ruthless and disloyal than anyone. Characters that are simultaneously judgemental and hypocritical. Characters that only accept another character when they do exactly what they want or need.

If a character is ruthless or takes issue with another character or uses other characters for their own gain, fine. But own the fuck up to it, portray them that way in the narrative and don't vilify other characters for their same behaviours or lesser behaviours.

There's literally nothing I hate more than a hypocrite. A character could be the nastiest skank ass hoe ever but if they own it then that's fine, you do you. But don't pretend they're a golden retriever, sweet little flower child while they're blatantly being an asshole in the text

[mwagneto]

they............ they made his nose bigger and more hooked to play a villain............ in twenty twenty three i cant fucking take it. i literally can't believe this is real what the fuck

[criminalgays]

me, watching holly black have jude’s sisters come help her in her time of need even though they fight and don’t get along: so this what sjm thought she was doing with the archeron sisters. alright.