#aurora valor

[memyshelfandi234]

I think it's safe to say that none of us really knew just how important that letter Evangeline wrote to her future self would become.

[littlezorrillo]

A curse for true love

[evangeline-and-jacks]

Anyone who has the Owl Crate Epilogue for A Curse for True Love?🥺🍎

[princessevajacks]

aurora valor core

[shadowqueenjude]

You know what? Why do authors have to make a manipulative woman obsessed with some fucking man? Why can't she be a compelling villain or a morally grey character working for the good of women or the oppressed but she's going about it the wrong way? Or she's working for her own interests but you can get behind it because of what other people have done? Why does she HAVE to be a sex offender or man-obsessed? Talking about Ianthe and Aurora Valor (ACOTAR and OUABH)

[boykingmaven]

The Archer & the Fox

[heyo-428]

Why is it that all the Valor children have some magical ability and then Aurora and Castor don’t?

List of their attributes from TBONA:

Aurora: Sweet and beautiful

Castor: Noble

Vesper: Could see the future

Tempest and Romulus: great inventors (made magical arches)

Dane: shifter

Lysander: a gift involving memories

That was before we knew that Castor was Chaos. So, maybe giving him no magical ability like the rest of his brothers was a way of almost evening things out? But why doesn’t Aurora have anything special about her? I have seen theories about her being the first fox and I wouldn’t be surprised if she may be. Especially the “Aurora + Jacks” at the Hollow.

Maybe Aurora just changed which of her brother’s friends she was interested in once Lyric died but Jacks wasn’t interested so she changed her appearance and transformed into a fox with her magical ability?

We know that Dane could shape-shift maybe so could Aurora?

This is literally the most out of pocket-random thought but it bugs me. There’s like no reason for Aurora and Castor to not have anything special except for the fact Castor later becomes Chaos and it’s the worlds way of balance. And the chance that Aurora hid hers.

[poetglasses]

I've been thinking and

**TBONA SPOILERS**

Since the Valors are free from the arch, I wonder if we get to see Aurora and Lala interact in ACFTL.

In Aurora's diary, she says how Lala told her to just marry Vengeance. She also thinks that Lala doesn't like her very much, and how Lala doesn't think she's good enough for her brother just as she thinks Lala isn't good enough for hers.

If we do see them interact, I wonder how Stephanie would go about it?

Would Lala be pissed with Aurora for being the reason her family is dead? Would Lala sympathize with Aurora for understanding wanting a love match? Will they not speak at all?

It also makes me wonder what Lala was doing the day of the attack if Vengeance attacked her household? She could've just not been home, but I'd like to know more.

Sorry if someone already asked/said something about this. I have bad memory and I wouldn't be surprised if someone already thought this stuff 😅

[sweetingseva]

hiiiii :)

I would like to understand how donatella didn’t die from Jacks kiss (not in lengedandy or finale) because since Evangeline was jacks true love and should be the one making his heart beats for the first time, tella shouldnt have died ? Another thing, why jacks heart bet for tella even though she wasn’t his true love as Eva really is. I’m so confused 😭

Hello! 😊

It seemed like fate that Donatella was going to fall in love with Legend. Although she wasn't interested in the Caraval games, she was interested in mysticism of Fates.

At the end of Legendary, Donatella made Jacks start to beat because, she was never destined for him. She was never going to fall in love with him. All the other girls that Jacks had met had loved him and he must have had, too, which is why none of them lived and none of them were his true love.

Aurora twisted what that "true love" meant. It meant it would be the one person who would never reciprocate their feelings.

That is why Tella survived and made Jacks's heart beat again. It is another chance to mock him, another method to hurt him. 💔

I hope this clears up some of the confusion! Let me know if you have any questions 😊

[theunwedbride]

I wanna kill someone. Anyone.

@auroravalor wanna sacrifice yourself?

[catapparently]

A Particular Type of Happily Ever After

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In which Evangeline thinks that Jacks killed a fox to make his fur coat, which leads him to gifting her one.

PART 1: Evangeline Fox

                Evangeline Fox had always had a particular penchant for little foxes. Perhaps she had a special connection to them because of her last name, or perhaps she simply wasn’t cruel enough to not be head over heels for the adorable fluffy creatures. How could one possibly see a fox all snug and sleepy in its little den and NOT want to cuddle it close and bring it home with them?

On an unusually stormy evening, Evangeline heard the distinct creak of the front door opening. The familiar aroma of sweet apples and newly healed heartbreaks instantly wafted through the air, overwhelming her senses. Jacks. Had she not loved the man so dearly, she would have long since boiled him into a bottle of the perfect perfume for her to use.

She quickly sprang up from her comfortable, sprawled out position on the new soft rug they’d gotten and rushed down to see the not-quite-human boy. He’d been gone all day doing who knows what shenanigans with Castor. Castor, who Jacks still refused to let anywhere near his “precious Little Fox”.

Evangeline came to an abrupt halt the moment she laid her eyes on Jacks. He had gotten, through unknown means (and frankly, she didn’t want to know how), a brand new winter coat. The coat was a pretty shade of blue, an uncommon color for him to wear. He was ever so insistent on wearing red, white, and gold. Then again, his preference around her was rather to wear nothing at all.

It wasn’t the color that surprised her, no. It was the fur lining on the collar. It didn’t look like it came with the coat, rather that it was stitched on separately. The cut of the lining wasn’t quite the same as the collar underneath them. The fine strands of the said fur lining were of a beautiful beige-orange color. Too beautiful, actually. No synthetic fur could be dyed to imitate such a unique and extravagant coloring. In fact, the fur on Jacks’s collar looked exactly like that of a fox. Suspiciously so.

“Jacks… what did you do to that poor fox?!”

He twirled the apple in his hand, sparing a glance back and forth between it and Evangeline’s lips, and finally set it down on a nearby tabletop with an exaggerated flourish. He stepped towards her, a certain freely expressed fondness that Evangeline had yet to get used to gracing the usual playful smile on his flawless face. Despite him becoming somewhat human, he still had an ethereal glow on his skin. Not quite human.

“What, don’t you find it pretty? I thought you’d finally stop berating me for not wearing enough layers in the winter.”

Evangeline touched his collar, inspecting it from every angle, desperately hoping that it wasn’t what she thought it was. Sure, she loved Jacks more than everything, but she knew first-hand how cruel he could be sometimes.

Her heart sank to the lowest pit in her stomach. This had to be real fox fur. There was no other way.

“Jacks, how could you? How could you do that to the poor fox?!” Her hands gripped his shoulders tightly, tempted to shake him back and forth like a plum tree until some sense was finally knocked into his thick skull.

Jacks cupped her face with his hands, his thumb gently stroking her cheek. “Relax, love, it’s not real fox fur.”

“I don’t believe you.” “It’s fake fur.” “I really don’t believe you.” “I swear on the Hollow that it’s not real.”

She paused, looking at him. “Then what is it?” she demanded. If it was indeed fox fur as she’d thought, she wouldn’t talk to him ever again unless he figured out a way to bring the heartlessly slaughtered fox back to life.

Jacks’s chest heaved with a heavy sigh as he lazily ran a hand through his messy blond hair. It had grown longer ever since he’d finally given up on the blue dye, but Evangeline didn’t let him cut it. No way in hell. It was just the perfect length for her to play with when he was fast asleep with his head resting on her chest, curled up into her like a clingy cat. Sometimes he’d wake up with little braids and ribbons in his hair.

“When we were kids, Aurora taught me and Castor how to change anything’s appearance with certain combinations of her weird ingredients, so I tried to alter some fake fur I conveniently found on an old coat. Then I had LaLa stitch it on for me.”

She exhaled in relief. She’d already been planning the many ways to make Jacks deeply regret his existence had he actually killed an innocent fox. Her favorite that she’d come up with had been to lock him inside the Hollow with a bunch of foxes she’d lure in so that he could see what cuteness he’d dared slaughter.

 “You promise?” she tilted her head up to look at him right in the eye. “Promise. Besides, I like having a constant reminder of you or your hands around my neck, Little Fox.”

Her cheeks turned bright red, matching the shiny crystal heart on her ring, identical to the one on Jacks’s ring finger.

Delighted at the adorable reaction, Jacks wrapped his arms around his chosen true love, burying his face in her soft hair. He was always making sure that it was really her, alive and in his arms.

“You really like foxes, don’t you, Little Fox?”

“Who wouldn’t?”

Jacks could not argue against that.

PART 2: Jacks of the Hollow

            Jacks of the Hollow found himself in a rather peculiar situation. He was in the middle of a very foggy forest, hiding behind a tree. He’d placed a fresh piece of raw meat a few feet away, near a tree. It had been carefully and strategically placed near a poorly concealed hole in the ground that he hoped was indeed a fox hole. He’d roamed around the Cursed Forest for days, looking for foxes like an Archer and his Fox. Now that he’d finally found the spot, he was determined to stay there as long as he had to. Nothing in the world –except maybe his own Fox- could distract him from his mission.

As he waited patiently, he started preparing the cardboard box he had brought with him. Jacks neatly smoothed and rearranged the small pile of his clothes that he’d placed in it to create some sort of animal bed.

 He looked back at the piece of meat. Was the lure not working? He’d made sure that it was the juiciest, tastiest, and most expensive meat that he’d found. What a picky, pretentious little fox this was. Jacks had chosen to catch this exact one because it was still a small kit, and it had no family, so it would be starving and lonely. Then why was it not coming to the meat?

 It was getting late, and Jacks was growing restless. Finally, as the sun was setting, he spotted a tiny pair of ears peeking out from behind a snow-covered bush. Jacks held his breath as the cutest baby fox in the North came out and began nibbling on a corner of the red meat. Poor little guy must be freezing; its stubby little legs were shaking.

Before the cute creature could react, Jacks stepped over to it and swiftly picked it up, his large hands carefully wrapping around its shivering body and holding it close to his chest. The fox squirmed and trashed a bit, but quickly calmed down, too weak to protest. It curled up in Jacks’s arms and dozed off, content with the warmth emanating from the boy.

Jacks’s heart melted. He didn’t even want to put it down in the comfy box he’d so carefully prepared, so he left it there. He didn’t like those clothes anyway.

He pressed a soft kiss between the loveable animal’s ears. “Eva is absolutely going to love you,” he whispered to it. Jacks walked home, making sure to protect his newest family member from the harsh, icy winds. As he stepped inside their room in the Hollow, he was greeted with silence. Hmm. Evangeline must still be out with LaLa.

 While waiting for her to come home, he set the now-awake fox on his shoulder, rummaging through the cupboards to feed it some bread.

 As if on cue, he heard the front door open, and, soon after, a certain pink-haired girl bounced over into the kitchen to him, stopping short when she saw what was on his shoulder.

“Jacks… Is that what I think it is?” she exclaimed, the pitch of her voice reaching new heights.

Jacks finally turned and held out the little fox, now warm and fed to her. “Meet your wedding gift. A little fox for my Little Fox.”

She took the creature from him, looking at it with adoration in her eyes as it licked her cheeks.

“He’s so so so cute! Where did you find it?” she smiled, petting its soft fur and rubbing its ears.

Jacks sighed dramatically, collapsing on top of the couch in mock-exhaustion. “I stood day and night in the freezing cold, shivering and slowly dying, waiting for the little guy to one day decide to come out of his hiding place.”

 “Well it’s your fault for not having a coat,” she retorted as she sat beside him, the fox curling up on her lap. “What are we going to name it?”

“Red.”

“No.”

“Orange.”

“We’re not naming him a color, Jacks.”

“Foxy.” 

Evangeline stared down at the still nameless kit, petting it lovingly as it made a catlike purring noise in her lap. She tried to think of a fitting name since Jacks clearly wouldn’t be of any help.

“Let’s name it… uh, Maximilian? Maximilian of the Hollow. Max for short.”

Jacks stared at her blankly. Maximilian? It worked, but he couldn’t tell where it came from. Why Maximilian?

He must have accidentally talked in her mind, because she soon answered.

“Maximilian was my father’s name. Maximillian Fox.”

“…Oh.”

Part 3: Maximilian of the Hollow

            Maximilian of the Hollow was a particularly happy little fox. Once upon a time, he’d been cold and weak and starving, until, one day, a strange not-quite-human boy smelling of apples and healed, forgotten heartbreak came along, saving him and bringing him home.

Max was now healthy, warm, and well-fed. He was rather spoiled by the pretty once princess with the golden-pink hair. He was the happiest of foxes, snugly tucked into his soft bed near his owners, who were all tangled up and asleep in their own bed.

Max had yet to understand who the strange little dragon creature who snuck in when nobody was looking was and why it was here, though.

[memyshelfandi234]

Bro. The scream I screampt when Evangeline slapped Ap*llo...it's like I was given everything I've ever wanted, that's how satisfying it was. It bet it was better for us readers than it was for Eva herself😂 I ran 3 screaming laps around my house and am still jumping up and down in my room I'm so happy omg. My family probably thinks I'm insane, but whatever😁

[littlezorrillo]

Them

[evangeline-and-jacks]

ACFTL THEORY: TRUE LOVE ❤️

“The kind of love powerful enough to break a spell.”

This is just going to be a quick and basic theory so forgive me.🥹

Prolly why all girls Jacks ever kissed died (including his first Fox) was because he never really admitted to himself that he was in love — or at least never allowed himself to. There was always attraction, yes, but never to a point where he became human enough. Evangeline asked him if he loved Tella, Aurora and The Fox but he said NO each time.

We know that Love is a Fate’s weakness as it makes them human and most Fates would rather kill than become human.

Our boy Jacks is always confused if he’s in love or it’s curse in effect. I think the only time the curse will break is if Jacks sacrifice, finally admit that he’s in love and truly become human.

FINALE - CARAVAL SERIES (Chapter 20):

OUABH (Part 1)

A LOVE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO BREAK A SPELL

[onceuponajacks]

❣️ A Curse for True Love spoilers ❣️

Since I already did a list of things I wished had happened in the book, here’s a list of things I loved:

Evangeline slapping Apollo it was just so perfect

The evajacks kiss. How reluctant Jacks was. I just love them so much.

Their happy ending in the Hollow of all places 🥹

Jacks knocking Aurora out. I mean usually I would find it terrible if a guy hit a woman but these people are hardly human and let’s be honest, Aurora is a tough bitch. And she had it coming I felt.

Jacks favourite day being the time he spent in the Hollow with Evangeline… I almost cried.

The part where Jacks said he couldn’t even remember what Donatella looks like. Like you’ve finally come to your senses I see.

The Tree of Souls scared me but a tree having a heartbeat is just insanely cool.

The fact that one of the first things we learn about Eva in OUABH is that she is always hopeful. And it is that hope that lets her and Jacks finally be together.

Apollo dying because he loves himself the most. He was so sure it was Evangeline that would die but he did it anyway and then he died. It’s just the perfect irony.

That scene where “Archer” is teaching Evangeline to defend herself and it’s pouring rain and their clothes are becoming sheer. The visuals I had while reading that are fucking fantastic I wish I could draw.

Despite it being utterly cruel and heartbreaking, that scene where Jacks tried to kiss Evangeline because he was just “giving her what she wants” knowing she would die anyway. It’s Jacks-core. And it’s hot.

When they take turns undressing each other. I mean you can’t even kiss it’s just so angsty!!!!

When Jacks says “I love you” best thing I ever read

Chaos and LaLa having a little spark between them

Jacks selling his soul so Evangeline can be safe (like he literally gave up his heart in exchange for a cuff to ensure no one could hurt her. It’s just so touching 🥲)

Evangeline describing him as an Angel

The fact that even after she forgot Jacks and before he came back as Archer that she was still insanely curious about him. She always wondered about him and was desperate to know about him.

The inclusion of another inn since the one in TBONA has so much relevance

When they toasted to curses. I thought that was so brilliant it just proves how nuts everyone is.

LaLa not being sure that she loves Dane anymore. It just felt so beautifully ironic that she never married because of him and now that he’s back she’s not sure. That’s what being a Fate is all about and I love it.

When Jacks tied them together and flowers started growing and he’s so offended when she asks if he made the flowers grow

The mental image of Jacks with torn clothes and a bruised and bloody face after his fight with the Valor siblings

I’m sure there are many more and I’ll update this post as they come to me. Feel free to share what you loved most in the comments!!

[apples-and-heartbreak]

Anyone that says they hate Aurora Valor but says they loved Jacks since he appeared in Legendary I don’t trust. Do I like Jacks now? Yes. Do I find Aurora insufferable? Also yes. What Aurora does is very shitty and she is not a good person, however you cannot hate Aurora for doing the things you thought were hot when Jacks did them. She’s a very shitty person outside of these things and you have every right to hate her, I hate her as well especially for getting an innocent family killed just because she liked the attention of Lyric.

When Jacks appeared in Legendary, he was manipulative and cold and doing everything to get what he wanted. When he became obsessed with Donatella he hated that she could be in love with Dante, he wanted to keep her for himself like some sort of object or doll who revolved around him. He manipulated her and took away her free will so she would only ever want him. He was an insufferable pompous jackass who deserved what he got in Finale. Donatella should not have been forced to love him and be tricked into a marriage she had no knowledge of and had every right to break their bond.

Aurora fell in love with Jacks and hated that he was in love with the Original Fox. She cursed him twice so he would never be able to love someone without hurting them. She made it so the only person he could love was either her or no one. She used Apollo to keep Evangeline locked away and miserable so she would never go back to Jacks and when she realized that Jacks still wasn’t going to love her she let him rip out his heart and try to destroy it because if she can’t have him then no one can.

What both of them did is fucked up and they both wanted the same thing: someone that was obsessed with them just as much as they were obsessed with the other and they hurt so many people to get what they wanted and still failed in the end.

I’m not saying anyone should forgive Aurora for what she did, or trying to sympathize with her, I’m saying that if you liked or enjoyed what Jacks did to Donatella and find his actions hot, then why is Aurora any different? I say this as someone who likes Jacks but hated him in Caraval, it took me three quarters into OUABH to like his character because he’s a shitty person. What he did to Donatella was inexcusable and I put off reading OUABH specifically because of him. But then he had character growth and became a less shitty person (still not a good person, he’s very self-destructive at times which leads to him harming others).