#high queen jude of elfhame

[starrynightsxo]

holly black is so cool because she named the first book of tfota as "the cruel PRINCE" which really encapsulates the immaturity of cardan at that point with his lack of understanding of mortals and such hence his mistreatment towards jude and taryn. she then goes on to title the second book "the wicked KING" which, to me, I feel shows a incredible amount of growth especially at the end where he exiles jude as a ploy to get her to pardon herself (which obviously does not go in his favour) causing jude to be the one to deem him wicked although later we find out otherwise. we then have the third book titled "the queen of nothing" which, in my opinion, is a subtle nod to the queen of mirth situation not so long ago but this time jude becomes the queen of all of the fae when all she really wanted in her life was to be able to live peacefully. her becoming the queen after all her hardships and now prevailing is really special and shows just how deep holly black thought to make jude such an icon.

[rbfannee]

this is my roman empire.

[illustratinghan]

king and queen ✨👑💞

jude & cardan by @hollyblack 🫶

follow me on instagram! @/illustratinghan

[reu8ell]

Locke saying this and getting killed by taryn is so funny lmao taryn said you're the problem and solved it by murdering him

[mylovecardan]

Vivi: Ask your man what he is most afraid of, and if he doesn't say "losing you", then dump him

Jude: Cardan what are you most afraid of

Cardan: You

[thejudeduarte]

Cardan is our favourite drama queen lmao

[madockisser]

cardan just wanted love. 😐

i was just replying to someone regarding nicasia and i had this sorta realization moment abt cardan lol

Cardan is consistently merciful toward people that wrong him. To his abusers.

He spares his mother when she leaves the tower of forgetting. He gives her a courtier title. After her lifelong abuse. he spares balekin from execution time and time again, despite all the death threats and beatings and humiliation. he forgives nicasia and Locke and remains (sorta) friends with them after they screwed around behind his back and broke his heart. He forgives Jude for putting him on the throne, for killing balekin.

Cardan has the capacity to be a lot kinder to those he cares about. While he attempts to act like he has a stone heart, he cares so deeply about the few people around him. No matter how they treat him in return.

Even his sisters, whom treated him like a dog when he was a child, throwing food at him under the table. He held balekin responsible for killing them, even when they had little love for him.

and his father, whom tossed him out of the kingdom for dains lies. He still strove for his fathers love and attention. And he did what he thought he needed to do to get that attention.

All he wanted was love, and he gave a lot more of it than he wanted to show. I’m so glad he found it w Jude 😭

And with Jude, he gave her everything. He gave her half of his army bro. HALF OF HIS ARMY just because she ASKED. She didn’t even have to order him to do it, because he trusts her and he so badly wants her to trust him too.

He secretly desired (and eventually cared for) her for yearsss. It’s so sweet how they went from school rivals besting and beating one another, to them making each other king and queen. ENOUGH

moral of the story, he just wanted LOVE. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

I’ll never stop thinking about them, idc how generic and obvious my posts are, every throwaway thought i have of them i will post

[popnovelspn]

One thing I love about The Cruel Prince: Jude put her foot down and said ‘I belong here’.

And eventually Elfhame responded and flowers grew where she bled.

Never let anyone tell you, you don’t belong.

[kaipaedyn]

get yourself a woman who can do both

🎨: lotusbuble, frostbite studios

[always-reading-fantasy]

Fuck all love letters except whatever Cardan Greenbriar had going on when he wrote “my heart is buried with you in the strange soil of the mortal world, as it was drowned with you in the cold waters of the undersea. it was yours before i could admit it, and yours it shall ever remain”

[cusswordsbutmakeitgay]

My favorite thing that Holly Black did with Locke was having him be obsessed with stories, convinced he was the main character and puppet master and then killing him off in a footnote

[starrynightsxo]

what people say: "jude is a slay", "omg I love jude", "jude duarte what a queen"

the real fans: "all hail queen jude" *we say in unison*

[rbfannee]

no book couple does enemies to lovers better than jude and cardan

[illustratinghan]

a cardan and jude bonding moment, we all know he actually really likes it when jude points daggers at him😏🖤

the iconic duo from @hollyblack 🫶

follow me on instagram! @/illustratinghan

[reu8ell]

Cardan being self-deprecatingly honest

[mylovecardan]

the Bomb: I can't believe you and Jude broke the bed last night.

the Roach: Yeah, what were you even doing?

Cardan: um....

*last night*

Jude: Bet you can't jump high enough to touch the ceiling.

Cardan: Try me