#tcp Nicasia

[thejudeduarte]

Me:

[bubblesandpages]

Nicasia wants to be a girlboss so bad, but much like her only friend she is too cringe fail to manage it.

[amrubrum]

Cardan Greenbriar:

[madockisser]

why does nobody talk abt how iconic it is that taryn stole the princess of the underseas man LOL! like say what u want abt her but stealing ur bully’s man is too funny!

even funnier that jude also stole nicasias man (wasn’t even rly hers tho) bc cardan was thinking abt her throughout their relationship. nicasias stronger than me bc i’d be tweaking if two twins stole BOTH my men. even funnier that the twins won them over only when nicasia actually wanted them.

[somewhereincairparavel]

Jude "I don't want Nicasia to marry Cardan simply because Oak would never be king if that happened, totally not because i like Cardan" Duarte

[bellzsad]

jude ate nicasia up i fear

[bcloudsetior]

Remember the scene where Cardan pushed Jude into the river with the Nixies?                                  

When Jude slips and sink and then resurface she said ‘Cardan has one foot in the reeds, as though to get a better look.’ I might be delulu but I don’t think he was tryna get a better look. Man was prolly about to risk his ego and pull her out!!!!!!

[deceitfulapple-eatingscoundrel]

This is the coolest thing ever! I can’t wait to see the finished product.

livish_art.

[viivdle]

jude.

i could go into heavy detail.

[clarissaweasley-10]

Cardan: So, are we flirting now? Jude: I am literally stabbing you? Cardan: That doesnt answer my question

[swiftievolturra]

nicasia : cardan, Jude is trying to kill you

cardan: oh my God ! Yaaay! It’s finally happening!!!

nicasia: SHE IS LITERALLY TRYING TO KILL U!

cardan: what do you mean she’s trying to kill me? It isn’t a declaration of love?

[talleryn]

Taryn: what can end friendships?

Nicasia: drifting apart

Jude: lying

Cardan: uno

[rise-deepseamonster]

I need to know how that conversation between cardan and nicasia went.

Cardan: *throws an acorn into the ocean or whatever and nicasia appears*

Cardan: heyyyy nicasiaaaa what's uppppp

Nicasia, tired of fending off suitors and can't put up with his bs as well: what do you want

Cardan: I've been super good too, all engagements and about to be weddings, coups and getting stabbed... say, you wouldn't mind a small tiny favour for an old friend now would you?

Nicasia: *groans* again, bitch?

Cardan, already waist deep wading in: we should totally catch up on the way, bestie

[madockisser]

cardan/nicasia: why they’ll never happen again analysis/speculation

a while back i saw someone (or rather, a thread of ppl saying that they hope cardan and nicasia don’t get it on in the next book which is supposed to be nicasias book (supposedly) and i even saw someone say they WISH THEY DO ?!

so here’s your fun reminder of what nicasia put cardan through!

I’ve gathered together all the shit nicasia did to cardan: being the first girl he loved then breaking his heart w his friend, allowing cardan to catch them ON HIS BEDROOM FLOOR. (not entirely her fault but she totally had shits and giggles abt it when cardan confronted her) then when Locke screwed her over, she got CARDAN and his power as prince, to harass the girl(s) locke chose over her, one of which cardan liked, then later on was trying to manipulate him to marry her (which i think is when cardan realized they weren’t rly even friends anymore), THEN kidnapping and torturing the girl she knew cardan loved, AND befriending his abusive neglectful mother!

like damn. how u even fumble that bad, not just romantically but as a friend.

also I’d like to add her consistent entitlement, not just the whole “i bully girls bc I’m a princess and i can!” but the “cardan take me back even after i emotionally ruined you multiple times!” 😐

poor cardan

anyway, I’ve read lots of holly black books, and she is VERY mindful w abusive sort of relationships. and cheating relationships. she writes about them a LOT and each time they are pretty irredeemable.

note(the only exceptions):Taryn and hazel (darkest part of the forest) who sorta cheated on accident/ it wasn’t their fault-> but didn’t end well

add on note sorry: “but nicasia cheated on cardan on accident bc Locke was a gancanagh!” false! nicasia admitted that what her and Locke were doing was prolonged, the scene that cardan finds them is not their first time screwing around. nicasia KNOWINGLY cheated on cardan. then she was like “ok but i still care abt u! take me back” ?

now you can say that it could sorta be classified as an accident due to lockes natures (which are actually really disturbing if u think abt it) and that’s true, i never blamed nicasia for that relationship, but i do blame her for all the utter dogshit she not only put cardan thru, but Jude.

and this is cardan we are talking about. he who killed half an army for Jude when madoc tried taking his daughter back (sounds funny out of context).

we must remember that cardan does not want Jude hurt and humiliated and that’s exactly what nicasia went and did to Jude. through all the books bro. nicasia literally kidnapped and tortured Jude in the undersea so there’s 0 chance of cardan touching nicasia unless maybe to turn her into a tree again (but he can always just do that at a distance 😛)

anyway back to the cheating:

which is why i know that holly would never pull any sort of bull w cardan and nicasia, and you may be thinking (well that’s bullshit what do u know?) 3 separate books w cheating tropes, and 5+ diff relationships that involve cheating w no redemption. LOL

anyway black and i certainly agree on that front, and the way she uses the trope so consistently, and makes it so the cheaters are never endgame, or have a horrible death (Locke AND his mom, also Eva Duarte 😭the dude Ben dated from dpotf, and Kaye and that guy Janet was dating, Val and Tom and dave and lolli (modern faerie tales)) is pretty telling!

holly is great at writing healthy relationships, and she knows that tcp is her biggest hit w the media, so she won’t go and fuck that, not just bc she would never and it’s out of her writing style and character and literally moral compass when it comes to writing relationships, but also bc her publishers/editors would NEVER let that slide.

but i can’t wait for her book! i love knowing that nicasia will never have a chance w cardan again, it’s no less than what she deserves 😋

anyway sorry for ranting! I just feel so strongly abt this topic, cardan would never cheat on Jude, since he’s been cheated on before, and it was heart wrenching, and bc of his upbringing, he would never. if you haven’t, go thru my masterlist in my pinned and find the cardan /nicasia thing where i explain why he wouldn’t cheat far better there!

But feel free to add on, i probably missed a few things so lmk!! 🫶

[romancefairy]

thinking about how jude duarte literally played "kiss, marry, kill" with cardan's friendgroup