#the folk of the air

[woodsmokeandwordscosplay]

By you, I am forever undone.

~*~ Back in May @aigue-marine and I finally got to do the Jude and Cardan shoot we'd been planning since January 2020 and it was just as magical as we'd been hoping! We did our best to capture the delicious aesthetics of Holly Black's Elfhame, and we didn't do it alone! A big thank you to our photographer @electrospectrum and our shoot assistants @mimistitchcraft and fenthris_cos without whom this wouldn't have been possible at all!

Jude - aigue-marine Cardan - me My ears are from Madhouse FX Studio on Etsy

[vampsb4tramps]

After the summer tournament that’s when Locke basically rid his hands of Taryn because he was ready to move onto Jude. But what if instead of trying to get Locke back and agree to those shitty terms for marriage, Taryn decided to approach Jude and maximize their joint slay by tricking Locke and switching places to fuck with him. Imagine if we saw Taryn be crafty and swindle a fairy into marriage or anything else instead of wtv the fuck we got.

[lianne-blop]

[sp4wnofch40s]

Favourite gender foreal

And favourite dessert

And favourite artist

I'd eat them up anyday

as per usual, I’m a tad late; but with my whole chest, Happy international women’s day! 🫶🫶

EVERY ARTWORK SHOWN ABOVE BELONGS TO frostbite.studios on instagram!

[houseofchalamet]

i'm trying to fight the second one but THE VOICES-

[purplepossum3]

When you're drawing one of your favorite characters (WIP)

[slarxsa]

Cardan pretending to be a silly little malewife is actually a canon part of his character, and he successfully convinces several of the other characters in the book of this, with Madoc saying "He’s a foppish sort of boy, no good with a sword. He’s charming, in a way, and clever, but nothing worth protecting.” He does it on purpose so that people don't perceive him as a threat. Its a tactical strategy and it works quite well for him, because he's young and hot and everyone already thinks he's worthless and unintelligent. I think he does it a bit too well, and that it has worked on much of the fandom as well as the characters in the book.

Jude realises this early on, reporting

The disturbing thing about Cardan is how well he plays the fool to disguise his own cleverness.

This might be a hot take but I wholeheartedly think Cardan is the smartest character in the series, however he lends himself to the silly malewife mischaracterisation on purpose, so to an extent, I don't really blame those in the fandom with less media literacy, especially younger readers, for the misinterpretation of his character.

( warning, it's been a hot minute since I've read the books so correct me if I'm misremembering anything)

We as a fandom need to discuss where the "cardan is a malewife haha what a girlfailure loser" comes from, because yeah he has a complete lack of care regarding politics, and is extremely irresponsible, however not only is he shown to be very intelligent when he wishes to be, (literally stole Jude's ring without her even realising).....he is also quite literally terrifying. Unlike Jude who is violent only when she has to defend herself, Cardans cruelty (......the book is called the cruel prince for a reason) is just. For fun. He has little moral compass, and even Jude was scared of him in the first book (in which some of his actions against her are literally horrendous???)

Cardans failures only come because of his own laziness/lack of caring. When he wishes to he is a terrifying ruler. I love the jokes, but we've reached a point where all the posts I see about Cardan are "haha silly alcoholic malewife :3 " like. Y'all this man has ruined (or/and ended-) people's lives 😭😭😭

[mikotosworld]

this new jude & cardan fanart >>>

@FROSTBITE STUDIOS

[queenofheartsdeservedbetter]

"How do you read so many books??" I am simply trying to avoid reality, what are you doing

[deathsweetblossoms]

Cardan, Locke, Nicasia, and Valerian by Frostbite Studios (from the Folk of the Air by Holly Black)

[kaipaedyn]

BOOM SHAKALAKA YESS GAWD

🎨: frostbite studios

[roslynn777]

cardan and jude ♔

idk if i like this but whatever

this will also be available to buy on my inprnt so stay tuned 🫶🏻

(based on dolce&gabbana 2006 fall/winter collection cover by Steven Meisel)

characters by Holly Black

[avendell]

Jude on Horseback 👑

[may12324]

Suren ,the frostbitten girl

[solastalgiart]

🗡️🍷✨