Hi! Is this weird? I hope this is okay, I found your Tumblr from AO3- where I just finished reading ‘the floors of hell, her gates of heaven’, aka your Hades/Persephone!Jurdan fic.
And oh my god, Hades and Persphone has become just an overdone myth over the last few years (still love them), but your spin on it with Jude and Cardan and the mix of the world of Elfhame into the world of classic myths...I just- I have fallen in love. I read the whole thing in like half an hour, I literally devoured it, and am already rereading it, even though I finished it maybe twelve minutes ago. Jude feels so Jude and Cardan feels so Cardan, even transplanted in a setting so different, and that is probably the greatest achievement considering how damn easy it is to mischaracterise these two. The building tension between them, how they describe each other, and the veil. God, I love a veil in a marriage of convenience story.
I know the last time the story was updated was March of ‘21- I think so, at least, the American date system vexes me- which, somehow, is almost five years ago, even though it feels like last year- and it would be disingenuous of me to say that I’m not hoping for an update, because I absolutely am, and definitely will be for the next several years, because I doubt this story will leave my mind. But I will make no requests or questions, only say that even in its half-finished form, the story is perfect. Truly. And even though it is relatively short (four chapters) and the story is just beginning, and it makes no sense to get SO attached, but I just LOVE Greek mythology and I LOVE JudeCardan, so this fic is (was?) tailor-made for me. So, yeah, I just had to gush about it a bit, and I’m sorry if this is weird or creepy.
Anyway, so, yeah, thank you so much for writing this! It has already become one of my favourite stories/AUs ever 🤍🤍
I'M GONNA BE COMPLETELY HONEST AND SAY I DIDN'T HAVE PLANS ON COMING BACK TO THE FIC *but* now that i received this comment (and also planned my 2026 around rereading old comfort series like the folk of the air), i make no promises but i *might* also find the motivation to come back to it
i'm genuinely so touched you liked the fic so much especially since tfota and judecardan were my first-ever foray into writing so it's so funny to see how my style has evolved over a few years and different fandoms?? and i tend to look back on my older fics with a healthy amount of fondness and cringe...... so this means a lot to read!! thank you sm 💜
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