Sapphic Society

Like the constellations that sealed cardans unfortunate prophecy, onto the body of a woman he hated. Only that prophecy turned out to foresee him as a great king, and that woman he would grow to love and rule with.

And Jude referring to mortals and their lives as fleeting, like a shooting star. yeah ok bye. Jude is cardans whole world, their love was 100% prophesied. Canon. Their love goes so deep it was patterned onto Jude’s skin. Yeah. Canon to me idcidc.

Even better if he hated her at first partly for her very human freckles (do the fae have freckles?), because they reminded him of the stars that cursed him (is this peak or what guys)

Cardan has been explicitly stated to 'play the fool to mask his own cleverness.' When Jude came to find him and warn him about Balekin's plot in TWK he fought against her, and she was terrified she wouldn't be able to hold him back. He only stopped when he realised who it was.

Again, in TWK, he didn't reveal that he was shot or anything about the tunnels to conceal Jude's secret tunnels. He can wield literal earth magic, took out half of Madoc's army and even healed people. He's connected to the land. Don't tell me that's not overpowered.

And yet, people still view him as a drunk, feckless king, who relies on those around him to rule for him, despite being as cunning as anyone. People let their guards down around him.

Jude, however, is a lot more powerless on the books than people like to think. I won't lie; she is strong. She healed herself with the land, she murdered a prince, and she can certainly slaughter anyone who gets in her way.

That's not to say she's not scared, though. She's missing the tip of her finger from where a faerie bit it off. She has countless scars from the fae, including the one on her hand from where Dain ordered her to drive a knife through her hand and ones from where Locke hunted her down.

There's been so many instances in her life where she could not fight back, despite leaving no scars. In TCP, it was stated that she was once carried crying into a faerie circle, and left to dance until she dropped. She's been victimised and targeted time and time again. All because what? She's human.

So Jude never let her guard down. In Oak's duology, he says that she never let's the fae feel truly safe around her. How could she? One slip and she's dead. She's the definition of do it scared. Scheming whilst others sleep. Putting on her scariest face so that they will leave her alone.

The one and only Queen of Elfhame 🥀⚔️

the legal definition of a woman in the uk is now based purely on biological sex, likely preventing trans people from changing their sex on legal documents. we are still apparently protected from discrimination though.

Wishing you a blessed Ramadan 🌙⭐