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Just I've seen lots of comments and reviews (some negative) about it and I wanna talk to somebody who happened to like it.

jude for when she has to tie/braid her curls back to beat some ass 😛

Hazel (not when she’s fucking the wild faeries up tho 💪) also this pic is from “revivalofadornment” on tiktok

The bomb (i like the choker on her+ i think she’d look great in both silver and gold)

Cardan also in chokers (love the serpent + he’d look good in silver and gold too)

Jude and a prosthetic/cosmetic finger

Balekins coronation crown at hollow hall (i like to imagine the bird on it is a grackle):

Dain in a “humble” circlet. i imagine he’d wear little golden cuffs on his horns as well. and a falcon on his wrist just for funsies

String of emeralds for each of eldreds lovers who’d borne a greenbriar. i imagine each necklace would be different according to what’s popular during that time period

ofc faerie jewelry and finery is different so this is just what i think would suit them if the styles align ig (according to human povs of faerie, their finery is really extravagant)

This one, when he thinks that dains spies are about to beat Jude’s ass over who gets the pretty prince, so he cautions her away from picking a fight w them. And that’s AFTER she’s kidnapped him LOOLLL

And this. really cute and subtle way of saying “be careful babe!” but he makes it seem sorta like an insult. like she would be wasting his time if she went and died. he keeps himself so well guarded so as to not get himself hurt again PLS. guys i am normal about him.

him reaching for her after he learned that valerian tried to kill her AGAIN. 😐 i need him.

And then this one. imagine how he felt seeing her leave the tower covered in blood knowing that valerian was in there w her. and Hollys annotation here. yeah ok im so normal- this proves that he didn’t expect his cruelty to encourage valerians murdery lust for jude. to encourage Locke to take her as his prize, to encourage nicasia to humiliate the twins to get cardans and lockes favor.

AND DONT GET ME STARTED, on when he’s drunk and his families been murdered and he’s officially elfhames #1 most wanted and he’s telling Jude to be careful, that she shouldn’t be at balekins evil little revel 😭😭 he worried more for her than he did himself.

and i could just GO ON. and i shall:

when he sends her a dress made for royalty opposed to one that made her look more like servant/ would allow Taryn to outshine her (she could never tho)

When he told Locke to piss off and began dancing w her when Locke was abt to tell her that he’s been fuxking her sis the whole time.

When he saw her (canon according to Hollys annotations) after she stole Sophie (the human servant at hollow hall) and didn’t do or say anything AND PROBABLY EVEN TOOK THE FUCKING BLAMMMEEE IM SO SICK.

anyway I’m sure there’s more so feel free to add on 😭

But i just LOVE how cardan knows how jude is, the way that Taryn describes jude in her novella- as someone who doesn’t back down from a dare, who picks fights with anyone and everyone, who brings those that pick on her down to her level. he knows his wife so well, even in the first book, he knew her so much better than even her father. than ANYONE even Taryn. bc Taryn was all like “promise you’ll stop bothering them!” Like do you KNOW who you’re talking to lmao

(Reading Queen of nothing now 😝)

marry me, and become queen of elfhame

So the premis goes that after Dain frames Cardan for killing Val Moren's mortal lover instead of Eldred sending Cardan to Balekin, he gets the idea that Cardan must feel the pain he caused. He makes a deal with Madoc to arrange a marriage of their youngest children, and have Cardan live with Madoc's family. Eldred figures Madoc's protection will offer the girl enough time for Cardan to get attached, but very few mortals survive in Elfhame.

(Side note I do not remember when/how old Cardan was when he got sent to Balekin and if it lines up when Madoc brought the sisters to Elfhame. I'm also not digging out my book right now, so let's just pretend it does.)

Cardan being terrified that he's been sent away ends up clinging to Jude. I mean she has to love him, right? That's why she's his punishment. Jude doesn't know what to make of Cardan at first. She's still the scared girl who hides under tables at revels, now she has one more who joins her and her sister. She's distrustful of Cardan for a while but reluctantly let's him tag along mainly because Madoc said so. Genuine love between them does form earlier on in this timeline.

They both stress poor Oriana's nerves so much when they do start showing signs of attraction to one another. Because on one hand yes they are to be married but on the other her past as a consort has her keeping a close eye on them. She about fell over when she learned Cardan never once slept in his room and he's been having (platonic) sleepovers with Jude.

Cardan in this universe, I think, would be a mixture of Madoc and Oriana's teachings. He would still have his mask to the public and would definitely lean a little more into Oriana's teachings. But there is also no way Madoc is letting Cardan get away with sloppy sword form. He frankly doesn't care if Cardan kills or not, but he will damned if any ward of his doesn't know how to hold a sword right.