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[clockworkbee]

Do you call it The Tortured Poets Department or the Tortured Jurdan Department? I mean, just look at it:

Jude: My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys (so Jude's pov). Down Bad (fuck it if I can't have him???). Florida!!! (Guest in/arrested/shitstorm). Guilty as Sin (they don't know how you've haunted me). Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? (self-explanatory). The Albatross (ha!) I Can Do It With a Broken Heart (again, self-explanatory). The Black Dog (my longing state unspoken)? Fornight (what about your quiet treason?) But Daddy I Love Him (they slammed the door, on my whole world!!!) Clara Bow (the crown is stained...!!!) The Prophecy (oh my god, just shut up). thanK you aIMee (there wouldn't be this if there hadn't been you)

and then there's Cardan, the tortured poet, ofc: Fornight literally starts like it's for him (here's the kinda detail you can expect a separate post from me on). So High School (are you gonna marry, kiss, or kill me?). Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? (the scandal was contained, eh?) The Tortured Poets Department (I mean, he owns the title but also the ring part??) Clara Bow (alright, maybe I'm not saying the song; only lyrics, like: This town is fake but you're the real thing). But Daddy I Love Him (honestly, I didn't think I'd put it here, but hello?? I just learned these people only raise you to cage you? And more there, yeah) Fresh Out The Slammer (SCREAMS HIM! all I wanna say: the letters plzzz)

#i can go into heavy detail #and i will #as soon as i find the time #✌🏼 #characters as the tortured poets department #jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #jurdan #the cruel prince #the wicked king #queen of nothing #htkoelths #the folk of the air #tfota #holly black #how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories #the tortured poets department #ttpd #tfota + lyrics #taylor swift

[clockworkbee]

Why are you so excited for the Seelie Queen? She’s so sleezy to read about that I think I dislike her more than Seb since so much demon blood is his excuse but she doesn’t have an excuse she just.. chose to be bad. And she was shitty to Clary all of Tmi but had sex with her brother behind everyone’s backs while hoping they’d all die in Edom... But I know we got some villain lovers over here so not shaming here! Just curious about the intrigue. I even hate Ash being around her..Yet we’ll probably read about them having sex or planning to have ash as a “weapon” to build up the Ash TWP lore I guess?

Hello, (sorry about my late response, you've probably even forgotten you asked). Thanks for clarifying what you're actually asking, tho! I'll start this by showing the answer in your ask itself (this could be long, idk):

The Seelie Queen is so sleezy to read about. She doesn't have an excuse she just.. chose to be bad. Had sex with our protagonist's brother behind everyone's backs while hoping they'd all die in Edom.

She is by no means among any list of my favorite characters, but her character does interest me immensely. She's one patient, word-twisting, magic bitch, and also the first cool faerie villain character I'd ever read about. Her trickster nature and word games really fascinated me, and I have always been curious about her story. I've wanted to see her perspective (which we could be getting or not), and I've wanted to see her as the main villain (not a side one) ever since TMI.

Now, about why I'm so excited about a story that's supposed to be about her and Sebastian, and I admit, I didn't think about what this story could be (I just didn't have time to wonder 😭) so I never got as far as "reading about them... planning to have Ash as a weapon to build up the Ash TWP lore..." That could be it, tho; a story of them making horrible plans for their wonderful, powerful future in their most desired, terrible world with a baby to make sure of everything and strengthen their united rule! Awesome!

But coming back to your question, I've been curious about how Sebastian even formed that alliance with the Seelie Queen (and no matter the flattery, I never believed either was in love with the other) and what really was it that she saw herself benefiting off of that she supported him. Was it that she could see the potential in his plans of bringing down a part-human race that shouldn't have any power to control her people yet does? Or was it just about an heir symbolizing a strong and scary rule while also getting back at the Unseelie King? Did she plan on betraying Sebastian after she got what she wanted? Or was it all that and more that I'm unable to think of?

These are just some things I've thought of since reading TDA and barely seeing the Seelie Queen make an appearance in other books or stories (TID, TLH, TFTSA, GOTSM, TBC) so the moment I read her name with Sebastian among the ten stories, I was like "finally! Some tea! Something to look forward to that might hold some of the answers I've been waiting for" (or leave me with more questions, lol). So yeah 😅

Thanks for this ask, btw 💗

#tsc asks #bee's answered #seelie queen #sebastian morgenstern #ash morgenstern #better in black #seasons of shadowhunters #the mortal instruments #the dark artifices #the infernal devices #the last hours #tales from the shadowhunter academy #the bane chronicles #the eldest curses #ghosts of the shadow market #the wicked powers #cassandra clare

[clockworkbee]

Hope was a dangerous, disquieting thing, but he thought perhaps he liked it.

—Neil Josten, The Foxhole Court

#neil josten #quotes #the foxhole court #finally #rereading #all for the game #aftg #tfc #all for the gay #nora sakavic

[clockworkbee]

Alright. I have, of course, heard all of The Tortured Poets Department, and of course, my first step is to connect it to Jude and Cardan ✌🏼

#characters as the tortured poets department #the tortured poets department #ttpd #jurdan #jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #the folk of the air #tfota #holly black #taylor swift

[clockworkbee]

Work and sleep have consumed my life.

#i can't believe im unable to read #at. all. #like i wanted to #reread #aftg #and then get to #the sunshine court #and yet everyday after work #im gone #yesterday i even slept before eating anything #like wow #bee is shitposting

[clockworkbee]

hope is a skill

#hope #bee's on queue

[clockworkbee]

Did she mean what I think she meant: Better in Black will be available to all, six months after the backers get it?

#better in black #seasons of shadowhunters #cassandra clare #newsletter #the wicked powers #the dark artifices #the shadowhunter chronicles

[clockworkbee]

Why’s it always “we’re not getting it until” and never “we’re finally being heard, and it’s actually happening and coming out in only two years!”

#always this and never that #kit herondale #ty blackthorn #kit x ty #kitty #dru blackthorn #ash morgenstern #morgenthorn #blackstern #the wicked powers #cassandra clare

[clockworkbee]

AT LAST!

#the last king of faerie #the last prince of hell #the last shadowhunter #the wicked powers #the dark artifices #cassandra clare

[clockworkbee]

[clockworkbee]

Presenting Cardan Greenbriar, the chairman of The Tortured Poets Department

[clockworkbee]

When Kell Maresh said, "Why am I the only one in this fucking world to be held accountable for my actions?" I felt that.

#i felt that #i felt that too! #🥺 #kell maresh #som #v. e. schwab

[clockworkbee]

#cardan greenbriar #quotes #queen of nothing #characters as the tortured poets department #the tortured poets department #ttpd #cardan's letters to jude #cardan's letters #letters to jude #the cruel prince #jurdan #jude duarte #tfota #the folk of the air #holly black #tfota edits #book edit #clockworkbee edits

[clockworkbee]

the “I give up, you win” letter, pleaseee 😭

cardan’s letters to jude in a nutshell

That’s a waste of pap— that’s a waste of grief, begging, love and I quote, “indiscreet promises”

the “I expect you to come back now that everything is settled” letter

lol the “I want you to come back but I don’t want to say it so just come be angry at me closer” letter

The second half part though- 😭. the “just come home I don’t care what you do to me but just COME BAAAACK” letter

Cardan be like: tf does this queen think she is not responding to my letters, AKA the “YOU HAVE NEVER DONE MORE OF A SIN THAN THIS JUDE DUARTE” letter

Also cardan: yeah I’m doing something wrong, how about I address this to The High Queen of Elfhame, ha this will definitely work AKA the most heartfelt, poetic and longest letter

At this point cardan just gave up and started doing what he does best: writing Jude’s name in an angry, passionate and grieving fashion. This is called the, “ I give up you win” letter.

#jurdan #cardan's letters to jude #tfota

[clockworkbee]

#ty blackthorn #and the words he never said #characters as the tortured poets department #the tortured poets department #ttpd #quotes #flower cards #kit x ty #kitty #the dark artifices #the wicked powers #secrets of blackthorn hall #sobh #twp #tda #cassandra clare #tsc edit #tda edit #book edit #clockworkbee edits

[clockworkbee]

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.

#holland vosijk #quotes #a darker shade of magic #characters as the tortured poets department #the tortured poets department #ttpd #adsom #shades of magic #som #v. e. schwab #adsom edit #book edit #clockworkbee edits

[clockworkbee]

Alright, as much as I'd love this—Cassie writing about Jude and Cardan, I know now that this is a joke XD

#jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #jurdan #better in black #newsletter #cassandra clare #holly black