#cruel crown

[silence-book-and-tea]

“No hay peor castigo ni dolor que la memoria.”

Corona cruel (La Reina Roja) - Victoria Aveyard

#books #libros #quotes #frases #literary quotes #frases literarias #literature #literatura #fantasy #fantasia #corona cruel #cruel crown #la reina roja #red queen #victoria aveyard

[andthebeanstalk]

Hey anyone else remember the episode of Adventure Time called "Evergreen" where it's revealed that the original bearer of the crown to whom it was "forever linked" was actually a neglected child (and prior reincarnation of Finn) named Gunter trying to be like his wizard father?? Anyone??? Because I had fully forgotten until re-watching the episode last night and I'm losing my mind about the implications.

(This episode is also a devastating look at how a mistreated child unconsciously learns that he must treat himself and those he has power over as cruelly as he has been treated. Adventure Time has so much sadness and madness, y'all.)

#original #at #adventure time #Finn the Human #Evergreen Adventure Time #Gunter adventure time #simon petrikov #Evergreen the wizard makes the crown to stop the Lich comet against the advisement of every other Elemental #Evergreen looks a lot like the Ice King but the twist is that his servant / son Gunther ends up having to use the crown to stop the comet #but since the crown grants the user's truest wish and Gunter's wish is to be like Evergreen #instead of saving all life Gunter becomes a crazed parody of his cruel father and ostensibly dies moments later from the comet #so now whoever bears the crown is not linked back to Evergreen they are linked to a boy pretending to be Evergreen #they become a parody of a parody #and now it's happened again but Simon has the choice to be a better father than Evergreen #another Gunter has become a parody of his neglectful father. #although even Ice King was not as cruel as Evergreen. nor this Gunter as innocent. I'm excited for the next episode of fionna and cake #fionna and cake #also the gemstones are eyeballs stolen from a lava elephant that looks like tree trunks #tree trunks #I think there's a good chance that elephant is still alive and wants its eyes back #also the Thematic implications of the name Evergreen matter a lot to me

[ellennieel]

do you ever think about cardan truly feeling at home in faerieland only after becoming the high king? that he always must've felt as an outcast, an unwanted son, like he doesn't belong, like he has to prove something, that he was eaten alive by his own hatred, by fear and anger. he was just that one excentric youngest prince whom his father doesn't even want to see. his own mother doesn't love him. too young, too weak, too mean.

and then suddenly faerieland at its core is his beating heart, he is the lifeblood, he does not only finally feel like he belongs, faerieland is him. he is genuinely a good king, he is loved, he raised an isle from the bottom of the sea. and it's the deepest connection that can ever be.

because i do.​

#something something about him breaking the crown like breaking free from the trauma #and he never even wanted to be the king #honestly there is no better future i can see for him #and all of that happened thanks to jude #tfota reread #tfota #cardan greenbriar #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #holly black #jurdan

[luridorangeandviolentviolet]

my favorite thing about stolen heir is everyone referring to Jude (correctly) as this bloodthirsty murderess queen (affectionate) and Cardan as her cheerleader in the background laughing his ass off and being like, “you think emeralds or sapphires will go better with the crown you’re making out of his skull? Rubies? Ok, ur the boss.”

#Yes ik he said hat not crown but Jude is a queen #and a ruby like it’s their stone #the stolen heir #stolen heir #oak greenbriar #jurdan #jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #the folk of the air #the cruel prince #elfhame #holly black

[darlingod]

Madoc about Cardan in tcp, “I am sure it took no small amount of persuasion to bring him here.”

Cardan:

#he didn’t react like this I’m lying #madoc is saying this to Jude #this is the toward the end before jude crowns cardan if anyones confused #cardan greenbriar #the cruel prince #jude duarte #jurdan

[bookish-phile]

#leaving this here #ALSO ITS OFFICIAL ART #i think?? holly black posted it so #BUT LIKE WHY DO THEY LOOK SO GOOD?? #JUDE OMG QUEEN #UGHH CARDAN <33 #EVEN LOCKE THO?? #tfoa #the cruel prince #the folk of air #jurdan #cardude #cardan greenbriar #jude duarte #tcp #twk #tqon #enemies and lovers #holly black #the crown of elfhame

[karinagiada]

The baddest and the fiercest. ✨

#hermione fanart #hermione granger #oraya #jude duarte #cruel prince #crowns of nyaxia #the serpent and the wings of night #the ashes and the star cursed king #harry potter #hogwarts #illustration #watercolor #artists on tumblr #traditional art #painting #hp art #folk of the air

[segretecose]

i am perfectly normal about this thank you so much for not asking

#hotd #house of the dragon #‘you have only ever tried to send me away. anywhere but by your side’ -> ‘it is time you came home’ #‘you were always mother’s favourite’ -> ‘it seems [the gods] have been especially cruel to you’ #'it's my throne you lust for' -> [daemon picks up viserys' crown and puts it back on his head]

[rosisregiis]

my blog caters for a very specific audience which is those who have read exactly the same books as i have so that they get all my references :)

#booklr #the ones i’m tagging are some series ive read this year or last year #percy jackson #rrverse #adsom #grishaverse #lunar chronicles #renegades #arc of a scythe #the cruel prince #the inheritance games #red queen #the hunger games #serpent and dove #shatter me #ash princess #sge #three dark crowns #daughter of the pirate king #these hollow vows #criers war #evermore #spin the dawn

[daggersbehindmysmile]

When you only read fantasy books but your book friends start to talk about non - fantasy novels

#the only non fantasy books i ever read was haunting adeline #kingdom of the wicked #the cruel prince #lord of the rings #a torch against the night #cardan greenbriar #elias veturius #the poppy war #the plated prisoner #casteel da'neer #a crown of gilded bones #the hobbit #raihn ashraj #we hunt the flame #nasir ghameq #legolas #the darkling #shadow and bone #kaz brekker #crooked kingdom #slade ravinger #serpent and wings of night #an ember in the ashes

[catapparently]

The High King of Flowers

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Fandom: The Folk of the Air

Ship: Jurdan

Word count: 1.1k

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They were sitting in the throne room, Cardan looking as bored as ever as two little faeries droned on and on, complaining endlessly about their measly little problems. He absolutely loathed this part of being High King; always having to pretend to care about even the smallest of quarrels in Elfhame and judge them accordingly, lest his subjects would turn away from him for not acting as a “proper and prosperous High King” would and should. Cardan hated it. He like the gifts, the praises, and the long revels with wine and dancing that went on and on until the early mystical hours of the day. Though, in some twisted way, he enjoyed all the attention and importance he was finally being rightfully given as faeries come to him with all of their troubles and worries.

“Well, perhaps it was his fault, this time. As such, Diaspor, you shall give Torren your first berry harvest every month for the next fifteen years, and in return, Torren, you shall teach him how to weave his dried bark strips into the finest of enchanted baskets,” Cardan mused, glancing over at Jude, waiting for her usual approving nod at his conclusions. Jude stared absentmindedly into space, her fingers vacuously stroking the colorful petals of the flowers and the many plants decorating and encasing their thrones. He quickly noticed her dazed state, her gaze fixed on an unfocused spot in the room.

His eyes snapped to the faeries and guards in the throne room as he dismissed them. “Leave us be.”

At his immediate words, they all filed out of the large ornate room, though not without sparing a few curious and inquisitive glances behind them. Cardan reached out his hand, each finger carefully and glamorously embellished with daintier, shiny rings. He lightly grazed his knuckles over the soft round curve of her ear, meticulously admiring the glittering golden ornaments decorating it, the same color as the shimmery swipe of glitter that he always wore on his well-defined cheekbones.

“Jude, my lovely, what are you thinking about this time?” he probe, not exactly used to his High Queen being so utterly… absent. At the sound of his silken voice, her face tilted upwards, her calculating eyes rising to meet Cardan’s adoring ones.

“I was thinking about Vivi, she murmured, “she snagged a date with Heather for tonight. I hope everything goes okay with them this time.” Jude wasn’t the type to worry, yet her voice sounded uncharacteristically strained. She truly cared about her sister, and hoped that Vivi could rekindle her relationship with Heather. Heather, whom both Vivi and Oak dearly missed.

His fingers moved downward, tracing and weaving through the silky brown locks resting on her nape. “And no date for us tonight as well, hmm?” he teased, a playful smirk tugging at the corner of his perfect plush lips.

“You know, these flowers really are beautiful,” she remarked, her attention once again turning to the lovely decorations around their thrones.” Cardan raised an eyebrow. “You think?” It was unlike Jude to pay such attention top details as small and insignificant as decorations.

“Sometimes it’s hard to believe that someone like you could conjure up such delicate and colorful flowers,” she shot back.

Cardan gasped dramatically, his hands immediately leaving Jude’s smooth cheeks to clutch theatrically at his chest as though she’d shot a glamoured arrow right through it.

“How dare you! I am very much delicate; my skin is as soft as the finest of moth’s dew-bathed silk, and my palms are free of the scars and scratches of a forceful warrior,” he retorted, quick to defend his honor. It was all true, and it was difficult to imagine a faerie more delicate than Cardan. Cardan, who wore eyeliner and kohl to enhance his mischievous eyes. Cardan, who carefully brushed shimmering stardust on his cheekbones. Cardan, who wears the most lavish and unnecessarily intricate doublets and royal clothing. And finally, Cardan, who had recently developed a new liking to lightly staining his lips with the ripest and best of autumn faerie gooseberries. It left a faint sour taste on Jude’s tongue every time she kissed him.

To prove his point even further, he sprang up from his seat, carefully clutching Jude’s wrist and dragging her behind him. Cardan led her straight out of the throne room and into the royal gardens, making sure that all of the faeries who worked to maintain it where gone. Unlike his brother, Balekin, Cardan had never, ever, glamoured defenseless humans into working for him at the palace. Hell, he’d even brought forth a law that forbade it. Yet he still wasn’t willing to admit that on that night, many moon cycles ago, he’d truly cared about that human and saved her from Balekin.

And so, the High King of Elfhame sat his queen down amidst the prosperous rows of blooming flowers, standing proudly before her. Cardan kneeled besides Jude, under the large willow that hid both of them, tucking them into their own little world.

“Jude,” Cardan breathed. His eyes were locked on her, drunkenly inhaling on the image of she who haunted his mind all the time, be it in his thoughts during even the most important of meetings or at night, dancing with his heart cradled in her hands in his dreams. She was his anti-medusa, the ferocious beast of a warrior who had shattered his heart of stone, filling it with the pulsating life of her ambition. The mortal girl who so obstinately wore her hair up in little horns. It was such pure, primitive sense of life that no faerie could have or understand, no matter their eternal lifespan. It was iron that faeries, who could live forever with their magic and enchantments, never truly lived, not in the way that humans do. Not like Jude.

Cardan removed Jude’s crown off of her head and set it safely on her lap, yet it was immediately devoured by the many sparkling layers of red fabric. Red, just like the color of the roses he was weaving into each other by the stems like a flower crown, making sure no thorns remained. He intertwined the flower circlet through her royal crown, then placed it atop her head once more, admiring the way it matched her dress and the faint blush on her cheeks she believed so soundly that she was able to hide. “Wear these. Just like my love for you, the flowers shall never wither or fade.”

“My darling High Queen,” he murmured, utterly drunk on her very presence eternally by his side, his lips brushing against hers, “my Jude.”

#jude duarte #the wicked king #cardan greenbriar #jude x cardan #the cruel prince #the queen of nothing #flower crowns #soft cardan #willow taylor swift #fluff #romance #fanfic

[silence-book-and-tea]

“Nada hay tan terrible como una historia que no se cuenta.”

Corona cruel (La Reina Roja) - Victoria Aveyard

#books #libros #quotes #frases #literary quotes #frases literarias #literature #literatura #fantasy #fantasia #corona cruel #cruel crown #la reina roja #red queen #victoria aveyard

[chelsea-lat3ly]

#sarah j maas #sjm books #book boyfriend #a court of thorns and roses #throne of glass #book boyfriends #crescent city #hoeab #hosab #hofas #hunt athalar #ruhn danaan #fourth wing #iron flame #xaden riorson #the cruel prince #cardan greenbriar #one dark window #two twisted crowns #ravyn yew #elm rowan #jla #jennifer l armentrout #from blood and ash #fbaa #fbaa series #flesh and fire series #nyktos #a shadow in the ember #a light in the flame

[brenhotapplepies]

With Opal getting “dark” or whatever, and the latest reveal of Dorian and Dariax looking… concerned and beat up, I’m worried that the betrayer gods are gonna use this bs to their advantage. Not to mention a follower of Tiamat had the Hand of Vecna last we saw.

#critical role #critical role spoilers #cr3 #bells hells #exandria unlimited #exu #opal exu #opal critical role #dorian storm #dariax zaveon #critical role theories #betrayer gods: Exandria #the crown keepers #Arkhan the Cruel #arkhan critical role #tiamat #lolth

[sihtriggyr]

House of the Dragon S2: Aegon II Targaryen & Criston Cole vs Rhaenyra Targaryen.

#her dress makes me so angry #the images are so telling of how each of them view ruling and the crown #house of the dragon #hotd #rhaenyra targaryen #fire and blood #house targaryen #team black #team green #aegon ii targaryen #aegon the usurper #rhaenyra the cruel #emma d’arcy #criston cole #fabien frankel #tom glynn carney

[darlingod]

Cardan being Cardan and sending Jude a matching outfit:

#the silver #the dark blues #the branches on her dress and his crown #likeeee he did not miss #he was smart to not say it was from him lmao #must’ve really wanted her to wear it #like buddy randomly goes over and starts dancing with her #you can’t tell me it’s not bc he’s gotta let everyone see how good they look together #jk but he was 100% lit as fuck to see her wear the dress #like when she asks him what he wants he never answers the question #jude duarte #the cruel prince #cardan greenbriar #jurdan #the wicked king #queen of nothing