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hollowinmyheart · 6 months

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He loved her.

He loved her so much he’d rewritten history

Artist : @khruri

#acftl #tbona #ouabh #evajacks #a curse for true love #evangeline fox #jacks prince of hearts #jacks x evangeline #the ballad of never after #stephanie garber #little fox #jacks the prince of hearts #jacks

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formulalina15 · 7 months

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he looked at the law and took it as a to-do list

#jacks the prince of hearts #jacks x evangeline #evangeline fox #evajacks #ouabh #tbona #acftl

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annamatix · 2 months

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i just realized everyone's favorite book boyfriends practically worship their wives/girlfriends

(or at least highly admire and are huge simps for them)

#cardan greenbriar #aaron warner #kenji kishimoto #jameson hawthorne #jacks too maybe?#jacks the prince of hearts #probably more but these are the ones i can think of off the top of my head #these are also my fav book bfs like mwah ily #tfota #shatter me #the inheritance games #ouabh #jurdan #warnette #kenjizeera #averyjameson #evajacks #this is why our standards are so damn high

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helen4st · 6 months

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evajacks.

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ouabhlover · 6 months

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acftl spoilers!!!

acftl waterstones exclusive edition bonus chapter

credits to @amyslittlelibrary in tiktok

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archerandthefoxx · 6 months

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I really want to talk about acftl (an excuse to defend my husband jacks) so SPOILERS AHEAD.

●I, for one, didn't see his confession as basic. I didn't even expect an "I love you" from him at all. Jacks is an action person, not a words person. He shows that he cares, and he won't say that he does. And I think him saying just "I love you" is not out of his character at all.

●I've seen a lot of people say that one reason they did not like acftl was because of Jacks and they felt that his confession was too bland and simple.

● Because he loved her, he let her go as he thought she would be better with Apollo, someone who he had believed had done nothing wrong to Evangeline and thought despite the fact that he didn't like Apollo, he believed that Apollo was good for her. He thought that Evangeline deserved the best - a prince and castle and a happily ever after. He believed that he couldn't give her what she truly deserved. He watched her knowing that he shouldn't want her and did, but he still tried to keep his distance away from her (and failed miserably). He killed his own best friend so that he wouldn't kill her again because Jacks couldn't stand the thought of her dying again. He went out of his way every single time to protect Evangeline. He gave up his own heart in exchange for a cuff that would protect Evangeline from harm. He believed he had to leave her to protect her and despite the fact that leaving her was like agony to him, he thought that his pain and suffering would be better than Evangeline having to suffer.

●Stephanie had to break him to understand his actions in ouabh/tbona towards Eva and spark a change in his behaviour

●The little "no, not again". Don't tell me your heart did not crack at this line. He was actually frightened and terrified at the thought he lost Evangeline again. Like I had to close my book and stare at the ceiling trying not to cry. And the best bit was that Eva just forgot to breathe. Jacks made her breathless hehe.

#acftl spoilers #acftl #evajacks #acursefortruelove #jacks #evangeline fox #evajacks supremacy #jacks the prince of hearts

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memyshelfandi234 · 6 months

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I think it's safe to say that none of us really knew just how important that letter Evangeline wrote to her future self would become.

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marinareads25 · 7 months

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THOUGHTS ON WHY JACKS IS THE WAY HE IS…

(WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD) So I’ve been thinking a lot about Jacks and how well-written he is as a character. I mean on the surface, his backstory looks simple, but when you really think about it, it is actually so tragic and really puts his attitudes and behaviors into context. The man has truly been going THROUGH IT for CENTURIES and it’s so sad. ALSO, this is just MY interpretation😆😆, I could be 100% wrong LMAO. I apologize, doing this is just my coping mechanism for the Evajacks drought we are currently experiencing. Here are a few things I considered;

The curse is supposed to be IMPOSSIBLE to break.

So we know that his curse is that his kiss is lethal and there is only one girl in the whole world that is immune to it, his one true love. Essentially, Jacks is robbed of ever kissing anyone without consequences. He can do anything he wants, but kissing, which is one of the most intimate and sentimental acts between lovers, is basically corrupted because it inevitably leads to the undoing of the objects of his affection. I mean, sure he can do it, but as long as he actually loves that person (Eva), he holds himself back. The curse is the way it is FOR A REASON. There is only ONE person who he can have a happily ever after with. It is meant to take away CHOICE. It condemns and punishes him with an eternity of loneliness. It is meant to tempt him with attraction and the idea of love, but never allows him to fully embrace it because of its consequences. The curse restrains him. He is meant to get close to love and pleasure, but never too close. In other words, there is only ONE person in the world immune to his kiss because he is NOT supposed to ever find that one person. I mean, what are the odds that you find your one true love in such a vast universe? At the right place and at the right time? And that she loves you back?

The curse irrevocably affects his notions and ideals of love.

I think that after a few lifetimes of being so close enough to touch but never hold, he basically convinces himself that his curse is his destiny. That there really is only one pathway to happily ever after. The lines become blurred and he forgets that his curse is a curse, and instead, simply perceives it as something that is set in stone, and established and completely unwavering. He genuinely believes that he has to make the best out of his situation instead of changing it. So he closes himself off, he refuses to be tempted with love ever again, or hope for something to break his curse. To him, those things are not only unrealistic but a waste of time. Jacks does NOT hope. He hates hope. Because where has that ever gotten him? Absolutely nowhere. He is still cursed. In fact, he is always laughing at Evangeline for being so hopeful about love and happily ever afters and infinite endings (I think by the end of TBONA, he admires her for it, but he does not see the value in her philosophy immediately). In his eyes, there are no infinite endings. If there were, there would be one feasible way to make it work, to find a happily ever after. But no, to him, there is one simple ending for him and he sees it so clearly and vividly and fixed that he cannot ignore it. And so he turns his pain and resentment and hurt into drive. He decides to play into the game of destiny and laugh in its face. He is determined to do the impossible; find his one true love. As we know, Fates are obsessive. So he becomes obsessed with the idea of fulfilling what he now sees as his destiny and not a curse; finding his one true love. In fact, he becomes so obsessive that he starts not giving a fuck about the consequences and will do whatever it takes; kiss as many girls as it takes, play with as many humans as it takes, hurt people, scheme, etc. He does not see himself being capable of having a happily ever after beyond what he thinks is his destiny, which is why he is so determined to go back to Donatella. Even if she doesn't love him. He does not care about that, all he knows is that she is the only person that he will ever be able to have a happily ever after with.

The constant failure in his efforts to break the curse convinces him he is unworthy/incapable of love.

He also starts seeing himself as incapable of love. Not only because he is a Fate or because he is cursed, but he does not believe it’s in his control, he has concluded that his destiny has already been decided. But it’s not only that. The events in the Caraval series are extremely significant. He finally finds his one true love. The ONE person that he can have a happily ever after with and not only does she NOT love him back but also not even a curse/magic can make her love him. This further feeds into his perception of being incapable of love. If not even a curse can make the ONE person that he is supposed to be with, love him, then who will ever love him WILLINGLY and NATURALLY? (Music break: Who could ever leave me darling? But who could stay?🎵🎵🕺)

Which is why he is deeply hurt when Evangeline tells him in The Hollow that they are only feeling that way because of the Mirth stone. He says something along the lines of, so you think you would only ever feel that way about me because of the stone? This brings back his fear of being incapable of experiencing love, not because of the curse, not because of being a fate, but because no one ever will do it out of their own initiative. So he closes off again and that’s why he goes cold again after the incident with the mirth stone. He allowed himself to get lost and entertain the idea of experiencing love with Evangeline for a few days. He allowed himself to imagine and hope that there was another ending, to “pretend” as he said. And it felt so real, it was terrifying to him. Terrifying because it was love but also terrifying because he got a taste of it knowing in his heart he was doomed to never have it or experience it again.

He sabotages himself.

Jacks once said that he was a villain even in his own story, and he really is because he consistently sabotages himself. We know that there is a loophole to every curse and yet he never even entertains the idea of finding it (When Evangeline suggests there might be something for him in the Valory Arch, he says “That’s not how it works.”). He never tries to break his curse, only fulfill it. He never dreams, hopes. He yields to the curse. Every. Single. Time. He refuses to see that he has a degree of free will, no matter how limited. That he does not have to settle for what he thinks destiny has already planned for him. I am NOT saying that he has given up or anything, because WE know the passion and desperation and DRIVE that he has. And he DOES fight against FATE in a way, but I just think all that energy is being channeled in the wrong direction. I think he knows that he COULD dream and hope, but he KNOWS that it takes courage and vulnerability. He KNOWS that to hope and dream is to drop your guard and shield being fully aware that it could end badly, that you could still bleed. He KNOWS that allowing himself to believe in infinite endings HURTS. Because another failure would END him. So he refuses to put himself in a position where he will get hurt. (Music break: I see right through me, I see right through me🎵🎵✨✨✨)

Final Thoughts

In conclusion, he is so babygirl AHAHHA, I love him sm. Anyways, I have an unhealthy attachment to this character and I hope he gets to love and kiss and just be happy with Eva. I really just want him to find peace.

#ouabh #a curse for true love #acftl #the ballad of the archer and the fox #evajacks #jacks the prince of hearts #evangeline fox #the ballad of never after #fantasy romance #stephanie garber

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kigozula · 5 months

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Jacks definitely fell for Evangeline much earlier before the end of TBONA. It doesn’t matter if he needed her for the Valory Arch, this guy protected her by reflex many times and genuinely worried for her. He was even angry when Evangeline thought the worst of him (which he deserved from her pov). He was mad when he saw her struggling under Chaos, yet couldn’t do anything because it would ruin her.

Chaos indirectly told Evangeline that Jacks cares about her. In the Hollow, no matter what his original and current plan was, he left it behind to stay there with Evangeline. If it wouldn’t have been for Evangeline, Chaos and Lala, Jacks was happy with Evangeline there and put everything behind. It was her that made him leave.

And it was so sad. Jacks was hurt ans Evangeline was hurt. He just wanted to believe she loved and wanted him the was he does. He wanted to stay in the hollow with her. I got so sad myself*-*

Both Chaos and Lala noticed and sensed since OUABH that they have growing feelings. Especially about Jacks since they know him better.

In ACFTL, he admitted he thinks about her and wants her from the beginning. But he lied to himself because he would hurt her (that’s what he thought). And tell me all what you want, but I am still not convinced that all his goal was going to Tella. And if, then it actually became a plan at the end to save Evangeline. Because if she can’t remember him, the risk of hurting her decreases. And after her memories were taken away, he realized how much it hurts him. How much it would have hurt him even when he would have went to the past with the stones. He would always crave her, love her and want her.

I think he planned too much behind her back for the Valory Arch. But Jacks is a loyal man. He didn’t do all of it for himself. He did it for Chaos and Lala and the Valors too.

And since the curse on Evangeline that Lala put on her (I still can't believe no one was mad at her and she got away without any consequenses when she constantly hated on Apollo and Aurora although she did the exact things) would kill her, Jacks' motive changes again: to save Evangeline from the Archers and Mirror curse.

The only thing I truly hate is, and I also just skip because it is absolutely irrelevant, yet I want you guys to know: the Darling Sister, and the first fox disaster. The Darling thing was just for mock, to unnecessarily fill a page that made zero sense and was completely banal and disgusting. A page I rip. Though about the fox girl, it is confirmed that he wasn’t in love. Evangeline is the only girl ever he fell in love with. Cares for. Wants and loves.

And the things he told Lala. I absolutely think he is corrupt to lie to others and himself because deep down he knows telling the truth will hurt Evangeline, kill her.

And Apollo, oh boy. I wished he would have had another end. He clearly cared for Evangeline and his struggle in TBONA was so heartbreaking. Jacks saw that and that is why he told her in ACFTL that he believed she is safe with Apollo. I liked Apollo too and would have welcomed it if he would have had a happy ending himself. Same goes for Luc. Both of them got cursed and then their lives changed for the worse. And no one cared?

I honestly didn’t expect it to be like this, but I am so glad it is the way it is! Jacks true love as in, the only girl he truly fell in love with, loved so deeply and couldn’t stay away and who felt those things for him as well, is the one who breaks the curse. Which is Evangeline Fox!

#ouabh #tbona #acftl #evajacks #evangeline fox #jacks the prince of hearts

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constellationofthegods · 6 months

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ok is anyone else kinda... dissatisfied with ACFTL? Like it was great and we got the ending we wanted an all but imo nothing else.

!!spoilers below beware!!

like what happened to Luc? What was the deal with LALA and Chaos? Why was Kristof so important?!?! I have about a thousand other questions that Stephanie needs to answer

#lol #i hate tags #evajacks #ouabh #ouabh 3 #acftl spoilers #acftl #prince of hearts #evangeline fox #jacks x evangeline #jacks the prince of hearts #jacks prince of hearts

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hollowinmyheart · 7 months

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It's jacks actually

The sketch belongs to insta account @staroling

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formulalina15 · 7 months

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evangeline is such a relatable character to me because of just how much she wants love and what kind she wants. she doesn’t settle for the “easy” love, she wants a love that makes her want to fight and make the impossible possible and she wants it so much that she would sacrifice literally everything just to have a chance at it and i love that about her and i love her.

#i will never ever hear anyone out when it comes to her she has no flaws she is perfect #how could you possibly hate her?#evangeline fox #jacks the prince of hearts #evajacks #ouabh #tbona #acftl

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annamatix · 2 months

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rereading caraval again after ouabh is like