(sorry it got cut off. literally block me if this is annoying u T_T)
anyway turns out literally all that needed to happen for me to be sold on cardanjude was the bullying part to end and the crazy power dynamics enemycoworkers with benefits without benefits to begin. it's very good that even when their physical chemistry boiled over and they couldn't not hook up they still hated each other, that's exactly what enemies to lovers where the sexual tension resolves before the emotional tension does should be giving. this is REAL kismesissitude. jude is so caught up in her machinations she doesn't really reflect on her feelings and that's what I loooove in a heroine every time there's nothing I like more than a lack of emotional self-awareness. also I can't even express how much I was crying and screaming and throwing up over everything going to shit at the end of book2 because cardan did what taryn-as-jude told him to do even without compulsion because he wanted her to know that he trusted her to lead him true. my man kevin on the ledge… god!!!
'enemycoworkers with benefits without benefits' obsessed w this phrase. it sums up jurdan so well likeeeee they have to work together for both their sakes but they dont want to !!!! one of my favorite things abt cardan is his agony over the fact he finds jude attractive n quite literally wants her carnally. Down bad so bad that it’s MORTIYFING for him. that one line where he was like, don’t expect everyone to share my depraved tastes, literally do not quote me or @ me at all but it went something like that n JS WOW. ok cardan yeah pretty loser of u to go n get the hots (n more) for the girl u spent hating everything abt. Reputation through thre floor at this point LOL jude also avoiding cardan after the Hookup (™) so real of miss girl. no self-awareness whatsoever but post-hookup everything is up in the air n ohmygoddidirllyjssleepwfuckingcardan. yeah yeha… also I can't even express how much I was crying and screaming and throwing up over everything going to shit at the end of book2 ME N U BOTH ME N U BOTH !!!!!! it was fuckin crazy jude being like oh why would u even do that cardan?? n him being like, : I Trusted You. it all comes down to the trust doesn’t it. cardan’s main issue w jude is her lack of faith within him n tendency to withhold information. jude holding onto their deal like a lifeline bcs she rlly believes that the second it’s done cardan will get back at her n she’ll be powerfless,,, (god that’s sickening it rlly is. why is she girl who has never had power n control over anything in life n once she’s gotten it it’ll quite literally have to be pried from her cold dead hands :;;;;;;;) Not him tho. He trusted her, he wanted that mutual understanding n faith, n literally sort of doomed them both bcs of that. I know what you r cardan greenbriar n its sooooo [incoherent noises]
as stated i have been too scared of Actions Having Consequences to start book3 (I KNOW THAT FUCKASS SMITH IS GOING TO BETRAY JUDE!) but I will do that eventually I want to see both the cardanjude / judetaryn and the political endgames. you know the series got me when I care about the plot lmao. jude may be at her lowest rn but I believe in jude's counterattack… let's get that black<->red quadrant vacillation going properly girls! 6/10 for tcp and 8/10 for twk.
ur so valid for being apprehensive in starting tqon,,, this was me once upon time. (actually the reason my reread has gone stagnant is bcs i havent been able to muster the will to finish twk n begin the tqon knowing everything that goes down even with my memory issues… RIP ME) plot snatching us into the world like it’s real is 😭 i wish all the best of luck to u when u eventually get to it, n a hand to hold onto for dear life when things get crazy !
“What did he give you?" I ask Taryn, finally tiring of the silence. "Madoc gave me the sword Dad made. That's the one we were fighting with. He said he had something for you, too."
She's quiet long enough that I don't think she's going to answer. "A set of knives, for a table. Supposedly, they cut right through bone. The sword is better. It has a name.”
Choosing this line is insane of u. Thank u. taryn jude, thee sisters… god. it always gets me.
literally no one asked at all, but my favorite tcp line is: “Father, I am what you made me. I’ve become your daughter after all.” a bit cliche of me ik but im such a whore for daughter/father estrangement n the esp gritty nitty dynamic between jude n madoc. i love madoc. So much can be said abt that twisted redcap n how he loves his children but that won’t sway him in the slightest in the face of his ideals.#duartesisterstraumaticdhildhoodflashback
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Date: 2024-07-10 10:59 am (UTC)'enemycoworkers with benefits without benefits' obsessed w this phrase. it sums up jurdan so well likeeeee they have to work together for both their sakes but they dont want to !!!! one of my favorite things abt cardan is his agony over the fact he finds jude attractive n quite literally wants her carnally. Down bad so bad that it’s MORTIYFING for him. that one line where he was like, don’t expect everyone to share my depraved tastes, literally do not quote me or @ me at all but it went something like that n JS WOW. ok cardan yeah pretty loser of u to go n get the hots (n more) for the girl u spent hating everything abt. Reputation through thre floor at this point LOL jude also avoiding cardan after the Hookup (™) so real of miss girl. no self-awareness whatsoever but post-hookup everything is up in the air n ohmygoddidirllyjssleepwfuckingcardan. yeah yeha… also I can't even express how much I was crying and screaming and throwing up over everything going to shit at the end of book2 ME N U BOTH ME N U BOTH !!!!!! it was fuckin crazy jude being like oh why would u even do that cardan?? n him being like, : I Trusted You. it all comes down to the trust doesn’t it. cardan’s main issue w jude is her lack of faith within him n tendency to withhold information. jude holding onto their deal like a lifeline bcs she rlly believes that the second it’s done cardan will get back at her n she’ll be powerfless,,, (god that’s sickening it rlly is. why is she girl who has never had power n control over anything in life n once she’s gotten it it’ll quite literally have to be pried from her cold dead hands :;;;;;;;) Not him tho. He trusted her, he wanted that mutual understanding n faith, n literally sort of doomed them both bcs of that. I know what you r cardan greenbriar n its sooooo [incoherent noises]
ur so valid for being apprehensive in starting tqon,,, this was me once upon time. (actually the reason my reread has gone stagnant is bcs i havent been able to muster the will to finish twk n begin the tqon knowing everything that goes down even with my memory issues… RIP ME) plot snatching us into the world like it’s real is 😭 i wish all the best of luck to u when u eventually get to it, n a hand to hold onto for dear life when things get crazy !
Choosing this line is insane of u. Thank u. taryn jude, thee sisters… god. it always gets me.
literally no one asked at all, but my favorite tcp line is: “Father, I am what you made me. I’ve become your daughter after all.” a bit cliche of me ik but im such a whore for daughter/father estrangement n the esp gritty nitty dynamic between jude n madoc. i love madoc. So much can be said abt that twisted redcap n how he loves his children but that won’t sway him in the slightest in the face of his ideals.#duartesisterstraumaticdhildhoodflashback