26. Slytherin. Star Wars and Reylo side blog.
"You're going to wake up tomorrow, I'm telling you, and you have to listen to me this time."
fanarts of Love and Other Historical Accidents by @pacific-rimbaud
(one of the funniest dramione fic ive read, i just cant stop laughing. the ministry coworker trope, oblivious hermione, pining draco, time travel, miscommunications, regency drama, they are all very very delicious *chef kiss*)
Like looking out for her when the royal family was getting slaughtered because (and I quote)
It’s not safe for you here.
Then putting a whole and the most important ally's court on line just to get Jude back from the Undersea,
Those were the terms under which Queen Orlagh would return you. Balekin chose the Court of Termites as the target, the Undersea attacked us, and your Cardan let her. There was no mistake.
Then how Cardan fought hard to keep Madoc from taking Jude when he was there to rescue her mistaking her for Taryn, as Madoc said,
He fought hard to keep you. “Half my knights never made it out, [...] We got in easily enough, but the brugh itself closed around us. Doorways cracked and shrank. Vines and roots and leaves obstructed our way, closed like vises on our necks, crushed and strangled us.”
Then one of the second best and most underrated scenes ever where he literally shielded Jude to keep her safe,
High up the wall, two inset doors open, revealing a round hole. All I have time to do before a spray of darts shoots out is point and make a sound of warning.
Cardan steps in front of me, pulling his cloak up. The metal needles glance off the fabric, falling to the floor. For a moment, we stare at each other, wide-eyed. He looks as surprised as I am that he protected me.
And of course, the most iconic scene,
Then Cardan’s voice comes. “Do not touch her.” [...]
“She is my wife,” Cardan says, his voice carrying over the crowd. “The rightful High Queen of Elfhame. And most definitely not in exile.”
Not to mention the fact that he accompanied her and was offended to know anyone thought he'd let his queen go alone,
They seem rattled when they realize who he is. And somehow he finds that to be the thing that annoys him most of all, that they thought he wouldn’t be bothered to come, that he would leave this to Jude.
I'm just saying, Jude protected him half the time because she had to but my boy did so because he couldn't imagine being terrified for her, thinking some harm might come to her 🥺
Jude and Cardan, again.
These are all the endpapers I did for the German special edition of The Folk of the Air by Holly Black published by Chest of Fandoms. Unfortunately it’s sold out. I like collecting all the books I’ve worked on, so I was very sad when even I couldn’t get the trilogy because there were no more copies left.
Instagram - ArtStation - Website - Art Prints
When I say I stan enemies to lovers I don't mean them being "Oh I hated them, now I love them😄😄?"
I WANT THE INNER ANGST. I want them to think "OH GOD. FUCK. WHY??!! WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE THEM?? WHY AM I STUTTERING LIKE A FOOL AROUND THEM??! WHY IS MY HEART BEATING SO FAST??"
No way cardan, drunk off of his mind, barely processing the deaths of his family and the danger and chaos around him, found Jude under the tables by chance. That shithead was looking specifically there, which means he knew jude and his sister hid under tables when they were young. Which means young, babie cardan saw baby jude and taryn hiding under tables in revels (and maybe even wanted to join them sometimes)
I love how jude could have been one of the "I could fix him" girlies but was mentally ill enough to be a "I'll be even worse than him" girlie.
We really gave Cardan redemption because it was his drinking versus jude going on killing sprees and hiding bodies???
