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There is one inconsistency between “the cruel prince” and “the lost sisters”.

In TCP Taryn told Jude:

"Cardan said you were suffering in my place and that if you knew why you'd back down"

But Taryn told us something different in TLS. There her conversation with Cardan goes like this:

Cardan: I know what you did. Wicked girl. Yet you let your sister take the brunt of my ire. That wasn't very nice, was it?

Taryn: I didn't know. I swear I didn't.

Cardan: Oh, I see why Locke likes you. You're aweful. And the worst part is that you believe otherwise.

Taryn: Does that mean you're going to leave her alone now?

Cardan: It's much too late for that.

Then their conversation ends as Jude pins Cardan against the tree.

In the first version Taryn said Cardan Jude would back down but in the second version she says that its far too late for him Cardan to back down. So even if Jude would back down it doesn't matter because Cardan wouldn't back down.

Which one is it, Taryn?

The real question is did Holly Black mess up a little or did Taryn really lie when she is claiming to tell Jude the whole truth?

Please, I need answers or a Cardan POV. Cardan’s Novella “how the king of Elfhame learned to hate stories” sadly doesn’t even mention this part of the story.

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Taryn is an anagram for tyran(n)

Coincidence?

I think not.

Because she's horrible.

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I love how the dissonance between what you think you're conveying about yourself to the world and how others perceive you is demonstrated in “the folk of the air” book series.

There's a huge contrast between Jude's internal struggle with her own insecurities and how others, like Cardan, perceives her.

Her biggest insecurities are a.) people seeing how scared she is all the time and b.) being perceived as being weak, because she has been indoctrinated her life that she as a mortal is a lower creature. 

She tries her best to hide all of that, especially from her enemy Cardan, who she is scared of, because she knows he will exploit every weakness he finds in her. But she's never sure of herself that she can even hide a little bit of it.

In Cardan's eyes, however, she is this fierce and fearless monster that can't be controlled or intimidated, that is unpredictable and unstoppable. He doesn't even see beneath her facade to get to her insecurities. He's scared of how unscared she seems.

But she is scared of him. In fact, he is the one person that scares her the most. And he doesn't see it, but she thinks he does.

She sees Cardan the same way he sees her, a fearless monster. She even tries to emulate the mask he wears and make it to her own because in her eyes he can hide everything so exceptionally well that she isn't sure that he even has insecurities. 

When in reality Cardan hides too well the person he really is and how much she terrifies him.

She always thought he, as a princeling, got everything he wanted spoon fed to him. That he is accepted, respected and yet feared in faerie, has endless resources and power. So everything she ever wanted for herself. 

But he actually thinks the exact opposite of himself. He feels, lonely, unwanted, hated and utterly powerless. 

He thinks that she can see all his weaknesses. Especially when she knows about his romantic feelings for her. But she doesn’t really understand his feelings as a weakness she could exploit because she’s too busy seeing an evil scheme in his every move. And he doesn’t get that she doesn’t get it.

They both don't realise that they hide their true self far too well, so that the other one has no chance to see through it but they think that the other one can see through it all the time.

The best part is when they finally do realise this dissonance. It's mindbowing. Even for the reader, because we only get to see Cardan through Jude’s mental filter, through her eyes and not how he truly is in reality.

We judge ourself on our intentions and others on their actions, when we rather should question their intentions before we can judge their actions.

God, I love this book series.

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The bomb: yeah, do you remember that one time when you tied Cardan to a chair just to make out with him?

Jude: Wait, what? I locked the door! How do you know that?!

The bomb: You know we are spies, stupid. :)

Jude: *surprised pikachu face*

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Is it just me, or is there a strong link between Cardan seeing Jude only in her underwear and his acts out of sexual frustration?

The first time he sees her in her underwear is when Valerian feeds her the everapple and Nicasia demands her to take off her clothes. This clearly sparks sexual tension in him as he looks at her with desire and shame. After that he stops tormenting her completely. I suspect he writes the paper with her name over and over again out of hate and out of sexual frustration though he doesn't understand his desire.

We can see his restlessness as he absently taps his finger on the table at school. A clear sign of some kind of impatience, maybe of sexual nature. We know that he thinks of sexual things since he confesses his thoughts to Jude in QoN.

At the gathering in the hedge maze we see how he handles his unsatisfied desires with random girls, but his gaze lingers on Jude for the whole night like a shark on his prey. I bet he is too drunk to control and hide his desires.

Their kiss might have satisfied his hunger for a while.

The second time he sees her in her underwear is at the fake coronation for the queen of merth.

It's been five months since their last physical contact and he must have a serious case of blue balls right now. Her appearance has such a strong impact on him that he even forgets to hide his month long guarded desires. There are all on his face as he looks at her the same way he did at his confession.

When Jude tries to convince him to seduce Nicasia he finally snaps and takes what he wants from Jude. Relieving him again from his sexual frustration for a while.

I seriously need a Cardan POV of the whole series.

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The Wicked King, a summary

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From an outside perspctive: spot on!

From Cardan’s perspective: I mean I kinda trust her, though I shouldn’t and I don’t know why I do.

From Jude’s perspective: why should I trust someone who once told me he would destroy the corrupt, corrosive creature that I am?

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Jude: *shows Cardan advanced technology of the mortal world*

Jude: And this is called the internet.

Cardan: What is it used for?

Jude: Basically you can get any information you need at any time. It comes in handy for spying, collecting sensetive data of your enemies. It works for pictures and videos, too.

Jude: *Proceeds to show him how to google some images*

Jude: See, with one click you can get any picture you need.

Cardan: Wait. So you're telling me all this time when I was sexually frustrateted because I couldn't get you because I didn't deserved you and was full of selfhatred but sick with desire for you, I didn't have to wait for every chance I get to see you naked to get enough mind material to relieve myself from all this tension. I could've used the internet instead to get off?

Jude: What?

Cardan: What?

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Isn’t it cute how Cardan is the only one that always can tell Jude apart from Taryn?

He knows that it is Jude who Locke looked at at the revel. He knows that it is Jude who’s food he kicks dirt on. He knows it is not Jude but Taryn who he tells under the tree that he knows what she did. He knows it is Jude who enters the trial instead of Taryn. He knows it is Jude who attends Locke’s gathering in the hedge maze, when Nicasia has absolutely no idea how to tell them apart. Not even Madoc and Orianna can tell them apart though they are their foster parents and have seen them both every day of their lifes for like 7 years straight. They have to tell them apart by now, but they still can’t.

I think this is a sign of true love. It’s so sweet that he seem to trully know her. The only time Cardan can be tricked is when he is sick from the poison. But come on he almost died right then. Give him some rest.

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It’s so heart breaking that Cardan secretly sent Jude that winter night dress for Dains coronation in expectation to see how beautiful she would look like in it. But then everything goes south and she shreds the dress into pieces to tie him to a chair with it.

I seriously need a Cardan POV of the whole first book. Did he take this as a metaphor for how she eventually will exploit every nice thing he does for her just to spite him even more? My heart hurts.

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Incorrect Quotes

Cardan: “Most of all, I hate you because I think of you. Often. It's disgusting, and I can't stop.” Jude: *shocked into silence* Jude: “You're playing me. So what are you thinking about exactly?” Cardan: “I imagine you kneeling before me. Completely Naked. Looking up to me with your hand on my thigh. Declaring your inevitable surrender. And begging me to do to you whatever I want.” Jude: “Wow, that really is disgusting, and you should stop.”