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[itsliveloud]

~~Possible Spoilers for the Entire Broken Heart Series~~~

So this isn't really a theory, more of just a possible realization. Someome probably already thought of this BUT I think I know why ACFTL is called A Curse for True Love!!

What if the 3 titles of the series are in Jacks's POV?

Let me explain......

Once Upon a Broken Heart----

Jacks first meets Evangeline when she has a broken heart, and she comes to him to try and heal her Broken Heart (ie stopping Luc and Merisol's wedding.) Of course she is still Broken Hearted. Fast forward she meets Apollo (~her heart is trying to mend itself but it's forced because she knows Apollo doesn't really love her) She starts to fall for Jacks, and yet her heart breaks again at the end of OUABH because of Jacks's Betrayal.

Ballad of Neverafter-----

This book is all about The Ballad of the Archer and the Fox (ie Jacks is the real Archer and Eva his Little Fox. Jacks, at one point says "Ballads never end happily" AND YET this whole book is really about Eva and Jacks falling for eachother and thier Ballad!! At the end of Ballad we know for a fact Eva admits to loving Jacks and let she honest we know Jacks loves Eva. Fairytale usually end with "And they lived Happily ever after" so Jacks and Ev being torn apart by Apollo at the end after Jacks resets time and saves her is thier "Neverafter" because she forgets him.

Enter....A Curse For True Love----

I 1000000% believe Eva is Jacks True Love, and he, hers. Yes, Tella made his heart beat, but Eva made him FEEL. I believe they are True Loves because they choose eachother (like Tella chose Legend) This entire book will basically be about Evangeline being Cursed with her memory loss, and undoubtedly Jacks fighting to get her memories back to her so The Archer and his Fox can Finally have the Happily Ever After they deserve.

So I think of it like Jacks saying, "Once Upon a time Evangeline Fox had a Broken Heart when we met. From the beginning the story Of us, Our Ballad, was seen as a (of) Neverafter, one without a happy ending like the story of my First Fox, and my Curse. But I believe Evangeline is my (for) One True Love."-----Something like that

Anyway I just thought of all that after I was able to read the Sneek Peak of the first 4 Chapters! I won't spoil what I read besides the dedication but OMG OCTOBER 24TH NEEDS TO BE HERE NOW!!!!

[luardraws]

Evajacks enjoying their first Valentine’s day together in the hollow 💌🏹

[sweetingseva]

HAPPY ACFTL DAY!!! 😭💖🍎🦊

After all this waiting, A Curse For True Love is finally out! These books mean so much to me. I've had this blog for years but I never did anything with it until I read Once Upon A Broken Heart.

The story was so easy to get caught up in and the second I finished reading it, I didn't realize it was the last page and I kept turning it in case there was a glitch. But there was not haha.

If anyone's a Star Wars fan, you know what I'm talking about when I say that the OUABH books really felt like healing. I found hope in stories again and realize that happy endings aren't so far fetched, especially for a villain.

And for that, I'm so happy that I happened to see someone being excited for OUABH on the bird app for me to find this book.

Anyway, happy reading everyone! 💖💖💖🤩

⭐⭐⭐ I will not start posting about it until a week has passed.

[sweetingseva]

i know some people already told you that there are spoilers on goodreads but now there are people posting them on twitter too. im letting you know because i think a lot of people must see your posts about the trilogy so i hope people can see this so they can be careful, silence words and etc

its annoying because stephanie asked not long ago for people not to post spoilers for this reason not everyone has good sense and just post things and do jot care

🚨🚨🚨IMPORTANT 🚨🚨🚨

Wow, thank you so much for telling me! I officially got off Twitter this morning to avoid them and have muted every word to do with the trilogy.

Everyone, if you're online on Twitter, Instagram, or Tiktok, or anywhere else that is susceptible to spoilers, please be aware!

I know so many of you have been waiting forever, and I don't want any of our experience to be spoiled 😭💞

[rosesfox]

we had such delicious things in jacks' pov, even with him in denial and being the worst version of himself. he said that evangeline blushed a delicious shade of red, he fantasized about the way she would react if he bit her (if she would moan, if she would gasp), he said that he would have enjoyed biting her and that the ''good, little evangeline'' would like to be bitten too. i can't wait to read his current pov, with him being openly in love, passionate and sassy the way he is 😋

[leiaamidala]

The gown made Evangeline feel as if she were wearing a happily ever after … Chips of broken gems, shimmering in shades of pink and blue and violet, covered the bodice and then gently dispersed over the hips of a flowing skirt with a slit that went up to her thigh. It was bold, and it made her feel adventurous as she spun in front of the wardrobe mirror, twirling until the broken gems glittered to life. 

“What exactly are you doing?” Jacks drawled.

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⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⤞ art by rutisfree

⤞ commissioned by me (@stephdaydreams) ⁣⁣

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Who else is in love with this scene!? I am so happy to have been able to commission this piece to share with you all. I hope you enjoy!

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⁣⁣⁣⤞⁣⁣⁣ Characters Evangeline and Jacks belong to Stephanie Garber⁣

⁣⁣⁣⤞ Quote from The Ballad of Never After⁣

⁣⁣⁣⤞⁣⁣⁣ Please ask commissioner first for permission to repost. Thank you!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

[deceitfulapple-eatingscoundrel]

sajrafox.

[bloomingdarkgarden]

J A C K S + E V A N G E L I N E | The Ballad of Never After

He held her with the type of intensity that only happens when a person wants something that isn’t quite theirs.

[naughtnixnothing]

daily reminder that jacks literally plunged the world in total darkness in his grief over evangeline's death

[itsliveloud]

I truly think Jacks is one, if not the most powerful fate because of this!!

[rosesfox]

(i finished rereading caraval and did an analysis on the biggest differences in jacks for me.)

the behavioral difference between caraval and ouabh jacks is so great. besides jacks being really manipulative and cruel and a little crazy in caraval, he doesn't seem very human either. once he becomes really obsessed with the tella (something that will really only happen after he suspects she is his true love), he doesn't act like he loves her. he is truly obsessed with the idea of having her and there is an interesting passage that illustrates it well.

especially towards the end of the finale, he acts desperate and obsessed and seems overcome with the desire to be with her. the romantic feelings don't feel genuine or good.

meanwhile, in ouabh, he seems to fall in love organically. he doesn't want to be with evangeline, he doesn't want her to get close and he even avoids her touching him so he doesn't lean into her, but he can't fight it. he just falls in love and the fact that he let go of such an obsession for evangeline, someone he could never have, really shows us how much he loves her.

the way stephanie develops them is perfect. (besides the clear and obvious evolutions in her writing, there is much more romance and i think having more romance suits evajacks a lot, a couple who just want to love and get married and be happy together.) (did anyone else notice that jacks is literally the person who wants true love and marriage and does his best to be a good partner or was that just me?)

it also makes me think that the more immortals love, the more mortal they become. and that, if they remain close to the object of their love for too long, they will become permanently human. i don't know if it was intentional on stephanie's part, but i was thinking about it while reading caraval and ouabh. jacks seemed more human with evangeline, and he has real feelings for her.

finally i can only say that he has genuinely suffered enough. all he wants is love, and he was just taking the only chance he knew he had. and yet he gave it up because despite his best efforts, he couldn't resist, fell in love with someone else and gave up everything for her. he deserves all the love evangeline feels for him. he deserves a chance to give all the love he has.

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[itsliveloud]

THIS!!!!

[missroller15]

warning tbona spoilers incoming <3 ‼️

gonna reveal myself as a firm believer that evajacks is so incredibly cottage core like in the hollows, the softness, the toast moment, the shy smiles. like hello don’t tell me that’s not future married evajacks living out their simple dreams in a cutesy cottage away from curses and pain, taking a walk through the woods while jacks practices his archery and eva is befriending (and naming ofc) every little critter they come into contact with. i will die on this hill. cottage core evajacks is elite to me.

[rosiethorns88]

Yes, good morning.

[rosiethorns88]

Yes, good morning.

[itsliveloud]

Second favorite Eva Jacks art 🥹🥹

[sydneymack]

Evangeline and Jacks - Once Upon a Broken Heart

Artist: @marssketch / @marsketch

[sydneymack]

Jacks and Evangeline - Once Upon a Broken Heart

Artist: @/sashac_art

[princessevajacks]

@/lotusbubble fanarts on insta are giving me life😍😍😍

their artstyle is soooo beautiful i'm in awe

[moobell55]

Happy Evajacks headcanons

A little something while we all suffer waiting for A curse for true love

-Lots of Forehead Kisses since Jacks is a lot taller than Eva

-Jacks learns to braid her hair after watching her do it

-After he turns human Jacks tries to avoid apples but loves Eva's various apple deserts

-He teaches her to swim in The Hollows lake of stars (Possibly leading to sexy times :)

-Princess Fluffkins (The Fox from Ouabh) likes to make random visits whenever Eva and Jacks are outside

-Eva tries and fails many times to convince Jacks to re dye his hair blue (She finds it hilarious but he most certainly is not amused)

-Jacks is a late night snacker, Eva often finds him eating some kind of apple related his in the middle of the night

-They don't fight often but when they do it lasts hours (They always make up in the end, Eva Can't stay mad at him for long and he hates upsetting her)

-Cuddle sessions all over The Hollow

-They go for a walk each morning in the woods around The Hollow and tell each other stories

-They take all their baths together (Wink Wink), the only problem is they can never decide on the temperature of the water (Eva likes warm while Jacks like water "The heat of the sun" in Eva's words)

-Washing each others hair in the bath (Eva has a very specific routine while Jacks just loves having his hair touched for as long as possible)

-Jacks brushes out her hair every night before they go to bed

-Eva sleeps in nightgowns (Except for Jacks shirts when she wants to rile him up) Jacks sleeps in just his underwear (He's been trying to convince Eva to let him sleep naked but she refuses)

-Eva sleeps on the left side of the bed and Jacks on the right but he hogs the middle

-Neither of them snore but Eva's a blanket hog and Jacks steals half the bed in his sleep

-Jacks always wakes first, he stays in bed and simply watches his beautiful wife rest (Hoping she's dreaming of him)

-When Eva wakes up the first thing she does is tell Jacks he looks handsome smiling (She knows he's only smiling because of her)

-They Kiss and lie in bed together before having breakfast

-It takes many years of being married to convince Jacks they should have children (His argument being he could lose her in childbirth and him not wanting their children to turn out like him)

-Eva wins in the end

-It takes months for them to concieve (This worry Jacks as he thinks there's something wrong with him)

-He's overbearingly protective already but once they find out that they're having a baby he goes over the end (Much to Eva's frustration and slight enjoyment)

-Even though he's human he still had some of his Fate powers, he could still sense others heartbeats (He finds out Eva's pregnant before she even knew because of this, he cries quite a bit after his discovery)

-Jacks has no interest in naming the baby knowing his wife will choose the perfect name (If it was a boy she wanted to name him after Jacks, this was the only name he refused)

Hope you guys enjoy these, I'll probably make another part sometime in the future that might contain a bit more angst :)

[itsliveloud]

I live these so so much 😭😭😭💜