TFOTA Character Analysis (The Cruel Prince) Pt. I
Okay, so I saw someone else do this, and I thought it would be fun for one of my favorite book series. Here we go:
1. Jude Duarte: badass bitch who is actually one terrified chick underneath that exterior. It's like you know how after a traumatic experience, people go into shock before the full force of the realization hits them? Yeah, that's our bby Jude. Just remove the "the full force of the realization hits them" and skip to "going back to your normal bitchy self".
2. Cardan Greenbriar: Jude makes Cardan out to be, like, this really horrible villain, when, to me, he just *deep breath* RADIATES schoolyard bully vibes??? But the whole... possibility of being ridiculously humiliated is pretty scary ngl. Although, my FAVORITE part of this book is finding out he wasn't a schoolyard bully psychopath, but just a sad drunk loser with a crush he couldn't handle.
3. Taryn Duarte: At first, I hated her too, so much, like sis before dick, right?? Then, after Lost Sisters I hated her a little less, because, God, who hasn't been ignored because they were 'good' and followed the rules? So I understood her loneliness, but then I went back to hating her anyway, because I realized she had Vivi and even fucking Oriana to help her out. Jude has literally fucking no one. For example, Taryn fearlessly approached Vivi to send her note to Locke's estate, and if you really think about that, do you think Jude would have done that so fearlessly and risked rejection? No, she would have found some ridiculously difficult way to do it herself.
4. Locke: ha, you're a dick
5. Madoc: i have no other words than: angry problematic dad
6. Vivienne Duarte: that one person that makes sarcastic comments CONSTANTLY, but will always be there for you when you really need her. Also, i want to date her.
6. Nicasia: Schoolyard mean girl/cheerleader. That's all.
7. Valerian: class A psycho and I'm glad bby killed him
8. Prince Dain: Get ur weird ass outta here. Also he was kinda hot ngl.
9. Prince Balekin: He deserved everything he got. a real bitch to my bookworm bby.
10. Madoc: a pretty good dad, but he obviously doesn't think very highly of his daughter, which sucks, because she's kind of amazing.
11. Oriana: evil stepmom vibes, at first, but she's actually just worried about the Duarte sisters, including Jude, "he's besotted with you girls. If I were him, I would have sent you away long ago." Because she knows Faerie is a dangerous place, and she cares for the girls.
12. Kind of a weird kid. But all kids are overall weird.
lmk if i'm missing anyone ;)
