#madoc

[madockisser]

FROSTBITE.STUDIOS POSTED OMGOMGOMGOMG‼️

the way you can tell which ones Taryn and which ones Jude LOL Taryn is making the same nervous sort of expression that she did in frostbites official artwork for the enemies and lovers cards

Jude being happy to learn abt battle strategy is soo funny GOD i adore this family also their freckles are too cute i love little details

but madoc omg he looks so edible even w those silly ass glasses he got on 😭 my fav old man

also he looks like he’s cuddling w them he’s got a blanket over his waist PLS that is so cute

also Taryn’s hair in the full pic is adorable she’s got a ribbon in her braided hair like aww

and his hands 😍 his scars 😍 he looks tired 😍 his chest 😏 eva and oriana are sosososo real

oh frostbite.studios you’ve blessed us today

Full video posted on her instagram and TikTok! @/frostbite.studios

[aina-txt]

this might be unpopular but i genuinely think a lot of the hate for taryn is rooted in misogyny. people are able to understand that jude and madoc have a complicated relationship even though he very nearly killed her, they love jude and cardan even though most of the first book was him just humiliating and looking down on her, but when it comes to taryn suddenly she’s a horrible unforgivable person because she just wants to belong and not be treated as a less than for being human?

[limoni-owo]

I wonder if the reason Taryn is hated is because Jude never avenged herself with her. Cardan was terrible but Jude served him a worse fate. Madoc endangered her, almost killed her but Jude stole his kingdom and exiled him.

Taryn is the only one who continually endangered Judes life ( starting the chain of events where Valerian almost kills her twice, leaving her alone with Valerian in the tower, leaves her in the lake of nixies alone, send Jude to the court where she is exiled from to cover her which coulve definitely gotten her killed if caught , stole half of her army to give to Madoc giving him an advantage to start war where she couldve been overthrown and killed in battle) and gets away with it unscathed.

And Jude never ever takes her lick back. She doesn’t even acknowledge it as danger for her life. Taryn sacrifices Jude at every turn for things Jude would never have chosen over her. She throws away her relationship with her father. Making him an enemy to protect Oak and Taryn abandons her to her fate and almost causes her death to get with Locke. And steals her army to appease Madoc.

Its the misbalance between the sisters where one only takes and one only gives that i think inspires the hatred for Taryn.

Some argue Madoc and Cardan have done worse but Jude was never defenseless against them but she was always defenseless against her sister.

[starrynightsxo]

nobody:

literally nobody:

cardan: I'm gonna ragebait jude, make her my wife and then confuse her when she asserts herself as my wife because after THAT she's gonna want me so bad

*events unfold UNaccordingly*

cardan: oh, fu-

[smart-dreamy]

One of my favorite things about The Cruel Prince is how Vivi, Jude and Taryn are literally raised by the murderer of theirs parents! Any other book would make Madoc a despicable and abusive villain, but I love how Holly Black made Madoc a reliable and caring father-figure… while kind of still being a villain.

He raises the twins alike his own blood, he teaches them everything he knows of combat and strategy, he makes sure they study with the noble children, Oriana forbids the girls of telling Madoc if they are mistreated bc she knows he will be furious about them being hurt, he genuinely wants to paint the walls with the blood of the folk who made Jude eat fairy fruity, when Taryn desires to marry the jerk of Locke he lets it clear that he knows it’s gonna go wrong, but allows her to do whatever she feels she will be happy and says she can always come back home when that thing blows up, even Jude mentions in The Wicked King how Madoc would call an army surgeon to take care of her shot leg.

And not even mentioning the fact Madoc pampered Taryn a lot in his war camp and stabbed Jude in The Queen of Nothing and had the nerve of saying he wanted to take her to the medics bc he would never let her die. Also, he sending a letter to Cardan furious and cursing him for being the “reason for his daughter died”.

Ruthless yet caring villain dads give me strength <3

[cherrychapstickdramaqueen]

Once a week, do you ever think about the fact that madoc couldn't tell it was jude, despite having "raised" her for most of her life but cardan immediately knew it was her in her disguise, or are you normal?

[ao-ihinata]

Madoc looking at his 4 children

His adopted son, Oak with a excellent kill count. His foster daughters Jude (he wish he was there for her first kill for the bonding experience) and Taryn (he's so proud of her for killing her husband, so efficiently too).

And then there's his biological daughter Vivi... carrying Red Cap blood but has never killed anybody(My personal headcanon is that Vivi has accidentally run over a annoying fae in the mortal world but has not told Madoc because he'll cry from joy and that's not something she wants).

[shadvheart]

Eva and madoc✨