lots of ppl have mixed opinions on cardan in the first book, which is fair, but me personally, just LOOK at how subtle he is at protecting her. and i don’t just mean when he stuck his foot in the water to scare the nixies away from jude when his buds threw her and Taryn in the river, i mean these:
This one, when he thinks that dains spies are about to beat Jude’s ass over who gets the pretty prince, so he cautions her away from picking a fight w them. And that’s AFTER she’s kidnapped him LOOLLL
And this. really cute and subtle way of saying “be careful babe!” but he makes it seem sorta like an insult. like she would be wasting his time if she went and died. he keeps himself so well guarded so as to not get himself hurt again PLS. guys i am normal about him.
him reaching for her after he learned that valerian tried to kill her AGAIN. 😐 i need him.
And then this one. imagine how he felt seeing her leave the tower covered in blood knowing that valerian was in there w her. and Hollys annotation here. yeah ok im so normal- this proves that he didn’t expect his cruelty to encourage valerians murdery lust for jude. to encourage Locke to take her as his prize, to encourage nicasia to humiliate the twins to get cardans and lockes favor.
AND DONT GET ME STARTED, on when he’s drunk and his families been murdered and he’s officially elfhames #1 most wanted and he’s telling Jude to be careful, that she shouldn’t be at balekins evil little revel 😭😭 he worried more for her than he did himself.
and i could just GO ON. and i shall:
when he sends her a dress made for royalty opposed to one that made her look more like servant/ would allow Taryn to outshine her (she could never tho)
When he told Locke to piss off and began dancing w her when Locke was abt to tell her that he’s been fuxking her sis the whole time.
When he saw her (canon according to Hollys annotations) after she stole Sophie (the human servant at hollow hall) and didn’t do or say anything AND PROBABLY EVEN TOOK THE FUCKING BLAMMMEEE IM SO SICK.
anyway I’m sure there’s more so feel free to add on 😭
But i just LOVE how cardan knows how jude is, the way that Taryn describes jude in her novella- as someone who doesn’t back down from a dare, who picks fights with anyone and everyone, who brings those that pick on her down to her level. he knows his wife so well, even in the first book, he knew her so much better than even her father. than ANYONE even Taryn. bc Taryn was all like “promise you’ll stop bothering them!” Like do you KNOW who you’re talking to lmao
anyway I LOVE TYEMEMEMMEMEHSIAPS someone sedate me fr
Ekko: Okay, but what if we went to dinner not as friends this time?
Jinx: as ENEMIES!?
Ekko:
Why are the media full of brain-rot people!?
Like, why are there still people with full confidence go around, screaming "Ekko loves Powder, not Jinx" or "Ekko wants to change her back to Powder"
My brother in Christ, sybau!
If you watched the series with your eyes closed and ignore the creators on the matter, that's a you issue and not the ship!
Watch the series again, the mv, listen the lyrics of the song, which is talking about Ekko and JINX and leave me the fuck alone
you know i've seen a lot of people say oak and suren don't have sizzling chemistry or whatever like jurdan do and i just think that it's not, you know, the same /kind/ of chemistry but still
they don't have the enemies to lovers tension but...see.
oak brushing suren's hair, untangling the curls the way he did with his sisters and mothers hair
oak buying the hairpin for her and pinning it on her hair
oak playing that game with the fox pieces just as they did when they were children and letting suren win but then telling her she owes him a dance
when suren pinned the hairpin on his hair in that scene in the boat
this....whole paragraph
i think their appeal is their tenderness and the way they're so familiar with each other thanks to their childhood friendship. Idk I don't think we should expect Jurdan 2.0 with everything HB writes. Suren and Oak have their own beauty. They're a great example of friends to lovers done well (at least only in the first book) and with substance.
Oak: How can I express my love to Wren?
Cardan: Kiss another in front of her
Oak: ....
Cardan: It works 👌🏼
Oak: *thinks about his sister's happy marriage*
Oak: On my way 🏃🏽♀️
give bro his girl back im so serious this is destroying me
ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS — "Ma Meilleure Ennemie (Official Music Video)
ekko loving jinx or powder is a meaningless argument cuz the entire point of episode 7 is for both ekko and you the viewer to learn "jinx" and "powder" are the same person and ekko loves that person— not their good side or their bad side, but the whole package.
that's why their love song is called my best enemy, and talks about the worst blessings and the best curses. and that's how he can talk jinx off the ledge. the contradiction of being in love with your enemy is the entire basis of their story.
powder at one point literally asks him point blank "so you want me to change?" and he flat out says no: cuz he knows everything that makes 'powder' powder given one favorable set of circumstances also makes 'jinx' jinx given another set of unfavorable circumstances.
there is no powder or jinx, it's just ekko and his blue-haired paramour, in every timeline.
Happy sad thought, possessed by the snippet of this song.
What if Ekko calls Jinx ‘my dear enemy’ as a ward and solace for Jinx?
She believes she kills all those who she loves and love her. So Ekko says enemy while meaning ‘my dear love/friend’ as a comfort to her. To ‘confuse’ her curse.
But between them, unspoken, they know the true meaning.
And maybe there's something Isha left Jinx with. Not everything needs to be spoken. Sometimes, you just know.
Family scruffing pt2!
+this
FUCK these ship wars, at the end of the day both of the sisters found someone who loves and supports them unconditionally
i’m crying i love them 🥹