Macbeth/ The Cruel Prince

Macbeth/ The Cruel Prince

"Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up thine own life’s means!”

“The odd thing about ambition is this: You can acquire it like a fever, but it is not so easy to shed.”

I know that in the first, Ross is talking about patricide, but in general, when it comes to ambition and how far a person will go, there are a lot of parallels between The Cruel Prince and Macbeth. (Never mind the fact that Madoc always reminded me of Macbeth, and so did Jude, for those parts of her that reminded me of Madoc.)

(Underrated Queen of Nothing quote)

“If I am undressed, he will know me.”

— Jude Duarte, Chapter 7, The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

jude duarte's heroism and bravery lies in her standing up for herself it's not some lame and boring captain-america-standing-up-for-the-little-guy bullshit that main characters generally have and i LOVE that about her folk of the air would have changed the trajectory of my life if middle school me had read the books her selfishness and survival is so admirable most of the times people overlook her characterisation because we're all focusing on jude x cardan and it's ridiculous because she's such a layered character everything she does is for her own survival in this essay i will-

what is jude & cardan if not:

Bestie. You need therapy. Not a Fae prince with midnight hair and razor sharp jawline who hates you because he thinks of you. Often. It's disgusting, and he can't stop.

―― all my rage, sabaa tahir