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why taryn should’ve been the villain in qon - a thread
this is not gonna be very deep so if u have anything to add or wanna talk abt feel free to reply or qrt !!! hope u like this idea. this contains spoilers !!!
so since the beginning we saw how similar yet different taryn and jude were. they both desperately wanted to fit in but while jude was more outgoing and ambitious, we saw taryn as a bit more of a reserved character.
the entire series we see taryn betraying jude in more ways than one. first, she dated locke. next, she tricked cardan. she already had lost judes trust.
we see taryn struggling to pick a side as the story progresses. she doesn’t know whether to side with madoc or to side with her sister jude. but what if she chose neither. she’s been used her entire life and seen as the weaker of the two sisters.
in qon, jude easily forgave taryn for everything she did. we also see jude forgiving the ghost easily as well. if taryn used this trait against her she could’ve risen to power easily.
taryn tried working with madoc in the first two books but clearly he was getting absolutely nowhere with his endeavor and jude had a way in with the prince. she decided in the third one that locke was no use either in getting her power or on the throne.
so if she decided to use jude as a way in, it could’ve worked. jude would’ve never seen it coming and neither would cardan. she could’ve been a powerful and unsuspecting opponent. and in the end it could’ve shown just how similar the twins really were.
now after saying all of this, ik taryn was a character more for jude to contrast what kind of life jude could’ve chosen to take. but think about it in a villain perspective as well. jude always thought she was the bad guy, but in reality she was doing what she +
thought was best and in the end, she did the best she could. so if we saw taryn as the villain the contrast could’ve still worked bc it would show the side of jude that she would never want to be - evil and cruel. (i hope this makes sense)
end of thread ! if u read this all thank u for listening if there’s any typos my bad but i hope u like this idea ! i think it would’ve been an interesting story if it ended up like this but ! anyways bye <3 sorry if this post was a bit jumbled i was just typing as i was thinking
