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Best Jurdan Post-Canon Fanfics

The best post-canon Jurdan (Jude Duarte/Cardan Greenbriar) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. Endings are where canon stops and fandom refuses to; readers want the wedding after the war, the rebuilding after the finale, and the proof that the characters' lives kept going.

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homeland

Post-Canon

by scarletaire

| Complete. |Cardan’s eyes flash open. “Why?” he repeats, and Jude feels the power shift between them. “Don’t you remember, wife?” he croons. “It was the Undersea that stole you away from me.” And Jude has only enough time to think, danger, before he lunges at her.  or: Cardan and Jude work on remov

5,478 kudos 25,515 words 6/6 chapters Explicit
2

devil's finery

Post-Canon

by scarletaire

| Complete. |Her husband, Jude swiftly realizes, has a thing for mortal clothes. Specifically: her in mortal clothes.

4,854 kudos 16,838 words 3/3 chapters Explicit
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Queen in Exile

by destinies

Jude Duarte is the High Queen of Faerie, but few people know that. Married in secret then banished to the mortal realm, Jude has to find her footing again. She knows what she wants. She wants retribution. She wants what is rightfully hers. She wants a few other things she shouldn't want.More than an

3,799 kudos 41,260 words 8/8 chapters Mature
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covenant mine

by scarletaire

A year into their marriage, Jude presents Cardan with a wedding ring of his own.

3,078 kudos 2,331 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
5

132 Hours

by destinies

When a car accident claims the lives of her parents, Jude Duarte and her twin sister Taryn—both omegas—are swept away by their half-sister's father and raised among the alpha upper crust of society. It sounds like something out of a fairytale. It is a nightmare.Years later, after graduating at the t

2,844 kudos 52,900 words 15/15 chapters Explicit
6

Between Enemy Lines

by TheIndomitableSmartass

This is a collection of scenes from the trilogy - some that happened off page, some that I wish had happened. And Cardan's POV of the entire third book. This is super self indulgent. Excerpt:A faint brush against my palm. The gentleness of that touch frightens me, and I dare to break eye contact, gl

2,374 kudos 51,811 words 11/11 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
7

get me to the altar

by goodmourning

“Tell me,” she all but sneered, “how did I torment your sleep?”set two years after jude’s return from exile. (posted originally on tumblr @amandlas)

2,368 kudos 2,962 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
8

How Am I Going to Tell Him?

by ironicallyanemic

Jude has been feeling sick for a few days. The flu? Poison? It takes Taryn only a minute to realize the cause: The High Queen is pregnant. Note: Chapter 7 on features a very pregnant Jude getting into trouble and other late pregnancy adventures.

2,247 kudos 21,730 words 11/11 chapters General Audiences
9

True Love's Kiss

by samann357

Jude is poisoned. The cure is true love's kiss. You do the math.

2,107 kudos 1,229 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
10

Say My Name

by nightfellforever

Jude meets Cardan in a bar.

1,953 kudos 122,533 words 20/20 chapters Explicit
11

Cheek to cheek in hell

by Laequiem

Jude has killed Valerian and now her days are counted. She makes the best of it and goes to end the worst of them all.Instead, Cardan convinces her to leave Elfhame with him.***Canon-divergent story where Cardan and Jude leave Elfhame. They share a shitty apartment as they try to make a life for the

1,925 kudos 58,085 words 21/21 chapters Explicit
12

Come on Love, Draw Your Swords

by maximumtrash

Sing to me, MoonlightFor you, dear, are honey-tonguedI dream just for you.The one where Jude finds out she's pregnant and Cardan begins collecting a thousand plants. (Written before TQoN).

1,903 kudos 19,776 words 7/7 chapters Explicit
13

sentiment

by hanpersands

Cardan hasn’t seen all sides of Jude Duarte. The thing that differs from his and most everyone’s understanding of her, is that he knows it. Knows she’s more than just a human girl who got lucky, knows that the danger of her isn’t that she wants the king’s favour, but that she doesn’t care for it.And

1,899 kudos 2,566 words 1/1 chapters Mature
14

maybe this is danger and he just don't know

by goodmourning

request: cardan tied to a bed.He tugged on the silky scarves tethering his hands to each end of the bedpost. They wouldn’t come loose. Damn it. He gazed at her. “I want to touch you.”originally posted on tumblr @amandlas.

1,886 kudos 1,880 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
15

Snakes and Lattes

by neonforgetmenot

𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨 💕☕ 🐍 🍄 🗡️ 🖤Much has changed in the wake of the bloodbath coronation. Vivi and Jude

1,784 kudos 102,262 words 22/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
16

To Dance With Danger

by slightlyrebelliouswriter

Anon asked: “Can you write something about how Jude gets hurt somewhere and the court of shadows and Cardan go looking for her and then the ghost/roach/bomb finds her and brings her to Cardan. +cute Jurdan moments”Danger was Jude’s constant companion. Cardan would call it her closest friend if he kn

1,771 kudos 11,874 words 3/3 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
17

I See You

by stardustsroses

“Why do all those things, Cardan? Was it just to feel powerful for two seconds?”He hesitates. Sneers, the way he always does whenever there is a lie coating his tongue and he realizes he cannot spit it out. And then, “I wanted them to see me. Because no one does.”“I do. I see you.”

1,628 kudos 7,363 words 1/1 chapters Mature
18

Half-truths

by crowsb4bros

the kiss scene from Cardan's POV

1,607 kudos 1,890 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
19

Transmuted Desires (This Feels Like a Date)

by Catbeanjrjr

A heathy communication rewrite starting at Chapter 21 of TWK (Taryn and Locke's wedding).A relatively small act of honesty and trust sends Jude and Cardan down a different path. Flirting and pining ensue. “Do not go to bed alone tonight.”He tilts his head and raises his eyebrows. “Is that— ” but I i

1,588 kudos 115,707 words 48/? chapters Mature
20

Something Precious

by ironicallyanemic

After three years of exile, Cardan is determined to bring Jude back home with him. When he arrives, the last thing he expects to find is a dark-haired toddler looking up at him. Jurdan Baby Story!

1,564 kudos 7,673 words 2/2 chapters General Audiences

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Why Post-Canon Jurdan Fanfiction Works So Well

Jude Duarte/Cardan Greenbriar — The mortal girl Jude Duarte and faerie prince Cardan Greenbriar, whose hatred transforms into a complex love story involving political intrigue and magic.

Post-Canon — Set after the source material's final page or episode, these stories answer the question every finale leaves behind: and then what? Post-canon fic ranges from epilogue-adjacent vignettes to decades-spanning continuations that become fandom canon themselves.

The perfect enemies-to-lovers arc with incredible tension, power dynamics, and the transformation from mutual loathing to desperate devotion. Endings are where canon stops and fandom refuses to; readers want the wedding after the war, the rebuilding after the finale, and the proof that the characters' lives kept going. That's why post-canon Jurdan fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.

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