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By Anya Volkov, Digital Culture Correspondent

As one popular VK blogger (handle: @morozny_korol) put it: "Cardan is not cruel because he enjoys it. He is cruel because softness was beaten out of him. And Jude loves him not despite the scars, but because she has the same map of wounds." Of course, the phenomenon has its critics. Some literary purists argue that the VK fandom has "flanderized" the character, reducing him to a leather-clad sad boy who smokes cigarettes in the rain. Others worry about the romanticization of genuinely toxic behavior—emotional manipulation, public humiliation, and weaponized neglect. cruel prince vk

Holly Black gave Cardan Greenbriar a crown. But the fans of VK gave him a country—cold, unforgiving, and breathtakingly beautiful. And in that frozen land, the cruel prince finally, mercifully, gets to be understood. Anya Volkov covers digital subcultures and the intersection of Slavic folklore with internet memes. She last wrote about the rise of "Doomer Girl" aesthetics in Balkan TikTok. By Anya Volkov, Digital Culture Correspondent As one