Blaine

**Prince Blaine** of the Plaid Kingdom is the eldest child of the Plaid Princes, and the heir to the throne.

## Appearance

Blaine has fair skin, auburn hair, and red eyes. His figure is fairly tall and lean, and he is noted to have defined abs. He wears a red plaid-patterned jacket, with a white necktie and gold trimming, as well as grey dress pants and black boots, identical to his brothers and Lord Leopold - and actually most male characters in Cursed Princess Club (Webtoon). He is considered to be quite attractive as even dubbed by Frederick as 'the popular one', making the Princels hate him. This also causes him to have his own fan club, which is jealous of Princess Maria that even bullies his fiancee in order for keeping Blaine 'single'.

## Personality

Blaine has always been praised for being studious, strong, and the prime example of a Plaid Prince. He has achieved many things, being a very popular model, a philanthropist, a skilled pianist, and his father's favorite (most preferred) son. Due to the latter, he looks down on Frederick as the "family failure". That's his public mask as 'the perfect Plaid Prince charming". However, Blaine is seen to be insecure about only being known for his adequate looks, and terrified to not live up to others' expectations. He's as strict to himself as his father is, and is very self-aware of his image and how people see him. This is hidden mask that he deems as ugly, only bare by himself to Maria as his fiancee although all of his family members know it.

After the piano duel in Episode 119, Blaine confesses to Maria that, for a long time, he had been afraid of falling from the top. As a child, he was excited about everything he had the privilege to do, like being able to play the piano. He quickly learned that, if he did it well, more people would look up to and be proud of him, but it didn't feel good to have his place stolen. To avoid this, he tried to do even better, but all it did was make him feel more scared of falling from his place. In response, he started doing things he didn't really care about, like modeling and joining the Bippity Boppity Gala committee, to keep rising. However, all it did was make his fall feel more inevitable; and, when his fall at the piano duel did come, it felt like everyone he had known was turning his back on him.

## History

Prince Blaine is the eldest son of the Plaid King and Queen, and has Leland's greatest expectations placed on him as such. He and Lance had been in military academy since they were toddlers, according to King Jack. When he was young, his father allowed him to start playing the piano. While Blaine initially viewed this as an exciting privilege and practiced until he was quite good, the praise he got from his audience and the pressure he felt from other skilled piano players soon became too much, and his hobby turned into something he had to be perfect at so nobody could take his place at the top. At some point, he got second place in an Inter-Kingdom Showcase to Prince Griffin, which he is still bitter about. Blaine started doing things he didn't care all that much about, like his modeling career, and became the youngest person to join the committee for the Bippity Boppity Gala. He was very popular in his kingdom for his looks, having his own personal brand, as well as his own fan club that produced merch, including posters, hats, pins, dolls, and even a cookbook; of course, all of this only added to the pressure he felt being at the top.

At Gwendolyn's Dinner Party, whenever Blaine would seem suspicious of the CPC, he would simply say something else unrelated to the matter. For example, during the insignia situation, he seemed suspicious of the difference in insignias, but would then proceed to say that the CPC's 'new' insignia was better than their 'old' one. Also, when Blaine brought up the topic of "curses" during dinner, it turned out that he was merely talking about the theme of the gala. At Bippity Bop Gala which makes him 'forced' do piano duel with Griffin before the event, he's eventually lost and gets breaks down - if Maria along with Blaine's Fan Club that consists of total 5 people didn't cheers him up

## Relationships

#### Maria

Main article: Maria/Blaine Relationship

Blaine was formerly engaged to Princess Maria, the eldest princess of the Pastel Kingdom. He was quite happy with marrying Maria as soon as possible, and it is known that he is very much in love with her, if not for her personality but her looks. After a stinging remark from Beckett, a Pastel guard in love with Maria, Blaine started trying to get to know Maria better, and began by asking about her childhood hopes and dreams. After seeing her fangirling, confessing about how she is not perfect, saying that Blaine was sweet, and telling him that he didn't have to improve overnight for her, he realized that he was falling even deeper in love with her.

When Blaine asked Maria to the Bippity Bop Gala after she discovered the invitation in her gift in the jewelry store, she accepted. When he saw Maria upset, he decided to listen to her instead of throwing the serenade. Blaine thought it was terrible that her father wouldn't let her sing to the public and attempted to console her by saying that she would be welcomed with open arms by all their people, as well as his fan base. When Maria asked Blaine to comfort her, he offered to hold a secret, impromptu concert for her in the Pastel Plaza for everyone in town to attend. They then became deeply absorbed in music so Maria could practice for her performance.

At Princess Gwendolyn's dinner party, he noticed that Maria was distant to him. After the meditation session, Maria went up to Blaine and told him that she agreed with his father regarding something and that she extremely desired to kiss him and show that that he's her greatest wish, the object of her desire. However, that only upset Blaine even more, causing Blaine to push her away, snap, and follow his father again. He was also likely upset when Maria didn't show up at the 124th Annual Artgyle Festival. Blaine and Maria growing closer at Bippity Bop Gala, since Maria accepting and wants to learn all about him especially his flaws that actually make him human.

#### Prince Lance

Prince Lance is Blaine's younger brother. They are both 'successful' princes and are close, both going to the same Military Academy - unlike Frederick, who was homeschooled before being sent to a different school. The two have a close bond, and are shown to be the most friendly with each other of the brothers. Blaine aspires to be a great ruler and to have Lance as his right hand man, showing a great amount of trust in him. The two work together well, with things such as taking the princesses to the Haunted House, teaming up to help Frederick with a balcony serenade, and teaching Frederick's bullies a lesson- even if their plans don't always end up going exactly how they wanted. Blaine and Lance often make lighthearted quips at each other and generally seem to get each other, both enduring rough parenting from Leland just as Frederick has.

#### Prince Frederick

Prince Frederick is also Blaine's youngest brother. Blaine typically tends to look down at him, making fun of him for being the family failure (according to little Frederick), and being annoyed by his overactive imagination. Blaine was angry at Frederick when he ditched him and Lance to talk to Gwendolyn by himself, even after his brothers spent a week planning a serenade just for him. It was eventually revealed to the brothers that Frederick had conversed with Gwen without their help, but Blaine still 'hmph'ed at him in disapproval. Even so, he told his father that Frederick asked Gwendolyn to the gala. Blaine was generally proud of him for doing something and pushing all the way through, but Blaine also could holds Frederick accountable for past mistake especially the one that makes engagement fiasco.

At Gwendolyn's Dinner Party, Blaine expressed his shock that Frederick had a friend. When Whitney, said friend, gave him feedback on his posture while they were meditating, Frederick giggled, causing him to be enraged. After Whitney told Blaine to be more like Frederick, he expressed that he clearly did not want to do so. Blaine was therefore shocked when King Leland said that he agreed with Whitney, and was distraught when Leland told him that Frederick was on his way up. Leland triggering Blaine's worry that Frederick someday will replacing him, at the top of his imaginary mountain. This making Blaine growing unreasonable fears of someday, Frederick will replacing him at the top of 'his imaginary mountain' - as Blaine secretly thinks that

However, Blaine does seem to care about Frederick. This has been shown when he felt happy for Frederick over the fact that he was going to marry the "youngest daughter" in the portrait, and felt remorse for pushing Frederick too hard when he was assisting him. Blaine also stood up for Frederick when Lord Leopold was about to take Princess Gwendolyn away, forfeited a piano competition to search for him, supported Frederick when he was dueling Leopold to fight for Gwendolyn, and helped him plan on how to ask Gwendolyn out. And, despite being disappointed that Frederick took back the gala ticket when Gwendolyn handed it back to him, thinking it was an "important bookmark".

#### Queen Isolde

Blaine is Queen Isolde's oldest son, and she seems to care for him as much as her other sons. However, it has been shown that he was taken away from her by castle staff when he was a baby, and she did admit to Prince Jamie she didn't know if she trusted Blaine and Lance enough to tell them about their father's plan.

In the first bonus short, Isolde appeared in Maria's Little Red Riding Hood-themed dream. She was still Blaine's mother, but he was Little Red Riding Hood, and she was a woodcutter. Isolde didn't support Blaine's visit to the woods in order to meet his fan club in the dream. Later, when Maria, the story's wolf, ate Blaine, Isolde quickly arrived after to ask Maria if she had seen him.

#### King Leland

As his father, Blaine has been trying to live up to Leland's expectations ever since he was a child- and he actually *had* been, receiving honors and accolades, and maintaining connections everywhere. Blaine has even been described as Leland's preferred son by Leland himself, due to Blaine being "perfect" - smart, hard-working, and loyal. Leland is extremely strict towards Blaine. He promises him the throne in exchange for all his hard work, to which Blaine accepts.

#### Pierre

Pierre is Blaine's personal painter until self-resignation at the end of -

#### Leopold

Leopold is the new painter for him once Pierre resigned.

#### Griffin

Blaine holds a grudge against Griffin, since he came second-place to him in a piano competition the Inter-Kingdom Showcase, and finds him annoying. Prince Griffin seems to enjoy teasing Blaine. He is oblivious to Blaine's disdain towards him, and doesn't take their rivalry as serious as Blaine does. He also refers to Blaine as "Blainey". From Blaine's backstory, it seems the piano duel between them happened since they are kids with the mental imagination of Blaine keeping his trophy close while kicking out Griffin on the face at 'his mountain'.

#### Aurelia

Blaine and Aurelia conversed about the Cosmopolitan Princess Conservatory at Gwendolyn's Dinner Party, and he thought it was wonderful to meet princesses who took their education so seriously. Later, when Aurelia was about to stand up to the Pastel King on behalf of the Pastel Princesses, Blaine interrupted her to say that he wasn't finished talking about the gala. Aurelia told him "Take an intermission, Red", which he went along with.

#### Whitney

Whitney and Blaine are the eldest son in the abusive royal family - the Monochrome and the Plaid respectively. Their first meeting during Gwendolyn's Dinner Party as Whitney grows concerned with Blaine which just lose on drinking game with Syrah, then Blaine that sitting beside him - noticed that Whitney used some cover up to hides his tiger stripes (but thanksfully instead wonder about hiding curse, Blaine simply thoughts that Whitney used it to 'look better' as he being model as a job often used cover ups). When they are meeting again, Blaine didn't recognize him at first because Whitney didn't cover his stripes - which mistaken by Blaine as such ugly face tattoo. Whitney not heed that barb in mind, and instead try to reminds Blaine with words that what Blaine do isn't what he really wants and then Blaine should stop. Blaine didn't heed Whitney's warning that trying to resolve the tension between Plaid brothers (Blaine and Frederick) relationship with words and nearly stabbing Whitney if Prez didn't come to cut in.

#### Prez (Calpernia)

Prez stopping Blaine's attack that nearly hurts Whitney (which earlier protecting Frederick), and then they have sword dance as Prez gives him 'free therapy' session. Prez explaining that the Plaid's invasion to the Pastel Palace which is Gwen's home automatically becomes the Cursed Princess Club's concern - and the club grows fond of Frederick too - as Blaine's little brother that believes everything (too naive) that Blaine did is just an act. Prez taunting Blaine as she believes the "old" Blaine is the one that filled with 'mask' while the current one is the real Blaine. Blaine growing more mad and intensely attacking Prez which growing sick mysteriously, to the point that Prez slammed into a wall. When Blaine advising Prez to leaving the Palace, he realizes that Prez' eyes glowed yellow like a 'cursed' monster. Prez waving her hands as deeming Blaine becomes too hysterical while at it tell Blaine's reaction when he sees her and clearly shown his fear to be near cursed people as the honest reaction behind his 'philantropist mask' - she also sarcastically thanks Blaine to allowing the club members to participates at Bippity Bop Gala. As they're continuing their sword dance, Prez tell Blaine that he might relates to the club - which BlaIne mocking that he didn't want to be related with 'them' as Prez' associates. Prez tell Blaine that the "old" Blaine needed all validation of being loved and praised by everyone every day, but the current Blaine is the 'evil prince' that technically didn't need those anymore as long as he could reach the top as means to solve everything where in reality isn't the truth. Prez gives final attack to knocks Blaine down as she tell Blaine that he need to let go of everything, not just his fear but the whole mountain

## Quotes

"Well then Gwen is a lovely altenative."

"How *dare* you speak such horrid words!!! Father will be hearing about all of this."

"Now embrace me, my sweet princess!!"

"I feel the exact same way, Maria."

"Well not with ***that*** attitude.... Just watch and learn, Frederick."

"Frederick, if there's something you really want, you have to go after it!!!"

"Good morning, everyone. As you know, I've been taking my gala committee responsibilities extremely seriously this year. And even though you sometimes roll your eyes at me for it, *"ahem, Frederick\** I will bestow this gift upon you, my brothers."

"***Frederick!*** I said brushes down. You know I wish for your victory. But we abide by the rules. And part of being a prince means to know when to stand down... even if it means accepting a loss."

"So don't come back here until you've either manned up and talked to Gwen on your own, or unless you're willing to agree to do things our way—the authentic, Plaid Prince way!!"

"What? N-no, thank you. That's not a very lady-like endeavor, nor is it a contest you can possibly win against two fellows who graduated from military academy!"

"Wait... You have a **friend?!**"

"I'll wipe the stage with you anytime you want, you hankey'd buffoon...!!"

"People with curses aren't really viewed kindly out in the public. There can be a lot of fear, panic, and even violence. So, these funds are meant to cover costs of living so that the victims can comfortably, um... remain out of sight..."

"***C-CURSED?!!*** S-s-stay away!! Don't come near me!!"

"*W-what...?* You call that thing ***finished?!***"

"*PIERRREEEE!!!*"

"***MOTHER!! STOP! MY EYESSSS~~~!!***"

"Oh yeah? Guess you can finally see my abs *now,* huh, Leopold."

"I'll start with a beautiful crystal that was graciously given to us by an anonymous donor. It was stolen from a faraway land and is rumored to even have powers to heal a single curse. But I mean, it's mostly just a pretty rock that'll make a nice paperweight. Um,... is anyone listening? I-I'm just gonna sit back down now... I don't like being ignored. I don't know how Frederick does it....."

"*YOUR EYES JUST GLOWED YELLOW LIKE A MONSTER'S!!*"

"...Hey... Are you wearing cover up on your face?"

"HUH?!! Why'd you ruin your complexion with such an ugly face tattoo?!!"

"--No, ***you*** need to BACK AWAY from me, NOW!!"

"--THEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU AND FREDERICK LEARN THAT WORDS WON'T GET YOU ANYWHERE!!-"

[to the leader of Blaine's Fan Club] "Don't bother. It doesn't matter. it never will."

"Well, you're being DELUSIONAL once again, Frederick... ....because there ***is*** no act I'm putting on anyone else."

"...Why do you *always* ruin ***everything*** when you show up, Frederick...?"

"I swear... EVERYTHING about my life was always moving up, and I was practically at the top until I had to babysit you through this stupid plan..."

"Be more like **Frederick...?** ...I think I'll pass."

"WILL EVERYONE STOP?!! I AM **NOT** JUST AN OBJECT!"

"I'd like to talk about.. **Curses.**"

"I think I've been scared of falling for a long time..."

(inner mind) "I've been seeing Frederick as a threat and a rival... ...but that's not true...."

"Because... ...You're my little brother."

"***SHUT UP**, Frederick. How do you know what was real or not? You think I wanted to waste all my time pretending to be nice to you? That was the **hardest** past of this whole act..."*

"Of course not, Frederick. You're a **LOSER.**"

"Stop being absurd, Maria! You two are ACTUALLY beautiful"

"Wait, what am I saying? There's one *huge* thing to worry about! How are we possibly going to sneak you out of the palace with your guards always on duty at the door?"

"*You shouldn't have opened the door, Maria*"

"WHAT I **WANT** IS FOR YOU TO STOP *INVADING MY MIND*, YOU MONSTER!!"

"--*OR ELSE I'LL MAKE YOU!!!*"

"...What am I supposed to do then...?"

"I'll never survive that.... ....Not when there's no one left to catch me..."

"*THIS ENDS HERE, YOU VILE BEAST--*"

"***A-A-A--* AAAAAAHH!!!*"***

## Notes & Trivia

* Blaine's name comes from a Scottish surname derived from the Old Irish name Bláán, meaning "yellow".
	+ One of the crowns of King Leland's parents was yellow, so his father may have named him Blaine to honor his parent. Aurelia
	+ His nickname from Griffin, **Blainey**, in Celtic means "Slender" which is funny as in body size comparison - Blaine the slender one for Griffin's giant body.
* The Princels use Blaine's name in their own terminology, defining it as "the best looking 1% of men who get all the girls". Inexplicably, they also have a poster of him (which is decorated with golden gilding in the physical book).
	+ The term "**ex-Blaine**" is also used for "when a 'Blaine' explains something condescendingly (adverb - patronizing) to a Princel" - as Orson explained. So far it's used to calling Saffron and Whitney. Saffron is the prince that has obvious inferior trigger of inability to grows a beard so Celso mostly calling him out on that feature. Whitney is the ex-prince that cursed so his face has tiger stripes, which the Princels dubbed it to make Whitney ugglier as before has 'Blaine' face.
	+ There's a term "**Beta-Blaine**" that refers to his youngest brother, Frederick - by Zigzag and Beige Princels. The term "beta" is used as a pejorative self-identifier among some members of the manosphere, particularly incels, who do not believe they are assertive or traditionally masculine, and feel overlooked by women. It is also used to negatively describe other men who are not deemed to be assertive, particularly with women. In short, Frederick thoughts as inferior version of Blaine - Frederick isn't technically a traditional masculine type (he's more cute boyish instead manly cool like Blaine), with his skill "administrative support" is looked down as unmanly by Abbi and Syrah, although Gwendolyn amazed by his skill that helps her immensely when preparing her dinner party.
* Blaine can speak five languages, according to Maria.
* Blaine usually gets mad at his family when they don't come to his piano performances. And from his flashback it's shown that Blaine already doing it since kid.
* Blaine has a personal brand that brings in 2% of the Plaid Kingdom's national GDP and raises awareness for many charitable foundations.
* Blaine has been complimented for his perfect posture, but that's also makes his butt tense which Whitney hesistantly pointing that out while gaining laugh from Frederick during meditation session after Gwendolyn's Dinner Party.
* Blaine seems to be very knowledgeable about fashion, being very critical of others' neckwear. He's the Plaids that shown to has largest outfit collection that could be seen from his portraits. His color motif from being the portrait model are mostly: red, black and white.
* Blaine's OST theme "**Flight of Murder Hornet**" that used at Episode 118 as his piano recital duel with Griffin, got arranged by LambCat for the OST of Episode 160.
* Blaine has appeared twice on the covers of CPC's OST albums: the first altogether with his brothers in volume 2, and the second by himself wearing his gala outfit beside a piano in volume 6.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/blaine
2. ↑ Episode 116
3. ↑ Episode 41
4. ↑ Episode 118
5. ↑ Episode 33