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let me say it again: Nina Zenik is not skinny. She is fat. She is hot. Those two things are not mutually exclusive, so why am I still seeing fanart where she’s thin?????

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feelings for Inej: *exist*

Kaz:

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idk who needs to hear this but when your english teacher asks you to explain why an author chose to use a specific metaphor or literary device, it’s not because you won’t be able to function in real-world society without the essential knowledge of gatsby’s green light or whatever, it’s because that process develops your abilities to parse a text for meaning and fill in gaps in information by yourself, and if you’re wondering what happens when you DON’T develop an adult level of reading comprehension, look no further than the dizzying array of examples right here on tumblr dot com

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jarl brum: welcome to the first official meeting of the “fuck nina zenik” council, where we’ve all gathered to say a collective “fuck you” to the grisha witch who keeps ruining our plans.

matthias, sweating: i may have misunderstood something.

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WE NEED 340 SIGNATURES FOR 200K. If you haven't signed yet now is your chance to push us over that MARK!

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the crows as The Office episode titles:

Kaz: “Counseling” (alternatively “Mafia”)

Inej: “Business Ethics”

Nina: “Drug Testing”

Matthias: “Grief Counselling” (alternatively “The Convict”)

Wylan: “Gay Witch Hunt”

Jesper: “Boys and Girls” (alternatively “Broke”)

Kuwei: “The Surplus”

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Nina: Started talking to your self, Kaz?

Kaz: Yes, it’s the only way I can be assured of intelligent conversation round here.

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never gonna shut up about it i fear

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there is a petition to save sab!! https://www.change.org/p/save-shadow-and-bone-5ff54b93-d127-44a9-9f77-dfc410bdc2ba?fbclid=PAAaZHpYpRcu9_63ef2YErpJWTug4gK77QjUSSt6pPp_JtygAugwPIqSXetGI_aem_AU1X5cr-zqW5z1t7ZvQqrQ_5qQdhGRizAK6XI0MUrXfWxRdA7CowQW0YBBs9HYPRqD0

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I wish I didn’t care this much. When I thought about potential bad news I knew I would be disappointed but I feel a bit like I’m being crushed and no-one understands why, and I think this is in many ways a reminder of the way so many people don’t view the things we are so vibrantly and beautifully passionate about as things worth being passionate about. But our passion is wonderful, it is bright and strong and it produces art and emotion and community and we deserve that. I adore these books so goddamn much but I think on some level when a book has an adaptation and the name becomes recognisable, the people who don’t understand our pain can at least acknowledge what it is and that’s unfairly vindicating, like I’m allowed to enjoy it because it’s recognisable so I’m not weird for doing so. That shouldn’t be the case and it’s not fair that it is, but it doesn’t change the fact that people are more reactive to me saying “there’s a TV show of it on Netflix!” than they are to me saying “it’s a powerful book series that changed my life”. I feel like I’ve had something taken away from me. And I feel like the knowledge that the show got cancelled will breed an idea of the books not being worth the time because the show wasn’t, and that’s just so so so not true. I’m reminding myself that these beautiful, life-changing books have always been the heart of this fandom and losing the show does not mean less love for the books, they mean the world to me. But that doesn’t stop this from hurting.

Anyway I needed to get that out, I don’t know, maybe I’ll delete this later. But there’s really something magic here, and I will love it forever. To have had an adaptation is a wonderful privilege and I’m so glad we got to see it, I just wish we’d been able to see a little more.

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Jan:

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the crows as onion headlines:

Kaz:

Inej:

Nina:

Jesper:

Wylan:

Matthias:

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Percy:

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The Crows on TikTok:

Inej: Queen of dancing, but prefers to film circus skills ie high wire, the ribbon thing and knife throwing. Has a lot of collabs with Nina and Jesper. Kaz sometimes shows up in the background and people argue in the comments if he’s real or edited in. handle is @gravityghafa

Nina: Influencer. Fashion, food, body positivity. Does the dances, and is very good. The kind of influencer to be invited to premiers and shows. Always complains about the hair from Matthias’ dogs getting everywhere but there are a few videos on his account of her cuddling with them. handle is @ninawantswaffles

Matthias: Dad tiktok, teaching everyone how to cook/fix things. Also films commentary tiktoks rarely when he disagrees with political happenings on the app. Nina shows up a lot and they’re the cutest couple on the platform. handle is @helvarmatt

Wylan: Science side. blows things up a lot, sometimes on purpose, sometimes not. Jesper can be heard yelling in the back of some of his videos after a particularly big explosion. Those tiktoks quickly end after that. And can we mention the spelling in his captions? handle is @wylanvansunshine

Jesper: 100% does thirst traps. Wylan comments on every one. cannot decide on a name for him but its definitely something cringey and/or dumb

Kaz: his content is like that one asshole lock guy who breaks into locks whilst completely destroying them verbally. His comments are full of the weird hand simps, because his gloves slipped an inch down his wrist once. They want him to cosplay the Onceler. @kazilicious - Nina changed it and Inej said she thought it was cute so Kaz wouldn’t change it back

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i have three and im not to be trusted with any of them

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