#[ written ] : [ crows ]

[thechaoticrow]

for people who haven’t read the shadow and bone/ six of crows books, but have seen the show:

- inej ghafa is a survivor of childhood sex trafficking. she has ptsd and reacts in a panic attack at even walking past the menagerie

- kaz’s trauma isn’t just pekka rollins being responsible for jordie’s death, and waking up on the barge. he had to swim to shore, age nine and barely alive, using jordie’s body as a float

- the darkling has done far worse things than are shown on screen. he is not a ‘lost man’ and alina is not his ‘balance’

- alina was seventeen upon the darkling being nsfw/ romantic with her

- matthias helvar did not lead drüskelle, that was jarl brum- matthias is only just barely an adult himself

- the crows are not their own separate gang, they are part of the dregs, who per haskell leads and kaz takes over from haskell after haskell sold out his lieutenant (kaz) to pekka rollins

- zoya, genya, and alina have personalities outside of either being traumatised or hating each other

- alina never wanted any of the power and fame and idolatry, and in the end of the books is stripped of it all. she is very happy about this

- jesper is a gambling addict and somebody who watched the death of his mother

[swiftiecrow]

When Nina looked at Kaz, she couldn't quite believe her eyes. "Saints, Kaz, you actually look happy." "Don't be ridiculous" he snapped. But there was no mistaking it. Kaz Brekker was grinning like an idiot.

[pangirl-fangirl]

Calahan Skogman will never get to be in a scene with the rest of the Crows cast. We won’t get a scene onscreen with all six Crows. We won’t get the Ice Court Heist. We won’t get Inej’s backstory on screen. Amita won’t get to see her hard work finished, none of them will. We won’t get to see Wylan’s backstory on screen. We won’t get more of Inej and Nina’s friendship or Kaz and Jespers or Matthias interacting with the rest of the Crows.

These dedicated, phenomenal actors have been robbed. We’ve been robbed.

Netflix count your fucking days.

[littleblackraincloudofcourse]

Fuck you Netflix. They deserve so much better.

[aaruaalislost]

bastard of the barrel, loml🫶🏻🩵

[sukibenders]

I always find it weird when reading some Kaneji fics, and the pair are living a new life away from the dangers of the Barrel and all that, and yet have little to no contact with Jesper and Wylan. Like those two are framed as being the third person (people?) in their lives who is far removed, but yet Nina is an ever-present figure? Don't get me wrong, I love Nina, but it's so frustrating seeing some people act like Jesper and Wylan weren't/aren't important in Kaz and Inej's lives, that they wouldn't be even after they find peace in a new world. While I'm sure the pair care for Nina deeply, she would not be able to fully replace Jesper and Wylan, nor would she want to.

[fantastic-nonsense]

I'm just a girl, standing in front of the Six of Crows fandom politely reminding people that geraniums are Inej's mother's favorite flower, not Inej's favorite flower, and that we are never actually told what Inej's favorite flower is

[balladofsallyrose]

Jeff and his Stoner Friends Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) dir. Amy Heckerling

[doctaaaaaaaar]

Why everyone who likes sci-fi or fantasy should read Iron Widow by @xiranjayzhao​ as told by memes:

Everyone should go read it right now. Please.

[justyourlocaldisaster]

halfway through six of crows rn and kaz and inej??? i ship??? they're literally perfect??? oh my god???

[mortysmith]

In theory i like the idea that rick is growing and developing as a person. In practice it ends up falling short though, because no one balances him out. rick is getting better while no one else is getting worse, and it causes the whole thing to end up feeling a bit stale. The biggest draw, at least for me, has always been rick and morty's shitty dynamic, but it barely exists anymore because rick has been so watered down.

The ideal solution is literally just to make morty into a bigger asshole. Essentially flipping the main characters' personalities would offer a wide variety of conflict into the show, and would also help keep it "fresh".

Instead it feels the writers are pretending that they can't possibly do anything with morty's character, that they have to keep him the same anxious idiot he was in season one. I've said this before, but it's incredibly frustrating to watch the show have no problem with expanding rick's character while struggling with keeping morty's heavily stagnated characterization consistent. Where rick has space to develop between multiple seasons, morty is constantly forced into one of two boxes (smart/stupid) depending on the episode.

[sparrowmoth]

Thinking about Jesper and Nina as the last of the Crows. Thinking about Wylan, when he dies, and Inej and Kaz have gone already, and Jesper can't contain his grief. He throws himself at Nina, because she has power over the dead, doesn't she? That isn't how it works. But he isn't listening. He begs and pleads for her to bring Wylan back, to try at least—but she won't. She won't, no matter if he hates her for it, because all she can think of is the sight of Matthias and how wrong it was. How wrong to have tried to hold him back, to hold him to her.

She holds Jesper through the night as he sobs into her shoulder. She holds him tight even as he curses her. The both of them know he doesn't really mean it. They only have each other now...

But it isn't only them there.

Someone else is in the room, unseen, and he whispers into Nina's ear. Not her ear, exactly. More so her mind, but he sounds so present if she just closes her eyes. She wishes she could share this through more than translation, so Jesper would be sure... he's okay, he's okay.

He's somewhere else, but he's okay. And he loves you so much, Jes.

Her eyes are full of tears. She keeps them closed as not to let them fall. She whispers Wylan's words to Jesper. She feels him stilling in her arms and keeps on whispering until the words stop and she can't sense him anymore. He had to go, but he'll be waiting. He had to go, but you have time left. Don't rush to him. You'll have forever. It's just for now, so just be patient... you'll have forever. He'll be there waiting.

[whorejolras]

u know an e/r fic is good when i'm learning new mythological references

[ruins-and-rewritez]

Nina: it's just...the way he looks at you

Inej:...and how is it that he looks at me

Nina: I don't know, it's like he wants to carve out your heart and sew it in his chest just so he can feel it beat with his or something...it's just intense

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

Not me saying I was going to take a break and then immediately writing the first chapter of the wesper ketterdam univerity au

Oops

[books4evermorr]

Wake up everybody

Another reason to live just dropped