#Crows as a Found Family

[appolinyou]

Nina: Merry Christmas! Jesper: Wait a minute, babe, you're confusing something, the Christmas was 2 weeks ago Nina: No, dear, in Ravka this holiday is celebrated on the 7th of January Inej: Yes, that's right. In the past, Nina and I always celebrated first with you guys, and then separately our Nativity Jesper: /puppy eyes/ Hey, I want that too Kaz: Seriously, girls, you could have said earlier, we would have respected it

[hoperays-song]

I don’t think you’re getting it guys, there are two types of found family: the organized type, with “I chose you and I choose us’, healing together, and nurturing vibes, and the chaotic type, which mainly falls into the “good luck getting rid of me now” category like bringing home stray cats does.

Sometimes it’s just one, other times it’s both combined in some way. And both options are so fucking amazing.

[meloooooonade]

Dadhara being a good Dad

[spareplanets]

i really hope that Kaz sometimes visits The Wraith and helps Inej with her slaver hunting. i hope that Inej comes around Ketterdam and they have dinner. i hope Wylan and Jesper save a spare room for her, just in case. i hope Kaz gets roped into visiting the Van Eck house once a week. i hope Nina comes to Ketterdam after her wedding. i hope they’re all invited. i hope Inej is her maid of honor. i hope Jesper and Wylan live so long that they get married. i hope Kaz, Inej, and Nina are sitting and laughing at the reception. i hope Kaz finally finds peace, and finds Inej.

i hope Matthias watches, the wolves beside him.

[tied-together-with-coffee]

The fact that they deleted the Jesper and Inej scene and favorited the couples scene baffles me

Why do you think six of crows is so popular?

Because let me tell you it’s not because of the ships, we all love kanej, wesper and helnik but there not the main reason for soc success.

The real reason for six of crows success is FOUND FAMILY.

Watching these characters that have no one and lost so much just bond and banter with each other and actually grow to care for one another is the real reason why everyone loves six of crows

[siriuslyobsessedwithfiction]

Nina Zenik is a whole another level of iconic. She read dark romances and said "I'll do enemies to lovers" and actually pulled it off.

[wtaffy]

(found) family meeting 😍

Crooked kingdom, chapter 23, page 325

[kazswift]

platonic relationships in media are actually so much more important to me than romantic ones. not sorry

[arcalek]

I miss them :(

[bytaylorswift]

bitches be like “found family is my favourite trope” and the found family in question is two chaotic bisexuals, a boy who calls his crush an investment, a girl who carries 14 knives, a gay who blows things up, and a dead guy.

it’s me. i’m bitches.

[swiftiecrow]

Do you ever be doing fine then suddenly remember this line and start crying violently

[hoperays-song]

The funniest trope I’ve ever seen is found family, but it turns out said found family is insane and has way more questionable morals than the original family.

[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.

[significant-ace-nnoyance]

the father son representation we desire and require

[mershellscape]

found family eats, consumes, devours EVERY. TIME.

[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.