#I LOVE INEJ GHAFA

[sleepless-crows]

"the heart is an arrow. it demands aim to land true." yeah

[forevermmore]

being a character person or a plot person makes such a difference in whether you like a story or not, because i don’t really think i would’ve finished the shadow and bone books — and maybe even the six of crows books — had it not been for the characters. that being said, i’m watching season 2 of shadow and bone and i’m once again absolutely fascinated by every single one of the characters. leigh bardugo had already done a fantastic job in constructing each character so delicately and the adaptation lives up to the spirit of the grishaverse books so well!!!! also i used to be very demanding of book adaptations and understanding some changes are for the better really made the experience so much more enjoyable.

[wraithstill]

me, rising from the ashes of the last couple months, popcorn in hand & ready to cheer on the crows on my tv in a few days: how are we feeling????

[kazsbrekker]

thinking about how, as a child, kaz’s favorite trick seemed to be watching something disappear, and then he grew up and fell in love with a girl who could vanish into thin air, and how we’re told that when he looks at inej, he feels like a boy again and believes that there’s still magic in the world. imagine loving magic all your life, and then discovering that magic loved you too.

[isthataraccoon]

just me thinking about how a man walking down a crowded road will check to make sure his wallet is still there, and in doing so tells the thief exactly where his wallet is. Kaz looked at Inej to make sure she was still there, and in doing so told van eck exactly who to take 😭😭

[hauntingyourself]

My favourite underrated kaz moments from the books pt 2

[jayb1rb]

I love Six of Crows so much because the way that the whole story ties together in such a neat little bow is so sweet to me. Its things like this:

A man who pats his wallet to make sure it's there is signaling to every thief where his wallet is. He pats it to make sure it's there.

Kaz glances over to Inej on Vellegeluk when he knows he shouldn't have. He knew it was a dangerous situation, but he couldn't help but look.

He looked to make sure she was there.

[silly-little-gooses]

we need to appreciate the diversity in six of crows more!!!

a disabled orphan boy with PTSD and flashbacks

a POC girl who is a sexual assault survivor and a victim of human trafficking

a queer POC boy who has an addiction to gambling and (probably) ADHD

a queer boy with dyslexia and daddy issues

a queer plus size girl who is also a refugee and has to overcome addiction

a boy who has to overcome the misogynistic and racist beliefs forced on him by his toxic culture

THIS BOOK IS TOO GOOD !!

[lynsstrange]

Other YA characters taking down their enemies: massive scale magical fight scenes, complex good vs evil moral conversations, love triangles, tragedy

vs crooked kingdom

kaz brekker: so, what do you fuckers know about the stock market?

[mournersandfunerals]

you know, i really think one of the funniest parts of soc is knowing that kaz and inej heard about the dekappel's impenetrable security and went "alright bet" and stole it just to prove a point

[nataliescatorccio]

INEJ GHAFA & JESPER FAHEY Shadow and Bone, 'No Mourners'

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

The Crows are to the Grishaverse as the Guardians of the Galaxy are to Marvel. Like all the avengers and shadow and bone characters are like “ahh the weight of world is on our shoulders” but all the crows and the guardians just want their goddamn money

I have too much time on my hands and I wanted to prove my point, so enjoy these guardians quotes replaced by the crows characters

Van Eck: [insert long villain monologue here]

Kaz: yeah, blah blah blah but WE’D LIKE TO GET PAID

Inej: The contact is making me wait.

Kaz: That’s just a negotiation tactic - trust me, this is my speciality. Whereas yours is more… stab, stab, stab

Nina: I have no need of the money

Kaz: Well great, more money for the rest of us!

Jesper: What’s that?

Wylan: Don’t touch that, it’s a bomb

Jesper: AND YOU JUST LEAVE IT LYING AROUND!???

Wylan: … well I was gonna put it in a box

Matthias: I’m a warrior, an assassin. I don’t dance.

Nina: Really? Well, in my country we have a legend about people like you. It’s called Footloose. And a great hero, named Kevin Bacon, teaches an entire city of people with sticks up their butts that, dancing, well it’s the greatest thing there is.

Matthias: Who put the sticks up their butts? That is cruel.

[mynxk]

That part in six of crows when Nina realises Inej is awake and starts crying then Inej gets Nina to sing for her and Nina is terrible at it but it’s so soft. We should all remember 😀

[isthataraccoon]

can we all just stop and appreciate for a minute how all the crows go to Kaz with their secrets? Like for a solid chunk of the book Wylan had only told Kaz about not being able to read, and Kaz didn’t shame him or do anything that you might think from a quick glance at his character, but he made Wylan feel like it wasn’t a big deal and that he was safe with the crows (and that in itself is incredible). Also: jesper being Grisha, Nina about Matthias, the list goes on

[hauntingyourself]

In which, at some point between his brother’s death and the first book, kaz actually had somehow become a demon or something not-quite-human

[sleepless-crows]

i love how sankta neyar's speech and character was relevant to all the characters there. to wesper it was "you guard against pain. you guard against joy." to kanej it was "but when you allow yourself to be blindsided by love... two worlds make a universe. he's not my weakness. he's my universe." to zoya it was "i closed my heart, as if that was the solution to ending all pain. what a safe way to live. what a small way as well." for tolya i'm sure he loved how poetic neyar was and that a shu saint was talking to them. and for nina well... "and i will see him through his days. sharing every moment... until he is part of the night sky."