#and maybe matthias

[mattloui]

Puppet master and his puppet

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

Matthias and Jesper’s relationship, no matter what they actually think of each other considering that their relationship doesn’t always run smoothly, is so quintessential to both of their character arcs but I think it kind of gets overlooked. Jesper’s presence influences Matthias because he is forced to form an opinion on him before he knows that he’s Grisha and whatever that opinion may be it was always formed under the assumption to treat him as an equal. Matthias’ presence influences Jesper because he is forced to reveal the fact that he’s Grisha, something he has been raised to associate with fear, shame, and danger, not only to the people he cares about that didn’t already know (Nina & Wylan) but also in front of someone who genuinely could be a dangerous presence to him because of it, and is met not only by no immediate change in their relationship with each other but later on with active support that they both use to help each get better

[rosemaze-reveries]

During an interview, the manor guests suddenly get a question about you.

this is def an experimental format!! i got this idea while reading the character letters. in the POV of an unknown interviewer (not reader). reader uses they/them.

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Q. Could you describe your relationship with (Y/N)?

🔗 Ada - "Yes, that's my lover. I would say our relationship falls within the typical scope of that sort of thing. Of course, I believe we share something special, but everyone does when they're in love, don't they?" She covers all her bases in one decisive breath, leaving little room for me to comment.

⚰️ Aesop sits perfectly upright, fingers threaded at his knees. His eyes drift to the side and he seems to begin speaking mid-thought. "I had... cautioned myself not to upset their perception of me," he explains. "But they pried, and stayed, regardless of what they found... For that, I'm grateful."

📰 Alice has kept a sharp eye on me the entire time, but it's at this question that she drops the formalities. "I wasn't aware you would be prying into my personal affairs. Where did you learn that name?" Her frankness pins me in place. For some reason, I end up apologizing.

🔮 Eli can't help a sheepish smile from blooming across his face. "Well, truthfully... I don't use this term lightly, but they might be the love of my life." He has been consistently grounded with his responses, so I'm surprised to catch him flustered, however subtle it is. Personally, I'm touched.

❤️‍🩹 Emil considers for a moment. He doesn't meet me in the eye, instead pinning his gaze on nowhere in particular. A faint smile ghosts his lips. After a while, he answers, simply, "Safe."

💉 Emily's hands are folded neatly on her lap. At the mention of that name, her shoulders tense, but she otherwise maintains her composure. "Someone I trust." Her answer is vague and cautious, but acceptable. I'll try to uncover a deeper meaning behind that 'trust'.

🌪️ Ithaqua - "Mine." He is curt and to the point. Yours? I echo, hoping he'll elaborate. His head tilts to the side, and while I can't see the face behind his mask, a sense of dread suddenly overcomes me. I decide not to press further.

✂️ Jack stretches out his hand of blades, flexing each finger in front of him. I can't deny the cold sweat that drips down my spine just by being in his presence. "May I respond with a question of my own?" he says to me. "Suppose a butterfly loses its way, and winds up caught in a spider's web. Wouldn't you agree that the more it writhes and struggles, the more exhilarated the spider becomes?" I don't have the courage to hear out the rest of this analogy.

🍀 Lucky - "I've always been known as a pretty lucky guy, but the luckiest day of my life was when I met them! I remember it was the—" He drags me down a long-winded story about their life together. I get the idea. Eventually I'm forced to cut him off.

🩰 Margaretha twirls a curl of hair, a meek blush dusting her cheeks. "Have you ever been in love before? You're never prepared for the magic of it all. I feel a new rush with them everyday. I know, realistically, all good things come to an end, so I tried to remind myself to expect the worst, but they've proven over and over that... I'll never feel safer than in their arms." After rambling for some time, a look of surprise flashes across her face. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go off like that. Oh, but I've just never met someone who feels so much like true love before."

🔫 Martha doesn't miss a beat. "Sorry, I don't know anyone by that name." I look down to double-check the name written in her file. Her watchful gaze follows my line of sight. Are you sure? I try. "Must've been some confusion somewhere," she insists. The next day, I realize all my files on her and (Y/N) have gone missing.

🪡 Matthias - "Wh-What?" he starts, but keeps going before I can repeat the question. "Oh, uh, an ally, I guess." Well, I gathered that much. When I press for more details, his head sinks low, fingers grasping at the armrest. "I don't know what they saw in me. Was it out of pity?"

🤹 Mike's eyes light up and he blinds me with a contagious smile. "(Y/N)'s a sneaky one, and I mean it—they've got me under the trickiest spell of all. Guess what happens every time I think about them?" Egged on by his grin, I take the bait. You get lovesick? I guess. Suddenly, he tosses a handful of butterfly glitter in my face. "I get butterflies!" Very funny, I sigh, exasperated with these carnies. Why did he have that on hand in the first place?

🧲 Norton leans back in his chair, scowling. "What's that got to do with anything?" He snaps a couple times in my face, urging me to "stay on topic." It's hard to say if this question struck a nerve, as he's been uncooperative for most of this interview, but my suspicions point me to prod further. After all, it'd have been much easier if he just said he didn't know them.

🦋 Vera's face contorts into a leery, hostile glower. "Why do you ask that?" Before I can say anything to mitigate the rising tension, she catches herself, and her expression softens slightly. "I'm sorry. That's... someone quite dear to me, so your question took me by surprise."

🐍 Yidhra's follower goes pale, clearly unnerved. "She won't answer that," she tells me through shallow breaths. "Th-This isn't my place to say, but I'd advise you not to involve yourself with that person." As if on cue, I get a sensation I can only describe as a hand slowly wrapping around my neck. It disappears when I move to scratch it. Must've been my imagination.

Part 2

[yarnwigeon]

am i the only one who doesn't really agree with the criticism that the crows are too young?? i understand where people are coming from but at the same time, i feel like that perspective is almost entirely based on a modern understanding of age. six of crows is meant to be set vaguely in the 17th century, and back then, the concept of a teenager did not really exist. pair that with the extensive trauma that the crows went through in a ruthless environment such as the barrel, and you get a character that was forced to become just as ruthless as their environment in order to survive, therefore making them seem older than they really are.

[pandaexpress303]

today I'm just thinking about the fact that Kaz deciding to give Nina Matthias' share of the money at the end of CK, implies that if Kaz had died, he would've wanted Inej to get his share

[telugxrl13]

swear I’ve seen this as an incorrect quote somewhere 😭

[jazzkrebber]

my boy will never be free

[skepticalcatfrog]

Here's what I'm thinking about on this fine evening: Ketterdam has a HUGE CANAL SYSTEM that runs pretty much through the entire city and I, somehow, completely missed that.

Here's the Ketterdam map, right? We know her. We love her.

BUT, let's zoom in a little:

You can see very clearly here that those thicker, darker colored lines connect distinctly into the harbor, which means that they are ALSO WATER.

So, if a person with a Six of Crows obsession and maybe a little too much time on their hands were to take that map and color it so that all of the water was blue, it would look something like this:

Now, I may just be stupid, but I'd like to believe there is at least one other person who will be as baffled upon seeing this post as I was when I made this realization. It's water!! Canals are a major form of transportation in Ketterdam!! This not only is very interesting to me in regards to Ketterdam’s culture, but it also changed the way I pictured the city in my head. This is life-changing stuff, people.

[violentdelightshavevioletends]

The balance goes like this:

A father responsible for her brother’s death. A rule-following general’s child. A marked one who’s the embodiment of a living-breathing rebellion. A first-year and their third-year wing-leader. Should-be enemies, turned into something more… Xaden & Violet or Sloane & Dain

A dragon-rider and a scribe… Lilith & Asher or Sawyer & Jesinia

The best of friends from day one, a literal ride or die in the Fourth Wing quadrant, just trying to make it… or at least make it a good one… Imogen & Quinn or Violet and Rhiannon

The Shadow Wielders… Xaden or Lynx

[flippityflaps]

I spent three days in Kerch but I didn't find any trace of the crows... they went to Ravka to visit the queen and king or they know very well how to hide from tourists...🤨

I didn't even find any actual crow, just very pretty jackdaws

and some messages that made me smile and many LGBTQ+ flags

[dasiesanddarkness]

i never noticed this before but there’s a point when Kuwei is describing his father’s experiments and the intended goal, and it should be said in past tense: “The tests did not go as planned. Someone in the laboratory was loose in his talk. Our leaders found out and saw a different destiny tor parem.” but instead he says it in present tense: “The tests do not go as planned. Someone in the laboratory is loose in his talk. Our leaders find out and see a different destiny for parem.”

and i think its so cool because Kerch isn’t Kuwei native language, so it makes perfect sense that he gets the tenses mixed up. he also tends to speak in very short simple sentences, because again, this isn’t his main language. he’s not fluent, and the grammar structure is likely very different from Shu so he doesnt know how to speak in longer sentences. anyway i just think thats such a cool detail

[cosmickoshi]

When will we start acknowledging that Wylan suggesting to wake the unconscious guards up before killing them isn't actually ruthlessness but blunt logic because he's taken Jesper's "I'm not big on killing unconscious men" at face value and responds accordingly since he has a very literal thinking pattern? When will we start acknowledging that this is autism?

[loserkaleidoscope]

Autistic Wylan van Eck 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 autistic Kaz Brekker 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 autistic Matthias Helvar

ADHD Jesper Fahey 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 ADHD Nina Zenik

Jes is confirmed but I can't be the only one who sees it in the others right?

[kanejbr3kker]

matthias confuses me because he's so obviously a dog person but i feel like if he was an animal he would be a cat

[lunarthecorvus]

same crows same

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

Thinking about how cool it would’ve been if the Soc spinoff used Wylan’s knowledge of Fjerdan to expand on his friendship with Matthias, like when Matthias didn’t know the Kerch word for snow goggles in the book and he didn’t want to ask Nina he just pointed to them and said “keep your eyes covered” instead, but we could have had him turn to Wylan and say:

“Lamb. How do you say snow goggles in Kerch?”

And then Wylan would say “snow goggles” in Kerch (/English for audience purposes) and then Matthias would tell everyone to put their snow goggles on and we would see both Nina and Jesper seething right up until their eyes were covered - especially because Nina would understand what Matthias had just said.