#hooks and crows

[hooks-and-crows]

Not shop related, but my kid sibling asked me to make them a deep sea bunny from Pressure. The lil dude isn’t completely in game accurate, but I like how the baby turned out.

[padfoot-lupin77]

(This might have been done before but I just saw these text posts with Nancy and Steve from ST and I just had to make this)

[thimblings]

*Viago will remember that*

(random scene from the fic i'm writing in my head lmao. takes place after leaving the cafe in "Coffee with Crows", hence the bag for groceries. first image is Lucanis putting a Gladiolus [Sword-Lily] in her hair that he bought while in the market. not intentionally flirting, he's just ~like that lmao)

(i will continue to find excuses to not draw Lucanis's complicated casual wear and also put everyone else in casual wear so i don't have to draw armor uwu)

[ljaylmaoo]

This clip of Josh lives rent free in my head 🥰 THE FRICKING HAIR OMGG

[theverywest]

Me casually watching Decendants Rise of Red with my younger sibling :

WHATS HIS GAY ASS DOING HERE????

[sour-leminies]

DO YOU KNOW WHAT BREAKS MY HEART?! THAT THERE IS NOT MORE MONTY FICS! LIKE PLEASE HES SO PERFECT!!!!

LOOK AT HIM!

AN ANGEL, MY SWEET MUFFIN CAKES (ok I’ll stop—😭)

BUT NO CAUSE ITS CRIMINAL THAT THIS MAN DONT HAVE MORE

also I did learn of Joshua Colley from Hook decedents rise of red — it was the best thing of my life.

[skylee-spider-lillis]

Monty being Captain Hook in the new descendants movie is so not what I had on my bingo card for this rest of the year.

Well I guess that's happening.

Good for Monty, getting to live his slutty era.

[crossdressingdeath]

I am once again begging people to realize that Ivenci does not in fact want to "make Antiva better", that's not why they want the Crows gone. This is someone who straight up let Treviso get occupied by the Antaam who fuck up every city they occupy (and tbh it is actually insane to me that a mage let the Antaam occupy their city after the atrocities in Ventus, which must have happened before the Antaam took Treviso because occupied Ventus is referenced in Eight Little Talons which happens before Antiva is invaded; it says a lot that Ivenci thought that was a good idea). They tried to gas the city with qamek (again, insane thing for a mage specifically to be doing after Ventus, these experienced writers did that on purpose) to remove the Crows and their supporters yes but also anyone who spoke out against the occupation too loudly. Guys, please, Ivenci wants power. We are repeatedly told and shown that they want power. They'd rather destroy the minds of half the city and give those remaining to the Antaam than not have power. Their immediate response to being told they'll be put on trial—with the knowledge of the king and merchant princes, so even if we assume the Crows don't have the legal right to do that they fully intend to cover their bases on that front—for all that treason it is at this point well documented they've been committing is "You can't do that to me, I'm the governor of this city". Them saying the Crows are bad does not mean they're right because they could not more clearly think the Crows are bad because they're getting in their way specifically.

They're not even right about why the Crows are bad; first and easiest the stuff about the Crows murdering people in the street is just straight up nonsense, there is literally nothing in any other game or this one suggesting they do that, they kill people they are hired to kill (and because they're so expensive those targets are extremely unlikely to include random people on the street) and claiming they're as bad as the Antaam (who we do see dragging people away during the first visit to Treviso) is ridiculous. And second... I've said this many times, but defending Antiva is literally the Crows' job. If the people of Treviso or Rook (or Ivenci, although they wouldn't for obvious reasons) went to the king and asked for help to free Treviso, the king would send them straight back to the Crows because defending Antiva is their duty and they do it proudly and as well as they can. Keeping Ivenci in the loop is the limit of what they're really required to do, and frankly given Ivenci is a) incredibly rude, b) wildly suspicious and c) entirely useless it's really more than they deserve, someone please replace this person with a competent governor who actually wants to help their people. Also no I won't ever be over them standing around doing nothing except insisting Crows Bad right outside the field hospital the Crows set up and are fighting to defend from the Antaam in blighted Treviso. This is where everyone involved in this situation who claims to care for Treviso should be putting their money where their mouths are and it is telling and pointed that the Crows do at great personal cost—the Crow casualties dying of blight and getting warped into monsters that the other Crows with Rook's aid have to put down so they aren't suffering and can't hurt anyone was deliberate, can people stop acting like the Crows are totally fine and untouched in blighted Treviso—and Ivenci and the Butcher don't, that was a deliberate storytelling choice and I would like people to stop ignoring it.

Ivenci is not insisting the Crows should stay out of it because it's not their job and they're overstepping; they're saying it because it is the Crows' job and they are interfering with Ivenci's plans, which is in fact evidence of the Crows working as intended in their role as Antiva's defenders (which does make the argument that Ivenci's right about the Crows being bad for Antiva somewhat ironic, given they're walking proof of the Crows being pretty good at their role even while being actively sabotaged and before anyone suggests Rook's doing all the work I'm saying right now that that's not the case, the Crows are clearly doing a lot when Rook's not around, and if you claim it is because we don't see them doing it you'd better be claiming that literally every faction is completely worthless because that argument does not apply to just the Crows). I am begging people to use their critical thinking skills, people saying things you agree with in broad terms and people being right are two entirely different things.

[kaysonthejackal]

If you were to ask who my favorite character that Joshua Colley has played is, I would tell you all of them. There is no choosing.

[hooks-and-crows]

Happy Beret May everyone ✨

The Beret May event is mainly happening on Insta (you can find me over there at hooksandcrows) but I’m sharing over here too!

@whitehareknits and I are collaborating for the entire month of May, making various fruit berets and I’m excited to share them with you guys!

[cc-tinslebee]

my friend brought up that “Joshua Robert Colley” has the same vibes, same je ne’sais quoi, as “Robert Sean Leonard” and now I can’t unsee it

[rockets-sweet-girl]

I need Joshua Colley to know that every time I see him as Monty or Hook, I have a MASSIVE urge to cut my hair the same way. My hair is roughly 29 inches IN A BRAID and here I am- wanting to chop it all off so I can have that haircut. I'm envious

[peapeapeapa]

look at the guyyyy 🥺 the fellowwww

wips

[orbot5]

stuff🤗 i love lps (i don’t know if i like some of these but um I couldn’t find anything else)

[velaenatargaryen2]

family: “why are you just sitting in ur room smiling at ur phone?”

me who’s been reading smut about fictional characters for the past 10 hours:

[ljaylmaoo]

The only thing I will say about my Monty and Hook series is I genuinely don’t know who the reader should end up with 💀 I’m so torn

Like Hook feels like the right choice (you’ll find out why)… but then again I really don’t want to be the one to put Monty through ANOTHER heartbreak 😭😭 (bros only been human for like what 2-3 months..? I think.) and he’s already been through sm 💀

that traumatized baby deserves his happy ending 🥲

But either way the ending is gonna hurt like hell to write… hamburger helpME