#no thoughts just kanej

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

I made a thing

I cannot explain how long that lettering took but I love it so much

Song: Swimming by Florence + the Machine

[lunarthecorvus]

KANEJJJ

[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.

[jeremysknoxes]

what i would give to watch jesper bs his way through that zemeni oil future presentation

[charl3ss]

It’s very important to me that once Inej gets her ship, she comes to be known as the Sankta of the Sea. People pray to her and sell relics with her face on them. Inej, just a girl, now with the weight of being a living saint. Much to think about ‘tis all

[bumpereatspants]

I do wonder sometimes whether Kaz did a poor job of teaching Inej lock-picking or if she just couldn’t pick it up as well because they both take the blame in her not having mastered the skill

[bitchthefuck1]

The argument that "well of course they had to include all those important crow moments even if they don't make sense, they need to drum up excitement for season 3!!!" is genuinely so funny to me. Like, 'they had to make the story bad so they could make more of it!' you're so close bestie

[jazzkrebber]

the first thing I ever tell anyone when they're about to read soc is how to pronounce Joost

[my-darling-inej]

kaz at the beginning of six of crows:

Kaz knew it, and for some reason he loved to rile her. He wished he could read her expression now. There was always something so satisfying about the little furrow between her black brows.

kaz at the end of crooked kingdom:

She smiled then, her eyes red, her cheeks scattered with some kind of dust. It was a smile he thought he might die to earn again.

this man was obsessed with inej’s reaction to him from day one and it only got worse throughout the duology

[neptune-scythe]

Anybody notice how the lighting in most of the Ketterdam scenes in season two is teal and a bronzy gold?

Of course these are complimentary colours so it makes sense to pair them together, and teal is a commonly used colour in night hours or to show a dark and slightly spooky tone, and given that the only light source is candles or lanterns that would have to be a nice warm tone

BUT

go with me here

Inej wears teal, more blue toned shades than what is used in the lighting, but still teal

And Kaz has gold or bronze accents in his waistcoat and cane

Hence Ketterdam is lit in their colours

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

Daughter of the Rain and Snow

Concept: Around ten years after the events of Crooked Kingdom, 25-year-old Captain Inej Ghafa frees Maya Olsen from a pleasure house in Ketterdam. Maya is looking for revenge against the man who put her in her position, a man who she knows nothing about except his name: Kaz Brekker.

Tags: @wraith--2 @lunarthecorvus @just2bubbly @real-fragments7 @ethereal-maia @cartoon-clifford @origami-butterfly

Content Warnings: in more general terms I want to remind people to be aware of the nature of Kaz and Inej's experiences and relationship since even if I'm not directly addressing these things they tend to be implicit in any writing about them, but specifically to this chapter there's ptsd references, discussion about drowning, threats, violence, and there isn’t any child death taking place but it is talked about so I wanted to mention that just to make sure I’m being clear

Chapter 15 - Kaz

“What are the chances of being arrested if I murder a member of the Merchant Council in broad daylight?” Kaz snarled as he limped into the Crow Club.

He was finally going to give Ethan this Saints-forsaken financial record. Part of him was hoping the boy was guilty after all, so he’d have an excuse to kill someone. Annika looked up from her table and snorted a short laugh.

“For anyone else pretty high. For you? Depends on the Council member,”

“Meaning?”

“Meaning it depends on whether Jesper would shoot you before the Stadwatch got there,”

“Like Jesper could take me,”

She laughed again. Kaz didn’t have time for that. He flung two bags of coins into her lap and marched on past as he said:

“One for you. One for Rotty. Keep the tables busy,”

Annika’s mock salute was the last thing he saw from the corner of his eye as he headed straight for the back room.

Ethan sat, alone, behind his desk, head half buried in the books until Kaz hit his cane against the doorframe to summon some attention. Ethan flinched and threw his head up, and upon seeing Kaz found himself somewhere between relieved and even more anxious. He closed the book in front of him with slightly trembling fingers.

“Kaz, you - I don’t-”

Kaz dropped the record into front of Ethan, open on the Olsen transaction. He took in Ethan’s twitchy manner and dishevelled appearance with a slow study if the boy, who was now leaning over and blinking several times to read the words.

“When did you last sleep?”

“Wh- I don’t- I was waiting for you,”

Ghezen, the kid hadn’t left the room since Kaz told him he’d be back with the ledger.

“It’s been 30 hours,”

“You said you didn’t know how long you’d be,”

“Well you’re useless to me like this. Go back to the Slat and get some sleep, we’ll talk about this tomorrow,”

Ethan left in a haze and Kaz shook his head as he took a chair and pulled the most recent books towards him. Something was telling him the last 2 days of adding were going to need redoing, and besides it gave him a good opportunity to read through the recent ledgers for any discrepancies. This wasn’t as good a distraction as talking to Ethan would have been, but it was something. Kaz thought of Inej pulling away from him in their little house, dark eyes burning like a fire half- hidden by the black silhouette of the moon. He flexed his fingers in his gloves.

“What was the alternative?”

“Me!”

She was right, in a way, he thought. What would their little piece of the world look like if he had taken the energy he gave to the Dregs and put it into them? A marriage that didn’t rely on letters left from the beyond, safety, security, maybe family. And where would that leave him? Following Inej around Ravka, replacing the fear of the ship with the fear of her falling from the swings? Watching her teach their children the high wire whilst he imagined them falling, saw their little bodies splayed across the concrete? Or would he still be left waiting for her ship to return, tucking the children in every night whilst they asked when their mother would come home and he had no answer to give them? Always passive, always outside, watching her life through a lens whilst he couldn’t find where he fit into it.

She would have her ship, and he would have his city.

Even now that had to be the way it was. He had watched her try to be part of his world for years and known she wasn’t happy, he couldn’t ask her to sacrifice that again. But he didn’t know if he had the strength to sacrifice his world for hers instead.

And now this.

Kaz didn’t want to blame Inej for being angry with him, but she’d read the Saintsforsaken ledger hadn’t she? She knew he’d done nothing to this girl or her father that justified her placing blame on him. Something itched at him in the corners of his mind her shut out. You didn’t want to blame Jordie. Of course he didn’t. But it seemed all a more clean cut affair with Maya’s father, didn’t it?

No matter how Maya felt though, surely Inej could see?

She reminds me of you.

Kaz had no hope of focusing on these stupid ledgers. The numbers swam from line to line, like they were taunting him with the one thing he was supposed to be able to do. This, at least he was supposed to still be good at. A glance, an acknowledgment, and the numbers should have been stored in his mind. The filing cabinets in there scrolling over a decade of records that he could call upon at will. But now he was straining to concentrate, and his mind was filled with nothing but Inej and her dark, burning eyes. Flinching away from his touch. Drowning in the harbour. Thirty hours. When had he last slept? He didn’t want to. The dream came too fresh, too often. That oil black hair spilling around her, floating in the water. Limbs drooping, borne aloft by the waves, fingers in his turning to taut and bloated flesh. He couldn’t touch her. Couldn’t reach her. He was falling from the wire without a net.

He shoved the books away and hurried out, ignoring Pim trying to get his attention as they passed each other near the stairs. He went into his office and slammed the door shut, feeling the shake of his gloved fingers on the lock. He was stronger than this. This wasn’t supposed to happen anymore.

And if it did? He wasn’t supposed to be alone.

He slid down the door and sat on the floor in cold, shivering silence, his bad leg stretched out in front of him. He had to get her, had to explain to her, had to - what? What did he even want to say?

He would move the earth for her. He would kill, had killed, for her. He would die for her. And it didn’t mean anything, because even now he didn’t show it. Because even now, he refused to torture himself with the idea of their future. Their happiness, together. In Kerch, in Ravka, they could move to the permafrost in Fjerda for all he cared. He would carve a life for her in the face of a mountain, if that was what she wanted. But it felt like an infection. It was worming its way through him, and if he didn’t quash it there was every change it might destroy him. Destroy them both. All he was so desperate to give her was impossible to say, because saying it out loud made it real. It made it something that could be lost.

Kaz didn’t know how long he’d sat there before he managed to slowly pull himself back up, weight first in the door handle and then against his cane. There were no lights on in the room. He let the door swing on its hinges as he left, to walk back to the Slat. To force himself to sleep; to let the dream wash over him so he could fight it like he’d fought everyone and everything else.

And so it was as the door swung and the lights remained off, as Kaz limped away in stoic silence and the street lamps began to glow, that no-one noticed the hand reach up from beneath the desk and leave a neat, sealed letter next to the inkwell.

[darlingmoppy]

Hey hey WHO WAS GONNA WARN ME CROOKED KINGDOM WAS GONNA MAKE ME CRY HUH I DIDNT EXPECT FOR IT TO MAKE ME SOB ALMOST ALL THE WAY THROUGH OK THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FUN LITTLE TRICKERY AND CON BOOK :,(LOOK AT THE MESS IVE BECOME) NOT COOL LEIGH NOT COOL MAN

[uniquecellest]

Inej to Jesper: I'm so glad you and Wylan are dating! You see---

Jesper: We're not dating

-----

Nina: You and Jesper are so good together, I wouldn't be surprised if you two ended up being the first couple----

Wylan: We aren't dating

Kaz: you're not

Matthias: you're not

Kuwei: you're not

*Wylan and Jesper turn to face each other* We're not!?!

[whosthatfunkyrat]

Some imagery you can associate with Inej, Kaz, and Kanej:

Inej first (bc she’s my beloved):

Religious imagery/ sainthood

The moon

Acrobatics/tight rope/ circus(?)

Daggers/blades

Pirate imagery/ ships/ captain

Water & The Sea (Not sure if water counts but Kaz describes her movement like a girl under water, also the whole sailing away thing)

Smoke (Kaz also describes her as moving like smoke)

Ghost Imagery (I.e The Wraith)

Spider imagery

Crow/bird imagery (less prevalent for her than Kaz but still worth mentioning)

Wings (the whole chapter where she falls and looks for her wings, connected to the bird imagery but separate enough)

Kaz:

Dog imagery (bc he’s “Par Haskel’s rabid dog” and I feel like this nickname is heavily under appreciated)

Crow imagery

The Sun (you might be confused by this bc usually the sun is happy but think about how Kaz burns with devotion and rage, how all the crows circle around him, him always being the center of the gang ((even tho we all know Inej is their touchstone)))

Fire.

Keys? (Lemme know if this is wrong but I see a lot of people doing fanart with him holding a key- idk what that’s about I haven’t read past crooked kingdom, if you know pls tell me)

Magic/slight of hand/deck of cards/thievery (lumping them all together bc they’re too similar)

Hands & gloves (ofc)

Water & the sea too actually… unfortunately.

Honestly… Blood.

You can do knives for him as well but it’s less prevalent.

Eyeballs… bc…. The eyeball part. Also- he sorta knows/ sees everything.

Kanej:

Sun & Moon

Fire & Water

Fire & Smoke

Queen & King

Saint/Sinner (or demon)

Knife/Wielder (referring to when she worked as a dreg, and killed who he told her to, less romantic but should you be using this for writing it could work)

[veerbles]

always fascinated by people's different takes on the language barrier between kaz and the ghafas.

I think my personal opinion is that kerch, being the language of the center of commerce and an overall neutral party in the war, is kind of like english - in that it's an internationally spoken language, but certainly not by everyone. considering jesper spoke it well enough to go to university in ketterdam, even though he was a farm boy, it must be pretty widespread. matthias didn't speak it until hellsgate, but he also grew up very sheltered.

inej didn't speak kerch when she was taken, so it's reasonable to assume her parents didn't either. but maybe they spoke a little of it, like in some countryside places in europe? or maybe they learnt in their efforts to find her? or perhaps they focused their efforts inside ravka, and never learnt a word of it.

it's always suspicious to me that kaz never bothered picking up ravkan, being the strategic businessman that he is. I think he wouldn't hide that ability during the ice court/van eck mission if he had it, so either he can speak very little, or not at all; if not at all, it supports the assumption that kerch is the international business language, which is why he never bothered picking up a second language.

so would the ghafas learn enough kerch to communicate? I don't doubt that using inej as a translator would frustrate kaz to no end; words are his strongest weapon, so he'd definitely put effort into being able to communicate with them. but would he learn suli? or ravkan? suli would be a more personal gesture, which he'd see as a leverage to get the ghafas to like him. ravkan would be more useful in other ways, and we know how much kaz likes having more than one reason to do something.

[kazscrows]

This just in from Ketterdam:

Local man is in shock to find that people (especially a woman) care about him.