Lead book characters: *glance at each other*
Every best friend character:
The bff is always the first shipper.
Kanej as Taylor Swift songs~
"I've got some tricks up my sleeve, takes one to know one."
"You're a cowboy like me, never wanted love, just a fancy car."
"Perched in the dark, telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear."
"You're a bandit like me, eyes full of stars. Hustling for the good life, never thought I'd meet you here."
"And the skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to mess this up."
"Forever is the sweetest con."
"And I'm never gonna love again."
"Put your lips close to mine, as long as they don't touch."
"And I'll do anything you say, if you say it with your hands."
"This path is reckless, this slope is treacherous. I like it."
"Your name has echoed through my mind, and I just think you should, think you should know."
"Nothing safe is worth the drive, and I will follow you, follow you home."
"Rough on the surface but you cut through like a knife."
"The more that you say, the less I know. Wherever you stray, I follow."
"I'm begging for you to take my hand."
"Head on the pillow, I could feel you sneaking in, as if you were a mythical thing."
"Wait for the signal, and I'll meet you after dark. Show me the places where the others gave you scars.
"And I never saw you coming, and I'll never be the same."
"You come around and the armor falls."
"So you were never a saint, and I've loved in shades of wrong."
"We learn to live with the pain, mosaic broken hearts."
"This is the worthwhile fight. Love is a ruthless game, unless you play it good and right."
"These are the hands of faith, you're my Achilles heel."
"I never had the courage of my convictions, as long as danger is near."
"And it's just around the corner darling, 'cause it lives in me. No, I could never give you peace."
"All these people think love's for show, but I die for you in secret."
"The devil's in the details, but you got a friend in me."
"It's like I'm wasting your honour."
"Give you the silence that only comes when two people understand each other."
"I'd give you my sunshine, give you my best. But the rain is always gonna come, when you're standing with me."
"Would it be enough, if I could never give you peace?"
"Untouchable like a distant diamond sky. I'm reaching out and I just can't tell you why."
"And when you're close, I feel like coming undone."
"You gotta come on, come on. Say that we'll be together."
"I realise your laugh is the best sound I have ever heard."
"I like the way I can't keep my focus. I watch you talk, you didn't notice."
"Don't be afraid to jump then fall, jump then fall into me."
"When people say things that bring you to your knees, I'll catch you."
"Hush, I know they said the end is near, but I'm still on my tallest tiptoes."
"I'm a mirrorball, I can change everything about me to fit in."
"I'm still on that tightrope, I'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me."
"I'm still a believer, but I don't know why. I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try."
Unfriendly Reminder that
Isaak deserved better :(
Okay so I know how Darklina stans say Taylor wrote 'my tears ricochet' for them, but 'hoax' gives me Darklina vibes too~
"My twisted knife,my sleepless night" and "Your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in" and "You knew it still hurts underneath my scars" and "My win-less fight, this has frozen my ground" and "You knew you won, so what's the point of keeping score?"
Okay remember when Alex said-
“I saw this young, queer guy who looked like me, sleeping at his desk because he wants kids at public schools in his state to have free lunches, and I was like, I could do this. I honestly don’t know if I’m good enough or smart enough to ever be either of my parents. But I could be that.”
“And now I’m sitting here thinking, that son of a bitch sold out, so maybe it’s all bullshit, and maybe I really am just a naive kid who believes in magical shit that doesn’t happen in real life.”
AND HOW THIS JUST PROVES HOW GOOD HE ACTUALLY IS-
I love how Kos is supposed to be about demons and alliances and how Zoyalai literally have to run a kingdom but then there's this-
“Jude, you can’t really think I don’t know it’s you. I knew you from the moment you walked into the brugh.”
~ The Queen of Nothing
Don't read the last page
But I stay when it's hard or it's wrong or you're making mistakes
I want your midnights
But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day
Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you.
~New Years Day, Taylor swift.
Don’t we all? Who didn’t want to think fate had a plan for him, that his hurts and failures had just been the prologue to a grander tale? To a monk becoming a holy warrior. To a bastard becoming a king.
Nikolai had been told hope was dangerous, had been warned of it many times. But he’d never believed that. Hope was the wind that came from nowhere to fill your sails and carry you home.
~Nikolai Lantsov, King of Scars.