Shadow And Bone - Blog Posts
Nikolai turning to the side and showing his profile to kaz and jesper then asking if they recognise him now was so in character I can't even
Tolya having a poetic reference for every situation he's in just to get shot down before he can fully share it was peak literature nerd behaviour 100/10 do it again
The scene with kaz and pekka and the whole I buried him six feet deep was perfect Oscar worthy the best moment of my life everything I ever hoped for and wanted that's my horrible murderous villainous insane intense crime lord boss
Fully clothed, standing far enough apart for a million krudge between them...so sexy of them to do this
I can't wait to see more gaslight gatekeep girlboss Kaz Brekker in season 2
Taking the whole month of march off to mentally prepare for seeing Tolya, Tamar, and Nikolai my beloved on screen together
How I imagine the Etherealki keftas from Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse to look like ~
What book are you currently reading? How are you liking it? What book are you going to read next?
Honestly im not currently reading any book i just finished reading six of crows and watching the shadow and bone show but i liked soc a lot and im going to read king of scars and rule of the wolves
Netflix stop canceling popular shows with huge fandoms that were regularly in the top 10 most watched worldwide challenge (impossible)
Darkling is like that one roach that won't die no matter how much you spray it istg.
-A friend
cancelling Shadow and Bone right before they were going to do the Ice Court Heist and with a WHOLE SEASON of Six of Crows fucking WRITTEN AND READY TO GO is evil incarnate netflix you deserve to go out of business forever
Imagine Ketterdam centuries in the future, where all six crows have become saints, and their shenanigans have too many references sin history books to be written off as fairytales.
Kaz Brekker, the Saint of thieves who takes pity on the lost souls and evokes power into the hearts of crooks.
Inej Ghafa the Saint of the abused, holding a protective hand over those who share her story and causing slavers great misfortune.
Jesper Fahey, the Saint of treasure whose name those whisper at gambling tables for good luck and is said to guard all zowa.
Wylan Hendriks, a Saint of runaways who watches over the shaken souls and bruised children who slip out of their bedroom windows to start new lives.
Nina Zenik, the Saint of lovers who couples leave offerings to in hopes that their love will be eternal, no matter what.
Matthias Helvar, the Saint of soldiers who younglings going to war pray to for mercy, and known to protect Grisha when called upon.
a the amazing devil song each for the shadow and bone characters *this is based off of the netflix series versions of the characters
Kaz Brekker - The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace 'Cause when I stand, oh all those folks will run And tell the tales of what I've become They'll speak of me in whispered tones And say my name like it shakes their bones
Inej Ghafa - The Calling And I promise you I'll write I love you With my fingers on your sleeping hand And when that fox howls I'll howl with it, in its cries I'll find an end And when I think I'm fine you'll visit And then you happen to me, you happen to me all over again
Nina Zenik - Ruin I will bring you ruin in everything I do It's never my intention but it happens all the same It starts with love and comfort Becomes a strength of will But all that strength made rubble of those towers we built
Matthias Helvar - Blossoms And my saint she is dancing As every step I choose to take begins to set the world aflame And the soldiers march behind me I can hear them beat their spears And for the first time in all my life I know I'm more than what I fear
Alina Starkov - Inkpot Gods Oh what these? These aren't tears It's just the rain that wasn't brave enough to fall And what they hear isn't laughter after all It's just your voice learning for once to stand up tall
Aleksander Morozova - The Horror and The Wild Think of all the horrors that I promised you I'd bring I promise you, they'll sing of every Time you passed your fingers through my hair and called me child Witness me old man, I am the Wild
Malyen Oretsev - Farewell Wanderlust Because farewell wanderlust, you've ever ever so kind You brought me through this darkness but you left me here behind And so long to the person you begged me to be He's down, he's dead Now take a good long look at what you've done to me
Nikolai Lantsov - That Unwanted Animal And you rip my ribcage open And devour what's truly yours And our screaming joins in unison I cry out to the lord 'Cause if we join our hands in prayer enough to God I imagine it all starts to sound like applause
Genya Saffin - Fair "'Cause outwardly," he says, "I try so hard to make you laugh at me" And she, she does, she laughs as though she's not heard the joke ten thousand times before And he adores her, he watches her get dressed as though she's hurtling through time "Oh darling, please be mine"
Jesper Fahey - Welly Boots And when you scream that it's not fair It's like I've gone off to the coast Left you behind just standing there Pretending not to see your ghost
Wylan Van Eck - Secret Worlds 'Cause I will suffer silence for the strings you tune And I'll withstand what's written for the writer in you Write me well my love, write me weird Write me willing, write me well
still not over how they use lighting and/or framing to make Kaz look monstrous. look at this!
he looks barely human! where is that light even coming from!
behold a goblin man! do you see that sharp contrast between light and shadow? that’s because they intentionally didn’t use a fill light to soften the shadows! all the other characters get fill lights!
a literal fucking demon. his eye is glowing!
fucking Dracula-style underlighting to signal evil! why is there light coming from below? this is not a diegetic (i.e. internal to the story world) light! it is a light placed specifically to make him look like this!
the warm yellow light on the left, the cool blue light on the right, the red shadow in the middle! the bloody makeup! (also the acting, but that’s a separate story)
and like, freddy carter is a fairly good looking dude! he can look regular and soft with standard lighting! even when he’s being all intense stare-y and bruised!
i just really love how much visual storytelling there is in the crows story line. so much of it is not conveyed through explicit dialogue or plot but through the art of cinema! ahhh!
I don't care if the Crows spin-off is just the six of them acting it out in Freddy's living room while Freddy's wife films it on a phone, I'm willing to pay real money for the footage.
Why is it always “ILY” and never:
SL.AIHCHBTSAGDOIENHWH.ITH
my standards are too high for fictional men
nina touching kaz when he starts having a flashback, trying to do her calming heartrender thing, but the power of his ptsd either cancels it out or just makes it impossible because she needs physical contact for it to work and that's obviously a no-go
kaz and inej's individual relationships with touch are honestly so compelling. inej hates the lack of control but when she sees it coming she'll let jesper and nina hug her because they're safe and she trusts them, and she wants to try with kaz despite everything, and she'll sit on the bathroom counter and let him stand between her legs to patch her up knowing it's difficult for both of them because maybe opening up about her own struggles will help him realise he's not all alone in the world
and kaz does try for her and he'll bodily throw himself at jesper to save his life and hold onto him when he gets knocked out in a very dangerous place in the process because like hell is he getting himself another dead brother, but at the end of the day it's still all about the trauma and the autonomy and the stolen innocence and the limitations and the boundaries and the trust placed in their chosen people not to cross them and-
i'm really going to miss you
If every single one of you who watched s2 (or not yet) but would like to see a continuation to their story would tune in this weekend and give one full watch (again or for the first time) of the whole eight episodes, it'd do wonders for the numbers. So if you have a netflix account, please do so NOW! It'll be four weeks on the coming Thursday and then their fate is pretty much sealed.
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The Crows as Text posts 2
(+ some S&B)
Things i absolutely NEED to see in the potential Six of Crows spin-off:
1. Kaz and Wylan falling through Van Eck's ceiling
2. Alys van Eck singing 24/7 and the crows doing absolutely everything to stop her
3. "Open your danm eyes, Inej"
4. Nina raising the dead to catch Inej in the net
5. Colm Fahey being a tired dad to a group of murderous children
Feel free to add stuff ^^
Stupid faces
Very much a show!wesper enjoyer I’m gonna be honest! Especially in love with Jack Wolfe’s acting
each and every day i'm getting closer to watching free rein. it'd be such a fever dream and my inner horse-girl-child would be so thrilled
Freddy Carter went from stealing medical supplies for sick horses as Pin Hawthorn to becoming bastard of the barrel attempting to steal the sun summoner and if that’s not character development then I don’t know what is
STOP IT WYLAN USES MUSIC NOTATION FOR HIS CHEMICALS
love when jesper asked wylan "shouldn't you be in university" my brother in christ shouldn't YOU be in university
incorrect sab subtitles part (?/?)
only a tiny bit disappointed that the 2nd season didn't include how uhh you know
how young kaz actually got back to the shore
