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sandrodeandrade · 10 months

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The King and the Goddess | Theme: Far Cry 4 fanfic

Chapter 1: The Fall of Sabal

I pointed the rocket launcher at Pagan Min's helicopter at the royal palace of Kirat. I took a deep breath and pulled the trigger, seeing the explosion in the sky. I felt a mix of relief and remorse. Had I made the right choice? Pagan had revealed that Lakshmana was my half-sister, the result of his involvement with Ishwari, my mother. Mohan, upon discovering the betrayal, killed Lakshmana and tried to kill my mother, but Ishwari reacted and killed him in self-defense. After that, she fled Kyrat with me. Pagan then decided to hand over Kirat to me, which awakened my desire to rule the country and honor the memory of my family. I wanted to transform it into a modern democracy. I sometimes wondered if Pagan was the only sane one in that country of madmen. I remembered his crimes and his tyranny. I knew that Pagan was not a kind leader. He dominated Kyrat with cruelty and ostentation, using his militia to intimidate the people and profiting from drug trafficking. I remembered all his evil deeds, which included torture, mass murder, betrayal, corruption, destruction, kidnapping, propaganda, slavery, prostitution and animal cruelty. He wanted to end the traditions of Kyrat and prevent the progress of the country. He deserved to be tried by the Hague Tribunal for his crimes, but there were still those who defended him. That was one of the reasons why we lived in a violent world, dominated by autocracy and corruption.

I knew that Pagan had to fall. But I didn't trust Amita, the leader of the Golden Path who dreamed of turning Kyrat into a drug empire. I made a vow to myself to never become a despot like Pagan Min and to defend Kyrat and its people. I wished that my mother and sister would feel proud. The snow of the Himalayas covered everything with its beauty and its cruelty. I thought of Bhadra, the girl I had met in this war. She was the only one I cared about in that insane country. She was like a younger sister, or the only friend. I knew she was destined to be the Tarun Matara, the reincarnation of the goddess Kira. She would be exploited by the religious fanatics of Sabal, just like my mother had been exploited by my father. I couldn't let that happen. I have to rescue her.

Ajay heard the noise of a helicopter and recognized the voice that came from it, it was Hurk: Hey, brother! Want a ride? Ajay: are you sure this helicopter is safe? It looks kind of old and rusty. Hurk: Chill out, man. This is my baby. I fixed it up. It will fly like a turbocharged eagle. Ajay: That doesn't make me very confident. Hurk: Trust me, brother. Ajay arrived at Ghale Residence with a heavy heart. He had just learned the whole truth about his father, his mother and his little sister, and the farce that was the Golden Path. One thing didn't leave Ajay's mind: Bhadra. He couldn't allow an innocent girl to suffer what his mother had suffered at the hands of his father. Ajay remembered the sad look of Bhadra when she was taken to become Tarun Matara. The sadness in her green eyes contrasted with her beauty, which had fascinated him since the day they met. She had a great admiration for his father, but if she knew the truth, it would be a great disappointment. Ajay felt a fondness for Bhadra, as if she were his sister. He wanted to protect her from all the evil that plagued Kyrat.

Suddenly, the radio rang. It was Sabal.

Ajay, Pagan is dead. - he said with a solemn voice. Brother, it's over. I can hardly believe it. Did you find Lakshmana? - Sabal asked with enthusiasm. Yes, I did, Sabal. My mother can rest in peace now. Thank you. - Ajay replied coldly. Kirat is free, brother. Thanks to you. Mohan is also resting in peace now. Come home. I'll need a right-hand man to bring Kirat back to its roots. - Sabal said and hung up. Ajay felt a wave of anger and contempt for Sabal. Right-hand man? I had done all the dirty work and now Sabal wants to use me as a puppet? I won't let Sabal turn Kirat into a theocracy. I won't let Sabal do to Bhadra what my father had done to my mother: use her as a religious and political instrument, without caring about her feelings or desires. Ajay turned off the radio angrily and left Ghale Residence. He was tired of hearing Sabal's lies.

He went to visit his neighbors Reggie and Yogi. They were lying around doing nothing as usual. What a waste of life, he thought with contempt. He wouldn't tolerate them smoking near Bhadra when she came to live with him. She deserved more respect and consideration. Reggie: Hi, neighbor. Yogi: Ah! Mr. Ghale. Well, I guess that's it, then? Reggie: No more panic and destruction?

Yogi: Are you going to retire the old rocket launcher? Reggie: Put it on the shelf, the way it was: collecting dust. Yogi: Unless… Reggie: You have unfinished business? Maybe? Loose ends to tie up? Yogi: Or people you need to kill. Reggie: That's what I said, Donald. Yogi: My name is Yogi. Ajay said goodbye coldly and crossed the small stream. He thought to himself: "Sabal, I'm not your brother. I'm not your right-hand man. I'm the king of Kyrat. And I will free my people from the oppression of you and Amita". He muttered, with hatred. He had a mission: to rescue Bhadra, the young girl he considered a sister, the young girl he promised to protect. Ajay contacted Hurk by radio and asked for one more favor: that he take him by helicopter to Jalendu, where he had to save a princess in arrived at the Jalendu Temple with the intention of finding Sabal and Bhadra, the leaders of the Golden Path. He wanted to end the conflict that plagued Kirat and free Bhadra. But what he saw left him horrified. Sabal was at the entrance of the temple, with the rebels who supported Amita, the other candidate for the leadership of the Golden Path. All tied up and on their knees. He shouted, ordering them to be executed, making an insane speech.

You chose to fight against your own people. By taking Amita's side, you decided that you would make your own legacy and spit on the Gods. Now you kneel before the Tarun Matara, asking for forgiveness. No, no. Where was all this forgiveness when you massacred your brothers and sisters? You committed crimes against the very Gods. That's why I tell you: today you chose to cut your own neck. I don't.

Bhadra was sitting on a throne, dressed in ceremonial clothes. She seemed to be in a trance, as she did not react to anything. She looked at the void with a cold look. Ajay felt a pain in his chest when he saw Bhadra in that state. He couldn't believe that Sabal had done that to her. He couldn't let Sabal continue with that madness.

Wait, what about Bhadra? — asked Ajay, interrupting Sabal.

Now she is the Tarun Matara. The sins against the Gods can only be erased with blood. Purification is necessary to move forward, brother. — answered Sabal, with a crazy look.

The Tarun matara does not object? And you? - accused Ajay, with a furious look.

Ajay, what objection will Bhadra make? Are you crazy? She is in shock. For hours I think Amita was right. You have other intentions with Bhadra. — said Sabal, with contempt.

Bhadra? She is your hostage, Sabal! You are using her as a symbol to manipulate people! She is a girl, not a goddess! — said Ajay, indignant.

You don't see what you did to her, Sabal? She is catatonic! She doesn't speak, doesn't move, doesn't feel anything! She is a shadow of what she was before! You destroyed her! — shouted Ajay, pointing to the motionless girl.

You don't understand anything, Ajay! You are nothing but a foreigner, an outsider! You don't know what's best for Kirat! You betrayed your father's will and let Amita escape. You are weak, cowardly, useless! — said Sabal, pushing Ajay away with force.

Sabal, you've gone mad! You're killing people in the name of a lie! You're betraying everything the Golden Path stands for! — said Ajay, drawing his gun.

Don't challenge me, Ajay! I am the leader of the Golden Path! I am the protector of the Tarun Matara! I am the chosen one of the Gods! — said Sabal, raising the knife.

No, Sabal. You are a tyrant, a fanatic, a murderer. And I'm going to end this once and for all. — said Ajay, shooting Sabal. When the Golden Path soldiers were going to attack Ajay, they heard howls of wolves and saw Bhadra with a bloody face. She seemed to cry tears of blood. They were horrified by the scene and knelt down, begging for forgiveness. They said that Sabal had awakened the wrath of the gods and that Ajay was the chosen one and the new leader of the Golden Path. Sabal fell to the ground, moaning in pain. Ajay ran to Bhadra and hugged her. She was cold and pale. She did not react to his touch. Her eyes were empty and her face expressionless. She seemed to be in a trance, disconnected from reality. Ajay felt sorry for her and angry at Sabal. How could Sabal do that to her?

Bhadra, it's me, Ajay. I came to free you. Let's get out of here. Let's go to Ghale Residence. There you'll be fine - Ajay said, stroking her face. He saw the fear in her green eyes, which looked lost and empty. Suddenly, she looked into his eyes and began to speak in a strange language that he did not understand. He carried her in his arms and left the temple, avoiding the corpses that Sabal had left behind. He got into his helicopter and flew as fast as he could away from that hell. When he got close to Ghale Residence, he got out of the helicopter with Bhadra in his arms. She was shaking and sobbing softly, clinging to his chest.

It's okay, Bhadra. It's okay. I'm here with you - he said, trying to comfort her.

Ajay… Ajay… - she whispered, with a weak voice.

I'm here, Bhadra. I'm here - he repeated, carrying her in his arms. he climbed all the way up to the house and found Yogi & Reggie in the living room. They were surprised to see him and even more so to see Bhadra.

Hey, man, you're back! - Yogi said, getting up from the rug.

And you brought a girl! - Reggie said, widening his eyes.

Who is she? - Yogi asked, approaching.

It's Bhadra - Ajay said, with a tense voice.

The Tarun Matara? The reincarnation of the goddess? - Reggie asked, impressed.

Yes, but she's bad

Ajay said - Sabal forced her to watch him kill people.

That's crazy! - Yogi said - What did he want with her?

I don't know, but I'm afraid to imagine - Ajay said - Do you know how to get her out of this state?

Well, we have some experience with herbs - Reggie said - Maybe we can make a tea.

Or maybe we just need to wait for her to wake up - Yogi said - She needs to rest after going through a scene of terror.

Whatever it is, I need you to take care of her - Ajay said - She's just a child. She doesn't deserve this.

Sure, man, we'll take care of her - Yogi said - You can count on us.

Thank you - Ajay said. He thought about everything that had happened since he arrived in Kyrat. In his father, in his mother, in Pagan Min, in Amita, in Sabal. He had lost everything and everyone he loved or respected. He looked at Bhadra and felt a pang of affection. She was the only person he still had some connection with. She was the only person he wanted to protect. He wondered if she would recover from the trauma she had suffered. He wondered if she would forgive him for not arriving sooner.

He was exhausted and worried. He didn't know what had happened to Bhadra while he was away and how she would react when she woke up. Ajay fell asleep without realizing it, tired of the war and violence that plagued Kirat. He dreamed of Sabal wearing the Yalung mask dragging Bhadra to the Jalendu shrine. Ajay follows him desperately, but the scenery changes to Shangri-La, the legendary Tibetan paradise. It is a magical and beautiful place, full of colors and lights. He sees a woman resembling Bhadra sitting on a throne of flowers, dressed in red and gold clothes. She is beautiful and radiant, like a goddess. She calls him by name.

Ajay… Ajay… I'm waiting for you. You finally arrived. You are an honorable man, my chosen one, my companion… - she says, with a sweet and melodious voice.

Bhadra? Is that you? - he asks, confused. She shakes her head. Ajay doesn't understand if it's yes or no.

Who are you? - Ajay asks, perplexed.

I am Kira, the mother goddess of all kirats. I thank you for saving the Tarun Matara from Sabal's bloodlust. I would forgive everyone, no matter the side; they are all my sons and daughters. - She says, with a bitter voice. She began to cry and said that she didn't want Sabal to kill her people. Ajay felt relieved to hear her words, but also anguished to know that he had caused so much suffering.

I am to blame for putting Sabal in power of the Golden Path. - He says, with a tone of remorse.

It's not your fault, Ajay. Sabal was blind by faith. You are not to blame. - She says, with a loving voice.

Ajay, I just wanted to fulfill my mother's last wish: to free the people of Kirat, honor my father's legacy and protect Bhadra. She is the only person in this madness that I still care about. I don't want for Bhadra the same fate as my mother; I want her to be happy as possible, to have a normal life. I want to see her smiling; something I rarely see. Bhadra has no reason to smile; I don't want to see children going through the nightmare that Bhadra went through. - He says, with a tone of sadness. The young goddess is touched by his answer and smiles at Ajay.

Ajay, protect Bhadra, protect Kirat. - She asks, with a loving voice. She gets up from the throne and walks up to him. She hugs him and kisses him passionately. In his ear, she whispers:

Ajay, protect me. She takes him to a tent made of silk and petals. Inside, they make love, without fear or guilt. When the scene starts to heat up, Ajay wakes up all sweaty and panting. He is confused and scared. What a strange dream… Ajay got up from the rug and looked at Bhadra, who was still sleeping deeply. He felt a mix of relief and anguish when he saw her there, so fragile and innocent. He approached her carefully and stroked her face. She opened her eyes slowly and stared at him. He saw a glint of recognition in her gaze, but soon after a cloud of confusion and fear took over her. She squeezed his hand and asked, with a trembling voice:

Where am I? Who are you? What happened to me? Ajay felt a tightness in his chest when he heard those words. He remembered everything they had been through together, how he saved her from Sabal's clutches, how he protected her from Pagan Min's soldiers, how he considered her a sister. He tried to explain, with a gentle voice: You're safe, Bhadra. I'm Ajay, your friend, your… your ally. We fought against Sabal and Pagan Min, we freed Kyrat, we… He stopped talking when he saw Bhadra's expression change. She looked at him with a mix of fear and gratitude.

You saved me from Sabal? He told me I was the Tarun Matara, the goddess of Kyrat. He forced me to see terrible things. He hurt a lot of people. She looked into Ajay's eyes and remembered everything he had done for her. She felt a wave of relief and affection for him.

You are very brave, Ajay. You are very good. She started to sob and clung to him. Ajay hugged her and tried to calm her down. He said:

It's okay, Bhadra. I'm here. You're safe with me. He smiled and stroked her hair.

Sabal is dead. I had no choice but to kill him. He was a madman, a fanatic, a murderer who deceived you, used you and hurt you. You don't have to be afraid of him anymore. You're not a goddess, Bhadra. You're a girl, a… - He says, but is interrupted by her.

A almost younger sister? Is that what you were going to say? - She asks, indignant. - Do you think I'm a child? That I don't know what I feel? - She breaks free from his embrace and faces him defiantly. - In my land, I am a woman.

She thinks of her grandmother, who at 12 was already a great hunter and took care of three children alone. How she wished she had that decision-making ability, that willpower. How she wanted to be a woman like her.

Ajay stroked her hair.

You are safe with me. I will take care of you. I will protect you. — he says, trying to calm her down. He looked into her eyes and was overcome by a strong feeling. He remembered the dream he had with the Goddess. She looked a lot like Bhadra. Was she Bhadra or Kira? He shook his head and pushed those thoughts away.

What nonsense, Ajay! She is only 14 years old! And she is like a younger sister! I would never get involved with her! — He thinks, condemning himself.

I like her. — He thinks, confessing.

I will not make the same mistake that my father made with my mother. Then he asked her to rest, because they needed to talk about their future, about the future of Kirat and about his dream of becoming king of Kirat.

#far cry 4 #badra #relationship #sabal #Amita

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unboundpower · 4 months

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"🌙" + Picnic

Send "🌙" + a word for me to write an Amito scene of it. // always accepting!

When it came to enjoying some free time, she tended to default to staying within the peace and comfort of her own home. Why go out into public, and risk exposure to strangers of the obnoxious or unsettling sort? She dealt with enough social activity at her workplace. However, spending time in locations where there weren’t other people around was almost just as enjoyable as staying indoors for her.

The breeze was soft and pleasantly cool. Amita wiped her mouth and wrapped the used napkin into the plastic wrap that originally encased her sandwich, before dropping it into one of the many picnic baskets present. Next to her, Vegito sat cross-legged and bit fervently into his food with a closed-eye delighted expression. He made short work of one sandwich before taking another out of the baskets to unwrap and devour as well, occasionally stopping to take forkfuls of salad or sips from his bottle of apple cider. Aside from the rustling of his actions and of the tree leaves hanging overhead them from the tree they were based next to, it was quiet. The sort of quiet that needed no small talk or the like to fill it.

Amita stared off at the distant rolling fields dotted by various flowers, becoming lost in the scenery. It had been quite some time since she last visited a location brimming with natural beauty untouched by mankind, so it followed that the area had a rejuvenating atmosphere. She didn’t know how long the two of them had been there already, but she had no desire to leave anytime soon.

Her attention was brought back to the present when she detected something snake around her waist. Glancing down, she found that it was Vegito’s brown tail, and rested a hand gently upon it as she looked back towards him. He was side-eying her, nibbling on one of the cookies they had packed.

“What’re you thinking about?”

“Just the weather. It’s nice.” They had chosen a good day to spend a lot of time outdoors, and were fortunate to not have had it hampered by an unexpected rainstorm or the like. Amita slowly stroked his tail, smiling at his content appearance and the quiet rumbling sound coming from his throat. The breeze fleetingly stirred up and softly tossled the bangs drooping over Vegito’s forehead, bringing on a warm sensation that spread throughout her chest. She stopped admiring him long enough to notice that all 3 baskets they had brought had been opened and were seemingly emptied.

“Most of the food gone?”

“Naturally.” Vegito chuckled, finishing off the cookie and reaching down to pull another one out of the plastic bag resting on his lap.

“It was all tasty. We did a good job, if I do say so myself.”

She hummed in amusement. They had assembled the food for this picnic the previous night, standing in the kitchen and getting together whatever ingredients they needed. The drinks were bought pre-made to save themselves more time, but the dough for the chocolate chip cookies they had made from scratch using an old recipe she liked. It was chilled overnight before the batch was baked in the morning, to ensure more freshness and more flavor overall. All the while, Vegito made such a mundane activity as food preperation more engauging with his antics. The cling wrap fiasco, and he deciding to be cheeky and dust her with some flour were the highlights.

“You did get enough to eat, right?” Amita blinked, seeing that Vegito was staring at her with mild embarrassment.

“Yes. Don’t worry.” One of her hands fell to rest on his knee and the fabric of his jeans. Her reassurance that he didn’t greedily wolf down everything and leave her with nothing brought the Saiyan visible relief.

“How are the cookies?”

“Great. Not too sweet.” He smiled, fangs peeking out in a manner she found awfully cute.

She felt the mass of one of his muscular arms curve around her upper back and pull her closer to him, as his fingers played with the hem of her blouse. She took it upon herself to reach into the bag he had to get herself one of the baked goods as well.

The pair spent the next uncounted mintues sitting together in cozy silence once again, slowly finishing off their dessert. When all of the cookies were gone, the bag was discarded into one of the baskets, which were then gathered and set off on the edge of the quilt to be collected later.

Amita had nestled herself against Vegito’s collar, soaking in his warmth and feeling her eyelids begin to droop. Though her drowsiness caused some of her senses to dull, she did feel his chest expand and deflate as a yawn barreled from his mouth.

“’M getting sleepy. Want to nap with me?”

“Mhm...” Was her quiet affirmation. Amita’s eyes remained closed as Vegito leaned to the side to grab the pillows they had also brought along, and laid down on his back whilst carefully pulling her down with him. She moved slightly only to rest her head more on his chest and drape an arm across his waist. The air was just warm enough for them to not require a blanket, or them warming themselves using ki.

Vegito’s breathing slowed to a steady tempo. Amita felt her consciousness ebb away, as the sound of her significant other’s heartbeat was the perfect melody to lull her into slumber and bring their tranquil outing to a temporary pause.

#synthetixflora #/ ty for sending lea!! 💕 \#amito // ♡ it's us against the world ♡#saved.

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blackacre13 · 1 year

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part 6 of the bird box au? i love how things are getting intense <3

Part 7 is here; Here's Part 8:

“Don’t mind her,” Lou whispered. “Let’s just focus on making sure you’re safe and the baby is safe. We’ll figure out the rest from there. I told you. You’re not alone in this, Debbie. It’s not just you anymore.”

“You promise?” Debbie sniffed.

“I promise,” Lou vowed, hooking their pinkies.

“Do you know how to do this?” Debbie squeaked, tears streaming down her cheeks.

“As we’ve been over,” Lou grinned. “Not my usual type of work. But I’m your partner in this—and besides, I think she’s here.”

“What?” Debbie spat, half grit and half laugh as Lou smiled in return, Lou’s hands moving to cradle a half-emerged head from between her thighs. “She?”

“Just a feeling,” Lou shrugged, her hands holding the head delicately as Debbie tried and failed to look up over her lap before she fell back with a strained gasp.

Amita was letting out nothing short of a howl to the side, Debbie’s eyes finding the other woman and growing wide as she watched her start to pull the baby away from her, little shrieks starting to make their way into the world.

“Yeah,” Debbie shook her head breathlessly. “I can’t do that.”

“Just breathe for me and push. She’s right there. I promise, Deb. You’re so much closer than you think.”

“You keep saying she.”

“Care to wager a bet?” Lou asked, nodding as Debbie let out another grunt, the shoulders almost all the way through. “I’ll give you good odds.”

“Not….funny….” Debbie gasped, but she was smiling as the sweat and tears streamed, growling as she kept pushing, her hand digging into Lou’s shoulder as Lou caught and cradled the now screaming baby. “Is it…is she?”

“She’s here,” Lou breathed, cradling the baby in her arms as she sniffed, bringing the messy bundle over to Debbie as the brunette let out a gasp, in utter disbelief.

“Can I…” Debbie asked, Lou finding it both odd and amusing that she would ask to hold her own baby. “You were right,” Debbie murmured as she took the baby girl into her arms. She didn’t quite seem to know how to hold the infant, playing around with her positioning for a bit before she settled the baby against her chest. There was something powerful and majestic about it to Lou as she watched her with pride.

“And her future husband is here!” Amita smiled, still laying on the sheets, a cooing baby now on her chest. “Does his future bride have a name yet?”

“Did you also forget she was here?” Debbie mouthed as Lou shot her a wink.

“Weird second date,” Lou grinned.

There was commotion through the house and screaming that made the three women exchange panicked glances once more.

“God, it never ends does it?” Amita groaned.

“No time for names,” Lou decided, standing up as she noticed the furniture against the door starting to shake. “Cover your eyes. Now. The babies too.”

“I hear we have some new miracles in there!” A voice sang outside the door. “Little babies. Little ladies. Come see the magnificent wonder of the world. Feast your eyes on its beauty. Come along! It’s a marvelous wonder. Let your little ones see the magic.”

“Don’t let him in.”

“Amita,” Debbie hissed, passing the baby towards the other woman. “Take them. Bundle them up. Cover their faces. Now.”

She was up and out of the bed with only a grunt of pain as she moved towards the pillows, tearing at the seams with her teeth.

“Here,” Lou spoke, helping her rip at the fabric, tossing a piece at Amita before tearing sheets for herself and the brunette. “Help me hold him back. But please—be careful. You really shouldn’t be—“

“It’s our lives,” Debbie shrugged, helping Lou push the furniture tight against the door, but it was starting to slide, the man outside slamming his body into the door repeatedly, the wood of the frame starting to warp and split. “We can’t hold him back much longer. We’re going to have to run as he comes in if he gets in. Amita, can you run or do you want us to take the babies?”

“I can do this,” Amita nodded. “I can.”

Lou looked down at her, sitting on the bed, the babies cradled in her arms, both screaming and scared. Lou didn’t blame them one bit. She couldn’t believe two little things as small as they were, somehow needed to be on the run before they could even curl.

“Little babies,” the door ripped open, the furniture sliding as Lou tried her best to push back against it, boots coming up off the floor. “Little babies, come out, come out.”

The furniture fell onto the landing of the hallway as the door burst open, Lou pushing Debbie out past the crazy man, screaming at Amita to run, but he was already peeling the fabric from Amita’s eyes as she looked up at him in wonder.

“Come look, friend,” he smiled, leading her to the window as she gazed at him. “Come see.”

Debbie was running back into the room, using back against Lou, but the blonde knew it was useless trying to stop her, helping her move the babies from Amita’s arms instead.

“Come see the wonder,” he spoke to Amita, but Lou and Debbie couldn’t see now. They were blindly moving about the hallway, clawing at doors, willing any one of them to open as they heard Amita scream and felt the warmth of sunlight drip into the hallway as the man must have ripped the curtains wide open.

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yenvengerberg · 1 year

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How did you feel about Inej not being there with Kaz during the scene with Pekka? I liked that they had her saving those captives but it also felt out of left field since the show doesn’t focus on this part of her storyline!! (especially since the hallucinations would have been a great time to do it like I loved the fantasy but ???) I also feel like they brushed over Kaz being angry at her and her leaving it’s just not addressed once they leave Ketterdam?? Idk

oooo okay interesting question! i do understand with it being left field because they really didn't focus on her trauma this season, but i really loved it because it was the one moment we got with her desires and her motivations. i think without that scene her ending would have been too random and while i still think they needed to set it up more before going there, at least it reminded us that this is the one thing that she holds more dear to her heart than anything else. yes she has her family with the crows, yes she wants to be there for kaz, but the one thing that will stop her from that is her need to prevent anyone else ending up in the same situation as she did, and i think that scene highlighted that perfectly.

i also think it added an interesting element to kaz's takedown of pekka in that he is finally getting his moment, his moment of revenge, and still what is going through his mind is inej. where is inej? is she safe? and he must be having to bury these feelings to be his cold, hard self, and rewatching the scene that adds a whole other interesting layer onto it for me.

but i do agree they needed to focus on more of inej's trauma, and her struggles, especially because of the decision she made at the end. listen i love the hallucination!kanej scene, there is such beauty in freddy and amita's acting there and getting to see them as they can never be was something special. however, as an inej stan first and foremost i find it frustrating that she was the only one in that group not given a hallucination to address her trauma. kaz saw jordie and realised he was drowning him, jesper saw his mom and realised his powers were to be embraced, even tolya saw himself losing tamar - these are all deep rooted issues these characters got to address. but not having inej getting to address being a trafficked child and a victim of sexual assault felt like a very odd decision for me, and honestly would have continued thread for her to leave and chase down slavers far better.

i don't think they necessarily brushed over kaz's anger though, it was more that his hallucination opened his eyes. i think the line of 'what is the worth of life if you have no one left to fight for?' is incredibly important because it's opening up kaz's eyes that he needs someone new to fight for, he has enacted his revenge that has fuelled him for so long and he needs to lay jordie to rest. and that person that he realises he has to fight for is the same person who will pull him out: inej. he can't be mad at her, he has to fight for her, and if that's for her dreams in finding her family then that's something. kaz brekker would never apologise, but his way of opening up to her marginally and saying 'maybe i did see something' was his way of apologising. and i think his actions at the end, encouraging inej to find her family, is his way of saying 'i understand why you did what you did, i understand you were not there because this is more important to you, and therefore you should follow it'.

#Anonymous #shadow and bone for ts #sab spoilers #sorry anon i rambled asdfgh this is the problem when i get into kanej!!!

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daisymylove · 1 year

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Finally done with sab, and what a roller coaster that was.It wasn't a complete dumpster fire, there were some things I genuinely liked, but its still worth some criticism.So here we go

Lets start with what we are all here for: the crows

I wouldn't call the writing good, at least regarding them.First season was all fun and games bc it was clearly an AU high budget fic of "what if the crows had had their paths entwined with Alina's". My honest to god opinion? It still would've been better to either improve the sab trilogy plot and stick to that, and leave the crows be, or just skip the whole affair and focus on the crows (I'd vote for that one).That's what their public wants to watch, and the rest of the audience wouldn't even know.

Regardless of that questionable decision, it wasn't bad, but actually very enjoyable.At least until it started to fuck with the crow's story,or more especifically, crooked kingdom.I sincerely don't know how they intend to make a good six of crows spin off key word being good, when they used so many elements of Ck poorly, without it being repetitive.I actually flinched with what I assume was meant to be their version of the bathroom scene, and for sure hope it gets a redo next season.The "I will have you without your armor" scene was literal chills tho.Congrats to Freddy and amita

On that note, the actors are great, all of them. They all have the right energy and have clearly put in the work to understand their characters,I commend them for that, especially Freddy Carter.That man delivered.Although there are some things that bothered me, and I chalk it up to bad writing, he put one hell of a performance, it was phenomenal.I had to actually press pause for a second after watching him looking at inej as if she were his whole world, and then saying he wanted to die buried under the weight of his gold, I was laughing too hard.That's the embodiment of Kaz brekker

He's so good that I don't even mind that he doesnt look like book Kaz all that much, and that's something that usually bothers me

On the things I didn't like, this season could be called the death of nina zenik.Nina is one of my favourite characters ever and yet she was reduced to a matthias fan girl in the most outrageous case of instalove/character butchering that I've seen in a good while.They missed the Mark so bad on that one.

Her friendships with Jesper and, most importantly, inej, were completely erased, and so were the principles that make Nina who she is.My jaw dropped at her pratically saying Ravka could go fuck itself.The dynamic with Kaz was good, very book esque, but he seemed the most attached to her and that's odd and ooc, hence what I meant with bad writing.

My greatest wtf moment was the shadow monster getting to her, and that having zero consequences.Nikolai was "infected", genya scarred, David DIED, but nina was left unscathed? Just knocked out behind a rock? It was such a cheap way for her not to be there to help Mal, they could've handled it better or just not have her in the scene at all

The internet is either loving this version of wesper, or raging over it.I, however, dont have much of an opinion regarding them, or at least an extreme one.It was a sweet albeit rushed take on their romance. Yes, it had nothing of the beautiful, heart-wrenching slowburn Leigh built, but it is good in itself, and worked well with this story they were telling, which had nothing to with soc to begin with

This is getting too long, so to wrap it up

Malina tire me beyond words with their drama and non existent chemistry.Apparently that's a constant in all forms of media, which is a feature in itself, I'll give them that.

Its such a soggy romance.The idea of them being the main couple we're supposed to root for is laughable Does anyone ship them besides leigh? That's precisely why I was OVERJOYED with the show making such a drastic change and them not ending up together

While I remember very little of the books, I do remember barely being able to stand Alina.But the thing is, I actually like show Alina as an individual. Not mal tho, if I had it my way he would've died in the fold The only times she annoyed me he was involved.Whether bc she was making stupid decisions in an sttempt to save him, or their dragged on relationship drama, he's always the root of my dislike.She wants to be proactive, mend her country, embrace her role, and all this pain in the ass of a dude has done, besides the sacrifice, is hold her back

I shit you not, her three scenes with nikolai had 110% more chemistry than two seasons and a sex scene with mal.I think this brother they made up for inej will be Zoya's love interest and nikolai and Alina will be end game in this "time line".And you know what? I dig it. Nothing against book zoyalai, they slay, but based on what was presented in the show, this works and has a lot of potential for being good

I could say a few more things, but lets leave it at that for now.I definitely will watch the next season if they make one, I'm curious to see how this is gonna play out

#shadow and bone season 2 #shadow and bone netflix #shadow and bone spoilers #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #nina zenik #matthias helvar #alina starvok #nikolai lantsov #genya safin #zoya nazyalensky #mal oretsev #soc #crooked kingdom

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Priya Patil Character Intro

Character Name: Priya Rajani Patil nee Avasarala

Age & Birthday: 21; August 12, 1960

Gender & Pronouns: She/Her

Blood status: Pureblood

Sided: Order of the Phoenix

Occupation: Ambassador; Department of Foreign Relations

Face Claim: Amita Suman

School

Hogwarts, Class of 1978

Gryffindor

Charms, Enchanting, Divination Club

Bio

GROWING UP Priya was the only child born to Rajesh and Tuviksha Avasarala who were overjoyed to have a beautiful daughter. Her father worked hard, helping her country find its feet after it gained its independence. It was this absorption in government that saw her family arranging her marriage to Henri Patil when she was only three years old–it also helped that everyone involved was magical. She was often found with her family at formal functions, or out amongst the populace with her mother. Her family and the Patils were close while they were growing up, with Priya and Henri becoming thick as thieves. Both children were often found studying, or playing casual games of ludo. Their marriage arrangement proving quite convenient when Henri was also found to be a first-generation wizard. As her 11th birthday approached, the two spoke about their plans, and their family expectations. Both Priya and Henri received several invitations to multiple schools, and in a communal decision, it was decided that Priya would attend Hogwarts whereas Henri attended Mahoutokoro.

START OF THE WAR Priya was sorted into Gryffindor where she found several long-time friendships. She wrote Henri daily, though it had slowly become more and more clear to the both of them that their relationship would never grow beyond that of a close friendship. She was close to all of her dormmates, often choosing harmony instead of creating issues there. But that same mentality didn’t apply to the rest of her housemates when they were being idiotic. She excelled in school, and wrote Henri often, the two keeping each other in the loop about everything. She was equally close with her family throughout her schooling, though everyone willfully overlooked her clandestine romances with some of her female peers. She graduated Hogwarts with honors, and was quickly married to Henri once she returned home. Both of them worked closely together in the Indian Ministry before a unique opportunity was offered and she returned to Britain after a couple of years as the Indian Ambassador working closely with Henri in his role as the Foreign Relations Minister in the Indian Ministry. In her free time, she was able to pursue her passion of charms and enchanting by gaining her mastery. Her parents died shortly after her twin daughters were born, having been overjoyed at having grandchildren to carry on the legacy of their family.

PRESENT TIME Priya wasn’t often busy in her role as Ambassador, though she pretended she was busier than she often was, due to the British Ministry’s lack of desire to accept help. But she could occupy her free time working on enchantments, or making people think she was barmier than they originally thought by harping on about divination magics and astrology, a tactic she learned made people believe her to be insane in Hogwarts.

Other

Priya often reads tea leaves before major decisions/events. She herself isn’t a seer, though she does have a healthy belief in the art.

She’s not the biggest fan of quidditch, and outside of saying that she supports x or y team, she doesn’t tend to tolerate too much long discussion. She usually finishes the conversation with what she learns was a disgusting statement to quidditch fans…”I like Quadpot better.”

Priya speaks English, Hindi, and Bengali

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JULIA VALISTI * tw for discussions of slavery and death - it's the crows

NAME : Julia Valisti, if surnames are needed NICKNAME(S) : None. TITLE(S) : None, save for the "honor" of being an Antivan Crow - well, having once been one, perhaps. GENDER : Cis Woman, She/Her/Hers ORIENTATION : Bisexual AGE : 26 DATE OF BIRTH : Unknown PLACE OF BIRTH : Tevinter - she's been told she was purchased as an infant in Ventus, out of the way of the Crows' usual sources SPECIES : Half-Human, Half-Elvhen CLASS : Rogue

RESIDENCE : She has ( had? ) rooms at the old monastery in Treviso, but is otherwise RELIGION : None. EDUCATION : A thorough assassin's education - knives, poisons, manipulation, stealth, et cetera. She specifically made a study of chemistry, using her knowledge to perpetuate rumors that she's a mage and better manipulate the field with her targets. LANGUAGE(S) : Trade Tongue, Antivan, Tevene, Orlesian, even some sparse Andersche

MOTHER : Unknown FATHER : Unknown - but she's worked especially hard to keep it circulating that he's actually a powerful magister. She claims it adds to her mystique. SIBLING(S) : Unknown SIGNIFICANT OTHER(S) : Bianca Benedetti ( EX - LOVER ) OTHER : Lera Valisti ( MENTOR )

APPEARANCE : Dark brown skin, almost black eyes - often outlined in dark liner - and pin-straight black hair. She will keep this out of her face with a combination of oils and tight braids and buns, or tuck it into the hood of her outfit. She favors dark clothing, better to blend in, and will use a hood to conceal her face. FACECLAIM : Amita Suman

The story goes something like this: Julia was the illegitimate, half-elven daughter of some Tevinter magister. As part of a bargain for a contract, he offered her to House Valisti as payment. It's where she inherits her alleged powers, her cunning, her razor sharp mind.

Of course, she made it up when she was a girl. If she was going to be called a “vint” by the other children jockeying for position as an Antivan Crow, she would make sure there was a good damn reason for it. She tricked the others into believing she had magic with sleight of hand at first, then some creative chemistry. A bit of spark, a bit of a show . . . worked on rivals as well as targets, she found. She outshone and outkilled all the other children, and was thus permitted to join House Valisti in Treviso.

Her career was spotless. This, unlike the story of her heritage, is not an exaggeration. Ever kill was executed ( ha ) to perfection, every single request from the contractor granted - make it look like an accident, make it obvious, make it happen in a locked room, in a crowded street, while making love to his mistress . . . if you could dream it, Julia would make it happen for you. And if you could not dream it, she would also make it happen for you. And what’s more infuriating, at least for those among the other assassins, is that she did not seem to care much for her payment. Consistently underbidding herself purely, it seemed, for the especially challenging contracts. This drew the attention of the heads of House Valisti, and perhaps even their admiration. Lera Valisti in particular took an interest in the girl, offering her further instruction. She was, for a shining moment, untouchable.

At the same time, Julia began seeing a sex worker at the brothel in Treviso - a Bianca Benedetti, beautiful and buxom and the best lap to rest one’s head in. She could tell her things she couldn’t say anywhere else. Andrastians have their prophet to confess to, she would say. She had Bianca. What little she retained from her jobs went to a night with Bianca, and perhaps some little gift she brought from abroad. Love for assassins is a four letter word, and yet . . . she did care for her, as much as she might care for anyone, of course.

The favoritism she received from Lera didn’t earn her many friends. Nor did she care to have them. She was sometimes called upon to work in concert with other Crows, but her attitude and perfectionism often left others with an bad taste in their mouths. She was cutting into what money they could make, she was gaining too much sway with Lera, some even whispered she was on track to become the next Talon of House Valisti. It was these rumors that would be her undoing.

Julia was on a job with a fellow Crow, one of her few team-ups. She believed the target to be a minor Antivan lord mixing himself up in business, but in reality it was she. When they attacked, she barely managed an escape - using some of her “magic” to distract and disarm them. But rather than simply run, she was seized by the romantic. She went back to Treviso, to Bianca, to attempt to persuade her to come with her. She made the mistake of sending a note ahead of time. That’s why the Crows discourage such things. It makes you stupid.

When she slipped through Bianca’s window, she found herself set upon again. This time her escape was less sure. There was a bloody fight, and while she killed one, she had to flee again due to her injuries. It didn’t take her long to figure out how they’d realized she’d go back to Treviso. Someone had tipped them off.

She left Treviso that night, still bleeding from several cuts, fever burning out infection. She grants the fact that she even remained standing long enough to book passage southward across the Waking Sea to be a miracle, almost enough to get her to believe in Andraste and the Maker. On the voyage over, she had the time to recover and think hard about what to do next. For the first time in her life, nothing was sure. She had nothing approaching family, not even family who hated her anymore.

Thankfully, the sky opened up and hell rained down upon the world. There’s nothing better for a job.

As word began to spread of the Herald, Julia hatched a plan of her own. She would “run into” them, claiming that the Crows had gotten a contract on their life and that she had felt the need to warn them. And who better to protect someone from Crows than a Crow? She had no idea if the Crows actually had a contract for the Inquisitor, yet. But they would. She knew enough about the balance of power to know that many certainly wouldn’t appreciate them. Then, when the time was right, she would strike … and win her spot back into the Crows, politics be damned.

She’s just taking her time, that’s all. And perhaps life on the outside is … more appealing than she expected.

#spoiler: i think it was lera trying to kill her bc at this point she wasn’t a talon but shhh #ezio valisti was talon in 9:41

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amitapaul · 1 year

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#23GloPoWriMo

Prompt Dated : 2023 April 5

Response No : 1

Poem No: 10

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Prompt : Begin by reading Charles Simic’s poem “The Melon.” It would be easy to call the poem dark, but as they say, if you didn’t have darkness, you wouldn’t know what light is. Or vice versa.

The poem illuminates the juxtaposition between grief and joy, sorrow and reprieve.

The Melon

BY CHARLES SIMIC

There was a melon fresh from the garden

So ripe the knife slurped

As it cut it into six slices.

The children were going back to school.

Their mother, passing out paper plates,

Would not live to see the leaves fall.

I remember a hornet, too, that flew in

Through the open window

Mad to taste the sweet fruit

While we ducked and screamed,

Covered our heads and faces,

And sat laughing after it was gone.

For today’s challenge, write a poem in which laughter comes at what might otherwise seem an inappropriate moment – or one that the poem invites the reader to think of as inappropriate.

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Poem Title : Clearing Out

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Mother has come with us

to say goodbye to her old home

all the way from Vancouver

to Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

“ Is this not beautiful, Rimi ?

It took me a whole month to embroider it “,

Mother says, holding a table cloth,

and looks at me askance .

“ Yes , Mother, it is lovely “

“ And this crocheted quilt,

you used to love it as a child “

“ I remember this, Mother “

“ This green mirror- work cushion cover-

it’s impossible to find these things in Canada -

can we not take it with us ? “

How shall I tell her

that we cannot carry her memories of a lifetime

in this home she made for us

to my new home in a far-off land ?

How can we pack

All those decades of our lives

In two suitcases ?

Because we have no family left now

in India

all the rest of the stuff

will either have to be sold

or given away to strangers.

The flat has already been sold

and we have a week to clear it out.

I look at curios

and knick- knacks

once prized

now useless burdens.

How disposable our essentials become

with time, with change !

Even the body, with death.

The doorbell rings.

A distraught deliveryboy

is standing on the landing

and as we watch,

he fishes out a clown’s hat

from his pocket

and blows a playwhistle

“Birthday cake for two- year old Rohan ! “

He announces

And we burst out laughing.

“ That’s the toddler in the flat above us, son”

says Mother, gently, wiping her eyes,

and he apologises before rushing upstairs.

We sit down to a cup of tea

before restarting our melancholy task.

It’s Father’s medals and mementos next

And a pile of photo albums.

It’s only after he passed away

that Mother agreed to come

to live with us in Canada

on a permanent basis.

Is anything permanent in this changing world ?

I ask myself.

( ASA )

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Poet : Amita Sarjit Ahluwalia

Poem 10 / 5th Day

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joey-potters · 2 years

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Shadow and Bone & Dawson's Creek

Thanks Ashton <3

Shadow and Bone

❤ Favorite Male: Kaz Brekker and Jesper Fahey

❤ Favorite Female: Inej Ghafa

❤ Favorite Pairing: Kanej (Kaz and Inej)

❤ Least Favorite Character: The Darkling

❤ who’s most like me: Alina Starkov I feel and a bit of Wylan (The two sunshines <3)

❤ most attractive: Inej Ghafa (Amita is so stunningly beautiful)

❤ three more characters that I like: I'm just gonna say the rest of the crows (Nina Zenik, Matthias Helvar, Wylan Van Eck) and Genya Safin (but I also love Zoya and Alina so really on this show I like everyone except The Darkling lmao)

Dawson's Creek

❤ Favorite Male: Jack Mcphee and Pacey Witter

❤ Favorite Female: Joey Potter

❤ Favorite Pairing: Joey x Pacey

❤ Least Favorite Character: Dawson Leery

❤ who’s most like me: I think Andie, I'm a little bit like Joey but not much

❤ most attractive: I'll say all the ladies

❤ three more characters that I like: Jen Lindley, Andie Mcphee, Drue Valentine (I know a weird choice but he's a fun character)

Send me a Fandom!

#personal #maya-matlin #answered ask #ask meme #shadow and bone was so hard #i literally love everyone #besides one character in the whole show

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oceans-meme · 3 years

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Ocean’s 8 Text Posts

#beautiful debbie and the rest #beautiful amita and the rest #oceans 8 #debbie ocean #lou miller #constance #amita #tammy #Rose Weil #daphne kluger #ocean's 8 #oceans8 #Nineball #text post

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shhxstopxyelling · 5 years

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Just speaking my truth..

#ocean's 8 #oceans 8 #debbie ocean #amita #sandra bullock #mindy kaling #beautiful debbie and the rest

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madeyoumyvillain · 3 years

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Desi woman here.

I don't know if I want to talk about this or not because brown women are so used to being silenced in activist and supposedly "supportive" spaces but I realise that if I don't speak up rn,this might continue. It's just my opinion and I don't know how to talk about all this without coming off as stupid. But I've had enough.

A white woman being a stunt double for a brown woman is something I can live with. But what hurt me the most is painting that white woman brown. As a brown woman,I've always been told "if only you were lighter in skintone" "you were so much fairer when you were a kid,what happened" and it really hurt me as a child, made me believe in the notion that fair=beautiful. My younger sister,who's only 13,went through the same version of this in a much worse way because she's darker than the rest of us. People always told her she wasn't as pretty because she was darker but mind you,she's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. And the smartest in her entire grade. I love her and she loves herself,which was a struggle on her part because the same notion took over her mind too. The fact that there are so many South Asian people they could've chosen from rather than brown-facing is so fucking infuriating.

It's so disappointing how brown and black people are treated unfairly because of the colour of their skin,endure years of self loathe and judgement and unfair treatment because of the stereotypes attached to us based on SOLELY our skin. But what's much worse is seeing the same white people who we are taught are better than us,more beautiful than us because they're white, paint themselves in shades of brown and black and no one bats a fucking eyelash. The thing we are shamed for is just paint to them,it will get off their skin. But we would continue to be given side eyes or treated differently because of how dark or light we are.

I remember tearing up just looking at Amita and Sujaya because brown representation in mainstream media is rare and when present,it takes up only after the stereotypes attached to us. Especially in fantasy,you don't find any brown representation at all. So seeing Inej and Zoya made me happier than you think. So if the show is cancelled,I don't know how long it will take for me to see two brown women in iconic and important roles in a fantasy series.

Amita trained so hard for Inej,the fact that she had to see this happen is so disheartening. I can make a list of South Asian stunt coordinators and doubles and the fact that there would be enough of them for the production crew to choose from rather than turning a white woman brown is mind boggling. I'm sorry for every South Asian person who applied for the job. Inej is SO important to every brown girl,to me,to everyone who wants to be badass and still have more heart than everyone combined. She's our hero and she deserves better. Amita,desi women and POC deserve better than this.

I love the show and cancelling it won't solve anything, holding the right people accountable would be the best thing to do. Shadow and Bone deserves a better production crew. Cancelling the show would be avoiding the root problem. It's been noticed from the start how Leigh and Eric have been trying to score woke points for the cast being so diverse and then pull shit like this shows how much they respect desis in the first place. We should be included because we EXIST. Showing people who already exist is the bare fucking minimum and if you're not portraying them as they are in mainstream media or think portraying them is very brave of you then you are in fact a part of the problem. They casted my girl and said "that's enough brown representation for today ❤️" and I really hate them for it.

It's not diversity if the writers room is white. It's not diversity if the stunt crew is white. It's not diversity if the production and management crew is white. If your diversity and inclusion is only limited to the screen, then it's performative.

Netflix,do better. You're not an ally if you keep on making these mistakes and then apologizing again and again. That's manipulation. We expect better. We deserve better.

#shadow and bone #the darkling #ben barnes #the grishaverse #alina starkov #leigh bardugo #aleksander morozova #jessie mei li #six of crows #inej ghafa #amita suman #freddy carter #kaz brekker #kit young #jesper fahey #malyen oretsev #archie renaux #shadow and bone netflix

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srbachchan · 2 years

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DAY 5140

Jalsa, Mumbai Mar 14/15, 2022 Mon/Tue 12:33 AM

💙 , Tomorrow .. March 15th .. be the birthday of the beautiful , Ef Fatima Zohra Daheur , aka , Amita .. from the state of the Two Lions .. !! .. Prayers for the peace of beauty and strength .. within and without .. 🙏🏻💠✨ Love .. 🌹

Birthday Ef .. Ankita Dadajwar , Nanded .. Tuesday, March 15 .. and the wishes of all the Ef for this special day .. 🌹

The process of thought in these days and times is a process which I now discover, has been notoriously given the pseudonym‍ of a certain Shri Googlé !

It used to be ‘when in doubt, shout’ , but then since, the affections have altered and the informant of all possible required information rests peacefully with the Shri G ..

And the gentleman has such a vast sense of obligation that even in the worse case scenarios , unknown, unaltered, by any circumstance, he responds with reason and effect .. when he knows !

When he does not, he has the honesty to say so, in unabashed brazen and audacious verbology .. and even in this unfound word it tells me that it could be an expression in the ‘urban dictionary’ not typically in use ..

SO ..

( many may wonder where this is leading to )

every now and then a reference is desired and at times they belong to a category that may never have a direct meaningful mean .. so what does one do .. ?

we refer to it in any case , and when questioned point towards that emoj’d finger in the other direction .. 👈 / 👉 ..

I tried that, not so very long ago and discovered that the intel quotient in the system is actually prepared for all circumstances .. it can manufacture run it and lock you out if needed ..

Which brought memories of the film ‘2001 Space Odyssey’ and the human manufactured computer system Hal on board .. which actually has been preprogrammed by the human to defy human behaviour or command .. it being the most brilliant moment in the film .. and its death by physically unscrewing his parts is the most poignant moment - the dichotomy of a human, killing another human manufactured human ..

Oh mr Kubrik you are a genius Stan .. in every film you designed, the variety, the innovative condensation, the genre shift in each, has without doubt made you stand out as the ‘greatest cinematic human’ - pardon the pun .. of all time ..

AND ..

the choosing of the name for the on board computer as Hal .. was simply stupendous ..

HAL as in Shakespeare’s Henry .. Henry the V or the VI th in their notoriety .. or was it derived from the French Henri .. often pronounced .. Onree .. and then straightened out to the simpler Henry or nick named Hal ..

Dear O dear ! .. we started with what and have landed up somewhere in the odyssey of unrelated unconcerned mirrored intelligentsia ..

yes I do this at times .. 🤪

Amitabh Bachchan

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Not a total frickin’ idiot

For the request: R x Daphne Kluger. R being a part of the original Heist Crew and also being the one Daphne approaches. They’re super flirty w/ each other and everyone knows that they like each other except themselves.

Summary: You thought you had gone unnoticed at the Met, but Miss Kluger never forgets a face.

Characters: Daphne Kluger x fem!reader, the Ocean’s team

Word Count: 1,657

Warnings: swearing!? Do i still have to put a warning for that? idk

If you had learned anything about diva actress Daphne Kluger from Rose, it was that you don’t speak unless spoken to first.

And considering she didn’t talk to you at all during the heist, you were able to get around the entire night never uttering a single word to her, fulfilling your role on the team without any kind of hiccup.

So you were quite surprised when she had slid into your booth at your favourite coffee shop, giant sunglasses and a fashionable sunhat masking her face. You looked up from your phone and were about to comment about your booth being taken until you recognized her.

Your mouth hung open a little bit as she took off the hat and glasses. Her lips were painted a deep red and her outfit was impeccable, as always.

“Say..” she immediately said, pearly whites nearly blinding you as she smiled, “you were at the Met, weren't you?”

“I- I’m sorry?” you began. “I don’t know-”

“Oh my god! You totally were! You were wearing that adorable dress. Gosh, you looked so good.”

You were blushing hard, because in a matter of barely a minute, Daphne Kluger, gorgeous movie star, had called you adorable and good-looking all in the same sentence.

“I was there too- well, obviously you know that,” she chuckled, “and I was wearing that beautiful diamond necklace, don’t you remember? It was all over the news. Especially when I supposedly lost it.”

“O-oh? Right, y-yes I remember reading about it in the news..”

“And you know.. I couldn’t help but wonder how weird my designer was acting all night. And that lady in the black from the staff, who found my necklace? You’d almost think they were acting.”

You were almost as pale as a sheet at this point, gripping your cup in shaking fingers.

“And you know what’s funny? I saw you talking to both of them during the night. I mean, how couldn’t I notice? You looked so gorgeous, almost like you were asking me to see you.”

You gulped, “I do not know what you’re talking about, Miss Kluger-”

“Just call me Daphne,” she leaned forward, lips spread in a feline smile, elbows resting on the table and propping her head up on her hands.

“Y/N, right? I asked for your name from the guest list, I hope you don’t mind. They let me in on those sorts of things anyways.”

“That’s me,” you replied.

“Do you know Debbie Ocean? Of course you do, you two also seemed pretty close all night, hm? You’re lucky I was the only one who noticed.”

“What?”

“I’ve been approached by an investigator who seems really interested in her because the uh, necklace turned out to be a fake.”

You tried to pretend to be surprised at the news, but you couldn’t muster it, and Daphne looked at you knowingly.

“Luckily, I didn’t tell him any of your names, because I wasn’t sure if I was right. But you just confirmed all my suspicions anyways, so..”

“Are you threatening me?” you narrowed your eyes at her, and she gasped in mock offence.

“Of course not!” she leaned forward, giving you ample view of her cleavage, hand trailing over yours,

“I’m seducing you, Y/N.”

You didn’t know what to say as she looked at you with those deep, telling eyes. Her own eyes flickered appreciatively over your features, and you wondered if she was checking you out or if she was simply acting.

A small group of fans approached the table, chittering and blushing at the sight of Daphne Kluger in a meagre coffee shop such as this one. She smiled amicably, accepting their compliments and giving them autographs, before saying,

“You’re all so sweet, but do you think you’d be able to let my girlfriend and I have some privacy for the rest of our date? Thaanks,” she waved as the fans rushed off, gasping and gossiping amongst themselves at the prospect of the Daphne Kluger having a girlfriend.

“Girlfriend?” you asked once you found your voice again. She only grinned and winked at you.

“Oh, don’t be like that baby. Now, are you gonna tell me about the necklace, or what?” she sipped your drink and your mouth went dry.

“Chilly,” Daphne remarked at the glances given by the rest of the group, “what about, ‘Hi Daph, welcome to the team. Let’s not all high five at once.’”

You chewed your lip, bounced your leg, avoided her gaze altogether, and tried very hard not to look at how good she looked in her black dress. You were sitting across from the couch where she had plopped down, hunched in the metal framed chair.

“Why’d y’let her get to you, Y/N. I told you not to draw attention to yourself!” Rose said to you, after you and Debbie had explained how Daphne had found you, recognized you and called out the plan. You, being the newbie in the ways of criminality, could barely think of a cover up and ended up bringing her to Debbie with a spluttering confession.

“She didn’t,” Daphne’s eyes were locked on yours, “I just noticed her myself.”

You blushed a little and looked away. Debbie looked at you apologetically, knowing you felt put on the spot.

“Plus,” Daphne continued, “I am the one who is saving your asses from insurance fraud, okay?”

The team burst into shock, responses flying left and right.

“I-I was gonna get to that,” you said hastily, eyeing Debbie, who stepped in,

“It seems that they’ve assigned an insurance investigator-”

“Who’s about to look up your asses with a flashlight,” Daphne pointed out.

“Who?”

"Oh, this little Columbo dude, everything but the trench coat, totally on to you.”

“His name is John Frasier,” Debbie said.

"Wha- you know him?” Amita spluttered in disbelief.

“Yes, he busted my father twice, my brother once.”

“He’s family,” Lou added.

“Lest we forget, this entire enterprise was to keep me out of jail,” Rose interrupted, worry etched on her face.

“No one is going to jail,” Lou assured her.

“We expected this, we prepared for this,” said Debbie. Not many of the team seemed to believe her, with Nineball adding,

“Yup... that’s clear.”

“We will not be the prime suspect,” Debbie said sternly.

"Then who will be?”

“Well,” you added, “we’ve got the security guys, the busboys-”

“...The shady guy who put you away,” Tammy sighed, arching an eyebrow at Debbie, who could barely contain the smirk on her face. Daphne stared at her incredulously,

“..the boyfriend.”

"Mhm,” Debbie replied, “they were gonna be looking for somebody, just had to make sure it wasn’t one of us.”

Lou nodded in approval, adding a faint, “that’s nice.”

"Thanks.”

“Wow... that is amazing,” Daphne grinned, chewing her gum in delight, “the precision, right? It’s always the attention to detail and the little grace notes that really make something sing.”

A short silence followed. Glances were cast between the rest of you, wondering what on earth had gotten into Daphne’s head.

“...Why are you doing this?” Tammy asked, clearly dumbfounded by this multi-millionaire actress dropping into their party. Daphne stilled for a moment, her eyes flickering to you for a second before saying,

“I.. don’t have that many close female friendships. Plus bookclubs are the worst, so I just thought y’know... could be something fun to share?”

“You’re becoming a criminal because you’re lonely?”

“...Who isn’t sometimes, right?”

"Are you an only child?” you asked her. Her silence told you enough.

The team seemed to accept at that point that Daph was there to stay, so they went about their usual business.

“Beer?” Lou offered you, which you immediately said yes to, feeling a little woozy after that whole experience.

Tammy went to the kitchen and opened another pizza box, and you went to grab a slice for yourself before calculating your next move carefully, hoping your brain wouldn’t short circuit as you grabbed another slice and headed to where Daphne was sitting by herself.

You sat next to her, very very awkwardly, and offered her the paper plate.

“Aw, thanks,” she smiled, cheering up a little, “you know you don’t have to do that.”

“Do what?”

“Be nice to me because you feel bad for me. Look, I’m sorry I cornered you the other day. I didn’t mean to seem desperate or whatever.”

“You- you didn’t seem desperate,” you frowned, “and I don’t feel bad for you. Whatever gave you that idea?”

She looked at you with a mouthful of pizza, and made an exasperated gesture to your whole surroundings, indicating the events that had just occurred. She also didn’t want you to know how she had been dying for your attention the minute she had seen you at the Met.

“Oh, well, I mean, I think your reasoning was perfectly justified,” you cocked your head at her and smiled. Then you lifted your pizza and said,

“to crime!”

The rest of the group cheered and replied with the same phrase, lifting their beers or pizza with glee. Daphne blushed at the exclamation.

“Now you,” you said, nodding encouragingly.

“What?”

“Do it! If you’re gonna be a part of the Ocean’s team, you gotta get with the rituals.”

“Rituals?” Daphne scoffed. But then she saw your dopey smile and sparkling eyes, and her insides melted. She delicately lifted the pizza and said,

“to crime!”

You laughed and sipped your beer.

“Ten bucks says they’re dating by next week,” Nineball said in the kitchen, peering into the fridge.

“I say by the weekend,” Constance offered.

“Idiots,” Rose shook her head. “If tonight is gonna keep up like this, I say by the morning.”

They eyed you and Daphne chatting away on the couch, completely forgetting about everyone else.

“Not so lonely anymore I guess,” Tammy smiled.

“Told you, crime’s good for many things,” Debbie nudged her and smiled at Lou, who rolled her eyes playfully.

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Six of Crows re-read

(i also did this for the shadow and bone trilogy so read that if you want to)

spoiler alert obiously

i'm SO EXCITED FOR THIS this is my comfort book (with crooked kingdom of course)

JOOST HI

oo fun fact this was my first grishaverse book and i read it with no context whatsoever except that the mc is an emo boy and morally grey

so IMAGINE my pure confusion when JOOST appeared

i was like ?????? weird take on morally grey character but ok

joost trying to figure out how to flirt with a girl is a mood

anyone wanna teach us how to???

i kinda wanna skip this part so i can see the crows..

but i won't don't worry

(won't I?

"I think Yuri may be quarantined"

aaaand?

so are we you are not special

i feel like it's very important for me to mention that i read this book in spanish first

and then i got into the fandom and i was like who the fuck is the wraith? i only know El Espectro

Heartender who??? ooo you mean Cardio

Tidemakers? nope, i only know Maremotores

for real i was so confused i had to re-read it in english (not that i mind tho)

say whatever you want about the spanish version but we have to agree that this design is pretty af

another one yay: "Retvenko was a Squaller" vs. "Retvenk era un Impulsor"

(should i also say that in my pfd english version the book is 294 pages long and in my pdf spanish version its 532????) (i think it's because in the english one the speces are way less like the lines are so close together wtf

i've decided that i'm bored so i'll be skiping this chapter

anya is super badass tho

skdgfalsdgfliaysvfascvhjl yesssssss inej

Kaz Brekker didn't need a reason.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

KAZ

INEJ

I MISSED THEM

omg now i can picture amita and freddy SDJGKASKGLASG THIS IS AMAZING

we interrupt our regularly scheduled program to watch the shadow and bone trailer once again to hear freddy's beautiful voice

ok moving on!

now hear me out i'm giving you all permission to make fun of kaz for this one: Dirtyhands = Manos Sucias

hello i am Kaz Manos Sucias. nice to meet you!

AAAAA

AAAAAAAAAA

JESPER FAHEY

JESPER LOVE HI

SJDGHFKAHSGDLAJSDFSJ,AHFLHDSGF

I MISSED HIM OMG

OMG NOW I CAN PICTURE HIM AS KIT

can you tell jesper is one of my favourite characters?

i really love the fact that kaz is pissed about the murder of that ambassador ONLY because he can´t figure out how it happen

he´s such a nerd

i can't believe one of the firts things we hear jesper say is threathen to kill someone by writing "forgive me" with bullets

AND HE CALLS HIS GUNS "BABIES" OMG

picture saying hi baby and wylan thinkin he's talking to him but actually jesper's talking to one of his guns

Jesper rolled his eyes. "It's about sending a message. What's the point of a dead guy with forg written on his chest?."

"Compromise," Kaz said. "I'm sorry does the trick and uses fewer bullets."

ooo thank god we have kaz to come up with creative solutions /j /s

honestly i love how they talk about kaz's cane like it's the scariest weapon ever (which it kind of is)

nothing will ever disappoint me more than finding out that in english their gang name is "the Dregs". like i don't even know for sure what that means

in spanish is "Los Indeseables" (the undesirables?) which sounds a lot more badass

no hate tho i like the dregs

but i was confused af bc i expected it to be sometihng like "the undesirables" or"the unwanted" or whatever

and it said "the dregs"

which in the translator means something like shit or something

anways moving on:

If he'd (kaz) ever been a little boy

i love how lowkey all the crows think he was just born exactly like he is now

imagine a baby kaz all dressed in black and threatening people

cute

"No mourners," Jesper said as he tossed his rifle to Rotty

"No funerals," the rest of the Dregs murmured in reply. Among them, it passed for "good luck".

YES

YESSS

i wonder what wylan's doing right now :))

i can't wait for the next book where he has a pov

the first time i read this book i literally looked at the title of every chapter to see if he ever got one (i was disappointed to say the least :((((

Besides, she was the Wraith - the only law that applied to her was gravity, and some days she defied that, too.

ma'am

marry me please

i'm gonna cry so hard once the show is out and we get to see inej omg

me simp

That Kaz had chosen Jesper to be one of his seconds was no surprise. Twitchy as Jepser was, with or without his revolvers, he was at his best in a fight, and she knew he'd do anything for Kaz.

idk why but i just love it every time kaz implies or shows that he cares or trusts jesper

it makes me soft

But every one of Inej's senses told her that was not how this was going to play out. Her father would have said the shadows were about their business tonight. Something bad was going to happen here.

underrated saying from Inej's father right there

"I'm a business man," he told her."No more, no less"

"You're a thief, Kaz."

"Isn't that what I just said?"

i see no lies here

not to be annoying but i hc jesper as adhd (i mean is pretty much as canon as wylan's dyslexia) so i'm gonna write here every time i see evidence :)

jesper with adhd part 1: impulsivity

Jesper snorted. "Stomach, spine. What's next, spleen?"

"Shut it" Oomen snarled. The rules of parley dictated that only the lieutenants could speak once negotiations had begun. Jesper mouthed "sorry" and elaboratedly pantomimed locking his lips shut.

he know he couldn't speak but couldn't stop himself from making a comment (i relate way too much to that lmao)

hoestly poor jesper he had to watch hid friend get shot and kaz do nothing about it

i would've been mad too

"I like it when men beg," she said. "But this isn't the time for it"

KAHGFAHLGSFGASFLGSAFS

this is one of the best quotes in the book by far

YASSS KAZ POV

Kaz could have tol Jesper that he knew he wasn't dirty, reminded him that he'd trusted him eough to make him his only real second in a fight that could have gone badly wrong tonight.

cute

but kaz is petty af

he didn't even have a reason not to tell jesper that!

i love that kaz knows inej is following him but doesn't say anything because he wants to wait until she's ready

i LOVE the scene where kaz in in the van eck mantion /srs

idk why but it's so good

And, of course, there was the mystery of Van Eck's son.

wonder what that could be!!! /s

He grinned at her (...)

"Hmm." she said noncommittally, pretending to examine one of her knives, determined to ignore that grin.

KANEJ YESS

HE'S BASICALLY SHOWERING IN FRONT OF HER OMG

this is so funny poor inej is getting flustered

"And I'll need Wylan waiting at the Crow Club tomorrow night."

YES WYLAN OMG

One minute he made her blush and the next he made her want to commit murder

happens to the best of us :/

"Please, my darling Inej. treasure of my heart won't you do me the honor of acquiring me a new hat?"

if kaz doesn't say this on the show we riot

agreed?

it's so amazing how nina found a way to use her powers to get money instead of having to like steal and murder like the rest in the gang

NINA'S POV YESSS HIII

nina and inej omg

their friendship is just perfect

POOR MATTHIAS HE HAS TO FIGHT THE WOLVES

i would straight up cry

Matthias was dreaming again. Dreaming of her

i'm gonna cry damn it

this is the enemies-to-lovers we all needed

jesper has adhd part 2:

"Jesper was supposed to wait until three bells." said the pale boy

"It is three bells, Kaz." replied a small girl (...)

"Since when is Jesper punctual?" the boy complained with a glance at his watch

the time blindness come one

(btw i love the fact that kaz plans around jesper's time blindness instead of like threatening him to be on time)

i really love how every one feels the need to take the time to say/think that the masks are ugly

its so unnecessary lmao

yessss inej is a badass that kills monster we stan

and matthias is lowkey impressed lmao

as he should

"Thank you, Jesper," said Nina

"You're very welcome, gorgeous. See, Kaz? That's how the civilised folk do"

THESE TWO OMG

JESPER IS THE LOML

INEJ OMG LOOK:

She stepped aside as if she's known he was coming, languidly hooking her heel behind his ankle. Matthias let out a loud grunt as he landed on the stones

(...) "Clumsy, this one," the bronze girl said impassively.

that's what happen when you underestimate her bitch

AAAAAAA

PEOPLE

TIME TO FREAK OUT

WYLAN IS HERE

AND HE'S DOODLING STOP IT'S SO CUTE

ok jesper has adhd part 3 i think:

"Just how crazy is he?" asked Jesper, fingers drumming on the pearl handles of his revolvers.

ok first of all: stimming

second of all: hyperactivity

i rest my case

ok 2 or 3 things here

"I believe you know Nina," Brekker continued. "The lovely girl freeing you is Inej. (...) and this is Wylan, the best demolitions expert in the Barrel"

"Raske is better," Inej said

The boy looked up, ruddy gold hair flopping in his eyes, and spoke for the first time. "He's not better. He's reckless"

"He knows his trade"

"So do I"

ok 1: kaz calling inej lovely omg kanej

2: YES WYLAN STANDING UP FOR HIMSELF

2.5: kaz calling him the best cute af

3: honestly why do people think wylan is like an innocent soft boy or whatever. he's in a room full of murderers and thieves and the first thing he does is correct them and stand up for himself

like i wish i could do that

i would be crying like a bitch

AAAAAAAA

"Meet Wylan Van Eck"

KHDSGFALSGFIASGFAL

HI WYLAN BABY

YESSS JESPER'S POV NOW

I'M SO HAPPY also look at this it's the first thing in his pov

Jesper stared at Wylan

do i sense some wesper?????

ok everyone is being so mean to him right now

they are aclling him useless and an idiot and other shit

poor boy honestly he had to deal with this + taking part of a heist he is definetly not ready for + he has to hide the fact that he can't write or read

it so distrubing that kaz is literally the nicest one to wylan right now

"See that? Hidden depths." (...)"He's good enough at demo, and he's got a fine hand for sketching, thanks to all those pricey tutors."

(...)

"There you have it," Kaz said to Jesper. "Marketable skills. Wylan is watching you, Helvar"

GET READY

ARE Y'ALL READY?

OK THEN:

"Scheming face," Jesper whispered to Inej.

She nodded. "Definetly."

THEIR FRIENDSHIP OMG

AND THIS QUOTE

I NEED IT ON THE SHOW THEY BETTER GIVE IT TO US

"Who's Mark" damn wylan (but pretty good comeback to jesper tho)

"What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?

"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.

"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.

"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.

"You're all horrible," said Matthias.

tag yourself i'm jesper

KJSFGAL kaz just told wylan to tell him everything he know about his dad's company

and he said he doesn't know and kaz was like "and you never looked trough his documents????

AND THEN HE GOT SAD AND SAID HE HADN'T (and kaz believed him this is sad)

AND NOW JESPER CALLED HIIM USELESS

ok you know i love you jes but if you keep this up

idk i can't do anything you're a sharpshooter

but stiiiiiil

LMAO MATTHIAS ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE COULD BEAT KAZ

nice try

demjin

*insert spongebob voice* demjin

WE'RE GONNA TAKE A MOMENT NOW TO APPRECIATE INEJ GAHFA

BECAUSE KAZ DOESN'T

The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.

*ugly crying*

Many boys will bring you flowers. But some day you'll meet a boy who will learn your favourite flower, your favourite song, your favourite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.

*uglier crying*

TANTE HELLEN IF YOU DON'T GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE

SOMEONE PLEASE STAB HER FOR ME

jesper has adhd part ?? (i have dyscalculia you can't expect me to remember the number):

That sound - the swift, shocking report of gunfire - called the scattered, irascible, permanently seeking part of his mind into focus like nothing else.

do i really need to explain this?

ok just in case.. an adhd brain doesn't actually have a deficit of attention(the name just sucks) it's problem with controling that attention. the brain is always looking for new sources of dopamine which is why it shifts its focus so much

i love that jes thinks of matthias as "tha giant"

like sir

have you seen yourself?

you're tall af

HE GOT SHOT

WHY DID I FORGET JESPER GETS SHOT IN THE LEG HERE

"Close your eyes!"

"You can't kiss me from down there, Wylan"

"Just do it!"

i love the energy BUT NOW IT'S NOT THE TIME JES

YESS WYLAN SHOW THEM THEY WERE WRONG CALLING YOU USELESS

inej just stabed some guy int the d

good for her!

KAZ YESSSS HI

AWWW SHE'S WORRIED HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS CANE

KANEJ FOR LIFE

oh no wylan got shot too???? (just barely but stilllll por baby)

my Wraith omggg

ok 3 things about this:

Without another word, he tipped Oomen into the sea.

"No!" Wylan shouted, leaning over the railing, his face pale, stunned eyes tracking Oomen in the waves. (...)

Jesper set his hand on Wylan's shoulder. "Let it go."

"It's not right-"

"Wylan," Jesper said, giving him a little shake."Maybe your tutors didn't cover this lesson, but you do not argue with a man covered in blook and a knife up his sleeve"

1. wesper yasssss

2. wylan just argued with a mant hat had just tacken the eye out of someone. he literally called him out for being an asshole. like damn wylan is brave af i love him

3. do you think seeing kaz trow the guy out of the boat reminded wylan of when the same thing happened to him???? this makes me sad

he's brave and a good person and i just-

"Man with a knife, remember?" he said over his shoulder.

"Man with a gun!" Jesper called after him

this had no right being so funny

AND THEN KAZ GAVE HIM THE MIDDLE FINGER STOP I CAN'T

nina is the biggest kanej shiper no one can tell me i'm wrong

unrelated but if jesper had gone to the Little Palace and had studied there with nina they 100% would've had a crush on Zoya and bonded over it

like you can't tell me those two bisexual disaster wouldn't be absolutely in love with Zoya

jesper has adhd part ??:

Jesper scrubbed the back of his neck, touched his hands to his gunds, returned to his neck. He always seemed to be in motions

hyperactivity right there

and restlessness

"Do you know the best way to find Grisha who don't want to be found?" (...)

"Seems to be if they don't want to be found, you should just let them be" (jesper says this)

this conversation must be so stressful to him omg

LMAO JESPER CUT MATTHIAS HAIR THIS IS SO FUNNY

AND HE SHAVED HIM

ok you all know i love all of them but they can be sooo stupid

like wylan wrote no names on the drawing and he's excuse is that he doesn't know fjerdan?

AND THAT'S NOT EVEN TRUE he literally said he learned school fjerdan which means he should know how to write it too (we know why he can't but the tohers don't)

and even then like the excuse doesn't make any sense. why would having the original name be usefull if no one can fucking read it????

the worst part tho? NO ONE QUESTIONED HIM

THEY WERE LIKE "yup makes sense" AND WENT ON WITH THEIR DAY

i wondered how they didn't figure wylan's secret sooner but now i now

it's because theya re idiots

"I'm just doing my job. Stop glaring at me"

wylan baby let's not make the gigant mad

Jesper knocked his head against the hull and cast his eyes heavenward. "Fine. But if Pekka Rollins kills us all, I'm going to get Wylan's ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I can annoy the hell out of your ghost."

Brekker's lips quirked. "I'll just hire Matthias ghost to kick your ghost's ass."

"My ghost won't associate with your ghost," Matthias said primply, and then wondered if the sea air was rotting his brain.

i had to put this here i don't want to get murdered by the fandom

jesper, inej and nina have the BEST friendship

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE JES AND INEJ TOGETHER ON NETFLIX

"I know some people don't understand, but Kaz told me ... he said it was my choice, that he wouldn't be the one to mark me again."

i love this because it happen when they had just met

he did it because he understands her trauma and he respects her not because he loves her (i doubt he did at the time)

Kaz had been impressed with the sketches. (...)

"Just learn to take a compliment. Kaz doesn't hand them out often."

I'M SO PROUD OF WYLAN

and yess kaz only compliments wylan (and inej but that's sarcastic so it doesn't count) because he's a proud dad

"And you don't belong here, either."

"I beg your pardon, merchiling?"

"We don't need a sharpshooter for Kaz's plan, so what's your job - other than stalking around making everyone angsty?"

He shrugged. "Kaz trusts me."

Wylan snorted and picked up his pen. "Sure about that?"

DAMN WYLAN DESTROYED HIM

also

"If you aren't born with every advantage, you learn to take your chances."

"I wasn't-" Wylan left off and set down his pen. (...)

aww cute neurodivergent boyfriends bonding

Wylan had turned back to his work, his disappointment obvious. For some reason, Jesper felt disappointed, too.

ajgflasjgfjagslfiuusgflgdfsgdflasdgfsd

wesper

aww jes checks on inej every morning and every night i love him

"Thank you for keeping me in this world when fate seemed determined to drag me to the next. I owe you a life debt."

Nina blushed deeply. "I was teasing, Inej"

LJFGALKGFALGA another cute friendship right there

(and i can see why people ship them romantically)

STOP INEJ AND JES ARE BONDING SO MUCH (page 127 so i can go back and read it lmao)

Van Eck writes to Wylan every week, and Wylan doesn't even open the letters

"They just said the same thing again and again: If you're reading this, the you know how much I wish to have you home. Or I pray that you read these words and think of all you've left behind."

should i kill him? anyone want to join me?

Inej bumped her shoulder against his."Then at least we're both the same kind of stupid." (...)

"You're too good for him, you know?"

"I know. So are you"

jes and her bonding over their stupid crush on a white boy

Because I've been looking for an excuse to talk to you for two days.

jfsfdajdhmgkfutdjrgsg ok i can't blame them for having a crush on him anymore

this chapter is full of kanej i love it

"What do you want, then"

You, Inej. You forever.

jksdgfoagsdfgsdgfklasgdflaghsldfgksdgfkahgsdfghjlkf

kaz's backstory makes me sad

"When we get our money, you can burn kruge to keep you warm," said Kaz. (...)

"I´m gonna pay someone to burn my kruge for me."

Kaz fell into step beside him. "Why don't you pay someone else to pay someone to burn your kruge for you? That's what big players do."

"You know what the really big bosses do? They pay someone to pay someone ...". Their voices trailed off as they tomped ahead, and Matthias and the others followed.

JES AND KAZ HAVE THE BEST CONVERSATIONS

i can't believe we get to see nina and matthias meet and their whole backstory in less than a month omg

"It's not natural for women to fight."

"It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand."

QUEEN

YOU TELL HIM

oh no the dead grisha

this part breaks my heart every time

"Do you have a different name for killing when you wear a uniform to do it?"

.....i'm just gonna leave this quote right here

anyways acab

stop nina tried to kill the survivor so they wouldn't suffer but she couldn't do it

and jesper did it for her without hesitation i wanna cry

and inej didn't want to do it either i want to hug them

"Because our crime is existing. Our crime is what we are"

..........

i'm gonna leave this here again

do with it what you will

"Don't mock what you don't understand."

"My mockery offends you? My people would welcome you laughter in place of this barbarity"

i- this conversation is so important

AAAAA JES AND WY ARE A GREAT TEAM I LOVE THEM

WYLAN TROWS BOMBS TOGIVE JESPER TIME TO GET READY TO SHOOT

INEJ AND KAZ ARE A GREAT TEAM TOO

THEY LITERALLY DID THE SCENE LIKE IN THE AVENGERS (but without the shield WHICH MAKES IT BETTER)

Jesper shouldered his rifle. "Wylan earned his keep."

Wylan gave a little jump at the sound of his name. "I did?"

YES BABY YOU DID GREAT

kaz getting self-conscious for his hair is pure comedy

but nina how can you say that have you see his hair on the show???? it's perfect

"Remeber our friend Mark?"

HELP I CAN'T

"Any other impossible feats you'd like us to accomplish?"

The bearest smile flikered over Kaz's lips. "I'll make you a list."

once again jesper and kaz being besties

unrelated but nikolai and jesper would love each other

the amount of sass they have between them it's unparalleled

"Mmm," Inej murmured, taking a sip from her mug. "Maybe you're just not enough."

DAMN

ma'am marry me please

kaz fainted damn poor boy

unrelated unce again but this is so much betetr than shadow and bone

like you can tell leigh improved so much

her characters are better and their arcs are better developed

the writing itself it's better

or maybe i'm just biased because i love soc so much but i think she definetly improved

INEJ IS TRYING TO GIVE HIM SPACE EVEN WHEN SHE'S TRAPPED AND LOCKED ON THE WAGON

I JUST - THEY KNOW EACH OTHER SO MUCH

Though he'd trusted her with his life countless times, it felt much more frightening to trust her with his shame.

Inej had once offered to teach him how to fall. "The trick is not getting knocked down," he'd told her with a laugh. "No, Kaz," she's said, "the trick is in getting back up"

inej is smart af

Kaz was usually unshakeable during a job, but now he was on edge, and Jesper didn't know why. Part of him wanted to ask, though he knew that was the stupid part, the hopeful farmboy who picked the worst possible person to care about, who searched for signs in things that he knew deep down meant nothing - when kaz chose him for a job, when Kaz played along with one of his jokes. He could have kicked himself. He's finally seen the infamous Kaz Brekker without a stich of clothing, and he'd been too worried about ending up on a pike to pay proper attention.

ok i got a couple of things to say about this part

first of all it makes me so sad that jes cares so much for someone who dosn't deserve him. because no hate to kaz but they would never work as a couple and kaz already treats him like shit most of the time

i think this part shows who a lot about who jesper really is. a boy that grew up having to hide parts of himself, who thinks he's worth nothing but it's smart and capable, who's loyal and brave and caring but doesn't even know it himself. he's someone who feels he doesn't deserve good things and thinks he's not good enough, and that's why he unds up in all the wrong places with the wrong people. he left uni bc he fell in with the gangs, because he didn't think he was smart enough or even prepared to be in studying in the university. jesper is constantly hiding behind a mask or running from things because he's scared of not being enough

an kaz is everything jes in a way wishes he could be. kaz is secure in himself (at least on the outside), he's stable, he's smart, he's "unshakeable". and most of all, he doesn't care about others (we know that's not true but that's how he presents himself)

and that's the thing that causes jesper all his problems. because he's insecure because he thinks he's not good enough for the poeple or things he cares about. and he's always trying to do what's best for his loved ones: he went to the ice court to pay his debt for his father, he follows kaz everywhere beacause he cares about him, he offered to read to wylan (knowing it wouldn't be easy for him to be still that long).

and yeah it often doesn't work out becuase he's messy and he has problems but he tries. and he hates that. he hates that he cares so much about people because at the end of the day, that's what makes him feel like he's not good enough

one more thing and i'm done i promise

unpopular opinion but i love that leigh made jesper have a crush on kaz. 1 beacuse it's refreshing to see someone not get otgether with his first crush. and 2 because i love that it shows that we sometimes get attached to people that are not good for us, but that we can learn to move on. jesper ended with wylan who respects him and values him, unlike kaz

ok i'm sorry that was probably all bs

oo one more thing, jesper definetly has rsd (rejection sensitive disphoria), which is something most poeple with adhd have

"My father used to take me everywhere with him"

this is so sad. bc they probably had a good relationship when he was little. and then they figured he coudln't read and now his father treats him like shit

it's even worse than if he haf been horrible from the beginning because wylan knows he can be a good father. and so he thinks it's his fault and he deserves to be treated like that. i hate van eck

"You're cuter when you're smart"

(...)

"Definitely cuter when you're smart"

wesper yesssss

i love them so much

ok but why do people think jesper is stupid. like the boy just made a bunch of criminals pass out by mixing some chemicals

and he was going to the university at like 15

AAAAND NOW THEY KNOW HE'S A FABRIKATOR

amazing plot twist

also:

Wylan coughed. Flirting with him might actually be more fun that annoying him, but it was a close call.

oooo come on jesper we all know you just love getitng him to blush

and you love him

who said that? definitely not me, nope

awwww jesper misses being around animals that's cute

imagine him coming home to wylan one day with a puppy because he just couldn't resist

cute

Better terrible truths than kind lies

just leaving here more of inej's wisdom

ok this may be a reach but jesper has adhd part ???

Yellow Protocol? Red Protocol? He couldn't remember which was which. (...)

"The alarm was Yellow Protocol, a sector disturbance."

Jesper pushed at his temples. "I don't remember what that means"

a bad working memory? sounds familiar

kaz loves puzzles

it's canon

"I love puzzles. Trickery is just my native tongue."

this part where wylan and jesper see the banner made with grisha's kefta kills me every time

I would have worn purple, Jesper thought, if I'd joined the Second Army. (...) He'd beenwilling, even eager to risk capture and execution as a thief and hired gun. Why was it worse to think about being hunted as a Grisha?

this makes me want to cry so much

another thing super sad: the fact that since his father is Kaelish and had some supersititons towards grisha, jesper grew up wondering if his own father was scared of him. he had to hide his powers and he was almost taught to be afraid of them

"Is it safe to leave them, you know-"

"Alive? I'm not big on killing unconscious men."

"We could wake them up"

WYLAN

damn the boy needs therapy

it's amazing how nothing went like they planned

not a single thing

PEOPLE GET READY

ARE YOU READY?

NEITHER AM I BUT WHO CARES

"What do you like?"

"Music. Numbers. Equations. They are not like words. They...they don't get mixed up."

ok dude the clues are right there he's basically saying it

"If only you could talk to girls in equations."

There was a long silence, and then, eyes trained on the notch they'd created in the link, Wylan said, "Just girls?"

Jesper restrained a grin. "No. Not just girls." It really was a shame they were all probably going to die tonight.

wylan really said a straight man?? couldn't be me

this is the definition of bi panic "jesper restrained a grin" bitch we saw that

btw i love the slow burn

like they hint something here but they don't actually start liking each other until much later and they don't get together until almost the end of ck

i also love that the fact that they both like guys is like out in the open now. bc i'm not a fan of when queer characters have a crush and there's the whole thing of "are they queer too or not?"

like they both know htey are queer. but they don't get together right away bc they have to start liking each other before. they don't get together bc they are the only queer mlm characters

matthias fake betrayal killed me

i tought it was real

I have been made to protect you. Only in death will I be kept fom this oath.

this is just-

also foreshadowing?

YAYY KUWEI HI

There was no part of him that was not broken, that had not healed wrong, and there was no part of him that was not stronger for having been broken.

She's laughed, and if he could have bottled the sound and got drunk on it every night, he would have. It terrified him.

if i ever have a s/o and they don't tell me this at least once i don't want it

He needed to tell her... what? That she was lovely and brave and better than anything he deserved. That he was twisted, crooked, wrong, but not so broken that he couldn't pull himslef together into some smeblance of a man for her

THIS

THIS IS LOVE RIGHT THERE

they are the only straight couple that matters

everyone else go home

Wylan had scratches all over his cheeks and neck. He was beaming. Inej grabbed his hands and sqeezed.

so cute omg

"You can explain why our illustrious Shu scientist looks like one of Wylan's school pals along the way"

KAZ

i mean it's true but you didn't have to say it

KAZ IS SMILING OMG

EVERYONE FREAK OUT WITH ME

HE'S "grinning like and idiot" STOP I LOVE HIM

"We are all someone's mosnter, Nina"

"I will have you without armour, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all"

this part breaks my heart and i love it

"Stay," she oanted. Tears leaked from her eyes. "Stay till the end"

"And after," he said. "And always."

i just- helnik is perfect

AWWW JESPER MISSES WYLAN

my daily dosis of wesper :)

ok but in like 2 pages jesper tought of wylan like 10 times bc he's sad wy isn't with him

Jesper scanned the empty deck. He's assumed Wylan would come up to see them off. (...)

Jesper knew he was being selfish and stupid, but some petty part of him wondered if Wylan had deliberately kept away from him on the journey back. Maybe now that the job was complete and he was on his way to his share of the haul, Wylan was done slumming with criminals.

*charles boyle's insinuating voice* and why do you care so much???

btw YOU ARE WRONG. HE'S LITERALLY GOING OUT OF HIS WAY TO BE WITH YOU EVEN THOUGH HE CAN'T SPEAK

this scene where we find out the truth about wylan hurts so much but it's one of my favourites idk why

I LOVE THAT EVERYONE IS AS MAD AS I AM ABOUT THE LETTERS NOW

"Your're a fool," Jesper snarled. "He smarter than most of us put together, and he deserves a better father than you."

YES TELL HIM

the fact that wylan just heard him say that omg

"Deserved" amended Van Eck. He blew the whislte twice.

SOMEONE BETTER GRAB ME BEFORE I KILL HIM MYSLEF

THAT IDIOT

I HATE HIM SO MUCH

I'M GONNA CRY CAN SOMEONE KILL HIM FOR ME

Jesper screamed in rage and raised his guns.

YES EXACLTY WHAT I MEANT

JUST KILL HIM RIGHT NOW

"I'm not big on bludding, am I Inej?"

"Not as a rule"

Van Eck's lip curled. "And why is that?"

"Because he'd rather cheat," said the boy who was not Kuwei Yul-Bo in perfect, unaccented Kerch.

THIS WAS PERFECT

THE BEST WAY TO REVEAL THAT

(...), and Jesper flinched

baby he recognized wylan's voice

The Shu boy held out a hand. "Pay up, Kaz"

BITCH THIS IS AMAZING

THIS BOY MADE A BET WITH A CRIMINAL THAT HIS OWN FATHER WAS GOING TO TRY TO KILL HIM

AND HE WON THE BET

A nearly perfect replica of Kuwei Yul-Bo stood before them, but he had Wylan's voice, his mannerisms, and - though Kaz could see the fear and hurt in his golden eyes - Wylan's surprising courage, too.

i love it when they compliment him

my boy deserves all the compliments ever

AND KAZ IS PROUD OF HIS SON WE ALL KNOW THIS

Wylan cuold draw a perfectt elevation. He's made a drill that could cut throu Grisha glass from parts of a gate and scavenged bits of jewellery. So what if he couldn't read

this is taking me to some real places

i may cry you've been warned

WYLAN DIDN'T CARE THAT HE MAY BE STUCKED LOOKING LIKE KUWEI

this is making me cry

"A fool would have been waiting to be smashed to bits on that ship. And as for "traitor", you've called me worse in the last few minutes alone."

EXACTLY

YOU TELL HIM WYLAN

Instead, in that moment of threat, when he should have thought only of the fight, he looked at Inej.

BABY

i would've done the same tho she's pretty

amita is sooo pretty i'm gonna die when the show comes out

Jesper was staring at Wylan, his eyes roving over the black hair, the golden eyes. "Why?" he said at last. "Why would you do this?"

nothing to say here except: wesper

You... how many times was it you standing beside me on the deck at night when I tought it was Kuwei?"

"Every time."

i want to cry so bad

"Why does it matter?"

"I don't know!" Jesper said angrily. "Maybe I liked your stupid face."

a very staright and platonic thing to say of course

i know jes we all liked his stupid face

"Jesper made a mistake," said Wylan. "A stupid mistake, but he didn't set out to betray anyone."

YES WYLAN DEFEND YOUR BOYFRIEND

And maybe he'd kept him in the dark about Wyllan because he wanted to punish him a little

even kaz know they like each other come on

Jesper sat with elbows on knees, head in hands. Wylan deside him wearing th face of a stranger.

wylan give him a hug fro me please

he needs it

"Scheming face," murmured Jesper.

"Definitely," agreed Wylan.

i miss inej already

And I'm going to get my girl. Inej could never be his, not really, but he would find a way to give her the freedom he´d promised her so long ago.

i'm ugly crying and so what?

and now we're done....

i want to read this book again omg this is unhealthy

#shadow and bone #s&b #six of crows #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #kaz brekker #grishaverse #inej gahfa #matthias helvar #nina zenik #freddy carter #kit young #amita suman #soc #helnik #kanej #wesper

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