“I actually had a moment too in that garden.Yeah, I... I saw a Datura Meloxia. They are, like, extremely rare! And, you know, when I saw it... all I wanted in the world was just to tell you about it.”
do y'all ever think about the fact that Wylan literally bet Kaz money that Jan wouldn't care if he died, and then went, "Pay up, Kaz." after Jan blew up the ship?? i love him so much he's such a smartass.
also i think about Wylan saying "Maybe you can pray to Ghezen for understanding, Father," when Jan was confused about the whole Kuwei situation about fifteen times a day. it's genuinely one of my favorite Wylan quotes like yes get his ass‼️‼️
"Careful is something you learn from losing your fingers."
No, Jesper. Careful is something you learn from growing up in a home where you have to think through everything you do or say. Careful is something you learn when your father has high expectations that you struggle to meet, no matter what you do. Careful is something you learn when you're consistently called useless, and you have to put 110% effort into everything you work on, to try and stop hearing it and believing it. Careful is something you learn when you're Wylan Van Eck.
Most fantasy book protagonists: have basic moral compasses, don’t commit excessive war crimes, care about the world in general, etc
Kaz “dirty hands” Brekker: Shows his simp behavior by gauging someone’s eyes out in the opening chapters of Six of Crows because they hurt Inej and he felt like it and doesn’t give a flying fuck about traumatizing everyone on board because he’s sexy like that.
Okay but. I feel like these are The two quotes that sum up six of crows as a whole. Life hasn't been fair to any of them. It doesn't owe them anything, it doesn't owe them justice, it doesn't owe them fairness. And what do they do? They carve out their own justice by going on the heist to get their money and make their own life, where they can create their own fairness. Then in crooked kingdom, when they've been run to the ground in their hometown, they make the odds turn in their favour through their own means. They've all lived a lifetime of unfairness, each in their own way. But they're here to demand fairness of it anyway, and I think that that's the core message of the duology. That if things are unfair you have to ability to make it fair. And I think that's beautiful.
The quick (trained?) move of his head to look away and hide his emotions, the tiniest quirk of his lips to show his smile. Jack Wolfe, thank you so much.
And this, right here. A little smile because he’s admitted his hopes, the doubtful / worried eyebrows, the searching eyes, the bitten lip. All in one frame - he’s phenomenal.