I can’t stop crying. Not just cause I’m sad, but because I’m also FUCKING. PISSED.

Netflix can’t keep doing shit like this. Playing with fans like that, giving them a show to love and support and then snatch it away like it’s no more than a number on the sales chart of the year.

They shouldn’t even be allowed to start filming book adaptations of this magnitude without some sort of certainty for the fans. Without an actual plan to bring ALL the books to life. They pretend like they care about their audience with this 'Geeked Week' and 'TUDUM' bullshit and then they will go and cancel a bunch of shows like it’s nothing. Without explanation and with zero care for the millions of fans who will be emotionally affected by this.

And I’m sorry, but what the fuck are the other 4 shows that got cancelled with SaB???!?!! I had NEVER heard of them, EVER. One of them is an animated show that has Elvis Preasley as a secret agent, like, GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK. It is truly insulting that they even put SaB and the SoC spinoff in that same category. It feels like they’re laughing to our faces.

And to make it even worse, they give shows like 'Elite' SEVEN FUCKING SEASONS!! SEVEN!!!! A series about teenagers that just fuck each other and that everyone thinks it’s SHIT. And they also make movies like 'The Archies', a 'Riverdale' spin-off (aka the show EVERYONE was glad it finally ended).

But “oh no! God forbid we renew shows that have relatable, lovable characters, loyal fanbases and good storytelling. Now that would be awful.” So they go off and cancel 'Shadow and Bone', and the 'Six of Crows' spinoff, and 'Anne With an E', '1899', 'I Am Not Okay With This', 'Sense8', 'Glow', 'Julie and the Phantoms', 'Daredevil' and the list goes ON AND ON.

Fuck you Netflix. FUCK. YOU.

Six of Crows Matthias: He would not shoot an unarmed man. He had not yet sunk so low

Crooked Kingdom Matthias: I am unarmed

I’m gonna go cry for eternity see you later

I’ve been reading the Grishaverse books/watching the Netflix show for the first time over the past couple weeks or so and I just have to say that I think it's so funny whenever Kaz gets snarky about Inej's proverbs or Matthias's religious talk or Jesper’s Jesperisms or anyone else being even slightly philosophical or theatrical or whatever because Kaz Brekker is the most dramatic bitch in all of Kerch. Like. I'm pretty sure this kid graduated top of his class from the School of Dramatic One-Liners with a double major in "Commit to the Aesthetic" and "Writing Epic Love Poetry Whilst Maintaining the Bad Guy Reputation". Dude wanted to impress a girl and wasn’t sure if getting the whole ass king of Ravka to find her long-lost parents was enough so he bought an entire warship from his friend who absolutely would have just Given It To Him but noooooo Mr. Protecting-My-Investment over here had to pay a fair price otherwise it doesn’t count.

The only, and I mean the ONLY reason I don't say he's the most dramatic bitch in the entire Grishaverse is because Nikolai Lantsov exists and that man once wore his entire army uniform under his jacket to go volcra hunting in the Shadow Fold on the off chance he would get to make a dramatic reveal at the end. He put a spring-loaded curtain in front of the weapons rack on his personal ship just in case he had guests he wanted to show off for. I wouldn’t be surprised if he did the dramatic flourish every time he opened those curtains for literally no one but himself. I also wouldn’t be surprised if he made that set up after he had guests he wanted to show off for. That curtain either went up two hours before he used it or it was the first thing he built on that ship there is no in between.

I need copious amounts of Expo markers, PowerPoint slides, and glitter to figure out which one of them takes the title it is CLOSE.

I am finishing Crooked Kingdom and I am SCREAMING. Parts or phrases that made me feral:

Matthias chapter 40: my chest HURTS. Matthias had such an amazing journey!! He wanted to do good, he died leaving the hate with which he was raised behind!! He wanted Nina to save those boys of Fjerda like him!!!!!!

Wylan going “I’ll say whatever you want, Father. Just don’t let them hurt me anymore.” Because like what a BADASS move?! Also him pretending to be able to read!!! Power move! I adore him so much.

Jesper telling Van Eck “I’ll read to him.” As in I’ll read to Wylan, as in I will not leave him, as in I LOVE THAT MAN?!

I have never loved a group of characters so much, my beautiful crows ❤️

The Corpsewitch

One thing I love about Matthias Helvar is that at the end of the story he didn't have to give up his religion, but he did have to give up the things that he thought were true (i.e. that it's okay to hate Grisha). "Djel is the god of life, not death" is a line that's SO important to me. I've also unfortunately internalized negative ideas (oftentimes about myself) and I've also had to unlearn things. But my faith is still important to me, I just don't let it be defined by radicals anymore. Anyway, I love Leigh Bardugo's approach to religion and world building. :)

"no mourners, no funerals"

we never got to see our crows together.

kanej is broken up, helnik is broken up, zoyalai didn't even had an opportunity.

wesper is happy and matthias alive but in jail forever and thinking nina betrayed him.

no brekker/helvar interactions, no ninej, no ice court heist, no colm fahey, no kuwei, no wylan/kaz falling through the roof, no matthias dreaming about nina, no jesper's "maybe i liked your stupid face", no "iwhcfyaiicwictyanmhbwwwfowotkdpbbtwwdwnsf", NO JOOST'S MUSTACHE.

alina ended up wearing zoya's crown standing beside nikolai, no "i would choose you, zoya. as my general, as my friend, as my bride" NO SANKTA ZOYA. NO DEMON KING. NO TRIUMVIRATE.

EVERYTHING IS WRONG. I'M MOURNING.

Chapter 22: Kaz | Six of Crows

Kaz really said that if you love a girl, don’t wait for her to introduce you to her parents. Introduce her to her parents

I feel like we as a society don't talk enough about the fact that Kaz litrly gauges someone's eye out with his hands. Gloved, sure, but with his fucking hands nontheless. I still sometimes forget that this happened and casually remember it every once in a while and I just sit there like huh. that's that.

Like this boy can't handle physical contact, his fuck-it-we-fight or fucking-flight response kicks in when someone, anyone, inej even, touches him even with layers of clothes between them. He stiffens and turns into bricks and is probably thinking of ways to cut off that hand and toss it off the face of the planet and yet, this mf goes "hmm yes weapon of choice: my hand" when beating up Oomen. Jesper mustve flinched to see kaz being kaz. Matthias and wylan traumatized for life. I traumatized for life. Kaz? Wipes his face and hand and fucking sticks the kerchief in oomen's now-empty eye socket. Fucking lunatic

Love how Inej’s love language is acts of service and Kaz’s love language is protection through violence; and in the end of the books Kaz is the one who buys off Inej’s freedom and finds and brings her family back and Inej is the one who carves out Pekka Rollins’ heart and puts the fear of God in him. They exchanged love languages <3

THIS IS NOT OVER YET‼️

'Lucifer', 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine', 'Arrested Development', 'Family Guy', 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', 'Community', 'Star Trek' and 'Veronica Mars' are among the shows theat got cancelled but fans fought SO HARD that they saved them.

'Shadow and Bone' can be on that list too! Here’s a bunch of things you can do to help:

Sign the petition: http://chng.it/fqqThcFq

Share the petition and make EVERYONE you know sign it!!! (It takes two seconds and you can sign more than once using different email addresses)

FLOOD Netflix’s social media (Instagram, TikTok and Twitter) with comments, DM’s, story replies, threads, retweets and video stitches about 'Shadow and Bone' and 'Six of Crows'

FLOOD Netflix’s decision making staff’s social media with SaB and SoC renewal requests: @wade_davis28 (instagram and twitter), @reedhastings (twitter), @tedsarandos (instagram), @larrytanz (twitter)

FLOOD other Streaming Services Social Media with 'Shadow and Bone', asking them to pick it up!! (Prime Video I believe is by far the best choice)

WATCH THE SHOW!!! Many shows after cancellation loose viewership completely. Let’s not allow that to happen!!

Share this information in EVERY WAY you can. I have quite a following in other social media, so I’ll do that, and you should too!!

REBLOG!!!

No mourners.

🚨CROOKED KINGDOM SPOILER ALERT!!! 🚨

I’m once again thinking about how genius it was of Leigh Bardugo to kill off Muzzen near the start of Crooked Kingdom, simultaneously foreshadowing Matthias’ death and leaning us away from thinking it would happen

I love six of crows for many reasons but one of my favorite ones is that there’s no “revenge will not make you feel better”, “you need to forgive to move on” bullshit. Like it’s clear revenge won’t undo the harm done to Kaz by Pekka, that hunting slavers won’t erase the violence Inej went through or the things van eck did to Wylan, for example, but making them pay? Making sure they won’t do it to anyone else? That shit is gonna make a difference.

Especially in their world, there’s no godly justice, no one will come to save them, so they save themselves and they assure no one will be harmed the way they were by those people. I eat that shit up!!!!!

It's been nine months since the Crows returned and I've missed them ever since 🥺❤️

i cannot beLIEVE netflix cancelled shadow and bone i was truly hoping i was finally going to see nina and matthias get a happy ending but NO