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kanej author recs | Whitherward
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roomy, and drenched in sunlight
It was a story they’d told each other often, over too much kvas. A running joke between them, what they would do if they ever decided to leave it all behind.
She’d never dreamed they actually would.
Rating: M / Quirks: Broke-Up Kanej/Developing Kanej, (Heavy) Angst with a Happy Ending, Kanej's Children
save the undone years
He’s like all the others, when they bring him in. More than half dead, covered in mud. Leg almost hanging off him, just a mess of torn flesh and exposed bone. Likely won’t survive. God knows Inej has seen better off than him succumb to their injuries.
Northern France, 1917. In a battlefield hospital, Corporal Kaz Rietveld lies gravely wounded. His nurse is determined that he will not be another thing she loses to this war.
Rating: M / Quirks: Developing Kanej, Angst with a Happy Ending, WWI AU
#kanejauthors#kaz x inej#kanej#kaz brekker#inej ghafa#whitherward#whatanybodygets#six of crows#shadow and bone#kanej fanfiction#kanej fic rec#mygifs16#socedit
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It’s like they’re sixteen again and he pays her wages and she’s at his beck-and-call. Has anything even changed since then? Or is she still the same silly girl with stars in her eyes, her heart in her throat whenever he graciously gives her a shred of his time and attention?
It’s too much, all that she’s feeling. It’s unbearable.
He doesn’t even flinch when she pounces onto him; some vicious and ugly part of her wanted him to, but he must’ve been seconds away from reaching for her himself, cause his hands pull her towards him the second she takes a step closer.
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excerpt from come to me in red by @whatanybodygets & @alltheworldsinmyhead
#kanej#kanej fic#kaz brekker#inej ghafa#fic recommendation#hello yes#I will need 2 - 5 business days to recover#from literally only chapter 1#mood board#whatanybodygets#do yourself a favor#and go read this asap
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kanej smut and four seasons follow up. Hit me.
Kanej smut:
She had once wondered what he would say if she stripped down in front of him and started to wash herself.
Don’t drip on the desk.
The reality was somewhat less harsh. He, in fact, said nothing at all.
Inej ran the cloth down one arm, wiping away days worth of seawater and sweat. Her back was to the door but she'd been aware of his approach. The uneven gait aided by his cane made him unmistakeable, not to mention the fact that she was currently in his rooms. She'd hesitated at first before stripping off the majority of her clothes in order to wash - but why should she worry? They were partners, in public and in private. He'd stripped before her many times, it was high time she returned the favour.
Four seasons follow up:
He tipped his head down so that his lips brushed against her temple as he spoke. “I really want to strip this dress off of you,” he murmured, his voice pitched for her ears alone.
Her hands tightened on his waist as heat flooded her body. She turned her head so that her breath would brush over his neck when she replied. “Let’s go, then.”
He stopped their slow sway and pulled back to look at her. His eyes were dark, the look he gave her a mix of disbelief and desire, fanning her own. She nodded slowly. He swallowed, throat bobbing.
Inej was not sure how they made it back up to their room. As soon as the elevator doors closed on them, she had her hands in his hair, thoroughly disrupting the careful lay of the waves as she kissed him. Perhaps he kissed her first – it didn’t matter. His cane clattered to the elevator floor as he leaned against the rail and pulled her against him, his hands on her back. They were kissing and they were pressed together and –
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i love your kanej parents fic!! you said before that you have a lot of thoughts about mama ghafa and inej talking about motherhood, do you mind sharing them?
Oh Anon, I never mind sharing my thoughts about Kanej as parents (or anything, really). So glad you asked!
As I mentioned a bit in the post to which you're referring, I think both Kaz and Inej will have complicated feelings about the idea of parenthood. I think Kaz will deal more with feelings of unworthiness and worry that he'll be bad at caring for someone the way a father should care about their child, but I think Inej will have to address her fear that what happened to her could happen to her child. Which is a recipe for just SO much angst 😊
More under the cut:
I think when Inej first realises she wants kids she doesn't really feel afraid; I think that comes later. Continuing from my thoughts on that previous post, I think Inej starts off on this journey feeling confident; she and Kaz have just spent the evening with the Van Ecks, and she's been watching Kaz be The Coolest Uncle to Jesper and Wylan's kiddos and feeling horny intrigued by the idea of a child of their own. A little of her and a little of Kaz, all in one tiny bundle? What's not to love?
At this point I'd guess thirty is around the corner for them both, and they've accomplished a lot. By now Kaz has the entire Barrel (if not the entire city) under his thumb, she is basically the queen of pirates and the bane of slavers everywhere, and they're pretty much untouchable. So as she leaves the Van Eck mansion for their own just a little ways down the Geldcanal (personal headcanon that Kaz's open admiration of the décor in Hoede's mansion prompts him to buy it at some point after CK) thoughts of all the ways this could go wrong are far from her mind. Their world is as safe as it's ever been, after all, which is something she tells him--several times--in the many, many discussions they have together before deciding to go ahead with this.
The first time they have unprotected sex there's a stirring of panic, but it's mixed in with all the excitement of "I guess we're really doing this!" Inej is deliriously happy with it all, struck by her love for the man she married, for his love for her, for the faith they have in one another to trust each other with their bodies and with the possibility of the new life that they may create.
The fact that they're not really trying to conceive so much as allowing for the possibility means that it doesn't totally feel real until Inej is waking up in her little cabin on The Wraith, checking and seeing that no, she hasn't started to bleed in the night, and that makes nearly seven weeks, and Saints above this is really happening.
Now the panic is real. What has she done? She is on a ship right now actively hunting slavers--almost the most dangerous thing she could be doing. And a child?? In this world? Where children still aren't entirely safe from those who would seek to steal them away from home and sell them into unspeakable horrors? How could she be so foolish??
And somehow, they end up pointed toward Ravka, instead of continuing on the lead they were chasing. By the time they get to the Suli camp, Inej has her worries buried deep. She's Captain Inej Ghafa, after all, and she doesn't need to panic because she can solve this problem. Or... she could, if she could actually determine what the problem is. Because the problem can't be the tiny thing growing in her belly which she already loves more than she can possibly say; it can't be Kaz, the only person she wants to do this with; and it can't be the baby's safety, because... well didn't she tell Kaz over and over that they would be able to protect their child??
Ostensibly this unexpected visit is because Inej wanted to tell her family the news herself, but Mama Ghafa recognizes the fear in her daughter's eyes that even her bravest face can't hide. After dinner she invites Inej back to her wagon to chat about whatever is on her mind, and Inej shouldn't be surprised but her Mama just knows.
"A mother's instinct," she explains, offering a gentle smile, and all of Inej's efforts to be strong collapse and she bursts into tears.
They'd always kind of tip-toed around the subject of Inej's abduction, and whenever they did talk about it they talked about what Inej went through. Sure it had been hard to tell her parents about the horrors she'd endure--even if she did so rather vaguely--but she felt that she needed to, that it was important to her and her healing. But however hard that was, it pales in comparison to hearing her mother tell her about what she and Papa went through during those years when they knew nothing about what happened to their daughter and couldn't help but fear the worst.
This too, Inej thinks, is important for her to hear. She needs to hear her mother say that her fears for her unborn child are valid, and she needs to hear her say that she mustn't let those fears control her. There is joy, love, and laughter ahead of her, and there is also frustration and heartache and fear. Parenthood isn't any one thing, and it isn't for everyone, but if Inej and Kaz have decided this is something that they want, then they deserve it, and they deserve all the immeasurable happiness it will bring.
Papa Ghafa arrives at the wagon a couple of hours later to find Inej leaning against her mother's chest, wrapped in her arms, both of them puffy-eyed but smiling. He fetches a pot of tea, seeing they've cried themselves dehydrated, and joins them, eager to celebrate Inej's wonderful news.
The three of them stay up all night, her parents taking turns telling stories of children and their shenanigans (Inej even shares a few stories she'd coaxed from her husband over a glass or two of whiskey), which turns into Inej asking questions about pregnancy and birth, which turns into questions about parenting, which turns into her parents offering sometimes-conflicting pieces of advice while the sun slowly rises behind the tree line. This is a pattern they repeat over Inej's long visit with her family, often with the addition of aunties and uncles and older cousins and anyone with advice or a story to share. And Inej treasures every one.
Now I'm not totally sure what Inej decides to do for the rest of her pregnancy--I kind of like the idea that she heads back to Ketterdam for the next few months, offering her spidery services once more to the Dregs because she wants to share these precious months with her husband (also because Dirtyhands does give the best massages for that lower back pain that never seems to leave her alone). It would also be amazing to have the Wraith be back, growing more and more pregnant with every sighting and still kicking ass as much as ever.
But I DO know for sure that Inej's parents arrive at the mansion about a month before Inej's due date, and get to spend all kinds of quality time with their daughter and soothe her fears as the panic of motherhood is picking up again. I'm obsessed with the idea that Marya is there too, and that she and Mama Ghafa are the ones who stay up all night with Inej when she goes into labour, helping deliver little Rosanna right before dawn. For sure Kaz is awake all night too, as is Inej's father, and Mama Ghafa probably has to kick Kaz out of the room until the baby is actually almost born because yes of course he deserves to be there for the birth of his first child but if he doesn't stop pacing he is going to drive them all insane. So Kaz gets to spend some time with the quiet and level-headed Papa Ghafa, hearing stories of Inej as a child and his own fears when his wife went into labour with her, sympathising and distracting Kaz when he needs it most.
I'm absolutely letting this run away from me but I do think that the Ghafas come to visit much more often after their granddaughter is born. Personally I've always felt that there are a lot of hurdles for Inej and her parents after spending so many years apart, not because their love has diminished at all but because the daughter they found is not the same as the daughter they lost, and they have to reconcile with that. I think they've all come a really long way since their reunion, but I think something about this whole experience and Inej becoming a parent herself does away with any lingering dissonance; she understands them in a way she didn't before, and I think getting to go through this experience together brings the whole family together in a brand new way.
#this got so out of hand#I just love Parent!Kanej so much#Six of Crows#kanej#Rosanna Rietveld#my precious babies all of them#I need more fic with Mama and Papa Ghafa also#Also this just another announcement that Roomy and Drenched in Sunlight lives RENT FREE IN MY MIND EVERY DAY#whatanybodygets I don't know what you've done to me#but the whole thing you created with all the women helping Inej in labour is also my very favourite thing#so thank you for that
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Corporal K. Reitveld and Nurse Ghafa, 1917
Inspired by the beautiful fic save the undone years by Whitherward @whatanybodygets
" ... she only sits beside him on the wall, and looks out at the scrubby grass, and the birds, and the grey clouds, while he smokes his fill. And then she helps him get upright, and hands him his crutches, and walks beside him in watchful silence as he limps his way painfully back to the ward."
Saw this pic of nurse and soldier actually months ago in May and decided to draw it after beautiful chapter 2. Let's ignore that Kaz is supposed to be in pajamas. He looks great in uniform.
Bonus: process
#kaz brekker#inej ghafa#kanej#kaz brekker x inej ghafa#fanart for fanfiction#author: whitherward#fic: save the undone years#saw this pic of nurse and soldier and i was obsessed#took a month#was bit slow#Thank you whitherward for blessing us with your amazing words that inspire me to draw#lol ill never stop drawing for you#six of crows#soc#grishaverse#freddy carter#amita suman
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jealousy and kanej fic recs?<3 (although we know kaz and Inej would never be possessive of each other in the sense that they both know they don't own each other and are free persons with individual wants and needs, and they would never impose their insecurities on the other in the sense that-) (you get what i mean)
Hahaha I love the way you phrased this question. Here, have some jealous kanej fic recs, conveniently sorted into 3 categories for you: jealous Kaz, jealous Inej, and "everybody's fucking feral here."
Jealous Kaz:
1. turning saints into the sea by terribletruths (rated T, 10k words):
"You’re Kaz Brekker ?" He repeated with dawning horror. Brekker glanced at Inej, something faintly like amusement in his expression.
“Oh, look, I must be famous in Ravka after all.”
“No you’re not, shut up.” Inej said.
"You're a monster!” Vanya protested.
“Thank you.” Brekker said.
2. have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways by redbrunja (rated T, 1k words):
He wrote his parents twice weekly, laughed often, and was utterly devoted to Inej.
Kaz loathed the man.
3. someone to watch over me by @cameliawrites (rated T, 6.5k words) (it's shameless self-promo but it is literally tagged "jealous Kaz Brekker" ok???):
Inej frowned at him. “Did you threaten him with something?”
“Why would I need to?” Kaz bit, gloved fist tightening around a dinner knife, but then seemed to collect himself, dropping the cutlery and clearing his throat. “Your roasted goose is getting cold, dearest Inej, and we wouldn’t want to appear anything less than the consummate guests, would we?”
4. Samples by @anonniemousefics (rated T, 3.5k words, modern AU):
Oh, God. Kaz was suddenly having a realization, right there in the middle of counting his cards.
Oh, God.
He was jealous of Matthias Helvar.
Oh, this sucked.
Jealous Inej:
1. duplicitous by @desidarling123 (rated G, 2k words):
“And he's keeping her at a firm distance.” Jesper counters, though he feels far less confident in that assertion than he ordinarily would. “Don’t worry. He knows how to do this.”
Inej stills at that. Evidently, the wrong thing to say.
“You mean, he did this to other people?”
2. The Cut of Her Jib by @teacup-tyrant (rated G, 7k words):
“Welcome to Zierfoort,” she said, stretching out a hand to shake Inej's and beginning to spew a well-rehearsed pitch. “I'm Imogen and I'll be taking care of your fees today. Can I get an overview of your cargo weight and value, and the length of stay you'll need at our harbor?”
everybody's fucking feral here:
1. come to me in red by @alltheworldsinmyhead, @whatanybodygets (rated M, 43k words):
Inej closes her eyes, grimacing as if in pain. “It seems that my parents have announced my intention to select a husband this midsummer.”
Kaz blinks at her for one long, drawn out moment, head perfectly empty of thought, and then he says, “I beg your pardon?”
#I've definitely missed some but these are just what came to the forefront of my mind#feel free to reblog with additional recs#fic recs#kanej#camelia answers
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Favorite books of 2023
thanks for tagging me @carolinawrenn - we share one position on this list!
The End of Summer, Tillie Walden
The House in the Cerulean Sea, T.J. Klune
Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher
Hell Bent, Leigh Bardugo
Chrzest Ognia (Baptism of Fire) and the entirety of the Witcher saga, Andrzej Sapkowski
The Robber Bride, Margaret Atwood
Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, Shannon Chakraborty
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams, Richard Flanagan
Tagging @marauders-groupie @cameliawrites @whatanybodygets
@heavensfargardens @linearao3 because i am a nosy bitch
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@whatanybodygets writes such a wonderful fic! It has so many different details that you want to visualize. All these little things create such an amazing world. Thanks 😇
Adagio ❤️❤️❤️
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Into the Brekkerverse Participants
Hello everyone! Today I am very pleased to announce a list of all participants in the competition!
A list of the Round One matchups will be up on the 20th.
A Night at the Crow by Bunnytrix
A Shift in the Air by Just_Another_Bookworm
Adagio by Whitherward [@whatanybodygets]
Band-aids on our Bullet Wounds by Patrocool (all_the_homo) [@patrocool]
Big Reputations by downn_in_flames [@downn-in-flames]
Condemn it to its Future by dimtraces
Hand on Gun, Knife to Your Throat by Celestial_Mess1
Helping Hand by boybi_i [@thatonecrowguy]
It's a Feeling of Distance by FullyRealized (WitchHobi) [@shounenoujojo]
Kaz Morningstar by MysticPirate [@theeladymystic]
Liberosis by foxykyuu15
Nothing's Changed At All by whynotcherries [@whynotcherries]
One for Sorrow by endoftheword [@endoftheworldhere]
Out of the Brambles by thegoldenkneazle
Plan F by bbeautifulboy [@bee-a-lover]
Stains That Don't Wash Out by SeeMaree
Sugar We're Going Down Swinging by animmortalist
Sweet Summer, Sweeter Company by Serene_Alien (Serene_Victory_77)
The Bastard Saint of the Barrel by Spikey44
The Crow King by boybi_i [@thatonecrowguy]
The Etovost Plague by Spikey44
We All Fall by Just_Another_Bookworm
With Bloody Feet Across the Hallowed Ground by madnessiseverything [@gunpowdersyrup]
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Tag 9 people you want to get to know better. Or not. I'm not your mom.
Tagged by @taralkariel, who was probably the first person I followed in this iteration of my tumblr career
Three ships: Kanej, winterwidow (buckynat), and I've been won over by divorce-era Jayce/Viktor, who I'm not sure has a cute ship name
First ever ship: My dudes, I am over 40 and I don't honestly remember. So I'm going with an early one: Kitty Pryde (Shadowkat)/Piotr Rasputin (Colossus). The next time someone asks me this question, it's liable to be different.
Last song: Everybody Knows, Leonard Cohen, which was the result of listening to the Sigrid cover (which is excellent!) and I remembered how fucking much I love Leonard Cohen.
Last Movie: ...eeeghh. Erm. Uh. I think I might have watched 2005 Pride and Prejudice ahead of going to my regency LARP last month. It has not been a great time for watching movies in this house lately.
Currently Reading: Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne Valente. I've just started it and it's a time. But also, it's very clear that I am deep in it on AI, cybernetics, how we interpret the world around us, and other nonsense.
Currently Watching: Ted Lasso and DS9 rewatch
Currently Consuming: water and soon to be coffee
Currently craving: breakfast. And on that note, I should go do something about that.
No pressure (seriously, the least possible pressure) Tagging: @pyrrhlc, @totchipanda, @whatanybodygets, @gedankenvoll, @marycontraire, @elle-rosewater, @saritasoyyo, @tlonista, @feelinglikecleopatra
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ready for those soc fic recs now please
i am a MANIAC after crooked kingdom
I GOT ON DESKTOP FOR THIS!
I want to lay down a blanket disclaimer that I'm one of those people who's primarily in fandom for shipping, so all of my recs are Kanej oriented... but based on what I've seen you reblogging, I don't think that's going to be a problem.
Let's get into it!
@marycontraire 's series Stories About Crows is top tier for consistent, thoughtful characterization - and with 25 installments, there's plenty to read!
If you're looking for character pieces disguised as the nastiest, most beautiful porn you've ever read, @linearla 's Six of Crows works are a must-read.
@whatanybodygets has written what is hands down my favorite Inej-centric piece to date, as well as the ever-popular accidental baby fic roomy, and drenched in sunlight, which is a fan-favorite and deserving of every accolade it has received. All their Six of Crows fic is stunning.
Anything by @pyrrhlc or @feelinglikecleopatra is also worth checking out.
Hope that's enough to get you started!
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Hi hello! I was wondering if you have some good Kanej fics to reccomend :)
I love your gifs btw, thanks for sharing your work!
Hi!!!! I'm going to do something weird, but stay with me anon lol I have made a gifset of some fic recs, but are no means a full list of ALL the fics I have read for (i would be here all day). So, this is a shameless plug, but the links for the fics are in the gifset!
think of this as a starter kit :) as this is by no means me trying miss anyone... i just read a lot lol
AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | were we meant to have a happy ending? (not in this lifetime)
if you're feeling sad :D
AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | roomy, and drenched in sunlight
Everyone loves roomy @whatanybodygets also has many other fics... but i can't gif the ballet one. sorry :(
AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | ghost maker
not 100% kanej but it does have nina and kaz accidentally bonding lol
AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | A Ghost Girl’s Guide to Ketterdam
one of my intro into @oneofthewednesdays amazing writing. read everything.
AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | The Four Seasons
@totchipanda an absolute delightful person and the four seasons will be update eventually :D also, there might be more fics in this verse... maybe???
AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | The Bastard Saint Of The Barrel
Would also recommend The Etovost Plague.... not a sequel! But it's def worth a read if you like Grisha!Kaz. Bastard Saint is Healer!Kaz and Etovost is Tidemaker!Kaz. Would recommend if you're in a vibe.
AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | call it by name
will just say this is sad. this is very sad. BUT all of pyrrhlc's fics are sooo good. would also recommend latte art verse.
AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | Call from the Grave
I couldn't make a gifset of the Ballads verse lol but @linearao3 is absolutely a wonderful writer. Also very mature ;)
AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | All Kinds Of New Friends
AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | My Dearest Inej
same writer, not the same verse! A_nonnie_mouse and feelinglikecleo are writers for Six of Crows Modern AU Collection (Samples-verse)
non-gifsets:
if i loved you less / i could talk about it more by hyperspecificplaylists
Not finished but the way this takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions. The author also uses racebend characters :)
i carve a crow into your skin, and know that you have given me your heart by pbandjeremiah
listen, i have read this fic so many times and i have the most intense emotions i love it with my whole heart. the summary gives a lot away but for sure worth it!
also....
AU | Kanej | Married | Insp by Fic
mhmmm... ok, so i added this one because i personally love it lol @marycontraire is off writing for other fandoms... but gdi the Stories About Crows is actually one of my favorite soc series. if nothing else, i'm really grateful that it exists <3
#also thank you for your kind words <3#kanej#kaz x inej#otp: if i couldn't walk i'd crawl to you#soc#the crows#six of crows#kaz brekker#inej ghafa#soc fic rec#kanej fic rec#reply#anon#mygifs15#shameless plug lmfaoooo#my coloring is rough but I think it's gotten better so....
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Her heart drops into her stomach. “Do you think I’m beautiful?”
“I think you know that you are.”
“I think that’s not what I asked.”
He’s manoeuvring her again, steering her away from her line of inquiry. She knows he’s doing it, and he knows that she knows. She’s prepared to let it go, for now.
She lifts her chin pointedly, though, and waits. If she can’t get an answer to one question, she’ll get an answer to another.
His voice drops, stone on stone. “Yes, I think you’re beautiful.”
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excerpt from chapter 7 of Adagio by @whatanybodygets
pairing: kaz brekker/inej ghafa
fandom: six of crow series by leigh bardugo
rating: mature
#kanej#kaz brekker#inej ghafa#six of crows#grishaverse#leigh bardugo#fic recommendation#moodboard#kaz x inej#whatanybodygets#adagio#kanej aesthetic#kanej au#modern au#i’m back on my bullshit#guess who read adagio today??
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Tag game!
tagged by @frick6101719 and @carolinawrenn
3 ships: Kanej, Elaia, and Kanthony
first ship: I need you all to know, I am old. Like probably "could have read @dduane's Young Wizards series as it came out instead of as an omnibus in my teens" old. Like "watch star trek next gen from its first air date" old. "tom baker is my doctor" old. I honestly can't remember. Which one do I remember shipping first? Erm... let's see. Probably Sheridan/Delenn from Babylon 5.
last song: It's Quiet Uptown from the Hamilton soundtrack.
last film: 10 Things I Hate About You (aka one of the best high school AU adaptations of Shakespeare EVER)
currently reading: Six of Crows
currently watching: Teen Titans Go. I just need some fluff.
currently craving: Maple walnut ice cream
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tagging @cameliawrites @oneofthewednesdays @whatanybodygets @wylanvanfeck @alltheworldsinmyhead @whynotcherries @genuineformality @capinejghafa
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For the ask game, if you’re so inclined: ✏️🌘✨
Thank you for the ask, @cameliawrites!
🌒 If you had to pick: Sun summoner or Shadow summoner?
Sun summoner
✨ Which grisha order would you belong to?
I'm not squeamish, and I tend to have a first aid kit close to hand, so probably a Healer.
✏️ Favorite grishaverse fanfic?
Oh, that is an unfair question! There are so, so many good grishaverse fanfic writers out there. I cannot pick just one, so you are going to have to listen to my babbling. Kanej fics are my favorite, because I am a sap who wants these traumatized murder children to find love (after suffering in narratively satisfying ways).
Pre-canon SOC
@rainstormdragon's "The Honesty of a Bullet" is funny, tender, and the characters feel like actual teenagers. "your sacred stars won't be guiding you" by apropensityforcharm is a glimpse into Inej's early days with the Dregs, and it is excellent.
Post-canon SOC
Besides your "collision course," I love @pyrrhlc's "call it by name" and "ten thousand miles away." They are beautiful and sad, and his prose is so gorgeous that I want to roll around in it. The two stories feel very much like companion pieces--two very plausible futures. And @alltheworldsinmyhead and @whatanybodygets' "come to me in red" is currently melting my brain in the best way.
AU SOCs
@whatanybodygets' "Adagio" and @feelinglikecleopatra's "Rare, Exhausted, Nearly Doomed" are both completely captivating modern AUs that update the setting and characters in very compelling and believable ways. @oneofthewednesdays 's "Sleep No More" is a very cool take on the Crows in contemporary NYC. And @linearao3's "Hearts Starve" is a historical fiction AU that was scientifically designed in a lab to destroy me personally.
See, you asked for one, and you got a lot! And if you asked me again in an hour, I'd have even more.
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I thought I'd never see
Inspired by the breathtaking fic save the undone years by Whitherward @whatanybodygets which is an AU about Kaz and Inej during WW1 where Kaz is a soldier and Inej is a nurse. This moment that stuck with me:
“All this waiting, and his brother appears at his bedside like a ghost in the night. [...] [Captain Reitveld] simply drops onto the edge of Kaz’s mattress and yanks him forward by the shoulders, wrapping him into a tight hug.
She sees Kaz go tense for a moment, and then relax, bury his face into his brother’s shoulder.
And then he begins to sob."
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Been working on this for a month. I can't put into words how beautiful of a writer she is. I am always in awe and must drop everything for it.
Bonus: process
#kaz brekker#jordie reitveld#shadow and bone#six of crows#freddy carter#grishaverse#soc#fanart for fanfiction#whitherward#fic: save the undone years#my art#my fanart#i am unofficially whitherward's illustrator :)#love it so much#her writing always inspires me#i can't believe it's coming on... 3 years that I've been illustrating for her?#how the time has passed#i feel low key the development of my rendering skills can be attributed to drawing fanart for whitherward's fics ngl#couldn't decide if Kaz would be the type to hold back a cry#and like have pent up angry cry with his perpetual frown#or he would be so overwhelmed and just start sobbing#so i included both#I feel kaz is more of the hold back a cry and silent type of cry#random aside but freddy carter is in masters of the air and it gives me so much content/reference for him in uniform#total coincidence#except mota takes place ww1
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