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tracking my improvement by drawing kaz across the span of 3 years has been pretty fun and cool i would say

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I kinda like your face.

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✨️Back on my six of crows bullshit 😌💅✨️

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Too many jokes about Kaz becoming Wylan’s father figure. Not enough jokes about Wylan and Jesper adopting Kaz. Not in a child-parent way, but more of a feral cat way.

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Wylan (done on ibispaint x)

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The Slat from Six of Crows - this is how I came to this interpretation:

The Slat is described as a ricketty house leaning on it's neighbours in the typical row house style inspired by Amsterdam. We can deduce that it has windows on both it's front and it's back from the fact that in Crooked Kingdom, when Kaz and Inej arrive at the Slat, they enter through opposing sides of the attick: Kaz through his own office window and Inej through a pigeonhole bellow the hook that is used to hoist furniture up in such houses. Obviously there would be windows to living quarters underneath this hook, otherwise the hook would be useless and there are windows beneath Kaz's room as well, one of them being to Inej's room, from where the both of them can see the harbour on clear days.

Another clue regarding the Slat's configuration can be deduced from the fact that Kaz uses all the attick for his own rooms, however when Inej enters through the pigeonhole, she is not in Kaz's rooms (but above living quarters nonetheless) so how can this contradiction be? It is likely the area in which Inej enters is not hight enough for a room, hence a "half level" house is likely, where the rooms in the front are at a higher level than the rooms in the back, conveniently leaving a high ceiling for the Dreg's main room underneath.

We also know that Inej, perched on a beam beneath the roof, can see the entirety of the staircase and part of the main room, so she can watch Kaz fight the Dregs, which can be explained only if in the center of the house there is a wide 4-level opening, which would be consistent with architectural principles (living quarters near the windows, where they can be ventilated) and circulations & secondary spaces in the center.

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inej!!!

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thinking about this moment again:

particularly in regards to this conversation:

thinking about inej, who is actively dying, asking kaz for an apology. inej, whose native tongue leaves no room for triviality here. this isn’t “you were mean to me and you need to make nice,” it’s so much deeper.

this is “promise me you won’t treat me like a piece in your chess game again. promise me you won’t keep acting like i’m replaceable. promise me i’m not just another one of your investments.”

this is the first time we see inej holding kaz accountable, the first time we see her ask him to be more, to do better. this is the precursor to the “without armor” conversation. and i think it’s fitting that we never hear whether or not kaz did apologize. because at this point, i don’t think he’s ready to give inej what she’s really asking for here, and in a way, it’s best that she doesn’t hear him say the words. he’s not ready to mean them yet.

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My kids once asked me: So mom, are the Crows really thieves?

Me: Yes, they are.

Kids: But they are good ones, aren't they?

Me (wondering hard if my kids are old enough to understand what is a morally grey character): Yep, they are good.

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FREDDY CARTER as KAZ BREKKER Shadow and Bone (2023) 2.05

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FREDDY CARTER as KAZ BREKKER Shadow and Bone (2021) 1.02

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Local couple have amazing hobbies such as 'heist' and 'gossiping like housewives at the weekend market' and 'being last people to know they were in a relationship'

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Sometimes a family can be a crazy smart illiterate heir, a bi boy with an adrenaline problem, a fabulous witch, the boy she trained who loves her very much, a sweetheart with enough sharp things on her she can legally be classified as a porcupine, and a traumatized and terrifying boy who needs to go to sleep

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Do not wrong Crows

They protect the ones they love

Tho they don't love many

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"We'll be Kings and Queens, Inej"

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Crows and plant symbolism (2/3 : Helnik)