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my therapist will become aware of this post

this bit in crooked kingdom will always stand out to me.

"do i have a tell?"

"you square your shoulders before you start a move as if you're about to perform, like your waiting for the audience's attention."

she looked slightly affronted at that. "and what's yours?"

kaz thought of the moment on vellgeluk that had nearly cost him everything.

first off, i love that kaz pays so much attention to inej even when she's not looking, to the extent that he notices tiny details like the movement of her shoulders (which would have happened in battles, where kaz would have undoubtedly been concentrating on his own opponents too!)

second, kaz thinks inej is his tell (which it certainly was in vellgeluk, when rollins saw kaz's concern for inej which led to her kidnapping). but i feel like it goes deeper than that.

we see kaz use love as a tactic all the time. he stakes a hugely important heist purely on matthias' love for nina, he uses it against geels, smeet and his daughter hanna, and, of course, pekka rollins in the end. obviously it is against van eck where he fails, because he overestimates his love for wylan.

partly inspired by this post btw go have a read if you haven't already

what makes this so sad is that kaz just simply cannot believe that a father would discard of his son so hastily. he believes in van eck's love for wylan, even after wylan himself says it isn't relevant.

kaz places a huge importance on familial love despite the cynic in him, which i think is beautiful (and desperately heartwrenching), and i've always wondered how many of his tactics stem from his own yearning and insecurities. kaz seems like the last person who would care about love, but leigh bardugo subtly reveals his dependence (and desire) for closeness through his constant use of it.

and this quote really sums that up. kaz thinks his love for inej is his weakness, his tell, because that's the thing he would exploit in other people. it's what he's been conditioned to believe in, as he's seen the worst of the world and has no reason to believe love exists but yet he does, he relies on it and still places such a huge importance on it despite everything. he's scared of love, scared of the overwhelming impact of it, but he still admires it.

and i think that's why i love the open ending of crooked kingdom, we don't see it but we get hints that kaz will overcome his underlying fear of love through inej. i would like to believe that he comes to think of it as a strength, rather than a weakness. because of inej, he changes his perspective on love as something to be cherished rather than exploited.

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KANEJ + looking at each other’s lips

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little reminder that kaz renamed the emerald palace ‘the silver six’ and has a tunnel to wespers house, cuz y’know he’s a big scary gang leader.

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i finished crooked kingdom nearly a week ago and all i’ve been filling my head with is soc/kanej fanfics help me please

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everyone talks about the scene in CK where colm breaks up the fight with kaz and jes, and nina’s just goes “you’re in so much trouble”

and NO ONE even mentions how jesper rats out nina

“matthias, nina let cornelis smeet grope her bottom”

“i am going to turn your teeth inside out”

“that is physically impossible”

THEYRE ALL A BUNCH OF CHILDREN

#six of crows #six idiots #literal children #jesper my beloved #nina zenik #crooked kingdom #i love them #kaz soc #inej ghafa #inej supremacy #mattias helvar #kaz brekker #jepser fahey #wylanjesper #wylan van eck

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“inej doesn’t feel the same way about kaz as he does about her” the boy attempts one neck kiss and her mind is already on marriage

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guys i’m crying and i’m not even up to crooked kingdom

#lol #i’m crying #please help #i love them #kanej my beloved #six of crows #kaz soc #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #inej supremacy

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Kaz “Because i’ve been looking for an excuse to talk to you for two days” Brekker. Criminal prodigy and world’s most awkward man.

- page 217, six of crows

#kaz brekker #kanej my beloved #six of crows #he’s so soft #not really #he is the loml #wylan my beloved #poor jesper #inej supremacy #nina zenik #helnik #wesper #i’m crying

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romeo and juliet would make more sense if they were lesbians

#im not sorry #romeo and juliet #gay #lgbtq

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MY BOOKS CAME FINALLY I GET TO READ HOW THE KING OF ELFHAME LEARNED TO HATE STORIES AND GRISHAVERSE BOOKS

#cardangreenbriar #the cruel prince #tfota #how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories #tfotadaily #jude and cardan #six of crows #grishaverse #crooked kingdom

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no thoughts today just imagining e-boy cardan greenbriar

#cardangreenbriar #down bad #he is the loml #cardans tail #i love cardan #the cruel prince #rail me

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it goes over my head that madoc is green sometimes like who are you gonna cast for him in a adaptation? shrek?

#tfota #madoc #jude duarte #cardangreenbriar #tfotadaily #the cruel prince

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this will be the end of me

#pro jily #atyd james #james potter #atyd lily #lily evans #atyd #jily love #flowerpott #marauders era #mauraders

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i feel like in another reality cardan would be one of those indie boys who gatekeep music

and jude would be the girl who plays bass in music class and they argue about what bands are superior

cardan to a random girl: i could show you my music, you probably don’t listen to them but i listen to the-

jude: literally don’t listen to whatever “superior” music he gives you

cardan: what would you know about music

jude: i’m literally in a band

cardan: so what

jude: literally your music is nothing “unknown” anyways

cardan: you don’t even know what i was gonna recommend to her

jude: you were probably gonna recommend her the smiths

cardan: i was gonna recommend her the smiths

#cardangreenbriar #jude and cardan #the cruel prince #tfota #tfota headcanon #tfota au #jurdan #incorrect tfota quotes #tfotadaily #the queen of nothing #folk of air

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<3

“In the mortal world, when I thought you were my enemy, I still missed you.”

“My sweet nemesis, how glad I am that you returned.”

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is it just me or do i picture the ghost in tfota series to be like really hot

like for some reason i pictured him to look like prince nikolai from the grishaverse but with elf ears

#the cruel prince #tfota #tfota headcanon #tfotadaily #queen of nothing #the wicked king #jude duarte #cardangreenbriar #nikolai lantsov #grishaverse #shadow and bone

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Nobody: You have a very handsome husband.

Jude: Meh. He's... cute.

Cardan, lazily sitting on his throne, suddenly sits straight: Cute? I am the High King of Elfhame—

Jude: I love you.

Cardan, blushes with a shy smile: You do?

Jude to nobody: See?