#commander nazyalensky

[serraphique]

no thoughts just zoya winking at alina

#shadow and bone #shadow and bone spoilers #zoya nazyalensky #alina starkov #ellie watches shadow and bone #i would like to plead alliance to you commander nazyalensky

[meyyy00]

Queen Zoya and these songs are the reason why people shouldn't underestimate other people.

#zoya nazyalensky #zoya of the lost city #zoya bleeding in the snow #zoya of the garden #soldier of the second army #female leader of the grisha order #commander of the second army #Queen of Ravka #morally grey female character #hits different #superior female character #literal Queen #masterpiece playlist #grishaverse #leigh bardugo

[padme-amidala]

so my silly little blog has reached 3,000 followers!! i am truly grateful for every single one of you, thank you for supporting my gifs and giving me motivation to keep creating them 💜 to express my gratitude i've decided to have another follower celebration! if you'd like to participate simply send me:

🖤 + a show or a movie for a colorful gifset of said show/movie

and because i want to show my mutuals some extra appreciation, an option for mutuals only:

💌 for a personalized gifset based on your interests

i'm gonna tag some of my lovely mutuals under the cut to boost this <3

@labyrinth @saws2004 @commander-codys @edwards-teach @morgana-pendragon @mcbride @piperhaliwell @cal-kestis @matthew-lillard @killianglyndon @kitconnor @ughmerlin @zoya-nazyalenskys @pedro-pascal @jakeyp @diwalis @bixcaleen @hellshee @fireplceashes @captain-hen @cate-dunlap @dindjarism @lady-arryn @frodo-baggins @calkestis @yennefer @usergirlfailure @starfighters @the-force-awakens @mcgregor @obiwan @arabellas @elizascarlets @yasminkahns @hayden-christensen @kbishop @mayahawkins @moirainesedai @revengeofthesiths @jamietarrt @henry-alex @wandasmaximofffs @sansastarkr @ronandreams @cityscreams @avasillva @bottoms-movie @heroeddiemunson @yenvengerberg @dani-clayton

#please don't hesitate to send one even if we haven't interacted much!! i'm so so excited to make these sets for you <3 #*3k #usershale #usersara #userjake #tusergeo #tusermyra

[lilisouless]

Nina: huh,not complaining but what’s up with the farm animals?

Kaz: we need to deliver bad news to Nazyalensky, studies say people gets less mad at bad news when you are near cute creatures, so we’ll be holding them

Jesper : i got Wylan! (Lifts Wylan)

Nina: Matthias got me! (Jumps on Matthias’s arms)

Kaz: sorry but, we need more animals than humans in order to make it work, Nina: she already likes you so take the baby goat, Inej you take the kitty, Wylan take the puppy, Jesper get the lamb, Helvar will have to take the baby tiger. Me, she likes me the less so i’ll have to use the human cub

Wylan: you mean a baby? Where are you going to get a-Kaz…don’t you dare!

Kaz lifts Plumje: i already did

Matthias: where did you hide it?

Wylan: ugh,Kaz! Does Alys knows you took her ?

Kaz: i left a dummy that makes sounds

Wylan: Really? Do you really think Alys is that dum….”sighs” continue

Kaz: Not only she is absolutely adorable…i mean, she is appropriate for the job , i don’t think Zoya would want a crying baby near her

Wylan : Plumje doesn’t cry too much…

“Kaz snaps his fingers two times and the baby cries loudly until Kaz gives her a snack”

Kaz: she already knows five commands

Wylan: you are sick! You can’t just train her like a dog!

“Kaz snaps his fingers four times and the baby blows a raspberry at Wylan”

Kaz: It’s not a one sided deal, she is getting three pounds of snacks (the baby pulls at his hairy) Ouch! fine,four

#netflix shadow and bone #six of crows #leigh bardugo #kaz brekker #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #grishaverse #nina zenik #inej ghafa #mathias helvar #crooked kingdom #Grishaverse shitpost #shadow and bone shitpost #soc shitpost

[daughterofprofit96]

On Instagram ( rescatedelgrishaverse) I've been comparing Grishaverse to mythological deities. Zoya was my latest!

Before I go on, remember to sign and share the petition!! You can Google it as "Save Shadow and Bone". Today we reached 200k signatures!!

Zoya Nazyalensky|| Bellona

You know why I love Zoya? Because in a society where us girls aren't allowed to be bad, to be tough, to be unforgiving without someone making us feel guilty, having characters like her, characters who defy those stupid enough to tell them what they're supposed to be, it's an honour.

Bellona it's one the Roman deities of war. Bellona was a personification of the most violent aspect of war, but someone who the Romans prayed for victory to. It was in her temple where they held the war counsels. It's in her temple where war was declared, by throwing a spear onto the land "designated" as enenmy; and where the victorious soldiers were received.

Zoya is a little bit like that. She's somewhat unpleasant at times. She can be violent. She can be intimidating. She can be terrifying. And you know what? That's completely fine. Zoya is a born leader, one of the best warriors and someone fiercely loyal to her friends and beliefs. Therefore, she's the best person to command an army.

Sometimes, it's good to have an armour.

#save shadow and bone #shadow and bone #six of crows #inej ghafa #kaz brekker #sombra y hueso #leigh bardugo #amita suman #freddy carter #grishaverse #grisha #the lives of saints #zoya nazyalensky #zoyalai #fantasy #bellona #mythology

[natscarpenter]

and when we hear nikolai say “commander nazyalensky” then what

#gonna scream so loud that all of ravka will hear it 😭 #screeching like a volcra fr #zoyalai #nikolai x zoya #zoya nazyalensky #shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #grishaverse #sab #zoya nabri #nikolai lantsov #zoya x nikolai

[pateldevs]

What was the point of using her fists when she could command a storm?

ZOYA NAZYALENSKY in SHADOW AND BONE (2021)

#* #*gif #*pale #zoya nazyalensky #grishaverse #grishaedit #grishaverseedit #shadow and bone #shadowandboneedit #dailyshadowandbone #paletmblr #paleresource #fadenet #giffingpale #userjamie #userjacinta #i dont remember who to tag everyone send me ur tracking tags if u want me to tag u lmfao #something something first pale set in literally 8 or 9 months maybe more #in 2023 i hope the colorists and lighting directors for tv shows get some better eyes and make pale gifmakers lives easier

[heliads]

Holy crap can I ask to see the list of all the requests you got?! It has to be a lot if you’re booked all the way to July

oh you already know! here goes:

4/25: so, before you go chapter two (the darkling x child of hecate!reader series)

4/27: harry hook x reader (based on 'the way i loved you'' by taylor swift, was literally giggling to myself over how fun this one's going to be)

4/29: so, before you go chapter three (the darkling x child of hecate!reader series)

5/1: thomas x reader (set in the safe haven, newt and teresa are alive, culmination of months of mutual pining)

5/3: so, before you go chapter four (the darkling x child of hecate!reader series)

5/5: luke patterson reader (reader is luke's english tutor)

5/7: so, before you go chapter five (the darkling x child of hecate!reader series)

5/9: charles leclerc x reader (reader is in charge of social media and charles flirts at all hours of the day)

5/11: so, before you go chapter six (the darkling x child of hecate!reader)

5/13: peeta mellark x reader (reader is a friend of katniss, takes place after round 1 of the games)

5/15: so, before you go chapter seven (the darkling x child of hecate!reader)

5/17: loki x reader (reader is an empath, loki is newly forced to join the avengers)

5/19: so, before you go chapter eight (the darkling x child of hecate!reader)

5/21: leonard 'bones' mccoy x reader (star trek x grishaverse au, the thoughts and ideas i have for this >>>>)

5/23: matthias helvar x reader (enemies to friends to lovers)

5/25: charles leclerc x reader (reader is head of pr for ferrari, when ferrari strategy does ferrari strategy she helps charles w the media)

5/27: andrew peter parker x reader (simple headcanons)

5/29: clove x reader (reader is clove's bff and helping her train for the games but gets scared the closer they get to the day of the reaping)

5/31: tom peter parker x reader (male reader is fighting in wakanda during infinity war, they're worried about each other through the blip)

6/1: billy rocks x reader (the magnificent seven but a grishaverse au, i am so so excited to write this, june cannot come quickly enough)

6/3: tewkesbury x reader (both of them are lovesick idiots)

6/5: han solo x reader (escapades w han + singing to get out of a crisis)

6/7: race x reader (reader is brooklyn's second in command)

6/9: peter pevensie x reader (reader is a knight with a gay crisis, i am shrieking, raven i love you for sending this in)

6/11: jack wilder x reader (reader is a paramedic and jack keeps mildly injuring himself so she can fix him up)

6/13: newt x reader (gally's trademarked beverage as a plot device)

6/15: peter pevensie x reader (headcanons for having to live in london after spending so long in narnia)

6/17: finch x reader (the newsies are hanging out, he has a crush)

6/19: daniel atlas x reader (reader volunteers to be a part of a trick, he gets shy)

6/21: newt x reader (tmr modern au, they sit next to each other in class)

6/23: race higgins x reader (race + reader are on a date but get jumped and they must recover emotionally from that)

6/25: kai parker x reader (kai redemption era)

6/27: lucy pevensie x reader (lucy has a girlfriend and gets up the courage to introduce them to the siblings, this is when they're all kings and queens)

6/29: zoya nazyalensky x reader (reader is zoya's #1 fan bc zoya saved them from attack one time, reader is hurt by somebody and zoya nearly becomes a supervillain bc of it)

7/1: andrew peter parker x reader (male reader is peter's best friend but when peter gets bitten by the spider, he stops hanging out with reader as much, angst ensues)

plus bonus non requests that i get to tack onto the end of my queue bc i am the author and i need to clear through some of my unwritten ideas:

7/3: eric coulter x reader (reader was from amity but now tattoos, idk commentary on art surviving in a place like dauntless you get my drift)

7/5: jesper fahey x reader (this quote specifically that has been in my inbox for months: but how long? how long until i blend into the background and i'm no longer unusual? what will you do when i'm no longer a bet that calls your interest or a gamble worth the odds?)

7/7: eowyn x reader (eowyn thinks she dislikes reader bc reader is a girl and can fight but eowyn can't, in reality that's not jealousy but a repressed crush on a girl, we've all had them before)

7/9: peter pan x reader (reader can visit neverland when she's dreaming, she goes there often enough that she wants to live there forever, she asks peter to take her but he hesitates, she decides to never dream of him again, eventually he shows up in person bc he misses her)

#not writing

[courtofsprings]

 🦢        𝓢𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒓𝒂    ' 𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐔𝐄 '    𝓢𝒐𝒗𝒊    ・      290   .  cis-female   ( she / her ) –— ・ ( hong suzu )      .     ¾ high fae ⍪ ¼ river nymph , high priestess &.  second - in - command ( 𝖘𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖙 ) / 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 — dawn ⍪  spring  🀐  — swan - shifter , air and dream  manipulator

now playing …  HISTORY OF MAN by MAISIE PETERS. 

the watery depths of a raw , consuming power — where sunken promises , missing youth and idyllic dreams drown in the  face of more formidable forces / a slaughterhouse of feminine rage , crowned in limpid blue and entrapped in marbled gold ; a divinity of the temple of river and wind / the idea of  forged otherness , of making oneself more palatable , to feed the appetite of glory / the greatest form of art in which one word , one thought , one gaze , is enough to mystify man .

╭               ・            𓍯              (    𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐋    )                     ・

𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹     𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲     :     sephyra nyvien sovi — (   pronounced  ⍪ seh - fuh - rah niv - vee - yen so-vee meaning ⍪ west wind / sapphire ) 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲     :     hyra , seph(i) 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘀     :    high priestess nimue — (     pronounced  ⍪ nim - way meaning ⍪ lady of the lake ) 𝗮𝗴𝗲      &      𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲     :     290        /       may 26 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿     :     cis     female        ,        she     /     her 𝘀𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆     :     heteroromantic         &         heterosexual 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻     :     high priestess and second in command to the high lord of the spring court 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴     :     inner circle

𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵     :     dawn     court publically unknown 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁     𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲     :     spring    court    temple 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀     :     ¾ high fae ⍪ ¼ river nymph 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀     :     spring ( manipulation of wind and air, shape shifting — swan ) , dawn — priv. ( dream manipulation & healing ), river nymph ( webbed fingers upon contact with water )

𝗺𝗯𝘁𝗶     :     enfj +     :     captivating, thoughtful, charming, patient, altruistic, compassionate, ambitious, intelligent, observant, dedicated, persuasive, loyal, charismatic, elegant -     :     cunning, headstrong, calculated, machiavellian, obsessive, deceitful, competitive, vengeful, power-hungry, sycophantic, attention-seeking 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲     :     wrath & pride 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗲     :     diligence & charity 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽     :     ianthe / amren / gwyn (acotar) , zoya nazyalensky (soc) , beth harmon (queen's gambit) , anne boleyn , lady macbeth (macbeth)

𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁 ( 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 )     :     antheia sovi , ½ river nymph ⍪ ½ high fae , spring court priestess ( deceased )𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿     :     achelous sovi , ½ river nymph ⍪ ½ high fae , former emissary of the spring court ( deceased ) 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿     :     eos seol , high fae , former spymaster from the dawn court ( deceased ) 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿     :    aquila ianthe sovi , 321 , winter court spy ( missing ) 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿     :    austera notus sovi , 321 , summer court scholar 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿     :    eurania helia seol , 304 , dawn court healer ( estranged )

───             ・            🏛              (    𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘     )          

trigger warning ! substance abuse (drugs), overdose, addiction, death

sephyra nyvien sovi is born unexpectedly into the shadowed alcoves of the dawn court; a child both sacred and a secret. the beginning chapters of her life have since faded into obscurity as history buries the tale of the  love affair between achelous sovi, a half river-nymph emissary of the spring court and eos seol, the former spymaster for dawn, who was mated to another. her parents’ unblessed union resulted in the birth of four illegitimate daughters — aquila, austera, eurania and herself, sephyra. as the youngest of the four by many decades, she is raised for the first few years of her life by her twin eldest sisters, hidden away from her mother’s cruel mate—elio seol, a prominent but unsavoury dawn court noble—in the red-bricked outskirts of her birth court.

whilst she, aquila and austera remained hidden, her third sister eurania had been presented as elio’s daughter, sparing her from the same life of secrecy the other three led. at the age of ten, her mother’s mate finds out about the affair and the existence of the three bastard children, orchestrating the slaughter of both her parents and intending to finish off the sisters too. the twins who, in hiding, had lain witness to their murders were left both heavily traumatised and were forced to flee dawn with the young sephyra. deciding it best to split up in the case that elio were to come after them, they leave sephyra in the care of their paternal aunt, antheia, a priestess who resides within the spring court. whilst aquila ventures into winter and austera, rendered mute due to the trauma of the incident finds solace in the libraries of summer, sephyra is thus raised for the majority of her life in the temples of spring, surrounded by the rivers and waterways that beckon her heritage and blood. she is taught by her aunt to keep her dawn heritage hidden, something done initially for her safety and later became a tool of deception to solidify her place in the court. to this date, her true heritage remains unknown to any living soul beside her sisters, many believing her to be the biological daughter of her aunt and her spring courtesan lover.

not long after her twenty-fourth birthday, only fourteen years since her arrival in spring, her aunt falls ill to a plague that had been affecting the river nymphs due to a pollution in their waters believed to have been passed from the mortals. the plight that had befallen the nymphs had led to great unnecessary tragedy and sephyra who had been unable to even say goodbye to her aunt, having been kept away for her own safety, was left embittered and enraged. it is then that she takes it upon herself to resume the ceremonial helm that her aunt once governed, beginning to train in the way of the priestesses who had all since become her foster family.

with an ambition that seemed neverending, sephyra used her manipulation of dreams, a gift inherited from her dawn court mother, as a way to initially mislead believers on the potency of her powers and connection to the mother and cauldron; using this ability to alter what they envisioned in their sleepful mind’s eye to be a ‘blessing’ or call from the goddess herself. such as she did to manipulate them to believe herself specially ordained by the hand of the mother, allowing her to garner great popularity and an almost cult-like following amongst the most devout spring court nobles and residents. she is less than a century old when she is instated as one of the youngest high priestesses in prythian’s long history, reinventing herself in this role with the mononym nimue. she is in this way, publically known, and only answers to her birth-name to the inner circle of spring, the priestesses of the temple and those closest to her.

it is not long after she assumes this influential helm, remaining popularly beloved for her benevolent facade and seemingly prophetic wisdom, that she becomes ever more closely acquainted with the ruling high family in its most tumultuous time. quickly endeared to the heir both for her naturally cunning wit and intellect and her ability to captivate and enchant the masses, she is no sooner inducted into the newly crowned high lord’s inner circle as his second. her loyalty to the high lord of spring seemingly knows no bounds, as she is molds herself to compliment his vision, solidifying her place in his court as a weapon of subtle indoctrination. her slight distaste for his harsh rule, however, and her duty as an equaliser in his reign makes her ever the more cherished by the people of the court yet her unhidden admiration for the morally-gray family reveals a rather duplicitous nature to her inner ambitions. after all, she is constantly fuelled by some deep-rooted vendetta or another.

#ofcourtfables:intro

[thebadgerclan]

She, Queen of the Kings

Summary: Zoya, The Dragon Queen, Queen of Kings...

A/N: Inspired by “Queen of Kings” by Alessandra.  I changed some lyrics to fit the story, but lyrics are italicized. (Also this song?  *chef’s kiss*) 

Also no real romantic pairing as this is Zoya-centric, but I threw some Zoyalai in there bc yes

No one knew about the prophecy that had been spoken just after Zoya Nabri had been born, that Suhum Nabri had taken his infant daughter to a Suli Seer by the light of a full moon, unknown to his wife, to have her fortune told.  It was a tradition amongst the traveling people, but true prophecies were rare, rarer so to be given to a newborn babe.

One moment, the Seer had been holding Zoya’s tiny hand, her eyes closed and brows furrowed in concentration, and the next, her eyes were open, glassy and white, her voice unearthly.  “She, Queen of the Kings, running so fast, beating the wind,” the Seer had said.  “Nothing in this world can stop the spread of her wings.  She, Queen of the Kings, broken her cage, threw away the keys.  She will be the warrior of the nation and the world.”

Got raven hair, dark as night, icy eyes, out of sight, out of sight.  Zoya Nazyalensky had been a beautiful child, and had grown into an even more beautiful woman.  Her beauty was both her shield and her weakness, forming an unapproachable exterior while simultaneously protecting the wounded child within.  She could never forget the man her mother had attempted to sell her to, the little gold wedding gown, the wind tearing down the chapel doors.  So she made beauty her weapon, another tool in her arsenal.  She was weak no longer, she was a warrior.

Her heart, in spite, is warm and bright.  Few people truly knew Zoya.  Most people saw her as a cold, distant woman, the harsh commander, the most powerful Squaller, a member of the Grisha Triumvirate.  But no one saw Zoya of the garden, tending to her flowers, often with tears in her eyes.  No one saw the way she looked at a doe nursing her fawn, or how she subtly defended those beneath her.  No one saw how her face lit up when the newest shipment of Kerch novels arrived.  Zoya refused to lose herself, to lose the warmth, the kindness she’d harbored since childhood.  She buried it, kept it safe, but kept that spark alive.

Nothing in this world can stop the spread of her wings.  The Fjerdan war had been brutal, but Zoya, with the help of Juris, had led Ravka to victory.  And this victory would last, she knew, not only thanks to the dragon’s voice in her mind, but because the people now bowed to her, spoke her name with reverence.  “Let the Nazyalensky dynasty begin.  All hail the Dragon Queen,” Niklolai had proclaimed on bended knee, and after the shock, the fear, and the urge to murder him in his sleep had passed, once Zoya had adjusted to the thought, to the notion of being Queen, she knew she could at last bring peace to her people.  So she shouldered the burden and wore the crown, taking the oath with her love beside her.  

The word had spread fast, far faster than anyone could have anticipated.  As they often were, the Suli were among the first to know.  Zoya’s prophecy had been shared amongst the Seers after its first speaking, but now, those who wore the jackal masks spoke the words once more.  “She, Queen of the Kings, running so fast, beating the wind, nothing in this world can stop the spread of her wings.  She, Queen of the Kings, broken her cage, threw away the keys.  She will be the warrior of the nation and the world.”

Zoya was Ravka’s first Queen Regnant in history, and Nikolai her first Prince Consort.  Queen of Kings, they called her, alongside The Dragon Queen, Rebe Dva Urga, and Sankta Zoya of the Storm.  She had shrugged the chains of her past, shattered the cage the Darkling had once put her in, and fought for her nation and her people.  The Queen was a warrior, both for her country and for the world at large.  And when Juris spoke in her mind, nothing could stop her wings from spreading, both figuratively and literally, though she could control the dragon’s form at will now.

Her smile awakes the Northern Light.  When Zoya smiled, it was as if a Sun Summoner was in the room with her.  Her smiles were far more frequent since her wedding, and Nikolai was almost always the one to cause them.  For the first time in her life, Zoya was happy, truly, shamelessly happy.  Her people were safe, her nation was at peace, she had a man who loved her, everything felt right.  It was no easy job, but for once, Zoya was not alone.  She had a council to aid her, her husband to guide her, and people to back her.

Looking out, she calls… who will conquer all?  Of course, peace cannot last forever.  The Shu were invading, what had started as a simple border skirmish threatened to become an all-out war.  Ravka had had a measly 2 years of peace, and Zoya owed it to her people to fight for them, for their lives, for the peace they so desperately deserved.  Seated atop her horse on the Shu-Han border, draped in her sapphire corecloth kefta, the Queen addressed her people:

“I will not allow anyone to encroach upon our lands, to threaten your livelihoods, to harm my people,  your people.  So I ask you this:”  Zoya looked out at her soldiers, the men and women she would lead into battle.  “Who will conquer all who seek to harm you?  Who will conquer any who threaten our nation?”  The soldiers, Grisha and otkazat’sya both, cried out in unison, and while their phrasing varied, their answer was the same.  She, Queen of the Kings.

#zoya nazyalensky #zoya nazyalensky fanfiction #shadow and bone fanfiction #nikolai lantsov

[multistoty]

  zoya nazyalensky is too proud to flinch. she is a general, a commander. she has trained soldiers, she is not taken by surprise. she is certainly not caught looking a little too long at the king of ravka. what would have been a flinch on any other face therefore turns into nothing more than an almost lazy blink, like the tiger whose teeth encircle her wrist.

         "well, you are not entirely terrible to look at," she says, resting her chin on her hand. "much more interesting than the wall behind you, anyway, which was the other choice." it is a lie, but it at least directly addresses the truth she cannot avoid. she had been looking at him. "am i not allowed to look at you, moi tsar? must i avert my eyes?" dry, though without bite - - - she is only teasing.

           though her expression does not soften, quite, something in it shifts a little. a pause, as she considers him. then: "you looked like you were about to fall asleep sitting up," she admits. wonders, not for the first time, if he is avoiding sleep for reasons other than all of the work they have yet to do. "i worried i might have to try to catch you before you fell into the fire.

@koroldemonov

#** he's a chaotic homeland koroldemonov #** privateer Nikolai #** dragon queen zoya #i hope this is okay #i needed some of them

[yuzensoniktornavida]

I’m curious to know why you dislike zoya as a character. Ofc it’s your opinion and I respect it, it’s just that not a lot of people in the fandom have this take. I’d love a hot take on her

A hot take on General Nazyalensky! Thank you for the question!

I find her irritating is the shortest answer.

I find her irritating because she resembles every real life bully I've ever known.

She's hot headed, generally angry, unrelentlessly ambitious without even considering if she deserves/can get the thing she wants, she's a warmonger and to be honest I think she lacks critical thinking skills. She's always correct, she's always on the right side and her interests are the only important thing. She was bigoted towards Alina for a good chunk of the trilogy (even though she suffered similar things). She was jealous of the possibility that Alina might become close (sleep with) the Darkling even though she was doing the very same thing! She cannot stand anyone but herself and I generally don't like those "hard love" type of characters (characters who show affection by bullying).

This is not Zoya's fault but I don't even like the way she was written. One of the reasons why she's badly written is because even though she's supposed to be this great general, the commander of the army; her military decisions are laughably amateurish. She acts like a simple soldier on the front lines and not like this high ranking commander that has to make very complex military moves every minute of her day. She's not shown making these decisions but she's only shown directly fighting. Also retconning her family history was dumb for instance.

! Spoilers for Rule of Wolves !

Her becoming queen was just tying loose ends on Leigh Bardugo's part and was obviously done because she likes Zoya.

She doesn't show any military or political prowes and I imagine her to be an awful ruler to her people.

She did not deserve to be queen and have everything she wanted in the end. Not that I think fiction books should follow ethics in their story where bad people definitely get punished and good people get rewarded but the end of Rule of Wolves felt very hollow and dissatisfying to me.

#thank you for asking! #i don't like the perceived girlboss image of zoya in the fandom and i'm sure that she's a tyranical queen #ask me about my darkling opinions next time lol #zoya nazyalensky

[crescentcampbell]

Royal Ravka University, Chapter 2: Aleksander Morozova

Two

Aleksander Morozova

"Those things are terrible for you," a cool, female voice said from behind him.

He stood out on the balcony of his loft, on Upper East Os Alta. If he were human, the cigarette smoke that he was breathing in would have burned his lungs. As it stood, Aleksander could not remember the last time that he had felt something. He chuckled, and turned face the speaker.

Zoya, his young assistant, had come to him when she was eighteen. A university freshman. Her blue eyes never betrayed any emotion. He liked that about her. It also helped that the Crown Prince thought her jet-black hair looked lovely in blue ribbons, and that she made him show up to class once and a while. She'd been a model in her teens. Photographers had loved her "exotic" brown skin.

She'd used the payments from her awful jobs to go to college and escape her awful family that had forced her to work so young. She was smart, too smart to be wasted as a model.

"It's darling that you think I care about terrible things," Aleksander said.

"Yes, well," she walked over and stood next to him, "revolution can't happen if you aren't alive to see it through, Morozova. I wanted to work for you because you have a plan to change things. Might I suggest a vape? They're supposed to be healthier."

He rolled his eyes. "Might I suggest you get that stick out of our ass, Nazyalensky?" He took the cigarette from his mouth, and blew smoke holes. "Why are you here? I thought you had class today."

"I did, but I wanted you to know I got word that the scholarship was accepted."

Aleksander paused. "The little orphan actually took the blood money?"

She nodded. "I have it on good authority Malyen actually encouraged her to do it."

He chuckled. "Smart boy. My Grandfather never gave his bastard much credit. He knows to take what he can get though."

"Well, he did learn that from you," said Zoya, "and you...you are certain that Mal is the right...bastard?"

"Yes. I had a DNA test done on both of them. I found the NDA Illya gave Alina's mother too, and the letter he sent to her commanding officer requesting that she be moved to the Ravkaan border."

"How did they even meet? Malyen's mother, I understand. She worked for The Foundation. But Miss Starkov's?"

"He spoke at a military seminar. He saw her there. Wanted her. And one redacted stad watch file later, Alina's mother got everything she wanted. And a happier ending than she ever would have had here."

"She died," Zoya pointed out, "Alina was orphaned."

"Yes, well," Aleksander ran a hand through his jet-black hair, "she escaped my grandfather's clutches alive. Considering the damage that he did, I would say that's a happy ending for all."

Zoya snorted. "Aren't you all about fairytales?"

"Deeply." He grinned.

Zoya stared at him. It made him want to itch. "Yes?" he glanced back at her, then tossed his cigarette to the ground. He stepped it out with his expensive, designer shoes.

"This doesn't have anything to do with your...fuck up?" Zoya said. "You're not trying to cover up something equally horrendous? Because I swear, Aleksander, after the whole Genya thing---"

He shot her a deadly glare. "I know where I come from, Zoya. That doesn't mean I'm like them."

"I'm aware of that. I wouldn't be working for you if I thought that you were. But I'm only saying what people are going to say if word gets out about what happened between you two."

"The photographs are still locked up, safe?"

"Yes, but they'd be better destroyed."

"No. No one touches them but me!" he barked. "They're mine, to do with as I please. Besides, she turned eighteen in June. It was consensual."

"Right..." Zoya sighed. "Just promise me this is about the quest for the creatures, and not about something else."

He scratched his chin. "I've read the ancient texts. I've consulted with Baghra. She's the one that we're looking for. She's the key to everything that we need. Once we are able to get an amplifier, I'll have the power I need to take down the King of Ravka and restore our people. That is my mission. It has always been my mission. I have been doing this for far longer than you've been alive, Nazyalensky. Don't forget it. I could easily take away the memories I gave you and return you to your dreary little life if you wish to not be with me on my path to glory."

She sighed. "Thousands of lives, Aleksander. Thousands. That's how many we've lived. They all end the same...with us cursed and forgotten. It's not as if I don't have reason to be...uncertain."

"Yes, well. This time I know the missing piece."

"What's that?"

"Alina," he said, "I need to make her love me. Not fear me."

Zoya snorted. "You really think you can do that? Do you even know how to love?"

"I was married, if you recall."

"A million years ago."

"Go do something useful besides irritate me, will you? You are still my intern, after all. You've got finals to grade."

Zoya rolled her eyes, then turned and left. He stared out at Os Alta. He could see shining roof of The Grand Palace. Hundreds of years of failed takeovers. Hundreds of years of faked deaths. Stuck in a saintsforsaken loop someone had put him in. This time, though...he knew what he was missing. He would make certain that when he took what he wanted, he would take it all.

Ravka would be his. So would Alina Starkov.

#shadow and bone #shadow and bone fanfic #shadow and bone fanfiction #darklina #darklina fanfic #darklina fanfiction #darklina fanfic rec

[rihtual]

IF YOU DON'T THINK I COULD LEAD US, JUST SAY SO,   [ … ] @wr1tten

A lack of belief doesn’t require any pus filled sacrifice,       but it is encouraged.      After all,       it’s only the gods that are able to prevent the wound from spreading.        The wound being the seed,       the field,      the rain,      the plants.       This monster-fed form   —     this creature that bends and buckles at the weight of Zoya Nazyalensky’s heart.       Everything aches eventually,       and this is something Nikolai had learned long ago during days of boyhood and fathers never returning home.      War,    as well,      was a teacher in this.         Taught him that to be a man one had to dig through the flooded trenches of trauma and search for something to stop the bleeding.       Of course,        this is difficult to do when the blood and the water are the same     —     when the trenches and the son’s hopefulness are the same depth.       Holds the same mud,      too.        Holds the same amount of corpses,     too.      The myth grew antlers and learned how to carry different masks,      how to charm the civilians,     and how to become a king.         The myth became angry and sated the grief by using discipline.         The weapon of a true worshiper is son-hood,      the altar his bare neck to its teeth.        Intimidation slides over him like oil on a duck’s back.         Refusal to accept her accusation was replaced with the yearning of it.         A hunger for it,     in fact.      Mouth salivates  —    eyes darkening as Nikolai twists his wrists with an absentminded habit before the hands form into fists at his side.      ‘You’re a brilliant leader. I'm saying our approach could use some organization [ ... ] perhaps some strategy.’      The response comes out smoothly,     velvet soft as though it was he who was used to soothing the beast in her.    Words regurgitated from the very pits of his throat     —   eager to sound sane and steady,      but they came out cloudy.        Dissociative almost as they spiral through the air like the first thrown spear on a battlefield.        The comment is regarded thoughtfully,        a slow blink of his eyes as expression shifts into the one a carefully guarded army general would hold.        A narrowing gaze,        an upper lip twitching with an animal-like curl.         The hallway they walk down is forgotten about,     pausing in his steps as his fixation is on her and the curve of her shoulders,      gaze flicking back up to her eyes.        ‘We’ve no space for doubts.        Are you doubting this alliance, commander?’

#NIKOLAI LANTSOV. #scweaminggggggg <333 i luv them.

[spideymichelle]

Every time I imagine an older Zoya Nazyalensky, especially in modern AUs where she ages normally, I can only imagine someone with the sheer presence that Indira Varma has.

zoya being the most beautiful and intimidating person in the anyone is so real of her

but yes she would totally command a room with her sheer presence like indira varma

#asks #zoya nazyalensky #please talk zoya to me im begging that is my girl for real #grishaverse

[heliads]

Hello, I hope you are having a good day or evening, I just wanted to ask what fics do u have lined up? 🙏😁

hello anon, i hope you have a good day or evening as well!

5/19: so, before you go chapter eight (darkling x reader)

5/21: bones mccoy x reader (grishaverse au)

5/23: matthias helvar x reader (enemies to friends to lovers)

5/25: charles leclerc x reader (reader is ferrari head of pr)

5/27: andrew peter parker x reader (simple headcanons)

5/29: clove x reader (reader helps clove train for the games)

5/31: tom peter parker x reader (male reader is fighting in wakanda during infinity war, they're worried about each other through the blip)

6/1: billy rocks x reader (the magnificent seven but a grishaverse au, i am so so excited to write this, june cannot come quickly enough)

6/3: tewkesbury x reader (both of them are lovesick idiots)

6/5: han solo x reader (escapades w han + singing to get out of a crisis)

6/7: race x reader (reader is brooklyn's second in command)

6/9: peter pevensie x reader (reader is a knight with a gay crisis, i am shrieking, raven i love you for sending this in)

6/11: jack wilder x reader (reader is a paramedic and jack keeps mildly injuring himself so she can fix him up)

6/13: newt x reader (gally's trademarked beverage as a plot device)

6/15: peter pevensie x reader (headcanons for having to live in london after spending so long in narnia)

6/17: finch x reader (the newsies are hanging out, he has a crush)

6/19: daniel atlas x reader (reader volunteers to be a part of a trick, he gets shy)

6/21: newt x reader (tmr modern au, they sit next to each other in class)

6/23: race higgins x reader (race + reader are on a date but get jumped and they must recover emotionally from that)

6/25: kai parker x reader (kai redemption era)

6/27: lucy pevensie x reader (lucy has a girlfriend and gets up the courage to introduce them to the siblings, this is when they're all kings and queens)

6/29: zoya nazyalensky x reader (reader is zoya's #1 fan bc zoya saved them from attack one time, reader is hurt by somebody and zoya nearly becomes a supervillain bc of it)

7/1: andrew peter parker x reader (male reader is peter's best friend but when peter gets bitten by the spider, he stops hanging out with reader as much, angst ensues)

plus bonus non requests that i get to tack onto the end of my queue bc i am the author and i need to clear through some of my unwritten ideas:

7/3: eric coulter x reader (reader was from amity but now tattoos, idk commentary on art surviving in a place like dauntless you get my drift)

7/5: jesper fahey x reader (this quote specifically that has been in my inbox for months: but how long? how long until i blend into the background and i'm no longer unusual? what will you do when i'm no longer a bet that calls your interest or a gamble worth the odds?)

7/7: eowyn x reader (eowyn thinks she dislikes reader bc reader is a girl and can fight but eowyn can't, in reality that's not jealousy but a repressed crush on a girl, we've all had them before)

7/9: brocedes fic (idk the plot yet i just want it to hurt)

7/11: peter pan x reader (reader can visit neverland when she's dreaming, she goes there often enough that she wants to live there forever, she asks peter to take her but he hesitates, she decides to never dream of him again, eventually he shows up in person bc he misses her)

7/13: carlos sainz x leclerc!reader (i had an idea when i should have been studying for finals and now it's all of your problem)

yeah requests aren't going to be open for a while lol

#not writing