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apencilandpen · 1 month
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i think of you more often than i'd like to admit...
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jacen-solos · 1 year
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Pekka Rollins killed my brother.
Then we will destroy him.
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THEM
that's it. that's the post.
(art is not mine. Kanej by @polartss; Selbree by @artsychanel)
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fantastic-nonsense · 1 month
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Parallels: Kanej x Royai
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eventide100 · 1 month
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How Kanej is different from other ships:
Instead of going on a date, the go on a heist
Instead of kissing, the stare at one another (in a very intense way on that matter)
Instead of hugging, they protect one another
Instead of dancing, they fight together
Instead of physical intimacy, they are more about emotional intimacy
On one side, I'm glad that my OTP is so unique and special, but on the other side, I still feel bad because they are clearly touch-starved. The reason why they can't do what other couples can do is because they are just that traumatized. Kaz was robbed of an innocent childhood and Inej lost all her first times. They were forced to grow up too soon. They were lonely and hardened but found comfort with each other. They've sent so much time together that there are things they know about each other that nobody else in the universe knows. Only Inej can likely tell the difference between the click of his cane when he's in a good mood or when he's in a bad mood. Only Kaz knows that she squares her shoulders before she fights.
The book did say, "He had carried her, fought beside her, spent whole nights next to her, both of them on their bellies, peering through a long-glass, spying on some warehouse or merch's mansion."
Note the "Spent whole nights next to her."
He spent entire nights with her. 10-12 hours, and for two years straight. They spied together, fought together, schemed together, solved murder mysteries together, stole things together, went from one place to the next together.
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This was supposed to be a little sweet Kanej thingy. Why am I writing whole ass paragraphs?
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💙for kanej, let’s goooooooo 🫶
drunken/tipsy kiss
For the record, Kaz is blaming Jesper for this one.
To be fair, Kaz blames Jesper for a lot of things. Like teaching Inej's male cousins the words to that stupid Kaelish love song, "Black is the Color," or some such thing, or insisting on trying to introduce color to Kaz's wardrobe, or the mangy orange and white cat that's taken up residence in the Slat. Granted, the last thing is not really Jesper's fault, but given time, and the proper motivation, Kaz is confident he can pin the blame on Jesper somehow.
Not this time, though. No, this time, this whole stupid situation is entirely Jesper's fault.
Jesper's fault, and the homemade moonshine that Colm Fahey brews with peaches and strawberries and wild ginger. He sent Jesper a jar of the stuff for the winter Kerst celebration, and now it seems like the entire Slat is near falling down drunk.
"It was one jar," Kaz says now, his tongue oddly thick. He hadn't been able to escape getting a glass shoved into his hand, so he'd looked at the seemingly innocuous pinkish-gold liquid and knocked it back without even thinking. He's had paint thinner that's milder than whatever brew this is. "How does one jar do all this?"
Inej is listing besides him, her long braid nearly coming undone. She says wisely, "Jesper says his da brews it with the fermented honey water. To give it, it, you know. Extra strength."
"All the Saints and their ugly mothers," Kaz mumbles and Inej swats at him, and misses by a mile. Which is a sign of just how potent this stuff is.
Inej had accepted a glass of moonshine from Jesper, tempered with water, and she'd danced with nearly everyone in the Slat--all the young kids, Anika, Pim, Roeder, Jesper, even Wylan, who let Inej drag him away from the upright piano someone shoved into the corner. No one's played it until tonight, until Wylan has started playing. Then someone got out a tin pennywhistle and another person dragged in a fiddler player from one of musician troupes that walk the Barrel busking inside, and the moonshine had flowed like water.
Music, wild and raucous and only slightly out of tune, poured out of the Slat, and the Dregs had danced like madmen, like heathens, howling at the winter moon. Kaz sat by the wall and watched; no one would ask Dirtyhands to dance, even if they didn't account for his leg. But he didn't mind watching Inej dance, her hair whipping around her, as she used her hands and feet to tell a story of a Saint defeating a monster on a mountain. Her hair is curtain of black silk in the light, and he wants to bury his face in it.
He blinks at the unguarded thought, shifting as Inej lists further and further, leaning into him more fully. "Sorry, sorry," she says, her s's oddly, delightfully sharp. Like a piece of ginger candy. "The room's dancing."
"The room's not dancing, you are," he says nonsensically and then gives up on shifting altogether. Inej is pressed up against him now, their layers of clothing between them prevent any skin on skin touch, but his heart pounds at her proximity anyways. He suspects that no matter how long he's gotten used to touching her, it always will.
"Did you like it?" Inej asks, a little dizzily. "Seeing me dance," she clarifies when he doesn't answer right away. "I didn't have the bell anklets, or the finger cymbals, but I think I got all the steps right. From what I could remember. Mama would do it better, though. Or Cousin Kathani."
Kaz couldn't tell her what they could do any better than Inej, and says so. Inej beams up at him, that smile he'd crawl over hot coals for, and for one glorious moment, leans her head on his shoulder. "One day I'll take you," she says, as the room continues to waltz and weave around them. "And you'll see me dancing. Properly, with jasmine and everything."
Later, he can blame this on the moonshine. Or the dancing room. Or the wild laughter and music still going around them, sealing them away from the outside world, and whatever consequences face them out there. But he finds himself pressing his lips to the crown of her head, lingering on the silky smooth strands, the scent of moonshine and the gardenia oil she uses on her hair. It lasts no more than second, but Inej's hands curl in the fabric of his waistcoat. Her breath catches in her throat, not in pain or fear, just dazed wonder.
He holds the moment as long as he dares, like a magician dragging out the climax of a trick before he releases the tension and settles back against the wall. Inej is still in his arms, and the room dances on all around them. Just this once, he can give Jesper and the moonshine credit.
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ruins-and-rewritez · 5 months
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Kaz trying to subtly adjust his chair when Inej swings by so he can stare at her more discreetly only for it to make the most horrific screech imaginable and he has to get up and pretend he needs something from across the room so she won't be suspicious
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capinejghafa · 1 year
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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)
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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
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kueh-lapyx · 1 month
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I would have come for you.
Happy valentines day my fellow kanej shippers here's to spending this day with your investments 🍻
A small art ramble: i chose to draw them back to back because they trusted each other like none other, would absolutely slaughter for each other, and would fight their way out together, knives drawn, pistols blazing, because thaTS WHAT THEY DO *proceeds to go sob in a corner*
Even when having their backs to the other, they still keep an eye on the other. Kaz's cloak wraps around Inej's legs, a symbol of his protectiveness towards her—i mean, his investment. Kaz may be in a static pose unlike Inej, but the cloak and his raised cane suggests that he will inflict another kind of hell—no blades involved, but equally if not more painful—to anyone that comes close to Inej.
A simple sketch but i practised being intentional here :D
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scopeiguess · 1 year
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Kaz:you can still respect your employees and admit when they're wrong.
Kaz:i respect inej but i acknowledge her flaws,
Kaz:which are none.
Kaz:and hold her accountable for her wrongdoings,
Kaz:she's never done anything wrong in her entire life.
Kaz:and call her out on her actions,
Kaz:which are always right.
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You know you are gone for a fictional ship when one image/fanart is enough for you to stop whatever you are doing and have a total mental breakdown over them
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waterlilyrose · 2 years
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I think I've discovered my trope.
It's grumpy men with a tragic past who refuse to smile until HER.
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locklylemybeloved · 1 year
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i hate when i have a collective crush on both ppl in my otp bcs now im conflicted
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kazrietvelld · 1 year
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when kaz goes up to inej on the boat after the ice court and tells her to stay in ketterdam, do you think he went up to her with the intention of telling her that? or did it just slip out in that moment?
you know i had never really thought about this until you asked and so i went back and re-read the scene so i can try to give a good answer (which will be under the cut just in case i start to get wordy again)
tl;dr: kaz may have had the intention to tell inej to stay & that he wants her, but it also very much could have been a "now or never" situation for him because he seemed surprise when she tells him she's going to leave.
so, yes and no? yes because he clearly wanted to say it and tell her because she wants to leave, but also no because he's surprised that she is leaving and has to make a quick decision in that moment (a now or never type of decision)
okay so there are a couple of things we need to keep in mind before we talk about the scene: inej has had her character development (the incinerator) and so has kaz (swimming in the ice court and can't think of anything but inej). they're different people than they were at the beginning of the story when this scene happens and i think we should keep that in mind
the other thing it keep in mind: nina has just taken the jurda parem and her powers are still amplified because of it. this is important because before kaz asks inej to stay, nina tells inej this:
"i can hear the change in kaz's breathing when he looks at you." "you... you can?" "it catches every time, like he's never seen you before."
now aside from the fact that that part makes me ABSOLUTELY FERAL, it's important to know that cause this is like the first time inej is getting hard confirmation of the fact that kaz thinks of her as something more than a friend. like kaz, the only person who isn't surprised by inej's presence and the only person who can sense her, still feels like he's never seen her before when he looks at her,,,
okay so after their conversation, nina says she's going to go check on matthias but kaz stops her and gives her a task to do (he's probably telling her she needs to tailor wylan to look like kuwei because iirc, i don't think that's happened by this point)
and then, it's actually inej that goes up to kaz, not the other way around. so she's seeking him out, not him seeking her out. inej tells him that she's going to learn to sail so that she can hunt slavers and that she also plans to seek out her family. then, she asks
"was there no one but your brother, kaz? where are your mother and father?" "barrel boys don't have parents. we're born in the harbor and crawl out of the canals."
inej is kind of just . done with kaz at this point she's questioning what he needs because he's about to be rich and seemingly have almost everything he wants so she's just kind of.... done with him and she asks him "was there never another dream?" after asking him what he'll do when there no more blood to shed or vengeance to take
and that's when kaz takes her hand and tells her stay in ketterdam to stay with him and that he wants her
obviously a big turning point for their relationship going forward cause now kaz is trying to vocalize what he feels and wants and he's trying to be that semblance of a man for her. and while inej wants to say yes, she knows her worth and won't settle for so little, which prompts to say the "without armor or not at all" line
NOW, all of this in mind: do i think kaz had the intention of telling her to stay and that he wants her? maybe. in the scene, he seems surprised that she's going to leave and hunt slavers, so i think it may have been a "now or never" situation for him. maybe if she was going to stay, he would have never said that or would have taken much longer to say that.
it's significant he does say it for multiple reasons like it's a big scene for them, but one of the big reasons it's significant is because it's the first time kaz is able to say what he wants to inej and open up even if it's just like . the slightest bit and it shows that he's starting to change and develop as a character.
and inej wants a reason to stay. she wants him to give her a reason to stay, but he doesn't. and she's not going to settle for so little (which she shouldn't!!!!) and so they both leave that scene hurt.
OKAY SORRY this took way too long to answer your question but i love analyzing six of crows
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fantastic-nonsense · 2 years
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Kaz Brekker is an absolutely iconic character because every time he opens his mouth the most asshole-ish things come out of it, but then you read his POV chapters and it's just like *elevator music* *100% simping for Inej Ghafa with a side of scheming*
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somosinevitables · 2 years
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Kaz & Inej | You were right (for @jieunntak)
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