#kaz-cane

[kaz-cane]

i still think about kaz everytime i check if i still have my wallet/keys

#shadow and bone #six of crows #king of scars #kaz-cane

[fernshawart]

How to write a cane user character

(Written by a cane user)

A few months ago, I wrote a small guide on good disabled characters and why they were good that gathered quite the attention, and I thought that doing another more specific guide this time would be interesting for writers or just people that are curious ! This guide will include general informations, some things to do, some things to avoid and some ideas that might revolve cane users's lives.

Things to know about cane users

Cane users are pretty diverse, and putting us in little boxes usually isn't the best idea if you want to make a character that has substance and isn't just "the disabled one". Here some infos about cane users that might be helpful knowledge !

Canes don't have ages. Most cane users in media are portrayed to be old, but truly, anyone can have the need to wield a cane ! I've been using mine ever since I was 17.

Can users can have a large variety of problems for their canes. Some canes are used to avoid pain from effort. Some canes are used for balance purposes. Some canes are to make walking less exhausting (works the same as walking sticks !) And sometimes, it's multiple problems at once.

Not everyone needs their cane 24/7. Some always need it, some can make small efforts without it but overall often need it, and some people, like me, can spend quite a lot of time without it. I almost never use my cane in my house, and mostly take it outside !

People with canes can run. We're not necessarily slow, I'm even faster than a lot of my friends.

Not using a cane can come with consequences, but not always. Some people might be able to walk without a cane but then suffer horrible consequences, but for others, canes are just a commodity for specific occasions.

Canes don't have to be looked down upon. Look at some characters with canes that look cool as hell ! Arsène Lupin, Roguefort Cookie, Brook ... Their canes serve their style !

We can be pretty healthy. Some people can have canes just because they were born with a bent leg and that's it. Our cane doesn't define our health status.

Canes aren't a curse. Think of them as something positive. It's a tool to make our lives better. You don't see someone sitting on a chair and think "awh, it's sad that they need a chair". It's more something like "hey it's cool that this chair is here so they can sit down"

Things to do

Make them use their cane. And when I mean use, I mean that canes are just funky long sticks usually made out of metal. Have fun with it ! Let them use it as a weapon ! Trust me, one hit in the knees with a cane and you're DOWN. Use it to reach stuff that's too high for everyone ! Have fun. Be creative.

Let them decorate their cane. It's an extension of their body ! You usually put on clothes that you like, don't you ? It's the same for a cane. If they like cutesy stuff, let them paint in it pastel colors ! If they like a more flashy style, add some stickers on it ! If they're a fancy person, give them a beautiful crafted cane with jewels on it !

You can make them a little shy or uneasy about their cane. Some people don't feel worthy of confident enough to wield one. It's not rare to see people think they're "not disabled enough to do so"

But on the other hand, you can do the complete opposite !! Make them proud of that cane ! Make them act like they're feeling pretty and more confident with it ! One thing i like to think about with my own cane is that I look like a cool gentleman. That boosted my confidence immensely.

Things to avoid

Don't make it their whole world. And by that, I do not mean that their cane shouldn't be a defining trait of their personality. Think of Toph from ATLA. She is blind, and you usually can't think of her character without describing her as blind. However, that isn't her entire personality trait. Make cane users have a goal in life, friends who enjoy them for who they are and not just pity them, have fun ... Don't just make them the disabled one.

Don't try to make the character's life just a plain disaster unless it's the focus of your story and you really know what you're talking about. Having a character who's always in pain, who feels bad about relying on their cane and/or who's angry at the entire world for being disabled is a REALLY tricky subject to use if you don't want them to be either a mass of unhappiness and angst for no good reason or some inspirational porn of the character who inside is deeply tortured but outside keeps up a facade because they shouldn't cry to avoid making others uneasy.

Do not, and I repeat, do NOT try to heal them, especially in a magical way. Bad idea. A lot of disabled people's goal isn't to be healed. It's to live a normal life. Making it so the ultimate goal for them is to be healed makes it as if they were worthless as long as they were disabled. Making their situation better physically or mentally is one thing. Curing them completely is really bad. "But some disabled folks want to be cured !" True, true. But if you are able bodied, I'm not sure if you can have the right mind to understand all of the complex details about this situation that leads to someone's life choices and the end result may look like you think the only thing that can make disabled people happy is being freed from their condition. I think it's best to just avoid it altogether. If you need a more nuanced idea, try to give them a solution that still has a few downs ! For exemple, a prosthetic that feels like a real arm, acts like a real arm and basically replaces it perfectly is a full cure. But a prosthetic that takes time to adjust to, needs repairs sometimes and doesn't look 100% like an arm can be a better narrative choice

Smaller thing, but don't make the handle uneasy to wield if you draw the character design. You can decorate most of the cane, but if you have chunky spiky decorations on the place you're supposed to clench your hand over, you're gonna hurt yourself. I've seen quite a lot of jewel handles or sculpted metal handles and usually their not good. If it's detailed metal, your hand will end up cramped in little parts and it can hurt. If it's a jewel, it's so easy for it to slip out of your hand it's unpractical.

List of tropes/ideas of scenes/details about canes to help you write new situations !

If you walk with a cane during winter, you can't put your hand in your jacket to get warm and there's a high chance your hand will get freezing. So after a long walk, you get an excuse for another character to hold their hand and warm them up.

If the handle is metallic, you get the opposite problem during summer. You can burn yourself so easy ! Easy accident if you want someone to help and get closer to the disabled person without it necessarily involving their disability.

Canes are SUPER useful when you're walking upon heights. They make things really easy, just like hiking poles on mountains ! I live on volcanoes and whenever we clim on a harsh slope, I'm always the first to get up there. Good moment for your character to get a boost of confidence if they get all the way up somewhere before their friends !

The first time using your cane feels magical. If you have chronic pains, it makes you feel like your pain disapear. If you can't walk right, it feels like everything is suddenly alright. The moment where a character chooses to wield a cane can be huge for character development. It's a moment of fear because of the impact a cane has on their appearance, but also a moment of confidence and relief.

Canes fall. All the time. And after a while, it becomes fucking comical. Trust me, putting a cane against the wall, seeing it fall and doing it three times again in a row while it doesn't want to stay up makes you embarrassed but also makes you want to laugh because of how stupid it looks.

When you get a cane, you stop being invisible. When you walk outside, generally speaking, people don't look at you. They don't care about you. But when you get a cane, people start to stare at you for no other reasons that you have a cane. Half of them are just curious, especially if you're young. The other half has a very specific look. The "oh, you poor thing" look. Which is, trust me, particularly awful to get, especially when you're just existing and doing nothing special. How does your character react to this ? How do they feel about it ?

I believe that is all I had in mind. I may add some more details in the future if I get other ideas, but this should already be a good start. I would be thrilled to answer questions if you have some, either in my askbox or through DMs.

I will tag this post with characters holding canes that aren't necessarily considered cane users but that some people may be interested in writing as such. Feel free to tell me if you'd like to see tags being added !

Edit : I'm highly encouraging everyone to look at the tag section under this post where a lot of other can users are sharing their experiences !!

#disability #writing #writing prompt #writing guide #fanfiction #fanfic #ao3 #roguefort cookie #gingerbrave #Brook one piece #writing tips #writing advice #archive of our own #long post #spoonie #handicap #cane #cane user #kaz brekker #capn cuttlefish #cap'n cuttlefish

[stevenrogered]

SHADOW AND BONE | 2x08

#shadow and bone #sabedit #shadowandboneedit #shadow and bone spoilers #kaz brekker #nikolai lantsov #tvedit #netflixedit #dailynetflix #netflix #tuserkaz #mystuff #sab spoilers #grishaverse #grishaverseedit #so i was wrong about the tailoring and it was nikolai with the cane #but i really like these two together #1k

[dreamtigress]

Crow Skull Cane

My new Asterom cane. I used Molotow Liquid Chrome paint to make the wooden handle look like metal. Also added a deerskin wrist strap. Absolutely in love with it.

Asterom is an Ukrainian company that makes amazing canes. They do custom heights, and have good, quality construction. They even sent an extra rubber tip. Customer service is top notch. If you need a very sexy mobility aid, consider Asterom. https://asterom.com/

Image description: a crow skull handled cane. The head of the cane is painted silver to look like metal. The staff of the cane is black stained wood.

#soc fandom #kaz brekker #six of crows #crooked kingdom #leigh bardugo #grishaverse #save shadow and bone #save six of crows spinoff #Asterom Canes #cane user #mobility aid #chronic pain #fibromyalgia #arthritis #soc #crow skull cane #badass cane user

[bitchthefuck1]

Six of Crows fans start treating Kaz's cane like a mobility aid and not a quirky accessory challenge

#why are you as a person making 'au where Kaz's cane is [insert item that can't support a person's weight or help them walk]' posts in the #year of our lord 2023 #also 'omg au where/what if kaz [insert scenario that ignores the fact that Kaz has a physical disability]' posts #it's not cute its not funny #this was inspired by one specific post i saw recently (not going to elaborate bc it feels mean spirited) but its been a problem basically #since the books came out #anyway thanks for coming to my ted talk #six of crows #soc #kaz brekker #shadow and bone

[cyberstrm]

cutthroat | cane and claws saga

show!kaz brekker x gn!grisha!reader

cws: grishaverse type violence, death

a/n: kaz is my silly boy

"stop looking at them like that."

"like what?"

"like they're your children."

you gave the wolf on your left an affectionate stroke, then the one on your right.

"they're as good as."

kaz brekker tried not to smile, something he often found himself doing when he was around you. he tried to cool himself, make himself feel nothing, to get the job done. but it seemed when you were around, he felt everything.

the job was simple. just information-gathering, with an air of threat for good measure, which is where your wolves came in.

you, kaz and jesper had tracked the person down an alley, and cornered him.

"we need information. about pekks rollins." kaz's voice cut sharp in the darkness. predictably, the person began to run. "y/n."

that was your que. you pressed your fingers together and breathed in, and nodded your head forward. the wolves shot off down the alley.

"cutthroat." jesper smirked.

"i am not cutthroat." you snap back. "it's just a job."

kaz, who had so far been relatively quiet, smirked. "don't deny it, y/n. you're definitely cutthroat.""

"shut up, dirtyhands."

#kaz brekker x reader #drabble #cane and claws #kaz brekker x y/n #kaz brekker x you #shadow and bone

[shadowqueendiangelo]

whispers are we finally going to see kaz and his crows absolutely wreck the darkling by running him over with a fjerdan tank?

#alternately #are we going to see kaz absolutely wreck the darkling with his cane? #all important questions #kaz brekker #the darkling #shadow and bone #shadow and bone s2 #shadow and bone netflix #freddie carter #ben barnes

[caribbean1989]

I love this photo so much. Look at all of them in character, but in coats and hoodies over their costumes 🥰🥰

#freddy with that long jacket on but clearly the Kaz stance with that cane #and Jack with that hoodie #and then there's Kit just lounging on the steps #kit young #freddy carter #jack wolfe #amita suman #kaz brekker #wylan van eck #jesper fahey #inej ghafa #shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #sarahsposts

[whatbusiness]

mood

#I’m on my fucking roof #Zoya and inej killed me and then kaz wiping people out with his cane buried me #shadow and bone #shadow and bone season 2 #shadow and bone netflix #sab season 2 #shadow and bone trailer

[sky-neverending]

I hope Kaz Brekker and Inej Ghafa are having a wonderful day knowing that they are the definition of bi panic and that I would let both of them murderer me without hesitation. thank you.

#six of crows #shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #the crows #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #kanej #like omg #i’d let her stab me anytime #and Kaz can wack me with his cane idc #lord have mercy

[cafe-viennois]

Kaz Brekker from Six of Crows ✨ I'm slowwwwwly reading the first book and so far I love it. I just have really hard time focusing when reading lately. Deleting my social apps on my phone/ipad would probably help 😅

#sixofcrows #fanart #kaz #brekker #kazbrekker #shadowandbone #leader #dirtyhands #illustration #art #fantasy #cloudy #painting #csp #clipstudiopaint #crows #cane #art of tumblr #artists on tumblr

[kaz-cane]

when the poster of the crows in episode 2 ripped right between kaz and inej, thus separating him from inej and jesper had so much meaning and we're just ignoring it

#not the clearest picture but the best i could manage #kaz-cane #shadow and bone #shadow and bone spoilers

[whumpypepsigal]

Slowly, his limp pronounced but his back straight, Kaz made his way down the final flight of stairs, leaning heavily on the banister. When he reached the bottom, the remaining crowd parted.

Haskell’s grizzled face was red with fear and indignation. “You’ll never last, boy. Takes more than what you got to get past Pekka Rollins.”

Kaz snatched his cane from Per Haskell’s hand.

“You have two minutes to get out of my house, old man. This city’s price is blood,” said Kaz, “and I’m happy to pay with yours.

Excerpt From Crooked Kingdom, Leigh Bardugo

#shadowandboneedit #sabedit #whumpedit #whump #shadow and bone #kaz brekker #freddy carter #per haskell #tim plester #my gifs #2x03 #shadow and bone spoilers #i gasped! this was so sexy you don’t understand #right after fighting off everyone with just his fit and cane… kaz is a sexy king doing sexy king shit #whenever i hear the book quotes it like an adrenaline shot to me i feel dizzy my insides get all warm and mushy it keeps me going #it’s like medicine to my aching soul

[alicent-targaryen]

KAZ BREKKER ▸ Shadow & Bone, 1.1

#the way he had me just by showing up with a cane and an attitude #kaz brekker #freddy carter #grishaverse #shadow and bone #kazbrekkeredit #shadowandboneedit #shadow and bone netflix #the grisha trilogy #six of crows #gif by ria #tv

[softness-and-shattering]

So I put on this netflix show, in their tradition of being extremely obvious with names its called Mech Cadets, and its an alien-mecha human-pilot fight-the-giant-bug-aliens story. My first complaint is that the alien mechas are called Robo's. Wow exciting /sarcasm. Anyway thats totally forgiven because 1 the story actually makes choices and puts the characters through consequences instead of like hinting at oh it something bad gonna happen psych we dont have the guts for that. Its a kid/teen show so its not super dark but it follows through and goes the places it needs to.

2, and maybe most importantly, I gotta talk about the disability rep. There's four teens chosen by the alien mechs to be their drift-compatible pilots (I think im using that correctly? Im not super informed on the genre but I know some), and we see straight away that one of the guys has a prosthetic leg from the thigh down, and uses it as an example to tell the main protagonist, hey none of us are perfect we dont have to be perfect we just need to be human. The next episode the mechas are given human-designed weapons to fight with, and the disabled kid gets these flippy sticks I cant quite work out. One of them gets a staff, the other gets this glove for punching, story moves on. Then a bug-alien-antagonist gets into the teens dorm and while fighting it, the alien dismembers the guys prosthetic. He immediately grabs his crutches and goes to town on it with his crutches, and balancing on them to kick with his one good foot*. Then they disconnect the rest of the prosthetic and use its sharp edge to kill the alien. And then he just moves around on his crutches with no comment and Ill cut myself off there so I dont spoil the whole thing.

Except, a couple episodes later, Im watching him in the mech fighting and moving around, and I realise that his giant fuck-off monster attacking weapons ARE A PAIR OF CRUTCHES. Theyre his fucking WEAPONS. Thats cool as fuck!

#is it mech and not mecha and im making a fool of myself? I just cant quite bear to call them Robos im sorry #Mech Cadets #Theres more nice stuff about the disability rep but I want to leave some surprises for y'all when you watch it #The animation is ok theres one character who's face sometimes looks a bit plastic and moves a bit janky imho but otherwise its alright #I also definitely want more about the robos as people because theyre intelligent but theyre also a bit treated like machines #and not sentient beings #but they clearly are sentient #theres definitely themes happening about how alive they are but its not properly dug into yet. if they get a second season I definitely wan #more on them #like why did they just show up to earth to partner with people and fight the bug aliens? where are they from? whats their motivation? #but in a I want more world building way not in a wow this is shit world building way #anyway #mine #disability rep #disability representation #its got some really fun vibes #*his one foot. he doesnt have a good foot and a bad foot he just has a foot. getting him mixed in my head with Kaz Brekker and his cane

[barethemusicalbutjasonlives]

Jesper living longer then Wylan this , Nina outliving Hanne that.. do you guys really think any of the crows will live past 30?

#a big and heartbreaking finale #with inej going down with her ship #Jesper and Wylan #back to back #enjolras and grantaire style in the ABC cafe #holding hands while being ambushed in a dark allyway #and Kaz #realising he’s the only one left #and standing in the middle of the square #swinging his cane at his enemies until he goes down #six of crows #crooked kingdom #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #wesper #wylan hendriks #Jesper fahey #sorry for for the sadness #I might write the fanfic now