#kit is literally jesper

[jazzkrebber]

THE WAY JESPER WANTS TO HOLD WYLAN'S FACE BUT HE'S SCARED BECAUSE HE'S NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS YET BUT WYLAN IS CLEARLY LOOKING AT JESPER WITH THOSE DREAMY EYES OF HIM JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW JESPER HAS THE MOST PERFECTLY SHAPED LIPS HES EVER SEEN OH MY GOD

#jespers love language is touch but he doesnt want to move too fast oh my god #literally the definition of dont look at me with those eyes #AHHHHHHH I LOVE THEM #shadow and bone #six of crows #grishaverse #shadow and bone season 2 #crooked kingdom #ruin and rising #siege and storm #wylan hendriks #jesper fahey #jack wolfe #wylan van eck #kit young #wesper #shadow and bone season 3 #soc spinoff #six of crows spin off

[brekkcrs]

Jesper, introducing Kaz to his family: And this is Kaz Brekker! Kaz, smile at them!

Kaz: *a psychotic grin creeps on his face*

Jesper: Ok Kaz don’t smile

#i can literally see this happening lol #freddy carter #kaz brekker #save shadow and bone #shadow and bone #six of crows #alternate universe #kaz dirtyhands brekker #jesper fahey #kit young #six of crows spin off #netflix #leigh bardugo #grishaverse #crooked kingdom

[darjeelinh]

some content from the ASOCAS convention that did irreparable damage to my Wesper brain

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+bonus: the scene in question with Wylan on the floor and Jesper’s only focus was on him despite being injured himself

#just insane how jack and kit literally want me dead #wesper #six of crows #shadow and bone #wylan van eck #wylan hendriks #jesper fahey #jack wolfe #kit young #asocas #netflix shadow and bone #sab season 2 #shadow and bone season 2 #sab cast #soc cast #asocas2 #soc #sab #jackit #a storm of crows and shadows

[stingrey]

my brain is simply wesper giggles THAT IS IT

#they literally walked off the page #kit is jesper #and #jack is wylan #i will not be elaborating further #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #wesper #shadow and bone #rey's tv thinks

[wylanslcve]

Okay don't mind me I'm in the middle of a Crooked Kingdom reread and feel overwhelmingly inclined to rant about Jesper Fahey because this fandom just doesn't give him the treatment he deserves. I'm specifically going to incoherently ramble about the scene in Crooked Kingdom where he, Colm and Wylan are being shot at because I feel like that scene is representative of Jesper's arc - but, before we dive into that, let me contextualise a few things first. Jesper does things for the thrill of it: he thrives off chaos and spontaneity, hence why he "always felt better when people were shooting at him". It's because the sound of gunfire "called the scattered, irascible, permanently seeking part of his mind into focus like nothing else" - and it also provides a distraction from his pain and trauma, because whenever he'd think about it, "everything in him recoiled. Trying not to die was the best possible distraction". Whenever anything to do with his past or his debt is brought up, "his hands returned to his revolvers" because he found himself "longing for the cool, familiar feel of their pearl handles beneath his thumbs". It steadies him as much as it possibly can when he's not in a dangerous situation, momentarily calling his mind into focus, an attempt at distracting himself from his afflictions.

Based off similar instances, the scene in Crooked Kingdom where he, Wylan and Colm are being shot at should have brought him that same satisfaction that any other shooting would. He "should be buzzing from the excitement of the fight. The thrill was still there, fizzing through his blood, but beside it was a cold, unfamiliar sensation that felt like it was draining the joy from him." What makes this situation so different to the others is that he can't ignore his problems and trauma now: it's staring him right in the face. Colm is right there. The thrill of the fight doesn't feel the same because "all he could think was, Da could have been hurt. He could have died." And we know that Jesper's debt would cost Colm the jurda farm Jesper grew up on, forcing him to acknowledge the reality of his problems: with Colm being right there, Jesper just can't ignore his afflictions because all he could think about is how his father would "suffer for his antics". If you ask me, this is so representative of his character arc as a whole.

This is further emphasised by how he's reflecting on the first time he spun Makker's Wheel right before this ambush, its intention being merely "harmless fun", but it ended up evolving into an addiction that "split [his life] like a log into two distinct and uneven pieces: the time before he’d stepped up to that wheel and every day since". The rush of a high-stakes situation is the equivalent of the "harmless fun" - it's a thrill that Jesper enjoys feeling, but in reality it's doing much more harm because it's preventing him from acknowledging and facing his pain. And he's indeed in so much pain: there's so much anguish inside of him, but he'd do anything to distract himself from it because the reality is just too painful.

This is where the tables come in: later in Crooked Kingdom, when the crew are being ambushed by the Khergud, Jesper "could feel the pull of East Stave" because he didn't have anything else to occupy his mind with. Then, the minute he thinks about facing his father, "the need to be at the tables was overwhelming" because he desperately needs to distract himself from the reality of his circumstances: "since Kaz hadn't obliged him with something to shoot at, Jesper needed a pair of dice and long odds to clear his mind". He can't use the ambush as a distraction, so the tables it is. As Inej tells him, "they feel like medicine. They soothe you, put you right for a time. But they’re poison, Jesper. Every time you play, you take another sip." This isn't the first time poison has been used to represent something that is preventing the Crows from healing - we also see it with Matthias, when he tells Brum in Six of Crows, "the life you live, the hate you feel - it's poison. I can drink it no longer". Just like how the exploitation of Matthias' grief and pain as a means of fueling hatred prevented him from healing because it kept exacerbating the anguish within him (he had to stop drinking the poison to do so), Jesper's addiction - and, by extension, the thrill of a high-stakes situation - prevents him from acknowledging the wound inside him and working towards healing it. It gets to the extent where “he had always thought of himself as lucky… what if he’d been bluffing this whole time?” - he’s gotten so used to suppressing his pain that he, in a way, loses sense of who he is. His façade has distorted his perception of himself. It's not until Colm arrives in the Barrel that Jesper is forced to acknowledge just how deep that wound is and how much it's festering - just like how he couldn't even feel the thrill of a fight properly because of the possibility of his father getting hurt.

That scene is one of many cracks that start to form as Jesper continues to bottle up all of this pain and trauma, until he finally breaks when Wylan proposes that he's such a good shot because being a Fabrikator allows him to direct the metal of the bullets. Jesper protests, asking Wylan why he can't "just let things be easy" - why can't he just let him keep ignoring his problems, when it's so much easier than facing them? But Wylan stands his ground, explaining that "they’re not easy... You keep pretending everything is okay. You move on to the next fight or the next party. What are you afraid is going to happen if you stop?" This is why Matthias calls Jesper “angry and frightened” - he’s afraid of stopping, because he knows stopping means that he’s forced to face the reality that he’s deeply wounded. This is when he finally breaks under the burden of his own pain, under the reality that he can't keep ignoring it anymore - hence why he chooses to put his share of the reward in Colm's name because, as he explains to Kaz, "I don’t think I’m ready for that kind of money just yet". For the first time, he's acknowledging his problems and working towards fixing them, no matter how much time it takes (because trauma and addiction don't just disappear overnight).

n e ways this ended up being significantly longer than anticipated but this is what happens when I start analysing these books: it snowballs out of control and suddenly I can’t shut up.

#look at me going on my silly little rants again #i wrote this instead of sleeping #i might have missed a few things but again i haven't finished my reread yet so this is all i've got for you today #i just love jesper fahey okay #i would do anything for him #literally anything #and call me bold for saying this #but he deserves a fandom that treats him better #jesper fahey #kit young #six of crows #crooked kingdom #grishaverse #shadow and bone #shadow and bone season two #shadow and bone season three #six of crows spin off #soc spin off #leigh bardugo #meta #soc meta #six of crows analysis #soc analysis #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #wylan van eck #nina zenik #matthias helvar

[waterloou]

This part HURT

#jesper fahey #kit young #literally HES so phenomenal #he is Jesper #he’s just #AND SHE WAS JUST #THEY WERE SO MUCH IN THIS SCENE

[lusinzak]

The best thing about "Shadow and bone" series is the cast.

Change my mind.

#they are literally the best #they are realy like the characters #shadow and bone #six of crows #freddy carter #ben barnes #jessie mei li #danielle galligan #amita suman #patrick gibson #archie renaux #daisy head #kit young #jack wolfe #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #nina zenik #jesper fahey #matthias helvar #wylan van eck #nikolai lantsov #darkling #alina starkov #mal oretsev #genya safin

[just-a-girl-with-many-fandoms]

EXCUSE ME, BUT KIT'S ACTING IN BOTH OF THE DELETED SCENES???

like sir, how am I supposed to cope?

#he was soo good #amita and jack too obv #but like #he is jesper #literally #kit young #jesper fahey

[enpassants]

i dont get why people complain about the 'slowburn' of wesper being ruined when in the show when it, wasnt? there wasn't really a slow burn to begin with. the six of crows duology does not take place over an extended amount of time. yes a lot of the pining was cut out (and i regret that we wont get to see some of it) but that's pining, not slowburn. it just feels that way because of the tension and the want for them to finally get together, and the form of reading makes it feel drawn out. when you binge the episodes you don't get that same feeling. there are many things you can complain about wesper, but slowburn isn't one of them

#i can probably word this better but like. i never understood wesper being called a slowburn #they literally dive into it #jesper flirts with him throughout the entire first book and wylan is already asking him if he likes boys before they even finished the heis #they have known each other for weeks at most #its just because reading takes longer to consume than watching that it feels that way #you can complain that we lost pining or angst or whatever you want #but im happy with the show version of wesper #and i dont feel like its out of character for either of them especially with their characters being aged up #wylan isnt going to be a blushing 16 year old when it comes to sex when the actor playing him in his 20s #plus kit and jack both nailed their performances in every scene #wesper #shadow and bone netflix #six of crows #shadow and bone spoilers #shadow and bone season 2 #shadow and bone season 2 spoilers

[wesperbrekkered]

The new picture of Kit young was so beautiful I had to draw it!!

#digital art #artwork #artists on tumblr #kit young #jesper fahey #fanart #kit young fanart #im literally so in love with this man istg

[l0st-in-time]

Happy belated shadow & bone day !

Please enjoy my somewhat rough wesper drawing *inspired* by season II

This is just my silly interpretation :)

#I love the casting #it’s literally perfect #shadow and bone #wesper #six of crows #crooked kingdom #shadow and bone art #fanart #grishaverse #wylan van eck #jesper fahey #jack wolfe #kit young #leigh bargudo #wylan hendriks #shadow and bone season 2 #ck #soc #sab netflix #protect them #wylan my beloved #jesper my beloved #ginger wylan #let him be ginger

[shadowandbonecastarchive]

freddy carter’s insta 8/6/22

SIX OF BROS SIX OF BROS SIX OF BROS SIX OF BROS SIX OF BROS SIX OF BROS SIX OF BROS SIX OF BROS

#shadow and bone #shadow and bone cast #shadow and bone season two #freddy carter #kaz brekker #freddy carter thr photographer #kit young #jesper llewellyn fahey #jesper fahey #jack wolfe #literally wylan van eck #wylan van eck #they’re all like perfect for their characters but especially jack #calahan skogman #matthias helvar #six of crows #six of bros #thank you freddy carter #i squealed so loudly #SIX OF BROS!!!!!!! #shadow and bone cast archive

[theknivesofsaints]

headcanons anyone??

hear me out what if rafal and lesso were each others beards

#bec kit young as jesper is bi #so world crossover #and theres no way that lady lesso was actually into rafal #im literally just trying to make everyone in sge gay #as i should #the school for good and evil #sge #dovesso #lady lesso #lenora lesso #kit young #charlize theron #jesper fahey #shadow and bone #six of crows

[floating-pisces]

he so cool

#shadow and bone #six of crows #jesper fahey #six of crows fanart #digital art #jesper fahey fanart #character art #digital painting #digital illustration #shadow and bone fanart #kit young is literally the perfect jesper #floating-arties

[nycorix]

Okay I know I'm primarily a Kaz Brekker fanboy but why is nobody talking about Jesper Fahey's fucking fabulous skirt

#KIT REALLY SAID SLAY (LITERAL) AND SLAY (FIGURATIVE) #LIKE DAMN????? #shadow and bone #jesper fahey #kit young

[significant-ace-nnoyance]

just watched the school for good and evil and SOME NETFLIX WRITERS ARE ABOUT TO GET A VERY STRONGLY WORDED EMAIL TONIGHT BECAUSE WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK WAS THAT

#started off nice and strong with the queercoded villain ‘men in makeup are evil’ trope 🥰🥰 #AND THEN THEY QUEERCODED THE ABSOLUTE FUCK OUT OF THAT FRIENDSHIP #but no it’s okay 🥰they added the word FRIEND like a thousand times 😃😃 so it’s ALL GOOD 😄😄😄 dw homophobic ga they’re NOT GAY #AND THEN SHE GOT WITH THE FUCKING MALE LOVE INTEREST AT THE ENF THAT SHE SHOWED FUCKING TWO SEC OF INTEREST IN #‘ she’s like a sister to me’ get out. LEAVE #SHE FUCKING TRUE LOVE KISSED HER BACK TO FUCKING LIFE BUT NO ITS OKAY ITS ALL GOOD BECAUSE IT WAS IN A FRIEND WAY U GUYS LISTEN ITS NOT GAY #NDBDJDJRJDKDJJEKDJFNJEJEJFJJRJE #THE FUCKING NARRATION SAID ‘BECAUSE THERED NO TRUER LOVE THAN FRIENDSHIP’ #which yes good message if it wasn’t being used for QUEER ERASURE YET AGAIN #I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING INSANE THE WHOLE MOVIE BECAUSE THEY WERE MAKING THEM AS IN LOVE AS POSSIBLE BUT STILL KEPT SHOVING IN THE CISHET #THE END???? THE FUCKING END?????? WHAT THE FUCKING FUCKITY FUCK THAT WAS NOT PLATONIC #YES IT CAN BE THATS NOT WHAT IM SAYING IM SAYINH WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF HET LOVE THEY SHOWED THAT WAS FUCKING ROMANTIC AND IT WAS GAY #NOT TO FUXKING MWNTION THE QUEERCODING OF THE TEACHERS?????? I FR THOUGHT THE HEADMASTERS WERE GONNA KISS MULTIPLE TIMES ????? #LESBIANS WRITTEN ALL OVER THIS FUCKING MOVIE BUT NO ITS OKAY BC THEYRE ACTUALLY IN LOVE WITH MEN SO #GET THE FUCK OUT #kit slayed though what an icon <3 get it jesper #IM SO FUCLING PISSED U GUYS IM LITERALLY VIBRATING JUST SHAKING ON THE FLOOR OF MY ROOM RN /THIS/ CLOSE TO CRYING #THAT WAS FUCKING VIOLENCE DONE UPON MY GAY SOUL NETFLIX WTF #U BETTER BE PAYING ME FOR THAT OR SOMETHING I DID NOT DESERVE WHATEVER THE FUCK THAT WAS #THEY FUCKING DANCED TOGWTHER AT THE BALL OKAY????????????????? #THEYRE LITERALLY LESBIANS #🚪 U SEE THAT NETFLIX. THATS THE DOOR. GET OUT I NEVER WANT TO SEE U AGAIN #*switches on the dragon prince s4* #if ur still with me thank u skjskdkdjjd i had to scream about this to someone my whole family is oblivious of why i kept collapsing #personal #school of good and evil #more like school of GAYS #queer people help me out 😭😭