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meanwhile at the slat
jesper: *actively bleeding* OH MY SAINTS I GOT SHOT
inej: Wylan! Get a medik!
kaz: i’ve been shot before and i didnt bitch about it
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ejga-ostja · 9 months
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Just Dance night at the Van Eck mansion
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six-of-cringe · 1 year
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See I was kind of hoping that the show would flesh out Wylan and Jesper's pre-SoC relationship because it wasn't much expounded upon in the books, but instead they somehow managed to flesh it out even less
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inutaffy · 1 year
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NOOO WHO WAS GONNA TELL MEEE those 2 fucking heartrender guys are GAY????
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kazscrows · 11 months
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Great then! Ok so question:
I know it is accepted by the fandom that the Silver Six is Kaz's club and that he took it from Pekka after the "plague" and changed the name and made it his. However...do we ever actually get explicit confirmation that it's his?
I am like 12 chapters away from finishing RoW and the only "explicit confirmation" for which I could assume that the Silver Six is his, is that the beggar (Kaz in disguise, which btw he's SUCH a theater kid) was in the Silver Six's porch asking for money, so we might imply that he was there because the establishment is his.
Now, I saw somewhere in tumblr a post saying that the tunnel from his club to Wesper's house ran from the Silver Six (which could confirm that it's his casino) but NO! Because I just read the chapter and the tunnel runs from the Crow Club to the rich district of Ketterdam (and close to Wesper's house ofc).
So anyway, is it ever confirmed that the Silver Six is actually his? I mean, it makes the most sense, and the name also makes sense because he's a big softie on the inside and would name the club after his 5 BFFs but...are we just supposed to assume that it's his? Is it ever explicitly confirmed?
So I did some research (typing in key words on my digital copies of SoC, CK and RoW) and I couldn’t find any actual confirmation. So the answer to your question is no, it’s not confirmed, in writing.
But it’s pretty heavily implied. It is confirmed that the Silver Six is where the Emerald Palace used to be. That’s part of Pekka’s old “kingdom” and Kaz is tearing it down brick by brick and taking it all for himself. He earned that spot. And really what other gang would name a gambling den the silver six? What other gang would have the guts to claim Pekka Rollin’s old turf??
I like to think that the beggar disguise was Kaz’s way of checking to see how proficient his bouncers were being. A way to check up on his new club without anyone recognizing him (and yes he is SUCH a theater kid) I imagine he checks on his clubs this way a lot (especially because he doesn’t have the Wraith around anymore to be his eyes and ears 🥲)
It’s also just really really sweet if it’s his club too. Kaz cares for his crows. Naming his new club the Silver Six is part of his way of showing appreciation for his friends and I see it as a way of honoring Matthias, he might be gone, but all six of them were important to him. He loves them and they live on in memory and now in memorial too.
If the club isn’t Kaz’s I will be very very surprised (and I’ll eat one of Jesper’s hats) It just makes so much sense, like you said, that it’d be his.
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devilsupdates · 2 months
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Jesper Bratt down but ok
Devils Power play
Devils have no goal on Power play
)I got a bad feeling about the game)
BTW when I go see the devils in April I will not be posting updates. I will post photos! Gotta keep the Devils fans in the loop. I will try to get as many photos of Jack. Luke. And Nico. And the others for everyone
Nico is on the ice
Jack is on the ice
Toffoli is on the ice
Marino is on the ice
And Luke is on the ice
11:00 minutes left
Nemec is down but is ok
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arillusionist · 6 months
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s&b season2ep4 reaction!! book update: i finished seige and storm. it was lwk boring and im literally so mad bc alina deserves SO much better than mal hes such a hoe. anyways
help whats going on i kinda forgot what happened in the last episode
time to go read my own reaction
HELL NAH ITS BEEN A WHOLE WEEK SINCE I WATCHED THIS SHOW?? anyways i kinda remember the last ep now but my reaction is mostly crows stuff so it wasnt That helpful
ANYWAYS
even though mal is muchhhhhh better in the show i like the direction theyre taking with alina actually marrying nikolai
then again i havent read the kos duology (yet) so i dont know anything abt his real romance story so thats probably why i dont mind
stop mal telling alina shes his nation is so cute unlike in the books
and the way they actually do have some chemistry?? im sorry for ever hating you show malina 😔😔
is that the brother i cant tell
why does baghra lwk piss me off ...i cant tell if its because she wont stfu or because shes js boring
GENYA ☹️☹️
🥱🥱
FINALLY
"it'll give me some comfort to know you're with me" ohhhdhfmyygodddd and then her smile ahhhh
i cant tell if inej is mistaking kaz telling her to leave the city as him wanting her gone, when in reality hes js tryna protect her
or if shes just not promising it because she cant
theyre so complicated they make me sick (i love them 😭😭😭)
AWW THE I LIKE YOUR STUPID FACE LINE its different but whatever
WAITT JESPER BASICALLY CALLED HIM AND KAZ BROTHERS AND KAZ DIDNT EVEN DISAGREE?? HE LITERALLY AGREED
no cuz i actually thought kaz was gnna punch him or something but thats nice
no mourners no funerals 🙏🙏
NINA DECKING KAZ HELL YEAH I NEEDED TO SEE THAT
Dont take this as me disliking kaz btw hes my 2nd favorite character i js need to see him being put in his place
i have the most out of pocket thing to say but im not gnna say it
there are two heartrenders right there why dont they just check his pulse to see if hes lying
oh now they do it
i feel like maybe this is how they incorporate the crows into alina's plot - they'll ask them to find the sword since theyre criminals and know more than just the "wider black market"
IM LITERALLY A GENIUS HELLO????
NOT ME PREDICTING IT LIKE 2 SECONDS BEFORE HE SAYS IT
they cant just show kaz and nina for two seconds and then cut to another scene hello
OH NVM its an inej scene 🙏🙏
its so dark i can barely tell whats happening
oh they did the pox thing too they really taking half of crooked kingdom's plot huh
yeah now they decide to explain the plan
kaz is actually being so much like book kaz in this scene
"the trick is not to love anything" YEAH YOU KEEP TELLING YOURSELF THAT... and with nina in the background too?? i wish inej was here tho like in the books
i think shes busy saving those randos
"something you'd sacrifice everything for and it makes you weak" stop projecting
SIX FEET DEEP
see inej really needs to be here now nina and jesper kinda know his backstory but she doesnt
then again its more meaningful if he tells her on his own time
HIS SMIRK
"im begging you" "are you?" hes not begging but i can
sorry
HIM ASKING FOR THE QUITCLAIM DEED FOR INEJ 🥺🥺 him liquifying everything he owns in the books is still better tho
THE LOOK IS HIS EYES - this is not freddy carter acting as kaz this is LITERALLY kaz
lmfaoo the offended look on toyla's face
WHYD THAT ACTUALLY SCARE ME (the guy sneaking up behind mal)
ok so i have a class so i'll watch the rest later
im backkk
seeing that vasily guys face after a few hours is such a jumpscare like why is he so ugly
bruh i jus realized theyre not gonna do the thing where inej cuts a line above pekkas heart 😐another kanej moment wasted
hjdkfk wylan hiding under the table when jesper asks him out
this conversation is so awkward i keep pausing it 😭
its cute tho
omg just kiss already the tension is getting to me
finally!!! 🙏🙏
WAIT FUCK I JS REALIZED THATS ANOTHER MOMENT WASTED CUZ THEY CANT DO THE JESPER KISSING THE WRONG GUY THING IF THE SPINOFF HAPPENS
im not really liking how they did wesper anyways.... with the whole one night stand thing... 😐
ok. yeah. wow. go from super cute fluffy wesper to kanej angst. yeah. remind me of what i dont have.
kaz saying that theres a weak link in the crew and inej thinks it means her but hes actually talking ab HIMSELF because shes his weakness and shes the person he would sacrifice everything for and AUGHHH
the difference between the show and the books when kaz gives her the paper is crazy
wish they had kept the book's scene fr
waittt is nikolai adopted??
oh he is
tamar and nadia definitely have something going on its already canon that nadia is into girls so!!
did the vasily guy die i hope he did 🙏🙏
why didn't baghra just. do that before. yk BEFORE she got her damn finger cut off
"your obsession with the fold is naive" is bro talking about alina or himself
and thats it watch me wait another week again before watching the next episode 💀
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desidarling123 · 1 year
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Darkling: so you groomed and tried to seduce this girl, which I totally understand btw, but what exactly was the endgame here
Rafal: OK you see, it all started with my now-dead brother, whose memories never leave my head…
Kaz: alright I get that part, actually
Jesper, in a corner: hi, what is wrong with all of you
(credits to the brilliant mind of @darol for this one :P)
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siyaahii · 1 year
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you'll always be the coolest jesper mutual crack-in-the-window to me <3
CRACKINTHEWINDOW WAS MY PEAK OK I LOVE THAT ERA SMMM
psychic panda will also be the coolest my first ever cat meme sharing mutual btw
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thisisdes · 1 year
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I’m supossed to be doing homework, but instead I’m watching season 2 of Shadow and Bone. Since my dear sister hasn’t started it yet (and I have no one else to talk about it) I’m gonna put my reactions here :) hope you enjoy it
*this will contain spoilers*
Resume of episode 1, 2 and 3 because i decided to do this way too late
- Alina really looks like she needs weeks of sleep
- No matter in what episode, all of Kaz’s memories break me a little more
- I’m happy that Tantee is dead but... Inej deserved to make her pay
- Something that I adore that the show does its when Inej is being quite and you can only hear the movement of the knifes
- THERE’S ONLY ONE BEEEEEEED!!!!
- I’ve only read SoC and CK and I don’t want to read the main trilogy just because I’m loving Mal SO MUCH and all I’ve heard about book Mal is ugh
- The zemeni people it’s incredible, how they perceived grisha’s power and how they protect Alina *cheff kiss*
- Also Mal going back to pay for what the soldier broke... he’s amazing
- I understand Kaz’s point about telling the truth to Sturmhund... but i was hoping he would’ve keep his word
- Inej and Nina ARE the best duo
- The whole thing about Jesper not remembering Wylan it’s something I didn’t know I needed. Like... the potential??? That’s fanfic material right there
- And also then he remering him in the middle of a gunfire???
- The taxidermist (if that was his name... sorry if not) gave me vibes of that creepy guy in the Charlie’s angels movie
- Alina: don’t kill the amplifier
- Also Alina: *kills the amplifier*
- Yeah... I would’ve also punch Nikolai in that case...
- Genya and David are part of my world and they should not suffer
- And yes, Genya had her face desfigured and thats enough pain for her already (without counting everything in the past)
- Mathias in hellgate was sad more than painfull
- But the look when he saw Nina...
- And the dreams he had before!!!
- Honestly i don’t remeber in what order all happened, i just know that things happened
Now E4. Let’s begin
- Wow, Alina and Nikolai look so in love *sarcastic*
- I swear, if anything happen to my dear precious boy Mal...
- Why does Kaz looks so good while is all blody?? It’s not fair
- Inej helping the women scape ❤️ I just know this is where she finds her purpose
- Wylan and Jesper. I just love them. They’re cute and deserve all the happiness.
- Also Nina. I love her. She almost caught me.
- “I didn’t know if you were-” “I’m fine” akhdajskja I’m weak
- Back to the main trama (is it the main trama? there are too much tramas), i only know Vasily for... 5 minutes has he been in the show? I don’t know, hate him.
- On the other hand, I love Nikolai
- I kinda shipp Nikolai and Alina??? but at the same time i love their dinamic as platonic friendship???
- Oh, good. He’s dead.
- GO BAGHRA, GO!! GO GENYA, GO!!
- Kaz telling Pekka that his mistake was to love someone... and then being rude with Inej so she leaves him... there’s only one way I can read that
- that end ... without words
Ok, its 2 am in Chile, I haven’t finish my homework due tomorrow, so maybe I’ll finish later??? Or maybe I’ll delete this later, who knows.
Btw, I’m not a native english speaker, so if there’s any mistake please tell me and I’ll fix it
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Hi!! omg congrats for your 800 followers! I’ll never get tired of saying how talented you are, I’m so glad your blog is growing so much. You probably remember that I already took part in many of your events, so please only answer this if you’re okay with me participating again! I recently got into Shadow and Bone and I’m obsessed so I’d like to request a matchup with a character from there (preferably only the show as I have yet to read the book). I’ll also send you my description again.
my pronouns are she/her and I’m asexual biromantic. I’m an ESFJ and a Gemini. I have green eyes and short black hair with blue strands, my haircut is similar to a soft mullet. I dress with goth/ fairy grunge clothes. I wear lots of rings and love to exchange them with others.
I’m the mom friend of the group, always there for everyone and my friends say that I’m really good at comforting people. I’m also calm and responsible, I usually am the one that takes care of other people. I’m very optimistic, I always try to see the good in everything and I often put other’s needs before my own, I would do everything for the people I care about and sometimes I’ve been told that I’m too kind for my own good. I have a sarcastic humor and I love making others laugh to lighten the situation, people say that I should be more serious and that I shouldn’t joke around so much. I don’t like when people tell me what to do and I’m not afraid to stand up for myself or for someone else. I also dislike when someone is too serious and really can’t take a joke as I tend to use humor as my coping mechanism. All my friends tell me I’m very smart, I get very good grades and I do well in school. I also try to help my friends with study and school as much as possible. I’m also very ambitious, I always try to achieve my goals.
My love languages are physical touch and words of affirmation.
I absolutely love listening to music, it helps me relax and I really like reading. I also love watching horror movies even though it’s impossible to scare me. I also play Dungeons and Dragons with my friends anytime I can. also, I absolutely love musicals and I’m definitely a theatre kid.
hi!
thank you for participating :)
i ship you with jesper!
he definitely needs someone who’s the mom friend of the group. being calm and responsible s definitely the opposite of him. while he’s an optimist, he tends to panic when things get a little out of control, and you’d be there to rope him back in some when he needed you to. you’d keep him in check without stifling his fun, which i think he’d appreciate.
he would love your humor. he likes to make people laugh and feel good too, so when he say that you liked to do that too, he’d get so excited. i think he’d be a little upset that you let people walk all over you sometimes. he’d tell you that he loves your kindness, but that it’s ok to be a little less kind. it would be his turn to step in if you needed him to help you out with someone who was bothering you, and he’d gladly do it. he knows that you can take care of yourself, but sometimes you’d let someone push you a little too much, and he wouldn’t have it. he definitely used humor as a coping mechanism too, so he’d know when you were being serious and when you were hiding something. and. i bet he’d know exactly how to help and make you smile.
he’d appreciate that you’re smart and ambitious. while he isn’t the most academically inclined, he did go to school (in the books, hope you enjoy them btw) he’s very street smart. you two would make a good pair on jobs. your theater background would come in handy then, considering sometimes kaz would need you and jesper to pretend like you were somewhere else. jesper would get a kick out of watching you perform.
i have a feeling jesper would hate horror movies (if they exist in the grishaverse, not sure). he’d want to be a man and be protective of you, but it would definitely end up with him hiding his face in your shoulder while you laughed and told him it wasn’t even that scary. he’d tell you that he sees enough horror in his day to day life, he doesn’t need it in his media. i don’t think he actively reads, but he may enjoy a good book or two. he definitely listens to music, and would love to sit with you and listen to music while you read, either to yourself or out loud to him.
physical touch is definitely one of jesper’s love languages. he needs to feel grounded and connected to you, he needs to know that you’re both safe and with each other. it calms him down when he’s getting a little agitated.
maybe on a job, things would be going slightly off plan, and he was stressing about it.
silently, you’d reach for his hand, intertwining your fingers. you didn’t even have to say anything, your touch said enough for you.
“you’re alright, jesper. deep breathes, we’ve got this.”
kaz would notice how you two work well together, and see how you were able to instantly calm jesper. he’d give you a huge raise if it meant goi could keep jesper on track and focused for all your jobs.
“you two, you’re together for this next part. we meet back here in an hour, got it?”
“got it,” jesper would say, already feeling better as he squeezed your hand before leaning down to whisper to you. “thank you, love.”
you’d smile, tugging him along. “it’s what i’m here for. let’s go!”
i hope you enjoyed it! thank you again for the kind words, i really appreciate it. thank you for supporting my work, hopefully i see you for 900 :)
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moonluvr112244 · 2 months
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OK SO I WAS ON PINTREST AND I SALL SOMTHING (it was stolen from tumblr)
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YEAH SO FIRST OFF WHY IS THIS WHOLE THING SO TRUE AND TOTALLY WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF SHADOW AND BONE WAS A REALITY TV SHOW
ALSO
CAN I JUST POINT OUT THE FACT THAT THE RESON WHY JESPER DIDNT KNOW IS BECAUSE JESPER IS AUTISTICCC
I ACTUALLY THINK HE IS AUDHD
IDK
I FEEL LIKE THAT MAKES SENSE
(im autistic btw- this isnt just some random ass neurtipical)
ALSO JESPER SO SO PRETTTTTTYYYYYYYY AAAAAAAAAAA I LIVE HIM SO MUVHHHHHHH HES SO AMAZING I LOVE HIM SO MUCHHHHH
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caspianxth · 11 months
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Hi, more thoughts, sorry<3
like yeah i agree that kaz absolutely has a heart, but i think those acts of kindness are mostly reserved for the people he loves, even if wylan is new, you can tell he's already warmed up to him, and i really dont think he'd do something kind just because for someone he feels indifferent to at best, much less someone like a king, and wait omg i just remembered he's friends with sturmhund i take it all back, he would indeed give it up for his friend. and yeah youre right about wesper it was adorable, but i dont know i needed the slow burnnnnn, but yeah given netflix penchant for with gay shit, it was necessary.
And about everything else, yeah it made sense but it was really rushed, especially in s2, and like i get that they have to make everything as fast as they can in case it gets cancelled but im sad about it, but i just really hope malina does meet in the meadow in the end, cause at this point, this show is uncharted territory and completely new and i am so excited for it, and i think that was just setting up for nikolai i bet they will make him all scary later, or at least i hope. But like MERZOST!!!!! ALINA WTF!!! i loved the shadow cut it, like alina i love that youre very powerful but pls try not to turn evil, and like shes heading exactly in the direction the darkling said she would go which is so scary and obvious in a good way i love it. And omg the darkling, like in the books its neither easy to not root for him except maybe when he dies, but here omg, you're telling me he actually felt something for alina and it was not just manipulation!!!
Also Ben Barnes makes it really hard to not be on his side, Alina is waay stronger than me, "Make me your villain", for you? anything, also very simp i loved it, so its okay they omitted a lot of his character and relationship with alina, as they basically made a new one which i like. and about the white hair thing, it was iconic!!! i needed it!! but its okay, also i think the darkling probably experienced some shit associated with his power, but probably never like that cause the only amplifier he used was his mother, and it wasnt until he used merzost he became unstoppable, and it was slowly taking its toll on him, so slowy at first that it might have even been a plot hole, cause later it starts eating him from the inside.
Anyways Ice Court Heist is coming omgomgomgomg im so excited, i cant wait to see something really serious happening with nikolai and alina, and the crows just, just, yeah. i love them. i love jesper and wylan (the characters not their relationship in this instance) so much i could die just thinking about them.
And i think that's all my thoughts until now, I apologize in advance because I WILL think about it more and I WILL bother you about it<3
sturmhond my beloved <3 best of the grishaverse men truly!! also re wesper I love them I'd die for them plus with a tv show I need smth to be happy about and kanej: glacial pace, helnik: slow burn bc of the whole hellgate sitch. like I need smth to be diggin!!! re nikolai, a nichevo'ya is not how he should look and tbh I don't like how they're doing it in the show if that's the angle they take but hopefully I'm wrong. I do think paddy gibson did kill as nikolai like when they let book nikolai pop out? slayed!!! also yeah alina like don't be doin that (merzost) baghra made u promise!! but it is a way better end than her losing all her power and I'm excited to see where they take that, I saw on twitter somewhere that leigh has lots of ideas where to take it if given more so we shall see <3 also w the darkling, like, ok so 1 he is ben barnes so that's a thing bc I've been crushing on him since prince caspian but also!! like the thing is like, he really did love her for a bit there! he had peace when she surprise kissed him!! that's the moment he went right back to in his defeat right before alina mcstabbed him (which he did deserve btw). like the heartbreaking part w darklina is they really could've had it if he'd trusted her!!! but he didn't!!! and that was his greatest weakness!!!!! I do like malina but like, for me it's nikolina >>>>>>>>>> malina sorry. book or show nikolai is just *chef's kiss*. but also re nikolai, zoyalai >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>nikolina. so like, the setup there is also *chef's kiss*.
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six-of-cringe · 7 months
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gamer wylan propaganda pls
ur so cool btw
Thank you! I will now proceed to do the most uncool thing by throwing words at the wall about a fictional character's entirely un-canon video game habits and hoping they stick. Some of my Thoughts
Obviously loves rhythm games. Guitar Hero rewired his brain chemistry. He'd be one of those people who could play without even looking at the screen because he has the fingerings memorized. Wylan will look you in the eyes as you speak to him but his fingers are doing devil went down to georgia.
Definitely has some retro consoles. Has a N64 he found in a dumpster and repaired himself. Has a childhood Gameboy that he always hid under his pillow.
On a related note he's definitely a Nintendo and PC fella. If he wants to play an Xbox game he'll just go to Jesper's.
HATES games that rely on random chance. Hates Mario Party and sucks ass at MarioKart. He plays Smash Bros with items and stage hazards off. He's not strictly a tryhard, he mostly just can't comprehend the random chaos of items flying around. (but he's also a little bit of a tryhard)
Only plays story-based games with people - he needs the emotional support tbh. Played The Last of Us with Jesper and it ruined his life. ("jes would you kill me if I was bitten. you have to kill me if i get bitten ok" "you can't do this to me right now it's just a video game")
Tried speedrunning for a while but went full Autism Mode and nearly got his ass sent to the hosptial because he forgot to perform bodily functions. Jesper had to temporarily ban him from the grindset.
Went through an Undertale phase.
Listens to videogame soundtrack. So much OST. Mario Galaxy, Skyrim, Outer Wilds, Xenoblade, and Ori games feature prevalently. Also Guitar Hero definitely influenced his music taste. Wylan would love to introduce everyone to prog metal - look, this song is in 5/8! It's an acquired taste. He loves how technically skilled it is - no one passes him the aux.
Always wearing big old headphones. They're falling apart but they're his favorite pair. What a gamer.
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sanktasidra · 3 years
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introduction
this is probably a little overdue but let's just ignore that whoops
hi! welcome to my humble little blog, where i post about shadow and bone/grishaverse stuff. you guys can call me sidra, and my pronouns are she/her.
also if anyone wants to be moots pls lets be friends!!
here are some of my other interests:
- marvel
- harry potter
- uhh like various tv shows (supernatural, sherlock, stranger things, the good place, manifest and like a bunch of other stuff too probaly)
- music i listen to: alec benjamin, harry styles, taylor swift, sleeping at last, onerepublic, imagine dragons and basically just a bunch of different stuff hehe
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iheardarumorthings · 2 years
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alright alright... Jesper fluff where like he does a dumb thing on a mission (no surprises there) and when the reader saves him he accidentally admits he loves her
with the prompt "Shit I didn't mean to say that"
as always no pressure take your time <33
ok so i kinda took this in another direction, i hope that's ok!! i was listening to lacrimosa and got a totally different vibe, but still. HOPE YOU LOVE IT HUFFLE <33 the title is from mozart btw
warnings: angst. death. sadness. crying. angst. end of the world. everything you want and more. title is from mozart.
prompt(s): "Shit, I didn't mean to say that."
LACRIMOSA
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No. No. No.
Your cries pierced the ears of everyone around you, the rubble falling from the walls, tumbling down into the road.
You sprinted. You didn’t care that your breath was running short or that you felt like collapsing or that you were bleeding from your arm and your forehead. Your arms pumped madly as you dodged any and every object or human in your way, even vaulting over some of them.
“JESPER!” you screamed, throat raw. He didn’t even look back, just staring up at the wall that would be tumbling down in a second. You saw it in your vision, you didn’t want to see it in real life.
Your mind flickered, wanting to show you one last thing before you ran.
Your arms were outstretched, legs not slowing down. Reaching for Jesper, you pushed him just one second before it all came crashing down.
You heard him scream as you were under the rubble.
You were tired, sweating. You couldn’t breathe properly.
“No, no, I love you. I’m sorry, I love you,” you heard Jesper sob. You smiled, closing your eyes for what may have been the final time.
Your heart stalled, but still, you continued to run for the curly-haired man with the mischievous grin. You continued to run so that he could live. It didn’t matter if you died. It didn’t matter because he would live to see another day; a day with his family, a day with someone he may someday fall in love with.
Or are you just being selfish, taking yourself away. He does, after all, love you according to your vision.
Were you?
No. Just because you couldn’t live without him… were you being selfish?
Yes.
But no.
And you were running out of time.
Faster.
Faster.
Closer.
Closer.
You were being a little selfish, you realized. But he could move on. He could love someone else.
You couldn’t.
So when you grasped his shirt and shoved him away as the cement from the structure fell atop your head, the chaos in the streets and his shocked, petrified face being the last thing you saw, you smiled. He could move on.
You’d given him a chance.
~*~
“No, no, I love you. I’m sorry, I love you,” Jesper sobbed, too shocked to even move. He shook himself out of it. “No no no. Nonononnono… Please, no,” he continued crying as he crawled toward the rubble, pushing each stone, each brick out of the way, digging his way through to you.
“Jesper, what are you doing? The boat is over there, we have to leave,” Inej said, looking at him desperately.
He shook his head frantically, moving faster. “No. They’re- They’re under here. They’re under here Inej- (Y/N) is under here.”
Her eyes widened, tearing up. “Jes… I… if they’re under there I don’t think-”
He looked toward her, brows furrowed, daring her to speak. Moving away another brick, his eyes bored into her again, whispering, “What don’t you think, Inej? What don’t you think?”
“Shit, I didn’t mean to say that.”
He just turned back to his work, moving quicker, still trying. He would get you to that boat. He’d make sure you were alive. You’d be alive tomorrow and the next day and the day after that.
You would.
“Jes, come on.”
“No.”
“I’m sorry, Jes, but they’re gone. I’m sorry. Now, they died so you could have a chance to live, but to do that you need to get on the boat before Ketterdam falls completely. Please, Jesper, just come with me.”
He stopped in his tracks, gagging from the tears, choking from the dust. Inej helped him to his feet as he looked back one last time at you.
“Come on, Jesper. We need to go.”
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