#clearlynotclaire

[trassellynn]

The Black Pieces

Hi everyone!  This is my story for @grishaversebigbang 2020!  I am so excited!  First of all, I want to thank the wonderful people who worked with me at this story: Corporalki (Beta): @forthegenuine  Materialki (Artists): @bubble--berry  (work here ) @clearlynotclaire  (work here ) 

@saatanan-sorsasesonki (work here )

@saintprivateer  Sensitivity Reader: @zemenipearls 

Synopsis:   Twenty-one years after Crooked Kingdom events, people start to disappear in Ketterdam. Kaz understands the fault is in Igor Valaky, a mad scientist escaped from Ravka, and he contacts Nikolai. The Ravkan king persuades Dirtyhands and King Steffen of Fjerda to form a team of eight skilled teenagers to help them with Valaky’s capture. The young team is called “The Black Pieces” and each of the members represents one of the main chess pieces: a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights and two rooks. You can find my fiction on Ao3 here

Under the cut, you’ll find the Prologue! 

ANIKA  A single, dull, bell toll echoed throughout the sleeping city. Anika walked along the poorly illuminated streets of the Barrel, with a black jacket that shielded her tiny body from the fresh, night air, a couple of guns fastened to her leather belt and a sharp knife hidden in the right boot. It had been a good day, at the Crows Club, that had kept her busy from early morning, but also gave her great satisfaction. That was her world, a harsh, sometimes cruel, but always homely kingdom and she was born to be the Hand of the king, his loyal and capable second in command. Not the queen, she thought.   The queen, the one who had kept the king’s heart in her hands for over two decades, fought her battles elsewhere, for the majority of the year. And when she came back to the city, she was always torn between the calls of two kings: the beloved criminal and the sea. The latter always won. Sometimes, Anika wondered how it was, how they felt. She could barely imagine living parted from Fannie, her lovely Fannie, who always waited for her awake, in their apartment near Fifth Harbour.   She left the Barrel behind, taking a quiet, almost deserted road. There was a single human being there, apart from her, a pretty girl around twenty, with long, wavy, chestnut brown hair which almost reached her waist. She was closing the door of a small pub. Anika gave her a small, polite nod, when she walked by her: she had already met that girl before, more than once. She was a young immigrant from the Wandering Island, who worked in a floral shop and, sometimes, earned extra money serving as a waitress in the pub. I should buy some flowers for Fannie, tomorrow, Anika thought, her low heels ticking on the pebbles of the small street. White and blue flowers. Her favourites.

She had almost reached the end of the street, when a loud shriek broke the silence of the night, making her turn around, a hand on her right gun: the girl was struggling against two persons, a man and a woman, both wearing the typical kefta from two different Grisha orders. The woman was a Squaller, the man a Fabrikator. What’s happening?, Anika thought, catching her gun and aiming at them. Why are they trying to kidnap that girl? She knew she had no chance against two Grisha, but she could count on the element of surprise, since they hadn’t seen her. “Let me go, please!” the girl screamed. “What do you want from me?” The Squaller said something to her companion, in Ravkan, then, she covered the girl’s mouth with a hand, while the Fabrikator used his powers to animate a thick rope, that wrapped her body like the coils of a snake. Anika narrowed her eyes, then, she pulled the trigger. The sound of the gunshot was immediately followed by a male scream: the Fabrikator collapsed to the ground, clenching his left leg, while the Squaller turned her head to their attacker, giving her a killer glance. “Let her go!” Anika ordered, aiming at the woman’s arm and shooting again. Even though he was injured, the Fabrikator moved his hand so quickly she didn’t even notice it. A sudden, piercing pain exploded into Anika’s right shoulder, making her scream and lose the grip on her gun.   The woman knelt to the ground, almost breathless, her left hand clutching the wounded shoulder, where her own bullet, sent back by the man’s magic, had sunk .Her eyes went wet, while she raised her glance to check the situation, and thanks to the male Grisha’s distraction, the girl had been able to free herself from the rope and, led by desperation and survival instinct, she hit the Squaller’s cheekbone with her elbow. With the left hand, Anika grabbed the gun she had let fall and tried to stand up.“Help me!” the girl cried, running towards her. “Please, help me!” The Dregs’ deputy chief trudged ahead, stretching her trembling right arm. The pain was almost unbearable, but she needed her left hand ready to shoot again. “Qu-quicker…” she panted. “T-take my hand…” They almost did it. They went so close that Anika felt the warmth of the girl’s fingertips on hers. Then, the snake-like rope flew towards its young victim, catching her right leg. The flower girl was suddenly thrown up into the air, hanged upside down, screaming and fidgeting, her long, soft hair fell down to her face, like a reddish-brown curtain. “No!” Anika yelled, aiming at the kidnappers again. The Squaller raised her hands and a strong, howling wind travelled along the street, reaching the Dreg lady and hurling her behind, making her crash against the shop window of a furniture store. The glass broke and Anika hit a huge, exposed wardrobe with the injured shoulder. The intense pain almost took her breath away, then, everything went black. She woke up some minutes after, when someone tapped her forehead and cheeks with a wet, cold handkerchief. Pim’s worried face was bending over her. “Anika!” he whispered. “Anika, can you hear me?” The woman moaned, grabbing his wrist with the left hand. She could taste a bloody flavour into her mouth. “Pim…” she murmured, coughing. “Wh-where’s the girl?” Her comrade frowned, making her heart sink. “What girl?”

#grishabigbang20 #Grishaversebigbang20 #The Black Pieces #lynnforsterblog #forthegenuine #bubble--berry #clearlynotclaire #saatanan-sorsasesonki #saintprivateer #zemenipearls #Kaz Brekker #Inej Ghafa #Jesper Fahey #Nina Zenik #Wylan Van Eck #Matthias Helvar #original characters #Kanej #Wesper #Helnik #Six of Crows #Grishaverse #Ao3 #Fanfiction

[spirilium]

clearlynotclaire -> spirilium

decided to change my tag after having the old one for a million years.

#me #clearlynotclaire #spirilium #not art #will reblog for the next few days or so!!

[kayadraws]

This is my piece for @wybiegowritey ‘s Rapunzel!Inej @grishaversebigbang fic! Its name is Intertwined and you can find it here.

The other (amazing) artists:

@mitdemadlerimherzen (ART)

@oranges-and-stuff (ART)

@wangfireee (ART)

@clearlynotclaire (ART)

And the group’s Corporalki: @shelbychild

#grishabigbang20 #gvbbcreation20 #inej ghafa #six of crows #soc #leigh bardugo

[makomonogatari]

A part of my contribution to this year’s @grishaversebigbang !! Based on the Half of It AU fic titled ‘Love’ by @wybiegowritey (whose OC I love to bits!!), beta’d by @tessavioletandchill

Check out the other Materialki work!!

@blue-artisces

@clearlynotclaire

@protec-kuwei-yul-bo

@riena-94

@starw1sh

#grishabigbang20 #gvbbcreation20 #grishaverse

[starw1sh]

My piece for @wybiegowritey‘s [△] “Love” for 2020′s @grishaversebigbang. A retelling of The Half of It (2020) with Kuwei front and center as Ellie and Wylan as Paul. Its a really fun fic packed with a lot of heartfelt emotions and you should definitely check it out!

Also, check out everyone who helped and their stunning art!

Materialniks (artists):

@protec-kuwei-yul-bo [△]

@blue-artisces  [△]

@clearlynotclaire  [△]

@riena-94  [△]

@makotonomonogatari  [△]

#grishabigbang20 #gvbbcreation20 #gvbb2020 #grishaverse big bang #six of crows #soc #wylan van eck #kuwei yul bo #my art

[grishaversebigbang]

#15- Kuwei-Yul-Bo's One Last Remaining Brain Cell

Project Info

Gang Name: Kuwei-Yul-Bo's One Last Remaining Brain Cell

Title: Love

Synopsis: Grade-A student Kuwei Yul-Bo struggles to keep him and his father afloat in a small town in California by grading papers and doing other people’s homework for twenty dollars each person. He’s confronted by rich but shy kid Wylan Van Eck to help him write a love letter to Arjun Bhakta--the deaf boy whose love for reading and photography is so profound, it takes a lot of people’s breath away. 

Kuwei agrees to help him, and he doesn’t expect becoming friends with Wylan, and he definitely doesn’t expect to fall for Arjun.

Short excerpt:

“Who writes a letter?”

“I thought it would be romantic?”

Kuwei rolled his eyes, ripped the envelope open, and read the top of the letter. ‘Dear Arjun Bhakta’--nope, I don’t need to read any more of this. Kuwei gave the letter back to him and placed his hands on the handle bars. “Dude, we’re in ASL together. I’m not helping you. Good luck, Romeo.”

“Wait--!” Wylan sprinted to the front of the bike and put his hands on the bars, stopping Kuwei. “One letter. Please. I’ll do whatever you want--I’ll even give you extra money. I’m not good with words, and I know you are.”

“No.” Kuwei said forcefully, shoving Wylan out of his way before biking home. 

This is not your typical love story. This is a love story, yes, but not one where people get what they want.

Gang Introduction:

@wybiegowritey

Role: Etherealnik

Short introduction/fun fact: My entire gang is in love with my OC even though they’re just getting CRUMBS. Also Alex has the best comments and sums up this fic with “kuwei your gay is showing”

@blue-artisces

Role: Materialnik

Short introduction/fun fact: I don’t usually have a brain cell, but when I do, Alex keeps stealing mine.

@makotonomonogatari

Role: Materialnik

Short introduction/fun fact: I’m mixed-race British-Japanese, and studying 3D Animation at Uni. I want to be a storyboard artist when I graduate ^^

@clearlynotclaire

Role: Materialnik

Short introduction/fun fact: it’s my second big bang, and i’m on a mission to make everyone fall in love with kuwei this time!

@tessavioletandchill

Role: Corporalnik

Short introduction/fun fact: Oh, no honey, are we crying over Ribs, Liability, or even worse, the lack of the third Lorde album?

@protec-kuwei-yul-bo

Role: Materialnik

Short introduction/fun fact: Im but a poor chaos demon trying to survive highschool. 

@riena-94

Role: Materialnik

Short introduction/fun fact:  I really love tofu.

@starw1sh

Role: Materianik

Short introduction/fun fact: I love REALLY niche historical events and topics

#gvbbgangintro #grishabigbang20

[bubble--berry]

GVBB 2020: “The Black Pieces” (by @lynnforsterblog).

my second piece for the @grishaversebigbang!! i didn’t do my girl justice but trust me when i say she is TOP tier!

the gvbb really is just me experimenting with lighting/colour while making cool friends 

pls check out the rest of my group, they’re all lovely!!

etherealki (writer): @lynnforsterblog

corporalnik (beta): @forthegenuine

materialki (artists/edit makers): @clearlynotclaire (x), @saatanan-sorsasesonki (x)

#grishaversebang #grishabigbang #gvbbcreation20 #gvbb2020 #grishaverse big bang #grishaverse art #ocs #tgv #six of crows #soc #leigh bardugo #shadow and bone #crooked kingdom #sorry the post is late folks #qwerty.png #:) #tag: no mourners no funerals

[astrangergivingthestrangewelcome]

My tribute to Kell, the best of all characters

All fanart was taken from the consenting fanartists named below! Check them out to see their other works and to see these pictures in the correct proportions and uncropped!

@alacarterart, @clearlynotclaire, @ace-artemis-fanartist, @museintheclouds

@raynecreates, @sir-dullahan, @horsedrawnstudent​

#guys please #I spent so long getting permission and cropping things #please reblog this #adsom #a darker shade of magic #kell maresh

[drawfulneutral]

things said very quietly for @grishaversebigbang

written by @une-danse-macabre, edited by @wylansketterdam, @itsbrilliantjustlikeyou, @wylanbewildin.

other art by @sixofass (here) and @clearlynotclaire (here)

#gvbb #grishabigbang #gvbbcreation #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #six of crows #my art

[sixofass]

My so late so late I might be banned from future events piece for the @grishaversebigbang

This was done for @une-danse-macabre‘s fic things said very quietly

Thanks loads to the other artists @clearlynotclaire and @drawfulneutral, as well as the betas and proofreaders @itsbrilliantjustlikeyou, @wylansketterdam, and @wylanbewildin

#no really guys i'm in trouble with how late this is #grishaverse big bang #fanart #colored pencil #gvbb #six of crows #my art #art

[trassellynn]

The Black Pieces

I would like to announce my GVBB fanfiction “The Black Pieces” is finally complete on Ao3 💕  Synopsis:  Twenty-one years after Crooked Kingdom events, people start to disappear in Ketterdam. Kaz understands the fault is in Igor Valaky, a mad scientist escaped from Ravka, and he contacts Nikolai. The Ravkan king persuades Dirtyhands and King Steffen of Fjerda to form a team of eight skilled teenagers to help them with Valaky’s capture. The young team is called “The Black Pieces” and each of the members represents one of the main chess pieces: a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights and two rooks. Main characters: Kaz Brekker, Inej Ghafa, Jesper Fahey, Nina Zenik, Wylan Van Eck, Matthias Helvar, Original Characters.  Minor roles and cameos: Nikolai Lantsov, Kuwei Yul-Bo, Anika, Rotty, Pim. Pairings: Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa, Jesper Fahey/Wylan Van Eck, Matthias Helvar/Nina Zenik, Original Character/Original Character, Anika/Original Character (minor relationship)

Thanks again to people who worked with me: @forthegenuine (beta) @bubble--berry @clearlynotclaire @saatanan-sorsasesonki @saintprivateer (artists) and @zemenipearls (sensitivity reader). I take the occasion to suggest you to take a look at the artists’ pieces and at zemenipearls’ fanfictions! 

You can find the fic here on Ao3 💕 Here a short piece: “Kaz took his time to look at her, studying every inch of her entire figure, like he was making sure she was there. Then, his gloved hand gently caught hers, leading it to his mouth.He pressed his lips on her fingers, then he murmured a few, simple words. “Welcome back, my captain.”  Thanks to everyone who will read!

#Grishaverse Big Bang 2020 #grishabigbang20 #The Black Pieces #Six of Crows #Grishaverse #lynnforsterblog #forthegenuine #bubble--berry #clearlynotclaire #saatanan-sorsasesonki #saintprivateer #zemenipearls #Kaz Brekker #Inej Ghafa #Jesper Fahey #Nina Zenik #Wylan van Eck #Matthias Helvar #Kanej #Wesper #Helnik #Original Grishaverse Characters

[itsbrilliantjustlikeyou]

music tag game

i was tagged by @comingoutofthecauldron !!! thank you <333

put your music on shuffle and list the first ten songs that come up.

audition (the fools who dream) by emma stone

it wont be long now by karen olivo

american pie by don mclean

cant help falling in love by pentatonix

time after time by cyndi lauper

buzzcut season by lorde

dinner & diatribes by hozier

dissolve by absofacto

sunlight by hozier

dont stop me now by queen

im tagging: @cactus-potato @sixofass @clearlynotclaire @incorrectcrows @stardust-in-our-lungs

#tag game

[abookishinvasion]

Hey, book warriors!

First off, a huge thank you to Tasha (catsandpaperbacks) for creating this tag and tagging me! So go check out her blog post 🙂

So a little background information: All Time Low has been one of my favorite bands since 2009. The first concert I ever attended was actually the Bamboozle Roadshow in 2010 where ATL was a headliner! I wish I had pictures of them, but the only pictures I have from it are of The Ready Set…because I was obsessed. So I’ll go ahead and insert some pictures from a more recent concert when they toured with Issues, State Champs, and Tonight Alive on the Future Hearts tour in 2015!

The pictures are terrible…but ya do what you can in a crowd like that!

Okay, I’m done rambling. On to the tag!

1. That Girl: A female character a lot of people don’t like but you love

“Stories moved Kelsea most, stories of things that never were, stories that transported her beyond the changeless world of the cottage.” –Erika Johansen, The Queen of the Tearling

Kelsea Glynn from THE QUEEN OF THE TEARLING series! I absolutely love everything about Kelsea. She is in my top 10 favorite female characters of all time list and I will go down defending her. I really just don’t get it when people tell me they don’t like her! Erika Johansen created an incredibly realistic, strong, female main character. She is responsible and a leader, but still acts like a teenager/new adult. She is mature but has plenty of immature moments. She keeps her head on straight and she doesn’t constantly get sidetracked by things that matter less than her goals. Seriously…just love her. Though every time I think about THE FATE OF THE TEARLING I just get angry all over again.

2. Bad Enough for You: A character that wasn’t written to be liked but you can’t help but love

“I’m a pirate queen. I don’t make promises.” –The Abyss Surrounds Us, Emily Skrutskie

Santa Elena, the pirate-queen, from THE ABYSS SURROUNDS US and THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS by Emily Skrutskie. I’m not sure she wasn’t written to be liked, but it would be very easy to hate her…but I just love her. I have no apologies about loving her. She is strong and ruthless. She made it to where she is by herself with hard work and her own determination and will.

Also…if anyone’s read this duology and is artistically inclined…FANART!?

“Of course she’d be carving her own name into Fung’s fancy boat. That’s what she does—she takes things and slices them up until they’re hers.” –The Edge of the Abyss, Emily Skrutskie

3. Coffeeshop Soundtrack: A book you loved when you were younger but realized it wasn’t as good as you thought

I’m probably going to get yelled at for saying this…but here goes nothing.

Cityofbones.Also the entire first 3 books of the Mortal Instruments series. There…it’s out there. Don’t forget your pitchforks and torches.

4. Good Times: Your favorite squad

It couldn’t be any other squad for me than my Dregs! I love them so much. I’ve read and reread the duology more times than I can count because I need them in my life. Kaz, Inej, Nina, Wylan, Matthias, and Jesper are everything!

This perfect fanart is by clearlynotclaire

5. Somewhere in Neverland: A book you loved in your childhood

Pretty much any Judy Bloom book, or the Magic Treehouse!

6. The Edge of Tonight: A couple that balances each other out really well

“She’d seen what his soul was made of. And she liked it.” –When Dimple Met Rishi, Sandhya Menon

Dimple and Rishi from WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI is definitely the couple I have to pick for this.

They are so incredibly different! They show two different experiences as Indian-American’s and the way they both had things to learn from each other. I love how their differences don’t create an imbalance in their relationship, but rather they are the things that tie them together and balance them out.

7. Remembering Sunday: A book with an unexpected ending

THE FATE OF THE TEARLING definitely had the most unexpected ending. I didn’t expect it to end the way it did at all and I definitely didn’t expect to be so disappointed by it! I loved the first 2 books and 3/4 of FATE but then that 1/4 just hits you like a train and ruins everything. Everytime I look at that book I just get mad all over again.

8. Walls: Your favorite character arc

Wylan Van Eck

This fanart by Trisha says it better than I or any words ever could…

(this last question wasn’t in Tasha’s original tag, but she was kind enough to let me add one and I love this song)

9. Love Like War: A couple that had to face a lot of challenges to be together

Cas and Swift from THE ABYSS SURROUNDS US and THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS by EmilySkrutskie. They went through so many ups and downs, way more downs than ups, but their relationship was a slow burn. It took a long time to develop, and they knew where they needed to be if they were to ever have a relationship. There were monsters and a pirate queen constantly trying to destroy them. They are one of my favorite OTP’s of all time.

Wonderful fanart by plantedface on tumblr

“Swift and I are supposed to be all clash and burn, but maybe we can be something more than that, and it’s that thought that stills me as I kiss her back, soft and sweet and tender.” –The Edge of the Abyss, Emily Skrutskie

Thank y’all for reading! I’m going to tag a few people who might enjoy doing this tag but feel free to do it!

Romie

Austin

Julianne

Annie

Finally I finished the All Time Low Book Tag! Thank you @catspaperbacks for tagging me! Hey, book warriors! First off, a huge thank you to Tasha (catsandpaperbacks) for creating this tag and tagging me!

#all time low #Book Blog #book blogger #Book Tags #bookish #Books #emily skrutskie #erike johansen #Fiction #leigh bardugo #literature #otp #sandhya menon #six of crows #tag #the abyss surrounds us #the edge of the abyss #The Queen of the Tearling #when dimple met rishi #Writing

[grishaversebigbang]

#10 - The Snuggly Ducklings

Project Info

Gang Name: The Snuggly Ducklings

Title: Intertwined

Synopsis: A thief, a lost child, a tower, a country--a magic unlike any other.

For eighteen years, the Suli have searched for a lost girl, lifting lanterns into the night sky on a hot summer’s night each year, marking the day of her birth.For eighteen years, Inej has been watching these mysterious lanterns float into the night sky, and each year her desire to leave her tower has grown.Now, notorious thief Kaz Brekker has just escaped imminent death, a Suli headpiece in hand. He stumbles upon a tower with no visible way inside other than the window at the top. After climbing in and thinking he’s safe from the Fjerdan-soldier-in-disguise chasing him, he is met with a frying pan wielding, fiery girl with seventy feet of ebony hair.

Gang Introduction

@wybiegowritey

Role: Etherealnik

Short introduction/fun fact: I speak four languages! Also this is my second time doing the Big Bang!

@wangfireee

Role: Materialnik

Short introduction/fun fact: my only brain cell is used to cry about how rocks  are pretty

@mitdemadlerimherzen

Role: Materialnik

Short introduction/fun fact: “I know. You’re wondering: ‘What is a place like me doing in a girl like this?’”

@clearlynotclaire

Role: Materialnik

Short introduction/fun fact: i didn’t own a desk for the first two years of university, which led to a truly frightening ability to fall asleep any time while studying :)

@shelbychild

Role: Corporalnik

Short introduction/fun fact: This is one of four big bangs I’m participating in this summer - I’m running the other three

@oranges-and-stuff 

Role: Materialnik

Short introduction/fun fact: My hobbies include crying and eating chocolate cake.

@kayadoodles

Role: Materialnik

Short introduction/fun fact: I have an unhealthy obsession with Turkish shows. 

#gvbbgangintro #grishabigbang20

[grishaversebigbang]

#40 - The Spectres

Project Info

Gang name: The Spectres

Title: The Black Pieces

Synopsis: Twenty-one years after Crooked Kingdom events, people start to disappear in Ketterdam. Kaz understands the fault is in Igor Valaky, a mad scientist escaped from Ravka, and he contacts Nikolai. The Ravkan king persuades Dirtyhands and King Steffen of Fjerda to form a team of eight skilled teenagers to help them with Valaky’s capture. The young team is called “The Black Pieces” and each of them represents one of the main chess pieces: a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights and two rooks. 

Short excerpt  That was her world, a harsh, sometimes cruel, but always homely kingdom and she was born to be the Hand of the king, his loyal and capable second in command. Not the queen, she thought. The queen, the one who had kept the king’s heart in her hands for over two decades, fought her battles elsewhere, for the majority of the year. And when she came back to the city, she was always torn between the calls of two kings: the beloved criminal and the sea. The latter always won. 

Gang Introduction

@saatanan-sorsasesonki​

Role: Maternialki

Short introduction/fun fact: A moomin-loving finn @bubble--berry​ 

Role: materialki 

Short introduction/fun fact: my friend said to make ‘something malicious’ my gang intro @clearlynotclaire​

Role: materialki

Short introduction/fun fact: someone pls tell me what’s going on @saintprivateer​

Role Materialki 

Short introduction/fun fact: If I was a dog I’d be a golden retriever! But a very stubby one. I’d rather be an otter…actually no a golden retriever… maybe both like in the atla-verse :)

@lynnforsterblog

Role: Etherealki

Short introduction/fun fact:Italian, I want to be an actress, voice actress and writer. Probably obsessed with Matthias. 

@forthegenuine

Role: Corporalki

Short introduction/fun fact: My fiance and I made a deal

#gvbbgangintro #grishabigbang20