#kanej post

[neptune-scythe]

The thing I love and appreciate so much about Kanej is that they are an example of the deeper more nuanced aspects of a relationship that is so often overlooked in modern media.

It's Kaz loving Inej's laugh, it's Inej paying such close attention to Kaz that she can tell when he passed out just from the change in his breathing, it's Kaz emptying his life savings to buy Inej her freedom, it's Inej about to kill all the Dregs just to save Kaz, it's Kaz buying Inej a ship so she can have her dream of hunting slavers even though that means they'll be separated, it's Inej accepting who Kaz is and acknowledging that even if she didn't always agree with his methods that the Barrel needs him just as he is.

It's how well they know each other, that their relationship is based on friendship and mutual understanding, it's the little things like Kaz seeing Inej and feeling like a little boy who believes in magic again.

It's so much more than the typical modern portrayal of love that requires touching or sex to telegraph what two people feel about each other. They never need to hug or kiss or hold hands for us the readers to know how they feel because Leigh put the effort into portraying the beauty and depth of real love that modern media so often doesn't bother to attempt.

Regardless even of the fact that I, and many other aroacespec people, feel represented by Kaz, Inej, and their relationship, their relation and interactions with each other shows the aspects of love and friendship that is so rare in modern medias. And especially for younger generations growing up with TV and books, seeing love portrayed as sex or physical attraction can be very misleading and leave them confused when those things don't give the satisfaction in real life that it is given in media. But Kanej is the balance of that, they are real love, portrayed in the ways that show what real love is.

Young boys and girls and non binaries and every other gender or type of person can read these books or watch the show and see what real love is. They can see they don't have to sell their bodies or give up their boundaries to satisfy another person and that none of that would guarantee being loved, that love is so much more than just physical attraction, that being known and valued for who you are as a person in the current moment is the most important thing.

I want to make this another TedTalk about why I take issue with Kanej being portrayed in fanfics and fanarts as touchy or needing that to show they've healed or that their relationship is valid, but I'll keep this one focused on the positives so I don't get all the aphobes and haters clogging up my notifs ◉⁠‿⁠◉

#grishaverse #six of crows #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #dirtyhands #the bastard of the barrel #the wraith #kanej #kaz x inej #kaz and inej #kaz brekker x inej ghafa #kaz brekker and inej ghafa #kanej thoughts #kanej post

[19burstraat]

I like to think that part of the reason Inej is drawn to Kaz is because he's such a damn performer... I feel like it's easy to forget it bc her job in the Dregs is to go unseen, but Inej was raised in the circus. She performed until she was fourteen, and her tell is still squaring her shoulders like she's performing to an audience. I think it's fun to consider that she likes Kaz exactly because he's a bit of a showman, not in spite of it. That even though he's a conman and a thief and coddles his reputation so hard its difficult to tell where the truth even is, there's still something she finds familiar, or even comforting, in his theatricality and weakness for magic tricks.

#six of crows #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #kanej #my post

[hexgrifa]

more of these but Nina is accidentally in every other one LOL

#text post #inej ghafa #inej #nina zenik #nina #kaz brekker #kaz #jesper fahey #jesper #wylan van eck #wesper #kanej #helnik #Ninej #soc #six of crows #sab #shadow and bone #the crows #the prophecy speaks

[writtenrpfc]

Oops I did it again.

Bonus, bonus, bonus:

#「❃」 text posts #「✺」 grishaverse #six of crows #seis de cuervos #shadow and bone #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #nina zenik #matthias helvar #kanej

[lunarthecorvus]

I've never stopped thinking about this scene

#kaz brekker #jesper fahey #inej ghafa #six of crows #grishaverse #crooked kingdom #soc #kanej #yess i knoe kaz was SO worried as well just a meme #im not sure if ive posted this before

[anonniemousefics]

Like a mad king forcing his court jester to dance until his feet bleed, I once again press play on Shadow and Bone Season 2 Episode 1.

#dance fools #six of crows spin off #shadow and bone season 2 #not a serious post #six of crows #kanej #shadow and bone

[angstydiaz]

“They rushed this they rushed that” with the amount of cancelations netflix does to shows yeah its kinda necessary sometimes dude

It’s definitely not a perfect adaptation but its pretty enjoyable lmao

#you dont have to like the show but pls leave show fans alone lmao #before anyone starts yes ive read the books lmao theyre one of my favs #kanej #wesper #helnik #six of crows #shadow and bone #posts of mine i like

[jazzkrebber]

Joost had three problems, actually. the moon, his mustache, and the fact that his girl was literally about to murder him

#i dont know what im posting anymore #but youre getting my brain dumps anyways #I MISS JOOST AND HIS PROBLEMS #shadow and bone #six of crows #grishaverse #crooked kingdom #ruin and rising #siege and storm #wylan hendriks #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #kanej #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #helnik #matthias helvar #nina zenik #zoya nazyanelsky #nikolai lantsov #zoyalai #malina #malyen oretsev #alina starkov #safyk #genya safin #david kostyk #leigh bardugo #joost van poel

[wiser-girl]

The amount of disdain I have for fics where Percy calls Annabeth “Annie” is only rivalled by the love I have for fics where he calls her “Beth”

#SPECIFICALLY WHEN HE SAYS IT REALLY SOFT LIKE TRYING TO GET HER TO BE VULNERABLE ABOUT SOMETHING OH MY GODDDD #but no I hate Annie so much I have actually dnf’d bc of it #like a one off I hate but I’ll handle it but if it’s CONSTANT? I’m gone #percabeth #pjo #my post #I haven’t even read a Percabeth fic in days I’m literally having a Kanej phase rn why did I even think to post this

[thejudeduarte]

For some reason my brain can't imagine kaz brekker in pajamas. Like, I just can't 😭 he would look so goofy

#anyway #deadly barrel boss in plaid pajamas #LMAO shower thoughts #tbh he doesnt really sleep anyway #kaz brekker #shit post #kazzle dazzle #baz krekker #soc kaz #kaz x inej #soc #ck #six of crows duology #six of crows #the crows #kanej #soc kanej

[wtaffy]

(found) family meeting 😍

Crooked kingdom, chapter 23, page 325

#Six of crows #Crooked kingdom #Found family #Kaz #Inej #Nina #Matthias #Wylan #Jesper #Wesper #Kanej #Helnik #Books #Booklr #Grishaverse #Holy flying ballsack this post is blowing up I-

[magneticflower]

That's basically what happened right

#kanej #netflix shadow and bone #six of crows #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #six of crows as text posts

[19burstraat]

Local couple have amazing hobbies such as 'heist' and 'gossiping like housewives at the weekend market' and 'being last people to know they were in a relationship'

#six of crows #kanej #grishaverse #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #don't say 'but kaz would be a stingy landlord' good lord. he has dignity #my post

[apencilandpen]

i think of you more often than i'd like to admit...

#happy valentines day a day late #category is: ships that make me fucking LOSE IT!!!!!!!!! #2/3 otp challenge #song reference: crow - bears den #kanej #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #six of crows #six of crows fanart #just my two cents #my stuff #my post #digital scrapbook #my art #digital sketchbook #artists on tumblr

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

Once again remembering the Crows canonically did shots before the Ice Court Heist and laughing my head off

#I’m supposed to re-listen to this audiobook to help me sleep but it just makes me post on tumblr more lol #six of crows #grishaverse #crooked kingdom #leigh bardugo #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #matthias helvar #nina zenik #kanej #Wesper #helnik

[swiftie-as-a-coursing-river]

Imagine Six of crows with everything the same but Kaz wears mittens instead of gloves

#this has been in my drafts for weeks #but it was too funny #I sent this to the discord a while back #but had to post here #grishaverse swifties #six of crows #grishaverse #shadow and bone #kaz brekker #kanej #inej ghafa #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #wesper #nina zenik #matthias helvar #crooked kingdom #Helnik