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spencstan · 3 years

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Six of Crows re-read

(i also did this for the shadow and bone trilogy so read that if you want to)

spoiler alert obiously

i'm SO EXCITED FOR THIS this is my comfort book (with crooked kingdom of course)

JOOST HI

oo fun fact this was my first grishaverse book and i read it with no context whatsoever except that the mc is an emo boy and morally grey

so IMAGINE my pure confusion when JOOST appeared

i was like ?????? weird take on morally grey character but ok

joost trying to figure out how to flirt with a girl is a mood

anyone wanna teach us how to???

i kinda wanna skip this part so i can see the crows..

but i won't don't worry

(won't I?

"I think Yuri may be quarantined"

aaaand?

so are we you are not special

i feel like it's very important for me to mention that i read this book in spanish first

and then i got into the fandom and i was like who the fuck is the wraith? i only know El Espectro

Heartender who??? ooo you mean Cardio

Tidemakers? nope, i only know Maremotores

for real i was so confused i had to re-read it in english (not that i mind tho)

say whatever you want about the spanish version but we have to agree that this design is pretty af

another one yay: "Retvenko was a Squaller" vs. "Retvenk era un Impulsor"

(should i also say that in my pfd english version the book is 294 pages long and in my pdf spanish version its 532????) (i think it's because in the english one the speces are way less like the lines are so close together wtf

i've decided that i'm bored so i'll be skiping this chapter

anya is super badass tho

skdgfalsdgfliaysvfascvhjl yesssssss inej

Kaz Brekker didn't need a reason.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

KAZ

INEJ

I MISSED THEM

omg now i can picture amita and freddy SDJGKASKGLASG THIS IS AMAZING

we interrupt our regularly scheduled program to watch the shadow and bone trailer once again to hear freddy's beautiful voice

ok moving on!

now hear me out i'm giving you all permission to make fun of kaz for this one: Dirtyhands = Manos Sucias

hello i am Kaz Manos Sucias. nice to meet you!

AAAAA

AAAAAAAAAA

JESPER FAHEY

JESPER LOVE HI

SJDGHFKAHSGDLAJSDFSJ,AHFLHDSGF

I MISSED HIM OMG

OMG NOW I CAN PICTURE HIM AS KIT

can you tell jesper is one of my favourite characters?

i really love the fact that kaz is pissed about the murder of that ambassador ONLY because he can´t figure out how it happen

he´s such a nerd

i can't believe one of the firts things we hear jesper say is threathen to kill someone by writing "forgive me" with bullets

AND HE CALLS HIS GUNS "BABIES" OMG

picture saying hi baby and wylan thinkin he's talking to him but actually jesper's talking to one of his guns

Jesper rolled his eyes. "It's about sending a message. What's the point of a dead guy with forg written on his chest?."

"Compromise," Kaz said. "I'm sorry does the trick and uses fewer bullets."

ooo thank god we have kaz to come up with creative solutions /j /s

honestly i love how they talk about kaz's cane like it's the scariest weapon ever (which it kind of is)

nothing will ever disappoint me more than finding out that in english their gang name is "the Dregs". like i don't even know for sure what that means

in spanish is "Los Indeseables" (the undesirables?) which sounds a lot more badass

no hate tho i like the dregs

but i was confused af bc i expected it to be sometihng like "the undesirables" or"the unwanted" or whatever

and it said "the dregs"

which in the translator means something like shit or something

anways moving on:

If he'd (kaz) ever been a little boy

i love how lowkey all the crows think he was just born exactly like he is now

imagine a baby kaz all dressed in black and threatening people

cute

"No mourners," Jesper said as he tossed his rifle to Rotty

"No funerals," the rest of the Dregs murmured in reply. Among them, it passed for "good luck".

YES

YESSS

i wonder what wylan's doing right now :))

i can't wait for the next book where he has a pov

the first time i read this book i literally looked at the title of every chapter to see if he ever got one (i was disappointed to say the least :((((

Besides, she was the Wraith - the only law that applied to her was gravity, and some days she defied that, too.

ma'am

marry me please

i'm gonna cry so hard once the show is out and we get to see inej omg

me simp

That Kaz had chosen Jesper to be one of his seconds was no surprise. Twitchy as Jepser was, with or without his revolvers, he was at his best in a fight, and she knew he'd do anything for Kaz.

idk why but i just love it every time kaz implies or shows that he cares or trusts jesper

it makes me soft

But every one of Inej's senses told her that was not how this was going to play out. Her father would have said the shadows were about their business tonight. Something bad was going to happen here.

underrated saying from Inej's father right there

"I'm a business man," he told her."No more, no less"

"You're a thief, Kaz."

"Isn't that what I just said?"

i see no lies here

not to be annoying but i hc jesper as adhd (i mean is pretty much as canon as wylan's dyslexia) so i'm gonna write here every time i see evidence :)

jesper with adhd part 1: impulsivity

Jesper snorted. "Stomach, spine. What's next, spleen?"

"Shut it" Oomen snarled. The rules of parley dictated that only the lieutenants could speak once negotiations had begun. Jesper mouthed "sorry" and elaboratedly pantomimed locking his lips shut.

he know he couldn't speak but couldn't stop himself from making a comment (i relate way too much to that lmao)

hoestly poor jesper he had to watch hid friend get shot and kaz do nothing about it

i would've been mad too

"I like it when men beg," she said. "But this isn't the time for it"

KAHGFAHLGSFGASFLGSAFS

this is one of the best quotes in the book by far

YASSS KAZ POV

Kaz could have tol Jesper that he knew he wasn't dirty, reminded him that he'd trusted him eough to make him his only real second in a fight that could have gone badly wrong tonight.

cute

but kaz is petty af

he didn't even have a reason not to tell jesper that!

i love that kaz knows inej is following him but doesn't say anything because he wants to wait until she's ready

i LOVE the scene where kaz in in the van eck mantion /srs

idk why but it's so good

And, of course, there was the mystery of Van Eck's son.

wonder what that could be!!! /s

He grinned at her (...)

"Hmm." she said noncommittally, pretending to examine one of her knives, determined to ignore that grin.

KANEJ YESS

HE'S BASICALLY SHOWERING IN FRONT OF HER OMG

this is so funny poor inej is getting flustered

"And I'll need Wylan waiting at the Crow Club tomorrow night."

YES WYLAN OMG

One minute he made her blush and the next he made her want to commit murder

happens to the best of us :/

"Please, my darling Inej. treasure of my heart won't you do me the honor of acquiring me a new hat?"

if kaz doesn't say this on the show we riot

agreed?

it's so amazing how nina found a way to use her powers to get money instead of having to like steal and murder like the rest in the gang

NINA'S POV YESSS HIII

nina and inej omg

their friendship is just perfect

POOR MATTHIAS HE HAS TO FIGHT THE WOLVES

i would straight up cry

Matthias was dreaming again. Dreaming of her

i'm gonna cry damn it

this is the enemies-to-lovers we all needed

jesper has adhd part 2:

"Jesper was supposed to wait until three bells." said the pale boy

"It is three bells, Kaz." replied a small girl (...)

"Since when is Jesper punctual?" the boy complained with a glance at his watch

the time blindness come one

(btw i love the fact that kaz plans around jesper's time blindness instead of like threatening him to be on time)

i really love how every one feels the need to take the time to say/think that the masks are ugly

its so unnecessary lmao

yessss inej is a badass that kills monster we stan

and matthias is lowkey impressed lmao

as he should

"Thank you, Jesper," said Nina

"You're very welcome, gorgeous. See, Kaz? That's how the civilised folk do"

THESE TWO OMG

JESPER IS THE LOML

INEJ OMG LOOK:

She stepped aside as if she's known he was coming, languidly hooking her heel behind his ankle. Matthias let out a loud grunt as he landed on the stones

(...) "Clumsy, this one," the bronze girl said impassively.

that's what happen when you underestimate her bitch

AAAAAAA

PEOPLE

TIME TO FREAK OUT

WYLAN IS HERE

AND HE'S DOODLING STOP IT'S SO CUTE

ok jesper has adhd part 3 i think:

"Just how crazy is he?" asked Jesper, fingers drumming on the pearl handles of his revolvers.

ok first of all: stimming

second of all: hyperactivity

i rest my case

ok 2 or 3 things here

"I believe you know Nina," Brekker continued. "The lovely girl freeing you is Inej. (...) and this is Wylan, the best demolitions expert in the Barrel"

"Raske is better," Inej said

The boy looked up, ruddy gold hair flopping in his eyes, and spoke for the first time. "He's not better. He's reckless"

"He knows his trade"

"So do I"

ok 1: kaz calling inej lovely omg kanej

2: YES WYLAN STANDING UP FOR HIMSELF

2.5: kaz calling him the best cute af

3: honestly why do people think wylan is like an innocent soft boy or whatever. he's in a room full of murderers and thieves and the first thing he does is correct them and stand up for himself

like i wish i could do that

i would be crying like a bitch

AAAAAAAA

"Meet Wylan Van Eck"

KHDSGFALSGFIASGFAL

HI WYLAN BABY

YESSS JESPER'S POV NOW

I'M SO HAPPY also look at this it's the first thing in his pov

Jesper stared at Wylan

do i sense some wesper?????

ok everyone is being so mean to him right now

they are aclling him useless and an idiot and other shit

poor boy honestly he had to deal with this + taking part of a heist he is definetly not ready for + he has to hide the fact that he can't write or read

it so distrubing that kaz is literally the nicest one to wylan right now

"See that? Hidden depths." (...)"He's good enough at demo, and he's got a fine hand for sketching, thanks to all those pricey tutors."

(...)

"There you have it," Kaz said to Jesper. "Marketable skills. Wylan is watching you, Helvar"

GET READY

ARE Y'ALL READY?

OK THEN:

"Scheming face," Jesper whispered to Inej.

She nodded. "Definetly."

THEIR FRIENDSHIP OMG

AND THIS QUOTE

I NEED IT ON THE SHOW THEY BETTER GIVE IT TO US

"Who's Mark" damn wylan (but pretty good comeback to jesper tho)

"What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?

"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.

"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.

"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.

"You're all horrible," said Matthias.

tag yourself i'm jesper

KJSFGAL kaz just told wylan to tell him everything he know about his dad's company

and he said he doesn't know and kaz was like "and you never looked trough his documents????

AND THEN HE GOT SAD AND SAID HE HADN'T (and kaz believed him this is sad)

AND NOW JESPER CALLED HIIM USELESS

ok you know i love you jes but if you keep this up

idk i can't do anything you're a sharpshooter

but stiiiiiil

LMAO MATTHIAS ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE COULD BEAT KAZ

nice try

demjin

*insert spongebob voice* demjin

WE'RE GONNA TAKE A MOMENT NOW TO APPRECIATE INEJ GAHFA

BECAUSE KAZ DOESN'T

The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.

*ugly crying*

Many boys will bring you flowers. But some day you'll meet a boy who will learn your favourite flower, your favourite song, your favourite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.

*uglier crying*

TANTE HELLEN IF YOU DON'T GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE

SOMEONE PLEASE STAB HER FOR ME

jesper has adhd part ?? (i have dyscalculia you can't expect me to remember the number):

That sound - the swift, shocking report of gunfire - called the scattered, irascible, permanently seeking part of his mind into focus like nothing else.

do i really need to explain this?

ok just in case.. an adhd brain doesn't actually have a deficit of attention(the name just sucks) it's problem with controling that attention. the brain is always looking for new sources of dopamine which is why it shifts its focus so much

i love that jes thinks of matthias as "tha giant"

like sir

have you seen yourself?

you're tall af

HE GOT SHOT

WHY DID I FORGET JESPER GETS SHOT IN THE LEG HERE

"Close your eyes!"

"You can't kiss me from down there, Wylan"

"Just do it!"

i love the energy BUT NOW IT'S NOT THE TIME JES

YESS WYLAN SHOW THEM THEY WERE WRONG CALLING YOU USELESS

inej just stabed some guy int the d

good for her!

KAZ YESSSS HI

AWWW SHE'S WORRIED HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS CANE

KANEJ FOR LIFE

oh no wylan got shot too???? (just barely but stilllll por baby)

my Wraith omggg

ok 3 things about this:

Without another word, he tipped Oomen into the sea.

"No!" Wylan shouted, leaning over the railing, his face pale, stunned eyes tracking Oomen in the waves. (...)

Jesper set his hand on Wylan's shoulder. "Let it go."

"It's not right-"

"Wylan," Jesper said, giving him a little shake."Maybe your tutors didn't cover this lesson, but you do not argue with a man covered in blook and a knife up his sleeve"

1. wesper yasssss

2. wylan just argued with a mant hat had just tacken the eye out of someone. he literally called him out for being an asshole. like damn wylan is brave af i love him

3. do you think seeing kaz trow the guy out of the boat reminded wylan of when the same thing happened to him???? this makes me sad

he's brave and a good person and i just-

"Man with a knife, remember?" he said over his shoulder.

"Man with a gun!" Jesper called after him

this had no right being so funny

AND THEN KAZ GAVE HIM THE MIDDLE FINGER STOP I CAN'T

nina is the biggest kanej shiper no one can tell me i'm wrong

unrelated but if jesper had gone to the Little Palace and had studied there with nina they 100% would've had a crush on Zoya and bonded over it

like you can't tell me those two bisexual disaster wouldn't be absolutely in love with Zoya

jesper has adhd part ??:

Jesper scrubbed the back of his neck, touched his hands to his gunds, returned to his neck. He always seemed to be in motions

hyperactivity right there

and restlessness

"Do you know the best way to find Grisha who don't want to be found?" (...)

"Seems to be if they don't want to be found, you should just let them be" (jesper says this)

this conversation must be so stressful to him omg

LMAO JESPER CUT MATTHIAS HAIR THIS IS SO FUNNY

AND HE SHAVED HIM

ok you all know i love all of them but they can be sooo stupid

like wylan wrote no names on the drawing and he's excuse is that he doesn't know fjerdan?

AND THAT'S NOT EVEN TRUE he literally said he learned school fjerdan which means he should know how to write it too (we know why he can't but the tohers don't)

and even then like the excuse doesn't make any sense. why would having the original name be usefull if no one can fucking read it????

the worst part tho? NO ONE QUESTIONED HIM

THEY WERE LIKE "yup makes sense" AND WENT ON WITH THEIR DAY

i wondered how they didn't figure wylan's secret sooner but now i now

it's because theya re idiots

"I'm just doing my job. Stop glaring at me"

wylan baby let's not make the gigant mad

Jesper knocked his head against the hull and cast his eyes heavenward. "Fine. But if Pekka Rollins kills us all, I'm going to get Wylan's ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I can annoy the hell out of your ghost."

Brekker's lips quirked. "I'll just hire Matthias ghost to kick your ghost's ass."

"My ghost won't associate with your ghost," Matthias said primply, and then wondered if the sea air was rotting his brain.

i had to put this here i don't want to get murdered by the fandom

jesper, inej and nina have the BEST friendship

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE JES AND INEJ TOGETHER ON NETFLIX

"I know some people don't understand, but Kaz told me ... he said it was my choice, that he wouldn't be the one to mark me again."

i love this because it happen when they had just met

he did it because he understands her trauma and he respects her not because he loves her (i doubt he did at the time)

Kaz had been impressed with the sketches. (...)

"Just learn to take a compliment. Kaz doesn't hand them out often."

I'M SO PROUD OF WYLAN

and yess kaz only compliments wylan (and inej but that's sarcastic so it doesn't count) because he's a proud dad

"And you don't belong here, either."

"I beg your pardon, merchiling?"

"We don't need a sharpshooter for Kaz's plan, so what's your job - other than stalking around making everyone angsty?"

He shrugged. "Kaz trusts me."

Wylan snorted and picked up his pen. "Sure about that?"

DAMN WYLAN DESTROYED HIM

also

"If you aren't born with every advantage, you learn to take your chances."

"I wasn't-" Wylan left off and set down his pen. (...)

aww cute neurodivergent boyfriends bonding

Wylan had turned back to his work, his disappointment obvious. For some reason, Jesper felt disappointed, too.

ajgflasjgfjagslfiuusgflgdfsgdflasdgfsd

wesper

aww jes checks on inej every morning and every night i love him

"Thank you for keeping me in this world when fate seemed determined to drag me to the next. I owe you a life debt."

Nina blushed deeply. "I was teasing, Inej"

LJFGALKGFALGA another cute friendship right there

(and i can see why people ship them romantically)

STOP INEJ AND JES ARE BONDING SO MUCH (page 127 so i can go back and read it lmao)

Van Eck writes to Wylan every week, and Wylan doesn't even open the letters

"They just said the same thing again and again: If you're reading this, the you know how much I wish to have you home. Or I pray that you read these words and think of all you've left behind."

should i kill him? anyone want to join me?

Inej bumped her shoulder against his."Then at least we're both the same kind of stupid." (...)

"You're too good for him, you know?"

"I know. So are you"

jes and her bonding over their stupid crush on a white boy

Because I've been looking for an excuse to talk to you for two days.

jfsfdajdhmgkfutdjrgsg ok i can't blame them for having a crush on him anymore

this chapter is full of kanej i love it

"What do you want, then"

You, Inej. You forever.

jksdgfoagsdfgsdgfklasgdflaghsldfgksdgfkahgsdfghjlkf

kaz's backstory makes me sad

"When we get our money, you can burn kruge to keep you warm," said Kaz. (...)

"I´m gonna pay someone to burn my kruge for me."

Kaz fell into step beside him. "Why don't you pay someone else to pay someone to burn your kruge for you? That's what big players do."

"You know what the really big bosses do? They pay someone to pay someone ...". Their voices trailed off as they tomped ahead, and Matthias and the others followed.

JES AND KAZ HAVE THE BEST CONVERSATIONS

i can't believe we get to see nina and matthias meet and their whole backstory in less than a month omg

"It's not natural for women to fight."

"It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand."

QUEEN

YOU TELL HIM

oh no the dead grisha

this part breaks my heart every time

"Do you have a different name for killing when you wear a uniform to do it?"

.....i'm just gonna leave this quote right here

anyways acab

stop nina tried to kill the survivor so they wouldn't suffer but she couldn't do it

and jesper did it for her without hesitation i wanna cry

and inej didn't want to do it either i want to hug them

"Because our crime is existing. Our crime is what we are"

..........

i'm gonna leave this here again

do with it what you will

"Don't mock what you don't understand."

"My mockery offends you? My people would welcome you laughter in place of this barbarity"

i- this conversation is so important

AAAAA JES AND WY ARE A GREAT TEAM I LOVE THEM

WYLAN TROWS BOMBS TOGIVE JESPER TIME TO GET READY TO SHOOT

INEJ AND KAZ ARE A GREAT TEAM TOO

THEY LITERALLY DID THE SCENE LIKE IN THE AVENGERS (but without the shield WHICH MAKES IT BETTER)

Jesper shouldered his rifle. "Wylan earned his keep."

Wylan gave a little jump at the sound of his name. "I did?"

YES BABY YOU DID GREAT

kaz getting self-conscious for his hair is pure comedy

but nina how can you say that have you see his hair on the show???? it's perfect

"Remeber our friend Mark?"

HELP I CAN'T

"Any other impossible feats you'd like us to accomplish?"

The bearest smile flikered over Kaz's lips. "I'll make you a list."

once again jesper and kaz being besties

unrelated but nikolai and jesper would love each other

the amount of sass they have between them it's unparalleled

"Mmm," Inej murmured, taking a sip from her mug. "Maybe you're just not enough."

DAMN

ma'am marry me please

kaz fainted damn poor boy

unrelated unce again but this is so much betetr than shadow and bone

like you can tell leigh improved so much

her characters are better and their arcs are better developed

the writing itself it's better

or maybe i'm just biased because i love soc so much but i think she definetly improved

INEJ IS TRYING TO GIVE HIM SPACE EVEN WHEN SHE'S TRAPPED AND LOCKED ON THE WAGON

I JUST - THEY KNOW EACH OTHER SO MUCH

Though he'd trusted her with his life countless times, it felt much more frightening to trust her with his shame.

Inej had once offered to teach him how to fall. "The trick is not getting knocked down," he'd told her with a laugh. "No, Kaz," she's said, "the trick is in getting back up"

inej is smart af

Kaz was usually unshakeable during a job, but now he was on edge, and Jesper didn't know why. Part of him wanted to ask, though he knew that was the stupid part, the hopeful farmboy who picked the worst possible person to care about, who searched for signs in things that he knew deep down meant nothing - when kaz chose him for a job, when Kaz played along with one of his jokes. He could have kicked himself. He's finally seen the infamous Kaz Brekker without a stich of clothing, and he'd been too worried about ending up on a pike to pay proper attention.

ok i got a couple of things to say about this part

first of all it makes me so sad that jes cares so much for someone who dosn't deserve him. because no hate to kaz but they would never work as a couple and kaz already treats him like shit most of the time

i think this part shows who a lot about who jesper really is. a boy that grew up having to hide parts of himself, who thinks he's worth nothing but it's smart and capable, who's loyal and brave and caring but doesn't even know it himself. he's someone who feels he doesn't deserve good things and thinks he's not good enough, and that's why he unds up in all the wrong places with the wrong people. he left uni bc he fell in with the gangs, because he didn't think he was smart enough or even prepared to be in studying in the university. jesper is constantly hiding behind a mask or running from things because he's scared of not being enough

an kaz is everything jes in a way wishes he could be. kaz is secure in himself (at least on the outside), he's stable, he's smart, he's "unshakeable". and most of all, he doesn't care about others (we know that's not true but that's how he presents himself)

and that's the thing that causes jesper all his problems. because he's insecure because he thinks he's not good enough for the poeple or things he cares about. and he's always trying to do what's best for his loved ones: he went to the ice court to pay his debt for his father, he follows kaz everywhere beacause he cares about him, he offered to read to wylan (knowing it wouldn't be easy for him to be still that long).

and yeah it often doesn't work out becuase he's messy and he has problems but he tries. and he hates that. he hates that he cares so much about people because at the end of the day, that's what makes him feel like he's not good enough

one more thing and i'm done i promise

unpopular opinion but i love that leigh made jesper have a crush on kaz. 1 beacuse it's refreshing to see someone not get otgether with his first crush. and 2 because i love that it shows that we sometimes get attached to people that are not good for us, but that we can learn to move on. jesper ended with wylan who respects him and values him, unlike kaz

ok i'm sorry that was probably all bs

oo one more thing, jesper definetly has rsd (rejection sensitive disphoria), which is something most poeple with adhd have

"My father used to take me everywhere with him"

this is so sad. bc they probably had a good relationship when he was little. and then they figured he coudln't read and now his father treats him like shit

it's even worse than if he haf been horrible from the beginning because wylan knows he can be a good father. and so he thinks it's his fault and he deserves to be treated like that. i hate van eck

"You're cuter when you're smart"

(...)

"Definitely cuter when you're smart"

wesper yesssss

i love them so much

ok but why do people think jesper is stupid. like the boy just made a bunch of criminals pass out by mixing some chemicals

and he was going to the university at like 15

AAAAND NOW THEY KNOW HE'S A FABRIKATOR

amazing plot twist

also:

Wylan coughed. Flirting with him might actually be more fun that annoying him, but it was a close call.

oooo come on jesper we all know you just love getitng him to blush

and you love him

who said that? definitely not me, nope

awwww jesper misses being around animals that's cute

imagine him coming home to wylan one day with a puppy because he just couldn't resist

cute

Better terrible truths than kind lies

just leaving here more of inej's wisdom

ok this may be a reach but jesper has adhd part ???

Yellow Protocol? Red Protocol? He couldn't remember which was which. (...)

"The alarm was Yellow Protocol, a sector disturbance."

Jesper pushed at his temples. "I don't remember what that means"

a bad working memory? sounds familiar

kaz loves puzzles

it's canon

"I love puzzles. Trickery is just my native tongue."

this part where wylan and jesper see the banner made with grisha's kefta kills me every time

I would have worn purple, Jesper thought, if I'd joined the Second Army. (...) He'd beenwilling, even eager to risk capture and execution as a thief and hired gun. Why was it worse to think about being hunted as a Grisha?

this makes me want to cry so much

another thing super sad: the fact that since his father is Kaelish and had some supersititons towards grisha, jesper grew up wondering if his own father was scared of him. he had to hide his powers and he was almost taught to be afraid of them

"Is it safe to leave them, you know-"

"Alive? I'm not big on killing unconscious men."

"We could wake them up"

WYLAN

damn the boy needs therapy

it's amazing how nothing went like they planned

not a single thing

PEOPLE GET READY

ARE YOU READY?

NEITHER AM I BUT WHO CARES

"What do you like?"

"Music. Numbers. Equations. They are not like words. They...they don't get mixed up."

ok dude the clues are right there he's basically saying it

"If only you could talk to girls in equations."

There was a long silence, and then, eyes trained on the notch they'd created in the link, Wylan said, "Just girls?"

Jesper restrained a grin. "No. Not just girls." It really was a shame they were all probably going to die tonight.

wylan really said a straight man?? couldn't be me

this is the definition of bi panic "jesper restrained a grin" bitch we saw that

btw i love the slow burn

like they hint something here but they don't actually start liking each other until much later and they don't get together until almost the end of ck

i also love that the fact that they both like guys is like out in the open now. bc i'm not a fan of when queer characters have a crush and there's the whole thing of "are they queer too or not?"

like they both know htey are queer. but they don't get together right away bc they have to start liking each other before. they don't get together bc they are the only queer mlm characters

matthias fake betrayal killed me

i tought it was real

I have been made to protect you. Only in death will I be kept fom this oath.

this is just-

also foreshadowing?

YAYY KUWEI HI

There was no part of him that was not broken, that had not healed wrong, and there was no part of him that was not stronger for having been broken.

She's laughed, and if he could have bottled the sound and got drunk on it every night, he would have. It terrified him.

if i ever have a s/o and they don't tell me this at least once i don't want it

He needed to tell her... what? That she was lovely and brave and better than anything he deserved. That he was twisted, crooked, wrong, but not so broken that he couldn't pull himslef together into some smeblance of a man for her

THIS

THIS IS LOVE RIGHT THERE

they are the only straight couple that matters

everyone else go home

Wylan had scratches all over his cheeks and neck. He was beaming. Inej grabbed his hands and sqeezed.

so cute omg

"You can explain why our illustrious Shu scientist looks like one of Wylan's school pals along the way"

KAZ

i mean it's true but you didn't have to say it

KAZ IS SMILING OMG

EVERYONE FREAK OUT WITH ME

HE'S "grinning like and idiot" STOP I LOVE HIM

"We are all someone's mosnter, Nina"

"I will have you without armour, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all"

this part breaks my heart and i love it

"Stay," she oanted. Tears leaked from her eyes. "Stay till the end"

"And after," he said. "And always."

i just- helnik is perfect

AWWW JESPER MISSES WYLAN

my daily dosis of wesper :)

ok but in like 2 pages jesper tought of wylan like 10 times bc he's sad wy isn't with him

Jesper scanned the empty deck. He's assumed Wylan would come up to see them off. (...)

Jesper knew he was being selfish and stupid, but some petty part of him wondered if Wylan had deliberately kept away from him on the journey back. Maybe now that the job was complete and he was on his way to his share of the haul, Wylan was done slumming with criminals.

*charles boyle's insinuating voice* and why do you care so much???

btw YOU ARE WRONG. HE'S LITERALLY GOING OUT OF HIS WAY TO BE WITH YOU EVEN THOUGH HE CAN'T SPEAK

this scene where we find out the truth about wylan hurts so much but it's one of my favourites idk why

I LOVE THAT EVERYONE IS AS MAD AS I AM ABOUT THE LETTERS NOW

"Your're a fool," Jesper snarled. "He smarter than most of us put together, and he deserves a better father than you."

YES TELL HIM

the fact that wylan just heard him say that omg

"Deserved" amended Van Eck. He blew the whislte twice.

SOMEONE BETTER GRAB ME BEFORE I KILL HIM MYSLEF

THAT IDIOT

I HATE HIM SO MUCH

I'M GONNA CRY CAN SOMEONE KILL HIM FOR ME

Jesper screamed in rage and raised his guns.

YES EXACLTY WHAT I MEANT

JUST KILL HIM RIGHT NOW

"I'm not big on bludding, am I Inej?"

"Not as a rule"

Van Eck's lip curled. "And why is that?"

"Because he'd rather cheat," said the boy who was not Kuwei Yul-Bo in perfect, unaccented Kerch.

THIS WAS PERFECT

THE BEST WAY TO REVEAL THAT

(...), and Jesper flinched

baby he recognized wylan's voice

The Shu boy held out a hand. "Pay up, Kaz"

BITCH THIS IS AMAZING

THIS BOY MADE A BET WITH A CRIMINAL THAT HIS OWN FATHER WAS GOING TO TRY TO KILL HIM

AND HE WON THE BET

A nearly perfect replica of Kuwei Yul-Bo stood before them, but he had Wylan's voice, his mannerisms, and - though Kaz could see the fear and hurt in his golden eyes - Wylan's surprising courage, too.

i love it when they compliment him

my boy deserves all the compliments ever

AND KAZ IS PROUD OF HIS SON WE ALL KNOW THIS

Wylan cuold draw a perfectt elevation. He's made a drill that could cut throu Grisha glass from parts of a gate and scavenged bits of jewellery. So what if he couldn't read

this is taking me to some real places

i may cry you've been warned

WYLAN DIDN'T CARE THAT HE MAY BE STUCKED LOOKING LIKE KUWEI

this is making me cry

"A fool would have been waiting to be smashed to bits on that ship. And as for "traitor", you've called me worse in the last few minutes alone."

EXACTLY

YOU TELL HIM WYLAN

Instead, in that moment of threat, when he should have thought only of the fight, he looked at Inej.

BABY

i would've done the same tho she's pretty

amita is sooo pretty i'm gonna die when the show comes out

Jesper was staring at Wylan, his eyes roving over the black hair, the golden eyes. "Why?" he said at last. "Why would you do this?"

nothing to say here except: wesper

You... how many times was it you standing beside me on the deck at night when I tought it was Kuwei?"

"Every time."

i want to cry so bad

"Why does it matter?"

"I don't know!" Jesper said angrily. "Maybe I liked your stupid face."

a very staright and platonic thing to say of course

i know jes we all liked his stupid face

"Jesper made a mistake," said Wylan. "A stupid mistake, but he didn't set out to betray anyone."

YES WYLAN DEFEND YOUR BOYFRIEND

And maybe he'd kept him in the dark about Wyllan because he wanted to punish him a little

even kaz know they like each other come on

Jesper sat with elbows on knees, head in hands. Wylan deside him wearing th face of a stranger.

wylan give him a hug fro me please

he needs it

"Scheming face," murmured Jesper.

"Definitely," agreed Wylan.

i miss inej already

And I'm going to get my girl. Inej could never be his, not really, but he would find a way to give her the freedom he´d promised her so long ago.

i'm ugly crying and so what?

and now we're done....

i want to read this book again omg this is unhealthy

#shadow and bone #s&b #six of crows #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #kaz brekker #grishaverse #inej gahfa #matthias helvar #nina zenik #freddy carter #kit young #amita suman #soc #helnik #kanej #wesper

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27. favourite national celebrity? 16. which stereotype about your country you hate the most and which one you somewhat agree with?

oh, I didn't think they would ask me something so fast 😅 xDDD I don't know if this counts, but I think it's important to mention that although I live in Chile my parents are Peruvian, so the answers are probably mixed between the two countries xD

27) Favorite national celebrity: As I am not very aware of the entertainment world, I think that here the groups or people of whom I know 2-3 songs or something like that could enter 😅 and those would be:

*From Chile: The folkloric, Andean and Latin American rhythms groups

Los Jaivas, canción Mira Niñita song Look little girl sub english Todos Juntos song All together sub english Todos juntos full hd xd Sube a nacer conmigo hermano sub english

Inti Illimani, Samba Landó I did not find a video with the lyrics, but I did find a web page that translated it (I hope it is ok) Sirviñaco I did not find the lyrics in English, but in the comments it is in Spanish and it is about a young man proposing to a young woman that they marry Carnavalito de la Quebrada de Humahuaca (popular Argentine)

Illapu Paloma Ausente the lyrics are by Violeta Parra, but Illapu sings it xd Lejos del Amor Far away from love Surviving /Sobreviviendo lyrics in english "Vuelvo para vivir" (I'm coming back to stay) (I feel that this song needs context xd from 1973-1990 in Chile there was a dictatorship where these groups were exiled due to political differences and when the dictatorship ended and they were able to return, Illapu wrote this song. The song Sobreviviendo I think was not written by someone from the group, but it was written during the dictatorship)

and Violeta Parra (who is famous for collecting and disseminating Chilean folk music and representing things like that in hers songs) Run Run se fue pal norte lyrics in english La jardinera/ The gardener lyrics english Volver a los 17 Returning to seventeen sub english in youtube Rin del angelito/ Rin of the little angel (rin is a musical genre from an island in southern Chile. In the song Angelito is a child who has died very young, Violeta wrote the song when her baby died and in this video there are scenes from that moment in a movie about her life. I say it in case someone is affected )

Thanks to life Gracias a la Vida (is her most famous song and one of the last he wrote before her death)

As a curious fact, I can say that all of them were more or less contemporary during the time called New Chilean Song in the 60-70s that sought to recover folk music and was also combined with rhythms and instruments from other countries on the continent.

*From Peru: Group 5 which is a cumbia group, and I just discovered that it is practically the same age as my dad xd Motor y motivo/ my life’s mission song Que levante la mano

Yma Sumac who was a well-known soprano and has a star on the walk of fame. She was famous for her very high voice, she said that she had learned to sing like this by imitating birds singing as a child her duet with flute Interview

Gastón Acurio who is a chef and promoter of Peruvian gastronomy, as far as I know he is one of the greatest ambassadors of Peruvian gastronomy (I don't always pay attention to everything his recipes say, but I do take some advice xD)

Juan Diego Flores: He is a light tenor that according to the internet is one of the best tenors on the current scene Ojos Azules / Valicha

he singing the National Anthem

Juan Diego Flórez: What happens when an opera star goes onstage?

Apart from them, I need to make an honorable mention to Los Kjarkas (Saya San Andrés my favourite song xd saya is a bolivian dance), one of the most important groups in Andean music. The group is Bolivian, so technically I shouldn't mention them, but for me they are celebrities and they are the only group that I follow on facebook and of whom I have wanted to go to a concert xd

16) Stereotypes: I haven't seen this on my internet for so long that I probably mention outdated things, sorry From Chile: I remember there was a moment on Facebook where a couple of memes came out about how in Chile people were retarded and ate dogs. I do not know how widespread it was, I did not see much of it, but more than annoying me, it puzzled me because I did not know where that could have come from although a while ago I had a hypothesis about the matter of dogs. 🤔

meme on the matter and incidentally shows the myth that Peru eats pigeons

The best known among South Americans of all is that the accent and the way of speaking of Chileans is unintelligible to other Spanish speakers and that in Chile Spanish is spoken very badly xD Looking around, I saw that apparently so much is the case that in 2015 a Chilean linguist wrote a book about how Spanish was not badly spoken in Chile, it was only spoken differently xd According to me, the origin of this is that in Chile people tend to speak faster than everyone else, combined with the jargons that seem to be very different from those in other countries. I think I agree with this moderately, because there are people who speak quite fast, interrelated and / or it is difficult to understand the expressions they use, but it is not unintelligible as the meme says (in fact, I have a friend who speaks slowly, and even the Chileans themselves drew attention xd) and I can understand my teachers and classmates most of the time

meme about Spain laughing at France because most of their former territories don't speak their language, while the former territories of Spain learned their language ... or almost all of them xd And something I forgot to say, apparently it is quite distinctive that in Chile "asjkssjaskka" laughs while others laugh "jajaja" apparently xD

From Peru: I think the best known is still the one that Peruvians eat pigeons. As I read once years ago on Facebook (high scientific rigor xd 😅) the myth arose in Chile when in a certain place in the capital where many Peruvians came to live, the pigeons that had always been there began to disappear. From what I remember, sometimes the meme is shown as if the pigeon were the flag dish of Peru and that you cannot live without it, but it is a lie xd I know it is eaten, my mother at least ate pigeon with noodles and she told me that were raised to eat (and in fact he told me that it was possible that there really were people who had hunted in the plaza at some time 😅), and I also saw Gastón Acurio prepare pigeon ocopa (ocopa is like a cream and is eaten with rice, potato and lettuce). However, the case of Gastón Acurio was that he was preparing forgotten recipes from a 1950 cookbook, so I highly doubt that many people prepare it and it is definitely not very representative (there are much more widespread and famous dishes). About the noodles, it may be prepared, but it is much more common to see the chicken noodle. Anyway, it does not seem very serious considering that there are other places where you eat or ate pigeon cake xd

It is also that Peru claims everything as its own, but it is more because of a fight it has with Chile over whether the pisco sour (a drink with lemon) is Peruvian or Chilean and something similar happens with ceviche. Anyway it is exaggerated and I think that most people on both sides do not really care about the matter xD

Peru meme claiming things like yours

Chile and Peru fight for pisco sour. "wn" can mean from friend to idiot depending on the context and is one the best know chilean slang xd

Anyway, it is a meme that is almost always taken with humor (or at least I do) xd 😅

I guess that's it, I'm sorry I literally answered you almost a month later and I'm also very sorry for how long the answer is, at first it was hard for me to write something and suddenly I ended up with this xd 😅

#This question literally came a day after I published the ask set #on April 19 #I am very sorry for the delay #I'm not from the US #sorry it's too long I went from 0 to 100 xd #take care a lot xd

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bitchsexuality · 4 years

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i need to scream into the void for a bit so vent post under the cut

my mom is obsessed with me getting a job which like. i DO understand why and i AM trying to find something long-term that i can handle without having Psychotic Breakdown #234928

well. ok i mean technically she’s obsessed with me studying, not just getting any random job, because... honestly as much as i love her i know that she’s trying to live through me in a way and she has lots of frustrated dreams. and i guess she kind of wants to make sure that doesn’t happen to me too but mostly she just wants to see me as an investment that paid off so that her mistakes don’t seem as bad to her in retrospect

i’m not projecting or assuming there, that is 100% what is happening. and it’s been happening for a long LONG time. like when i graduated high school after dropping out because of Psychotic Breakdown #5 (The Big One!) she said that it was all thanks to her because i wouldn’t have made the effort if she hadn’t pressured/encouraged me to which is. absolutely false, dumb as shit and frankly insulting lmao

Anyway. she’s constantly telling me to find something i love to study so i can get a job i love! and be emotionally fulfilled and feel like i have a purpose! or whatever! but the problem is (i’m gonna make a list it’s easier for me):

- there are only like. four things i consistently enjoy. and that’s rounding up

- if one of those things goes from “thing that i like/that distracts me and relaxes me” to “thing that i have to do every day because my life depends on it” then it’s going to stop being something i enjoy really fucking fast, so in the end doing something i don’t particularly like would be BETTER for me because the end result would be pretty much the same BUT i wouldn’t lose one of the At Best Four Things I Enjoy

- probably repeating myself here but it’s important to note that literally i can NOT think of anything less emotionally fulfilling for me than a job. not saying that’s an universal thing of course but the like, structure and feeling of dependency that come with a job would absolutely ruin everything else for me no matter how good it is/seems

- studying is hell for me because the academic environment and all the pressure + obligations involved fuck me up VERY BADLY so even if i found something i love (but not too much) it’d take me like... 7 years to get a degree depending on how long the major is supposed to be for people who don’t regularly have Big Bitch Breakdowns

i probably fucked up the order in which these should be but whatever. the point is that i am NOT going to find my ~vocational calling~ because i probably do not even HAVE a ~vocational calling~. and studying some random thing for the sake of making my mom happy would genuinely just be a waste of time and maybe not lead anywhere because. y’know. a degree does not guarantee a job. so whatever

kinda lost where i was going with this at first but i needed to rant and i’m getting there now. because what finally made me go “ok i’ve had enough i need to write a weird journal on tumblr dot org now” is that she’s currently obsessed with me studying programming. of all fucking things.

like the thing is that whenever i talk to her about my hobbies she’s like “OH THIS COULD BE YOUR JOB STUDY THIS”. and she knows that i a) like videogames, b) would VERY MUCH prefer to work from home, because c) going outside on a regular basis usually makes me uncomfortable and d) my #1 favorite activity is staying in the same spot (often a chair) all day

so for her the very obvious logic there is some kind of youtube recommendation reach of “you like videogames so you will like programming, which is used to make videogames”. and also “you’re good with languages so you’ll be good at programming because uhh Programming Language???” (and completely ignores the part where i keep telling her that i’m not good with languages, i just speak english fluently because i do everything in english so it sticks, and even that just started out of necessity because i fucking refused to play videogames with spanish-from-spain aka Worst Spanish translations/voiceovers, and i’m pretty sure that if i tried to do the same with Programming Language??? it’d either be impossible or give me a migraine because i’m 95% sure you’re not supposed to play videogames by just like. looking at the code).

and HERE IS THE PART THAT I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SAY FOR LIKE 11 PARAGRAPHS NOW I LOST COUNT: i did try basic programming once and it was awful because... ok honestly i was going to blame it on Probably Dyscalculia Brain but not everything is because of Problems Brain, even for me, who is 99% Problems Brain. i just think it’s very hard and i don’t get it. and yeah i guess maybe i could do it if i spent a long time trying, but like if the idea here is “get a job soon” i don’t think that “spend 11 years learning how to program” is. the best way to do it.

but my mom has this thing where like... she thinks that all those things that i have been talking about for 12 paragraphs are a result of me just being like. stupid? naive? idk. like i don’t understand that the way i’m handling everything is kind of fucking up my life, so it’s a Big Deal. but. i know that. i absolutely know that. and it’s terrifying and upsetting and etc etc etc i was going to overshare more about my current state of mind (bad) and my emotional stability (none) but uh. better not.

so she keeps sending me stuff that i guess she thinks will suddenly make me go “oh thanks mom this article from lifetipsthathelpandaregoodforyou dot blogspot dot com made me rethink my entire life and i know The Way now!!!!”. which is. annoying. AND today’s was an article about how programming is the job of the future and it’s well-paid. and i just. don’t know what to reply to that. like i literally told her “no, i don’t think programming is for me, i know it’s in high demand now and it pays very well, the issue is not that i don’t UNDERSTAND THAT, it’s that i’m just not good at it? and it requires a lot of practice?” and her answer is essentially “you’re wrong <3″ (even though, for the record, she knows even less about programming than i do)

the way i phrased all of that makes it sound super stupid i know but mostly i just don’t know how to deal with her or how to make her happy anymore because it’s like. nothing is enough for her? her idea is “get a job NOW. study NOW. get a job based on what you’re studying WHILE YOU’RE STUDYING it now. learn programming IMMEDIATELY programming pays well. STUDY LITERATURE (the thing that i wanted to do but didn’t) AND LIKE ABSORB PROGRAMMING KNOWLEDGE FROM THE INTERNET AND PROGRAM (it pays well) WHILE UHH ALSO STUDYING BIOLOGY (another thing that i wanted to do but didn’t)” and then “if you don’t do these things it’s because you’re too stupid to realize they’re important. you need me to constantly tell you that you’re fucking up your life because you’re stupid. if you fail it’s your fault. if you do well it’s all because of me”.

it’s like. fucking exhausting. maybe i’m exaggerating and of course the programming thing isn’t the biggest issue here but it’s kind of... all of this has been happening for years, as i said, and i feel it’s been getting worse and worse, so her new obsession with programming is just a tiny little bit/symptom of that but also uh *checks linguee* the straw that broke the camel’s back

#otherworldly whispers #wow i needed to say way more than i thought i did lol #this is genuinely long as shit like i could probably turn it in as a short essay assignment somewhere #no hard feelings if none of you read this because again it's long and all over the place and kind of stops making sense near the middle #mothers - . /#i dont know how to tag this because there's a lot but. i dont think i said anything that needs a cw?#just talking about my mom and then about like the terrors of capitalism kind of. and then my mom again #please ask me to tag if you need to of course #long post /#because you can blacklist stuff in the tumblr app now right? so just in case

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displacement activity

...the next one after Angel Eyes’ annoying friend Baker shows up, so Blondie’s barely out the door at this point.

"Have fun cooking," Susan says, juggling her purse and a casserole dish with difficulty. Angel Eyes barely manages to lift a keyring off the latter, before she charges off.

Baker stares at them dubiously. "You need your bodyguard to help you make soup."

"Yes."

"Angel, you never let anybody help you make soup. It's your thing! It's what you do!"

"He's the one who knows the recipe," Angel Eyes says, slamming the door hard in Baker's face. There are an unusual number of locks and fasteners on it, more than you'd necessarily expect for a kitchen; and Angel takes care to deploy every last one before he speaks again. "That was largely to get him to go away, he knows I don't ever let anybody help me cook in the field. Although if you have any notions on the subject, feel free to mention."

"Maybe I don't know how to make a good soup," Tuco ventures, taking two tries to pull himself on the heavy steel table. This room is huge, big enough to butcher an ox and cook it afterwards; he wonders if the house came this way or if it was something Angel installed. "I mean, not like a man like you would want to eat."

"I might surprise you."

That grim smile, it's Angel Eyes all over, but also they are alone and the door is locked and he might be forgiven for constructing it as flirtatious. Thank god for Blondie. Having the man between them means nothing can happen, not of too much consequence...

if he passes it off lightly, maybe Angel will take it the same way. "If you need something nice, how about minestrone? Minestrone is easy, anybody can make that."

"Could work, although I do have recipes for that. Mea culpa..."

Tuco snorts. "Your fault for what?" It's nice that Angel Eyes will stop to explain himself, when asked to translate, but that bit of Latin everybody knows.

Though maybe not in Angel's circles. The man looks just a little surprised (mischievous, almost, that expression is only ever fleeting but it makes him feel more at home). "For thinking you'd have something more exotic up your sleeve. I shouldn't have assumed that, or that I was entitled to it if you did- I can see how it might feel too much like your hustle."

"Nobody is going to ask me for the recipe for menudo over a poker game, that's more Spanish than they want to know. You want a recipe for chili that'll make you very sick, I can give you that. Kidney beans without enough soaking...it used to make Blondie mad," Tuco says, absently rubbing his mustache. "He said it was enough to take a mark's money. I said, if they were dumb enough to ask the man they were trying to con for a recipe, they deserved what they got. But I guess we're not in a poker game now..."

He trails off, waiting for Angel Eyes to respond, but the man's hunting through a bookcase now. "You're like Blondie sometimes, you know that? I talk all the time, but when I stop, maybe you still don't say anything."

"I'm listening," Angel Eyes says simply.

His partner also listens to him, so what's the difference here? "Menudo is terrible. All that tripe, I think it was the forfeit for a drunken bet...no, I make decent albondigas but I won't cook that today. Baker's here."

"Not necessarily a sticking point. We could always fob him off with a can of Campbell's."

Tuco trusts Angel enough now, to give him the side-eye when that seems right. "Funny idea of hospitality you have, eh?"

"You've met Baker."

Good point. He switches topics. "And why do you even have canned soup, eh? That doesn't seem much like the Angel Eyes I know-" and stops himself just in time. Damnit, he is not talking to Blondie and ought to remember that.

"Susan uses the kitchen for her own cooking before she goes home, and she says it's a requirement for making genuine hotdish. Naturally I think that's a travesty, but it's worth conceding the point when she feels so strongly about it. Treating the help badly can get a man killed."

Ah, ah- that explains it. All the politeness, the willingness to indulge him. "And you think I'm Blondie's help, eh?"

"If Blondie would just explain himself once in a while," Angel Eyes says, "I might have an answer for that. As it is, I don't know and I'm not guessing."

"Uh-huh- well, I'm not. We're partners." It feels good, to be able to say that out loud. Most anywhere else, it'd be dangerous to even hint what the two of them are to each other. "But you must really not like Baker- the first night we were here, we had the best mole I've ever tasted."

Angel Eyes looks at him quizzically, while dumping an armful of books on the table. "Is that what it was? I'd forgotten."

How you forget a thing like that, well, maybe that's what being rich does to you. "Sure. We parked the station wagon outside, came into this huge house. I thought, this is when he tells me to leave, but you didn't. You even let me pick the supper."

That's a slightly edited version- he remembers lingering at the door while Angel and Blondie had been getting vigorously reacquainted in the hall. Wondering if he should go back to the car, until Angel had opened the door again and told him to come inside already. Maybe Angel doesn't remember that part either, but he's still grateful for it.

"Well, it was never any good asking Blondie what he wanted," Angel Eyes remarks; which is so perfectly true that it makes Tuco laugh.

"But you could have...I don't know. Kept him, thrown me out."

"I wasn't taking chances, after what went wrong the first time. If he needed you to be with him to stay, I was willing to accept that- only that doesn't seem to have worked either. I do seem to keep asking you the wrong questions."

"How's that?"

"You might have told me that Blondie's in the habit of running off."

"Sure. If you'd asked."

"For someone who talks all the time, you're very good at not giving away more than you want known," Angel muses. He's studying the cookbooks now. Clean as if they've never been used, but the spines are cracked and pages torn. They must be in fairly frequent rotation, Tuco decides.

"You knew what I was, when I showed up...well, maybe you didn't. I remember seeing Susan and thinking, no way can that Valkyrie cook anything Mexican. I was wrong about that."

"Brought up in Mexico City," Angel Eyes says at length. "Then she moved north and took up turkey hunting. I gave her some tips on the subject, before hiring her."

Tuco's not sure, whether it's Susan or the glossy pictures of chicken soup that are making Angel smile like that. He's not even very fond of chicken soup and that print would make him smile.

"But you're right. Assumptions are dangerous things, to my way of thinking." Angel Eyes hasn't even taken the gloves off yet, has been flipping through pages mercilessly. "And I seem to have been making too many of them about Blondie. As for you...sub silentio, that's a phrase that might suit you. In silence, that which is implied but never stated."

That'll be something to put on his next postcard. Hey, brother, I met a crazy millionaire who gifted me a Latin phrase, all my own. Maybe you know it...

"More than Blondie, it's difficult to catch you in an actual lie. I have a certain respect for that. Enough to avoid pressing you about anything you'd prefer not to tell- though I have made a few guesses."

It's not that an enthusiasm for poker has taught him, how to sit here calmly swinging his legs and not breaking into a sweat; it's that having the talent made poker an obvious use for it. "Guess all you like. Back to confessions again, eh? Well, I gave you one last night."

"And I haven't given you mine yet," Angel Eyes agrees. "Having something taken away from me- I had a mentor who used to do that, quite often." His smile could be used to flavour a meringue, Tuco thinks; all sour and yet a little sweet. "You might call her a self-help expert. She'd hide my possessions when I wasn't looking, to drill in the point that I shouldn't put my faith in any specific material object."

"You paid her good money for that? If all you want is to have somebody pocket things when you aren't looking, I'll do it for half the price," Tuco jokes.

"That debt's been paid long since," Angel says, somewhat tiredly. Baker is a wearying man to have around the place, Tuco decides; he should do something about that. "Her efforts succeeded."

"...you mean you have all this, wealth and everything, and you don't enjoy it? What's the use of that?"

"Sometimes I ask myself that same question."

Tuco shakes his head. "It'd be different if you'd been poor, like me. If I was rich enough to buy a whole state, there'd still be things I liked better than anything else."

"Like that pack?"

"Like the pack." He considers for a moment, whether to tell the story about how he got it. Decides to hold off (if they're buying and selling stories now, that makes information precious.) "Or the St Christopher's medal my brother gave me, I wouldn't lose that for anything. Some other things, too." It's strangely tempting to mention the jute winding, the one that Blondie begs for at nights, but Angel Eyes must know about that already; and he'd feel wrong mentioning it out loud. Maybe he should, though. It might make Angel Eyes feel less cut off, to find common ground...no, no, that won't work with Blondie away.

He's suddenly aware how lonely this is. Normally when his partner splits he'll go off to find a girl, someone who's soft and dark and won't want anything but kindness and maybe some help with her rent. That doesn't seem like an option this time though, given the current delicate arrangement- damn it, he'd better stop even thinking along those lines. Angel's in much too close proximity, leaning over the table like that.

"Hmm," Angel Eyes says. "This pork egg drop looks promising. And if it doesn't go well, we might have a worse test subject to try it on than our dinner guest."

"At least you like something," Tuco says with relief. "You like soup."

"You say that as if liking is a positive virtue."

"Live with Blondie long enough, you'll decide the same thing just in self-defense. Not that it does him any good- you know I've had just this one bag, for years and years. Cost a lot of money, but it's lasted me. Now he goes and gets a duffle from the Salvation Army every year, and it's cheap and there's holes in it, or the strap's broken or something, not a quarter so good as mine. And he says that's less worldly than loving a pack the way I do- now does that make any sense?"

"There's something to be said for both points of view," Angel Eyes says imperturbably. Tuco rolls his eyes, as he hoists himself off the table.

"How long does making a soup take you, then?"

"Oh. A few hours, generally...it'll be a fine excuse to avoid Baker for a while."

"That's not very polite for a guest," Tuco says gravely. "I'll go talk to him, keep him amused."

"You might not want to do that," Angel says. "Believe me. He's more violent than he looks."

"Maybe I don't. Maybe I don't need you treating me like the help, either. You want to give me orders, you better put me on a salary first."

For a minute he can see that Angel's actually considering it, hard thought and a note of concern, and it reminds him of this morning's mistrust. This isn't the best idea he's ever had, to be sure.

"I don't know that I could look Blondie in the face when he gets back, if I did that," Angel Eyes says eventually. "Buying you off, I think you'd both consider that an insult."

"True." An insult he might want to take up one of these days, but he's getting a sense of what stakes Blondie's playing for, and they're too good for him to fold just at present.

"So just- be careful. You know where to find me. And tell Baker if he tells me that story about Santa Fe again, I'll serve him up his own head for dinner."

"Done."

Angel Eyes is precise; a few hours means at least two. Baker's been hanging around all day, ignoring every hint to go with the enthusiasm of the truly desperate- or the enamored.

So obviously it's not right for either of them, but maybe a little hospitality will slake both their problems at once...

#70s au #the good the bad and the ugly #tucoeyes #a bit #Tuco why

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two shots [z.k]

request: "can you write something about the reader and one of the boys getting walked in on?" (this part is really long so I'm cutting it up into two parts. smut and the anon’s request will be in the next one.)

word count: 2.1k

warning: underage drinking.

it had only been a month, but zion was going crazy.

their relationship lasted a good six months before it took a turn for the worst, ending in her leaving out of spite and zion's pride watching her walk out the door.

so they went a month without talking to one another. but seeing each other? that was a completely different story, let's just say the two of them were extremely grateful that social media was a commonly used thing now. every so often, zion would find himself "accidentally" liking one of her pictures when he'd go lurking through her page. liking one of her photos from six weeks ago was most definitely not his best move.

but here she was, standing across the room from him with a guy he'd never seen before. this guy had curly hair, was tall, tan, and full of tequila (despite him only being eighteen). zion thought this mystery guy's outfit was basic and was surprised that (y/n) had left him for a guy who couldn't even properly dress himself.

it was edwin's birthday party today, and he just had to invite all of his friends to party with him at the prettymuch house, including (y/n) and her date for the night. the artificial lighting of the double 'beanz' signed sat on the walls as 'no more' had started to play from a stereo that had yet to be found.

zion let a sigh escape his lips as he leaned against the counter in the kitchen, the kitchen itself had been filled with alcohol and tipsy people tripping on one another. he watched as (y/n) and her date talked amongst one another and wished so badly he was the one up there with her.

"what do you look so sad for? i told you she was coming," edwin pulled zion out of his thoughts once he saw how miserable-looking his friend was. although edwin was drunk at his own birthday party, he felt the need to make sure everyone around him was okay before going back to enjoying himself, he wanted this night to go perfect.

"you didn't tell me she was bringing some dude with her," zion gestured to the two of them, wondering if they were actually together or if this was some twisted plot to make him jealous.

edwin sucked his teeth before walking over to the fridge and pulling out a bottle of hennessey. "who bought that?" zion question while raising a single brow, speaking that no one in the house was old enough to legally buy alcohol.

"fiffany," edwin replied as he reached up to the cupboard to grab a pair a shot glasses. finding two of them, he carefully placed them down on the counter then unscrewed the drink after toying with it for a few moments. he filled both of the mini glasses up to the brim before handing one to zion.

"after you take this shot, you're gonna waltz over there and get your girl back. okay?" edwin held his shot glass out in the air while he talked, waiting for zion to clink them together.

"i don't want her back," zion lied as a coping mechanism, "it's just weird seeing her after a whole month of ignoring each other."

edwin shook his head, "i don't know why you lie to me, it actually kinda hurts you think i'd believe that. like, you seemed happy when i told you she was coming; now she's here and all you wanna do is pout, you sensitive ass crybaby." it was obvious that edwin was drunk, he'd never say anything like this to someone as tall as zion when he was sober.

"you're so drunk right now," zion stated the obvious.

"as you should be. now, drink up, caleb!" edwin announced before clinking their glasses together and downing the shot in less than a second. he slammed the glass back down on the counter before yelling once again.

"extra as fuck," zion mumbled to himself before finally taking his own shot. he had drank before, so the feeling wasn't quite new to him. but, he didn't do it often so the burning feeling in his throat hit him as if it were the first time, causing him to slam his eyes shut in response.

"how do you feel?!" edwin playfully hit zion on his back.

"like pure shit," zion coughed while continuing to keep his eyes shut, "aka the fuckin' same." finally opening his eyes, he looked back over to (y/n). she had surprisingly been standing alone. if there was a time zion planned on talking to her, it was literally right now.

zion turned back to face edwin, his eyes suddenly filled with fear. "should i go say something?"

edwin poured himself another shot, "if you're feelin' bold enough then go for it."

thinking quick, zion grabbed the shot from edwin's hand and downed it before he even had the time to process exactly what he was about to do. "fuck you. just for that, i hope she doesn't even give you the time of day."

zion walked away, he was too focused on his future actions rather than dwelling on what his drunk friend had been saying to him. he was beyond nervous, a feeling that was absolutely foreign to him. overall, zion was a very bold person who didn't feel nervous or intimidated by anything or anyone. so the fact that he felt this way about a girl was enough for him to pass out from the feeling.

he kept his eyes on her the entire time, almost as if she'd vanish into thin air if he dared to look away. starting to feel the hennessey kicking in, he finally felt the courage to talk as he stood in front of her.

"i need to talk to you," zion started, his heartbeat increasing rapidly.

"you're here, talk." (y/n) replied, zion felt she was actually might be interested in what he had to say but tried not to get his hopes up only to be completely shut down. (y/n) was an unpredictable girl, so trying to map out what she's thinking about is nearly impossible.

"i mean in private. can we, like, go somewhere else?" if zion could cross his fingers without looking desperate, he would.

"zion, you ca--" she began talking but stopped once the tan boy from earlier came back with a drink in his hand. "gracias," she accepted the drink from him before turning back to zion. "zion, this is giovanny. he doesn't speak english."

she turned to giovanny, "seguir la corriente, por favor." (translation: "play along, please.")

"por qué le estás diciendo que no hablo inglés?" he replied, trying to figure out where the sudden need to lie came from. (translation: "why are you telling him i do not speak english?") although spanish was his first language, gio could speak english fluently.

"él tratará de hablar contigo, eso no puede suceder." she answered honestly, shedding a bit of light to him in this confusion situation. (translation: "he will try to talk to you, that can not happen.")

maybe it was the hennessey taking over his mind, or maybe he just really fucking missed (y/n), but for some reason, zion's only desire was to get her alone. completely alone. right now, he was confused as hell. he had no clue what the two of them were saying and quite frankly, he started to feel nervous again.

"creo que quiere hablar contigo," gio whispered to (y/n), "no yo." (translation: "i think he wants to talk to you, not me.") at this point, all gio really wanted to do, was go home. it's not like the two of them were actually dating, only friends who had romantic slip-ups sometimes.

"can you please just tell him i need to talk to you for, like, less than ten minutes?" zion asked, annoyed at the fact he had no idea what was happening.

(y/n) sighed, "volveré pronto," she said to gio before following zion upstairs. (translation: "i will be back soon.")

constantly going up to zion's room was something she missed doing; whether they were going to sleep or just chill together, it was always a good time. it almost felt like a regular day of dating zion, but that just wasn't reality anymore. at least not now.

(y/n) entered zion's room behind him and watched as he shut the door behind him while she plopped down on his bed, his sheets feeling the same as they were when she had last touched them.

"do you miss me? at all?" the question rolled off of zion's tongue before he even realized what he was saying. "fucking hennessey," he thought to himself, "got me all the way messed up."

"i should be the one asking you that," she shot back, "you got all these fangirls on you, i imagine it's hard not to get caught up in the moment." her eyes genuinely looked sad, and it killed zion to see her this way. the girl that was always smiling and kept her guard up was slowly unfolding himself before his very eyes.

"are you kidding? for the past month i've been losing my fucking mind, (y/n). i probably almost called you at least ten times a day." weirdly enough, he became frustrated for some reason. he and the whole world knew exactly how he felt about (y/n), yet the only person who didn't know was her.

"you should've," she replied honestly, "i would've liked to hear your voice. why didn't you?"

mentally, zion wasn't prepared for the question. so instead, he let the alcohol do the talking for him. "it'd be a lot easier to talk to you if you didn't have some guy up under your insta every single time you post a picture."

she scoffed, "oh, so you think i enjoy seeing random girls calling you daddy and telling him to fuck them? you think i like that shit?"

he knew she was mad at the fact he was being hypocritical as hell right now, but he had no clue as to what to say to make the situation better. the most irritating part of it all was that he knew there was something that needed to be said, he just couldn't figure out what that was.

"it's not like you enjoy being called daddy anyway, you light skinned dudes much rather preferred to be called papi," (y/n)'s bold statement took zion by surprise, causing a smirk to appear on his face.

"i don't think your boyfriend would be to happy with you talking about my sexual preferences."

(y/n) laughed, realizing she still hadn't told zion what was actually going on. "gio and i aren't dating. and, he actually does speak english by the way; i just wanted to mess with you." making room for zion on his own bed, she slid down until her back hit the headboard.

"so you guys are just friends?" zion questioned, sitting across from the girl.

she nodded, "just friends."

zion hummed, "y'all fucked?"

she wasn't exactly shocked by this, it was question zion wouldn't be afraid to ask. especially if he was feeling a little tipsy. but, she was feeling guilty. her and her "friend" had hooked up once or twice and originally had promised to only keep it between the two of them.

so she kept quiet, not wanting to lie to zion anymore, and hoped her silence was a way of answering his question. noticing what was going on, zion let a petty chuckle slip out of his mouth. he couldn't exactly be mad at her, or anyone, but the only thing he wanted to do is go downstairs and completely deck gio.

"i can bet money sex with me is way better than sex with him," zion barely knew what he was saying as he stole (y/n)'s drink from her hand and drank the small amount that was left in the red, plastic cup.

"alright then," she laughed while resting an elbow on one of his pillows.

"damn, you need a reminder or something?"

a/n: part 2 comin soon

also, i don’t speak spanish so i had to use google translate. if you can speak/read spanish let me know if my working is fucked up.

#prettymuch #prettymuch imagine #zion kuwonu #zion kuwonu imagine #edwin honoret #beanz #prettymuch preference

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