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as much as I adore the show, this is the one part I can't forgive.

everytime i think about how tante heleen was killed off in a throwaway sentence in s&b s2 ep 1 it makes my blood boil so badly they really did no justice to inej’s character, trauma, or what she endured with the menagerie

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Kaz Brekker and Jesper Fahey

SHADOW AND BONE | 01x01 A Searing Burst of Light

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Least favorite Grishaverse Headcannon/ Interpretation?

I'm all for respecting each other's opinions and stuff but some stuff out there really irks me.

One of them being Kaz doesn't like any of the Crows other then Inej.

How do you read the whole series and come to that conclusion?

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everything aside I'm still mad at netflix for canceling shadow and bone right when the plot was thickening.

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My girl🥹

“Stop treating your pain like it’s something you imagined. If you see the wound is real, then you can heal it.” -Inej Ghafa

Crooked Kingdom, pg. 339 on paperback

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I agree with all of this. Everyone who either helped or ignored Inej's situation is a villain in this. And yes I agree about the bigger scale thing. But the thing is, SA and R*pe are crimes that can never be justified. While the other villains did bad things for their own benefits, to ruin their opponents, benefits off of someone's s*xual suffering is cruel and truly a line that even Van Eck didn't cross (still hate the bitch tho)

Tante Heleen Rant

"The Darkling is the most evil villain", "No Van Eck is" "Pekka Rollins!!"

Not to compare trauma but of all the Grishaverse villains Tante Heleen is truly the most despicable. She's a slaver who literally owns, living, breathing humans and abuses them. She lets them be sexually abused, doesn't let them leave all for her own profit. The others are horrible but at least Pekka and Kirigan are interesting characters. On the other hand, there is absolutely nothing interesting about Heleen other than the fact that she's so realistic. There are still people in the world today that engage in sex trafficking and sex slavery. The worst part is she's a woman. You know? Nobody would expect the slaver to be a woman! The worst part of the show and the only unforgivable bit is the killing of Tante Heleen off screen. I wished this was a plot line that could have been left for season 3 with the Ice Court Heist. It's truly unforgivable the way the show downplayed Inej's trauma and her character in general in favor of Kaz's especially in season 2. Tante Heleen is so awful and the fact that people do the exact same things as her with absolutely no differences between that fantasy world and the real world is horrifying. Like at least you have to adapt people like the Darkling to fit in the modern world, but you don't have to do that with Heleen, she already fits.

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I don't get the appeal of zoyalai ....

I respect your opinion but I mean... Come on! I understand if you haven't read the King of Scars series bc before I thought Zoyalai shippers were crazy lol. It seemed like such a crack ship to me. But after reading those books, Nikolai and Zoya's friendship was everything to me. How they grew with each other, into more than just soldiers. How they went from colleagues to friends. It makes so much sense to me , I understand it feels random but sometimes random pairings work out!

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Tante Heleen Rant

"The Darkling is the most evil villain", "No Van Eck is" "Pekka Rollins!!"

Not to compare trauma but of all the Grishaverse villains Tante Heleen is truly the most despicable. She's a slaver who literally owns, living, breathing humans and abuses them. She lets them be sexually abused, doesn't let them leave all for her own profit. The others are horrible but at least Pekka and Kirigan are interesting characters. On the other hand, there is absolutely nothing interesting about Heleen other than the fact that she's so realistic. There are still people in the world today that engage in sex trafficking and sex slavery. The worst part is she's a woman. You know? Nobody would expect the slaver to be a woman! The worst part of the show and the only unforgivable bit is the killing of Tante Heleen off screen. I wished this was a plot line that could have been left for season 3 with the Ice Court Heist. It's truly unforgivable the way the show downplayed Inej's trauma and her character in general in favor of Kaz's especially in season 2. Tante Heleen is so awful and the fact that people do the exact same things as her with absolutely no differences between that fantasy world and the real world is horrifying. Like at least you have to adapt people like the Darkling to fit in the modern world, but you don't have to do that with Heleen, she already fits.

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BEGGING for some good kanej slowburn fics that hit all the right spots and have (mostly) happy endings. for context i love Adagio and LinearA's works.

Heyy anon, of coursee I have some fics for you, there are some here (specifically l'appel du vide) that you may well have already read, anyway enjoyy and that they hit the right kanej spot <3

˚☽˚.⋆ traveling songs by crookedverite

16k words - 5/5 chapters

˚☽˚.⋆ and you asked me to dance, but I said "dancing is a dangerous game" by sarathedreamer

28k words - 5/5 chapters

˚☽˚.⋆ My Dearest Inej by @anonniemousefics

31k words - 22/22 chapters

˚☽˚.⋆ l'appel du vide by @alltheworldisinmyhead

41k words - 8/8 chapters

˚☽˚.⋆i'd wait for you (even if you didn't ask me to) by rayisokay

4.6k words - 1/1 chapters

☽˚. I have an six of crows fic series if you're looking for more recs or you can send another ask <3

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"This was the kiss he’d been waiting for. It was a gunshot. It was prairie fire."

Instagram • Patreon • Ko-fi • Redbubble

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wasn’t gonna drink tonight but it’s been a year since shadow & bone + the soc spinoff was cancelled

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IDK if you wanted your wrecks and reblogs or in asks, so i'm just gonna put it here, but "of crows and eagles" is really good, it's basically like an after of ROW and I highly recommend it's on Ao3

Thank you so much!

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Fanfic Recs?

Can I have some Grishaverse fanfiction recommendations? Preferably on Ao3. I'm looking for Post-season 2 of shadow and bone as what might have happened had the show gotten a season 3 with all of the characters. A post King of Scars would be good too, hopefully with a Crows and Zoyalai heist. Really anything after canon would be good.

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I'm sorry but the only correct answer here is Mal 😭

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Me still pretending like Zoyalai is going to get a TV adaptation because there is no way Shadow & Bone left me like that

Without even mentioning the fact we didn’t so much as get a FIRST kiss? No… JUST A SINGLE GLANCE?— I MEAN — TALK ABOUT A POWER COUPLE CAUSE THOSE 2 THINGS WILL BE MY LAST SHRED OF SANITY TO LIVE OFF OF IN THIS AGE OF BREADCRUMBS AND HATING NETFLIX