#I'm not saying Wesper is bad

[luckybossuet]

so

yknow how van eck was buying jurda farms

and a romcom trope is "you're buying my family's business in this small town but you're a big corporation so Bad"

I'm not SAYING wesper christmas tree hallmark au, but I'm also not not saying that

[jackwolfes]

ooh i'd be interested in show!wesper and “You fucking lied to me and wasted my time, yet you have the audacity to cry about it and make it seem like it’s my fault things ended badly?”

oh I had FUN working this one out 👀

Their bedroom door swings shut with a thud just heavier than the silence it breaks. Jesper perches against their dresser, crossing his arms over his chest. Wylan refuses to look at him.

“So.”

Silently, Wylan peeks up at him. The ruddy flush that first started burning when Kaz spilled his little secret still lingers on his cheeks.

“I don't want to talk about it, Jesper.”

“What is there to talk about?”

Wylan's brow pinches. “Jesper…”

Jesper puts his hand on the dresser, fingers drumming over the wood. There's a knot at the centre of his chest, and whatever is hiding inside it feels ugly.

“I'm just saying, what's the point in talking to each other when I can just wait for Kaz to drop a bombshell bit of news about my own boyfriend?”

“I'm sorry, but—”

“Some things are better coming from Kaz fucking Brekker?”

Sharply, Wylan exhales. “Can you stop being so difficult about this, please?”

“Hey, you're the one who's been lying to me, merchling.”

Although Wylan doesn't acknowledge the derivative nickname verbally, Jesper sees the way it rankles him. “I didn't lie,” Wylan insists. “You never asked.”

“Yeah, well, is your father the richest man in Ketterdam isn't usually my go to method for picking up a one night stand.”

A hurt look dances across Wylan's face, and too late Jesper realises what he said. A one night stand. As if a man so brilliant can be reduced to something so paltry. He wavers.

“Wylan—”

“No, you're right. I wasted your time.” Wylan turns around again, digging through the mess their life has grown into in search of his things. He's already grabbed his rucksack, heaving it onto the bed like he means to take everything when he leaves.

Jesper's lungs squeeze, equal parts panic and an itch to run to a dice table. Only one thing has soothed that itch better than a gamble, and the distance between them grows like a wildfire.

“So, what, you're just going to run away from me like you ran away from your cushy life and your father?”

Wylan turns, chin raised and a petulant frown on his perfect lips. “The reason I left my father's home is not your concern.”

“Then what is, Wylan? I thought we had a good thing going—”

“And you don't think that'll change now that you know I'm a useless Geldstraat brat? I'm damaged goods, Jesper. That's why I left.”

Wylan tracks his gaze up and down Jesper’s frame, then shakes his head as if to clear a bad thought. Lifting his rucksack over his shoulder, he hunches into himself. It's obvious, the way he tries so hard to make himself small, and upsetting that he's so damn good at it.

“It doesn't matter,” he mutters, making for the door. “You'll figure it out for yourself soon enough and won't want me around once you do, so maybe it's better that I leave now.”

“Don't make it my fault that you're choosing to leave,” Jesper bites out. “You're running.”

“Maybe you just don't know when to walk away from a bad hand.”

Before he can stop himself Jesper shoots out a hand and grabs Wylan's wrist, grip tightening around the frail bone. Sharply, the boy inhales. Jesper feels the air dance between their faces; Wylan’s breath on his chin.

“You aren't a bad hand, Wylan. Believe it or not, you're the best damn thing that's ever happened to me.”

Jesper's voice is low, rippling with a thousand unsaid promises he'd been too scared to admit to before this very second. He's still scared, honestly, but more scared about a world where Wylan isn't here.

It was always too good to be true, what they had, but Jesper's a greedy, delusional fool and he wants Wylan so fucking badly.

“I'm not going to cry about it and make it your fault when this ends badly,” Wylan whispers.

Jesper swallows. “You want this to end?”

Whatever guarded fear Wylan had in his eyes melts, slowly but surely. “Ghezen, no.”

Carefully, Jesper squeezes Wylan's wrist. Tension leeches out from the boy’s joints and, slowly, he leans his weight into Jesper's body. Unsure how he could ever stop himself, Jesper ducks his head and presses a gentle kiss to the top of Wylan's head.

“Stay, merchling. I want you to.”

Wylan's voice cracks. “For how long?”

And there's nothing to say to that, really, that would soothe the hurt etched deep into either of their bones, but that's the Barrel.

Jesper shrugs, smiles, and is entirely satisfied by the soft smile Wylan gives him in return. “Long enough to take you out for waffles, at least.”

Softly, Wylan laughs. He lets his rucksack slide to the floor, laces his hand in Jesper's, and follows him out the door.

They have waffles to eat.

[capinejghafa]

kanej author recs | multiple (solo fics) [1/?]

the meadow by inconstant_moon

“Jordie,” he says, slowly so Jordie can hear and understand. “This is a dream.” Jordie tilts his head, laughs boisterously, but there is no sound. Kaz cannot remember his brother’s laugh. He cannot remember his voice. The details are wrong because Kaz does not know enough to correct them. It is the same mistake every night. “No, it’s not,” Jordie corrects. He uses Kaz’s captured pawn to wave to the poppies. “Look at the flowers, Kaz.”

Rating: T / Quirks: Established Kanej, Post-Canon - ROW, Angst, Established Wesper, Crows Friendship, Angst with a Mildly Happy Ending, Fighting Crows, Kaz is going through it!, Multi-chapter

Metal Flowers by KennaM

"He holes up in his room, blocks the window so he can hear if Inej tries to sneak in. He doesn't want her to see, to think he's actually taking this seriously. It turns out the book can’t tell him more than Inej already had. Flowers grew in a person’s lungs, and eventually they grew too large and numerous they choked you to death from the inside out. They only stopped if the feelings were confessed. Absurd. "He rewraps the book and shoves it in a coat pocket to lose later. The concept is ridiculous, implausible, and wouldn’t it be just like Kaz to get flowers mistaken for knives anyway? Beautiful and dangerous but in all the wrong ways. Something new broken inside of him."

Rating: T / Quirks: Developing Kanej, Canon Divergence, Angst, Hanahaki Disease, Suli Culture, Kaz is going through it!, One Shot

it's not easy for me to belong here (I'm learning) by tryalittlejoytomorrow

With Inej...there was a lot he couldn't control, a fact that he still wasn't comfortable coming to grips with. But he could control the shaking; he could focus on his breathing, and square his shoulders, and even out his footing so his weight wouldn't crush his leg too bad. He could walk to her and talk to her; touch her sleeve, maybe even slide down his fingers to the pulse in her wrist. Seven months she'd been gone. He could - he had to do this.

Rating: T / Quirks: Semi-Established Kanej, Post-Canon, Angst, Fluff, Kaz is still going through it, but less so!, One Shot

[chaserofstars11]

✨Intro Post ✨

me

heeey! i'm lea, (pronounce lee, lee-uh, lay-uh, or wtv idc it's not my real name ;)). I pretty much go by she/her, but all pronouns are ok!!! (so are all gendered terms, including girl/guy) I am bi, and super accepting/open. dms and asks are totally welcome! i live in north carolina (US), so EST. i've just started writing fic on ao3 so link: https://archiveofourown.org/users/chaserofstars11 i'll make a masterlist once i write more i have a gorgeous goldendoodle so there are goldendoodles in the photos <3 (not mine tho :( )

music/books/movies/shows

i love renee rapp, taylor swift, conan gray, queen, paramore, mo schulte, phoebe bridgers, lana del ray, maneskin, yungblud, acdc, honestly basically anything

fav books are: six of crows/grishaverse (leigh bardugo is a goddess i luv all of her creations), age of legends trilogy, little women, lockwood & co, divergent, the hobbit, the book thief, carry on, becky albertalli's books, literally so many more

shows/movies: i love/have watched friends, the office, parks & rec, the good place, ncis (literally my fav), shadow and bone, young royals, heartstopper, good omens, and other stuff

ngl taladega nights is my comfort movie (so james of me, ik) but I also love harold and maude, mean girls, and any cheesy romance movie ever

that was long, so picture break! these are all from pinterest, not mine :)

fandoms/ships

I am mostly just in the marauders and soc fandoms, but also a bit of golden trio and pjo. ( i am so serious when i say fuck jkr. i don’t support her ideals or her work, i am simply talk her characters and making them gay and trans in spite)

I love most marauders ships esp starchaser, rosekiller, pandalily/marylily/pandamarylily, and dorlene (dw, i like wolfstar too) My favorite fics are Art Heist Baby, crimson rivers, anything by damagecontrol, anything by MesserMoon (esp kyd and ohb), anything by maladaptivewriting, anything by Solmussa, and anything by lynxindisguise (PSA i have not read atyd. ik, ik, i'm just not mentally prepared yet. same reason i haven't read choices)

my fav golden trio ships are luna/ginny, harry/draco, and ron/hermione

soc ships are obvi wesper, helnik, and kanej (plus zoyalai ofc)

dni

if ur mean/disrespectful/homophobic/misogynistic/sexist/transphobic/racist/or have anything bad to say/or are creepy

otherwise, i love to interact, have chains, be tagged, or anything. i am kinda new to tumblr tho, so not sure how everything works. I won't interact outside of tumblr or ao3 unless i actually know you

thx for reading <333 i hope you enjoy the weird shit i post :) I might end up posting my art... I dont know if im brave enough. but you can read my writing!

[softzosan]

I got tagged by these two amazing writers @summerofspock and @starrynightarchive! thanks for tagging me! <3

20 questions for fic writers!

how many works do you have on ao3?

a humble 9 😌

what's your total ao3 word count?

148,779!

what are your top five fics by kudos?

And They Were Zoommates (tma)

sweeter than any drug (one piece)

How To Help Your Boyfriend Relax by M.K. Blackwood (tma)

one good honest kiss (& I'll be alright) (tma)

in this light (I swear, you're mine) (one piece)

what fandoms do you write for?

I'm working on my third one piece fic right now and I've written for the magnus archives, our flag means death and I also wrote naruto and glee fics decades ago lmao

do you respond to comments? why or why not?

yes, I do! I missed a couple when I took a bit of a break from fandom so there's still a bunch from like 5 years ago sitting in my inbox unanswered but I think it's too late now :(

what's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

uhhh I have a couple unfinished fics that didn't get the chance to have a happy ending, but all my (completed) published fics on ao3 have a happy ending cause I'm a sucker for those <3

what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I'd say it's Zoommates. I wrote it in 2020 to (also) deal with the covid situation and used a lot of real life things that were happening to me/friends etc and made sure to keep the ending really nice and hopeful.

do you get hate on fics?

so far, I've been lucky. no hate.

do you write smut?

yes >:) and I've been getting more confident/having more fun with it lately!

do you write crossovers?

nope, I don't really enjoy crossover stories

have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that I'm aware of haha

have you ever had a fic translated?

I wish, it would be awsome 🥺

have you ever cowritten a fic before?

nope! I used to roleplay with friends and have some old documents sitting on my laptop somewhere but I guess that doesn't really count... would be curious to try it tho!

what's your all time favourite ship?

hmmm that's a hard one, I'm not sure I could decide. I've written zosan fic in the year 2009 and then came back to them 15 years later.. jon and martin will also forever mean so much to me. and funnily enough, the number combination 36 still does something to my heart. the warblers fandom really took nick and jeff and made these two our own.

what's the wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

there's a wesper (six of crows) fic sitting in my drafts that I actually really liked but I never really got into the fandom after watching the netflix show and so I abandoned it :(

what are your writing strengths?

I think I'm not too bad with characterisation and subtly including heavier subjects (like grief, loneliness etc) while keeping the story fun. I also like writing dialogue.

what are your writing weaknesses?

English not being my first language!!!!!! I get really insecure about it, especially when it comes to grammar and punctuation. I also spend a lot of time translating and re-translating words just to make sure I get them right. I haven't written anything in German (for fun) in years but I'd be curious to see how that writing process would look like. I also like to include the same tropes in like.. all my stories... I can't help it oops

thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I'd definitely be able to do that haha

first fandom you wrote for?

Naruto. I wrote an unfinished 20k OC/Sasuke fic when I was 13. I'm pretty sure I wrote most of it by hand and then typed it out on once I got my own laptop. I still have the file somewhere... it's by no means good but I think it might not be the worst thing ever written.

favourite fic you've ever written?

I think I had the most fun writing one good honest kiss and in this light. I let myself be very self-indulgent with both of these oneshots. both have a similar vibe, misunderstandings and some angst with eventual smut.

Zoommates is the one I'm still most proud of. I'd never written such a long fic before and it continues to be my longest to this day (although my latest zosan slowburn green (like hope) might be catching up with it soon..)

not sure if you've already done it but I'd like to tag @strawhatbougie, @comtessacrow, @supernowa-art, @vendettafrank , @zolo-san and anyone who would like to do it! <3

[magicandpizza]

if you're still doing the latest wesper prompt game, any that you haven't done yet!! free card because i love ur writing and i wanna read more of it but i'm bad at making decisions haha. also i super duper respect how you do the prompts and stuff so often, seems like a great writing exercise - where do u get the prompts from?

Hi, thanks so much for your message! I actually completed all the prompts from the latest round already so I have nothing left to write! I’m sure I’ll be playing another one soon though 🥰

To find the prompts I usually just search the writing prompt tag or something similar. There’s a few blogs that publish lists and then I just pick and choose from there, although I’ve done so many I think I’m starting to run out 🙈 so I might have to look elsewhere next time!

Often I just want to write but don’t have anything specific to write because I’m ignoring my WIPs and the prompts are fun at forcing me to do something, especially when I already have a vision in mind but I get extra stuff in the ask (like when people say “I would love it if [character] is the one doing this” but maybe I envisioned it the other way round. And people seem to like the shit I write so 🤷‍♀️

[dasiesanddarkness]

fic list

i'm on ao3 at WrittenMagic for everything T and under and spadesofsteel for everything M and up!

Six of Crows

slow and sweet- Wylan thought he was impossible to love. Jesper always had liked doing the impossible.

but i like the sound it makes when it starts pouring rain- Jesper and Wylan kissing in the rain (ft. wesper kids in chapter two!)

the air grows cold, but you will keep me warm- drabbles based on prompts from Wesper Winter

kiss a ginger- Wylan and Jesper's first kiss ft. Inej and national kiss a ginger day

adagio, lento, andante- Wylan needs help reading the words on his sheet music

the ghost of your melody- work in progress, wesper second chance romance ft famous singer Wylan

dirty fantasies- explicit! trans Wylan pegs Jesper

The Owl House

fix me with your grace- anxious Raine and young raeda fluff

Newsies

Bonding Time- Race and Katherine bond

A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words and a Latte Coffee- a Newsies coffee shop au

Jack and Katherine (Almost) Kiss and Smalls and Crutchie And Others (Try To) Watch- a dumb little fic about Race, Smalls, and Sniper following Jatherine around

Gonna Last- Medda has some thoughts about Jack and Katherine's relationship

Survive, Feel, Live- a character study of Jack, Race, and Smalls

Perfect- Jack and Katherine's first kiss

(uselessuselessuse-- Jack has a panic attack and Katherine helps him

This is Not Another Song About Love- a Jatherine TikTok au

Keep Your Head Up- moments from when Jack lived in a group home with Snyder

Miss Missing You- a Miss Missing You by Fall Out Boy song fic in relation with another creator's au

Late Night Reassurances- Race and Jack have a late night talk

Watch My Heart Burn- Smalls' (modern) backstory

Nothing, I Just Love You- sprace say I love you for the first time

Penny Smile- Katherine makes Race acknowledge that he has feelings

Home- Race comes home from a roadtrip, and his baby brother really missed him

I Don't Want the World- Albert's dad does not understand him, and they fight

close your eyes and go- Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson song fic canon divergent au where Jack goes to Santa Fe

It Feels... Right- Izzy (aka Sniper) gets her nickname

Jack Braiding Hair- Jack braiding different people's hair

we'll stay young forever...- Katherine's life told through snippets

Useless Jatherine Fluff- Jack and Katherine have a slow Christmas morning

Useless Sprace Fluff- Race and Spot cuddle to get warm

On Top of the World- Race struggles with being trans and self harm

cause i'm not too far, and you're my favorite place- Favorite Place by All Time Low ft The Band Camino song fic for Jatherine

happy birthday kathy- the different ways Katherine's friends wish her happy birthday

baby, don't you cry for me- a Tell Me I'm Alive by All Time Low song fic where Race is self destructing and Spot is concerned

i'm dying to worship you- a New Religion by All Time Low song fic that unpacks Spot's relationship with religion and Race ;)

happiest with you- a disastrous Ralbert proposal fic

will you hold my hand?- a Jatherine meet cute based on a strange experience i had

chat fic, i suppose- a Newsies chat fic

we're gonna be timeless- Sprace falling in love in different timelines, inspired by Timeless by Taylor Swift

explicit:

lay back and let me love you- Race is on his period but Albert is horny

lay back and let me thank you- Race is no longer on his period and Albert is still horny

no one's ever had me like you- Race and Albert's first time, ft. Race's insecurities about being trans

you get me out of my head- Race is having a bad day and Albert helps him feel better about himself

[adara-writer]

Fic #2 in the Marriage Material series is finished! You can find both fics on my ao3 and linked below! This concludes the main arc of the series, but I'm planning a few oneshots from other POVs and expanding the world.

Silver Shackles rated M, 39k words

In Ketterdam, marriages are just another contract, albeit a bit more permanent. They were a good way to make alliances, even between people who wouldn’t ordinarily be seen together. Which is how Wylan Van Eck ends up being married off to Jesper Fahey, in order to solidify the connections between Kaz Brekker’s Dregs and Jan Van Eck’s mercher empire. The only problem? Wylan had no say in any of this, and he enters this marriage contract expecting the worst. But Jesper isn’t as ruthless as his father warned, and even Dirtyhands might have emotions. Or, Wesper arranged marriage AU with bad parent Jan Van Eck

Paper Rings rated M, 26k words

Three months ago, Wylan married Jesper Fahey, a man he had never met before and who he was certain was going to kill him. Instead, marrying Jesper had turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to him. Wylan is happy living with Jesper, honestly. But part of him doesn’t want to just stay home, playing housewife and building bombs for Kaz Brekker and his gang forever. So when Kaz offers him the chance to take down his father, who treated him like shit and sold him into marriage, how could he say no? Kaz always has a plan and Wylan has an appetite for revenge. He just hopes it won’t all blow up in his face. Or; the sequel to Silver Shackles, wherein Wylan and Kaz (but mostly Kaz) conspire to take down Van Eck, and it all goes sideways very quickly.

[violets-and-books]

I also never received my goods. Please I want to read this so bad 😭 I'll take a nap for it 🙌

Here's the answer, Lore (literally, the full synopsis of my work, start to finish). Now go to sleep

I'm adding a keep reading because there is going to be a lot

Okay, so first of all, it's set in the show universe and this is for a very good reason, I promise you. In Shadow and Bone s2, Wylan is introduced. This is important because they speed up wesper's arc (which a lot of people are mad about but I don't honestly mind, I feel like it was still in character and I love the way they did it and, hey, they were the only happy couple in s2 so-). Anyway, the important thing is that at the end of s2, the Crows don't know Wylan's a Van Eck. Apart from Kaz, he does hint at it

So, basically, my fic idea (Bow Before Your King is the title, I'm quite proud of it) is set in the show universe. At the start of the fic, we have like one chapter of everything being alright for wesper. Kaz says they've got a new job. (Matthias is still in jail, btw, this is pre-Ice Court) They've got all the Crows apart from Matthias. Kaz's job is pretty big money and also surprisingly easy. There's a new exhibition coming to the Ketterdam Museum of Culture about an ancient Zemeni king - from long before the monarchy in Novyi Zem was abolished. Supposedly, a lot of the exhibit is solid gold. All they need to do is rob it.

Inej doesn't like it. Neither does Jesper. They've still got to go but Inej doesn't believe in stealing sacred artifacts, she thinks no good will come of it. And Jesper grew up in Novyi Zem, he learnt all about the legend and urban myths of curses and ghosts these kings protected their treasure with. Either way, they've got to do the job tonight.

Jesper nips round to Wylan's workshop for some distraction, where Wylan is packing for the job. Jesper notices some post on his table. Wanting to be helpful, he scoops it up and flicks through it. Most of its bills but one letter catches his attention. It's thick and good-quality and written on expensive paper. It's sealed with a wax crest with a laurel crown on it. A Mercher's writing to his boyfriend, but why?

Jesper asks Wylan about it. Wylan gets terrified and begs him not to open it, tells him it's just junk. Jesper calls absolute bullshit and opens it anyone. Out loud, he reads

Wylan, My son, if you can read this, know that I miss you and am begging you to come home. Please, if you can read this, come back to where you belong. Your father, Jan Van Eck

Jesper explodes at Wylan (which is honestly, quite understandable). He feels betrayed and lied to and they have this massive fight, Wylan defending himself and Jesper saying he thought he could trust Wylan to listen to his truth and tell the truth. (at this point in the series, we know Jesper's a Durast and about his mum and everything). I've got a brilliant little piece of dialogue which is just *chef's kiss*

Wylan: I learnt very quickly you had to lie to survive in the Barrel

Jesper: This isn't survival, Wy. This is us

^^^ This is how they go to the job. Keep that in mind while you read the rest of this

They go to the job, pissed off and not talking to each other. Inej notices and sidles up to Jesper, checking he's okay. In whispers (cos they're in a museum at night), Jesper explains the whole thing to her. He asks if anyone knew Wylan was a merchling. Inej says that she knew

J: What?!

I: Kaz knew too. And where do you think he gets his information from?

J: So does everyone know about my boyfriend's past but me?

It doesn't exactly make Jesper feel better (especially considering he was going to tell Wylan he loved him-). In this state of mind, he's feeling pretty reckless

They split off into groups when they reach the exhibition to find what they're looking for, which is a solid gold altar. Inej and Nina go off on their own while Kaz, Jesper and Wylan explore another side of the room.

Jesper finds the altar. Wylan tells him to be careful. Jesper scoffs and, true to book form, snarks at him and calls him 'merchling'. He leans his hand on the altar and tells Wylan that "nothing's going to happen."

Jesper gets possessed. By the soul of an ancient, young Zemeni king called Rhamani III, who was killed on the very altar Jesper leaned against. Once they all get over the language barrier (which involves a very annoyed Nina and Wylan slapping Rhamani, at Nina's insistence), they realise what a massive problem this is.

Not only does Rhamani have a Zemeni accent, he acts nothing like Jesper. He doesn't stand like him, he doesn't talk like him, he doesn't have the same opinions. He doesn't even know how to fire a gun. The only thing Jesper and Rhamani have in common is flirting with poor Wylan (who is, at this point in time, still in a relationship with Jesper that he's very committed to, despite them having fought)

Kaz insists Rhamani needs to stay out of the Barrel while they sort this out and instructs Wylan that he'll have to share his workshop (which is on Rozenstraat, a little way away from the Barrel) with Rhamani. Rhamani is delighted, Wylan is not.

While Kaz, Nina and Inej try and find a way to un-possess Jesper, Rhamani spends all of his time flirting with Wylan and distracting him from his work. Oh, and trying to convince him to break up with Jesper because, apparently, "Jesper lacks security as a lover. Security I can provide." He also thinks Jesper's powers are a curse, which he states. Multiple times. Yay... Jesper can still hear everything that's going on, by the way.

(so he also hears when Wylan turns Rhamani down and admits to him that he loves Jesper, for everything and despite everything)

Kaz brings a load of old Zemeni books to Wylan's workshop for Rhamani to work on. Rhamani, after Wylan asked him, said he wanted to help find how to 'free Jesper'. He starts reading one of the books and finds something. Wylan notices it in his face (he's very bad at hiding his emotions) and asks him about it. Rhamani accuses him and says he could just read it for himself. Rhamani is a king, not a commoner who reads to people. Wylan admits that, no, he couldn't just read it himself and if Rhamani has access to all of Jesper's memories (which he does) why didn't he know that already?

Rhamani makes up some excuse and Wylan accuses him of lying. They have a row and Wylan leaves. He heads to the Crow Club, where he finds Kaz, bleeding

In Kaz's words, he "walked into a fight I couldn't walk out of". Wylan gets him to admit that he needs Jesper just as much as the rest of them.

Wylan goes back to his workshop. Rhamani doesn't apologise but he doesn't mention the reading thing again. He tries to make a physical come-on to Wylan and Wylan very possibly breaks his nose. He runs again.

When he gets back to his workshop with Inej as backup, he finds the place is trashed. Chemicals and glass are strewn about the floor and the vapour makes him gag. Rhamani's passed out inside and Wylan saves him, much to Rhamani's surprise. They go to the Crow Club and lock Rhamani in Jesper's room. Wylan cleans up his workshop and tries not to cry about it.

Back at the Crow Club, the crows are trying a variety of techniques to get Rhamani to tell them how to lift the curse and free Jesper. He won't talk. When Wylan gets there, he appeals to the side of himself that Rhamani's always shown. He kneels beside Rhamani's chair and implores him, as a subject would, to return their friend to them. Rhamani concedes and tells them. The other crows are incredibly surprised at Wylan being able to do that. He just admits that A) he's grown up around men like that and B) you just need to know what side to appeal to to seem helpless

They go back to the exhibit and Jesper gets un-possessed (idk how yet but shhhhhh). Jesper and Inej have a little reunion but Wylan hangs back with Kaz. He wants to run to Jesper and hug him and cry that he's alright but he doesn't. He's scared to.

(also, in a deleted scene for the show, Jesper asks Wylan to move in with him so, that's what this next scene is about)

That night, when Jesper's in his room, there's a knock at the door. It's Wylan, bringing him some tea and coming to collect his stuff. When Jesper asks why, Wylan admits he didn't think Jesper would want him after what happened. They talk about the fight and it's all very cute and very soft and they make up. The end!

Now, you've got what you wanted. Please go to sleep

[sixofcrowdaydreams]

Six of Crows Thoughts

So I finally read Six of Crows and it was a ride. It was probably the first actual physical fictional book I've read in a decade.

I watched the Shadow and Bone show first and knew plot beats and general spoilers/important quotes from the books. And I'm not gonna lie, knowing what was going to happen, but not how it happened made reading the book so much more fun.

Thoughts below.

First of all, holy shit, the crows are so mean to Wylan in the beginning! Even Nina and Inej. That poor boy!

Like, knowing Wylan can't read and that his father tried to have him murdered for it made the rest of the crows' speculation about him running away so petty and unnecessarily mean. But it's not their fault because they don't know. Really glad the book shared the details of what's written in Van Eck's letters to Wylan. The message is so cruel, Wylan's better off know knowing what's in it them. If I hadn't been aware of the spoiler, I wouldn't have even registered all of the little hints Bardugo left. Like the unread letters. Wylan not labeling the map he made and pushing the pen toward Mattias to let him write the ice court names in Fjerdian when Kaz demands to know why it's not labeled. And asking what the book says when they pass it to him before he realizes it's a spyglass. As someone with the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia (math version called dyscalculia), Wylan and his learning disability representation is so important to me.

It was so exciting to hit the big plot beats. There's Inej getting stabbed and Kaz going feral to rip a man's eye out! *fangirls* Waiting for the goddamn tank to appear. Inej's shoes melting as she climbs the incinerator shaft. Nina taking parem.

Every. Wesper. Moment. God, I squealed so hard at the "Just girls?" "No, not just girls," line and had to read the scene out loud to my husband. (Thank you for indulging me, Love.) Their slow burn build up was so satisfying. I get to enjoy their speedrun show version and slowburn book version -- it's the best of both worlds! The shocking part was that the not-just-girls conversation took place while Wylan's hands were bloody from trying to hack away at the chain link. Like, Wylan may be new to crime, but like he goes all in and gives 100% the entire time. Ouch.

Despite knowing so much of the story before reading it, all of the things I didn't know were equally entertaining. Like, I knew Wylan sings a Fjerdian drinking song, but learning the context when and why was so satisfying. (Fuck netflix for not letting Jack Wolfe show off his voice in this scene. Fuck netflix in general.) I also have a new appreciation for Nina and Mattias and their very complicated ... everything. I probably knew the least about them coming into the book and walked away really liking both of them as characters far more than I expected.

Breaking someone out of jail: barely an inconvenience.

Boarding a ship: The most dangerous task of the entire book. lol.

The most unexpected moment in the books was the Crows stumbling across the burning bodies on the pyres. This is a YA novel. I had to remind myself that this gruesome scene straight out of a horror story Is. In. A. YA. Novel. Then Bardugo says, you think that's bad, and makes the entire scene so much darker! Goddamn. One of the bodies is still barely alive, suffering, and Jesper puts it out of it's misery like it's a horse with a broken leg. All Kaz can do is snap at Jesper for giving away their location with a gunshot. Jesus christ.

Speaking of ... Kaz is waaaaaaaaaay more violent in the books. Holy shit. The show neutered him. Little Kaz swearing at Jakob Hertzoon. Him climbing out of the harbor at 9 years old and robbing a kid in front of a candy store, taking the boys pants just to humiliate him. Cutting another kid's feet up just so that he can steal the boy's job. Brutal. Every time I came across those scenes, I summarized them for my husband (who is a saint for watching the Crows scenes of the show with me and listening to me talk about this series non-stop) because my hubby thought Kaz came off as the most useless member of of Crows because for someone said to be so violent, Kaz Brekker never actually did very many violent things. Hubby pointed out the Inej, Jesper, and even Wylan have a higher body count in the show than Kaz.) SO I felt obligated to prove just how insane and deranged Kaz was in the book.

Nina is a queen for taking parem and saving all of them. What a sacrifice.

I'm so proud of Inej for stealing Heleen's diamonds. Take back your autonomy!

I also really appreciated the irony of the entire Ice Court being Grisha made. Like, my druskelle dudes, you hate Grisha but you depend so heavily on them. You can't have it both ways.

Jesper's horror of the kefta lined tophy wall and his internal struggle after killing the tidemaker gave him so much more depth. He denies his powers pretty hard, but he acknowledges that it could have been him captured, strung out on drugs, or murdered. Part of him died after killing the tidemaker that was actively attacking him and Wylan ... it's so heavy. He knows that he should have volunteered to take the parem with Nina or in her place, but was too scared to do it. I love Jesper so much.

I knew there was going to be a body switch, but didn't realize it happened in Six of Crows. I thought it would just be in Crooked Kingdom. Van Eck's betrayal was ... woof. Sad that Kaz and Wylan's conversation about being a useless hostage/Wylan's disability/and the body swap plan was summarized in Kaz's narration and not shown. I have a mighty need to read that entire scene, dialog and all! Give. It. To. Me!

Kaz probably threatened the shit out of Wylan to not tell Jesper about the body swap onboard the ship. (That's book Kaz's usual style of persuasion.) But Wylan as Kuwei standing near Jesper on deck each evening is the most romantic, sweet gesture I've read in years. God, the pining. And it's just treated as a throw-away line! Excuse me, I'mma need some fanfic about this. Meanwhile, Jesper's like, why is this new weirdo following me? lol.

Jesper thought Wylan (and others) were on the ship as it blew up. And Kaz wanted him to think that. Goddamn. The book just straight up says that Kaz let Jesper think Wylan had died to punish him. Again, Kaz is insane. This cannot be understated. He really earned that title of Dirtyhands.

Random, but I also really enjoyed all of the names, whether characters or locations. The naming was a point and easy to pronounce, (aside from Kuwei, which I double checked the pronunciation but that's probably just me being overly cautious.) Fantasy names can be kinda tricky, either sounding too modern or using obscure letters to be an incomprehensible mess of x, q, and z. So well done with minor phonetic changes and lots of double letters.

I'm so excited to read Crooked Kingdom now.

[littlelcvestory]

thank you @wesperbrekkered for tagging me even though im so inactive on like all my fandom accounts 😭😭😭

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

i have 13 :)

2. What is your AO3 word count?

29,858 words 😭 thats kinda crazy for me ngl

3. What fandoms do you write for? 

my main is six of crows! my ao3 still has my fics from when i wrote solangelo tho lmao

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

sparks fly (whenever you smile) with 268 (wesper)

we were in screaming color with 244 (solangelo)

Doctor Death (god this fic is so old i hate it 😭) with 236 (solangelo)

i wanna teach you how forever feels with 221 (wesper)

time can't stop me quite like you did with 205 (i wrote this for a school assignment, it's from the book they both die at the end)

i strongly dislike this list mainly because of solangelo being on there and how long ago i wrote those fics because theyre really bad now 😭 perhaps leave more kudos on my wesper fics :)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? 

YES it makes me so happy that people enjoyed what i wrote. i'd like to say it's author fuel but i have not touched any of my fics since august but they ARE author serotonin

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

it's either time can't stop me quite like you did (because he literally d!es) but none of my SoC fics have angsty endings, because none of them have endings. haha

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

uhh i'd say it would be i wanna teach you how forever feels purely because it's a cute domestic post-ck wesper

8. Do you get hate on fics?

i dont think im widespread enough to have haters on my fics tbh 😭

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? 

nope, i am literally 16 !! although i have written a few very intimate passages but theres also taught you the way you call me baby which is the closest i'll ever get for now

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

my wesper romeo and juliet au like fire and powder that i havent touched since august! this was like my most big brain idea ever but i'm torn between discarding it and starting from scratch or continuing as it is right now

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? 

i dont think so, and i hope not !

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? 

no :)

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

also no

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship? 

wesper. next!

15. What’s a WIP you’d like to finish but doubt you ever will?

THE ROMEO AND JULIET AU I AM CRYING i need to continue it as soon as possible oh lord

16. What are your writing strengths?

not sure tbh! i do find writing dialogue easy but it also leads to my downfall sometimes which i'll explain in the next question

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

inner monologues, because they jump around too much and i eventually stray from the original thought. or anything thats not closely tied to a character ... i'm really strong with character driver things but if you hand me a plot, i'm gonna struggle (which may be why the r&j au is failing LMAO) and how i said with dialogue, it ends up being dry and makes the scene move a little too fast. i'm really bad at slowing down scenes 😭

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? 

never done it before hehe

19. First fandom you wrote for?

percy jackson, i think

20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?

my romeo and juliet au because its the most ambitious thing i ever tried to accomplish. i really want to get back to it because i'm still so intrigued by the idea of it and i was shocked i wrote 10k for the first chapter but it felt like it was being squeezed out of me... i'll do my best to get back to writing i've had insane weiters block (no thanks to school 🙄)

thanks for tagging me rae :) i'm tagging @artsypretzel @jazzythursday and anyone else who sees this and wants to do it :)

[loki-is-my-kink-awakening]

Fave shows tag game

Rules: List 5 favourite shows (in no particular order) and answer questions accordingly.

Thanks @the-evil-stick for the tag. Your answers were amazing. I adored them.

Anyway, let's go.

Loki

The Witcher

Shadow and Bone

Midnight Mass

Our Flag Means Death

My answers below the cut.

1. Who is your favourite character in 2?

No question, it's Jaskier. My absolute baby. The main character. There is no one else.

2. Who is your least favourite character in 1?

Can I pick Kang since he manipulated Loki even when he was in the TVA and not in the sacred timeline? And everyone else he controlled.

3. What's your favourite episode of 4?

Episode 5. It's very Riley-centric and he's my fave from this show. He deals with a lot this episode.

4. What is your favourite season of 5?

Lmao, I could go out on a limb and say S2, but since we don't even have a trailer yet, I'm gonna stick with S1.

5. What's your favourite relationship in 3?

Wesper. A close second is Kanej. But Wesper are my absolute fave.

6. Who is your anti relationship in 2?

Not really into Yenralt on their own. As a poly with Jaskier, yes. Mainly, that ship needs more Jaskier in it.

Everything needs more Jaskier in it.

7. How long have you watched 1?

I've watched through twice completely and watched various parts over and over on occasion.

8. How did you become interested in 3?

The show came out on Netflix. We watched the first episode. Partner didn't like it. I went away and starred reading the books, then went back and watched the show. Then I realised I was missing something, which was Six of Crows and I started reading those books, too.

9. Who is your favourite actor in 4?

Hamish Linklater is amazing. The way he plays John/Paul is so good.

10. Which show do you prefer 1, 2 or 5?

Oooh, hard one. At the moment, with a bi bard becoming an actuality that will be shown-on-screen canon, I'm gonna go with The Witcher.

Of course, we have lots of queer rep in OFMD but I'm very obsessed with Jaskier, if you can't tell.

11. Which show have you seen more episodes of 1 or 3?

There are more episodes in Shadow and Bone, so that one.

12. If you could be anyone from 4, who would you be?

Warren Flynn. I live.

13. How would you kill off your favourite character in 5?

Buttons sets fire to the ship in a last ditch attempt to distract the big bads and let everyone escape, before he dives into the welcome arms of the sea.

14. Would a 3/4 crossover work?

Saints and God. Alina having to go to Crockett Island to get an amplifier, which is the Angel.

Or Saints vs God. Each side trying to wow more followers by having better miracles.

Could be something in it.

15. Pair two characters in 1 that would make an unlikely, but strangely okay couple.

Okay, total crack. Casey and Miss Minutes.

16. Overall, which show has the better cast, 3 or 5?

That's difficult because I love, love, love the Six of Crows characters, but I have to say Our Flag Means Death has a great cast overall.

Tagging @waterhorseyblues-ao3 @insert-witty-user-name-here @cha-melodius @mirilyawrites @mimisempai @rins-love-wins @chaos-monkeyy @johnsimms @bigpeepee @abitofboth if you or anyone else wants to do this.

[sixofsol]

prompt 33 with wesper <3

both you plus an anon requested this, so here you both go!

33. “I’m not going to stop poking you until you give me some attention.” ------

Jesper drummed his fingers against the desk. Again. And again. And again.

It had been a long day. They were in an - as Wylan had described it - intense phase of their work. Long gone were the days where they could take it slow and blame it on the fact that they were new to all this mercher business. Now it was full speed ahead, and there was no backing out.

Wylan got very focused during these more intense periods, to an extent that worried Jesper. It wasn't like it was bad Wylan was focused, it helped Jesper to have someone keep him on track as well, but he got too into it. Wylan needed to prove himself to everyone it seemed, and Jesper just wished he could make Wylan see he had proven himself enough.

But when that proved impossible, the least he could do was make sure Wylan rested. Which meant distracting him from work.

It was late in the evening, and the sun was low in the sky. It hit Wylan's freckled face in a particularly flattering way, but Jesper was not gonna let himself be distracted tonight. He had been drumming his fingers for minutes, but Wylan had grown immune to his fidgeting and twisting. It had never bothered Wylan as much as Jesper had feared, and these days Jesper could drum his fingers and trace patterns into Wylan's hands as much as he wanted to. So even know, with Wylan deep into the figures he'd scribbled all over the papers, he didn't seem to hear anything Jesper was doing. Which was the problem.

His drumming fingers wandered over the desk, closer to Wylan's papers. He brushed the edges of the papers, and looked intently at Wylan's face. No sign of any disturbance. A sigh escaped Jesper's lips, which his boyfriend took no notice of either. His fingers traveled up to Wylan's arm, tapping his way upwards to his shoulder, up and tussling his hair, down to stroke his cheek. No reaction. He poked his finger into Wylan's cheek, and finally he looked at him, with one eyebrow raised.

"Do you want to say something?" Wylan asked, and Jesper sighed, poking him again.

"I'm bored."

"You can go do something else. I'll let you know if I need you to read anything."

"But I wanna be with you," Jesper said, dragging out the final word. "You've been working all day, just relax a bit with me. Please." He pouted, and Wylan rolled his eyes but Jesper only had eyes for the smile on his lips.

"I just need to get this done. We can do something after."

"Wylan," he whined, but Wylan just went back to calculating number. "Wylan. Wy. Merchling. Darling. Sweetheart. Love. Baby." Slowly but surely color filled Wylan cheeks, but he looked set on ignoring it. Jesper's hand was still on his cheek, and he decided to poke again. And again. And again. “I’m not going to stop poking you until you give me some attention." He kept poking Wylan, to really make his point. Finally, Wylan sighed deeply, and pushed his papers away.

"Fine. I'll stop working for tonight. Are you happy now?"

"Overjoyed," Jesper said, leaning forward to press his lips to Wylan's warm cheek, before pulling him out of the office, away from the stacks of work.

[crowpricorn]

could you please tell us something about angeldemon au and spiderman wy au?🌼

hi!! thank you for asking💗💗

spidey wy au is still mostly in my head because I need to understand how I want to bring it to life, what tropes to include, how long to make it. but the general idea is one that I love!!! wylan here is spiderman and jesper has a crush on his best friend (wylan) and on spiderman (still wylan)! im very fond of this au and I love wylan's spider design + he is a drummer, a science genius, an artist and stuff and jesper is literally head over heels for him (but he also Loves spiderman's thighs and ass in his suit, and this is basically what kick-started this au) buuuut I'm still processing whether to make it action-based (which would be harder), with a thick plot, enemies, fights, etc, or chiller and more focused on their everyday life, with jesper finding out wylan and spiderman are the same person and having a stroke over it

angeldemon au is a wesper prequel to a kanej prompted au, and I think it's going to be a long one shot with lots of flirty, mischievous wylan making trouble, pining!jesper that immediately falls in love but he is also torn bc angels and demons here usually don't interact and he feels bad for doing so (much like in the kanej au) it's like.. annoyances at first sight (for wylan) vs love at first sight (for jesper)

under the cut there's a snippet of angeldemon with wesper's second meeting(in heaven, whilst the first had been in hell where jesper often goes to spend his time at the crow club)💌🫶🏻

He wants to see if he has any hooves or clawed toes, really, but he gasps out loud when he sees that Wylan wears only a pair of white slips and a pair of see-through, white lace shorts over.

Wylan here looks angel-like through and through: he is dressed in white and splotches of sky-blue that matches the color of his eyes, all lace and ribbons and see-through shirts that send Jesper insane. He tries not to hover on the expanse of smooth skin visible from his fucking transparent clothes, and settles instead on Wylan's legs.

"We don't dress like this," he says on a panicked whimper, darting his eyes back to Wylan's face before he starts drooling. Wylan laughs loud and clear.

"Must have overdone a little, but I liked to dress up for once."

"Where's your…?" Jesper points his chin towards Wylan's head: his copper-golden curls are surrounded by a white halo that makes his features all the more beautiful. And there's no trace of his big, red horns.

Wylan's brows snap up, and he laughs again. "We shapeshift, feather, did you forget? If you try hard enough, you might grow a pair as well."

Jesper flushes all over, thanking the Saints for his dark skin that doesn't show his blush — but that's futile, because he probably looks all flustered all the same.

"You should change into something more adequate, though," he mumbles.

"I must admit I'm surprised you're not wearing your white silks and lace," Wylan says. Jesper wants to whimper, still pretty distracted by the amount of skin showing under the demon's thin clothes. And his naked legs. And the way his eyes shine with a glint of mischief that makes him all the more alluring.

"We haven't worn that stuff in centuries. We are modern now," he proudly says, tilting his chin up. Wylan's stare stays unchanged, serious as Jesper remembered. It makes Jesper squirm a bit, uneasy under the intensity of his eyes.

[canonkinnie]

do not be blind, says the fool who is in love (yet still i could not see)

by r3m3dy_4bor3dom on ao3 :)

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His heart, pounding in a staccato he knew uncomfortably well, beat the tune of his own personal horror music into his veins, strung taut with tension and discordant notes. The bass was in his blood, the melody in his too-quick breaths, singing run, run, run!

And so he did.

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a wesper show-universe name reveal fic :)

tags:

(the ones that actually matter lol)

☆ angst

☆ hurt no comfort

☆ bad parent jan van eck

☆ panic attacks (-> this is a maybe. i'm not actually entirely sure this was written 😭)

☆ overthinking

☆ wylan-centric

☆ wylan needs a hug (he doesn't get one)

☆ implied / referenced child abuse (verbal mainly i think, also mentions of the boat)

wordcount: 1.3k

first fic that i'm actually posting things for lol, my only other one is a silly little ninjago one abt gayle gossip and her news crew. anyway if this is weird that's why. 👁.

[arillusionist]

shadow and bone s2e1 reaction - i said i would watch this episode on sunday but i lied. haha

they should've put 6 crows in the sky are they dumb

kaz gave them papers?? when?? he probably did it offscreen i swear i didnt forget the last episode that quickly

ok oh my god by the way. they better have fixed malina in this season too because i'm halfway through siege and storm and i literally want to kill mal hes so fucking annoying and literally SO toxic. i miss the soc relationships they were all so well written

fuck this after i finish the s&b triology im rereading soc

ooh nice map

YAYY WE'RE IN KETTERDAM i hope they have more episodes here this season. aka more than 2

i have a feeling this is where they meet wylan... or nina maybe

"are you saying we have no home" ?? what about the slat

KAZ'S BACKSTORY??

thats how you pronounce inej's last name?? my whole life is a lie wtf

"she does that" aw he sounds so proud

stop this is like that one scene from soc except if he faints inej's voice wont be there to ground him when he wakes up ☹️

omg thats nikolai/sturmhond right

PLEASE KAZ'S SIDE EYE WHEN HE LOOKS AT JESPER

take your damn shoes off

ok they better tell him where shes going because while theyre on the verge of going to prison shes just making out with her boyfriend

i love alina but am i supposed to feel bad for her?? bc i dont

yayy he told him but good thing inej isnt here

Kaz side eye 2.0

theyre revealing the jesper grisha thing already...? interesting

omg novyi zem looks exactly like how i imagined it "these fugitives are wanted for crimes against our country" this isnt your country dawg

i can already tell theyre toyla and tamar

is this ketterdam again is that inej

so they kill heleen ofscreen. and inej has literally no reaction to it.

I am so confused rn didnt kaz buy inej's indenture??

WAIT NO I GET IT STOP IM SO DUMB

"im not leaving you. not now" ☹️☹️☹️☹️

HEARTRENDER NINA PLEASEEEEE 🙏🙏🙏

tf is he waffling about

talking about pekka btw

if theyre doing the whole pekka plot now what did they leave for the spinoff?? ik its probably not happening but they thought it was gonna happen and they wrote the scripts but what even are in those scripts

then again i think they only wrote the scripts for the first book

but what were they planning on putting in it for the second book if they got it 💀

WYLANNNNNN!!!!!

so he already had wylan employed (??) or whatever interesting

NINAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

"funny guns and angry hat" speaking of hats can kaz please stop wearing one it looks so fucking ugly

aww nina talking to inej in suli

MATTHIAS!!!

all the crows in one episode this is crazy

and they've been onscreen for 9 whole minutes?? even crazier

i spoke too soon 💀💀

is this a cult

GENYA!!!!!

i need to stop doing that everytime a character i like shows up

but seriously i just need zoya now and i'll be so happy

is he a fucking cannibal

IS GENYA A CANNIBAL TOO

WESPER MEETING!!!! i wasnt excepting it this episode but yay

ALL THE CROWS IN ONE PLACEE except matthias but ik thats not happening this season

"in truth hes the love of my life" kaz im sure you know so much about that

"he does this" "does he" lmfaooo

omg its the iconic scene i've seen in way too many edits

Inej in the middle i knew she was the main main character 😍😍

ughhhh i thought the episode would end with the crows but ofc not

ok now it ended