#Kesper

[zacshian]

Jesper would have loved Kaz Rietveld.

[zaritarazi]

and the thing is, i'm not saying kaz isn't also a serious person. he's very serious. he's deeply committed to the bit, usually at the detriment of everyone around him. he has such an annoying sense of humor. like, what else is he supposed to do? he's a little jewish boy trapped in a dickensian nightmare. what can he do but laugh at himself and this whole situation? he clearly doesn't find it funny at all, but at the same time, is constantly making little remarks only for the purpose of amusing himself. and inej. and also for inej as well. let me put inej here a third time for emphasis. anyway.

like if you think about it, jesper is more obvious with using attention-seeking and humor to run away from reality, but kaz wouldn't be friends with jesper if that really bothered him. he needs that. he's not going to admit it, but jesper sure is still here, isn't he? kaz and jesper undercutting each other and chuckling to themselves is literally how they get through the day, sometimes. this isn't about how jesper makes inej laugh more and kaz is always at least 50% seething about that. he's seething about everything. that's a man who is always at a low, roiling boil. listen. listen.

look. i'm trying to say people can be many things, as i made a funny little post about him doing magic tricks but don't want him to get flattened. so while kaz is very wet and traumatized, he's also surprisingly funny and bombastic. all the crows are like this, but i don't feel like going any further into it. striated. have layer

[jazzy-a]

A cute, random idea I had:

Kaz will do random things to make sure Jesper pays attention when he's explaining stuff (AKA because Jesper has ADHD energy lol.)

He'll spin a coin on the table repeatedly while telling him what he's supposed to do that night at the Club because Jes will get distracted by the table he's at otherwise.

He'll randomly do sleight of hand while he explains an intricate job- something where he makes, like, a pen disappear in one hand and then reappear prob- and do the trick over and over because he knows Jesper will literally stare at him the entire time if he does.

Sometimes he'll tap his cane against something or drum his fingers on it in a weird pattern so Jesper will look back at him when he starts to lose focus in busy places.

(He's ridiculously good at keeping him engaged at this point.)

[givemeureyes]

this is how i feel omw to read a fic of a ship i thought i would never like

[stromuprisahat]

from what i remember all the relationships in shadow and bone are toxic wastes of drama and meanness (with the exception of Genya and David maybe) horrible with both parties being vile towards each other like Mal and Alina? show and book codependent and in the Mal is the worst (I would not have been surprised if he did something physical). Darkling and Alina? both she see's him as subhuman. and she is an idiot so their ideals don't go together

I've decided to do this the lazy way, and simply copy ships from shipping wiki and delete the rarepairs:

Danya- ✌🎨🥇🧪💅

Darklina- 💀👑👌☕☢

Helnik- 卐💋🧙‍♀️🔥☠

Kanej- 🔪💑💸��💖

Malina- ⛓🤕⏲️😶☢

Malzoya- 🍆🍑🤷‍♀️

Nikolina- 🤴☀😙🎭🎎

Zoyalai- 🐲💍👨‍🦯🤡👑

Fivan- 💞🥉💔 (And that's only because they're just in the show.)

Jespwei- 😍🔥×🔫🤨

Kesper- 🤷‍♂️💸×🔫😍

Wesper- 🧪😳🧨👨‍❤️‍👨💉

Genyalina- 🤗👗🍰🗣💔

Ninej- 🤗👭👍😎🍹

Tamadia- 🤷‍♀️🪓🌬😒🖕 (Nadia has a personality?)

Zenya- 🛑

Shit, it might've turned into "What do I think about them", but you can see the "healthy" or wholesome ships in it too.

Since second season of Shadow and Bone totally ruined the little they did well in first, I'm ignoring its existence with the exception of Heartrender Husbands.

[eightyeggs]

Kaz himself has his own way to show people what belongs to him, keeping Jesper by his side is one of them.

[crowclubkaz]

brick by brick ; a kaz brekker playlist

"No, Inej. Greed bows to me. It is my servant and my lever."

🧱 listen on spotify here 🧱

flight of the crows - jhariah // viking death march - billy talent // breath - breaking benjamin // enemy - imagine dragons feat. jid // legends never die - halocene // warriors - imagine dragons // guns for hire - woodkid // crow girl - edgar allen poets // lovers at a public execution - hot sugar // me and the devil - soap&skin // massacre - kim petras // you should see me in a crown - billie eilish // eat your young (bekon's choral version) - hozier // in all my dreams i drown - jessica lowndes & terrance zdunich // + more!!

[naivety]

six of crows, chapter 13, leigh bardugo / matthew 5:29, KJV / six of crows, chapter 27 / matthew 5:30, KJV / crooked kingdom, chapter 2, chapter 23, chapter 30, leigh bardugo

[vampiremotif]

shadow and bone tv committed many crimes but erasing jesper’s crush on kaz is not one i can forgive

[ask-the-korvax]

KESPER!!! where did you get your sick red paint job? and what do the other sentinels think about it?

[jazzy-a]

Inej to Kaz, heartbroken: And how will you have me? Gloves on? Fully clothed? Head turned so our lips will never touch?

Jesper in every fanfic to the exact same conditions: That sounds hot.

[carnivorous-arboretum]

hey oc x canon warriors how are we doing

i haven't played jedi: survivor yet 🥲

[erzvolnes]

what trespasser does to a man

[naivety]

the fact that kaz trusted jesper at all to begin with is BONKERS btw. anyone who met that boy would trust him to have their back in a gunfight, but very little else. trust him not to stab it as much as fumble a knife and have it wind up there all the same somehow. trust his overeager smiles and the promise of fun, a little or a lot, but with anything else living in ketterdam requires? secrets, politics, planning, double crossed dealings, the whole giant chess game of it all? the things being a member of the dregs, let alone the semblance of a leader would require? and yet kaz did? kaz, the bastard of the barrel, sharp teeth and blood sniffing shark eyes, who never lets anyone close, not even those who already are, never close enough to touch. billboard for cynicism and trust issues kaz brekker took one look at the loudest, most colorful, theatrical bastard with the biggest mouth he's ever seen and zero ZERO impulse control and said him. he will be my right hand and inej will be my left. jesper, of all of ketterdam, was one of the two people he trusted with anything a boy like him could. kaz, of all people, trusted jesper, of all people. like that is insane. can anyone hear me

[sexcromancy]

I'm glad I'll be conked out of my gourd on pain meds to watch sab s2 bc there's simply no way it will be good LOL but at least I will go WEEE YIPEEE when I see my baby Zoya

[borom1r]

I wanna assign Classpects still plsssss send characters :33c