#Oomen

[aleksanderscult]

Hii girlie I was thinking about our shadow child a bit ago. And I remembered two separate scenes from two separate characters, but are very similar (the scenes). And yet they have very opposite responses. I’m talking about when Aleksander put shadows into Baghra’s eyes, and when Kaz pulled out a man’s eyeball. I made my own (very) little take on it but I love how you analyse scenes, and would like to hear your opinion why they're seen differently. Thanks byee

Hey, bestie!! Thank you for your kind words! 🥹💗

Ah yes... One of my most favorite type of tea to spill. Hypocrisy ☕

In order to see why they're seen as different we'll have to analyse the circumstances first.

The Darkling

Betrayed by his mother, a woman that is constantly seen as old and frail, who sent away the girl he both fell in love with and wanted her power to protect his country and people. So basically she committed treason (and she got away with it really lightly, if you ask me. Hell. If the King had found out, he would have her beheaded in the spot).

The punishment? He clouded her eyes with the black mist of the Fold. Some even theorize that she could take away that mist with her own powers but she didn't (my own opinion in this, is that she couldn't). It was a punishment that the Darkling could reverse at any time.

How did he feel about it?

Well... I'll let these passages talk for themselves:

He was hurt that he had to do this to his mother. He didn't take any pleasure from it.

Kaz

He was ambushed by Oomen, a man that is portrayed as frightening and disgusting, and who tried to kill the woman Kaz was secretly in love with.

The punishment? He plucked out his eyes. No reversing option in that. 🤷

How did he feel about it?

Uhh...nothing?

Now the differences are the following:

1) Baghra is seen as a frail, old woman that helped the MC not fall into the jaws of the bad guy. While Oomen is seen as cruel, strong and dangerous:

and he tried to mess up with the MC's love interest.

2) The relation the victims have with the offender. Baghra was the Darkling's mother. So the fans ask "How could he do such a thing to his own mother?!?" While Oomen is nothing for Kaz. He was a character that came and went from this book.

3) The way the perpetrators are seen and "painted" by the narrative and author ('cause readers almost always get affected by it). The Darkling was seen as a terrifying figure that inspired fear and respect since the beginning of the book. Also, the fact that he was "revealed" to be a "manipulative, bad guy" by Baghra herself in the middle of the book did nothing to give a good light on him. On the contrary, it only enhanced the conviction of the reader that "Yes, he must be an evil bastard to do such a thing to his mother. Baghra was right and the people were right". On the other hand, we have Kaz who is seen as a frightening figure too but!

A) We have his POVs, so we can glimpse his actions and feelings first handed (the Darkling never had that chance. And THAT is why POVs are important!) and it's easier for the reader to see his own side of the story (with the Darkling we don't have his side of the story throughout the trilogy).

B) he's a bad guy that is secretly in love with a girl. And YA readers eat that shit up every time. They naturally act like: "Oh he's a bad boy that has a secret crush! He killed for her! So romantic! 😍😭". While with the Darkling, the readers think he did it because he's a jerk. And, as we all know, the majority of antis think he wasn't in love with Alina. So he only punished his mother because of his "evil fury" and for the fact that she took away his chance to gain more power.

So Kaz has the advantage because he had the opportunity to show himself through his POVs and is "painted" by the author as cruel but badass and in love with a girl. While poor Aleksander never had one POV from that trilogy so we don't know his own side of the story and the author mostly "paints" him as an evil mastermind.

Oh! And let's see the aftermath of what happened after Oomen got thrown overboard!

Aha... He threatened one of his gang members to shut up otherwise...

And let's not forget how Kaz promised Oomen two things!

*five minutes later Oomen gets yeeted*

*five seconds later Kaz throws Oomen's ass to the depths of the black sea*

Kaz didn't feel anything while for the Darkling it pained him to do this to his mother. He didn't want to but she turned out to be a traitor who took away his hope, his joy and the girl he loved. In R&R he even offered to take her back home and I bet he felt even more regret for what he did to her after she committed suicide.

Do the Math yourselves 🙂

[ericheart]

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[aetsiv]

Sometimes I listen to Body by Mother Mother and think of Oomens eye getting pulled out of the socket (“Take me eyes, take them aside…take me face and desecrate")

[ghostly-schematics]

my little sister read six of crows recently and now whenever I do something she doesn't like she tells me to "get oomened"

[the-sharpened-pencil]

Haha yeah he does that

I’m reading six of crows for the first time and Kaz just casually ripped out a man’s eyeball???

[crankycripple]

my wraith would council mercy

[ruins-and-rewritez]

Jesper: does this eyeliner bring out my eyes?

Kaz: I know a way to bring out your eyes

Jes:

Kaz:

Inej: *sigh* Yes, Jes, it really makes them pop. You look amazing

[kanejbr3kker]

okay we all talk about kaz pulling out oomen's eyeball but what about nina shoving a gun through the khergud's eye and pulling the trigger once it was lodged all the way inside his head?

[barrel-crow-n]

Love how Jesper is literally characterised as an enabler 💀

Jesper when Kaz does something horrible: Typical Tuesday, The sky is blue the grass is green Kaz did something horrible come on guys

Jesper when Kaz does something inhumane: Damn, that's a bit more horrible than usual that's crazy. Still no real comment tho I mean-

[jazzkrebber]

if you ever feel like a hopeless romantic then remember Kaz got the girl by ripping a guy's eye out

[mysticmiav]

I feel like we as a society don't talk enough about the fact that Kaz litrly gauges someone's eye out with his hands. Gloved, sure, but with his fucking hands nontheless. I still sometimes forget that this happened and casually remember it every once in a while and I just sit there like huh. that's that.

Like this boy can't handle physical contact, his fuck-it-we-fight or fucking-flight response kicks in when someone, anyone, inej even, touches him even with layers of clothes between them. He stiffens and turns into bricks and is probably thinking of ways to cut off that hand and toss it off the face of the planet and yet, this mf goes "hmm yes weapon of choice: my hand" when beating up Oomen. Jesper mustve flinched to see kaz being kaz. Matthias and wylan traumatized for life. I traumatized for life. Kaz? Wipes his face and hand and fucking sticks the kerchief in oomen's now-empty eye socket. Fucking lunatic

[99percentprocrastination]

[shit-people-probably-didnt-say]

Wylan be like I can excuse waking people up to murder them but I draw the line at breaking a promise 😭😭

[incorrect-quotes-lobby]

Kaz, about Oomen: Is there no way we can get rid of him?

Jesper: Not without cause, Brekker

Kaz: I have cause. It is be-cause I hate him

[jeremysknoxes]

jesper: what do you call a fish with no eye

wylan: astyanax mexicanus

kaz: oomen 😃

jesper: …

jesper: a fsh

[nine-is-not-a-ten]

Inej: *getting stabbed* are you gonna take this back or can i keep it