#but if they knew this was gonna be it WHY WASNT MATTHIAS THERE.

[juhbebbie]

Shadow and Bone cancelation is not at all surprising (I was literally talking to my roommate about the show the other day and I said there's no way we're getting another season) but seeing it confirmed still sucks. The literal ideal cast got screwed over by some terrible writing decisions. Either that, or they already knew they wouldn't be getting another season, which is why season 2 was... like that

I do think it's a combination of both. They knew people cared more about the crows so they tried to have scenes from the books in there, as well as try to wrap up the Grisha trilogy asap. At the same time, with Netflix's track record they probably knew chances of a renewal were slim. But I can't help but wonder if they shot themselves in the foot by trying to fit as much as they did into this season, causing it to get a lukewarm reception and kinda ruining any chance of it getting renewed again. Like don't get me wrong, if it's between getting the odd, kinda lame versions of the crooked kingdom scenes put in there or no crooked kingdom seasons at all, I prefer what we got. (Trying to give the showrunners/writers the benefit of the doubt here😭)

But there is NO EXCUSE for what they did to my boy Matthias. If they knew (or were at least sure enough) that season 2 would be their last, WHY WOULD THEY LOCK HIM UP AND THEN FORGET ABOUT HIM FOR THE WHOLE SEASON. WHY DID THEY SEND THE CROWS ON RANDOM SIDEQUESTS THAT MADE NO SENSE. In season one the way they fit them in felt very natural. We knew what their stake in this was. In season two they literally went on a whole ass world tour and still managed to find time for a tragic backstory acid trip, all for a sword that got used like once

I wish they had just committed to going one way or the other. If this is our last season, let's give the fans what they want and make sure all the crows are together. Let's not change the nice ending that Alina and Mal got and separate them again and then do a cliffhanger so we can keep Alina around for longer (which I would've been cool with honestly, I love Jessie Mei lee)

Or, let's try really hard to make this as good as possible so we get another season. Sure, okay, combining siege and storm and ruin and rising is fine, although I would have happily watched a third season with Harshaw and his cat. Let's give the crows something worthwhile to do, even if it isn't directly related to the grisha trilogy storyline. Maybe set up the status quo we have at the beginning of six of crows. Have Matthias hellgate scenes but yknow. Don't jump the gun by putting some of the most emotional scenes in with exactly zero of the lead up, making them kinda fall flat. Build up that tension so that fans are even more anxious for another season or spinoff.

But don't land somewhere in the middle where you expect this season to be the last but still write most of it like there's gonna be another. I would assume they wrote that cliffhanger to leave the door open for a plot just in case it did get renewed, but by that point all the other, much more preferrable doors had been closed shut

[cryingoverkanej]

the crows in rollerskates:

(this is so long but its worth reading i promise)

anytime all six crows are in ketterdam they have an unspoken rule that they must congregate at the van eck mansion for dinner.

even kaz shows up. every time without fail. he says inej threatens him into it but really he just loves seeing his friends. matthias is alive idc

he’d never tell anyone that but they all know.

so one day after getting an invite from wylans very exhausted runner kaz locks up his office and makes his way through the sunday afternoon crowds.

jesper is buzzing.

wylan sighs at him but cant wipe the grin off his face at his husband’s happiness theyre married now because i said so

jesper has been gliding around the halls for the better part of a week testing out his new rollerskates.

he picked it up suprisingly quickly and was doing jumps and spins within the first day, far too close to the expensive vases for wylans liking.

wylan had had a go too, slipping and sliding, his face twisting into varying levels of uncertainty, falling with every step.

jesper was too busy laughing to catch him every time and so he ended up on the floor more often than not.

the next morning wylan had woken up early with a sore back, jesper was still fast asleep and one glance at the clock told him it would be at least three hours before his husband actually got up.

so out of determination but mostly spite, wylan crept out of bed, got washed and dressed and ventured downstairs to find the skates where jesper had left them in the corridor.

he had given his staff the day off in preparation for the crows dinner that evening so, without the risk of embarrassing himself further infront of a servant, wylan had slipped on the skates.

by the time jesper came downstairs four-and-a-half hours later wylan was skating around the ground floor with confidence much to jespers astonishment and delight.

nina and matthias had shown up not long after that and jes had taken the skates back to show off his moves.

“pleaseeee jes!”

“five more minutes nina!”

nina groaned. matthias grinned, she had wanted a go for the past hour but jesper was somehow still full of energy.

eventually he pulled to a dramatic stop and took a bow before untying the laces and handing them to nina.

she wasnt as smooth as jesper to say the least.

thud. “OW-” and a wide range of swearwords seemed to be her preferred reactions.

matthias got repeatedly swatted and hit away whenever he tried to help her.

“well don’t complain to me when you’re covered in bruises tomorrow”

“you can cover me in bruises later if you like” she winked.

matthias rolled his eyes but went bright red earning a satisfied chuckle from nina.

inej walked over and helped nina to her feet, slipping off her shoes and sliding over the floor in her socks to show nina the correct techniques.

nina copied somewhat successfully, only falling over half as much after that.

then jesper had had a brilliant idea and the five of them spent the next hour gathering every single cushion in the van eck mansion and piling them at the end of its longest corridor.

nina cried and skated towards the pile at full speed, landing in them and bursting into a fit of giggles as jesper jumped ontop of her.

wylan and matthias shared a glance that said ‘i-cannot-believe-we-married-these-literal-children’ before joining in their laughter along with inej.

“no no no no no.” matthias repeated as nina slipped off his shoes.

“yes yes yes yes yes.” she retorted.

matthias suprisingly wasn’t awful.

“it just feels like walking on ice” he’d said.

nina had been positively annoyed at how good matthias was and stuck her foot out when he sped past, her annoyance was replaced with disbelief when he jumped and swirled gracefully to avoid it before plummeting into the mountain of cushions.

inej was next, the shoes were far too big for her and jesper had to lend her two pairs of his fluffiest socks to make sure they didn’t slip off.

but still she skated perfectly, smoothly spinning like she was born to do so.

when they heard a knock at the door she glided eagerly over to let kaz in.

“hello kaz” she grinned.

“hello wraith” he replied fighting the smile that tugged at the corners of his lips, she’d missed that smile.

he tilted his head, she was suspiciously tall, before glancing down at her feet.

“jes got rollerskates.” she said.

“poor wylan.” he said stepping inside.

“hey! im rather good at it actually.” jesper said defensively.

“good at being annoying” wylan added.

inej kept the skates on throughout dinner, mostly because they could see she was happy with them on. and also because everyone had noticed how kaz was mesmerised by her as she slid round the mansion.

“kaz you should have a go!” said jesper when the group had settled by the fire and opened a box of chocolates.

kaz merely raised an eyebrow and waited for the sharpshooter to realise why that would be impossible.

“oh.” jesper said looking to kaz’ cane and bad leg resting on a pile of cushions.

“sorry” jesper gulped, embarrassed at how long it had taken him to remember that his best-friend-of-many-years was disabled.

then his face lit up.

“oh no,” said matthias.

wylan had a similar look of concern “jesper whetever you’re thinking-”

“-is a brilliant idea!” said nina, clearly catching onto his train of thought.

they both stood up and left the room clearly in search of something.

it wasn’t until ten minutes later they reappeared at the doorway slightly out of breath but faces both plastered with mischievous grins.

soon the six of them stood in the corridor and kaz realised what the two of them had planned. his eyes widened.

“absolutely not.” he said.

they had pulled out one of wylans best chairs, some expensive ravkan design that was supposed to be worth half a million kruge.

and it had wheels.

kaz turned around and started to make his way grumpily back to the living room when inej stepped in his way.

“you sit your ass down on that chair kaz or i will steal all coffee and everyone knows without it you’d just wither and die.”

the others laughed but inej was only half joking. kaz knew that and reluctantly set aside his cane and sat down.

“what now?” he said with a scowl.

“you know what.” replied inej.

and with that she grabbed the back of the chair and started pushing him towards the cushions. she still had the rollerskates on as the two of them hurtled along the floor.

inej screamed excitedly and kaz let out a muffled cry as he practically flew out of the chair landing face first in the cushions.

she jumped in a few feet away from him grinning wildly at the look on his face.

he looked… happy.

hair messy, shaking his head and failing to hide a smile. then he started giggling, like a child.

from behind they heard four other sets of running footsteps followed by a clash of thuds and laughs as wylan, jesper, nina and matthias joined them.

none of them made it a big deal that kaz seemed so relaxed, he wouldn’t want the attention. and none of them got too close so they might accidentally touch.

so they stayed, sprawled across the cushions laughing, for what must have been hours.

then as the sun set and they grew more and more drowsy they drifted to sleep.

even kaz brekker, dirtyhands, the bastard of the barrel, dozed off in the company of his friends.

(ig - pcttigrws if someone does fanart of this i’ll love you forever. also gonna post it on ao3 [pcttigrwsfics] )

[qwertyplier-blog]

Chapter Two- New School

Beep Beep Wake Up, Beep Beep Wake Up.

Yes. That is my alarm. It was so annoying so thats why I picked it. I springed out of bed and walked down the hall to Lillan’s room. Bit she wasnt there. I looked around the house, but no sign of Lillian. I saw a note by my backpack. It said:

Yo yo little sis! Suuuper sorry Im not gonna be home. The guy I met yesterday’s name is Bryce and he asked me to come over to his place. I hope I will c u after school! Good Luck baby girl ♡

It really didn’t feel any different without her. She was funny and brought life to the day. And school was gonna be great. I skipped to the calendar. It read today was Febuary 3rd 2018. Today was gonna be great. I hope.

I brushed my teeth extra clean, so I dont embarrass myself. You never know what might just creep on ya that can completely drown your reputation. Well, I really had to be careful about what I wear for a first impression. So I picked out the perfect outfit. A white, and tight crop top that said ‘Queen’ with crown emojis all over it, blue leggings that look like jeans, a red flannel around my very slim waist, and a pair of platform shoes the say 'Queen’ all over them and crown emojis, that match my shirt perfectly.

I ate cereal for breakfast and hissed home goodbye. I hated it. Into the car we go.

I slid the key into my own car. Deep breaths, deep breaths. I am confident everything will be okay today. I turned the musoc up to get my mind off of this. The song ’ Poison ’ by Rita Ora played. I hummed along to it as I set the G.P.S. The car was soon put on drive and driven to school.

-Le Time Skip-

I sat in the car for a while after I heard people outside behind me. Panicking. What if they don’t like me? What if I embarrass myself? I somehow remember that guy by the mall yesterday and his laugh. His laugh was again, beautiful. I knew everything was gonna be alright today.

As soon as my car door opened, all eyes on me. Everyone just stared at me like I killed someine they love. As soon as I got out of the car, I faced everyone with the sun behindr me.

“Hi…um…I am-am” I can feel my legs turning into jelly. “I am Liliana Black. And I am your new student” I say loud and clear. Now I didn’t care about what any one thought of me.

I shut the car door behind me and walk with power. Until is see him. The guy from yesterday I was thinking about in my car. Panick was all that came to my head. He wasn’t looking at me. Nobody was. Thank goodness this is over.

I sprinted to a dark corner of the school and hid myself there. I felt tears form in my eyes. I was going to cry. The feeling of being stared at was not a pleasant one. Everyone carried on to what they were talking about. Footstep crepped up closer and closer to me. I tried to hide myself, but the corner I was in was to small.

“Hey, hey, don’t cry, everyone loves you.” A smooth, deep voice whispered.

I wiped my tears to see who was talking to me. I recognized that voice. And it was the only thing that can sooth me in this situation. As soon  as stopped crying, I looked up to see that guy from yesterday. He was cuter then I could imagine. 

“Hey, I’m Mark. Please don’t cry. Everyone loves you, Liliana.”

Mark really suited him for his look. Big and strong and bubbly additude. I blushed uncontrollably.

“Oh um hello. As you know I am Liliana. And thank you. I do hope everyone likes me.” I say in a quiet voice.

“Mark! Come here!” A female voice called for Mark.

“C'mon Lili” Mark grabbed my hand and yanked me aside him, holding me tight to his shoulder.

Lots of fellings came to me now. I felt shy and confused. But I felt happy that I am going to start hanging out with my crush I had just layed eyes on yesterday. All eues were on us. Mark was golding me like I was his girlfriend or something. And I loved it

“Hey guys, this is Lilana, call her Lili” did he just give me a nickiname, I am freaking out.

I literally melted inside when I saw the girl who had called Mark over stare at my soul with her bright green eyes. She looked angry and frowned when I made her way.

“She is a pretty, bright, and cool girl. She will be hanging out with us for now on. No hate” Mark continued. This was a dream come true.

The school bell rang. It looked like a swarm of ants running from a water gun and into their little ant hills. School had begun.

Mark held my hand woth hos crew behind him. Seems like he likes me. H whispered all the names of the people behind him which were my new friends. They were Tyler, Ethan, Ryan, Matt, Matthias, and Nicole. I think Nicole was the one who gave me the look. She didnt seem happy with my presents.

“Hey, I think someone likes you already…” Tyler whispers from behind. I knew that wasn’t true. Mark was just here to welcome me. But would be cool to have him like me.

I took out my schedule.

“Hey, looks like we have 4 of the same classes. Cool!” Mark seem pretty haply about this. So was I. I could stare at this beauty all day.

His locksr was 6 away from mine. But Nicole’s was right next to mine.

“Hey Nicole, aka Nicki, how is e-” I was cut off.

“Listen here you ratty bitch. If you lay a finger on Mark ever again, I will snap it off.” She said fermly. What the fuck?

I didnt even have a chance to say anything because she just slammed her locker and walked away with he hands like fist.

I gave 0 fucks. I’m going to class

Chapter Two to meh fan fic. Just borf.