#but in fact that’s not it at all

[6point5crows]

Six of Crows x Unwind

Kaz vers 1: Parents died before he or Jordie could ever be signed up for unwinding— though their parents would’ve never anyways. However upon meeting Pekka, he was somehow able to sign off on their unwinding forms (having strings he could pull, able to get money for this, etc). They were getting shipped off when Jordie and Kaz tried to escape. Jordie didn’t make it, and sacrificed himself for Kaz to escape, where he was on the run ever since. A few years later, he caught Pekka now having Jordie’s hands.

Kaz Vers 2: (Aka another au outcome of this) His parents did end up signing off on his and Jordie’s unwinding— or even just Kaz’s. Jordie helps him escape and they flee to the city to disappear. However, Pekka was a parts pirate, and he manages to trap them. Kaz is able to get away but Jordie doesn’t. Same outcome as before.

Jesper: He was never signed off to be unwound, of course, but after the loss of his mother and never able to sit still, he was sent to Ketterdam (as before). However he starts to get involved with runaways, and eventually gets mistaken for one anyways. Parts pirates begin to target him, and he loves the thrill of being on the run. So, he joins the ranks of the unwind-runaways, despite never being one himself.

Inej: Once she is kidnapped and taken to Ketterdam, and then further sold to Haleen, she is still made to work for her. However, Haleen has already signed off on Inej’s unwind papers the day they met, and was waiting to submit the papers until Haleen (ugh.) saw fit. However, Kaz knew of this practice and, as in canon, payed off her indenture and her unwind form so it wouldn’t be submitted. Plot twist: eventually Haleen submits it anyways, leading to Inej becoming a runaway as well. Of course, not even parts pirates dare to target her.

Nina: She was actually storked, having gone to house to house. She was passed around until finally she landed at the doorstep of a Ravkan military official. They took her into a home until she was revealed to be a heartrender, where she was then placed into the Ravkan army. She would not be unwound unless she failed to serve Ravka— abandoning or betraying them. This was never an issue to cross her mind until she was kidnapped by Fjerda and thought to be dead. She and Matthias have their storyline, and instead of her accusing Matthias of being a slavor, she accuses him of being a false parts pirate— somebody who takes kids not meant to be unwound and unwinds them. Though in doing so, this reaches Ravka who then fr does sign her unwinding form and she hides in Ketterdam hoping they don’t catch wind of that.

Matthias: Much like the situation with Nina, once he joins the Fjerdan army, he must work hard and prove himself to keep him from being unwound. This, he is able to do, until he is put into Ketterdam prison. While there, they sign his unwinding form for a few months out (they are really backed up, I imagine) until the Crows break him out. He is given the option to be freed from that unwinding form (ruled as a mistake) if he helps them break into the Ice Court. After he does so, and that whole plot happens, Fjerdan still has ability to sign an unwinding form for Matthias. They do so, and he becomes a runaway.

Wylan: The threat of being unwound has always loomed over his head. His own father constantly threatening to sign the form— even going as far as to keep a copy of the signed form framed on Wylan’s wall to remind him that it could be sent out anytime. However, eventually, Van Eck starts to go around and tell people that he was actually raising Wylan to be a tithe instead— something Wylan never found out until too late. He was sent off one day, only to discover that he was actually heading off to his own unwinding. He escaped, much like he did in the books, and flees to Ketterdam under a new name. He learns from the other Crows that nobody had blinked an eye at his disappearance as they all believed he was tithed and unwound. He only becomes a runaway once it’s learned that he is alive by Van Eck, who hires parts pirates to specifically try and capture Wylan to unwind him.

[bizarrebazaar13]

what if your doppelgänger wasn’t evil it was just a person. what if your doppelgänger wasn’t trying to replace you it was just trying to learn to be a person and you were the best model it had. what if your doppelgänger looked at you with your eyes and said with your voice that it just wanted to be loved. what then.

[scribefindegil]

Everyone is so weird about people who cry easily. Fellas, is it evil and manipulative to *checks notes* have an involuntary stress response?

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[brainrotcharacters]

When irl pisses me off, I rewatch the Honda Odyssey scene to relax

[cowboysmp3]

there’s something sooo sickening about how dunmeshis whole energy is like sometimes something terrible and awful happens to you and it changes you forever and nothing can make you the person you were before but there’s still love and there’s still sharing a meal together and there’s still living

[lazylittledragon]

can't believe we're all adults being forced into the club penguin level of censorship in 2024

[humming-fly]

I love how Gerald was trying to keep Shadow from spoiling anything about the future meanwhile literally everything Shadow says and does around Maria is the biggest death flag ever

[ionomycin]

my favorite pieces from 2024

[wanderingibon]

anya deserved so much better

[corrodedparadox]

⚠️

[manny-jacinto]

MANNY JACINTO + tumblr/reddit/twitter/tik tok text posts

[sentientsky]

on usefulness. on becoming both the blade and the lamb

tumblr user @/divorcefemme // Anaïs Nin // tumblr user @/willowcrowned // Mitski, “I Don’t Smoke” // Lilith Kerr, "bite back" (from unloving the knife)

[liquidstar]

Yes, Greece still exists, we didn't all die 2000 years ago. Yes, people speak Greek. You people are so fucking stupid for real. So many of you claim to love ancient shit but can't even acknowledge the actual living culture of the people whose mythology and classics you romanticize. You keep leaving annoying comments about how you just forget Greek people still exist, thinking you're being quirky because you love ancient stuff soooo much that you forgot about the people it came from. You think about it so little you don't even realize that an actual Greek person has to read this shit, making it clear how little you actually care about the culture beyond the romanticized (and westernized) mythology. Don't claim you love Greece, don't use our mythology anymore if you can't acknowledge that we're still around without making it about how little you think about us. It's mind boggling that you'd think a Greek person would read this and think you're anything but obnoxious. Explode.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

Of the 19 hijackers who carried out the Sept 11 attacks:

15 were from Saudi Arabia (a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

2 were from the United Arab Emirates (also a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

1 was from Egypt, 1 from Lebanon.

None of the hijackers were from Iraq.

None of the Sept 11 hijackers were Iraqi.

None of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq.