#freddy couldn’t be more opposite to Kaz

[hyper-fixated-princess]

Kaz Brekker: *experiencing the most traumatic and horrific hallucination*

Freddy Carter filming that scene:

[anarmorofwords]

Hi Ana! Did you finish Shadow and Bone? What did you think of it? Favourite bits or your peast favourites?

Xxxxxxxx

Hi darling 💕 Sorry for taking so long, I had a very busy weekend.

There's no short answer to that, so buckle up! (I'll still try to keep it concise, if you want me to elaborate on something lmk!)

I binge watched it and enjoyed it a lot, but after some consideration there are quite a few things I was dissapointed by or that I feel could have been done better. I'll start with them and move to what I loved later. My biggest issues:

(Spoilers incoming!!)

Alina glowing. (I'm sorry lol, but it looked so weird!)

Zoya. Listen, I adore this girl. She's one of my favourite characters ever. And she was done so dirty here - the actress just doesn't have that spark, it was never pointed out how powerful and respected (or desired!) she is, I hated that she threw herself at Mal and the Darkling, when book!Zoya always made a point of not doing that. Implying she used to sleep with the Darkling was so so unnecessary, and it changed their dynamic uncomfortably. Also she happily went on about visiting her family in Keramzin (it was said in RoW that she did the opposite), her reaction to the Novokribirsk wasn't powerful and convincing enough to me, basically no. Not to mention her being so gentle and defeated after the Fold. Like c'mon. She should have been FURIOUS. RAGING.

The Crows seemed infantilized and Kaz specifically was not ruthless enough. He gave up too easily, and didn't seem like the feared Dirtyhands at all.

Kanej. I actually loved many things about them (later on that), but I think they went too far with the development of their relationship. It's already painfully obvious how much he cares for her and so all their great scenes from SoC won't have much sense. Also if they showed Kaz being more indifferent and ruthless, it would be more impactful to see him starting to care for Inej later, and now it won't be that big of a deal.

Helnik storyline felt very out of place among the rest of the plot.

I don't really like what they did with Jesper - Kit is awesome, and had some great moments, but they wrote him as a cliche comic relief. Also please don't kill me, but I couldn't care less about the goat. I had that awful feeling that I've seen this "joke" so many times before, and also it got repetitive quickly.

The Conductor thing made the Fold problem look kinda stupid. Like c'mon, the country is losing soldiers and money on some stupid skiffs and here's a guy who just gets through it by train, no big deal. Also how did he build the railways there.

Now for the good parts!

David Kostyk and Genya Safin. David stole the show every time he appeared, Genya was absolutely brilliant, and their interactions had me screaming. I can't wait to see their relationship develop further. Also Genya physically fighting the Conductor, yass girl.

The visuals! Every scenery was incredible. Ketterdam's atmosphere, the palace (the Darkling's war room!!!), all the cities. Same goes for costumes. Keftas 👌

Helnik. I know what I said before, but while their storyline didn't fit into this season, it was wonderful. Danielle as Nina is absolutely brilliant, I adore her. Matthias was also fantastic (when he smiled!!! oh my) I loved their banter, and the fact that they included the "not natural" dialogue 👌

Kanej things I loved: Kaz saying there's no one like Inej, her killing to save him, the quiet respect and understanding between them.

Inej. That's it, she was perfect.

Freddy was also incredible, I just don't really agree with how they wrote Kaz.

The amplifier. I could barely look at it, hated the sight. But I think it highlighted the cruelty and price of the practice well.

Inej and Zoya fighting together!!!

Malina!!

Inej stabbing the Darkling was powerful.

Ivan and Fedyor. They were adorable and I fully expect them to casually mention they're husbands in the next season.

Waffles 🥺

Sorry for making this so long, I hope you don't mind 😂 How did you like it Rua? ^^°

[art-donaldson]

heard you're having a bad night so tell me all your feelings about kaz and inej

thank you lulu 💞

i have so. many. feelings. about kaz & inej. i’m gonna put it under the cut because i know this post is about to get long

tl;dr: kaz & inej’s dynamic is one of the most interesting and one of the best i have ever seen. seriously, they’re one of top ships now. no one is doing it like them, they are the moment!!!

my first impression of them was from the show (i didn’t read the six of crows books until after the show) and the minute kaz said she’s one of a kind and that no one is like her, i was drawn to their dynamic. that whole scene is general was quite the introduction to their dynamic, especially with the window and how kaz turned around and then turned back to the mirror and without turning around again, he knew inej was behind him (“it was as if once kaz had seen her, he’d understood how to keep seeing her.”) and it was just a wonderful introduction to their dynamic and to inej’s character and it shows why she’s called the wraith

episode 2, kaz says inej refuses to kill and we actually see that!! we see her struggling to kill the conductor. and it’s because of how devoted she is to her faith. BUT THEN IN EPISODE 5, SHE KILLS FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN A CHAPEL. TO SAVE KAZ’S LIFE.

THIS BRINGS ME TO THAT ONE FREDDY AND AMITA INTERVIEW where amita talks about inej’s struggle to kill & how her first kill is important to both inej’s character arc and kaz & inej’s relationship. she basically said that to inej, kaz was worth saving, worth the kill. and freddy talks about how kaz has wanted to believe that inej could be his right hand woman, that she can kill if needed, but if she can’t do it, she can’t do it. BUT THEN SHE DOES KILL AND IT’S FOR TO SAVE KAZ’S LIFE!!!!! it’s such an important and defining moment for their dynamic, and it’s also so defining for inej’s character cause now she has this internal struggle. she’s so devoted to her faith and the saints, but she committed this awful sin and how does she reconcile with that? she didn’t want to kill, but the circumstances forced her to, and that dilemma sets up such a key struggle inej deals with in the books, and i hope it’s explored more in the show.

okay so let’s talk about kaz for a second. prior to episode 5, he wanted to believe that inej could be his right hand woman (as freddy puts it) and he’s not sure if she’ll be able to fulfill that role. he’s still learning to trust her at this point. AND WHAT DOES HE DO? HE PUTS UP THE CROW CLUB AS COLLATERAL SO EVEN IF THE HEIST FAILS, INEJ COULD BE FREE FROM TANTE HELEEN AND THE MENAGERIE. he knows how much inej wants her freedom, so he puts up the one thing, the ONLY thing, he has to offer in order for inej to get her freedom either way. essentially, he risked it all for inej, not even sure if she’ll be able to fulfill the role he needs her to fulfill. BUT SHE DOES FULFILL THAT ROLE. SHE SAVES HIS LIFE. SHE TAKES A LIFE TO SPARE HIS. and in episode 5, when inej is like “i... i killed him.”, kaz tells her to look at him and tells her “you saved my life.” and i feel like this is something they both need to hear. for kaz, it’s a sign that he can fully trust inej now. for inej, it serves as a reason for taking a life; it’s almost like a justification: she killed to save kaz’s life

ik this post is getting way too long and i have like a million more thoughts because i haven’t even talked about them in the books but there is one more thing i wanna add: kaz and inej are opposites when it comes to their mentality and mindset, and they shouldn’t be attracted to one another, but THEY ARE.

kaz is almost an embodiment of everything inej hates. he’s greedy, selfish, he only does things if there’s something in it for him, something he can gain. he’s ruthless and vengeful. he’s able to kill without hesitation or second thoughts. and yet, inej finds herself having feelings for him. and i think this is because inej still manages to see the good and has a heart of gold. she knows kaz is all these bad things, but he’s still the boy who saved her from a terrible and awful situation. (“for all his selfishness and cruelty, kaz was still the boy who had saved her. she wanted to believe he was worth saving, too.”)

and kaz is not hopeful like inej is. he’s more practical and realistic. he tends to see the worse more than the good. he literally got the name “dirtyhands” because there’s no sin who won’t commit for the right price. but yet, he has these deep feelings for inej. inej, who is devoted to her faith, sees the good, has a heart of gold. she’s like an embodiment of everything kaz had to get rid of to survive. he couldn’t see the good when jordie died. he couldn’t be this idealist that inej is when he was fending for himself on the streets. he was forced to become this twisted and cruel person, and he knows that he’s everything inej doesn’t like. (“He needed to tell her … what? That she was lovely and brave and better than anything he deserved. That he was twisted, crooked, wrong, but not so broken that he couldn’t pull himself together into some semblance of a man for her. That without meaning to, he’d begun to lean on her, to look for her, to need her near.”)

anyways, i have so many thoughts about them and i barely scratched the surface, but i think this is a good place to stop