#the ice court heist

[bookishbunnies]

Okay. I'm finished. Finally.

I have thoughts. Many.

First, holy shit it's a heckin good time to love Wesper.

And they've clearly set it up for the ice court heist. But, they've fucked up parts. Theyve fucked up the Wesper slowburn, the 'not just girls' scene (which is probably why Kit and Jack did it in the interview). Also kinda fucked up the Kanej slowburn but not as badly. Kinda fucked up the Jesper is a durast thing, but it'll be interesting to see the heist with a Jesper that is proud of his powers and knows how to use them. Interestingly they've still got the Helnik part of the plot pretty much on track.

They've fucked up hopes for Crooked Kingdom. They could still do it sort of. But Rollins position has changed, Inejs position has changed, and they've already used up like half the book.

Tho noticeably they did not say a thing about Wylans family. That is still completely under wraps. And that'll be very interesting to see on screen.

They've also fucked up any hope for King of Scars. Sure they've got the Nikolai part, but my hope for KoS died with David.

All in all, I know a lot of people probably aren't gonna like the last episode and how a lot of different things ended. And I definitely understand that. But more importantly we all want to see the Ice Court heist. So we need to ignore our feelings about how this season ended and stream this season as many times as we can this month to make sure we get the Ice Court heist.

We need to see Matthias and Nina's story play out.

With the changes we might actually eventually get to a healthy Kanej relationship (as healthy as it can be anyway

With the changes it'll mean we get to see many many amazing scenes of Jesper and Wylan, being absolutely adorable and also being absolute badasses and so incredibly proud of each other.

And we might even get to see Zoya and Nikolai.

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

We talk a lot about 30 million kruge, because of course we do, but we don’t mention often enough that the original offer was FIVE. It took Kaz one conversation to get it from five million to twenty million, and then he demanded thirty anyway. I love him.

[barrel-crow-n]

Kaz and Matthias being mean to each other in chapter 29 my beloveds.

Kaz: How do we cross? I don't see anything.

Matthias: Because you are not worthy.

Kaz: I'm also not near sighted. There's nothing there.

Matthias: We go from aspirant to novice drüskelle in the ceremony at the sacred ash.

Kaz: Where the tree talks to you.

Matthias: (resisting the urge to shove Kaz into the ice moat) Where we hope to hear the voice of Djel.

Kaz: All this to be a witch hunter? The Dregs need a better initiation.

Matthias: This is only one part of Hringkälla.

Kaz: Yes, I know, then a tree tells you the secret handshake.

Matthias: Chilly, Brekker?

Kaz: If only we had time for a swim. Get moving.

Matthias: I feel sorry for you, Brekker. There is nothing sacred in your life.

Matthias: And the magic tricks?

Kaz: (snorts) So you don't think I'm a demon anymore?

Matthias: I know you're a demon, but your tricks are human.

[arabellas]

goodbye goodbye goodbye you were bigger than the whole sky 😭😭😭

[sofaloaf]

what i love about inej convincing nina to join the crows is that she does so by saying that kaz can break matthias out of hellgate. nina is a heartrender. she proves multiple times throughout the show that she can easily tell when people are lying. and she also proves that she has no mercy for people who lie about being able to get matthias out of hellgate (ex. pekka). but she goes with inej to see kaz. why?

because inej wasn’t lying.

inej truly believes that kaz is smart enough to break someone out of the highest security prison in ketterdam, even though he clearly (as of s&b season 2) does not think that he could. we love some good kanej mutual simping.

and if we do get a six of crows spin off…inej, oh honey, just you wait until you see what your man can do.

[evellynssocbrainrot]

Things we could have seen in the spin-off

Wylan's backstory

Inej's backstory

Matthias freed from Hellgate

Matthias joining the Crows

Kuwei

Colm Fahey

Van Eck (To insult him)

Kaz and Inej reunited

More Helnik

More Wesper (Probably some Wesper drama!)

The "What is the best way to steal a man's wallet?" quote

The "My ghost won't associate with your ghost" quote

Inej touching Kaz's cheek

Inej wearing Kaz's gloves (Just imagine his oversized gloves on her little hands) and climbing the incinerator

Kaz smiling genuinely near the end of the Ice Court heist like in the books

Shirtless Kaz

Kaz soaking wet with the front of his shirt ripped open like in the books

The scene where Inej is sitting on his windowsill with her face turned to the sun and he looks at her and feels like a boy again

Inej and Kaz first meeting at the Menagerie

Helnik drama and kiss

Nina and Inej's scene on the boat where they bitch-talk about the boys

The "I would have come for you" quote

Kaz carrying an injured Inej to the boat and ripping out Oomen's eyeball

Kanej hand-holding at the end

ainadelothwen mentioned Kaz and Jesper's fight scene, that too!

Perhaps a redo of the bathroom scene, but this time he takes his gloves off and kisses her neck

Oh, wait! Another one! "Scheming face? "Definitely" (It's a crime we don't have this one yet)

celeste-star mentioned Kaz and Wylan falling through the ceiling in the Van Eck mansion

I WOULD BURN DOWN THE ENTIRE NETFLIX INDUSTRY IF I COULD!!!!

[martinakl13]

One of the funniest things in SoC is Matthias' motion sickness. He's the dreaded drüskelle and yet he is bent over the railing of the Ferolind, vomiting, while all the Barrel rats are perfectly fine.

[sparklyfrogy]

You know the Six of Crows obsession is bad when your science teacher is talking about how it’s hard to get inside the cell membrane but it’s easier to get out and your first thought is “omg just like the Ice Court!! I wonder if there are molecules like the Crows who are there for a heist?”. I think I need psychiatric help, this cannot be normal

[jazzkrebber]

did it hurt? no, not when you fell from heaven. when Jesper Fahey held it together until Inej left because he knew how hard it already was for her to leave

[olskuvallanpoe]

it’s too bad the soc spinoff was cancelled. we truly missed out on getting to watch freddy carter regurgitate tiny bombs in the middle of the ice court.

[thepetitepiper]

[atlasdoe]

with Wylan and Jesper already in a relationship for the ice court heist, Kaz not telling Jesper that Wylan isn't on the ship when it blows it up at the end of soc is just going to be that extra bit cruel

[facetheotherwayyoureputtingmeoff]

Idk about y’all but I love seeing Leigh’s high budget crossover fanfic include some of my favourite characters and scenes from the books

Sure maybe the slow burn wasn’t the same but honestly I’m in love with the early pacing, it leaves room for things we haven’t seen if we ever get to later seasons

[alicentflorent]

The crows being there for important events in shadow and bone will never not be funny like “the darklings army was defeated with the help Jesper and Wylan who showed up just in time to save the day” “Inej became besties with her Sankta Alina” “Kaz Brekker organised a heist to retrieve the sword of neshyenyer” “this group of ketterdam criminals witnessed the fall of fold before going back to ketterdam to be gay and do crime.”

[wylanslcve]

I will never move on from how not only did the Crows steal the tank from the Ice Court, but the entire time Wylan is smiling to himself and then absolutely LOSES IT once they've escaped. Like the crew has just stolen a tank from a high-security prison, narrowly escaping death, but Wylan physically can't stop laughing and is quite literally snorting with laughter at the image of the Fjerdans firing uselessly in the tank's direction with the Fjerdan might banner caught in its treads. He could have died but he's laughing hysterically at how stupid the Fjerdans look as they failed to prevent literal children (who have STOLEN ONE OF THEIR TANKS) from escaping their high-security prison. This has got to be one of my favourite underrated Wylan moments.

[variousfandomthoughts]

Calahan Skogman’s accent as Matthias is so good that if I can’t have him in the Six of Crows spinoff, I at least need a full-cast audiobook to hear him say things like “I. SHOULD. LET. YOU. DIE.”