#wesper

[anxious-alyssia]

RIP Matthias

wait i kind of understand why Kaz renamed the Emerald Palace into the Silver Six now (i saw @randomfandom-3's screenshot and)

SIX FOR GOLD. FIVE FOR SILVER. THERE ARE FIVE CROWS ALIVE. COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT

[evellynssocbrainrot]

Kaz during Six of Crows: Nina, you go with Matthias over there. Jesper, you go with Wylan over here. And Inej, you come with me. Why? Because I said so.

[jasppurring]

Ouh Wesper <3

[dasiesanddarkness]

guys what if the crows went to a boarding school for troubled children

Kaz Inej Jesper and Nina got sent there (court ordered) together after causing problems at their last school (all Kaz's fault of course)

Matty is a delinquent obvi

Wylan is sent there to be rid of and registered under ‘Hendriks’ to avoid bad press

Colm shows up on weekends and takes them all out to lunch

Kaz and Jesper are roommates at first but then they keep causing problems so they get separated and Kaz gets stuck with Matthias and Jesper ends up with Wylan

[shit-people-probably-didnt-say]

Jesper: So my kid just asked me if Santa was real. Hes 9 now so I told him no but that it’s still fun to pretend

Jesper: I asked him who he thinks really puts all the gifts under the tree…This boy looked me right in the eye and said: THE GRINCH 😭😭

[saintverse]

Six of Crows Playlists 🐦‍⬛

Edit: Check the notes for more!

I made some Six of Crows playlists, forgive me for the sheer amount of songs, I listen to a downright obnoxious amount of music. I was also legally obligated to include some very 2016-2018 "edgy" music that was typically associated with these books back in my fandom days. The middle school nostalgia aspect really got me.

General book playlist, some of it is songs that fit all of the characters as well as book events, some of it is songs that fit the atmosphere of the setting.

My Jesper and Wylan playlist. I'd be down to make playlists for other specific relationships, they just happen to be my favorite. If that's something you're actually interested in, let me know, because I do have some ideas!

Possibly a collection of all my favorite love songs. They meant so much to me when I was 13, I have such a soft spot.

I'm most embarrassed by this one. It has a lot of the nostalgia element that was mentioned above. It was difficult to find songs that contend with the persona Kaz has so carefully cultivated. Forgive me for the possibly shallow reading of his character that it may convey.

There's lots to work with in regard to Inej. Her past as an acrobat, her future as a pirate, all on top of her character throughout the duology. I had fun.

Possibly one of the most conflicting and chaotic playlists on this list. Creating it really had me pondering Nina's writing. She's a lot more complex/multi-faceted than I'd ever given her credit for, haha!

I struggled the most with Matthias' playlist, I'm actually surprised it's as long as it is. I didn't connect with him as much as the others, especially during my first reading of the duology, but I've definitely gained some respect for his character and what Bardugo was trying to convey when writing him. Normally I'm drawn to characters whose experience parallels mine as a "cult survivor", but there's a lot of notable distance between our experiences.

Similarly to the Kaz playlist, I hope the "just vibes" theme of this playlist doesn't come across as a shallow understanding of Jesper's character. It's the longest playlist, he's my absolute favorite and it shows. I have a lot of respect for him!

A contender for the discordic energy of Nina's playlist. I intentionally leaned into this aspect. Wylan holds a special place in my heart, he helped me come to terms with a lot of things. I fear some of the self projection is clearly evident.

A couple of extra notes:

Expect a follow-up post soon. I very much need a Kuwei playlist, as well as a Kanej/Helnik/Ninej playlist. Perhaps one highlighting the friendship between Jesper and Inej as well, who knows.

If you're uncomfortable with songs with sexual or suggestive lyrics being applied to them, I totally understand and respect that. Those songs were included either because I found that aspect of them ignorable, because I think it matches their "energy" or is the style of music they might enjoy, or quite rarely because I'm specifically keeping the Shadow and Bone continuity in mind.

Example: ...Baby One More Time is a fairly suggestive song. But I'll stand by the fact that Jesper Fahey would listen to 90s pop artists over my dead body.

[ineffablelvrs]

"who fell first who fell harder" i actually need them both to be down horrendously bad for each other. hope that helps

[wesperskanej]

The illustrations from the Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom Owlcrate special editions.

[fedzzzart]

“It was prairie fire”💥✨

[neilsracquet]

me reading about the same two characters falling in love over and over again in new settings

[phantomantzzart]

them 🦋🦋

[dcvina-claires]

for anyone who doesn’t have twitter six of crows is currently being perceived by 81,000 people because someone on booktok is mad that there are so many words on each page. they also couldn’t tell if grisha was a person or a place. it’s neither btw

[maybemacdc]

modern au crows studying

[the-glacian]

I don't care if the Crows spin-off is just the six of them acting it out in Freddy's living room while Freddy's wife films it on a phone, I'm willing to pay real money for the footage.

[jccatstudios]

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