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[capinejghafa]

kanej author recs | Whitherward

Notable/Favorite works:

roomy, and drenched in sunlight

It was a story they’d told each other often, over too much kvas. A running joke between them, what they would do if they ever decided to leave it all behind. She’d never dreamed they actually would.

Rating: M / Quirks: Broke-Up Kanej/Developing Kanej, (Heavy) Angst with a Happy Ending, Kanej's Children

save the undone years

He’s like all the others, when they bring him in. More than half dead, covered in mud. Leg almost hanging off him, just a mess of torn flesh and exposed bone. Likely won’t survive. God knows Inej has seen better off than him succumb to their injuries. Northern France, 1917. In a battlefield hospital, Corporal Kaz Rietveld lies gravely wounded. His nurse is determined that he will not be another thing she loses to this war.

Rating: M / Quirks: Developing Kanej, Angst with a Happy Ending, WWI AU

[elysianrey]

It’s like they’re sixteen again and he pays her wages and she’s at his beck-and-call. Has anything even changed since then? Or is she still the same silly girl with stars in her eyes, her heart in her throat whenever he graciously gives her a shred of his time and attention?

It’s too much, all that she’s feeling. It’s unbearable.

He doesn’t even flinch when she pounces onto him; some vicious and ugly part of her wanted him to, but he must’ve been seconds away from reaching for her himself, cause his hands pull her towards him the second she takes a step closer.

**

excerpt from come to me in red by @whatanybodygets & @alltheworldsinmyhead

[elysianrey]

Omg, I can only imagine the fic hangover it gave you as a writer!!! BUT SERIOUSLY—when I tell you I am NOT done with that fic from a creative standpoint… 😏🥹 making that moodboard felt like the very LEAST I could do to show my love and appreciation for the undoubtable blood, sweat, and tears you poured into that masterpiece.

I want to start Adagio but I already know it’s gonna make me crazy too 🫣😅

Girl—I’m not even joking—I’m in this place where I’ve got multiple Kanej fics open but I can’t make myself start a single one because of roomy. Like it already feels as if they won’t compare. 😭 Look what you’ve done!

Noooo stop 😭😭😭 Honestly, the fic hangover is so real sometimes and it makes my brain break to know that something I wrote gave you one - I am sorry for it, but also secretly thrilled about it at the same time? (Incidentally, writing roomy gave me the most intense fic hangover and now I can't leave that universe alone...)

THANK YOU for the beautiful art you made, when I tell you I wept! I hope you get to read some really great kanej fic soon! ❤️

[turtleofdamascus]

Corporal K. Reitveld and Nurse Ghafa, 1917

Inspired by the beautiful fic save the undone years by Whitherward @whatanybodygets

" ... she only sits beside him on the wall, and looks out at the scrubby grass, and the birds, and the grey clouds, while he smokes his fill. And then she helps him get upright, and hands him his crutches, and walks beside him in watchful silence as he limps his way painfully back to the ward."

Saw this pic of nurse and soldier actually months ago in May and decided to draw it after beautiful chapter 2. Let's ignore that Kaz is supposed to be in pajamas. He looks great in uniform.

Bonus: process

[cameliawrites]

jealousy and kanej fic recs?<3 (although we know kaz and Inej would never be possessive of each other in the sense that they both know they don't own each other and are free persons with individual wants and needs, and they would never impose their insecurities on the other in the sense that-) (you get what i mean)

Hahaha I love the way you phrased this question. Here, have some jealous kanej fic recs, conveniently sorted into 3 categories for you: jealous Kaz, jealous Inej, and "everybody's fucking feral here."

Jealous Kaz:

1. turning saints into the sea by terribletruths (rated T, 10k words):

"You’re Kaz Brekker ?" He repeated with dawning horror. Brekker glanced at Inej, something faintly like amusement in his expression. “Oh, look, I must be famous in Ravka after all.” “No you’re not, shut up.” Inej said. "You're a monster!” Vanya protested. “Thank you.” Brekker said. 

2. have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways by redbrunja (rated T, 1k words):

He wrote his parents twice weekly, laughed often, and was utterly devoted to Inej. Kaz loathed the man.

3. someone to watch over me by @cameliawrites (rated T, 6.5k words) (it's shameless self-promo but it is literally tagged "jealous Kaz Brekker" ok???):

Inej frowned at him. “Did you threaten him with something?” “Why would I need to?” Kaz bit, gloved fist tightening around a dinner knife, but then seemed to collect himself, dropping the cutlery and clearing his throat. “Your roasted goose is getting cold, dearest Inej, and we wouldn’t want to appear anything less than the consummate guests, would we?”

4. Samples by @anonniemousefics (rated T, 3.5k words, modern AU):

Oh, God. Kaz was suddenly having a realization, right there in the middle of counting his cards. Oh, God.  He was jealous of Matthias Helvar. Oh, this sucked.

Jealous Inej:

1. duplicitous by @desidarling123 (rated G, 2k words):

“And he's keeping her at a firm distance.” Jesper counters, though he feels far less confident in that assertion than he ordinarily would. “Don’t worry. He knows how to do this.” Inej stills at that. Evidently, the wrong thing to say. “You mean, he did this to other people?”

2. The Cut of Her Jib by @teacup-tyrant (rated G, 7k words):

“Welcome to Zierfoort,” she said, stretching out a hand to shake Inej's and beginning to spew a well-rehearsed pitch. “I'm Imogen and I'll be taking care of your fees today. Can I get an overview of your cargo weight and value, and the length of stay you'll need at our harbor?”

everybody's fucking feral here:

1. come to me in red by @alltheworldsinmyhead, @whatanybodygets (rated M, 43k words):

Inej closes her eyes, grimacing as if in pain. “It seems that my parents have announced my intention to select a husband this midsummer.” Kaz blinks at her for one long, drawn out moment, head perfectly empty of thought, and then he says, “I beg your pardon?”

[genuineformality]

Some SoC Kanej recs for @tlonista because I kept hitting the comment character limit on the post where we were talking about this and am now just putting them into a single place. (This also would have gone faster if I hadn't stopped to read every time I grabbed a link out of my bookmarks and lost the comment on the small internet.)

Incredible Prose, set in more or less canonverse:

a tall ship, and a star to steer her by, by @whatanybodygets (whitherward on ao3): Gorgeous prose and complicated emotions. Inej goes to sea and it's everything she wants and nothing like she expects.

roomy, and drenched in sunlight, also by @whatanybodygets. Inej and Kaz have a baby, but this isn't your niece's babyfic. Complicated, ugly, beautiful, these two fucking morons cannot talk to each other to save their lives.

Stories About Crows, by @marycontraire: A series that is by turns fun, touching, silly, heartbreaking, and realistic. Mary understands the importance of water rights and has a brilliant mind for looking at the shit that Leigh Bardugo made up and taking it to its logical conclusion. Top notch worldbuilding, fab writing.

Service Work, by @linearao3: LinearA's filthy (affectionate), kinky, and gorgeous series, in which she tricks her readers into caring deeply about her beautifully researched fake linguistics. Come for the porn, stay for the fake linguistics and gorgeous prose.

Alternate Universes: I don't know why I find these characters so compelling in AUs, which are not typically my thing, but in looking over my bookmarks, I have a ton of them saved.

save the undone years, by @whatanybodygets (again): Look, just read everything whitherward's written. But this is a WWI battlefield hospital AU and it just hits. It's honestly one of the best things I've read in the fandom.

Murder Ballad and Child Ballad, @linearao3: LinearA's filthy and touching a/b/o series, in which she looked at all of the most interesting parts of a/b/o dynamics, stuck it in the Grishaverse, and world-built like her life depended on it. Want to know what the economics of Ketterdam might look like in between the breeding kink? She's got you covered.

Latte Art, by @pyrrhlc: A coffee shop AU with teeth and one of the few written by someone with barista experience (Kaz spends a shocking, but realistic amount of time doing inventory). The whole series is fun, surprisingly high stakes in places, and one of my favorite modern AUs.

The Four Seasons, by @totchipanda: Slooooooow burn fake dating modern AU done well. Unfinished, but I happen to know that Totchi is still actively working on it. It's by turns a fun romp and an interesting take on modern AUs.

all these hours between us, by CoralAcacia: A college hacker AU, single chapter, but I return to this embarrassingly often. It's well written and nicely poignant in the insane pining.

@capinejghafa is also doing an author rec series here on tumblr where she's making gifs of faves along with posts, and honestly, what a delight that is.

[alltheworldsinmyhead]

@linearao3 I cannot believe you just casually went and picked my arguably most hopeless fic - this is the kind of bad rep you give me! All joking, of course - I feel incredibly honored to receive a shout-out for you, so thanks a lot ❤️

Do you have any recommendations for the best fanfics you’ve read? Reylo or Six of Crows

Thanks so much and happy thanksgiving

Thank you! Sorry to be late answering but I hope you also had a happy Thanksgiving/Thursday.

As to recs— well, I am waiting to travel so I will try to keep things brief. Reylo favorites: Tactical Surrender by @destiniesfic has A+ action and very faithful characterization, as well as very fun OCs and excellent chapter structure. the Sword of Prince Hector by @englishable brings to the surface and wrestles with some of the latent moral questions of Star Wars as well as larger questions of punitive justice and atonement. (Their modern AU, Janus, is also what brought me around to modern AUs in general.) @again-pls has an unfinished canonverse AU, Ego Eris, that is wonderfully light on its feet and has some of the best depictions of the Force I’ve seen. (I don’t believe there are currently plans to finish it, but it remains a very enjoyable reading experience and there are elements of this fic I have genuinely mistaken for canon.) Take Me by @slipgoingunder makes excellent use of country music, both lyrically and as a scene, to create an immersive AU. Honestly, the reylo fanfic pool is so enormous that sheer numbers dictate an excess of writing talent. I do recommend bookmark-hopping over sorting-by-kudos for finding what you want.

In Six of Crows, I must of course immediately mention @whatanybodygets; I was slow getting to Adagio but now I blab about it to people who aren’t even in the fandom, and save the undone years is also absolutely smashing and makes me weep. (I also really like how the AU translation of Inej’s relationship with Heleen focuses on sexual control as the violation of autonomy.) @darol’s The DeKappel Heist (and other tales) does a truly delightful job of reminding us that Kaz and Inej are streetwise, savvy, talented, and also idiot fucking teenagers, god bless. @rainstormdragon has many excellent fics but I will call out in particular Wraith, which looks directly at the ugliness of the violence that Kaz and Inej inflict and throws it into relief by changing the balance. There are a number of fics by @alltheworldsinmyhead expressly designed to fuck you up but I’m very partial to pour away the ocean. Often fanfic relationships can find themselves falling into preset lines of behavior and reaction, and I love the rawness of Inej’s jealousy. I could go on, but I’ll just wrap up with @pyrrhlc’s fic hybrid signal, which features some wildly inventive and evocative magic, and a Kaz who can have his feathers stroked.

I don’t know why Tumblr won’t let me add the Tactical Surrender link! But I hope you find some good reads, and I’m sorry if you’ve already read all this; it’s kind of just what was top of mind.

[somanywords]

FANFIC TAG! When you get this, share three of your favorite fan fics or fan fic writers, give a shoutout to those who deserve it! Then send this ask to three people, on anon or not, doesn’t matter, just spread the love for the amazing writers on here 💕 📖💕

thanks for the tag, @tessabennet!! glad to be finally be getting to it :)

3 fic favorites that I reread recently because they are THAT good:

🌈 make progress together by frankoceansmoonriver @dykeromanroy stevebucky | 24k | complete Author's summary:

He feels like Steve’s mistress. He feels hollowed out. He feels like a jammed gun still trying to go off. When he’s not with Steve he convinces himself he’s ruining Steve’s life, and though he tries, he’s too selfish to stop. When he’s with Steve, he’d fight God himself to keep it, this tangible perfection that makes him drunk and anchors him in ways he did not know existed. Or, the one where they both survived the war, Bucky loves Steve now, has loved Steve since he was fifteen, and the year is 1945.

🌈 honey don't feed it, it will come back by thedoubteriswise @thedoubteriswise stevebucky | 18k | complete

Author's summary:

He lets out a long sigh and watches Bucky. Back home he was always too vain to let more than a day’s worth of stubble build up, but now he’s got about three days of scruff on his chin. He shouldn’t look handsome like this. His eyes are shut, but Steve can tell by his breathing that he’s still awake. The cat is curled up on his stomach and purring like an idling motor. “He’s actually pretty cute.” Bucky smiles softly, too sleepy to make whole faces. “Damn right,” he hums. He’s stroking the cat’s fur, which is soft and fine now that it’s clean. He looks so open and inviting. Steve doesn’t close his eyes, watching Bucky’s gentle fingers and trying to come up with a plausible excuse to go touch him.

🌈 save the undone years by Whitherward @whatanybodygets kanej | 37k | complete

Author's summary:

He’s like all the others, when they bring him in. More than half dead, covered in mud. Leg almost hanging off him, just a mess of torn flesh and exposed bone. Likely won’t survive. God knows Inej has seen better off than him succumb to their injuries. Northern France, 1917. In a battlefield hospital, Corporal Kaz Rietveld lies gravely wounded. His nurse is determined that he will not be another thing she loses to this war.

[alltheworldsinmyhead]

Favorite books of 2024

@carolinawrenn thanks for tagging me!

I challenged myself to read a couple of different series this year and ultimately managed to reach all my goals, so I am quite happy. Overall, my favorites in 2024 are (in no particular order):

The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R.Tokien (the audiobooks changed my perception of Tolkien completely)

The Waste Lands and The Wizard and the Glass by Stephen King (I have mixed feelings about The Dark Tower overall but these are some of the best books in King's entire career I would say)

The Changeling by Victor LaValle (the staple of a modern fairy-tale)

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (she should do more of magical realism because oh my god)

The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (at this point, I would read this man's grocery list and be enchanted, I'm afraid)

I'm tagging @cameliawrites @whatanybodygets @heavensfargardens @linearao3and anyone else who would like to participate x

[into-the-brekkerverse]

Into the Brekkerverse Participants

Hello everyone! Today I am very pleased to announce a list of all participants in the competition!

A list of the Round One matchups will be up on the 20th.

A Night at the Crow by Bunnytrix

A Shift in the Air by Just_Another_Bookworm

Adagio by Whitherward [@whatanybodygets]

Band-aids on our Bullet Wounds by Patrocool (all_the_homo) [@patrocool]

Big Reputations by downn_in_flames [@downn-in-flames]

Condemn it to its Future by dimtraces

Hand on Gun, Knife to Your Throat by Celestial_Mess1

Helping Hand by boybi_i [@thatonecrowguy]

It's a Feeling of Distance by FullyRealized (WitchHobi) [@shounenoujojo]

Kaz Morningstar by MysticPirate [@theeladymystic]

Liberosis by foxykyuu15

Nothing's Changed At All by whynotcherries [@whynotcherries]

One for Sorrow by endoftheword [@endoftheworldhere]

Out of the Brambles by thegoldenkneazle

Plan F by bbeautifulboy [@bee-a-lover]

Stains That Don't Wash Out by SeeMaree

Sugar We're Going Down Swinging by animmortalist

Sweet Summer, Sweeter Company by Serene_Alien (Serene_Victory_77)

The Bastard Saint of the Barrel by Spikey44

The Crow King by boybi_i [@thatonecrowguy]

The Etovost Plague by Spikey44

We All Fall by Just_Another_Bookworm

With Bloody Feet Across the Hallowed Ground by madnessiseverything [@gunpowdersyrup]

[totchipanda]

Tag game!

tagged by @frick6101719 and @carolinawrenn

3 ships: Kanej, Elaia, and Kanthony

first ship: I need you all to know, I am old. Like probably "could have read @dduane's Young Wizards series as it came out instead of as an omnibus in my teens" old. Like "watch star trek next gen from its first air date" old. "tom baker is my doctor" old. I honestly can't remember. Which one do I remember shipping first? Erm... let's see. Probably Sheridan/Delenn from Babylon 5.

last song: It's Quiet Uptown from the Hamilton soundtrack.

last film: 10 Things I Hate About You (aka one of the best high school AU adaptations of Shakespeare EVER)

currently reading: Six of Crows

currently watching: Teen Titans Go. I just need some fluff.

currently craving: Maple walnut ice cream

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tagging @cameliawrites @oneofthewednesdays @whatanybodygets @wylanvanfeck @alltheworldsinmyhead @whynotcherries @genuineformality @capinejghafa

[capinejghafa]

Hi hello! I was wondering if you have some good Kanej fics to reccomend :)

I love your gifs btw, thanks for sharing your work!

Hi!!!! I'm going to do something weird, but stay with me anon lol I have made a gifset of some fic recs, but are no means a full list of ALL the fics I have read for (i would be here all day). So, this is a shameless plug, but the links for the fics are in the gifset!

think of this as a starter kit :) as this is by no means me trying miss anyone... i just read a lot lol

AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | were we meant to have a happy ending? (not in this lifetime)

if you're feeling sad :D

AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | roomy, and drenched in sunlight

Everyone loves roomy @whatanybodygets also has many other fics... but i can't gif the ballet one. sorry :(

AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | ghost maker

not 100% kanej but it does have nina and kaz accidentally bonding lol

AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | A Ghost Girl’s Guide to Ketterdam

one of my intro into @oneofthewednesdays amazing writing. read everything.

AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | The Four Seasons 

@totchipanda an absolute delightful person and the four seasons will be update eventually :D also, there might be more fics in this verse... maybe???

AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | The Bastard Saint Of The Barrel

Would also recommend The Etovost Plague.... not a sequel! But it's def worth a read if you like Grisha!Kaz. Bastard Saint is Healer!Kaz and Etovost is Tidemaker!Kaz. Would recommend if you're in a vibe.

AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | call it by name

will just say this is sad. this is very sad. BUT all of pyrrhlc's fics are sooo good. would also recommend latte art verse.

AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | Call from the Grave

I couldn't make a gifset of the Ballads verse lol but @linearao3 is absolutely a wonderful writer. Also very mature ;)

AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | All Kinds Of New Friends

AU | Kanej | Fic Rec | My Dearest Inej

same writer, not the same verse! A_nonnie_mouse and feelinglikecleo are writers for Six of Crows Modern AU Collection (Samples-verse)

non-gifsets:

if i loved you less / i could talk about it more by hyperspecificplaylists

Not finished but the way this takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions. The author also uses racebend characters :)

i carve a crow into your skin, and know that you have given me your heart by pbandjeremiah

listen, i have read this fic so many times and i have the most intense emotions i love it with my whole heart. the summary gives a lot away but for sure worth it!

also....

AU | Kanej | Married | Insp by Fic

mhmmm... ok, so i added this one because i personally love it lol @marycontraire is off writing for other fandoms... but gdi the Stories About Crows is actually one of my favorite soc series. if nothing else, i'm really grateful that it exists <3

[elysianrey]

***

Her heart drops into her stomach. “Do you think I’m beautiful?”

“I think you know that you are.”

“I think that’s not what I asked.”

He’s manoeuvring her again, steering her away from her line of inquiry. She knows he’s doing it, and he knows that she knows. She’s prepared to let it go, for now.

She lifts her chin pointedly, though, and waits. If she can’t get an answer to one question, she’ll get an answer to another.

His voice drops, stone on stone. “Yes, I think you’re beautiful.”

***

excerpt from chapter 7 of Adagio by @whatanybodygets

pairing: kaz brekker/inej ghafa

fandom: six of crow series by leigh bardugo

rating: mature

[carolinawrenn]

For the ask game, if you’re so inclined: ✏️🌘✨

Thank you for the ask, @cameliawrites! 🌒 If you had to pick: Sun summoner or Shadow summoner?

Sun summoner ✨ Which grisha order would you belong to?

I'm not squeamish, and I tend to have a first aid kit close to hand, so probably a Healer.

✏️ Favorite grishaverse fanfic?

Oh, that is an unfair question! There are so, so many good grishaverse fanfic writers out there. I cannot pick just one, so you are going to have to listen to my babbling. Kanej fics are my favorite, because I am a sap who wants these traumatized murder children to find love (after suffering in narratively satisfying ways). Pre-canon SOC @rainstormdragon's "The Honesty of a Bullet" is funny, tender, and the characters feel like actual teenagers. "your sacred stars won't be guiding you" by apropensityforcharm is a glimpse into Inej's early days with the Dregs, and it is excellent.

Post-canon SOC Besides your "collision course," I love @pyrrhlc's "call it by name" and "ten thousand miles away." They are beautiful and sad, and his prose is so gorgeous that I want to roll around in it. The two stories feel very much like companion pieces--two very plausible futures. And @alltheworldsinmyhead and @whatanybodygets' "come to me in red" is currently melting my brain in the best way.

AU SOCs

@whatanybodygets' "Adagio" and @feelinglikecleopatra's "Rare, Exhausted, Nearly Doomed" are both completely captivating modern AUs that update the setting and characters in very compelling and believable ways. @oneofthewednesdays 's "Sleep No More" is a very cool take on the Crows in contemporary NYC. And @linearao3's "Hearts Starve" is a historical fiction AU that was scientifically designed in a lab to destroy me personally. See, you asked for one, and you got a lot! And if you asked me again in an hour, I'd have even more.

[capinejghafa]

@whatanybodygets @totchipanda @marycontraire @heavensfargardens @linearao3 @genuineformality @saritasoyyo

REBLOG if you have amazing, talented WRITER friends.

Because I certainly do, and I love every single one of them and their work.

[turtleofdamascus]

I thought I'd never see

Inspired by the breathtaking fic save the undone years by Whitherward @whatanybodygets which is an AU about Kaz and Inej during WW1 where Kaz is a soldier and Inej is a nurse. This moment that stuck with me:

“All this waiting, and his brother appears at his bedside like a ghost in the night. [...] [Captain Reitveld] simply drops onto the edge of Kaz’s mattress and yanks him forward by the shoulders, wrapping him into a tight hug.

She sees Kaz go tense for a moment, and then relax, bury his face into his brother’s shoulder.

And then he begins to sob."

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Been working on this for a month. I can't put into words how beautiful of a writer she is. I am always in awe and must drop everything for it.

Bonus: process