#zoya nazyalensky

[kolarpem]

Morning Doodle: “Zoya traveled with the outriders.” (Leigh Bardugo’s King of Scars CH 11)

[stromuprisahat]

Re-reading S&S and R&R, and Zoya still reads as a spoiled rich kid.

Her comment she'd go for the emerald also aged wel... :D

i think the main thing that puts me off of zoyalai is that it wouldn’t take advantage of the creative freedom allowed by writing a new series with a new story and characters

- it’s just two existing characters pairing up because they’re there and it’s het

- they’re two characters that barely platonically interacted over THREE BOOKS suddenly written with “romantic tension” (if you can call what happens in the sampler that)

- KOS is bringing a number of new characters to the table, so why not give all the characters a new love interest? why pair up old established characters in a brand new series?

- Nikolai falling in love w/ someone who’s not an ideal match would be FAR more interesting than someone who is because it would force a challenge and personal growth on a character who we know is pragmatic to a fault when it comes to his kingdom and his rule

- the three POV characters are all white Ravkans from similar backgrounds and positions of power (upper class/associated with royalty). Personally I think it’s a bit boring to pair two of them together when you only have these 3 POVs to begin with

I stand by my theory that the monk is Nikolai’s love interest (based on him being noted in the summary, leigh’s purposeful evasion of answering almost anything related to nikolai’s sexuality or romance, and the kirkus review of KOS) but in all honesty if zoyalai happens, no matter how well leigh writes them, I’ll find it disappointing just bc she could have done so much more with both characters and the story.

[evellynssocbrainrot]

When you think about it, Kaz is currently the most powerful person in the whole Grishaverse.

Why?

Well. Two of his best friends (Jesper and Wylan) literally run the merchant council of Ketterdam, one of his best friends (Nina) is the literal queen of Fjerda, he's acquaintances with the king and queen of Ravka (Zoya and Nikolai) who sometimes rely on him for missions, and his girlfriend (Inej) is an awesome, ass-kicking, and well-feared pirate empress.

[reggieslocket]

[dragonqueenstormwitch]

to be loved is to be seen

and it’s kaz choosing a ship for inej that he thinks suits her

it’s mal knowing alina loves the blue irises, not the white ones

it’s jesper memorizing wylan’s face and telling genya how to tailor him back

it’s david keeping a list of all the ways genya likes to be complimented

it’s nikolai designing a structure to protect zoya’s garden and promising to always make it summer for her

[stromuprisahat]

“That’s right, Alina. I’m a soldier.” I thought he might finally crack and give me the fight I wanted, that I was itching for. Instead, he stood and shook the water from his coat. “And I’ll keep marching because the firebird is all I can give you. No money. No army. No mountaintop stronghold.” He shouldered his pack. “This is all I have to offer. The same old trick.” He stepped out into the rain. I didn’t know if I wanted to run after him to apologize or knock him into the mud. Zoya lifted one elegant shoulder. “I’d rather have the emerald.”

Ruin and Rising- Chapter 13

For once I'm with Zoya.

Mal: Look how pathetic I am, Alina! I'm nothing, but I'll give it to you! (Pity me.)

Zoya: Ew, I'd take to hot, rich, non-whiny one.

zoya was right when she told alina that she was stupid for choosing mal instead of nikolai. reminder: zoya has been with mal before..

@gxndrya pointed this out to me and i’m still not over it

[fantastic-nonsense]

Things Kaz canonically does in the two years between Crooked Kingdom and Rule of Wolves:

(presumably) massively expands the Dregs' territory

buys Pekka's old club (the Emerald Palace) and completely renovates it, turning it into The Silver Six

massively expands the Crow Club to the point where it's "three times the size of every other establishment on the block"

builds an underground tunnel that goes from the Crow Club to the Geldstraat, where the Van Eck Mansion is

takes Jesper out on jobs with him often enough that Wylan has jokingly banned Jesper from answering the door when he knocks

learns about Ketterdam's Suli laborers and picks up additional knowledge of Suli culture

keeps up with Inej's whereabouts and helps her take out slavers

expands his information network to the Kerch colonies

is on friendly enough terms with the King of Ravka that he taught Nikolai how to pick locks and Nikolai feels comfortable personally writing him a letter when he needs to steal the titanium from Kerch

disguises himself just to follow people around on the streets

was planning to steal the titanium from the military base anyway just for fun

And that's just the stuff we see from Nikolai's and Zoya's incredibly limited perspectives during their Ketterdam sidequest

I 100% agree with Zoya when she thinks that "maybe Kaz was like Nikolai, a boy with an unquiet mind, a man in perpetual need of challenge" because ROW makes it so obvious that Kaz is bored and incredibly restless in his success. Someone get our boy a new life's purpose and a subscription to a long-running unsolved mystery podcast stat

[elainiisms]

you ppl love villains/morally grey characters UNTIL they're a woman, then all of a sudden they are annoying, evil and irredeemable

[exyzedd]

cannot stop making textposts😔👍🏼

(pics used aren't mine)

[grishaverse-only]

Malina this, Kanej that. WHAT ABOUT THEM???

Not my art******

All credits go to @kolarpem

[starwarsrebels]

ZOYA NAZYALENSKY SHADOW AND BONE SEASON TWO

[kolarpem]

Morning Doodle: “Once Nikolai had removed his boots and settled on the bed beneath a grotesque painting of Sankta Anastasia curing the wasting plague, Zoya pulled the tiny bottle from her pocket.” (Leigh Bardugo’s King of Scars CH 11)

[downn-in-flames]

random grishaverse as text posts because i love making these

[adalindofcabinsix]

“zoya will live a very long life,” the darkling said. “despite the demon, you may not do the same.”

“then i will love her from my grave.”

[kaetor]

wanted to draw my take on some of my favorite grishaverse characters

[fedzzzart]

shadow and bone girlies + alina and genya by the end of the trilogy✨