Nina Zenik Appreciation Post:
-plus sized character who loves sweets and isn’t ashamed of her body (and her body size isn’t a major part of her character—unless u count where her curves made her a perfect distraction at the ice palace in SoC)
-hands down the character in grishaverse with the most visible growth. She started as a powerful, foolish, hasty girl who ran off in a fit and got captured. grew into a stunning, clever, powerful woman who works undercover alone in a foreign country to save the lives of foreign grisha. What a Queen.
-a constant ray of sunshine and bad decisions a la jesper fahey (her words)
-probably the most powerful person bc she was taught her skills by zoya nazalyensky….and sharpened her wit with the likes of infamous kaz brekker. She’s unstoppable. If she can’t blast her way to a solution she’s going to solve it in a way so horrifically clever you won’t see it coming (ahem, bomb scene in Kos? Grabbing the net in CK? Taking the parem in SoC?)
-she’s the heart of the crows. The sweetest, sassiest, happiest, kindest soul. Helping Inej re-learn human touch? Forcing group hugs on the squad? She’s always ready with a snappy comment to lighten the mood and she will always support u
-she wouldn’t wish love on her worst enemy *proceeds to fall in love w said worst enemy, move to a foreign country to save his life even though he hates her, sell herself to a brothel and continue to attempt to save his life for at least a year until breaking him out of prison all while he hates her guts enough to try to kill her on sight*
-this woman took a dangerously addictive drug to save her crows. She fucking fought off a crippling addiction and STAYED clean even when it completely changed her connection to her abilities
-“call me grisha. Call me death.” JAJFKWKSKAK she ain’t playing
-how. How strong she is??? She survived capture, torture, prostitution, addiction, falling in love. The love of her life died in her arms. She picked herself back up and kept on fighting. I cannot comprehend her strength.