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@litladiesnetwork‘s second event: favourite minor female characters ↳ zoya nazyalensky, the grisha trilogy

“Toss him over,” Zoya said. “Break his heart cruelly. I will gladly give our poor prince comfort, and I would make a magnificent queen.”

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a family can be seven teenage deliquescents and 24 million kruge

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“You still may die in the Dregs.“ Inej’s dark eyes had glinted. “I may. But I’ll die on my feet with a knife in my hand.”

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yalitmeme books/series [2/10] six of crows

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@litladiesnetwork’s first event: favorite ya female protagonist — alina starkov

Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.

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six of crows + name meanings

since Inej doesn’t have a specific meaning, she got the meaning soundless as to not be left out of the loop.

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i need to talk about jesper fahey. i live for all the discussions about how positive inej is as representation, but i can’t sleep on my lovely son, who i identify with the most from these books. first off, he’s bi!!! and thank god for leigh bc she didn’t pull a it’s complicated. she wrote him as such an audacious flirt, i’m pretty sure everyone in the barrel knows. the entire city probably knows! he’s openly bi and in a ya series!! we all know how society tries to invalidate bisexuality. do i even need to tell you how important this representation is??? and let’s talk about how he’s described as having dark and deep brown skin. colorism is astoundingly prevalent in the media, where the “diverse” cast of characters (whether in books or films or whatever) only have light brown skin. if they’re black they’re usually conveniently mixed race (and i know jesper is but stay with me) and look racially ambiguous. and that’s disgusting. but leigh gave us jesper, who is dark brown. dark brown!!! and guess what??? he’s proud of that too, as he should be. and i can’t talk about his zemeni skin without mentioning his iconic mother, who was easily the purest person in the book regardless of her short appearances. it was so heartwarming to read these characters without those stereotypes. you know the ones. jesper’s mom raised him to be good natured and it showed. and lastly, mental illness. there was implied adhd which could have been a factor leading to his gambling addiction. which felt so real. obviously mental illness doesn’t always lead to addiction, but sometimes they coexist, and this was handled so well. it was never glorified and his struggles were glaringly obvious. and i think both inej and matthias at some point implied he had a sickness. a sickness, not that he was broken, he was sick. and idk that wording meant a lot to me. also, he came across as someone who desperately wanted to be better, but addiction had a way of consuming his life and it led to poor decisions. what was so important to me about it was, no matter how much kaz wanted to villanize him, none of this made jesper a bad guy. he still had good intentions. he still had morals, and he still deeply cared for his friends, and we could see how much he regretted his actions. mental illnesses, and especially problems with addiction, have been used as cheap writing techniques to create the bad guys far too often. leigh is so aware, so amazing, she didn’t let that happen with jesper. and i just love him so much and i need more characters like him.

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daily reminder that nikolai lantsov, king of ravka, is a nerd who decided that being a (pirate) privateer was the obvious path in life for the king’s second son.

reminder #2: he was just as tough as kaz when he was younger. he had to prove himself to be a good leader, a good fighter, ready to use violence and do so without showing feeling or remorse

reminder #3: he and kaz brekker will probably end up as life-long partners in crime aka best friends because they are so alike, bless them

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the grisha trilogy meme: [1/10 characters] alina starkov

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six of crows pairings: nina and matthias

“I don’t know if you’re wrong about the Grisha,” he said gently. “I just know you’re wrong about her.”

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What’s the easiest way to steal a man’s wallet? “K n i f e to the throat?” asked Inej. “G u n to the back?” said Jesper. “P o i s o n in his cup?” suggested Nina. “You’re all h o r r i b l e,” said Matthias.