when did reality become this terrifying?

Madhav / 17

[jyae23]

Helios suggesting an arm wrestle knowing damn well Icarus unravels at the slightest physical touch is so funny to me

[lyralows]

Sometimes I wonder what it was really like for Matthias to see Nina in labour. In the moment, he simply wondered whether Kaz was capable of taking a real birth because of the show Nina was putting on, but I wonder if his thoughts ever drifted, just for a moment.

He was clearly meant to be a father. He was an older brother before his family was murdered, and he used to help his mother with her pains and swollen feet, and then with Alys, he was the only one to have real empathy for the pain of pregnancy. He massaged her feet, got her chocolate, and tried to reassure her that she would be okay, and no one was going to hurt her, even if he wasn't sure it was true himself.

I wonder if he looked at Nina, in pain, struggling, laid back on a boat and imagined pulling her close, imagined her holding a baby girl or baby boy to her chest, I wonder if he ever considered what their children would look like. I wonder if, looking at her, he thought about what their life would be like if and when, they actually came around to having children. I wonder if he was bittersweet, or had to stop himself from tearing up.

I wonder if he ever wanted their child to be Grisha, ior have Nina's eyes, or imagined what it would be like to cook waffles for Nina in a small home. I wonder if he'd want to wrap her in a Fjerdan shawl, because expecting mothers needed to stay warm and comfortable. I wonder if he'd smile to himself when she complained it was itchy.

It was Matthias first and last time of seeing her pregnant, and I wonder if some part of him couldn't help but wish they were older, years down the line, krunge in hand, and actually awaiting the arrival of a little one.

Even if Matthias wasn't her's in the moment, I wonder if it felt wrong for him to see her without a wedding band.

[cubiiumeamus]

nobody talks about just how funny the scene where henry asks richard for help in calculating the dosage of mushrooms enough. we find out that:

- henry can’t factor

- richard casually abused LSD multiple times at 15

- richard cuts his own hair and does a really, really shitty job

- henry unironically and wholeheartedly trusts ancient science and medicine. richard literally puts his pencil down and blinks at him in exasperation

- henry fidgets with his glasses as a tic

- henry killed a DOG. like it’s no big deal. “i’m afraid i did,” he says dryly. what the fuck is wrong with him im so dead

- they essentially call bunny a fatass

- henry ends by saying that bunny makes him want to kill himself more and more every day

anyways literally nobody talks about how crazy this book is. also henry can’t factor lol

[spotpassholic]

#HenryCantFactor

[talkshowboyluvr]

richard papen + identity fraud

[vosveti]

Sophie has a great day everyday, but Howl only has a great day if Sophie looks at him

[aristotelic]

kaz and the new member of the dregs

[nalesnik-z-morela]

I'm fighting to post on artfight, i'm coming undone in like 4 seconds, get a kaz i found on the way

NO SOC NOVEL SPOILERS PLEASE, YOU'RE AT MY GUNPOINT.

[yokowan]

dont store a knife with the point facing down, it damages the blade. no, dont do that either. when you store it with the point facing up you might accidentally hurt yourself when you try to grab it. dont store a knife at all actually. your blade must never leave your hand, always ready, ruthless and waiting. you know deep down that ever since you learned the stench of blood you will never be able to cast it aside. or just get a sheath for it i guess.

[madhulogy]

the crows on a scientology building raid. is this anything

[killjoys-make-some-noise130]

PLEASE. I GOTTA WRITE THAT SHIT

[madhulogy]

please do and tag me in it <33333

[gabeofcrows]

im so obsessed with the idea that kaz just reads everything for wylan, but in such a natural way that everyone forgets that it's because wylan can't read, and kaz kind of forgets that everyone else can read

kaz bringing in the newspaper saying 'look at this', slamming the paper down on the table for for everyone to see and announces the headline 'pekka rollins shits himself in the harbour'. it's just instinctual to read it out, even though everyone else at the table can read what it says

kaz going to restaurants with the crows and handing wylan a menu saying 'they've got that herb chicken you like'. then he scans it again and points to a couple of things that he also knows wylan likes, and it's so causal and conversational and wylan doesn't feel scrutinised, or as though he's being looked after

(kaz also starts point out things the others like before remembering that they can read the menu and then just stops talking)

kaz and wylan going to coffee shops and kaz goes 'what do you think you're gonna get' before they get there so that wylan doesn't panic inside the shop. and he doesn't leave room for wyan to ask him to read things out, because kaz knows he hates doing that. so they go and kaz just says 'you want syrup in your coffee? they've got vanilla, caramel, or hazelnut'

and it's just so easy and instinctual. it makes wylan feel normal, because being read to isnt a big part of what's going on. kaz just manages to easily slip it into conversation without thinking, as though he does it with everyone

(now imagine wylan isn't there and kaz begrudgingly gets waffles with another member of the dregs (he's getting soft) and immediately goes 'what sort of syrup do you like? because they've got apple, strawberry or chocolate, but it does say you can get a mix' and the dreg is like 'i know? the menu is right in front of me?' and kaz just kind of realises that he doesn't even think about doing it anymore)

(also imagine him getting a letter and some of the higher ranked dregs need to know about it, and instead of just giving them it to read, kaz starts just reading it out, and all of the other dregs are like 'isn't it easier is we just read it ourselves?' and kaz just pauses and wonders when he actually started hanging out with wylan so much that he's the only person he knows how to talk to)

[madhulogy]

the cure to reading slumps is a 100k fic of your favorite ship. btw

[madhulogy]

Rath Roiben Rye. Good night

[madhulogy]

the crows on a scientology building raid. is this anything

[beanstalk-guy]

Ok but what if this is everything

Kaz brings about the crows and explains the plan. They get in, find confidential info, get out, sell the information for a fortune.

That night, while Wylan is studying TikToks for map drawing, Jesper is deciding to wear a fucking ugly suit with Christmas lights all over it to the raid(he’s just excited to be doing a Scientology speedrun). Wylan warns against it. To no one’s surprise, he wears it anyway

Kaz looks kind of disappointed, but moves on anyway. Nina distracts the guards, and the others are able to get in. She later follows Kaz, who’s picking locked doors and making thorough recordings of faculty only rooms, while Jesper, Wylan, and Matthias continue the way. Jesper and Matthias are recording, while Wylan is finishing the map. Jesper is using his fabrikation abilities to break all of the security cameras and is Wylan’s night light.

They find a dead end room, and Matthias & Wylan get caught, but they’re wearing business casual and are also fucking white so they’re assumed to be new, very lost staff and get a tour of a lot of the more tame rooms.

Almost miraculously, they hear someone else before they find Jesper, though. He continues recording everything, sees some heinous shit, gets caught by the infamous Shannon at the final floor. She looks at him, this black guy in some ridiculous outfit, and assumes that he’s a troublemaking teenager, takes his camera and escorts him out.

On the way, they pass Nina and Kaz, who understand it’s time to bolt. Near the same time, Wylan and Matthias have finished their tour and are at the entrance.

They recount their info, and Jesper reveals that they took his camera, feels kind of guilty. HOWEVER, Kaz reveals they knew this was going to happen because of course he did.

Earlier, the night before, he told Inej to make sure Jesper gets to the final floor, and then let him get caught because he’d never be able to find his way back. He then told Wylan to warn him against wearing his ugly ass suit, but not enough to convince to actually not wear it. He was then to install three hidden cameras on it. Kaz really wanted to use those because he knew Jesper would definitely get his camera snatched like an idiot, but the tiny cameras lit up red and he didn’t know how to hide them AND have them get enough light in darker rooms until Jesper let slip that he was looking for a reason to wear this too-much outfit he got for Christmas. What better way to hide lights than around other lights?

They gather the information and collect it into a document file. It looks like a cute and bubbly Canva slide on paper because Nina organized it.

No idea what possessed me to do this

All my moots are into theater

This is for literally fucking no one

[madhulogy]

it's okay babe it doesn't have to be for anyone. it's for us i love this i love you for making this im going to write all of this down in my media journal youre amazing

[gilmores-glorious-blog]

this post has a target audience of exactly one person (me) but it’s actually crazy insane how much edouard from castlevania nocturne looks like percy from the gentleman’s guide to vice and virtue

[cutetanuki-chan]

Commission for @dearestdarling-loveofloves

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[what-the-cap-dude]

Sweet tap-dancing baby Jesus, this is almost exactly how I imagine them

[firellily]

HES BEEN 18 THIS WHOLE TIME??

I THOUGHT HE WAS LIKE 22

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

HES NOT SUPER CHILDISH

HES A LITERAL BABY

[spending-life-pretending]

Monty, The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue / Adrian, The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks

oh montague brothers we’re really in it now