Still thinking about how Grace was always treated as disposable. Kicked out of his passion field for his honesty—underpaid as a (very good) teacher, to the point he can’t afford a car—left alone in a room full of argon with a sample that might kill him, while all the indispensable guys who put him there stood on the other side of the glass and watched. Shoved screaming into a mission that would kill him. And then, then this bonkers little alien who just met him gladly trades years off his life (via extended return mission) to save him. Runs burning through deadly air to keep him from dying. Chooses finally to weave their lives together forever and recreate Grace’s best dreams of Earth to make him happy. No wonder Grace told Rocky he doesn’t have to get him a gift, he’s given him everything. To one little spider guy, Grace is irreplaceable. That’s love.
I love Max Blunder. He is both the most whimsical man of all time and the most boring guy around. He both cares for his crew and actively fucks with them.
This man will do a backflip, stumble lightly, and then grumble and blame it on the wind or smn. Its hilarious. Hes so bitchy.
if Dan Da Silva was devastated when he found out that Jason died imagine his reaction when he found out that Jason was the DT killer.
Because on one hand, he'll feel better in a twisted way about Jason's demise, but on the other hand he'll feel so so so much worse. Because not only did he look up to Jason as a father figure (when his and Nat's own parents were probably nonexistent or abusive idrk if it's confirmed in the book but that's what it seemed like to me) but Jason literally used him as an unknowing pawn in the police force to help him with gathering intel and getting away with more murders. How do you recover from finding out something like that, genuinely.
I like to think that Dan and Nat's relationship as siblings eventually strengthened a lot after the events of the third book and during Pip's exile at university. They became a lot closer and Dan became more aware of Nat's own trauma and hurt that he'd been neglecting for his own and Jason's validation. Here's hoping that he actually also ends up as a good dad for his kid. Vicious family cycles don't need more cycling.
edit: I'm also hijacking this post to talk a bit about Flora and Charlie. I think Flora pursued a teacher's degree in school, and she was also mainly a theater kid who was good at voice acting and improv (and loved musicals). Meanwhile Charlie learned a bunch of semi-disparate skills like coding, graphic design, and photo/video manipulation so he can work a variety of (mostly online, mostly flexible hours) jobs to start earning a steady income while homeless, although once they met he mostly stayed over at Flora's place in the night until they bought their own place together. They got married pretty fast after that. Flora probably ended up dropping out of college for him, or maybe she completed her degree. I think Flora before Charlie was a rather bubbly, friendly girl with deep opinions on things and a bleeding heart, and she met Charlie at a very brooding, dark-eyed byronic time of his life. They're doomed your honor <3
Will I do more of these in the future? Hopefully yes, I have a storyboard in my notes for another scarian fic and the notes for my dnd campaign comic, so look forward to that (it’ll probably take a while tho, cuz uni)
What I enjoy most about the Great Divide is how complicated it let's itself be. It's about a man who got famous from writing about the sadness of his upbringing, his town and the people in it. He commodified his trauma and made enough money of it to be able to leave. And yet leaving doesn't save him, the opposite. He misses his community so dearly, he wants the best for them, but it can never be the same again and it also isn't the same anywhere else. Staying or leaving, it's a push and pull and none of it will ever feel right and that's the divide he will have to live with for the rest of his life.
Doors by Noah Kahan is the most six of crows song ever, each crow is represented perfectly in the lyrics and I think of them every time I listen.
I need to prove it lyric by lyric:
“I grew up pretending sticks were little guns, I would point ‘em at my dad and he’d get mad ‘cause god forbid I’d hurt someone”
The most Jesper Fahey thing ever. The guns, the protective dad, fearing hurting or being hurt by someone. UGH it’s perfect
“I’d hurt anyone I could, anyone who got too close and anyone who wouldn’t look”
You could tell me this is a quote from Kaz Brekker’s POV and I wouldn’t question it. Hurting those who were close to him as well as those he could deceive.
“I was born into a one hundred-year storm, foot of ice across Vermont and in that dark, and in that frost, a heart was formed”
MATTHIASSSS. Born in the literal storm of Fjerda’s icy climate as well as the war against the Grisha. In the frost during his and Nina’s journey his love for her was formed.
“You're putting money on red, I'm a sure bet at a losing streak”
Do I even need to point this one out? This is Jesper’s whole thing.
Also, arguably, Wylan - his self-esteem issues and the abuse from his father could make this a line that he says to Jesper.
“I keep showing you doors, but you can't open them up 'cause it gets harder to see me the closer you try to look”
This is Inej taking to Kaz. She is showing him the way to her but he, for once, is unable to open the door. And then she disappears like she always does.
“Have you ever stared directly at the sun? Have you ever shared some closeness, so exposed to have it spit back by someone?
This line is Nina. She’s full of life and light and energy, and she loves so whole-heartedly that her vulnerabilities can easily be turned against her. Such as Kaz using Matthias’ freedom to get her to do the Ice Court heist. Nina also uses Matthias’ vulnerabilities against him when they first reunite and are on the offensive with one another.
“I’m the trouble ahead and I scream in my sleep”
I think this line from the chorus works really well for each crow’s POV because of their individual traumas and awareness of their baggage.
In conclusion this beautiful, devastating song about wanting love and connection but not believing you’re worthy of it is the perfect representation for the traumatised, aching teenagers of Six of Crows. Thank you.
my fav thing about sunrise on the reaping was when haymitch was like yeah caeser i'm a lone wolf 😏 i'm with the newcomers but i'm not WITH the newcomers, yknow? they call me a rascal. a rebel against the gamemasters. I scored a ONE and that is a THREAT. you do not want to mess with me 🙅
cut to him with like 20 kids following him around like ducklings, him hiding in his t-shirt, him letting a bunny guide him to safety because it reminded him of his girlfriend, and him making nightlights out of potatoes.
how do y’all think haymitch felt when katniss came back to him all “i want wiress, beetee, and mags as allies” in catching fire? hand-picking his two and a half men(tors)!!
“of course you do” as his response now means so much more bc he’s not just exasperated he’s like “you really are me with a braid”
I mean it’s kinda the real life tragedy of love exaggerated, innit? Irl people die young or one person dies old and another person dies even older. At the end of it all someone gets left behind and has to learn how to move on after that. And for the one who dies you know you’re leaving them behind. You know you’re dooming them to moving on and if you believe in an afterlife god only knows how long you’ll be waiting for them on the other side. The tragedy of the immortal loving the mortal takes those feelings we all know about and rips your heart out about it.
That was delicious. I genuinely don't think I've seen anyone line up those scene parallels so well before. This was a perfect snapshot of every branch, rock, and mattress they hit on their way down
Chappell Roan, who left her talent agency when she found out the Ceo was in the Epstein Files, is getting more hate than people in the actual Epstein files. Pedophiles are currently presidents and starting wars, wife beaters are getting awards and selling out stadiums, but a lesbian who is not the nicest most cheerful person 24/7 is the actual devil and getting banned from performing. I think she should be meaner. Let her be the nastiest bitch in the world. Maybe more women will wake up from the fucking trance this world has put us through and realise being "not nice" is not the biggest crime in the world.
