#six of crows

[shit-people-probably-didnt-say]

Jesper: *Flirting* Would you like to come over sometime and make a list?

Wylan: I love you

[ellyinnit]

"Romance is only good if it has smut"

You OBVIOUSLY have not read Crooked Kingdom, where Kaz's lips brush Inej's neck, he has a panic attack, leaves, starts a fight with his ENTIRE GANG and WINS

[folklorelei42]

next soc book/novella should be jesper and wylan figuring out how they can have their wedding without public suspicion when the guest list consists of the queen of fjerda and her husband, a random fjerdan guard, living saint dragon queen who just ended a war with fjerda, the dragon queen’s consort who was the former king of ravka, one of the grisha triumvirate of ravka who is also a famous tailor, an infamous gang leader and crime boss who owns all the best known clubs in Ketterdam, the son of the man who invented jurda parem, and an urban legend pirate queen vigilante who’s Ketterdam’s most wanted.

[cryptidstealingyourcreditcard]

my favorite thing about the ‘wylan dyed his hair to be less recognizable in the barrel’ headcanon is the image of him with brown curls but with the roots growing back in red-gold

[nameinprint]

*SOC DARKER SHORE SPOILERS*

this seemed small but the moment in the new book where they suspected the captain of the wraith may be a previous dregs member, but ruled that out because she didnt have the tattoo and they know that kaz without fail makes 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 get the tattoo is so special to me as a kanej moment

[memsvansunshine]

hc that wylan dyed his hair brown in the barrel to get away from his dad even though to him it felt like one of the only things he had left with his mama and his curls faded from the chemicals in the tannery

and that when him and jesper moved into the merchers mansion jes saw his red gold curls grow back in and fell in love even more

[privateerandking]

My farm boy Kaz headcannons (because we don’t talk enough about how at his core he is a farm boy and is bound to have tendencies and habits that linger):

He loves wide open spaces. He’ll tell you about how winding streets and towering buildings and tight alleys make for easier criminal acts and strategic getaways and how open fields are for fools and just leave you as a sitting duck. But despite this you’ll never find him more relaxed and at ease (imperceptible and subtle as it may be) in a wide open space where the sky stretches out above him and the horizon before him.

Speaking of horizons, he is ridiculously fond of sunrises and sunsets. He’ll “coincidentally” wind up at the docks or on a rooftop or somewhere he can view the horizon in the city during those times of day.

He’s averse to the stench of the city. Though he’s of course learned to hide it very well, you’d never know he had a problem with it until you witness him outside it. The first time Inej and Jesper venture outside the city with him they’re surprised to see how he takes a deep breath of the country air and almost immediately and imperceptibly improves his mood and relaxes. He also loves the smell of stables.

He loves birdsong. At some point he takes on an incredibly risky mission and though the pay was good, it’s not a coincidence that this person also happened to own a singing clockwork bird automaton that is missing after his visit.

He loves wind. If you brought it up to him he’d say that it’s good for making sure people don’t overhear you and for masking your footsteps, but in truth he loves the feeling of a breeze. There are always windows open at the Slat to create a cross breeze.

He’s very good with animals. For as much as he hates people and can’t stand touching them he is very affectionate with animals (though he tries to hide it) particularly large animals/farm animals naturally (big dogs, horses, cows, chickens, etc. see Crooked Kingdom chapter 2 when he indulges Smeet’s dogs in belly rubs) He’s charitable to them too, random bowls of water and table scraps can be found around the outside of the Slat and people know better than to call attention to it or question it.

In this vein he actually prefers riding a horse to sitting in a carriage and is very proficient in tacking up horses (to everyone’s surprise)

Like Jesper he has some of that hidden farm boy strength to him (see Six of Crows chapter 23) He’s stronger than people think both because of his leg and cane making people underestimate him but also because he has that farm boy build.

He can sew and mend surprisingly well

He of course knows farm terminology like the names of tools and pieces of equipment and stuff that no one would expect someone bred in the barrel to know

@polycrowtruther on my other post said Kaz spits and for no good reason, it's just a habit because when he was a kid he wanted to be like his dad (who chewed jurda) and I concur completely.

This may be a little unrealistic but I like to believe he has a little tiny bit of a country accent that he hides or that only comes out when he’s very tired or drunk

That’s all I’ve got for now! Leave yours in the notes!