wolf of the waves.

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[thekiingofscars]

ok so this account is revived

[dealbrekker]

As we get closer and closer to Shadow and Bone's arrival, here's your reminder that Sam Claflin should absolutely be cast as Nikolai Lantsov when the time comes please and THANK YOU, ERIC

[voices-not-echoes]

alright as someone who is not a huge malina person, I think I can see why leigh thinks the show will change peoples minds, just from this picture.

idk about the rest of y'all but most of my problems were not with mal himself, especially at first, but with the writing around the relationship? if I had to list the issues I had with the two of them together it would probably be:

they're supposed to be best friends but we barely see them interact

when they do interact, mal is distracted by all the other stuff going on in his life and alina takes it Very personally

because of the way she thinks about him and other girls or even other friends, she seems resentful of the fact that he's happier than her and that he doesn't return her feelings.

then when he returns, with feelings, to rescue her, it seems really out of the blue because he went through a ton of character development that we don't get to see, and almost seems like a different character

I really do like friends-to-lovers relationships, especially when they're childhood best friends, so i was always kind of disappointed that malina just didn't hit for me. not to get hype over nothing but this photo? this photo HITS

they look companionable! they're laughing! Not To Be Biased or anything but that photo really says unrealized mutual pining to me! it says inside jokes! it says in love with your best friend! I'm obsessed!

[sixofbabycrows]

i’m thinking about how when the show comes out and new fans join the fandom they’re probably gonna be like “who tf is this wylan and nikolai y’all keep talking about”

[shadowandbonecentral]

SHADOW AND BONE coming to Netflix in April 2021

[saintprivateer]

I think this got deleted way back when?? So I’m posting it again while my other grishaverse stuff is here 😳 I love Nikolai Lantsov more than I should what’s new!!

[endless-grishaverse]

Why I have a feeling Nikolai will die at the end of RoW and Zoya'll become a queen...

[abigail-abridged-summaries]

Why are they so scared of traveling with the chains if anyone questions them just say that Nikolai is a freak???

[alinaxstarkov]

What bothers me the most in the ending of The Grisha Trilogy is the narrative that Alina was too young to be queen, commander of Second Army, saint or just really powerful grisha, but in the same time she was mature enough to become M*l’s housewife and foster mother to bunch of kids in Keramzin. It gives me this ugly vibe that being wife/mother is always suitable role for a girl but being in position of power is not. And I have nothing against the girls who want to be “housewives” but saying she can become that at the age of 18 but not a someone who can rule?

It’s like in the history class, where 18 y/o boy-king is military genius and amazing politician, but 18 y/o girl-queen is “child that needs to be guided” or “in need of husband who will take care of the crown”.

Misogyny. That’s what it is.

[gold-shades-of-a-lioness]

I probably never do a clean up of this, so here you go: a slightly older version of Sturmhond. Enjoy :D

AIso have no idea how tumblr works haha any tips?

[chaotic-art-druid]

Nikolai Lantsov and his two moods: King and Demon 

[morozoxa]

nikolai be like “i know a spot” and then he takes you to the fold and you both get kidnapped by saints

[wafflesandkruge]

The Berlin Incident (zoyalai)

Summary: Nikolai had been sent to East Berlin by the CIA to steal some documents. Zoya had been sent to East Berlin by the KGB to capture an American agent. Told from both perspectives, Nikolai and Zoya recount the first time they encountered each other in the field.

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A/N: The teaser/prequel to Like Real People Do which will probably be posted sometime,,,next year. This can be read as a standalone though, don’t worry! This is only Zoya’s pov, you can find Nikolai’s pov by @storm-dog-pirate on her blog!

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Berlin was supposed to be an easy mission, a breather before she got sent on a near-impossible assignment to Beijing, or Istanbul, or another far-flung corner of the world where the Kremlin wanted eyes. Honestly, it was almost an insult to put an agent of her caliber on an assignment as trivial as capturing some hotshot CIA operative.

Nikolai Lantsov. She had his file memorized forwards and backwards and could probably recite it in her sleep. In her defense, there literally was not much else she could do to prepare for this mission. Art thief. Womanizer. Best in the field. She had snorted at that last bit. It was such an American thing to boast. He wouldn’t have that title for long if the operation went well.

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[thekiingofscars]

nikolai’s favorite color is pink send tweet

[sarcasticbreathing]

I need sources

[thekiingofscars]

source is my brain and also the canon knowledge that nikolai likes fun bright colors (ie his teal frock he wears as sturmhond)

[dealbrekker]

His fave color is pink, but being the political genius he is, he knows he slays in any shade of blue available. Gets the people going.

[thekiingofscars]

nikolai’s favorite color is pink send tweet

[sarcasticbreathing]

I need sources

[thekiingofscars]

source is my brain and also the canon knowledge that nikolai likes fun bright colors (ie his teal frock he wears as sturmhond)

[thekiingofscars]

nikolai’s favorite color is pink send tweet

[thekiingofscars]

Nikolai and things he loves headcannons :)

hooo boy here i GO

•if you’ve ever read anything i’ve written on Nikolai, you know i have a firm belief that he loves dogs. so that obviously tops this list. i definitely think he had a dog when he was younger, and during his privateering days, but probably not anymore just because it’d be tough to spend any time with it with his busy he is.

•he loves coffee! he naturally needs a lot of sleep but he doesn’t always get that (because he’s so busy and because he would rather stay up thinking and planning then sleep) so he drinks INSANE amounts of coffee to cope. he can’t drink it black, though- he likes to try a different flavor every time, the more outlandish the better, but his favorite is vanilla.

•the boy LOVES the ocean, obviously, but this extends to any body of water. lakes, ponds, even the bathing pools at the palace bring him comfort. he can often be found going for a swim when he gets too stressed.

•as much as Leigh jokes about it, i feel like he really might write bad poetry just to get his feelings on paper because he feels like he can’t say them aloud. he has an image to maintain, and that doesn’t include getting too emotional, so until he finds a trusted partner, he relies on writing them down. when he’s done writing, he goes back and laughs at how terrible it all is. that cheers him up more than the actual writing

•getting into angst territory now, but he loves skin to skin contact and cuddling. especially after Ruin and Rising, although after what he goes through then it’s much harder for him to feel comfortable letting himself be that vulnerable.

•he likes clothes. all his outfits are very intentional.

•he loves seafood, and not just fish. he misses his ship’s cook when he’s back at the palace.

[stormwitchprivateer-deactivated]

The skin to skin contact thing got me thinking…

I know we’ve seen some similarities between Kaz and his gloves and Nikolai starting to wear his. But then we get Kaz who doesn’t like physical contact, while Nikolai really longs for it. Especially since right now he is feeling very vulnerable bc he has no control of this monster that takes over him. I like to think that this is one of the reasons he also doesn’t immediately let go of Zoya when he can. He just wants to feel that she is near and that he is not alone.

[thekiingofscars]

i really really really love this and i think it’s spot on!!!!