lex malla, lex nulla

what he did was amazing and he had his strokes of genius and freddy carter is the perfect kaz, but i was definitely missing that very violent ruthlessness. and i was missing the “greed is your god” kaz and the “my father is profit i honor him daily” kaz and the “kaz brekker didn’t need a reason” kaz. he wasn’t half as dramatic with his dialogue as he could have been.

i think maybe some violence would have been great, something graphic and gritty that shows us we’re not messing with a con artist. pekka captures and threatens kaz all too easily in the first few episodes. 

i’m hoping the bastard of the barrel doesn’t carry that much weight for now because this is pre-soc, but kaz is supposedly known as one of the most ruthless men in ketterdam and i just did not at all get those vibes

he was a thief, a trickster, and incredibly smart, but his plans never really came to fruition and he was outsmarted more than once

this is not the kaz brekker who can see five steps ahead of the audience and jesper and inej at all times. jesper and inej in the show didn’t have as much faith in kaz as they did in the books

Kaz: *calls Inej an investment*

Kaz: *says Inej isn’t like others*

Kaz: *looks at Inej then immediately looks away*

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