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-plus sized character who loves sweets and isn’t ashamed of her body (and her body size isn’t a major part of her character—unless u count where her curves made her a perfect distraction at the ice palace in SoC)

-hands down the character in grishaverse with the most visible growth. She started as a powerful, foolish, hasty girl who ran off in a fit and got captured. grew into a stunning, clever, powerful woman who works undercover alone in a foreign country to save the lives of foreign grisha. What a Queen.

-a constant ray of sunshine and bad decisions a la jesper fahey (her words)

-probably the most powerful person bc she was taught her skills by zoya nazalyensky….and sharpened her wit with the likes of infamous kaz brekker. She’s unstoppable. If she can’t blast her way to a solution she’s going to solve it in a way so horrifically clever you won’t see it coming (ahem, bomb scene in Kos? Grabbing the net in CK? Taking the parem in SoC?)

-she’s the heart of the crows. The sweetest, sassiest, happiest, kindest soul. Helping Inej re-learn human touch? Forcing group hugs on the squad? She’s always ready with a snappy comment to lighten the mood and she will always support u

-she wouldn’t wish love on her worst enemy *proceeds to fall in love w said worst enemy, move to a foreign country to save his life even though he hates her, sell herself to a brothel and continue to attempt to save his life for at least a year until breaking him out of prison all while he hates her guts enough to try to kill her on sight*

-this woman took a dangerously addictive drug to save her crows. She fucking fought off a crippling addiction and STAYED clean even when it completely changed her connection to her abilities

-“call me grisha. Call me death.” JAJFKWKSKAK she ain’t playing

for starters, jesper is extremely intelligent. he got into ketterdam’s university which was a huge accomplishment, and he often helps kaz with solving problems whether its heists or otherwise. pretending he’s dumb just because he is a great source of humor and levity is just insanely and utterly untrue, and i feel like this is a common trope with characters that are designated to be “the funny one” and are seen as nothing else but that.

glossing over his struggles also bothers me to no end. his gambling and addiction are absolutely real sources of pain and hurt for him, and even in the show it is used for comedic effect. diminishing it to something that is merely lighthearted is completely disregarding a very important and real part about who he is. gambling is an immensely difficult issue and a real addiction that he faces to the point where it risked his friendships and even his life at some points. making light of that has implications that people don’t take it seriously in reality either, which i do feel is a huge issue in society. 

simplifying his sexuality also is a huge source of frustration. i absolutely adore wesper and wylan, but jesper is bisexual, not gay. his relationship with wylan in the books is so SO important because there aren’t a lot of mlm relationships in YA that come to fruition. but to be honest i really do hope they make it very clear he’s interested in women in the show or even have him have a brief fling with a woman because male bi erasure in mainstream media AND fandom is even more of an issue than gay erasure. often people claim that bi men are really gay that don’t want to admit it, so i want clear evidence to subvert that harmful stereotype.

he also is so incredibly kind and loving to the people he calls friends. even during the times when kaz treats him horribly he still stays by his side to make sure he knows he still truly cares about him through it all. he is also a constant confidant of inej, especially when kaz hurts her or says and does stupid shit to make her feel bad. he does little things like fixes kaz’s cane without even being asked, or lifts up wylan’s confidence when he’s down on himself and calling himself stupid even before they were together. 

so yes, while jesper is (in my opinion) the funniest character in the grishaverse, while he’s witty and hilarious and literally made me laugh out loud so many times in the books and the show, that’s absolutely not the only defining quality about him as a character. he’s multi-faceted, he faces prejudice and hardships and through it all tries his absolute hardest to remain a good, kind person and friend. 

Jesper: uhm, what’s your favourite colour?

Ranboo's: magpies (because they're black and white).

Tubbo: hummingbirds (because of their energy and constant buzzing around).

Tommy: seagulls (because when c!Tommy was stealing a while ago a load of people jumped into chat and started yelling and fighting like a bunch of seagulls going after your chips).

Wilbur: nightingales (because they sing at night time).

Techno: bearded vultures (because they don't get fed enough and are always searching for scraps; oof).

Now "Philza and Techno being immortal war buddies and getting married for shits and giggles long time ago so whenever Tommy's being annoying Techno calls him his "step-son" to piss him off" is my best friend