he tasted like joy, and joy tasted better on earth

Auri: I want my family back.

-It’s such a pure relationship; they don’t want anything from each other but friendship

-They’re very supportive of each other. Jesper encouraging her as they walk around the ship? Inej forgiving him and encouraging him to make things right with his dad? That’s peak friendship

-They’ll tease, but it’s much less like the bickering with the others and more like, I’ve known you for way too long and I know you way too well

-These two (with Kaz) have known each other the longest out of all the crows. They share life within the Dregs, history, inside jokes, years of experience of putting up with Kaz’s shit and talking shit about him behind his back. 

-Also, solidarity when it comes to having a crush on the same emotionally-unavailable piece of shit (he’s my son and I love him but it’s true). Half of their walk around the ship was essentially, “We’re too good for him, but we’re still in love with him. Why are we like this”

-They’re super physically affectionate. Lots of hugs and cheek kisses. Mix in that extreme height difference (he’s over 6 feet for sure; she’s gotta be way closer to 5 feet) AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL

-Both POC, so solidarity there. 

-They worry about each other. Jesper being totally freaked out when Inej was stabbed. Inej worrying about him sticking out in homogenous Fjierda. There’s a lot more examples, but that’s just for starters 

-They’re not exactly friends; they more so use each other for their own ends. And over that relationship they do develop a begrudging fondness for each other, which I think is very important because this a mixed group of people and the relationships are all gonna be different. Kaz learns to open up and trust others slowly, and the fact that this trust extends to Nina is really important for his character. 

-They’re both masters of BDE. Putting them together is too much power. They obliterate everyone in their presence.

-Everyone’s got their own way of standing up to Kaz, but Nina’s really obvious about it. She’s not afraid of him or soft on him the way Jesper, Inej, and Wylan are. She’s not easily bested by him like Matthias. That leads to Nina flat-out challenging him multiple times. He wants to leave the Grisha in the city, and she’s like “Fuck that. You may be a horrible person, but I’m not” and then proceeds to get his biggest player (Inej) on her side. 

-I think of everyone, she poses the biggest threat to him because he can’t exactly stop her from plunging his heart rate. (And she threatens it a lot.) He relies on her goodness and his bargaining chips to prevent her from actually doing it.

-Also, let’s not forget her fun little dig at his hair. Everyone thinks he looks a little ridiculous, but who the hell is gonna say it to his face but Nina? 

-Calling each other by their last names. But ALSO, “Nina dear” and “Nina sweet”. Like how the heck did that get started. Is it the fact that he knows that she can best him so he has to be sweet to her but he’ll only do it sarcastically? Anyway, I love that he has pet names for her. 

-Go reread her introduction in SOC. It’s literally full of internal praises from Kaz. He admires her skills, her surviving, her power, etc. 

-While you’re rereading her introduction, notice that she’s the first one he tells the plan to. He doesn’t tell Inej or Jesper. He tells Nina about it first. He probably figures she won’t be game unless he tells her, but he could also just have been like “Yo, I need Helvar. Let’s go.” But he takes the time to explain it and bargain with her into going along with it. He clearly respects her.

-They have great comebacks. “How about I crack your skull open like a robin’s egg?” “You don’t want a look at what’s inside my head, Nina dear.”

-They don’t have a lot of interactions in CK which is a fucking shame because they are the definition of Power Bro couple.

@sixofcrowsnet heist: happy moments

“That’s the laugh,” he murmured, but she was already setting off down the quay, her feet barely touching the ground.

“Mama!” she called out. “Papa!”

Inej saw them turn, saw her mother grip her father’s arms. They were running toward her.

Ooooh this was a fun study; had to brush up on my arm anatomy to make sure I could get Kaz posed to *NOT TOUCH* Inej in the most intense game of Operation ever.

Alina:

Mal:

The Darkling:

Zoya:

Genya:

David:

Nikolai:

Tamar:

Tolya:

Baghra:

Percy: Oh wait im in my 30’s. *goes back to sleep*

Percy:

heroes of olympus + name meanings

with a huge cheer, they carried us down the hill, but they kept us close enough to hold hands. annabeth was laughing, and i couldn’t help laughing, too, even though my face was completely red.