#wylanjesper

♠️ two of crows

and these:

“‘Naughty,’ Jesper said as he removed a tiny knife from Elzinger’s sleeve and tossed it across the square.”

the fact that i can just hear his smile and see his raised eyebrow when he says this. i think s&b season 2 needs a rebranding of the crows and i think the black tips showdown in the beginning of soc can do just that. 

“‘Usually people don’t start hating each other until a week into the job, but you two have a head start.’ 

They cast him twin glares, and Jesper beamed back at them...” 

its easy to forget jesper’s first pov chapter isn’t even until wylan’s identity is revealed in part 2 because there’s so much of him. i adore his characterization both within his perspective and not. 

“‘Did he come to see me at all?’ 

Jesper knew she meant Kaz. ‘Every day.’ ...

‘I mean, I think it was hard for him to be around you that way. That first day when you were hurt...he went a little crazy.’ It cost Jesper something to admit that. Would Kaz have gone off on that kind of a mad-dog tear if it had been Jesper with a knife stuck in his side?” 

the jesper-inej-kaz triangle is something i think about wayy too often. what’s heartbreaking here is that jesper is consistently jealous of inej’s relationship with kaz yet still tries to lie for her because he “hated disappointing anyone” (even sadder when u take the end of soc into consideration) :(( i like to believe kaz is smart enough to know about jesper’s feelings and purposely keeps his distance as to not hurt him. 

“’Facts are for the unimaginative,’”  Jesper said with a dismissive wave. 

the nikolai vibes are immaculate. 

“Someone had filled a city fountain with champagne, and it had taken two seconds for Jesper to dive in with boots off and gullet open. Now it was risk filling up his nose and mouth, making him feel giddy and invincible. He loved it, and he hated himself for loving it.” 

petition for someone to draw jesper in a champagne fountain with bubbles filling his nose and mouth. anyways, everyone say thank you to leigh bardugo for her writing. 

“‘Come on out!’ bellowed Doughty from behind a grave. ‘You can’t shoot us all.’

‘I can’t hear you,’ shouted Jesper. ‘Come closer.’”

this last one is actually from crooked kingdom which is a whole other set of great lines especially for jesper, but i had to include it because i adore his humor. he, in fact, could definitely shoot them all. 

i always see the same lines from the books, so i thought i would curate my own list of favorites i don’t see as often. share ones i missed and ur other favorites!!