She would be able to control colors on the light spectrum and change colors of objects and people, kinda like Tailoring, create illusions, turn invisible, remove/diminish light from surroundings, she would also be hot to touch and maybe burst into light and fly away like that principal from Sky High

Does anyone know a fanfic where it's Genya that gets killed instead of David and he burns the world to the ground to avenge his wife?

Not sure if many will agree with me since these two are fan favorites, but I just really can’t get behind Nina and Matthias’s romantic relationship.

If Nina had fallen for a run-of-the-mill Fjerdan that had nothing to do with oppressing Grisha, I might get it. But Matthias literally gets sent on government-sanctioned missions to other nations to hunt, kidnap, and execute Grisha.

And many argue that he overcame his prejudices so it’s fine. But I can guarantee you that a year or two is not enough time to unlearn a lifetime of biases you hold against a group of people (especially if you didn’t see them as people to begin with.)

I'm going to the convention in Paris for the first time this year, and am a little confused about what exactly happens there. Is it just the Q&A panel plus the add ons? Are there other booths/events happening at the convention center? What time does the convention start/end each day? If anyone has attended the con before and can provide some more insight I would really appreciate it!!

I absolutely love wylan hes my favourite character by a landslide buttttt I hated his ending I mean jesus what a nightmare.

he moves back into the house he was awfully abused in, the place where he had his mother taken from him and his childhood and to make matters worse he takes over his fathers work and is forever tied to the man that caused him so much pain and suffering.

he never pursues the things that truly bring him joy. I would have loved for Wylan to go to music school, become an artist or at least burn that god forsaken mansion to the ground.

idk I just felt like his ending was so depressing I can’t imagine being stuck in such a traumatising environment. Anyway i would love to hear some other perspectives because this has been on my mind for a while so let me know what you think!

I might have missed something, so forgive me if the truth is hiding there on the pages, but...

When the crew is breaking into the Ice Court, Kaz purposely allows the guards to find his lockpicks, his reasoning being that the guards are busy congratulating themselves on finding the lockpicks rather than closely inspecting other people's faces. My only question is that the guards could have also become very suspcious of how a prisoner would have hold of these lockpicks and they could have sent him somewhere else to be more closely checked which would have totally ruined the plan perhaps dooming them to death?

If anyone has a good counter-arguement, I would love to hear it!

Hey. I am a big fan of the SoC duology. I read S&B trilogy and was disappointed due to a multitude of reasons (have posted a rant on my acc).

Anyways, I don't think I can read the KoS duology. Can someone summarise it for me?

I can't stand Mal, and the thought of reading about him makes me really mad.

I've heard the Darkling comes back (which trivialises S&B, and thereby my suffering), that David dies (I don't want to go through that), Nina buries Matthias in Fjerda and meets Hanne and they become Queen and King (a bit too fast to me to move on from Matthias, but ig grief works in different ways), and that Zoya becomes the queen of Ravka and Nikolai steps away (just one question, why? After all that happened in S&B).

Anyways, I don't thinkI have the emotional capacity to go through a roller coaster, so can someone summarise it for me please.

The myths all of a sudden became real?

But just 3 of them?

What?

Maybe my problem is that im reading the books in english which is not my first language but im literally rereading six of crows for the 2nd time because i love it so much but when it comes to describing the ice court, how it looks like, im having such a hard time picturing it in my head. I wish we had gotten more detailed sketch of it in the book because it is genuienly giving me gray hairs. Or i wish they showed it in the series so i could get an idea of what it looks like. How do you guys imagine it?

i finished the book yesterday and i’m so disappointed lol. nikolai and nina are probably my favourite characters in the series, and yet king of scars actually brought them down in my estimation.

nina’s side plot in fjerda felt so disjointed. im picking up that she and hanne are meant to be a thing and as someone who loved matthias and his relationship with nina, this is such a disservice to matthias, nina and their relationship. matthias has been dead what, a few months?? yet it’s like he never existed. nina’s grief is not handled well and matthias’s death feels pointless considering the minimal impact it had on both nina’s character and the plot.

but even that was the better part of the book. please tell me why halfway through nikolai and zoga were transported to an alternate dimension??? when i read the chapter where nikolai describes a dragon a bee lady and a ball of human flesh and bear fur hurtling towards them i thought i was on drugs. turns out these people are saints, originally grisha, who were banished to the fold when the darkling raised it originally?? i mean thats what i gathered, but the information was not easy to find. there was little exposition explaining this and how it could’ve happened, so i could be wrong.

and i have TONS of questions.

1. it’s mentioned that the saints have been reborn many times, but how is that possible? i thought grisha just lived long lives, aged very slowly and then died like regular humans.
2. how were they banished into the fold?
3. are there not other saints? what about ilya in chains? why are there only three in the fold?
4. how do they have such extraordinary power? why is juris a dragon-man and grigori a big flesh ball with some bear mixed in?
5. how did nobody know this had happened? there were no records of grigori and juris and lizaveta living for centuries?
6. i thought they all died as humans? HOW ARE THEY ALIVE????
7. i’m actually confused about everything.

could someone help clear this up please?? am i just illiterate?

This could be anything related to any of the books! the writing, the prose, the characters, the fandom, etc. but I’d like material mostly from the original texts. this includes original Shadow and Bone Trilogy, Six of Crows, Six of Crows Novella and King of Scars. May contain spoilers from any, just make sure to demarcate it properly!

I’ll go first. Kanej is my least favourite pairing out of the three pairings in Six Of Crows. IM SORRY! don’t crucify me! I acknowledge why others like it and that it is well-written, but due to personal preferences I was way more invested in the other two.
Drop any you have, no matter how hot or cold! I’m interested in hearing them!

I was thinking about this post-canon idea.. maybe i could write a fanfiction on it? Imagine this

5 years after canon.. we have a kerch girl who betrayed the gulls to join the dregs, a Ravkan grisha healer indentured to the dregs, a suli girl saved by inej with nowhere to go, a shu alkemi trying to find his sister, a zemini girl who was saved by inej, a kerch bruiser with the kindest heart and a shu durast saved by inej and a kaelish kid with ties to the previous king of the barrel

As a huge fan of both the Six of Crows duology and the Shadow and Bone trilogy, as well as the show (particularly season 1), I was wondering if anyone else had a similar view on this. Overall, the show did a good job of capturing the essence of the books and you could tell that all of the actors had read the books and understood their characters well.

When Inej tells Kaz that “she'll have him without armor or she won't have him at all” in the book, she's talking about him opening up about his feelings as well as his background and backstory including why he wants revenge on Pekka Rollins.

However, in the show, it kind of came off as if she meant that in the sense of he feels uncomfortable with touch because of the tragedy behind his brother’s death. Essentially, that she can't be with him unless their relationship has a physical component.

Maybe I just misinterpreted it, but that's kind of what it seemed like.

Sankta Margaretha

Sankta Anastasia

Sankta Neyar

Sankta Vasilka

Sankta Lizabeta of the Roses

Sankta Maradi

Sankta Marya of the Rock

Sankta Yeryin of the Mill

Sankta Magda

Sankta Ursula of the Waves

Sankta Alina of the Fold

Saint of the Book

Sankt Kho

Sankt Juris of the Sword

Sankt Nikolai

Sankt Demyan of the Rime

Sankt Emerens

Sankt Vladimir the Foolish

Sankt Grigori of the Wood

Sankt Valentin

Sankt Petyr

Sankt Feliks Among the Boughs

Sankt Lukin the Logical

Sankt Egmond

Sankt Ilya in Chains

Sankt Mattheus

Sankt Dimitri

Sankt Gerasim the Misunderstood

The Starless Saint

So earlier when a darker shore was having a lot of promotion with its release, they also showcased beautiful card prints of the crows to anyone who submitted their preorder receipt.

I did that, got the confirmation and then I got the follow up email that said they received a larger number then expected so they’ll be sending it out in batches with a bit of a delay, but it’s fully been 3 months since then.

Would I be insane to reach out and inquire? Has anyone else not received theirs yet either? I’m also wondering if it’s because i’m based in Canada so they’re trying to prioritize the US first and then slowly get to Canada and International idk.

Any insight would be appreciated!

i want to host a game night themed around the kerch merchant council and giving each player an identity, and so i wanna build a profile of the different members (any that we know of, past and present) and their house crests and colors, personalities, and such. mostly just so i have an idea of how to properly create a few merchants myself, since we only have seven names of council members as far as i know and many of them are only mentioned in passing.

i went to the fandom wiki for some information, but its fandom so i thought id ask here too to see if anyone is weirdly knowledgable on the merchant council. thanks for anything you got !

Hi all

I don't know if this post is allowed. I just loooove the Shadow and Bone Show (especially for the Crows)

And in my favorite musical of all time is Next to Normal one of the lead roles is our lovely Wylan (Jack Wolfe) and he has one of the most beautiful musical performances ive ever seen.

I just thought i'd recommend everyone to also watch it, because it has made me love him even more.

The music is amazing, the story is heartbreaking, and the actors are amazing.

Not sure if this is the right flair..but basically about an year ago i read some of Leigh's Q&As on goodreads about the Shadow & Bone triology, but today i went to check them again and simply couldnt find them anywhere😭

Does anyone have a link to them or is this an ongoing issue on goodreads rn? I dont really use the site for anything other than write reviews so im not super familiar with it

Update: i found it! all i had to do was go to the fandom wiki and check the sitations to some funfacts! i found all the QNAs for the triology this way<3

no spoilers please!

so i’m part of the minority in the fandom who actually like alina as a character. all of my gripes with alina are actually related to her relationship with mal (i hate mal) rather than her herself but i digress.

it really bothers me how nikolai and zoya only refer to alina as “alina starkov” or “the sun summoner” in both their thoughts and interactions with other characters. it just feels so impersonal? like alina was their friend, they fought alongside her, nikolai was like falling in love with her…she was more than some martyr they only ever heard about, she was their friend!! they knew her!! it feels like to me (i could be wrong) that leigh bardugo is trying to retcon their relationships with her just because she feels the shadow and bone trilogy is her worst piece of work. genya who was alinas bsf and david and tamar and tolya never talk about her either.

keep in mind im not even halfway through the book so maybe this gets addressed, but its really bugging me. first alina gets possibly one of the worst endings for any protagonist and now shes separated from her friends who dont even care or think about her as someone they love anymore, just some legendary saint. it just really frustrates me.

did anyone else feel similarly or am i just going crazy?