The Crows' Music Taste Headcanons

the crows' music taste headcanons

so this is the least thought out thing possibly ever...

kaz

alt-rock, avant-rock, and post-punk

radiohead, my chemical romance, the smiths

inej

musical theatre,

west side story, hamilton, the phantom of the opera

jesper

blues, jazz, electro, swing

frank sinatra, caravan palace, jamiroquai

nina

pop. what else is there to say

taylor swift, olivia rodrigo, sabrina carpenter, abba

wylan

classical and classical-inspired songs

laufey, mendelssohn, sibelius, brahms

matthias

hymns (and pop - nina has been rubbing off on him)

traditional hymns, abba, taylor swift

sorry i’m just thinking again about kaz brekker, perpetual cynic, and his surprisingly optimistic view of fathers and sons. just. kaz knowing that the one thing that would ruin pekka rollins, the man he hates more than anything, who he couldn’t think less of, would be to threaten the safety of his son. kaz telling jesper that his father cares more about him than any farm. kaz saying “call me sentimental, but i didn’t believe a father could be so callous.” kaz’s fatal misunderstanding of van eck being that he couldn’t conceive of a world in which fathers don’t love their sons. thinking about what all this says about kaz’s own father, and everything he lost before he and jordie ever stepped foot in ketterdam.

calla/hope × they/them

main blog × the secret history sideblog × ao3

so I sometimes poke people as a sign of affection either when they’re uncomfortable with hugs and stuff (completely valid obviously) or when I don’t want to full commit to skin on skin content and I think’s that something Kaz would do to show affection to his crows

just imagine:

*Kaz pokes Jesper*

Jesper, absentmindedly: love you too, Kaz

*Kaz nods and goes back to his work*

Like I think it would be a good way to show affection bc it’s not uncomfortable physical contact but it doesn’t require him to show ton of vulnerability by verbalizing his affection.

(Obviously, it would best if one day he was comfortable enough to tell his crows he loves them but I feel like this would be a good start)

so in six of crows, when they arrive at the ice court jesper has to fabrikate the lockpicks for kaz to get them out of the holding cell, right? (chapter 23)

and then in chapter 38: "Kaz had tracked Nina and Brum across the grounds to the treasury. Then he'd taken cover behind an ice sculpture and focused on the miserable task of regurgitating the packets of Wylan's root bombs he'd swallowed before they'd ambushed the prison wagon. He'd had to bring them up -- along with a pouch of chloropellets and an extra set of lockpicks he'd forced down his gullet in case of emergency -- every other hour to keep from digesting them."

am i just overlooking something or did kaz purposefully get jesper to fabrikate the lockpicks whilst he had a perfectly good pair? or he didn't want to throw up a bunch of contraband in the ice court? please tell me your thoughts

(although i've only got up to here in my reread of the duology so maybe it's referred to further on: if so, whoops and sorry for wasting your time!)

I know nobody is allowed to control what another person thinks, yet whenever I hear someone say that they don't like Kaz Brekker, my heart actually stings.

I get in the beginning he was a bit of an ass, but he changed. And by the time we got near the end of CK he was going through it. When the Crows were at that point when they failed the plan and everything went wrong and now they're in this hotel suite injured and broken with the entire world hunting them down, Kaz gave up everything. He sold all the assets he's been collecting and building since he was nine in exchange for Inej's full freedom without giving it so much as a second thought. He then used his previous family name and old home as tools for the plan. He used to be the guy who told even his crew vague details of the plan but now? He told them all of it. He gave them all time to rest and recharge before the auction while he dragged himself all the way to the slat with a leg radiating pain to recruit more people for the job. At his lowest state with limited resources, he still gave up every one of them to ensure his Crows would make it out alive this time. He was out their fighting beside them and putting his own body on the frontlines, ready to die if it means they get to live. He even distant himself from Inej and Jesper and the others, making them angry enough that if he were to die, they wouldn't grieve him too long. Going by personal experience, Kaz knows what grief does to a person, he knows it could destroy a person. And it destroyed him but he doesn't want it to destroy his family. So he makes them mad enough to prevent just that.

It was when I read CK that I understood what being a true leader is like. It isn't just about guiding your crew and directing them, but it's also about valuing their lives over your own. At this point, Kaz proved to the readers how brave and selfless he truly is. He proves to us how much he loves his crew and how far he's willing to go for them.

And yet... There are still people who don't like him and it makes my heart shatter 😭😭😭