I Cant Stop Thinking About How Inej Tells Wylan That We Are Not Our Fathers After He Apologises To Her

I can’t stop thinking about how Inej tells Wylan that “we are not our fathers” after he apologises to her for J*n kidnapping her. Wylan has spent his whole life believing that he's the problem, taking responsibility for his father’s wrongdoings due to how much J*n shifted the blame to him (a behaviour typical amongst abusers). For instance, his immediate response to Inej's abduction is self-blame despite knowing that "he couldn’t have prevented his father from double-crossing the crew and kidnapping her. He knew that, but he still felt responsible." The guilt is eating away at him because he's so accustomed to taking the blame for J*n’s actions, then Inej reassures him that he isn't the man his father is and it's like something inside him shifts. Imagine the relief that would have flooded through him hearing Inej’s words: for the first time in his life, someone isn't dumping that responsibility onto him. Instead, someone is telling him that he isn't the problem, that he has no debts to pay, that he's only human and not defined by the faults of his father. All he's ever wanted is to do something right, to not be the problem he's been constantly told he is and believes himself to be. It's as though this suffocating weight he's been carrying with him his whole life has been lifted off his chest and he can finally, finally breathe.

(That's not to say that those words alone heal him entirely, because trauma doesn't work that way - nevertheless, it's a start. It's given him a gentle nudge in the right direction of his path to healing.)

Listen he's very busy, leave him alone 😌

I will never forgive leigh bardugo for what she did to david and genya in rule of wolves

Daily reminder that Matthias is a fantastic character showing realistic change. He shouldn't just be characterized by his death.

One of my favorite crooked kingdom quotes is from matthias' chapter 38

"unnatural, said the old, determined voice. Beautiful, said the voice that had spoken the night he'd helped jesper and kuwei escape Black Viel. It was newer, less certain, but louder than ever before."

Ugh it's so beautiful I love Matthias so much

Luke Pasqualino in Shadow and Bone (s2) as David Kostyk

ALINA STARKOV In Shadow and Bone, 'Otkazat'sya'