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Working on Episode 3!

Nina is so fun to write, in my fic I gave her a girlfriend and she is probably connected to five different political/underground networks. Here’s a NINA section from Episode Two!

NINA

NOVOKRIBIRSK, WEST RAVKA

[She wears her red kefta and reads a letter in RAVKAN with the letterhead of an eclipse. SCENE change to NINA in a meeting with ZLATAN and a few WEST RAVKAN military personnel.]

ZLATAN: Still no response from the East?

SOLDIER 1: None from this morning’s river barge, sir.

ZLATAN: (staring intently) They’re up to something. ZENIK, what of the cartographer’s progress?

NINA: She still won’t talk, sir. She needs more time.

ZLATAN: I gave you one task.

NINA: The brain is a complex system, especially given stress. Would you rather have her experience a stroke instead?

ZLATAN: (rolls his eyes) I want her information by eighteen bells.

NINA: (frowns) Yes, sir.

[Scene changes to NINA walking OUTSIDE past large tents and wooden structures for housing. A long shot shows an Inferni with wild red hair and blue kefta standing guard outside a small tent.]

NINA: Harshaw. (NINA smiles and nods at him) Any stirrings from her?

HARSHAW: Not a peep.

[HARSHAW winks and walks off as NINA enters the tent. INSIDE, FEMALE CARTOGRAPHER lays on a solitary cot, motionless. NINA softly smiles and she sits down on the edge of the cot.]

FC: Is he gone?

NINA: It’s just us, love.

[FC jolts up and hugs and kisses NINA. Her name is MORANA, who is disguised as FC. They break apart.]

NINA: I missed you too. (another kiss)

MORANA: How am I doing?

NINA: ZLATAN doesn’t suspect a thing. What did you find out?

[The camera focuses on who we thought was FC but we see that her once brown eyes are morphed with some blue spots, and strands of her hair and eyebrows have darkened in odd places.]

MORANA: (counting off on her fingers) Her name is Ruby. VERY pious, has all twenty-three Saints’ prayers memorized—

NINA: MORANA, the important bits dearest I don’t need her life story.

MORANA: (cheeks redden) Right. The delay with the skiff. She said…(pause) the Sun Summoner saved her.

NINA: You’re sure? But those are just stories!

MORANA: (nods) Some other cartographer…Alina Starkov.

NINA: (serious expression) Alina Starkov…A Sun Saint in the hands of the Crown is dangerous.

MORANA: It would sway the people to them instead of accepting the secession. Does the Black General know about Ruby?

NINA: (shakes her head and hands her the letter with the eclipse symbol) The GENERAL wanted me to kill her…I’m not doing that to a girl just trying to survive.

MORANA: She’ll be on the ship to Ketterdam by tonight.

NINA: Good. I’ll inform ZLATAN of the Sun Summoner.

[They hold each other’s hands as the SCENE transitions to a map of EAST RAVKA. A sketch of a carriage follows a path outlined in bones, halfway between the FOLD and OS ALTA (which has a picture of a palace)]

I’m rereading “The Lives of Saints” fanfic now to work on Ch. 3 and I forgot just how girl crazy I made Alina. I’m thinking of expanding on a little crush on Zoya (which will be funny as this is established Genya x Zoya) and I have this Alinej scene in my head that I might share with you guys later. Just to write it down.

*fic is a script format, sapphic retelling of Shadow and Bone TV show

me with literally every woman in the Grishaverse: "SHE ATE! FEASTED! CONSUMED! DEVOURED! LEFT NO CRUMBS"

that 1 photo of amita and jessie

Jessie gave Alina so much life, it’s so fun to watch.

Genya: if you get caught you could die

Alina: TwO hAtS??

when someone asks me my fave six of crows ship and i said ninej 😼

Ask box is open for…

I am going to be screaming about Shadow & Bone for the next million years, so anyway I drew Inej my beloved

I don’t have tiktok sorry yall. But this compilation has the Ninej edits!!!!

15:28 has the “Good Luck, Babe!” edit I mentioned earlier.

*not my edit

@sophiez85

I once saw this edit of Ninej to “Good Luck, Babe!” And I’m trying to hunt it down it was so good.

A HUG A DAY: [18/∞] ♡ Alina & Genya [Shadow and Bone 1.07]

TAMAR & NADIA Shadow and Bone: ‘No Funerals’

Hello Grishaverse fans!

Grishaverse Week will be from March 9-16!

Day 1: Grisha || Discovery, Power, Fear. Day 2: Ships || Opposites, Meant to Be, Quotes, Missing Scenes. Day 3: Trios/Triumvirate|| Unity, Groupwork, Loss. Day 4: Freeform || OCs, AUs, Non-Canon etc. Day 5: Saints & Tales || Martyrs, Loneliness, Worship. Day 6: Six of Crows || Friendship, Found Family, Healing. Day 7: Shadow and Bone Trilogy || Laughter, Memory, Family.

Happy Valentine's Day to those who celebrate! Here are the prompts for each day! The prompts are there for inspo if you have anything outside the prompt is perfectly fine! Moodboards, playlists, fanart, fanfic, headcanons and more are allowed!

I will not post NSFW stuff for this as of now due to it being the first time this event is done, but as the week comes up and people join I might add it for next year!

If this event goes well I may even have another event week set up in honor of ASOCAS chapter 4!

Submissions in the submission box, ask box or DMs and late submissions are welcome as well!

Stay tuned!

(Oh and tag our blog on the post and put it on the tag #grishaverse week 2025 OR #grishaverseweek OR #grishaverse week)

may i ask for... alina starkov?

My darling girl!!!!

Just some more little details I'm adding to my nina cosplay

Collar of the shirt is hand embroidered with six crows 😉

The cuffs of the shirt are also hand embroidered with the Crows motto. These quickly became one of my favorite parts of this cosplay.

Also first time doing cartridge pleats and I absolutely am in love! I had been dreading doing the plaid skirt, since my plan is to do the entire waist band this way. Now I am looking forward to starting it this weekend!

Small sketch I did a while back of our dear Sun summoner: Alina starkov!!

alina hugs genya from behind while genya is doing whatever (for ex: while she’s cooking)

I love them sm u don’t understand

Sankta Alina in all her glory

Any ideas?

[Monthly Challenge] February

Hi All! Welcome to the first 2025 Monthly Challenge for the Femslash Big Bang Community! These are totally separate to our big bang (sign ups for that still open until Feb 28th), and are supposed to be fun, prompt-based challenges for art or writing. :)

How it works:

1k fic/writing OR 1 piece of art (which could be either a drawing, podfic, graphic or fanmix)

Sign up via the below link

Posting commences Feb 28th

The round up post will be posted about a week later on March 7th.

All Fandoms allowed, just so long as the main ship is femslash - see FAQ below or send an ask if you need anything clarified. :)

[FEB SIGN UP HERE]

Other links:

FAQ

Schedule

Prompt List (updated when prompts drop)

Big Bang Sign Up Info (for the 10k challenge)

AO3 Collection 

We have a discord too - send an ask or reply to one of our posts and I can send a link :)

Excited to see what everyone creates :)

Unrelated but I love Nina edits that start with Calahan saying "mother is mothering y'all" so fucking much!

Shadow and Bone | S01 E03

"We do not conjure from nothing. We manipulate that which already exists around us."

Sun Summoner Sunday ☀️

MTV faces Gifs by @ladylrbloom

Nadia bumped my shoulder with her own. "There are worse things than a prince."

"True."

"Better things too," Tamar said. She shoved a cobalt lace gown at Nadia. "Try this one on."

Nadia held it up. "Are you out of your head? The bodice might as well be cut to the navel."

Tamar grinned. "Exactly."