// jungshan ink. the poppy war back cover. ink on paper.
this is going to end me i can feel it
this is going to end me i can feel it
so i saw fanart of ziya earlier and it's weird bc i always imagined him to look like uncle iroh from atla (i havent even watched that help) but mf actually hOT?????
He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her forehead. This was their standard way of parting, the way they said everything they never spoke out loud. Fight well. Keep us safe. I love you.
SHUT UP RINKITAY SOULMATISM I LOVE THEM
SHUT UP RINKITAY SOULMATISM I LOVE THEM
that was so cute im so soft
can the rest of the book be like that 




She no longer fought from pure rage. She fought to protect him—and that, she had discovered, changed everything.
the writing is . so good .
She had learned, since her days at Sinegard, to rein in her impulses. The best plans were a secret until their execution. The hidden knife cut the deepest.
THE HIDDEN KNIFE CUT THE DEEPEST
yall thinking what im thinking right
THE HIDDEN KNIFE CUT THE DEEPEST


And if southerners were dirt like all the legends said, then they would crush their enemies with the overwhelming force of the earth until they could only dream of breathing. They would bury them with their bodies. They would drown them in their blood.
CHILLS LITCHRALLY CHILLS
CHILLS LITCHRALLY CHILLS
oh yikea theyre brutal 




the start of the poppy war feels so far away help 





when rin's biggest problem was whether or not she'd pass the keju 











take me back




















Rin wanted to chase after her. She wanted to pull Venka back by the wrist, hug her tight, and hold her close until they were able to sob, until their sobs subsided. But Venka would interpret that as pity, and Venka detested pity more than anything.
rinvenka :""""")
rinvenka :""""")
FUCK NOOOOOO
THEY WERE ALL SO HAPPY I HATE IT HERE WHY WHY WHYWYXUDHWVDSUXGSJEVSHDGXUDJRVFB
oh my god thEYRE GONNA KILL EAHC OTHER
SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT WHERES KITAY
NO PLRASE DONT BE DEAD OH GOD NO
missing...... ok i can deal with that......... yeah
fucking hell i just want kitay back
nope she's trapped inside the mf cHULUU KORIKH THIS IS SO MUCH WO R S E
She remembered the first time she’d ever laid eyes on Nezha, and then all the times thereafter. It hurt to see him. It hurt so much .
WHY IS SHE RELIVING ALL HER MEMORIES OF NEZHA NO PAIN PAIN PAIN PAIN
JIANG ZIYA who definitely doesnt look like uncle iroh <333
Jiang spoke so quietly she almost couldn’t hear him. “I couldn’t save Altan.”
Her voice broke. “But you could have saved me.”
He looked stricken. For once he had no quippy retort, no excuse or deflection.
Her voice broke. “But you could have saved me.”
He looked stricken. For once he had no quippy retort, no excuse or deflection.
my brain fights itself whenever the names ziya and riga come up
the filipino instinct to read things as theyre spelled vs the chinese i learned in school 




FUCK ITS NEZHA
“I didn’t have a choice—”
“You had a thousand choices. You drew the lines at Arlong. You started this war, and it’s not my fault if you haven’t got the balls to finish it. So tell Vaisra he might as well lop my head off, because then he could at least use it for decoration.”
“You had a thousand choices. You drew the lines at Arlong. You started this war, and it’s not my fault if you haven’t got the balls to finish it. So tell Vaisra he might as well lop my head off, because then he could at least use it for decoration.”
so true king are you single
nononono not kitay getting fed hesperian supremacy bullshit and kINDA BUYING IT???? IM UNCOMFORTABLE
“It’ll work,” Kitay said. “We’ve got allies.”
“Who?” Venka perked up. “How many?”
“Two,” Rin said.
“You assholes—”
“Who?” Venka perked up. “How many?”
“Two,” Rin said.
“You assholes—”
.....ew
hWHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
IM LOSING MY MIND THERES LITERALLY NO WAY THIS IS GOING TO END WELL HELP ME
im so
so is jiang,,,, rin's,,,,,,,,,, you know
god theyre all so fucked from any possible angle and im more than halfway through the book hOW IS THIS GOING TO END IM GONNA THEOW A FIT
KAHWENDKWHQKDBSKWHSNXJXHSQKSHDBDJDHSKSEGV
FUUUUUUCKKK WHAT IS GOING ON MYOEHQNSHDOSQGDBDKWGQBEIDGSJWVDJDGAKWVSKSHSVCKCJXBVNE W WHSTA
im just
im so
what
AND I STILL HAVE PART 3 TO GO??????? FYCK THIS BOOK