It’s finally finished! Oh my gosh, what a journey this has been! I started concept on this last July (2020) and have been working in chunks via Instagram Lives to complete this sequel papercraft of the Six of Crows for over a year!
I’m so excited to present Hook And Crook, inspired by a specific scene that happens in Crooked Kingdom. I’ve been stating this over and over again during the lives, but there were specific mirrors happening here between the two papercrafts that wholly define the dynamics of the characters and the two books.
We talked about how the symbols in the facade of the Slat in Featherdark (Six of Crows papercraft) represented the strengths of each character (cane, knife, guns, bombs etc). The crow is standing proud and upright, above the city, to symbolize the upper-hand that the dregs had during SOC.
Now, the tables have turned in Hook And Crook. The symbols on the facade of the hotel show the character’s weaknesses (gloves, a red bird, gambling wheel, Dunyasha’s stars, paintbrush & laurels etc). The crow is defensively crouching with its hackles raised, the city above and oppressing - all representing the dregs having to turn and fight under dire circumstances.
And bonus! When you put the two side-by-side, a little nod to a certain Ravkan symbol takes form!
What a stupidly fun project this was! I’m so happy it’s finally finished and I thank you all for those who joined me in the lives to watch the process!
(so sorry for the low quality on this; Featherdark is my most pilfered artwork for unsanctioned merch 💔)
Ronan, externally: Silent and judgmental, looks like a poisonous snake, will cut you, has godlike powers even he doesn’t fully understand
Ronan, internally: if I die first, which is likely bc I’m dying like rn, all the time, and make shitty choices, will my boyfriend, who will be my husband if he doesn’t leave me for any of the bright accomplished faces I see on the Harvard brochure, will my future husband remarry and then I’ll have to share him in heaven for eternity?oh fuck he’s in some weird tarot trance right now with Gansey’s unholy throuple and he’s compared god to parasite sex like more than a few times, he’s definitely going to hell. am I going to hell? am I human? do I even have a soul and if I don’t what does that mean for Matthew and is the handcat trying to eat Opal again fuck what if I dream my mom back and she eats brains
How much complication was too much complication for Adam Parrish
wrecked dorm
traumatized by dream security system Ronan never warned him about
held at gun point
questioned by the feds
called Declan, but not him, for monthsss
has no idea if they broke up or if Ronan is even alive
kicked out of dreamspace
accused of trying to kill him
hung up on
is apparently the collective nightmare that’s terrorized Adam in dreamspace and that wants to destroy the world
And this boy says “post tenebrus lux” I stg. I’ve seen so many posts about people doubting whether Adam loves Ronan as much as Ronan loves him. Pretty sure this is conclusive proof bc he would be well within his rights to throw him out a window
