Leigh Bardugo's Blog, page 157
December 4, 2016
My Shot x Six of Crows
(So, I spent way too long rewriting all of My Shot (from Hamilton) to fit the beginning of Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo…. )
[KAZ]
I am not throwing away my shot!
I am not throwing away my shot!
Hey yo, I’m not like my country
I’m young, clever, but hungry
And I’m not throwing away my shot!
I don’t need a scholarship to King’s College
I don’t even brag, ‘cause dag, I amaze and astonish
There’s no problem cause I got a lot of brains, my plan’s polished
I don’t need to holler, they call me ‘bastard’, but
With every word, I drop knowledge!
I’m a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal
Tryin’ to reach my goal. The power of my thieves? Unimpeachable
Only seventeen but my mind is older
These Ketterdam streets get colder, I shoulder
Ev’ry burden, ev’ry disadvantage
I have learned to manage, I’ve got my cane to brandish
My en’mies walk these streets famished
My plan will not be just a spark but a flame
But damn, it’s getting dark, so let me spell out the name
I am the—
[KAZ/JESPER/NINA/INEJ]
B-A-S-T-A-R-D
Inej, you and I are meant to be
[KAZ]
Thieves that pull a heist independently
Meanwhile, Rollins keeps shittin’ on us endlessly
Essentially, we hunt Yul-Bayur relentlessly
Then we’ve got six million kruge for a spending spree
I ain’t never gonna let Pekka Rollins go free
So there will be a revolution in this century
Enter me!
[JESPER/NINA/INEJ]
(He says in parentheses)
[KAZ]
Don’t be shocked when your priest curses me
I’m not holy, but I’ll set us free
Eventually, you’ll see my ascendancy
[KAZ]
And I am not throwing away
My shot
I am not throwing away
My shot
Hey yo, I’m not like my country
I’m young, clever, but hungry
And I’m not throwing away my shot
[INEJ]
My shot!
My shot!
And I’m not throwing away my shot.
[KAZ/NINA/INEJ/JESPER]
I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I’m not like my country
I’m young, clever, but hungry
And I’m not throwing away my shot
It’s time to take a shot!
[JESPER]
I dream of life with Wylan next to me
I’ll use my grisha powers and live properly,
Properly? I’m only happy when I’ve got a deck in front of me
But when I shoot, I make the other side panicky
With my—
[KAZ/NINA/INEJ/JESPER]
Shot!
[NINA]
Yo, I’m a grisha heartrender
One glimpse of my powers and I know you’ll surrender
I’m joining Kaz’s gang cuz I know it’s my chance
To actually advance, (NINA slides up to MATTHIAS) find some romance…
[MATTHIAS]
Nina! I’m gonna get—
[KAZ/NINA/INEJ/JESPER]
Shot!
[INEJ]
But we’ll never be truly free
Until the pleasure workers have the same rights as you and me
You and I. Do or die. Wait till you see me afloat
On my boat, slittin’ every last slaver’s throat!
Have another—
[KAZ/NINA/INEJ/JESPER]
Shot!
[MATTHIAS]
Tig! Drusjes, lower your voices
You keep out of trouble and you double your choices
I wish I wasn’t with you, the situation is fraught
You’ve got to be carefully taught:
If you talk, you’re gonna get shot!
[KAZ]
Matthias, check what we got
Jesper Fahey, can kill with one gunshot
I think your powers are hot
Inej… I like you a lot
Let’s hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin’ the pot…
What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot
Poppin’ a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not
A bunch of Ravkan, Fjerdan, Suli, Kerch, Zemeni on a mission
Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!
Oh, am I talking too loud?
Look up at the sky, our future’s a stormcloud
I never had a bigger mission before
Jordie, I promise I’ll make you proud!
[JESPER]
Let’s get this plan in front of a crowd!
[KAZ/NINA/INEJ/JESPER/MATTHIAS/ENSEMBLE]
I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I’m not like my country
I’m young, clever, but hungry
And I’m not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I’m not like my country
I’m young, clever, but hungry
And I’m not throwing away my shot
[INEJ]
Ev’rybody sing:
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Hey!
Whoa!
Woah!!
Whoa!
Ay, let ‘em hear ya!
Let’s go!
I said shout it to the rooftops!
Said, to the rooftops!
Come on!
Come on, let’s go!
[KAZ/NINA/JESPER]
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Yea!
[COMPANY]
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Yea!
[INEJ]
Rise up!
When you’re living on your knees, you rise up
Tell your brother that he’s gotta rise up
Tell your sister that she’s gotta rise up
[INEJ AND ENSEMBLE]
When is this damned city gonna rise up?
When is this damned city gonna rise up?
When is this damned city gonna rise up?
When is this damned city gonna rise up?
Rise up!
[COMPANY]
Whoa! Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Rise up!
[KAZ]
I remember death so much, it’s a recurring memory
When’s it gonna get me?
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
If I see it comin’, do I run or do I let it be?
Is it like a beat without a melody?
See, I never thought I’d live past nine
My brother’s short life was longer than mine
Ask all of us why we livin’ fast and we’d laugh, reach for a flask,
We have to make this moment last, that’s plenty
Scratch that
This is not a moment, it’s a movement
Where all the hungriest fighters with
Something to prove went.
Our foes oppose us, we’ll grab our guns and stand
We’ll find Bo Yul-Bayur, then get back to Ketterdam
But, if I get my vengeance?
How do we know we won’t all be sentenced?
Will the blood we shed begin an endless
Cycle of menace and death with no defendants?
I know the action in the street is excitin’
But Saints, between all the bleedin’ ‘n fightin’
I’ve been plottin’ ‘n writin’
We can change our financial situation
I don’t care about damnation, about devastation,
I’m past patiently waitin’. I’m passionately
Smashin’ every expectation
Every action’s an act of creation!
I’m laughin’ in the face of casualties and sorrow
For the first time, I’m thinkin’ past tomorrow
[KAZ AND COMPANY]
And I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I’m not like my country
I’m young, clever, but hungry
And I’m not throwing away my shot
[KAZ/NINA/INEJ/JESPER]
We’re gonna rise up! Time to take a shot!
We’re gonna rise up! Time to take a shot!
We’re gonna
[KAZ]
Time to take a shot!
[KAZ/NINA/INEJ/JESPER]
Time to take a shot!
Time to take a shot!
Take a shot!
Shot!
Shot!
A-yo it’s
Time to take a shot!
Time to take a shot!
And I am—
[ENSEMBLE]
Not throwing away my shot
Not throwing away my shot
We’re gonna
Rise up!
Rise up!
Rise up!
Rise up!
Rise up!
Rise up!
Ri— ri— ri—
Time to take a shot!
Time to take a shot!
And I am—
[KAZ/NINA/INEJ/JESPER]
Not throwin’ away my—
[COMPANY]
Not throwin’ away my shot!
Nina’s verse tho
nomournersnofunerals:Somehow, she had pulled herself together....
Somehow, she had pulled herself together. She splashed water on her face, pinched her cheeks to pinkness. She still looked haggard, but with resolution, she’d hitched up her corset and flashed the brightest smile she could muster.
wylanvanwrecked:I love Nina and Matthias… or as i like to call them, waffle woman and wolf...
I love Nina and Matthias… or as i like to call them, waffle woman and wolf man
Agents Delicious and Vicious
(Wylan is agent Nutritious)
givemeapaper:Little Dirtyhands and his gang ~
WHAT IS WITH ALL...
Little Dirtyhands and his gang ~
WHAT IS WITH ALL OF THE AMAZING ART LATELY???
AND HOW DID YOU MAKE THEM ALL LOOK SINISTER YET ADORABLE??
bilbo-baggins-official:
jeanmoreos:
why is it always crows or ravens in ya literature??? is it...
why is it always crows or ravens in ya literature??? is it because they’re scary and foreboding?? you know what else is scary and foreboding?? geese. show some originality, give me a book with philosophical quotes about geese
“Kaz,” she asked suddenly. “Why geese?”
“The geese and cup? Probably because geese are scavengers. They take the leavings.”
“I don’t mean the Dregs tattoo. That’s as old as the gang. Why did you adopt it? Your cane. The Geese Club. You could have chosen a new symbol, built a new myth.”
Kaz’s bitter coffee eyes remained trained on the horizon, the rising sun painting him in a pale gold light. “Geese will murder you without a second thought. They have teeth on their tongues. Geese are fucking terrifying.”
Rewrite for the paperback.
toastyhat:
The roughs for a short animation for my new favorite...
The roughs for a short animation for my new favorite book(s), Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo! I’ve been working on this for a while now and I’m hoping to polish and color it eventually. There’s still a little work to be done on the roughs–making sure everyone has faces, etc.–but I feel like I’ve got the movements basically down and I was too excited not to share it!
Actually, this was the first time in a while I’d had an idea that really burned me up and got me obsessed, which is a feeling I’ve missed. Though it was also briefly delayed by a period of mourning after I finished reading the second book. No spoilers. (No funerals.)
Program Used: Toon Boom Studio 4.5
Song: Trouble by Valerie Broussard (available on Spotify!)
People. Holy hot waffles this. is. AMAZING.
pseyche:
grishanet challenge one: favourite...
grishanet challenge one: favourite character(s)
・ wylan van eck ☀︎“Until this moment, Wylan hadn’t quite understood how much they meant to him. His father would have sneered at these thugs and thieves, a disgraced soldier, a gambler who couldn’t keep out of the red. But they were his first friends, his only friends, and Wylan knew that even if he’d had his pick of a thousand companions, these would have been the people he chose.”
