What do you think about Aleksander wanting Ravka's love? How does it look like for him etc
You can't keep doing things out off goodness of you heart, while all your credit's constantly overlooked. There should be either visible results or some acknowledgement (preferably both), otherwise your work becomes incredibly draining.
While Aleksander DID have results to show for his lifetimes of work, let's be honest- even Little Palace pales in comparison with constant animosity and servitude. He's fighting windmills and he knows it.
“Fairness!” he laughed. “Still she talks of fairness. What does fairness have to do with any of this? The people curse my name and pray for you, but you’re the one who was ready to abandon them. I’m the one who will give them power over their enemies. I’m the one who will free them from the tyranny of the King.”
Shadow and Bone- Chapter 21
Btw, interesting choice of words once you realize he's talking from a position of a serf. He's not merely changing one tyrant for another, like Alina answers, considering his stance on servitude, I don't think he'd let it last for long. Sure, you cannot piss off all the nobles and immediately turn everything upside down, unless you want your country to collapse, but while he might not like to give up control to the idea of democracy, I think servitude would be on the top of his list of things to get rid of.
But back to your question:
Sure, he desires love just like an other human being. He WOULD like to be genuinely appreciated (once he'd believe it), but I think he has it in the same category, where ordinary people tend to place sudden inheritance from previously unknown rich relative. Sure, it could happen...
What he wants is peace and Grisha to be viewed as ordinary people. Even Brainwash-Bullshit-Baghra admits it in one of her manipulative lectures:
“My son was not … He began so well. We moved from place to place, we saw the way our people lived, the way they were mistrusted, the lives they were forced to eke out in secrecy and fear. He vowed that we would someday have a safe place, that Grisha power would be something to be valued and coveted, something our country would treasure. We would be Ravkans, not just Grisha. That dream was the seed of the Second Army. ..."
Ruin and Rising- Chapter 10
I don't remember him ever stating anything suggesting fleeing human affection is among his goals- quite contrary- it was his enemies (in the Retcon duology), who claimed it's what he wanted.
All the Darkling ever wanted was to be loved by this country, adored.
Rule of Wolves- Chapter 20- "Genya"
"That’s why the Darkling expanded the Fold, isn’t it?” Nikolai mused. “He was looking for a weapon that would leave no one in doubt of Ravka’s power. He knew if he gave the people victory, they would finally love him. ..."
Rule of Wolves- Chapter 31- Nikolai
Aleksander is too much of a pragmatic realist with too much experience with people. He knows love cannot be forced, and while it might make some things more pleasant, it's not what he requires. He insists on cooperation (See: Alina) and he's too disillusioned with life to even hope for any kind of appreciation.
He'd settle for results.
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Personally, I think Andrew deserves another measuring cup in Foxhole Bake AU!
WIP Wednesday - 10/18/23 (Closed) | A Foxhole Bake AU
The Knife drops through the cake with ease.
"Now that is a good sign." Paul says, "It feels like this is a proper sponge unlike the previous two denser cakes." Paul says readying the knife to drop through to create a slice.
It drops through just as easily this time and Paul is nodding at it and visibly appreciating the ease with which he was cutting the cake this time since the previous two cakes had been rather dense.
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I think you are 100% right. I feel like Rep TV will need to be dropped before Kaylor is physically seen together. That album is very heavily Karlie related (despite other people rewriting history) 😏. For endgame to happen—endgame has to come back around, just like KARma. Exile just ended—but freedom is still on the green mile. Taylor is definitely setting the stage. Things are building, but shit, 2025 lottery ticket just might be the winner. 😂
😆with the 2025 lotto ticket thingy, i maintain it was just a wry joke but at the very least it’s been nifty to have something to fall back on. anything sooner than that would be a pleasant surprise!
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"THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE"
THE HOLY SPIRIT’S WORK IN JEREMIAH: God’s call and anointing upon Jeremiah’s life as a prophet began in the womb. God reveals to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5 AMPC). This reveals that the…
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Jinx: A Summer 🌹 Night's Dream 🧚♂️
#Jinxmanhwa #Jinx #joojaekyung #징크스 #JINX #kimdan #jinxchapter44 @_MinGwa The 100th essay „ A Summer 🌹Night's Dream🧚♂️ “ is finished. Sorry for the delay. I'm back to school. Feel free to comment. Retweet/like it as support. Thanks. I hope you'll ❤ it
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I get chills whenever I listen to Phish’s legendary 10/31/05 show at the E Center, where they played the Goncharov soundtrack in its entireity as their Halloween “costume”. Imagine being in the audience and not knowing you were going to take that journey with the band! Must’ve been like the 10/31/98 show in Vegas—Loaded wasn’t as well known then as it is now. Just seven years later The Phish From Vermont dropped another obscurity on us, but it wasn’t obsure for long.
They haven’t dipped back into the album too much since, although “The Boathouse” gets jammed out at least once a tour.
Reminds me of Jerry treating the Alpine Valley crowd to a taste of Goncharov’s title theme while Bobby changed strings at their 6/20/96 gig.
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Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” John 3:18
“Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.” Ephesians 5:33
“You shall not commit adultery.” Exodus 20:14
“Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:3
Romans 1:1-32
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