#Genya sees Alina in chains David physically fuses her to the darkling

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Don’t reblog but thinking about how the s&b show is actually so complicated in its selection of villainry And moral culpability and bone questions of power and complicity in the darkling/general kirigin‘s regime, even if the show itself doesn’t recognise it all the time. When the evil is coming from inside the house and working against you even if it’s in his mind working for your interests ambiguously how much harder is it to draw moral lines? Without even getting into the genuinely incredibly dark implications of the power plays of the little palace

#If you are not safe here you are not safe anywhere but here you are a human rifle to whom one man has ultimate say #See genya see genya see genya #But yeah genya and David and zoya and fedyor and Ivan they’re all part of it they’re all in on it so to speak even if complex push pulls #Keep them there and keep them from acting #And that is a farrrrr more complex heroes journey and story of rebellion imho that is fascinating #And also! Totallly necessary! #Alina as the messianic saviour working from outside and inside the house but also they must in a way save themselves #And they are all complicit which just!!!! Genya and alinas relationship most fascinating most fucked in series #There’s soooo much here I just want 2 chomp on a bit #Genya sees Alina in chains David physically fuses her to the darkling #And one of imho the most important character moments in series is zoya awareness and shift against darkling #He’s the big bad but the way he’s created this closed off self controlled cult itself wildly reinforced by very real and violent anti grish #A sentiment that does truly truly exist #Batch chomp HISS #STOryTELLiNg #shadow and bone #Fic thesis hinge points but noooo I don’t want 2 deal with like 80% of fandom about this