#also what im saying is maybe baghra is not as altruistic as she acted

[waldensblog]

Baghra: My son is evil, manipulative, and cares about no one but himself. Do not trust him.

Her son when it’s just the 2 of them:

The point here being: yes, Aleksander is the villain. That was made abundantly clear in the show. But the show creators, I gather, wanted to bring a bit more humanity to him, and I think they did a good job with that, because... who is this speech FOR? WHO IS HE TRYING TO MANIPULATE WITH THIS SPEECH? 

#shadow and bone #the darkling #basically im saying that i cant see who hes trying to manipulate here #so i take this as a honest conversation #and that tells me that he isnt 100% selfish or lost to humanity that he is redeemable #because by his own admission: he doesn't matter as much as someone else #if it's JUST about controlling the fold why wouldnt he also matter? #its about saving all the Grisha #I dont condone his behaviour btw just he is an intriguing character #darklina #also what im saying is maybe baghra is not as altruistic as she acted #she was gonna murder mal - do we know she wasnt trying to lay a trap for alina too? who went a diff direction than what Baghra suggested #even her son was like if you put her in harms way because he thinks she could have #in sum: Darkling not all bad Baghra not all good #anti baghra #i guess but not really but for the tagging purposes