#lbr here genya would be gossiping with the other grisha

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@bugzyjune replied to your post:

That “beware of powerful men” line is so irksome. That line doesn’t really tell you anything. I will never get over how much they blew up Alina’s character development by having her run back to Mal after she had grown so much in the Little Palace. I can’t blame the show for this, they made the best of the source material. I really think LB needs to re-examine a lot of her ideas, especially about women, power, and minorities. These are three things she didn’t handle well.

And as we know the Darkling is actually helping Genya get revenge on the King, and Genya at this point is willingly serving him as a spy, this line is definitely nonsensical. I suppose Genya could have meant it as a general rule of thumb based on her own experiences with the King (completely understandable and is a good rule altogether), but the way it was set up in context, (as a response to “I think I’m going to stick to the black kefta moving forward”) it felt like she was referring to the Darkling in particular, which she would not have done at this point in the narrative. Also, if this show is really going to look me in the eye and try to tell me Genya would warn Alina off the Darkling after witnessing her normally stoic, guarded, cold, imperious, powerful, dangerous shadow summoner general visibly enamored at the sight of Alina...I think I’m just going to laugh. (Especially since the narrative later on went on to frame Genya as an enabler of the Darkling’s “abuse.” Le sigh).

#bugzyjune #reply #shadow and bone #the darkling #shadow and bone meta #lbr here genya would be gossiping with the other grisha #the black kefta would be enough to launch whispers