#right now this is about shadow and bone

[tough-n-dumb]

actually obsessed with this photo of freddy and amita on set wearing large puffers over their costumes and with his arm around her as they watch the sunset😭

this is what kanej DESERVES and i'll shout it from that very same rooftop

#freddy carter #amita suman #six of crows #shadow and bone netflix #i am so so so very normal about them and kanej and the series :)) #no these books and seeing the characters on screen portrayed so beautifully is not my only source of joy right now what do u mean #(just kidding it is!)

[aleksanderscult]

It's rant time

I swear every time a person says "Alina was a little girl/teenager" and "the Darkling was a weirdo for wanting her" my peace is replaced by an immense annoyance.

So just because the Darkling is immortal he's not....allowed to have a relationship?? So what, he must remain single and alone forever otherwise he's gonna break your white moral code? Do all immortal creatures must remain single and not have a partner?

Since when was Alina a "little girl"? She was seventeen, a certified adult by the Grishaverse standards since people are considered adults by the age of sixteen. So where did the "teenager" term came from?

And bold of you to assume that the word "teenager" even exists in this universe. In the Grishaverse you're a child and then you straight up become an adult at the age of sixteen. There are no teenage years for them.

And these passages from "King of Scars" prove it:

"She's barely sixteen" - which probably means that sixteen is also the age where girls begin to get married. In this case, Elke Marie will get married even sooner and no one bats an eye (everyone except Nikolai who tries to find an excuse to not get married).

And let's not forget the fact that Alina was immortal while she still had her powers. So if she had never lost them, sooner or later she would inevitably end up with Aleksander. The only other creature who could be with her.

Literally no Grishaverse character was disturbed or raised eyebrows for Alina's age. They all chastised her for wanting the "bad guy". Because it was the choice that made them revolt not the age, since she was an adult by then. They expected much from her (to rule, to lead, to fight) because quite simply she wasn't a child.

This babyfication of female characters in every piece of media has become a trend and I don't like it. You people will never accept other fictional universes' rules and you will never allow female characters to have depth and complexity. Alina had a sexual desire for the Darkling, she had feelings for him, she wanted power and she had her own darkness inside her but you will never get her out of the "she was just a little girl" description. You make her even worse than how she was written.

And it's evident how you have no problem with Nikolai proposing to Alina and even suggesting that he wanted children with her but everyone raged when the Darkling showed interest and sexual desire for her.

#I'm literally so pissed right now and I'm not even sorry #take your hypocritical puritan ass out of my sight #I have complicated feelings about Alina's character myself but the way some people treat her?? #“that sweet baby” “she did nothing wrong” “she was just a child” #what travesty is this?? #either take her character as she is (a complex one) or shut the fuck up #and about the Darkling just say that you hate him instead of saying random bullshit that have no base to support your “argument” #you're only making yourselves look like circus clowns #also if you don't like this kind of dark complex stuff then why do you read them?? #the darkling #pro darkling #alina starkov #rant time #darklina #pro darklina #alarkling #pro alarkling #king of scars #grishaverse #shadow and bone #aleksander morozova #pro aleksander morozova

[brainrotallthewaydown1312]

the stage is dark but for a single white spotlight center stage. it is empty except for a single microphone. the audience is buzzing quietly.

I walk in from the side aisles and approach the microphone. I am clearly not affiliated with this production. I tap the mic twice and there is some obnoxious feedback. the crowd goes silent. when the speakers stop crunching you can hear a pin drop.

i lean into the microphone.

"fuck netflix"

#fuck netflix #this could be about so many things #ill tag the ones im mad about right now #but don't worry its about all of it #lockwood and co show #the bastard son and the devil himself #shadow and bone #six of crows show #archive 81 #i am not okay with this #cobra kai #everything sucks #dead end paranormal park #the dark crytsal: age of resistance #the baby sitters club #anne with an e #julie and the phantoms

[winnie-the-monster]

“This isn’t your fight, you know. Clearing our names, this feud Kaz has with Pekka.”

“Jesper Fahey, are you worried about me?”

#shadow and bone #s2 #wylan van eck #jesper fahey #jesper x wylan #wylan x jesper #wesper #no like he really got happy at Jesper being worried about him bc that meant he cared #no one talk to right now! #bc imma be crying in a corner #it’s just to sweet

[six-of-cringe]

You know what? The cancellation makes me sad, but not because I liked the show, more just because of what could have been. The show had the opportunity to be so good and broach the topics and themes with such intricacy as the books did, but it largely failed to do so. I can see how people could still enjoy the show if they were watching for other reasons, but for me it just fell flat in very bitter and at times offensive ways. It was surface-level, taking the outermost layer of each character and discarding the rest to fit into a disjointed story. I wanted it to be good, I wanted it to delve deeply into the characters and stories I love, but it didn't, and its cancellation just reminds me of that disappointment. Though seeing people upset about it makes me sad too, it also makes me feel somewhat isolated in my reasons for enjoying the book series in the first place and my feelings about the show. I would have liked to have a show that I could feel angry about the cancellation of, not a weird sadness-relief.

Also kinda bummed out for the actors!! They were clearly very excited for their roles and had little to do with the subpar writing.

#i have no sense of schadenfreude #i've won but at what cost #the show made me unhappy i should be happy right now #but i'm not. i just spent a big paragraph trying to explain why but i'm still not really sure why #seeing people upset about the cancellation of a bad show also makes me frustrated that they don't enjoy soc for the same reasons i do #which is silly but thems the brakes #shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #six of crows #soc #six of crows fandom

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

i am LOSING my gd mind with Shadow and Bone I swear.

Just watched an episode where the crows are poisoned and all of them dream about their trauma/worst fears except Show!Inej who's only personality trait is liking Kaz ig. And then Tolya finally remembers that Wylan is outside like, 6 hours after they've been poisoned, and calls out to him. Wylan finally realises something is wrong and goes over to the door and makes a little hole in it so Inej can be like "Wylan we're poisoned" and Wylan is like ohhhh there are like 6 rare butterflies outside here for some reason and it turns out they are the exact antidote you need to cure you from the poison! Like they're SO rare that I've never seen one before, but it turns out that the only antidote to the poison that all of you have been affected with is THESE butterflies and we happen to have the EXACT number of them for EACH of you to be cured!!

And they eat the butterflies. They eat some fucking butterflies and they are cured from the poison. That's the plot of the show that's based on my favourite book series, Six of Crows. That's what the writers thought was a SMART and interesting scene to have, and one they believed did justice to the book and the characters. I want to kill everyone at Netflix

#shadow and bone #anti shadow and bone #am I drunk #am I tripping #did I seriously just watch this with my own two eyes what the FUCK #listen people who actually like this show PLEASE explain to me what is appealing about this #because it's like they took a big fat dump on a book series I love #that's what it feels like right now #i hate this so fucking much I've just been internally screaming for the last 3 hours #also what the fuck is up with Mal being the firebird all along #i'm sure that was in the books because otherwise how absurd is that as a plot twist #but there were NO hints to that????? #like did I miss something or did that come out of left field

[grimalkinmessor]

Sasha's got me thinking about Shadow and Bone again and once again I am reminded how much I adore Genya Safin. I'm sorry but the scene of her revenge reveal revolves in my brain hickory slow style all the time—her hissing "I poisoned my skin" when they asked her how she crippled the King echoing in my ears forever.

The ruthlessness!!! The fury!!! The patience!!! The poeticism!!! He could've saved himself at any time, and yet he did not!!!

The King took something from her, something precious, and so she set a poisoned apple in front of him knowing he wouldn't be able to refuse it.

All so she could steal something of his in return.

#i support women's rights #women's rights to REVENGE #genya safin #shadow and bone #she has that hannibal vibe almost like.... #she's tragedy! she's beauty! she's the quiet rage of the spiteful abused! she's the gray morality in a story about black and white! #anyway ill be quiet now #also im not in this fandom often but do NOT come on this post bashing the darkling this is a GENYA APPRECIATION POST GO AWAY #TAKE YOUR PITY SOMEWHERE ELSE SHE DOES NOT NEED IT THANK YOU #i love people that do all the wrong things for all the right reasons 💕💕💕 #kill his ass genya 🙏 make him rot before he even gets in the ground

[skepticalcatfrog]

"She realized Kaz was studying her, and turned her gaze to his. Sunlight slanted through the windows, turning his eyes the color of strong tea."

-Crooked Kingdom, Chapter 11

#i completely forgot about this part #but I'm rereading the book right now and when i read this i KNEW i had to draw it #also for those of you who know this part yes those are the bolts of linen described to be in the warehouse #i couldn’t not draw them that's the setting #but it was a little funny to do #six of crows #crooked kingdom #leigh bardugo #grishaverse #shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #shadow and bone s2 #shadow and bone season 2 #netflix shadow and bone #kaz brekker #kanej #technically #because this is from a VERY kanej scene

[swiftiecrow]

. . . The last one was a shimmer of pink. Strontium chloride, Wylan had told him, working away on his collection of fireworks and explosives, flash bombs, weevils, and whatever else was needed. In the dark, it burns red. Things are always more interesting in the dark, Jesper had replied.

-Crooked kingdom, chapter 10

. . . The twisting thread of fire turned a deep, shimmering crimson. "Strontium chloride," the sharpshooter murmured. "My favourite."

-Crooked kingdom, chapter 19

#THE PARALLELS #let's talk about this RIGHT NOW #wesper #wylan van eck #jesper fahey #I love them soooo much #six of crows #crooked kingdom #SOC #shadow and bone

[thstarsofsilver]

i'm reading crooked kingdom and kaz brekker is genuinely a comedy king

"i suspect you and your fjerdan might want something more to subsist on than patriotism and longing glances"

[about a literal child] "it was that or snap her neck and make it look like she fell down the stairs, wylan. i think i showed remarkable restraint. move."

HUMOUR

#userfiz #mine #textpost #six of crows #soc #soc duology #crooked kingdom #kaz brekker #wylan van eck #leigh bardugo #shadow and bone #grishaverse #there are SO many more but i can't think of them right now #i will never shut up about him #i love him with my whole heart #i didn't want queue to be alone

[czernysglittersoup]

thinking about the way that netflix ended things, alina and mal don’t end up together. after everything they fought through, it only served to draw them apart. it wasn’t enough. they didn’t meet each other again in the meadow. they didn’t live a life full of ordinary things. now, they’re little more than strangers to each other. not soulmates.

thinking about the way matthias doesn’t know why nina got him arrested. thinking about the way nina couldn’t save him. she spent the entirety of season 2 working toward him, only to be ripped back apart in the end. twin souls split forevermore.

#also thinking about every character whose arc was sped through resulting in near character assassination #i felt angsty today so now you do too #imagine gaining the rights to one of the most iconic and beloved book series of all time and then fumbling the bag that hard #renew shadow and bone #six of crows #soc #shadow & bone #s&b show #nina zenik #matthias helvar #alina starkov #mal oretsev #helnik #malina

[wingsofhcpe]

sab s2 really looked at the canon aroace guy and the girl who's canonically a sexual abuse/human trafficking survivor who struggles with physical touch even by close friends and went "yknow what would be a great idea".

#and nobody cares!!!! bc apparently it's ok for what little aroace rep we have to be taken away!!!! #and enforcing ideas such as 'well you just haven’t found the right person yet'!!!! #or 'it's not a real identity it's just a trauma response and one day you'll find someone to ~heal~ you from it!' #meanwhile if it was a canon lesbian or gay character shipped with the opposite gender we'd have burned Netflix down by now #and rightfully so #but aroace ppl? pffft who cares about that #shadow & bone #sab season 2 #inej ghafa #tolya yul bataar #shadow and bone #i am sick to my stomach abt this #and how twitter stans are like 'if you speak up about this you're as bad as anti darklinas sending us death threats' #like yall are making me fuckin sick

[sleepless-crows]

as far as we know, i'm assuming kaz's backstory is stretched into 4 episodes, assuming they don't edit it again tomorrow and add more. that 4th episode is named after something kaz says, “When everyone knows you're a monster, you needn't waste time doing every monstrous thing.” kaz says this to inej when he supposedly had people set that girl's apartment on fire when talking with geels. but he didn't, he was bluffing. and do you know another time kaz was bluffing? when he told pekka he buried his son alive. and guess who else we have on that episode:

the little boy whom the kaelish prince was named after. and look at this:

"while Kaz Brekker (Freddy Carter) and his crew attempt to settle an old grudge with vicious rival Pekka Rollins." does that not sound like they're using a bit of the crooked kingdom plotline already to you? with kaz bringing pekka down once and for all and putting him on his knees and asking (once again) if he remembers him and to say jordie's name. when he told pekka his son with the little dime lion toy was buried alive underground in some farm.

imagine kaz asking pekka what he did. what was the name of his brother. and this is when we finally find out after all the happy scenes of kaz and jordie throughout episodes 1 to 3, what tragedy actually had befallen them

#i just know so many of you will see this and focus on them rushing it and using a plotline from ck already but now i do not care much about #them changing the sequence of events as long as they don't change the essence of the story and the characters themselves #we'll always have the books and i'm genuinely excited for this #i just hope they take the characters and their trauma more seriously (i'm talking about inej) and make sure that the characters are still #themselves but its so exciting honestly getting new content #im saying that assuming im right lol #grishaverse #six of crows #soc #shadow and bone #kaz brekker #kaz rietveld #pekka rollins

[cherryblossomtimemachine]

I just remembered this tweet from before season 2 aired and I'm actually cackling!! We were all freaking out being like of my god they're going to look at each other multiple times and it's so fucking funny because we had no idea what we were about to witness!!!

#guys i'm laughing so hard right now and can't stop #we had no fucking clue what was about to happen and i find that hilarious #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #wesper #six of crows spinoff #six of crows netflix #shadow and bone season 2 #shadow and bone netflix

[theamazingannie]

Me at the end of season 2, ignoring all of the problems I had with the season: ICE COURT ICE COURT ICE COURT ICE COURT

#shadow and bone #shadow and bone spoilers #i have way too many thoughts on this season to process right now #idk how ice court is supposed to work with Inej already gone #and it doesn’t even seem like van eck hired them so idk how that’s gonna work with wylan’s storyline #also kaz seemed to actually care about the damage and not just the money with us out of character #also the fact that he has had way too much character development for this point in his story #but whatever #Im keeping my hopes high for next season #at least we have wesper #Gonna go through the tag now so rip to my bone fan followers lol

[thecrxwclub]

i’m gonna be in the trenches when shadow and bone season two comes out analyzing every scene zoya and nikolai are in for zoyalai crumbs because i miss them so much

#and i know there’s gonna be next to none bc they really don’t interact a lot and right now they don’t like each other #gonna go cry about it bye #i just love them so much #i need more zoyalai content in my life #zoyalai #king of scars #rule of wolves #shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #shadow and bone season 2 #nikolai lantsov #zoya nazyanelsky #grishaverse