#that quote in middlemarch about the beauty and goodness of ordinary acts of ordinary people who rest in unvisited tombs!

[thebirdandhersong]

sometimes I'm like. but Alina you could've chosen Nikolai. (This is partially because I would've chosen Nikolai.) but on the other hand. the choice she made makes a lot of sense

#on the one hand i am all for alina post-trilogy becoming queen of ravka and changing the way the system is run #and fighting for the grisha AND for the otkasat'sya peasants #with her sense of duty and her hope and nikolai's sense of duty and his hope they'd be THE power couple of the century #because nikolai's selflessness and self-giving love for his people goes so well with alina's heart for the suffering and for the weak #they would make such a good king and queen :') #on the other hand. i also understand she's darn tired and deserves a quiet life out of the eye of the public if that's what she wants #and it is just as important and good and true and beautiful work #to be loving the people of ravka the way that she and mal do: by raising the children #so that they're loved and taught well and shown that they're important and believed in #that quote in middlemarch about the beauty and goodness of ordinary acts of ordinary people who rest in unvisited tombs! #anyway many thoughts #songbird again