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ekbelsher · 2 days

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Siege and Storm: the scene where Alina's hair turns white

#shadow and bone #siege and storm #alina starkov #the darkling #darklina #aleksander morozova #book characters #ya fantasy #leigh bargudo #leigh bardugo books #ekbelsher

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secretly-a-catamount · 3 days

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It genuinely frustrates me when people ship character’s with their abuser.

Particularly when the character’s entire storyline is about escaping an abusive relationship.

Particularly when the abusive relationship was founded on grooming.

Particular when the ship only exists because the reader thinks the abuser is hot, and is using the protagonist as a self-insert.

I don’t attack people over what they ship, I never have and I never will, you can ship those kind of fictional ships if you want, no, seriously, go ahead, I won’t stop or judge you, but I am asking you to be aware. Be aware that they’re unhealthy. Be aware that the ship you like was never going to be “endgame” by the author. Be aware that you have no right to bully or belittle anyone who doesn’t ship what you ship, particularly if it’s abusive. Just be aware. That’s all.

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democrat-run · 1 day

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#flowey #the darkling #breath of the wild #witches of tumblr #绿奴 #川津明日香 #whiterose #beta sub #sailor moon #gaining weight on purpose #vampire the masquerade

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without-armor-or-not-at-all · 3 days

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ttpd songs as fictional characters

Fortnight: Adam and Juliette (Shatter Me)

The Tortured Poets Department: Remus Lupin (Harry Potter, All the Young Dudes)

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys: The Darkling (Grishaverse)

Down Bad: Kenji and Nazeera (Shatter Me)

So Long, London: Marauders after the war (All The Young Dudes)

But Daddy I Love Him: Sophie and Keefe (KOTLC)

Fresh Out The Slammer: Nina and Matthias (SoC)

Florida!!!: Katniss Everdeen (Hunger Games)

Guilty as Sin?: insert your fav "she fell first, he fell harder" here

Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?: Juilette Ferrars (Shatter Me)

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can): Inej and Kaz (Six of Crows)

loml: Jo and Laurie (Little Women)

I Can Do It With A Broken Heart: Finnick Odair (Hunger Games)

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived: literally every woman in the grishaverse to the darkling

The Alchemy: David and Genya (Grishverse)

Clara Bow: Addie LaRue (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)

The Black Dog: Sirius Black (Harry Potter, All The Young Dudes)

imgonnagetyouback: James and Lily (All the Young Dudes, Harry Potter)

The Albatross: Zoya (Grishaverse)

Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus: Young Donna (Mamma Mia 2)

How Did It End?: Mia and Sebastian (La La Land)

So High School: Kate and Patrick (10 Things I Hate About You)

I Hate It Here: Belly Conklin (TSITP) Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter)

thanK you aIMee: Sophie Foster (KOTLC)

I Look In People's Windows: Lily and Snape (Harry Potter, All The Young Dudes)

The Prophecy: Rachel Dare (PJO)

Cassandra: Baghra (Shadow and Bone)

Peter: Jo and Laurie (Little Women)

The Bolter: Amy March (Little Women)

Robin: Biana Vacker (KOTLC)

The Manuscript: Mary MacDonald (All the Young Dudes)

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appolinyou · 2 days

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Kaz Brekker

I was a little bored and had nothing to do (sarcasm)

Kaz DirtyHands

#art #six of crows #kaz x inej #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #crooked kingdom #soc fanart #artists on tumblr #mattias helvar #nina zenik #wylan van eck #jesper fahey #wesper #kanej #helnik #the darkling #freddy carter #soc #incorrect six of crows

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theweeklydiscourse · 2 days

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I just have to laugh at readers who claim that the Darkling was Zoya’s abuser. The text and the Netflix adaptation does the barest possible minimum to allude to such an idea and then these fans proceed to reframe the shoddy writing and praise for it’s “brilliant” commentary.

Bardugo and the Netflix writers could’ve done that (with proper planning and thoughtfulness) but it’s obvious that they couldn’t be bothered to put the effort in. Sorry- Zoya’s just not all that interesting and cramming in some subtext about how she was supposedly the Darkling’s victim is pure fanfiction. Particularly when even in the show, we see Zoya pursuing him of her own volition and that relationship is never meaningfully explored or elaborated on after the fact.

#lol they literally just made Zoya into his side piece (sorry but it’s true) it’s all as shallow as it seems #What I’m saying is that I don’t think that the text has enough evidence to support such an interpretation and it all just seems like a grasp #for Zoya to have at least SOME shred of meaning in a series where she’s so….bland and irritating #shadow and bone #the darkling #lb critical #grishaverse #s&b critical #anti leigh bardugo #aleksander morovoza #fandom discourse #grishaverse fandom #anti zoya

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alinasheretic · 2 days

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Alina coming to the Darkling in Ruin and Rising being like I wonder do I appear pale and gray, a little mushroom girl? Is so funny to me like, Alina, light of my life, are we aware that he’s literally waging a war rn because he wants to see u naked <3

#found this in the drafts #he’s so stupid💓#shadow and bone #alina starkov #aleksander morozova #alarkling #darklina #the darkling

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aleksanderscult · 2 days

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Why do you not like Ben Barnes as The Darkling?

For two main reasons:

It was pure fan service which I hate. Like the same way you see Timothée Chalamet being casted everywhere or being fancasted for every potential role, they put Ben on this role to attract audiences. It was pure marketing and it was obvious that they never thought: "Does that role suit him? Does he look like the Darkling? Can his acting persuade others that he is the Darkling?" (I say "no" to every question)

The role didn't suit him for me. He physically didn't look anything like him and his demeanor or acting reminded me nothing like him.

And generally I didn't like the show version because:

He was too emotional. Literally he was getting teared up every five minutes. When the creators said "We want to make him human" they meant "We'll only make him too human" and that kind of acting took away the gravity from important scenes (like the name reveal scene or his death). For the audience it was just another emotional scene but for the readers those scenes in the books were special and utterly heartbreaking because they could glimpse his human side that apparently still existed inside of him.

He was too much of a simp. Book!Darkling always had pride and even though indirectly he tried to beg for her help and understanding, he never threw himself at her feet (the only times he kinda did was in his emotionally vulnerable moments which were rare but precious). Show!Darkling was well... Wasted but not with the cutie meaning of the word. It became his whole personality.

(actually the name reveal scene doesn't even exist in the series)

#Ben also liked a post where someone called the Palestinians “collateral damage” so that made me despise him as a person too #but that's not the main reason I didn't like him as the Darkling #in my opinion this role just wasn't for him #shadow and bone #the darkling #aleksander morozova #grishaverse #anti ben barnes

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billyboyblue · 13 hours

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Ben Barnes || 📸 Emma Holly Jones

#ben barnes #benbarnesedit #the punisher #thepunisheredit #billy russo #aleksander morozova #the darkling #shadow and bone #my edit #colorized #please don't repost or watermark

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hexgirling · 10 months

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“that character is a war criminal” that character is from a fictional fantasy world and did not attend the geneva convention

#this is my favorite tweet i ever made #rip twitter #fictional villains #the darkling #aleksander morovoza #anakin skywalker #halbrand #daemon targaryen #daenerys targeryan #house targaryen #rhysand #kylo ren #ben solo #jess speaks

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greensaplinggrace · 1 year

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I actually like it when ships hurt each other in long lasting and unforgiveable ways. I like it when they leave vicious, glaring scars. I like when they leave traumas. I like when they stab each other and torture each other and ruin each other’s lives and violate every inch of each other’s values. and I like it when they fucking kill each other permanently dead.