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ariaiscursed

- colors in bloom

marography

“The afternoon flew by — quiet, unnoticed. The book slipped out of my hands, and I looked around the room — how many hours had passed? two, or three? — the room basked in the warmth of the summer sun. It, most certainly, was past four...”

mournfulroses

Katherine Mansfield, from a diary entry featured in The Letters & Journals of Katherine Mansfield

pjharvey

my best tip for anyone trying to get back into reading is to remember that you can read books to avoid other responsibilities in ur life and it can become a vice if you play your cards right

kallypsowrites

Thinking about the fact that in the video analyzing the first Darklina kiss, Jessie says that Alina is at a point where she’s ready to move forward and rely on herself rather than waiting around for Mal. And that we really do see her at her most independent in episode 5. She’s laughing with friends, embracing her power, settling in and deciding she wants to be a part of something greater. And she’s taking what she wants with the Darkling

None of Darklina is framed like her growing reliant on the Darkling or her being under his control. In her romantic scenes with Kirigan SHE is the one calling the shots at all points in time. She’s in control of the first kiss, she approaches him during the winter fete, she is extremely open to his advances and then he asks her for explicit consent and she gives it. There is no doubt about what she wants in this moment.

Up until episode 5, Alina has been holding onto the idea of not just Mal but her childhood and her trauma and her feelings of isolation and her ultimate belief that she will never fit in. But in episode 5 she leaves that behind and steps forward which is an incredibly hard thing for someone to do when they’ve been through so much.

And the narrative frames that as WRONG. Baghra calls her naive. Stupid. Chastises her for falling for Kirigan. And because Baghra is meant to be the correct party and the Darkling is evil, ALINA is framed as wrong and her episode 5 journey invalidated.

The problem isn’t that Alina walks away from Kirigan. The problem is that the narrative takes her character growth and decides to punish her for it. By linking her road to independence with her relationship with the Darkling (the very terrible, evil guy, shame for liking him SHAME) her road to independence is invalidated by the narrative. It says that not only is she wrong for liking the Darkling, she’s wrong for trusting Grisha, for wanting to be a part of the Grisha, for wanting to be a part of something bigger, for wanting to move forward.

And I know people will say ‘yeah, but the Darkling is bad so she needed to leave’. But I’m talking on a bigger picture here. Its not about whether or not the Darkling is a good person. Its not about whether Mal is a good person either (because I think he is in the show). Its because ‘Darkling bad, Mal good’ that Alina’s emotional growth is undercut and shamed. Because the good guy is attached to where she came from and the bad guy is attached to the future and therefore moving forward is villainized. And that’s what gets under my skin.

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thetwinsinlaw

“You’re a heavenly creature with a real dark agenda.” - Allie X

fearwakes

#why is this the most sexual thing I've ever seen???

aphrobites

im still not over the darkling being close to tears every time he looks at alina what the FUCK did ben barnes do that for why the FUCK did he act it as her being this man’s whole RELIGION his LIGHT after half millennium of darkness his hope for his own humanity if he KNEW we weren’t supposed to root for it

DARKLINA

I HAVE QUESTIONS PLZ INTERNET PEOPLE WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN I, IMPART YOUR WISDOM

Ok so over the weekend, I stumbled upon Shadow & Bone and literally had no clue what it was, but was intrigued after the first episode, so naturally I binged what was available on Netflix until 4am.

Lord never have I ever thrown myself onto a Ship so. goddamn. fast. I would sell my entire existence for The Darkling to look at me the way he looks at Alina. Mal is cool and all, but if I had the choice between a boy and a man.... well, I think this post is indicative of my stance on that.

Anywho, I’m sure it’s obvious that I have not read the books, or really knew that the show was based on a book series until I came to Tumblr. What I am looking to know, first and foremost, is if I am going to be incredibly disappointed cripplingly devastated in my Ship choice once the full series is over??? Should I just enjoy that first season for what it is and live in blissful ignorance of anything else regarding S&B?

Do we think that they are going to fully adhere to the series, or take liberties?? (I don’t know what happens exactly, but I have already read one spoiler that Alina loses her powers? If so, that’s a big time bummer, but also unfortunately seems to fall in line with the “heros must make ultimate sacrifice” type trope.)

Should I read the books? Usually I am a big advocate of books before series, but I’ve already watched the first season, so now I don't know if I want to potentially ruin it by comparing it to the books?

#sorryfortheexcessivequestionmarks #darklina #shadow and bone #alina x darkling