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The Darkling: A friend of mine saw the Black Heretic

The Darkling: He said that the Black Heretic was shredded

The Darkling: That he had eight packs

Alina: Wait you have a friend?

lemodeles

ekaterinkanm

One of the worst types of masochism is falling in love with fictional characters.

P.S Especially in attractive villains and antagonists

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MAVEN CALORE ( RED QUEEN)

FOR: @barrowmare

( Happy late birthday my love, I hope you like it.) ♡♤

you might make me a better man. and you might make me a monster.

you were meant to be my balance, alina. you are the only person in the world who might rule with me, who might keep my power in check.

#alarkling #aleksander morozova #alina starkov #alina x darkling #the darkling #grishaverse #the grisha series #the grisha trilogy #darklina #leigh bardugo

//“we are alike,” he said, “as no one else is, as no one else will ever be”//

#alarking #aleksander morozova #alina starkov #alina x darkling #darkling #grishaverse #my edit #shadow and bone #sun summoner #the darkling #the grisha trilogy #thegrishaversenet #the grisha series #grisha #darklina

akaashikelji

me: i’m going to write today!!

also me:

red queen series by @vaveyard.

M for Maven.

M for mine.

M for monster.

M for Mare.

#red queen #red queen series #glass sword #kings cage #war storm #victoria aveyard #mare barrow #maven calore #king maven #mare x maven #marven #maven x mare #my edit

war-storm

When people think their ship is endgame

degenderates

The Darkling: (to Alina) ‘cause when push comes to shove, I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love

Baghra: no, son. Try something else

The Darkling: …

The Darkling: ok how 'bout this–

The Darkling: 'cause when push comes to shove, I will kill your friends and family boyfriend–

Baghra: no. No, no, no. I don’t think you’re getting it.

sad-endings-suck

"Fine, make me your villain".

- The darkling (shadow and bone) by Leigh Bardugo

That single sentence really struck a cord with me. It exploited multiple things about the darkling and his character.

1. It conveys that he knows Alina (and many others) see him as the bad guy. He understands that they look at him as the villain who must be stopped because what he stands for and does is wrong.

2. He’s trying to make Alina understand that well what he is doing is dark and dangerous business, it’s not the wrong thing to do. He’s trying to make her see that sometimes bad actions must be preformed to generate good results.

3. Despite the fact that he’s attempted to explain his vision of a different future to Alina, he has come to understand that she simply doesn’t see it the way he does. He has come to understand that all she sees when she looks at him, is a monster doing monstrous things.

4. He is upset and frustrated that Alina can’t understand his vision and his actions, that she can’t understand him, that she only sees him as a villain.

5. That sentence also touches upon the subject that the villain never truly sees themselves as a villain. The darkling knows what he’s doing is bad, but he believes in his core that it’s ultimately the right thing to do. He believes that by preforming certain destructive actions, a positive result will emerge from the ashes.

6. That single sentence also shows that in Alina’s perspective, The darkling is her villain, but he doesn’t think he is. He thinks she should be with him, on his side.

The darkling is a very interesting villain because he is written to be very dark and very motivated, yet you can understand his motivation, you just probably don’t agree with his methods.