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Miss Utahraptor, too young & old enough, Czech Republic me: #já-a-švábi mine: #V sideblog: https://vedomosti.tumblr.com/

[darkspaceboytoy]

Incredibly violent take of mine but I actually don’t think you need to relate to a story in any way to enjoy it. You can enjoy a story even if you can’t point at a character and insert some aspect of your personality or identity into them. In fact I would argue the need for a character like that to be present in every single story you experience is a sign of stunted growth.

[stromuprisahat]

Shadow and Bone- 01×05: Show Me Who You Are

On one hand, I love that Pavel immediately noticed there's an intruder in oprichinki's rank and went to protect his home and family, on the other- You should've informed your superiors and coordinate with them, you dummy! Or grab your sister as backup!

Not that I believe it would've changed the outcome somehow. The Crows would still have their bulletproof plot armour, and the writers would still hate a fictional minority group enough to slaughter them left and right, while presenting it as heroic effort.

Let's also ignore Pavel just saw Kaz with Inej, but decides to follow the former without dealing with the woman in any way. Sure. A house full of trained soldiers, but no way to disable two pests at the same time.

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Nothing to see here. Just a bunch of carefree Grisha laughing together, enjoying what they believe to be safety...

Shadow and Bone- 01×05: Show Me Who You Are

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[m-art-usia]

This is a drawing of two imaginings of Inej in the fandom. The desi one is on the right, and it is the more popular of course. The left one is the Romani one, which is less shown in fandom but seems more fitting in the universe to me.

[m-art-usia]

Important to note Inej is of the Ravkan Suli people, which I would compare to polish romas, who have been in our country for centuries and up until WWII (when germany did their thing) were integral parts of the polish communities. There was discrimination-for sure, but they were treated rather fairly when it came to law. There still are big Roma communities where I live, with every generation they seem to turn more into the westernized coulture but still keep a very separate sense of fashion as well as family structures.

Back to the fashion. Of course different roma communities wear/wore different things, polish roma fashion differed from the one seen in france or uk, still being romani as well as incorporating bits and pisces of slavic->polish fashion. Roma communities vary, they have been in Europe since the medieval times and wherever they lived they adjusted to the fashions of the region while of course still keeping up traditions.

[m-art-usia]

A year and a half later and I have thoughts:

I want to preface this by saying I love the grishaverse and more importantly the community around it so these are just thoughts from a person who grew up a lot after reading it for the first time and I don't need all fantasy books to be brandon sanderson or grr martin level of world building but when the inspiration is so clear i think that wanting the worlds to be more rich or built with more considiration to the cultures they are based on

As much as I still enjoy the books and love the attempt at creating cultures inspired by my part of europe as well, it is kind of whack how leigh actually mashed parts of both south asian and romani peoples when creating suli, the roma travelled to europe so long ago that the victorian inspired reality of grisha verse negates the fact that these peoples have anything to do with each other.

Which creates the dichotomy between people taking the romani culture into considiration while creating fand works and the ones who take from desi culture. So people who are more aware of the indian and pakistani social identity will focus on these parts while others who are more aware of the nomadic romani people living all throught europe though in history mainly in eastern europe - so ravka will chose that to base their own view of the suli people.

I don't regret drawing the fanart I'm still proud of it and it is important to note the difference in fandom perception but still it is problematic the the division exists because it is a testament of the poc culture mashing done in the grishaverse.

Yes Leigh created a fictional world but it is so painfully visible what she is pulling from that she could've left it at basing suli on the romani. If she left it more ambiguous it wouldn't have bothered me as much.

This is something I do take issues with - making a separate country for the skandi - fjerdan people, for the germanic/anglosaxon kerch people, and then for the slavic - ravkan people, but novyi zem (that name is imperialistic in it of itself meaning new land from the point of view of ravkans) is the entire african continent or is it australia I've seen both but then is jasper ethnically black or aboriginal australian then (I'm actually not sure) and a rather orientalistic view of southeast asia is well...

All that to say I think as a person who is educated about the world at least to some degree I find the countries to be... blatantly simplistic and often not sensitive so... how an american views them + some basic research. I am of course still in love with the characters and her writing style but I am a person infected with the woke virus who has a tumblr account she barely uses so why not post something controversial that nobody will see anyway

And don't get me started on the fact that as a polish person I must protest to being lumped with the russians as one entity

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Shadow and Bone- 01×05: Show Me Who You Are

He went this way!?! The rest can be explained as a reaction to the sound of gunshots, but how would they know which way Visser went- even if they already knew who are they after-, when he just got out of a closed room? If they were following him, and lost him for exactly the right amount of time for him to unlock the secret door, hide and attack Marie, the sentence and their immediate arrival suggests they've seen him head to that corridor, so where have they been up until now?

Taking a smoke break?

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Shadow and Bone- 01×05: Show Me Who You Are

Badass Genya this, badass Genya that, but what about the implications? Does this mean she got some sort of (late) self-defence training behind the Queen's back? Because servants aren't allowed to fight in the books, and I have a hard time picturing Tatiana, of all people, letting Genya attend such classes. The very same woman, who won't even allow her to wear pants.

When I’ve finished, I light the lamps in my closet. My kefta hang along one wall—wool for winter, silk for summer, thick folds of satin and velvet for when I am still asked to parties. There are two shelves stacked with rarely worn breeches and blouses, and a row of simple shifts made for me because the Queen does not approve of women wearing trousers.

The Tailor

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Shadow and Bone- 01×05: Show Me Who You Are

This isn't just a political assassination, there's a specific brand of brutality to it.

Visser ties Marie's hands back, so she cannot summon. Understandable precaution, but still a move making her powerless in more than one way. He doesn't kill her immediately, he takes time to "deliver a massage" she'll have no chance to share with anyone anyway. He's SLITTING HER THROAT- she's sure to die without immediate, and I mean immediate help-, so why stop in the middle of the murder to chat?

It's cruelty for cruelty's sake.

Marie doesn't simply die, she has enough time to comprehend what's going to happen to her, and panic. And the knife cutting her throat isn't the end either. She'll DROWN IN HER OWN BLOOD, GASPING FOR BREATH, TRYING TO STEM THE FLOW, eventually begging for the dignity of her own face on.

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Shadow and Bone- 01×05: Show Me Who You Are

I'd like to talk about body language here. Olga arrives, says her initial piece, then proceeds to come closer and kneel by Baghra's side, eyes down at first, leaning towards the hag. That suggests familiarity, submission, looking up to the older woman as an authority. It's a gesture of a child seeking out closeness, affection instead of violence.

No fear or aversion, which is something I'd expect towards a woman, who beats, drugs and demeans her students on regular basis. Olga doesn't seem to be afraid or overly tense, which is a reaction Baghra managed to get even out of her own son centuries into his adulthood. Of course there could've been some kind of abuse, and the younger woman simply reacts differently to her tormentor's presence, but abovementioned body language and Baghra's manipulative nature considered, my guess would point elsewhere.

Baghra has a spy in Second Army AND among the Darkling's elite personal guard! Secret Grisha presence in the ranks of the later makes it easier to accomplish, since she seems to be "teaching" all of the untrained Grisha, but still. Somehow, she had to earn Olga's loyalty to the point of cooperation against the Darkling's interests. The very same woman, who can't be arsed to explain children how their bodies work, rather throws a hive of bees at them.

Grooming who?!

[1794]

finally someone else talking about this

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He's a small man, alright?! He has a very small bladder!

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Shadow and Bone- 01×05: Show Me Who You Are

I have so many questions regarding this particular choice of the course of events.

Why would anyone help Baghra to do anything that isn't yeeting herself off the nearest high point in the landscape?

What did she tell the woman to be on look out for?

What reasons did she give?

What kind of story did she spin for this Grisha to get her on the same side?

How long has she been picking and grooming useful tools to screw the Darkling over?

How would Olga help the hag to get rid of already announced visit, were Malyen to lack his plot armour?

[starrfettii]

I bet they grew up summoning together all the time, and this was the last time they ever did.

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And they weren't even in action, they were home, they were supposed to be safe!

“An Etherealnik rarely works alone. Inferni pair up. Squallers often partner with Tidemakers. ...”

[ellemnopie]

Bellena Hawick, wife of Ser Hosteen Frey, sixth son of Lord Walder Frey and Amarei Crakehall

[sirenja-and-stag]

Requested by @cunt-hannibal-lecter-viii

[stromuprisahat]

I wonder how much would've been the Darkling willing to share once his true identity was uncovered.

If only Alina ever thought to ask.

[dawannabebritt]

I don't think the Darkling really minded the thought of sharing Alina per say.

It's just that she chose a manipulative, toxic, womanizing nobody and a manipulative, cunning, double-dealing pirate/prince over him, her literal other half, caring, courteous, and as honest as he really could be considering how dam untrustworthy she was that gets him so riled up.

Not to mention that she keeps going on and on about how they're "better people" than him. Like, please, Alina. You're one to talk.

[stromuprisahat]

I think a huge part of his issue with Alina's other "relationships" is also her refusal of him and everything he stands for, and her denial of her attraction to him he can literally feel through their bond.

Were she simply not into him, but willing to keep him company and participate in mature discussion about his methods (His goals are non-negotiable.), he'd be much more amiable.