#darkalina

[usernamesuggestionsarefunny]

[harpermiller]

I never said that darkalina were healthy. I said they were sexy and interesting and captivating and really that’s all the matters.

[incorrectquotesconaisseur]

Who knew that in a world where Kanej, Malina, Helnik and Darklina exists

all my shipping energy will be transferred to

💫Heartrender Husbands💫

and

✨Jesper and Sankt Milo the Goat✨

[drunk-on-bottled-laughter]

"Why do you like the Darkling so much? He's literally sO toxic 😠👿👿👿👿"

Well Nancy, because he

[blacklister214]

Shadow & Bone Season 2 Predictions

Prediction 1 (Why a Memory Palace, not a Tether): I was watching an interview about S2 where the cast briefly discussed the difficulties of adapting the “tether bond” aspect of Book 2. I initially scratched my head because, it’s really not with the way the book writes the conversations. In the book its basically Darkling appearing to Alina like he’s in the room, but no one else can see him. That’s not hard to shoot. Then the actors mentioned that they are instead using a “Memory Palace” technique, and everything became clear. 

There is potential in a memory palace that does not exist in a tether bond. Regular communication is hard when two people are as angry at each other as they are. With a memory palace we as an audience can watch Alexzander can find memories of the aftermath of his actions in the fold and Alina can find Alexzander’s history of how the fold was created in the first place. It means a fuller understanding of where each other is coming from, and possibly some good self-reflection. All we need to create enough empathy that they don’t kill each other in the finale.    

Prediction 2 (Psycho Darkling Cuts): I don’t think we will see Alexzander perform his darkest Book 2 moves (Blinding Baghra, disfiguring Genya, and the creepy Mal doppelganger thing). I think he’ll lock his mom in a cell, and he scare the shit out of Genya with the threat of disfigurement, but no further. The rapey stuff will definitely not make an appearance. I do expect see him building his grisha following by massacring some Grisha experimentation labs in other countries. This way it will be a violent and rage filled “Reputation Era”, but also understandable a la Dany in GOT.   

Prediction 3 (Toxic Mal Cuts): To my recollection a large part of Book 2 is Malina relation drama AKA Mal acting like an insecure, self-centered, possessive tool. I don’t expect to see most of that junk in the show. Show Mal is a dream (and I say this as someone more interested in the SHOW Darklina ship). I think we might get a little jealousy and insecurity as he realizes he is travelling a very different path from her. He will at some point have to break the news to Alina that she is pretty much immortal. However I generally expect to see them romantically together and supportive of each other on their Amplifiers hunt. 

Prediction 4 (Amplifier Hunt): Based on the trailers think the whole of the amplifiers hunt discoveries will make it into this season. Darkling’s comment about her being willing to sacrifice want she loves the most seems suspiciously like he knows about the third amplifier. The fold won’t come down this season, but Alina will be aware what its going to take before the end of the season.    

Prediction 5 (Crows and Nina): I think anyone waiting to see Nina’s and Matias’ story move is going to be disappointed. I think Nina will see him at the prison, but if he speaks to her at all it will be ugly. Nina for her part I think will spend the season proving her worth to the Crows, so that they’ll help her free Mattias next season. The Crows will need to deal with a pissed off Pekka until they are hired to steal information about the firebird from the Shu Han by Alina and co.     

Prediction 6 (Darkling Final Fight With Alina): I think this season is the last time we will see a big showdown between Alina and Alexzander. In the trilogy it was so anticlimactic that all three stories end with Alina vs Darkling. More than twice is too much. I also don’t think we’ll get the Mal interference (which always reminded me of the Rose/Finn disaster at the end of Last Jedi). Alina will “win”, by which I mean I think they’ll play chicken and Alexzander will blink first, either allowing himself to be taken into custody, or running. 

Prediction 7 (the New Enemy and Uneasy Alliance):  The Apparat and/or the Royal family will betray Alina in the finale, leaving the final moments to be Mal visiting Alexzander and forming a pact with him.  

[lizzie-bennettons]

no because the real reason why a lot of us ship Catherine and Peter together is because majority of us were fed the darkling, aaron warner and rhysand growing up and it shows

[sucker-for-six-of-crows]

Re-reading the Shadow and Bone trilogy right now and 90% of it is just the Darkling being like “ope I don’t think I can mansplain manipulate manwhore my way out of this one boys”

[kettles-in-ketterdam]

Alina: I like murder mysteries

The Darkling: I’ve killed lots of people

The Darkling: I’m also mysterious