#darklina

[shandy-and-champagne]

when you abandon canon that's when you are truly free

[kathrahender]

I know enemies treated each other with hate and anger, but am I the only one who likes enemies-to-lovers ships not because of the manipulation, codependency, or the "toxic" aspects of the ship, but because of the idea of the villains redeeming and the angst and hurt/comfort potential?

[kaizsche]

SHADOW AND BONE Season 1, Episode 2 — We're All Someone's Monster

[atlasshrugd]

no but the thing is, when the hero falls in love with the villain she is falling in love with the darkest parts of herself. she is owning her shadow and the owning makes her stronger. it is not about whether a ship is toxic or romanticising abuse because it’s not about two individuals. the struggle is not one between two people, just like the love is not between two people. when the hero falls in love with the villain she is loving herself. when she loves herself she is stronger, better, able to transform darkness instead of running from it. at the moment of loving, a person changes. the loved changes. and the love of the villain changes the hero. it’s all about this, don’t you see?

[adancerofsymphonia]

In the time I have spent consuming media that involves popular bad™ male characters and/or M/F ships where the male character is morally gray or outright evil or conflicted or basically anyone who isn't completely safe and defanged, I have often comes across this statement and its countless other variations.

"Stuff like this is made to brainwash young girls into thinking that they can 'fix' dangerous men. Such girls usually end up in abusive relationships and their parents are right to worry."

It is rather strange to come across such a gross generalization, operating on an assumption that girls are blank slates whom anyone can manipulate and who can't distinguish between real and make believe on top of it.

In my entire "career"(if you can call it that) of engaging with fiction , the girls and women that I have run into in fandoms happened to be some of the most intelligent, talented, cool, witty and insightful people I have ever met. I've devoured the fics they have written. I have delighted in the arts and edits they've made. Their perspectives and interpretations about the characters and their relationships are genuinely fascinating to read about regardless of whether I agree with it or not. They are the ones who are most often at the receiving end of the antis' ire for no valid reason but they just keep deriving joy and inspiration from their favourite characters and ships and keep sharing it with others through stories, art and thoughts. They are not just smart but incredibly resilient, sensitive and aware not just about the media they consume but about the world around them and its issues.

I look up to their brilliance. I marvel at their passion. I admire them. I adore them.

[greensaplinggrace]

I actually like it when ships hurt each other in long lasting and unforgivable 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. 

[letthefairyinyoufly]

SHADOW AND BONE ⤷ S1.E2 "We're All Someone's Monster" PART 7 ⸸ PART 6 ⸸ PART 5 ⸸ PART 4 ⸸ PART 3 ⸸ PART 2 ⸸ PART 1

requested by @withered-rose-with-thorns

[darklesmylove]

enemies to lovers be like