#malarkling

[kathrahender]

Some people: "X character is better than Y" "No, Y character is better than X!"

Me: It would be awesome if X and Y kissed and dated.

Some people: ....

Me: What? It's the truth, they would look good together.

[icarusofathousanddays]

Flora's Fanfics ✴︎ Fandom - Shadow and Bone ✴︎ Grasping a Root in the Stumbling Dark

"It goes thus— There is a man who cannot die. . . . You wake with Mal’s foot digging into your shin." ... What is power worth in another girl’s hand? What good is it if you close the fist? What kind of person finds a door in death and leaves it shut because the key was stolen? What kind of person hears her people crying and says, forgive me, I did not come by this power honestly? What do you owe the girl whose life you are spending? What do you owe the people who will die if you give it back? How far will you reach with your stolen hands? Whose name will you answer to when you come back? Or: does it count as coming back wrong if it was never your body to begin with? Alina Starkov Body Snatcher SI/OC Alina/Darkling/Mal

[Read Chapter One on AO3]

[justaneedle]

I'm beating around the bush (tag) The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Mal Oretsev on AO3 because I'm in two minds about it. What if there're not what I need from this tag?…

I have no idea how English supposed to work as you can see… grammar… =_=

[greensaplinggrace]

one of my favorite domestic darkling headcanons is that he’d join the local old ladies’ knitting club and have a blast gossiping with them and causing untold chaos

[duncan-rohanne]

HAND IN HAND IN UNLOVABLE HAND (Darkling/Alina/Mal, 48k)

Harry Birthday, @seventfics​! You asked me for Malarklina with favorite quotes, well here they are. They are from your fic. Everyone and their mom knows I’m not the biggest fan of Darklina or Alina but the way you write them and her, I eat it up spoonful. And your Mal is perfection, of course. I’m excited about the sequel and please never stop writing, you have talent and beyond.

P.S. No, I haven’t actually included my favorite quote, but I think everyone deserves their little oh moment as they read it themselves ;)

[seventfics]

The Grisha Rarepair Exchange is here!

We are happy to announce our rarepair exchange event for Shadow and Bone/the Grishaverse! It will run during the week of June 11th to the 17th!

First things first:

What is an exchange?

An exchange is a fandom event where participants sign up to create fanworks for other participants! All participants must send their requests to us event moderators through the sign-up form, and we will then assign you another participant's exchange request!

We'll be accepting fics, artwork, gifs, edits, videos...just make sure to post all of your exchange creations with the tag #grishapairexchange!

What counts as a rarepair?

Only non-canon ships with less than 150 fics posted on AO3 will count for the event. The rarer the better! Polyships encouraged!

We'll be evaluating this number based on the "otp: true" search listing of Grishaverse ships. Some examples: Inej/Tolya (4), Mal/Nikolai (7), Mal/the Darkling (10), Nikolai/Alina/Mal (18), Genya/Alina (46), Nikolai/Darkling (71). You can do this yourself by looking up a ship on ao3 and adding "otp: true" into the Search within results function box!

How do I sign up, and how does the assigning work?

All participants will fill in a form requesting basic information (contact options, tumblr name, age*). They must then state 3 rarepair options, each with their own prompt. Please take into consideration that your creator may fill your prompt by fic, art, gifs, or videos! If it helps to keep things simple, you may specify with trope tags. Example:

1 mal/the darkling: hurt/comfort scene, established relationship, the darkling is badly injured and mal stitches him up

2 nikolai/tolya/mal: intimate moments and shared looks between all three, or - all three of them having to watch the other(s) fighting and loving it

3 zoya/nina: zoya and nina shown deeply caring about each other, ex: their season 2 conversations about love and fighting to protect each other fiercely!

If you have any hard-nos, triggers, or squicks, you may write them into the specified text box.

*Participants under 13 are not permitted to participate. If a participant is under 18, they cannot request any mature or explicit content.

Sign-ups are open here!

Please share this post and tell any fandom friends who might be interested! We want as many participants as possible to share in the rarepair love! Rules and scheduling are under the cut!

Content Rules

Any type of fanwork is allowed and encouraged, so long as it is tagged appropriately and it correctly fulfills a prompt.

Writing fanworks must be between 500-5,000 words.

Art fanworks must be between 1 and 5 images, short comics allowed.

Edit fanworks like gifsets and image edits must be collected into a single post, with a maximum of 10 gifs/images.

Video fanworks must range between 1:00 and 3:00 minutes in length.

All posts must be tagged appropriately for ships, characters, and warnings.

Participant Requirements and Rules

As mentioned, participants under 13 are not allowed. Any participant under 18 years of age cannot request mature or explicit content.

All participants must state at least 3 different pair and/or poly ships to choose from. Exchange prompts are encouraged to be short and varied to allow for any fanwork type.

All signed participants must fulfill at least 1 of the 3 exchange prompts they receive.

Completing more than 1 prompt is allowed, but it must be part of its own separate fanwork/post.

Keep your assigned person and prompts a secret until posting week! Once the event is rolling out, mention your assigned person in your posts and tag #grishapairexchange.

No character or ship hate will be tolerated. This is an event centering on rare ships, all of which deserve some love!

If you find any kind of personal conflict or need help with the event, please privately contact the event mods (@seventfics/@jaskierian and @mal-zoya).

Schedule

April 22: Sign-up opens

May 5: Sign-up closes

May 11: Participants receive their exchange prompts

June 11-17: Grisha Rarepair Exchange posting and sharing

June 18: Late entries

[doom-cookie-writes]

From the Ashes Chapter 11. Just Beats Apart In The Dark

Summary: Mal gains a little more control, writes a letter, and says another goodbye.

[calboniferous]

the fact that the darkling went back to keramsin drives me insane. he’s chasing mal and alina to the ends of the earth, haunted by them in fleeting moments, hungry for them and the moments are never enough, and he is consumed by it, torn apart by wanting and hating himself for the weakness of it, and he chases the echoes of his living ghosts to their childhood home as if being there could satisfy him. as if destroying the orphanage could hurt them in a way that would make him feel less weak about wanting, as if it could rip it out by the roots by tearing out theirs. the way he caresses the grass of the meadow that remains a symbol of refuge and love to alina and mal, but he could never know what it means to them even as he walks through it