They could have had it all 😢 

If Aleksander could restart his life with the knowledge he now has, what essential changes do you think he would make?

Ooh! Now for some reason I imagine Aleksander witnessing how Alina and her friends fucked up his life, being like "Fuck go back!!" and pushing a restart button 😭

So. I think he would take more drastic actions to ensure that his plans would go well (this time).

He's a patient man so he would wait to find the right opportunity and the right King to begin. But, the truth is, that he would still need a Sun Summoner. But knowing that Alina is the one he awaits for, I imagine him going to Keramzin while she's still a child (7-8 years old), taking her to the Little Palace and training her according to his wishes. Nurturing his thoughts in her. Making her reveal her power, embrace it and become strong with it.

It's one thing to struggle to change a person's views when she has already made her own and another to shape her the way you want to while she's young and oblivious.

So yeah, he would make sure everything would go to plan. And by having Alina at his side and close since her childhood then there wouldn't be too many problems for him after it. Since Alina was the one, big obstacle he couldn't get over in the trilogy.

(Also Aleksander if he went to Keramzin to get Alina and saw Mal)

shadow and bone + the onion (season 2 edition) pt. 5

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 6 | Kaz Edition

Season 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Crows Edition

The Darkling's masterplan of seductive manipulation

STOP GETTING PISSED THE FIC YOU ARE READING SMUT WHEN ITS CLEARLY LABELED SMUT. THE WEBSITE EVEN GIVES YOU A DAMN 18+ WARNING.

well, that was a mess

Going absolutely insane over The Darkling saying "The trouble with wanting is that it makes us weak"

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling (about architecture)

Rated T | Darklina

David creates excessively caffeinated coffee, and speedruns the entire history of communications and computer technology. Memes ensue.

(The canonverse McMansion Hell AU.)

Written for Silberias.

Moodboard by me.

Read on AO3.

Aleksander’s feelings for Alina summed up perfectly 🖤💛

Alina: "Aleksander", I whispered.

The Darkling:

The April 2024 round of the Kiss or Kill kink meme is now open! 

What is it?

The kiss or kill kink meme will be open to shippers of daemyra, darklina, dramione, haladriel, and reylo. We decided to create this cross-fandom kink meme event to show some love for some of our favorite enemies to lovers ships.

When?

The kink meme will open April 1st and close April 30th. However, everyone is welcome to continue filling prompts after the close date. If posting your prompt fills on ao3, you can add it to our collection.  

Where?

Prompts and prompt fills will be posted via dreamwidth, where you can find more information about how to post prompts and prompt fills. For more information about this kink meme, please visit our carrd.

me: Aleksander Morozova deserves someone, who wouldn't be ashamed of their feelings for him, someone who wouldn't make his mother's words into a Holy scripture and would ask about his side of the story instead, someone who wouldn't dehumanize him to disregard his feelings more easily, someone who'd react to his immortality with empathy and concern. He deserves someone, who wouldn't demonize his every action, quick to believe the worst about him. Someone, who wouldn't interpret every breath he takes as a result of malevolent intention... McDonald’s employee: uhhhh do you want to order something or —

☾ ★ ☠ ♦ - for darklina of course))

☾ - sleep headcanon Aleksander is a very light sleeper, and will wake up to the smallest disturbance, which often leaves him slightly sleep-deprived. It improves only marginally once they start to share a bed.

★ - sad headcanon One of Alina's first memories is of the cold winter nights at the oprhanage, when the water in the washstand would freeze by morning. She still gets agitated when winter is coming, no matter how Aleksander makes sure to have their rooms well-heated.

☠ - angry/violent headcanon Alina's not good at keeping her temper in check in high society--if someone is being obnoxious/rude/an asshole, she'll make a sharp comment on it. Aleksander enjoys it more than he should.

♦ - quirks/hobbies headcanon Aleksander enjoys horse races - and betting. Only he'll only ever bet the smallest amount possible and (when in a position to enforce it) expects the people in his party to follow suit. It's about the thrill, not the gambling.

when will you bitches stop putting tags under anti posts....darkling stans literally just mind their business!!! and you have 10 badly written books with your favs, focus on them