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multi-fandom-mouse-rat · 1 year

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This is what Wylan looks like in my brain 90% of the time

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privateerandking · 1 year

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I’m really not sure if this is an unpopular opinion or not yet but I think as far as changes from the book go I kind of like Mal and Alina splitting up at the end. The idea of questioning if you’re together by destiny or choice is compelling.

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theweeklydiscourse · 9 months

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I can’t help but find it funny whenever certain Shadow and Bone fans discuss the Darkling’s character and dramatically ponder over his motivations while lamenting what could have been. Like, I agree that he’s a complicated character…just not complicated I’m the way they’re thinking of.

For them it’s like:

“Ah you see the Darkling is such a well-written character because of his nefarious hunger for power cloaked by sympathetic motives. He seeks a noble goal but alas! If only he wasn’t so corrupted by power and just approached the issue of Grisha liberation with diplomacy and talked some sense into the Tsar! Such a simple thing…and yet his greed won out.”

I have found that many criticisms of the Darkling’s larger goals are based on the assumption that his goal is based in a personal desire for power and not a collective one. The idea that his goals of freeing Grisha from exploitation and servitude are not genuine, but rather something that obscures his hidden greed and selfishness. My biggest gripe is that this sort of commentary on the Darkling’s character always reads as a bit self-congratulatory for what is (in my opinion) a misreading of his character.

Also, I heavily dislike the idea that all it would take for him to achieve liberation would be tactics like working within the system, diplomatically appealing to the Tsar or just generally appealing to the humanity of the ruling monarchs. I have to wonder: do these people honestly believe that oppressed groups of people obtain human rights by politely appealing to the ruling class? In Shadow and Bone, the Tsar is not only incompetent but also a serial rapist with unchecked power who benefits immensely from the servitude of Grisha. So why on earth would he just give them rights when he gains so much by keeping them under his thumb? Relying on the mercy and meagre charity of a corrupt ruler is a futile game that will end in failure.

“Oh but his hunger for power-!” His hunger for power that would enable him to do what? At the end of the day, Aleksander needs power to achieve liberation for the Grisha and to protect them from the existential threats they face on nearly every side of the conflict. Tell me, how is he going to accomplish anything from a position of servitude and powerlessness? Would it be more noble of him to just sit quietly and wait for the Lantsovs to come to their senses and realize that Grisha are deserving of equal treatment? How much do the Grisha stand to lose by prioritizing civility and diplomacy when their lives are at stake?

In this situation, power was not a want, but a need. The fact that the narrative consistently frames his quest for power as a bad and greedy goal is so naive and backwards because realistically there is no way for him to accomplish it otherwise! This is echoed in Alina’s efforts to save the country through the Morozova amplifiers and being chided for her greed as a result. Either way, this story has some strange priorities when it comes to discussing oppression and liberation.

#lb critical #shadow and bone #alina starkov #the darkling #s&b critical #s&b salt #s&b netflix #aleksander morovoza #anti leigh bardugo #darklina #anti baghra #shadow and bone meta #s&b fandom #fandom meta

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myladysprout · 1 year

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💖 baby boy ben 💖

#baby boy #ben barnes #shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #shadow and bone bts #shadow and bone behind the scenes #darkling #the darkling #aleksander morozova #shadow summoner #general kirigan #shadow and bone cast #sab #s&b #shadow and bone sho #s&b fandom #s&b show #shadow and bone season 2 #s&b season 2

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noniezilla · 7 months

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Okay I might be watching the Shadow&Bone series right now.... Aaaand I might've been swallowed again in the Kazper shipping hole. (Their ship name is really weird btw) (Is it Kazper or Kesper ? I'm asking for real xD)

So, have some of my rough sketches while watching the series. Some quotes are from S&B series, some are from SOC book.

Also, have a quick sketch of Inej, because she's a real badass girl and I love her so much ❤️

I used my awesome col-erase pencils, so I'm thinking about maybe animating some of those sketches~

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i-kill-all-my-plants · 1 year

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They made Freddy show his back to the camera to give credits to the thing that carried the show

#kaz brekker #freddy carter #shadow and bone season 2 #shadow and bone #six of crows #s&b fandom #s&b netflix #s&b season 2

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taurielofmirkwood77777 · 1 year

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Ben, that's not how you use the Cut, darling.

#shadow and bone #sab #sab netflix #shadow and bone s2 #shadow and bone tv #shadow and bone netflix #shadow and bone season 2 #shadow and bone cast #sab cast #s&b netflix #s&b fandom #ben barnes #darkling #the darkling #aleksander kirigan #aleksander morozova

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mytypeofdrugs · 5 months

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HEY SO A WHILE BACK I ASKED FOR FANFICTION RECOMMENDATIONS AND I THOUGHT SINCE I GOT SUCH NICE RESPONSES I MIGHT AS WELL GIVE YOU SOME OF MINE!!

Consider this part-1 which will consist of Wesper fics from a lovely author. Each of these parts probably will consist of 1 author and the works I recommend you!

(There will most likely be one part where it’s just works from authors that have 1 work related to SOC.)

MaudeAlise: A03 author

1. to plan an art heist (fluff)

Simple 1/1 chapter 5000 words and it’s a AU where Jesper, Inej and kaz plan an art heist and Wylan happens to be the hostage 🫶 it’s honestly such a cute quick read :))

2. Sharpshooter’s back, baby! (Fluff, angst, smut 👍)

ALERNATIVE AU WHERE JESPER AND WYLAN ARE TENNIS PLAYERS AND SUDDENLY WYLAN DISAPPEARS AND THEY MEET AT A DAYCARE AFTER 7 YEARS

17/17 chapters and completed (please read this pls)

3. the handmaid (explicit content, fluff, lil angst?)

AU where Jesper acts as wylans handmaid, and tries to convince wylan to marry some merchant and may or may not have fallen in love with wylan.

11/11 chapters completed fun read 🤭

4. the nine day kiss ban (fluff, implied sexual content, light angst)

Book-Verse, snapshots of the first 9 days after the auction. Kisses are banned temporarily 😱

1/1 chapters completed and 9000 words :))

5.flower dictionary for exes (mostly angst, eventual fluff, no smut)

Jesper and Wylan break up— miscommunicate and makeup and some talking and references to flowers which I think is a nice part of the fic because I’ve never read anything like this (also kuwei is in this and he’s friends with wylan <3)

5/5 chapters completed 51,000 words

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writer-in-the-forest · 11 months

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Shadow and Bone characters' aesthetics

(writer.in.the.wood is my instagram username)

#shadow and bone #leigh bardugo #s&b fandom #s&b trilogy #shadow and bone trilogy #grishaverse #the grishaverse #alina starkov #mal oretsev #the darkling #genya safin #zoya nazyalensky #nikolai lantsov #david kostyk #tamar kir bataar #tolya yul bataar #s&b netflix #ben barnes

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redpool · 1 year

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That is so fucking cool.

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privateerandking · 1 year

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His positioning here just screams Nikolai. It’s perfect.

#soc #kos #zoyalai #shadow and bone #shadow and bone cast #nikolai lantsov #s&b netflix #s&b season 2 #s&b show #s&b s2 #s&b #grishaverse #s&b fandom #s&b cast #s&b trilogy #grisha netflix

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theweeklydiscourse · 3 months

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Nerfing the Villain: An analysis of the Darkling’s attack on Novokribirsk

I reject the attack on Novokribirsk as a culmination of the Darkling’s supposed master plan and his evil aspirations. So I wanted to talk about why I don’t feel compelled by this moment, despite the fact that it is brought up several times as a point of contention in discussions about the Darkling’s evil deeds.

When you read this chapter of Shadow and Bone or watch it happen in the show, it is communicated to the viewer/reader that the attack on Novokribirsk served as a demonstration of strength. In the show, we see a soldier directing Zoya to steer the ship to a position of visibility, explaining that they will need an audience. This, coupled with the attendance of foreign diplomats, reinforces the idea that the attack is meant to be seen and functions less as a military maneuver and more like a political strategy. Similarly, the book implies this purpose through Alina’s observations of the ship’s passengers

But this plan is flawed on two fronts. Firstly, the fact that the Darkling has been established as an adept strategist and general who has led the Second army for generations and thus, has a great deal of experience and expertise. Secondly, this maneuver is an act of senseless violence that has no pretext and is counterproductive to the Darkling’s goals.

And just like that…the Darkling got lobotomized by the narrative

Aleksander Morozova has been characterized as an intelligent and cunning individual from the moment he first appeared in the text. Alina's narrations frequently ponder over his inner workings and demonstrates a perception that he is both highly strategic and calculated when it comes to his planning. This perception is strengthened by the added fact that Aleksander is roughly four centuries old, having spent his long life involved in the military and politics as a Grisha general. With this in mind, the reader can gather that he is a skilled and competent leader with countless years of experience and so we assume that what he does will follow a logical path (even if it proves to be ruthless).

So how do we make sense of the attack on Novokribirsk? To examine this moment in full, we must start with how the text explains the purpose of it.

"This must be why the Darkling had delayed our trip into the Fold. He’d needed time to assemble the proper audience, witnesses who would attest to his newfound power. But just how far did he intend to go?" (Shadow & Bone, pg. 207)

Here, we see Alina's assessment of his plan. In summary, Aleksander has invited Fjerdan ambassadors, a delegation from Shu Han, Kerch tradesmen, as well as a representatives of the Crown to demonstrate the might of the Fold. He intends to use Novokribirsk as a site for his demonstration and unleash the fold upon the city to make his point to his audience. The ultimate goal of this act is explained as a threat to the nations bordering Ravka, as well as the current leadership of Ravka itself. The Fold becomes a weapon of mass destruction and lends Aleksander leverage over the nation on his terms.

“I think you understand me now. There are no Ravkans, no Fjerdans, no Kerch, no Shu Han. There are no more borders, and there will be no more wars. From now on, there is only the land inside the Fold and outside of it, and there will be peace.” (Shadow & Bone, pg. 213)

However, when you take a closer look, it becomes apparent that Aleksander should be smarter than this. He should be the kind of leader that would have the foresight to see that this plan would massively backfire if he ever did something so senseless. It would be like if the USA dropped a nuclear bomb on Los Angeles or New York to intimidate other countries into submitting to them, completely counterintuitive and lacking awareness of how the public would react. Decimating a city in your own country as a demonstration of might, especially without any pretext or warning, is not an intelligent strategy under any circumstances. Yet, Aleksander makes his speech confidently, as if what he did was a sound strategy.

For one, Novokribirsk is a densely populated trading port and has a population that is mainly composed of Ravkan civilians who are not at war with Ravka. If his goal was to showcase the Fold's overwhelming strength, why not unleash it on a Fjerdan or Shu town/city? You know, the countries that Ravka is actively at war with?

“They’re your own people!” I cried desperately. (Shadow & Bone, pg. 210)

Aleksander committing horrible acts of violence is fine, but only if it aligns with his previous strategies and end goal. Senselessly slaughtering civilians en masse is not a strategy that fits in with that idea, and it is obviously counterintuitive to what he wants to achieve. Also, Aleksander is already feared or despised by a large portion of the population and does not have the majority of Ravka on his side, so how could this possibly help him? Getting onto the throne is one thing, but staying on it is a completely different game. Brute strength can only hold out for so long, and it doesn't help him to commit a random act of violence in this context.

"They ran, and I saw their fear, heard their screams as the black fabric of the Fold crashed over the drydocks and the village like a breaking wave. Darkness enveloped them, and the volcra set upon their new prey. A woman carrying a little boy stumbled, trying to outrun the grasping dark, but it swallowed her, too." (Shadow & Bone, pg. 212)

It’s difficult to believe that a person with as much experience as the Darkling would not be be able to foresee that this act of violence would elicit a visceral negative response from the majority of Ravkans. We could imagine that the nature of this plan was to instill fear into the hearts of the masses, but no ruler can govern on fear alone and it’s pretty important to have people on your side if you want to stay in power. As such, killing civilians with no clear justifications, motives, or pretence becomes an effective strategy at getting everyone to hate your guts.

The incoherence of this moment is the reason why I reject it as a legitimate culmination of his character motivations and arc throughout the book. It feels distinctly disconnected from the goals he was purported to have, so when other characters like Nikolai and Zoya lay into them for it, I don’t feel remotely compelled by their words because it didn’t fit in at all with his character.

#shadow and bone #the darkling #grishaverse #grishaverse meta #Novokribirsk #alina starkov #close reading #lb critical #s&b critical #s&b salt #aleksander morovoza #anti leigh bardugo #character assassination #s&b fandom

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kriz-smthn · 1 year

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I love Sun Summoner!Kaz fics just as much as the next guy over, but the fact that canonically Kaz is a language illiterate little shit is just such a funny thing to me that I HAD TO

#six of crows #six of crows duology #shadow and bone netflix #s&b fandom #soc #kaz brekker #kaz rietveld #the darkling #alexander morozova #Kaz is faking it til he makes it #The only reason nobody had notice that Kaz isn't ravkan is because he's just been ignoring any attempt at communication up until this point #Kaz has no idea of what's going on but he's rolling with it #I was prompted by a good myth is hard to kill and kaz morgningstar because I fucking love those fics oh my god #grishaverse fanart #fanfic fanart #a good myth is hard to kill

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ironpool99 · 1 year

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My favorite thing when I join a new fandom is learning how they say "oh my god"

Not every new fandom I join has a different way of saying it, but oh how I love it when they do. I love reading a fic and seeing, "oh my saints" or "oh my gods" or "oh ghezen" or even "oh prime"

It just makes me so happy when fandoms just unanimously decide that they will use the faith system that exists in the universe in order to stay true to the character.

Ahhh I just love it!

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itsnotaproblem-itsapassion · 1 year

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Can’t believe we got a Shadow And Bone show without even one Darklina scene straight out of the books.

Absolutely. Not. One.

Those will only exist in our heads now even after a 16 hours show.

#Will forever remain salty about this #they did us so dirty #darklina #shadow and bone spoilers #shadow and bone #the darkling #alexsander morozova #alina starvok #darkling x alina #s&b fandom #s&b s2

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ncarnesir · 10 months

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Random gifs I made of the Darkling to use as memes on Darklina Discord Server.

#the darkling #shadow and bone #pro darkling #gifset #s&b fandom #ben barnes #darkling

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