It seems like I enjoy "Let's bring them together" thing. Also I like to think about Alina as the main Zoyalai's shipper, according to serial.
Alina, enthusiastically: we need to make Zoyalai become a couple.
David: Zoyalai?
Genya: he was in love with you, dear. and he proposed to you.
Alina: he was. but now he has heart-eyes every time, when Zoya is next to him. Nikolai is so bad in being unobvious.
Tolya: she's gonna tear his heart apart.
Alina: no, cause Zoya likes his heart. I'm not Kaz Brekker, but I've already made a plan.
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Netflix,
Our dear Sun Summoner has found out about the cancelation of her show. This is her response as to this revelation, but I sincerely hope - for your sake - that this is her only reaction.
But, to be safe, it might be best for you to...hmm...idk...BRING BACK SHADOW AND BONE AND RELEASE SIX OF CROWS SPINOFF. Now would be great, thanks - nvm, you don't deserve my gratitude
~ a VERY angry GrishaVerse fan who wields rage like Inej wielded her daggers before you canceled her show
P.S. - I recommend that you do bring them back immediately, because I am not afraid to bring in...*dramatic pause, eyes darting, leaning onto the table in a very suspicious manner*...to call for Dirtyhands. He's sure to get the job done, alongside his Wraith and the rest of his crows.
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I don't know if it's been spoken about yet, but
In season 2 of Shadow and Bone, we find out that Sturmhond the Privateer was the one behind Dreesen, the wealthy merchant who hired the Crows to kidnap Alina the Sun Summoner and bring her to Ketterdam.
Where in Season 1, we saw the entire scene with Alexie and the heartrender Milana, and it kinda seemed like Dreesen wants the Sun Summoner for his own profit.
Turns out, Dreesen was just another pawn in the grand plan and the real mastermind behind it all was Sturmhond all along.
What a twist!
But Sturmhond the privateer is actually Prince Nikolai of Ravka under disguise.
So all this time, Prince Nikolai of Ravka was trying to get Alina Starkov the Sun Summoner, kidnapped from the Little Palace, which is under the protection of Ravkan Royalty and is the home of the second army of Ravka, the Grisha themselves. That too by a gang of the Barrel of Ketterdam.
I mean, look at them
Yeah, definitely not sketchy at all.
So why is it, that the Ravkan Prince wants their Sun Summoner, the one and only saving grace of his country, to be taken from the most secured place in all of the world, which is under the protection of his own family and is in his own country, and brought to the literal bottom of the hell that is Ketterdam, by a sketchy gang of the Barrel.
Really, it doesn't make much sense.
Most of the YouTube videos explaining SaB season 2 I saw said it was just lazy writing or a plot hole or just something the writers wrote to make the characters more interesting and so on and on and on.
Honestly, I too, had thought the same. However, that was until I re-watched the show for like the 20th time, and saw this scene very closely.
And this got me thinking.
What if? *Drum rolls please*
What if, Prince Nikolai had a hunch about what the Darling was planning to do with Alina and the fold?
Just hear me out here.
Prince Nikolai, as shown in Season 2, is not new to the family political scenarios in the Royal family of Ravka, as well as the political stances of Ravka and the other countries. He is aware of a lot of information that even his family may not be aware of. And with his Sturmhond persona, let's just say this man has quite a lot of sensitive and private information under his belt.
But other than valid information, Prince Nikolai is also incredibly intuitive in nature. We know that Nikolai doesn't trust even the King's Aparet, so it might not be a long shot to say that he doesn't trust General Kirigan either. So maybe, it is possible that Prince Nikolai had a doubt about General Kirigan's loyalty to the crown and to the country. He could've had a hunch that General Kirigan might turn on his own people and use Alina in a way that can cause severe damage to his country.
It's not like Nikolai hasn't seen this man his entire life and doesn't understand how much he's capable of with his shadow summoning powers.
But unlike his elder brother Vasily, Prince Nikolai understands politics. He understands and respects Grisha powers and the second army. He understands that he cannot go against General Kirigan as Prince Nikolai. He knows that the second army is loyal to General Kirigan, and if he goes after General Kirigan directly, it will only cause another war between the first army and the second army. And this will cause an immense amount of bloodshed within the country as history will repeat itself, and this time even the Royals won't be spared from it. He knows that with the neighboring countries being at war with Ravka, the fold being a major concern for the country, and the western parts of the country trying to get independence, a war between the first and the second army will cause the ultimate collapse of Ravka. And Nikolai being the ideal king, the self righteous man and the patriot he is, could not let that happen.
Which is why he decides to go for it by kidnapping the Sun Summoner and handling it all in a more politically balanced way. My guess is that Nikolai intended to keep General Kirigan at a distance from Alina, and get her to destroy the fold while standing beside her himself (which he eventually did, bless his soul!), so that if Kirigan ever tried to weaponize the fold (which he did!), he won't get the chance to get on with it.
Things, however, definitely don't go according to his plan and we know the rest that happens in the show.
Well in the end, things did work in his favour though, well except that damned Nichevoya.
(Also ignoring the whole first army slaughtering the second army and the bloodshed thing that went on in season 2, which I'm pretty sure could have been avoided if the Crows had brought Alina to Sturmhond in time as it was planned, but alas!)
So this is entirely my theory. I've no clue if it's already been stated or is there any other theories or if there's anything specified by the writers or actors. If there's any gap or any wrong information or a grammatical mistake there, please forgive me. I wrote this instead of sleeping.
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