#Darklina

[cutterpillow92]

Shadow and Bone, S01E02: We’re All Someone’s Monster (2021)

@giftober 2024 | day 12: Hidden

[tired--fangirl]

No, he fucking loved her. He finally found someone like him, someone with power so unique it would be known throughout the world. Someone who he could love forever after watching countless loved ones die. I know he wanted power, but he grew up being hunted, being treated less than because of what he is. How can you expect him to act any different? He loved her.

[stromuprisahat]

The Grisha Trilogy 2: Siege and Storm

One of the worst romantic plotlines I've ever had the misfortune of reading. Even if I weren't in the habit of rooting for sexy villains, the heroine's beloved would make me sick.

He's constantly bringing her down, berating her for any signs of life outside of him, gods forbid she'd had any power independent of him. Whenever she is weak, everything is fine because "he will take care of her". As soon as some other guy hangs around her, there will be hell to pay, even though him being practically a whore of Babylon is okay. Tell me about toxic relationships.

That the villain is a manipulative possessive bastard is to be expected, but how can the author keep trying to convince me that he is worse than the imposed 100% endgame, I have no idea.

Otherwise, nothing really happens in the book. At the beginning you have about three chapters, where the Dark Lord forces some kind of shift in the story, and at the end he drops by to pave the path to the throne for the future White Savior a bit, and force Alina to do something. After spending two books in her head, it's no surprise that her escape plan is another suicide attempt, but at least this time it looks cool.

If you're looking for a story about finding yourself, coming of age, or overcoming obstacles, look elsewhere.

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note: This is a rough translation of the comment I wrote for my accounts on Czech book databases partly after the first reading, partly after re-read. The first one's here.

[greensaplinggrace]

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

[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?

[zovas]

[reggieslocket]

[indestinatus]

Season 2 Trivia | SHADOW AND BONE

[darklesmylove]

enemies to lovers be like

[kathrahender]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who hates fics with tags like "Major Character Death" "Hurt No Comfort" "Bittersweet/Sad/Bad Ending" and more. Isn't life enough sad and hard to make the characters from shows/movies unhappy in the fics too? 💀

I mean of course everyone can write whatever they want, but why writing a fic making your favorite characters/favorite pairing suffer until the end of the story when you can give them a happy and beautiful ending????

"It's for the angst". Bro the angst is only funny if there's comfort and a happy ending after all the pain 😭

[localvillainsimp]

Listen to ur inner voice it speaks truth

[luzriels]

shadow and bone » season 2 DARKLINA » THE DARKLING・ALINA STARKOV

[starliteonearth]

Light/Dark Ships stocks have been on the rise recently!

[stromuprisahat]

You forgot sexy as hell.

Alina's regrettably interrupted sex dream

Siege and Storm- Chapter 20 (Leigh Bardugo)

Honey, this is pretty obviously Aleksander. Some of us know, who's fixated on your neck...

... and it's NOT something Alina missed- she even dreams about it, when "afraid" of him:

I've seen interpret it as an act of possession, but honestly- I think Aleksander simply has a gigantic kink.

On the other hand, Malyen's touching Alina's neck only when her amplifiers are mentioned. To put it colloquially- it's like a dog pissing on a foreign object to establish its dominance over it.

So yeah, Alina might be mumbling "Mal", but deep down she knows, who it is, and that it's NOT the person she "should" see.

[ekbelsher]

Siege and Storm: the scene where Alina's hair turns white

[wiwiurikawa]

"That relationship is toxic and they done unspokeble things to each other!"

Darling that's the exact reason why I ship them.