#Darklina

[ludarklina-fan-spot]

Darklina!!!!

Ohio Total Solar Eclipse

[shesalittlelost]

Can't believe show writers read this and then decided to erase all of Alina's canon emotions in favour of giving us whatever the fuck that season 2 death scene was. Like look at the tenderness she has for him!! Leigh Bardugo knew I was never gonna be sane again when she wrote this.

[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. 

[itstwoamandimcursingyourname]

That one darklina scene where aleks burns down alinas childhood home and then holds her as she sobs about it

fucked up hurt/comfort. the person who stabbed you tends to your wound. the person who killed your loved one helps you grieve.

[darthlexapro]

tbh it’s funny to see people on here legitimately claim that they are appalled by anyone who romanticizes villainous men. you hate that and you’re willingly on [tumblr]? that’s like going into a KFC and getting mad that you see some fried chicken. you’re in the middle of the villain loving capital™️ of the internet, pal. if you’re that bothered… just go somewhere else. go make yourself a nice Threads account.

[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?

[kathrahender]

Repeat after me: Villain x Hero 👏 or 👏 Enemies to lovers 👏 ships 👏 aren't 👏 toxic 👏 because 👏 they 👏 hurt 👏 each 👏 other 👏 when 👏 they 👏 were 👏 E-N-E-M-I-E-S 👏 not 👏 when 👏 they 👏 were 👏 L-O-V-E-R-S. 👏

[zovas]

[reggieslocket]

[indestinatus]

Season 2 Trivia | SHADOW AND BONE

[darklesmylove]

enemies to lovers be like

[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.

[localvillainsimp]

Listen to ur inner voice it speaks truth

[ekbelsher]

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

[luzriels]

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

[anetherealpoetess]

most critics of heroine x villain ships are unknowingly performative, recycling patriarchal ideas of female goodness without ever questioning the cage. it is a masterclass in devastating subservience disguised as feminist critique. you can mute all the faux-progressive language about romanticising toxic relationships, and their arguments would still reek of gut-churning fear and conformity. i feel bad for them. truly. but punishing other women for stepping outside the rigid lines of acceptable womanhood is dystopian. fandoms are not surveillance states. no woman needs permission to enjoy the transgressive. no woman needs to beg forgiveness for enjoying her favourite stories.