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deanpinterester · 1 year

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still slowly going through my sab book 2 and season 2 reread / rewatch and i think they made alina a little too nice and palatable in the show, which is odd since it's the one the fully made alina go dark side. book!alina straight up gets mean. like, "loses her temper and nearly slices someone in half" mean. "threatens to hurt baghra for information about the firebird" mean. she doesn't even turn evil in the books. in the show i think she just snaps at mal one time.

#uhhhh me #shadow and bone #speaking of mal i think his and alina's falling out feels a little stronger in the book bc of this #in the show he's just upset that alina is trying to take on the darkling on her own (iirc. i'm halfway through the rewatch only)#and in the book he's upset that alina is like. straight up getting corrupted bc of her pursuit for power lol #LIKE yes i think the execution in the book could have been a lotttt better #and that's something i had hoped the show could improve on #but alas #OH also also mal being a deserter feels like such a non issue in the show lol??#he got stripped of his rank in the book and u can tell how devastated he is and he struggles a lot with purpose #in the show he like. gets bonked in the head by vasily and imprisoned (offscreen)#and then he just reappears next episode like 'ya vasily imprisoned me but i escaoed (offscreen)'#if we had the proper pacing of the first season i think we would have actually seen mal trying to escape during the whole palace siege #and not have it happen OFF SCREEN

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