#genya safin deserved better

[unabashedmoonlight]

"She is a serf. I didn't have to force her."

Wanted: King Lantsov, Tatiana and The Darkling (preferably alive, need to beat them to death with a rock)

Nikolai will be getting punched in the throat for letting the 2 go (if i didn't hear his reasons he would be shot on sight but STILL where is the justice ughh)

[thegreatmelodrama]

SHADOW AND BONE SEASON 2 SPOILERS AHEAD

You mean tell me that in changing things about the Shadow & Bone books they drew the line at having David live??? I’m not using this as a critique of the season either. I just wish we could have gotten more time with David. And for Genya to have gotten more time with David. I honestly don’t even have the words. I just wasn’t expecting it happen so soon. Like reading it was heartbreaking, but this broke me.

[unabashedmoonlight]

Along with this, I think he also wanted the king to be more open to sharing things with her. With her so alienated and very clearly not a part of Grisha, he would be more likely to let some info slip.

Genya and her Grisha Colors

I think that something we don’t discuss enough is that the Darkling did not just let Genya to be raped again and again for years because the position she had was convenient, since he needed a spy.

He was very much aware about how Genya did not belong at court and about how she was slut-shamed and not considered a soldier by the other Grisha. One call and he could have given her the Grisha Colors she so desired. But he didn’t. He let her be mistreated. He ‘rewarded’ her sacrifice with even more pain and alienation. He made her desperate enough to be able to kill in order to take revenge and to finally be accepted. 

He weaponized her abuse and rape against her and he used her Grisha colours as collateral and he made an assassin out of her. And on top of all that he had made her feel small enough that she considered this small allowance to rise out of her misery a kindness on his part. He managed to make her think she should be grateful of his abuse.

[gwenpendragns]

DAVID KOSTYK and GENYA SAFIN Shadow and Bone, ‘Like Calls to Like’

[thechaoticrow]

the darkling is the andrew tate of the grishaverse

[or-we-could-take-a-walk-together]

alina: kirigan? who the hell is kirigan?

alina: *gasp* oh my god no it’s the black heretic

[restinslices]

Idk who needs to hear this but it’s ok to agree with The Darkling’s ideas but not his methods.

The Darkling had every right to hate non Grisha and his plan made sense. Make it so Grisha are no longer mistreated and use the fold (which I’m pretty sure is an accident in the show and the books, but I could be wrong) as a weapon so Grisha can never be attacked again. It makes sense. He wants to be a savior for Grisha. His methods though? Fucking atrocious. Saying he did absolutely nothing wrong is wild asf to me. He manipulates and becomes so codependent when it comes to teenage girls. He manipulated Zoya, he allows Genya to be assaulted by the king so she can be a spy for him then later scars her, he manipulates Alina, tries to control her powers, threatens to skin her alive if Mal can’t find the second amplifier, he kills several people and I’m pretty sure threatened to murder an entire orphanage plus the other crazy shit he did in the books. He had a great idea that I can stand behind. He’s not wrong for fighting back. He’s wrong for the other wild shit he did and refuses to apologize for. And even if he did apologize, it probably wouldn’t be enough.

You can like The Darkling as a villain. You can find him hot. I love Ben Barnes and I love villains. I have been a Loki lover since Thor. I loved Bucky as The Winter Soldier. The Alpha Pack from Teen Wolf will always own my heart. But this mf Alexander is like Thanos; spitting real shit but has a shit plan. Thanos was spitting when he said the world doesn’t have enough resources but committing genocide instead of just doubling the resources when he had the power to do so is crazy.

Back to The Darkling, you can like him but don’t act like he did absolutely nothing wrong cause I’m never letting go of the bullshit he put Genya through.

[stromuprisahat]

From under one of my posts, regarding Genya:

Now that I think about it, there would be an amazing story in it. A mix of show and (mostly) book canon- Ivan died, Genya helps loyalists just like @black-rose-writings wrote in her post, the Darkling gets the throne, making Genya his second-in-command in everything but name, using her spying experience and a net of friendly servants of Grand Palace (The King made sure there's plenty.), connecting her to his other networks (Hringsa anyone?).

The old Tsar eventually gets caught (No Genya- no tropical vacation.) in Spinning Wheel, but instead of simply killing him, the Darkling brings him to meet Genya- once a mere servant to do with whatever he pleases, now his judge and second most powerful person in Ravka. Unseen just like she used to be, but more dangerous than whole armies. She passed her judgement before, she tells him about the poison, but others he abused have not. Enter her loyal army of servants to deal with him however they see fit.

After the war, Genya's the one to charm nobles and foreign dignitaries alike. Mere Tailor, pretty thing during the day, grey eminence and puppeteer during night.

My horrible mind added: * and pegging David by night.

Oh, and the bitch Queen, obviously gets to be judged by Genya too. Wouldn't want ~her~ to get away with throwing a child to a rapist, would we? But I think the convent isn't such a bad idea. Some order like Silent Sisters in ASoIaF. With fitting visage adjustments. Her looks are all she cares about, so either keeping her long enough for permanent Tailoring, or traitor!Genya's nichevo'ya treatment don't sound bad...

[orniithology]

i will never not be so mad that david died. literally why did leigh even do that

but like????? no fr why did this happen. he didn’t have to. saints know neither he nor genya deserved this. they’d just started being able to breathe after the darkling they’d just started a life together they’d just gotten married and it all got ripped away and i am Furious about it. they should have been happy. she Just did this with matthias we didn’t need a repeat. genya has been through so much why would you do this to her she deserves better she deserves david she deserves love

i read row like over a year ago and i am still so upset and distraught and wondering why this had to happen

[cherryblossomtimemachine]

I'm ready to talk about her and how much she means to me

[unabashedmoonlight]

Leigh about The Darkling- I love the moments when he appears to not be in control. The thing I hate about him? What he did to Genya. And I'm not just talking about what he did at the end of Siege and Storm.

[greensaplinggrace]

I still can’t believe they changed the darkling’s reasons for scarring genya. it does such a massive disservice to both of their characters

[ludarklina-fan-spot]

Alina

"I'm fixing this shitty narrative!"

Alina cont'd

"You are having sex with Mal so I don't have to!"

Mal

Genya and Sasha

DarkGenyalina foreva!!!!

Feast Sankta! Feast well!

Gifs by @ladylrbloom

[dcbnam-aep]

i havent seen anyone talking about the rule of wolves-esque intro thingy s2 ep8 like yes im still living my no body no death delusion to the fullest but as soon as the screen exploded with silver i was like oh no david oh no genya oh no oh no oh no-

[ofmonstersandmagicians]

Got my first block from a darkling apologist today-- particularly interesting one who thought that Tamar's battlefield killing of Nisho (while he was an active combatant) made her a "bigot who should burn in hell" because Nisho had been tortured but that the Darkling's torture of Genya was "acceptable because she was a spy and it was wartime". I mean that side of the fandom really isn't even trying to be logical, huh? literally the darkling can burn an orphanage, murder the caretaker, and threaten to feed a bunch of children to monsters and half the fandom is still like hE's ThE gOoD gUy AcTuAlLy"

[stromuprisahat]

Look, I know once Genya got her scars and got turned into anti-Darkling mouthpiece, she also had to become the Sun Saint Stan no. 1, but...

What if she used David’s declaration instead? Her disfigurement was supposed to be permanently visible punishment. Her answer would deserve to be equally visible and the Sun makes it look like instead of becoming stronger- showing the steel inside-, she ran to hide to another person for protection.

What if she used her eye-patch as a symbol of her own pride, not alignment with another authority. What if she used it to distinguish herself as an individual, instead of a servant. A way to show the Darkling her beauty might be gone on the surface, but that can’t stop her from being the most fashionable bitch around.

I mean...