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harrowscore · 15 days ago

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and yet we're supposed to believe that losing her powers and living as mal's housewife in la casetta in canadà is a happy ending for her?

it's... fascinating how the grisha are both reviled and venerated as saints in the same country. they're extremely powerful in many ways, and yet objects of superstition and even outright discrimination and fear by ravkans, their own countrymen. it's contradictory tbh. i would like to call it "complex portrayal" but... heh.

#again. idt d.arklina is a HEALTHIER pairing (obviously!) but 1. it is *objectively* more interesting than whatever m.alina got #and 2. the latter is very regressive in a way that feels familiar to irl het relationships too and it kinda makes me uneasy #the darkling is so exaggerated in his villainy (immortal; super powerful; ruthless bastard with little to none morals at all etc.)#that he doesn't feel quite real. he plays the fantasy villain and he plays it well #it's all very threatening but also dangerously alluring in the way all fantasy dark romances are supposed to be #mal on the other hand is the average asshole who neglects the girl who loves him and lives for him #that he's jealous and suspicious of her achievements. that wants to curb her power down for... Reasons i guess #he's the Nice Guy who's actually a toxic asshole in the way your sister/bff/etc.'s toxic asshole bf may be #it's not more ~problematic or anything of course. it's just more annoying #because bardugo tries VERY painfully to make us see the m.alina romance as the Healthy Alternative to the darkling's dangerous charm #but it just isn't lmao. like... aleksander needed to die? because he's Bad? i understand it. i love tragic stuff #but alina losing her powers and living a Simple Country Life with mal of all people... this is not even remotely close #to the katniss/peeta ending. nope. i'm not everdeen biggest fan (i found it a bit boring lmao ik. it's a Me problem)#but in thg that finale makes sense. it is coherent with the series' overall themes and their execution in the narrative #i'm not overjoyed at the idea of peeta insisting that katniss should have his babies (it makes me very uncomfortable ngl)#but i Understand okay?#this tho. this feels such a setback for alina. because alina loves power!! she's ambitious!! she's not that peasant orphan girl anymore #and can't get back to when she was! after all she's been through you can't expect to want the same things she wanted #before the plot even started. actually that's how you make a young adult character (or character in general) grow:#it's change baby. Development™. writing 101 lmao #end of the rant shdhdh #val reads the greg trilogy #val speaks #txt

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