#sab reaction

[arillusionist]

s&b season2ep4 reaction!! book update: i finished seige and storm. it was lwk boring and im literally so mad bc alina deserves SO much better than mal hes such a hoe. anyways

help whats going on i kinda forgot what happened in the last episode

time to go read my own reaction

HELL NAH ITS BEEN A WHOLE WEEK SINCE I WATCHED THIS SHOW?? anyways i kinda remember the last ep now but my reaction is mostly crows stuff so it wasnt That helpful

ANYWAYS

even though mal is muchhhhhh better in the show i like the direction theyre taking with alina actually marrying nikolai

then again i havent read the kos duology (yet) so i dont know anything abt his real romance story so thats probably why i dont mind

stop mal telling alina shes his nation is so cute unlike in the books

and the way they actually do have some chemistry?? im sorry for ever hating you show malina 😔😔

is that the brother i cant tell

why does baghra lwk piss me off ...i cant tell if its because she wont stfu or because shes js boring

GENYA ☹️☹️

🥱🥱

FINALLY

"it'll give me some comfort to know you're with me" ohhhdhfmyygodddd and then her smile ahhhh

i cant tell if inej is mistaking kaz telling her to leave the city as him wanting her gone, when in reality hes js tryna protect her

or if shes just not promising it because she cant

theyre so complicated they make me sick (i love them 😭😭😭)

AWW THE I LIKE YOUR STUPID FACE LINE its different but whatever

WAITT JESPER BASICALLY CALLED HIM AND KAZ BROTHERS AND KAZ DIDNT EVEN DISAGREE?? HE LITERALLY AGREED

no cuz i actually thought kaz was gnna punch him or something but thats nice

no mourners no funerals 🙏🙏

NINA DECKING KAZ HELL YEAH I NEEDED TO SEE THAT

Dont take this as me disliking kaz btw hes my 2nd favorite character i js need to see him being put in his place

i have the most out of pocket thing to say but im not gnna say it

there are two heartrenders right there why dont they just check his pulse to see if hes lying

oh now they do it

i feel like maybe this is how they incorporate the crows into alina's plot - they'll ask them to find the sword since theyre criminals and know more than just the "wider black market"

IM LITERALLY A GENIUS HELLO????

NOT ME PREDICTING IT LIKE 2 SECONDS BEFORE HE SAYS IT

they cant just show kaz and nina for two seconds and then cut to another scene hello

OH NVM its an inej scene 🙏🙏

its so dark i can barely tell whats happening

oh they did the pox thing too they really taking half of crooked kingdom's plot huh

yeah now they decide to explain the plan

kaz is actually being so much like book kaz in this scene

"the trick is not to love anything" YEAH YOU KEEP TELLING YOURSELF THAT... and with nina in the background too?? i wish inej was here tho like in the books

i think shes busy saving those randos

"something you'd sacrifice everything for and it makes you weak" stop projecting

SIX FEET DEEP

see inej really needs to be here now nina and jesper kinda know his backstory but she doesnt

then again its more meaningful if he tells her on his own time

HIS SMIRK

"im begging you" "are you?" hes not begging but i can

sorry

HIM ASKING FOR THE QUITCLAIM DEED FOR INEJ 🥺🥺 him liquifying everything he owns in the books is still better tho

THE LOOK IS HIS EYES - this is not freddy carter acting as kaz this is LITERALLY kaz

lmfaoo the offended look on toyla's face

WHYD THAT ACTUALLY SCARE ME (the guy sneaking up behind mal)

ok so i have a class so i'll watch the rest later

im backkk

seeing that vasily guys face after a few hours is such a jumpscare like why is he so ugly

bruh i jus realized theyre not gonna do the thing where inej cuts a line above pekkas heart 😐another kanej moment wasted

hjdkfk wylan hiding under the table when jesper asks him out

this conversation is so awkward i keep pausing it 😭

its cute tho

omg just kiss already the tension is getting to me

finally!!! 🙏🙏

WAIT FUCK I JS REALIZED THATS ANOTHER MOMENT WASTED CUZ THEY CANT DO THE JESPER KISSING THE WRONG GUY THING IF THE SPINOFF HAPPENS

im not really liking how they did wesper anyways.... with the whole one night stand thing... 😐

ok. yeah. wow. go from super cute fluffy wesper to kanej angst. yeah. remind me of what i dont have.

kaz saying that theres a weak link in the crew and inej thinks it means her but hes actually talking ab HIMSELF because shes his weakness and shes the person he would sacrifice everything for and AUGHHH

the difference between the show and the books when kaz gives her the paper is crazy

wish they had kept the book's scene fr

waittt is nikolai adopted??

oh he is

tamar and nadia definitely have something going on its already canon that nadia is into girls so!!

did the vasily guy die i hope he did 🙏🙏

why didn't baghra just. do that before. yk BEFORE she got her damn finger cut off

"your obsession with the fold is naive" is bro talking about alina or himself

and thats it watch me wait another week again before watching the next episode 💀

[sabh0]

He did not get this.

[sleepless-crows]

THEY MIXED THE YOU INEJ YOU AND I WILL HAVE YOU WITHOUT ARMOR SCENES TOGETHER AND SAID IT WORD FOR WORD AND PUT IT IN A CHAPEL

[laoih]

The Crows From “Shadow And Bone” Read Thirst Tweets

[nicollekidman]

ben barnes afflicted with unprecedented levels of Getting It 

[justalilguyoops]

You should ad a horror tag for LAWS or something with how much straight Oliver is triggering us

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

not me literally making a horror saltburn fanfic that was 300k words and people were like "teehee :) happy happy happy"

but then i make a fic where oliver is comp het and suddenly the house is on fire, people are screaming and crying, scared for their LIVES

[whatbusiness]

ahead of the s2 release, here are a few incoherent thoughts based on absolutely nothing while i have some time to jot them down during my snow day: (gv book spoilers ahead, so skip for now if you’re a show only fan!) 

above all else, i’m just excited to have these characters back in new (and yet still familiar) ways 

i do not need this to be a perfect season. it won’t be. no one should be expecting that. speaking entirely right now about the crows and their duology, we have two perfect books to go back to. nothing that happens in this show could “ruin” anything from SoC or CK because they are two different entities

i am scared of the kaz and jordie flashbacks in a way that i have never been scared of anything in my entire life. there is sheer terror coursing through my veins right now.

i know. i just know. that genya’s arc will end my entire life this season. if i hear the words “i am not ruined. I am ruination” delivered by daisy within the next 48 hours i will be ascending to another plane of existence

whatever kanej content we get this season WILL cause a medical emergency for me and i know this

wylan. that’s it, that’s the tweet. wylan. 

trying to prepare for my helnik brain cells to be beaten to shit this season

remembering that we also get jesper flashbacks just made me doordash tissues to my apartment 

just know this. any zoyalai interactions will have consequences that range so far. that are so intense. the shockwaves will be felt far and wide. 

i want unhinged kaz this season and i had better get it. just absolutely wild. cane beatdowns left and right. merciless. irrational. ruthless. give it to us. 

i am wholly unprepared to see nikolai living the persona he enjoys most. knowing what’s ahead for him and how much he yearns for these moments in the future. not ready for THAT! wait. if this season covers books 2 and 3 are we going to see demon!nikolai. oh FUCK. oh fuck oh fuck. why did i not consider this before literally right now. 

in summary, we are fucked. good luck out there everyone. NMNF. 

[shesalittlelost]

As someone who has been in both acotar and sab fandoms, I can't help but notice the similarities in the way both Feyre and Alina are treated by the pro-tamlin and pro darkling fandoms.

For example, you'll see the words “delusional” and “unreliable” used to describe both of them very often in the pro tamlin and pro darkling circles. Feyre's trauma due to Tamlin's treatment of her in MaF getting dismissed by his stans who do that by calling her an “unreliable narrator” reminds me of the hardcore darkling stans who call Alina “delusional” and one comment, even said that “she probably gaslit herself into believing that it was Mal” just because they don't want to admit that the Darkling appeared to Alina disguised as Mal and that IS a fucked up thing to do! Same way Tamlin stans refuse to admit that it was cruel and incredibly selfish of him to force Feyre to pretend that nothing wrong ever happened and be a perfect obedient doll just for the sake of his mental peace while never caring about how all of this was suffocating her inside.

Yes, I know Tamlin and Darkling are very different characters and serve different purposes in the story but the main point of my post stands and i.e: both of them are Feyre and Alina's abusers. Which is why their stans try so hard to infantilize these female characters, by constantly pushing the “oh she's too stupid and dumb to know better hahaa! look! she is throwing a tantrum” just so they can invalidate their experiences and reactions to their abuse and make their objectively horrible favourite male character, look less horrible. It's very intentional and manipulative and proves how some people are hopeless and addicted to riding a dick. Even if the dick isn't real. It's pathetic really.

[blazethecheeto]

Oh boy, now some things I disliked. Some strongly. Sab s2 was a speed run, yes, and sometimes the plot suffered for it. Mostly, I'm mad about the things that were taken away. Nina was done so dirty. She had the Nina personality and was iconic as usual, but I wish they had used more of her instead of her just...being there and talking about Matthias. She has an amazing personality and a lot of plot armor. Yet, they don't utilize that!

We were robbed of ninej as well. I was so excited for Ninej, and we got like two conversations. I want them to have a strong budding friendship, what happened to her flinching when Nina hugs her? Which could have helped with the lack of Inej trauma addressed this season as well. They were so fucking cute together I needed more. Don't get me started on poor Matthias getting like 10 minutes of screen time. I feel bad for him, but that was a mild complaint because what else is he supposed to do this season y'know?

I was mad at the speed run for Nikolina. They literally put all their iconic lines and scenes that were built up and formed of their relationship developing, and shoved them a into one conversation. They made Alina like him right from the start, and I just feel like in general they needed to flesh out Nikolai like a LOT. He was perfect, emanated Nikolai energy, he just needed more chances to prove that!

The erasure of Jesper's crush on Kaz and the Wesper speed run. Oh boy. Okay buckle up. I thought they didn't build up Wesper well enough, and they made them together for the fan service. I wish they had just made them friends or allies this season. Maybe Wylan was crushing on him a little, but I wanted that banter that they had in Soc. Jesper teasing him was great! This season I wished they had spent a lot more time on Jesper's crush on Kaz. Kit Young and Freddy Carter like to pretend it doesn't exist but it does. And I, (a biased Kazper shipper), really would have loved to see it in its early stages. For Inej and Jesper to bond over it and the utter angst in their scenes because Jes knows he won't like him like he likes her. They seriously cut all of that out, and made Jes say they were brothers which is not true. Kaz sees him as a brother, and it just takes out the whole impact of the Jordie line in CK.

Tolya and Inej better not-*sigh* not getting into that.. David I refuse to believe he is dead. He is a part of the Triumvirate, and he was supposed to get married to Genya before DYING. She cannot catch a freaking break.

I also didn't like how the Spinning Wheel was lame. Like, it was supposed to be in the sky. Buried in the mountains. Instead it's like a small mansion in the ground. The sea whip fetter was kind of lame too. Genya's scars could have been better, and so should the Darkling's Sharpie-drawn scars. One thing I just wish could happen is to show Jesper and Nina being bisexual. Like, at this point, people would think Jes is gay and Nina is straight. Is it too much to ask for them both to show their interest in women?

We didn't get lines like "I am not ruined, I am ruination. " and the iconic "i am become a blade. " I have hopes for s3 though. Flaws and all, I love SAB and I have faith in them to give us a good s3 and Six of Crows.

[gojonanami]

maybe a mini series 🥹😭

oh my gosh, a dad! series would be sooo damn cute !!!!! i love it so, so much xxx

I know 🥹😭 i think I’d do it for all of them, and just switch off: the main ones would be gojo, geto, and nanami — but I wouldn’t mind doing it for others as well 🥹💕

[purpleyin]

A very minor edit to some of the Freddy Carter FAULT magazine pics (photographer Joseph Sinclair). I feel like it could be a reaction pic maybe with that tagline they chose? Though a very stylish one

[arillusionist]

s&b episode trheeeee s2 reaction

why are the intros so cool this season

i need one of them to punch him right now

stop for a second i thought it was gonna be the bathroom scene

i think that scene is in this episode it better be good 🙏🙏

so does nikolai just. not change his face in this. does he just sail around and hope nobody recognizes him?? im sure someone would recognize him

THE PUNCH 🔥🔥🔥

he better not tell alina that kaz snitched on her

is that that one girl nadia or something i forgot her name 💀

im so smart i was right

zoyaaaa i was wondering where she was

did they change her actor or smth? she looks different but tbh so did nadia maybe their makeup js changed idk

funny scene but i have no idea why they're even there what did kaz ask them to do

jespers face oh this is so when he fell in love with wylan

ok THIS is the bathroom scene it has to be

TELL HER THE DAMN REASON

stop the fact that he immediately turns around when she starts removing her vest because she knows that she had to do that in front of men at the menagerie...

SAY IT

ok he didnt say the i can help you thing but he told her!!!!

"then we destroy him" THE WAY SHE SAID IT 🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️

ik this is a cheap version of the bathroom scene but the tension is still Insane soo

"is there anyone to protect you" "was there no one to protect you" 🥺🥺🥺🥺

THEY'RE SO FUCKIN CLOSE AUGH

"the real one" ITS HERRRR

shes his weakness they make me so insane ☹️☹️☹️

THE EYE CONTACTT and i know you looked at his lips inej

i will actually kill nina

help the look she gave them and then the look she gave inej

"its not what you think" STOP LYING TO YOURSELF??

Time to rewatch the whole thing like 5 times 🙏🙏

the way she said "whats yours" im gonna kms

nina and inejs friendship is so sweet

i love how my reaction to one 3 minute (or whatever) scene was longer than my reaction to the other 25 minutes

"i recommend a cane" no words just. yeah

when hes covered in blood >>>

THE INEJ FIGHT SCENE IS IN THIS EPISODE TOO?? AHH

the hair swingggg

AND THE KNIFE FLICK

this is why inej is the best crow shes literally So fucking cool

"i know all the places too" I LOVE WHEN HER VOICE GOES RASPY

PLEASE INEJ JUST ONE CHANCE 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

she is literally the most badass character in this show

going from the kanej bathroom scene + kaz fight scene + inej fight scene to a darkling scene is literally the biggest downgrade ever

genya and alina reunion pleasee

show malina is literally SO much better oh my god - im halfway through siege and storm and i literally want to kill mal hes literally so possesive

and he still has the audacity to yell at alina??

"its your choice to make" SO MUCH BETTER

...no way that david guy just ran away? 😐

wylan flirting with jesper >>

kaz has no right looking that good when hes literally beaten up

Oh wylan is gonna hate jesper now

is matthias crazy

no making him fight a whole ass canibal is crazy i think wolves would be better

OHH NINAS THERE

the kerch really are heathens

i cant blame her if she attempts to kidnap kaz or whatever hes being very fucking annoying this season (which is very in character ofc but yeah)

stop why did i actually get scared by his scream 💀💀💀

shes probably gonna marry him i think theyre going a different route from the books

this episode Definitely had the best crow scenes so far

[mournersandfunerals]

If anyone was in need of a good laugh, I highly recommend watching abnormallyadam reacting to the show. I'm in tears. You're welcome.

Link to the playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsogXS3u_3yysq5z-UxK7WNcfCHEwslxp

[sleepless-crows]

i may or may not have some sab cast reaction memes...

[solmalyen]

yes HELLO DID YALL SEE TOLYA AT THE BACK WHEN ALINA USES LIGHT IN FRONT OF NIKOLAI FOR THE FIRST TIME? SANKTA ALINA? ? yeah???

[justanotherfanaccount]

shadow and bone s2e4 reaction

everyone's reactions to the engagement 😳

zoyas back to herself hahah

bitch ass...she is not ruined (she is ruination)

damn...openly kissing right after your engagement announcement?? 👀 yes...I see nothing going wrong

ope...guess who was right and who's brother saw that!!

what is this boy doing??? (baghras finger) God damn

they really made baghra a better (nicer) person in this version though...

"it'll give me some comfort to know you're with me" is the nicest thing kaz can say hahaha

"if the plan goes awry" ...book kaz's plans never go awry...they just turn into plan f

"kinda like your face" IS THAT THE RIP-OFF "maybe I liked your stupid face" !?!?! IT BETTER NOT BE

ok jesper guessing what kaz is gonna say was amazing top notch quality...one of my new favorite moments

...this is also crooked kingdom...(the costumes)...it SCARES ME

...ope...nina is in this plan...she might ruin it (she hasn't really been a CROW yet...she cares more about Matthias at the moment and Pekka can give her that)

anndd...that happened sooner than I expected

it took kaz almost a whole book to forgive jesper for ACCIDENTALLY telling people they were leaving town...idk how he's gonna forgive nina for PURPOSELY doing this

love alina learning the cut...get it girl

also Tamar and Nadias chemistry 👀👀 I see you (ps Tamar is so gorgeous how do I focus with her on screen 😭)

David's actor is so good! the pain in his voice when he mentions genya 🥺🥺

"I share no bond with kirigan" 😳 girl is done with him

"it's a little unsettling how you talk about him like he's someone else" get it mal! I love that line

please be a kaz plan please be a kaz plan please be a kaz plan please be a kaz plan

inej saving the people on the ship 😭😭 I love her so much

again I say...please be a kaz plan please be a kaz plan... how else does he forgive nina?

this is literally crooked kingdom...the fake plague?

YES ITS A KAZ PLAAANNN

I KNEW IT I LOVE KAZ PLANS

wylan 🥰 (it was such a short scene...I just love him)

jesper in his costume brooo

hell yeah I love crazy kaz

"you'll never find your son in time" badass shit

start begging Pekka. start begging.

honestly...not mad that they moved this plot up sooner cuz there is still a lot that happens in six of crows and crooked kingdom with van eck and the ice court...this gets Pekka out of the way

aahhhhhh freddy is an amazing kaz!!!!

right after his big Pekka throw down he looks at jesper and nina like he was ashamed he learned his secret and it just ahhhhh

tolya and his poetry hahaha loovee

damn nikolais brother whose name I forgot! rude!

Vasily...it was said

ew...don't kiss her hand vasily...nasty

his son being okay gets me though 🥺 the little boy didn't do anything wrong and kaz knows that

"you could come with me" for being so good at flirting with everyone...i love how bad he is at it with the people he actually likes

"I can't make you any promises, or predict what might happen between us. but I can tell you that, I'd like to find out." CRIES 😭😭

ok imma be honest...I got a bit of wesper in e4 spoiled for me because I opened tumblr and THERE IT WAS and was SO UPSET because I love their slow burn

it just seems like they rushed it...they barely know each other...GIVE ME MY SLOW BURN

but also this scene is really cute

BUT WHY WE MOVING SO FUCKING FAST BRO

...I went back and rewatched the scene because as I said in a previous post...I always rewatch wylan scenes and

WYLANS LITTLE TURNED AWAY SMILE AFTER JESPERS SPEECH OMGGG HES SO ADORABLE

kaz being mad at inej but just because he was worried about her 🥺

"weak link" this bitch is so bad at feelings...we all know you love her

I just know that if we could see in his head like the books he'd be yelling at himself

I love nikolai "wear it that is...not punch me"

this scene is like word for word! love!

Vasily gives me slimey vibbeess

I'm so excited for this scene

AND HERE WE GO

BRO WAS LITERALLY RIPPED IN TWO

darkling really just walked past alina like 🚶‍♂️

I love the darklina scenes thouggghh they're done so well to the book!!

is it bad to say that I expected genya to be...worse than she is??? 👀

like girl was described as missing an eye and basically looking almost non-humanlike due to the torture she endured

but now she has like some scratches on her face

"do you see him?" 👀 same alina...same

(imma just put this here in my small shameful way but...the darkling looks really hot when he's trembling with anger 😗...)