#shadow and bone netflix thoughts

[letmeinnnnn]

Ok, I’ll watch it to toss my “new viewer” number onto the pile. So people can get their third season/spinoff

[skepticalcatfrog]

Here's what I'm thinking about on this fine evening: Ketterdam has a HUGE CANAL SYSTEM that runs pretty much through the entire city and I, somehow, completely missed that.

Here's the Ketterdam map, right? We know her. We love her.

BUT, let's zoom in a little:

You can see very clearly here that those thicker, darker colored lines connect distinctly into the harbor, which means that they are ALSO WATER.

So, if a person with a Six of Crows obsession and maybe a little too much time on their hands were to take that map and color it so that all of the water was blue, it would look something like this:

Now, I may just be stupid, but I'd like to believe there is at least one other person who will be as baffled upon seeing this post as I was when I made this realization. It's water!! Canals are a major form of transportation in Ketterdam!! This not only is very interesting to me in regards to Ketterdam’s culture, but it also changed the way I pictured the city in my head. This is life-changing stuff, people.

[darjeelinh]

People always talk about this moment as Jesper falling in love and Wylan being encouraging to Alby but let’s also talk about how for a moment Wylan got lost in the music and he looked so peaceful he seemed to forget where he was. Like he was transported back to his childhood, playing music & all was well.

Let’s talk about how, yes, he was being encouraging to Alby, but he also probably saw a chance and jumped at it just to play the piano again, yearning to feel the keys under his hands, desperate for a moment of comfort. For a moment he was not Wylan Hendriks of the Barrel, he was Wylan Van Eck, playing music with his mother in their house again.

Then as quick as Wylan allowed himself to get lost in the music, that peace quickly shattered and reality crashed on him. He seemed to catch himself and pulled a mask on, retreated immediately back into hiding again.

The subtle change in expression? Jack Wolfe just knows how to break my heart 😭😭😭

[frodopotter7]

I am sad, that all this passion and in all this great times of film making it has come to this. All that we get is reproductions of a reproduction and another merchandise series. If a film maker dares to make something unique and extraordinary, it is taken away too soon immediately. I feel like those big streaming platforms and the average viewer never sees the amount of poor and talented souls who suffer from that.

[the-fatal-impact]

Cycle of life and death on one picture…

[achillesleftheel]

Hello! this is your very friendly reminder that Wylan Van Eck probably plays a flute like this:

And not a flute like this:

The first picture is a flute from the baroque period of music, which was during the 1600 - 1750s. Wylan is seen playing this type of flute when we first meet him in Shadow and Bone Season 2.

[devildoesart]

"I've known it from the very start

We're a shot in the darkest dark

Oh no, I'm unarmed

The waiting is a sadness

Fading into madness"

[dayscapism]

I really want to watch Dead Boy Detectives, it looks very good and like everything I would love in a paranormal tv show, but have been burned before, by many networks but specifically by Netflix. I will not watch any new fantasy shows by them until we have guaranteed at least 3 seasons or we already have them out. My heart cannot be broken like this again, like it did with Lockwood & Co and Shadow and Bone.

(I'm currently watching House of the Dragon and making my way through the Ghibli catalogue instead.)

[thecrxwclub]

grishaverse social media : privtwt accounts

[apollosbisexualass]

Kaz: You asked for a demo man I gave you a demo man

Jesper: BuT He HAs AlL HiS fINgErS

[neptune-scythe]

Anybody notice how the lighting in most of the Ketterdam scenes in season two is teal and a bronzy gold?

Of course these are complimentary colours so it makes sense to pair them together, and teal is a commonly used colour in night hours or to show a dark and slightly spooky tone, and given that the only light source is candles or lanterns that would have to be a nice warm tone

BUT

go with me here

Inej wears teal, more blue toned shades than what is used in the lighting, but still teal

And Kaz has gold or bronze accents in his waistcoat and cane

Hence Ketterdam is lit in their colours

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

[thisismycursed3rdblog]

I'm still not convinced that Leigh Bardugo didn't just find a way to magically grab Wylan from her books and then said "for reasons your name is Jack now ...have fun!"

[uniquecellest]

Inej to Jesper: I'm so glad you and Wylan are dating! You see---

Jesper: We're not dating

-----

Nina: You and Jesper are so good together, I wouldn't be surprised if you two ended up being the first couple----

Wylan: We aren't dating

Kaz: you're not

Matthias: you're not

Kuwei: you're not

*Wylan and Jesper turn to face each other* We're not!?!

[jakejeffreyperalta]

im not saying that kit and jack recreating the "no, not just girls" scene added 20 years to my life but kit and jack recreating the "no, not just girls" scene added 20 years to my life.

[kazscrows]

This just in from Ketterdam:

Local man is in shock to find that people (especially a woman) care about him.

[theweeklydiscourse]

Maybe Mal was just an unlikable character with a terrible resolution to his character arc.

Sometimes…the writing was just bad.

I’ve always disliked these sorts of explanations of Mal’s behaviour in Shadow and Bone. I find that there’s something reductive about framing Mal as a little hapless teenage boy who only ever got angry about justified matters and only wanted to help. It flattens him and makes him very boring to engage with. I find that this argument removes his agency and attempts to obscure the legitimate issues Mal has seemingly by characterizing him as just a “boy” who’s actions are less severe as a result of that boyishness.

Additionally, I don’t like how the commenter intentionally revises their summary of the book’s events. Mal was never bullied at the Little Palace (quite the opposite actually) and implying that Alina made him feel worthless during that time unnecessarily vilifies Alina for putting more effort into saving Ravka than her sulking boyfriend. It uses Mal’s youth as a pass for his meanness and pettiness’s towards Alina in Shadow and Bone while masquerading as a defence of a character being unjustly criticized.

In the text, it seems clear that Mal acting out is an immature response to an unfamiliar situation. He acts childish, but the issue is not the childishness itself but is instead with the way the narrative addresses it. Mal’s bad attitude towards Alina’s powers and her connection to the Darkling are validated by an ending where Alina is stripped of both as a punishment for her greed. It validates Mal’s discomfort with Alina’s new identity and somewhat justifies his cruel words to her during their arguments in Shadow and Bone and Siege and Storm. This is in conflict with the actual arguments themselves because Mal’s points in those scenes are immature and flawed but aren’t confronted in a manner that shifts the status quo.

I’d also like to add that this appeal to Mal’s youth and inexperience approaches Mal as though he is not a fictional character. As a fictional creation, Mal’s actions and words influence the overarching themes of Shadow and Bone and thus, require a resolution that addresses them. It’s not surprising that readers had such an adverse reaction to Mal when he acted like an asshole for at least 2/3 of the trilogy.

I view Mal as a character with a botched arc. I believe that his character could have been something truly compelling if we had seen his journey from a petulant and selfish boy into a self-assured young man. Mal is challenged by the revelation of Alina’s Grisha identity because it confronts him with a version of the future that reveals a diverging path. Therefore, coming to terms with his codependency and becoming his own person would allow him and Alina to reconcile and find identities outside of one another. But because this never happens, I can’t really buy into Mal’s youth being a legitimate factor in his assholery because it isn’t supported in the text and is never fully understood.

So once again: