So I Just Started Reading Siege And Storm And It Was Revealed That The Darkling Found Alina And Mal In

So I just started reading Siege and Storm and it was revealed that the Darkling found Alina and Mal in Novyi Zem because they had traded her golden hair pins instead of using money. He said they left “a very expensive trail.”

In Shadow and Bone 1x08, the Crows agreed to not try to kidnap Alina again but Kaz was bitter about it and said “You are quite valuable, you know” and Alina gave him her hair piece and said “So is this.”

Alina said that the hair piece wasn’t a gift, but a payment so the Crows would keep quiet about where she went from that point on (which implies that they know where she intended to hide). Kaz intended to use the hair piece to pay off Inej’s indenture and get the Crow Club back from Heleen, so he is probably going to pawn it or lead a trail back to himself.

I’m wondering if this will foreshadow the events of Siege and Storm in SAB season 2…

Friendly reminder that Jesper was definitely using his grisha abilities in season 1 of Shadow and Bone.

When he was shooting the volcra in the fold, the last shot he fired was emphasized by the camera angle zooming in on his gun (specifically the bullet being fired) and his eyes were closed. He made the shot perfectly.

He must have also used his abilities when facing off against Ivan. Ivan is a heartrender with an amplifier, which makes him very dangerous if he has you in his line of sight. To keep Ivan on defense, Jesper had to stay hidden and out of his sights. 

Jesper fires three shots at Ivan and all of them hit in the same exact place on his kefta. How did Jesper manage to aim so precisely three times in a row when he shot through several bed sheets and aimed at points on the wall/metal objects so the bullets would ricochet, all without a clear line of sight on Ivan? He couldn’t have. He probably used his abilities to guide the bullets toward the kefta that Ivan specifically told him was Fabrikator-made to be bullet resistant, so it probably had some kind of kevlar-like material woven into it that Jesper could have sensed and guided the bullets to. 

Jesper does something similar in Crooked Kingdom when he sends the rubber bullet at Kuwei without a good line of sight, so it’s not an unreasonable assumption that he did it to Ivan too.

When Jesper has Ivan pinned to the ground, Ivan asked “What are you?” and Jesper deflected his question. Then, Ivan said “You’re a--” but before he could finish, Jesper knocked him out and said “You should have stopped while you were ahead.”

Of course, this implies that Jesper knows that he’s using his abilities to gain the advantage when shooting, whereas he didn’t think about it in the books until Wylan pointed it out to him. But, because Shadow and Bone is an adaptation of the books, they have some creative freedom to change things around a bit (such as the timeline, character descriptions, dialogue and events, etc. that we’ve already seen changed). 

Overall, I’m pretty happy with how the show is adapting the books. The Shadow and Bone storyline is almost identical to the book (with the exception of the ending and the Crows’ involvement, of course) as well as Nina and Matthias’ backstory. I’m really excited to see how they incorporate the events of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom (and Wylan) into the show!

The Bad Batch 1x14 major spoilers!!!

AHHHHHHHHH

There was so much this episode between Gregor, the storm troopers, and Hunger getting captured😭

anywayssss, this is me formally begging Dave Filoni to do the classic imperial deserter rescues enemy trope with Crosshair and Hunter

Said trope^

No, because why doesn’t Crosshair have backup?? Exactly—

So, I made this at around 3 am last night and it plagued my brain for while.

I currently have a special spot for Crosshair in TBB and I want nothing but the best for him, I swear.

But at the same time, it’s fun to hurt your faves LMAO!!

The bud @icedcoffee101 even made a fic for it!! Go ahead and show her some love!

WHILE I CONTINUE TO CREATE PAIN

Vibe check

My mom: are you ok?

Me: *shrugs*

My emotionally abusive household member: are you depressed?

Me: yeah…

My emotionally abusive household member: life just sucks, there’s not much you can do about it...