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What really baffles me is how LB would defend Alina being stripped from her powers and identity by claiming she’s transformed Keramzin by raising orphans. Like how on Earth does she think this is better and more noble than her helping her fellow Grisha and making changes that would actually mean something in the long run because at the end of the day as hard as B*rdugo can try to romanticise peasant life(in what is supposed to be based on Imperial Russia!)Alina is pretty much a nobody no one at the orphanage likes or distrust her and she has no real power of her own except relying on the new king(Nikolai)and her friends which is pretty much the main reason she and M*l end up being rich(B*rdugo trying so hard to have her cake and eat it).🙄

absolutely. i think it really comes down to an anti-revolutionary bias in her writing, and presumably in her own worldview also. there's a line alina and the other 'good' guys can't cross in order to bring about change because it would make them like the 'bad' guy, and so the only alternative is to lionize a version of the status quo and value peace over justice.

family values (marriage with a husband and adopted children) and support of the general status quo (maintaining a lantsov as king, fighting against the grisha uprising and generally leaving things be) are given precedence over non-traditional ideas about justice and political upheaval (joining aleksander's revolution and leaving all that behind). alina ends up relying on men in power rather than harnessing her own very literal one for her own political emancipation, and the part of her that makes her likely to prefer revolution is cut out and cast aside for an idealised idea of an ordinary life - which, as you say, romanticises peasanthood and a lack of political change by presenting the whole thing as a fairytale, despite the obvious fact that life in ravka rarely allows people happy endings

it's mixing political realism with an ending that refuses that realism completely, and it should be jarring. alina ending up where she began, in a ravka much the same as before, is seen as coming full circle and not some kind of awful groundhog day scenario like it actually is. written with a different tone, it could have been a commentary on the way nothing ever really changes and how all uprisings are quashed by those with power and a desire to keep things as they've always been; it could have been an incisive political commentary. but instead it's presented as positive for some reason i can’t fathom. it could even be about being backed into a corner in which one’s moral integrity stifles the ability to create change - although i would dislike that moral argument myself, i could at least respect it as a narrative choice that framed things with some self-awareness and nuance.

it also bugs me because after all alina has experienced, her complete lack of investment in the plight of grisha - even discounting revolutionary tactics or ideas - is just staggering. she heard anti-grisha slurs in the first army; she felt the fear of realising what she was and what it meant for her; hell, people were willing to help aleksander massacre an entire town if it meant making things better in the long run. like ivan said, everyone is sorry but aleks is the only one willing to do anything about it, and there’s plenty within the narrative that should give alina reason not to relinquish her identity even without her power. it’s a struggle that’s uprooted her life and change her fundamentally, and she shouldn’t be able to be naive and myopic anymore, but she is and it’s celebrated.

the really annoying thing is that the morality inherent in alina’s choice to abandon the grisha is nullified by the overwhelming assumption embedded into the narrative that destroying aleksander is the only way to save ravka, despite plenty of evidence that he is hardly the worst threat to ravka’s wellbeing and that, with him gone, the fundamental machinations causing most problems have not ceased. the creation of the second army was the greatest contribution made in known history to grisha welfare, and the fact that it’s all aleksander’s handiwork is just brushed aside because people decide they don’t like him. but alina’s complete refusal to engage in political reality is treated as positive. it just makes no sense.

I AM BECOME A BLADE 🤝 WE ARE THE DRAGON

same energy

Darklina (🤮) in Ruin & Rising is kinda enemies with benefits

(I'm talking about that scene when he told her his name and everything that happened after)

we’ve got friends to lovers and friends with benefits and enemies to lovers, so when are we gonna get enemies with benefits?

I love this scene from Shadow and Bone. She’s telling him about his family’s history but it’s actually just him so she’s telling him about his history. And the way he’s so carefully listening to her as if he’s wondering what happens next lol.

*The Darkling, coldbloodedly kills everyone that stands in his way”*

Me: He’s a murderer.

The Darkling fans: He’s not. He had his reasons.

Me: Yeah? And what were his motives?

The Darkling fans: Alina—

Me:

Fans, during Siege and Storm: “Malyen must help and support Alina”

Malyen, in Ruin and Rising: “I am become a blade”

Fans:

What am I supposed to do? I can't help it man, I'm weak

Me: My standards for male love interests in books are pretty high at the moment. I got to admit that.

Author: His hair was black. His eyes were blue and his smirk was really seductive.

Also me: That will do. Sir, we’re married now.

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I want to see Aleks and Ulla interact in the show so badd.

Can someone explain to me how did alina got the powers from ? Is it through family or something? I am really confused. 😕

I need Zoya x Alina x genya x Nadia x Tamar reunion. I miss my girls😭

Netflix : we finally released the shadow and bone trailer!

Us:

so they basically remixed all grishaverse books and put them on shuffle, but i can't even get mad properly, because i just love seeing all my favourites on screen too much

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Dark Blood and Light Masterlist

Hello, this is my first post ever, so please forgive me if I am going to make a few mistakes in the beginning.

I have decided to write a fanfiction for one of my favorite characters ever: The Darkling from Shadow and Bone.

In the next few days I am going to post a few things beforehand (for the story) and I hope you will read them!

The cover for “Dark, Blood and Light” a Aleksander Morozova Fanfiction.

Foreword

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Hello everybody out there, I am so happy, that YOU found my story!

Unfortunately I am not that great with writing forewords, mostly because I believe the majority of you won't even read through this small paragraph. Nevertheless I still want to write one, since I want to mention a few things beforehand that are necessary in consideration of this story.

If your not interested to read this, then just skip this chapter, but do not say I didn't warn you!

As you might have already read on my cover, this story is a fanfiction about the „Shadow and Bone- Series" from Leigh Bardugo. But this story purely revolves around the book-series and not the tv-series. Personally I have watched the tv-series, but I have read the books first and want to make this as accurate as possible. So if you were hoping to see Kaz Brekker or any other six of crows character I am sorry to disappoint you. Luckily I have decided to write a fanfiction about the six of crows series as well, which will come out soon enough!

After the first book I immediately fell in love with the darkling and (since I am kind of a fangirl myself) I looked up for stories for this amazing (morally grey) character. Instantly I noticed that even though he seems to be a favourite, there still weren't a lot of stories about him. That's why I decided why not write my own series with a love story for one of my favourite characters!

Now to the important stuff: English is not my native language, which means I haven't read the books in english either. Moreover with English not being my native language there are bound to be grammar, spelling and orthography mistakes. I try not to make as many and I promise I control my texts beforehand, but there can always be typos, they happen to everyone and apparently they just seem to love me very much. If you happen to notice some, please inform me of them so I can correct them, but please do so in a friendly polite way. Another thing with me not having read the English version, there might be some dialogs which will sound different than in the books, since I will be translating them from German to English. Please forgive me for that!

Since I am still young (17) and I still go to school, I am going to be pretty busy throughout the year. That is why I want to inform you beforehand,that I will probably update irregular and depending on how much time I have, it could take a long while till my next update for this story.

If you want you will also be able to find this story on wattpad under graceful_bumblebee (in a few days I will update the same post I uploaded here).

I only own my protagonist and I hope you can give her a chance!

Now I have talked far enough! Enjoy the story which will begin in the next few chapters.

Just out of interest, the ones who read all my blabbering could write a „🩸" in the comments.

Have fun reading!

DARK BLOOD AND LIGHT | MASTERLIST

The Darkling/Aleksander Morozova x OC

Summary: Anna has always been the odd one out with a nasty mysterious scar across her neck. She cannot remember how she got it and growing up her only goal was: to survive. During a expedition through the fold she catches the eye of the most ruthless man in all Ravka, the darkling. Although she cannot deny that he is a terrible being, there is something between them, something familiar. When the word got around that a sun summoner has been found as well their life’s are turned upside down. What will the future hold ?

Come and follow Anna into her new adventure through Ravka and find out about the secrets hidden in the long forgotten past.

Warnings: Violence, blood, adult themes, spoilers, angst, hurt, comfort

Before you start reading, please read the foreword for further warnings about the story!

Dark Blood and Light — (Series)

Dark Blood and Light: Foreword

Dark Blood and Light Playlist: Spotify

Dark Blood and Light Maps: Grishaverse

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Act I

0 | Prologue, Chapter I, ……..

Masterlist

Cast Inspiration

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This cast is inspired by the actual tv-show "Shadow and Bone", but a few actors have been switched out by me, because I imagined them differently while reading the books. This is not suppose to be hate directed at the actual actors or regisseur who picked them out (personally I love them as well, but like I've said I imagined them differently).

Main Characters

Elisabeth Olson as ANNA SOKOLOV

„Sankta Anna“

Ben Barnes as ALEKSANDER MOROZOVA

„The Darkling“

Main Side Characters

Evangeline Lilly as GENYA SAFIN

„The First Tailor“

Bruna Marquezine as ZOYA NAZYALENSKY

„The Storm Witch“

Jessi Li Mei as ALINA STARKOV

„The Sun Summoner“

Dylan O‘Brien as MALYEN ORETSEV

„The Otkazat‘sya“

Eddie Redmayne as DAVID KOSTYK

„The Genius Materialki“

Sam Claflin as NIKOLAI LANTSOV

„The Sobachka“

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For Mal I am not quite sure how I imagined him, but definitly different from the actor in the series. I thought Dylan O'Brien fit the role really good, but I am not quite satisfied with the actor for Mal (yet). Hopefully it doesn't bother any of you!

Maps

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This is the general map of the shadow and bone series, but it will manly play in Ravka.

In the map below this, the main places (for the first act) are marked (example: Os Alta, since the majority of the first act plays there).

Playlist

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Throughout this story I am going to add a few new songs, so do not be surprised if the Spotify playlist will gain a few more. As a fun fact, I actually listened to these songs while reading the actual books (not in the same order, but still every time I listend to them I can’t help but associate them with the shadow and bone books). I hope you enjoy them as well, maybe you’ll listen to them as well while reading the other books.

One song that I couldn’t find on Spotify is „Paint it Black“ a cover by Ciara, but I highly recommend listening to it while reading shadow and bone (especially in the first book)

If you want me to write down all the songs, because you do not have Spotify, you can write me and I will do it as fast as possible.

On 19th September the first part of the story is going to be published! It’s only going to be the prologue, but I’m so exited!

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