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yall know i love my boy but due to time restrictions and low energy, i think its time 😔

for now, mal is going to be moved over to my multi : @fateviled.

im hopeful i can get the muse for him back enough to be here soon, but it just isnt happening right now

#im taking the L and admitting i can no longer be here when my mind is elsewhere (other fandoms and trying to work on my wips) so #off to the list with the others he goes #╰ 🗡 𝐎𝐎𝐂 — himbo energy but like lesbian

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i officially have enough blogs right now that it's a bit of a Problem, so! current blogroll aka 'Where The Fuck Is Eza Today?' besties:

@fateviled : multimuse, sporadic activity. @biblade : mal or/etsev, low activity. @novictr : fin/nick od/air, currently highest activity. @songwrit : b/illy dun/ne, low activity. @unleadr : bo-k/atan k/ryze, low activity.

#im not on mal often rn so if you dont see me here this is where i might be!!!

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percieve my newest mistake pls @novictr

#youre all legally obligated to percieve finnick 🔫🔫 #╰ 🗡 𝐎𝐎𝐂 — himbo energy but like lesbian

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this might be an extremely lukewarm take but sometimes i think hating gale is on par with hating mal. not to the same degree but both of them have some similar characteristics in what people label them as toxic for that can more easily be summed up by 'this character is a literal teenager who suffered through tremendous trauma and not everything you want to believe is black and white'

#im rewatching the movies and idk it just kinda hit me like #I DON'T WANT TO BE A GALE APOLOGIST I SWEAR BUT THE HATE SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE NONSENSE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT #╰ 🗡 𝐎𝐎𝐂 — himbo energy but like lesbian

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do people who never knew about glomping sleep easy at night

#do you rest knowing the monsters of early fandom can never touch you #if you know about glomping i think you're entitled to a senior discount idk #╰ 🗡 𝐎𝐎𝐂 — himbo energy but like lesbian

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sometimes i try to write but then i remember how much i love blade boy and i start to tear up

#he is so perfect to me: his journey throughout the trilogy his devotion to alina the fact that he is just (as far as he knows) #a human with no powers and nothing to offer but the one skill he's got but he still fights to better himself FOR her #and then suddenly he's drowning. he's at his worst. its killing him because he knows he can't keep her the way things are going #BUT HE STILL DOESN'T RUN FROM THAT LOVE. BECAUSE SHE IS HIS BEST FRIEND. SHE IS THE WHOLE OF HIS HEART. #NO MATTER IN WHAT SHAPE IT IS HE WILL LOVE HER UNCONDITIONALLY EVEN IF IT BREAKS HIM #okay i made myself unwell see what i MEAN? #╰ 🗡 𝐎𝐎𝐂 — himbo energy but like lesbian

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               he stares,  none to impressed with the other.  finally,  after a long beat of silence,  mal’s arms cross over his chest.   ❝  that looks a little too big to be a complaint box. ❞   tone dry as the desert.  saints,  it was like brekker’s crew couldn’t take an ounce of criticism.  all he’d said was that kaz be a little more receptive to his client’s ideas,  and maybe put his scowl away for long enough to hold a conversation,  and maybe—  okay,  fine.  he can see where he’s pushing it.  mal rolls his eyes,  looking away.   ❝  fine,  fine.  i get it.  no questioning the ‘experts.’  though you have to admit,  your technique lacks some finesse. ❞

@lingeringscars / jesper said:   ❝ complaints are to be sent to the complaints department. no, that’s not the trash can, what are you talking about ? ❞ 

#this made me laugh an unhinged amount #mal: isn't the customer always right?? >:(( #he's in his karen era now. there's no stopping him #lingeringscars #lingeringscars: jesper. #╰ 🗡 𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 — this is all i have to offer

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#𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐕𝐋𝐍𝐇𝐘. hope is dangerous , it clouds your judgement.

“What’s the easiest way to steal a man’s wallet?” “Knife to the throat?” asked Inej. “Gun to the back?” said Jesper. “Poison in his cup?” suggested Nina. “You’re all horrible,” said Matthias. Kaz rolled his eyes. “The easiest way to steal a man’s wallet is to tell him you’re going to steal his watch. You take his attention and direct it where you want it to go. Hringkälla is going to do that job for us. The Ice Court will have to divert resources to monitoring guests and protecting the royal family. They can’t be looking everywhere at once. It’s the perfect opportunity to spring Bo Yul-Bayur.” Kaz pointed to the prison gate in the ringwall. “Remember what I told you at Hellgate, Nina?” “It’s hard to keep track of all your wisdom.”

ind. private and selective multimuse based in leigh bardugo's grishaverse. mixed canon. explored by sasha.

#in this house we love and support sasha's talented portrayals<3 #╰ 🗡 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐎 — some things are worth spilling blood for

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not wanting the personals to find my posts vs wanting to spread the pro-mal agenda.......

#if its my hc posts or something it's on sight but the mal defense posts are okay to rb i guess >:(((((((( #╰ 🗡 𝐎𝐎𝐂 — himbo energy but like lesbian

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reblog this post to be added to the SHADOW AND BONE MASTERLIST with your muse’s name, whether they’re canon or original character, or if they’ve got a Shadow and Bone verse.

#malyen oretsev #canon

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nobody: absolutely nobody: me: okay but the malzoya agenda—

#i will NOT be silenced they DESERVED to smooch a little bit #ESPECIALLY NOW THAT S2 HAS LEFT THEM WITH NO BITCHES!!!!!!!!! #mal would treat zoya right pls . pls . #╰ 🗡 𝐎𝐎𝐂 — himbo energy but like lesbian

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               ❝  my family? ❞   brows draw together,  an uncomfortable weight resting on his chest at the question.   he knew the answer he wanted to give,  nothing.  but that wasn’t the truth,  and he knew this woman’s reputation;  knew she’d see right through the lie.  mal forced his voice to remain even,  even as the tension of the past few weeks continued to draw on him.   ❝  they died in dva stolba.  my parents…  all of them.  our home was lost in the border wars. ❞

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"What do you know of your family, boy?" Baghra asked. It was the first time she and the Little Saint's beloved Mal had had a chance to speak since he and Alina had arrived at the Spinning Wheel. It wouldn't have mattered to her if they ever had if the old woman had not sensed something inexplicably familiar about him.

#madraya #╰ 🗡 𝐕. 𝐑&𝐑 — i don't intend to waste my ways in holy pursuits

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wild west au when pals

#╰ 🗡 𝐎𝐎𝐂 — himbo energy but like lesbian #i just got back from the rodeo but i demand you all perceive my vision #malyen oretsev in cowboy boots and a funny lil hat using a lasso for good and never evil 🙏

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Okay, so now that I’ve had some time to think about it, I’m gonna go ahead and dissect the issues I found regarding s2 pertaining to Mal.

It feels strange to say considering I was expecting the opposite when anticipating the new season, but I didn’t hate the direction that they took his character in. A lot of the other characters were changed to fit the narrative, but I feel like at their core book Mal and show Mal are very much the same with some parts omitted for the sake of the storyline.

But there still was a lot omitted and changed that left much to be desired. Ultimately, show Mal is the “best” version of him. Show Mal was catering to the people who hated him in the books, and for that, he was stripped of all of the struggles he faced and the pain and instead reduced to one thing: the simply happy ending for Alina, the obvious choice, the perfect endgame love interest. Is this what Mal was always meant to be on the surface regardless of portrayal? Yes. Does it work for the direction the show was going? Yeah, sure.

So, I didn't hate it. If anything, it feels like he was one of the least disrespected characters, and Archie gave it his all.

But here's the thing:

If you're going to entirely change a character's ending, you have to have some force driving behind that besides one randomly dropped line late in the game about him thinking "like Sturmhond." Because stripping him of characteristics that don't pertain to his relationship with Alina (like showing that he craves freedom, like letting us see how comfortable he is at sea and around people and him laughing and joking and being free) just doesn't work when you've made a character whose entire personality is Alina. Am I supposed to feel happy for Mal to have gained that freedom when at the same time it feels like he's lost everything, has lost everything? He's grieving that piece of himself that died, and now he's losing Alina too. Why don't I feel like he's getting something back?

And the running gag of "don't touch that" when he's on the ship, subjecting him to playing a character but given no control of the ship, just doesn't work. The humor loses all meaning when you feel like he's not suited for this. One scene of him being explained how being a pirate works, of being trained, of talking to the crew of the Volkvolny would have made a difference.

That's not to say I didn't like the ending! It worked for him, for who he is in this story! He's been given the chance to have agency and find a purpose beyond being the love interest, the promise of having some complexity that was taken from him to rush the narrative along. It just very much feels like, with everything they did in the season, his character went from Point A to Point B without much thought of what happened between those two. Isn't it supposed to be about the journey, the adventure?

I'm not going to discuss the way in which he was brought back. As much as I love the idea of "comes back wrong," if s3 happened did ANYTHING to him they would not be safe from these hands. It's a good concept, and probably makes more sense than the book's resurrection, but right now I don't like it. He has been a puppet to his bloodline and merzost for long enough, don't make it worse. (But also, if merzost brought him back, why did he still lose his amplifier powers? It feels like they just wanted him to lose something.)

Regarding the revelation of him being the Firebird — it worked well, but was a little too in-your-face about it. The entire appeal for me is that you aren't supposed to know, Mal is supposed to be Just Some Guy Who's Really Good At Tracking until he's the key to everything. But from the moment the season started, everyone was questioning why he knew what he did. It lost some of the gut-wrenching realization of what would have to happen to him, to see the pieces fit together so early on.

So, yes. I have problems with it, but I didn't hate Mal. And down the line, I will likely make an au to explore the show's storyline, but I will keep my focus on book based interactions because that's my Mal.

#grishaverse spoilers #s&b spoilers #this went on longer than i expected but i have so many thoughts and this is just surface level #mal is my boy. i own the rights to him now. #╰ 🗡 𝐎𝐎𝐂 — himbo energy but like lesbian

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SHADOW AND BONE | 2x01 – No Shelter But Me

#grishaverse spoilers #s&b spoilers #best boy #this is actually canon to my blog because its sweet and silly and charming of him #╰ 🗡 𝐅𝐂 — look at the weapon i've made of myself #╰ 🗡 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 — i believe in this connection we all have to the universe

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               he’s known kaz long enough to keep his mouth shut,  when a gaze like that one means it’s time to be quiet and listen.  no jokes,  no prodding until annoyance or exasperation give him an answer to what kaz is feeling.   ❝  you always do,  and i always am,  aren’t i?  ❞   he shrugs,  words calm enough to show no bitterness.  not that he is,  not about kaz;  worried,  feeling irate at never knowing just how far the other’s willing to go or why.  (something they have in common,  maybe.  though the reasons seem vastly different sometimes.)   ❝  the usual,  you know. idiots don't know when to stop talking.  ❞   a smile pulls on his lips despite the gravity,  split lip cracking further.   ❝  everyone says i’m the muscle anyways.  figured i’d put some truth to the statement.  ❞ 

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his teeth grit, gloved fingers tightening on the head of his cane. whatever they’d been, they’d been in this for as long as he could remember, and he didn’t take very kindly to threats . you couldn’t in the barrel, not if you wanted to be a crow , and not a pigeon. pigeons died . “ I’ll figure it out, won’t i ? “ days like these, the pain in his leg made it far more difficult to simply walk then it normally did . “ just be there when I tell you,” he wasn’t scared of much in ketterdam, but messing with the dime lions wasn’t something one did easily , and he didn’t like when anyone else did it. “ and remind me again what got into you.”

#barrelreborn #annoying older brother to one gremlin<3

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ways to love

feel free to adjust pronouns / names as needed ! quotes taken from random sources or otome games. i claim no ownership whatsoever.

❛   you are the first person i ever loved.  ❜  

❛   i think you will be the last person i will ever love.  ❜  

❛   i need you to be my forever.  ❜  

❛   i still can’t believe i get to take you home with me every night.  ❜  

❛   i am undeniably falling for you.  ❜  

❛   on our way to forever, together.  ❜  

❛   i just can’t believe how beautiful you are.  ❜  

❛   i have fallen deeply, madly in love with you.  ❜  

❛    even if it takes 500 years, i will prove to you beyond a shadow of a doubt that i loved you.  ❜  

❛   you vanished from my life before i ever told you my feelings. and i’ve chased your shadow ever since then.  ❜  

❛    if i can’t have you, i have no reason to be alive  ❜  

❛   i’ve got so much more to lose without you by my side.  ❜  

❛   i never knew i could feel at ease just by someone holding me like this. ❜  

❛   i felt very comfortable walking with you. so much, that i, myself forgot to strike up conversation. ❜  

❛   surely your smile would make even the blossoming flowers blush.  ❜  

❛   in my heart, i have counted every time you have smiled at me, or spoken to me.  ❜  

❛   it doesn’t matter to me who you are. right now, you are by my side. that is enough.  ❜  

❛   you make me hate myself a little less whenever i’m with you.  ❜  

❛   i will choose you, over and over again. i will always choose you.  ❜  

❛   if you remember me, then i don’t care if everyone else forgets. ❜  

❛   in case you ever foolishly forget: i am never not thinking of you.  ❜  

❛   i like myself better when i’m with you.  ❜  

❛   i love you more than i hate everyone else.  ❜  

❛   you pierce my soul. i am half agony, half hope… i have loved none but you. ❜  

❛   i wish i had done everything with you.  ❜  

❛   i wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul. ❜  

❛   you must allow me to tell you how ardently i admire and love you.  ❜  

❛   each time you happen to me all over again.  ❜  

❛   i could list a hundred things i like about you, and i still wouldn’t have said anything.  ❜  

❛   the minute i heard my first love story, i started looking for you.  ❜  

❛   i look at you and i would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world.  ❜  

❛   you are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.  ❜  

❛   you might not have been my first love, but you were the love that made all the other loves irrelevant.  ❜  

❛   i love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul. ❜  

❛   they could offer me anything in the world, and i would ask for you.  ❜  

❛   you are the friend to whom my soul is attached as to its better half.  ❜  

❛   my affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.  ❜  

❛   if I were to live a thousand years, i would belong to you for all of them.  ❜  

❛   i do love nothing in the world so well as you — is that not strange?  ❜  

❛   if you ever have need of my life, come and take it. it is yours anyways.  ❜  

❛    i’ve never had a moment’s doubt. i love you. ❜  

❛   every second with you outweighs days of life before i met you. ❜  

❛   you weren’t doing a thing that i could see, except standing there, holding the universe together. ❜  

❛   i love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.  ❜  

❛   i want to know you moved and breathed in the same world as me. ❜  

#╰ 🗡 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒 — and the stars are made human with our words