#Forever bitter towards Bardugo

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MY KOS FORBIDDEN TOPIC

It may sound idiot, but believe me, it’s very, VERY hard to me to write this post, I usually try to avoid talking about it because I am literally Ninapovsinkosphobic.

She once was my favourite character and she has become the reason why I dropped a book and I had to ask someone else to tell me what happens later, because I felt too sick reading.

I want to explain once for all why I could never support Hannina. This post is not made to persuade people to agree with me, it’s just an explanation of my own, very personal point of view.

Just to clarify first: no, I don’t hate Hannina because Helnik is my OTP. As I often said, I would be totally favorable to Ninej.

So, what’s the problem?

Yes, I admit, at first, I thought I hated Hanne.

Tall, Fjerdan, Brum’s daughter who needs to be taught that Grisha are human beings and not monsters. At first I was like: “Seriously, Bardugo? Where did I read about a similar dynamic before? Oh, WAIT!”

Yes, I hated her, at first.

But then, I figured a different situation in my mind: I erased Nina from the story. I imagined Adrik and Leoni meeting this girl, a young Grisha who’s the daughter of a monster and lives in a country where people like her are hated and discriminated. They decide to help her and then she helps them back. I actually liked the story and I said “This character isn’t bad, she actually has potential!”

And so I realized: the problem in the relationship isnt Hanne. It’s Nina.

Nina has lost Matthias months before. She is definitely not over it. She is not ready for a new relationship and she demonstrated it in many ways (don’t make me think about THAT thing because I may vomit).

And, to be honest, I have the impression Nina is using Hanne in the book, projecting on her the plans and the dreams she had with Matthias. And this is not good.

If I were Hanne, I would constantly ask myself: “Is she with me because she likes me or is she using me as a replacement?”

Yes, Nina is desperate and very, very young. But what she’s doing is still not fair for Hanne, Adrik and Leoni.

Going back to Hanne, I think this relationship doesn’t allow her to shine as a character. I too often had the impression she has been thrown into the plot just to be Nina’s new love interest.

And, sorry if I sound insensitive, but she has enough problems on her own (she’s developing a new way of thinking about herself, about Grisha and about her shitty father), the last thing she needs is to run after a desperate girl who is still grieving her murdered boyfriend.

I’m not meaning Nina should be left alone, she obviously needs help, but I don’t think a romantic relationship with Hanne is the solution to her grief. I think her and Hanne need each other as friends, more than lovers, especially in this moment of the story.

I have a preference for wlw romance, but that doesn’t mean I’m able to accept everything.

As a conclusion, I would also like to explain why I am totally favorable to Ninej instead.

Since Bardugo (hates Matthias and his fans) will never bring Matthias back, Inej is the only person I can see Nina with, now.

Apart from the amazing, beautiful relationship they share, Inej has a great skill: she is able to help people and be supportive keeping things healthy for BOTH herself and the other person.

Inej would never zero herself for another person, it doesn’t matter how much she love them, she knows the limits she can reach without surpassing them.

So, these are my thoughts: in my ideal world, Hanne shares a beautiful friendship with Nina and finds another girlfriend, while about Nina… well, if I can’t have my Helnik back, then I’ll cheer forever for beautiful Ninej.

Here my explanation. I don’t want to argue with anyone, as I said, those are just MY PERSONAL thoughts, I don’t want to persuade anyone and I don’t need to enter a discussion, also because I won’t change my mind. I just wanted to make clear why I am totally unable to support this couple.

It had been very hard to me talking about this once, please, don't make me explore this topic again.

#I'm not attacking the shippers so please don't attack me #As I said it's just the way I PERSONALLY feel about the situation #This was meant for an Ask Box but ended up being too long #King of Scars #Nina Zenik #Inej Ghafa #Hanne Brum #Ninej when Nina will be ready to love again please #I don't trust Bardugo anymore since CK ending #I also wonder if Bardugo has something against single female characters #Forever bitter towards Bardugo #I want wlw representation but not like this

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Book Questions

tagged by @this-too-too-sullied-flesh (kind of! I just love talking books and couldn’t resist)

Which book has been on your shelves the longest?  Oh, hm. I have a lot of books (like, so many that have to be put into storage because my books are my children and HOW CAN I PART WITH THEM COMPLETELY??), but I would say one of the oldest books I have physically on my current book shelf is either Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets or Lemony Snicket’s The Wide Window. I got both of these copies from my mom’s school’s lost and found, so I acquired them around the same time and read both series out of order because that’s just how I roll. 

What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next? My reading list is a hot mess I am currently rereading Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus series and am still on the first book The Lost Hero where’s Percy I want him back now so Annabeth is happy again. I’m also reading Pride and Prejudice, War and Peace, Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, Geekerella by Ashley Poston and This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab. I have no self-control and get bored really easily  My last read was basically the entirety of Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series because I have so many feels for my dysfunctional demigods. 

I’ll definitely be finishing up the Heroes of Olympus series and want to move on to the sequel series of that and the sequels to all of the other books on my reading list.

Which book does everyone like and you hated? Game of Thrones is a big one. The books are so dense that I couldn’t even get through the first book. Also Fifty Shades of Grey, BREAKING DAWN I will never be over my furious bitterness over that series. NEVER

Honestly, I feel more indifferent than hatred toward popular loved books. Like they just didn’t live up to the hype.

Which book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read, but you probably won’t? Mainly any classic novel? I think the classics are more on the dull side reading-wise for me. I’d be more inclined to pick up a modern adaptation of a classic than the classic itself. Also any book that is usually found on “Books You Must Read Before You Die” lists. Those tend not to be the type of thing I read.

Which books are you saving for “retirement?” Nothing? I read what I want when I want. I don’t even know what I want to read tomorrow let alone 50 years from now. 

Last page: read it first or wait till the end? It depends what’s happening in the book. There have been times where something Really Bad is happening and it’s spiking my anxiety levels so much that I can’t focus until I have some reassurance. I try to fight this, though, because I do prefer being surprised. But again, if my favorite character is on the verge of death or something, I have to know if they make it or not. A prime example was during my Twilight days don’t judge me and I immediately flipped to when Edward comes back in whatever the second book is called New Moon and read to the end. Since he was my favorite in that damn series, him just LEAVING was not okay with me and the book had just come out, so I didn’t know if there was going to be another installment. I needed Confirmation.

Acknowledgements: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside? I typically don’t read them because they’re just talking about their friends and agents and such, so I find them really boring to read. Sometimes I’ll read them if I’m not ready to officially be done with the book. Rarely does this happen, though.

Which book character would you switch places with? My initial reaction is Annabeth Chase or Hermione Granger as they both come from two of my favorite worlds, but given that I don’t want monsters or evil wizards killing me...

Emma Woodhouse from Jane Austen’s Emma. I would love to be rich and play matchmaker all day.

Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)? The Truth About Forever still to this day is the only book I have ever read that displayed how I grieved after my father’s death and the life-changing repercussions of said death. 

Name a book you acquired in some interesting way. I acquired all of my original Harry Potter books via used book sales and school lost and founds. So they all have kids’ writing in them and one of them is missing their book jacket but I got each one for a QUARTER! Can’t beat that!

Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person? I don’t let people borrow my books after repeatedly getting them back in stained or dog earred conditions, but I also don’t buy books for people either because #taste. So no. I only provide links to the library and Barnes and Noble sales.  

Which book has been with you to the most places? None of my books? I usually am reading a new book for whenever I do travel. 

I guess Outlander because I read that going to England, Ireland, and finished it on my way to Rome. That’s not fair to my other books, though, since I don’t travel all that often because of money.

Any “required reading” you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later? No, I never reread books I have a first bad impression on, especially books I read in high school which all sucked. 

What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book? I work in a library, so the list is a bit...endless. Though it’s probably not the strangest, I did find a refrigerator magnet once being used as a bookmark. Also a toothpick.  

Used or brand new? I love both, but the used copy has to be in good condition. 

Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses? I’ve still yet to read a Stephen King novel I would consider him a literary genius because of how large of audience his novels reach, the amount of adaptations made of his novels, and the cult followings his books have. The man is clearly doing something right to have so many dedicated fans. Plus, he’s super sassy. 

Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book? Yep, and I feel no guilt: Silver Linings Playbook, The Maze Runner, Little Women, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Pride and Prejudice (le gasps! and the 2005 version at that!), Victoria, Anything by Philippa Gregory, The Help, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Princess Bride, Jurassic Park, and The Secret Garden to name a few.  

Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid? Breaking Dawn 

 Fifty Shades of Grey 

Blood of Olympus 

Can we just stop making the last books in series/trilogies suck? Thanks.

Have you ever read a book that’s made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question? Percy and Grover talk a lot about food. So I guess I’d go with the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series because Grover makes eating a can sound appetizing and plus I really want to try Ambrosia? 

Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take? Very seldom do I take book advice because I am an extremely picky reader, but @looselipswontsinkships basically convinced me to read the Lunar Chronicles and that’s now one of my favorite series. So I trust her opinion and @bitchybillionaire‘s, @eleonoraditoledo, as well as two other book nerd friends because we all have similar tastes in stories. 

I’m tagging @looselipswontsinkships, @bitchybillionaire, @eleonoraditoledo, and anyone else who wants to join in on the book questions! Just tag me if you do it! :) 

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