#I’m not above the luke pasqualino thirst either ladies and germs

[dylanobrienisbatman]

I don’t want to spoil anything. I’m so curious to get your take on things knowing you’re going in without prior knowledge of the series or the characters! Have fun and please keep live blogging it :)

Well so far I’m on chapter 14, and I am loving it. I am getting the vibe that Darkling is the villain, which I kind of guessed from fan reactions to the casting (Ben Barnes just... knows how to play a villain) but since I don’t know anything about the story I have no clue why or what he does. It’s making it fun to read the sort of flirtatious/outright kiss scenes and trying to speculate about what could possibly be his motives!!

So far I like Alina a lot but she feels like a blank slate character. I want her to have more oomf. Like girl... fight back!! Just a little!!! She seems to be gaining some confidence now which I’m hoping leads to more self assured-ness and therefore more self direction of her story. I want her to have more agency.

I’m also super intrigued by the Grisha’s, I wanna know more about them and the mythology at play here. What is a Darkling? What is The Fold? How do the powers work?! I am excited to get to see it play out on tv, where I’m hoping they’ll do some more active world building, since tv is a great medium for that.

Also I’m excited for David Kostyk, because... Luke Pasqualino 😍

#hope this live blogging is working for everyone #shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #alina starkov #the darkling #I’m not above the luke pasqualino thirst either ladies and germs