darkl!ng stans: he's an example of the vilified revolutionary trope, he wants what's best for grisha, he is powerful + competent + a visionary
the darkl!ng: separates ALL grisha from otkazatsya society entirely which creates alienation, murders innocent people, seemingly does not know the meaning of the word "negotiation", decides that an eleven year old child is his best option for a spy, murders more innocent people, ignores and even encourages divisions between grisha, creates the fold (which kills people regularly and has basically destroyed ravka's intranational relations), murders even more innocent people, grooms a seventeen year old girl (even worse if you believe he genuinely loved her! aleksander that is a Child!), tortures people who disobey him - oh yeah, and my personal favourite, literally murders 95% of ALL RAVKAN GRISHA purely because they..... didn't think he should murder hundreds of innocent civilians by using the fold as a weapon.....
darkl!ng stans: yeah but he wanted what was best for grisha!!!!!!1!!!1!1!1!1
A huge missed opportunity is that they didn’t have The Darkling tell Fruszi (the tidemaker girl) “You and I are going to change the world.” and continue and call back to that specific manipulation.
Like we know he says it to Alina and then find out he said it to Zoya too. They should have kept up the theme.
Okay but can we acknowledge that the three amplified Grisha on Kirigan's side kinda slayed with their strategies and teaming up? I wish the Tidemaker (Fruszi) had had more time to develop her ice powers (and her character), plus the Squaller's (Nisho's) lightning!! I wish it had been taken note of and not just included for coolness, because it does call into question how the powers can be (safely) diversified and used together. In general, there is no one now left who knows the "traditional" training ways except Zoya. Unless they introduce some new character, the entire POV of the grisha loyal to the Darkling has been erased.
More titles of Grishaverse essays I'm yet to write
Last time I did this I called it "essays I'll probably never write" and then ended up writing all of them lol, so stay tuned and let me know if there's any in particular you want to hear :)
The manipulation of corrupt governments and the abuse of Grisha in both Fjerda and Ravka as shown through the presentation of Nina Zenik and Matthias Helvar (this post has been in my drafts for a while and I kind of covered this in a long rant about Nina recently but I’d love to do it properly)
The importance of Fruszi in season 2 of Shadow and Bone; her presentation, her parallels with Zoya, her parallels with Inej (and the subsequent parallels created between the Darkling and Tante Heleen), her parallels with Genya, and the relevance of her character to the arc of the show. (I have a lot of thoughts about Fruszi and this one might end up being included in the minor character analysis series (if I ever get myself together and start it) even though that’s really going to be focusing on the six of crows books)
The importance of the Komedie Brute in Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom as devices of both plot and character, particularly with the interpretation of Mr Crimson as an omen of death. (I know I technically already wrote this one, but I did it a long time ago as two separate posts and I’ve had a lot more thoughts about it since so I really want to combine them and rewrite it all as one)
My personal take on what the global landscape of the Grishaverse would look like if parem had become a global resource (I have thoughts - and a lot of them are about how much I hate the Kerch government)
The importance of denying certain important characters a name (eg Inej’s parents, and Matthias’ parents and sister) and why this is both heartbreaking and literary genius (firstly, you may have noticed I’ve given up on making my titles sound academic, and secondly I have started writing this one so yeah it may come soon if anyone would be interested)
Since I hate blog maintenance with a passion... I decided to link a "mobile muse list" on my pinned post, that will be a hell of a lot easier to update if/when I take off or add muses, etc.
This is the MOST UP-TO-DATE on available muses, but it's just a quick list. More information is, of course, available on the carrd (mostly) but some muses might be here that I haven't gotten around to adding to the carrd yet, etc.
Hence... the reason for this list! (Also, there is no rhyme or reason to the order. ALL muses are considered open and available.)
SJM-verse
Rhysand (acotar)
Cassian (acotar)
Azriel (acotar)
Feyre Archeron (acotar)
Nesta Archeron (acotar)
Elain Archeron (acotar)
Amarantha (acotar)
Nyx (acotar)
Lucien Vanserra (acotar) **testing
Ruhn Danaan (cc)
Hunt Athalar (cc)
Bryce Quinlan (cc)
Danika Fendyr (cc)
Baxian (cc)
Lidia Cervos (cc)
Aedion Ashryver (tog) **testing
Rowan Whitethorn (tog) **testing
Maeve (tog) **testing, divergent
Fenrys Moonbeam (tog) **testing
Grishaverse
Alina Starkov
Baghra (Natalia) Morozova*
Genya Safin
Zoya Nazyalensky
Lara Fruszi
Ivan (Kaminsky)
Empyrean Series (Fourth Wing/Iron Flame/Onyx Storm)
Spoilers for six of crows bellow (if you are an only show watcher then this counts as spoilers too)
I was walking around and thinking all this information about Kaz’s revenge storyline and it hit me, it’s been there this whole time
EDIT: If someone already brought this theory to me and I forgot then please remind me so i could give credit to you instead
It’s Saskia!
It all fits, Rachel Redford posted about Ketterdam in her stories, so she was most likely a Ketterdam character.
Pekka Rollins didn’t use his real name. Why would she? It’s never said what he did to Saskia , what if that’s what “every monstrous thing is about” we are finding out what he did and this Fruszi is a close ally of Pekka and that’s why she is on so many episodes
Also the actresses are not exactly identical but they are passable as the same character
For the first time something is finally making sense and if this is NOT the case i will be the biggest clown on this room
The rules are simple! Post characters you’d like to roleplay as, have roleplayed as, and might bring back. Then tag ten people to do the same (if you can’t think of ten, just write down however many you can and tag that number of people). Please repost, don’t reblog!
Muses I RP Currently:
Aleksander Morozova/The Darkling (grishaverse) || @starlsssankt
Rhysand (acotar)
Cassian (acotar)
Azriel (acotar)
Feyre Archeron (acotar)
Nesta Archeron (acotar)
Elain Archeron (acotar)
Amarantha (acotar)
Nyx (actoar)
Ruhn Danaan (cc)
Hunt Athalar (cc)
Bryce Quinlan (cc)
Danika Fendyr (cc)
Baxian (cc)
Lidia Cervos (cc)
Aedion Ashryver (tog)
Alina Starkov (grishaverse)
Baghra (Natalia) Morozova (grishaverse)*
Genya Safin (grishaverse)
Zoya Nazyalensky (grishaverse)
Lara Fruszi (grishaverse)
Ivan [Kaminsky] (grishaverse)
Xaden Riorson (empyrean)
Violet Sorrengail (empyrean)
Rhiannon Matthias (empyrean)
Tairn (empyrean)
Sgaeyl (empyrean)
Andarna (empyrean)
Narcissa Black Malfoy (hp)
Bellatrix Black Lestrange (hp)
Sirius Black (hp)
Remus Lupin (hp)
Penellaphe Balfour Da'Neer (fbaa)
Casteel Da'Neer (fbaa)
Nyktos (f&f)
Alaric Ossinast (the hurricane wars)
Raihn Ashrahj (crowns of nyaxia)
Daemon Targaryen (hotd)
Rhaenyra Targaryen (hotd)
Muses I (Kinda?) Want to Write (that I never have before):
Liam Mairi (empyrean)
Sloane Mairi (empyrean)
Garrick Tavis (empyrean)
Imogen Cardulo (empyrean)
Nikolai Lantsov (grishaverse)
Daenerys Targaryen (got)
Muses I Have Written (in the past):
Lucifer (spn/biblical)
Gabriel (dominion/biblical)
Killian Jones (ouat)
Emma Swan (ouat)
Alice Jones (ouat)
Hope Mikaelson (tvdu)
Klaus Mikaelson (tvdu)
Rebekah Mikaelson (tvdu)
Lizzie Saltzman (tvdu)
Nick (spn)
Sam Winchester (spn)
(And I know there are more, of course. But these are ones that I've written as more than a single-thread and/or had as "official" muses on a blog/multimuse/etc.)
Muses I Would Write Again (maybe?)
Any of my OCs (that barely get off the ground but whatever)
Lucifer
Klaus Mikaelson
Tagged by : @smiletimeisrunningout
Tagging : @ anyone who'd like to go down memory lane :)