#it's about the slow burn for me.... the agony.... the indecision.... the stAKES

[retvenkos]

Darklina as the slow burn friends to enemies to lovers… olive your mind

all i’m saying is that it would have the spice! i mean, i would be way more invested in their story line if they had more history together! i actually do like their dynamic and i can see where darklina shippers are coming from, but it all happened very quickly, imo. imagine if they had years of loyalty built up and alina realizes it was all a sham! and with this concept you could go one of two ways:

(1) the darkling knows alina is the sun summoner the whole time and for some reason or another he’s allowed (or even encouraged) alina to suppress her powers and when the betrayal hits, she realizes that suppressing her powers was a part of the con all along and everything is 10 times worse; OR

(2) alina gets to train as a child! that would fundamentally change her character and i can’t imagine how different she’d be..... also, the conflict between leaving the little palace would be hyped up since it’s all alina has ever known. imagine going out there... you’re world crumbling.... iconic.

someone get on this au because i would fall madly in love with it. and just..... wow. the stakes of alina possibly going back to the darkling would be so high at all times, and both outcomes would be compelling as hell.

you could take the corruption route and absolutely kill it. it would be so interesting to see a protagonist choose the bad side, and i’d be down for it. 

alternatively you could have alina choose the good side and it would also be such a strong narrative. that good prevails despite the deep and intrinsic attachment alina has to the darkling and the bad side......

someone write this au. i will give you the seventy-five cents on my bedside table. and my everlasting devotion. although idk which one is worth more, lol

#asks #mutuals #s&b spoilers #shadow and bone spoilers #spoilers #it's about the slow burn for me.... the agony.... the indecision.... the stAKES #plus it would be a unique enough spin on an old traditional that the audience really wouldn't know what you had up your sleeve #and if you did it in third person there would be all the more questions #when my mind delivers it brings five star meals. #but we only eat on alternating weekends so i hope you don't hate mindless soup #because that's what my mind is like a solid 68% of the time