shadow and bone proves that as long as you treat the source material and the characters with respect, you don't have to make everything "book accurate"
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there is something just stunning about how freddy managed to hit the bullseye with kaz this season like from his chilling monologue in episode 4 to his packed silences while just looking at inej to the sly humor in “everyone has lost their minds” to his facial expressions when getting the shit beat out of him??? he completely took over the season and aced every hidden kernel of kaz
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i want there to be a kaz vs the darkling fight at least once every season where kaz always wins
and i want them to never actually contribute to the plot. it just happens. kaz puts his cane on top of the darklings cape and he trips. thats the whole fight.
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I could give you a list of reasons why I need the spin-off but one that's high up there is that I need to see Calahan Skogman saying "bing bong bing bing bong. No, wait, bing bing bong bing bing" in his Fjerdan accent with a straight face and completely deadpan.
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alina starkov i am sorry that no one understands your character. i’m sorry that you have been reduced to the “boring female lead in a love triangle.” i’m sorry that they don’t understand that you were never in a love triangle, but a victim of abuse. i’m sorry they don’t understand the metaphor of the sunlight in your soul outweighing the darkness in your abusers. i’m sorry that they didn’t love you after your light burned out and i’m sorry that they didn’t want you to have a peaceful ending
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i’m so upset about the erasure of inejs trauma not only in this season but throughout the entire show. there were so many opportunities to include it and they just didn’t??
the first fight with the taxidermist when he pinned her down?
the toxin dream?
the fact that they KILLED tante helene and there was no visible reaction from inej??
instead they give her a lost brother and make her toxin dream about her relationship with kaz when everyone else’s involves their trauma and links to their backstory. the fact that the show gave her a brother makes me feel like they’re lessening her trauma more because it takes the attention off HER.
same thing with the dream, there was no reason for it to be about kaz when we could’ve gotten a perfect flashback to her being kidnapped and working in the menagerie. there weren’t any physical indications of her trauma either. i feel like they could’ve also included her devotion to her faith a lot more as it makes sense to the nature of her character.
as much as i’m upset i can’t possibly get over how PERFECT amita was as inej, (ignoring the fact that she and none of the other crows are the correct age) especially this season, acting was off the charts, with the poor material she was given.
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while we're here can we also talk about that phenomenal performance from daisy in the 2x07 scene where David sends Genya down the elevator shaft thing - her begging him not to do this, and then screaming his name as she goes down and then just full on guttural screaming. I've never witnessed anything more potent or powerful in my life. changed me.
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alina having a corruption arc makes sense. throughout the season, alina was always willing to do the right thing for the benefit of others. but she was warned by aleksander that she would end up having to sacrifice for “that which is most precious” to her. aleksander knows being a grisha forces hard choices in the same way that love forces hard choices. alina was willing to be the hero up until she had to face losing the one person who is most precious to her. she was willing to use the same dark power for the person she loves that aleksander was willing to use for his people. she was willing to do something corrupt for the sake of love. she and aleksander are, in fact, not so different after all. his darkness is now her light’s legacy.
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here's a crazy idea,
how about...
you separate the books from the show??
and appreciate them as different things!?
i promise you will enjoy yourself more
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So many Alina and Nina paralells...
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