Jesper: Okay, let's just agree that you both say you're sorry on the count of three.
Jesper: One... two... three.
Kaz: ...
Y/N: ...
Jesper: See, now I'm just disappointed in both of you.
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“I think sometimes people want to be told who is good and who is bad. They want it to be very clear, with some definitive line. I believe that the people who are the most dangerous are not the people who enter your life wearing a sign saying “I’m a bad guy”, and they’re not the people who are missing a nose like Voldemort. They’re the people who are charming and manipulative and also probably carrying their own wounds, their own baggage. They can be brooding and beautiful and be monstrous. That’s what I was setting out to show with the Darkling.”
- Leigh Bardugo
Generally, she's not wrong here. In real life that's how the bad guys mostly are and there are even real life examples (like Josef Mengele) who used charm and lies to fulfill their own cruel purposes.
But with the Darkling it fails because he has a selfless goal and was never a self-centred character. She presented a character that has lived for hundreds of years, witnessed first hand a genocide that was still ongoing by the start of the trilogy and is one of the victims of this persecution.
It's very easy to judge with your finger while sitting at the comfort of your house but when you are being hunted for powers that you are born with, when they cut you to pieces like a guinea pig, when they burn you alive to pyres and when there is no safe place on Earth to stay, rest easy and live then the terms "good deeds" and "bad deeds" feel unimportant in the face of survival.
And the Darkling felt responsible to try and save thousands of them. He felt that with his near immortality and power he could do something to shift things on a large scale.
And how can things like that change?
With big decisions.
But, alas, these same decisions needed to be cruel and therefore condemned him to be seen as evil and a monster.
So even though her view is not wrong, she tried to present it with the wrong character whose goal was sympathetic and incredibly difficult to fulfill since he was surrounded by people that didn't want him and hated his guts.
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Wylan: Where are you going???
Jesper: to the bathroom
Wylan: You can’t leave me alone with her. This is exactly the kind of social situation I am not comfortable with!
Jesper: What kind of social situation are you comfortable with?
Wylan: 😐
Jesper: You’ll be fine!
Wylan: …
Jesper: Okay, you won’t, but I’ll be back in two minutes
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alright y'all, couple things about netflix shows/movies i'm feeling passionate about!!!
if you want anything from netflix specifically, there is a form here for requests (i personally requested the old guard 2, shadow & bone season 2, and six of crows spinoff) (we know they're sitting on tog which was already filmed and i ABSOLUTELY REFUSE to lose my crows do you understand)
if you're a six of crows/shadow & bone simp please sign this petition!!! there's also an entire ongoing project to get these shows back, which you can find a link to here which i highly suggest checking out
both the grishaverse and tog are v special to me and i'm feeling very starved so if we all gather and show netflix that they will profit then maybe something will be done
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Don't run to me anymore
Leave me alone and close the door
Oh, my mind is at war
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Streaming is the key to success—this week stream Season 1!
We all love to watch Shadow and Bone—it’s the show that brought the Third Army together and the reason we keep fighting to see more of those brilliant characters and book storylines shown on screen. But why is streaming crucial to our strategy?
For a start, showrunner Eric Heisserer has very recently given us confirmation that, for now, Netflix is still our best bet to #SaveShadowAndBone and greenlight the #SixOfCrowsSpinoff. This means it's all the more important to keep streaming Shadow and Bone! So from Apr. 29-May. 5, we need you to stream Season 1 of Shadow and Bone exclusively on Netflix, on repeat!
It's a vital part of our strategy for the following reasons:
- Watching a season at a time, with the volume on, all the way through every episode is the way that Netflix counts their streams. Only watch Season 1 this week, do NOT stream Season 2 for now!
- We need every stream we can to get Shadow and Bone trending again. A high number of streams shows Netflix hard data that proves there continues to be demand and passion for this show even this long after the release of Season 2. And demand means money for Netflix.
- Due to the way things are handled in the show business, Netflix is still our best bet for renewal. Using their own platform to show them that we mean business is one of the best steps we can continue to take for this campaign. Or should I say, what business, Netflix?
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