#tgt the grisha trilogy

[nyacromancey]

watching season 2 of s&b with my fiancé when he randomly says, “i don’t care about these people” in regards to the actual s&b plot, but when kaz is on screen “he’s all i care about. he’s my babygirl” so true king

#grishaverse #s&b #shadow and bone #shadow & bone #the grisha trilogy #tgt #kaz brekker #six of crows #soc #babygirlification #freddy carter #kanej #s&b spoilers

[sailor-hufflepuff]

Sometimes I think the difference between darklinas and antis is which parts of the (frankly contradictory) books we consider canon.

Darklinas look at book one, at the Darkling who has worked tirelessly for centuries to free his people without taking power for himself, look at the monarchy which allows endless wars and starvation at the whims of a rapist, at Mal who ignores (at best) and undermines (at worst) the heroine while merrily sleeping his way through the first and second armies, only to notice her the moment she looks at someone else…

We look at those things, and look at later books and say “That doesn’t make sense. The Darkling would never ally with Fjerda, would never kill Grisha, it’s against everything that he is.”

We say “the Lantsov dynasty is corrupt, and should be destroyed, the entire feudal society of Ravka needs an overhaul”.

We say “A boy who compares the girl he wants to marry to a donkey, who kisses another girl the moment Alina’s attention wanders from him, who openly prefers her when she was sickly and powerless, is not good husband material.”

Antis, on the other hand, seem to take the opposite view. They see the Darkling as the power-mad mass murderer of RaR, and assume the General who eats on the ground with his men was a manipulation.

They see Nikolai as a shining example of the fairytale prince and conclude that the monarchy only needs a NEW king, a GOOD king, and everything will be fine.

They see the Mal who is willing to die for Alina, who gives himself to her and her cause, and think “I wish someone were willing to die for me. I wish someone would look at me and change his ways,” and thus view his characterization in books one and two as the foibles of youth.

Darklinas look at the duology and say “it was the King who conscripted Grisha and otkazatsya alike, who raped Genya, and the Darkling who gave everything for Ravka.”

Antis look at the duology and say “Zoya and Genya both blame the Darkling for their problems, therefore he must have groomed them.”

Which is more canon, the first thing written or the most recent thing published? I think that’s what truly divides us.

#tgt #the grisha trilogy #the grishaverse #darklina #pro the darkling #s&b #shadow and bone

[imminences]

CHAR POSTERS. ALINA STARKOV

i'm the sun summoner. it gets dark when i say it does.

#litedit #yalitedit #tgt #tgtedit #the grishaverse #the grisha trilogy #alina starkov #grishaverseonline #grishasworld #userluc #usersi #tusergrace #invention. #i. #report. the grishaverse #subject. alina starkov #[my last three character posters have unintentionally been gv...oops]

[durrandons]

the grishaverse | nikolai lantsov

“i have so many good qualities. it can be hard to choose.”

#nikolai lantsov #grishaverse #the grisha trilogy #shadow and bone #booksociety #booknet #tgt #edit #litedit #bookedit #*

[malyenfromkeramzin]

Book Mal would’ve eaten SAB Nikolai alive

#mfk.txt #honestly book mal wouldve eaten nikolai alive in General #bc if i was book mal and the rich white man who mistreated me came up to me i wouldve beaten his ass #malyen oretsev #tgt #the grisha trilogy #grishaverse #shadow and bone #mal oretsev

[legolasofmirkwoodforest]

When will people realize that Zoya saying Alina couldn't run the Second Army wasn’t a sign of jelaousy? It was just Zoya acknowledging that Alina isn't a god nor a saint, but a *person.* Zoya wants the Darkling dead, and she knows Alina has only know about her powers for a year & probably shouldn't run an army.

Basically Zoya sees through all of the YA "chosen one" bullshit & raises you with "Alina is a fucking person like the rest of us & glorifying her isn't gonna fix anything." Tbh it's probably why Alina ends up accepting her friendship in the first place.

#zoya nazyalensky #zoya nabri #zoya & mal are the only ones who don't glorify alina #it's actually pretty cool #alina starkov #shadow and bone #seige and storm #ruin and rising #the grisha series #the grisha trilogy #tgt #the grishaverse

[cassberrie]

Happy Shadow and Bone Season 2 release day!! I’m so ready to sink in and enjoy all the fresh content for our sun queen and darkles 😩🖤

#fanart #digital art #illustration #ya fantasy #shadow and bone #leigh bardugo #grishaverse #alina starkov #young adult #the darkling #tgt #darklina #the grisha trilogy #alarkling

[darklesmylove]

my favorite panels from the demon in the wood graphic novel:

1. baby aleksander being afraid of the dark when he’s a shadow summoner will never not make me cry

2. baghra is a literal hot queen and this is one of my favorite grishaverse quotes

3. the cute lil joy on his face when he’s summoning is my new favorite thing

4. i couldnt not include this because look at him

5. aleksander’s favorite color being sunlight is the purest thing and i always wish he had told alina that rip

6. crying part 1

7. crying part 2

8. this page is so gorgeous and heart wrenching at the same time

9. like calls to motherfucking like is such a good quote also and i’ll never get over it

10. showstopping amazing never been done before what a beautiful last page and just gorgeously done

#s&b #shadow and bone #tditw #the demon in the wood #tgt #the grisha trilogy #the darkling #eryk #aleksander morovoza #general kirigan #ben barnes #alina starkov #alarkling #darklina #baghra morozova #leigh bardugo #dani pendergast #grishaverse

[darklinaforever]

It makes me laugh, when people try to call the Darkling a dictator, while saying that Leigh Bardugo portrays this aspect and the damage he causes really well... when there is none of that in the real trilogy. We don't even see the things he does once he becomes king actually. Nothing makes him worse than the former king in fact...

#the darkling #darklina #darkling x alina #alina x darkling #darkling and alina #alina and darkling #aleksander morozova #anti leigh bardugo #the grisha trilogy #ruin and rising #tgt #pro the darkling #pro aleksander morozova

[xalonelydreamerx]

SHADOW & BONE - CHAPTER 5

“Well,” I said, “there was an old serf who worked on the estate …”

“Go on,” he said. “Tell me.”

“He … he said that Darklings are born without souls. That only something truly evil could have created the Shadow Fold.” I glanced at his cold face and added hastily, “But Ana Kuya sent him packing and told us it was all peasant superstition.”

The Darkling sighed. “I doubt that serf is the only one who believes that.”

I said nothing. Not everyone thought like Eva or the old serf, but I’d been in the First Army long enough to know that most ordinary soldiers didn’t trust Grisha and felt no allegiance to the Darkling.

#the darkling #aleksander morovoza #alarkling #book darkling #darklina #alina x the darkling #tgt books #the grisha trilogy #grishaverse #the darkling edit #shadow and bone #fantasy aesthetic #my edit #xalonelydreamerx edit

[iri-lynx]

lil nikolai top gun!au doodle based on the fic "If I can't have love, I want power" by @dregstrash @wafflesandkruge & @rietveldbrothers

#nikolai lantsov #top gun #tgt #the grisha trilogy #shadow and bone #zoyalai #kos #king of scars #rule of wolves #grishaverse #fanart #had this one stored away for a while so thought might as well just post it #oh nik how you infuriate me #my art

[wafflesandkruge]

thinking about malina and zoyalai and the way they differ is that malina are always willing to put each other above all else and zoyalai have a shared priority of ravka that they consider more important than their partner

Like mal says he doesn’t care about the country, that alina is his flag, alina is his nation, and eventually sacrifices himself not for ravka but for alina. alina consistently chooses mal over any opportunity to lead ravka and make it better, and eventually chooses to live with him in the countryside with no commitments to the country despite literally being a national saint.

But for zoyalai, both of them put the country above the other person and the fact they know the other person would prioritize the country over them is why they’re so confident in the relationship. nikolai knows that zoya would be able to run the country without him and that she will always value the country over him and zoya knows that nikolai has dedicated his life to his country at the expense of his own happiness and would always continue choosing ravka over anything else

#it’s 3 am and my brain is going brrrrrrr #anyways zoya and nikolai are so idealistic despite both claiming they’re the most practical people alive send tweet #ty elisha for validating me you’re so right that zoyalai are both stupidly noble #tgt #the grisha trilogy #sab #shadow and bone #mal #alina #malina #Nikolai #zoya #zoyalai #grishaverse #my post

[reallifegenya]

"Fedyor," Ivan whispered, the breath of his words crystallizing in the cold air. Cradling Fedyor in his arms, he murmured, "Hold on, my love. I am here now."

#fedyor kaminsky #fivan #grishaverse #heartrender #heartrender husbands #ivan kaminsky #ivan x fedyor #julian kostov #leigh bardugo #shadow and bone #save six of crows #save shadow and bone #simon sears #fanfic #the grisha trilogy #ivan tgt

[mercutiotakethewheel]

bone apple tit

#grishaverse #shadow and bone #soc #kaz brekker #nikolai lantsov #the darkling #aleksander morozova #no ones doing it like them #the grisha trilogy #tgt #six of crows

[vorbarrsultana]

aesthetic meme: [1/7] AUs → pre-canon!darkolai

“Do you think I’m like the Darkling?” I studied him — the golden hair, the sharp uniform, those too-clever hazel eyes. “No,” I said slowly. “I don’t think you are.” I rose to go join Mal. “But I’ve been wrong before.” — "siege & storm" *** At night they were the jaunty dandies, at daylight — knights of bitter wars. They weren’t "royalists" and "traitors" — they were all their country’s sons. But that life span in short-lived cyclone, and passed like fleeting summer cloud, Above impassible horizon their guiding star was burning out. — "to the generals of the russian civil war"

#grishaverse #the grisha trilogy #tgt #tgtedit #grishaverseedit #the darkling #aleksander morozov #nikolai lantsov #darkolai #* #aesthetic meme #i'm finally done with my grand darkolai fic and i have FEELINGS #also bonus points to anyone who recognized quote from alexander blok's kulikovo field on picspam

[malyenfromkeramzin]

Suli! Mal wasn’t even confirmed in the show…

#mfk.txt #were they just gonna imply he was a white boy throughout the show #some book fans hc him as Suli and this is obvious in the show with them casting archie renaux #and yet we get no content about that at all in the show #mal is also a main character #yet the writers made him more palatable in the show #they should have made him angry in s2 instead of being friends with nikolai #tgt #the grisha trilogy #grishaverse #malyen oretsev #shadow and bone #siege and storm #ruin and rising