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hall0wedwyrm · 3 months

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Okay, so this was just supposed to be part of a different AU (which i still might include something like this in there??? but idk) and then it was supposed to be just a one off... but guys i think this could literally be an au. I think it would be called the Reunion AU? not sure but yeah

AU Summary (so far): Shadow reunites with some faces that cause an unpleasant surprise. As people start to learn about the return, Shadow assures them that they have this undercontrol, but will they do the right thing?

Consider this... Chapter 1?? I suppose?? Enjoy!!

(also side note Shadow is he/they here just incase theres any confusion lol)

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There was never really a reason to worry about Shadow. They were naturally unpredictable, but they had their morals in check and that's really what mattered. Rouge knew it wasn’t a huge issue... but she was growing more worried.

Lately, Shadow had been acting out of character. They seemed generally more anxious, and alert of everything happening around them. They would jump out of their skin at the slightest abrupt movement, even scaring Rouge at some points.

Rouge was waiting for him to show up and was fully prepared to scold him for disappearing for seemingly no reason. It had been at least since the early hours, and it was now going into the afternoon. The only reason Rouge knew this was through Sonic telling her. When he woke up that morning, Shadow was nowhere to be found, and he assumed that they were with her… and Rouge thought that they were with him. This prompted immediate fear and panic, worrying if something had happened to them. Rouge’s thoughts went straight to G.U.N finding a reason to put them away again, and Sonic thought of them potentially being part of Eggman’s newest plan. They both promised to stay in contact with each other and dashed their separate ways.

Rouge hoped he would have appeared by now, for many reasons. The main one being her genuine concern, but also that there was an imminent meeting with the Commander, who she guaranteed had picked up on his weird behaviour and probably wouldn’t hesitate to confront him. And if he did... she wouldn't know what to even say to defend them.

She sat in her quiet office space at the G.U.N headquarters. Impatiently waiting for anything about Shadow to appear in front of her. She hoped he would just appear in her office, apologising for vanishing and she could cancel this dumb meeting and go comfort them in any way she could. Even if it was just a glass of water and making sure he was safely at her apartment.

As she stood up to leave for the meeting, her phone unexpectedly buzzed in her pocket. She swiftly pulled it out and held it firmly.

It was Shadow.

‘Meet outside. In the alley. Be quick.’

Short, sweet and to the point, but she didn’t care at all. Her next move was to begin swiftly leaving the building and pull up Sonic’s messages. She had to alert him; it was the least she could do right now.

‘Shadow’s just messaged me. I’m going to figure out what’s going on with them. Update soon, hon x’

Rouge rushed down the building, sped through the reception and darted into the alleyway. She stood for a moment, before seeing a vague silhouette at the end. Their quills gave them away, and the slight bit of light glimmered on their inhibitor rings.

“Oh my stars,” Rouge sighed, approaching them slowly, “Where the hell have you been!? We were so worried about you…”

She tried hard to not raise her voice, she didn’t want to sound mad at them at all, but she was slightly frustrated at the no contact situation. She saw Shadow open their mouth to speak, before hesitating a little bit.

“Sorry. I didn’t mean to scare any of you.” He kept his voice low, nearly a whisper, “But it was urgent.”

“What?” She raised her eyebrow, “What was so urgent that didn’t give you time to leave a note? or a message?”

Shadow looked away, closing their eyes. They clenched their fists tightly and squeezed their eyes shut.

“I…” He tried to start, but his voice got caught in his throat, “I can’t.”

There was a deafening silence. The air thickened quickly as the tension swelled with it.

“What…. what do you mean?” She was astounded, and that was easily conveyed by the way she barely had to try and speak.

“Because of-” Shadow paused and opened their eyes wide.

Rouge, realising she potentially caught him, jumped in quickly, “because of what? What’s so bad that you can’t tell me? if you’re worried, I’m going to say anything to anyone, you know I would never.”

He didn’t even turn to look at her,

In a swift and unconscious move, she swiftly gripped Shadow’s arm. He turned around in response, looking at her with large eyes. It’s like even he couldn’t believe what she just did. She pulled him so that he would look at her.

“Tell me. Please.” She begged, staring into their eyes.

A flash of fear was on their face for a moment, and they tried to say something again, before the pit in Rouge’s stomach forced her to speak first

“What...” She took a breath, “What did you do?”

Shadow looked stunned. He fumbled to grab her shoulders, holding her closer to him. He was right in her face.

“I didn’t do anything. I swear to you, Rouge.” He took a deep breath, “If I do tell you... please just... keep it to yourself for a while. I don’t know what to do about it.”

Rouge blinked in bewilderment. She was kind of afraid to even ask what he meant by that, but she was in this deep she had to know.

“About...” She paused, feeling the pit in her stomach deepen, “About what...?”

The words out of Shadow’s mouth were the last things she wanted to ever hear him say.

Releasing their grip on her, they kept their voice to a bit louder than a whisper, paranoid about even muttering it themself.

“Black Doom... he’s alive.”

“Pardon!?” She couldn’t help but yell out at him.

“Keep your voice down.” They hissed through their teeth, looking behind her to see if anyone had heard them. He took a harsh breath through his nose, before speaking.

“He’s been speaking to me. Trying to get me to go and see him. He was watching me this whole time, waiting for his moment to strike.” He tried to look at her, but he could barely make eye contact before looking away, “I gave in today, and went to go and hunt for him. He somehow knew I was coming for him and told me exactly where to go. He told me that he had been on this planet since I had destroyed the original Black Comet, and that he was silently brewing his revenge.”

Rouge stared at him, mouth agape, for at least a minute. She was trying to process that this was even real. That this was all happening again.

“We... we have to do something.” She stammered, “We can’t let him do what he did last time.”

“Stop.” Shadow said harshly, “He’s not doing anything right now.”

Rouge scoffed, “And you believe that? Really?”

Shadow nodded a little bit, turning his head to look back up at her. “He’s essentially powerless here. He doesn’t have the power of the Black Arms army behind him.”

“Are you actually being serious right now?” She snapped, “After everything he put you through- After everything he did to you? You’re... giving him a second chance?”

He didn’t respond. He didn’t even move.

“Seriously? Are you hearing yourself right now?! You swore that if any Black Arms ever even came close to this planet's atmosphere, you’d destroy them immediately. Why is this any different?”

“...Eclipse was there.”

“You’re kidding me.” Rouge squeezed the arch of her nose. She couldn’t believe a word she was hearing.

“Please. Hear me out,” Shadow pleaded, and Rouge reluctantly looked at him.

“They were genuinely happy to see me. The way they talked to me about what they and Black Doom had been up to in the time since I saw them last... they were delighted. Eclipse said Black Doom had found them shortly after their ship crashed, and they had been planning together ever since. Eclipse was so excited to show me what they had been working on.”

Rouge’s only response was to sigh. Heavily.

“I didn’t intend to stay long, I swear. I just wanted to hear what they had to say... to see what they were doing.”

“I just... can’t believe all of this is happening again.” Rouge folded her arms tightly, “Are you really sure you have this all under control...?”

“Yes.” Shadow said confidently, “I’m going to follow along with Black Doom, try and keep them both out of trouble for a while until I can figure out what to do.”

Rouge had a bad feeling about... all of this. If Shadow began to trust them, who knows what would happen?

“Fine. I trust your judgement.” Rouge reluctantly said, “But if you go running off again without telling me, I will hunt you down, got it?”

Shadow let out a small chuckle, “I’ll make sure, I swear.”

Rouge finally felt some kind of relief. While she didn’t completely see how this would be a good situation, but if Shadow had it under control...

She didn’t have any other reason not to trust them.

#this AU will probably be all written on here #and i'll probably make a masterpost of all the part n such #ive been toying with an idea of this kind of thing basically forever so im kinda glad ive got one working #there probably wont be an ending?? as far as i know #im thinking maybe 2 or 3 more chapters and then some misc ones #maybe ART am i gonna DRAW omg.#shadow the hedgehog #rouge the bat #eclipse the darkling #black doom #black doom sth #sonic the hedgehog #theres also a little hint of sonadow here??? but i dont wanna tag it because i think there could be just a sonadow chapter

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miladysproblems · 7 months

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MASTERPOST

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♡I currently write♡

m stands for mature

Sandman(Netflix series)

•Affliction - angst, sad ending

Part 1: Morpheus plans a date with you and doesn't turn up

Part 2: You run and find Morpheus with calliope

Part 3: Mathew comforts you but You leave morpheus

Avatar 2 (mainly Neteyam)

I'm not in my neteyam phase anymore so dont expect any fics for a long time.

•Missed you -hurt/comfort, lil angst, fluff

•Beautiful - tooth rotting fluff

•Suspicion(coming soon)

•Comfort(coming soon)

•What if Neteyam was alive (series)

Part 1: Neteyam is alive and reconciles with his family but what about you?

Part 2 (coming soon)

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One piece

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Luffy

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☆Dad!Luffy x reader on a normal day (coming soon)

☆Luffy's kids headcannons(coming soon)

Roronoa Zoro

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➹Reader confused about sanji's Flirtiness(coming soon)

➹Sanji and you cook together(coming soon)

Shanks

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❃Shanks x fem!reader x Benn(m) (coming soon)

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Dracule Mihawk

◑Mihawk finds out he has a child series (coming soon)

Part 1: You meet him

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Part 3: You think he might leave

Dramione

•Draco x hermione Headcannons(coming soon)

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Loki Laufeyson

•TVA!Loki x reader jealous of sylvie(coming soon)

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Shadow and bones (mostly Darkling)

•Hurt(coming soon)

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aleksanderscult · 4 months

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Metas

Aleksander's jealousy moments:

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and the bonus content

Analyzing "Demon in the Wood" (book):

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

Analyzing "Demon in the Wood" (Graphic Novel):

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

The Alarkling Winter fete make out:

Part 1 - Part 2

The Alarkling tether kiss scene:

Part 1 - Part 2

Analyzing the only Alarkling scene in RoW

What the Darkling thought/felt about Elizaveta:

Here and here

What Aleksander was expecting about the Sun Summoner. His over-the-years thoughts about him/her and his initial thoughts about Alina

The Darkling is NOT a groomer

Alina rejecting Aleksander's advances

Aleksander's and "Alina's" funeral in R&R

Analyzing the Darkling's "I will strip away all that you know..." line

Why does the fandom handles differently Oomen's punishment by Kaz Brekker and Baghra's punishment by the Darkling

How Aleksander is dealing with grief and how he's dealing with people that are grieving

Was the Darkling that much of a liar as the fandom makes him to be?

My opinion about Genya's s*xual ab*se from the King. Was it the Darkling's fault?

The Darkling was terrible at manipulating (and it was the author's fault)

Analyzing Darklina's first kiss in S&B

Analyzing Aleksander's reaction to Alina's loss of her power

Character analysis: Genya from S&B

What kind of "Alina" did Aleksander want?

Other

Some fun facts about the Darkling

More Darkling facts

Ivan appreciation post

My favorite Darkling fanarts

My favorite Alina Starkov fanarts

My favorite Darklina fanarts

My favorite Darkling quotes (no ranking)

Why do I hate Mal (for anyone who is wondering)

A masterpost where Leigh Bardugo talks about the Darkling

Fanmade Grishaverse videos

Book trailer for the Grishaverse trilogy

Ruin & Rising, chapter 15 (The burning of the orphanage scene)

#a guide for anyone who is interested in my page #this post will be regularly updated btw!#Enjoy! 💛#the darkling #alina starkov #darklina #alarkling #grishaverse #shadow and bone #grishaverse trilogy #metas #shadow and bone meta #grishaverse meta #the darkling meta #darklina meta #aleksander morozova

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sonic-palooza · 1 year

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Sonic Poll Masterpost - Round One

(round two)

(round three)

(round four)

(round five)

Eggman Nega vs. Manic the Hedgehog - WINNER: Manic the Hedgehog

Sally Acorn vs. Sage - WINNER: Sally Acorn

E-123 Omega vs. Elias Acorn - WINNER: E-123 Omega

Scourge the Hedgehog vs. Amy Rose - WINNER: Amy Rose

Silver the Hedgehog vs. Mangey Tails - WINNER: Silver the Hedgehog

Uncle Chuck vs. Whisper the Wolf - WINNER: Whisper the Wolf

Fang the Sniper vs. Infinite the Jackal - WINNER: Infinite the Jackal

Honey the Cat vs. Batten Rouge - WINNER: Batten Rouge

Jet the Hawk vs. Hangry Cat - WINNER: Jet the Hawk

Sonia the Hedgehog vs. Vector the Crocodile - WINNER: Vector the Crocodile

Princess Elise vs. Rouge the Bat - WINNER: Rouge the Bat

Maria Robotnik vs. Chris Thorndyke - WINNER: Maria Robotnik

Orbot & Cubot vs. Dr. Starline - WINNER: Orbot & Cubot

Cheese the Chao vs. Gnarly Knuckles - WINNER: Gnarly Knuckles

Tikal the Echidna vs. Metal Sonic - WINNER: Metal Sonic

Knuckles the Dread vs. Rusty Rose - WINNER: Rusty Rose

Thorn Rose vs. Gold the Tenrec - WINNER: Thorn Rose

Blaze the Cat vs. The Deadly Six - WINNER: Blaze the Cat

Denizen 1998 vs. Grounder - WINNER: Denizen 1998

Black Doom vs. Fiona Fox - TIE: Black Doom and Fiona Fox

Agent Stone vs. Kitsunami the Fennec - WINNER: Kitsunami the Fennec

Big the Cat vs. Antoine D'Coolette - WINNER: Big the Cat

Coconuts vs. Catfish - WINNER: Catfish

Knuckles the Echidna vs. Sonic the Hedgehog - WINNER: Knuckles the Echidna

Charmy Bee vs. Espio the Chameleon - WINNER: Espio the Chameleon

The Chaos Council vs. Mina Mongoose - WINNER: Mina Mongoose

Wave the Swallow vs. Bunnie Rabbot - WINNER: Wave the Swallow

Rebel Rouge vs. Marine the Raccoon - WINNER: Rebel Rouge

Prim Rouge vs. Omochao - WINNER: Prim Rouge

Scratch vs. Renegade Knucks - WINNER: Renegade Knucks

Mighty the Armadillo vs. Sails Tails - WINNER: Mighty the Armadillo

Shadow the Hedgehog vs. Sticks the Badger - WINNER: Shadow the Hedgehog

Bean the Dynamite vs. Dr. Eggman - WINNER: Dr. Eggman

Shade the Echidna vs. Black Rose - WINNER: Black Rose

Clutch the Opossum vs. Rotor Walrus - WINNER: Rotor Walrus

Tangle the Lemur vs. Mimic the Octopus - WINNER: Tangle the Lemur

Chip vs. Dave the Intern - WINNER: Chip

Cream the Rabbit vs. Miles "Tails" Prower - WINNER: Miles "Tails" Prower

Monkey Khan vs. Shard the Metal Sonic - WINNER: Shard the Metal Sonic

Bark the Polar Bear vs. Nicole the Holo-Lynx - WINNER: Nicole the Holo-Lynx

Fleetway Super Sonic vs. Ray the Flying Squirrel - WINNER: Fleetway Super Sonic

Emerl the Gizoid vs. Vanilla the Rabbit - WINNER: Vanilla the Rabbit

Mephiles the Dark vs. Surge the Tenrec - WINNER: Surge the Tenrec

Zooey the Fox vs. Chaos - WINNER: Chaos

Geoffrey St. John vs. Julie-Su the Echidna - WINNER: Julie-Su the Echidna

Dr. Finitevus the Echidna vs. Rosy the Rascal - WINNER: Rosy the Rascal

Nine Tails vs. Storm the Albatross - WINNER: Nine Tails

Merlina the Wizard vs. Shahra - WINNER: Shahra

Jewel the Beetle vs. Belle the Tinkerer - WINNER: Jewel the Beetle

Lien-Da the Echidna vs. Eclipse the Darkling - WINNER: Eclipse the Darkling

#masterpost #not a poll #round one #sonic palooza 2023

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xiexiecaptain · 1 year

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Shadow & Bone rewatch live-commenting that was started on twitter and is being moved/continued here!

This is the post for EP 03: The Making at the Heart of the World

[Episode 01 post] [Rewatch Commentary Links Masterpost]

((There WILL be spoilers mentioned for the books in the Grishaverse including the Crows duology & King of Scars duology! This is basically from the perspective of watching the show as someone who knows the books well.))

I like that we're getting to hear her letters to Mal in voice over because it returns some of the interiority we've lost through the translation from 1st person narrative to screen

bUT immediately my brain supplied the hilarious AU that Mal runs one of those Dear Abby advice columns

*sob laughs in Book 2*

GENYA!!! SHE'S HERE!

God I love Genya

And the way Daisy Head carries herself here, the polished demeanor, all of it is so Genya

This was such a great moment between them

And even though Genya had to do what she does later on, you can tell she's really earnest about how quickly she warms to Alina

THESE TWO BICKER LIKE AN OLD MARRIED COUPLE AND IM LIVING FOR IT

["Good to know Van Eck didn't cure you of sentiment."

"Glad to be back, Kaz."]

SHE'S HERE, THE GLORIOUS, THE INCOMPERABLE NINA ZENIK

Lmao right "despises"

As in "the two people I'll fall in love with in my life will both be Fjerdans"

That fight scene !!!!!!!

What a fckin badass I absolutely adore Nina

Everyone needs a Nina Zenik in their life tbh

This is the SECOND time I've noticed Jesper randomly helping himself to food/drink from other people's tables/houses and I fucking love it (he also did it in Dreesen’s basement)

Kit Young is a gift

Wraith mode: activated

The way his gaze lingers and he stays turned toward the window for a solid few seconds after she's gone-!!!

He tries to stop himself, he really does!!!

Can we just appreciate in general the nuanced and compassionate, yet realistic way addiction is portrayed with Jesper's character???

(Not to mention the fact we see TWO portrayals of addiction in this series--psychological addiction with Jesper and physical addiction with Nina)

Like, it's not a comic relief bit--it legitimately has life-altering consequences for both Jesper, all his loved ones, and those he works with.

We see Jesper both deny to himself and others he has a Problem, yet also struggle against it

["Why didn't you just stop?" Jesper wanted to laugh. He had pleaded with himself, screamed at himself to stop.]

He fucks up and hurts people he (and we the readers) love because of it. Yet the narrative remains continuous in its portrayal of Jesper as someone with steadfastly good intentions and a good heart who is struggling with unhealed issues

["There's a wound in you, and the tables, the dice, the cards--they feel like medicine. They soothe you, for a time. But they're poison, Jesper."]

Listen, I just have a lot of Feelings about Jesper Fahey

Alina Starkov is truly a woman of the people

SA mention////

"Ah, our shitty monarchs: The rapist king, the queen whose focus on appearance trumps any real issues, and the vapid entitled weasel of a prince. The only decent one among them, I've disguised so he could go play pirate to help Ravka by doing Ocean Crimes."

Yes, I hate him

Yes, he is occasionally funny

Yeah this was fckin shitty of her and I’m definitely not excusing it ever

But its interesting seeing this understanding where it’s coming from re: Zoya’s heritage.

Zoya's got so much internalized racism and fear around being mixed race herself because of her upbringing, seeing how not only just her father was treated but Suli in general

She's lashing out because she's afraid and conflicted

And she's also feeling jealous and uncertain about her place being favored by the Darkling (which he has fostered because he's a manipulator of the worst kind)

Kaz carrying Milo the goat and looking absolutely Done will never not be funny to me

More show-added worldbuilding appreciation from me

The posters styled after Bolshevik revolution/soviet propaganda posters is such a wonderful touch by the props/set folks

And again, the invented script for written Ravkan (and all the languages, but we’ve mostly just seen Ravkan and Kerch written so far) makes my linguist nerd heart sing

Kaz: initiate mastermind scanners for useful information and/or potential blackmail

Kaz: BEEP BEEP impending betrayal detected

Kaz: initiate 5-D chess-level planning consisting of labyrinthine layers upon layers of traps, feints, and manipulation

I love that they gave her a physical object for Inej related to her family.

In the books (again, because of interiority) we get literal flashbacks of them, as well as many phrases from her parents she repeats or hears internally ("The heart is an arrow...", "Climb, Inej")

But that’s not easily translated to a visual medium. So instead we get this great little physical/visual token of that.

It does such heavy lifting not only in that it shows us how deeply Inej's faith directs her morals (like how torn she was when Arken connected over their faith), but also shows how much she still holds the memory/hope of her family close to her; that she's never accepted that her life in Ketterdam was just it now.

Good, good storytelling work

ARE YOU TALKING TO HER OR TO YOURSELF, KAZ??????

That little glance down and then away-!!!

And then immediately he's harsh and cruel about it to try and push her away from him--to push hIMSELF away from her!!!

Fucking helllll

I'm so glad they basically got to keep Nina's and Matthias' story the same (aside from minor details obv) down to exact lines

Danielle Galligan and Calahan Skogman breathe such life into the cores of these characters and all their nuances

[Matthias had always fought his own decency. To become a drüskelle, he’d had to kill the good things inside him.]

All through this episode, even in this first scene, you can see Nina's words start to scratch away at him

He's gonna have her in his head for the rest of the night

Jesper Fahey, everyone

LOVE THE WHOLE CONCEPT!

Love this addition to the world, love how it's not finished/is kinda ramshackle with sliding between the two tracks, love the weird systems set up he's developed to cross multiple times with the sound of hitting the metal, love it all

I'm so happy Nadia is a black woman!!!

We get so many queer characters of color! I can't wait until we get Tamar (and Tolya ofc) introduced in the show so we can have the badass wlw couple we deserve

BOTKIN!! So glad he makes an appearance!!

I could so easily him being cut from another version of an adaption so this makes me so happy

Part of what endeared Botkin to me in the book was how, even though he is a harsh teacher, he always treated Alina like every other student and demanded her best work

Like "idc you're the sun summoner, your right hook is pathetic!"

ALINA KNOWING HOW TO THROW A PROPER PUNCH BC MAL TAUGHT HER IS 🙏🙏🙏

Like I know this is supposed to establish character dynamics and how Zoya has this social position she's defending and how Alina is gaining credibility

But me & my gay-ass brain just went like "Ok but I would let Zoya punch me in the face and I would say THANK YOU"

If only I were so lucky 😔💦

Somewhere, King of Scars!Nikolai getting shackled to his bed by Zoya every night for his own safety just liked this^^^ as a tweet

See, Nadia gets me

She's pickin' up what I'm puttin' down

This also establishes Nadia’s type is women who can knock your lights out and smirk, which is good news for future Tamar

And we here see in Alina's face the echoed experiences of women, femmes, and assumed-women everywhere having forced unwanted interactions with creepy dudes

Zoë Wanamaker is soooooo good as Baghra, hot damn

A fellow Zoë out there making us proud

Another character I can’t wait to see interact with Nikolai on screen because their relationship is hilarious to me

I've mentioned it before, but the show more heavily leaning into the idea that Grisha power can sort of be drawn out or kicked on by sudden pain and/or fear is such an interesting one

Because it implies about the nature of Grisha power that it developed similar to other unconscious survival mechanisms--like adrenaline numbs out bad injuries or allows muscles to surpass normal limits, its something that helps keep Grisha stay alive in a life or death situation

"I WISH I WERE WITH Y- ...WITH THE FIRST ARMY"

I'M-!!!!!

SEE? THIS IS THE SHIT I LOVE

The worldbuilding always contains all these tiny details that realistically reflect how humans build clever systems over time to address issues and get what/where they want to

Alina's fuckign face-

I CANT GET OVER THIS

Yes, the emotional support goat was Absolutely Mission Critical

I'M FUCKIN EMOTIONAL BC I just noticed when Arken says the situation is dire, please take note of how Kaz isn't even looking at him, he's staring diRECTLY AT INEJ sitting across from him?????

[That sound--the swift, shocking report of gunfire--called the scattered, irascible, permanently seeking part of his mind into focus like nothing else.]

[...Jesper could feel himself coming alive, the worry that had been dogging his steps ... falling away. He felt free, dangerous, like lightning rolling over the prairie.]

[He'd knew his guns better than he knew the rules of Makker's Wheel. Jesper focused on the bullet, sensed the smallest parts of it. Maybe he was the same. A bullet in a chamber, spending his whole life waiting for the moment he would have direction.]

So I just want to examine the Crows' "we were pretty sure we were going to die but we actually pulled through and are somehow still alive???" reactions for a minute:

1) Inej, ofc, her first reaction is prayer which makes me emotional

And then, she looks over at Kaz because she wants to see if this finally shook something loose from that cold exterior (because tbh, at this point, it's probably the first time she's ever witnessed Kaz escape death first-hand)

2) How fucking beautiful Jesper looks?? 😍😍

[Jesper's hair was mussed, his pupils dilated. He seemed almost drunk, or like he’d just rolled out of someone’s bed. He always had that look after a fight.]

3) And Kaz, of course as always, is looking at Inej (and then looking away from it all)

It's gonna get you in big trouble one day, Kaz

AND how Inej and Kaz hold eye contact for a moment before they both look away???

And I feel Malina in this chili's tonight

Oh! Something I forgot to add I noticed during the train fight scene, Arken has these depictions of saints hung up on the walls!!!!

Again, major major ups to the prop/set people for adding all these small details!! It makes the world feel so full and lived in!

So that's the end of episode 3!

Wheee I fuckin' love the Grishaverse and my beloved Crows and we're so lucky to have this cast

[Rewatch Commentary Links Masterpost]

#shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #six of crows #alina starkov #mal oretsev #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #jesper fahey #genya safin #nina zenik #matthias helvar #zoya nazyalensky

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rhendarzon · 1 year

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Aveyond Cosplay Masterpost

Iya Tiki (Aveyond 2) - by darling-darkling Villager Rhen Darzon (Aveyond 1) - by viralirus Te’ijal Ravenfoot (Aveyond 1 - 4) - by cj_airabee Students Rhen Darzon & Lars Tenobor (Aveyond 1) - by areathpendragon Sword Singer Rhen Darzon & Sorcerer Lars Tenobor (Aveyond 1) - by watercolorduck

#i'm sorry but i just realised we have THREE cosplays of rhen #IN 3 DIFFERENT STAGES OF HER LIFE #yooooo #will add to this post if i find any more!#aveyond #i would absolutely die if somebody cosplayed villager Lars

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rozendiors · 2 years

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fandom library of roses.

Hi there, stranger! I can see you've made it to my masterpost of masterposts. Here you'll find a list of all the fandoms I write ficlets, one-shots, imagines, etc. for. I try my best to update my masterlists regularly although it might take some time. Happy reading! Has a certain character caught your eye? Do you wish for me to write something for them? Take a look at my request rules before sending me an ask with your idea.

❦ — browse tag | ❆ — no works yet | ♡ — roze’s favourites

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

with fire and blood.

Daemon Targaryen ❦

Rhaenyra Targaryen ❦ ♡

Alicent Hightower ❆

Criston Cole ❆

Harwin Strong ❆

Laena Velaryon ❆ ♡

Laenor Velaryon ❆

Aemond Targaryen ❆

Aegon II Targaryen ❆

Helaena Targaryen ❆

GAME OF THRONES

winter is coming.

Daenerys Targaryen ❆

Missandei ❆

Sansa Stark ❆ ♡

Arya Stark ❆

Margaery Tyrell ❆ ♡

Tyrion Lannister ❆

Cersei Lannister ❆

Jaime Lannister ❆

Brienne of Tarth ❆

Melisandre ❆

Jon Snow ❆

Oberyn Martell ❆

Ellaria Sand ❆

SHADOW AND BONE

fine, make me your villain.

Kaz Brekker ❆

Inej Ghafa ❆ ♡

Jesper Fahey ❆

Wylan Van Eck ❆

Nina Zenik ❆

Matthias Helvar ❆

Alina Starkov ❆

Genya Safin ❆

The Darkling ❆

Mal Oretsev ❆

Zoya Nazyalensky ❆ ♡

THE WITCHER

let your chaos explode.

Yennefer of Vengerberg ❆ ♡

Geralt of Rivia ❆

Jaskier ❆

Tissaia de Vries ❆ ♡

Calanthe of Cintra ❆

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (2022)

i was being hunted.

Lestat de Lioncourt ❆

Louis de Pointe du Lac ❆

STAR WARS

may the force be with you.

Anakin Skywalker ❆

Obi-Wan Kenobi ❆

Ahsoka Tano ❆

Padmé Amidala ❆

Captain Rex ❆

Darth Maul ❆

Luke Skywalker ❆

Leia Organa ❆

Han Solo ❆

Kylo Ren ❆

Rey ❆

Finn ❆

Poe Dameron ❆

Bo Katan Kryze ❆

Fennec Shand ❆

Din Djarin ❆

Jyn Erso ❆

Cassian Andor ❆

THE LAST OF US (2023)

look for the light.

Joel Miller ❆

last updated: february 7th, 2023

#fandom masterlist #masterlist of masterlists #house of the dragon masterlist #game of thrones masterlist #shadow and bone masterlist #the witcher masterlist #interview with the vampire masterlist #꒰ .°🌹˚₊ rozendiors blog management. ꒱

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cto10121 · 8 months

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Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome: Tag Masterpost

Cto10121 is finally doing a personalized tag masterpost!!! It’s about damn time. Anyhoo, hopefully this will make it easier to find most everything of interest in my blog.

Me, Myself, and I

Cristina Reviews: General tag for my reviews of books, movies, musicals, and TV shows.

Cristina Reads: General tag for books with text, quotes, and screenshots.

Cristina Opines: My cold takes.

Cristina Has An Unpopular Opinion: My hot takes.

Cristina Is Silly: Technically I have a sense of humor.

Cristina Memes: Badly, but she does.

Cristina Metas: General tag for my nerdy griping.

Icon Fun: I had tons with those icon memes of yore.

Ask/Reply

I Come Anon: For anonymous asks.

Books & Literature

Cristina Is An English Major: Main tag.

Popular Fandoms

Twilight Meta: Meta on Twilight.

Anti Anti Twilight: This is a pro-romance blog above all, but honestly it doesn’t deserve it.

Twilight Clownery: Tumblr’s hatred of Twilight has much to do with hate, but more with love clownery.

SAB Meta: Very critical meta on Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone. See also: Anti Malina, Mal Me Cae Muy Mal

Darling Dorkling Darkling Done Dirty: I originated this tag and don’t you lot forget it! Defense of The Darkling from Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone.

HP Clown Takes: Harry Potter clownery is real and so I eat it.

Shakespeare

R&J Meta/RJ Meta: Meta on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The Struggle Is Real for both Shakespeare and Presgurvic meta. I also did a read-through on Arthur Brooke’s version.

R&J Clown Takes: It’s a whole series by this point. See also: RJ Clown Takes, RJ Clownery, R&J Clownery.

Romeo Hate Dumb: So much material that I literally had to create my own tag for it. Thanks for nothing, world.

Hamlet Meta: Meta on Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Hamlet Clownery: I foresee this will be a thing.

Shakespeare Meta: Meta on Shakespeare’s plays in general.

Shakespeare Clownery: Might as well create this tag because I know I’m going to need it.

Life of Will: Meta on Shakespeare himself and his life.

Musicals

Romeo et Juliette: General tag for Presgurvic’s musical. Also Roméo et Juliette.

RetJ Meta: I like to talk about this musical way too goddamn much.

RetJ World Domination: The whole purpose of this blog by this point.

Original French RetJ

Revival RetJ

Takarazuka RetJ

Hungarian RetJ

That Production That Must Not Be Named: You lot know exactly what I mean.

Idaho RetJ: This exists.

Notre Dame de Paris: General tag for the Plamondon/Cocciante musical.

Elisabeth: General tag for the Kunze/Lévay musical. Also with the das.

Rebecca: General tag for the Kunze/Lévay musical. Also with the das.

My Writing

That’s kind of my main thing. I still have my AO3 and Fanfiction.Net accounts, as well as a sister blog here, technically.

Lyrics and Translations

The agonies of a certain English translation of RetJ has driven me to a life of crime lyric writing, beginning with RetJ. I also uploaded whole scripts to my lyrics website; those are more or less the latest versions.

My Lyrics: My general tag for all my translations, including pop and world music.

RetJ English: English lyrics for Presgurvic’s Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l’Amour.

Notre Dame de Paris English: English lyrics for Cocciante’s and Plamondon’s Notre Dame de Paris.

Elisabeth English: English lyrics for Kunze and Lévay’s Elisabeth.

Starmania English: English lyrics for Plamondon and Berger’s Starmania.

Tanz der Vampire English: English lyrics for Kunze and Steinman’s Tanz der Vampire.

#about me #cto10121 #i humbly request not to reblog this #i will be making changes ofc #trying to tame this beast of a blog #clean up the tags #also it’d make navigation a lot easier

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goose-books · 1 year

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i read your wips intro/masterpost, they all look super cool (!!!) but the status sections look like they haven’t been updated in awhile—any updates?

first of all, THANK YOU!!! means a lot whenever anyone checks out my posts! i have a tendency to forget this blog exists, which i can only blame partially on my being in school; i'm part of a thriving community of writing discord servers, and so i've gotten into the habit of sharing more writing there than here. also, from the bottom of my heart, i never have any idea what to post. so thank you x2 for asking for an update, because i can certainly do that!

in the order of the intro post, shall we? (which i have now updated, because it was bothering me.)

The Mortal Realm & Quark: "starting second draft summer 2021," he said (about the first). so that was a fucking lie. summer 2021 i spent working at a children's summer camp, which, while i love kids, sapped my sickly-victorian-boy strength like tuberculosis. and then i went off to college! so quark didn't happen in the fall, either.

both of these are on indefinite hiatus for now, but not shelved! as my oldest long-running projects and the ones that saw me through some specific parts of my life, they're very important to me, and i think about the characters and plots frequently. that said, i've grown a lot since i began each one, so some of my old plans no longer align with the sort of things i like to write now... both are probably due for a rehaul, and as i'm focused on other projects atm, i'm not sure when that will be! but they idle in the back of my brain like screensavers.

A Modern Tragedy: the scripts for AMT are entirely finished! (barring the intermission episode i never wrote, i suppose.) i wrote the last words and immediately encountered some issues, namely: i know how to write, but not how to record and produce a podcast. plus, a podcast-enjoying friend of mine who read the scripts pointed out that honestly, AMT has too many characters to work as an audio drama; i have written a TV show in audio form. and speaking of things i know how to do less than producing a podcast--producing a TV show. so at present i sort of just... have this. sitting on my computer. i've half a mind to just post the scripts on this blog; if you're interested in seeing them... you can certainly shoot me a dm.

darkling: this behemoth is fully drafted, goddamn it, and i did do a round of beta readers over summer 2021. that said, this thing scares me. i am far better at drafting than i am at editing, and approaching a 200,000 word book (yes. i know. i know) to rip the seams out and kick that word count into shape intimidates me. i think perhaps we should all be very mean to me until i acquiesce to sniffing the draft through the bathroom door (??? <- will being mean to me work? unclear)

Valentine van Velt is Dead: oh now this is ridiculous; have i really not updated the intro post in over a year? i suppose not. valentine van velt is out! i posted the book in full in google doc, pdf, and epub forms; you can read it right now today!

love, h: finally something on the intro post is true. this is still in brainstorming mode, less because i haven't figured it out and more because i need to enter another intense hamlet phase to be able to write it properly. it'll happen.

godsong: ah, and we approach the reason the rest of these projects haven't gotten done. my silly little lesbian aeneid is eating my brain. in the past year and a half, i have 1. plotted an entire trilogy 2. written a book and a half 3. spiraled into related AUs for literally over a hundred words. the problem with writing a project that combines multiple hyperfixations is that it will crawl into your brainstem and never ever ever ever leave you alone. ever.

...which is to say that i've written a godsong! i've completed a first draft of the first book and i'm currently drafting the second; i've learned that editing scares me and bogs me down, so i'm riding this hyperfocus as far as it'll take me before i do a beta-reading round. this may come as a shock, because i've posted very little about godsong compared to my other projects, and again, this is because i have no idea what to post. every now and then i get frightened about posting real excerpts, in case it somehow fucks me up copyright-wise. this is a largely irrational fear that i have anyhow. i'm dicking around trying to make character moodboards for intro posts, but i keep running into the moral quandary of whether i can knowingly use unsourced pinterest images, like, morally. unrelated, yeah i do have OCD, how did you know?

thank you for asking after my projects, anon! ^_^ this was a very nice ask to receive and it reminds me i really ought to post here more often... if i ever scrounge up enough pictures from fucking unsplash, we'll see about those intros. if anyone has questions, opinions, or suggestions for future maxblog activities, feel free to shoot me an ask!

#honks at you softly and oh so sweetly.#max.txt

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padfootagain · 1 year

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Requests are open!

Fics are organized from oldest to newest.

Running

After a particularly violent battle, only a handful of soldiers remain. The aftermath is difficult for everyone, while you travel across the country in search of a safe place. Even the most stoic ones can show weakness sometimes…

Like Tracing Lines

The Darkling has always kept an eye on you, from afar, although he doesn’t admit why. But when the Sun Summoner arrives at the Little Palace, your lonely habits seem to grow exponentially, and he is more and more worried about you.

Hold My Hand Instead Of His

You are engaged to the Prince of Ravka, through an arranged marriage, in order to pacify relations between Grisha and otkazat’sya. The issue: Nikolai Lantsov is not your soulmate, and you are torn between duty and love.

Nothing here for now.

The Last Ones on Earth

You and the Darkling are a team, even if no one knows it. Beyond being a team, you are the only one he trusts, and he's the only one you care about, and you're each other's true love. But if you've kept your secrets hidden for a long time, now that the Sun Summoner is fighting against you, it's time to reveal who you are, and what you are capable of...

Masterlist for The Last Ones on Earth

Nothing for now.

#the darkling #the darkling fanfic #darkling #the darkling fanfiction #darkling fanfiction #the darkling x y/n #the darkling x you #the darkling x reader #darkling x reader #darkling x you #darkling masterpost #darkling masterlist #the darkling masterpost #sab #sab fanfiction #grishaverse #grishaverse fanfic

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xu-ren · 3 years

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Lady Kirigan

Genre: I’m....actually not sure.

Pairing: General Kirigan/The Darkling x wife!reader

Wordcount: 500+

This can be read as a standalone or a sequel-ish to My heart beats for you.

Masterpost

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Lady Kirigan was the opposite of her husband, or so all claimed, sweet and soft when he was dark and cruel, a healer when he was a shadow summoner. She followed her husband everywhere, as his personal healer was the widely accepted answer but everyone knew it was because he didn’t dare let her out of his sight, too frightened that something would happen to her. She was harmless in battle, often cowering behind her husband and his soldiers, only healing everyone with her gentle touch after the battle.

“She is powerless without her husband,” Maria and Nadia had told her. “You would suit a man like General Kirigan much better, as powerful as you are.”

The air of fragility that she carried around her certainly made that believable, which was what embolden her to kiss the Darkling. What could his wife do anyways, as harmless as she was?

She was the epitome of a lady that even the Fjerdans would be hard pressed to find fault in and yet, Alina couldn’t believe what was happening in front of her eyes now. With a simple flick of her wrist, Mal, the three stowaways and Zoya were all on the deck.

Alina screamed and Lady Kirigan turned to her. “What?” she asked, with cruel amusement shinning in her eyes and her lips twisted in her cruel smirk. It fitted her features so well Alina wondered how anyone believed that her gentle demeanour was real. “They aren’t dead. Yet.”

“Moya milaya,” Aleksander, no, General Kirigan gently admonished, although he sounded more amused than anything. He wrapped an arm around his wife, tucking her against his side. She was dwarfed by him, so tiny and fragile against him.

“Unless moy gospodin wills otherwise?” Lady Kirigan asked, peering under her lashes at her husband, looking as if she was asking for a treat and not the execution of five people.

Alina had believed that Lady Kirigan did not know of her husband’s ambitions, of his crimes and yet, here she was, willing to kill for her husband even as he utilised her abilities to expand the shadow fold. She had believed that Lady Kirigan was a fragile lady in need of saving, and instead her cruelty matched her husband’s.

Watching Lady Kirigan tucked under her husband’s cloak, Alina is taken back to the first time she saw her. Atop his black warhorse, she had looked so very tiny and nearly childlike, even more so when he swung himself behind her, wrapping her in his arms and his cloak, nearly hiding her from sight.

“No, zolotse, they may still prove to be useful,” General Kirigan gently told his wife, his eyes softer than Alina had ever seen as he brushed a gentle kiss on her forehead. Lady Kirigan pouted, causing her husband to chuckle before he captured her lips with his own.

Watching them ardently attempt to devour each other, Alina whimpered, her last shred of hope that perhaps General Kirigan may be in love with her dying an agonising death in her chest. They pulled apart, smiling lovingly at each other before Lady Kirigan pressed a soft kiss to her husband’s chin.

After pressing another kiss on her husband’s chin, Lady Kirigan turned to Alina. “Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten about you. Why don’t we have a nice long talk about you kissing my husband?” Lady Kirigan cooed with a malicious smile.

*~*~*

Moya milaya - My love

Moy gospodin - My lord

Zolotse - Darling

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goblins-riddles-or-frocks · 2 years

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Masterpost

Grishaverse Fics

Unmaking The Heart of The World — time loop AU, Nikolina, Darklina, Zoyalina, multi ship, grief, post R&R Alina marries Nikolai, but in another timeline, she’s only just been brought to the Little Palace following the discovery of her powers (ongoing)

Éminence Grise — Darklina, Nikolina, fake engagement AU where Alina is betrothed to Nikolai, despite her affair with the Darkling, who has also not showed his hand yet (ongoing)

Penance Without Penitence — Darklina, Nikolina, post R&R, the Darkling is resurrected without his power, so Alina takes him to Keramzin to make up for his wrongs (ongoing)

And I Said to the Star, “Consume Me” — Darklina, Darknikolina, alt S&S ending, the Darkling offers Alina a bargain, if she marries him, he won’t kill all her friends (complete!)

The Scorched Sea — Darklina, Darknikolina, role reversal AU, tired of his mother’s austere and fear driven lifestyle, Aleksander Morozova seeks out the Sun Saint and the splendor of the Little Palace

Ad Libitum — Darklina one shot, ballet AU set in a twentieth century inspired Ravka, Alina performs at a private event at the Grand Palace

A Reprieve From Thought — Darklina one shot, S&S era PWP set aboard the ship

Infinite Ruin — Darklina one shot, post R&R, Alina holds the Darkling captive

Silence — unrequited Nikolina, Darklina, one shot, post R&R, possession, Nikolai still hears the Darkling’s voice in his head

A Reunion — Zoyalina one shot, modern AU, the gang are snowed in at the Christmas Party

In The Morning — Nikolina one shot, only one bed, fluff

Fondness — Nikolina one shot, mildly fluffy character study, Alina has thoughts about her relationship with Nikolai on their wedding night

The Picnic — Genyalina one shot, set during S&S if Genya was with them, fluff

Benefits of a Gilded Cage — Darknikolina one shot, Alina puts the third amplifier on the Darkling.

Longing for the Sun — triple drabble, set during KoS, Nikolai has come to dread sleep

Hellsing Fics

Ice — monster of the week one shot, something of a The Thing AU

This Is Where Monsters Weep — one shot collection about a variety of ships and characters

Hold This Heart In Your Teeth — Alutegra one shot, dreams, angst, pining, mild bdsm vibes

In This Darkness, I Have You — Alutegra one shot, PWP, angst, pining, unwanted love confession

The Hand Which Holds The Leash — pre canon, one shot, Alucard attempts to talk to Integra about responsibility, instead the conversation turns to her ancestors

Leave Them And Walk With Dust — Seras and Integra roleswap AU, eventual Sertegra, (ongoing)

Fragments, Glory, And What It Is To Lose — Alutegra one shot, Alucard reflects on his servitude after that first encounter with Anderson

These Truths That Shape Us — one shot, Integra gets her first glimpse at the depth of Hellsing’s experiments, medical horror

Beautiful, Wicked, Brazen — Alutegra one shot, PWP

A Diversion — Alutegra one shot, PWP, set after the Museum scene

Spare a Cigarette? — Waltercard one shot, pre canon, the first time Walter encounters Alucard after Integra releases him from the basement

If He Wills It — Aluseras one shot, during the Rio trip, Seras realizes Alucard didn’t have to turn her into a vampire, and she’s angry about it

Waiting — Alutegra one shot, angst, Integra is dead and Alucard has no idea what to do with himself

Dream of Daylight — angst, one shot, horror, a Hellsing soldier was kind to Alucard, he doesn’t take it well

Grief’s Cold Hands — Alutegra one shot, angst, time skip, in the aftermath of the battle of London, and years after, Integra reminisces.

Mercy — one shot, during the Rio trip, Seras asks Alucard why he kills so… enthusiastically

Thirty Years of Silence — Alutegra, post time skip, angst, incomplete atm

Fate of Prometheus — one shot, torture, a potential look at Alucard's first few years of captivity. (this one’s very old…)

Misc Fics

By Moonlight and Candle’s Flame — Company of Wolves fic, the Huntsman gets his kiss.

Generosity — Locked Tomb fic, Cytherea the First offers to spare Gideon one last time.

Drop By Drop Upon the Heart — Gothic origfic, a young woman marries to escape her father’s occultist eccentricities, but soon discovers something is amiss in her new husband’s home.

A Worthy Sacrifice — Fate/Zero one shot, angst, Saber gets to Irisviel at the theatre in time, but no matter what she’s destined to die

Laundry Day — Fate/Stay Night one shot, fluff, Gilgamesh steals Kirei’s cassock

Fandom Discord Servers

Who Gave Dracula The WiFi Password? — Dracula, Vampire Chronicles, the Locked Tomb, other horror and goth stuff

The Gregs — Grishaverse books!

#hellsing #hellsing ultimate #shadow and bone #grishaverse #fate series #fate stay night #a string of words #*writer's cap*#i ramble sometimes #darklina #nikolina #alarkling #alutegra

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aleksanderscult · 4 months

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Yesss I meant this thanks. Btw i have seen so many of your posts mentioning leigh's opinion on darkling and if you have more saved would you mind posting them too? 🤧 She deactivated her Tumblr ugh. I have still seen so many ss and tried to find all i could on Google but I really want more so if you have it do share.

Yeah, sure!

She really didn't have to deactivate her account. New fans always pop up and she could keep it open for people to glimpse her past asks, posts etc.

So!

A masterpost where Leigh Bardugo talks about the Darkling

Her Goodreads Q&A (it consists of four pages)

Kindle notes for some S&B quotes (it consists of three Darkling quotes)

And here are interviews where she mentions him (I'm only going to put the rare ones. Most of them you can find them easily in the internet)

Here, here, here, here, here (in this last one she only mentions that originally S&B was called "the Darkling") here (she compares the Darkling with Kaz calling the former "more noble" than the latter) and here (she talks about his RoW appearance)

Proof that she has written scenes from his POV

Tumblr asks of him:

Here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here (in short, they contain answers to questions like "What instruments did the Darkling play?" "Would he use the Jurda Parem?" "What does he wear in bed?" "Did he lose his love for colors?" "Why did he decorate his bedroom like a forest?", "Would an eclipse affect his powers?" and many others 💛)

And here we have more asks that I digged from a very deep search that took two months of my life:

He was jealousss!!:

Lil shadow boy caught feelings 💕:

"Running up that Hill" reminds her of the Darkling:

Apparently the Darkling never sports a beard:

Lil Aries baby:

He WOULD be a pretty good interior designer I mean..HAVE YOU SEEN THE LITTLE PALACE??:

Apparently the Darkling purposefully attacked on Nikolai's birthday day (HE'S SUCH A DRAMA QUEEN LMAO):

Her inspirations for the Darkling's character:

#I hope I helped you!! 🫶💕#and I hope I haven't forgotten anything 😭#If I have then I'll edit it #anon asks #leigh bardugo #the darkling #pro darkling #aleksander morozova #pro darklina #grishaverse #grishaverse trilogy #shadow and bone #siege and storm #ruin and rising #alina starkov #darklina #pro aleksander morozova #pro alarkling #alarkling

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sonic-palooza · 1 year

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Sonic Poll Masterpost - Round Two

(round one)

(round three)

(round four)

(round five)

Manic the Hedgehog vs. Sally Acorn - WINNER: Sally Acorn

E-123 Omega vs. Amy Rose - WINNER: Amy Rose

Silver the Hedgehog vs. Whisper the Wolf - WINNER: Silver the Hedgehog

Infinite the Jackal vs. Batten Rouge - WINNER: Batten Rouge

Jet the Hawk vs. Vector the Crocodile - WINNER: Vector the Crocodile

Rouge the Bat vs. Maria Robotnik - WINNER: Rouge the Bat

Orbot & Cubot vs. Gnarly Knuckles - WINNER: Orbot & Cubot

Metal Sonic vs. Rusty Rose - WINNER: Metal Sonic

Thorn Rose vs. Blaze the Cat - WINNER: Blaze the Cat

Denizen 1998 vs. Black Doom vs. Fiona Fox - WINNER: Fiona Fox

Kitsunami the Fennec vs. Big the Cat - WINNER: Big the Cat

Catfish vs. Knuckles the Echidna - WINNER: Knuckles the Echidna

Espio the Chameleon vs. Mina Mongoose - WINNER: Espio the Chameleon

Wave the Swallow vs. Rebel Rouge - WINNER: Rebel Rouge

Prim Rouge vs. Renegade Knucks - WINNER: Renegade Knucks

Mighty the Armadillo vs. Shadow the Hedgehog - WINNER: Shadow the Hedgehog

Dr. Eggman vs. Black Rose - WINNER: Dr. Eggman

Rotor Walrus vs. Tangle the Lemur - WINNER: Tangle the Lemur

Chip vs. Miles "Tails" Prower - WINNER: Miles "Tails" Prower

Shard the Metal Sonic vs. Nicole the Holo-Lynx - WINNER: Nicole the Holo-Lynx

Fleetway Super Sonic vs. Vanilla the Rabbit - WINNER: Vanilla the Rabbit

Surge the Tenrec vs. Chaos - WINNER: Surge the Tenrec

Julie-Su the Echidna vs. Rosy the Rascal - WINNER: Julie-Su the Echidna

Nine Tails vs. Shahra - WINNER: Nine Tails

Jewel the Beetle vs. Eclipse the Darkling - WINNER: Jewel the Beetle

#not a poll #round two #sonic palooza 2023

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xiexiecaptain · 1 year

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Shadow & Bone rewatch live-commenting that was started on twitter and is being moved/continued here!

This is the post for EP 02: We Are All Someone’s Monster

[Episode 01 post] [Rewatch Commentary Links Masterpost]

This visual interpretation of the way each of the 1st trilogy books are opened and closed with "the boy and the girl" narration is such a great visual motif

I love the bleached white streaky effect on the deck from the burst of light

Listen, I'm a writer more than a visual artist, so when people do great clever/interesting visual ways of communicating or interpreting things I'm so in awe

CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW COOL KAZ'S WATCH IS??

These are the sort of tiny worldbuilding details that I just want to rub all over my face

This is a really interesting adaption change--that Kaz couldn't buy her indenture all at once like in the books. But since it seems like they cut Per Haskell, Kaz doesn't have that money to use for buy her contract and such

The amount of trauma Inej must be dealing with on a regular basis, having to go back there is just unimaginable

Like it's one thing to be kept there by Heleen before Kaz bought her indenture. But to be able to leave and be out working for Kaz, but have to go BACK

Oof Inej is the strongest person in the whole series I s2g

Of course you can't fool the Wraith.

She's got your number, Dirtyhands~

you can just IMMEDIATELY see he regrets it

His first instinct is to always make people feel expendable and keep them at arms length

["He's not the only irreplaceable member of this crew, Kaz. You need me."

"I need your skills, Inej. That's not the same thing."]

Ok the fact that he goes after her-!

I mean, think about how much it means that KAZ BREKKER takes the time/effort and concedes the emotional investment in her to grab his cane and walk after her?!?!

[I'd settle for an apology, she decided. Even if Kaz isn't sorry, he can pretend. He at least owes me his best imitation of a human being.]

Listen I've been Kanej trash for almost 5 solid years now, y'all. The fact that I'm getting new material through this series is feeding me spiritually

Kirigan: Closer

Alina: *teeny tiniest of steps*

aLINA STARKOV-!

Again, I really like the adaption changes they made--this time with the visual/physical externalization of the Grisha testing

In books, because of interiority and description, it works perfectly for it to be described as touching an arm and then that feeling of rushing to meet the touch. But for a visual medium, having to be something more physical and something easier to convey visually was a smart choice.

But also to have the testing be as a response to sudden pain, like triggering a survival instinct, has lots of interesting things to say about the nature of Grisha power

Man as much as I despise the Darkling, he's a very compelling and well-done antagonist and character.

Because you disagree with HOW he goes abt it, but you can understand WHY he does it. To me personally, that’s the kind of antagonist I really find fascinating--one you can sympathize with, who genuinely believes they’re making the hard choices to do good things but are misguided, misinformed, accidentally harmful, and causing harm that they justify. (Although there’s a lot to discuss about antagonists like that where then the overall narrative moralizes middle-road non-action in the face of oppression over revolutionary action ie Killmonger, but I digress).

But Ben Barns really kills it as the Darkling. Just pitch perfect, I mean this is 1000% the face of a man who has just found the final tool to start the work he's been planning for centuries.

But I ESPECIALLY love when there are no clear cut black and white, no choices made that are easily entirely definable “right” or wrong” for the antagonist (nor the protagonist for that matter.) Make all the choices grey and make everything have collateral damage (You can start to see why SoC is my personal favorite in the Grishaverse, huh?)

But the Darkling is a very good antagonist. Doesn’t tick all my personal boxes but he’s very well crafted. (Eerily over-charismatic antagonists are really enthralling to me especially because they mirror real-life “villains” in that many people who are easily charming can also be very manipulative.)

THE LOOK ON KAZ'S FACE WHEN PEKKA WALKS IN IM-

[Kaz heard a roaring in his ears. As always, he experienced a strange kind of doubling when he looked at Rollins...]

[The look that passed over the boy's face then had taken Rollins aback. It was hatred--pure, black, long simmering.]

I literally hissed out loud when he took Kaz's cane how fucKING DARE YOU

Good fucking luck, Rollins. Didn't turn out so well last time Ketterdam tried that

[One glance at Kaz Brekker told him this was a creature who had spent too long in the dark--he'd brought something back with him when he'd crawled into the light.]

(( P.S. Yes I have the SoC books with me bc

1. I'm the biggest nerd on the planet but

2. It's really amazing to see how well they translated the character dynamics and emotions

3. The books are some of the most quotable in the universe

4. I don't own paper copies of the other ones))

[Kaz waited for acknowledgement--a smirk, a sneer, some spark of recognition. But Rollins' eyes passed right over him.]

ITS JUST SO GOOD?!?!

I mean we’re seeing the Crows/Ketterdam folks in an entirely new plot, but the book quotes still fit flawlessly because the core of the characters and their dynamics have been translated to this adaption with such care and love for the source material!!!

I mean, he's not entirely wrong

[The child he'd been had died. The fever had burned away every gentle thing inside him. Survival wasn't nearly as hard as he'd thought once he left decency behind.]

She knows him so fucking well!

["Don't think I haven't noticed the way you go after him, Kaz."

"He's just another boss, one more Barrel thug."

"No, he isn't. When you go after other gangs, it's business. But with Pekka Rollins, it's personal."]

It is in this moment I am heavily reminded that you can easily interpret the books as supporting that Jesper has feelings/the hots for Kaz at the beginnings of the books

JUST BURY ME IN TINY CULTURAL WORLDBUILDING DETAILS LIKE THIS

The Conductor is another addition I freaking adore

Of course some enterprising individual figured out their own way through the Fold and used it to make money (I mean also helping Grisha flee Ravka, but still, he's charging them so)

MY HEART

I bet they feel like they just got each other back too, after thinking they were gonna be separated by the supply run through the fold

OH MY BABIES

fUCKING HELEEN VANHOUDEN THE EVIL BITCH

On a weird side note, her voice has the exact same awful sickly sweet drawl as in the audiobooks and its just perfect for the exact type of abusive she is

KazBrekker.exe has stopped working

(Also me. We live an Inej Ghafa appreciation life here in this household)

Look at Inej's face. She thinks Heleen's sending her to a client

I can't bear this

She looks like she's trying so so hard to keep herself together

The Komedie Brute costume revelers!!

(at least I'm pretty sure that's what they're supposed to be)

JESPER LLEWELLAN FAHEY (scolding, adoring)

[He'd heard other members of the gang say she moved like a cat, but he suspected cats would sit attentively at her feet to learn her methods.]

“OF COURSE, LOVE” I’M-

He’s so IMMEDIATELY ready to help her with whatever. OF COURSE, he says.

Bury me in their friendship

I also really adore we get to see Inej struggling with not wanting to kill people. Cus in the book only vaguely mentioned about her having cried the night she killed someone for the first time and Kaz overheard her.

The unexpected gays have arrived!!

The position of Grisha in Ravka is so interesting!

Because a lot of otkazat'sya see them as stuck up, thinking they're better than and getting preferential treatment.

But that’s only because the Darkling made it that way in response to Grisha literally being burned at the stake elsewhere

In the books, so many of the Little Palace Grisha that Alina trains with have the outlook of "well, we have powers, we were scouted to be trained here because we're special, so obviously we're better than otkazat'sya."

But here, I think its important that they show that at least some of the Grisha realize that this tiny bubble of safety (via fear, rather than acceptance) because of the Ravkan government (the Darkling’s work) is the exception. And many of the 2nd Army Grisha aren't from Ravka originally, they fled their homelands for fear of being killed, experimented on, sold into servitude, etc.

And while the Darkling has made it safer for Grisha who are recruited into the 2nd Army, the legacy of the Fold has also increased prejudice against Grisha among otkazat'sya and abroad..

I just really like this scene because of how it highlights the Grisha's very complex position

The fact that they developed Fjerdan to the point where they have characters speaking it is just *chef kiss*

(once again, idk how people who watch things without subtitles don't miss 80% of content even when its not literally translating dialogue for you, but that might just be my ADHD ass talking)

I’m not even a little bit sorry

ok but the horror on Jessie Mei Li's face is absolutely stunning

WINKS SO HARD I STRAIN A MUSCLE

Somewhere on the Geldstraat, Wylan Van Eck is sneezing

The little thing of Kaz tensing up when Jesper grabs his coat and then staring at it pointedly

Oh man oh man oh man

HHHHHH KAZ’S FACE

["Would you? Trust someone with that knowledge, with a secret that could destroy you?"

Yes, thought Kaz without any hesitation. There's one person I would trust. One person I know would never use my weaknesses against me.]

The most realistic of portrayal of horse riding in a fantasy show

already lying through his gd teeth

gIRL DUMP HIM

"Oh, so what's the Darkling's, like, story arc?"

I MEAN SHE'S NOT WRONG THO?

(A side note, how interesting would it be if Alina actually wasn't the first sun summoner?)

Well, well, look who it is: Malyen "Tunnel Vision" Oretsev

(I’m kidding, I really like show!Mal)

WE LEAD A JESPER 👏 FAHEY 👏 APPRECIATION 👏 LIFE 👏

So I literally wrote a [post back in the day] about how I thought since queer, trans, and gnc folks have historically been pushed to the margins of society and work/live in poor areas and have a high rate of sex work, you can bet your ass the Barrel has its fair share of trans/gnc residents

And its so cool to see this gestured to with Poppy??

I’m also glad they're miffed at Kaz for a financial deal rather than anything gender/sexuality related. Like the writers didn't stereotype Poppy's life

Let's just get more of Poppy tbh? What's their story!?! I wanna see more of them and see them performing on stage and see them do some cool badass stuff???

Just more Poppy in season 2 please?

We also need more people who call Kaz out on being a little scheming rat tbh

I AM SO FUCKING INTERESTED ABOUT THIS??

They gave Inej a brother!!! Who was also stolen by slavers!! Which is a fascinating plot twist and I'm very excited to see how it adds to the story!!!

I CANT BREATHE HER FACE-

INEJ-!!!!

[She had to believe her Saints saw and understood the things she did to survive.]

Amita Suman is the one and only Inej Ghafa and we are so lucky to have herrrr

She's absolutely ready to believe he would choose profit over her never having to step foot in the Menagerie again

It's heartbreaking but also like, yeah, Kaz, you built your reputation specifically so people would believe you capable of anything??

The only people we have seen him let stand this close beside him so far in the show are Jesper and Inej and I have a Feelings about it

He gets in people's faces for intimidation reasons, but the only one he’s gotten this close next to are them????

THATS NOT AN ANSWER YOU MANIPULATIVE PIECE OF GARBAGE

Change dot org petition to Give Alina Starkov a Fucking Hug

🎵Doo-do-do-do-do 🎵 Definitely not about to desert the army to run off after my childhood friend 🎵 doo-do-do

I fucking love these three's friendship so much. I’m so glad it had space in the show to get fleshed out and feel more real

im fucking scREAMING

[His mind had concocted a hundred schemes to bind her to him, to keep her in this city. But she'd spent enough of her life caged by debts and obligations.]

And that’s the end of Ep 02! Hot damn hot damn!

Additional thoughts:

Both visually and character-wise, this show is so gd diverse and it's just a pleasure

And its diverse because the WORLD is diverse, not just for misguided ~diversity~ reasons

There are so many races and ethnicities, gender expressions, sexualities, body types, classes, dis/abilities on screen for the simple reason that all those people exist in the world, take part in major world events and in the stories of people's lives

It's a fucking joy.

One of the things that endeared me to the SOC books right away (which I read first) was that in the first chapter where we meet our main characters, we already have two characters of color and a disabled character within this absolutely enthralling scene of the parlay with the Black Tips where those traits are not ignored but nor are they centered unnecessarily. They are integral to the characters and how they operate in the world, but they are never reduced to them. Everyone is complicated and textured and flawed and I just really fucking love Leigh's characters ok?

It's so wonderful we have a mixed-race main character (played by a mixed-race actress)

We have four mixed-race characters in the main/supporting cast: Alina, Mal, Jesper, & Zoya (though Jesper & Zoya’s backgrounds aren’t mentioned/explored in season 1)

We have a young man with a physical disability in the main cast who is portrayed to be one of the scariest people in his city

We have five indisputably queer characters on screen in season 1: Jesper, Ivan, Fyedor, Nadia, Dima

We have heavy folks in main roles--Nina & Arken--portrayed as desirable and ingenious, both hero and turncoat

We have so many POCs it's useless to point them all out individually, which is a gift

It all just feels like such a gift

[Episode 01 post] [Rewatch Commentary Links Masterpost]

#shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #grishaverse #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #alina starkov #the darkling #general kirigan #jesper fahey

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