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natscarpenter · 1 year

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MY king and queen of ravka

#shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #grishaverse #zoya nabri #zoyalai #sab #zoya nazyalensky #nikolai lantsov #nikolai x zoya #zoya x nikolai #shadow and bone season 2 #shadow and bone season two spoilers

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lpa6zn · 11 months

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I really hope Netflix doesn't give us a love triangle between Nikolai, Alina and Zoya for season 3. Because I really NEED to see Nikolai being a simp for Zoya and her blue ribbon and Alina being Zoyalai's biggest shipper in existence.

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legolasofmirkwoodforest · 1 year

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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

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beebrekker · 9 months

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“When I was a little girl, i thought I had a golden spirit too, that it would light everything it touched, that it would make me beloved like a hero in a story.

But that’s not who I am. Whatever is inside me is sharp and gray as the thorn wood.”

-Leigh Bardugo “Rule of Wolves”

#rule of wolves #row #zoya nazyanelsky #Zoya #sankta zoya #zoya of the garden #zoyalai #queen zoya #zoya the dragon queen of ravka #zoya nabri #stormwitch #Grishaverse

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tourneys-by-me · 5 months

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Round One - Aeromancy 3/4

Propaganda under the cut (beware of potential spoilers!!)

No propaganda :(

#element specific character tournament #aeromancy #round 1 #polls #tumblr polls #zoya nazyalensky #zoya nabri #zoya #grishaverse #shadow and bone #wanderer #the wanderer #scaramouche #wanderer genshin impact #genshin impact #genshin

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constellama · 1 year

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Leyendecker inspired zoyalai :D !!! IM SO NORMAL ABOUT THEM !!! THEY NEED TO BE IN S3 ISTG

#grishaverse #grishaverse fanart #shadow and bone #king of scars #rule of wolves #king of scars duology #zoya nazyalensky #zoya nabri #nikolai lantsov #king of scars fanart #zoyalai #zoyalai fanart #constellama art #please this took so long #i spent at least an hour on Nikolai’s face #that man is so hard to draw

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grishaverse-chaos · 1 year

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I might be in a very small minority here, but I actually really don't want Alina to have a corruption arc in any future seasons of s&b! (Mostly because I hate the trope of victims becoming just like their abusers, and it seems to me that that's where the show is going with her arc)

So here's what I want for her. (Under a cut because it got longer than I thought it would)

I want her to be angry and terrified about her new powers. I want her to be furious that the Darkling gave her his powers - one final act of violation that means she will never be able to forget him, no matter how hard she tries. I want her to be scared, constantly. I want to see her break down in tears after killing the Fjerdan assassin, because she didn't know she had his powers and is she turning into him? I want her to be scared of the adrenaline rush she gets whenever she uses her new powers. To refuse ever to use them again.

I want her to have PTSD. Nightmares. I want to see her wake up in the middle of the night, tears running down her face because she dreamed that the Darkling came back and forced her to train her shadow powers. I want her to reach for Mal only to remember that he's not there anymore - and maybe she wonders, is it her fault he's gone? Maybe he knew that she would turn evil. Maybe, just like the Darkling, she's going to push away everyone she loves.

I want Nikolai to transform into the demon, and Alina to see it and have a panic attack because what if that means the Darkling's back? I want her to talk to Zoya, and ask how she manages to stay so fucking calm all the time. I want Zoya to break down when there's nobody around but Alina, and tell her that even if she seems fine, she's terrified, looking around every corner to check for shadows. I want Zoya to confess that she fears becoming just like the Darkling, and Alina to reply "try having his powers"

I want them to bond over their fear, and each promise to pull the other out if they ever do start becoming like him. I want Alina to retreat further and further from the throne because she doesn't trust herself with power, and Zoya to step forward because even if she doesn't trust herself with power, she wants to test herself, to prove to herself that she is nothing like him.

I want Alina to be completely unstable, to panic every time she's in trouble and has to defend herself. I want her to stop using her Sun Summoning because she's afraid that even that might make her more like him, and I want her to get sick from it. I want her to be on the edge of collapsing at any given moment.

I want Nikolai to not notice a single thing about how Alina's breaking down, because he's busy and has a kingdom to run. I want Alina to scream at him and tell him that he's one of the only people in the whole country who actually gives a shit about her so can he act like it? I want him to look at her for the first time in months and realise that oh shit, his best friend is dying. I want him to write to Mal, begging him to come back, because as much as he wants to be able to save Alina himself, he can't.

I want Mal to come back and tell Alina everything she needs to hear. I want him to convince her that her light is beautiful, that it is nothing like the Darkling's shadows, that she is nothing like him. I want her to bury her face in his chest and break down in tears, because she almost forgot how good he is at saying the right thing when she needs him. I want him to offer to take her away from Court, and her to protest, saying that she can't leave.

I want Mal to stick around, and while he's still there, Alina to tell Zoya about his offer. I want Zoya to tell her to take it, to go while she still can, before the wedding. (And if Zoya's saying this partly because she and Nikolai have gotten closer while Alina's been having her mental breakdown, and she doesn't love the fact that he's engaged to somebody else... well, Alina kind of guessed that anyway. She's happy for them.)

I want her and Mal to run away. Maybe they fake her death, maybe she just leaves. Either way, they don't go back to Keramzin. (That would require them to confront exactly how messed up their childhood had been.) Instead, I want Zoya to suggest something that the Little Palace desperately needs - something she knows the pair of them would be good at.

I want them to start a new orphanage, on the outskirts of Os Alta, for Grisha orphans. The Little Palace simply isn't equipped to handle children who aren't being raised into soldiers, and most Grisha children stay at home now, unless they or their parents want them to learn control over their powers. Grisha orphans, on the other hand, have nowhere to go but the Little Palace - so Zoya and Genya work on creating a school, and the orphans Mal and Alina are raising go there to study every day, then come back home to the orphanage. I want Alina to start using her powers again. Slowly at first - creating little balls of light that she plays with when she's alone. Then I want her to remember how much she loves using her powers, how much joy and euphoria it brings her. I want her to become happy and confident in her powers again, and return to full health. (She won't ever be completely comfortable with the shadow powers she got from the Darkling, but one day she uses them with the kids - making shadow pictures on the wall one evening, and she realises that even with his powers, she can do good. She can make them her own.)

I want the news to spread about this. Do people know that it's the Sun Summoner running the orphanage? Maybe, maybe not. Whether or not they know, the orphanage gets more and more well-known. Otkazat'sya parents decide to send their children there so they can study at the Little Palace. After all, they've heard of the couple that owns it, and they seem trustworthy enough. I want Mal and Alina to recruit a team of Fabrikators to help them build an extension onto the building so there's enough room for all the new arrivals.

I want adult Grisha - rogue Grisha, many of them - to stop at the orphanage if they're in need. Whether they've been injured or fallen ill, they ran out of food, they just need a place to sleep for the night - they come to the orphanage. They know it's safe. Some of them have no home to go back to once they leave. I want Mal and Alina to offer them a permanent place to stay at the orphanage. Almost everybody accepts the offer. Many of them find they have something they can teach the kids - whether that's a special trick you can do with specific Grisha powers, or something else (a dish they love to cook, a sport they played as a child, their favourite place to shop in Os Alta) - the children learn eagerly from each new arrival.

And I want Alina to realise, after a few years, that the orphanage has become a sanctuary for Grisha of all ages. I want her to wonder briefly if that makes her like the Darkling. He'd wanted to create a sanctuary for Grisha. Then I want her to look around at the happy children, at the older Grisha entertaining the younger kids, and realise that she succeeded where he had failed. She and Mal have created a safe place where Grisha aren't being thrown into battle. Sure, some of the children from the orphanage grow up and join the integrated army (the First and Second Armies have been combined into one army. Ravka is stronger together, and that's reflected by the army defending it) - but nobody is ever forced into military service.

I want her to know that, without even meaning to, she has become not only the Darkling's equal, but she has become better than him. She has made the country safer for Grisha. Not him. Her and Mal. She and Mal changed the world. (Again.)

#i hate the idea that she would become just like the darkling tbh #because i genuinely think she's more self aware than that #and i want to see her trauma!!#because in the deleted scene‚ the darkling gives her his powers without her consent. yet another violation #i want her to try to forget him and not be able to because his powers are a part of her now!!#i want her to realise that she's so much better than him #i want her and zoya to bond over their fear of becoming like him #i want her and mal to run away from court #there's so much more i could say about the orphanage because i have SO MANY headcanons about that #i want alina to succeed in making ravka a better place for grisha! i want her to be demonstrably BETTER than the darkling #grishaverse #mayhem.txt #shadow and bone #alina starkov #mal oretsev #zoya nazyalensky #zoya nabri #anti darkling #<- just to be on the safe side #i also want nikolai to be afraid of the demon but tbh we kind of got that in canon #in row we see him feeling like he made the same mistakes as the darkling and then fixing those mistakes!! which honestly was brilliant #now we just need to get a similar arc in the show #mayhem grishaverse originals

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theriseandfallofshittyurls · 10 months

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zoya looked like she wanted to send the thief to a soggy death in one of the canals, but nikolai had to laugh. “mr brekker. I should have known.”

“yes.” kaz said. “you should have.”

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udovaintomyheart · 2 months

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“She’s the Darkling’s prisoner,” said Ivan, “and a traitor.” “Maybe on land,” the girl shot back. Ivan gabbled something in Shu that I didn’t understand. The giant just laughed. “You speak Shu like a tourist,” he said. “And we don’t take orders from you in any language,” the girl added.

Siege and Storm, Chapter 2

“So hypothetically,” Kaz said, “you might be addressed as Your Highness.” “And a variety of more colorful names. Hypothetically.” The privateer cast him an assessing glance. “Just how did you know I wasn’t who I claimed to be, Mister Brekker?” Kaz shrugged. “You speak Kerch like a native—a rich native. You don’t talk like someone who came up with sailors and street thugs.”

Crooked Kingdom, Chapter 30

“Perhaps I should try to take that crown instead,” suggested Nikolai. Adrik sniffed. “Do you even speak Fjerdan?” “I do. So badly a nice man named Knut once offered me a sizable ruby to stop.”

Rule of Wolves, Chapter 12

Zoya reached for the words her father had taught her, that she hadn’t spoken since she was a child. Even then, they had only been whispered. Her mother hadn’t wanted Suli spoken in their house. “Mati en sheva yelu.” This action will have no echo. The phrase felt sticky and unfamiliar on her tongue. She sensed Nikolai’s surprise, felt the stares of the others. “You speak Suli like a tax collector,” said a man’s voice.

Rule of Wolves, Chapter 28

#grishaverse #shadow and bone #siege and storm #ruin and rising #king of scars #rule of wolves #zoya nazyalensky #zoya nabri #tamar kir bataar #tolya yul bataar #crooked kingdom #grishaverse language #fjerdan #shu #suli #Kerch #Kaz Brekker

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soupdreamer · 11 months

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(click for better quality because tumblr messed it up as usual)

“He's quick to veto half the names on her list (not because she deliberately picked outlandish suggestions, of course), but she stays firm on the others. However much she wants to forget about the list.

"You just don't want to go along with this," she tells him, and he shrugs in acknowledgement.

"Of course I don't."

So don't, then.”

But he would never want her instead, even if he didn't need to marry for the good of Ravka. So she says nothing except: "You have to.”

He shrugs again. "I'm aware. That doesn't mean I have to like it."

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my piece for the @grishaversebigbang mini bang!! this was inspired by the fic “to hold or to break” by @mayhemwrites!! it’s a beautifully written zoyalai fic go read it on ao3!! go check out the beautiful piece of art by @jmie-draws as well!!

Etherealki: @mayhemwrites (fic here)

Materialki: @jmie-draws (artwork here), myself

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natscarpenter · 1 year

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YOURE TELLING ME ZOYA CHAINED THIS TO BED EVERY NIGHT??? she’s stronger than i am fr

#lord she’s stronger than me #i wouldve given in so soon #idk how she does it #shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #grishaverse #sab #zoya nabri #zoyalai #zoya nazyalensky #nikolai lantsov #nikolai x zoya #zoya x nikolai #shadow and bone season 2 #shadow and bone season two spoilers

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lpa6zn · 11 months

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It's been a week since this but I still can't get over it😮‍💨

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bloodyrakshasi · 1 year

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Zoyalai nation after sab s2:

#no but srsly im so proud of us #we didn't get anything from the show #but yall have given me the strength to continue shipping zoyalai in 2023 #row #kos #rule of wolves #king od scars #sab s2 #sab season 2 #s&b season 2 #s&b s2 #shadow and bone s2 #shadow and bone season 2 #zoyalai #zoya nazyalensky #zoya nabri #nikolai lantsov #patrick gibson #sujaya dasgupta

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spideymichelle · 11 months

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my personal headcanon is that zoya chose the last name “nazyalensky” after that folklore hero her aunt told her about because zoya could be her own hero and she would be strong at the little palace…

#ZOYA IS CANONICALLY A BOOKNERD LIKE OFC SHE GOT NAZYALENSKY FROM THERE #zoya nazyalensky #zoyalai #zoya nabri

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scheminghotcoffee · 2 years

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I find it incredibly funny that Leigh Bardugo has written not one, but TWO main canon couples that can be summarized as "Dark-haired violent disaster who hates expressing emotions and some form of pirate/privateer who bickers with them non-stop who are desperately in love with each other and absolutely refuse to admit it."

#six of crows #crooked kingdom #king of scars #rule of wolves #soc #ck #kos #row #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #kanej #zoya nazyalensky #zoya nabri #nikolai lantsov #zoyalai #tell me im wrong #i'm right and you know it

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thatfangirlofsb · 10 months

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Fake dialogues

Voiceover: Do you like her?

Nikolai: I want a future with her. I want her by my side as my general, my friend and my wife. When I die, I will still love her from my grave. I don't want a future if it's not with her. I would fight whatever if it took me to make it to the summer with her. I...

Voiceover: Do you like him?

Zoya: Yes, I'm surprised too.

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