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SamBucky + tropes (part 1)

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Captain America: Civil War / The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 1x03

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He was going to break my legs. Would you have come for me then, Kaz? When I couldn’t scale a wall or walk a tightrope? When I wasn’t the Wraith anymore?

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Here comes trouble.

THE CROW BABIES in SHADOW AND BONE: OFFICIAL TRAILER

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The Crows in the Shadow and Bone trailer (2021)

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100 aesthetic summer challenge

#71 Alina Starkov

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I’ve seen a lot of people misunderstood this interview from Jessie Mei Li. Lets start from the books and list down every characterization from The Darkling and Alina Starkov. 

From the books, it is obvious that The Darkling had been the one torturing and killing people. He killed his own people (the grishas) when they sided with Alina. Along the way, we could see that The Darkling had been lying because he was the one created the fold (he told everyone that it was his ancestors). What he did to his own mother was unacceptable too. 

Alina, on the other hand was a fragile 17 years old teenager who found out that the world needed her and her power was as equivalent as The Darkling. She was happy, excited and confused at the same time. What would a confused, scared teenage girl do? A teenager with an insane amount of power and suddenly being thrown into politics would definitely listen to the experienced adult. She depended on The Darkling. 

So, in this article, Jessie stated that “There was a big little big conversation about for me and for Ben we've talked a lot about consent.“ 

It pissed me off that they would even consider consent in the relationship of both Alina and The Darkling. It is absurd. Erasing abuse is fucked up because it is one of the main characteristic of The Darkling. But so is manipulation. Consent happened when the person itself allowing certain things to happen because of how right they feel and how comfortable they are around that certain person. And at the same time, at a certain extend, feel safe - until they don’t, of course.

From here, we know that The Darkling is a manipulative son of a bitch. How can The Darkling manipulate someone without having to establish trust? Manipulating involves persuasion, validation and assurance. The Darkling gave all of that to Alina and hence, even if Alina wasn’t equipped or mature enough to make that decision of consent herself, she felt that it was right. She felt like she was making the decision herself. She thought she had the power of her own freedom. And that is how this sentence make sense:

“That “I want this” and it's not being forced upon her.”

The Darkling is hundreds of years old. He managed to fool the entire Ravka, the people, the Lantsov family and The Apparat that the fold wasn’t his fault. If he could do that in a huge scale, fooling Alina is a piece of cake. 

This article gave an insight of The Darkling and Alina. The character build up is progressive. From a saviour to a villain and they couldn’t possibly be showing Alina that he’s the villain. That is the point of The Darkling himself. 

I honestly believe that its a progress for both characters to evolve but if this entire paragraphs I wrote has nothing to do with it, I’m gonna be greatly disappointed and toss this post and effort entirely and never come back. Probably be throwing food towards my TV and cry with a passion. 

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Shadow & Bone, 5 New Interviews

1. ‘Shadow and Bone’s Kit Young and Freddy Carter on Why Fans Will Be Completely Surprised by the Netflix Series

2. Here’s Why the First Season of Netflix's 'Shadow and Bone' Is 8 Episodes Instead of 10

3. ‘Shadow and Bone’ Showrunner on His 3-Season Plan for the Netflix Series and Landing the Job Through Twitter

4. Here's Why Netflix’s ‘Shadow and Bone’ Changed Alina’s Backstory to Make Her Half Shu

5. ‘Shadow and Bone’s Jessie Mei Li and Sujaya Dasgupta on the Diversity of the Netflix Series

Do read, they've given alot of insight into the show.

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“I just wanna make sure we consider all our options. Because people who shoot at you usually wind up shooting at me, too.”

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It’s essay writing season for tons of students!

After being a college writing tutor for over a year, I thought I would share my advice with all you awesome people on tumblr. This is how I write essays, but if you’ve got more tips, feel free to add them below. 

Happy writing. You can do it!

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gwyn berdara

“i have been broken once before,” gwyn said, her voice clear. “i survived it. and i will not be broken again—not even by this mountain.“

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“It’s true,” I said softly. “You are stronger, wiser, infinite in experience.” I leaned forward and whispered, my lips brushing the shell of his ear.

“But I am an apt pupil.”