#but atm there is basically no info about grishaverse religion stored in my brain lol

[jeanmoreaux]

Re sab series

Something’s been off and I couldn’t put my finger on it till recently but

Isn’t Inej’s religion different from Ravka’s? So I was confused why she’d think of Alina as a Saint or look to them as proof of her faith—-I assumed Suli had their own. Or am I going bonkers over here it just doesn’t make sense to me

Also someone had pointed out Inej doesn’t particularly have friendly feelings towards Ravkans as she told Nina in the books, that they were not especially kind to her people. So again it’s bizarre that she keeps affiliating with them in the show

I’m just. What’s with the writers I just don’t get what’s going on in the writers’ room

i haven't read soc/ck in too long so i can't really say how religion works in the grishaverse. i just finished my s&s reread and started by r&r reread and religion is definitely part of the plot as a political force but there's not much world building done in terms of religious practices or different faiths. whatever doctrine the apparat is preaching has saints at it's centre though—saints from different countries, not just ravka. if i remember correctly, it's mostly the fjerdans with their religion of djel where national identity and religious affiliation are closely tied together. so it is possible that there are faiths that are less connected to a specific nationality. doesn't inej name her knives after saints? one of her knives is called sankta alina, right? yeah, i think i remember inej not having the warmest of feelings towards ravkans, but maybe it's different if it's a saint??? idk tbh at this point i feel like it's fair to assume that the writers just did stuff for the hell of it without caring about stuff established in the books, so i can totally see them miss the mark in this way too. wouldn't be surprised if we can add this to the list of nonsense they fabricated just because.