#shadow and bone fancast

[aleksanderscult]

your ideal darklina casting?

Hehehe I was hoping for this kind of question 😈😏

So!

For the Darkling it's easy-peasy.

Matthew Bell 🫶

He is EXACTLY how I picture the Darkling when I'm reading the books or imagine the character in general. Like Aleksander himself popped out of the pages. Just magnifique 😍👌

This edit of him *screaming*:

Fun fact: He was also the original fancast before this Ben Barnes thing. Who by the way doesn't remind me of Book!Aleksander at all.

This edit and meme of Matthew summarizes my thoughts about him perfectly:

Now for Alina it's so hard 'cause I really don't know. I have tried to find a girl that encaptures the image that I've created for her in my head but I can't find it (a young girl, very thin with brown hair, looking frail but strong at the same time. Know what I mean?)

Some say that Adelaide Kane makes a good Alina

Maybe she would if she looked younger because Alina is supposed to be seventeen at the beginning of S&B. And we kinda need an actress that can pull of both a messy, tired look and a glamorous one. Adelaide has that AND Lily Collins. The latter is a good option too.

But! While I was scrolling at Pinterest one day I came across this edit and I was like "Woah! Alina. Is that you?"

She REALLY reminds me of her but I don't know what her name is 😭😭

[amoureuxpagespoussier]

harshaw as domhnall gleeson

I paused to light one for Harshaw, then another, and another. He would have liked the flames...

[brainrotcharacters]

tell me I'm wrong

[garbagef4iry]

am i the only one that has fancasted older!kaz

i probably am 💀

he definitely would turn into granda joe from derry girls

[lilisouless]

Actually there are two actresses i would love to see as Alys and two actors that would be interesting as Jan Van Eck but i am too embarrassed to reveal it because of how much i complain about other people’s fancasting being a little unimaginative 🫥

Also the two Van Eck options are unrealistic because those two are expensive, busy and too famous for a soc spinoff

[achillyscomedown]

new fancast alert 🚨

fabian penje as wylan, archie madewke as jesper

[lumpyy-the-heffalump]

Freddie carter from Shadow and Bones as fancast for Andrew Minyard??? yeah??? yeah?!?

[darklinaforever]

Alina & the Darkling. (Alarkling)

I didn't have to stand here in the Darkling arms. I could vanish from his grip, slide back into consciousness and the safety of a stone room hidden in the mountaintop. But I didn't want to go. Despite, everything, I wanted this whispered confidence.

Mal & Alina. (Malina)

“I'm not like you, Mal. I never really fit in the way that you did. I never belonged anywhere.”

“You belonged with me,” he said quietly.

“No, Mal. Not really. Not for a long time.”

[alcanceresss]

what do you think about Kit Young (Jesper Fahey from “Shadow and Bone”) as a fancast Blaise Zabini?🤔

[yourhonoriwoulddieforthem]

Okay, I know everyone is completely gone on Timothée Chalamet as Regulus, and like, same.

BUT ALSO, hear me out…

Jack Wolfe as Regulus?

[allmosses]

i was rewatching Brave new world recently AND I CAN'T LIVE CAN'T BREATHE CAN'T EXIST ANYMORE

because

i just think that harry lloyd here could be THE BEST cast of Jordie from the Six of Crows. like. take a look

idk they are just perfect for these roles but yknow. i logged in to tumbler just to share these photos because i don't want to suffer alone (with my friends actually but still)

their _vibe_

[aleksanderscult]

I LOVED your casting and i really don't mean it in any offensive way but i was just curious of what would you picture a Shu Alina as? (She is shu in my head and fics lol).

Thank you! Glad you liked it🫶

Not offensive at all! Don't worry. We've all got a different version of book characters in our mind. That's the magic of imagination❤️

So, I had to make a little research in order to think about this well and to get to know more Asian actresses that would fit this role.

Aside from Jessie Mei Li who really fits the role of Shu Alina, I actually really like Liu Yifei too! She may not be the right age but the vibes are there 😍

(For those who don't know, she played Mulan in the live-action movie with the same name)

[amoureuxpagespoussier]

The Lives of Saints: Sankta Neyar

Sankta Neyar as the patron saint of blacksmiths.

[kensthjerte]

still my roman empire

[keepinitreal4]

Kaz Brekker [32 years old]

[palamedeeznuts]

trust me when i say i dont want to see a live action adaptation of the locked tomb (because i feel only animation could do it justice, if even)

but

in case it happens, i propose we cast jessie mei li as harrow because she has:

1. the pointy face

2. the cupid's bow

3. the EYES

4. she looks great with short hair

5. she's got the expressions (behold the disdain)

6. she's 5 feet 3

7. she has the voice

8. (very self indulgently), i would kill to see her with skeleton paint

edit:

9. She Could Do Nona (thank you tumblr user mercymorn-was-right)