#shadow and bone spoiler

[simplydifficultme]

it was at that moment he knew. he fucked up.

aka. Kit continues to pull the best faces

[thecrxwclub]

They’d been fools. Maybe one day Kaz could forgive Jordie for not being the perfect brother he held in his heart. Maybe he could even absolve himself for being the kind of gullible, trusting boy who believed someone might simply want to be kind.

[dailyflicks]

Shadow and Bone — S02E08 “No Funerals”

[dailytvwomen]

Amita Suman as Inej Ghafa — in Shadow and Bone Season 2

[tied-together-with-coffee]

It may not be a lot but I hold on to these crumbs very closely to my heart

[beep-beep-beee]

Yes, I can view the show as a cute little fanfic with amazing acting but questionable writing.

Yes, therefore I did enjoy the show.

No, I still don't think depriving both Genya AND Inej from a chance to face their main abuser - hence stripping them from regaining a sense of control and us from having more examples of women standing up to their abusers - was the right choice.

[hauntedbythenarrative]

What if you were kidnapped👥 by this dark general🌑🌫 because you have the power to summon light☀️☀️ and I have to make you presentable👗💄 for the queen👸🏼 (who's also a bitch🤭😒) but I become you're biggest confident🤝 and togheter we try the queen's clothes👗🥿👑 and we eat pastry🧁🍰 but I hid the letters💌 of your childhood friend👦and I'm sorry😔 but I had to do it because I was forced by the dark general👤 who also sold me to the king and queen🤴🏼👸🏼 but don't worry🙂 because in the end I poison🧪 the king🤭🧪 and you defeat👐☀️ the dark general😵 and we're both girls💗👭💗

[thanks--for--listening]

not to expose myself as a Hamilton fan but I wonder if the season 2 ending of SAB is leading Alina to the same kind of sentiment as “winning was easy, governing’s harder”. How many times was Alina told that tearing down the fold wouldn’t solve all her problems? So much of her behavior was singularly focused, and now that she’s got these added responsibilities of being expected to help lead (on top of the effects of using merzost), I wonder if she’s going to realize that she doesn’t want this life forever. And that’s how she’ll find her way to an ending that’s more along the lines of the books

[heartrender6]

guys. the issue isn't that david couldn't fit in the elevator. someone had to stay and pull the lever. are you all stupid

[chemicallady]

Okay mine is just a theory but WHAT IF genya or another taylor/corporalki worked on Kaz and Nikolai faces and switch them? Because looking at the expressions and the body language, Nikolai looks more like Kaz than Kaz himself!

[sunshine-singer]

Shadow & Bone Season 2 Rant/Review

Disclaimer: Not my first post on here being a rant, but here we go... I’ve only seen the first two seasons and only read Six of Crows, so forgive me if I don’t understand certain plot points... Also, these are my own opinions, so please be kind, and I’m sorry if I remembered some things wrong - so much happened this season! Spoilers ahead for the show and very slight ones for Six of Crows duology, so read at your own risk* 

So much has happened this season that I’ve had to get my Netflix up to remind myself what’s happened... anyways here we go:

Did I think the season was all bad? No. Will I still be watching season 2 again like I did with the first one? Yes. The acting was great, costumes were amazing, and I generally did enjoy the season. No issues with the actors at all - thought the portrayals were fantastic! Defo a big upgrade to last season! However, there were a few things I didn’t like:

So we start off with The Crows getting back to Ketterdam and Mal and Alina on the run. Was a great start, but the plots between the two started off feeling very disjointed, which I felt wasn’t an issue in the previous season. I also thought that they’d delve way more into Six of Crows and I’m a little disappointed that so much of The Crows’ storyline was Crooked Kingdom based... as I hadn’t got round to reading it yet. That’s fully on me though, as I made the decision to watch the second season without reading it first. However, I’m still confused plot wise about The Crows as it’s so different to the first book already - especially regarding Matthias and Nina. I just had a hard time wrapping my head around it, but maybe that is because I haven’t read Crooked Kingdom yet. I do feel like the fast pace ruined a lot of the build up for the relationships between all The Crows for me, and yet somehow Nina and Matthias didn’t move fast enough? Idk. 

While I do think the conversations towards the middle of the season regarding both Alina’s and Genya’s respective traumas were well handled, I can’t help but feel really disappointed by their storylines: 

Genya suffers under both the King and Kirigan, and then David comes into the picture and becomes her support. Then we see David sacrifice himself for Genya (or its heavily implied), and then we don’t come back to them for ages. No one even asks after her or asks where she is, and we don’t see her again until Adrik finds her. It just seems so unfulfilling to me that she doesn’t get a happy ending. I get it, it’s wartime, the stakes are real and not everyone is going to get one. It just seems so disappointing to me that Genya is characterised by so much trauma like that (like most the characters are to be fair, so this might be harsh) and then she has a bitter end to her story this season. Just very unsatisfying. Daisy Head is such a great actress though, and she did such a great job.

Alina’s conversation with Baghra about her time with Kirigan was a great watch. I did feel that her character was just sort of meh this season, but I’m not as into the Shadow and Bone plot as much as I am into The Crows, so maybe that plays a part in it. I felt that that particular scene was the only time I really connected with her character this season, but again, her storyline so far just seems so unsatisfying to me. She goes from not wanting to be the Sun Summoner; to then being manipulated by Kirigan; to then suffering from the after effects of his lies and deceit; to then having to kill Mal who is the man she loves; to bring him back and have him reject what they have (which I fully understood from his POV, just sucked for her); and then has seemingly corrupted herself with Merzost ... so resulting in her becoming the next ‘monster’ the Darkling said she would be? From the looks of it anyways. Again, not everyone is going to get a happy ending but it just feels so unfulfilling. I’m also a bit tired of the trope that entails the female hero choosing a guy over the greater good or corrupting themselves in the process. Again, understand why she did it, it’s just something I don’t enjoy.

Again, the Shadow and Bone plot is less interesting to me anyway, but I was so tired of Kirigan by the end. Very glad he died. I’m not sure if it was the actual character or his dialogue just sort of being cringe to me, but I just did not vibe with his character for the majority of the season. This was especially apparent to me in the last scene we got with him after the fold was destroyed. Again, props to the acting as Ben Barnes is great but the character just ended up not being for me.

I was looking forward to seeing Zoya again and was happy to see her this season. I do wish that she had properly apologised to Alina for how she behaved last season, I think I would’ve appreciated her more if they had a real heart to heart. Their conversation when they reunited was good but I still felt it was a bit lacking.

I’ve probably missed some things but this is already a long rant so thank you for sticking to the end! I might do a review for each episode as I watch the season again. Like I said before, still enjoyed it and all the new characters that came along this season were really likeable. So overall I’d still give the season a 7/10.

[dailyflicks]

Shadow and Bone — S02E08 “No Funerals”

[shadowandbone]

[crowsnotvultures]

incorrect sab subtitles part (?/?)

[kazs-inej]

chapter 26, crooked kingdom

[reggieslocket]