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good morning fellow sufferers may the agony make us all stronger

“And it is not far enough!”

“Do you think there’s a corner of this Earth that you could travel to far away enough free me from this torment?”

“[…] that honor is hanging by a thread that grows more precarious with every moment I spend in your presence”

“You are the bane of my existence”

“And the object of my desires”

ok while i wouldn’t mind a alina corruption arc what i rly want is a half domesticated aleks w a slightly more nuanced alina. i don’t want them to take over the world but i do want them to form a government in which they actively plan a role in and which focuses on ensuring that the actual problem is solved. this is what i want instead of a “oh aleks bad bc he lied to me and he must be evil bc he wants for freedom for grisha which ofc means he’s just being power hungry so let me go on a mission to kill him without solving the problem and then let my just retire to a bloody farm— still without solving the problem because that’s so perfect” alina and co storyline. like cmon i’m not asking for much and i’m literally just improving what happened soooo...

Reason number 1625384628273 why I love Ben Barnes. He 100% brought the character to life.

I’m just thinking about how Ben Barnes performance is so good because he actually took it seriously. I feel like it’s so easy for men who act in these teen romance adaptations to completely dismiss the story and it’s value. Like even though I love Robert Pattinson in Twilight, he hated the books. And even if that isn’t obvious in his performance, it’s still there. Ben Barnes clearly mined that text and fully understood everything about the Darkling and it shows every time he’s on screen. This man is the new standard and that’s why his performance is one of the best that’s ever existed in an adapted work.

“Let me. It isn’t real. Let me.”

I really hope this reblog doesn't come back to bite me in the ass, but I get so sensitive with those quotes and I really want it to be endgame. She misses him and wanted to look nice for the ritual.

alex's internal monologue is like *darlington* *come back* *forgive me* *i forgive you* *darlington come back* *i miss my boyfriend*

there is no teen wolf movie in ba sing se

Imagine having this

And then this

And not rule the world with him together when he offered? Hm, Alina sweetie, pls reconsider your life choices sis.