Me: I Just Think That If Leigh Wanted To Write A Cautionary Tale About A Manipulative Man Who Is Beautiful

Me: I just think that if Leigh wanted to write a cautionary tale about a manipulative man who is beautiful but not as he seems, she should have made him a non-grisha prince like Nikolai. Because then you have someone who pretends to sympathize with the oppressed Grisha but is actually just exploiting them for his own gain which is a much more interesting commentary on society. And then Alina could have been the revolutionary trying to overthrow the system and help change things for the Grisha, opposed by a non-grisha who wants to control them.

Instead, she makes the villain the one person actively fighting to improve things for the Grisha and ultimately gives Alina very little interest in the cause and makes the non-grisha characters nice and understanding and gives us a message of ‘you just need the nice people to be on the throne and then it will be fine’ which is a naive point of view. Its not about whether or not the Darkling is good, its about where she ultimately decided to place the villain in the story/world that bothers me.

Therapist: Can we please get back to your trauma.

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WHITE PEOPLE PLEASE READ

YOU NEED TO REPEAT THIS TO YOURSELF EVERYDAY FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES UNTIL RACISM IS DESTROYED

ASIANS, LATINX/HISPANICS, AND OTHER NON-WHITES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REBLOG AS WELL

NO ONE IS FREE FROM ANTI-BLACKNESS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

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I don't care if I offend someone because it's true.

It took a small group of peruvians begging and pleading for people in tumblr to realize that something horrible was happening here.

It took 40 missing people, 6 days, 2 deaths and an unknown number of wounded protesters for people to realize.

But you did it, everyone that reblogged our posts did realize and helped us.

Let's continue doing this, not only with Peru, but also with the other small countries that everyone ignores.

Inform yourself and share what's happening, let's make this world a better place.

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3 years ago

Since I see this word thrown around causally on here, this is a reminder that the Darkling does not commit genocide. He’s a mass murderer, but genocide has a specific meaning.

Criticise him for what he does - murdering civilians, mutilating Genya, assaulting Alina, but don’t call him genocidal.

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Nothing describes Louis and Armand's relationship better than this-

Louis is completely lost in thought about why his life is such a mess

And all Armand's attention is paid only to Daniel

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Their marriage is a mistake

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i said it on twitter and i'll say it here.

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