Alina & The Darkling - Shadow & Bone 

I love just how complex the Darkling really is. Yes his actions are wrong, but he's dealt with countless years of his own people being slaughtered and used. He's lost so many people he's felt close to, causing his heart to harden, not allowing himself to actually care and let people in. Alina represents the hope for humanity, and he let her into his heart. By doing so he really started to change some of his beliefs and was starting to in a way be willing to admit fault in his actions. I just love his character so much.

The sad thing about their whole relationship is that he was not wrong about most of the things he said to her. He told her that she would lose Mal, any arrangements she makes even through an arranged marriage, it will never be enough to keep their kind safe. There will always be those who will fear her and anyone else like her. If she makes the smallest mistake, they will brand her as the next heretic just as they did to him. And he didn’t want her to go through it alone like he did. Such an amazing tribute to these two characters. I hope it is not the last time we see his character through the show. I wouldn’t mind if he somehow found a way to live on. Thanks for uploading.

The way Alina kept constantly arguing the Darkling didn't understood sacrifice just irritated me. He's the villain and she has every right to hate him, make no mistakes, but no matter how good she thinks she is, how righteous in comparison to him...he has lived thousands of years more than she has. He DOES have more practice with eternity and what that much time and loss can do to a simple boy like he used to be. She was also wrong to affirm he was the cause of all the violence, because Grisha had been persecuted by humans long before the fold was even created, and that's what she failed to understand. Luda's unjust death (his past lover) was what made him tap into merzost (dark magic) to protect the others of his kind and accidentally led to the creation of the fold. Hell, few minutes after she swore she would never be like him, she was using merzost too to bring Mal back to life and then used a shadow cut to kill that Grisha at the end. She's already going down the same path as him and he REALLY tried to warn her about it :/

He was so close to having it all, if only he could release his own trauma, let go of his fears, share their power instead of deceiving and subjugating her… their chemistry was off the charts, such potential, I can’t seem to let it go. So sad, but also… SO GOOD!

I still ship AIina with Darkling. A villain who would destroy the world to save you

truth be told Darklina are the only couple in the series that have actual chemistry on screen...malina felt super off as if it was forced

For a moment I swear I did The darkling truly loved her

Everything he said was the truth, as he saw and experienced it, Alina came in with her innocence and inexperience and immediately saw only black and white. You can see how he softened around her, how for a time, he truly thought they would be able to do this together, until she began to pull away, and he felt forced then to make decisions for her. His obsession with her, his desire to have her by his side, to fill the loneliness and be his equal ultimately led to his downfall. In a way, it's a story of loneliness, and what a person will do to have someone by their side, to fill the void that no one else can or even understand. I love the darkling, he is such an amazing and complex character, and seeing his interactions with Alina really bring to light all those complexities.

Tbh, I still shipped them until the very end. The "my little saint" had me in tears. And she brought out the best in him. Those moments of weakness, when he really tried to hide all his bad sides so that she would feel safe. And how he kept coming back, kept wanting her to stand with him. And not because he nesscesarily thought it would better his domination. Just because he loved her.

Light has no meaning without darkness 🖤🕯

Oh my God, I'm actually crying right now. I didn't think I would until the Darkling's final speech to Alina about how "this world doesn't need a Saint, it needs a monster," which gained a deeper meaning to me after watching this video. I've always been a sucker for the Dark Lord/Lady of Light trope, an extension of my Beauty & the Beast love, and despite the coaster of highs and lows I've heard about Season 2, the writers put *everything* they had into Darklina. The Force bond-esque dream/vision meetings that only they themselves can see, which just so happens to be *another* one of my favorite tropes? Ah-mazing. Jessie and Ben's acting? Already great in S1, but in S2 they stepped up in a big way I can tell, especially Jessie. The amount of book quotes that translated to screen? I know we have Ben to thank for that. And the budget behind their powers, damn! God, I'm just grateful to know that this isn't the Darkling's end, and having been told the symbolism of the bee on Zoya's shoulder, I'm hoping we can expect a return for him very soon, especially in regard to Alina's new end as well. Plus, I have no doubt the showrunners are aware that Ben Barnes as the Darkling is one of the biggest factors in the show's popularity, so bringing him back would be a win for them as well. Fingers crossed!🤞Amazing work here. 🥰🌓

The chemistry between Darkling and Alina is so supremacy, the vibes are everywhere in every scene.. i wish we had more of them on 2nd season.. the love and the caring of Darkling to Alina is doubtless.. i am so into them 🖤🤍

I think Kirigan understood her best and knew what was hidden inside her. What consequences of power await her, how she will feel after a while. And he tried to help her, but so that she was next to him. Yes, his methods of struggle and the liberation of his people were very dubious, but Alina could change that. Instead of finding out, listening to him, how he will explain Baghra's words, about the fact that he is the Black Heretic and only uses her for his own purposes, Alina simply ran away and immediately labeled him "enemy". That's why he was furious. Their relationship was going well, everything was great, Alina could correct him later, guide him, and they could solve this situation together. Instead, there is so much loss, pain and sacrifice. Because there was no dialogue! Did not have. A couple of Kirigan's proposals, and Alina's incredulous angry face. Mal in season 2 fulfilled his role as the Firebird amplifier. He was there to protect her until she became strong. And Mal had to die. But he was resurrected in a "dark" way, and it was immediately clear that he had become a different person. He no longer had feelings for Alina and the desire to protect her. He calmly sought his way. And says you're meant for something more. But I would say: for SOMEONE more. Alina discovers darkness in herself and ... at the end of the last episode, she sees with a very pleased face and a grin how that woman was sawn into pieces from her "cut". Not from the light, but from the darkness. And she has no regrets. So I think her power will soon take on dark traits and in the end it will turn out that only Kirigan is her "refuge". And if they want to overcome the darkness, then they can only do it together. And both become light. purely my opinion)

A hero would give up one person for the world… but a villain would destroy the world for one person.

I loved Aleksander and i think he was right. Darkling was cruel because of the he's experience but same time he was a knight for me. Series writers want pink story, but truth not the same with it. More than that and painfull than that. RIP Darkling :')

Ben Barnes brought the Darkling to life perfectly for 2 seasons. Was great

She made the fold the biggest problem when in fact it was ravka against everyone. They could've been each other's missing link but alina chose to turn a blind eye while aleksander was so enveloped with the need for revenge that he failed to get alina by his side as his queen. Both of them were scarred and alone and it's sad that they could've been each other's refuge...

Is no one gonna comment about the chemistry these to have? Mal who?!! Omg when i see alina and darkling together i get goosebumps! This love! The way he looks at her. And i can tell she is also have feelings for him! And i wanted to see those two together sooooooo baaaaadddd😢😢😢😢❤❤❤

My beloved Darklina! Legendary soulmatery and chemistry!

You know a series or movie is good when you can't stop watching it bc you want more. The Shadow and Bone series gives off those same feels that The Twilight Saga did for years. Thank you for this video; I can't count how many times I've watched it just to see them together without the extra scenes. 💓💓🥰

I will never forgive Netflix for canceling this show

The darkling and alina are one of my favorite ships my favorite seen is when he try to stop the shadow from hearting her

I will forever be a Darklina. No matter how much the writers will try to destroy the ship.

thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for doing them justice and telling their story. You did it beautifully

YESSSSS I've been waiting for the darklina one thank you ❤👏🏽👏🏽

I really hope that they eventually get back together, if only she new why he created the fold she would understand. Although she showed hate fore him he never hurt her. My hopes for season 3 include a new evil forcing them to work together which intern puches them closer and reveals the truth about why he is the way he is.

“Don’t let me be alone, Alina. And the he was gone” I was crying when I was read this part. Best part ever

you portrait them so wonderfully, and the edit is a masterpiece (im obsessed with the melodies). they're that sad beautiful tragedy that taylor swift would sing forever, I'll always think that alina & aleksandr deserved a better ending, bc we will se that the darkling is right somehow. im not happy with s2 as well but i appreciated the parallels between.🌒✨✨

I want a tragic romance: -Alina gets slowly more dark, by being faced with difficult choices -Darkling gets resurrected, and becomes slowly more good, from his love for Alina (but she keeps pushing him away) -season 3 ends with the Darkling sacrificing himself to save Alina and the world -she admits she loves him, he dies at peace in her arms - the end. Let's all admit this is the best poetic ending, and works best with the plot so far 💘

The end of Season 2 showed once more how much he had cared for Alina, but at the end he made the wrong choices which lead to Alina's hatred for him. They could've been endgame, if he would've known how to treat her right.

Honestly I still hate when she was saying she knows more sacrifice than he will ever know, just him living for so long shoes that he knows a lot of sacrifice

thank you so much for this masterpiece, I was waiting for it !!

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if the Darkling’s mother had not interfered…She literally pushed Alina to leave. I know he lied to Alina but I don’t know! I just love these 2 together lol

This is beautiful! I love it.

Congratulations, what a beautiful edition, I was very moved 😭💔🤧

I always imagine better ending of Darkling and Alina. Darkling the villains who fall in love with Alina and sacrifice his own ego and ambitious for having happy ending with her... damn, I need darklina

Very good editing. Thank you. I have enjoyed watching it 😊

This was perfect. Thank you for making this.

This is perfection!!!! I've been playing this non stop since I found it

I love this two together so much ...if I was her I would have never leave him

They are perfection together! DARKLING FOREVER 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL VIDEO!

Brilliant edit 👏👏👏

Oh gosh 😢 You can not tell me he did not love her. Darklina endgame forever

She is so stunning!!💗💗

Almost 18 minutes?!? Thank you for your service

Spoiler: I can't wait to see how the Darkling reacts to Alina and her use of Merzost when he resurrects. It promises to be interesting. With the changes made at the end, it is sure that their story is not over yet. A video on Genya & David planned maybe?

Yo Ben acted his heart out tho, damn

In my opinion if Baghra hasnt interrupted in s1, the things could have been better

"I will be waiting for you with open arms" 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

OMG, I’m crying, thank you for this 🫶🏻

I love them more then the other, his love is pure

Ugh! This is so good!!! He was pretty much right about everything! So sad he had to die...

Beautiful job

god bless you for this ♥ Darkling Forever famous

Yes, I sweared the god for to like everbody’s comments who is in team Darkling 😂 Btw before the series i read books and trust me the chemistry which is between in darkling and alina was not between in mal and alina. We love the bad one and that sounds crazy. but he was not bad man against to only alina. That was enough. Yeah I know he killed too many blameless people but he had a strong reason. He did everything for grishas. To live. To stay alive without fear. Think whatever you want but in my opinion he didnt deserve this kind of end. Not talking about the series. Everbody who read the books understood what I am talking about.

this couple gave me such a bittersweet feeling because of everything they COULD be. There are so many parallels in their dynamic that could be so relevant to the story like: 1-the fact that darkness is not a thing and it only ever exists because there is an absence of light. So Aleksander would be absolutely smitten by her presence for that reason and also think he would become obsolete to Ravka because of her, creating not only a reverence towards Alina, but also a resentment for the fact that he now sees himself as useless. HOWEVER she could never shine bright without darkness, meaning they both need one another in peaceful coexistence for the nation to thrive. 2-they could represent the sentiment of duality in racial conflicts, like it is in X-Men/Malcolm X & MLK. One has a very violent and divisive solution and the other tries the peaceful and conciliatory method, but the story could show that both have their problems. 3-it could give us more of the Russian pragmatism and tragedy in personal relationships when they're in a power struggle, like it is with the book Deathless, by Catherynne Valente. I would just love if they DIDN'T stay together, but rather gravitate toward one another, like a curse that the other can never quite get rid of. But it seemed like the story was too focused on villifying Aleksander as an end goal and then none of this would actually be possible.

Omg!!!!!!! I was waiting for this

The main issue with the Grishaverse is even though the author intended Darkling to be a villain, she ended up making him an anti-hero who elicits more sympathy than disgust.

Their chemistry was better than Mal

The darkling told to her taht she will sacrifice too for the things that she love but she didn't undrstand untill she didn't want mal to die 😢😢😢 I know now how much pain he was feeling and what he made him more sad the way Alina misunderstood him I was sure that if she stayed with him maybe she can convince him that revenge is not the solution 😢

finally he made a darklina video, in the first season he didn't have

I cry when I saw the end of your clip while I saw on ending of ss2 Netflix for 2 rounds my tear did not came out😅 Your clip is awesome You got my tear😂

I love Darkling so much l wish he didn't die at the end😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

S2 did Darklina dirty 😭

I love them so much 😍💕😍💕. Yes I know he's evil but still.

Para mi el mejor personaje de la serie es The Darkling, sin lugar a dudas. Está temporada fue muy buena, pero siento que si la historia de amor de Alina es con Mal debieron hacer a Aleksander completamente malo, sin momentos de soledad, de añoranza, de extrañar a Alina... Debió ser totalmente malo, porque de la manera que fue, te da a entender que hay esperanza para él y su capacidad de bondad... Honestamente no me gusta Mal, siento que no tiene realmente nada que ofrecer, no siento que complete o comprenda a Alina cómo lo hace Aleksander. Anyways, great video as always ❤🎉

Ben was amazing hands down!

Is it horrible that I adore their haunting yet beautiful relationship and even after we found out that Alexander was the villain all along I adore them as a pair instead of Alina and Mal

i prefer darklina ship then malina because, darklina has a lot of chemistry, he asked for consent when kissing her, he's always there for her, hes always kind to her and hes always protective of her, on top of that, he calls her 'My Alina' or 'My Little Saint', he was also at peace when he was with Alina . Mal on the other hand, doesnt have that much of chemistry, he just kissed her, when the fold was teared down, mal just said he wanted a break and left her alone. Alina and Darkling is such a great couple

Please bring Darkling back. Mal is okay but i honestly dont feel eager for the next season if he is still the main

He wanted be her monster so she shouldn't be and in the end she became the one thing she hated using merzost she became monster he wanted protect her from this fait because he lived through it and need that world don't need saint need most to blame for what all bad thing that happened in the world

Okay the side pose of Alina was making me think she was Susan for a second 😂

They shouldn't have killed him at the end he was supposed to be with Alina not dead😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

fantastic work as always!! 👏👏👏 you should do something with an ana de armas film would be 🔥🔥🔥

Amo esse casal

I was waiting for this 🤩😍🤩😍

She truly made him her villain

okay guys hear me out ! You remember when the darkling was burning ? A fly or a bee whatever, a dark bug was flying toward zoya and she was disgusted. What if the Darkling transfered his soul in this bug or something like that ?

So goood, too good to end like that. So damn sad

I felt sad when he died 😢

hi Ovik! I've been following you and your videos for quite some time now and you're THE best. I don't follow any other video creators other than you. Idk your editing style and the quality... I simply never get tired of it. So I have a question for you, I'm an editor myself you know (but on TikTok), and I wanted to ask where you get your scenes from or from where you download them? I can completely understand if that's something you want to keep to yourself, anyways: keep up the good work!!!!🫶

Just realized his hair is brown after the Fold is destroyed.

i still want alina and alexander ❤

If I'm allowed one toxic ship this it it lol. Their relationship was really interesting meanwhile I couldn't care less about Mal and her.

очень круто!

Que triste su final😭💔

❤cant wait till his back

Prince Caspian X❤

im listening to this while writing an essay… saints… HELP ME

fantastic

Netflix whyyy 😢

In conclusion Dakling was always right !

5:20 I want someone to lift me up like that

Какой же он красивый, черт его подери!

NO WHAT DID I JUST WATCH WHY DID SHE KILL HIM THEY WERE SO GOOD TOGETHER OMG T-T

The theme of the clothes and the place reminded me of the Ottoman Empire

Hi, im sorry how did you do this perfect quality? Maybe some program?

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The writing for her character was better in season 1