Are Alina and the Darkling Endgame? | It's a Ship Show - Shadow & Bone 

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I saw this in my feed earlier and did not realize it was from Netflix!

@@morgie39 me too...I thought my eyes are deceiving me lol

Bless this Gen Z-er. They are a TALENTED 😍

Turns out they aren't gen z interns

This!

Yeses!!!!

Best intern ever

We go down with it 😭

We go down with it. Gonna get a lot of hate with this but both sides/interest are toxic. But it's fantasy soooo give us the Darklina ship. We wont emulate the darkling, common people. Haha. Because if that were to happen, we all could have been serial killers or violent people with all the series we had been watching all these years. So I therefore conclude, we say Yes to Darklina.

Yes we’ll drown with it

that one KILL me hard!!

So glad they put that part in it 😂

I was dying at that part 😂😂

YESSS

yet this quote by Mal exists..."when all of this is over Alina, I wonder if you'll still want me" or "I wanted you to ask me to stay" both of them from the second book btw I don't ship, Alina should've ended up single.

@@LauraPerez-oz2hw she should have ended up single or with Nikolai tbh 😅

@@loonylaura8629 single single single... if she ended with Nik we wouldn't have Zoyalai 😍 and Alina is an independent, self-sufficient queen

@@LauraPerez-oz2hw I never got into Zoyalai. Zoya never really grows from the mean girl persona - she fully admitted to bullying Genya and other people she deemed lower than her but doesn't stop. She contiued to be mean to palace staff and others. Nik also never received any consequence or backlash for being the one that actually hid the King's crimes. It's been going around to re-read chapter 7 of Ruin and Rising. And I was shocked that Nikolai was the one who ordered for the King to get no trial, covered up for the king, and offered to gift more girls for the King if the king agreed to give Nik the letter of resignation.

Ben's acting are always intense when it comes to filming 'chemistry'! Like in Narnia: Prince Caspian, he gave the exact same intense look to Anna Popplewell to create that chemistry! Honestly, because of Ben, most of his characters are shipable

I think the show just might decide to leave out or change some of the Darkling's more despicable choices in the second book, like blinding Baghra & killing Grisha. Then, it's possible to set up a redemption arc for the Darkling. And Alina is already obsessed about acquiring all of Morazova's amplifiers and the power they will give her. Also, Alina didn't seem to see living in the country as her endgame. Since film and books are different media, I, for one, have no trouble accepting two totally different stories, as long as any changes make sense and uphold the world-building of the author.

@@rniagita I totally agree about Ben's acting! He is brilliant at creating complex characters.

@@brendadotter4433 I totally agree! The books already exist so why not changing the course of the show while staying true to some aspects

He needs therapy 🤩

WTH is a "cottage core" wedding?

@@brendadotter4433 It’s basically a rebranded version of a “rustic” wedding (think held in a barn/outdoor, green and earthy palette, lots of plants and wildflowers, you get the gist). it’s very not the Darkling’s style but very funny to imagine

i need therepy rn

Yesss, we are all for redemption arcs okay!!! Hey Netflix! knock knock knock. 🗣HEY, you hear that. I SAID WE ARE ALL HERE FOR REDEMPTION ARCS!!!!

AND a promotion!

Com certeza 😂

Yes indeed

exactly

Ikr lmao

She’s not actually gen z, but she’s amazing yes.

that's because the intern is also a vidder, hence why we all love it

Same😭

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Samee

I LOVE THE WORLD SO SO MUCH RN-

Alina corruption arc sounds way better. She and the Darkling should rule the world for eternity.

@@ChienaAvtzon That's what I truly want but the writers are hopeless😫

@@ChienaAvtzon OMG YESSS 🥰

i really really want this but i don’t think they can follow through if they want to have Six of Crows and King of Scars adaptations because it really impacts the rest of the plot and all.

@@besanissa428 Fingers crossed here I mean the crows aren't in shadow and bone so maybe they can alter the story? If Netflix is calling the shots they may make Darklina endgame to get that coin. It's obvious Darklina and Kanej are the superior ships

Thank you FINALLY Someone Says It.

If you're impatient you can read the ending in the the book too... it's called ruin and rising

Exactly!!!! Same thoughts 💭

Oh Saints, you are SO right!! Season 2 nwtflix, what are you waiting for???

@@spalzesangmo9813 Already Did I hope Netflix doesn't follow the books.

Same! The show needs the Darkling to stay alive. Netflix can't abandon all that potential

I literally paused at that part. Coz they just didn't- XD

I mean I think it depends on whether they're doing a faithful adaptation or if its just loosely based on the books (like say the vampire diaries). But its probably the former and this is just to keep the fanbase watching until the end. Then again a lot adaptations slightly switch the ending so they could just kill Mal instead. . . .

Same... 7 books later 🥺

@@DJ-ub7gl OMG the least they can do is get rid of Mal

@@DJ-ub7gl They haven't been faithful to the books when it came to Mal's character though. They removed almost all his lines and all the misogyny and sexism he showed in the books. He seriously verbally abused her over eating too much...when he KNEW she had an eating disorder. And he dangled their "friendship" like a carrot after every time he abused her as some sort of reason for her to forgive him

And he's like "i wanna be you endgame. ENDGAME"

Same!! Loved this one! XD

Netflix, this is how you get season 3 renewal. Focus on the Darkling and Darklina

exactly, don’t play with us 😭

sAME like don't make me get my hopes up netflix

they’re not gonna make it endgame there’s literally zero chance so don’t clown yourself

@@larissastrecht3630 I hope you’re psychic otherwise u look dumb. Anything can happen

@@DM-lh5hk they’re gonna follow the book’s endgame, they even made malina healthier so less people would complain about the ending, leigh would never let them change that specially because they may want to do the king of scars storyline in the show, the darkling is gonna die and thats a fact, its very naive of you to think otherwise

Yes, please.

People who read the books rn: 😬🤥

dear god no

Isn’t he like... 500 years old?

@@summer-nv6sz …and? It’s fiction who cares?

wE ARE ALL NETFLIX lol

You should definetely watch "Good Girls". The chemistry there between two characters is also insane

yaas

If Darklina are not endgame, I just hope for a baby then. Darkling and Alina are gorgeous. Their child would look beautiful and more powerful than her parents.

In books she married Mal ;))

Genius honestly!😆😆

Love how the Netflix marketing team referenced a Taylor Swift line for the season 2 promo this week

It’s so toxic tho

@Marely well yeah but in the books darklina is really toxic lol, but they still have so much chemistry but it wouldn’t be healthy

@Marely well thanks captain obvious for that wonderful statement

@Marely by the way everyone on the whole goddamn planet knows that, if you couldn’t tell this show has people with magical powers and made up languages

@Marely I have no idea lol it’s that time of the month I’m so sorry

Plss I DNF'd because Leigh was TeamMal 😭

THE ENDING WAS GOOD WDYMMMMM

@@Rootofasphodel yep she gave up her powers(i mean WTF) and then she chose bladeboy(seriously, wtf is wrong with her)

@@claire7559 No. She ends up with the incel "Nice Guy"

Haha I was like whaaat😂😂😂

It was made by another user and Netflix uploaded it too I guess lmao I was sorta confused for a bit when I saw this on my recommended cause I’m already subscribed to the original person and I saw this video that they uploaded a few days before this and then I saw it was the official Netflix account and i was like wait wHAT-

​@@bethanydoane8903 what is the name of the original creator?

The amount of self-awareness in this comment lmao

same sis, same :")

At least you realize it. But it is ok, we all need therapy for something.

Yes i ship darklina shit and Netflix wheres season2?

Me too 😂😂

In books she married Mal

@@bubbleteaa18 I don't care because they give me brother sister vibes

did you even watch the whole show?

@@bubbleteaa18 this is not the books tho😂

@@nesta3348 exactlyyyyyy... I mean look at the changes they’ve already made to the story!!!

Views would be higher for s2 if they had put in the book darklina scenes 😢

Damon toned down a lot of his bad aspects for Elena in The Vampire Diaries..so I hope Netflix does the same! Endgame Darklina!!!

@@annamarie8633 sooo trueee❤

Do you know the name of the song?

@@Sofia-xp4is no I dont I am sorry

@@mirrorball_12 It's fine thanks

Oh! They so very much did!! And I'm here for it ! Xd

@@Sofia-xp4is It's the whole album I guess, it's called "Reputation", but probably "Look What You Made Me Do" is the best fit for Darkling.

It’s what it’s

the books beg to differ

If it can happen for Damon and Elena (the book had Stefan as her true love) then it can be endgame for the Darkling and Alina!

His favorite is episode 5 and that says it all.

yes.

when?

@@suriaysa I think the eyes he makes when he is leaving the war room but runs back for one last kiss

​@@DaisyDee5610 When did he said that? Because in the French interview they ask Jessie and Ben if they choose Darklina or the other guy and Ben answers: The other guy. That's all right with me, obviously.

Never have o felt a comment more than this I really hope netflix doesn’t disappoint if she ends with Mal I will be so disappointed it would ruin the show for me.

@Books and Tv Geek if that happens I will for sure stop watching I just don’t get their chemistry and find Mal boring tbh.

Apparently darklina shippers are as toxic as their ship.

@@platapedernal9986 pls, if someone is toxic there, is you. You judging ppl based on their ships. I mean, i'n toxic, but my niece shipping Darklina too, and i never met more innocent and sweeter girl than her. Pls stop hating and ignore us

@@platapedernal9986 Nah, the malina ship was just as bad if not worse. He emotional abuses her and uses their trust/relationship to make her think it's okay. It's not. He growls at her, shouts at her, belittles her, shames her, "his words hit me like a slap" , lets her think she's going mad when she finally confesses "I think I might be going mad" Mal opened his mouth closed it tried again. even then I'd hoped he might deny it. Instead HE TURNED HIS BACK ON ME," threatens to carve the power out of her, kept pressuring her to lose her powers and become a commoner like he always wanted

The chapel kiss and quotes The ending - she understood his pain was endless not whatever bs s2 gave us

Totally!!!!!!!!

The Darkling sure is.

What ship is delena ?

@@mili28manga Damon and Elena from The Vampire Diaried

@@angelagarcia2116 thanks !!!!!

@MP the darkling can have a redemption arc or alina can have a corruption arc. there are so many possibilities and so many things that can be explored in the relationship. we all can't wait to see it.

I had never thought of this parallel!

But the darkling is toxic?

@@divergentxmen283 yeah exactly ....like are ppl forgetting what the Darkling even did and who he even is like separate the character from the actor 😭

@@Rootofasphodel Ik that it’s fantasy but u want a toxic relationship to happen? Man, looks really do matter in this world

@@Rootofasphodel still tho

@@Rootofasphodel thank you because that’s exactly what makes the storyline boring if the darkling can fight for Alina’s love than ha can become a better person period mal and Alina give brother and sister vibes

THANK YOU SIMONE

"idk just a thought ;)" ROFL

Me too lol

😂😂😂the heart wants what it wants, what to do?😌

it’s not gonna be endgame, zero chance, leigh is behind the show and she hates the darkling, plus they made malina healthier so less people would complain about the ending

@@larissastrecht3630 she does not hate the darkling. Stop lying

@@DM-lh5hk i was an alarkling shipper back in 2013 trust me i know she would never make them endgame and she compared the darkling to an abusive ex before

@@larissastrecht3630 no she didn’t. She compared Alina’s fear to what she felt while writing shadow and bone. You could not find a link of her saying she hates the darkling or that he was based on her ex. I don’t care if you were there since 2013. Ive read goodreads Q&As she did back then and she’s never stated anything like that. I’ve also scrolled down her Instagram. She literally went around taking pictures of hot models fancasting them as the Darkling. She also brought him back and wrote two more books with him in it plus a prequel so readers could sympathize with him. That’s not the behavior of someone who hates him.

@@DM-lh5hk thank you!!!! Yes! DARKLINA SUPREMACY!!!🌓

They just want to crush your weird little hopes and hearts. 🤣

We actually have shot at making darklina endgame MAKE IT HAPPEN NETFLIX

ME TOO

Netflix don't decide the story Eric does! And he's from the start along with Bardugo rooting for malina and that what's goona happen

@@liebesromanfreak yes

Mals fans have the books, let us have darklina in the show, both sides win 🤷🏻‍♀️

@@anycullen21 Please no. He’s horribly toxic, controlling and abusive. Imagine the kind of message it would send to young girls if they attempted to write a genuine romance between those two? That’s just... straight up irresponsible. >.>’ And I very much doubt it’s ever going to happen. He’s clearly written as a villain, not a potential love interest. :/

@@Gladissims First of all, OG Mal is also an abusive asshat. Second of all, Alina and Mal both display a pattern of dangerous and harmful behaviour to stay with each other and never grow up. ALINA GOT HER TEAM KILLED TO BE WITH MAL, DOES THAY SOUND LIKE A GOOD, SANE PERSON IN AN HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP? It’s an 8 episode show guys you could at LEAST try and remember the first one where, then again, she gets her team killed because she can’t live with Mal not being with her. That’s a level of sketchiness and unhealthiness that only the Darkling can match, because they have so much in common 😅... Also, third off, you have absolutely no leg to stand on. Netflix has produced some of the worst, unhealthy romances between teen ever. At least the people in S&H are adults in a Fantasy settings (I swear to god, you people expect the same moral standards in a fantasy world set in the magical equivalent of IMPERIAL RUSSIA yet can’t even have decent moral standards for the stories set in real life...) No because the 50 shades movies are on Netflix and so are the After movies, both romantic movies set in real life and consumed by young girls. Netflix keeps renewing The Kissing booth, which is a nightmare of unhealthiness aimed at young girl, gave us Bridgerton where a teenage girl RAPES her kinda abusive partner and gaslights him into blaming himself for it, shall I continue? Why is it wrong in a story that isn’t even aimed to be a depiction of real life but in films that are supposed to represent reality, it’s fine ? Why would the show runners be robbed of their creative liberties in (again) A FANTASY SHOW but not in story about high schoolers ?

@@happyjellycatsquid SAY 👏 IT 👏 LOUDER 👏 FOR 👏 THE PEOPLE 👏 IN 👏 THE 👏 BACK👏

yess like every story has the good guy with a heart of gold trope as endgame like we all want these two powerful matching mfs to be together make it happen!

Finally,someone who gets me! Kill Mal in the end and make Darklina rule

yESS

mmmmm well... idk how to tell you this

@@violet-sb9hx we all know and we don't care lol, show endings can always difer from books 💖 it happened in the past.

@@strayfreckles Shipping them is all well and good for fandoms but why would you ever want them to be endgame? The Darkling is the most textbook abusive asshole there has ever been. He gaslights and manipulates Alina from day one. He doesn't care about what Alina wants or needs, only her power and what she can give him. He's the worst. They're not changing the ending, get over it.

@@bookswithike3256 lmaoo why are you so pressed under these comments? you’re not gonna change anybody’s minds. get over it

Self-sabotaging their own show.

you said it ALL!!! the book ending is so goddAMN BORING!! how could Alina lose all her powers, she LOVED using them! and with her childhood best friend? gosh please netflix give us darklina endgame with a redemption arc, we don't ask much

@@strayfreckles why is everyone so scared of a corruption arc? It's getting boring when the good side wins aaaall the time. It's fiction! Make it a little interesting

@@jodie3950 i agree tbh!!! i'd love the idea but I believe it would be easier to ask for a redemption arc than for a corruption arc - given how it could be taken as more morally correct by some- but like you say, I agree, I love a twist and would love to see alina embracing her darker side!!

@@strayfreckles I guess. These pearl-clutchers won't let us be 😂 Also at this point I guess we'd settle for whatever arc, just so long as we get the Darklina endgame

@@jodie3950 lmao RIGHT??? like, come on, it's fiction!! yes, at this rate I'd take anything, but please make it darklina endgame 💖🙏🏼🌘

YES, DARKLINA ENDGAME, REDEMPTION ARC LETS GO

Yes PLEASE 😭🔥

Yeah!!!

🤮🤮🤮

this man is already so toxic and manipulating tho, and it's only gonna get worse from here. no thanks

no his old psychotic ass needs to stay away from alina

DO IT netflix