ok but one thing I didn’t expect from shadow and bone was how goddamn funny it was? milo the goat had no real plot relevance but they put him in there just for shits and giggles? david just yeets a book at jesper? unparalleled. amazing.
and the fact that book he threw was the ravkan version of shadow and bone lmao
Hi i’m at episode 4 now and i’m just gonna share some of my thoughts bc SO FAR THEY’VE FIXED EVERY ISSUE I HAD WITH SHADOW AND BONE ?!
Mal is PERFECT what the heck I can’t believe that I love him now
I LOVE what they did with Alina’s character. Instead of going with the ‘i’m not like other girls’ shtick they focused on how different she feels for being half-shu which leaves such a more powerful impact on her storyline (I know they had said that was the direction they were going for in interviews but I was septic. I’m so glad to see they pulled it off extremely well)
The crows. Nothing needed to be fixed for them of course. Just happy they stayed as incredible as they are. I love them so much.
Not specifically about the show but I just peaked at twitter and the first thing I saw was a Mal fancam by someone that didn’t read the books? This is great right?
Anyways I feel like I have so much more to say but I can’t remember anything rn. I’ll come back after i’ll have watched a couple more episodes.
do you guys remember when everyone was talking about how hot young stalin was. that has the same energy as darklina fans and people who want ted bundy to rail them
By far the funniest and most in-character thing in sab was Inej urgently asking “Wait why would Heleen get the Crow Club?” and Kaz straight up just leaving
This post will contain spoilers for the new Shadow and Bone show on Netflix
I have to say I absolutely loved the show and I think that it has been one of the better book to tv show adaptations so far. This is just going to be what I love about the show from character to character (sorry if it’s too long)
Alina: this show made me like her a lot more than I did in the books. I like that she was more willing to stand up for herself in the show. Yes, she was still weaker than other Grisha and she didn’t know what was going on in the Little Palace but she talked back whenever she could and made sassy remakes and I loved that about her.
Mal: I actually liked Mal in the books, not my favorite but didn’t hate him. I am in love with that man now! He was so sweet to Alina and was just trying to get back to her, his True North. I keep seeing post today saying that this show made people like Mal and in my opinion that probably had to do with that fact that we see what he’s doing while Alina is in the Little Palace. In the books we never see his POV and I think following what he was doing probably helped viewers sympathize with him. I wonder if people will still like him in future seasons because I think that when the “un likable” behavior happens more so it will be interesting to see if the attitude towards him will change or stay the same.
The Darkling: I never understood the people that wanted Alina with the Darkling solely based on the books because he is so mean to her, even though they have great chemistry but watching Ben Barnes play him made me understand the hype with this character. What the show did right was showing that the Darkling does, in his own way, care about Alina. Watching it, I believed that he had genuine feelings for her and it wasn’t just about using her and that made me like him more.
Kaz: I am in love with his twisted man! Out of the whole Grishaverse he is my favorite #2 favorite character and the show did great casting Freddie Carter in the role. Now I will say, Kaz seems “weaker” and not as ruthless as he does in the books. I think that’s, hopefully, going to be to show his growth, as he gets closer to his goal of Pekka Rollins I hope we see him became more and more like the Kaz in SoC.
Inej: the love of my life! I love how she is both so soft spoken but also so firm in her believes and what she wants for herself. And Amita is what I pictured Inej to look like, which I love. Like Kaz, I think later seasons (if we get more) will show her becoming more comfortable taking lives when necessary even if she hates it and I can’t wait to see how her relationships to both Kaz and Jesper develop.
Jesper: he stole the show!! He was so charming and witty and just so funny and I loved his energy, he was everything I wanted that character to be. Every time he used his guns my heart was so happy. His friendship with Inej is my new favorite thing and the whole thing with Milo was so cute! In conclusion, Jesper owns my heart
Other things I loved about the show: Nina and Matthias meeting and falling for each other was great to see and I loved that Nina “betrays” him to save him and not just to escape. I loved them both and I think the casting for them was great. I liked that Zoya switching sides as soon as she sees what the Darkling is doing and they didn’t make her a blind follower of his ( I know in the book she does the same but sometimes adaptations change characters and I didn’t want them to change her so I was happy) she could have been more snarky but I’ll give it a pass because she didn’t get a lot of screen time. I also really loved the pacing of the show. I hated how the antlers were fussed into Alina’s neck, it made me want to vomit and I’m glad they fixed that because I didn’t want to continue to look at that a whole second season.
Overall I loved the show and I want season 2 right now and I am going to rewatch it tonight
I didn’t spell check this so sorry for any awkward language and/ or spelling errors
Reading the books I never got why people loved the Darkling so much (because he’s so evil) and I didn’t really grow up watching Ben Barnes so I don’t have any childhood nostalgia for him…… watching him play the Darkling makes me understand why people love him so much, like I know that this character is evil and yet whenever he comes on screen I smile like an idiot
Guys, guys, guys, I’ve figured it out! Listen, so, in the books Mal sleeps with Zoya, but then ends up with Alina, whereas on the show … well, I’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions.
