It's midnight and I'm running high on adrenaline which makes it hard for me to fall asleep. Anyway, the past few days I've been indulging myself in videos, tweets, photos, news, and just basically anything related to a show called Shadow and Bone. Now I can't seem to get my head out of fangirling mode, that's how addicting this show is. I don't know what it is about fantasy/sci-fi/dystopian series or movies but when it is executed right, it will always get me hyped up.
However, this post is not gonna be about me fangirling Shadow and Bone (maybe I'll write something about it another day). Besides, I've done that too much already and I think my friends are getting tired of me for tweeting and posting stories too much of Alina and the Darkling. So we're not gonna go there.
But we are gonna discuss this particular photo and the caption that's in it.
While watching Shadow and Bone, you can't deny that there is this raw borderline sexual energy between the character of Alina and the Darkling. Before we go any further though, I must say that it is a problematic and toxic relationship. All of the lies and manipulation that he did to Alina are wrong and you should steer clear from that in any type of relationship in real life. It's not healthy. So yeah, try to keep that in mind.
Moving on, as much as I love Mal and I know how sincere his love is for Alina (especially since they grew up together and treat each other as equals), a part of me still wishes that Alina and the Darkling will be the final deal. And that photo perfectly describes my emotions.
Is it possible for a female lead character in ANY SERIES OR MOVIE, like Alina, to just fall in love with the villain (in this case the Darkling) and choose to stand by his side instead of going back to her first love and fight against him?
LIKE HAS THIS BEEN DONE? HAS IT? I DON'T THINK SO.
(Oh yeah another disclaimer, I'm not saying that I condone abusive and violent behaviors like the Darkling. I'm not. The context here is a villain CHARACTER in a FICTIONAL setting.)
I'm just saying, wouldn't it be fun and refreshing just for once to have a couple where they are both downright evil and do typical villainy stuff together. Especially when you have a villain that can be intriguing and disturbing at the same time. This can provide us as the audience such a fun pov. We then get to see two villains trying to defeat the good guy and whether they succeed or fail that's another thing to think about.
So if any one of you reading this knows a fantasy/sci-fi/ dystopian movie or series where the two lead characters started out as enemies and then the main female character decided to be a villain and throw away all of her good moral compass followed by wanting to conquer the world together with her villain partner, please let me know. I personally haven't watch anything with that kind of plot. Perhaps they exist in books, but I don't think they can be found in movies or tv series. Also, we're not talking about other genres. I'd like to emphasize the fantasy/sci-fi/dystopian setting. The story must take place in either of these three settings.
That's all for now. I hope you enjoy my rant about whatever this is. Now I think I can fall asleep.
