anyway i still have huge issues with sh*dow and bone&
#39;s ending and the way the author talks about how a canon romance with the darkling would&
#39;ve been abuse. by her own rules, mal is abusive too, he just happens to be a shitty person in a normal way instead of a supervillain
like, this doesn&
#39;t mean that a romance with mal shouldn&
#39;t have happened or that endgame with mal shouldn&
#39;t have happened. but if mal was going to be alina&
#39;s endgame love interest, the story should&
#39;ve bothered addressing his flaws and the ways he mistreated her
because like, in a villain romance yeah there&
#39;s a lot more highkey hate or violence, but the story actually bothers addressing that, which imo is part of the reason a lot of people are into villain romances. the story knows the villains are being shitty when they&
#39;re being shitty.
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