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Me: *reads excellent thread by @northgalis liveblogging book!Shadow & Bone*
Also me: Hmmm let& #39;s watch Netflix!Shadow & Bone for the only interesting character in it
Also me: Hmmm let& #39;s watch Netflix!Shadow & Bone for the only interesting character in it
Also also me: *has BA in Russian Studies, has so far been unimpressed with the visibly un-researched hodgepodge of Slavic words/concepts in the series*
Me: I& #39;m definitely not going to be distracted by these REALLY BAD MISUSES OF WORDS/NAMES
Me: I& #39;m definitely not going to be distracted by these REALLY BAD MISUSES OF WORDS/NAMES
2 minutes in and I& #39;m distracted by the choice of the name Grisha to describe wizards um what
(Grisha is one of many nicknames for the given name Grigori)
(Grisha is one of many nicknames for the given name Grigori)
I get a strong vibe that this story would be different if it had been better researched and wasn& #39;t, like, just British characters in vaguely-Soviet/Imperial cosplay
It& #39;s hard to describe but you get a different feel from Russian-made vs Anglophone-made media
It& #39;s hard to describe but you get a different feel from Russian-made vs Anglophone-made media
Okay we& #39;ve had like 10 characters introduced in the last 20 minutes and none of them is the Darkling, I am disappointed
And yet HOW is it it that every single one of these characters has more motivation than the supposed protagonist? I keep seeing flickers of it but she& #39;s barely acting on it - she has nothing but her attachment to Mal and yet we& #39;re supposed to identify with her I-
I& #39;ve gone to work for the day so I will keep liveblogging later, BUT
I think it says something that on my 20-minute commute, the characters I was thinking about were the ones doing that high-risk heist
Not, yknow, the passive protag and her crew-cut puppy man from the promos
I think it says something that on my 20-minute commute, the characters I was thinking about were the ones doing that high-risk heist
Not, yknow, the passive protag and her crew-cut puppy man from the promos
