I'm sorry but if they wanted us to hate him they shouldn't have casted Ben Barnes, that man understands the darkling better than anyone and was on the brink of tears because of Alina the entire time!
@@durdanasadia1507 agree completely before the show I was fine without the darling it hurt that they weren't together bc of the darkling's morally destructive decisions but I was okay and was just focusing on Alina's success but with Ben Barnes, I simp for him and it gets hard to hate him in the show bc ✨BEN ✨
Exactly like the only plausible explanation i have for them casting ben barnes for darkling is because they wanted us to fall in love with the darkling and are gonna give a DARKLINA endgame so if they dont give us that IM GONNA BE REALLLLY REALLY PISSED
bestie is on the edge of tears during the “we could have had this. all of it” speech because he realizes he messed up and that he could have had her and they could’ve been happy if he’d just told her the truth. pain
Eh, to be honest... I don't think it would have ended well if when he first met Alina he told her who he really was. You have to remember from the fountain scene that all Alina knows about "The Black Heretic" is what history books said and history is written by the winners. If he told her who he was she would have believed what she knew the story to be true that he just wanted power and got greedy, not that humans started hunting Grisha because they were afraid of them for no reason.
She said "we could have had it" not if he had told her the truth before, but if he had not chosen the path of evil and had actually wanted to destroy the Fold. Together their power is invincible and they could've actually saved the world. Instead he played games and conspired to control her rather than gain her trust and make her equal.
The amount of times he’s on the brink of tears honestly makes me feel a bit bad for him. The guy has lived for hundreds of miserable, lonely years and he finally found someone who’ll live as long as him but now he’s using her to get what he wants because his original motives are more important to him than his own happiness. Despite all his bad deeds, HE STILL THINKS he’s the good guy and everyone just hates him for the measures he’s willing to take to make Ravka a safer place for Grisha not realising that taking those measures IS what’s ACTUALLY making him the bad guy.
He’s more like a twisted failed hero than a villain. He actually thinks that he handled his circumstances in the right way, and he has his reasons to fight, but his ways are just wrong. I hope they could dig a little more into that in the future, making him more of a complex character than just a villain, not just black or white cuz as far as I know, and as we’ve seen in the series, he’s more decent than in the books, which gives him the opportunity to make him a more complete and grey character
@@edenabraham8869 When y’all hear of what the Allies did after the war whilst still somehow being portrayed as heroes, y’all gon flip 🥲 History is written by the winers, remember? His actions are morally grey if not low-key heroic in comparison to all the nonsense the allies pulled without backlash😅 Check out the statistics of the massive amount of rape done to (mostly) German women by ALL the allied countries occupying Germany and he suddenly won’t be so bad no more 😅 If that isn’t enough for you (HOW ?), check out record of all the Nazi scientists most prominent allied countries picked up to work on their own military arsenal, think about the second Atomic bomb, look up Dunkerque for Saint’s sake 🥸 War is always a morally grey thing(at best, when it’s inevitable) and if you think you’ll get out of one with the children and innocents unscathed, you need to pick up a history book and stop living in a fairy tale. The world is a much more twisted and perverse place than it looks like and you’ll be safer if you’re well aware of it.
he's doing this thing that Tom Hiddleston did before, that made us fall for the villain. I don't know what it is, but how the hell should I hate someone who's acting like... this! 'gestures vaguely at this boy with the sad puppy eyes'
Exactly what I thought. He... managed to pull me (or you too in this case) like Loki attract us. Just a regular basis of misunderstood villain with complicated background story.
Yeah! Thought so too. Loki was loved by fans, they kept him alive longer than they planned and now he even got his own series! If that could happen, I hope that darklina and Darkling redemption arc can happen too!
Ikr no need to call out like that. I might not be pretty but I'm at least better looking than a volcra Edit: If this show isn't a sole confirmation that I'm bi idk what is. I mean there's Nina, and then there's Mr. General Alexander Kirigan.
@Nadine1983 lowkey people who hate the Darkling for moralistic reasons need therapy because they can't differentiate fact from fiction. A character in a tv-show is a plot device designed to produce feelings. He's not the actual devil, he's a combination of characteristics which "Darkling stans" choose to interpret metaphorically. Because it's fiction, and it's all a metaphor.
The “I hate my job” is even more funny now that Jessie revealed in an interview that Simon (Ivan) was there the entire time and could hear them making out saying it was so awkward for him because she’s like a sister to him.
I love the internet for always taking me to my kind of people. Just finished watching season 1 and ik his character is a terrible person but i can't completely hate him lol
Ben Barnes absolutely killed it as the Darkling. This video was hilarious too, appreciate the detail that you made the beats march the ?!? at 2:12 lool
He is actually doing it for the grishas coz the old king wanted to kill them all... i hope he can redeem himself and be with alina at the end... i think they are more passionate together.. than alina being with mal... mal is like a brother/bestfriend figure from my POV...
From my pov I think it would be better for her to end up alone in the show. I try to portrayed her with both Aleksander and Mal but none of them is really good for her as person. Darkling could manage to love her fully as a person but would remain a little toxicity here than idk how the producers will handle with. About Mal, as you said, he is more like a brother and old childhoold friend than a true potential lover. In the books, for me was a little creepy when she burst in tears over the Darkling s death body after she killed him, like, why you did it after all? She had some bipolarity in the books that I hope they will not bring in the show too.
@@eliasveturius5343 the had a connection through power so his death effected him. And they didn’t just have a brother relationship between her and Mal when Alina has been in love with him the whole time..
@@Ambereigh she said she was in love because Mal was the only man that was with her and protect her. I think the love was more a siblings one at the very beginning and they turn it in a romantic one eventually.
3:35 Look at his eyes, omg for real why didn’t I realized how sad he looks. Like he really looks.. deeply alone and betrayed. The moment he walked away after “Fine, make me your villain” was the end of his merci, was the “okay so I have to protect my people by myself” because at the end of it: yes sir, he is a bitch but he really wanted to end with Grisha fear
“I read your letters” - Noblest man in Ravka Mal shook outta his wits when the lad called him Mal instead of Malyev with a clearly expectant face UPON THEIR FIRST MEETING: Who could have seen such a twist coming, unexpected, incredible 🤪
This thing with both Darkling and Genya that kept the letters could have been played a little. Like if they truly sent the letters and let Mal and Alina reunited at the Little Palace, maybe Alina would have seen Darkling a little more as a human and would have had trusted him and from that point he would be sure Alina is grateful to him and maybe listen to him when the Baghra „he is the black heretic” thing come in picture. He could made a little play with the letters, like every time a letter came he could bring it by his own and try to make her trust him. Well, that s just my point, but I think it would have been a really good development.
@@eliasveturius5343 Yeah that’s something they could’ve explored too. Tbh I wouldn’t have mind it because like you said it could’ve make the betrayal more intense since she could have actually trusted more with the letters… but anyways here we are
I love the darkling lmao . Like i think yeah he is evil in the books but in this series it looks like his character’s evilness were built in a way that it may be redeemable in the future . So i ship darklina lmao but my boy gotta get his shi together hahahaha 😔☝🏻 i love the part where he just pops up the flower lmao thats funny
I ship them too, I really do and I’d love to see them get together… but the way the show is pointing it doesn’t seem they will… so my second hope is up in case it doesn’t happen is that none them end together (alina, darkling or mal) cause it would be more realistic given betrayal, manipulation and hurt ain’t and/or should not be too easy to forget, specially when you just met each other and there was room to built strong trust Let’s hope I’m completely wrong, he redeems and Alina chooses him, cause for saints sake if things go well with mal I can’t stand bffs to lovers anymore, not when we have perfect lovers (partially) to enemies to lovers again
I liked the darkling cause he saw aleyna as a powerful woman and didn’t seek to diminish or belittle her, he considered her his equal in every way (he did exploit her for his gain but in all his 400 years has he seen real love to know what it looks like) and mal saw a powerful woman and felt insecure, he wanted her to be old aleyna his little friend from his childhood
Yeah, I mean, he used, manipulated and hurt her (among other things) but I have to admit he actually saw her as his equal, and he fell for her and cared for her in his weird twisted ways, since he found her he actually viewed her as someone at his same range and from the beginning always tried to level her up and convince her that they were the same and she could feel free cuz they were what both needed...
Have you watched the show? He didn't see her as equal. If he did he wouldn't have cought and used her. If so he would have trusted her and helped her destroy the fold. Instead he used and manipulated her.
I'm guessing you've read the books, it's often those people that say stuff like this. Well I've also read the books and that is total bull. Have you forgotten the part where SPOILERS.. ..Mal was willing to LAY DOWN HIS LIFE for Alina to become more powerful? Mal understood that he was definitely not her equal, she was way more important and he knew that he had no place beside her (it wasn't just insecurity, he had literally nothing to do). He was willing to leave if that meant she lived her best life, what more do you from the man? I always agreed with the sentiment that if you love someone you have to be willing to let them go. The Darkling would never give up his power, Nikolai would never give up his kingdom, but Mal would give up ANYTHING for Alina
@@kingslayer3365 ooooff, so u must not have read Rule of Wolves yet haha. But in response to you spoiler......... spoiler alert!!!! Respectfully, I would argue that in a way, the darkling would also give up himself for alina, in his own way. Like u said, nikolai had his kingdom, the darkling had his powers, but mal would give up anything for alina, but what exactly does he have besides alina to lose? This is reeeaaalllyyy seen in the show, but his only personality trait IS alina haha. Again, respectfully, I think Mal has his strengths and he is a good guy, but idk, he was not that compelling of a character to me. That being said, the darkling did actually give up everything for alina, at least in my opinion. In the end, he died because alina stabbed him in the heart. But how is it possible, that this centuries year old man, who has survived countless attacks, been in multiple wars, and survived the fold and came out stronger, to have died by the hands of a 16/17 year old?? The answer to that question is that he didn't. When he saw that alina lost her powers, he realized he was all alone, and that put out any hope he had - frankly he just gave up and became vulnerable enough for alina to kill him. Its more prominent in the show, but he always believed that he and alina had eternity together, and that one day she would come to understand him, even if today she hated him. He didn't think he had to give up power to be with alina, he thought that they could be powerful together! But thats why it hits so hard that alina lost her powers because even though TD could easily survive this attack, in the end.... he just didn't want to. He didn't want to be alone anymore and it wasn't worth it to keep fighting if alina wasn't with him. So he died. He gave up his ambitions and power because his hope died that day. Sorry for the long response 😅. Of course, this is just how I interpret this very complex character.
@@geefive5162 Even if he did let himself die, he only did it after Alina was no longer an option for him, by giving up her immortality, Alina took away the possibility of spending eternity with her. He did it because he no longer had all of time to bend her to his will as he always planned. Well I'm not arguing about whether or not the Darkling is a fit love interest, that would be ridiculous seeing as he is manipulative, lies constantly and has the ultimate goal of isolating Alina from everyone else she cares about using MURDER when he deems it necessary. I know it's sounds cliché but that is a textbook case of obsession, not love. "....what does Mal have to lose?" He doesn't have any material things, he's therefore not worthy of loving and being loved? "He's only personality trait is Alina" I disagree. He has many traits, the most admirable one is loyalty.
What I meant was he is extremely seductive and intense, not to mention good looking, so I can easily see her developing a crush, when a guy as charismatic and attractive as him is giving her these kinds of looks + scenes. I was in no way reflecting on her acting, just his seductiveness. I've seen multiple female fans describing that some scenes got them actually pregnant. :)
@@bojanbrkic863 but he's not being seductive to her, it's just a scene. a scene from a script that is being acted in front of a whole film crew. i mean, it's fine if a lot of fans are completely head over heels for this guy, but it's one thing to have a celebrity crush and another to know someone as a person and work together. i know she could technically have a crush on him (since none of us know what goes through her head), but it's weird to be pretty sure or assume it could easily be the case because ben barnes is a good actor and they're doing an intense love scene together.
The parental advisory explicit content made me chill not gonna lie. And his little big smile when he opened the door to Ivan lik. Omg and the “where is MY Sun Sommener” ahor this is too much for my heart let them be endgame
He’s like Loki from Marvel. He’s the bad guy, but I can’t help but love him. He just exudes this vulnerability where Alina is concerned. I think she’s unlike anyone he’s ever known and he thinks if she comes to love him back he’ll somehow be redeemed. And he makes me want that for him. Screw Malina. 😉
Man i'm so sad that he's the bad guy in the show. Idk why i'm feeling like that doe! But i was really stunned when I found that that he was the one that created the fold. And yea I still ship general with Alina. Don't ask me why because I have no idea. But they do look kinda cute together
"Stress cleaning"🤣....."Protective BF mode activated".....🤣......" Take a hint, woman"...🤣...- Goodness!!! I wish I was half this original to come up with one-liners are hilarious as this!
Haha when he's interrupted by Ivan, he still has a little smile on his face when he opened the door. No-one will tell me he only used Alina. There were feelings involved, it's not possible otherwise
Nooo why why she choose the farmer 😭😭😭😭 look at my baby’s eyes brooo look at his face omg Im crying. I haven’t realized how deep the loneliness and sadness is through his eyes. I mean yes but now, the moment he really, he sad really doing it for both of them, he thought Alina would understand, lmao not kill the inocente but yes, to get rid of the enemies, this bitches that killed their people
I am so madly in love with edits like this all the time. Just sitting with this silly smile whole video - because you know - it looks like you just read all my thoughts while i was watching the show. Protective and sweet bf and Mal parts are just the best and The Darkling pauses especially. Thank you for your work - it is perfect!
Aaaand she did it again...NEW VIDEO 🖤
kaz brekker being tired of everyone for 2 minutes
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You are an absolute legend. Not been so excited for UA-cam content since actual cannibal Shia la boeuf
What episode and when is 1:54 from?
Imagine being ancient, immortal, all-powerful and terrifying and choosing to get involved in a YA love triangle. what an icon
🤣🤣🤣
This has me wheezing 😂😭
😂
🤣🤣🤣
Klaus from TVD did that too, they're both such icons
if Ben Barnes asked me to dominate the world with him, I'd do it lol
If this man kidnapped me I would say you want me to go in the trunk or do you want me to go in the back seat HAHAHA
Same. No questions asked, its an automatic yes.
Same
Say less
same
Mans is really out here acting like this as if he's not 400 years old-
400? Nah I’d say at least 600
@@ferdousikhanam5043 pls guys he's 1000s of years old
@@melodyfalcone114 🤣
😂😂
In the books he said he was around 120 but the shadow fold was created 400years ago soo🙂✨
"I AM GOING TO DESTROY THIS MAN'S CAREER" IM DYING THIS IS ICONIC
Thats the moment HE knew, he was gonna fuq him up.
🤣🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@avi4875 Facts, he knew Mal was about to be a real problem.😂😂😂
I'm sorry but if they wanted us to hate him they shouldn't have casted Ben Barnes, that man understands the darkling better than anyone and was on the brink of tears because of Alina the entire time!
I agree with you. Ben Barnes did a really good job portraying this character.
Yeah right. He made us like him even more. But it hurts knowing how it will end.
@@durdanasadia1507 agree completely before the show I was fine without the darling it hurt that they weren't together bc of the darkling's morally destructive decisions but I was okay and was just focusing on Alina's success but with Ben Barnes, I simp for him and it gets hard to hate him in the show bc ✨BEN ✨
Agree. Never read the books but shipping Darklina so bad, sorry Malina.
Exactly like the only plausible explanation i have for them casting ben barnes for darkling is because they wanted us to fall in love with the darkling and are gonna give a DARKLINA endgame so if they dont give us that IM GONNA BE REALLLLY REALLY PISSED
bestie is on the edge of tears during the “we could have had this. all of it” speech because he realizes he messed up and that he could have had her and they could’ve been happy if he’d just told her the truth. pain
Spain without the s
AHAHAHAHAHAHA he was at the peak of his regret.
i have a kink for toxic manipulative fiction villains, darklina endgame 🤲😩
Eh, to be honest... I don't think it would have ended well if when he first met Alina he told her who he really was. You have to remember from the fountain scene that all Alina knows about "The Black Heretic" is what history books said and history is written by the winners. If he told her who he was she would have believed what she knew the story to be true that he just wanted power and got greedy, not that humans started hunting Grisha because they were afraid of them for no reason.
She said "we could have had it" not if he had told her the truth before, but if he had not chosen the path of evil and had actually wanted to destroy the Fold. Together their power is invincible and they could've actually saved the world. Instead he played games and conspired to control her rather than gain her trust and make her equal.
"Take a hint woman" GENUINELY CRYING OF LAUGHTER
THE FLOWER PART HAS ME CRYING EVERY SINGLE TIME
Ikr
I was like
Wait a damn minute....😂😂
My man darkling is whole another level 😂😂
PLEASE THAT WAS SO MESSY 😭
not at him using mal for that info🤭🤭
@@gourisree9991 bruhh semm🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
That was funny
People in their 20s: i dont do teen drama
And then there is Klaus,Dumbledore and the darkling who are 100+
literally lol
So true!
‘But just between us girls who would you have picked’
“Just between us girls, who would have you picked?”
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The amount of times he’s on the brink of tears honestly makes me feel a bit bad for him. The guy has lived for hundreds of miserable, lonely years and he finally found someone who’ll live as long as him but now he’s using her to get what he wants because his original motives are more important to him than his own happiness. Despite all his bad deeds, HE STILL THINKS he’s the good guy and everyone just hates him for the measures he’s willing to take to make Ravka a safer place for Grisha not realising that taking those measures IS what’s ACTUALLY making him the bad guy.
lmao yes good guys kill people including children 😭✌🏽 but I have no moral standing when it comes to the Darkling.
he’s not rly understood he’s an abuser of power and a manipulator lol he’s the one misunderstanding his own actions
The Darkling is a fantastic villain because he isn’t really one!
He’s more like a twisted failed hero than a villain. He actually thinks that he handled his circumstances in the right way, and he has his reasons to fight, but his ways are just wrong. I hope they could dig a little more into that in the future, making him more of a complex character than just a villain, not just black or white cuz as far as I know, and as we’ve seen in the series, he’s more decent than in the books, which gives him the opportunity to make him a more complete and grey character
@@edenabraham8869 When y’all hear of what the Allies did after the war whilst still somehow being portrayed as heroes, y’all gon flip 🥲 History is written by the winers, remember?
His actions are morally grey if not low-key heroic in comparison to all the nonsense the allies pulled without backlash😅 Check out the statistics of the massive amount of rape done to (mostly) German women by ALL the allied countries occupying Germany and he suddenly won’t be so bad no more 😅 If that isn’t enough for you (HOW ?), check out record of all the Nazi scientists most prominent allied countries picked up to work on their own military arsenal, think about the second Atomic bomb, look up Dunkerque for Saint’s sake 🥸 War is always a morally grey thing(at best, when it’s inevitable) and if you think you’ll get out of one with the children and innocents unscathed, you need to pick up a history book and stop living in a fairy tale. The world is a much more twisted and perverse place than it looks like and you’ll be safer if you’re well aware of it.
Giggling through the whole video.
No one:
The Darkling: 🥺🥺🥺
Book Darkling: I will take away all that you know, all that you love, till you have no shelter but me
Show Darkling: Where's Alina 🥺🥺🥺
that is why we need show Darklina ENDGAME
Does he really has no compassion for Alina in the books?
Not the imoji 🥲😂
@@ae7746 what can I do he looks like a lost puppy without her 😭
fr they messed up
I didn’t think my crush on Ben Barnes would be reawakened after 13 years, but here we are and I’m simping for Prince Caspian all over again 😍😍😂😂😂
He’s Orlando Bloom if Orlando Bloom could act.
If you want to see him as a villain in other great shows, i suggest you watch punisher season 2, and westworld season 1
RIGHT?!
@@hothotheat3000 and I oop-!
What does " simping " means? Sorry I'm not an english native speaker
Inej be like:"Did I just see that Darkling flirted with one of my saints?!"
I can't get over this scene hahaha
he's doing this thing that Tom Hiddleston did before, that made us fall for the villain. I don't know what it is, but how the hell should I hate someone who's acting like... this! 'gestures vaguely at this boy with the sad puppy eyes'
Exactly what I thought. He... managed to pull me (or you too in this case) like Loki attract us. Just a regular basis of misunderstood villain with complicated background story.
Beautiful dark-haired "villains" who are constantly holding back tears _have become my type!_ Send help. xD
@@Roguefem76 AMEN AMEN AMEN!!!!!!!!!
there’s just something about villains with dark slicked back hair-
Yeah! Thought so too. Loki was loved by fans, they kept him alive longer than they planned and now he even got his own series! If that could happen, I hope that darklina and Darkling redemption arc can happen too!
"Oh saints, can I get ones for inej too plz" MY LORD IM WHEEZING 😂😂
Same here! 🤣🤣🤣
I legit commented the same thing sksksksk 🤣🤣🤣
That part KILLED ME
That was the funniest part!!
IKR💀💀
"Keramzin Orphans. Reunited. AdOrAbLe" lmaoooo, the passive agressiveness
"Stress cleaning" 😂😅🤣 I am dead! 😂🤣😅
The way he stutters at 3:04 fucking sends me into orbit I CANT
ME TOOO I need like a whole video of Ben Barnes microexpressions and I'd probably make a dozen fake accounts just to give it likes
I don’t think the darkling stans need to be told to follow they would probably do it on their own
=)))))) they are already in front of him
your right, i will
Ikr no need to call out like that. I might not be pretty but I'm at least better looking than a volcra
Edit: If this show isn't a sole confirmation that I'm bi idk what is. I mean there's Nina, and then there's Mr. General Alexander Kirigan.
@@Kasiarzynka And I mean, I'm not bisexual but OMG Nina and Genya and Inej
@Nadine1983 lowkey people who hate the Darkling for moralistic reasons need therapy because they can't differentiate fact from fiction. A character in a tv-show is a plot device designed to produce feelings. He's not the actual devil, he's a combination of characteristics which "Darkling stans" choose to interpret metaphorically. Because it's fiction, and it's all a metaphor.
The “I hate my job” is even more funny now that Jessie revealed in an interview that Simon (Ivan) was there the entire time and could hear them making out saying it was so awkward for him because she’s like a sister to him.
the "passive aggressively negotiates relationship" had me doubled over wheezing for air
i can not wait to see he judging and disgusted by cringe malina in season 2 lmao he would so done
The way I DON'T want to see Malina AT ALL because it feels like incest, but on the other way your comment is SO FUNNY
@@vanessaprincesssa same same same i don’t wanna see them tho. hopefully my baby nikolai stoles the show so i don’t have to mind them :):):):):):)
@@mel806 Our babe Nikolai AND Aleksander my prince of darkness THEY ARE MY ONLY HOPE ;((((
@@vanessaprincesssa SAME it feels weird. They're definitely soulmates, "true north", just not in that way.
@@strayfreckles good idea
When your name is actually “Alina” and Ben Barnes says it with THAT voice...
You are so lucky omg
I'm going to legally change my name just to experience this
Same🤣
2:37 Darkling: 😕 **internally screaming** adorable
"can i get one for inej too pls"
"Someone get me out of here"
I FUCKING TOPPlED OFF THE CHAIR AND DIED
Same here.
Is there anyone else who ABSOLUTELY CRACKS UP!! When he says “Adorable” @2:35 with such disdain, sarcasm, and irritation. I can’t stop laughing 😂🤣
Yesss i am giggling. It my favorite part. An immensely powerful man getting jealous like teenager. I can't....
Yeah he was so jealous 🤣
That part lives in my heart rent free
And the “adorable” part was ad libbed
take a shot every time he switches into soft bf mode (especially that "i have to go back to my sun summoner gf to give her a kiss again") 🥰🥰
THIS IS THE SECOND VIDEO LIKE THIS IVE SEEN AND IM OBSESSED HE REALLY SAID IM NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE IM IN LOVE
Not me watching the "ben barnes" videos after binge watching Shadow and Bone on netflix...
Oh, here you are again, I see you everywhere XD
Sister you are not alone!!
As you should 😤
ME TOO LMAO
I love the internet for always taking me to my kind of people. Just finished watching season 1 and ik his character is a terrible person but i can't completely hate him lol
Ben Barnes absolutely killed it as the Darkling. This video was hilarious too, appreciate the detail that you made the beats march the ?!? at 2:12 lool
Yes I very much appreciate it... made me laugh out loud😂
I've never been more attracted to a villain
HE IS LOVE
3:30 TOOK ME OUT LOL THE SOUND EFFECT
Should have been canon !!!!!🤣🤣🤣
I almost snorted my drink out my nose at that part!!!!
Bro skedaddled loll
He is actually doing it for the grishas coz the old king wanted to kill them all... i hope he can redeem himself and be with alina at the end... i think they are more passionate together.. than alina being with mal... mal is like a brother/bestfriend figure from my POV...
From my pov I think it would be better for her to end up alone in the show. I try to portrayed her with both Aleksander and Mal but none of them is really good for her as person. Darkling could manage to love her fully as a person but would remain a little toxicity here than idk how the producers will handle with. About Mal, as you said, he is more like a brother and old childhoold friend than a true potential lover. In the books, for me was a little creepy when she burst in tears over the Darkling s death body after she killed him, like, why you did it after all? She had some bipolarity in the books that I hope they will not bring in the show too.
What about Nikolai? Hmmmm
@@eliasveturius5343 the had a connection through power so his death effected him. And they didn’t just have a brother relationship between her and Mal when Alina has been in love with him the whole time..
@@Ambereigh she said she was in love because Mal was the only man that was with her and protect her. I think the love was more a siblings one at the very beginning and they turn it in a romantic one eventually.
@@alexty737 hmm, let's be honest. I love him more with Zoya than with Alina.
3:35 Look at his eyes, omg for real why didn’t I realized how sad he looks. Like he really looks.. deeply alone and betrayed. The moment he walked away after “Fine, make me your villain” was the end of his merci, was the “okay so I have to protect my people by myself” because at the end of it: yes sir, he is a bitch but he really wanted to end with Grisha fear
“TAKE A HINT WOMAN” 🤣🤣
that one dislike is from mal
I LOVE THIS FANDOM FOR POSTING VIDEOS SO MUCH LIKE THIS FANDOM IS ALIVE AND GOING CRAZY YALL R PROVIDING ME WITH CONTENT
'I'm gonna destroy this man's career'...lol.. iconic!!!
I love him, but that blue iris scene was fucking petty lmao 😂😂 he really does love Alina
Yo the last part with the "follow" and the Darkling stans killed me hahaha
Damn, Ben really brings Darkling’s charisma and charm to life
“I read your letters” - Noblest man in Ravka
Mal shook outta his wits when the lad called him Mal instead of Malyev with a clearly expectant face UPON THEIR FIRST MEETING: Who could have seen such a twist coming, unexpected, incredible 🤪
This thing with both Darkling and Genya that kept the letters could have been played a little. Like if they truly sent the letters and let Mal and Alina reunited at the Little Palace, maybe Alina would have seen Darkling a little more as a human and would have had trusted him and from that point he would be sure Alina is grateful to him and maybe listen to him when the Baghra „he is the black heretic” thing come in picture. He could made a little play with the letters, like every time a letter came he could bring it by his own and try to make her trust him. Well, that s just my point, but I think it would have been a really good development.
@@eliasveturius5343 omg that's jenious
@@eliasveturius5343 Yeah that’s something they could’ve explored too. Tbh I wouldn’t have mind it because like you said it could’ve make the betrayal more intense since she could have actually trusted more with the letters… but anyways here we are
When he actually gave Alina the blue iris I died lol
the "?!?" was perfect and so satisfying for no reason lol
first crush was caspian from narnia, now it’s the darkling, ben barnes has this efffect on me
watch him in the punisher, he’ll have you at your knees 😭✨
Yesss 😍
@@victoriaarul8163 no I can’t 😭 I started crying when he was on screen that is how hot he is
rolling in the deep is their song all the way till the end of book 3
« U and me till the end of time »
I am actually dead
I never thougt I needed it, but hearing the "fine, make me your villain" line with Wii music in the background definitely made my day ^^
Ivan thinking "I hate my job". Omg 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lesson learned: No matter what a villain does, as long as he looks like Ben Barnes, I'll love him forever
THE SOUND EFFECT WHEN HE COMES BACK FOR ANOTHER KISS LMAO
Lmao when he said “for US” even when he was whispering you can hear him screaming in disappointment and disbelief he went like “ bitch what 😭😭😭
TheDarkling.exe stopped working, I'm LAUGHING so hard over that one
His brain literally blacked out
This is so FUNNY!!!! If Netflix wanted us to hate him and see him as the villain they failed!!!!!!!!
I love the darkling lmao . Like i think yeah he is evil in the books but in this series it looks like his character’s evilness were built in a way that it may be redeemable in the future . So i ship darklina lmao but my boy gotta get his shi together hahahaha 😔☝🏻 i love the part where he just pops up the flower lmao thats funny
i agree
I ship them too, I really do and I’d love to see them get together… but the way the show is pointing it doesn’t seem they will… so my second hope is up in case it doesn’t happen is that none them end together (alina, darkling or mal) cause it would be more realistic given betrayal, manipulation and hurt ain’t and/or should not be too easy to forget, specially when you just met each other and there was room to built strong trust
Let’s hope I’m completely wrong, he redeems and Alina chooses him, cause for saints sake if things go well with mal I can’t stand bffs to lovers anymore, not when we have perfect lovers (partially) to enemies to lovers again
"Alexa play rolling in the deep" I just can't😂😂😂😂😂
Lists of man-child dramaqueens:
-Sirius bloody Black
- Aleksader freakin Kirigan
You are totally right. I fell for Sirius too lol.
And Anakin!
@@nataliamichalak1691EXACTLY
The lingering smile on his face at 1:42 when he thought he was gonna get it HAHAHAHAHAHA
I liked the darkling cause he saw aleyna as a powerful woman and didn’t seek to diminish or belittle her, he considered her his equal in every way (he did exploit her for his gain but in all his 400 years has he seen real love to know what it looks like) and mal saw a powerful woman and felt insecure, he wanted her to be old aleyna his little friend from his childhood
Yeah, I mean, he used, manipulated and hurt her (among other things) but I have to admit he actually saw her as his equal, and he fell for her and cared for her in his weird twisted ways, since he found her he actually viewed her as someone at his same range and from the beginning always tried to level her up and convince her that they were the same and she could feel free cuz they were what both needed...
Have you watched the show? He didn't see her as equal. If he did he wouldn't have cought and used her. If so he would have trusted her and helped her destroy the fold. Instead he used and manipulated her.
I'm guessing you've read the books, it's often those people that say stuff like this. Well I've also read the books and that is total bull. Have you forgotten the part where SPOILERS..
..Mal was willing to LAY DOWN HIS LIFE for Alina to become more powerful? Mal understood that he was definitely not her equal, she was way more important and he knew that he had no place beside her (it wasn't just insecurity, he had literally nothing to do). He was willing to leave if that meant she lived her best life, what more do you from the man? I always agreed with the sentiment that if you love someone you have to be willing to let them go. The Darkling would never give up his power, Nikolai would never give up his kingdom, but Mal would give up ANYTHING for Alina
@@kingslayer3365 ooooff, so u must not have read Rule of Wolves yet haha. But in response to you spoiler.........
spoiler alert!!!!
Respectfully, I would argue that in a way, the darkling would also give up himself for alina, in his own way. Like u said, nikolai had his kingdom, the darkling had his powers, but mal would give up anything for alina, but what exactly does he have besides alina to lose? This is reeeaaalllyyy seen in the show, but his only personality trait IS alina haha. Again, respectfully, I think Mal has his strengths and he is a good guy, but idk, he was not that compelling of a character to me.
That being said, the darkling did actually give up everything for alina, at least in my opinion. In the end, he died because alina stabbed him in the heart. But how is it possible, that this centuries year old man, who has survived countless attacks, been in multiple wars, and survived the fold and came out stronger, to have died by the hands of a 16/17 year old?? The answer to that question is that he didn't. When he saw that alina lost her powers, he realized he was all alone, and that put out any hope he had - frankly he just gave up and became vulnerable enough for alina to kill him. Its more prominent in the show, but he always believed that he and alina had eternity together, and that one day she would come to understand him, even if today she hated him. He didn't think he had to give up power to be with alina, he thought that they could be powerful together! But thats why it hits so hard that alina lost her powers because even though TD could easily survive this attack, in the end.... he just didn't want to. He didn't want to be alone anymore and it wasn't worth it to keep fighting if alina wasn't with him. So he died. He gave up his ambitions and power because his hope died that day.
Sorry for the long response 😅. Of course, this is just how I interpret this very complex character.
@@geefive5162 Even if he did let himself die, he only did it after Alina was no longer an option for him, by giving up her immortality, Alina took away the possibility of spending eternity with her. He did it because he no longer had all of time to bend her to his will as he always planned.
Well I'm not arguing about whether or not the Darkling is a fit love interest, that would be ridiculous seeing as he is manipulative, lies constantly and has the ultimate goal of isolating Alina from everyone else she cares about using MURDER when he deems it necessary. I know it's sounds cliché but that is a textbook case of obsession, not love. "....what does Mal have to lose?" He doesn't have any material things, he's therefore not worthy of loving and being loved? "He's only personality trait is Alina" I disagree. He has many traits, the most admirable one is loyalty.
Ben Barnes was a teen crush of mine...well now he's gonna be an adult crush
SUCH SERIOUS SCENES WITH WII MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND MAKES IT SO FUNNY
it's the ben barnes renaissance peopleeeee ✨😂 I love this I laughed like 20 times.
Ben barnes is sooo handsome i cant do this😭😭
the "stress cleaning" part somehow got me good hahahah
this whole video is so funny
THE SOUND EFFECT WHEN HE GAVE THE FLOWERS HAS ME SOBBING
The moment where he gave her the blue Irises lol 😭
Such a gentleman move. Really.
I lost it at "MY ALINAAAA" 😂😂😂😂
dawg hes on the verge of tears in half of his scene. my poor little meow meow
Sometimes I want to slap him and scream “JUST CRY ALREADY” like he’s always on the edge of crying but he just doesn’t
The running sound effect when he came back for the second kiss, I caaaaaaaaaaaaaaan't xD
THIS EDIT IS PURE GENIUS. YOU CAPTURED THE ESSENCE OF BEN BARNES’ SUBTLE ACTING
PLEASE HES SO IN LOVE ITS SO OBVIOUS
I'm pretty sure the female lead developed a crush on him, with how intense some of those looks and scenes are.
or maybe she's just a good actress and it's supposed to be intense to serve the story and characters.
Wdym? Maybe she already had a crush on him tho before even filming this 😂. I heard as a kid she literally has a poster of Prince Caspian on her room
What I meant was he is extremely seductive and intense, not to mention good looking, so I can easily see her developing a crush, when a guy as charismatic and attractive as him is giving her these kinds of looks + scenes.
I was in no way reflecting on her acting, just his seductiveness.
I've seen multiple female fans describing that some scenes got them actually pregnant. :)
@@bojanbrkic863 but he's not being seductive to her, it's just a scene. a scene from a script that is being acted in front of a whole film crew. i mean, it's fine if a lot of fans are completely head over heels for this guy, but it's one thing to have a celebrity crush and another to know someone as a person and work together. i know she could technically have a crush on him (since none of us know what goes through her head), but it's weird to be pretty sure or assume it could easily be the case because ben barnes is a good actor and they're doing an intense love scene together.
I mean who wouldn't fall for Ben Barnes lol
the sound effects LMAOOOOOO🤣🤣🤣
Prince Caspian has been killing it lately holy shit.
The parental advisory explicit content made me chill not gonna lie. And his little big smile when he opened the door to Ivan lik. Omg and the “where is MY Sun Sommener” ahor this is too much for my heart let them be endgame
THE WOOSH SOUND EFFECT WHEN HE GOES BACK TO KISS HER AGAIN WAS SO PERFECT
He’s like Loki from Marvel. He’s the bad guy, but I can’t help but love him. He just exudes this vulnerability where Alina is concerned. I think she’s unlike anyone he’s ever known and he thinks if she comes to love him back he’ll somehow be redeemed. And he makes me want that for him. Screw Malina. 😉
We stan manipulative and mischievous anti hero 👏
YASSS IM PART OF THE MARVEL AND SHADOW AND BONE FANDOM
“You are a child”
Me when watching the show for the first time: YES YES YOU BOTCH ARE A CHILD MY BABY DARKLING IS A MANNN
2:46 the way he says "please" 💀
Ok listen i fell hard for the darkling in the books but when your childhood crush playing him in real life makes it double the trouble 🙂✨
“Fine....Make me your villain” gave me shivers, Damn Ben. His best role yet, been a fan since 2007 and holy fuck!
HE IS SO WHIPPED I LOVE THEM
The "I hate my job" is so mood 😂😭🤧
the darkling.exe stopped working had me rolling around deliriously laughing
“DUDE, I’M BUSY”
HAHAHAHAHA HELP
Man i'm so sad that he's the bad guy in the show. Idk why i'm feeling like that doe! But i was really stunned when I found that that he was the one that created the fold. And yea I still ship general with Alina. Don't ask me why because I have no idea. But they do look kinda cute together
I ship them too
I laughed so hard when he pulled out the flowers to Alina, every single time. The man really is lovesick
"Dude, I'm busy" I CAN'T🤣🤣🤣
You stol my thoughts in every one of those scene all I was thinking is oh he's like a teenager in love 😂😂😂
Can't stop thinking about how he checked the bedroom first 👀
"Stress cleaning"🤣....."Protective BF mode activated".....🤣......" Take a hint, woman"...🤣...- Goodness!!! I wish I was half this original to come up with one-liners are hilarious as this!
Haha when he's interrupted by Ivan, he still has a little smile on his face when he opened the door. No-one will tell me he only used Alina. There were feelings involved, it's not possible otherwise
The end got me like 😂😂😂💀 darklina fans📉📉
“Pleeeeassssseeeeee I just want to talk to you.” If I were Alina, I would have given in at that moment lol
Nooo why why she choose the farmer 😭😭😭😭 look at my baby’s eyes brooo look at his face omg Im crying. I haven’t realized how deep the loneliness and sadness is through his eyes. I mean yes but now, the moment he really, he sad really doing it for both of them, he thought Alina would understand, lmao not kill the inocente but yes, to get rid of the enemies, this bitches that killed their people
I am so madly in love with edits like this all the time. Just sitting with this silly smile whole video - because you know - it looks like you just read all my thoughts while i was watching the show. Protective and sweet bf and Mal parts are just the best and The Darkling pauses especially. Thank you for your work - it is perfect!
stress cleaning 🤣🤣 please I love the way you think