heartphantom's video: ME THE DEVIL alina nikolai the darkling

you don't remember? * uhhh, the darkolina continues? with season three vibes? PLOT: both alina and nikolai are haunted by visions of the darkling - in nikolai's case, it's the 'monster' in his head - after their respective collision with merzost and the darkling's death. then lo and behold, a familiar face rises back from the dead... thanks to a certain saint of the roses (elizaveta). chaos, merzost, monster!nikolai, power swaps, dark!alina and a tentative truce ensues as they come together to stop elizaveta. tbh i have not read all of rule of wolves (and recall little of king of scars) so this is uhhhhh heavily au? a lot of dark!alina and a lot of.... surprise aleks! bringing back people from the dead brings lots of surprises and the universe needs balance, y'know? i also know that elizaveta has different goals etc., but tbh i just ran with it (i legit.... have no idea how that plotline ends....? does it even??) anyways here u go writers for s3 (if... it ever happens lol) anyways, i've been wanting to do a sort of aesthetic-y vid for the grishaverse for so long now, inspired by @LaurenMichellex and her incredible work! so this is probably as close as i'll get (her hp vids are chefs kiss)! lastly, inspiration - particularly the last shot of our trio - is heavily inspired by @Bellsilili family line video (https://youtu.be/BmMzPR3gCFw) . this is also dedicated to u babez, darkolina truther always and hype woman. 🖤 the dorian au we never knew we needed ps. yes this was an excuse to use bb!dorian as the darkling. stuck in my head he comes back looking like this (although, in canon if it ever happens, it won't but LISTEN) pss. special thank you to anna (@moonreverie) for all her help with the pyre footage! ❤️ * fandom | shadow and bone pairing: nikolai & alina & the darkling fancast: elizaveta - charlize theron song | me & the devil, soap skin colouring | @maryxstuart program | fcp twitter: https://twitter.com/that_bluebox // https://twitter.com/tbbedits Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use.