Yes he did and I love Ben for it he said it gave the Darkling some humanity and showed his feelings for Alina were genuine. Despite him manipulating Alina from day one.
The Winter Fete scene was more relevant in the book. In the original trilogy the Darkling was always that cold, intimidating, unforgiving and calculated leader, but his attraction to Alina was his weak point, which made him act irrationally in key moments of the series. The passionate scene between they two was a symbolic one, in which his vulnerability is revealed to us for the first time. He had two choices - Alina or the Deer. Alina was love, the Deer was power. "The problem with wanting is that it makes us weak". He was going to claim her, but their moment is interrupted and he returns to his responsibilities and the Deer. He choose power over love. He was a creature who lived hundreds of years and killed hundreds of lives for his purposes, he had become hungry for power no matter how well-intentioned his actual desires were. And even if he really loved Alina, it was just an obsessive love caused by the loneliness of immortality. He wanted her just like him - devoid of moral values, removed from people and their short lives, reconciled to the idea of eternity. He wanted her to give him power.
no literally i was so irritated that they didn’t include “wanting makes us weak” OR “what is infinite? the universe and the greed of men” bc they’re such important quotes
Exactly! "What is Infinite?" was the key question in the entire trilogy, the reason why Morozova had created the amplifiers, why the Darkling wanted to expand the Shadow Fold, why Alina was at one point struggling with the hunger for power. In addition, the Darkling has in the books a series of memorable quotes that deserve to be hung in the frame, but instead of respecting the dark version of the character they prefer to sweeten him until he becomes a kind of tragic hero.
@@aliciavance4228 yes this!! i rlly love ben barnes and all but i think in casting someone so handsome and alluring, as well as charming couldve worked to the shows advantage sm more gad they not decided to soften him up into this sad simp for alina. like ben himself was a perfect casting, but they should’ve had him act as cold and conflicted as he did in their books :/
I haven't read the books but watching the show it all looked so rushed idk what to expect from season 2. The characters do not have any depth neither does Alina and darkling's relation. The entire plot looks like it happened within just a week. The actress still gave Alina a personality otherwise she literally has no character development i hear they'll have 8 episodes for season 2 as well which the 2nd season will be just as rushed as the 1st one.
Spoilers- the king of scars sort of redeemed him a bit. Just a tiny bit, The Darkling desperately wants to be the hero of Ravka but bc how he uses others he is more like an anti hero, he did save Ravka for centuries building the army and all.
@@arpanasarkar6136 tbh that's true. He started as mysterious character that is charming and mischievous, then turned out to be the villain that is manipulative and ruthless, and lastly revealed that underneath it all lies a boy that doesn't want to be alone and just wants someone to be with him in the darkness. That's how I view the darkling in the books. I haven't seen the show and I hope they still got it down to a tee
Pissed that they revealed his name tho, Aleksander was supposed to be a mystery and a luxury that only Alina could afford with that scene on book three. It gaves away a big deal to the greatness of their connection, even if she chose not to be with him. Soulmates epiphany! And the quote "The problem with wanting is that it makes us weak" is the best that the Darkling has ever said, mad that they didn't include it as well. I hope season 2 do us right 'cause I honestly don't know what to do if the whole of it consists of Alina running away from him. We need them spark and chemistry. Video's absolute perfection of course. Darklina supremacy.
The way I'm simping for this man omg, but in the start I was already like there is something off a man can't be this perfect lmao. I need them to end up together tho their chemistry is everything #darklina
I'm mad about the name reveal HE DIDN'T JUST SAY IT TO HER IN THE FIRST 20 HOURS OR SOMETHING IT WAS SUCH A CUTE BEAUTIFUL SCENE WHEN HE TOLD HER HIS NAME IN THE THIRD BOOK
@@saminasamad3153 I mean kinda. Not really chemistry I'd say, more like something that was once a connection is now a string that now wavers but is still tethered til the end. I would say the context with how he and her got close in the third book but that would be spoilers if you haven't read the books. They really are good, and the ending is tasteful. At least for me it is, I'm not sure how other people feel about it.
aww I wanted them together. He didn’t mean to create the fold. Yes, he shouldn’t have extended the fold. But the regular peeps were trying to exterminate the grisha
Tbh I wasn’t a huge fan of the shadow and bone trilogy beyond the first book, but this show was an excellent adaptation!! Really wonderfully done and it’s always satisfying when a movie or show gets a book just right.
During the whole last episode I kept saying ‘they just need to cut off his hand’ lol. Darkling was such a cool and compelling character, but he got creepy real quick. I’m glad Alina was the one to free herself.
I’ve watched the series a few times now and I ship darklina simply because their chemistry is on point! Also the fact it’s Ben Barnes and he’s gorgeous 😍 I’ve just started the books (on like pg 105 of sab) as I read SoC duology and adored it, and the darkling so far is def not as ‘nice’ as he is in the show so I totally get why ppl don’t ship them in the books. Mal isn’t as nice either though...tbh I ship Genya and Alina
all these girls losing their minds over this show deviating so much from the books meanwhile im watching the witcher show ruin those novels for me and thinking to myself "welcome to the party pal!"
I hadn't read the books before watching the show, really hoped it was going to be like Akkarin and Sonea in the Black Magician Trilogy. Darklina chemistry is off the charts
Anyone please who has read the books and love darklina (and also low-key ship Alina with the prince) I want to try the books, I’m just afraid it’ll be SUPER different. Should I give the books a try?
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i’m not a fan of the darkling in the books or the series but ben barnes could snap me in half and i’d say thank you
The darkling is such a deep and unique character and he matches Alinas power how could u not be a fan of him?
🤨
it broke my heart when alina said that "we could have had this, all of this you could've made me your equal" 😭😭💔💔
"Fine, make me your villian" always get me
Didn't Ben improvised the kissing scene by coming back and kissing her again? She looks genuinely surprised
Yes he did and I love Ben for it he said it gave the Darkling some humanity and showed his feelings for Alina were genuine. Despite him manipulating Alina from day one.
The more funny thing is that they scented this scene at first and then the First kiss scene 😂😂😂😂😂
He might’ve also because that’s what happens in the book too❤❤❤
Ben Barnes improvising for The Darkling at 9:57 asking for Alina's consent ("Are you sure?"), what a king!
I kinda wish he was good cause the tension between the was 📈📈📈📈📈📈
*me purposely stop watching mid video because I haven't seen the end and I don't wanna be spoilered*
*Also dumb me going through the comments*
At least they have really good angst in the books so the next seasons will still have them
@@stormartomovovitch yaaaay! In a weird angsty way!🤪
Actually the tension in book is infinitely more unbearable
I wish they drew out their trope more, they could've gotten a lot more tension/ screen time with a friends to lovers to enemies to lovers trope :/
The Winter Fete scene was more relevant in the book.
In the original trilogy the Darkling was always that cold, intimidating, unforgiving and calculated leader, but his attraction to Alina was his weak point, which made him act irrationally in key moments of the series.
The passionate scene between they two was a symbolic one, in which his vulnerability is revealed to us for the first time. He had two choices - Alina or the Deer. Alina was love, the Deer was power. "The problem with wanting is that it makes us weak". He was going to claim her, but their moment is interrupted and he returns to his responsibilities and the Deer. He choose power over love.
He was a creature who lived hundreds of years and killed hundreds of lives for his purposes, he had become hungry for power no matter how well-intentioned his actual desires were. And even if he really loved Alina, it was just an obsessive love caused by the loneliness of immortality. He wanted her just like him - devoid of moral values, removed from people and their short lives, reconciled to the idea of eternity. He wanted her to give him power.
no literally i was so irritated that they didn’t include “wanting makes us weak” OR “what is infinite? the universe and the greed of men” bc they’re such important quotes
Exactly!
"What is Infinite?" was the key question in the entire trilogy, the reason why Morozova had created the amplifiers, why the Darkling wanted to expand the Shadow Fold, why Alina was at one point struggling with the hunger for power.
In addition, the Darkling has in the books a series of memorable quotes that deserve to be hung in the frame, but instead of respecting the dark version of the character they prefer to sweeten him until he becomes a kind of tragic hero.
@@aliciavance4228 yes this!! i rlly love ben barnes and all but i think in casting someone so handsome and alluring, as well as charming couldve worked to the shows advantage sm more gad they not decided to soften him up into this sad simp for alina. like ben himself was a perfect casting, but they should’ve had him act as cold and conflicted as he did in their books :/
I haven't read the books but watching the show it all looked so rushed idk what to expect from season 2. The characters do not have any depth neither does Alina and darkling's relation. The entire plot looks like it happened within just a week. The actress still gave Alina a personality otherwise she literally has no character development i hear they'll have 8 episodes for season 2 as well which the 2nd season will be just as rushed as the 1st one.
@@lost0055 I agree! I’m reading the book and it’s so different in that way.
Ok Ben is really good at acting like always. But Jessie with her face expressions and her looks and her emotions was soo good. She’s talented af!! 🥰🥰
2:40 you can subtly see his face changing when she says “She didn’t want to be even more alone” because of her power
I'm hoping they go off the books and make him good and be together, they can't waste all this tension btw them!!!! because it's off the charts
Spoilers- the king of scars sort of redeemed him a bit. Just a tiny bit, The Darkling desperately wants to be the hero of Ravka but bc how he uses others he is more like an anti hero, he did save Ravka for centuries building the army and all.
Same I kinda what him to have like a redemption arc 😂
@@arpanasarkar6136 tbh that's true. He started as mysterious character that is charming and mischievous, then turned out to be the villain that is manipulative and ruthless, and lastly revealed that underneath it all lies a boy that doesn't want to be alone and just wants someone to be with him in the darkness. That's how I view the darkling in the books. I haven't seen the show and I hope they still got it down to a tee
@@starry_archer3931 ^
Pissed that they revealed his name tho, Aleksander was supposed to be a mystery and a luxury that only Alina could afford with that scene on book three. It gaves away a big deal to the greatness of their connection, even if she chose not to be with him. Soulmates epiphany! And the quote "The problem with wanting is that it makes us weak" is the best that the Darkling has ever said, mad that they didn't include it as well. I hope season 2 do us right 'cause I honestly don't know what to do if the whole of it consists of Alina running away from him. We need them spark and chemistry.
Video's absolute perfection of course. Darklina supremacy.
He did say it in season 2 . Have you watched it?
Darklina deserves a CHANCE pls 😭
7:28 damn that foreshadowing
Their chemistry is sooooo good.
The way I'm simping for this man omg, but in the start I was already like there is something off a man can't be this perfect lmao. I need them to end up together tho their chemistry is everything #darklina
*me watching Alina and Darkling moments and seeing them kiss*
my FBI agent: You wish that was you huh? AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Me:........ T-T
I hope the show makes them end up together, I can't lose my Darklina again
...he rap3d her...
samee
SAME OMG
They could be the Klaroline we deserved but never got #Darklina
OMG JUSTICE FOR KLAROLINE
I’m glad you said this. @Angela I was thinking the exact same thing. Klaroline was endgame but TVD messed it up.
Hopefully Darklina will end up together on the show, I am wishing they will 🥺❤️
Klaroline❤❤
It is a need for them to be endgame. Enemies to loves be damned I don't care I just need both of them to find solace in each other by the end.
lmao the darkling sounds/looks like he's about to cry while talking to Kaz
i’m watching this to recover from the pain of finishing the books and the series💔
No one was there to mourn him 🙁🙁
So they won’t end up together?
The scene with the "you are not alone" reminds me of Rey and Kylo in The last Jedi when they touched hands❤
Yes! 😭😭😭
SAME 😭😭😭
Oh pls dont compare this to that garbage.
Exactly
@@ladytano8686 garbage?? How is it garbage??
They went from extreme attraction and kissing to this crazy war between them omg i just need season 3 and a good ending between them 2 😢
Listen I'm in no ways a darklina shipper but somehting about that door scene at 7:24 is the stuff I yearn for
GOD THE KISSING SCENE
Love this edit, great job ! I hate it when there is music in the background.
IDK anything but I want Ben Barnes to play Dracula
Lol me too
Preach!!!
9:26 LOOK AT KAZ🤣
Yeah i know 😂😂😂
If they put them together, I'll watch it
Same 😁❤️
I'm mad about the name reveal
HE DIDN'T JUST SAY IT TO HER IN THE FIRST 20 HOURS OR SOMETHING
IT WAS SUCH A CUTE BEAUTIFUL SCENE WHEN HE TOLD HER HIS NAME IN THE THIRD BOOK
Wait, they had some chemistry even in the third book?
@@mariumfaisal3470 I was shocked that even after she escaped him in the first book, he let her get close to him in the third book.
I've just finished the trilogy and I absolutely love their chemistry even in the book. Book Mal was meh tho. Darkling all the way.
@@saminasamad3153 I mean kinda. Not really chemistry I'd say, more like something that was once a connection is now a string that now wavers but is still tethered til the end. I would say the context with how he and her got close in the third book but that would be spoilers if you haven't read the books. They really are good, and the ending is tasteful. At least for me it is, I'm not sure how other people feel about it.
Also yes I'm also upset that he said it so easily within the first day 💀
Still ship these two despite his evilness!!!
this man is too hot lol
I feel like Alina and Mal give brother and sister vibes
aww I wanted them together. He didn’t mean to create the fold. Yes, he shouldn’t have extended the fold. But the regular peeps were trying to exterminate the grisha
Exactly.
Also Alina almost was assassinated. So he extended the fold and destroyed Novokirbirsk and Army there.
IM IN LOVE IT HURTS
Tbh I wasn’t a huge fan of the shadow and bone trilogy beyond the first book, but this show was an excellent adaptation!! Really wonderfully done and it’s always satisfying when a movie or show gets a book just right.
All this time I've thought he's in love with her power, not her. Even though Alina deserves true love.
He does love her tho
he loves both her and her power. they are not mutually exclusive , alina's power is a PART of her.
During the whole last episode I kept saying ‘they just need to cut off his hand’ lol. Darkling was such a cool and compelling character, but he got creepy real quick. I’m glad Alina was the one to free herself.
Ooh your in for a ride in season 2 😅
Bless you for giving us this ❤️❤️❤️.
0:32 - underrated detail.
oh my gODS YES
YEAHHH
I've read like half of the frist book and I came here to see them kiss because I haven't seen the show yet and now I'm screaming at his name instead-
I WAS SO MAD FOR THE NAME REVEAL i waited 3 f ing books to find out his name and they gave it away right away
you're doing god's work here
WHY DID HE HAVE TO BE EVILLL AHHHH 😭😭😡😡🤬🤬
She is the light to his darkness, the calm to his storm.
Slim Shady and Glowstick: *having smeggsy time* 9:35
The music in the background: 🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻
Thumbs up for your comment, but I have to admit the user name is the primary reason
@@janetpoppy7763 😭😭😭
What I am hoping is that he love and his love for her turns him good and they end up together like how it was supposed to be for klaus and caroline.
Exactly agree 😊❤️☝️
My FBI agent after I watch 9:30 again: 🤨
I don’t care what people say i’m still shipping these two
I’ve watched the series a few times now and I ship darklina simply because their chemistry is on point! Also the fact it’s Ben Barnes and he’s gorgeous 😍 I’ve just started the books (on like pg 105 of sab) as I read SoC duology and adored it, and the darkling so far is def not as ‘nice’ as he is in the show so I totally get why ppl don’t ship them in the books. Mal isn’t as nice either though...tbh I ship Genya and Alina
It would be so awesome if they didn’t closely follow the book and gave him something similar to spike from btvs
ARE U CRAZYTHAT ENDING WAS TERRIBLE
all these girls losing their minds over this show deviating so much from the books meanwhile im watching the witcher show ruin those novels for me and thinking to myself "welcome to the party pal!"
Thanks)
you are a blessing 💕
Alternate Title: Ben Barnes' audition tape for the role of Corvus Corax
I only read book one, but I loved this ship! I was a bit unhappy when she chose Mal
When (I’ve never watched this, I like the shorts) the girl grabs the cloth from the guy I LAUGH, the actress is soooooooo good at physicality hahaha
I hadn't read the books before watching the show, really hoped it was going to be like Akkarin and Sonea in the Black Magician Trilogy. Darklina chemistry is off the charts
Me clicking on this vid like 👀
Please,you can do It about second season?😍
cuts of the scenes are not right , its incomplete
Idc idc idc best scene of them was when she kissed him for the first time and then he stands at his full height 🥵🔥🥵
Tengo que decir que este es el papel donde creo que Ben Barnes esta mas guapo y sexy. Se nota que ya es un hombre...
A mí me gustan Alexander y Alina en la serie, deberían estar juntos
Hello! I wrote a fandom song and would love to use some of this footage to make/edit a video. How would I do that? Much appreciated!
You can download this video using a yt downloader online and edit it as u like
I wish I was Alina kissing Ben omg lucky her 😂😍 She could have had the best man and she chose Mal 😑 such a disappointment
IM SORRY BUT HE HAS NO RIGHT BEING THIS HOT HONESTLY
Love from pakistan!
8:37
I want it to be like klaus and caroline from TVD. Not end game but lots of great scenes together and sexual tension.
Anyone please who has read the books and love darklina (and also low-key ship Alina with the prince) I want to try the books, I’m just afraid it’ll be SUPER different. Should I give the books a try?
Too bad that both the author and the series writer are Malina shipper 😢😢😢😢
Is this from season one
😅😅😅
17:07
Needed
Season 1 perfect, season 2 was dogshit