it’s so true that so many r*ylos migrated to d*rklina. The darkling is abusive to Alina & she recognizes it POINTEDLY & the author also makes it obvious yet ppl still excuse it while the point of the darkling is that people were amazed by his power then realized how cruel he was https://twitter.com/ShitReylosSay/status/1385186627518177282

I’ve read every Grisha book & it amazes how people either have never read the books or woefully misunderstand Alina and the darkling. Alina is infatuated w/ him at first cuz she’s like 17 & then realizes he legit wants to enslave her for her powers & force her to be his property

The Darkling threatens 2 skin her alive, enslave her, murder all her friends and love interests, isolates her, imprisons her etc. again, Alina & the author herself make it extremely obvious Alina doesn’t want 2 be his pet & that he doesn’t actually care about her, only her powers

Again, she’s like 17 when she meets him and he’s like 1000 and almost every female character in the book is infatuated with him at first then realizes how abusive he is and can’t escape him. He mutilates Genya and basically sexually enslaves her to the king & manipulates Zoya