I’ll meet you in the meadow

Mal Oretsev:

Spent his entire childhood being bullied in an orphanage by children older than him, and only had one friend

Started to have romantic feelings towards said friend, and felt incredibly guilty about them, then tried to deal with them by putting distance between them

Then had his one real friend taken away from him, and realised how much he loved her

Protected her, even when he thought she'd lied to him their whole lives. Even when she wasn't honest with him. Even when she seemed like she didn't care

Overcame the stereotypes of otkasats'ya being weak by learning how to fight Grisha

Constantly risked his life to save Alina, from others and from herself (Siege and Storm final battle)

Was willing to let her murder him so that she could have all 3 amplifiers

I'm sick of everyone calling him boring and a bad match for Alina. Just because you don't think he's hot doesn't mean he's not a good character. His character is complex, and he is reduced to nothing by the fandom.

MALYEN ORETSEV

And so, when I was knee-deep in trench mud, rifle in hand, that’s what I’d picture. Some hopeful place. A place we could go if we survived. And I thought about chances I regretted not taking. Why not take them now then?

#no thoughts just mal kissing the amplifiers on alina’s body

MALYEN ORETSEV & ALINA STARKOV