#malarkling

Me: It would be awesome if X and Y kissed and dated.

Some people: ....

Flora's Fanfics ✴︎ Fandom - Shadow and Bone ✴︎ Grasping a Root in the Stumbling Dark

"It goes thus— There is a man who cannot die. . . . You wake with Mal’s foot digging into your shin." ... What is power worth in another girl’s hand? What good is it if you close the fist? What kind of person finds a door in death and leaves it shut because the key was stolen? What kind of person hears her people crying and says, forgive me, I did not come by this power honestly? What do you owe the girl whose life you are spending? What do you owe the people who will die if you give it back? How far will you reach with your stolen hands? Whose name will you answer to when you come back? Or: does it count as coming back wrong if it was never your body to begin with? Alina Starkov Body Snatcher SI/OC Alina/Darkling/Mal

HAND IN HAND IN UNLOVABLE HAND (Darkling/Alina/Mal, 48k)

Harry Birthday, @seventfics​! You asked me for Malarklina with favorite quotes, well here they are. They are from your fic. Everyone and their mom knows I’m not the biggest fan of Darklina or Alina but the way you write them and her, I eat it up spoonful. And your Mal is perfection, of course. I’m excited about the sequel and please never stop writing, you have talent and beyond.

The Grisha Rarepair Exchange is here!

We are happy to announce our rarepair exchange event for Shadow and Bone/the Grishaverse! It will run during the week of June 11th to the 17th!

First things first:

What is an exchange?

An exchange is a fandom event where participants sign up to create fanworks for other participants! All participants must send their requests to us event moderators through the sign-up form, and we will then assign you another participant's exchange request!

We'll be accepting fics, artwork, gifs, edits, videos...just make sure to post all of your exchange creations with the tag #grishapairexchange!

What counts as a rarepair?

Only non-canon ships with less than 150 fics posted on AO3 will count for the event. The rarer the better! Polyships encouraged!

We'll be evaluating this number based on the "otp: true" search listing of Grishaverse ships. Some examples: Inej/Tolya (4), Mal/Nikolai (7), Mal/the Darkling (10), Nikolai/Alina/Mal (18), Genya/Alina (46), Nikolai/Darkling (71). You can do this yourself by looking up a ship on ao3 and adding "otp: true" into the Search within results function box!

How do I sign up, and how does the assigning work?

All participants will fill in a form requesting basic information (contact options, tumblr name, age*). They must then state 3 rarepair options, each with their own prompt. Please take into consideration that your creator may fill your prompt by fic, art, gifs, or videos! If it helps to keep things simple, you may specify with trope tags. Example:

1 mal/the darkling: hurt/comfort scene, established relationship, the darkling is badly injured and mal stitches him up

2 nikolai/tolya/mal: intimate moments and shared looks between all three, or - all three of them having to watch the other(s) fighting and loving it

3 zoya/nina: zoya and nina shown deeply caring about each other, ex: their season 2 conversations about love and fighting to protect each other fiercely!

If you have any hard-nos, triggers, or squicks, you may write them into the specified text box.

*Participants under 13 are not permitted to participate. If a participant is under 18, they cannot request any mature or explicit content.

Sign-ups are open here!

Please share this post and tell any fandom friends who might be interested! We want as many participants as possible to share in the rarepair love! Rules and scheduling are under the cut!