#nisho

Despite the brutality of this scene, and the anger it incited towards the end, I did thoroughly enjoy seeing how the Darkling’s Grisha wielded their power when they no longer had to fear a Tsar thinking their usefulness surpassed into being too dangerous to let them live. It’s how I imagined Grisha, specifically the Etherealki order, would wield their gifts in war zones if they were allowed to reach their full potential.

Squallers could summon the air from someone’s lung.

Tidemakers could dehydrate the human body.

Inferni could set blood on fire.

Honorable mention: durasts could potentially bend and snap bones (potentially control the movement, too).

Let me tell you how much do I hate that they played Nisho’s death as comical, while in fact he died fighting people, who had him brutally tortured, which is only as much as is explicitly admitted by the narrative, heavily favouring his enemies’ side.

When I was watching S2, I was frustrated how Sasha's followers were people we never saw in S1 (and therefore had no emotional attachment to) and who were portrayed as humourless psychos, but that's exactly why it would be interesting to read a story that might try to remedy that.

In the end, Fruzsi, Vatra, Vladim and Nisho would have been interesting if we knew more about them (what we learned about Nisho made me sad).

My to pochopili. Sashovy nohsledi jsou zlí! Trhaj motýlkům křidýlka, kopou do štěňátek a děti maj nejradši s kečupem!

Loose translation:

I didn't expect better, but they've done my girl dirty again...

At night her absence would be less likely noticed and the writers wanted to show us the Darkling chasing her on horseback, like the horrible villain he is. Fortunately I'm not the only person, who found that whole scene comical, if anything.

They just needed her to turn cloak her hard-earned kefta into lovely peasant rags, and couldn't find a decent reason for it, so they went with "THE DARKLING RULES WITH FEAR, EVERYONE'S SCARED OF HIM, LOOK AT THOSE TERRIFYING MONSTERS (he's using to save Grisha from cages)!". I mean... they even pulled the "You used me to satisfy a king. I should be your greatest shame." card. How could they get more desperate than that?

We're also supposed to ignore this Genya got punished for desertion (Normal, given the setting. It's ARMY at war, not after school activity.), which makes her even more wrong and lucky, than her sudden betrayal in the book. Now she has the scars to remind us, who's the bad guy.