#sab thoughts

It's super cool to see someone both in the AoS and SaB fandom! Glad you're enjoying the show :)

Oh my gosh, hiii, and what a freaking awesome ask to get!! 😍😍😍😍 It's fab to be in both of those fandoms, honestly - they both just gladden my heart so very much, it's the actual best and I am SO happy to be here!!

Now onto your question: Malarklina (though, come on, Malarklina, surely we can do better than that? What about Darkmalina? Or even Malinaleksander?) ANYWAY. Yes, that - wow, gosh, I'd be an utter liar if I said I hadn't considered it, lollz 🤣 Kirigan just has so much chemistry, with, like, everyone. Our SAB gc calls him "General Tall Dark and Handsome" and "Chemistry in a Cloak" 🤣🤣🤣😍

But like, seriously, he and Mal could totally have had this furious, hot hate-sex type of thing going in that first confrontation! Just... saying ;)

It'd have to be a pretty heavy AU, though, because I'm afraid that Kirigan's far less than moral actions with Alina and the collar rather put me off shipping them in any form whatsoever :/ I mean, I saw him being evil coming from a mile away, but it turned out to be even worse than I'd expected, and now my brain is just like #nope. He be a villain, and not the good, funny, lovable type like the Crows.

So yeah, that's a yes in "I definitely thought about it and it'd be way hot" but a "no in anything past that bc my bbys deserve better than dark, evil and admittedly attractive arseholes who violate their autonomy" from me.

@the-phoenix-heart and me had a hard time figuring out Kirigan. The hardest part is to try and see who's the real him and what is merely the mask of the great Grisha General that he crefully crafted.

I think we are inclined to see him as a Snake because he's the villain. But honestly, he doesn't have the ~vibe Snakes -and especially Snake Bird-have. It's hard to explain, but for me, certain sortings have certain vibes.

I think we can all agree Kirigan is a Loyalist primary. The show is actually very Loyalist heavy, IMO. But I would say he's more a Badger than a Snake because he truly believes what he does is for the good of all Grisha. I think a burned Snake who only wanted power who'd simply murdered the king and took power instead of expanding the Fold and threatening all those countries about how the war with Ravka is over. If he was a Snake who was starting to unburn for Alina, I doubt he would have used her the way he did at the end of the season.

Also, in thr flashbacks, he was a revolutionary who was fighting for his people. I didn't get the feeling he was doing it only for himself or for his wife. Kirigan probably burned not when his wife died, but when he created the Fold. The accidental mass murder he committed twisted him into a very dark Badger.

Last but not least, the guy did build the Second Army which makes me think it was his way to make a community again, to belong again.

But this is just me, if you wanna see him as a Snake, go for it. Ngl, I am not 100% sure myself since we have more seasons left where we'll discover new things about his character that might change my opinion on him.