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✦. guidelines
01. THIS IS A HIGHLY SELECTIVE AND PRIVATE BLOG FOR ALINA STARKOVA OF LEIGH BARDUGO’S GRISHAVERSE. MY PORTRAYAL IS EXCLUSIVELY BOOK BASED, BUT I HAVE INCORPORATED ONE MINOR DETAIL FROM THE SHOW (SEE CANON DIVERGENCE). AS A MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE ACCOUNT, I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHO I WRITE WITH, AND I WILL NOT INTERACT WITH ANYONE THAT ISN’T A MUTUAL. I DON’T ALWAYS FOLLOW BACK, AND THIS IS MAINLY TO KEEP MY DASHBOARD CLEAN AND ORGANIZED, AND TO NOT OVERWHELM MYSELF.
02. IF I DO FOLLOW YOU, HOWEVER, IT’S BECAUSE I DEFINITELY WANT TO INTERACT WITH YOU. I AM ALWAYS OPEN FOR PLOT IDEAS AND MEMES FROM ALL OF MY MUTUALS, AND I WILL MESSAGE YOU AS SOON AS I’M ABLE TO: SOMETIMES IT MAY TAKE ME A WHILE DUE TO MY BUSY SCHEDULE, BUT I WANT TO WRITE WITH YOU.
03. IF ANYTHING IN YOUR BLOG OR BEHAVIOUR MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE, I WILL UNFOLLOW YOU AND SOFT BLOCK YOU TO END OUR MUTUAL FOLLOWING. PLEASE DON’T APPROACH ME OR MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT. I EXTEND THE SAME COURTESY TO YOU: IF AT ANY POINT YOU FEEL LIKE IT’S BEST FOR YOU TO UNFOLLOW ME, THAT’S PERFECTLY OKAY AS WE ALL SHOULD DO WHAT MAKES TUMBLR A SAFE AND HAPPY SPACE FOR US. I DO ASK THAT YOU SOFT BLOCK ME AS WELL, FOR I WOULDN’T WANT TO STILL BE FOLLOWING YOU AND THINKING WE’RE STILL MUTUALS. IF YOU SEE I’VE UNFOLLOWED YOU BUT NOT SOFT BLOCKED YOU, THEN IT’S MOST LIKELY THE MOBILE APP’S FAULT - IT’S HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE. SO PLEASE, LET ME KNOW!
04. A LOT OF MY TIME WILL BE SPENT STUDYING, SO THIS BLOG WILL BE LOW ACTIVITY. REPLIES TO BOTH THREADS AND MESSAGES WON’T BE SUPER FAST. DON’T NAG ME ABOUT REPLIES, ALTHOUGH IF YOU THINK I HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT YOU’RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO MESSAGE ME! IF YOU CONSTANTLY BOTHER ME FOR REPLIES, I WILL UNFOLLOW.
05. MOST OF THE INTERACTIONS HERE WILL BE THE RESULT OF HEAVY PLOTTING, BUT I'M OPEN TO ‘WINGING IT’ IF THE MOOD STRIKES. IF I EVER DROP A THREAD, THAT DOESN’T MEAN I DON’T WANT TO WRITE WITH YOU! THE MUSE IS FICKLE AND SOMETIMES THINGS DON’T WORK. EITHER WAY, I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I’LL BE HAPPY TO START A NEW ONE.
06. I WILL ALWAYS FAVOUR CHEMISTRY OVER PRE-ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS, WHETHER THEY BE ROMANTIC OR OF ANY OTHER KIND. DON’T ASSUME OUR CHARACTERS ARE TOGETHER FROM THE START UNLESS WE’VE PLOTTED THAT. I DO NOT SHIP DARKLINA (WHICH DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T LIKE THE DARKLING AS A CHARACTER AND COMPELLING VILLAIN. I JUST THINK IT'S VERY TOXIC AND DON'T SHIP IT ROMANTICALLY). AND I THINK THIS GOES WITHOUT SAYING BUT DO NOT GODMOD. MY CHARACTERS ARE MY OWN, AND SO I GET TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEM. THIS IS NOT A TRIGGER FREE BLOG, BUT I WILL TAG EVERYTHING ACCORDINGLY. IF YOU NEED ME TO TAG SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR OR IF I’VE FORGOTTEN TO TAG SOMETHING, YOU CAN ALWAYS MESSAGE ME ABOUT IT AND I’LL FIX IT ASAP!
07. I’M NOT PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN WRITING SMUT, SO ALL I CAN OFFER IS FADE TO BLACK.
08. IF YOU DON’T AGREE WITH MY PORTRAYAL OF THIS CHARACTER, PLEASE DON’T EVEN BOTHER SENDING IN HATE. I WON’T ENGAGE OR CARE - I’LL JUST DELETE IT. WE ALL SEE AND INTERPRET CHARACTERS DIFFERENTLY AND THAT’S THE BEAUTY OF WRITING. THAT BEING SAID, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IS ALWAYS WELCOMED. REGARDING THE ADDITION TO ALINA’S LAST NAME, I DECIDED TO GO WITH IT BECAUSE IT’S THE CORRECT FEMALE FORM OF HER NAME, IF WE’RE BASING IT IN SLAVIC LANGUAGES (WHICH THE BOOK AND THE AUTHOR DID).
09. MY PSD & CARRD WERE MADE BY THE INSANELY TALENTED PLUTOCOMMISSIONS. IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN IT, GO VISIT HER BLOG, BUT DON’T STEAL ANYTHING!
10. I WILL RARELY PRACTISE EXCLUSIVITY ON THIS BLOG (IT COULD HAPPEN WITH PEOPLE I’M EXTREMELY CLOSE TO & HAVE PLOTTED WITH EXTENSIVELY), BUT I’M ALWAYS OPEN TO HAVING MAIN PARTNERS! THESE ARE USUALLY PEOPLE WITH WHOM I TALK/PLOT A LOT + OUR WRITINGS HAVE FIT TOGETHER WELL. THEY’LL BE THE FIRST ONES I GO TO WHEN I HAVE A PLOT IDEA FOR OUR CHARACTERS, AND WILL HAVE PRIORITY REGARDING ANY SORT OF INTERACTION. YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK ME TO BECOME MAINS, AS LONG AS THE STATED ABOVE APPLIES.
11. DUPLICATES ARE 100% WELCOME TO FOLLOW ME! I’D LOVE TO INTERACT & PLOT & YELL ABOUT ALINA WITH ALL OF YOU!
12. IF YOU GOT THROUGH ALL OF THAT, THEN HELLO! MY NAME IS SARI (SHE/HER), I’M TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OLD AND LATINA, SO ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE & YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO MESSAGE ME IN ENGLISH OR IN SPANISH! WHENEVER I’M NOT HERE YOU CAN FIND ME AT BUILDINGHURRICANE! YOU CAN IM ME FOR CHATTING AT ANY TIME (I LOVE MAKING NEW FRIENDS!) AND YOU CAN TOTALLY ASK FOR MY DISCORD IF WE’RE MUTUALS. THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO READ THIS, I HOPE WE CAN WRITE TOGETHER SOON!
✦. CANON DIVERGENCES
01. IN MY MAIN VERSE, ALINA DIDN’T LOSE HER POWERS AFTER THE BATTLE OF THE FOLD. SHE WAS SEVERELY WEAKENED AFTER BRINGING MOROZOVA’S AMPLIFIERS TOGETHER, BUT THE POWER DIDN’T VANISH COMPLETELY: IT LAY DORMANT, DEPLETED. WITH YEARS AND WITH PRACTICE, SHE’S ABLE TO SUMMON AGAIN - JUST NOT QUITE AS POWERFULLY AS SHE DID WHEN IN POSSESSION OF THE COLLAR & THE FETTER. HER FATE AT THE END OF THE BOOK COULD GO SEVERAL WAYS IN THIS VERSION, WHICH I WILL WRITE IN MORE DETAIL IN MY VERSES. WHENEVER POST RUIN & RISING THREADS TAKE PLACE, THIS WILL BE MY DEFAULT DIVERGENCE FOR HER, BUT I WILL WRITE WITHIN THE CANON ENDING OF THE BOOKS IF PLOTTED SO.
02. ALINA IS TWENTY YEARS OLD BY THE TIME THE SERIES BEGINS, MEANING SHE WILL BE CLOSE TO TWENTY - TWO DURING THE SIX OF CROWS DUOLOGY AND TWENTY - THREE DURING THE NIKOLAI DUOLOGY.
03. REGARDING THE SHOW, I’VE DECIDED TO INCORPORATE HOW THE AMPLIFIERS ARE WORN IN IT & HOW THE ANTLERS LOOKED WHEN THE DARKLING FORCED ALINA TO WEAR THEM. THIS MEANS MOROZOVA’S COLLAR WILL ONLY BE PROPERLY FUSED UNDERNEATH HER COLLARBONE AFTER SHE REALIZES HER ACT OF MERCY ALSO GRANTED HER ACCESS TO ITS POWER (& WILL REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE END OF RUIN & RISING).
✦. DOSSIER
. name: ALINA STARKOVA.
. diminutives: ALYA, LINA, ALINKA (NEUTRAL); ALINOCHKA, ALINUSHKA, LINOCHKA (AFFECTIONATE).
. age: EARLY TO MID TWENTIES.
. titles: THE SUN SUMMONER.
. aliases: SANKTA ALINA OF THE FOLD, SOL KOROLEVA, REBE DVA STOLBA.
. species: HUMAN (GRISHA).
grisha order: ETHEREALKI.
. gender: CIS - FEMALE.
. orientation: BISEXUAL.
. zodiac: GEMINI SUN, ARIES RISING, ARIES MOON.
. current residence: RAVKA (VERSE DEPENDANT).
. faceclaim: JESSIE MEI LI.
. hair: CHESTNUT BROWN (BEFORE MERZOST) & WHITE (AFTER MERZOST).
eyes: DARK BROWN.
. family: UNNAMED MOTHER (DECEASED), UNNAMED FATHER (DECEASED)
. height: 159 cm / 5'2
. mbti: ISFP - T.
. personality: LOYAL, DETERMINED, SARCASTIC, WITTY, TEMPERAMENTAL, COURAGEOUS, STUBBORN, TRUSTWORTHY, NAIVE.
✦. VERSES
.i was a soldier before i was a saint.
01. MORE POWERFUL AND PURE THAN EVER BEFORE BECAUSE IT WAS ALL MINE: THIS VERSE WILL COVER THE EVENTS OF SHADOW & BONE.
02. MERCY MIGHT NOT BE A GIFT THE SUN SUMMONER COULD AFFORD: THIS VERSE WILL COVER THE EVENTS OF SIEGE & STORM.
03. THE LIGHT WAS A BLADE HONED SHARP BY MY FURY: THIS VERSE WILL COVER THE EVENTS OF RUIN & RISING.
04. I’D PUSHED MY POWER DOWN AND HELD IT THERE EACH DAY: THIS VERSE WILL COVER ANY & ALL EVENTS PRECEDING THE START OF THE SERIES.
05. IT WOULD’VE BEEN LIKE BREATHING: IN THIS VERSE, ALINA DIDN’T SUPPRESS HER LATENT POWERS WHEN THE GRISHA CAME TO TEST HER. INSTEAD, SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE LITTLE PALACE & BROUGHT UP AS THE SUN SUMMONER OF RAVKA.
06. WHAT IS INFINITE? THE UNIVERSE AND THE GREED OF MEN: TVD VERSE (DETAILS COMING SOON).
07. THE DEVIL HAS A WAY OF DRESSING LIES UP: MARVEL VERSE (DETAILS COMING SOON).
♡. mains
○ reflectiones: BLOG-WIDE
♡. EXCLUSIVES
○ synravki: nikolai lantsov