s01e03 — The Making at the Heart of the World

Someone explain the separation by the color of the clothes. Why are some in red and the rest in blue?

You won't find anything better in this series. 😹

The first shot of Nina and Mathias together. I'm so glad they showed me the dating scene. Although I know roughly what will happen next, but this is a landmark moment.

Ahhhhh! Jasper, the kid and his shooting are my favorite scene so far! It was very cool! The actor fits perfectly into the character!

And I'm also glad that I finally saw Nina and Mathias. They seem to be visually good! Waiting for the disclosure line!

And Zoya, what a bitch... But because of the actress, it's still hard for me to perceive her as the main beauty among the Grisha, but the hourly sex scene with Alinka is cool.

And our Brother-in-law is just a pervert priest. That 's how I got to her 🙈

And Alina's attitude is "why are you eating, not destroying the canyon" - wouldn't you fucking go there yourself? 🤬🤬🤬

Poor kid.😆

"And can you summon the sun without the general clutching your wrist? His blood and bones amplify other Grisha." Gosh, he is amazing. Everything about him is amazing. I'm in love.
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"Jesper, grab the goat!"
"I'm NOT throwing out the goat!"
"Grab the damn goat! It's not bait. It's for you! I need you to calm down. Hug the goat. Shut the hell up."
(in a moment) "So soft."

The way I laughed. :D Probably my best line so far.
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"The world is hard and cruel. But we had each other, and that was enough. That was everything. [...[ Cardinal north is a direction on a map. True north? True north is home. It is where you feel safe. And loved. You have always been my true north. And if I'm to survive this, I need to be home again... with you."

I don't feel them as deeply, but a) this is beautiful b) this reminds me of Steve Rogers & Bucky Barnes. Yeah, that's definitely them. Home.

P.S.: Ben nailed speaking Russian in my opinion. It wasn't even as half bad as it could have been. My respect for practising how to pronounce it.

I haven't read any books, so maybe I'm missing something, but it's very difficult to empathize with Alina. Her behavior reminds me of gg from "The Devil Wears Prada" at the beginning of the film - she got a job that everyone wanted and would be ready to do, but she constantly complains that something is being demanded of her. So far, nothing terrible has happened to her, but she is constantly offended or depressed.
Yes, being chosen is scary and a big responsibility, but I would empathize with her more if she really tried to train and study, and it would be obvious how it was gradually exhausting her. And here she seems to be tired in advance and wants her paradise in a hut.
To be honest, in general, the main characters are a little tired of being unhappy with the presence of superpowers. As if none of the fans of fantasy, science fiction and comics would like to have magical powers. And as if there's anything wrong with enjoying your abilities at least from time to time - if a person, for example, is talented in music and has become a famous performer, should he also constantly suffer that he has achieved success thanks to talent, or be offended when his mentors demand to train more often?..

The series has definitely rocked, episode 3 is the best so
far, and yes, the deer at the beginning of the episode is very beautifully shown.

Hello everyone. Alyona is calling me and I need help. I'm already watching the third episode, but I realize that I don't understand anything because I haven't read the books. All these names scare me.
What about Ravka in the west? Does Peter rule there too? How long has this Rift been going on? Why can't you drive around it? Is Telegram a city or another country? I'm even afraid to disassemble the second line. As I understand it, this is the preface to some big story about a gang... well, let's say this is the most understandable...
How many armies are there? Only two? The first are ordinary dudes, and the second is Grisha? What the hell kind of name is that??? Grisha??? Well okay... Can anyone tell us more about them? Are they just gifted people? To protect the country ? And did one of them create the Rift too?

Madame Trick, is that you?))

A great actor was chosen for the role of a confessor. You can see with the naked eye what a nasty guy he is.

I was so impressed with the relationship between Mal and Allina in the series, unlike in the book, I like Mal here. I shouldn't have been afraid for the Six, it's more or less understandable and very interesting. And they're so charismatic.

She took away all the scars and bruises except for the one on her arm, she asked her to leave it

And the ones on your forehead you couldn't remove?!
Or as I understood it, the real scars of the actress!?
And that they could not be made up?!

Jesper and the goat are so sunny

Unscheduled viewing, but delayed, I'm having fun. I don't like the idea of a love triangle here. Both men are not bad, of course, that's why it's even sadder. Although I probably fizz her more with Barnes.
And so in the series, many characters deliver.

But Zhenya is certainly awesome, I can't get enough of it.

And yes, the Jasper scene is creepy. The heroes continue to amaze

Hug the goat and shut up)))))

- The kid is for you, Jesper, hug him and calm down!
Jesper: Right now I'll calm them all down here.

The last scene is tearful. After all, I really like Mal in the series.

The Canyon crossing scene in the trolley is super! Jesper is the star of this scene, first hugging a baby goat, and then shooting a wolf under his arm, super)))
I really like Zhenya, and Nina, my God, she's beautiful! How she fought to the last with the Druskals!
Aprat is just as nasty as in the books. In general, I never cease to admire the excellent cast.

God, Jesper, "Hug the kid and shut up!"
Jesper, with a kid under his arm and a revolver in his other hand, is a separate kind of beauty.

And oh , how much drama

I don't like these changes in the essence of Alina
's character, and I'm not the only one who imagined her letters to be less painful?

from the important:
Bagra , Zhenya, Nina just 💘

No, well, did you hear the Darkling say "my queen"? And what a stupid hat with a veil Alina was wearing, it's just awful.

The King and Queen are just as disgusting as in the book, imho. Alina's skin looks very strange when she causes light.

What's the story with the train and the rails? How is it possible to build rails in the middle of a Shady Canyon? Are you kidding? The Ravkians would have thought of that themselves.

Ben *in Russian*: My King
Russian dubbing: My lord!
ORU)

Freddy as Kaz is sooooo charismatic. I know there are those who are unhappy with the cast, but he's perfect for me.

Jesper and the kid are a different story just ahahahah
It's not for nothing that they showed us how Jesper shot the last volcra, will they really tell us who he really is in the series 🤔

I'm a little upset that they didn't show how Alina chose the color of the caftan, how the Darkling wanted her to wear black, but she refused, referring to the fact that she is the same ethereal as the rest of the casters and will wear blue. It would be a strong scene, I think.

I also don't like this innovation a bit, that Alina is half shukhanka, and everyone ridicules her for that too. Although, if you think about it, it's pretty logical that she could be a half-breed, since she was born near the border with Shuhang 🤔

I haven't read the six, but damn, these characters are perfect.
Nika and Big Handsome are clearly going to claim the title of the most chemical couple (after Jasper and the kid)
The transition was amazing! And anyway, it's just such an aesthetic and fan pleasure to watch this series.

Take the kid and calm down ahahahahahahahahahah

Zhenechka is beautiful!! I'm glad that Zoya started hitting on Alina at least a little, although it's still not the same.
I'm tired of these letters to Malu, to be honest..
and I wonder why a darkling can't be called a darkling? Where did 'General Kirigan' come from?

Nina was finally shown.

Jasper and the kid are the cutest things I've seen today.😍☺️

Damn, I just realized a huge thing! , By reading the comments.
Those who haven't read the series of books can't understand a lot of things. But for us "enlightened" people, everything is so simple. I'm soooo glad when this or that frame/moment/scene starts to be shown, and it's just an EXPLOSION OF HAPPINESS that the series was filmed at all.
I imagined Zhenya a little different, but Bagra was a little older, not such a middle-aged woman. Zoya is Zoya, but not like Zoya (bookish). It's hard to explain.
Mal is the only character I've seen completely different, perhaps because of Lee Bardugo's omission of the description of Mal's appearance. Why isn't Clegane a Darkling????

But I haven't finished reading the Six's line, so they can't recognize some of the characters. I know the Trinity, but I don't remember what kind of robbery they planned in the original, but then they connected the timeline altogether, and bam, the Hunt for Alina, nothing.

I like everything! It's just the fact that it's something native, here's the paper version, and here's a treat for the eyes and ears. 💖💖💖💖💖💖

We got on the train, threw in some carbidic coal, and gave the gunner a kid in his hands so that he wouldn't worry. they crossed themselves and drove over the iron to the other side of the canyon, here it is a gold mine for smugglers.

It's so strange to look at Aprat. In the book, he has very explicit Rasputin vibes, but in the TV series he is completely different.

I'd like to have a little chat about Nina's caste. In general, I liked the actress, but we could still take a plus-size girl. This is how Nina was described in the book: "she was so round", "she has thick thighs, thick waist and full breasts". Kaz described her and Matthias as "two biggest crew members," and in one of her childhood memoirs, the boy told her that she was "already fat enough." The author does not just come up with the appearance of the characters, all the details are important. Nina is such a confident, flirtatious, sexy girl, I think this is an important part of her image. It turns out that the showrunners curtsied towards racism and for this they added Alina, making her a Shoo, but at the same time they are not ready to find a plus-size actress.

I really liked everything else, Jasper is just love. I liked him in books, but here he just came to life. They gave him some charm and humor, he turned out to be just great. For the third series, the line with six (or so far three) ravens is the best and most dynamic, I would watch the series only about them)

The Darkling is depressing, but it's also depressing in books. Barnes is handsome, but it's not enough to take out the series. I hope they'll add dynamics to it.

This kiss, how I've been waiting for it ♥️

To wash in a minute, an ability that is needed in the morning

That is, in fact, they only need one sharpshooter to cross the Canyon. How simple it turned out to be…

It was a hell of a ride!!

After raising the bar of "Game of Thrones," this film adaptation seems like a children's matinee, the conflict between countries resembles a drunken brawl between villages, a so-so action movie, magicians who look defenseless against guns and monsters.
The main characters are brought together by racism and xenophobia towards them in childhood.
The series will be great for those who just want to relax and not think about it after a hard week at work.

1) The pressure on Alina from all sides sucks.
2) Raspberry

As an interim result, thanks to the arc of the six ravens, which arouses interest in the series; Alina's arc is an ordinary and boring story that is not the same as anywhere in the United Kingdom, it disappoints; there remains some hope for the Nina-Mathias line

This is the best episode of the series so far. At least it became a little clearer what was happening. The line with Alina's education is too slow. Let's see what happens next.

Very beautifully shot! Actors! The atmosphere! A series you want to enjoy

With each episode, the series becomes more sluggish. It may work as a fantasy for 13-year-old girls, but it doesn't work as something that can interest an adult audience.

Nina and Mathias! I liked the choice of actors, and that we will be shown their story.
After the scene with the revolver, I recognized the typical book Jasper)
I didn't like Kaz right away, but he's exactly like in the book, sullen, tense, neurotic and under constant control and a thinking head!
That's the only one who should be the typical handsome man in this story, it's the Darkling and he's perfect, the demonstration of his power is endless delight! I also want to see Nina in full force.

I would also like to add that those who have read the books write tons of fat spoilers and don't even understand it!
I've read it too, I also want to discuss who and what in advance, but let's respect those who haven't read it, spoilers are bad form on Maishow.

Yeah, so the ship with the military and the Grisha merged in the canyon after the second mark, but some guy in almost one helmet easily carries everyone back and forth?
Here's everything you need to know about local sorcerers and army training. Funny.

And the kid is very cute 🐮

Forgive me in advance for this comment by those who are completely delighted with the series, but I have a few words about its one bad side.
Why doesn't anyone talk about how poorly designed Alina's character is? She is very nervous, everything is exaggerated, her mouth is always open, she goes to the king, staring at the ceiling like a stupid hillbilly. Even with all the surprise she's experienced at the scale of the palace, her character can't behave like that. Trying to show that she's so scared and surprised, they're just doing stupid things, and they're not the same thing.
It was shot perfectly, as they decided to intertwine the plots of the dilogy and the trilogy of the book series - it was interestingly conceived, although there are also some slightly ill-conceived moments here, but one of the central figures of the series spoils the impression very much.
I love books, I was really looking forward to the series, like most of them; I accepted the chosen cast, but this moment is very, very annoying.

The character Zhenya is very impressive. Nina's not bad either, but she's not very clear yet. In general, the whole storyline of the Ravens is much more interesting than Alina's. I felt that they would appeal to me much more. It also turns out that all they needed to cross the canyon was Jasper, his weapons, and his talent. In general, it was a stressful trip, I was worried about them. The storyline with Alina is a bit far-fetched, because here she is the girl who can overcome it all, but she didn't ask for such strength and blah blah, and you have to wait until she accepts and finally takes everything under control.

If in the last series Ravka was associated for me with east and west Jerusalem, then in this one it is more likely with Berlin after World War II.

The Darkling
Kaz🛐🛐
Inezh
Zhenyaaya

That's the case when the main character doesn't catch on at all. Also, these sufferings in love letters - phe.
Either the series is like this, but it's better in the books, or they'll just show more later.

But Zhenya Safina is beautiful. Just like the Darkling.
For the sake of these characters, I want to look further.

The trip through the canyon was also good.

I love Darkline with all my passion, I think nothing can beat the chemistry between them.🔥
But here, in the series, Alina and Mala are a couple, so lively, clean and bright.
And her letters, confessing her feelings, are something😍

Oh, how many sofa critics have divorced, dear mother! The whole Shady Canyon can be laid with them, and there's not enough room for everyone. Moreover, all those who shouted under the first episode about Alina's vulnerability are now snorting that she dared to show fear and concern. Where's the logic, sobsna? Or is it now possible to fuck the main female character? Yes, Alina was crying. But these are, for a moment, normal, adequate human experiences! But you just read the comments and rejoice, what kind of brave, fearless, strong, capable, unshakeable personalities we have watching TV series! My admiration, gentlemen!

I fell in love with the series. It's beautiful, although there are moments that leave more questions. I like every character, but I realize that I'm already getting confused about what's going on. You'll have to pause, order books, and only then continue watching the series.

Translated, it means Aprat. The name is like a fantasy name. And in the original he's The Apparat, it was funny.

I didn't say one thing in this letter, Mal. With these incoherent words, I tried to write that I was afraid. I'm scared, Mal.

As a child, we read about a Saint who would create a miracle of the world and save the whole country. But we knew that these were fairy tales. We knew that no one would come and solve all the problems; that miracles do not happen. But we believed in each other. The world is harsh and cruel, but we were together and that was enough. It was our world.

If there were Saints, they left us a long time ago, and now everyone is looking at me with hope. It's like I'm the miracle this world has been waiting for. Or they know I'm a liar. Impostor. I'm terribly afraid of both failure and success. If I really have this power, then who am I? One of those whom I ridiculed and rejected; a stranger to myself and to you. You said that the scariest thing for you was when you got lost. But you can get lost even knowing where you are.

You were talking about the Far North and the True North. The Far North is a place on the map, and the True, True North is a Home where you feel safe and loved. You have always been my True North. And if I survive after all, I want to go home. To you.

I read shadow and bone, but it's only about Alina, do you also need to read the six ravens to understand the series?

It's strange that Nina doesn't treat the Second Army well. In the books, she is a patriot and was eager to serve herself. But in any case, it's good that the ravens were introduced into history, only by reading the ravens did I understand the problems of the Grisha and what the Darkling was struggling with. Freedom and independence. Otherwise, Alina only whines about her terrible lot. And he doesn't even think that Grisha has been persecuted, killed and sold into slavery throughout the history of the world. And it's everywhere except Ravka, and that's thanks only to the Darkling.
I'm for the Darkling. And the crows, of course, are all great.

I'm glad Nina is a canon. Hair, figure. Her forms were never mentioned in the books, especially on behalf of Mathias😁

Tell me which translation to watch. In sdi media, they translate kefta, not kaftan (annoying). Lost movie is a light caster. Does anyone translate it properly? By the books?

I really like Alina. Like a gray mouse, but with a temperament. I don't know what's in the books, but I feel sorry for her here. The girl wants to have friends and a quiet life, not to save assholes who won't even let her eat. What does it even mean, "how can you sit here and eat?" Lol, man, no matter how holy she is, how can that be? Grisha is terribly annoying, except for the main characters.

Explain for all this entourage of the times of the Russian Empire, please? )) Russian is still spoken in places)

And if Slavic names are used, then why don't they bend according to the rules? It pisses me off terribly.

I really don't like the way they change the history of crows in order to introduce them earlier. Nina was not a radical and was accidentally captured. ) : Jesper fire.

I have a dissonance, I haven't read the book...
Alina grew up in an unfavorable environment, an orphanage, a half-breed, but she protected Mala, they grew up, he became a normal guy, and once she got into a conditionally unfavorable environment, she lets out snot and behaves like a girl who grew up in a greenhouse, and it's "I want to go home, to the army.".. it knocks me out somehow...

I would have sent this guy in red to dinner. "I must, I must." She doesn't owe anyone a damn thing. They're the ones who've decided something for her and are demanding it.
Although the main character doesn't like me, but the environment that really puts pressure on her is infuriating.

Zhenya is beautiful, hooray for a new character, which is nice to watch besides the crows.

The whole story about the girl who was stolen - what's the point of this plot anyway? Why is the whole scenario like a patchwork quilt sewn with white threads

I can't get rid of the book canon. So many details are missing:(

I don't understand how it was possible to make the Raven line as interesting as Alina's boring line? The moments with Alina are interesting only when they feature Darkling and Zhenya, however, here the series and the book converge.

And Jasper is cool and what a cute goat, I was worried about her.😁 Do I understand correctly that Crows are Kaz, Jasper, and so on?! Then why the Six? I counted three, well, four, if you're with this guide.…

He's so soft, I wouldn't have thought that a baby goat would act as an antistress guide. It would be interesting to know the situation after which he is like, "Bitch... what can I come up with? ASSHOLE FUCK YES!!!!!!!"

It's hard for Alina, everyone expects the impossible from her. She's not ready and it's weighing her down even more.

Black Nadia 🥲

Even though I don't understand anything at all , it doesn't come to me :(