{"id":235132,"date":"2021-04-25T17:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-black-heretics-tragic-past-forms-alinas-twisted-future-recap\/"},"modified":"2021-04-25T17:00:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T14:00:22","slug":"the-black-heretics-tragic-past-forms-alinas-twisted-future-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-black-heretics-tragic-past-forms-alinas-twisted-future-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Black Heretic&#8217;s Tragic Past Forms Alina&#8217;s Twisted Future (RECAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3521da6857e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3521da6857e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-black-heretics-tragic-past-forms-alinas-twisted-future-recap\/#The_Birth_of_the_Black_Heretic\" >The Birth of the Black Heretic<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-black-heretics-tragic-past-forms-alinas-twisted-future-recap\/#Mercy_with_Deadly_Consequences\" >Mercy with Deadly Consequences<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-black-heretics-tragic-past-forms-alinas-twisted-future-recap\/#Faith_in_Friends\" >Faith in Friends<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-black-heretics-tragic-past-forms-alinas-twisted-future-recap\/#Crossing_the_Fold\" >Crossing the Fold<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-black-heretics-tragic-past-forms-alinas-twisted-future-recap\/#Other_Observations\" >Other Observations<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Black Heretic&#8217;s Tragic Past Forms Alina&#8217;s Twisted Future (RECAP)<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div> <strong>[WARNING: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for <em>Shadow and Bone<\/em>, Season 1, Episode 7, \u201cThe Unsea.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s said that every good villain believes themself a hero, and Kirigan (Ben Barnes) most certainly does. And, like other good villains, at times you can almost agree with him. Yes, Grisha deserve to live free of punishment and suffering; yes, what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened to them in the past was horrid. But his methods are corrupt and manipulative, and it\u2019s for that reason that Alina (Jessie Mei Li) won\u2019t join him. Well, that and the constant lying.<\/p>\n<p>While Kirigan moves the pieces of his plan into place, Alina pays the price for showing mercy in a pivotal moment. The Crows decide whether to pursue that million kruge or call it quits, and Mal (Archie Renaux) just wants to keep Alina safe.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_996070\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-996070\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-996070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kirigan-ben-barnes-3-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kirigan-ben-barnes-3-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kirigan-ben-barnes-3-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kirigan-ben-barnes-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kirigan-ben-barnes-3-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kirigan-ben-barnes-3-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kirigan-ben-barnes-3.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-996070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Appleby\/Netflix \u00a9 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Birth_of_the_Black_Heretic\"><\/span>The Birth of the Black Heretic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We get a bit of Kirigan\u2019s backstory, and we learn how he created the Shadow Fold. The king was rounding up Grisha and killing them, and Kirigan was on the run. He stops at the home of a woman it\u2019s implied he\u2019s romantically involved with, and they\u2019re supposed to flee together, but the king\u2019s soldiers show up. He goes outside to confront them, and he gets shot by several arrows. But \u2014 surprise! \u2014 his love is a Healer, so as fast as he\u2019s shot, he\u2019s safe.<\/p>\n<p>That all goes downhill, though, and fast. The soldiers restrain him and find her, and they mortally wound her in front of Kirigan. His rage is powerful enough to break the restraints, and, in one swoop of shadow, he beheads the entire company. He then heads to a Grisha hideout, where she dies, and he goes to see his mother. Here, we get a little explanation for what\u2019s going on. Apparently, Kirigan used his powers to \u201cwin a war\u201d for the king, but in doing so, according to Baghra, he made the king afraid of Grisha and \u201cstarted a war\u201d on their people.<\/p>\n<p>Baghra \u2014 who, apparently, taught her son everything he knows about killing, and doesn\u2019t want him risking his life to save the Grisha people \u2014 tells her son to flee to Kerch and return when the king is dead. Instead, Kirigan gets the bright idea to create his own army using his powers, even though Baghra forbids him to do so. Of course, as we already know, it goes horribly wrong\u2026 and instead of creating an army, he creates the Shadow Fold instead.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mercy_with_Deadly_Consequences\"><\/span>Mercy with Deadly Consequences<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Alina and Mal manage to find the stag, but when Alina has it in her sights, she\u2019s not willing to kill it. \u201cMaybe there\u2019s another way to do this,\u201d she says, approaching the animal. She touches it, and her powers glow, and for one, magical moment, everything seems like it might be fine. And then the stag is shot, and then Mal gets shot, and then Kirigan shows up. He offers Alina a choice; if she allows him to kill the stag, he\u2019ll get Mal to a healer. She won\u2019t let Mal die, so she accepts the deal, and with one deadly cut, Kirigan kills the animal.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Kirigan uses the stag\u2019s bones to create an Amplifier. But it\u2019s no ordinary Amplifier; once it\u2019s bonded with him and Alina, it allows him to control her powers. Now he has control over both the light and the darkness, and it\u2019s safe to say he won\u2019t be using his powers to destroy the Fold.<\/p>\n<p>They all <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> back to East Ravka, to the First Army lines. In a Grisha tent, Alina meets Genya again, who tells her that the Apparat is now ruling in the king\u2019s stead, and the queen is confined to her quarters. Oh, and in a major departure from the books, Genya was spying on Alina the whole time she was at the Little Palace \u2014 they were never truly friends, and Genya kept Alina\u2019s letters from reaching Mal. \u201cBe careful of powerful men,\u201d Alina hisses. \u201cYou should\u2019ve included devious women.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_996067\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-996067\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-996067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-crows-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-crows-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-crows-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-crows-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-crows-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-crows-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-crows.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-996067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DAVID APPLEBY\/NETFLIX \u00a9 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Faith_in_Friends\"><\/span>Faith in Friends<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile Mal, with the help of a very friendly goat that had a key around its neck, manages to break free from the place where he was being held. This obviously displeases Kirigan, who\u2019s still trying to convince Alina that everything he\u2019s done has been to make Grisha safer (she tells him that they could have been equals, but he doesn\u2019t care who loses as long as he wins). He says that if Mal gets anywhere near Alina, the guards should put the tracker down.<\/p>\n<p>The Dregs make plans to head back to Ketterdam, since, as Kaz (Freddy Carter) says, their funds are dwindling and it\u2019s time they cut their losses. It seems Inej (Amita Suman) won\u2019t be going with them, though, since she now has a shot at freedom and doesn\u2019t want to go back to the Menagerie.<\/p>\n<p>That leads her and Kaz to have a heart-to-heart that night by a fire, where he tells her she was right about Alina. That doesn\u2019t mean he has faith in her Saints, though. \u201cI have faith in myself,\u201d he says, \u201cand you, and Jesper.\u201d He believes in his Crows, his friends, and he promises Inej that if she comes back to Ketterdam, she will not return to Tante Heleen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_996068\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-996068\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-996068\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kaz-inej-jesper-2-1014x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1014\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kaz-inej-jesper-2-1014x570.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kaz-inej-jesper-2-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kaz-inej-jesper-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kaz-inej-jesper-2-1420x798.jpg 1420w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kaz-inej-jesper-2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kaz-inej-jesper-2-570x320.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-kaz-inej-jesper-2.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-996068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">COURTESY OF NETFLIX \u00a9 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Crossing_the_Fold\"><\/span>Crossing the Fold<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Kaz\u2019s new plan is to cross the Fold by sneaking on Kirigan\u2019s ship, as he\u2019s heard the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> plans to cross the next day. Inej sees right through it and asks Kaz if he\u2019s just trying to get Alina again, and that million kruge. \u201cSo, all you want is to cross the Fold?\u201d she asks him. Kaz nods, and it seems that\u2019s settled.<\/p>\n<p>They find themselves some new clothes, and papers, and get themselves onto the skiff. Mal also sneaks onto the skiff, and Alina and Kirigan board as well (he lies to her again, saying that Mal is in a tent and that he won\u2019t be harmed as long as she cooperates with him). And they, along with an audience believing they\u2019ll witness the dissolving of the Fold, set out into the blackness.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_Observations\"><\/span>Other Observations<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m happy they chose to include a bit of Kirigan\/The Darkling\u2019s backstory in the first season, if only because seeing it is so much better than just hearing about it. Yet another good change from the source material.<\/li>\n<li>The only change I\u2019m not quite on board with was the Genya and Alina scene in this episode. In the book, Alina is a lot more forgiving; she understands why Genya did what she did and that she didn\u2019t have a choice. I\u2019m sure that if Shadow and Bone gets a second season that forgiveness will come, but it\u2019s a bummer to see Alina\u2019s only female friendship fractured.<\/li>\n<li>I could\u2019ve made this observation in every episode of the season, but the costumes are just spectacular. Alina\u2019s dress near the end of this episode is lovely, even though it marks an unpleasant occasion.<\/li>\n<li>That scene with Mal and Kirigan didn\u2019t happen in the book, but I\u2019m happy it was included here. It frames Alina\u2019s powers as both a blessing and a curse \u2014 she\u2019ll live a very long life, but she\u2019ll see everyone she loves who isn\u2019t Grisha die around her \u2014 and it also makes it abundantly clear that Kirigan feels no matter what he does or who he hurts, Alina will, eventually, forgive him. (Not likely, pal!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Shadow and Bone<\/em> Season 1, Netflix, Now Streaming<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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