The Grishaverse has made it onto the small screen, and the fans definitely have some thoughts about Mal and Alina.
There's just something about best friends to lovers that tugs at our heartstrings!
And yes, we know that Ben Barnes is one flaming-hot Cheeto as the Darkling.
While Mal and Alina remain pretty much platonic in Season 1 of Shadow and Bone, we're smitten by their relationship so far. And so is the internet (as well as Jessie Mei Li) — here's what the people of Tumblr and Twitter have to say about this ship!
1. Malina for life.
#ShadowandBoneNetflix Mal: Alina, know that when I told you about true north, I was talking about you. You are my truth north. And I can see my way to you now. Me:
2. Nope, never getting over this.
no thoughts, head empty, only Mal and Alina looking at their true north, their home. #ShadowAndBone
3. They're cute, but a point *is* made here.
mal and alina holding hands in a field for the 10th time on my screen
4. One more for the road.
Me when alina mentions mal every 2 minutes and we get a flashback of that damn meadow:
5. There is no in-between.
6. The man is an agent of chaos.
#ShadowAndBone The Darkling intercepting Malina's letters and reading about them calling each other their true north:
7. Feelings, so many feelings.
8. Yes.
“what is mal’s storyline outside of protecting alina” he doesn’t have one, he simply exists to serve and worship her like any good man in a good ship should
9. We kind of feel bad for Mal, but it was funny!
10. No lies detected.
mal and alina be like
11. It's the *tension* for us.
“but mal and alina didn’t even kiss”
12. So simple, yet so powerful.
13. Hmm.
14. Sorry, Darkling.
15. Yup.
16. Just the plain and honest truth!
malina have childhood friends to lovers, parallels all throughout those episodes, writing letters to eachother, spending their whole time trying to find eachother, only feeling safe with eachother yeah how was i expected not to ship THAT
17. This one's for the rare folks out there who follow both ships.
me watching darklinas and malinas fight while i ship both
18. Mal is a man of his word.
19. Gently weeping!
The scene at the end of episode 2 of #ShadowAndBone with Alina and Mal getting in their different beds in different places and still reaching out for the other is the most poetic scene in the world and it has me crying every single time.