The Internet Is Head-Over-Heels In Love With Jessie Mei Li And Honestly, Same
The people have spoken.
I cannot stop watching (er, make that rewatching) Shadow and Bone. The series hasn't left the top two spots on Netflix's Top 10 list since it dropped on April 23. Viewers just cannot get enough.
Based on the books by Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone follows orphaned army cartographer Alina Starkov after she learns that she has magical powers and could bring an end to the darkness plaguing her world.
Alina's played by English actress Jessie Mei Li, and people are loving the fact that she's a literal embodiment of light defeating darkness.
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Here are 23 tweets to prove it.
1. This tweet that just screams 'All hail the queen':
i believe in jessie mei li supremacy
2. One that proves Jessie/Alina's the only thing on our minds:
no thoughts just jessie mei li as alina starkov #shadowandbone
3. We stan a powerful woman:
alina ‘you needed me but i never needed you’ starkov everybody #ShadowAndBone
4. Who could play the Sun Summoner besides an actual ray of sunshine?
jessie mei li is the physical embodiment of the sun
5. Some tweets that show how perfect Jessie's relationship with the rest of the cast is:
jessie mei li and amita suman you’re everything to me
6.
i can’t believe jessie mei li and ben barnes invented hugging
7.
i don't blame archie though, i too would hold on to jessie mei li for my dear life
8. And some that are already looking to the future:
me and bestie jessie mei li on our way to make the writers give alina a corruption arc
9.
jessie mei li supports dark!alina, i’ve won
10.
i apologize for the person i will become when we get jessie mei li in alina's white hair at the end of s2
11. A tweet that highlighted the crossover I never knew I needed:
jessie mei li as the 14th doctor when
12. And one that's crossing Shadow and Bone with another universe:
alina starkov: gold - literally the sun - eagerness to learn - complex - heroic
13. Also, some of us are literally ready to marry Alina:
alina starkov, what's your ring size??
14. This tweet that wants you to be honest with yourself:
alina starkov loml is Not boring and Very cute stop lying !!!!
15. Some tweets that show how important diversity and representation is:
not to be personal but as someone who is mixed like Jessie Mei Li it means a lot to me to see her playing Alina. Like ooo that’s me too !! Idk seeing her face brightens my day 🥺
16.
jessie mei li being a queer neurodivergent gender non-conforming woman of colour starring in a critically acclaimed netflix live action tv series of one of my FAVOURITE fantasy novels is something so special to me
17.
no because im abt to make jessie mei li as alina starkov my entire personality, i have never felt so represented
18. And a couple that shouldn't be as funny as they are:
Oh look it’s darkles and sparkles #ShadowandBoneNetflix #Darkling #AlinaStarkov
19.
Basking in the glow of Alina Starkov 🙄 #ShadowAndBone #ShadowandBoneNetflix
20. Plus one for my fellow Shadow and Bone Swifties:
home is where the heart is, but god i love the english
21. A reminder that Alina is a Sun Summoner who doesn't need any man:
what's the best part of malina or darklina? ALINA STARKOV EXACTLY
22.
say what you want about alina starkov but she really went through so much and came out of it still standing strong. book!alina and show!alina stood up to a manipulator and fought for agency over herself. i honestly love her story sm.
23. In conclusion:
i'll never stop thinking about jessie mei li as alina starkov