bruh sorry to alina but i'm built different cause if this man was looking at me like that i'd be on my knees

How can Netflix expect us to not ship them if Aleksander is played by BEN BARNES like come on that's not fair 😭

Homeboy really tried to make Alina fall for him and she uno reversed his ass💀😭

If a villain kissed me and walked off but then came back to give me another kiss like that I'd destroy the world with him

He's so stupid, he tried to manipulate her and ended up catching feelings, i love my dumb villain

He simps for Alina, I simp for him....it’s an endless cycle.

PLEASE HE IS ALINA'S BIGGEST SIMP IS SO FUNNY

Bruh that scene where alina is showing her powers and everyone is covering their eyes bc the light is too much but he doesn't look away MY MAN DOESN'T EVEN BLINK, SHE IS PROBABLY BURNING HIS EYES BALLS BUT NO, our priority is simping😌🖤

Yo I died when the Darkling somehow managed to find blue irises to give Alina after finding out it’s her favorite flower from Mal. Like it’s so cute but at the same time, mans had to find out from the rival love interest what her favorite flower was. 😆

the way he comes back again for another kiss after leaving the room.. MY HEART LEFT THE CHAT dis shit too cute 😭

the darkling before he met alina: “i’m the most evil manipulative villain” the darkling when alina came into his life: “so pick me. choose me. love me” *i swear in every episode this man acting like he’s ready to risk it all for her*

As a darkling stan, when the screeners said that we would hate the darkling after watching the show I was scared af but when I watched it I was like ??? He's much worse in the books...

sorry but im supposed to believe this dork is pure evil? no ❤

i mean, i feel like we really deserve a proper lovers to enemies to lovers story and this one has SUCH potential....

i love how kaz gave him "he so whipped it's embarrassing" look but in his free time he thinks of bottling inej's laugh and getting drunk on it everyday. boi you're even more whipped than darkles

don’t forget about the moment kaz says alina left on her own and then he proceeds to cry HAKWSJKDJDJ

That one dislike is from Aleksander himself

pls he cleaning the fountain was so funny for no reason 😭🖐️

”FINE make me your villain” *simultaneously cries on the inside*

This man is on the verge of tears every time he's with her like ok man we get it CALM DOWN...

the fact that him coming back to kiss alina again was improv in speechless

If they didn’t want us to ship them they shouldn’t have made them so hot together

""what do you mean my actions have consequences :(" "i just wanted to rule the world with you :(" IM CACKLING AJHAGJHD omg this was so good

if this *fine* man wanted to rule the world with me i wouldn't even hesitate, rip to alina but i'm different

And that’s why Ben Barnes is the best payed actor in that show. He is worth every penny!

me hoping that he redeems himself and Alina chooses him :(

he tried to manipulate her but ended up catching feelings instead this yall’s villain ? 😭

"what do you mean my actions have consequencies?" I'M DEAD

"Nervously cleans fountain because pretty girl" 😂

I’m SO glad people noticed the look on Kaz’s face when the Darkling gave her those flowers

not me quietly praying that this ends differently to the books.

Me manifesting a redemption arc

we, the viciously tricked fandom: he is such a softie for her uwu him, under that puppy eyes of his: powerpowerpowerpower

dude i had to wait three books to know his name and he gave it away in the 4th episode. smh

If only he wasn’t obsessed with power and made her his equal.

This is what you get when the actor respects and cherishes the role in which he was given.

he is always crying in this show he’s so dumb and in love. i love him

He is a dumb boi and I love him

"his voice is soft af how embarrassing for him" THIS IS TOO MUCH IM LAUGHING

5:54 *Alina is not in his room when he returns* The Darkling: *gotta check the bedroom* 😂😂

WHY IS NO ONE MENTIONING TGAT WHEN SHES PUTTING ON A MIRACULOUS DISPLAY OF HER POWER, EVERYONE IN THE ROOM IS LOOKING AT HER LIGHT- EXCEPT FOR HIM. HE DOESNT LOOK AWAY FROM HER ONCE.

If they wanted us to hate him they should’ve left him asking for consent out of it. Like I’m sorry but that sealed my love for him 😂

IM WHEEZING THERE ARE TOO MANY GOOD PARTS TO THIS "lil intense, buddy" "you mean a lot... to eVerYOne" KAZ IS DONE and omg 5:00 this is one of my favourite moments in this series "by yourself" skdjf rip aleksander same bud. 6:15 IM WHEEZING ALINA ISNT EVEN THERE 6:23 THIS MAN IS HANGING BY A THREAD AND SO AM I 6:39 KDJFJD

Kaz: *Am I that ridiculous with Inej ?* Seriously the Darkling is such a simp it’s hilarious.

ITS THE WAY HE LOOKS AT HER. When he's in awe, nearing tears, smiling bc she amuses him, when he wants her 😏, when he's proud of her. All of his expressions look so romantic.

EVERYONE noticed *The shadow* give the director an award

they definitely knew what they was doing with the chemistry 🥺😭

I'm a bitchass who never read the books, and started shipping them from like the 2nd episode. And I'm the type of person who can't jump ships. I ship to the freaking end. So, I'm gonna suffer.

I love how the book was like "ah yeah the darkling manipulated alina into liking him, so evil", but the show adaptation is like "this man is so hoplessly in LOVE with alina" - the dude is the freaking Black Heretic, creator of the whole dang Fold and general of the second army, but as soon as this clueless sun summoner shows up and he turns into a lovesick mess-

Okay okay OKAY I need them to just change the ending.

THIS NEEDS TO BE PUT UP IN A MUSEUM sorry i dont make the rules

Even though he *SPOILER* was gonna use her for her powers I refuse to believe his mother who thinks that all of is just an act Eyes don’t lie.

Netflix should hire you as sound director so you can put Wii music into every scene where Darklina interacts. It fits to a tee 🤭

From the beginning, every scene he appeared in, I was drooling over him, constantly talking to computer "well you're probably so bad, but I love you anyway" and continued drooling I mean just look at him 🙌🏻

"Ok she may be close but you have a REPUTATION" "She's closer than anticipated- HELP" I died laughing 😂

imagine being this all powerful man and then just turning into the biggest simp over a girl like same but its so funny i need a video like this for alina tho

If these two don't end up together on the show😭😭

They need to give my man some kind of redemption arc. Don’t know how but they have to make it happen fr😩🤲🏾

"Pwease rule the world with me" that one killed me, I'm literally in tears 😂😂

He loved her. I don’t care what anyone says. In his own, twisted way, he loved her.

the directors really tried to make us hate show darkling and we just love him more my god he loves her so much

if they ruined it and ended the show like books i’m gonna burn netflix down, tf he deserves a happy ending

AH YES MY “evil guy wizard crying over sunshine girl wizard” KIND OF SHIP

The chemistry between Darklina 🔥🔥🔥 IDK but Mal always felt like a brother

Some way, somehow, I really wish the directors could rewrite the story and have Alina and Aleksander end up together, despite him being evil. The chemistry is just too good to ignore *sigh*

Is it just me or they literally show more love with these two than Mal and Alina?

It seems like we are missing how nervous Aleksander is when he tells Alina his name. Like, CAN YOU NOT SEE IT?! He is SO NERVOUS! It's honestly priceless.

Ben’s acting was incredible.

The way I'm rooting for darklina is beyond me ... I blame Ben Barnes

dudeeee when i started the show i was NOT ready for the intense chemistry between alina and darkling

How could you not include his face, when the Conductor tells him he was sent to kill Alina?!

Ben plays the role so well, he gives so much depth to his character 👏👏👏

My man didn't have to go this hard for Alina but he did and that's why he is the only one I ship her with.

i swear the darkling is on the verge of tears in eVERY scene and i love that for him

Maybe I’m stupid but I hate his mother for telling her the truth like that Like they were so perf

he really tried to make Alina fall for him so he could control her but he was the one to catch feelings, oh how the tables have turned 💀

Big scary softie baby🥺

The 4 dislikes: Mal, Aleksander, Zoya and Baghra

5:03 WAIT I NEVER NOTICED THE SHADOWS THATS SO CUTE

Kaz's face just being like "WTF is WRONG with you?!?!??" :'D

"what you mean my actions have consecuences?" hes too adorable for his evil world

I like that they gave the darkling more humanity in the show. He cared about the grisha in both the books and the show, but he was even manipulating and unforgiving in the books. The way he treats Alina in the show compared to the books is a little different too

At 5:33 when Alina gives him those eyes😍 Omg these two are just perfect😍😍

Ben Barnes could kiss a freaking tree and still make it sexy as hell. damn the talent.. and he dragged Jessie right with him, she is literally hanging at him, the chemistry! the intensity he put in the character, you can feel it down in your veins. please, saints, make them change the story.. we need Darklina endgame.

honestly, came here just to rewind Ben Barnes saying my name for the 100th time... ...and now CANT STOP GIGGLING THESE EDITS ARE PURE GOLD

"Please i just wanna rule the world with you" OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I know Alina and Mal will end up together but I still wish for the Darkling to have some redemption at the end, he actually cared and got to fall in love with her, he wasn’t THAT bad (at least in the series as far as I know), I mean he is, as Alina said “instead of making her his equal he made her his prisoner” which doesn’t give him many points, yes, he never wanted to destroy the fold, but actually his reasons were pretty reasonable, he does care for the grishas in his own twisted way. At the end of the S1 he turns even more crazy but that’s also bc he’s a victim of his circumstances, There’s this quote that says lYou Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villainl, and he lived for centuries till a breaking point where he saw a woman he loved being killed in cold blood for what they were, so he decided to use the merzost which only resulted to be more of his doomed that his salvation, his not really bad, he is just helpless, at this point the merzost has really affected on him and he has no salvation but at least I hope to see him redeemed and it would be nice to see him question his own sanity and actions (as we could see a little of him questioning himself when Alina reproached him).

This video is perfection! And the way Ben Barnes is acting is marvelous. He speaks ... with his eyes ... a lot! Im just mindblown. Every look he takes at her is just oozing admiration, awe and an „she is perfect, she shall be my queen“ type of vibe. To me he is impossible to hate knowing his past. He reminds me a lot of Anakin from Star Wars for that specific reason. I really hope he can get a happy end and redeem himself.

Also that scene when they're kissing and he stops to ask her if she is sure!!!! We stan a respectful, consent-asking man (at least in this regard)

It was such a shame how it all turned out, she even told him, "This could have all been yours, if you wanted me as a partner, not a slave."

Okay but why does he look like he is about to cry in most of the scenes

“what do you mean my actions have consequences” IM DYING LMFAO

tbh i would run through the fold in sparkles if someone said he was on the other side

Its nice that ben barnes at least tries to understand the darkling even though he did terrible things. To me thats a sign of a good actor, being able to play the villan with the understanding of the person. You know where all humans and the evil inside us always has a story. They say the best villans have the best backstory and if an actor can understand that AND act like it thats the best thing

the scene where he's behind the door and theyre in their nightgowns is like Jane Eyre...the night Jane saves Rochester from certain death as his room is nearly burnt to the crowd and he's asleep.

We couldn’t help him. He’s gone

Love the way their shadows played in the background while they were inside Aleksander's room! Amazing

“this be my wife”🤣 the way he looks at her, since the moment he came in on that horse! Yes partly because he wanted/needed her power but there’s just so much chemistry here😭 show runners please do us justice

You can tell that he is STRUGGLING

I swear their scenes are so *intense* THERESS SO MUCH TENSIONNNN AKSKKSKSKSKSKKSKAKS I CANT HANDLEEE THEM