☇ queen/saint alina making stupid mistakes and/or getting betrayed☇ someone coaching s1 or s2 alina to navigate court☇ new second army general alina gets a bunch of people killed because she's a child☇ any timeline, captured by the fjerdans (together or with h/c of a rescue)☇ book-inspired alina fatigued by power gets suicidal
☇ sankta/queen alina, power hungry and increasingly authoritarian, is deposed by anti-grisha sentiment & in hiding ☇ alina developing parem addiction☇ alina accidentally hurts her friends or innocent people with her powers bc she can't control the amplifiers
☇ anything that involves alina getting to go explore and learn about shu han☇ processing/digesting the unhealthy elements in her relationship with mal
☇ resurrecting the darkling with merzost after 200 years because she's Lonely☇ inappropriate use of tether shenanigans☇ inappropriate use of nichevo'ya☇ involving other grisha (i.e., genya or zoya) in alina's sexual hazing/punishment☇ post-s2, darkling possessing nikolai☇ post-s2, nikolai duology style resurrection & redemption
☇ especially s1, there's serving the sun summoner then there's Serving the Sun Summoner
☇ fake dating/political marriage shenanigans☇ kidnapped by sturmhond
☇ enemies to lovers☇ teacher/ or mentor/student☇ arranged or political marriage☇ fake dating
☇ jealousy (of zoya, nikolai, aleksander)☇ break-ups☇ specific bonding over shared experiences
☇ alina always lived in the little palace☇ child bride arranged marriage for Grisha politics (esp to nikolai or the darkling)
☇ alina thinks she's a beta but surprise she's an omega!☇ especially playing with omega 'rarity' or marginalization and alpha/omegas alike as outsiders☇ can be combined with dystopian, futuristic, high fantasy, modern, canon-verse, etc.
☇ secret heir to important house/fortune must navigate political and economic landscape☇ secret weapon against supernatural threat must be locked away by cult followers and kept safe
☇ area woman dates/marries into cult dedicated to summoning eldritch monster, may be sacrificed
☇ broke-ass artist seeks validation via capitalist success (or sugar baby arrangement)☇ pop idol or otherwise viral celebrity enters the hellscape of hollywood☇ literally the plot of midsommar☇ dan humphrey in gossip girl☇ grooming☇ student alina w/ her teacher or mentor
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☇ a wishlist
game of thrones-style political intrigue in ravka
post-season 2 corruption arc
fleshing out alina's agency/identity
canon-verse shipping & smut (ordered by character & preference) —
aleksander
genya
nikolai
cross-canon
mal
au; gen and shipping (by type) —
canon au
a/b/o
high fantasy
gothic horror
modern