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Hi what is etheralki?
I completely apologize that this is gonna be a long answer lol.
So in the Grishaverse(books by Leigh Bardugo if you didn’t know), there’s the Grisha who are split into small sciences which is the art of manipulating matter at its most basic form. Those who practice the Small Science are called Grisha.
First, there’s the Corporalki, or the Order of the Living and the Dead, are Grisha whose power focuses on the human body. The Order is divided into three groups: Heartrenders, Healers, and Tailors. In the Second Army, they wear crimson colored kefta(which is like, robe/jacket/uniform thing and it’s bulletproof).
Heartrender: Their ability and training allows them to manipulate the body of another person to cause harm. For example, a Heartrender can stop a human's heart or prevent air from entering their lungs.
Healer: Healers utilize their ability to manipulate the human body in order to heal wounds and injuries.
Tailor: The ability to alter human appearances.
Secondly, there’s the Materialki, or the Order of Fabrikators, are Grisha whose power focuses on composite materials such as metal, glass, textiles, and chemicals. This Order consists of Durasts and Alkemi; collectively, they are commonly referred to as Fabrikators. They wear a purple kefta.
Durasts: Durasts deal with solids such as Grisha steel, corecloth, textiles and glass. In the Second Army, Durasts wear purple keftas embroidered with gray details.
Alkemi: Alkemi specialize in poisons, blasting powders, and other chemicals. In the Second Army, Alkemi wear purple keftas that are embroidered with red details.
And finally, there’s the Etherialki. Etherealki, or the Order of Summoners, are Grisha whose power lies in the manipulation of different natural elements. This Order is divided into Squallers, Inferni and Tidemakers. Loosely referred to as Summoners, Etherealki typically train in pairs; Inferni partner with other Inferni, while Squallers and Tidemakers usually train together. Alina Starkov and the Darkling, a Sun Summoner and a Shadow Summoner respectively, are also technically considered Etherealki. In the Second Army, the Inferni, Tidemakers, and Squaller Etherealki wear blue keftas, with different colored embroidered details on their kefta to differentiate the three. However, the Shadow Summoner wears a black kefta, and Alina, the Sun Summoner, has been known to wear a blue kefta with gold embroidery, a black kefta with gold embroidery, and a gold kefta with black embroidery.
Squallers: Squallers are Summoners who can raise or lower air pressure to create storms, gusts, and manipulate objects. They wear blue keftas embroidered with silver details.
Inferni: Inferni summon combustible gases such as methane or hydrogen, though they still need a flint to start a spark. They wear blue keftas embroidered with red details.
Tidemakers: Tidemakers manipulate temperature to summon and control water. They wear blue keftas embroidered with light blue details.
To answer your question finally, I took a quiz to see what kind of Grisha I would be and I got Etherealki Squaller.
Hope that answers stuff! Others can feel free to add more in the comments lol.
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Season 2 Trivia | SHADOW AND BONE
Omg. I noticed a lot of these but a few I missed and I’m dying.
Charlie canonically has callouses bc he’s a drummer btw. if you even care
I was rewatching heartstopper for probably the 100th time, and of course I realized something new. The moments after Nick and Charlie's first kiss at the party were filled with so much guilt and confusion from both sides, and they both left feeling horrible, but the fact that they didn't instantly try to avoid each other or stop talking in the next few days tells you so much about their relationship. They would rather face their feelings even if it was uncomfortable and difficult than risk losing each other. It was such a healthy way to deal with the situation, and honestly stays fairly constant throughout their relationship. Any thoughts?
I don't really think anyone felt guilty, exactly, but there was definitely confusion and it could have easily spiraled into them not talking to each other ever again.
ok but Charlie’s little stuffed puppy from episode 3 is an excellent prop
We know for a fact that he didn’t/couldn’t tell his dad what had happened at the party. He didn’t want to out Nick, especially since he still thought Nick was straight and coerced at that point. He probably felt so alone in this moment, and the only thing he had was this stuffed puppy.
It’s almost comically small, meaning he likely got it when he was a baby. It’s also worn and dirty. Maybe it was one of his favorite toys back then and he still uses it for comfort now. Maybe he slept with it every night when the bullying was bad and . It could even be a way to cope with loneliness and self-hatred spirals without hurting himself. In either case, it’s a good way to show that Nick really hurt him when he ran away.
something about him having a tiny stuffed animal in his room that he only uses when he’s at rock bottom because he has almost no one to talk to about boys is so endearing yet so sad
Oh, another thing! In addition to everything in this post, there's a moment in episode 4 when Nick and Charlie are having lunch in Mr. Ajayi's room and Nick asks Charlie if he's sure his friends don't mind him ditching them to eat lunch with Nick because he didn't want to seem like he was hogging all of Charlie's attention or like Charlie was just ignoring his friends for him!
In Charlie’s closet he’s got a massive pile of converse, but he only ever wears like one pair. On a normal show I would chalk this up to a production thing, where maybe they didn’t want him to wear a bunch of different converse because it was expensive/difficult to track.
But Heartstopper is not a normal show, it’s a show with a love for subtle details. Joe even points out this particular detail during his room tour. So I think this is likely meant to be intentional.
Comic spoilers below!
It took me a disgustingly long time to realize that all logos are replaced with leaves 🥺 🍂🍂🍂
Watching Heartstopper and during episode 8 when Charlie and Nick are finally talking it out, Nick just starts rambling and rambling and Charlie says his name over and over and finally grabs his face and says "I believe you"
WHICH I JUST REALIZED
Is in parallel to all the times earlier when Charlie started to ramble, thinking he wasn't good enough, and Nick would interrupt him and say something like "I like you" or "yes I want to kiss you" and stuff like that
just thought that was really cool
LISTEN when Nick has his first ✨️heartstopper moment✨️ @ charlie, in the car with his mum, the animation is of BIRDS and we get SEAGULL NOISES and then in their LAST HEARTSTOPPER MOMENT IN THE SERIES they are at the BEACH and Charlie even MENTIONS the seagull noises, I am WEAK, alice babes this foreshadowing is fuckin mint 👌👌👌
In the snow scene on the second episode nick lies on the snow next to Charlie and they both make snow angles but I love it when the camera zooms out to show both of them, you see that Charlie's arm touches nicks and then he pulls it down a bit because he doesn't want to stop nick from making the snow angles. 🥰💗