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Resistance to illness isn’t the same thing as immortality, of course, but in the Grishaverse, where people haven’t even figured out the mechanics of flight yet, it definitely means better chances for survival.
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(All that talk about being better than “ordinary people” probably doesn’t help.) It’s a “use it or lose it” scenario: If a Grisha suppresses her gifts, their halo effect on the body atrophies, as well, and her health takes a nosedive. This is one of the many reasons for Grisha- otkazat’sya tension: Grisha powers come with freakishly good health, but only when they exercise their abilities. Canonically, Grisha believe their power derives from a deep and unique connection to the forces of nature that have created the universe - the “making at the heart of the world,” they call it - and thus Grisha literally have a closer bond with life itself. In the books, the Darkling’s immortality was no great enigma. But the revelation in the last episode, that Kirigan is the Black Heretic, created a small but consequential mystery: how the hell is this dude that old? Until recently, that renovation has been all gain, no pain. Author Leigh Bardugo has gone on record confirming that this is by design, a direct request she made of Eric Heisserer, the screenwriter who adapted the series, to correct for what she describes as her own limitations as an early-career writer.
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Once described as scrawny and sickly - and implicitly white - the series protagonist is now simply half-Shu, a move that transforms the feelings of alienation and loneliness Alina experiences in the books, justifying them more explicitly while enriching the Grishaverse’s sociopolitical landscape. As discussed previously, one of Netflix’s biggest updates to Shadow and Bone concerns Alina Starkov’s race.