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Netflix’s
Shadow and Bone can, at times, feel like an internet fever dream come to life. It stars perennial Tumblr fancast favorite Ben Barnes in a role that readers of Leigh Bardugo’s books have positioned him in at leastas far back as 2013, dripping with charisma with every conflicted look and swish of his oversized cloak. At the helm is Eric Heisserer (
Arrival), who, more than four years ago, tweeted his love of a book he would one day help adapt at the woman who wrote it. It’s full of sizzling chemistry between multiple characters, mutual pining and an assortment of romantic tropes, and fleeting looks that are rife for analyzing in multi-tweet threads.