I texted boys on Tinder as The Darkling from Shadow and Bone

[@EttuBrody]

okay but is this your way of telling us that YOU'RE the darkling disguised as a hot girl?

[@withcindy]

i probably smell as musty as him

[@IceQueen975]

Head canon approved. XD

[@zaraxyx5]

“He is technically the villain, but some people consider him the love interest” it’s aight he can multitask 😂

[@withcindy]

he has the RANGE

[@nycpizzarat]

@@withcindy that's cz he has such a DEEP CHARACTER OKAY

[@starlightmoone]

Alex Hubbard Truly doing it all, including making me want to filet him with his fingernails

[@adeline168]

he is GREAT at it. making literally everyone fall in love with him, being feared by the world, being like 10 other people and killing them all, destroying the world while making it sound like he is just trying to save it, all while being REALLY DARK EDGY AND BROODING.

[@zaraxyx5]

Adeline Baugh Sí exactly

[@mariamahmed2021]

The second Cassidy said "Are you talking about the grishaverse?" I'm like, Cindy came here to catfish but she walked out with a date.

[@withcindy]

nah i was like "you're a reader? nerd" and unmatched

[@morganjones2744]

Lol. I had the same thought- tho more likely a new friendship.

[@Strannik01]

*reads Cindy's response* Remember, ladies and gentlefolk - Cindy previously said that she used to fight with guys she liked, so IDK - I still think there might be romance in the future.

[@withcindy]

Nope, I fought with guys who liked me! To dissuade them

[@mariamahmed2021]

@@withcindy Very important distinction 😂

[@rewrittenashmio4857]

Now these guys can make a KZbin video on their Tinder horror story: "the hot chick I met on Tinder opened the shadow fold and everyone died."

[@withcindy]

that would be AMAZING

[@cannotwaittoseedavanteadam4301]

Idk but for some reason the first thing I did after reading your comment was replace "the shadow fold" with "her legs" which just made me giggle my immature ass off.

[@SilentTrip]

Then everyone clapped 👏

[@gigithereader7359]

My like, made this like count flip from 999 to 1k.... Woo hooo! just saying😝😝😀

[@kaylalane9453]

“i’m not ready to leave this world yet” OMFG JAKE😂😂

[@withcindy]

poor jake wasn't ready

[@cannotwaittoseedavanteadam4301]

Jake... from State Farm?

[@sanna5623]

first thought when seeing the title: of course cindy did this

[@withcindy]

why WOULDNT i

[@Alice20007]

@@withcindy you should do this again quoting the acotar series 😂

[@BooksFromaVirgo]

@@Alice20007 yess

[@caitlin5930]

@@Alice20007 AMAZING

[@tarareads23]

@@Alice20007 This would be perfect!

[@EndoLP]

Let's be real, Andrew was just talking to himself that entire conversation

[@withcindy]

andrew already decided i was his dream girl and made everything up in his head lol

[@dishadharmraj6986]

@@withcindy basically Joe from you

[@jocn347]

@@dishadharmraj6986 just finished you and I screamed when I saw this its so accurate

[@CatieAndHerCats]

“I want to open the fold” is such a good tinder bio 😭😭

[@withcindy]

"Looking for someone to open the shadow fold with me..."

[@mariamhassun2518]

If your life was a YA book it'll be named "to all the boys I catfished before "😗

[@withcindy]

BRILLIANT

[@krispypotato9524]

sierra Burgess is a loser but make it actually ENTERNTAINING

[@yn2310]

@@withcindy wait what if one of the guys happens to run into the girl whose pics you used

[@random_meta]

@@yn2310 man.. that's a great idea for a book

[@booksforsarah2197]

"I'm not a big fan of darkness. would prob get scared" I LAUGHED SO HARD OMG

[@withcindy]

at least he's honest

[@ishanafondekar6334]

readwithcindy Honest he may be but he is still weak. He shall not survive when Cindy inevitably takes over the world

[@giovannirafael5351]

I found that cute tbh

[@bouncyclouds276]

@@giovannirafael5351 if that's you on your pfp, i think you're cute ! ^3^

[@ELA._.BORATED]

@@bouncyclouds276 smooth

[@emilyschiavone2187]

“This isn’t a party, CONNOR.” 😂😂😂

[@withcindy]

GET IT TOGETHER CONNOR!

[@stanconnorstan4266]

My name is Connor and I feel very attacked

[@ellax325]

@@withcindy You asked him in he wanted to join the fold 😂😂

[@ishanafondekar6334]

i love all music on the inside AS YOU SHOULD BE CONNOR

[@CM-pf1xc]

Delivered so seriously!! So good 😂

[@juno7424]

LMAO The Darkling sounds like a dominatrix

[@withcindy]

i mean.... he basically is

[@JMV1616]

Woah woah let’s not confuse healthy BDSM with a sociopathic villain, eh?

[@CM-pf1xc]

Exactly

[@zaraxyx5]

In conclusion: the Darkling’s work would’ve ended way sooner if he was in this world

[@withcindy]

the darkling should have just used tinder. it would've been so easy

[@zaraxyx5]

readwithcindy interesting plot for the tv show 😂

[@cheesecakelasagna]

@@zaraxyx5 I need a dracula-esque character navigating the 21st century blood-searching.

[@adeleaslan8182]

@@cheesecakelasagna he could just go into the street, ask someone for their blood, and a lot of people would just confusingly say ok

[@JuniperJadePR]

"The Darkling vs The Thirst"

[@withcindy]

they join forces to win

[@JuniperJadePR]

@@withcindy We're doomed

[@stormydavis5860]

Catfish Cindy: I want to open the fold. Thirsty Dude: Same. One convo later.... Thristy Dude: By fold did you or did you not mean vagina?

[@withcindy]

"this is NOT the kind of fold i signed up for"

[@missyzelenaedits9684]

Connor just wants to watch the world burn huh

[@withcindy]

connor is chaotic evil for sure

[@RF-mc8cx]

I waNna WaTch thE wOrlD bUrn, I bOughT thE gaSoLInE!!!

[@theimplications635]

@Rs Frey I wanna watch the world burn and everyone get mean...

[@luuuuux_]

@@theimplications635 Cady, time to watch your back. Cady, time to turn and cough. ‘Cause you may have took me down, but ya didn’t finish me oOooOOof.

[@luuuuux_]

@@theimplications635 also, your pfp and username. Think about the *I M P L I C A T I O N S*

[@zaraniere3882]

tbh, sounds like an emo 14 year old

[@withcindy]

he basically is

[@RF-mc8cx]

Why do I now believe that the Darkling is emo and Kaz is goth and they would literally fight just for that reason?

[@starlightmoone]

Strange Bookish Child Kaz and the Darkling would HATE each other XD Darkling: We need to work together for the good of the worl- Kaz: *Visibly counting the stacks of money around him* How much is the good of the world paying and is it paying in _kruge_ or whatever you Ravkans have for money?

[@melissateodola1887]

@@starlightmoone Inej would walk away

[@starlightmoone]

@@melissateodola1887 She absolutely would

[@nycpizzarat]

Survivor special edition - let's throw Jake, Adam and Ryan in an island with the Darkling and see what happens.

[@withcindy]

PROTECT ADAM

[@BleedingLiar17]

We need to add Ashton too 😂😂😂

[@sunflowereader]

your mind...unparalleled

[@withcindy]

it's all thanks to the darkling's iconic quotes

[@anamoyen]

“You can be the luna to my sol” It’s true. Alina said that. The power that that holds. Wow.

[@withcindy]

HE IS THE TRUE ALINA

[@alexwillens6772]

Andrew is a talker, he'd annoy the antagonist into submission

[@random_meta]

Lmao

[@bookishwriter9460]

"Maybe you can talk the firelord to death"

[@ZS-dr7bi]

My god, Darkling has never been this sassy

[@withcindy]

nobody has ever thirsted for the darkling as much as tinder boys

[@Loonadance1212]

Mad scientist Cindy in her video idea lab: "What if....i texted dudes on Tinder as the Darkling??" *evil laughter* You are a GENIUS

[@withcindy]

*evil laughter echoes down my laboratory*

[@yesjessfuentes]

@@withcindy in CINDY'S LABORATORY (to the tune of Dexter's Lab)

[@CM-pf1xc]

For real!! Cliche to say but this seriously deserves like a billion likes, so amazingly perfectly ingenious and hilarious

[@jenna7862]

Never read a Leigh Bardugo book in my life but I know two things: any character played by Ben Barnes can choke me and any child hood best friend who has a misspelt tattoo can kindof die

[@withcindy]

wow a darkling stan without even reading the book. that's his POWER

[@sairachowhan6146]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ashash2611]

Can relate😂

[@shreya446]

lmao

[@michellep6417]

I started laughing so hard when that guy Cassidy was like, "wait are you talking about the Grishaverse?" CAUGHT RED HANDED LMAOOO

[@lowqualityk5816]

"THIS ISNT A PARTY CONNOR." "Soooo how does this work?" "What is a shadow fold?" "Chandler's scared of the darkness, but he's about to get the Darkling." "tHat sOunds siCk, i'D fUck wiTh tHat." "Now that you have me confused, Hi I'm Adam." "YOU COULD BE THE LUNA TO MY SOL" im ded unless, I'd be an Adam in any situation ever cause confusion is my specialty.

[@withcindy]

"you could be the luna to my sol" he should be a YA romance writer

[@mehakgupta3327]

The sad truth of this whole experiment is that if there was a male catfish , no girl would have replied after a couple of texts . She would be like no this dude is crazy he probably wants to kidnap and kill me .

[@Kaastengels]

So this pretty much fulfils my shower thought about an alternate universe where Darkling goes for Mal instead

[@withcindy]

OH MY GOD

[@Kaastengels]

@@withcindy imagine the dumb peasant x edgy overlord dynamic excellence

[@Kaastengels]

@Axypolyist they aren't ready for this revolutionary ship

[@gremlyn1658]

That big lug would fall for those texts, hook line and sinker.

[@נעםסתוי-פ7ד]

Are they not related?

[@AnyShine66]

"I'm not ready to leave this world yet" 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣 If only Jake was Alina's bsf in the books

[@withcindy]

jake is a big mood

[@AnyShine66]

@@withcindy Literalllllllyyyyy

[@eileennicolejoelenefina827]

People: The Darkling is a fiction. Deal with it. Cindy: *SAY HI*

[@withcindy]

NOW HE IS REAL

[@mae_er3]

please do this with rhysand as the inventor of feminism

[@storieswithc]

OMG yes!

[@sweetytweety1671]

That'd be so fun!!

[@andyyyk]

cindy: in the bio i wrote i want to open the fold me: 😳 my foreign father sitting next to me: ☺

[@withcindy]

im surprised no one responded "i want to open your fold"

[@alexandra1695]

@@withcindy I almost chocked on my Fiji water

[@andyyyk]

readwithcindy ikr me too. we set our expectations too high yet again

[@theevilestmacaroni517]

@@withcindy honestly it's a shame

[@obscvritas3601]

@@withcindy lbr, dudes don't read bios on tinder, do they?

[@alexandra1695]

The content I didn't know I needed but now that it exists I am here for it.

[@withcindy]

hope u enjoy 😘

[@alexandra1695]

@@withcindy Always do

[@tapiocababy1701]

This reminds of those Child Predator Experiments. Like would your kid take candy from a stranger or would your kid follow a stranger into their car?

[@withcindy]

i mean.... the darkling is basically a predator LOL

[@evies.1018]

Have A Seat With Kennedy Kirigan

[@azaria1593]

We love that undercover spy life 🤣- “I will strip away all that you know...”. Well sounds like a plan 🤣👌

[@withcindy]

so many eager beavers

[@KelsiReads]

I love how one of the biggest comments for anti-darkling peeps is "tHE aGe DiFfErENce" like..... he's... an actual murderer? And that's not bothering me sooo....

[@KelsiReads]

I haven't read this series lol this is just what I've picked up

[@withcindy]

there are more age-appropriate murderers out there!

[@alaaye5237]

Kelsi Reads I have never read the series but now I want to just to hate everyone in it 😂

[@mashedpotatoes5957]

@@alaaye5237 I liked Nikolai in the series

[@selenophile410]

readwithcindy way to go

[@jaya5692]

Me: Looks at the title Brain: I mean are you really surprised she did this. Also Me: Nope not at all.

[@withcindy]

im here to deliver ur weekly crack

[@hasinigamage2210]

I’ve been laughing maniacally in a public bus at “THIS ISNT A PARTY CONNOR”

[@danjakandrova6835]

first of all: these guys prioritize their thirst over the world's peace. Ain't surprised. Second of all: Adam is my mood during any school days

[@withcindy]

Adam is all of us

[@sanna5623]

can't wait for the netflix series to come out and the new tv fans to discover this video!!

[@withcindy]

we'll get so much more content after the tv show comes out!

[@toqa6735]

I’m crying 😭😂

[@ylastars8464]

i'm from the future. always wanted to read the book, never really did, found out there would be a netfkix adaptation, decided to watch it instead. L O V E D I T.

[@lizziebooth5397]

Here I am!

[@Iris-bh5ib]

Hi I founded it haha

[@celorahb96]

The results of this experiment were unsurprising, but hilarious.

[@withcindy]

i knew what the answer would be, but still i did it

[@CM-pf1xc]

Well there were two sane people!

[@CM-pf1xc]

And granted if you did this on like hinge or match, would be Much diff Results

[@LisbethJimenez]

"I want to open the fold" I will never hear that sentence again without thinking of Tinder. But thank you LMAO

[@withcindy]

we'll never look at it the same way

[@cosetteb.4940]

when that Netflix show comes out these guys are gonna realize that shit sounds familiar and you're the reason why

[@withcindy]

gotta beat them to the punch!

[@raedoroteo2225]

Why am I not even shocked that you've done this, UGH your mind

[@withcindy]

you know i had to do it to 'em

[@kelseybisset88]

@@withcindy julien!?!

[@marissamolina1268]

Plot twist: Cindy meets up with Cassidy as we’re watching this the dry spell has been broken!!

[@withcindy]

i laughed because this vag will always stay dry

[@SovereignNovels]

“Guess I’m weak then” has me literally WEAK

[@withcindy]

SAME

[@amelianannette972]

I was literally laughing hysterically watching this. I haven't even read this series, but this shit is hilarious

[@withcindy]

thanks amelia!

[@flowerene214]

this is the quality content that I signed up for

[@withcindy]

hope i delivered ❤️

[@askaboutthevase]

@@withcindy oh, definitely!

[@SirEriol]

"You are nothing but weakness to me. Weakness that I can use for my advantage. I am the lioness of the night, the one who hid away the sun, and between my claws, looking unaware of the danger, is where you are, as meak as nothing. Nothing but a mouse". "OH! Like Tom and Jerry!" :D

[@HoneyButter_707]

We’ve now seen the Darkling in a new light: Pickup Artist.

[@withcindy]

the oldest pickup artist in history

[@girlintheair4191]

This is a book plot, it’s there, it’s perfect, I’ll buy it

[@withcindy]

this would be a very twisted romance book

[@marthieb9117]

the last person who knew what the grishaverse was is a LEGEND

[@theluizamota]

Okay this has to become an ongoing series, it's the survival show we've all been waiting for

[@withcindy]

maybe with ACOTAR next?

[@acteriunous9102]

@@withcindy Yes you should pose as Tamlin, Rhys, maybe Amaranths?

[@tm_50551]

That's a mistake! Should have done it as Kaz!!!

[@withcindy]

maybe next time!

[@tm_50551]

@@withcindy next time you can be a heart brekker 😏

[@mythandmayhem1134]

I’m hearing part two?

[@RF-mc8cx]

@readwithcindy YES YES YES YES YES PLEASE DO KAZ

[@isha2801]

readwithcindy YES PLEASE

[@Sohiawrites]

Omg you should send them the link to this lmaooooo

[@withcindy]

what if that was how i met my future husband

[@pastelmagics2103]

@@withcindy please do this and then a follow up video. it would be GLORIOUS

[@FreggFaerie]

@@withcindy oh God Cindy please send them the video, I NEED to know how they react!

[@Mysticqueen112]

YES OMG

[@gracilsym]

Ok, are we just not gonna talk about when Cassidy guessed correctly about the Grishaverse? Like, seriously, if I find a guy like that, I would be talking for hours with him about books. And I would be like, "And that's how I met your father."

[@aryanemarques2089]

me too

[@JanPospisilArt]

"Pls elaborate" :DDD Jake Who Wanted to Be King

[@lenlen3607]

“If we let the fate of our world and our lives rest on the shoulders of f*ckboys, will we survive?” Philosophers still don’t know to this day

[@silly_goose49]

CINDY USING THE QUOTES WAS GENIOUS. this makes me too damn happy.

[@withcindy]

glad u enjoyed!

[@bimbitashaikh8331]

he turned sides so quickly....he's the best alina out there

[@eleanorjones26407]

I wonder if those guys will realize what happened when the show comes out ... also If Cindy ever sees this... this was great... you should do this again... i'd watch

[@WanderlustmovementOrg]

This is the greatest and I'm so happy Netflix gave you a series based on it

[@kinrateia]

That black heart in the end of every message kills me every time Thanks for the most iconic video I've seen on the Grishaverse trilogy. I would've put some black hearts here for the sake of irony but I can't so imagine that they are here

[@mallosteric]

🖤🖤🖤

[@KelsiReads]

I feel like you managed to find all of the tinder boys that just wanna be stepped on 🤷‍♀️ get it I guess?

[@withcindy]

isnt that all boys on tinder

[@CaramellDark]

Book: A young girl who finds out she has powers. Me: *eye rolling into the universe*

[@scissordemonsuya7417]

Went back here after watching Cindy in Netflix's Flirting with the Enemy

[@AimikoLee]

The way I immediately clicked when I saw that title

[@withcindy]

hope u enjoy it aimiko! ❤️

[@19Isa09]

Jake actually sounds like a cool guy 😂

[@withcindy]

jake and i would burn the world together

[@gatomoirto]

A psychology essay could be done so easily having this video as a base, but i'm actually cracking with laughter, new subscriber and already loving you thanks

[@sanna8451]

New favorite video by Cindy. These boys make Alina look like a genius.

[@marinaocean1639]

The original flirting with the enemy 😌

[@Sam-0827]

Lmao Connor is a golden retriever in the midst of the darkling 😂😭

[@harinis2503]

wow and now shes doing it on Netflix, my baby is all grown up

[@hanido1220]

strarted from here now we on netflix

[@madeleine8515]

I deeply need Leigh to see this And maybe Ben too

[@eceemirhan2280]

OMG I AM 10 SECONDS IN AND I AM WHEEZING

[@withcindy]

sis u ok??

[@eceemirhan2280]

readwithcindy nah sis, thanks for asking. i finished acowar a month ago, haven’t been ok since

[@alexandra1695]

@@eceemirhan2280 Then don't even try ACOFAS

[@eceemirhan2280]

@@alexandra1695 that bad?

[@alexandra1695]

@@eceemirhan2280 Well in an emotional character developing way. No. In a cringy sex scenes and stupid shit that makes you wonder how did this get published and if Jesus exists. Yes.

[@ShadowWolf1307]

Chandler and Adam seemed so wholesome! They made my heart ache xD

[@withcindy]

adam was def the most wholesome

[@AnkhAnanku]

“I will strip away...” seriously, how does anybody read that line and not skrt skrt right on outta there?

[@caprisbookisland]

“If we let the fate of our world and our lives rest on the shoulders of fuckboys.. will we survive?” Lmaoooo *NO*

[@withcindy]

we're all gonna die RIP

[@juliii_g]

”Connor is just an eager beaver” 😂😂👌🏻

[@paolotorres4037]

Constantly describing the Darkling as “old as balls” is a power moving and I’m living it

[@Sandra-in9cz]

This made me laugh so much. Cindy should do this with every book's villain and see who survives from their clutches lol

[@alexandrasstudio5308]

This was awesome lol! So one out ten boys actually reads wow!!! I cant wait for the Netflix adaptation. I only started reading Leigh Bardugo because you and paperbackdreams started doing the Grisha Verse live shows so thank you!!!

[@withcindy]

1 out of 10 boys read... sounds about accurate

[@silja6838]

How did the one guy who thought you weren’t a real person at first get convinced so fast and easy that you are a real person from that quote alone 😂

[@withcindy]

his thirst makes him wishful

[@starxmon]

cindy for the last 84 years: i'm gonna upload my shoujo manga recommendations video soon lmfao excited nonetheless

[@withcindy]

LMAO I FILMED IT BACK IN JULY AND IT STILL HASNT BEEN EDITED

[@amytalksbooks4254]

Cindy: catfishing dudes telling them you want to open the fold Also Cindy: this video is proudly sponsored by skillshare Lmaooo screaming

[@withcindy]

skillshare has sponsored so many strange videos from me lmao

[@mixy_mew1383]

HAHAHA!!!! This is hilarious! Why are none of the first couple of guys scared?! I would be seriously creeped out if a stranger started talking to me like this.

[@PrefersToBeAnonToday]

I love Adam 🤣😂 poor guy was just so confused the whole time and still trying to make it positive

[@thisisthewaterandthisisthe3254]

“He turned sides, so quickly.”

[@filomatheia2604]

This is the quality content I want! This is the quality content I need!

[@withcindy]

glad u enjoyed!!

[@fionavanyel]

I desperately hope one or more of these boys one day finds your channel and this video and realizes what was happening. Unlikely, but good GOSH does imagining it give me giggle fits.

[@ZielonaPastela]

Few minutes in and I'm dying already 😂. Maybe laughter will kill me before the fold does. 🖤 is a nice touch.

[@pinkbalm975]

GuESS I’M wEak tHeN WHaT’s uP I spit my water out then you made that face and I had to pause the video

[@husband-of-chinggis]

The Darkling just sounds like evil Once-ler

[@noraeable]

I don't really understand all the hate Alina gets. She's not my favorite protagonist by any means, but she's a literal teenager making difficult decisions and going through a lot of shit that I know I never would've survived. I'm just over here in my mid-twenties, barely able to make a decision about what to eat for dinner, and she's out there saving the whole damn world.

[@violetfolgi]

my god, this is so good and it's gonna so blow up when the show comes out

[@8301TheJMan]

Sorry, but that opening, "Guess Im weak then," had me rolling on the ground with laughter, especially your face after reading Drew's response.

[@missclayman5180]

My friends and I always argue over fictional “romance” cough abuse. They say it’s just fiction and no one would ever fall for an abuser, so I should relax. CINDY IS HERE TO SHED LIGHT ON THIS ISSUE

[@syndeybinch]

Andrew would’ve made it. He wants to see if the personality matches the face but aleksander doesn’t have a personality

[@malinasworld]

I want tgt fanfiction but with all of these guys in Alina's place

[@withcindy]

i'd read that

[@malinasworld]

@@withcindy Now I might just write that 😩😩

[@katiem.p.8369]

@@malinasworld please dooooo