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“Honor and decency shall prevail”

“We light the way”

“Where is duty? Where is sacrifice?”

the greens every other scene:

#anti team green #team black #Incel cole

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“𝔘𝔫𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔶 𝔩𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔴𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔰 𝔞 𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔴𝔫.” - 𝔖𝔥𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔢

Rolled out this royal look for our Hocking Hills shoot over the weekend! It's so fun throwing together a new character just from the garb in my closet. I feel like the crown really pulled the whole look together 👑

Incredible photo & edit by tinkeringpixie (IG)

#lady knight #plate armor #cosplay

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This kit is really coming together.

#armor

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I have this idea of someone working in PR being isekai'd in the House of the Dragon universe and using their past skills to help Rhaenyra ascend the Iron Throne because The Greens have dragged her name through the mud. They work to help Rhaenyra build rapport with the public and create a positive image of Rhaenyra through various activities such as community outreach, event planning, etc.

They even encourage her to not flee to Dragonstone and instead remain in King's Landing to fight for her rights and show Westeros that the Iron Throne is hers. Perhaps they also find a way to ensure that Jace, Luce, and Joff are born with Laenor's looks through the power of artificial insemination (in a world where dragons, ice zombies, and giants exist, I refuse to believe that humans haven't found other ways to get pregnant in Westeros). Just imagine the protagonist helping Laenor and Rhaenyra get the respect they deserve and show the court they aren't to be messed with. With good PR and an upgrade in fashion, Laenor and Rhaenyra would be the Platonic IT Couple of Westeros.

#house of the dragon #rhaenyra targaryen #laenor velaryon #pro rhaenyra targaryen #pro house targaryen

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The most ridiculous aspect of all this 'it's just sisters being sisters' nonsense is that we actually do see an example of siblings being siblings with the other Stark kids.

The affection and concern for each other amongst the Stark brothers - Robb and Jon embracing each other fiercely in their parting goodbye, their care and concern for each other, Robb telling Bran they can visit Jon at the Wall, Jon nearly deserting the NW for Robb and Robb telling Catelyn - “You forget. My father had four sons.”

Are the 'this is just how sisters are' folks implying that the boys can be loving and affection brothers with each other while 'sisters being sisters' is just bullying, shaming one's appearance and nonconformity and not caring that their little sister has been literally attacked with a sword? How very sexist of them.

Jon and Robb have that complex and very human sibling bond, where when they were little children Robb hurts Jon with his words and now in their teens, Robb has a deeper empathy for Jon than anyone else.

There's a reason Arya felt really alone and missed her brothers while in King's Landing - that was where the real sibling love was.

That was when Arya missed her brothers most. She wanted to tease Bran and play with baby Rickon and have Robb smile at her. She wanted Jon to muss up her hair and call her "little sister" and finish her sentences with her. But all of them were gone. She had no one left but Sansa, and Sansa wouldn't even talk to her unless Father made her. - Arya, AgoT

She went back to the window, Needle in hand, and looked down into the courtyard below. If only she could climb like Bran, she thought; she would go out the window and down the tower, run away from this horrible place, away from Sansa and Septa Mordane and Prince Joffrey, from all of them. Steal some food from the kitchens, take Needle and her good boots and a warm cloak. She could find Nymeria in the wild woods below the Trident, and together they'd return to Winterfell, or run to Jon on the Wall. She found herself wishing that Jon was here with her now. Then maybe she wouldn't feel so alone. - Arya, AGoT

So we do see siblings being siblings amongst the love the brothers have for each other and their love for their sisters, especially Jon's concern and love for Arya. Bran is concerned for Sansa's well being and Sansa is confident that Robb will win. This is all siblings being siblings - not bullying and throwing siblings into danger for selfish reasons.

So it's not that GRRM cannot write affectionate and complex sibling dynamics and siblings being siblings - he has done so with the rest of the Starks. It's just that the character of Sansa was created specifically to create that discord amongst the Starks and so we end up not getting a loving sisterly relationship between the Stark sisters like we do with the brothers.

Now one can criticize the author for choosing a female character to create that discord or for not writing in a strong sisterly female relationship like he did with Jon and Robb or Robb and Bran or even the beautiful brother/sister relationship we get with Jon and Arya.

That's perfectly legitimate to critique the narrative from a Doylist perspective and, if Sansa is one's favorite character, to call out GRRM for not giving Sansa the same sibling dynamics he has done for Arya, Jon and Bran.

What is not okay is to equate Sansa's treatment of her little sister Arya in AGoT as 'just sisters being sisters', or even more egregiously 'that's just how older sisters are' and attempting to normalize the bullying and mocking of one's appearance.

An elder sister is typically one of the most protective in a family, IMO and we see that in Arya's concerned thoughts about Bran and Rickon in Winterfell after she goes on the run and in how Bran clutches Arya's hand for protection when Robb/Jon prank the younger ones with a ghost.

We have Sansa's POV chapters and at no point is Sansa ever concerned for Arya the way Jon and Bran are concerned for their sisters in King's Landing in their POV - which is what siblings being siblings means in my books. Quite the opposite - Sansa victim blames Mycah and Arya for sadistic Joffrey's actions, throws Arya under the bus by telling Cersei that it's Arya who is the traitor and forgets to even ask where Arya is and what happened to her when things go south in KL.

AGoT Sansa is a rather shitty elder sister to have. However, Arya has loving brothers in Jon and Bran and I can't wait for her to reunite with characters who genuinely love her, want to protect her, look after her and have showed concern for her well being.

And wanting Arya to be with characters who have shown her that love and affection in the actual text of the books instead of a sister who bullied her and didn't care a bit for her is not sexism, no matter how much one attempts to gaslight the fandom with faux feminist nonsense.

#Stark siblings #asoiaf

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okay, I'll say it.

in the reality of the show, given the final season, it would be better if Ramsey won the Battle of the Bastards. I'm not even being ironic.

let me explain.

after Daenerys would have become the Queen of Westeros, she would not have left such a psychopath and sadist as Ramsey Bolton. he would have left anyway. (Iwan Rheon would fulfill his wish for his character to be burned by a dragon, lol)

but if the Starks had fallen then? well, everything would be much better. there would be no Jon, and without Jon?

1. there would be no campaign for Wall. Daenerys wouldn't have to fly behind the Wall to save someone. Night King wouldn't get Viserion. Daenerys wouldn't have lost her son.

2. Daenerys would still be the only option other than Cersei, so there are no unfounded plots (just because Dany doesn't have a cock), attempts to defect to another boat and attempts to get rid of her. even Varys remains on Daenerys' side.

3. there is no one who, taking advantage of her love and trust, would plunge a knife into her heart.

things are going pretty well, aren't they?

Sansa is not there either, so she does not provoke a conspiracy to unreasonably eliminate the woman, only thanks to whom they remained alive.

Daenerys is not distracted by the North and immediately wins the Iron Throne. Daenerys does not lose Jorah, Missandei, Viserion and Rhaegal, + there are no conspiracies, no betrayals and losses, so the burning of King's Landing does not happen. she becomes the kind of queen she should have been.

Ramsey remains as the ruler of the North. but, again, Daenerys would not allow such a monster to continue to rule the North. "Dracarys".

#game of thrones #What should have been

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Lost Princess Who wants to go Home

#arya stark #daenerys targeryan #Blue rose girls

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Your artwork is gorgeous!! It honestly makes me think a bit of Howls Moving Castle. I also adore your versions of Sansa and Arya. ❤️ If you haven’t drawn him already, could you please please draw Sandor one day? Would love to see your take on him!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I hope you like this Sandor :')

#book sandor #fan art

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Holy shit, J*nsa shippers are fucking annoying. I usually manage to avoid them, but I just saw some, and Oh my God. 🙄

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The manufacture of cuirass and movable segments

⚜️ Reconstruction of the «Lion» armor (Italy, 1550), possibly made for Henry II de Valois, king of France

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Изготовление кирасы и подвижных подмышечных сегментов

⚜️ Реконструкция «Львиного»доспеха (Италия, 1550 год), который возможно принадлежал Генриху II Валуа, королю Франции

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#armsandarmor #medievalarmour #armour #knight #armor #доспехиназаказ #стальноенаследие #steellegacy #Lionarmor #львиныйдоспех #armororder #orderarmor #armsandarmor #armure #harnisch #harness #armatura #armadura #доспехиназаказ #чеканка #embossing #chasing #cuirass

#armor #medieval

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Arya

#arya stark #asoiaf fanart

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#asoiaf #tumblr polls #arya stark #brienne of tarth #queen daenerys #valyrianscrolls

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currently reading the Dunk & Egg novellas so I'm in a bit of an Aegon V mood 👑🥚

#aegon v targaryen #asoiaf fanart

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m'lady

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#fanart #sansa x sandor

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There is still hope. Say it out loud. Palestine will be free. The Palestinian people will celebrate their culture and heritage with each other. We will love and be loved. Do not fall into the trap of despair.

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"I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours." (Jerome K. Jerome, writer and humourist)

Just take a look at our work:

⚜️ Gothic Armor, late 15th century

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„Я люблю работу, она очаровывает меня. Я могу сидеть и смотреть на неё часами.“ (Джером Клапка Джером, писатель-юморист)

Посмотрите и вы на нашу работу:

⚜️ Готический доспех, конец XV в.

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#доспехи #Готика #Gothic #steellegacy #стальноенаследие #Готическийдоспех #доспехиназаказ #armororder #orderarmor #gothicstyle

#medieval #armor #gothic armor #gorgeous

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The Leech Lord and a little mouse  🧛🏻‍♀️ 🐭