“unlike Other Men, we [marginalized] men are actually structurally incapable of misogyny” is a disturbingly common belief that goes unchallenged on here
I would laugh so hard if the reason Criston is dressed like that is because he just came back from fucking Alicent and Aemond’s loser ass is too busy starting a war to notice it
“they will see me as a ruler, and my symbols of authority will not be jewels and gowns, but the shield and the sword.” people are already doing so much vapid discourse about this line from rhaenyra in a tv spot with the usual “omg feminine women can be powerful too!!” thing. but the thing is, they can’t. not in the position of feudal kingship rhaenyra is aiming to occupy in the social terrain rhaenyra is looking to occupy it in! one big reason women like empress matilda were disqualified as rulers because they could not lead armies, and thus failed at perhaps the key responsibility of feudal rulership. matilda needed her half-brother robert to lead her armies; rhaenyra needs her uncle-husband daemon. they are actively at war, and the fact rhaenyra cannot be the head of that effort in the way a man could, because she was not trained for it because of her gender, matters. its a keen source of insecurity and a key way her enemies will articulate her unfitness for the throne. rhaenyra is not a queen consort: she is a king. she is not even articulating an individual desire for gender expression in that scene, but political ideology, and she’s right. it’s also not unique to the show: in the book, when she finally sits the throne for the first time after taking king’s landing, she is clad in armor.
"average president is convicted of .74 felonies" factoid actualy just statistical error. average president is convicted of 0 felonies. Felonies Georg, who lives in Mar-a-Lago & was convicted of 34 felonies, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
Absolutely loving the secrecy around Daeron because apparently he exists in the showverse? I hope they commit to the bit and have him filmed with his head out of frame in every shot like Miss Bellum from the Powerpuff Girls
Tumblr gifmakers are better than $1mil worth of marketing. I’ll see endless ads for a show and be like meh but I’ll see one good gifset and suddenly I’m on s2 ep10 finding blorbo from my gifs