#Looking NW

[thorsenmark]

Beyond the Trees (Yosemite National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While taking in a setting of nearby trees and a mountainside backdrop in the Swinging Bridge Picnic area in Yosemite National Park with a view to the northwest.

#Azimuth 293 #Blue Skies #Blues Skies with Clouds #California and Oregon Road Trip #Central Yosemite Sierra #Day 5 #DxO PhotoLab 5 Edited #Evergreen Trees #Evergreens #Forest #Forest Landscape #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking NW #Mountain Peak #Mountains #Mountains in Distance #Mountains off in Distance #Mountainside #Nature #Nikon D850 #No People #Outside #Pacific Ranges #Partly Cloudy #Project365 #Scenics - Nature #Sierra Nevada #SnapBridge #Sunny

[detectiveforfree]

Politely, I need all of the hero merch you’ve drawn Wally and Dick in please, can we see some more designs??

i actually didnt have any more, that is until you asked if i had?? and its like 'huh i do actually have one or two that i would love to see myself' and ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ have these i guess

#ask&answer #wally west #dick grayson #dick & wally #dickwally #birdflash #ngl my favorites are top left NW one and bottom left F one cause they are something i would love to have myself #bottom right is just me taking inspiration from my pjs cause i literally woke up looked in the mirror and was like huh neat design

[nightswatchdisbandmentera]

As far as character progression goes, I'd argue that the most important aspect of the RLJ reveal isn't just Jon learning that he isn't Ned's son. The most important part is him learning that he isn't Ned Stark's bastard son. He's spent all his life chasing after Ned's shadow, trying to prove to himself and to the world that he is worthy of being Ned Stark's son, "let them say that Eddard Stark had fathered four sons not three", “he was not a Stark but he could die like one” and all that. He's internalized the shame of being the one stain on honorable Ned Starks' reputation

“But it’s a lie,” Jon insisted. How could they think his father was a traitor, had they all gone mad? Lord Eddard Stark would never dishonor himself … would he? He fathered a bastard, a small voice whispered inside him. Where was the honor in that? And your mother, what of her? He will not even speak her name.

So it's important for him to finally stop chasing after that elusive shadow. It's important for him to understand that Ned's dishonor was a deliberate choice that he made by himself, and it's thus no fault of his own. Once Jon internalizes that, then he can finally move on and ask himself, who am I? What do I want for myself? What can I be in this world, just as I am? So far, he's been unable to do that successfully because he still has an incomplete (and false) understanding of who he is.

#jon snow #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #jon specifically being ned’s bastard cannot be overstated #it heavily colors his outlooks on his own life and how he navigates through the world #like let’s talk about his sex hangups for example #being ned's bastard is so so important to his character arc #ffs whenever he meets someone new it’s always you must be ned stark’s bastard #it’s how he and everyone else understand his role in life so for him to progress as a character we need to ask #what happens when jon is no longer ned stark’s bastard? #what happens when the one thing that drove him to the wall - to seek glory and kickstarted his heroic journey #is proven to be false? #what then? #what does he do then? where does he go then? who does he become then? #I think he will at first be resistant - and it’s been my personal theory that his learning of robb’s will #will coincide with that and that will be the greatest temptation for him #just like with stannis’ offer and how he agonized over it he will try to cling to some form of #-I can still be ned’s son can’t I? look robb legitimized me as such- #yes I think he’ll already be aware of his parentage by the time he learns of the will #but ultimately he will choose to forge his own path in the end just like he chose to remain with the nw #which then doesn’t look good for the kitn prospects I’m ngl 😬 #because just like accepting Stannis’ offer meant desecrating his father’s gods #accepting the will while knowing that he has no right over his now cousins would straight up be usurpation regardless of age or skill #and I can see grrm throwing in that moral dilemma for Jon because his arc is full of them #but just as he rejected stannis and ended up as lc then his final rejection will lead to something else that is greater - king of winter 🤭 #Just my opinion tho 🙂 #tagging #eddard stark #r plus l equals j #As well

[v4ult-dw3ll3r]

Wanted to share some images of my main / favourite Fallout 4 OC, Eric Dawson 🥰

In my Fallout universe, he’s married to Danse lmao

#oc: eric dawson #oc #fo4 #fallout 4 #m!sole #m!sosu #sole survivor #male sole survivor #fo4 oc #fallout oc #fallout 4 oc #mine #me.txt #ignore that his name is ‘Ben’ in one of them lol #i start new saves with the intention of creating a nw oc and it just ends up being Eric every time lol #hence why he may look slightly different in some images

[elirium]

kon redesigns

(i discussed this with @zahri-melitor before, so here zahri look what i came up with)

#kon el #conner kent #superboy #superman #my art #fanart #dc #we are ignoring how badly the dick poll went #i have now idea with that one who is nw actually the winner #maybe i have to redo that one? #i suspect it would habe been option 6 there #also i looked at so many pictures of tech wear fashion here and why do half of the guys who wear that style pose with a katana #(anyway the first one was very vaguely inspired by maneskin fashion? vaguely tho #second one kinda tech wear 3 eboy 4 like idk normal modern fashion? #i really wanted to do something maneskin inspired but most things kinda fell through because kon needs like the emblem on his chest? #Elis redesigns

[todayisafridaynight]

hear me out on this one

#rgg #ryu ga gotoku #ryu ga gotoku 7 #yakuza series #yakuza like a dragon #yakuza 7 #jo sawashiro #snap sketches #cause i asked myself 'what if we have him more layers' i dont want to see AN OUNCE of skin from this dude #another similarity between mine and sawashiro is ive drawn tthem both in turtlenecks. lol. #funny as hell tho ever since i watched we make antiques i actually wanted to draw arakawa in a turtleneck #he always reminds me of a turtle anyway for some reason... #i mean this isnt totally off that mentality either. ttm did look cute in a turtleneck in like. Two Things #Awful tho all i thought bout when drawin the neck part was that Pencil Neck bit from p&f LMAO #omg wait rant time cause i drew this while waiting to hang with my bitchass friend #done with comm work for the morning and she taking nine years so. lets doodle #but then this bitchass friend forgot we were hanging out today even tho SKE asked to hang out today. as she did yesterday. #like UGH im not saying sawashiro is valid for bullying ichi for being late all the time but i get it. #this is legitimately the second day in a row where she forgot we were meeting and its making me explode #anyway she just texted me nw so i guess shes gonna come over soon #which means i get to be mad at her playin y7 LMAO ITS ALL FUN anyway bye

[bardsansa]

thankless task to be trapped in the narrative but somebody’s gotta do it

#nw cloak is just what i vaguely remember from the show bc they’re all wearing black who cares. ‘what’s dany wearing?’ man idk #rereading acok so ig that’s my frame of reference but i also just love a short haired dany #also my excuse for jon looking so baby. kid’s like 15 #not a ship post i just think they’re neat and should hang out in twow #like. average bi guy average bi girl type beat #anyways. #mine #my art #asoiaf #asoiaf art #daenerys targaryen #daenerys stormborn #jon snow #acok #i guess. if you want #asoiaf fanart

[weirdmixofweirdness]

Trust your feelings.

Markiplier Poll

#writing event #in character #nw #markiplier #mark fischbach #wilford warfstache #darkiplier #who killed markiplier #wkm #actor mark #in space with markiplier #iswm #engineer mark #codi don’t look

[thorsenmark]

The Bow River and Mountain Peaks of the Sawback Range (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: It was definitely a beautiful day in May looking down the Bow River with the blue skies above and hillsides a tree stretching on the horizon...

#Ball Range #Banff National Park #Banff-Lake Louise Core Area #Blue Skies with Clouds #Bow River #Canadian Rockies #Capture NX2 Edited #Central Front Ranges #Color Efex Pro #Copper Mountain #Day 2 #Evergreens #Grassy Area #Grassy Meadow #Hillside #Hillside of Trees #Looking NW #Meadow #Mount Ishbel #Mountain #Mountains in Distance #Mountains off in Distance #Nature #Nikon D800E #Project365 #River #Sawback Range #Sawback-Slate Ranges #Southern Continental Ranges #Trees

[neeasworld]

it’s funny how mfs say they don’t care about you but will stalk your every move

#nw #if you don’t care then don’t ever come looking for me again

[nightswatchdisbandmentera]

Something rubbed against his leg beneath the table. Jon saw red eyes staring up at him. “Hungry again?” he asked. There was still half a honeyed chicken in the center of the table. Jon reached out to tear off a leg, then had a better idea. He knifed the bird whole and let the carcass slide to the floor between his legs. Ghost ripped into it in savage silence. His brothers and sisters had not been permitted to bring their wolves to the banquet, but there were more curs than Jon could count at this end of the hall, and no one had said a word about his pup. He told himself he was fortunate in that too. His eyes stung. Jon rubbed at them savagely, cursing the smoke. He swallowed another gulp of wine and watched his direwolf devour the chicken. Dogs moved between the tables, trailing after the serving girls. One of them, a black mongrel bitch with long yellow eyes, caught a scent of the chicken. She stopped and edged under the bench to get a share. Jon watched the confrontation. The bitch growled low in her throat and moved closer. Ghost looked up, silent, and fixed the dog with those hot red eyes. The bitch snapped an angry challenge. She was three times the size of the direwolf pup. Ghost did not move. He stood over his prize and opened his mouth, baring his fangs. The bitch tensed, barked again, then thought better of this fight. She turned and slunk away, with one last defiant snap to save her pride. Ghost went back to his meal. Jon grinned and reached under the table to ruffle the shaggy white fur. The direwolf looked up at him, nipped gently at his hand, then went back to eating.

Jon I, AGOT

It's interesting that GRRM would dedicate several paragraphs to a seemingly unimportant exchange between a boy, his wolf, and an unfriendly third party. But there's just something about this passage that has continued to nag at me for years since I first read it because, considering how heavy handed GRRM was with the foreshadowing in AGOT, this feels important.

Jon is sitting at table full of squires - aka would be knights. We don't really know who they are or what families they belong to, but it's safe to assume that they come from a certain level of privilege; this is considering the fact that it cannot be financially easy to be a squire. And these boys already have a slew of tales detailing all their previous knightly exploits regarding "battle and bedding and the hunt" which suggests that they have some capital. So you have boys who will soon be men. And they will, presumably, become men of some power.

These lads eat their fill of the chicken until only half remains, which Jon then gives to Ghost. The direwolf's name is not so important here but what he represents is. Throughout the series, we're told that Ghost is reminiscent of the weirwood trees (because of his red eyes and white fur). He's stated to be of and from the Old Gods and since he's a personification of the weirwoods, he might as well be one of them. It's almost as if Jon is presenting whatever is left on the table to the Old Gods (Ghost). He lets them devour his offerings while he silently watches. And the motif of watching is so interesting here because it's kind of like Jon takes on a stewardship role - to watch over land/people/etc. He oversees Ghost eating the chicken, so he's overseeing whatever has been given to the Old Gods. This is not new imagery to his arc. As a brother of the Night's Watch and eventually its leader, we have several instances where he leads people to adopting the Old Gods in some fashion. In ADWD, several recruits swear their vows to the Old Gods while he watches on as their Lord Commander. The Old Gods are also primarily of the North and we're told that Jon has more of the north in him than his brothers; interesting that this also includes Bran. So perhaps whatever is being offered to the Old Gods relates to the North.

We must also note that Jon initially thinks to give only a small portion, a leg, before pivoting and providing the entire thing. It feels to me a bit like the process of carving up a kingdom or something similar. The lords (represented by the squires) take what they want and leave aside what they don't; or perhaps they have eaten to their fill and can take no more. Then when his time comes, Jon first considers a small piece of land/group of people before eventually absorbing all of whatever is left behind. The concept of carving up a kingdom rings harder considering that we have several callbacks to the ideals of kingship in this chapter. Robert, Jaime, Tyrion, and even Mance though we don't know it yet, all play into this. And then there's the aspect of Jon letting the chicken slip between his legs which evokes birth/fatherhood, a very curious choice when GRRM could've just had Jon place the chicken on the floor. So land/people are carved up and Jon then uses whatever is left to birth his own type of kingdom. And this kingdom is one for the Old Gods.

This also touches on something that has been quite prevalent throughout Jon's arc. It's the concept of accepting the "others" or "those left over" who live apart from the accepted social norms. Arya (a tomboy), Sam (a gender non-confirming boy), the Night's Watch (criminals, extra sons, and men who have no future left or place to go), and even the wildlings are all examples of this. And Jon takes on a leadership/paternal role to every single one of them. He looks after them as a leader would/should. Sometimes, in the case of Arya and the wildlings, he's equated to a king. He's a steward/shepherd/king. There's messianic undertones to this:

Come unto me, all you who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30).

If you're familiar with Judeo-Christian tradition, you'll know that Jesus is often personified as one who spent the majority his time among the outcasts. The idea is that he came to save them too and that anew kingdom (or new earth depending on your translation) would spring up after the end of the world where he would forever rule as king; which presents the idea of a final king after the earthly ones are done away with. Now GRRM isn't so heavy handed with Christian allusions as other authors out there, but he does have a Catholic background and Jon is so overtly a Jesus figure. And in Revelation, Jesus is king and god at the very end....

One last thing: the mention of the mongrel who challenges Jon has always been rather interesting but confusing to me. A mongrel doesn't really relate to one specific type of dog. But it's interesting that Jon notes several roaming about where he is. They follow the serving girls who carry the food to be offered. Mongrels are used to describe antagonist/villainous groups in ASOIAF. Sometimes, they're used to describe slavers in Essos. But what's interesting is that most of the time, they're used to describe Euron's Ironborn especially in Victorian's POV. So I don't think the mongrel who challenges Ghost is a supernatural threat of death (i.e., the Others) but rather a human one. They represent those who are called to the scene once the lords have finished playing their games. It almost feels like a feast for (carrion) crows....

But it doesn't really matter because this mongrel isn't much of a challenge for Ghost. Though the mongrel is much larger, the direwolf is able to fend her off very effortlessly. Given that "mongrel" is used to describe Ironborn raiders, could this exchange between Ghost and the mongrel point to reavers or sea raiders who rise and fail challenge Jon kingdom? There is a historical King Jon Stark who did this....

When sea raiders landed in the east, Jon drove them out and built a castle, the Wolf's Den, at the mouth of the White Knife, so as to be able to defend the mouth of the river.[1][2] His son, Rickard, followed him on the throne and annexed the Neck to the north.

ref.

So this might shed some light not only on Jon's already published arc, but also on what we can expect in the future. We have some foreshadowing through Jon's ADWD dream that he will not only rise with the dawn (thereby live through the Long Night), but will be in a position to lead people (wildings in that chapter) to a new peace after a hard fought war. Also remember that the wildlings, rather enthusiastically, swear oaths to him as if swearing oaths to their king. In this instance, the supernatural (a dream of the war for the dawn) is followed by the natural/human. So perhaps this particular passage (and Jon's dream) can be used to predict that Jon comes out on top, and quite effortlessly too, as a leader. And he becomes a leader who rules by association with the Old Gods; or rules a kingdom for them.

To end, I think it's of note that this passage immediately precedes Jon's conversation with Benjen where he voices his desire to go out on his own - the hero's call to action. This is the adventure that's going to kickstart his growth as a man, warrior and most importantly, a leader. So it looks like before we even began, GRRM telegraphed how it would all end in just three short paragraphs.

#jon snow #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #ghost the direwolf #some random extra thoughts: #the aspect of fatherhood is closely tied to kingship as kings are often regarded to be the fathers of their nations #so we might see a parallel where jon-like dany-doesn't have children of his own physical body #but rather rules a kingdom as its symbolic father #think of how odin-a mythical parallel for jon-is called the all father because he is father to all men/lands #also it's interesting to me how kingship is a theme but it's almost like the actual theme is that of kings coming of going #but jon remaining and prevailing above all #we have robert who is a disappointing/bad king and his rule doesn't last very long and neither will his dynasty #jaime looks like a king and even if grrm didn't go through with his original ideas he was never meant to rule for long #in the new story jaime is symbolic of rhaegar a would be king whose time comes and goes leaving jon to pick up the pieces #then tyrion who stands “as tall as a king” but not quite! he still is not as tall as jon and tyrion also says in a later chapter #that soon he'll be even shorter than ghost + tyrion wasn't hand for long #mance who is hidden also has his time as king but it's very short lived and jon later absorbs his kingdom to make his own #so we have the wolf devouring the “left behinds” in a way but the interesting thing is this happens in reverse doesn't it #might Jon's new kingdom not only be made of remnants of the nw and wildlings but also have those left behind from the rest of the 7k? #it's possible since jojen tells us that once night comes all cloaks become black 🙂 #so yeah this is all just more jon endgame king of winter/a new north propaganda lmaoooo

[anakinftpadme]

unpopular opinion rn: i think it's insane that tyler actually goes through with willingly breaking every bone in his body constantly just to free himself of being controlled by klaus. most people don't even have the willpower to stop smoking cigarettes or drinking soda? but this man is like 😭 breaking his bones for sport just for a slim SHOT at getting free of klaus so that caroline will love him again. and okay, fair, she didn't ask for that, but her dad is the one helping him with it and she's kind of going along with it at the same time? even just on a friend level, if you erase the relationship part, i think the least caroline couldve done after tyler did all this is not fuck klaus. especially after klaus also killed his mom

but idk, maybe my thoughts will change by the time i'm there. but rn i'm just looking at this and baffled at how we got from point A to point B? it's been awhile since i've watched all this

#the biggest thing about tyler for me that's just always gonna give me the ick here is the vicki thing in the pilot #so #and look i know a lot of these characters are murderers and fair enough #but that part was an ick to me #and i also remember how he treated pregnant hayley and that pissed me off #but where i'm at right now in tvd i feel kinda bad for him #he's just kinda fucked no matter what he does here #and he's clearly not a favorite of the writers so #nw: the vampire diaries #tyler lockwood #tvdu #tvd #hope rambles

[teabutmakeitazure]

you know it's bad when the entire lecture theatre is like 80% filled but no one came to sit in the same row as you

#for the record i got there 10 minutes early so i was the first one sitting in that row #sometimes i hate being born where i was but hey cant change that #gonna have to deal with it now #this happens often tho nw #i'll never forget the guy with the British accent who sat beside me nd told me i look reliable so he asked me to wake him up when class ends #have never seen him again since #zuri rambles

[scrawnytreedemon]

In short, if any of my fellow freaks wish to fall in love, you can find me:

under the aforementioned bridge !

hiding at the bottom of Lakebed Temple

derealising in City in the Sky !!

climbing trees and losing all my worries in the nearby pond of the castle courtyard in SM64

running endless laps on N64 Bowser's Castle in Mario Kart Wii while either rambling endlessly or silently wishing i could return to my childhood

experiencing Emotions in Kalm.

Grieving For My Cat In FFXV

And many places more!

(And, y'know, in DMs, on Discord, via email ect. ect. failing all that you can yell into a local pool of stagnant water and I'll see if I can pick up 👌)

#scrawny rambles #i jest but also like. fuck it honestly. #if you wish to Form a Bond #whether friendly or to shoot your shot #go for it #these are lonely times #i'm highkey dogshit at responding in a timely manner so nw if it takes a few days. or a week. #look i am a *tree* demon nothing trees do is fast in any way shape or form #Ent Behaviour™ #may or may not delete later lol #or simply edit the tags #main text of the post is funny in my awful opinion

[reverendlazarus]

#looking at drawings of faulkner in shorts like How Is He Alive #idk as a pacific nw resident i think theres something very fun about cold as balls rivers #shrimple as that #the silt verses #tsv

[edasraine]

i personally relate to hunter not bc im gay but bc i too pretend that my crush doesnt exist and pretend i dont see them when im walking past them so i dont do anything embarrassing

#hunter my beloved #u have done nothing wrong #ever #HUNTLOW RIGHTS #huntlow #toh spoilers #the owl house #toh #the owl house spoilers #hunter the golden guard #willow park #i promise to stop talking about them nw #i lied #LOOK AT THEM