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Not to get depressing about US politics, but it completely boggles my mind that most polls have Trump and Biden neck and neck (with Trump having a slight edge!) when Trump is basically on trial for attempted election rigging and selling state secrets and continues to spew senile boomer grandpa shit on his social media all day every day. Like I'll get used to this absurd state of reality and then I snap out of it and it'll occur to me how batshit it actually all is...

At this point I just accept that this is the reality that I live in, but I also weirdly have faith in Dark Brandon. That post about him trying to get overdraft fees massively reduced reminded me that hey, this dude is legitimately one of the most experienced living politicians in America. He knows how to campaign for office, and now that he's actually president, he knows how to push an appealing agenda in the leadup to the election so people don't forget that he's doing good shit. It's deranged that people are even still willing to vote for Trump, but Biden actually knows what he's doing, so I'm not outrageously concerned at the possibility of Trump part 2.

#politics for ts

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Hello!!

Do you know those videos where it’s this character versus that character in power, IQ, strategy, etc.?

So, I saw a Daenerys vs. Sansa one where the context is: “Daenerys sails for Westeros and decides to invade the North. Sansa hears this and prepares for war.”

Daenerys got power, battle IQ, strategy, experience, feats, foreign support, elite soldiers, ruthlessness, allies (the reach, Dorne, iron islands, dragons), and army.

Sansa only got IQ and political IQ. And then “the North bends the knee or burns”

Love your metas and just wanted to know your thoughts on this and how/why you would choose which one gets which!!

I actually am not super familiar with that format, but I would say as far as GoT goes, Dany doesn't really have battle IQ or strategy, her wins almost entirely rely on her literally setting her enemies on fire and when she tries other ways to defeat them, she actually pretty consistently loses. Even if she makes headway at first with other methods, she eventually has to resort to dragons to solve her problems.

However, the armies that she has in her service do have experience, which obviously helps her, and again, in terms of the show she has a ton of advantages because everyone almost immediately throws their weight behind her anyway. I expect that won't be the case in the books. But in either situation, Sansa also had the support of the North and the Vale, which is nothing to sneeze at, and as the Dornish proved for hundreds of years, having dragons and armies doesn't mean as much as it seems to if you're dealing with people who will GENUINELY put up a fight to resist you. Like, one of the major complications of Dany's conquest beyond many of the ones we've already discussed is that the North is fucking huge and borderline unlivable (and so is the Vale in many places honestly), if they made the choice to evade Daenerys they certainly could and they probably wouldn't take heavy losses either. Dany has had a rough go of it even in Essos, and she was conquering cities with extremely centralized populations and resources. I think the show massively undercut the significance of Sansa's/the North's geographic advantage, and I think that generally book readers tend to underestimate it as well.

#asoiaf for ts #got for ts

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Democrats deliver for the people. Republicans make life harder for the poor, the middle class, and the marginalized.

#oh my GOD what a legend #politics

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https://x.com/vhagarbaby/status/1781628389746467218?s=46&t=7Sjc1ccizuvSI7djpXsxQA

Is that 5 sugars ??? I just know he was hyper af during that promo

Oh dear god that's rookie numbers then, my coffee is like 1/4 honey.

#ewan mitchell for ts

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#penguins #me af

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#cats

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I can’t imagine if I was an actor not getting super invested in a project like hotd. It’s always interesting to see which actors treat it casually vs the ones who are so extra about it.

LOL I mean obviously same but for a lot of people it's just a job.

#hotd for ts

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" cuz you know how obsessed this fandom is with harrassing the actors and nitpicking on every word they say." but the actors experience this so thats exactly why they're afraid to say something. its very obvious especially comparing what fabian's said in the past. And Olivia has talked about how people's reactions to her online cause a lot of mental health problems for her. So its not exactly far fetched to think they might be careful with what they say. Just compare how tb and tg actors talk

Yeah I get the feeling that they tend to offer light answers specifically to avoid any shit, but I don't think they're necessarily super invested in the story either, like they don't need to care that much to be upset by a bunch of people harassing them.

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"LOL or they're just not obsessed in the way that viewers are." But team black actors seem very obsessed, they insulted team green in two minutes as much as it was possible, they made their rabid fans so proud

I don't think it's that deep but okay.

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I find it infinitely fascinating that Dany - even outside a purely Targaryen context - follows the footsteps of her female ancestors and is married far too young, is pregnant with a prophecy baby, and would have likely died giving birth to a deformed stillborn half-dragon fetus. A disposable vessel for a flawed incarnation of war and conquest, given no room for her own desires, her own inherent worth.

And a healer saves her from this fate. She helps her survive the traumatic birth even though she is in conflict with Dany and her people, has been victimized by Dany and her people. Dany is allowed to escape the cycle of birthing a conqueror. Is allowed to escape the cycle of dying for men's ambition.

And then she turns that healer into a vessel for her weapon of war, burns her alive to birth herself a conqueror. Mirri screams in agony to give life to Dany's ambitions. The maternal sacrifice to Dany patriarchical consummation of her body and life.

Dany could have chosen a painful lesson and freedom. She chose to uphold the oppressive cycle, with herself at the top now. The half-human dead child fully replaced by reptiles that will kill for her within a year.

Mother, she calls herself.

#goddamn #anti daenerys targaryen #mirri maz duur

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Yeah I don't think they're scared of hate or anything like some ppl think, they just don't give a fuck and most of them didn't even watch GOT. I'm def lowkey dreading the upcoming promotional materials we're about to get cuz you know how obsessed this fandom is with harrassing the actors and nitpicking on every word they say.

LOL yes because in reality, most people don't even give 1% of the fucks that hardcore fans do.

#hotd spoilers for ts

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I already love how Matt and Ewan are promoting Daemond rivalry like pls I need them in that s3 promo tour together

Yeah they defo understood the assignment.

#hotd spoilers for ts

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#cats

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https://x.com/houseofdragon/status/1781384528378155379?s=46&t=7Sjc1ccizuvSI7djpXsxQA

It’a actually kinda sad that you can tell certain actors(team green) are being cautious of saying anything in fear of hate.

LOL or they're just not obsessed in the way that viewers are.

#hotd for ts

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well out of all those aegon is the only one regularly fucking so he wins by default

That's a dark thought.

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LOL I'm 100% convinced now they're gonna have Aemond and Daemon dying at each other hands instead of making Daemon's death ambiguous like in the book.

https://x.com/itshelenwhat/status/1781391590508081592?s=46&t=7Sjc1ccizuvSI7djpXsxQA

Why in god's name does Ewan look like a 4 year old here.

#hotd spoilers for ts

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why is aemond winning? Let's be fr like that's a whole virgin

https://x.com/gameofdragonz/status/1780999677569093674?s=46&t=7Sjc1ccizuvSI7djpXsxQA

LMAO I mean a literal rapist is in second place so I wouldn't put too much faith into these opinions.

#hotd for ts