#S1E01 Queen to Be

[kosemsultanim]

Costumes in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story ~ 1.01 Queen to Be

#Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story #bridgertonedit #perioddramaedit #charlotte of mecklenburg strelitz #agatha danbury #augusta of saxe gotha #Princess Sophia #Princess Elizabeth #S1E01 Queen to Be #qc:abs #costume edits #my edits

[best-underrated-anime]

Best Underrated Anime Group E Round 1: #E8 vs #E1

#E8: Lesbian vampire & human go on road trip to escape the horrors

In a bleak world where music is banned and Vampires have emerged at the top of the food chain, a girl named Momo breaks past the barrier and connects with Fine, queen of the Vampires, and the two journey to find a safe haven where their races can co-exist.

#E1: Modern people transmigrate* to ancient Chinese fantasy world (BL)

People from the modern world transmigrating into the ancient fantasy world has become a common and everyday occurrence that the royal court in the latter has decided to moderate them. If you’re a transmigrator, you must report your existence to Lou Zhu, the master of Best Tower. Once you pass his test and prove that you are indeed a modern person, you can then be assigned to work in different areas of the government and be given a high salary.

Because of this promised benefit, many impostors have showed up before Lou Zhu. And one day, Zuo Yunqi shows up for this test. Is he an impostor, or is he an actual modern person?

But some transmigrators also choose to hide their existence out of distrust in the government. Where are they? And with their knowledge of science and technology, what are they planning in the dark?

*Transmigration = similar to isekai, but the world where the characters get isekai’d to is not always a western fantasy type.

Titles, propagandas, trailers, and poll under the cut!

#E8: Vampire in the Garden

Propaganda:

This anime came out a year ago, but I literally never heard of it until earlier this summer because Netflix had it. You guys are SLEEPING on such a good series—it’s 6 episodes so it’s short, but it feels like a whole single film. The voice acting is so fun, the music slaps, the animation goes HARD during fight scenes, and it’s just so so good. The art style is pretty, and the scenery makes me lose my mind, it’s SO pretty. I need to write an essay one day about how VitG uses music to carry the story because wow that is 🛐🛐🛐 Also there’s a goofy looking dog named Connie that continuously appears and serves no purpose in the plot. Love that

Trigger Warnings: Child Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Graphic Depictions of Cruelty/Violence/Gore, Racism, Self-Harm.

Child abuse & emotional abuse for Momo’s complicated relationship with her mother. Also emotional abuse for Fine’s past traumas and current strained relationship with other vampires.

This is a vampire anime, so there’s a lot of blood and fighting. There’s also a drug introduced in ep1 that mutates a vampire horribly.

Racism is human-versus-vampire shenanigans.

Self-harm for a scene where a human attempts to feed a vampire and for drug usage as mentioned above.

#E1: Are You Ok (You Yao)

[Admin: I could not find a single trailer of season 1 w/ English subs, and its OP seems to have been taken down on YouTube since Iqiyi, its producer (?), started their own channel. As such, I’ve cut a small portion of S1E01 instead, featuring the test the transmigrators have to take.]

Propaganda:

This donghua (Chinese anime) is based on a comedy novel with the same title, and the adaptation is just stellar. Instead of showing each character’s story separately like in the novel, the donghua combined everything. Because of this, there’s more focus on the plotty and political mystery aspect—but without losing the heart of the original. The entire show is still just as hilarious.

And for an adaptation with several original characters, for once I actually don’t mind it. I usually find such additions annoying, but in this show they really serve a purpose and also add to the enjoyment.

I also like the choice of animating it in 3D, like the one in video games. It fits the “transmigrate into a fantasy world” setting well. The donghua also plays around a lot. In one episode, they had one character sing and dance like in a musical, with the beginning of the song sounding like “Do you wanna build a snowman?” from Frozen 😂

Moreover, this is a Boys Love story, and with more than one couple, too! The secondary couple (Zhou Rongqi and Li Ke) even gets a very gay ending song that’s all about them. But since this show is from China, where censorship rules are strict, don’t expect anything explicit. Just think of it as another shounen with homoerotic undertones, except the homo is actually canon.

All in all, it’s a very fun show that doesn’t lack in depth. If you’re in the mood for something light but don’t want to miss out on plot, you should definitely watch this. And if you’ve never watched a donghua before, then you’ll definitely find this fresh and intriguing.

Trigger Warnings: None.

If you’re reblogging and adding your own propaganda, please tag me @best-underrated-anime so that I’ll be sure to see it.

#anime #donghua #best underrated anime #polls #poll tournament #tournament #anime tournament #animation #animated show #group stage #group stage round 1 #tournament polls #chinese anime #vampire in the garden #are you ok #you yao #group e

[kagi123]

Betty and Daniel a thread to prove they was romantic undertones that didn’t just

come out of nowhere in season 4maybe im just displaying my parasocialism but here goes nothing .

S1e01: Daniel was horrible to Betty in this first episode but can I say the fact that he

didn’t ever think about torturing betty out of the job until his friend

brought up the idea shows he was actually an ok human being and just

was surrounded by the wrong people in his life. He drives all the way out

to queens to apologise to betty which can be read as common deceny

especially after the way he treated betty but if your like who saw this seen

out of context you’d read it as a romantic interlude. Also the fact that he

knows where she lives seems interesting as someone who were supposed to see as self-involved (sidenote ill never be

apart of the daniel salander) When Daniel looks out his window when he

asked betty to "come over and look after him" but then he gets distracted by another girl because he's not season 4 daniel yet. Daniel looks

at betty as she walks off after they have reached a mutual understanding at the end of the episode.(interesting)

S1e02: I would like to know how long it took marc to be invited to editorial meetings which in this particular

meeting he wasn’t apart of at the beginning of the episode...hmm before he was allowed to shadow

meetings so maybe the whole daniel inviting betty to a meeting she just

said included her favourite actresse showcases how this man was down bad and his like yah ill do anything to

make you happy women I secretly love…you and me are a team which is

really code for partners (not him inviting her to a meeting assitance are obliged to go to). He is on the phone with betty and amanda is

there trying to get his attention but his like im on the phone with my wife ur distracting me

please leave/get dressed

#betty x daniel #ugly betty #daniel and betty #Mr and Mrs surez

[lesbianlotties]

my god i'm getting an actual headache rewatching s1e01. i mean just the scene where the girls discuss Allie? those are the four most antler queen shaped girls. Natalie is the one that wants to play like a team, Lottie actually follows Natalie, Shauna is just thinking about Jackie, Taissa might be the reason they made it to the nationals but was that a good thing in the end.... way too much to think about

#i'm going to throw up i love them all so much #yellowjackets

[someowlhouseaccount]

[edit: i have pinned this so i can make updates easily :)]

someone NEEDS to make a map of the boiling isles

i would volunteer but it wouldnt be very good

because look at the locations we have, and we do know some things about them, so a map that makes sense COULD be made from it all without the placement of everything seeming too random:

owl house - next to the ocean, on a cliff [S2E07]

beach - where trash from the human realm washes up [S1E03] - eda goes here to look for trash for the market

forest - there is forest next to the owl house [S1E01], the beach [S1E03], and hexside [S1E03]. We don't know how much of this is the same forest though - bat queen lives in the forest close to the owl house [S1E10] - hexside's bell can be heard from the forest close to hexside [S1E03] - both willow and amity seem to walk through a forest on their way to hexside [S1E03]

hexside - within walking distance of beach and of forest [S1E03]

grom tree - within Running Away From Grom distance from hexside [S1E16] - within Running Away From Emotions distance from bonesborugh brawl arena, and screams from the arena can be heard here [S2E14]

bonesborough brawl arena

bonesborough market / night market - within walking distance from the owl house [S1E02]

convention centre - in bonesborough, near the market [S1E05]

the knee - where eclipse lake is (underground) - within a day's trip from the owl house [S1E12, S2E09] - there was a town here that was burned by belos during the time he was trying to convince everyone that wild magic is bad [S2E16]. The ruins of this town still exist [S1E12]

the right arm - where blight manor & blight industries are [S2E02] - blight manor is within one Posessed House Walk from the owl house [S1E06] - blight manor is within walking distance (or flying boat distance if you take public transport?) of both the library and hexside, since luz has visited the manor after being at both [S2E02, S2E05]. I wouldn't rule out the possibility that luz did take public transport there because for example, in S2E05 she went thru a lot that day so must've been tired, but tbh we haven't seen her ever use it so hmm) - blight manor is close enough to hexside that the blight children go there rather than another school

the ribs(?) - where the emperor's castle is - the throne room in the castle is right next to the titan's heart - the castle is within a day's trip via flying ship from hexside [S1E18]

the looking glass ruins - within a day's trip from bonesborugh

the skull - the collector's disc thing used to live here [S2E12] - belos built the second portal here [S2E21]

the conformitorium

the library - within walking distance of the owl house and gus' house [S2E05]

there's also Latissa, which we know a little about... - within one dragon trip from hexside [S2E07] - seems to be located closer to the skull than bonesborough is, since the CATTS decide to base there in prepartion for the DOU [S2E20]

Bonesborough also seems to have a port [S2E01]

so see? there's a lot of info missing but there IS info out there :D it's be like a logic puzzle to work out where everything must be, except it's very incomplete. You can still work out a lot though, like: we definetly know where the skull must be located, and: the grom tree is close to hexside and the bonesborough brawl place is close to the grom tree, so those 3 things must be fairly close to each other :)

#toh #the owl house #this is the time i would open up ms paint or get some paper but ohno i need to study right now #toh boiling isles #toh bonesborough

[casautism]

a deep dive into my dean winchester playlist

(this is not all of them, there’s so many zeppelin references that i might explode trying to get all of them)

as far as song choice goes, i either picked my favorites, or ones I thought applied to dean best !

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S1E01 - pilot

sam goes through dean’s cassette collection and lists mötorhead, metallica, and black sabbath

motörhead [orgasmatron / overkill]

metallica [creeping death / metal militia]

black sabbath [sabbath bloody sabbath / neon knights]

other motörhead references include… S10E22, S14E19

other metallica references include… S1E4, S4E12

other black sabbath references include… S2E18, S10E22, S11E11

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S1E10 - asylum

dean introduces himself as nigel tufnel (of spinal tap)

[stonehenge / hell hole]

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S1E11 - scarecrow

dean introduces himself as john bonham (led zeppelin’s late drummer)

[ramble on / traveling riverside blues] <- also listed as his favorite songs in S4E18

other zeppelin references include… S3E5, S5E5, S8E16, and probably like 30 others

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S1E14 - nightmare

dean introduces him and sam as “father simmons and father frehley” (gene simmons and ace frehley of kiss)

[rock and roll all nite / detroit rock city]

other kiss references include… S10E18

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S1E17 - hell house

dean recognizes the symbols drawn from a blue öyster cult record

[then came the last days of may / (don’t fear) the reaper]

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S2E09 - croatoan

the boys pose as us marshals billy gibbons and frank beards (zz top)

[gimme all your lovin / sharp dressed man]

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S3E16 - no rest for the wicked

dean uses a license with the name “hagar” (sammy hagar of van halen)

[jump / runnin with the devil]

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S4E5 - monster movie

the boys use the aliases “agent angus and agent young” (angus young of ac/dc)

[hells bells / thunderstruck]

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S4E6 - yellow fever

sam and dean use the aliases “tyler and perry” (steven tyler and joe perry of aerosmith)

[same old song and dance / walk this way]

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S5E14 - my bloody valentine

the boys use the aliases cliff and marley (famous reggae musicians jimmy cliff and bob marley)

[I Can See Clearly Now / You Can Get It If You Really Want]

[Could You Be Loved / Get Up, Stand Up]

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S8E2 - what’s up, tiger mommy?

dean introduces himself as sam as “agents neil and sixx” (vince neil and nikki sixx of mötley crüe)

[Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) / Bastard]

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S8E4 - bitten

the boys identify themselves as “special agents rose and hudson” (saul hudson (slash) and axl rose of guns n’ roses)

[november rain / paradise city]

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S8E8 - hunteri heroici

team free will uses the aliases “nash, crosby, and stills” (graham nash, david crosby, and stephen stills, famous folk rock musicians)

[I Used To Be A King / Better Days]

[Immigration Man / I’d Swear There Was Somebody Here]

[Love The One You’re With / Rock and Roll Crazies]

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In S8E17 - goodbye stranger

the boys use the aliases “tandy and lynne” (richard tandy and jeff lynne of electric light orchestra)

[Mr. Blue Sky / Telephone Line]

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S9E14 - captives

the boys use the aliases “nicks and mcvie” (stevie nicks and christine mcvie of fleetwood mac)

[Landslide / Dreams]

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S10E13 - halt & catch fire

sam and dean use the aliases “cobain and grohl” (kurt cobain and dave grohl of nirvana)

[About A Girl / Where Did You Sleep Last Night]

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S10E14 - the executioners song

sam and dean use the aliases “moore and ranaldo” (thursten moore and lee ranaldo of sonic youth)

[Teen Age Riot / Superstar]

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S10E19 - the werther project

dean goes undercover as a member of the neighborhood watch using the name dwight twilley

[I’m On Fire / Looking For The Magic]

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S10E22 - the prisoner

the sherrif finds an id using the name freddie mercury (of queen)

[the show must go on / somebody to love]

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S11E4 - baby

dean uses the alias “agent walsh” (joe walsh of the eagles)

[Hotel California / Life In The Fast Lane]

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S11E13 - love hurts

dean uses the alias “agent weller” (paul weller of the jam)

[Town Called Malice / In The City]

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S11E20 - don’t call me shurley

sam and dean use the aliases “agent greer and ehart” (billy greer and phil ehart of kansas)

[carry on wayward son / play the game tonight]

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that was a lot. the complete list is can be found here !

i should have a “deep dive into my sam winchester playlist” coming soon !

#supernatural #dean winchester #character study #characters and music go together so well in my head #spn #jensen ackles #music #putting two special interests together call me the great autismo

[trash-box]

us ladies who watched scream queens have been wanting to smell Glen Lowell’s ballsack since s1e01

[everythingrachelwore]

S1E01 The One Where Monica Gets A Roommate 

#i know they're technically pj's but honestly what a fucking queen #rachel green #s1e01 #season 1 #season 1 rachel #friends #style #style icon #pjs #also featuring joey and chandler i guess? #joey tribbiani #chandler bing

[lonelywolfgifs]

navigator my gif packs // a-i

here you can find a list of my packs. all packs are made by me from scratch. in order to go to the pack — click on the name of the project or on the series number / season. please repost the original posts.

abigail cowen [148 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • chilling adventures of sabrina — s1 / original post ⠀ ⠀ • chilling adventures of sabrina — s2 / original post

abigail spencer [76 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • suits — s8e14 / original post ⠀ ⠀ • timeless sneak peeks — s2e11-12 / original post

alaina huffman [318 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • supernatural — s8e12, s8e22-23, s9e02, s9e06, s9e10, s9e17, s9e21 / original post

alice braga [772 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • queen of the south s1 — e01, e02, e03, e04-05, e06-07, s08-09, e10-11, e12-13 / original post

amy acker [119 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • the gifted — s2e01, s2e02-03 / original post 1 / original post 2

angela sarafyan [96 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • into the dark — s2e03 / original post

benedetta porcaroli [541 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • baby s2 / original post

bill skarsgård [26 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • assassination nation / original post

brianne howey [17 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • the passage — s1e01 / original post

caity lotz [62 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • legends of tomorrow — s4e09 / original post

candice king [110]: ⠀ ⠀ • the originals s5 / original post

cody fern [302 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • the tribes of palos verdes / original post ⠀ ⠀ • house of cards s6 / original post

courtney ford [287 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • legends of tomorrow s4 — e05-06, e10-11, e12, e13-14, e15-16 / original post

daisy edgar-jones [252 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • normal people — s1e03-04, e06 / original post

danielle rose russell [669 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • the originals s5 — e02, e04, e05, e06, e07, e09, e10-13 / original post

diane guerrero [25 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • doom patrol — s2e07 / original post

gabriella wilde [40 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • endless love / original post

elizabeth olsen [1′359 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • sorry for your loss s1 — e01, e02, e03, e04-05, e06, e07, e08, e09, e10 / original post ⠀ ⠀ • sorry for your loss s2 — e01-04, e05-06, e07-08, e09-10 / original post

florence pugh [406 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • the little drummer girl s1 — e01, e02, e03, e04, e05 / original post

hannah emily anderson [405 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • jigsaw  / original post ⠀ ⠀ • the purge s1 / original post

hande ercel [554 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • sen cal kapımı — e20, e24

imogen poots [373 gifs]: ⠀ ⠀ • roadies s1 — e03-04, e05-06, e07-08, e09-10 / original post

[lady-griffin]

GOT Circle & Spiral

Since the beginning of the show, we’ve been introduced to the White Walker’s symbols. Perhaps it’s a way they are communicating and expressing their intentions or perhaps they are just copying what they have seen before, without any meaning behind it.

There is the circle. Introduced, in S1E01 “Winter is Coming”

And then, there is the Spiral. Introduced, in S3E03 “Walk of Punishment”

From what we know so far or have gathered, is that these two symbols were taken from the Children of Forest by the White Walkers and they have been using them to communicate something to the living.

Now perhaps these are just empty symbols for the White Walkers. But the WW are capable of thinking and strategizing, for instance, they adapt to start wearing armor once one of them is killed. So, I do believe they are communicating something to the living.

Now in season 6, we are reintroduced to these symbols once more. As Jon draws our attention to them when he shows Daenerys the cave drawings in Dragonstone, in S7E04 “The Spoils of War."

The second picture and the spiral that is shown, I think represents the creation of the Night King and the place he was created. But we’ll get into that a bit later.

Circle 

First, we’re going to talk about the circle. While we haven’t seen it all that much in comparison to the Spiral, particularly in the later seasons. It still is the first symbol we were introduced to.

The first scene of the first episode of the entire show introduces us to this symbol and that episode is adeptly named Winter is Coming. The White Walkers are the Winter the Starks have been talking about, and they are not only coming, but are already here.

The final scene of the final episode of Season 1, reintroduces the symbol to us with Drogo’s funeral pyre and the birth of Daenerys’ dragons. And again, the episode is adeptly named, “Fire and Blood,” which directly refers to the Targaryen dragons, who are now also present in the current story.

And before we go to the circle and its relation to Sansa Stark, it’s important to note, that we do keep seeing the symbol in relation to the overall show. 

The font style of the Title, turns every “O” into the circle.

Okay, back to the story within the show.

The circle is strongly associated with Sansa Stark, who wears the symbol as a necklace when she leaves the Vale, first appearing in S4E08, “The Mountain and the Viper.”

This is quite interesting. 

While we know the chain reflects Littlefinger, a piece Sansa took from his own style (particularly in the way she wears it later on) andthe end “needle" piece is related to Arya’s very own needle. We still don’t actually have any meaning applied to the circle itself, at least not to my knowledge. 

We should also take note of the scene where we first see Sansa wearing the necklace in S7E08 and the implication behind it. Because Littlefinger to some extent “creates” this new Sansa (or he thinks he does), but over time he loses control over her and she turns on him, resulting in his death. 

Which is a scenario that is repeated quite often within the story. 

Sansa’s later circle necklace (which becomes a stable in her wardrobe), continues the idea of Littlefinger’s influence/lessons and Sansa having her own Needle.

And this necklace reminds me more of a thread going through the sewing needle eye, than the first one. And overall sewing in general. Sewing and more traditional female activities are also closely associated with Sansa, just in general.

And while the new circle itself might continue the symbolic weight of the old circle (whatever that exactly is), I believe this new necklace carries an additional symbolic weight.  

Especially, when Sansa wears her Twin Direwolf Collar/Clasps. 

The necklace and collar, together, create a visual makeshift of a Viking King’s Chain.

And several other blogs/people have brought this up as a visual clue.

If this is an intentional visual clue by the costume designer or creators, then I think it clearly means that Sansa’s circle necklace (new version) is her very own Chain of Intent.

Matching & opposing Daenerys’ more famous Chain of Intent and if that is true, than these two are already made out to be two opposing forces before they even meet. 

It’s also quite interesting that both Sansa and Daenerys have been strongly assoicated with the WW symbols and no one else really has. Sansa the Circle. And Daenerys the Circle and Spiral. 

And the circle has come to represent opposing forces already. The WW and the Dragons.

But yet, we still don’t actually know the meaning of the White Walkers and Sansa’s First Necklace.

In our own world, the circle is similar to the Greek Letters of Theta and Phi.

Theta  is a closer match to Sansa’s necklace, a horizontal line contained within a circle. 

Theta is the eighth letter of the Greek Alphabet. In Greek numerals it has the value of 9 though and it is likely derived from Phoenician letter Teth.

The Phoenician letter ṭēth means "wheel" and possibly is the continuation of a Middle Bronze Age glyph named ṭab meaning "good".

But back to Theta.

It was once used to represent death, as it was used as an abbreviation for the Greek θάνατος (thanatos, “death”) and as a warning of death, in the same way that skull and crossbones are or have been used.

The idea of death is very fitting for the White Walkers/Night King. To those who believe in the Lord of the Light, the WW are death and the true enemy of R'hllor. But in general and for everyone, it’s pretty easy to associate death with the WW.

But this idea of death is pretty interesting in regards to Sansa, who wears the symbol in the end of Season 4 and a good portion of Season 5. And while she stops wearing it later on, the visual style of it continues on in a different form. 

The symbol could represent the symbolic death of the old Sansa that once was, the one that existed before she walked down the stairs wearing said circle necklace. 

Or perhaps it’s a forewarning of her own future, literal death. Or perhaps, like the WW, Sansa herself is a harbinger of death.

A warning of death to come. 

Tyrion himself, in S8E01, brought up the fact that those who’ve underestimated or cross Sansa are now all dead. But it goes a bit further than that, doesn’t it?

Many of the characters who have directly impacted Sansa’s life or interacted with her on screen are now dead.

Lady. Ned Stark. Catelyn Stark. Robb Stark. Rickon Stark. Robert Baratheon. Joffrey. Tommen. Myrcella. Jory Cassel. Septa Mordane. Lancel Lannister. Loras, Margaery and Olenna Tyrell. Ser Meryn Trant. Maester Pycelle. Ros. Shae. Dontos. Lysa Tully. Tywin Lannister. Roose Bolton. Walda Frey. Myranda. Ramsey Bolton. The old woman. Ned Umber. Petyr Baelish.

And even those who haven’t died, have in many ways gone through severe changes that we could see as symbolic deaths. 

The Hound. Jon Snow (+ literal). Cersei Lannister. Tyrion Lannister. Jaime Lannister. Arya Stark. Bran Stark. Theon Greyjoy. 

In all honestly, though, we could make a list like this for every current living character and some would far exceed Sansa’s own death list.

But it is interesting for one of the few characters not involved in active fighting or killing, death sure does follow her.

But again, this is Game of Thrones.

Now Phi looks closer to the White Walkers’ circle, as the line is vertical and even passes outside the circle.

Phi, is the is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet and represents the numeral value of 500 and also 500,000. 

The symbol of Phi can represent a whole number of things, most importantly the Golden Ratio. Which itself can represent infinity, beauty, nature, life and balance.

 And, the Golden Ration is often represented by a Spiral shape. 

Spiral 

This leads us to the Spiral in the show, which has become the far more prominent symbol in later seasons. 

It is first shown in S3E03, “The Walk of Punishment.” John and the Free Folk come across this symbol, specifically one that is made of horse parts. Though they don’t know its meaning, they talk of how there are no human remains. 

The men that these horses belonged to are now wights, the NK has gained more soldiers. And in the same episode, Daenerys makes a deal with the Slave Masters of Astapor -- One dragon for the Unsullied. Daenerys in this episode, takes a step further in gaining her future army.

Interesting how the wights are completely mindless soldiers following one master, while the Unsullied or the idea of them is sold to Daenerys as being just that. In addition, while the Masters of Astapor never got their one dragon, the Night King did.

The Spiral is also shown when the Children of the Forest create the first ever White Walker, in S6E05, “The Door.”

Bran learns in that scene that it was the COTF who created the WW to protect themselves from the First Men. And it is also in that scene we get idea that the acts people do (or weapons they create) under the justification of war, is not always justified. 

While COTF were being killed and their sacred trees destroyed, they created new life that they could not control and even slaughtered them, as well as the First Men. The COTF, in the end, had to work with Man to defeat the NK and imprison him beyond the wall.

The NK also creates the spiral in the most recent episode, S8E01 “Winterfell”, using body parts to create a spiral featuring Little Ned Umber in the middle (much like how the NK was in the middle of another spiral).

Beric Dondarrion even comments that it’s a message from the Night King. So once more we know the WW are sending the characters a message, we just don’t understand nor know what it is exactly means to the WW.

The Spiral is also associated with Daenerys Targaryen & potentially Targaryens in general.

In S4E10, “The Children” Daenerys wears a dress throughout that has the very same spiral pattern.

In that episode, Daenerys receives citizens in her hall when she is Queen of Mereen. She learns that some of the slaves want to be sold back to their former masters (as they feel there is no place for them in this new world). Daenerys learns the lesson that the freedom she has given these people, means they can defy her own wishes and wants for them.

This idea is further cemented when she learns that Drogon killed a small child. She has lost control of her dragons (drogon) and they are acting on their own will, which won’t always align with hers. So, she decides to lock up her two remaining dragons, to prevent this from happening again.  

The episode is adeptly titled “The Children,” (it’s almost like the title is intentional).

We as the audience are introduced to the Children of the Forest. But further more we learn the trouble and dangers of “children” to their “parents”.

Some of the slaves don’t wish to be freed by Myhsa (mother) and the Dragons are acting on their own will. 

The Hound begs Arya to kill him, who has become a pseudo daughter in a way, but she defies his will and leaves him to die a slow death. Well first she robbed him. 

And the final nail in the coffin, Jaime frees Tyrion, who then kills their father, Tywin. Which is not what Jaime nor Tywin wanted. 

Your children, the people you save or free from their former imprisonment, still have their own free will and that will can go against your own.

And this is a lesson that has been on repeat for quite some time.

The COTF learn this. Daenerys learns this. Littlefinger learns this. Tywin learns this. Cersei learns this. Doran Martell learn this. Roose Bolton learns this. Ramsey learns this.

Now, defying your “parents” wishes and turning on them does not always work out in the best of ways for the “child”. Robb and Sansa both went against Catelyn and Ned’s wishes in who they wanted to marry and both acts led to some terrible consequences for House Stark and said parents, as well as themselves.

So, there is a balance to be had. But the lesson remains, everyone has a will of their own.

And it’s also important to note that to create the first WW, the COTF used Dragonglass. Which is also refered to as frozen fire and is found in abundance on Dragonstone, the ancestral seat of House Targaryen. 

There is of course one other way Daenerys and Targaryens are connected to the Spiral, their sigil resembles it quite a bit.

Of course, everyone has commented on the possible connection of the WW Spiral & Targaryen sigil as the similarity was made quite clear with Little Ned being set ablaze.

The Spiral itself could be seen as an abstract form of the Targaryen Sigil. Similar to how Cersei’s crown is an abstract form of a lion.

Heading back to the actual Spiral for a quick second. 

Spirals in our own world can have a ton of meanings depending on different cultures, history and overall context. But overall, they can represent movement, life, creation, infinity/eternity, reincarnation/ rebirth and time (past, present and future). 

And I think those meanings from our world can also be applied to the GOT Spiral.

Back to the Targaryen Sigil and its connection to the Spiral.

The Targaryen Sigil itself is reminiscent of Ouroboros - A symbol that depicts a serpent or dragon devouring its own tail.

Ouroboros represents or can represent wholeness, infinity, rebirth or a renewal of life (same as the spiral). A continuation of a cycle.

It also has the negative connation or idea tied to it -- eating (hurting) yourself to satiate your own hunger (desire).

Basically, a self-defeating way of trying to accomplish what you want.

Which is a way to describe several of the characters we’ve seen on the show and continue to see, the more they try to cement their power the more unstable that power’s foundation becomes.

 But even more so, we can see it with how several of the “children” defy their “parents”.

And of course, both the Targaryen Sigil and Spiral Symbol also look like something else. A wheel.

Daenerys has sworn to break “The Wheel.”

While we can easily infer what the wheel is, it’s never actually fully discussed within the show. 

We’re told the vague idea that it’s the families fighting one another for power and the destruction that follows (crushing the smallfolk), but that’s really it. 

However, that idea is often shown to the audience in every episode, with once again the literal Title of the Show.

This looks like a wheel, with the different families being the spokes on it, just like what Daenerys said.

 But back to our main point.

We have no idea how Daenerys exactly wants to break the wheel (dismantling the institutions of power that legitimize rulers? maybe?) nor do we know what she wants to do when the wheel breaks. Or what she wants to implement afterward.

One idea, is that she could mean she wants to do what Joffrey suggested in Season 1, dismantling the independent powers of the lower lords (Stark, Tyrell, Tully...ect) and cement the central power of the crown (mainly through armies).

This actually isn’t all that far-fetched. Daenerys has become the central ruler of her army and people, with seemingly no official lower branches or groups. 

But that’s more stopping the wheel on the Targaryen Spoke, not breaking it.

The real problem is that it’s a nice line with no plan behind it and there is a fatal flaw in how it’s supposed to be achieved.  

It’s hard to break the “wheel”, when Daenerys needs the wheel or the institutions of power that were or are still currently in place (monarchy/feudalism, succession rights, Targaryen rule, Iron Throne) to become Queen of the 7K, so she can break said institutions that reinforce the current social structure and help crush those below.

Daenerys (and the other characters) are part of this wheel. They might be able to change it, but can they truly break it? 

I’m going to say no. The wheel and life keep spinning. The spiral continues. No matter what they do. 

The wheel imagery also reminds me of the Seven-Pointed Star, the primary icon of the New Gods, which is the major religion within Westeros.  

The New Gods is an interesting religion. It’s predominant across the show. It’s one of the few religions we see that has set rules and practices and it is (was) a formal institute of power in Westeros, but yet has no “proof” behind it.  

The Old Gods, The Lord of Light and even the Many-Faced God have magic users and practices that seemingly reinforce said power of their god and prove its existence.

But magic isn’t linked to one religion or one god. In fact, it might not be linked to any. Magic might just be a natural part of this world and some religions may have been created to explain said magic and shape it.

Perhaps those who follow R’hllor can’t see the future through the flames because of their god, but many R’hllor exists because people could see the future in the flame. 

But back to the Targaryen connection.

It always interested me that the Targaryens never brought over or implemented their own religion or gods from Valyria to Westeros. They just adapted to the dominant religion and allowed it to give them legitimacy.

One could also argue the Targaryen Sigil has “Seven Points” to it.

 Three Heads. Two Wings. Two Tails.

And also, Joffrey based the throne room off the old Targaryen-style of the room. Including the Seven-Pointed Star windows.

Joffrey didn’t include the star because he himself is religious, he did so to invoke the style and power he admired in the previous Targaryen rulers. 

Robert, who overthrew the Targaryens, had removed and replaced the Seven-Pointed Star (and other decorations) with forest/hunting stain-glass windows and decorations. 

While we might associate the current throne room and its “look” with Joffrey and later Cersei, they are only trying to invoke the Targaryens, who were overthrown so they could have power. 

And we can see that in the flashback of the Mad King, as he too had the Seven-Pointed Star glass window.

So, in the past, the Targaryens have used the Seven-Pointed Star, not just in their decorating, but legitimizing their own power with The Faith of the Seven. 

Overall, the Seven-Pointed Circle it a symbol of power that keeps things more or less the same. And Daenerys might have to reinforce or rebuild this religion once more to keep or gain her own power, if she were ever to become queen. 

Once more, fortifying the wheel and making it more difficult to break.

Now overall the Spiral and the Seven-Pointed Star Circle aren’t that similar in appearance, other than them being circles with “spokes”. 

The Spiral has 8 spirals. While the Star has 7 points. 

The Star is contained in the circle and the Spiral is the circle that can continue on and on.  

But they might just both represent religion. While not confirmed, from what we can tell so far, the Spiral is a symbolic part of the COTF magic (and potentially their religion as well).

So, there is again an element of opposite forces. The Old vs. The New.

And from a Watsonian perspective, whose to say the Targaryen weren’t influenced by the dominant religion of Westeros & the Spirals imagery found on Dragon Stone (plus their three dragons) in creating their sigil.

The two symbols the WW have used can be linked to and related to many different things from our own world to the world of Game of Thrones. 

And while all of these different circles and symbols may not all be directly connected together in some overall giant meaning/conspiracy that will explain everything.

We can’t ignore, the same ideas and meanings keep coming up and connect different symbols and ideas together. 

They are all different, but nonetheless similar. Reflections of one another.

What do these two symbols really mean in regards to the WW?

Well, I hate to say it I don’t have a concrete answer, despite everthing we’ve talked about. But I do have speculation.

In a more literal sense. I think the circle represents the First Men and the Spiral represents the COTF. Or at least they use to. 

Basically, I think it will be revealed that the circle symbol we first saw (unless they’ve forgotten about it) was once a symbol of the First Men. We actually haven’t seen the COTF really be associated with that symbol, at least not in the same way the Spiral has been shown to be related to them.

True the circle is part of the Cave Drawings, like the Spiral, but the COTF were telling the story of how they joined together with the First Men to defeat the WW.

So I believe, the WW are taking what was the primary (or what they saw as the primary) symbol of the two groups that they wish to destroy and made them their own. 

For the WW to have life, they most kill the old life in the current world. And these two symbols the WW have been using is that threat. Death is coming for the First Men (humans) and the COTF.

And that leads to what these two symbols represent (not just a single person or group anymore), but ideas.

Overall, I believe they both represent opposing forces and the duality of said forces.

The Fist Men and The Children of the Forest. Ice and Fire. Starks and Targaryens. Non-Magic and Magic. Old Gods and New Gods. Greatness and Madness. Death and Life.

Different sides of the same coin.

However, these symbols in my view don’t simply represent said opposite forces themselves, or more accurately, one doesn’t necessairly represent life, while the other represents death. 

They represent both opposing forces at the same time.

But more than anything, these two symbols separate or together represent --

Rebirth. Renewal. Reincarnation. A continuation of the past in the present and future.

Both symbols have come to represent the duality of Life & Death and Death & Life.

The COTF created the Night King by killing the human man he once was. (Spiral)

The Night King kills humans and brings them back (creating “new life”) as either wights or WW. (Circle & Spiral)

Daenerys had three deaths (Drogo, Rhaego, Mirri Maz Durr) and willingly walked into the funeral pyre and by doing so, she created new life in her three dragons. (Circle)

Sansa has to symbolically kill (change) old Sansa to become this new and smarter Sansa (when she leaves the vale). (Circle).

And that idea, even though the symbols aren’t presented in literal form, repeats  time and time again.  

The Drowned God Religion in general.

Theon must die for Reek to exist and Reek must die to allow Theon to be reborn.

Jon has to kill the boy to let the man be born.

Jon also literally dies and is resurrected.

Human Bran has to die to allow Three-Eyed Raven Bran to be born.

The Faceless Men try to get Arya to kill Arya Stark so she could become No One.

Jaime most kill the King slayer to become Jaime Lannister.

For new life, you need the death of the old life.

Both symbols represent that overall idea, particularly in association together. But yet what once was, never truly goes away, does it? 

“What is dead, may never die”

The old (the past) is never truly destroyed. And thus, you get this continuation that goes on and on.

But overall the idea of the future, despite its best attempt, being a reflection of the past is something that seems inevitable.

Though I would say the future of GOT won’t look exactly like the past, because many different reflections of the past will take part in creating this new future.

So, I believe some form of the old (current) life we’re viewing now must die, for the new life to exist. 

And, there are a couple of questions we might want to ponder during S8. 

Which “children” will defy which “parents” in this new season?

Which of the saved will defy their savior?

Which reflections of the past will actually be realized in the future? 

What exact aspect of the old must die for the new to exist?

We’ll just have to watch and see.

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TRILHA SONORA DA PRIMEIRA TEMPORADA

"Across The Hall"

TRILHA SONORA DA PRIMEIRA TEMPORADA

por Helena Mavros

S1E00 'Teaser': Kiwi, por Harry Styles

O que confere sentido à última fala que encerra o teaser da série, dita por Mikhael.

Those Magic Changes, de “Grease” (Mikhael e Devon cantam juntos)

Anything To Say You’re Mine, por Etta James (se acostumando ao apê da Denise)

S1E01 'Piloto': Down on the Street, por The Stooges

Feita para transmitir ansiedade, e até um pouco de angústia no espectador. Dá o tom agressivo e revolucionário à Aurora, estabelecendo sua identidade rebelde.

Careless, por Royal Blood (Aurora a caminho do trabalho)

Minute Made, por Ayotemi, Kassim (passagem de tempo no expediente)

Water No Get Enemy, por Fela Kuti (montagem dos dois recém colegas de quarto)

Cais, por Milton Nascimento (ela preparando o bolo de cenoura)

Baba, por Aminé (o jantar na casa do Amadou)

S1E02 'O que não fazemos pelo amor?': Michelle, por The Beatles

A razão exata por trás do nome crossdresser de Mick, é uma de suas músicas preferidas. Faz correlação com a ex-namorada franco-americana do ator (Styles), que lhe ajudou a mergulhar em si, a se redescobrir enquanto homem e enquanto músico.

To Be So Lonely, por Harry Styles

Child Of Nature, por The Beatles (a infância e adolescência de Mikhael)

Ballerina, por Van Morrison (os tempos de universitário dele, e relações amorosas)

I’m Going To Be A Teenage Idol, por Elton John

Palavras Ao Vento, por Cássia Eller (ele no Brasil)

S1E03 'Tiramisu... Não, a sobremesa não!': You And I, por Lady Gaga

Retrata como Devon se sente ao retornar ao seu país natal, após deixar o MIT e um rapaz misterioso, quem ele diz ser o amor de sua vida. Uma música muito simbólica tanto para o engenheiro, quanto para a popstar.

Salve Black, por Emicida (a infância e adolescência de Devon)

Balenciaga, por Princess Nokia (ele descobre sua paixão por moda, com seu tio)

I Will Survive, por Gloria Gaynor (sua primeira performance como drag queen)

LMK, por Kelela (sua noite mágica com Lewis)

S1E04 'Rebelde com causa': You Know I'm No Good, por Amy Winehouse

Reflete a relação conturbada e muito ambígua que Aurora tem consigo mesma, como se ao se vitimizar e ser muito rígida, significa uma traição. Expressa sua profundidade e sua intensidade, suas lutas internas e externas.

Preta Pretinha, por Novos Baianos (infância e adolescência de Aurora)

Doidice, por Djavan

LOYALTY, por Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna (vida universitária)

S1E05 'A Microfísica do Poder': Zóião, por Emicida

Retrata fielmente a inveja e o ódio que muitos sentem ao ver um imigrante sul-africano muito bem sucedido, em posição de poder.

Mama África, por Chico César (infância e adolescência de Amadou)

Whasgood?!, por blackwave. (quando ele se muda para a Inglaterra)

Z4L, por Smino, Bari, Jay2 (construindo sua vida em Londres, relações amorosas)

Common Sense, por Iophiile, Vic Mensa (praticando boxe)

Pequenas Alegrias da Vida Adulta, por Emicida (ele chegando em casa)

S1E06 'Nem tudo que reluz é ouro': Waste, por Foster The People

Consegue transformar em melodia as maiores angústias dos que lidam com problemas de saúde mental, como é o caso de Lidiane. Faz relação à sua amizade mais honesta, que a dá forças para continuar, com Aurora. Mostra a vulnerabilidade, seu lado verdadeiro, faz com que o público se aproxime cada vez mais dos personagens e compreendam suas motivações e anseios.

I Write Sins Not Tragedies, por Panic At The Disco! (adolescência de Lidiane)

A Barata, por Só Pra Contrariar (momentos bons da amizade com Aurora)

Les jours tristes, por Yann Tiersen (vida universitária)

S1E07 'Nos seus olhos': Love Of My Life, por The Everly Brothers

Captura os primeiros olhares de ternura, as risadas sinceras e os sorrisos quase que involuntários de (mais) uma tarde nublada de Londres. Os primeiros resquícios de uma paixão avassaladora, que floresce sob os olhos dos espectadores, chega a ser poético.

Passarinhos, por Emicida, Vanessa Da Mata (Aurora e Mikhael no parque)

Vivo Sonhando, por João Gilberto (música no Café Nouveau)

S1E08 'Pode vir quente, que eu tô fervendo': Here Comes The Sun, por The Beatles

A música é como um abraço reconfortante, a esperança que nasce sob o horizonte, de novos dias de alegria. Significa ter forças para crer em um mundo melhor, mesmo quando tudo parece ter virado cinzas do dia pra noite. Apesar de toda a opressão, só o amor salva.

Levanta e Anda, por Emicida, Barbatuques (renovação da Kaleidoscope)

Brasil Pandeiro, por Novos Baianos  (Aurora cozinhando com Mikhael)

S1E09 'Quatro vezes três... É demais': Tough On Myself, por King Princess

É o sentimento de cobrança individual de todos os personagens, que tentam ajudar Lidiane cada um do seu jeito, mas acabam atrapalhando, infelizmente. No fim das contas, a brasileira tem uma epifania, e resolve seguir seu sonho literário, em segredo.

Cool Kids, por KWAYE (o ensaio da performance de Tiramisu)

S1E10 'Olha a cobra! (É mentira)': Apesar De Você, por Chico Buarque

Uma referência aos Anos de Chumbo da ditadura civil-militar brasileira, de 64 a 85 que faz correlação com a nova onda conservadora ao redor do mundo. O mais sincero foda-se para aqueles que incitam a violência através de pensamentos retrógrados.

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Game of Thrones – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - 8x02 episode analysis (kind of)

…or the episode we should have gotten last week.

And we’re back! I am not here to shit on last week’s episode I actually enjoyed it very much, if you just take it for what it was, but! I cannot help but remark how much better episode 2 has been to us… the writing was very very good and rich, and in character, and it finally feels like GoT and… I honestly don’t know what happened in episode 1. But moving on…

As you can already tell, this is going to my personal summary, thoughts and analysis of episode 02 of season 8. Going to put it all under a cut – spoilers, you have been warned.

Are you an Oathkeeper or on Oathbreaker? Or the Jaime Fucking Lannister Fest

Listen I am not calling this a trial, because it is not. Yes I know they call it a trial in the BTS and Inside the episode.

Dany’s speech about Jaime’s deeds against House Targaryen is very good. As I have mentioned in my preview analysis, this is the first time (third time is a charm ha) that Jaime and Dany speak to one another. She doesn’t know this man. This man tried to kill her and he killed her father.

I got right half of the stuff at least, for what it’s worth. Tyrion looks soooo sooo bad. LIKE YOU KNEW YOUR SISTER? Oh the glare!!! If looks could kill, Tyrion would be dust. LiStEn, Tyrion, honey. Sit down. Jeez, read the room, you are not making it better. Dany is right - why should she trust this man? And Sansa is right there with her… until Brienne speaks. 

Gwen called Brienne’s speech something “almost like a declaration of love” and I think that is so beautiful it hurts. Not a Braime fan, but hey you got fed fam, I am happy for you! I already mentioned in my live blogging that it was either incoherent or just plain retcon to forget that Sansa sent Brienne to KL because she thought Brienne would kill her if it meant a showdown with Arya. But I digress. 

I find it very interesting how Jaime didn’t apologise and his cojones to say so because “we were at war” - and I get it, my dude, Ser Hot Stuff, we all know all is fair in love and war, but I guess it would be ooc for him to apologise. Great delivery, I don’t particularly like NCW but this scene? Top notch. I rate it one doggy style fuck out of one, but so good your legs are wobbly and you can barely find the energy to plop on your bed afterwards. 

The things we do for love… and Bran is back with the fucking shit stirring drama. We stan Bran Starkashian. 

I find it interesting since this is also Dany’s chance to show how she rules - Lady Sansa says her opinion, which surprises Dany. Then she turns to Jon, who the entire time has been very very quiet. Like the kind of quiet you are when you have the biggest hangover and you are stuck in class and you just want it to be over with. So Jon says what he could say to get the fuck out of there. “We need every man we can get.” So Jaime is given his sword back after Grey Worm literally gives him the I AM WATCHING YOU BITCH glare. 

But Jon’s chair is not facing forward, it is slightly oriented towards Dany’s. Notice how he doesn’t look at her, even when she addresses him directly. She gets up and everyone does so afterwards FINALLY SOME FUCKING RESPECT and she turns to Jon… and he doesn’t even look at her… and my baby looks heartbroken because he just ignores her *coughs* As soon as the meeting ended, he rushed out, not giving her a chance to say a word. *coughs*

In defence of Jon… Know what, we’ll talk about Jon later, when we get to the reveal. 

Oh and Bran totes doesn’t care about Jaime enough to expose him in front of the entire Great Hall. Because ya know, he is a drama queen, but he keeps his cards close, he either already has a plan for Jaime or as he said, and as I have predicted from the preview, it serves no purpose to expose Jaime for what he did to Bran. Like just click on it and read it. Good that Bran called him out on his apology naaah bitch you don’t get to go holier than thou here. It is what it is. 

Me at Bran this episode:

Jaime and Tyrion’s conversation is very interesting, not only about Dany in general whether she is worthy or not, and Tyrion seems to be team Dany. Was it just me or Tyrion more like whispered the part where he talks about Cersei’s baby. Also also listen Jaime, unless you’re suddenly a gynaecologist how the fuck do you know she is not lying? I loved how Tyrion called Jaime out on the fact that he loved Cersei despite knowing full well what and who she was. Dude let’s call it what it was. Don’t play coy now. 

Ding ding ding Tyrion mentions marching to KL and killing Cersei … and that’s all I am gonna say about it.

Jaime x Brienne wow this ship is getting so fed - enjoy babies ! And I loved how Brienne was suddenly WHY ARENT YOU INSULTING ME I DONT KNOW HOW TO INTERACT TO YOU !!!! Brienne is leading the left flank and Jaime wants to be led by her. Keep in mind for next week’s episode! I am so proud of my son Pod, I am basically proudmom!Brienne tbh. 

The episode in which Dany gets a lot of counsel - because that’s also the type of ruler she is 

Tyrion x Varys x Jorah vs Dany - Dany gives the best scolding ever tbh. Moms, take notes, because look at Tyrion’s face. He knows this Christmas when the NK comes he will only get coal. No whores and wine for Tyrion. He was naughty boy.  

KHALESSI - Listen. I don’t like Jorah in the books, and my impression of show!Jorah has always been tainted by it. But this Jorah is redeemed and deserves to live I WILL RIOT IF HE DIES. The scene he has with Dany is one of my favourites because it just shows how much history they have together. I will sob if he dies because he is the only one left from S1E01 with her.  Jorah tells her to forgive Tyrion and seek out S.ansa to smooth things over. MY BEAR

S.ansa x Daenerys - First time I thought it was going well, they were bonding… and then S.ansa leaned forward and the hand placing seemed a bit too deliberate to me, too Margaery. What I am trying to say is that it is very hard to know if S.ansa is being genuine. It is a very good scene and it holds a lot of importance later on, more on that when I talk about the reveal in the last scene (and I this is what I wanted from episode 1 - cold but courteous.) 

S.ansa tells Dany Jon loves her and that “men do stupid things for the women they love, they’re easily manipulated” - which, fair point; she saw Cersei and Margaery do it. Buuuut she also had the counter-argument: she saw how Littlefinger manipulated her aunt. So it goes both ways, bby. 

“All my life I have known one goal: the Iron Throne […] until I met Jon 

INTERRUPTING THIS PROGRAMME TO FLAIL BECAUSE HOLY SHIT WE FINALLY HEAR DANY CALL HIM “JON” ON SCREEN YES YES FUCKING FINALLY THANK YOU BABY JESUS AND MARY AND THE ENTIRE TEAM OF 12 APOSTLES  

“Now I am here, half a world away, fighting Jon’s war alongside him. Tell me, who manipulated whom?”  - I love how Dany turns the tables here, because she is right; if Dany was manipulating Jon, then how come she is the one here, fighting with all her men and resources and dragons? Who gains from this more? SEE S.ANSA IT MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE IF YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN- 

FINALLY SOME GOOD FUCKING CONTENT. 

Then S.ansa goes for that smile ugh and agaaaain I am having soooo much trouble taking it for genuine. 

“I am here because I love your brother and I trust him and I know he is true to his word […]” I AM DEAD DEAD DEAD 

And then it goes to shite because S.ansa is now clearly drawing inspiration from Theresa fucking May since she has no fucking skills to bring up Brexit - is it Nexit? Dany retreating her hands tho - she feels played LIKE REALLY BITCH I WAS SPEAKING FROM MY HEART AND YOU WERE JUST BUYING TIME HERE. 

Theonsa everywhere - or the ship you never thought would happen in this show yet you can’t help but ship it 

That hug!!!! Wow I loved it!!! Sophie and Alfie killed it. Also watch Dany in the background - my baby!!! Do you know how hard it is being around people with big families when you’re… alone? It’s fucking depressing, and I just want to hug Dany and carry her to safety. 

We got 3 Theonsa moments (and one was a Jonerys parallel so you know the romantic undertones are strong) in this episode soooo yeah! Enjoy! I am afraid they are setting Theon up to die, especially since it would be poetic cinema.jpeg for him to die defending Bran after he took WF from him.

Also also feels like book!Theon and show!Theon are colliding again. 

The Merry Men and the Night’s Watch leftovers ; and Ghost for 3 seconds - you’re welcome ; the Hound and Beric; Missandei and Grey Worm

Tormund calling Jon “little crow” was fucking everything! did you catch Jon’s smile??? Precious baby!!! And then asking about Brienne!!!! But did you catch Jon’s face when he saw Sam was also there - like ugh you again - BYE 

Missandei x Grey - one of them is totally dead BYE I AM GONNA FLUNG MYSELF OUT THE WINDOW 

Sam x Jon on the battlements - ugh Sam really you are looking soooooo bad right now. Jon’s face is again precious. He is so over Sam atm and he is just like WHEN WILL THE NK COME FOR ME BECAUSE IF I HAVE TO STAY ONE MORE SECOND WITH THIS BITCH ISTG– Then I got emo when Edd came up. Damn. Watch Edd die too… I feel it in mah bones. That’s how the last of the NW dies. 

Arya x The Hound - I get soooo many dad feels from the Hound tbh and I love it. My guess the Hound makes it. Beric tho??? hmmm Idk about that. 

Tormund is fucking insane and I love him

THE BRIENNE KNIGHTING WAS EVERYTHING AND I CANT EVEN LOOK AT THE GIFS WITHOUT SOBBING MAH HEART - also!!! Dunk and Egg reference - Brienne parallel?? And the title of the episode! ugh Summerhall references? BRIENNE DO NOT DIE 

Sam gives Jorah Heartsbane - Good. It’s what Jorah deserves. *pushes Sam out of the shot*

Pod singing Jenny’s Song is tearing me apart and making me sob harder I FUCKING LOST IT AND I AM STILL GETTING CHILLS YALL THIS WAS FUN. SEEMS EVERYONE DIES. No, I jest. But I love how they paired up the couples for a tragic love song - Brienne x Jaime, Sam x Gilly, S.ansa x Theon, Arya x Gendry, Missandei x Greyworm, Jon x Dany. I wouldn’t look too much into the song choice tbh, since in Inside the episode they say they knew they wanted a song and they just picked this one and added more verses since it was incomplete. I know this is the second Summerhall reference, but ya know, I personally wouldn’t look too much into it.  Edit: I should have never trusted D&D - now go read these amazing posts made by @tomakeitbeautifultolive in which she explains the song and the significance for Jonerys. Also Ramin Djawadi spoke about the song and fed our fandom just today (April 25th).

The War Council or let’s gather around Bran Starkashian so he can spill some tea on the NK

Plan sounds basic imo, not that I had expected much about that, but in Miguel we trust and we know he will absolutely crash this battle in episode 3. 

Interesting how the casually dropped that apparently the NK’s goal is to destroy Bran. And the mention of the mark - so now basically Bran is chipped. Cool beans. Sam’s remark about “death is forgetting, being forgotten is very interesting. Memories don’t come from books, your stories aren’t just stories.” - interesting take here. I Sam writing the book about Jonerys? If so I am afraid he has A FUCKING BIAS OMG I AM GETTING HEATED AGAIN. Also my friend @iane-casey  was totally annoyed how much screen time Sam got which honestly same dude I am still pissed at you *joins Jon to brood and glare at Sam*

Dany publicly makes a point in that she still needs Tyrion aka he is forgiven so that there is no bad blood between them. 

Lmao my friend @zavocado says we should totes just tape Bran to Drogon’s belly and lure the NK away from WF *grabs the duct-tape* 

FINALLY A MAP: listen, they are outnumbered as fuuuuck… besides that it is clear that Dany’s forces will get the most hit since they are in the vanguard, Birenne on the left with the Knights of the Vale and some Stark forces, on the right we get the rest of the North, and the Mormonts are inside the gates! 

Jon walks on Dany a second time - Dany stops as the room clears out (Qhono and Jorah and Varys behind her), looks expectandly at Jon, he doesn’t look at her (MY BABY BOY HE LOOKS SO ROUGH DID HE EVEN SLEEP?), falters “Your Grace”, and bolts. She falters, her face is all WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING and she clears the room too. More on that at the end.

Gendrya or the OTP you did not know you need and why you fucking need it

First of all, this fandom is so pure. I loooooved all the Gendrya on my dash from episode 1 and then this episode I got flooded and I am here for it bitch. Give me all the feels.

I cannot wait to see Arya with her new weapon!!! 

GENDRY IS SO SHOOKETH BY ARYA AND I LOVED THAT SHE TOPPED HIM

I HAVE A SON YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER LET’S JOIN OUR HOUSES

The gendrya - jonerys parallels??? EVERYTHING JUST WOW

Jonerys parentage reveal 2.0 or the reveal Jon also deserved not the travesty he got

I will do a play by play of the scene, but first. Why does Jon avoid Dany? Simple. He is hurting. Since we get the Jaime vs Bran stare down and then we get the Jaime trial, it is safe to assume that happens the morning after Sam blurted the truth to Jon about his mom and dad. 

So at Jaime’s fake trial, Jon had what? A few hours at best to process everything - and by that I mean: Dany is his aunt; Ned lied to him his entire life (no matter the reason, Jon has been raised a certain way and to hear the man who was so honourable was capable of the biggest lie in the realm… das huge! so this is shocking his entire moral compass and belief system built upon the education his dad gave him); his dad actually loved his mom and married her so he is no longer a bastard - ya know aka the thing that affected his entire life and the thing he wanted most; his mom died giving birth to him and she managed to think of him in her last moments, enough to make Ned promise her he will take care of her son; the fact that if Robert even caught a whiff of it, he would have been dead. SO that is a LOT LOT. 

Which explains why Jon was so out of it when he is asked about Jaime. Also explains why he bolts out of the room without looking at Dany - I think if he had even so much as looked at her he would have broken down. He isn’t ready for it.

Oh the stuff I mentioned he had to come to terms with? On top of all of it we must add the stress of finding a way of telling all of this to Dany in a way that he doesn’t hurt her. Also I bet your ass he thought there was a chance she may not believe him (he himself did not in the beginning)… and a chance she may think he wants the throne since Sam drilled this into his head so now he is afraid of that too. 

So when Jon is in the war room he had what? around 12 hours in total since Sam told him? 15? 20? Do you think that’s enough? Because I don’t. But this time he is doing much better. So he is still not looking at Dany, but he addressed her “Your Grace” and leaves - which means he is already in a better place than where he was in the morning, but not quite there yet. 

This is good angst. We should rejoice, it will hurt before it gets better. 

Moving on. Why didn’t he just directly go to Dany? I honestly don’t think it’s in Jon’s character to seek out comfort. This is a kid who had no one to go to when he would hurt himself. That shit stays with you. You don’t just flip a switch and start seeking out your other half. No, in moments of stress the brain reverts to things it knows bets, to muscle memory and old habits; it uses the energy to overthink itself to death so ain’t nobody got time for that new behaviours shit. At this point jonerys have been together for how long? 3? 4 weeks? That’s not that much. They are used to each other, but not enough to break old habits and past traumas. 

Now, the reveal: 

Dany stops, silently asking permission before she approaches Jon. Poor bean must be a bit hurt that he avoided her twice, so better make sure he actually wants her company. Jon actually smiles at her, even if it is a sad smile. It kills me how he is just staring at him mom’s statue. KILLS ME. Only then, she approaches him (look at her face, brief relief!). She stops next to him, he turns to her and nods, and only THEN SHE EMBRACES HIS SIDE, HOLDING HIS HANDS, CHIN TO HIS SHOULDER.

“Who is that?”

“Lyanna Stark.” Jon eventually says

Dany looks a bit like oh… shit, again my family yikes… I would say she looks apologetic. “My brother Rhaegar, everyone told me he was decent and kind. He liked to sing. Gave money to poor children. And he raped her” - ok but this is big, because Dany just in S7 recognised her own rape… So no wonder her opinion on Rhaegar is not that good atm. 

“He didn’t” 

Dany looks shook, but she is still holding onto Jon. Notice how his hand is on hers? 

“He loved her.” 

She doesn’t interrupt. Jon almost looks like he is feeling brave, so he keeps her hand into his and turns to face her. 

“They were married in secret. After Rhaegar fell on the Trident, she had a son. Robert would have murdered the baby if he ever found out and Lyanna knew it.”

Dany is surpised, but so far so good. Jon stares into her eyes.

“So the last thing she did as she bled to death on her birthing bed was give the boy to her brother” – camera on Emilia — oh shit for a split second it starts to show that she is putting two and two together – “Ned Stark” – her eyes widen and she blinks – “to raise as his bastard” – she exhales, breathing accelerates – “My name,” – breathing heavily on her part –  “my real name” -- she looks incredulous and nods a smal no – “is Aegon Targaryen” – she blinks, exhales, puls away her hand and turn halfway away from Jon. 

She looks away, then at him, he is almost leaning over her but still too far. “That’s impossible.”

Camera on Jonerys

“I wish it were.” (SEE THIS IS WHAT I AM SAYING MY POOR SON)

“Who told you this?”

“Bran. He was it.”

“He SAW it?” She sound clipped, the ARE YOU KIDDING ME tone clipped 

“And Samwell confirmed it.”He read about their marriage at the CItadel” – camera on Emilia —”without even knowing what it meant” (OK BUT FUCK OFF SAM GILLY READ THAT) - Dany’s face her, she is clearly restraining herself because this sounds insane.

“A secret no one in the world knew, except your brother and your best friend, doesn’t seem strange to you?” she shakes her head and it breaks my heart how you can see the wheels turning in her head going fuck here we go again, I laid my heart bare and that’s it. Yet another betrayal. 

Camera on Kit. He looks at her, takes a step forward “It’s true, Dany.” – camera on Emilia – “I know it is.” (UM HELLO DANY I AM HYPERVENTILATING BITCH)

Dany shakes her head, her face looks full with distrust. Then it goes to despair - her voice shaky “If it were true, it would make you the last male heir of the House Targaryen.” – camera on Kit HE FUCKING FROWNS LIKE WHAT – camera on Emilia – “You’d have a claim to the Iron Throne” – camera on Kit and his face goes again WHA— 

THEN THE FUCKING HORN SOUNDS. Jon turns his head towards the door, but Dany keeps staring at him and she looks heartbroken.

They go out and it’s all business. He nods to her and she leaves. Interesting though - she comes out first. Jon turned back towards the sound so if they were just running out he should have come out first. Either he remembered to be courteous or there is another small exchange we didn’t get to see. Or maybe I am reading way into things and it was a lame ass decision hahah. 

Ok so the reveal to Dany - you better fucking take notes Sam cuz this is how you do a reveal: being calm, level headed, explaining to the person as much as you can, answering questions.

On Dany’s reaction: my friend @oadara said it so so well in this post here. So, building on that, we need to put her reaction in context, just like I did with Jon’s cold shoulder. Dany’s discussion with S.asnsa is fresh in her mind, not just the part about who is manipulating whom, and that must drive her nuts now, but also the part in which S.asnsa did a 180 on her just when she thought she was making progress, so feeling like she was being manipulated. One of course must start asking questions. Has Jon just found out? Has he always known? Did he seduce her to take her armies and her dragons her her throne?? Moreover, Dany specifically tells S.ansa that her only goal in life has been the Iron Throne. Imagine that - having one goal in life, and suddenly someone comes in and can just rip it all away from you, poof just like that, they just need to say the word. Moreover, males have preference… and so many would rather follow a male than a female. And that’s a fact.  

Moreover… she still thinks herself barren… 

Like I am not saying Dany suddenly hates Jon or will cast him away (ok maybe she will initially I have a prediction/theory I will explain in a different post). I am saying… JUST GIVE DANY TIME. She just found out and now she gotta go save everyone’s ass. Let the girl breathe.

I was asking myself but why would Jon tell her now? If he himself wishes she had never known? I think it may be a very Ned Stark thing - he genuinely thinks he will fall, and he wanted to tell her the truth, because Rhaegar Targaryen may be his dad but Ned Stark is his daddy. 

What do you think? As always, dms and asks are open! 

Will make a preview post and another about my jonerys theory. 

All in all, this episode was incredible and I loved it. I am so not ready for the fight fuuuuuuuuuuuu-

#got spoilers #got spoilers 8x02 #got 8x02 summary #jonerys #jonerys meta #r+l=j #got meta #game of thrones #my analysis

[dragonydreams]

Title: Letters Unsent Fandom: DC's Legends of Tomorrow Rating: Teen Pairings/Characters: Sara Lance/Leonard Snart Summary: Sara and Leonard are reunited. Sequel to Pen Pals. Timeline: S1E01 Pilot Word Count: 1,526 Disclaimer: I claim no ownership over these characters. I am merely borrowing them from Berlanti Productions, DC Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Television. Betas: Thank you to angelskuuipo and shanachie for looking this over for me. Author's Note: My muse has been on an unapproved leave of absence, but decided to visit me again. Hopefully she is back to stay as I've really missed writing.

 Sara reached into her duffle bag to slowly pull out the leather-bound journal she'd stashed in there before leaving Star City. This journal had helped her get through the years since the Gambit sank. It wasn't so much a diary as a collection of letters.

She'd never stopped writing to her pen pal, even when she'd known she'd never be able to send the letters to him.

Sara had found the journal on the Amazo. It had belonged to one of the prisoners. She'd squirreled it away after the man had died, figuring that he didn't need it anymore.

To keep her sanity, she'd poured all of her fears into the journal. She'd confided in her pen pal, like she'd always done. Only now her stories were of torture, medical experiments, and worse.

She'd carried it with her at all times for fear of Ivo, or one of the other men, discovering it. So she'd had it with her when she'd nearly drowned for the second time.

Nyssa had known about it, but she'd respected Sara's wishes to never read it; provided Sara tell her some of what it contained. Nyssa respected privacy, but would not tolerate secrets between them.

This book chronicled the worst times in her life.

For the first time ever, she was about to allow someone to read it. After all, he was the person she'd been writing to all these years.

~~*~~

When Rip told them that they would be idling in the time stream that first time, the newly formed team went their separate ways to the bunks they'd each claimed upon arrival.

Sara only stayed in her room long enough to retrieve her journal before heading across the hallway to the thief's room. She hadn't decided yet if this was the best of luck or going to be a prolonged act of torture, being just across the hall from him. She hoped for the former.

Knocking on the door, she couldn't help smiling at the gruff, "Who's there?" that came from inside.

"It's Sara," she called out. "Can I come in?"

The door instantly slid open to reveal Leonard on the other side, the delighted surprise slipping from his eyes as he got his mask back in place.

He gestured for Sara to enter, closing the door behind her once she had.

Sara held the journal against her stomach, not sure how to tell him of their connection.

"Resurrection," Leonard drawled, leaning against his bed. "Is that how you survived when the Queen's Gambit sunk?"

Sara's breath hitched and her jaw dropped. She blinked at him and he smirked. "Y-you knew who I was?"

Leonard shrugged one shoulder before hopping up to sit on the bed. "Figured it out when I saw the news reports. Robert Queen's boat sinking got quite a bit of air time, along with who the passengers were. Didn't take too long for me to put the pieces together."

Sara made her way to the desk chair and sank down onto it. She blew out a breath. "Well, that makes my story a little shorter. But in answer to your question, no, I didn't actually die that time."

"Where have you been all this time, Sara?" Leonard asked, an accusatory edge to his voice. "I mourned you, and I don't mourn many people."

"The woman that I am now is not the girl that you mourned," Sara reluctantly admitted.

Leonard snorted. "When your entree to this team is as an assassin, I should think not. Gotta admit that I'm very curious about how that happened. How did my bubbly teenage pen pal become an assassin?"

Sara stood abruptly and closed the distance between them, roughly shoving the journal at Leonard.

"I never stopped being your pen pal," she admitted. "I kept writing to you as soon as I was able. I just couldn't send you the letters. They're all in here."

Leonard closed his fingers around the book, brushing against hers as Sara relinquished it. "Your diary?"

Sara shook her head. "No, they're letters. To you. You're the only one I could tell about what was happening to me. You always were."

Leonard opened the book, surprised to see how damaged the pages were by water, dirt, and who knew what else. His eyes flew up to hers.

"I-It's not a happy story," she confided, wrapping her arms around herself.

Leonard reverently set the book down next to him before reaching over and drawing his own journal from under his pillow.

Sara's eyes widened as she realized what he was holding, then she barked out a laugh. "Is that what I think it is?"

"You're not the only one who couldn't stop writing to their pen pal," Leonard shyly admitted, holding the book out to her.

Sara took it, clasping it to her chest.

"You don't know how many times I re-read your letters and emails from memory while I was away," she whispered. "I look forward to having new content to remember."

"That's not such a happy story, either," Leonard cautioned.

"Yours never were," Sara reminded him. "Does Mick know?"

"That we were pen pals? No. He knew that I had one since we were in jail together for a while when we were writing, but he doesn't know that you're the girl I wrote to."

"Can we keep it that way? At least for a little while? At least until we've gotten to know each other as we are now?" Sara asked.

"I think that would be for the best," Leonard agreed.

"I really missed you, Len," Sara said, stepping close to him. "I promised myself that if I ever made it back and found you in person that I'd give you the hug I so desperately needed for many of the years that I was gone. Would that be okay?"

Leonard wondered what she could have gone through that she craved a hug from him so badly, but he could hardly deny her this request. Silently, awkwardly, he opened his arms and Sara rushed into them, holding him tightly, the journal pressed to his back. Leonard lowered his arms and wrapped them around her, nearly as tightly. This was something that he'd never thought he'd get to experience, and it was better than he could have ever imagined.

Eventually, Sara stepped back, tucking her hair behind her ear almost shyly.

"Thank you. I'll leave you to your reading," she said, backing towards the door.

"Sara," Leonard called after her, "I'm really glad you're not dead."

With a grin, Sara said, "Yeah, me, too."

~~*~~

...taught me how to torture… survival at all costs…

...got caught up watching the flames and got badly burned… cool it for a while…

...Ollie saved me instead of Shado…

...The Flash… no one will stop me…

...nearly drowned again… Nyssa saved me…

...broke my sister's heart, only fair I break his…

...three arrows to the chest… Lazarus pit… bloodlust...

...sees good in me…

...be a hero in the light... 

~~*~~

They both stayed up all night reading, needing to know what had happened in the other's life over all these years.

This time it was Leonard knocking on Sara's door, carrying two cups of coffee. She let him in and gratefully took the coffee.

"You finished?" she needlessly asked, gesturing to the journal under his arm.

"Couldn't put it down," Leonard said. "That all really happened to you?"

"Yes," Sara said, bracing herself for his pity.

"You, Sara Lance, are officially the strongest person that I know," he said, no trace of his drawl.

Sara blinked at him. "What? No, I'm not."

"Most women, hell, most people, would have broken from just being trapped on the Amazo; but you not only survived, you got away."

"By nearly drowning for a second time," Sara reminded him.

"Perhaps, but then you became a fucking assassin in order to survive." The awe in his voice was nearly a tangible thing. Then, raising an eyebrow, he added, "And you turned gay?"

Sara smirked. "Bisexual."

"Are you still with her?"

"No, when I left the League I had to leave her, too," Sara said, sadly. "I'll always love her, but I can't be with her if it means being a killer."

"Did you finish reading my letters?" Leonard asked. Sara nodded that she had. "So you know that I'm a killer, too?"

"If you don't hold being an assassin against me, I won't hold your murders against you. Especially not your father."

Leonard let their exchange sink in for a moment before nodding to himself. "Good."

He lifted Sara's coffee from her hand and set both of theirs on her desk, along with the journal, before he closed the distance between them, took her face in his hands, and kissed her. Sara's arms immediately wound their way around his body, pulling him closer, hungrily kissing him back.

When they finally had to break for air, Sara panted against his lips, "You have no idea how many times I fantasized about that kiss."

"How did the reality compare?" Leonard asked, almost afraid of the answer.

"Better than any fantasy," Sara purred, reclaiming his lips.

The Beginning

#sara lance/leonard snart #captain canary #captain canary fic #sara lance #leonard snart #Fic: Letters Unsent #legends of tomorrow fic

[starwarsprincess1986]

“I’m a slow learner, it’s true, but I learn”

Sansa staring all in love with Joffrey the Prince with beautiful blonde hair, and her brother turning to see who she’s looking at.

Sansa staring all badass at the new Queen with beautiful blonde hair, and her “brother” turning to see who she’s look at.

S1e01/S8e01 throw back

#jonsa #got8 #anti daenerys #anti jonerys #mad king #mad queen

[prurientpuddlejumper]

Stargate Atlantis Gifs

S1E01 - Rising

Halling

It’s his name

S1E03 - Hide & Seek

Rodney faints

Hero Rodney fainted again

S1E05 - Suspicion

Rodney whump - wraith stunner

S1E10 - The Storm

Rodney whump - Genii torture 

S1E11 - The Eye

Teyla

S3E01 - No Man’s Land 

John misses critical science info because of flirting

Michael rescues John

S3E04 - Sateda

McShep: Rodney whump + bad puns

McShep: leave the bad jokes to you and the brilliant science to me

S3E07 - Common Ground

McShep: Rodney saying things John would say

S3E08 - McKay & Mrs. Miller

Rodney’s sister is married, John

S4E09 - Miller’s Crossing

Rodney attempts to kick down a door

Rodney appeals to Todd for help

Rodney bargains with Todd

S4E11 - Be All My Sins Remember’d

Rodney being cute

Ronon congratulates Teyla

John cannot resist bringing up the time Rodney accidentally destroyed a solar system

S4E12 - Spoils of War

John names Todd

S4E19 - The Kindred: Part 2

Carson + John: I’m tired of being shot at

Teyla + Athosians reunion 

Teyla + Athosians 

Halling defends Teyla

Sheppard rescues Halling

S4E20 - The Last Man

Ronon + Todd sacrificing themselves 

S5E08 - The Queen

Ronon threatens Todd

Teyla threatens Todd

The Primary likes Teyla

The Primary and Teyla have a chat

Multi-episode gifsets:

John Sheppard introducing himself too sexily 

Hurt McKay Compilation Season 1 

Todd + Rodney

Halling appreciation post

> ALL TODD THE WRAITH GIFS < 

#masterlist