#butcher's ball

[stromuprisahat]

Calling for a peace banner, King Aegon’s Hand rode out to treat with them. Three came down from the ridge to meet him. Chief amongst them was Ser Garibald Grey in his dented plate and mail. Pate of Longleaf was with him, the Lionslayer who had cut down Jason Lannister, together with Roddy the Ruin, bearing the scars he had taken at the Fishfeed. “If I strike my banners, do you promise us our lives?” Ser Criston asked the three of them. “I made my promise to the dead,” Ser Garibald replied. “I told them I would build a sept for them out of traitors’ bones. I don’t have near enough bones yet, so…” Ser Criston answered, “If there is to be battle here, many of your own will die as well.” The northman Roderick Dustin laughed at these words, saying, “That’s why we come. Winter’s here. Time for us to go. No better way to die than sword in hand.” Ser Criston drew his longsword from its scabbard. “As you will it. We can begin here, the four of us. One of me against the three of you. Will that be enough to make a fight of it?” But Longleaf the Lionslayer said, “I’ll want three more,” and up on the ridge Red Robb Rivers and two of his archers raised their longbows. Three arrows flew across the field, striking Cole in belly, neck, and breast. “I’ll have no songs about how brave you died, Kingmaker,” declared Longleaf. “There’s tens o’ thousands dead on your account.” He was speaking to a corpse.

Fire and Blood (George R. R. Martin)

#ASoIaF #Fire & Blood #valyrianscrolls #ch: The Dying of the Dragons: Rhaenyra Triumphant #Criston Cole #Garibald Grey #Pate of Longleaf #Roderick Dustin #Red Robb Rivers #Butcher's Ball #Dance of the Dragons #Blacks #V #GRRM #books #quotes #Damn! #How is it that Greens have historians on their side #yet the most badass characters belong to Blacks?!

[thephantomcasebook]

Alicole Book/Show Spoilers

The fact that Criston dies cause he charges headlong into an ambush trying to rescue Alicent and Helaena from the horrific Rhaenyra ordered gang rape of them in the “Brothel Queens” episode kills me. 

He literally dies trying to save his beloved queen from her honor being stolen from her like his was.

Daeron get’s revenge and straight up massacres Rhaenyra’s army in retaliation ... which would be made better if it turns out that he is actually Alicent and Criston’s son like the rumors say he will be in the show. 

I mean, in Arthurian parlance Daeron being the most valiant and noble of Alicent’s children - said by everyone the most worthy of Kingship out of all the Greens and Blacks - is like Galahad being the most virtuous and gallant of all of Arthur’s knights and his birth being illegitimate between Lancelot and a princess. 

So

Alicent/Guinevere + Criston/Lancelot = Daeron/Galahad?

#House of the Dragon #Alicent Hightower #Criston Cole #alicent x criston #Alicole #Daeron Targaryen #Brothel Queens #Butcher's Ball #Battle of Tumblestones

[deadlymaelstrom]

#game of thrones #my ocs #sabitha frey #alysanne blackwood #dance of the dragons #a song of ice and fire #house of the dragon #queue #original character #butcher's ball #hotd spoilers #criston cole #asoif fanfic #got fanfiction #queued post #house targaryen #asoif/got #hotd fanfic

[agentrouka-blog]

In the midst of slaughter, the Lord of the Crossing sat on his carved oaken throne, watching greedily. (...)

Then the tabletop that the Smalljon had flung over Robb shifted, and her son struggled to his knees. He had an arrow in his side, a second in his leg, a third through his chest. 

(ASOS, Catelyn VII)

*

The northman Roderick Dustin laughed at these words, saying, “That’s why we come. Winter’s here. Time for us to go. No better way to die than sword in hand.”

Ser Criston drew his longsword from its scabbard. “As you will it. We can begin here, the four of us. One of me against the three of you. Will that be enough to make a fight of it?”

But Longleaf the Lionslayer said, “I’ll want three more,” and up on the ridge Red Robb Rivers and two of his archers raised their longbows. Three arrows flew across the field, striking Cole in belly, neck, and breast. “I’ll have no songs about how brave you died, Kingmaker,” declared Longleaf. “There’s tens o’ thousands dead on your account.” He was speaking to a corpse.

The battle that followed was as one-sided as any in the Dance.  (...)

Afterward Ser Garibald was heard to say, “Today was butchery, not battle.” Mushroom, upon hearing a report of his words, dubbed the fight the Butcher’s Ball, and so it has been known ever since.

(Fire and Blood - The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant)

Oy, Winter Wolves, I guess what goes around comes around?

#not me skimming Fire and Blood #ah but I love a good reminder that the North is not morally superior #asoiaf history #parallels #the north #butcher's ball #red wedding #war is hell

[horizon-verizon]

All this was but prelude, for the Lords of the Trident had been gathering their forces. When Ser Criston left the lake behind, striking out overland for the Blackwater, he found them waiting atop a stony ridge; three hundred mounted knights in armor, as many longbowmen, three thousand archers, three thousand ragged rivermen with spears, hundreds of northmen brandishing axes, mauls, spiked maces, and ancient iron swords. Above their heads flew Queen Rhaenyra’s banners. “Who are they?” a squire asked when the foe appeared, for they showed no arms but the queen’s. “Our death,” answered Ser Criston Cole, for these foes were fresh, better fed, better horsed, better armed, and they held the high ground, whilst his own men were stumbling, sick, and dispirited.  Calling for a peace banner, King Aegon’s Hand rode out to treat with them. Three came down from the ridge to meet him. Chief amongst them was Ser Garibald Grey in his dented plate and mail. Pate of Longleaf was with him, the Lionslayer who had cut down Jason Lannister, together with Roddy the Ruin, bearing the scars he had taken at the Fishfeed. “If I strike my banners, do you promise us our lives?” Ser Criston asked the three of them. “I made my promise to the dead,” Ser Garibald replied. “I told them I would build a sept for them out of traitors’ bones. I don’t have near enough bones yet, so…” Ser Criston answered, “If there is to be battle here, many of your own will die as well.” The northman Roderick Dustin laughed at these words, saying, “That’s why we come. Winter’s here. Time for us to go. No better way to die than sword in hand.” Ser Criston drew his longsword from its scabbard. “As you will it. We can begin here, the four of us. One of me against the three of you. Will that be enough to make a fight of it?” But Longleaf the Lionslayer said, “I’ll want three more,” and up on the ridge Red Robb Rivers and two of his archers raised their longbows. Three arrows flew across the field, striking Cole in belly, neck, and breast. “I’ll have no songs about how brave you died, Kingmaker,” declared Longleaf. “There’s tens o’ thousands dead on your account.” He was speaking to a corpse.

Fire and Blood, by George R.R. Martin, pg 475-476

#butcher's ball #criston's death #fire and blood quotes #fire and blood #ser criston cole #criston cole #dance of the dragons #dying of the dragons #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #garibald grey #roderick dustin #red robb rivers #pate of longleaf #longleaf the lionslayer

[tomboxed]

GOD can you stop lovingly gazing into each other's eyes and just FUCK ALREADY

bloody version under the cut 👍

#i did not intend to do fancy lighting on this #whoops #the boys #the boys tv #the boys fanart #the boys amazon #the boys series #hughie campbell #hughie #billy butcher #william butcher #butcher #hughie x butcher #butcher x hughie #butchie #no clue how this height difference happened they are the same height #fuck it we ball #i much prefer the bloody version by the way #it's very fun to draw

[hayyie]

🎭 “You’ll give your love to me, for love is blind.”

Phantom of the Opera was the first musical I was introduced to, and it has a special place in my heart, so I have decided to mix two of my favourite worlds in this piece.

P.S: Please click on the emoji to see the drawing in full size since Tumblr butchered it.

#Broly #Cheelai #Dragon Ball #Phantom of The Opera #DBZ #Z Broly #POTO #My Art #Sorry for reposting this 3 times but I literally had to resize this piece to finally upload here and it is still butchered #It’s unfair for a piece I worked over 2 weeks on to be done like this 💀 #Click on the link to see it on better quality if so #Anyways #Enjoy

[mejcinta]

Alicent bids Criston goodbye.

#pre butcher's ball #💔 #admit me in hospital when this happens #criston cole #alicent hightower #alicent x criston #alicole

[77ngiez]

diversity win! the teenage couple that's unhealthily obsessed with each other is t4t!

@nopanamaman

#77ngiez art #pafl #parties are for losers #sanya kazarina #yura beletsky #yulya beletskaya #<- bigender yura realness ok? #sanyura #this looks kind of ugly but we ball #“whats the context for this nana” the context is i have bpd and miss yura #this can also be taken as sanya bday art if u want #ferry if u see this im sorry for butchering ur ocs designs. unfortunately i am insane

[eggdoodles]

hi i love your art its really cool, the outfits are really cool and the way you draw Gine is just amazing, im sorry in advance that this reads so awkward but youre art is just, so fucking cool

Aww thanks!!💕💕💕 You're good, lol! Honestly I'm just posting old art and I really want to do some new pieces for my older followers (before the great accident......) but I don't have the time yet 😭😭😭

Again I'm so happy you like my art 😭 here's some more Gine art as a gift 🤲

Enjoy!!

#using the tags as an excuse to dump gine hcs.... #i dont believe for a SECOND she isnt at least buff enough to butcher the amount of meat needed to feed SAIYANS #girl goes out hunting and knows her way around a good butcher and fillet knife #bardock fell in love with her skills 😳 #a woman who could definitely kill him 🤣 #dragon ball #badagine #bardock #gine #eggopinion

[melit0n]

I made a little comic based on a convo a few friends and I had.

Time taken: 6 hours and 5 minutes.

What took the longest? Slide 7. Those book designs brought me to the brink of insanity (1 hour and 44 mins).

(Notes under the cut)

Before anyone asks, yes, I know Canus Major typically appears behind Orion, however, I was running out of space, so please forgive the inaccuracy.

For anybody wondering what on Earth the third drawing is, it's a interpretation of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft's Pale Blue Dot, which was taken on February 14th, 1990.

Slide 8 represents the red string theory. In most literature, the red string is attached to two people, typically romantic lovers, who are intertwined by fate to meet. However, it can also just be a string that connects a person and all the people they'll connect with in life. It's an embodiment of fate; everybody is interlinked.

Slide 10 is one of my own photos taken from my bedroom window. I originally planned on drawing it out, however, after two hours of fiddling about and trying to make it look right, I gave up and just put the photo there; I hope it fits in fine.

@moonchild-in-blue @tonguetyd @hookedhobbies @branches-in-a-flood thought you four might like this!

#my digital art makes a temporary come back! #definitely not as fond of it as painting but I'm quite proud of it #still gotta work on shading and making things look less flat but that wasn't the main focus of this one #not happy that Tumblr is butchering the quality but we'll ball with it #this also took way longer than expected #sat down and said 'oh this'll only take me a day or two' #oh how wrong I was #everytime I close my eyes all I see are book designs and stars #anyways #I really do hope I go up to the stars when I'm gone #I'm pretty sure I was some typa' whale in my last life so why not try the sky after the deep blue? #mel's doodles #mel's thoughts #mel's photos #digital art #art #mini comic

[meowmeowmessi]

every member of la scaloneta belongs in the sliding scale of mild derangement versus full-blown psychopathy tbh

#dibu is dibu then there's cuti being a proud psychopath #licha is literally called the butcher and paredes blasted the ball into the netherlands bench in the fucking wc #scaloni saying di maria will 'have fun' playing on the left while talking about the fucking wc final #(and di maria proceeding to do just that) #juli smiling at kepa while he tried to psych him out in the chelsea match #even leo 'i slept peacefully the night before the wc final' messi #argentina nt

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

Thinking about HOTD's future seasons and the Dance of the Dragons...

OK. So GRRM said he thinks they need 4 seasons (40 episodes) to properly tell the story of the Dance. Last I heard, "while nothing is carved in stone, the current Targaryen storyline is currently plotted to run only about three or four seasons" -- that is, they didn't know at the time how many seasons HBO will grant them. Hopefully it's four; the way they were renewed for a second season within the first week of broadcast, and that each episode had such high viewership and gained viewers each week, would make it more probable that HBO would be willing to invest the money.

Anyway, here's the major events of the Dance of the Dragons and how I think they could line up with each season (under the cut for major spoilers, all the spoilers in the world):

So. Season 2 could end with the the Battle of Rook's Rest... or the Battle of the Gullet. It really depends on if they want to have the ending trauma episode Rhaenys's death or Jace's… either way the whole season should involve a major build up for both characters. Jace in particular will be in the Vale and the North for a while at the start of the season before returning home, so bookending with his ending could work well on a character arc level.

On the other hand, to have two ep10s with the death of one of Rhaenyra's sons? It might be too on the nose. But also I can't see the Battle of the Gullet as anything but an enormous setpiece -- big ocean battle, little Aegon riding his dragon for the first (and last) time, dragonseeds firing on the ships, Myrish archers firing back, Vermax getting pulled down by a grapnel, Driftmark attacked, High Tide burned... that's a Battle of the Blackwater -level kind of episode. Maybe it could be S3 ep 2 or 5? But I really can't help but feel it's an ep9 or 10 kind of thing. But then, so's Rook's Rest, with a 2-on-1 dragon battle and all... 🤔

But either way, I'm pretty damn sure they won't go as far as the Fall of King's Landing as a season 2 ender. Only if they're only given 3 seasons... and ugh, the time compression involved there, it would make S1's timejumps look like amateur hour, so let's pray not.

Assuming 4 seasons, if I were doing it, I'd put the Sowing of the Seeds mid s2 followed shortly by Rook's Rest, end S2 with the Gullet (major loss for Blacks, Jace dies), and end S3 with the Butcher's Ball (major loss for Greens, Criston dies). That would likely put the Fall of KL in mid-S3, a good audience-grabber episode, lots of dragons. And then the episode after, so many executions! Tyland gets tortured! (paging @mylestoyne) Probably what happened to Maelor... happens. 😭 But I definitely wouldn't want to end s3 with the Gods Eye, as HBO will need Daemon and Aemond to carry into the last season... can you imagine the S4 trailer? Oh.

Anyway, the Gods Eye and the KL riots happen so close to each other, and they both definitely are last season material. So, I'd make S4 start with First Tumbleton and the Two Betrayers -- that would lead to Rhaenyra turning on the rest of the dragonseeds -- which is what makes Corlys defect and also is what makes Daemon decide to just go mano-a-mano with Aemond -- and that leads to her downfall and the riots and escape back to Dragonstone etc. This would also give a core arc to the first part of S4 of Addam needing to prove his loyalty, etc, as well as the arc of Ulf and Hugh turning traitor at the beginning but getting theirs by halfway/75% through the season at Second Tumbleton. (Keeping these secondary character plots within one season would be ideal, as watchers forget their investment during hiatuses.)

But I would for sure move Rhaenyra's final scene to after Second Tumbleton for irony purposes (she doesn't know that the tide is turning in her favor, but it's too late for her anyway), as well as prioritizing emotional investment. Not to mention the deaths of the dragons in 2T would lead to showing Sunfyre's horrifying state at Dragonstone.

And again, if it were my choice, the last 2 or 3 episodes would have Aegon II's brief reign and murder, Aegon III's crowning, and the Hour of the Wolf. (Even more executions!) If they want to end downbeat, the last scene could be a focus of little Aegon all alone on the Iron Throne. But if upbeat (my ideal scenario) then there will be a last episode after the Hour of the Wolf with a swift pass through Corlys's death from old age, the Regents doing their thing, and the Winter Fever (Alicent's & Tyland's deaths)... and finally end with Alyn bringing Viserys home to the embrace of his family. (Like @naomimakesart's perfect artwork.)

Or at least, I'd include the Winter Fever in the final episode, since I'd like to keep Alicent's death the same (mourning her lost children and her lost innocent childhood (and in HOTD, her love of Rhaenyra)), and also include it in the show. But I don't know if they'll do that. 🤷‍♀️

But then who knows how many of these battles they'll keep in this adaptation, or if they'll keep them in order at all. Still, I hope you all enjoyed my fantasy booking anyway!

#house of the dragon #the dance of the dragons #rhaenyra targaryen #alicent hightower #jacaerys velaryon #rhaenys targaryen the queen who never was #aegon ii targaryen #aegon iii targaryen #daemon targaryen #aemond targaryen #corlys velaryon #dragonseeds #the battle at rook's rest #the battle of the gullet #the fall of king's landing #the butcher's ball #the battle above the gods eye #the hour of the wolf #the winter fever #hotd speculation #asoiaf #fire and blood #hotd spoilers #serious serious spoilers - do *not* click if you don't want to know the story! #i'm not sure why i felt the need do fantasy booking for an adaptation likely to be far more creative than me but hey at least i tried

[lemonhemlock]

Hello! What are your thoughts on how Criston Cole died in the Butcher's Ball? Do you think Garibald Grey, Dustin, and Pate Longleaf's tactics were treacherous and cowardly? I do not understand why Cole's death is seen as satisfying when he was trying to surrender and save his men in a battle they knew they could not win. And Garibald even acknowledged that it was not a fair battle and it was a massacre.

Well, Sahtine, there's really no other way to put this. The white flag has been used even in Roman times, it's been used in the medieval period, it's been used across continents. It's been an integral part of international law ever since we can ascertain that something resembling this concept exists. It's in the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, it's in Hugo Grotius' 1625 De jure belli ac pacis. People across space and time know what it means and have somehow agreed to respect it so often that the practice became quasi-universal. Killing someone that comes under a peace banner is breaking the laws of war, plain and simple. Many military manuals pertaining to countries all around the world consider firing intentionally upon a parlementaire carrying a flag of truce to be a literal war crime: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/fr/customary-ihl/v2/rule67

They could have just refused Criston's offer of trial by combat, sent him back and met his army on the battlefield. But that was the whole point, wasn't it, to deny him an "honourable" death. Had Criston's army surrendered first and were butchered regardless, it still would have been considered a war crime. It still should be, because the men laid down their shields and fled.

With Ser Criston dead upon the ground, the men who had followed him from Harrenhal lost heart. They broke and fled, casting aside their shields as they ran. Their foes came after, cutting them down by the hundreds. Afterward Ser Garibald was heard to say, “Today was butchery, not battle.”

The United Nations defines "no quarter given" as a war crime. Killing members of the armed forces who have laid down their arms is also considered a war crime: https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/war-crimes.shtml. Sure, the UN is a contemporary organization, but these principles are not new, they've just been more recently enshrined on paper.

So, yes. IDK who thinks of it as "satisfying". It's really there in the text to highlight how Rhaenyra's side committed atrocities, too.

#criston cole #the butcher's ball #fire and blood vol. i #ask #sahtinekryze

[avephelis]

AVPH... i am so sorry but can i request a drawin of kawaii-chan she's from a minecraft roleplay series if you dm me i can send you some good refs

kitty cat

#avepharts #asks #mcd #nana ashida #i know NOTHING about aphmau so if i accidentally butchered her somehow i am so sorry #but look her bun has knitting needles through it like a ball of twine. kitty. #donnie propaganda

[holeinawall]

I think that there should be a dance club. I think they should have just a full dance club where everyone teaches dances from their time.

Obviously Pat would teach the mash potato and the like. But then Fanny could teach them a proper waltz and Thomas could teach a gavotte. For some reason, Robin and Mary teach more modern dances that they just picked up from watching living people all these years. Julian teaches some extremely sexual dance. BUT when they finally convince the Captain to teach a dance he pulls through with like the Jitterbug or the Lindy hop, just full swing dancing to whatever pop music Alison puts on for them.

#LIKE COME ON! #the captain and Kitty swing dancing together I think it the ultimate father daughter bonding #Fanny is telling Alison how to waltz and Alison is telling mike as they are dancing which leads to her having to lead the dance #someone dances with Humphrey’s body idk but someone does #also kitty kinda gets to go to a ball #perhaps I’m just a sucker for a dance number #I think it would be great though #bbc ghosts #them there #six idiots #bbc ghosts robin #bbc ghosts captain #pat butcher #fanny button #julian fawcett #bbc ghosts mary #bbc ghosts kitty #thomas thorne #ghosts bbc