#dani plays blades 2

[storyofmychoices]

The Best Crew ⚔️ & the bestest of friends 💜

How precious are these chibi minis by the lovely @artoile ! I've been holding on to these precious gems for a while and thought today was a good time to share them! I can't resist smiling at them every time I see them! I hope they make you smile too!

Mal, Daenarya, Nia, Imtura, Tyril, and Maiele (@lilyoffandoms's OC)

#mal volari #imtura tal kaelen #nia ellarious #tyril starfury #maiele nightbloom #daenarya #mal x daenarya #malarya #blades of light and shadow #bolas #choices #playchoices #choices game #lovealexhunt #blades 2 #bolas 2 #blades of light and shadow 2 #dani plays blades 2 #march2024 #fan art #my commission

[frosty-tian]

What about a top ten of the bots as sparkling cutest moments? Do the bitties sleep in a pile all together or do they sleep with their respective human?

Also, having bean Chase as the most mischievous little one (compared to him being the most stern of the adults) must be quite a shock to Charlie. I wonder if he wondered what happened to make such a flip in character

We need more info on this au, it's urgent (fanart is not required, but always welcome)

Hm…!

It’s hard to choose top 10s, but here are 10 memorable moments (in no particular order).:

(Sorry, I would love to make fan-art of this AU, it’s just at the moment I’m in a slightly difficult situation to do as much drawing as I like.)

1) When he saw Dani bringing out her small box of accessories to let Blades play with, he pretty much squealed with joy.

2) Boulder had attempted to draw everyone with a box of crayons they found and a special portrait for Gram. It was really crude, but still melted Gram’s heart.

3) Adding onto top point, whenever someone complimented Boulder’s drawings, the little happy sounds he made…

4) From one of the first posts I made, Cody has tried to read bed time stories to them, but pretty much lulled himself to sleep as well. They all just slept in a heap, with someone pulling a blanket over later.

5) Chase definitely got around playing hide and seek of some sorts, and made little gurgle-giggle sounds when he thinks no one could find him. Of course, the sounds gave him away, but the Burns just pretended they don’t hear him and continue playing.

6) All of the sparklings were ecstatic when given cuddles, except Heatwave. Initially, he would wriggle and fuss until Kade placed him down. But once he started liking it, he refused to let go (much to Kade’s dismay).

7) All of the sparklings have curled up either next to their partners or in their arms at some point. Also, cuddle/sleep pile? Yes, absolutely.

8) They don’t seem to be able to discern what’s edible or not, so yes. A few times they have tried to suck/nom on the Burns’ fingers, and need to be told many times what is food and what isn’t (at least, which items should not be ingested).

9) One time Charlie gave Chase a blanket/towel to keep him occupied, and he pretty much just crawled in and out of it like it’s some sort of tunnel. He plays an odd peek a boo with it, and smiles so much when he sees someone on the other side.

10) Their little hands. So tiny. Sometimes they just gently grab and hold onto the Burn’s finger. That small gesture even melted Kade’s heart.

#ask box #anon #frosty babbles #tf headcanon #maccadam #transformers #rescue bots #transformers rescue bots #my post #sparklings #tf sparklings #hatchlings #long post

[wisp-does-stuff]

Ok my transformers rescue bots headcanons (sorry for the very long post in advance)

-kade is terrified of bugs more specifically cockroaches

-heatwave thinks his fear is absolutely hilarious because 1) cockroaches are basically microscopic to him and 2) Kade gloats about being a fearless firefighter just to cry about a cockroach he saw

-blades loves loud music, pop, punk, rock he absolutely loves it

-blades loves Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer specifically the original stop motion movies (no I'm not self projecting shhhh)

-heatwave HATES glitter with a burning passion, it's messy, it's hard to clean up, it gets into the grooves of his plating

-chase hates sticky/slimy things mostly because of when he was "eaten" by the squilsh

- blades loves Dance Dance Revolution but he likes playing pump it up more

-boulder is really into k-pop and other Korean song genres

-boulder LOVES halloween like it starts October 1st for him

-blades hates being cold, it makes his rotors cramp up and if he stays transformed for too long he has to thaw (that last part goes for all the bots too)

-dani once broke her nose after tripping and falling face first out of blades cockpit

-kade used to be a warrior cats kid

-cody is really into fashion design

-cody and graham are super good at fighting games

-graham works out a lot, it might not look like it but he's pretty buff

-chief is super good at card games mostly because of his impressive poker face

-kade is very dramatic when it comes to getting sick, dani tries to hide it, graham also tries to hide it but is worse at hiding then dani because he gets overly tired, cody recovers the fastest and barely even realizes he's sick

-all of the bots are very physically affectionate it's extremely common for the townsfolk to see two of the bots holding hands, high-fiving, or even hugging after a successful rescue

-but because of how physically affectionate they are it makes them extremely upset that they can't hug, hold hands, ect with their human partners

(I hope you enjoyed my headcanons I might make a part two idk)

#transformers rescue bots #transformers chase #transformers heatwave #transformers blades #transformers boulder #transformers headcanon #tf rescue bots #maccadam

[missameliep]

Choices Fandom: Countdown to 2023

Since I joined the fandom, I have seen amazingly talented artists like the awesome @cashweasel with all the gorgeous Tyril portraits and @pilitella with their unique style -, artists who shared their gorgeous artwork with the Fandom, bringing some of our favorite characters to life, some of those fanarts I still remember fondly from time to time, especially from the artists who deactivated or moved on from Choices.

This year I loved seen your art on my dash and what you created inspired by new books like Immortal Desires and Wake the Dead, or showing your love and support to books from the past, keeping them alive, like Ride or Die. So, I'd like to thank each of you for sharing your talents. The fandom is lucky to have so many amazing creatives.

I'll list some of my favorites this year, but my appreciation goes to all of you creatives - listed here or not.

According to @choicesfandomappreciation, the number is just a suggestion, so I'll list the 2 artists who cheered me and link some of their beautiful fanarts:

1. @nukritus - a while back, I fell in love with their bold colors and gorgeous portraits of Colt Kaneko, and this year I was delighted to see their creations for Immortal Desire.

Here are some of my favorites arts:

This comic is so funny! Wasn't this all our moods at some point? 😅

And leaving the best for last, what to say about this one?! This amazing light? Just *chef's kiss*

2. @sazanes - this year, I marvelled at their posters and beautiful artworks for the appreciation weeks hosted by @lizzybeth1986. Everything so stunning. Just a few of my favorites ❤️

3. @myautumnrose - their Desire and Decorum arts adorable and fun, and I love their MC and Luke Harper depictions.

And this art for the Blades MC is absolutely lovely!

4. @nmvord - I loved seeing your art on my dash and this one from Wake the Dead is my favorite for obvious reasons ❤️

5. @cashweasel - what to say about this talented artist? I love your style and your creations, and all your gorgeous OCs. ❤️

All the Tyrils ❤️❤️❤️

6. @hydn-jpg - no words, no thoughts, just in love with your Cas Harlow artwork ❤️

Thanks for sharing your talents. And thank you Dani (@choicesfandomappreciation ) for hosting this event ❤️

#choices fandom #2023 countdown #choicesfandomappreciation #choices fanart #amazingly talented #dani's favorite artists

[choicesbookclub]

Hey! I'm a little new to the book club so I'm just wondering how you pick books? I know BOLAS is next, but after that do we vote on books, or like nominate(?) books then vote or something? I know that's a little far off so no worries if you're still figuring it out though ♥

Hi Nonny,

Don't worry! I'm a little new to Book Club too! I just joined as mod like 2 months ago!

I had been a fan of the book club a couple of years ago and was sad when it went on indefinite hiatus. I decided that I missed playing as a group, so I suggested a play through of COP and Blades and had a poll over at @choicesmonthlychallenge, and had really positive feedback. After announcing that, I was lucky enough to be added as a mod here to restart the book club. So I'm following through with my original poll.

After CoP2 and Blades, providing I still have time to continue hosting, I'll ask for suggestions, make a poll, and see what everyone else wants to do! I would definitely want to play books that bring as much of the community together as is interested in joining.

However, I won't repeat books the admin of the original book club organized: Open Heart 1+2, Platinum, Mother of the Year (those are the ones I remember seeing hosted).

Hope that helps! Feel free to reach out with any questions!

💖dani (@lovealexhunt)

#choices book club cop #choices book club #mod dani

[weonbullshit]

I keep having things get in the way of my work, so I have to shorten stuff again. I'd wanted to do a timelaspe and a voiceover with a few things about the characters, but I don't have the time (or energy) and it was stressing me out and ruining my creativity. So instead, I'll have to save that Idea for another time and just show you guys the finished drawings.

That being said, here's a clipping from one of the chapters of "Earth to the Unknown" aka, the 'Newcomers' rewrite I've been working on for over 2 months now.

~~~

It had only been about a month since Optimus had split the team up to complete various assignments. Graham and Boulder were out in the pacific north-west working with Professor Baranova, Kade and Heatwave were working at the academy, and Dani and Blades were busy in China.

They came home and helped out whenever they could, but the family was still getting used to this change. Charlie had planned on retiring earlier that year, but ever since the Velgrox came, it seemed that that wouldn’t be happening any time soon.

Griffin Rock never sleeps after all.

“Hm.” Chase hummed curiously. Charlie was barred from his thoughts. “What is it, partner?” He asked. “Have you ever seen those children over there before?” He asked. Charlie followed his eyes to the sandbox, in it and around it was a group of five unfamiliar children playing. “No, I don’t think I have.” He said. What would a group of kids be doing out here alone, and why?

“We should check on them. Maybe they got lost or they were visiting family in the area.” Chase suggested. “I’ll check on them Chase." The chief corrected him sternly. "We don’t know how they’ll react to you, that could cause a larger issue.” He replied. Charlie stepped out of the car and shut the door behind him. “Wait here.” He said. “Alright.” Chase agreed.

~~~

I figured that's a relatively ambiguous piece to show you. Anywho, I gotta go to bed. Hopefully, I can start sketching before my mom's ordination later. I've already got a few plans! See you soon! 🪐

#tfrbau #tfrb #fanfic #otherworldly oddities #rescue bots au #rescue bots #transformers rescue bots #tfrboc #fanfic writing #fanfic writer #writer problems #artists problems

[zody77-blog]

Dead Island 2: The New Kotaku Review

The zombie hack-and-slash game Dead Island 2 has an overly enigmatic backstory. After being launched at E3 in 2014 with a Wizard of Oz-style bombast, Dead Island 2 was hidden from the public for nine years as part of a hot potato game. Its predecessor, Dead Island, established the franchise as a bloody trough of B-movie sensibility. This week's game, which will be released on April 21, is neither the one you'll get in 2014 nor is it the amazing result of nine years of laborious programming. The game underwent "basically a complete restart" until it was ultimately turned over to developer Dambuster Studios, according to Dan Evans-Lawes, technical director at publisher Deep Silver. However, I can overlook the wait. The gorefest Dead Island 2 is exciting. and it only ever slips when it tries to be more than that. I go through it all as Dani, one of the six innately talented playable Slayers you choose early on in the game (I go with Dani since she heals after killing zombies quickly). She stares at her hands closely after learning that zombie bites don't instantly transform her into a maggoty murdering machine as I lead her in first person through the game's sunny but bleeding portrayal of contemporary Los Angeles.

Unleash the beast

She is only an ordinary murdering machine. I keep her moving by adding skill cards I find lying around the city and from killed foes to my editable deck, which is set up in a half-pyramid shape four cards tall. The regular Abilities card type occupies the first five spaces of the pyramid, followed by protective Survivor cards with four slots, and so on down the pyramid. It may not seem like there is much room to customize your Slayer, but I find it simple to work with. There are a ton of cards to find and then select from, each of which affects a different part of your Slayer's offensive, defensive, or autophagic capabilities. The latter are strong powers that cause you to become more of a zombie at the expense of other players of your health. But I frequently don't consider all of my alternatives. I enjoy playing defense, so I keep early Slayer and Abilities cards like The Limb Reaper and Dodge, which stun adversaries when you dodge their attacks, around for the duration of the game. While certain foes are immune to specific attacks—a zombie wearing protective firefighter gear, for instance, doesn't care much for fire-based attacks—skill cards fundamentally alter how you heal, strike, and kick. Increase the power of your sliding attack, press R3 to make your jump kick stronger, and similar stuff. Additionally, testing cards always seem low risks because you can always change or add to your deck, unlike a skill tree or other form of leveling-up system that forces you to use non-refundable points. Dead Island 2 is a game that obviously wants you to kill zombies but doesn't usually care how, so taking a hands-off approach makes sense. As a result, I don't think twice to whack swarms of wandering zombies with my flaming meat cleaver no matter where I am in the game's highly explorable (but not open-world) map of Los Angeles, whether I'm jogging through the soft sand of the Santa Monica Pier, on the crumbling asphalt around abandoned hot dog carts in Venice Beach, or anywhere else. Or, more frequently, my burning meat cleaver, although I always have a weapon nearby. As I go through the game, I find more uncommon weapons, and I modify them by using the few slots available by gathering metal components, cutting tools, and other crafting supplies from the cracked city. I also outfit my guns with absurd modifications using found blueprints and mutant body parts in an effort to uncover the most lethal upgrade combos components, such as Leaky Implants and Infected Flesh, both of which enable the skin-melting, corrosive ooze that shotgun rounds and wakizashi blades shine with. I rapidly become used to the game's most popular goal, "Kill 'em all!" while building up my skill card deck and playing with weaponry, and I am grateful that I don't get sick from video game violence.

According to me, video game carnage is a thrilling haven for horror enthusiasts who can't bear obscene shock locations and Cronenberg skin-ripping. Dead Island 2 is for me like entering air conditioning during a particularly oppressive summer because I cannot tolerate such things, and I find comfortable joy in making successive hits and watching zombies unveil their meat, muscle, and bones. Dead Island 2 never makes me feel scared; instead, it makes me sadistically amused, with the exception of a few yelps I have to suppress when an adversary charges at me as soon as I unlock a closed door. apart from while I'm angry. And I'm annoyed by pretty much every boss battle in Dead Island 2, which, in contrast to its unrestrained, wild zombie encounters, always chooses some obnoxious gimmick that I have to put up with. They're challenging, but unlike the rest of the game, in an unpleasant way. I have to utilize questionable amounts of luck and technique in place of my usual, brute force. The Fury Mode from the earlier games is back, allowing Dani to tear adversaries apart with her bare hands once I've filled the meter up with battles and energy drinks. In one boss battle, it's suggested that I utilize a variety of button-controlled fireworks to succeed, but the flames only have an impact on the boss when it's in the exact correct spot at the exact right moment. I'm even more irritated by the Butcho clown fight that journalists detailed in-game previews from the previous season. Attacks cannot harm Butcho's body in half. Because additional zombies steadily enter the arena as you kill them, Butcho has an endless supply of food to recover with. This allows him to continually regenerate health. As fighting Butcho one restless night, I begin to weep. I'll be the first to say that my fear of clowns and the irritating carnival tune that plays as we fight aren't helping, but I can't stop it The distinction between "get good" and unjust keeps coming to me.

Die, zombie, die!

Butcho is finally defeated by me thanks to what seems like a fluke—a few seconds during which his body writhes and sustains extra harm for no apparent reason. The pace of Dead Island 2 suffers in my opinion because of these more intense role-playing game-style battles, and the game's difficulty level makes it feel obnoxiously more multiplayer-focused in key areas. Due to the fact that I am the only player (the game is still in development), I am appreciative of my victories since they allow me to continue playing along the drama- and blood-filled West Coast of the game. What I want from Dead Island 2 is drama and guts. However, the butchery in the game is genuine enough that I finally start to wonder why it gives me such a rush to kill so many fictitious people. But it's difficult to not feel content when the game continues giving me rewards. I gain experience points (XP) toward leveling up when I finish the game's 24 major chapters, some of the 33 side tasks it offers, locate missing people, and earn challenge accomplishments. Dani's life bar, damage done, and defense gradually rise as I level up, enabling me to complete the main narrative tasks, reach adversaries behind gates (one particularly difficult enemy has a skull hovering over its head), and "match" weapons to specific targets raising standards to new, horrific heights at my level. In addition, when Dani becomes stronger, my previously locked skill card slots automatically unlock. To continue doing all of this, I munch on health-restoring snack bars that fallen opponents have left behind. In addition, as my Dani keeps killing, my knowledge of zombies expands to the size of a medieval bestiary in a collectibles tab that lists the different types I've encountered, such as common Walkers who lose limbs like the leaves of a dried rose, bulging Slobbers who eject caustic slime, meathead Crushes who resemble the Liver King, and so forth. Butchers, Incendiary Walkers, who carry gasoline canisters on their backs, enabling me to cause enormous explosions when I strike them with one of my "curveball" missiles. which have arms resembling constricted bone spurs and deflect nearly all attacks), yet the variety creates engaging, fluid fighting in a game that is overly focused on it. But the game's narrative, which is gradually revealed through notes I find and conversations with the game's numerous characters—people like a drunk, failed rock star, and a chef trapped in zombie hell wearing his apron—recognize my internal conflict regarding finding pleasure in power and violence's unpleasant reality. For instance, when it leaves fast food packaging on a table or preschool art taped to a refrigerator in a random, vacant apartment. These specifics, along with many of the deftly pieced-together tales in the game, show that this city was once secure and populated just a few days prior. You are causing deaths. You have been made to behave brutally by a terrible reality. Therefore, while settings appear lovely, it is in this unsettling way that all of a sudden feels accurate Zombies have taken over. The game features varied blood textures, such as congealed and polished when dried to a wall, matte and extended when submerged into patio furniture, and ambling beach monsters shadowed by lowering peachy sunsets. It's perplexing. Dani is frequently perplexed by the degradation all around her, or, alternatively, she is fiercely indignant at the real power brokers—the governments and the billionaires—who seem content to let death rule. I adore how this game provides a variety of semi-pure enjoyment; if you want it to be, it can be a story with a lesson, or it can just be zombie mayhem. Only when a boss fights in Dead Island 2 transforms from what I've been programmed to think it to be—a dopamine feed—do I ever feel dissatisfied with cycling conflict and payoff. Read the full article

#DeadIsland2 #games #Kotaku

[veworgive]

Zombie and medieval games steam

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Some are a little different than Dying Light, but still provide a healthy dose of undead carnage and are capable of keeping players occupied for quite some time. In the meantime, there are plenty of other great open-world zombie games to keep players busy, most of which can be played on current gen consoles. Given how long they've already waited though, a few more months shouldn't be all that bad.

#Zombie and medieval games steam mod#

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Fans of Valve s Portal game series will definitely love the Portal Gun mod for Minecraft. The good news is, it will be arriving later this year, although fans will have to wait until the very end of 2021 before finally getting their hands on it. 28 minutes ago &0183 &32 All sorts of weapons from the US, UK, The Soviet Union, Japan and Germany from World War Two. There are so many zombie games these days, and even zombie DLC packs, it’s hard to choose what to play. The top rated games you can find here are RimWorld SteamPeek Rating: 11.3 ranked 27, Oxygen Not Included SteamPeek Rating: 10.8 ranked 9 and Banished.

#Zombie and medieval games steam update#

Whether you like your zombies fast and rabid or slow and clumsy, there is no end to the array of zombies on offer in today’s video game market. List of the top Colony Sim games: The top results based on the latest update are The Colonists Score: 2.2, Dawn of Man Score: 2.0 and Life is Feudal: Forest Village Score: 2.0. 'Awesome ambiance with a great finish' is the primary reason. Daenerys Targaryen also known as Stormborn, Dany, Khaleesi, Mhysa, The Unburnt Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and of the First Men Queen of Meereen Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea Breaker of Chains Mother of Dragons to now become a playermodel of her mh. Updated June 12, 2021, by Tom Bowen: After countless delays and years of development, Dying Light 2 finally has a solid release date. RELATED: 15 Zombie Games That Are Obviously Better Than Resident Evil. Age of Empires 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Mount & Blade : Warband are probably your best bets out of the 19 options considered. The most obvious of these is the first Dying Light, but there are plenty of other similar games to check out for those who have already played it. Below, we’ve listed the best co-op games on Steam. RELATED: Games That Were Supposed To Come Out In 2020 That Never DidĪlthough the delays are frustrating, anyone who's itching for an open-world zombie experience can still find plenty of other great examples on modern consoles. It can be about escaping zombies or even robbing banks and rigging elections co-op games are spread across genres. It takes time to create these massive open-worlds, especially ones where certain choices can have huge consequences. One of the big reasons is due to the ongoing quarantine, while the other can likely be attributed to normal setbacks in video game development. Dying Light 2 keeps getting delayed for one reason or another.

#Zombie and medieval games steam

[the-broken-truth]

Hi! I was wondering if you could do the Dimitrescus and Donna with a 👨 reader that likes to spoil them.

Broken Truth: Oh - A man who loves to spoil his woman. This will be interesting. *STATIC*, any ideas?

*STATIC*: Wine for Alcina, Rare Books for Bela, A Collection of Torment Devices for Cassandra, New Weapons for Daniela, and Fine Silks & Doll Parts for Donna.

Broken Truth: Thanks. Now, let the words weave together!

[Alcina Dimitrescu - Why One When You Can Have All?]

Delivery Woman: Here's your shipment, Mr. Dimitrescu-[L/N]. If I could just get your signature right here. (Holds out a clipboard with a signature paper on it)

[Y/N] (Takes the clipboard with a smile): Of course. (Places his signature in person cursive writing before handing the clipboard back) Here you go.

Delivery Woman (Takes the clipboard, looks at it, and smiles with a nod): Thank you. (Places her hand on the earpiece to speak to the pilot in the helicopter above her) Set it down gently and unhook the attachment.

[The Delivery Woman & Lord of the Castle watched as the helicopter above them slowly lowered the large crate that was attached by a strong cable to the ground before the castle doors. Once the crate hit the ground, the pilot pushed a button, and the cable detached from the crate. The woman gave the man a handshake before she walked over to the ladder to climb back up and the helicopter flew away as the Lord of the Castle looked at the large crate for a while before he heard the castle door open and his wife, plus his 3 daughters, walked out.]

[Y/N] (Looks at them): There you are, I was just about to come looking for you, Alcina.

Alcina (Walks down the stairs and looked at the large crate - that was taller than her): Darling, what is this large crate.

[Y/N] (Smiles): I'm glad you asked! (Opens the padlock on the side with the key the woman gave him, pushes the large crate door open to see the large crate is filled with smaller packing crates - he takes one & uses a crowbar to open it, revealing...numerous bottles of wine?!)

Alcina (Her eyes lit up as she gasps and reached down to pick up one of the bottles of wine): Darling, is all of this wine?

[Y/N] (Smirks): But of course! Remember that room I was working on? It's your new personal wine room and what's a wine room without wine? Thus, I brought one of each wine in the world!

Alcina (Looks at all the wine then back at her husband): Darling, you didn't need to spend so much. 10 bottles would have been enough.

[Y/N]: Why one when you can have all?

[Bela Dimitrescu - Wise Words For The Wise]

[Y/N] (Talking to a delivery man outside the main door of Castle Dimtirescu - who's pushing a rather large box to the Lover of the Proxy of House Dimitrescu): Thank you.

Delivery Man (Looks at the signed clipboard and tilts his hat to the noble): No problem, Lord [L/N]-Dimitrescu. Thanks for doing business with us.

[The Delivery Man turned on his heel and began to walk down the castle stairs as the Lover of Bela Dimitrescu closed the door and looked at the massive box before him with a smile - his next task: Getting the box up the stairs and to the special room.]

[Elsewhere in the castle: The Blonde-Haired Heiress of House Dimitrescu was looking up and down the castle halls for the man that stole her heart but she was having a hard time finding him. She happened to run into her youngest sister and asked if she had seen the [H/C]-Haired man, the red-haired woman informed her sister that he could be found in the room he bought from Alcina. Raising her eyebrow, Bela dispelled into a cluster of flies and headed in that direction, completely missing the snicker on her youngest sister's face.]

[Upon reaching the floor the room was located on - Bela reformed from the flies that made her and began to glide down the hallway; the closer she got to the room, the sounds of grunting and things being moved around could be heard. She reached for the knob of the room and turned it before pushing it open and her eye widened at the sight - the room was beautiful. The 4 walls that made up the room were replaced with bookshelves and each of those shelves was filled with books. There was a single lounging chair with a footstool and a large reading lamp that was overhead of the chair. On the right of the chair was a small stand with a crystal jar filled with wine and a single glass. The sound of her name being called made her snap from her trance.]

[Y/N] (Sliding the last book in place): Oh, Bela! I wasn't expecting you to find this place so soon. Dani must have spilled the beans.

Bela (Confused): What? Dani knew what you were doing in here? Why did you tell her but not me?

[Y/N] (Raises his eyebrow): It wouldn't have been a surprise if I told you about what I was planning.

Bela: Surprise? (Eyes widen) Wait, this is for me?

[Y/N] (Smiles): Of course it is. I've noticed how much you love to read but you're always interrupted by Cassandra and Daniela's Roughhousing, so I decided to make you your own little space to enjoy your books and filled it with bestsellers from my world!

Bela (Looks around the room with stars in her eyes): All this...for me?

[Y/N] (Walks over to her and places his hands on her shoulders): Wise words for the wise, My Beloved Knowledge Seeker.

[Cassandra Dimitrescu - Which Do You Want To Try First?]

[He knew that his beloved was getting bored with the same methods of torment for the trespassers and tainted maidens of Castle Dimitrescu - A Bored Cassandra made a Pissed-Off [Y/N] & he was going to fix that. How? By giving his lover some new toys to play with and punish people with. He went to the Duke - who seemed to have anything and everything you needed right there in his carriage - and asked the fat man if he had any blueprints for torment devices. Chuckling, the Duke told the man that he came across a man who made blueprints of the torture devices another man made to test the will to live of unworthy people and managed to convince him to part with them for a fair sum of coin. [Y/N] smiled like the Cheshire Cat at this news and offered to buy those plans from Duke right then and there, the fat man smiled and gave the plans to [Y/N] for a discounted price and told him that if he needs metal or tools, he could get those for him if he had the coin - he had the coin and paid it right then and there.]

[For the last 3 months - Alcina told the girls not to go in the cellar because there was 'construction' going on down there. Cassandra was curious because her lover had been working in the cellar for long hours and returned to her covered in oil and rush. On the last week of the 3rd month - [Y/N] treated his girl to a movie marathon of the famous horror-thriller genre 'SAW'. Cassandra was in love with the traps and that just made the man's smile get wider and wider the larger his wife's eyes got.]

[The next morning during breakfast - [Y/N] announced that he was done with the project he was taking care of in the basement and asked Cassandra to come with him to see it; a smirk slithered on Alcina's face as she asked if she and her other 2 daughters could see as well, he said yes. The Dimitrescu Family walked down to the cellar and their eyes lit up as new torment devices laid before them - it was like seeing new presents for Christmas.]

[Y/N] (Looks at Cassandra with a smile on his face): Darling, I've noticed you were getting bored with your constant methods of torment, so I decided you needed some new toys to play with and - yes - these are the same models from the SAW Movies we watched the night before.

Cassandra (Throws her arms around her lover and kisses him): Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This is going to be perfect!

[Y/N] (Smiles at Cassandra): Anything and everything for my fire-spark. Now, a question: Which do you want to try first?

[Daniela Dimitrescu - Blade Or Bullet?]

[If there was one thing [Y/N] knew about this red-haired wife it was that she loved weapons; all kinds of weapons. From the shortest of blades to the loudest of guns, any kind of weapon would bring a smile to her face; thus, bring a smile to his face.]

[He was going through this phone one day when he noticed a large collection of weapons was going for auction from the heard of Romania, he signed up and risked every Lei he had for the woman he loved more than life itself. When he ended up winning, he gave the address of the castle - most people knew it as the High Preistess' Village - and was told to wait for 3 to 4 weeks for the collection to be procured and delivered.]

[On the fourth week - Daniela was snuggling with her lover in front of the fire when there was a knock at the castle doors, one of the nearby maids bowed to excuse herself and walked to the door to open it - coming face to face with a man in a strange suit.]

Maid: May I help you?

Strange Man: Yes. Is there are Lady Daniela Dimitrescu & Lord [Y/N]-Dimitrescu here?

Maid (Raises her eyebrow): Yes but what do you want with the Lord and Lady?

Strange Man: I have a package for Lady Daniela Dimitrescu and the package requires Lord [Y/N] [L/N]-Dimitrescu's Signature.

[The Maid raised her eyebrow again before asking the man to wait a moment before closing the door and relaying the message to Daniela and [Y/N] - The former of whom looked confused while the latter had a large smile across his face. The two of them walked out of the castle to meet the man - due to the cold weather, [Y/N] got Dani a very warm coat to keep her safe from the ice. He handed [Y/N] a clipboard and pen for the man to sign the papers and once they were signed, he handed the Lord a stack of papers.]

Stange Man: These are the Proof of Authenticity for each and every one of your purchases, My Lord. (Reaches into his pocket and pulled out a golden key) And here is the key to unlocking your purchases, My Lord.

[Y/N] (Takes the key with a smile): Thank you, Kind Soldier. You are dismissed.

[The Soldier gave the Lord, Lady, and Maid a salute before turning on his heel and walking back to his vehicle where his comrades were waiting for him and drove away.]

Daniela (Looking at the large box that towered over her): Love, what the hell is this box?

[Y/N] (Smirking): Good question. (Hands Dani the key) Why don't you open it and find out?

[Raising her eyebrow - the Youngest of the Dimitrescu Daughters walked over to the large lock and inserted the key to open it, removed it from the loop, and pushed to box open. Her jaw began to fall as they laid upon the most amount of weapons she has ever seen in her life.]

[Y/N]: A Question, Darling: Blade or Bullet? Answer: You never have to choose again because you now own them all.

[Donna Beneviento - More Refined Than The Finest Silks]

Donna (Walking down the stairs - without her veil - looking for her husband but finds her Doll Companion - Angie - fiddling with her 'Father's' phone): Angie, do you know where [Y/N] is?

Angie (Looks up from the phone): He said he had to head into the village to get something from the Duke; he left in a hurry so it must have been important.

Donna (Raised her eyebrow): The Duke?

Angie: Yeah, he got a letter from the Duke saying that the 'package' he ordered had arrived and he dropped his phone and ran out of the house to pick it up.

[Donna was concerned for a moment - not because she thought her husband was up to something, she always knew that she could rely on him to remain faithful to her and only her - but she noticed that he didn't take his short blade for protection. Karl already informed the Lycans to leave him alone but ever since [Y/N] killed the Alpha, the Lycans loved to attack him to see if one of them could take him down to see how would be the next alpha of the pack. Donna's worries melted away when the door opened and her husband walked in with 2 small - enough to fit under his arms - but big - large enough to make it hard for him to carry - boxes under both his arms. He smiled at Donna and he waddled to the table in the dining room and placed the large wooden boxes on the table.]

[Y/N] (Panting): Sorry for not telling you where I was going, when Duke wrote to me to inform me that he had the package, I was too excited.

Donna (Walks over him and places her hand on his chest): That's understandable, My Love, but what was so important about these packages?

[The mad said nothing - only smiled as he became to open the boxes on the right then the box on the left before throwing the lids off and Donna's eyes widened at the contents of the boxes. The first box was filled to the brim with fine rolls of silk in various colors while the 2nd box contained the parts of dolls but made from a very lovely & pale but smooth wood.]

Donna (Looks at her husband): Darling... what is this?

[Y/N]: When I went into town, Duke told me that you were asking him when he would be able to get some new wood to make your doll parts but he didn't have an answer. So I purchased fine silks and parts from another place and asked Duke to pick them up for me.

Donna: But...Why would you do this for me?

[Y/N] (Places his hand on Donna's chin to make her look into his eyes): Because, My Love, you are more refined than the finest silks and there is nothing I won't do for you.

[End]

#resident evil 8 #alcina dimitrescu x male reader #bela dimitrescu x male reader #cassandra dimitrescu x male reader #daniela dimitrescu x male reader #donna beneviento x male reader

[dontbipanicjonsa]

A confusing clusterfuck of thoughts re: Jonsa

Or: why the fuck are Jon and Sansa so compatible if they're not canon, huh?

He saw the Wall shining like blue crystal, and his bastard brother Jon sleeping alone in a cold bed, his skin growing pale and hard as the memory of all warmth fled from him. - Bran III AGOT

So....Jon is going to lose memory of all warmth? I'm going to separate the changes brought about in post-resurrection!Jon here as changes caused by death and changes caused by Ghost. This post is only speculating about the changes caused by death i.e. loss of memory of all warmth.

More foreshadowing for that-

Chunks of coal burned in iron braziers at either end of the long room, but Jon found himself shivering. The chill was always with him here. In a few years he would forget what it felt like to be warm. - Jon III AGOT

"It was. The fort is in a sorry state, admittedly. You will restore it as best you can..." ... You'll sleep on stone, too exhausted to complain or plot, and soon you'll forget what it was like to be warm, but you might remember what it was to be a man. - Jon II ADWD

So, I did a word search for warm and memory and I found some interesting stuff. Read under the cut.

1. Home

Jon- warmth and memory of home

The memory of her laughter warmed him on the long ride north. - Jon II AGOT (thinking about Arya)

The weariness came on him suddenly... So cold, he thought, remembering the warm halls of Winterfell, where the hot waters ran through the walls like blood through a man's body. There was scant warmth to be found in Castle Black... - Jon III AGOT

...Iron Emmett was still urging on his charges in the yard. The song of steel on steel woke a hunger in Jon. It reminded him of warmer, simpler days, when he had been a boy at Winterfell matching blades with Robb under the watchful eye of Ser Rodrik Cassel. Ser Rodrik too had fallen, slain by Theon Turncloak... All my memories are poisoned. - Jon VI ADWD

The warmth took some of the ache from his muscles and made him think of Winterfell's muddy pools, steaming and bubbling in the godswood. Winterfell, he thought. Theon left it burned and broken, but I could restore it.-Jon XII ASOS

So, these are the memories of warmth he'll lose? This warmth, that he associates with Winterfell (and the Starks), is the first memory of warmth Jon has.

Dany- memory of home

The door loomed before her, the red door, so close, so close, the hall was a blur around her, the cold receding behind... and all that lived and breathed fled in terror from the shadow of her wings. She could smell home, she could see it, there, just beyond that door, green fields and great stone houses and arms to keep her warm, there. She threw open the door.

"… the dragon …" - Daenerys IX AGOT

Home? The word made her feel sad. Ser Jorah had his Bear Island, but what was home to her? A few tales, names recited as solemnly as the words of a prayer, the fading memory of a red door … was Vaes Dothrak to be her home forever? - Daenerys VI AGOT

..."What shall we talk of?"

"Home," said Dany. "Naath. Butterflies and brothers. Tell me of the things that make you happy, the things that make you giggle, all your sweetest memories. Remind me that there is still good in the world."

Missandei did her best. She was still talking when Dany finally fell to sleep, to dream queer, half-formed dreams of smoke and fire. - Daenerys VIII ADWD

Dany's idea of 'home' changes over the course of the books. In the beginning she uses home for Illyrio's house, or the house with the red door. She very clearly doesn't think of Westeros as her home. After Viserys's death however, there's a sudden shift. Now, Westeros is her long lost home that she must return to someday. It's jarring. Interestingly enough, she pretty clearly rejects the idea of Dothraki khalasars as home, and the only time she calls Meereen home is in her last chapter of ADWD where she's trying to convince herself to return there. But we know that she ultimately rejects that too, in the same chapter.

Sansa- memory of home

Snow was falling on the Eyrie.

Outside the flakes drifted down as soft and silent as memory. Was this what woke me? Already the snowfall lay thick... The sight took Sansa back to cold nights long ago, in the long summer of her childhood. - Sansa VII ASOS

Last of all came the Royces, Lord Nestor and Bronze Yohn... Though his hair was grey and his face lined, Lord Yohn still looked as though he could break most younger men like twigs in those huge gnarled hands. His seamed and solemn face brought back all of Sansa's memories of his time at Winterfell. - Alayne I AFFC

She missed Septa Mordane, and even more Jeyne Poole, her truest friend... She tried not to think of them too often, yet sometimes the memories came unbidden, and then it was hard to hold back the tears. Once in a while, Sansa even missed her sister. By now Arya was safe back in Winterfell... - Sansa II ACOK

Arya coz why not

"Let me tell you something about wolves, child. When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths.… Sansa is your sister. You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you …" - Arya II AGOT

Needle was Robb and Bran and Rickon, her mother and her father, even Sansa. Needle was Winterfell's grey walls, and the laughter of its people. Needle was the summer snows, Old Nan's stories, the heart tree with its red leaves and scary face, the warm earthy smell of the glass gardens, the sound of the north wind rattling the shutters of her room. Needle was Jon Snow's smile. He used to mess my hair and call me "little sister," she remembered, and suddenly there were tears in her eyes. - Arya II AFFC

Again, all this (and much more) is stuff that reminds Sansa (and Arya) of home. This is, presumably, shit that Jon is gonna forget. Or maybe he'll retain the memories and only lose the emotions (warmth) associated with it?

2. Suitors or romantic/sexual partners (+Ben Plumm)

Jon

Many a night he lay with Ygritte warm beside him,... - Jon V ASOS

So, Ygritte becomes his second memory of warmth.

When he turned he saw Ygritte.

...cloaked in darkness and in memory. The light of the moon was in her hair, her red hair kissed by fire. When he saw that, Jon's heart leapt into his mouth. "Ygritte," he said.

"Lord Snow." The voice was Melisandre's.

Surprise made him recoil from her. "Lady Melisandre." He took a step backwards. "I mistook you for someone else." At night all robes are grey. - Jon VI ADWD

AT NIGHT ALL ROBES ARE GREY...yea I know, this is a well established connection between the Girl in Grey and Ygritte. Since Jon associates Ygritte with warmth so strongly, I think it's safe to assume that the Girl in Grey might play a role in warming him too (hehe).

… one hears queer talk of dragons."

"Would that we had one here. A dragon might warm things up a bit."

"My lord jests. You will forgive me if I do not laugh. We Braavosi are descended from those who fled Valyria and the wroth of its dragonlords. We do not jape of dragons." - Jon IX ADWD

Yikes.

Dany

"If my queen commands," he (Jorah) said, curt and cold.

Dany was warm enough for both of them. "She does," she said. "She commands...

When he was gone, Dany threw herself down on her pillows beside her dragons. She had not meant to be so sharp with Ser Jorah, but his endless suspicion had finally woken her dragon. - Daenerys IV ASOS

So, here the warmth is because of anger (woken the dragon).

Dany could feel the warmth of his fingers. He was warm in Qarth as well, she recalled, until the day he had no more use for me. She rose to her feet. "Come," she said, and Xaro followed her through the pillars... - Daenerys III ADWD

She remembered Ben's face the last time she had seen it. It was a warm face, a face I trusted... Even the dragons had been fond of old Brown Ben, who liked to boast that he had a drop of dragon blood himself. Three treasons will you know. Once for gold and once for blood and once for love. Was Plumm the third treason, or the second? And what did that make Ser Jorah, her gruff old bear? Would she never have a friend that she could trust?- Daenerys VI ADWD

This is twice that Dany associates warmth with people who use/betray her.

"You're hurt," she gasped.

"This?" Daario touched his temple. "A crossbowman tried to put a quarrel through my eye, but I outrode it. I was hurrying home to my queen, to bask in the warmth of her smile." He shook his sleeve, spattering red droplets. - Daenerys VI ADWD

Dawn always came too soon.

...If only she had the power, she would have made their nights go on forever, but the best that she could do was stay awake to try and savor every last sweet moment before daybreak turned them into no more than fading memories....

Dany wrapped her arms around her captain and pressed herself against his back. She drank in the scent of him, savoring the warmth of his flesh, the feel of his skin against her own. Remember, she told herself. Remember how he felt. - Daenerys VII ADWD

Ok, I forgot how smitten Dany was with Daario. It would be cute if Daario wasn't so horrifying. Girl has some seriously questionable taste.

Interestingly, the phrase 'fading memory' is used four times in the text (as far as I can find) and three of those times are in Daenerys's POV. One is in the above quote, where she's commanding herself to remember her time with Daario before her marriage to Hizdahr, and the other time is while thinking about the red door. Both these are memories that are important to her, that connect her to the hopeful/little/not-dark girl she once was.

Sansa

Gently, he spoke of Braavos, and met a wall of sullen courtesy as icy and unyielding as the Wall he had walked once in the north. - Tyrion VIII ASOS

"I am composing a new song, you should know. A song so sweet and sad it will melt even your frozen heart. 'The Roadside Rose,' I mean to call it. About a baseborn girl so beautiful she bewitched every man who laid eyes upon her." - Sansa VII ASOS

"Alayne." Her aunt's singer stood over her. "Sweet Alayne. I am Marillion. I saw you come in from the rain. The night is chill and wet. Let me warm you." - Sansa VI ASOS

You must be very cold. Let me warm you, Sansa. Take off those gloves, give me your hands." - Sansa VII ASOS

Yea no. Sansa has not had a good experience with people offering to warm her (unfreeze her? melt her?)

Looks like in TWOW there's going to be two people in desperate need of some warming.

It's pretty neat actually. Jon associates memories of warmth with two things primarily: Winterfell/the Starks, and Ygritte. Sansa is both a Stark, and a much (much) improved Ygritte.

Sansa's iciness-wall-armour is a form of protection that she employs against predatory men. The only person who can melt her frozen heart...is someone who is not predatory. Someone who cares for her. Jon.

It fits perfectly. They fit perfectly.

#actually jonsa #jonsa #jonsa meta #book jonsa

[storyofmychoices]

The Princess of Parnassus and The Trophy Husband

[Mal Volari x Daenarya Blades 1 + Beyond] [Mal’s Orphanage]

[Mal Volari x Daenarya Blades 2 AU]

Pairings: Mal Volari x Daenarya (F!OC), with mentions of Iliana

Book: Blades of Light and Shadow 2 (post finale)

Word Count: ~1,000

Rating/Warnings: General, no warnings (for maybe the first time ever)

Synopsis: Daenarya and Mal enjoy a much needed relaxing afternoon while contemplating what comes next.

Thank you to the absolutely amazing @cashweasel for this perfect art. I've been holding onto it for months now waiting for a story worthy of it. Once this idea popped into my head, it felt like the right time. (A second version of the art can be found below the story)

A moment of peace, 

finally.

That's what they deserved.

No more danger, no more life-altering choices, no more world-ending destruction. No more dealing with the aftermath.

The Realm had been saved, again—technically two realms this time.

More portals had been opened to allow for easier crossing between both realms. New guidance and orders were established. All was progressing toward a new future.

And, in a brief lull between it all, Iliana was born—their greatest gift. 

Daenarya drew in a deep breath, savoring the gentle caress of the breeze as it wove through her hair. She hadn't seen rest since... well, since before all of it. Before her daughter. Before the new agreement between sides. Before the war between the realms. Before she had been taken. Before the Dreadlord. Before she'd met her found family. Before Kade had been taken. Before Mal Volari strutted into her life. How long ago that seemed.

So much had changed. So much was still changing, but one thing that hadn't changed in quite a while was him and how she felt about him.

The afternoon sun bathed the field in its soft, golden embrace, illuminating the sea of windflowers gently swaying. Above them, the air filled with the melodic song of birds flitting amongst the grasses. Daenarya smiled at the beautiful symphony around her. 

Her nimble fingers wove delicate blooms together, putting the final touches on the crown she was crafting for Mal, mirroring his efforts for her.

"A crown fitting for a princess," Mal teased, showcasing his completed creation. It was a brilliant assortment of wildflower blossoms expertly entwined into an elegant crown. 

"I'm not sure about the princess part—" she shook her head playfully. "—but it's beautiful."

"May I?" He held it out to her. 

"Of course." She dipped her head forward, allowing him to place the beautiful display upon her head. A gentle smile spread across her features as she let her hand linger over his for a moment. 

"Shall I send word that you are ready to reclaim the Parnassus name and embrace your kingdom?" Mal inquired, his gaze fixed on her, his smile matching that of her own. 

"You're never going to let me forget that, are you?" Daenarya rolled her eyes. She ran her fingers through the silky grass beside her, her thoughts wandering for a moment. "We don't even know how directly I'm related. I'm sure there are many other descendants equally entitled by blood, if not more so."

"None of them are as qualified though," Mal interrupted. "Kit, you've saved the damn realm, twice, and ensured a truce between Light and Shadows. Gods know if anyone deserved it, it'd be you."

She reached over, tracing the lines of his jaw before cradling his face. "I'm not starting a monarchy, Mal." 

He pouted beneath her tender touch. "You're really going to take this from me?"

She couldn't stifle her laughter. "Take what from you?"

"My chance to be a trophy husband!" He declared proudly with a mischievous grin. "You're letting all of this go to waste." He gestured over his particularly exquisite features. 

"Husband?" Her brow piqued at the word.

"I just mean—" His confidence faltered a moment, his fingers running sheepishly through his long hair. "You're right, this isn't about me... it's about you and if you'll use Parnassus as your surname now that you know about it, kingdom or not."

"I don't think it's right for me." Her thoughtful eyes met his, contemplating the weight of such a decision. "I've never had a last name before... I wasn't important enough to need one. I'm just Daenarya of Riverbend."

"You're so much more than that," Mal marveled. "You might be the most important person in all the realms."

"Might be?" She teased.

"Well, I like to think I helped a little," Mal insisted. "Even Elfboy did something, but don't tell him I said that."

"What about for you?"

"What about me?"

"How important am I?"

"Fishing for a compliment?" His gaze narrowed on her.

She chewed her lower lip, shrugging lightly, "mayyybeee."

He chuckled softly, "Kit... Daenarya, you're the most important person to me. I never dreamed I could find someone like you. Someone who—" He shook his head, his smile spreading wide. "Someone who I'd gladly risk my life for, over and over again, with no promise of treasure or reward, except that of keeping you safe and experiencing all life has to offer with you." 

Daenarya leaned forward, quieting his words with a kiss. "I love you, Mal Volari."

"I love you so damn much…Daenarya of Riverbend, or whatever name you choose," he offered as she rested her forehead against his, savoring their closeness.

"I know," she whispered. "So…I might have an idea for a last name."

"Really?" He pulled back slightly, curious to hear what she was thinking. 

A glint of amusement danced in her eyes. "What about…Volari?"

Mal's brow furrowed for a moment, confusion flickering across his features.

"I thought we might share it, you and I." Daenarya watched him closely, waiting for him to understand. “Iliana, too.”

Realization dawned upon Mal as her words sank in. "Are you proposing to me?"

"So what if I am?" 

"Shouldn't I be the one proposing?" Mal teased lightly, though his heart pounded with anticipation.

Daenarya's laughter echoed across the serene landscape. "No, I think this is right for us."

"I don't know, Kit," he attempted to feign indecision, his fingers stroking his chin thoughtfully. "I always imagined when I got proposed to it would be this big grand gesture, and there would be a massive diamond involved." 

"No diamond, Mal the Magnificent, but perhaps I can offer you another token of my appreciation." Daenarya shifted beside him, holding out the flower crown she had created for him. "Mal Volari, the Magnificent one, would you do me the honor of becoming my trophy husband, kingdom or no kingdom?"

He couldn't stop his joyous laughter. "With an offer that good, how could I say no?" 

Daenarya no sooner placed the crown on his head than he pulled her into his arms, showering her with all the love and affection she deserved. There was no one he would rather spend forever with than her—Daenarya of Riverbend, soon to be Daenarya Volari. (But had she asked, he'd be Mal of Riverbend or whatever name she chose because being with her was the only constant he ever needed.)

I had this silly little idea and I hope you enjoy it. I figured since Mal is struggling to propose to Daenarya in my "Prime" aka book one universe, I thought it would be Daenarya proposing in this one.

Oh, and one more thing before you go.... the lovely Lou was amazing enough to give me 2 versions of this art. I initially asked for Short Haired Mal since Book Two would be introducing him, but I got cold feet and wanted my long-haired Mal, too, so Lou allowed me both versions. Though, if ever there was a good looking short haired Mal this is the one 😍

#mal volari #mal volari x mc #daenarya #blades of light and shadow #bolas #choices #playchoices #choices game #choices book club #fan fiction #lovealexhunt #blades 2 #bolas 2 #blades of light and shadow 2 #dani cries over blades 2 #dani plays blades 2 #december2023 #mal volari x oc #lovealexhunt gets art #my commission

[lovealexhunt]

Thank you so much for all the wonderfully kind and thoughtful birthday messages and gifts. I am so blessed to have so many lovely people in my corner. I can't thank you enough for helping make my day better.

My birthday has never been my favorite. My depression always gets worse around my birthday. And this was my first birthday without my Grandma and I missed her a lot this weekend. The rest of my family isn't the best with remembering my birthday (which kind of makes me feel invisible), but my Grandma always made me feel special.

I truly appreciate everyone who reached out to check on me, encourage me, and made me such wonderful things. You are amazing and you will never know how much your kindness means to me!

Love you all so very much.  xoxo Dani 💖

⭐ The many perfect adventures of AcornEmoDrake! practicing self-care by the loveliest @the-soot-sprite

Day 1 : an EmoDrake moodboard/aesthetic

Day 2: acorn!EmoDrake being our comfort character who likes wine

Day 3: acorn!EmoDrake with his friends (sometimes people are okay)

Day 4: acorn!EmoDrake enjoying the nature around him

Day 5: acorn!EmoDrake takes some time to relax and do some activities he enjoys

Day 6: acorn!EmoDrake visiting me for my birthday and being all kinds of wonderful 🥺🥺🥺 (I love my smol flowers from my smol angel of sadness)

Day 7: acorn!EmoDrake explores the world and finds all the best new acorn!Friends (our smol boy has a smol world of adventures just waiting for him and they're perfect!)

Bonus Birthday message edit

⭐ Birthday Drabbles by the amazingly talented and generous @lilyoffandoms

Red Carpet Diaries Drabble + Thomas x Alex art by @porcelean-art *Alex focuses on the sounds around her as she takes a moment to appreciate her family.

Blades of Light and Shadow Drabble (Tyril x Maiele, Mal x Daenarya) *The group tries to convince Tyril to participate in the human practice of wearing a Halloween costume

Open Heart Drabble (Ethan x Ellie) *Ethan and Ellie enjoy a quiet moment on the beach.

Blades of Light and Shadow Drabble (Mal x Daenarya) *Mal and Daenarya discuss the future and home.

Red Carpet Diaries Drabble (Thomas x Alex + the twins) *Thomas tells the twins a bedtime story.

Open Heart Drabble (for Bryce x Olivia) *Bryce picks out the perfect present for Olivia

⭐ Gorgeous Thomas and Alex Hunt art gif by the incredibly sweet and talented @bayleedrawsx

⭐ Precious Chibi Thomas Hunt drinking scotch sticker gif by the generous and wonderful @/artbyainna on IG

⭐ Bryce caring for sick Olivia art gifted to me by the ever kind and generous @burnsoslow and created by @/yanakaye on Instagram *based on this fic

⭐ Birthday Art commissioned by me (#Treatyoself!) *See all six at once here

Hunt family portrait: Thomas, Alex, the twins, + Bogart by @/artbyainna on Instagram

Levi playing guitar for Laura in the warm light by @/artbyainna on Instagram

Ethan and Ellie sunshine kiss by @weetlebeetle

Magical Evening kiss with Bryce and Olivia by @ethansdique

Thomas + Alex Cuddling by @vantaray

Olivia baking while Bryce distracts her with kisses by @/artbyainna on Instagram

⭐ Instagram Fun to remember

Thomas riding a Unicorn Edit

Thomas and Alex Edit

Thomas holding a photo of Alex Edit

Thomas Hunt Edit

Thomas Hunt Moodboard

Thomas and Alex Party Edit

Thomas and Alex birthday edit

Levi + Thomas edit

Alex, Liv, and Ellie Moodboard/s for birthday and international women's day

💖 Self-Care Birthday Event post with self-care ideas!

Thank you again to everyone who gifted me something or just messaged me to say happy birthday. I truly appreciate you! Know you helped make me smile and brighten my day. 💖

#lahselfcarebday22 #birthday2022 #thomas hunt #bryce lahela #mal volari #levi schuler #acornemodrake #emodrake #alex hunt #alex spencer #olivia hadley #ellie shepherd #my commissions #my commission #birthday gifts #gifts

[the-dimitrescu-seamstress]

Your Muse as the Solar System

BOLD what applies. Repost, don’t reblog!

SUN • egotistical • melted wax wings and fingers • stretching sunburnt skin • the most generous soul • blood in the fruit • halos • anger on fire • high vitality • thunderous laughter • is pride really a sin? • halogenic aura ( 4/11 )

MERCURY • expansion of the mind • silver-tongued • an everlasting wanderer • polyglot • high dexterity • handwritten letters • innately critical • en vogue • eyes in the trees • hidden libraries • there’s always room for improvement ( 5/11 )

VENUS • in love with strangers • iridescent waters • love potions for your mirror • selfless devotion • shattering crystal • seafoam upon sand • the golden ratio • drowning in your own passion • material value & high principles • luring • plush lips ( 5/11 )

EARTH • fresh springs • tree hugger • we can start again tomorrow • a blazing rainforest • respects survival of the fittest • nature’s adversity • lazy bones • constantly evolving • flowers sprouting from wounds • a granite altar • fossilized remains ( 4/11 )

MOON • illusory • silver shimmer off the ocean • secrets and gossip • cycles of reincarnation • a crybaby • physically ethereal • shared glances with a stranger • cat eyes • mistrusting their intuition • fear is a prison • ornate magic wands ( 6/11 )

MARS • healthy competition • attraction and repulsion • magma and rubies • a blade being forged • wrath wrath wrath • malefic • intense eye contact • cannon fodder & fireworks • blood floods • copper taste on your tongue ( 1/10 )

JUPITER • red robes and a suit of armor • beacon of stability • leader by birth • thunderbolts and lightning • guilty but can’t stop • secret rich kid • golden touch golden tears • innate optimist • failure isn’t an option • constantly reaching for more • unfinished symphonies ( 6/11 )

SATURN • traditional • overbearing energy • a sculptor of reality • this existence is a karmic one • has a heart it’s just.. way down deep • law, order & justice • avoid all necessary risk • the sound of shackles clanging • sisyphus’ struggle • grappling with the reality of time • self-governing ( 4/11 )

URANUS • psychedelic funk music • overflowing cups • a rebellion with skin • looking good in photo id • oblivious but caring • middle fingers in the air • double rainbows • icy diamond exterior • holographic • afraid of their own mediocrity • pearlescent smoke ( 2/11 )

NEPTUNE • an elegy for the lost • dissolving boundaries • white horses • the burden of mystical conditions • deceptive • escapism is their reality • a polarizing entity • artists soul • paranoia • searching for the unseen • a siren’s swan song ( 5/11 )

PLUTO • angel statues over graves • power • the cycle of necrosis • transformative • unfathomable depths • an ivory tower toppling over • screaming at the sky • violets and irises • eclipsed darkness • speaks with their shadow • sex, death, rebirth ( 3/11 )

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Plus, Arya is clear that no one stood up for Mycah after the Hound killed him: "And no one had raised a voice or drawn a blade or anything, not Harwin who always talked so bold, or Alyn who was going to be a knight, or Jory who was captain of the guard. Not even her father." Arya, in standing up for her friend, is DIFFERENT from all the other highborns and warriors. Not just different from Sansa, but everyone who has a 'classist' view in their classist, feudal system.

2) It's why Arya is our lens into most of the trouble in the Riverlands and among the smallfolk, when almost none of the other POVs care about them - not Arianne or Jaime or Bran or Ned, or Sansa. Dany does too, after she's stepped out of her brother's shadow, but not in Westeros (yet, at least). But everyone in GOT is inherently classist, not just Sansa, and even Arya is ableist when she speaks with the hound about his face.

So, I will ask this question again.

In a hypothetical scenario where Arianne/Bran/Ned/Daenerys/Jon/Robb/Tyrion/Brienne/Barristan/Renly or Stannis were in that location when Joffrey cut into Mycah’s face with a sword, do you think these characters would have stood by and done nothing while an innocent child was being sadistically mauled?

In the moment, do you think that Ned Stark would have done nothing if he saw Joffrey mauling Mycah? Do you think Jon or Bran or Brienne would have done nothing? or Tyrion?

This is not a question of just classism. It’s simply being human and having basic empathy and compassion for someone who is being hurt. It’s being able to tell right from wrong. One can be classist and also step in to stop a child from being tortured. Do you agree? All our main characters are classist to various degrees. They believe in kings and queens and the specialness of their houses. At the same time, they can also think that it’s wrong for an innocent child to be tortured and stop it.

Scientific research has actually shown that children are more perceptive to unfairness.

Indeed, children apply a strong sense of fairness not only to themselves—they also stand up for others. We invited children to play a different game in which they learn about a decider who selfishly wanted to keep all candies for themselves, refusing to share with another peer. Our child participant then faces a choice: Do they stand by and do nothing or do they get involved and prevent the injustice? To make it especially difficult, children must pay a cost for intervening—they have to give up some of their own candy to prevent unfairness. Nevertheless, children regularly intervene, choosing to pay so they can prevent the selfish child from getting away with unfair behavior. Together, these findings show children hold themselves and others to high standards of fairness.

Arya is a realistic version of how any child would behave in that situation when they see another child being unfairly and sadistically hurt.

As you say, Westeros is a feudalistic society. The King is beholden to the houses and the Lords are beholden to the people. If the Lords are going to go around torturing small folk for no reason, how long do you think that Lord will last?

Stannis Baratheon who wouldn’t have given a damn about Mycah, would have moved to stop Joffrey because what Joffrey did was wrong and against the laws.

Do you think Randyll Tarly – the guy who abused his son and send him to the wall – cares for the smallfolk because he has rapist soldiers castrated? Tywin unofficially send his men including the mountain to rape and plunder the Riverlands during the WOT5K. Just like he send the Mountain to murder Elia and her children.

Joffrey - the kid who cuts open cats – thought to derive sadistic pleasure from torturing the poor butcher boy because it was just two girls Arya and Sansa around. Unfortunately for him, Arya was not going to be silent and Nymeria was not going to stand for her girl getting injured.

The issue with Sansa here is that she sees Joffrey cut another child’s face, sees 12 year old Joffrey – who is taller than Jon by the way – attack with a sword her skinny 9 year old little sister armed with just a stick. She sees all this and yet has more compassion and concern for Joffrey! This is honestly so comical to me – Joffrey is cartoonishly evil and Sansa is over there all oh my sweet beautiful prince.

Plus GRRM writes Sansa specifically as a literary foil to Arya, to contrast with Arya - so her classism stands out more when she thinks like this:

Sansa knew all about the sorts of people Arya liked to talk to: squires and grooms and serving girls, old men and naked children, rough-spoken freeriders of uncertain birth. Arya would make friends with anybody. This Mycah was the worst; a butcher’s boy, thirteen and wild, he slept in the meat wagon and smelled of the slaughtering block. Just the sight of him was enough to make Sansa feel sick, but Arya seemed to prefer his company to hers.

Which other character thinks this way of the smallfolk? GRRM specifically highlights Sansa's classism as a character trait. Do you see Ned, Bran or Arianne think this way about the small folk?

Yes, no one stood up for Mycah after he was killed – the deed was done. What could be done? It was Joffrey’s word against Arya’s – and the one witness chose to side with Joffrey. And no one cared enough about a butcher’s boy to continue fighting for justice.

If it was Arya who had been hurt of killed by Joffrey, the scenario would be different. Westeros is a feudal monarchy and the last time the heir of the king did something toward the daughter of a lord paramount, he certainly didn´t get away with it. That should be on everyone´s mind. If Joffrey had managed to kill Arya, or if Robert tried to harm Arya, Ned would have called his banners against KL and we would be reading an entirely different story.

A butcher's boy in Westeros unfortunately does not have that much power, nor does anyone care. Westeros is immensely classist, sexist, ableist etc. with societal prejudices and patriarchal laws. Arya does stand out from everyone in that regard. She cares for Mycah, mourns for him and wants justice for friend.

But it also does not mean that the Lords of Westeros were running around willy nilly torturing the small folk nor are there any rules prohibiting nobles from playing with or interacting with the small folk. Ned ate with his men and interacted with the small folk. Joffrey was a sociopath who seems to enjoy hurting people and unfortunately ran into Mycah that day. And it's Joffrey, Cersei and the Hound who are responsible for the deaths of Mycah and Lady.

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Top 10 Things Rescue Bots Did that Should Become Normalized in Transformers

Hello, fellow and beloved fans.

Today, I am going to delve into the short lived, but amazing series that was aimed for kids, but still appealed greatly to adults and for good reason. This show delivered many things that we wanted to see in Transformers for decades that we want to see more often and for some things, become the norm in more Transformers series.

1- Well done and well written human characters. - In most Transformers series, the humans play second fiddle or comic relief. Not here. In Rescue Bots, not only is the Burns family truly capable at their job, they were the ones who often saved the day and they were entertaining to watch. Moreover, I could say that in the main series, Chief Burns truly felt like the real leader of the rescue team overall including when it came to the bots. Plus, a lot of the human characters were the same way. Only the humans who were meant to be comic relief acted as such and even then, that didn’t make them incompetent at their jobs or helpless babes which says a lot because the series was about rescuing those in needs.

2- Insight into Cybertronian culture and society. - With all of the series there are out there, we still know nothing about the Transformers as a race. Rescue Bots gives us insight about what life was like for Autobots and how they had law and order as well. They even give us an idea of what sports they played (cube) and how they even had fairy tales. Just the fact that it centred around four rescue bots shows us that they had jobs outside the military. Autobots did more than fight Decepticons.

3- Fresh new setting. - Can we talk about how Rescue Bots may be the first and so far, only Transformers series that isn’t about the Autobots vs. Decepticons? Even Beast Wars didn’t feel all that new because it was essentially the same thing, but with factions with different names. Rescue Bots was about bots learning about humans as well as keeping them safe from natural disasters and accidents. How about we have more Transformers shows like this? Why not let the next one be about exploration which can have educational properties? Or considering Cybertron gets rebuilt, the rebuilding of Cybertron? I would watch those.

4- Proper black representation. - I have to bring this up, but Rescue Bots may be the most black positive series I have seen yet. The Greene family is not the least bit stereotyped in any way and they are well balanced characters with both good and bad qualities. And it was revealed that Blades himself is a bot of colour according to his human hologram and he’s not stereotyped either. Plus, it is nice to see a series that doesn’t torment people of colour for a change.

5- Proper female representation. - As a woman myself, I have to bring this up because this hits close to home with me. The female representation was just as good as the black representation I mentioned before. None of the female characters are stereotyped, they are not second fiddle to the men nor do they steal the show or have to always be right, not a single one is there to only be love interest and they all have diverse personalities. Most importantly, each one of them is in some way in tuned with their feminine side shamelessly in their own way which is also good.

6- The spotlight was one someone other than Optimus Prime for a change. - Don’t get me wrong, I love the big guy, but it was fun to see someone else take the reigns at main character for a change. Optimus still appeared in the series, but as a guest character and he was not above needing to be helped at times. It was also good to see the characters be self sufficient without Optimus needing to hold their hands.

7- Likeable kid characters. - I really hate it in any media when the kid characters are made to be annoying or obnoxious. Cody and Frankie were very likeable. Heck, I outright loved them. They were fun, mostly believable and actually contributed to the team and to the show. Most importantly, I liked how the kids were actually discouraged from the action when it got too hot.

8- Multi dimensional Autobot characters. - Let’s face the big glaring truth about most Transformers. They have pretty cookie cutter and one dimensional characters most of the time. Not the Rescue Bots. Each one of them has their own personality, their own tastes, their own interests and their own hurdles to jump. More importantly, they actually experience character development that sticks such as Heatwave starting to appreciate his task and Blades overcoming his fear of flying.

9- Romance was on display for better or for worse. - Since Beast Wars, having characters fall in love or even have crushes became a big no show in Transformers. However, Rescue Bots allowed characters to be normal in every way which includes falling in love. Kade got an on-and-off again girlfriend, Dani got a boyfriend, and Dr. Greene wound up getting married and even had a kid with his current wife. Even Chief Burns got a crush at one point. You could say that the series was trying to tell kids that love is not icky or a waste of time at all. It is very natural to want someone in your life and to grow old with.

10- You don’t need violence to tell a good Transformers story. - The thing that was most obvious about Rescue Bots was that the show was not about violence at all. It was about rescues, science and solving problems. And it was very interesting and entertaining for it. It felt deep and educational without getting boring, emotional without getting dramatic or depressing, funny without getting silly, and moral without getting preachy. This speaks volumes about the Transformers though mostly it says they’re not just there to shoot lasers, throw punches or kicks and transform. You can put them in other situations and they can still be entertaining.

Well, that’s my list. What do think was most significant about Rescue Bots that I haven’t mentioned?

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random thoughts on jon connington’s chapters

This is part 2, part 1 can be found here.

The Griffin Reborn

Aegon and Danerys

The first part of this chapter details Jon Connington taking over his former castle Griffin's Roost as well as remembering how he lost the Battle of Stony Sept.

Some Daniella stans have cried about how the show made her bad (ahah she's already bad), by giving her Jon Connington's supposed endgame. I believe they're partially right. Jon Connington's thoughts on Stoney Sept are foreshadowing of the burning of King's Landing, but of Danerys doing it.

The Griffin Reborn ~ ADWD

He had lost it all at Stoney Sept, in his arrogance. (...)

And so he swept down on Stoney Sept, closed off the town, and began a search. (...) The townsfolk were hiding him. They moved him from one secret bolt-hole to the next, always one step ahead of the king's men. The whole town was a nest of traitors. At the end they had the usurper hidden in a brothel. What sort of king was that, who would hide behind the skirts of women? Yet whilst the search dragged on, Eddard Stark and Hoster Tully came down upon the town with a rebel army. Bells and battle followed, and Robert emerged from his brothel with a blade in hand, and almost slew Jon on the steps of the old sept that gave the town its name.

For years afterward, Jon Connington told himself that he was not to blame, that he had done all that any man could do. His soldiers searched every hole and hovel, he offered pardons and rewards, he took hostages and hung them in crow cages and swore that they would have neither food nor drink until Robert was delivered to him. All to no avail.

Bobby B was very much loved by the people in general, in fact that's the whole thing with Stoney Sept. The townsfolk hid him because they loved him, despite the violence inflicted towards them. As Connington says, they endured everything for Bobby B's sake, they rebuffed bribes and they endured executions, even a hunger strike. Not one turned traitor, not one turned over Bobby B. Such we have a town hiding a "ruler" they love.

As a side-note, in the books the bells tolled to warn the citizens of the battle and to persuade them to stay inside their houses. It was a statement, marking a rebellion against the invading force and not a surrender signal. I believe it's in the show that is said, bells ring for dead kings, weddings (bride of fire, meaning biurning shit), and the beginning of war (this was waaay before they came up with the accident that is season 8).

Daenerys IV ~ ACOK

(second stanza) A tall lord with copper skin and silver-gold hair stood beneath the banner of a fiery stallion, a burning city behind him. (...) A cloth dragon swayed on poles amidst a cheering crowd. (...) A corpse stood at the prow of a ship, eyes bright in his dead face, grey lips smiling sadly.

Epilogue ~ AFFC

Aegon has been shaped for rule since before he could walk. (...) He has lived with fisherfolk, worked with his hands, swum in rivers and mended nets and learned to wash his own clothes at need. He can fish and cook and bind up a wound, he knows what it is like to be hungry, to be hunted, to be afraid. Tommen has been taught that kingship is his right. Aegon knows that kingship is his duty, that a king must put his people first, and live and rule for them."

Aegon (who's associated with boats, the Shy Maid) will be loved, he's the cloth dragon the people are cheering for (it doesn't mean he's fake, LMAO) and Danerys will burn King's Landing in retalliation. Like Cersei Lannister ended up "loved" in the penultime episode of the show, when she took the townsfolk inside the Red Keep. Forced, I know, but that's what they depicted and what Daniella thought just before she burned them all, the townsfolk preferred Cersei to Daniella. And we highly suspect show!Cersei took book!Aegon's role, such it will be him that will be sitting in King's Landing in the books.

The Griffin Reborn ~ ADWD

"Tywin Lannister himself could have done no more," he had insisted one night to Blackheart, during his first year of exile.

"There is where you're wrong," Myles Toyne had replied. "Lord Tywin would not have bothered with a search. He would have burned that town and every living creature in it. Men and boys, babes at the breast, noble knights and holy septons, pigs and whores, rats and rebels, he would have burned them all.

he would have burned them all.

This is Bran's prophetic visions in sequence, linking Drogon, flying over King's Landing, then an "equivalence" between Aerys saying "burn them all" and Danerys with Drogon.

It's also worth mentionioning for the milionth of time, that "Daenerys" is is an anagram for "Aerys End", you know the guy who wanted to burn King's Landing to the ground instead of letting beloved by the people Bobby B take the throne.

The Griffin Reborn ~ ADWD

He was not wrong, Jon Connington reflected, leaning on the battlements of his forebears. I wanted the glory of slaying Robert in single combat, and I did not want the name of butcher.

Daenerys IV ~ ADWD

Dany was appalled. He is a monster. A gallant monster, but a monster still. "Do you take me for the Butcher King?"

"Better the butcher than the meat. All kings are butchers. Are queens so different?" (...)

What have I done? she thought, huddled in her empty bed. I have waited so long for him to come back, and I send him away. "He would make a monster of me," she whispered, "a butcher queen." But then she thought of Drogon far away, and the dragons in the pit. There is blood on my hands too, and on my heart. We are not so different, Daario and I. We are both monsters.

Danerys accepting her dragon side, which haappens at the end of ADWD and this is why she manages to ride Drogon, is directly connected to being a monster, a butcher. This is word play that translated to the show as well.

GoT 7x02 - Stormborn

DAENERYS picks up a dragon figurine from the table.

DAENERYS: If Viserys had three dragons and an army at his back, he'd have invaded King's Landing already.~

TYRION: Conquering Westeros would be easy for you. But you're not here to be queen of the ashes.

DAENERYS: No.

DAENERYS puts down the dragon figurine.

TYRION: We can take the Seven Kingdoms without turning it into a slaughterhouse. If the great houses support your claim against Cersei, the game is won.

Danerys clothes when she burned King's Landing have red staining the skirt, like a butcher's apron stained with blood as he works.

The Griffin Reborn ~ ADWD

"Wait, I say. Gather our power, win some small lords to our cause, let Lysono Maar dispatch his spies to learn what we can learn of our foes."

Connington gave the plump captain-general a cool look. This man is no Blackheart, no Bittersteel, no Maelys. He would wait until all seven hells were frozen if he could rather than risk another bout of blisters. "We did not cross half the world to wait. Our best chance is to strike hard and fast, before King's Landing knows who we are.

In the show, Danerys is impatient to attack King's Landing, she doesn't want to wait, and has to be convinced REPEATEDLY to not "strike hard and fast". And in one of them, Daenerys and butchering linked together makes yet another appearance (the script above).

Aegon the Conqueror

Maegor the Cruel

Danerys the Butcher. Bitch deserves it.

Aegon and Jon Connington

In the second part of the chapter, Aegon arrives at the Griffin's Roost and Connington and Aegon discuss the attack on Storm's End.

Sansa VII ~ ASOS

The Broken Tower was easier still. They made a tall tower together, kneeling side by side to roll it smooth, and when they'd raised it Sansa stuck her fingers through the top, grabbed a handful of snow, and flung it full in his face. Petyr yelped, as the snow slid down under his collar. "That was unchivalrously done, my lady."

"As was bringing me here, when you swore to take me home."

She wondered where this courage had come from, to speak to him so frankly. From Winterfell, she thought. I am stronger within the walls of Winterfell.

The Griffin Reborn ~ ADWD

A solid man, and true, Connington thought as he watched Duck dismount, but not worthy of the Kingsguard. He had tried his best to dissuade the prince from giving Duckfield that cloak, pointing out that the honor might best be held in reserve for warriors of greater renown whose fealty would add luster to their cause, and the younger sons of great lords whose support they would need in the coming struggle, but the boy would not be moved. "Duck will die for me if need be," he had said, "and that's all I require in my Kingsguard. The Kingslayer was a warrior of great renown, and the son of a great lord as well."

At least I convinced him to leave the other six slots open, else Duck might have six ducklings trailing after him, each more blindingly adequate than the last. "Escort His Grace to my solar," he commanded. "At once."

Prince Aegon Targaryen was not near as biddable as the boy Young Griff had been, however. The better part of an hour had passed before he finally turned up in the solar, with Duck at his side. "Lord Connington," he said, "I like your castle."

"Your father's lands are beautiful," he said. His silvery hair was blowing in the wind, and his eyes were a deep purple, darker than this boy's. "As do I, Your Grace. Please, be seated. Ser Rolly, we'll have no further need of you for now."

"No, I want Duck to stay." The prince sat. "We've been talking with Strickland and Flowers. They told us about this attack on Storm's End that you're planning."

Jon Connington did not let his fury show. "And did Homeless Harry try to persuade you to delay it?"

"He did, actually," the prince said, "but I won't. Harry's an old maid, isn't he? You have the right of it, my lord. I want the attack to go ahead … with one change. I mean to lead it."

As I said in the part 1 of this series, there are many parallels between Aegon's story and Sansa's story. One is a future event, where Sansa and Aegonwill escape the toxic mentors that pose as their fake parent (even if Connington isn't 1/10 as bad as Littlefinger).

In Sansa's case, this most likely will happen when she flees north if "Sansa is Grey Girl" theory holds true (and it happened in the show, moreover this is a parallel she has with Arya and Bran as well, both will also have to flee their toxic mentors soon) and she'll grow more independent from Pedofinger as she regains her identity as Sansa Stark and with her cousin (and the North) by her side.

In Aegon's case, we can see that he's already more indepedent than he used to be (it all started when he stepped up at the Golden Company higher-ups and convinced them to fight for him and his cause). Connington suggests this is because the boy is now Aegon Targaryen and no longer Young Griff, in other words Aegon is growing more confident the more he regains his identity.I suspect that like Sansa, Aegon will grow even more confident with his cousin Arianne (and Dorne) by his side.

Sansa II ~ AGOT

When Sansa finally looked up, a man was standing over her, staring. He was short, with a pointed beard and a silver streak in his hair, almost as old as her father. "You must be one of her daughters," he said to her. He had grey-green eyes that did not smile when his mouth did. "You have the Tully look."

Sansa VII ~ AGOT

"I won't." He sounded almost like Marillion, the night he'd gotten so drunk at the wedding. Only this time Lothor Brune would not appear to save her; Ser Lothor was Petyr's man. "You shouldn't kiss me. I might have been your own daughter . . ."

"Might have been," he admitted, with a rueful smile. "But you're not, are you? You are Eddard Stark's daughter, and Cat's. But I think you might be even more beautiful than your mother was, when she was your age."

The Griffin Reborn ~ ADWD

But when Jon Connington stepped out onto the high battlements, the view was just as intoxicating as he remembered: the crag with its wind-carved rocks and jagged spires, the sea below growling and worrying at the foot of the castle like some restless beast, endless leagues of sky and cloud, the wood with its autumnal colors. "Your father's lands are beautiful," Prince Rhaegar had said, standing right where Jon was standing now. And the boy he'd been had replied, "One day they will all be mine." As if that could impress a prince who was heir to the entire realm, from the Arbor to the Wall. (...)

"Lord Connington," he said, "I like your castle."

"Your father's lands are beautiful," he said. His silvery hair was blowing in the wind, and his eyes were a deep purple, darker than this boy's. "As do I, Your Grace. Please, be seated. Ser Rolly, we'll have no further need of you for now."

Pedofinger and Ebonington. Leave the children alone! *screams*

#aegon VI targaryen