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russilton · 10 months
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Save my man, sat as far away as he could get- he does NOT want to be on that fuckin’ couch!
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gogciety · 15 days
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sooo random but do u have a Goobie compilation. like good pics of the goobs 😢😢😢
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atopvisenyashill · 3 months
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Thoughts on the Alysanne is Maegor's daughter AU? I feel like it has some interesting potential, and it vastly recontextualizes different parts of Jaehaehae (I do not like him sjsjsjs) and Alysanne's relationship (such as Jaehaehae's treatment of their daughters) but I wanna hear what you think about it!
I’ve touched on this a bit before but since you actually want to hear my thoughts, allow me to present to you my Jaehaerys Is The Goddamn Worst, And Alysanne Annoys Me Too: An Essay lmao but my answer is basically “yeah all of what you just said.”
I think it makes Alysanne much more palatable (to me) as a character because as she stands, she just fixates on forcing her daughters through these fucked up marriages at too young an age bc it traumatized her to be married and pregnant at 15 too but she’d never admit that being a willing participant in her own kidnapping by her brother-husband was the single worst thing that ever happened to her, and because Alysanne doesn’t want to admit it (and Jaehaerys would never see it as wrong or a mistake) F&B really shies away from delving into the fact that Alysanne is as deranged of a mother as Cersei is. So as she stands, she’s very flat to me because she’s presented very flatly and inconsistently. She’s so in love with Jaehaerys, she’s maritally raped by Jaehaerys, she’s a loving and doting mother, she forces her daughters into marriages when they’re the same too young age she was, she accuses her teenage girls of being scheming whores then gets angry when her husband accuses their teenage girls of being scheming whores, and worst of all we are just told “Maegelle tells them to make up so they do” so we don’t know why Alysanne gets over all of this. What is the point of riding a dragon when you never use that dragon to protect your daughters from unwanted teen marriages? We’re just not given a good enough justification for why her behavior is so weird and frustrating towards her daughters.
Make her Maegor’s daughter though…most of her behavior as an adult makes more sense. Like a worse version of Rhaenyra’s childhood almost - a father desperate for a son, but lowkey obsessed with his daughter, who makes all his hang ups about his parents the problems of every woman around him, except Maegor is out here blood sacrificing and torturing and starting wars and forcing babies on wives he discards quickly and brutally. Then here comes Jaehaerys on a white horse green dragon to save her from the horror her life has become, and he loves her so much he runs away with her even though Alyssa says they shouldn’t marry because people won’t like it. And they have beautiful children, and a beautiful marriage, and build a beautiful kingdom.
Then her pregnancies start getting dangerous. Gaemon, then Valerion, die. Alysanne thinks of the shriveled up mutants she called brothers, if Maegor’s taint has passed to her. Her perfect husband ignores her no, and forces Gael on her. Alysanne remembers that he said nothing to Rogar when Alyssa died, merely wept. Then her daughters start to die. Daella, Alyssa, Viserra, all within a few years. Then Jaehaerys makes Saera watch as he murders her boyfriend, calls her a whore, and says Alysanne cannot follow Saera to Lys. Alysanne thinks of Maegor torturing the Harroways over Alys’ presumed infidelity. Jaehaerys says he’s sorry, and her daughter badgers her into forgiving him, and she remembers how she helped Jaehaerys badger Alyssa into forgiving Rogar. Not two years later, Jaehaerys passes over Rhaenys. Alysanne thinks of how she was never enough for her father, how she felt so superior to Rhaena banished to Dragonstone and resented by Aerea, yet there she is dragging Gael away from court because she can’t stand to be with Jaehaerys. How her father was surrounded by dead women and dead babies and how Jaehaerys is surrounded by his own dead daughters, but surely she did the right thing, surely Maegor was worse, surely the realm is better off? Is he right to pass over Rhaenys? Is she enabling a man just as monstrous as her father? She will never decide, because Maegelle will guilt her about keeping Gael isolated at Dragonstone, and Alysanne will do as she’s told, just like Rhaena, and Alyssa, and Jeyne, Elinor, Ceryse, Alys, and Tyanna, just like every one of her daughters.
I do get why Alysanne is Alyssa & Aenys’ and not Maegor’s. The weird Targ babies, the line not descending from Visenya, Jaehaerys and Alysanne being held up as the perfect Targaryen couple specifically because they are brother and sister and dragon riders. I do even think canon Alysanne is likely traumatized by her time as a hostage on Dragonstone, and the ensuing war, and the trauma bond that caused with Jaehaerys, and it makes her idolize Jaehaerys, and then he isolates her at Dragonstone so he can swiftly and safely marry, groom, and knock her up. It’s not like,,,, a fun time, and it’s enough to make anyone crazy and weird about their daughters, but I think having her father be Maegor makes Alysanne herself much deeper because it gives her, as the most beloved Targaryen queen, a blood tie to the most hated Targaryen king, and a marriage to the most beloved Targaryen king. It fits better with a lot of the themes of the main series (again, imo) - forcing the spotlight on the outsiders to see how the affect the story from behind the scenes. The fall of Aegon’s sons, and The Long Reign, not told from the PoV or to serve the PoV of any of the kings or princes, but of the queen that tied them all together.
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fromtheseventhhell · 7 months
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Nymeria nipped eagerly at her hand as Arya untied her. She had yellow eyes. When they caught the sunlight, they gleamed like two golden coins. Arya had named her after the warrior queen of the Rhoyne, who had led her people across the narrow sea. (Arya I, AGOT) *George directly compares Dany to Nymeria*
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This time the monsters did not frighten her. They seemed almost old friends. Arya held the candle over her head. With each step she took, the shadows moved against the walls, as if they were turning to watch her pass. "Dragons," she whispered. (Arya IV, AGOT)
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If I had wings I could fly back to Winterfell and see for myself. And if it was true, I'd just fly away, fly up past the moon and the shining stars, and see all the things in Old Nan's stories, dragons and sea monsters and the Titan of Braavos, and maybe I wouldn't ever fly back unless I wanted to. (Arya X, ACOK)
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"I wish I had a flaming sword." Arya could think of lots of people she'd like to set on fire. (Arya IV, ASOS)
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Arya drew back from him. "He killed the slave?" That did not sound right. "He should have killed the masters!" (Arya II, AFFC)
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"I would like to see a dragon," Mercy said wistfully. "Why does the envoy have a chicken on his chest?" (Mercy, TWOW) *said to her friend Daena*
This is the same Arya Stark who I'm supposed to believe isn't going to be instant besties with Daenerys Targaryen...okay. I think it's time for some of y'all to go back to the books and actually read them.
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lewishamil10n · 3 months
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"bottas back to merc?" "bottas can take his spot back now" y'all WANT him to suffer? he's been improving his mental health and living his best life since he left that shitshow and now y'all want him back? WHY?
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javelinbk · 5 months
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Adding this to my 'things I wish we had footage of' list...
8th January 1965. This was the 13th night of Another Beatles Christmas Show, which ran from 24 December 1964 to 16 January 1965 at London’s Hammersmith Odeon.
Following the night’s performances, The Beatles attended a private view of the Boat Show at London’s Earls Court Exhibition Hall. They enjoyed a late-night trip on an artificial lake in a rubber dinghy and played with radio controlled boats. (x)
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wildflowercryptid · 27 days
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sometimes, i think about the extra bit of depth alex's romance is given when you date him as a guy and i just gotta. stare at the ceiling for a bit...
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unproduciblesmackdown · 4 months
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ooh big hug
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locklyebrainrot · 10 months
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sometimes i feel like we got it wrong about the whole “lockwood and lucy are so oblivious” because lucy is for sure so oblivious (when lockwood gave her necklace that meant undying devotion and lucy basically went “oh thanks for showing me :)” and put it BACK 😭) but i feel like lockwood is genuinely trying to show his romantic intentions way earlier we just dont see because lucy is SUCH an unreliable narrator and believes that literally no one could ever love her or find her attractive.
cos lockwood is always the one to initiate physical contact and is constantly praising lucy and compliments her appearance quite alot. and in tss it feels like when hes talking about annabel ward’s relationships hes trying to remind lucy that romantic relationships exist bless him 😭
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yassentheassassin · 8 months
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random throught but i don't think miguel touches alcohol anymore, after having an abusive father who drank and having his drink spiked by his other father i don't imagine him wanting to drink at all
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good-to-drive · 1 day
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I totally agree with the general consensus that Ringo provided a lot of emotional support and coolheadedness to the other beatles to the point where they'd have probably killed each other without him but I do also wonder sometimes how much of that is being supernaturally patient and easygoing and how much of it is Ringo just having a tumultuous and isolated childhood where he was never taught to recognize and assert his own emotional needs so he became a blank slate on which others could process their emotions
(And tbh I also wonder how an inability to access or assert his feelings may have contributed to his tendency to process pain by numbing himself and the pretty shitty way he treated women)
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wonder-worker · 28 days
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"[Elizabeth Woodville's] piety as queen seems to have been broadly conventional for a fifteenth-century royal, encompassing pilgrimages, membership of various fraternities, a particular devotion to her name saint, notable generosity to the Carthusians, and the foundation of a chantry at Westminster after her son was born there. ['On other occasions she supported planned religious foundations in London, […] made generous gifts to Eton College, and petitioned the pope to extend the circumstances in which indulgences could be acquired by observing the feast of the Visitation']. One possible indicator of a more personal, and more sophisticated, thread in her piety is a book of Hours of the Guardian Angel which Sutton and Visser-Fuchs have argued was commissioned for her, very possibly at her request."
-J.L. Laynesmith, "Elizabeth Woodville: The Knight's Widow", "Later Plantagenet and Wars of the Roses Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty"
#historicwomendaily#elizabeth woodville#my post#friendly reminder that there's nothing indicating that Elizabeth was exceptionally pious or that her piety was 'beyond purely conventional'#(something first claimed by Anne Crawford who simultaneously claimed that Elizabeth was 'grasping and totally lacking in scruple' so...)#EW's piety as queen may have stood out compared to former 15th century predecessors and definitely stood out compared to her husband#but her actions in themselves were not especially novel or 'beyond normal' and by themselves don't indicate unusual piety on her part#As Laynesmith's more recent research observes they seem to have been 'broadly conventional'#A conclusion arrived at Derek Neal as well who also points out that in general queens and elite noblewomen simply had wider means#of 'visible material expression of [their] personal devotion' - and also emphasizes how we should look at their wider circumstances#to understand their actions (eg: the death of Elizabeth's son George in 1479 as a motivating factor)#It's nice that we know a bit about Elizabeth's more personal piety - for eg she seems to have developed an attachment to Westminster Abbey#It's possible her (outward) piety increased across her queenship - she undertook most of her religious projects in later years#But again - none of them indicate the *level* of her piety (ie: they don't indicate that she was beyond conventionally pious)#By 1475 it seems that contemporaries identified Cecily Neville as the most personally devout from the Yorkist family#(though Elizabeth and even Cecily's sons were far greater patrons)#I think people also assume this because of her retirement to Westminster post 1485#which doesn't work because 1) we don't actually know when she retired? as Laynesmith says there is no actual evidence for the traditional#date of 12 February 1487#2) she had very secular reasons for retiring (grief over the death of her children? her lack of dower lands or estates which most other#widows had? her options were very limited; choosing to reside in the abbey is not particularly surprising. it's a massive and unneeded jump#to claim that it was motivated solely by piety (especially because it wasn't a complete 'retirement' in the way people assume it was)#I think historians have a habit of using her piety as a GOTCHA!' point against her vilification - which is a flawed and stupid argument#Elizabeth could be the most pious individual in the world and still be the pantomime villain Ricardians/Yorkists claim she was#They're not mutually exclusive; this line of thinking is useless#I think this also stems from the fact that we simply know very little about Elizabeth as an individual (ie: her hobbies/interests)#certainly far less than we do for other prominent women Margaret of Anjou; Elizabeth of York;; Cecily Neville or Margaret Beaufort#and I think rather than emphasizing that gap of knowledge her historians merely try to fill it up with 'she was pious!'#which is ... an incredibly lackluster take. I think it's better to just acknowledge that we don't know much about this historical figure#ie: I do wish that her piety and patronage was emphasized more yes. but it shouldn't flip too far to the other side either.
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sainzofthetimez · 2 months
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this season i’m excited to see who’s twentieth on the grid bored of winners i want to see who’s the loser that’s where the heats at this season
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suenitos · 4 months
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like idk if i also saw my best friend getting their sexuality speculated on ON MAIN like its just a regular degular talking point to bring up every month because people have shitty gaydar and theyre bored i would also be like man you guys are crazy shut the fuck up
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fromtheseventhhell · 4 days
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George is so funny for writing Arya as an outcast and then immediately filling the North with her tethers as soon as she left
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yourtouchismidas · 1 year
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inspired by last night's events... matty takes gigi and rg to a taylor concert (in my head she is auntie taylor to g) and gigi is so entertained by the fact she and gigi hadid have the same name lol
omg mads this is like my dream blurb thank you.
so rg has been a swiftie her whole life. the fact her boyfriend is now good friends with taylor and they're making music together is something she can barely think about most days because she cant cope with it. but she comes home one day and matty is standing sheepishly in the corridor with an envelope. you've picked up gigi from school so you open it together and she jumps around screaming the house down and you blink back tears because this is your dream.
matty has to meet you there, because he has to go for sound check as he is singing with phoebe. and so you and gigi spend ages getting ready. you go in a floaty white dress and your cardigan, and you dress gigi in her reputation era, tiny black jeans and a sparkly black top and black doc boots for children and you paint silver glitter on her face like a butterfly.
one of matty's security guards meets you at the door and walks you both through to the VIP section. fans smile at you and gigi waves and you lean in for a couple of pictures saying, "not with my daughter in please, sorry" firmly but sweetly to the fans who understand and just smile at gigi instead and give her so many bracelets that her little arms are full of them up to her shoulders.
you watch phoebe together, and when matty comes out on stage gigi screams "daddy!" and he waves in your general direction.
before taylor comes on matty and phoebe join you. he kisses you hard in front of everyone, because of rumours that have been circulating, just to claim you as his own. you hug phoebe and she says "how you doin miss girl?" to gigi and lifts her into her arms to watch as taylor comes out because you're a wreck, crying your eyes out as she plays the first song. "aunty taylor!" gigi tells phoebe and points to her. the three of you boogie together to shake it off and matty holds you from behind and sways with you during lover.
you cry all your make up off your face and matty takes his fingers and wipes away your tears carefully, laughing at you lovingly and calling you a silly girl. when the show is over, you're about to go backstage to see taylor (who you have met a few times but always been shy and bashful around whereas gigi climbed into her lap the first time she met her, no hesitations and told her she looked like a princess.)
"baby girl," matty says to his daughter, who he has scooped up, "guess who this is?" and points to the model behind him. gigi shrugs and knuckles her eyes, getting tired, but smiles a bit. she leans her head into her dad's shoulder.
"hi darling, my name is gigi" the model says, which makes little gigi sit back up again and laugh, "but i'm gigi!" thinking it is a joke.
"me too"
"you're gigi too?" she says.
"yeah! we're like a little gang. a little gang of gigis"
little gigi laughs manically and tells model gigi they should probably make up a secret handshake for their gigi club, so they do that while her parents talk to everyone else. model gigi tells her that she has a little girl too and matty's daughter asks if her daughter is also named "gigi" and then says she should've called her that when she says it isn't. little gigi asks model gigi if her name is august too, and she says "no it's jelena" and little gigi says that's beautiful. "you're beautiful!" model gigi says back.
you all go to see taylor, who is tired, but hugs you all and makes you tea backstage and shows your daughter all her costumes lined up and lets her run her hand gently over one of the dresses. gigi falls asleep in matty's arms while you're all talking so you decide to take her home, knowing that this felt like the perfect night.
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