#i'm still team dragon

[a0random0gal]

Hot take, but I personally think all the Criston Cole hate is bs. He's probably one of the most despised characters in hotd and the slander is so unjustified.

Like damn, are you guys really going to hate on him for despising Rhaenyra after all she put him trough?

I'm 100% certain that if the genders were swapped almost everyone would side with him.

Just imagine a girl that owes her dream job on a prince that is in a significant position of power over her. One night, after things don't go his way, he makes sexual advances on the girl. She feels like she has to sleep with him, because of how he helped her achieve her goal. Also because if she refuses, the prince may be enraged and make up a lie to get her executed. Afterwards, she feels dirty, she knows she broke her oath, and that if caught she would be tortured and murdered, so she deludes herself into believing they love each other and should run away together. At least that way, she won't have ruined her life in vain.

But when she tells the prince her plan and confesses her feelings, the prince tells her that he's not willing to give up the throne for her and that all he wants her for is sex. She's pretty much just his glorified whore.

I bet all I have that in this case everyone would call Rhaenyra an evil fuck boy misogynist who only sees ladies as objects to sleep with. But since she's a girl, then the fandom views her as an empowered, sexually liberated girlboss who takes what she wants. Even if that leads a man to almost committing suicide.

The fact that the fan base also has the nerve to call him a pathetic incel is just the icing on the cake.

Guys, I'm not sure if you now, but hating a woman for something that has happened between you is not the equivalent of hating all women.

Criston hates her and her only, while treating every other lady in the show with great respect, hell he worships the ground on which Alicent walks! And scolds Aemond for how he treats sex workers, 'Cause for him they should all be respected like the mother! He's probably one of the least sexist characters in hotd lmao.

Sometimes I wonder if Rhaenyra stans can't stand him because they genuinely can't fathom a man receiving her advances, being offered to be her lover, and rejecting. Like "how dare him break our queen's heart!"

Poor dude never stood a chance

#Obviously I'm not condoning what Criston did at Rhaenyra's wedding #That was still fucked up #Though I know some people have analyzes the shit out of that scene and it' super complex and interesting #pro team green #pro criston cole #pro alicent hightower #hotd #house of the dragon #anti team black #aemond targaryen #alicent hightower

[careydraws]

inking an oldie but a goodie ✨ stay tuned for flamecon treats...? 😉

#sweet flips #more recent ones are more 'you'll take this dragon/orc yuri and like it' than this original 'teehee romance' but i'm still fond of it! #team sweet flips #killbattle

[rhaenin-time]

Is it verging on tinfoil hat territory to laugh about how the egg Aegon II failed to hatch after murdering Rhaenyra was purple?

Or could it be an... easter egg?

#I'm so sorry you guys I'll see myself out #asoiaf #team black #rhaenyra targaryen #anti aegon ii targaryen #Amethyst Empress #Bloodstone Emperor #but seriously are we still pretending that the Amethyst Empress is some kind of puzzle and not an allegory for forsaking your women? #and that “lightbringer” is a literal sword and not Dany reviving magic when she hatched her dragons and came into HER OWN power? #Righting the wrong House Targaryen did by sacrificing generations of women to assimilate into a patriarchal feudal-monarchical system? #and by extension severing their connection to their culture and heritage that their magic came from? #and that it's telling that the Targs were the only ones to survive the doom with their dragons because they LISTENED to Daenys #And withdrew from a doomed realm to make their own place only to then assimilate into another doomed realm?

[lovl3igh]

https://www.tumblr.com/lovl3igh/748217725348872192/team-green-in-new-promo-be-like-why-tg-should?source=share

These actors will literally be hated and bullied, what are you talking about? If you open Tom's interviews, he adores Aegon, Ewan adores Aemond. For God's sake…

appearances of actors aside cause they all are bullied for that, especially matt, ewan and emma and racists comments too (i'm saying that just to be clear, i will comment only on actors actions)

you mean the actors would be bullied for supporting tg and going against tb... like ewan for praising aemond? or tom describing how would he kill rhaenyra if he could? or olivia sympathizing with alicent? bffr

these are really some of least agressive tweets, but still negative towards tb actors:

calling real person a bastard for playing silly game (also harry was attacked for choosing maester over alicent but when ewan chose in one game daemon over alicent it was fine), making fun of their character's death, bethany was being eaten up for going tb while tgc did the same with tg and no one said a word, the insinuations that harry collett did sexual favors for the role of jace (mind you, he was 16!! when he landed the part and i'm not even gonna comment on harassing elliot that way, creating fanarts and ships luke x adult people with using 14yo elliot's face), being compared to animals, emma is being constantly insulted and misgendered by tg who hates rhaenyra and the same goes with phoebe cause they said one sentence in promo video...

i'm not saying tg cast don't experience that kind of behaviour, sure they do. while it's not true that they don't anymore speak praising their characters or tg cause they do, especially tgc. the truth is they didn't say anything here what would be worthy argument that aegon should be the king because it's simply not true. what could they say? "aegon is the man" doesn't matter, law of inheritance the crown doesn't work that way. "rhaenyra has three bastards" it's about her claim, not jace's. "daemon would be terrible consort, too close to power" sooo unlike aegon the rapist who actually would be a king? "rhaenyra slept with more than one man" you try to say it in 2024. what they can say?? the show and books clearly stated the greens are usurpers, the actors know their characters are wrong. ewan gave motives of aemond but the rest of them didn't even try that

i literally went on twitter to look for that kind of stuff and like i said - there's so many insults about actors' appearances but speaking only about their opinions about teams, what i see is team black that is being constantly attacked, especially the young ones and/or black actors. whenever they have their promo or speak well or team black there's always bunch of people who will attack them and i don't even count "they're boring" cause while it's stupid, it's not really an attack ig. while in case of bullying for appearance i don't go against one team, that's here it's very clear to me that tg stans many times crossed the line

actors still speak well on their characters and tg, so stop that bs, the problem here was that they didn't have anything to say. also sooo which one, they can't say anything to not be bullied or they show how much they love their characters? no mention that you can love a character and still see they're wrong lmao

#also by tg stans i mean some of them ofc #don't come at me #cause if you don't do that then clearly the post isn't about you #but if you commented yourself such stuff #or supported someone else #then you're a problem #and go fuck yourself #house of the dragon #hotd #targaryen #fire and blood #anti team green #anti green stans #hotd cast #harry collett #bethany antonia #tom glynn carney #house of the dragon cast #hotd promo #hotd stans #ofc i'm truly sorry for what happened to emily and olivia #my point still stands bc they didn't stop talking ab tg

[noir-fem]

now that my sweet boy Jace has finally been freed of last seasons god awful wig, it is my head cannon that he intentionally straightened his hair in season one bc he was insecure about looking more like Harwin than he already did. and now in season 2 he's saying fuck it. he looks just like his father and he's owning it 🥺☺️

#Jacaerys Velaryon #my sweet boy #my handsome wise STRONG boy #bless him #love him #i'm team green but still love him #house of the dragon

[aliferousdreamer]

also alicent hightower

ooh this is a good one 🗡️💚

x

thanks again!! :D

#now my opinions on alicent go back & forth...... i'm still not sure what i think of her & she's definitely not a fave of mine #i do really really like emily & olivia's portrayals of alicent & the depth their performances give her are both fantastic!!!!!! #i guess sometimes i feel really sympathetic & other times i feel so frustrated with her (especially adult alicent) #also sometimes i like how she's written & other times i don't like how she's written............ idk i like her character but i'm conflicte #like a lot of the time i can't decide whether the writing for her is more complex or more contradictory #also to be transparent i lean more towards team black so i do have that bias & i tend to be more critical towards the green characters #i do think the fandom can be appalling towards her: e.g. she was forced into marrying viserys as a child & *somehow* that was her fault?!?! #the misogyny directed towards her character is WILD because there's a lot of legitimate criticism you can have for her #but fans jump straight to the vilest most misogynistic insults & act like she's evil incarnate #idk i'm looking forward to seeing how my opinions change in season 2 because i'm sure they will #ask game #ask games #my asks #my ask #my answers #my answer #house of the dragon #alicent hightower #hotd fandom #house of the dragon fandom #house of the dragon spoilers #tv show tag #tv shows #hotd #hotd spoilers #spoilers

[theitaliansalad]

spoilers for that scene in 1x10 under the cut.

so. that scene. the choking “kink” scene. 

Daemon doesn’t grab Rhaenyra by the neck because he doesn’t love her or because he wants to hurt her. he grabs her by the neck because Daemon is a fucked up human being. he’s violent and chaotic and messy. he is incapable of dealing with his own emotions. he has no control over himself.  

he acts insane throughout the whole episode. Rhaenyra herself says so. he tries to keep his mind occupied at all times, preparing for war, because if he lets himself feel, he’s gonna crumble. 

it’s not that he doesn’t feel. it’s that he feels too much and doesn’t know what do to about it. 

he grabs her by the neck because in the mist of grief and anger and desperation, he just found out that the brother he loved so dearly and that he so insistently tried to protect - Viserys, his big brother, he’s never trusted him. never. never had any intention of trusting him. not once. not at all. 

Daemon is the kind of person who kills his wife by smashing her head with a rock. 

so he grabs Rhaenyra by the neck. and she kind of laughs when she realises that Daemon doesn’t know. he does not know because his own brother kept their family secret from him. 

Daemon grabs her by the neck but it’s not about Rhaenyra and Daemon as a couple. 

it’s not about Rhaenyra at all.

#HE'S NOT DEFENDABLE OF COURSE #NOR HE IS JUSTIFIABLE #HE IS SIMPLY INSANE #house of the dragon #house of the dragon spoilers #hotd spoilers #hotd 1x10 spoilers #don't stop to the surface #daemyra #daemon targaryen #rhaenyra targaryen #daemon and rhaenyra #viserys targaryen #let's just stop living of fanfiction guys #i still loved them so much #they're not ruined #they're simply insane #team black #team targaryen #i'm begging guys

[turtlemurmurs]

A simple little Art Fight attack for @eldrxtch of his cool tiefling bard guy Lokee :]

#I WILL be revisiting this colored pencil on black paper thing because there's definitely potential here #however I'm really unsure how I'm gonna photograph it because this looks better in person and aaaa #well I mean his horns are still a bit crooked in person RIP #but stillllll #overall this looks very neat and I would like to continue experiments ehehe #art #my art #others' ocs #art for others #art fight #art fight 2023 #team werewolf #dungeons and dragons #traditional art #2023 #turtlemurmurs #queue've got this

[oncillaphoenix]

i wonder why the game devs made the decision to give life orbs to some of the pkmn on N's season battle teams. that just seems like...jarringly out-of-character.

#were they just trying to make mechanically strong teams with no regards to characterization...? #because the alternative is that he's going 'yeah i still hate pokeballs and want to create a better world for pokemon but also i've decided #i'm totally okay with hurting my friends for the sake of winning a low-stakes battle now :)' #nposting #n pokemon #n harmonia #trainer n #pokemon bw #pokemon b2w2 #pokemon n #natural harmonia gropius #honestly n in the bw2 postgame is a lot of. 'ok yeah that makes sense that makes sense wait what why would he do THAT' #(someday i'll get that post about how giving you the dragon doesn't make sense edited into a coherent form.) #oncilla speaks

[morninkim]

Rise of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - The Green Ranger

The Power Rangers refuse to accept that killing her is the only way to free Tommy from Rita’s control, determined to find a way to end RIta without risking their friend.

One by one, over several battles with the Dark Green Ranger, the team are able to summon their Dino Zords, all inspired by a comment made by Billy when they first found the Power Coins. Once all five are summoned, they make a last stand, taking down Rita’s Dark Dragonzord with their newly formed Megazord, the Rangers fight on the ground, urging Tommy to fight her, don’t let her win!

Zack cries out, holding her back from the rest of the team, “Tommy! Don’t let her decide who you are! You decide that!”

Jason on her other side adds on, “You’re one of the strongest people I know! Fight her!”

Trini supports, disarming the Dragon Saber from Rita’s grip, “You have to be brave for us! For yourself!”

Billy, staff of the Power Lance pinning the Dark Green Ranger to his stronger teammates, “We’re not giving up on you! It doesn’t make sense for you too either!”

Kimberly rushes into Tommy with all her strength, wrapping her arms around her so tight that no power in the known universe could break her grip, face pressed into Tommy’s chest, “Please, you have to come back to us! You have to come back to me!”

From then on, Tommy officially joins the team as the Green Power Ranger.

#rotmmpr #mmpr #mighty morphin power rangers #power rangers #tommy oliver #green ranger #my art #me: i'm not gonna write out whole summaries with every design #also me: what if i just straight up wrote the team pleading with tommy to break rita's possession hmm- #i see EXACTLY how the scene would play out in my head and it makea me wish i could animate #and god. thinking about kim's ''come back to ME'' in particular hurt me heart i can hear the voice crack and the quiver UGH #each of the rangers lines to tommy in the scene would also have significance to either a future or past arc with her #eg zack saying she decides who she is is bc of a past interaction where he helps her with insecurities surrounding #still engaging with masculine interests as a trans girl by showing her that he still maintains some of his feminine interests #from before he transitioned and that's totally okay! no one else gets to decide what you can and can't do! #trini mentioning bravery ties to tommy helping her come out to her mom later on #stuff like that #...........i need to write out those season summaries lmao #initially i did also try having the purified dragon shield be silver so gold would stay associated with the evil empire but #that didnt look quite as good #anyway i love this design and it looks SO GOOD with the rest of the team especially

[tyranasauruslex]

Laughing my ass off that you think ugly old Vhagar is going to be any use during the war. Caraxes is going to wipe the floor with her!!!

Who is going to tell them?

#TerrorOfTheTrident

I'm not going to put spoilers in this post but if you know you know...

#vhagar #queen of the dragons #aemond targaryen #team green #pro team green #I'm still laughing you thought you did something anon

[zephyrrr101]

Defend Your Council | House of the Dragon | Max

I can't be the only one laughing my ass of this, right?....

...

.....

RIGHT?!!!

I mean I love you all but you all are looking so stupidly beautiful. All I want is to snuggle and hug them to my best but I can't even... I love them so much but I'm still laughing.

Anywayssssss,

Excited for season 2!

#house of the dragon #hotd #hotd season 2 #I'm never going to be able stop laughing at the team shit #still laughing #and still laughing #Youtube

[vvanessaives]

used this picrew to make my new skyrim crew :3

Hiraeth (they/she/he) || Sibylla (she/her) || Dervera Sathro (she/they)

the dragonborn, the ex-dragon priest now vampire and pain in the ass, the dunmer fed up with everyone's bullshit

#rena.txt #they all mean soooooo much to me in such a short time it's crazy #some cool facts i think are Very Cool: dervera has a enchanted prostethic arm (her left one) which is a spriggan's arm basically but the #typical very long claws of the spriggans are..shorter kjdfk so she can actually use her fingers. sibylla has basically seen soooooo much of #the world's history. she was a dragon priest yes and she used that power to trans her gender. yea. with how powerful dragon priests #were i'm 100% convinced someone could do that with magic. am i wrong? idc. she died at some point bc she betrayed the other priests #when the rebellion started and didn't end up as a crusty lich. Things happen and she's reborn as a vampire let me just say molag bal wants #her dead and both me & sibylla want that bitch dead so we're a team. #still working on my google doc with the info might share it when done idk...if anyone wants to hear the Lore..play with our ocs like dolls #in my tes phase again fr. reading the lore isn't enough i need to get run over with it #oc: hiraeth #oc: sibylla #oc: dervera #these picrew is so cute i might add it into the doc #i'm so brain dead with them that i kept typing lore while watching masterchef 🇮🇹. didn't follow the ep with the 3 stars michelin #restaurants WTF WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME that's usually my fave ep. oc love makes me do silly things

[lemonhemlock]

If let’s say the greens win the war with most of them still alive with their dragons how are they going to get rid of the dragon problem? You say it would be better for westores if the dragons were gone so in this scenario how would it happen?

they're not going to get rid of the dragon problem, anon. that's the quandary. they're all targaryens. they're never going to kill their own dragons. would you? would anyone? if you were bonded somehow with this incredibly powerful beast that allowed you to fly and allowed you security and answered to you and only you?

the only way westeros is getting rid of dragons is if they are taken away from the targaryens. if they die off somehow. i like the greens individually & i root for them in a wacky AU because it's fun, they're compelling characters & they are thematically-intriguing to me from a story-telling standpoint, but it's probably best for the world as a whole if dragons don't exist & if the targaryens die out.

for that reason, i don't believe anyone with targaryen blood is going to be left alive at the end of the main series. "they're a power man should never have trifled with" was probably the wisest thing a targaryen ever said.

#i thought jon would live for the longest time but i'm not so sure now #ask #anon #house targaryen #team green #absolute power corrupts absolutely etc #i don't believe all targaryens are individually evil but as a whole their existence does more harm than good #idk what a reformed targaryen would look like #even decent ones like egg v end up trying to bring dragons back #i mean i get it - it's man's desire to transcend via the supernatural and to achieve a higher plane of existence by mastering power #it's no doubt a mesmeric prospect #but still #i'm show!jaime grabbing hold of that lance and galloping towards daenerys to kill her monster #hotd meta

[lovl3igh]

the way some of tg says tb is boring cause they're loving perfect family who don't do anything interesting while greens is just better cause they're bunch of criminals but the moment anyone from tb commits any crime y'all like nope, i draw a line here, you're an awful person, nothing can excuse you and give a list of all terrible things tb did... as if seconds ago you didn't say they're "so perfect" and you prefer interesting flawed characters of team green who actually do something

#and the fact you can say in one moment that tb is boring loving family #and in the next that they're dysfunctional unlike tg #please 😭 #just pick one scenario at least #ofc tb isn't completaly functional as family #but still much better than tg #also i'm tired of constant need of writing “some of” #if i say tg or tb or people or fandom or anything #it doesn't automatically mean i address everyone #if you don't do things i'm writing about it's clearly not for you #move on #i don't need your “well actually not everyone do that 🤓☝️” #no shit sherlock #team green #anti team green #anti hotd fandom #hotd #house of the dragon #targaryen #team black #targaryen family #anti green stans

[futuregws]

You know you're wrong when two opposing teams (team black and team green) come together for once, to call you out on your bullshit and completely have your ass in the quote retweets, I hate the whole "oh look at the ratio" but geez I have to say it this time, bc the fucking ratio is incredible those quote retweets have her ass bc it also doesn't help the constant misgendering on their part towards Emma

I really should have taken a screenshot of the quote retweets but I cut it right on that part.

Anyway they were really trying to set Olivia and Milly up for failure

#Like nah I'm sorry I love Milly but if you still only acknowledge her as Rhaenyra I'm side eyeing you #Idc about preferences Emma is Rhaenyra and if you like Rhaenyra as a character you should like both Milly and Emma preferences come after #And Emma having their talent downplayed like be for real #Rhaenyra targaryen #milly alcock #emma d'arcy #house of the dragon #Hotd #olivia cooke #Team green #Team black