#if anyone actually reads these tags

[throwawayasoiafaccount]

GRRM is American. This means that much of the social commentary he tries to make in his books will reflect American history and American politics.

Now, do I want to actually look for the social commentary I’m sure a very talented author like GRRM probably hid in asoiaf? Not really…

I just wanted to bring up this one specific example.

The False Peace of Meereen

To begin, Daenerys way of dealing with the former slave masters of Meereen greatly reminds me of the way Abraham Lincoln dealt with the slave owners of the South.

Both Daenerys and Lincoln ended up prioritizing the slave masters/owners over the former slaves.

Daenerys did this by letting the slave masters keep a lot of their former power and by slowly bending to their wishes in order to “compromise.” This led to her allie’s displeasure, and eventually the failed assassination attempt—which she only survived due to Drogon.

Afterwards, Daenerys decided that fire and blood was necessary in order to counter the cruel slave masters and to finally get back to truly fighting slavery.

Daenerys decisions reflect a few of Lincoln’s own decisions.

1. Lincoln was focused on preserving the Union (peace) over fighting slavery, even though he greatly disliked it

2. Lincoln wasn’t as harsh on the southern slave owners as his party, the Republican party at the time, wanted him to be

3. He was assassinated and Andrew Johnson took over in his place. Hizdahr will possibly take control, like Johnson did. Johnson’s lenient treatment of southern slave owners led to most of them regaining their positions of power. Because of Johnson’s favoritism (as he was a Democrat who was pro-South at the time (Lincoln only made him Vice President to try to secure peace)), slavery basically started up again and the newly freed slaves still faced unimaginable horrors. Their descendants would later face segregation and oppression.

(These are very broad strokes since I don’t feel like doing a deep dive on this topic.)

When looking at these parallels, it should be clear that the fire and blood quote does not signify Daenerys descent into madness. If anything, Daenerys whole Meereen arc was GRRM making social commentary about the racism African Americas face in the U.S. and how the Reconstruction of the South led to this.

Quick info dump: Reconstruction refers to the period immediately after the Civil War from 1865 to 1877 when several United States administrations sought to reconstruct society in the former Confederate states in particular by establishing and protecting the legal rights of the newly freed black population

I think that the social commentary GRRM is trying to make is that:

The oppressed have every right to rise up against their oppressors.

The Reconstruction of the South was a massive failure that set America back decades in Civil Rights advancements.

Violence is necessary when dealing with those who want to strip you of your humanity and leniency towards these people is a mistake that you will regret.

Abraham Lincoln should have been much, much, much harsher on the South before he was killed.

Anyways…

Daenerys survived while Lincoln died. However, if Lincoln survived his assassination (which was certainly orchestrated so that Johnson could take over), I have no doubt that the U.S. would be a fairer place for POC than it is today.

Daenerys isn’t going to go mad. She’s finally realized what she has to do in order to secure the freedom of her people, aka the former slaves.

Saying that Daenerys will go mad is a joke. I cannot take the people who believe this seriously in any way.

And to my fellow Americans who buy into the “mad Daenerys” bs… please take a look around you.

Lincoln’s biggest mistake was his leniency towards southern slave owners.

GRRM specifically had Daenerys survive the assassination attempt for a reason.

#asoiaf #daenerys targaryen #i love defending dany #it’s so easy bc she’s a character who was written to be morally good #anyways… #sry if there’s spelling errors or if the formatting looks odd #anyone who buys into the mad daenerys bs is a complete joke #and any americans who agree with it probably failed us history #i’m sure this connection has already been made #if anyone actually reads these tags #do you think missandei is supposed to be a reference to frederick douglass?

[mysteriesofmarcy]

Sorry folks! Monday was Labor Day here in the States, and I'm only now realizing that I forgot all about Mystery Monday because I was on vacation! But I've got more material coming for you next week! See you then!

#amphibia #mystery monday #labor day #hey #if anyone actually reads these tags #i have a special message for you #you will get a special prize if you send me an ask #with the phrase #easter egg #in it #this offer expires on the next Mystery Monday #so act fast

[bubble--c]

why did i ever leave this little hellsite, i have so much drawing inspo again

#it's all life series #of course it's all life series #if anyone actually reads these tags #drop a dm and tell me an idea cuz i want even MORE inspo

[tedkaczynskiofficial]

I love Zutara as much as the next girlie, but I think people romanticizing Zuko catching Azula's lightning in the Final Agni Kai are doing Zuko's character a massive disservice. He would have done that for anyone. Not just anyone in the Gaang, anyone.

He did it for the division he ended up getting burned over. He did it for his subordinate that was going to fall to his death after the ship was struck by lightning. He did it for Lee, when he was kidnapped by Gao. He did it for Iroh, when he confronted his dad and tried to break him out of prison. He did it for the whole Gaang at the Western Air Temple. He did it for Sokka, Suki, and Hakoda at the Boiling Rock.

His whole character revolves around saving everyone else first. Hell, he tried to save Zhao of all people! There's no way that would have gone well for Zuko if Zhao had actually taken his hand. He always does what he thinks is right first before considering his own safety.

Zuko always saves other people. Even if, especially if, he can't save himself.

#look i love zutara #but zuko has no conception of personal safety #there are better zutara moments in atla!!!! #like i will absolutely still read fanfic that romanticizes that scene #but it still would have happened if literally anyone else had been standing there #zutara #zutara criticism #i'm going to tag this as #anti zutara #just in case someone doesn't want to see a critique of the ship #i'm not really critiquing the ship #but out of an abundance of caution #uh actual antis if you see this: behave yourselves lol #zuko #avatar the last airbender #atla

[lyrichi]

[the bros are all fighting in the background]

mc, watching and eating one of those vero mango lollipops:

solomon, sitting next to them: what did you do to make them all fight like that?

mc: I said I had a favorite

#this is for whoever actually reads the tags #whos yalls bias #mine is satan #if anyone cares #anyway #listening to my lord to savior will wood rn #yeah #obey me crack #obey me shall we date #obey me shitpost #obey me incorrect quotes #obey me #obey me mc #obey me solomon #obey me lucifer #obey me mammon #obey me leviathan #obey me satan #obey me asmodeus #obey me beelzebub #obey me belphegor

[jerich0two]

Jazz cat! (Lest we forget who my favourite is)

Been seeing a few posts with overlord-era Husk playing the saxophone and I am ALLLL for it. This post is for ME. I am the demand for Jazz Saxophonist Husk Content. If only I knew how to draw a sax... or someone playing one... oh, well!

#hazbin art #hazbin hotel #fanart #hazbin hotel husk #husker #husker hazbin hotel #overlord husk #deepest apologies to anyone who actually plays sax #i tried my best but that thing is COMPLEX #also the music notes dont mean jack shit i aint clever #also also this isnt meant to be the overlord au ive been seeing #even though that looks awesome #this is just a prelude to my inevitable zib obsession when i finally sit down and read the lackadaisy comic #jeri's art tag for convenience purposes

[aesthetic-uni]

So that new comic huh

#uni talks about the universe #danny phantom #a glitch in time #dp a glitch in time #don’t be fooled #they’re on the same side #GET RETCONNED BITCH #this is just for laughs #I haven’t actually read the comic yet so I don’t know if this is accurate #but I heard it’s really good #so have at thee #dp memes #danny phantom spoilers #a glitch in time spoilers #not really #but I want to tag it just in case #but for anyone out there this doesn’t really spoil anything that actually happens I think #so continue to have at thee

[fiskael]

Made my very own tiny dungeon meshi dragon plush, that’s based on the version that only appears in the very last chapter for five pages and then is never seen again. I think it turned out pretty well.

I used this pattern to make it with some minor tweaks to the body, tails and legs and then just made some tiny cones for the horns at the end. If anyone would be intersted I might post the alterations and where to apply them but go check out the original pattern! I stuffed it both with acylic stuffing but also some plastic pellets for a bit of extra weight. The eyes are done with french knots.

Going to be adding manga spoilers below the read more with pictures of what I tried to get it to look like.

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #falin touden #maybe? i made the dragon for a cosplay i made of her #red dragon #plushies #knitting #fiskart #the second pair of horns are curled just by sewing it to the neck to be sure it would hold the shape right #took a bit of brain power at moments when tweaking the pattern to how i wanted it without actually knowing how the tweaking would turn out #but i love it!! it fits great in my hand and i have been carrying it around with me a lot just because of that #been thinking of trying to make a version where the body and tail is knitted in one instead of sewing the tail on later #it would only be able to lie down but now that i have a sitting one it would be fun to also have the other #but really let me know if anyone would be intertsed in trying to make it yourself becuase then i could try to clean up my notes #and put it on here at some point #that was as lot of extra tags #i hope whoever read all of this has a great day!

[delphianactuallydoodling]

Family Portrait

#art #artists on tumblr #fanart #digital art #digital painting #illustration #procreate #the sandman #the sandman netflix #the sandman fanart #morpheus #dream of the endless #death of the endless #Can always count on my blorbo's to get me out of an art funk #been real busy with internship stuff #also for anyone that actually reads my tags: #omfg thank you for all the love on my lovers eye post #5000 notes???? wtf

[thoselittleboats]

BG3 text posts - Raphael (1/?)

bonus - spoiler

#tw flashing #spoilers #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #bg3 raphael #bg3 edit #bg3edit #raphael #raphael bg3 #bg3 text #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #sorry can't actually read tags in this one yet because i'm finishing up act 3 still lol #just had to get these out because i can't with him #...anyone else follow the vicar max to raphael pipeline?? xD #this should surprise absolutely no one #if this gets 666 likes i will make more (ok i plan to anyway but that would be so funny)

[magnapanther]

finally got a working tablet again!!! :D

anyways, back from my several-month-long nap (which will not be addressed further) with a lil fog canyon warmup. now with more scribbles! perhaps too many. entirely too many, in fact. anyways, hopefully the quality does not get obliterated (it will) :')

#hollow knight #art #artists on tumblr #my art #original art #the knight #digital art #fog canyon #been having absolutely paralyzing art block for the past few months so it's nice to have actually finished something :) #not entirely sure about this style yet #but i did have a ton of fun with it #might refine it a lil bit more so it looks less thrown-together :D #so if anyone decided to read through all the tags lemme know what you think :)

[mispelled]

Smh scary dont you know cringe is dead

#i gues this is the caption we're going with #shout out to rad for this one #actually #shout out to rad for everything #just assume that everything i come up with was at least halfway made up by them first lol #btw to anyone reading the tags yall should know you can absolutely drop doodle suggestions in my ask box. no promises that ill get to them #but still #anywayyyyyy #mispelled draws #misp draws #dndads #dndads fanart #dungeons and daddies #dungeons and daddies fanart #dndads s2 #taylor swift dndads #taylor swift not that one #scary marlowe #scary dndads

[explodingstarlight]

returning to my baby donnie roots

#i was doodling at lunch #there he is the lad #yes he has a sticker on the mug #mikey added it and he didn't have it in him to remove it #he actually washes the mug very carefully to keep the sticker from getting wet because it's special #shut up i can and will project my rare sentimentality onto a fictional character ahshshs #shout out to anyone who actually reads all these tags #and shout out to the cool moot snailsnaps for actually giving me the push needed to actually start drawing the turtles #it's fun :) #moment of weakness and sentiment over enjoy the cute purple turtle and all that /lh #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt fanart #my art #explodingstar art #e stars scribblez #turtle tot donnie #turtle tots #rise donnie #rise donatello #tmnt #tmnt donatello #even as a child donnie knew edison was a fukcing hack atta boy #i actually was in a lot of stem classes and so i have a lot of beef with many historical figures in the sciences #don't get me started

[hey-howsitgoin]

So I've had this joke in my head for a couple months (at least), but hadn't found the right spot to make it. Today it is complete.

A hole in my jeans?

Hmm? What's this?

A Patchypus?

REPAIRRY THE PATCHYPUS!!!?!!!

#queueer #visible mending #mending #visiblemending #patches #sewing #my art #phineas and ferb #perry the platypus #repairry the patchypus #I feel like I could have made this look a lot more like perry #but I like my style to be more of an homage #I've done a lot of mends on these jorts recently and I'll show them all off soon #but there's more I want to get done on them before I do #this is a sneak peak of sorts I suppose 😅 #I gotta hurry up and finish my mending on them so soon; it's nearly shorts season! #if anyone actually reads my tags I love you and will you please propose to me in my ask box? 💛

[the-real-list-of-ominous-threats]

I'm going to force you to play the joke FNAF dating sim my friend and I are making

#by 'making' i mean i brought the idea up as a joke this afternoon and then we got really really into it and wrote a bunch of concepts up #i think we're actually going to do it #dear god #(we decided the routes will be Henry #Will #Mike (corpse version) #and Springtrap #NO ANIMATRONICS THOSE ARE CHILDREN #(at least the fnaf 1 animatronics are) #we thought up a joke ending where if you try and hit on the animatronics the FBI arrests you #read the tags #fnaf #if anyone wants to hear about this. tell me. i am Eager to share the concepts. #we don't know what to call it #right now the doc we're writing the script on is called 'uh oh spaghettios peepaw mode' #and obviously we can't call it that #i wanted to call it Five Nights With Divorced Dads #but Mike isnt a divorced dad

[royalarchivist]

I say this in the kindest way possible, but I think this style of prose is more appropriate for a personal account rather than an update account. I have no idea who's being talked about half the time. 🥲

[ Tumblr meme via @mikaikaika ]

#QSMP #Philza #Edited #Phil #Let me know if this needs an additional tag #I don't think this necessitates a discourse or neg tag or whatever because I'm being silly but I'm happy to add one if folks need it #I won't post this one on Twitter I don't think because I genuinely don't want to hurt anyone's feelings #but. I feel very strongly about this. It's not helpful #I say this as a fan and as a professional writer (who also worked in the Marketing and Communications field for far too long) #The prose is nice! It's very whimsical and they're having fun! But I don't think it's appropriate for an updates account #I recently turned off notifications for QsmpEN and I'm considering muting them because half the updates just aren't helpful to me #I want to be able to speed read through the update thread I don't want to spend an additional 30 seconds trying to decipher who's who #I don't like posting complaints so I tried to make it a funny complaint #because I do think feedback is good! And I know I'm not the only one who feels this way #but at the same time: these update writers ARE volunteers #(As a side note -- I personally think anyone running a large social media account should be paid) #(I did that for a few years and it was hell. I can't imagine doing that and NOT getting paid for it) #But anyways #They're all volunteers so I don't actually wanna go all pitchforks and torches on them (which I wouldn't do anyways even if they WERE paid) #I'm just venting my frustrations in what is (hopefully) a funny way #but you're welcome to disagree! That's ok too #Portfolio