#just two men trying their best

[driftmarksnake]

@fallesto

MAY BAELON BE WELCOMED AMONGST THE GODS ACCOMPANIED BY HER MOST GRACIOUS LADY, THE QUEEN

They were comforting words uttered from Corlys lips. No one else had come near him. True words had been spoken, but he never felt like most of the people who uttered them meant what they had said. The death of the queen and the prince, there words were not full of sorrow, but more fear than anything else. At what could happen now, if he were to become unwell or turn up dead on the morrow. The kingdoms would fall into chaos and it would be war, war like before so long ago with all kingdoms at one another throat and everything burning. All because, he had chased and chased and had wished for a sun more than anything else within the entire world and it had cost him, everything he had.

“Those are very kind words Lord Corlys.” And to him, they were ended now more than ever. “Thank you.”

The king spoke the truth, about them both. A long history they shared, there families always close, long before his favored cousin had become his wife, when he was nothing more than a child, the memories of the vast halls and crashing tides of Lord Corlys home, still hold a place within his heart, of better days, happier days were each and every single thing made sense. “I valve your council greatly, but your friendship, even more so.” Especially now, with him … being so exposed.

He leaned on his wife for so much support, the saying within these kingdoms, behind every great man, was a great woman, could not be more true when it came to the queen and now, she has left him here, alone. Just he and his daughter, within a city full of snakes who wished to devour them both. He was tired, he was sick of this all, with Otto Hightower and the others, hardly even waiting for there ashes to scatter to sink there claws into him and try to force him to name an heir.

“I did not mean, to keep you up till this hour Lord Corlys, it’s just, there is a coldness within my chambers, that I fear returning to.”

𝕮𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖞𝖘' 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖘 𝖜𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖇𝖔𝖙𝖍 𝖙𝖗𝖚𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖕𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑. He does indeed feel remorse and sadness at the tragedy befalling the king. If anything on this earth ever were to harm a single hair on his most beloved wife or his precious children Corlys does not know how he would be able to bear such horrid realities. He cannot imagine what loneliness awaits the king back in his chambers, the hollow, empty walls that will most likely offer grief than the much necessary comfort, so in this Corlys obliges and accompanies the king in his hour of mourning. They were allies, and once upon a time, much long ago, friends. There was no harm in extending an amiable hand. "You're welcome, Viserys." He answers, utilizing his given name more so than his title. It is important to remind himself, especially in times like these, that he was merely a man before he was a king.

𝕴𝖙 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖆𝖓 𝖔𝖉𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌, 𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖇𝖞 𝖇𝖔𝖙𝖍 𝖒𝖆𝖓 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌. Viserys is a kind man, but Corlys' does not take for granted the power that he also wields. "And what a friendship it has been, your grace. Should you ever need to retire to Driftmark to breathe in the salty air, I would be most honored to have you as a guest. They say the sea knows sorrow like no other," He comments, refilling both of their wine goblets as they take seats in front of the fireplace. "I, myself, have often found solace sitting by the window that overlooks the ocean—beautiful beast that she is."

𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖆 𝖉𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖘 𝖌𝖆𝖒𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖊𝖉. Ambitious as he is, Corlys never takes his eyes off the prize of securing his family and legacy in the grand scheme of things, but he knows that Viserys is a different man from himself. Swinging the wine within it's glass Corlys stares at the fire before them and chuckles softly. "Fear not, for I have no desire to go back to my own chambers as well." The unspoken reason lingers on his tongue, the fact that his lady wife was currently not with him soured his chambers, made his bed cold as well. "Tonight I am not the lord of tides, but merely a friend to you, Viserys. Do not fret for keeping me late— I am honored by the gesture."

#fallesto #just two men trying their best #𝔬𝔣 𝔰𝔪𝔬𝔨𝔢 & 𝔰𝔞𝔩𝔱 (verse eps 1 5)

[blackkatdraws]

Something dumb I drew last night

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Arthur belongs to @indigo-art

Harry belongs to Sad-ist

#i still can't get over this 😭 #see here's the thing right #Arthur (the one in brown) and Black (the one in black obviously) are both pretty sophisticated and gentlemanly on their own right #basically just high caliber men #BUT WHEN YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER #THEY SUDDENLY TURN DUMB????? #LIKE #okay 💀 I ain't never seen two pretty best friends well what about them #I don't know man 😭 #AND HARRY (the one in green) IS THE ONE TRYING TO KEEP THE BRAINCELLS TOGETHER #BECAUSE BLACK AND ARTHUR KEEPS THROWING IT AROUND #Give Harry a break dude 😔 #the stanley parable #the stanley parable ultra deluxe #tsp #tspud #narrator tsp #tsp narrator #narratorverse #paraverse #clock out #clock 0ut #yellow zone #tsp artists appreciation #mine 💗

[clumsycapitolunicorn]

it's been nearly 6 months since the ted lasso finale and im still pretty much:

#ted lasso #messing with us tedbecca shippers and giving rebecca some rando...ruining a canon ship...trying to girl boss a character- #-who you didn't even let have her own work plot when it was time... #making two men who had a beautiful relationship growth fight last minute over said girlboss and making them grossly misogynistic #leaving one of your characters in an ab*s*ve relationship was an awful woman and all the mentioned ab*s*ve moments were- #-just for sh*ts and giggles #ohhh and also making it mandatory to forgive even the sh*tty people when it's ok not to #taking your lead away from a place he was most stable and maybe or maybe not having him get back with his ex who told him he was too much.. #-got with their therapist (and you never dig deep into that mess) and maybe cheated... #yes to be with his son but there were options for him to stay in london and bring his kid and ex so they could both parent or show a- #representation of these kind of situations and maybe have henry living with each parent 6 months each and getting the best of both worlds #also your boss is more rich than she started and was providing for you your kid and ex #instead we get ted only deciding to leave after his mother told him his kid missed him (as if that isn't obvious) such a weak way to go- #-about it and tbh ted leaving his kid far away to go to london instead of like half an hour way is kind of stupid all round really #they wanted a mary poppins situation except mary poppins made some roots of her own and had connections so it didn'twork #yeah i am still...feeling a lot

[simcardiac-arrested]

i don’t think we’re ever getting out of the “we’re just friends” “oh yeah those characters are such good friends (sarcasm)” “they’re not friends they’re gay” etc etc hole. we’re never getting out of that hole

#yes it’s bad when people try to erase gay relationships to portray them as friends and nothing more #that is NOT what i mean. i’m talking about when people do the Opposite Thing and decide that when characters are romantic togethr #then suddenly they’re not friends anymore! or if they say they’re friends they’re lying! #like … i was watching nimona with my friend yesterday and like. if you’ve seen the movie you know how obviously gay and in love bal and #ambrosius are. and then there’s this one moment where ambrosius says ‘i have lost everything the man i love my best friend’ and at that #moment my friend was like It’s sad that they decided to censor their relationship even though this movie is still rly gay :( and i was like #WHAT are you saying ? these two men are clearly in love with one another BUT they’re also best friends. Like those are things that can #coexist!! and DO coexist!!! there are many cases where people consider their romantic partners their best friends . or even refer to them as #their best friends more than just partner!!!!!! LIKE WHAT ARE YOU SAYINGGGG . does anybody get it #does anybody understand #i’m so sick of amatonormativity i’ll start eating drywall #yes i love making ‘oh they seem like really good friends’ jokes because i know how most people interpret those jokes. but to me it’s like #well. they ARE really good friends. they’re just also romantic/gay about it. ghhehghh #maybe one day friendship will stop being seen as something lesser maybe one day people will realize that most romance is also friendship #and your partner can be and in most cases is your friend or your best friend even #and maybe one day we’ll stop acting like friendship & romance are two mutually exclusive things #and maybe sure that gay character is calling their love interest their Best Friend because of denial and repressed emotions and whatever #but have u considered that it’s just true and they really are best friends ?? like when crowley calls az his best friend sure that might be #gay denial but they also literally Are best friends i don’t know what to tell you. and they will always be best friends #DOES ANYBODY GET IT !!!!!!!! js any of this making sense i dont know. I love complaining #crammerposting

[lexezombie]

the sheer lack of mens clothing in the colour purple is a damn disgrace; we want purple too god damn it

and dont u give me fuckin plum thats closer to pink, no i want fucking PURPLE

#i hate mens clothes colour choices i stg #wheres the equality here #dont get me wrong i love girl clothes but i want to wear something masc for ONCE #yes im trying to make a green goblin costume shut up #the best jacket i can find is a fucking SCAM #like 17 listings of the same one for like 5$ #its so obviously a scam #not to mention the sizes are all like 3x smaller than it actually says they are according to the TWO REVIEWS across those 17 listings #i just want a cool jacket #i dont wanna wear a tunic #or a plain purple hoodie #lex rambles #ramble #green goblin #costume #struggles

[dinosaur-mayonnaise]

aro fukazawa is canon in my heart

#evidence 1: colour scheme #(which is also my evidence for lesbian kouyou) #evidence 2: how fucking funny would it be if these two men are out here committing war crimes and trying to get total world domination #bc they're still mad that their bf broke up with them 20 years ago #only for said bf to have no clue that they ever even dated #fukuchi took fukazawa not going to war with him as the world's biggest rejection #meanwhile fukazawa still thinks they're best friends #mori thinks that they're divorced exes who still secretly like each other #meanwhile fukazawa just hates him #bonus: ranpo 100% knows they're both still in love with his dad #will he tell fukazawa - of course not #will he snarkily grin at fukuchi and mori whenever he sees them because he's fukazawa's actual favourite and the all know it? #yes #absolutely #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bsd fukazawa #bsd ranpo #bsd fukuchi #bsd mori #fukufuku #fukumori #old man yaoi

[iguessitsjustme]

So you're telling me

that this man was able to pull these three ladies

at the same time and marry two of them and keep the other as a mistress?

That man? I've seen dirty socks on the sidewalk with more sex appeal.

#to sir with love #to sir with love the series #and somehow tian being gay is wrong and needs to be kept a secret #man two of these women keep trying to kill the other's child #one of them is the only one that either child feels safe with and she's the mistress and gave birth to no one! #one of those women used sex cicadas on her own son #she also killed a man but and accidentally caused everyone to eat corpse mushrooms #but the sex cicadas is really what gets me #another one of these women tried to kill tian when he was a child by throwing a snake at him #and yet tian being gay is a problem #man let that dude just love who he loves #it's far less strange than whatever the hell these three got going on #i'm all for polyamory but not like this #this shit is fucked they all need to fall off a cliff #except bua she can stay #but she's gotta get better taste in men #tian has the best taste in men

[scarletwix]

Exodus?? Exodus????

They've really been out here saying "anyone can have redemption!! Oh, except you two" to the Maximoffs since 2006 huh

#fucking. exodus. #anyway i saw a thing about some more recent x men stuff #also i am fully aware that theyre finally letting some m day shit go and letting the twins move tf on #(yknow bc everybody else has until its plot relevant to hate Wanda or Pietro again) #but its just. such a strong dichotomy of hypocrisy #the maximoff twins had a long fucking run of just trying to be heroes and doing their best #got shoved into a shit sandwich of a situation. made some bad decisions (mostly Pietro) and were summarily shoved into the role of #villain/antagonist for the next nearly two DECADES of comic history. it is.. so frustrating to see. #not even counting the bit where they were retconned into havin their identities stripped from them. while still being treated as villains #and like i am also aware that many comics fully ignore what other comics are doing and theyve been on teams #and been avengers and done good things etc #but like. cmon folks. its so frustratingggg #narrations

[incorrectskyrimquotes]

What I'm not over is the idea that Ulfric/Galmar is somehow MORE PROBLEMATIC than Savos/Ancano

Like. One of those pairings has a canonical basis in a very close friendship. The other one has a murderer and his victim.

Guess which one people are mad at me for putting on the ship poll.

#(A thing I only took suggestions on and didn't come up with every single thing that was on it.) #last on this i promise #this particular thing is just so funny to me like first of all #trying to decide which skyrim ships are problematic is. a whole thing. lmao #but why is two weird old men who are best friends somehow WORSE than the elf supremacist and his murder victim

[dont-offend-the-bees]

Obviously Trobed is the main love story of Community and is practically canon in one way or another and I adore it, but I must say on this rewatch I'm nursing a little flicker of a fond and curious spark about the possibilties of Jabed

#No one throw tomatoes at me I'm allowed to multiship!!! #anyway something about Jeff occupying a persona out of fear and Abed occupying many personas out of love #something about Jeff being a man in his 30s so terrified of being unlovable that he crafts the persona of a man too cool for love #vs Abed a man who's been told he's weird/alien so many times that by his 20s(?) he's fully abandoned any shits he might have once gave #Jeff who makes out like he's a smooth ladykiller who has beautiful women throwing themselves at him #vs Abed who ACTUALLY has women (and men) throwing themselves at him because he's weird and it's hot #Jeff who's still not convinced he's a real person at all under the facade #Abed who's so confident in who/what he is that he can take vacations from it and step into totally different personas but always snap back #I think it's genuinely so important that they're the first two of the Greendale seven to meet/hang out #Jeff needs Abed to call him on his shit and show him it's possible as an adult to be weird and playful and loved for it #Abed needs Jeff to ground him a little and to take the group spotlight so Abed can observe and play to his heart's content #anyway i think in the best timeline we got an ep subplot like the han solo!Abed and Annie subplot #wherein Abed embodied a character Jeff has a buried crush on and briefly had a whirlwind romance with him and rocked his world #and Jeff has a crisis for like a week bc he considers himself a pickup artist who knows all the tricks #but the study group TV nerd just swept him off his feet and then strolled away like it was *nothing* #anyway don't mind me. Trying to prepare myself for a difficult day with some harmless blorbo thoughts #mr. bees speaks

[titsthedamnseason]

whenever i think that maybe despite love definitely being real, dramatic romances don’t play out the way i love to read them in books or watch them on screen, i remember my aunt who got tutored by her now husband in middle school, became best friends with him, started dating in high school, went to prom together, stayed together through college, got married, and are now the proud lawyer-engineer parents of a cute ass baby and my mom’s best friend whose husband’s family forbade him from marrying her under the threat of taking away his multi-million dollar inheritance and spot as heir to the family company and he chose to marry her anyway (even though he’s like a total frat dude bro which maybe shouldn’t matter but it kind of does) and then i realize that all those stories i love might not be real but they are always going to be tied up in reality and the possibility of great romances for everyone and then life doesn’t seem so bad

#ACTUALLY BOTH OF THESE MEN ARE PRECIOUS #like actually genuinely nice as fuck caring guys with the best puppy dog energy ever #man number 2 flew with his wife to their hometown of chicago for eras tour weekend and listened from the parking lot for TWO NIGHTS #trying tirelessly all day to get tickets all just for his wife #and all these people are raising the nicest children ever. i do a lot of babysitting but these are truly some of my favorite kids #mine #guy number one is totally different though like a complete nerd and every time i visit HE ALWAYS PLANS NICE THINGS FOR ME TO DO #AND HAS NERDY STUFF TO SHOW ME #that man snuck me into the library at yale and for that i owe him everything. one of my favorite places i’ve ever been

[cinnamon-phrog]

Had a dream about............... three of them <3

#no but it was so lucid and it's the first dream i've had about them in literal years #we just vibed and messed around and they were so in-character i just 🥺 #🍝👄 #🦆📋 #🎨🌻 #🚦🏠 #putting up my little banner feels almost like a dog muzzle so no one assumes i'm a 'threat' to them is a little.......... sad? #because when i see the trio i don't see a child and two adults. two dads and a son. i see three silly puppets that i love dearly #i'd 'pretend' to see them like that without even knowing i saw them differently #because seeing the fandom made me think 'well i must be crazy then. best try to be like them' #but that hurt me. inside. a lot. #like playing 'creep' nonstop hurt it was that bad xfghfdfgh #i can joke on it now because there are more who just see silly puppet men now. #but bAcK iN mY dAy there was this person who thought they were all that because they were popular in 2015 #saying that if you saw yellow as anything other than a helpless little baby you don't deserve to be in the fandom and should just not exist #assuminng that EVERY person who does that just does to partake in pr*shitty actions and not actually see him as ageless or an adult #duck and red i know would be fine to have as f/o's but yellow kinda made my head spin with the Logic of it all #but dhmis doesn't HAVE logic. #the trio's faces are on missing posters of cartons of milk #reserved for children #and yet they have debt. a joint lawyer. yellow partakers in gambling and ages the same as red. #and yet he loves his dad and holds his hand and loves spaghetti #and 38 is a a joke that goes both ways #so your honour i declare this man boy puppet to be whoever you want him to be because Becky says he's an 'everyman'. or 'everyboy'. #or just 'everypuppet'. #sorry to rant at 7:30 in the morning but this has been stuck in my chest for a whole darn year. #there are others like me out there. some are good some enforce their ideas. some are just lying to condone their lewds. #and i see people go around saying 'yeah we can win this' or 'we're TRUTHERS' no.... i'm so sorry. but you're not. #and even if you are do you think it's even fair? what if it were the other way around? would you still be as petty as you were? #not that everyone is out to get me or people similar to me. most of my dhmis mutuals do indeed see them as two dads and a son

[smol-soop-spoon]

men literally make my life so miserable

#every man i ever meet seems on a mission to ruin my fucking day #i was screaming in my fucking car for 30 minutes i felt INSANE #no one could even blame me #try having THREE GROWN ASS MEN constantly mansplaining and interrupting your safety exercise #WE FINISHED AN HOUR LATE BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T SHUT THEIR FUCKING MOUTH #u want to waste your time mansplaining??? Be my fucking guest but don't waste MINE???? #everytime i start thinking about “maybe not all men..” they just prove me wrong #i want to punch them in the face so hard #fellas im this close #if i stop posting that means im in jail #camilla macaulay would support me #it's what she would've wanted <3 #i just know everyone in the greek class was constantly mansplaining to her #she was right to kill two men #she's living my best life for real #bacchanal. vicious murder. bag a big strong rich man. what an icon #i love her so much fr <3

[munamania]

be so serious with me. do you think that shared trauma caused by interdimensional violence and death and government conspiracies and survivor’s guilt would seriously be outweighed by a petty high school breakup.

#be SO serious. #like. are you kidding. are you joking. #you'd isolate nancy from the other teens. two of her only living friends. bc of a stupid breakup in a dwindling failing unfortunately #incompatible relationship. you think that's like. a good take. #i'm personally a fan of steve and nancy weird awkward best friend soulmatism. they gave it a go it didnt work they still had fun chemistry #and they have all that shared experience. #i'm pretending i dont see s4's Moments #abby talks #i just got hit with this bc of a gifset of steve robin and nancy and the little gremlin in my brain went #oh people would Hate this. because god forbid nancy be anywhere near the golden duo. but they're STUPID #steve still admires nancy i think!!!! that's his first love!!!! and they made up in season 2 and so much has happened since??? #i dont think he needed to say I may be a shit boyfriend because yeah no he wasnt. but he was not compatible for nancy #dealing with her trauma and her need for acknowledgment in barb's death. and her guilt. that's not a fault of either of them it just didnt #work. that's just. whoopsies oopsies it's almost like they needed to show an incompatibility there to eventually move her on to jonathan #which is so reductive and stupid and i wish she was just alone but whatever #and REGARDLESS of that. she is not responsible for his feelings of insecurity!!! she had a drunken rant and yeah that sucks it was harsh #but god everyone has their moments #another YOU PEOPLE ARE WEIRD!!!!!! moment. try fucking thinking for once #you don't have to like nancy but coming up with all these absurd ass excuses and centering her entire character arc around how she #interacts with men. oh i could kill you. #btw whatever i dont hate jon and nancy and it's a story and it's fine but god she could use time to just be with herself

[othercrossee]

Btw yes I am making kamado sorta a villain in the au, in the game he was so pathetic about protecting the village he rather sent out a 15yo child out in the wilderness after using them for his own gains, left to die and rot if volo didn't help them

#z rambles #hes so caught up in his own goal and his past to look around himself who he hsd been casually exploiting and in this case #its the dorm presidents who are still students yet treated like an employee for the entire school years #its even worse knwoing theres TEACHERS in the dorm concil who doesnt do equally as much as the president #and irida is young. her entire thing is that she was forced to grow up too fast and shes so tired she doesnt let herself rest due to it #unlike irida. adaman actually doesnt overload himself with work cuz he trusts his council members to do their fair share #irida is too prideful and shes too anxious to rely on others. she rather overwork hersslf to death if it leads to that #kamado doesnt care as long as the job is done #and when a very real dangerous thing happened he doesnt call off the hunt altho adarida told him to do so #*he was not one to bent rules after petty remarks* they were questioning his status and decision. he was the director for a reason #and it seems irida took that to heart. of course. only you kmow the best ill do my part eveb if it means dooming myself #cant help it cant you? just another task she needs completed and be validsted in how responsible she is for her position #for the greater good wpuldnt you risk yourself as well? your livelihood? your youth? your life? #was death really sth she cpuld casually accept #obv it isnt entirely kamados fault why irida is the way she is. eveb in later chsoters hes proven to be rsther stuck in his own shoes #why not fit into another size for a try? #the ghost of the two children hikari snd rei would surely show him incase we couldnt. exploited and dying in battle out in the danger? #theyd kmow a thing or two about teaching old men too stubborn in their ways to see the risk theyve taken #why risk for the greater goods when theres other ways thst doesnt require such things to begin with? #were you gonna let your own trauma and memories destroy others too? were you? #and god did that rang thru maybe not just for one. someone else def need to hear that for herself #were she gonns ket her own trauma and memories destroy others....and subsequently herself in the process? #it almost feel like her entire life could burst open at the seams. at its foundation #maybe for her the treasure hunt isnt too special. especially when your entire life feels as if youd been hunted from the beginning #spirit school au #HOW R PEOPLW FINDING THIS?? its just so ranfom??? #2024 op here excuse me dkjakd

[pinkfey]

my pos br*ther woke me up at 6AM bc he’s playing video games so fucking loudly and our walls are made of paper and no matter how much i tell him i need to sleep he doesn’t hear me through his headset 😐😐😐 i am just sitting here fml

#straight up yelling about his fantasy life where he was enlisted in the military (he wasn’t) to make some random mfs impressed #swearing up a storm which isn’t allowed in my parents christian household #bitching about the left which also isn’t allowed in our household #but remember their rules don’t apply to their precious firstborn fuckup <33 #i hate men yelling i hate men yelling i hate men yellingggg #I AM SO ANGRYYYYYY >:(((( #i need to be up in two hours and he took that from me too lmao !! the one day i get to sleep in past six !! holy shit !! i hate him !! #*one hour now 🫠 #‘but at least he’s not drinking 🥺’ ask me if i give a fuck i actually prefer him wasted bc at least that means he’s killing himself 🤩 #like. he is such a fucking nuisance to live with. what’s funny about his pattern of abuse is how there IS no ‘good period’ where he tries t #make up for what he’s done. because that’s just his ‘sober period’ and he’s such a fucking ASSHOLE during even that that it’s like. #oh so this is you trying. this is the best you’ve got before you get pissed and continue abusing us physically and mentally. #he’s fucking pathetic oh my GOD #oh now he just pissed and didn’t wash his hands again. i am so full of venom rn i hate this man so much #27 year old grown ass man lying to teenage boys online to get male validation #can’t wash his hands after taking a piss despite the fact that he doesn’t shower for weeks on end #refusing to go to an SLE after rehab because he thinks he’s too good for it and ‘he’ll do better this time’ as if he wasn’t climbing out of #fucking windows to get wasted. as a twenty seven year old. touting about how he wants to die but don’t you dare get him help bc he doesn’t #want it. agreeing to rehab and then lying in order to be sent home bc he thinks he has control over an addiction and he in no way abuses hi #own fucking family. holy shit i’m making myself more angery but god i hate everything about him i hate EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM !!!!!! #anyways.txt #delete later