#rebellion of the heir

[ladystoneboobs]

A memory prodded at Theon. In one of his rare curt letters, Lord Balon had written of his youngest brother going down in a storm, and turning holy when he washed up safe on shore. -Theon I, aCoK

this little glimpse of balon/theon's strained long-distance relationship kinda fascinates me now. can't believe i'm going to defend balon as a father to theon in any way, however small, but i feel like hindsight has kinda blinded fandom into thinking balon gave up theon for dead and gone the moment he gave him away as hostage. this also carries the underlying assumption that balon was always going to rebel again making theon's life already forfeit to him.

thing is, while balon undoubtedly called his banners before theon came home, that also coincided with robert and ned both being recently dead, making that 2nd war seem really opportunistic. as if the only thing balon learned from his first rebellion was that king robert was strong enough to defeat him, the only man capable of defeating the great balon. so when that enemy dies, balon's crown is all but won in his mind, and with the death of ned too he could use his next war to take revenge on the (dead) man who took his son from him. maybe with robert's lifestyle he could have hoped to outlive him despite being older than robert, but robert and ned together? that must have seemed like a miraculous chance straight from the drowned god himself, a chance to rise up and take revenge that it was his duty to take for his people, even if it meant risking the life of his youngest child who'd been gone for 10 years anyway.

but before all that, even if robert being still alive was the real deterrant keeping him from warring again, he was, in effect, not only keeping theon safe by paying the hostage-ransom of keeping the peace, he was also keeping up a bare minimum connection with theon through rare and curt correspondence updating him on family events like aeron getting born again (and i'm assuming that's also how theon knew what asha's ship was named). idt we should so easily ignore that this is a society which views kinslaying as a grave offense regardless of circumstances or personal feelings, and one which greatly values male heirs over female heirs. i doubt balon was so much a feminist girldad that he just switched 12yo asha into the son slot right away as soon as all her brothers were lost. imo it was more likely a gradual process done not so consciously as asha proved herself worthy growing up and theon's time in the north stretched on and on. all until such point as asha had achieved son status and only son status at that, (maybe also coinciding with alannys leaving him so he had even less reason to keep up with her baby boy?), and then theon could be written off as belonging to the enemy, no longer ironborn or a son of balon, so sanctity of greyjoy life no longer applied to him. (real ironborn greyjoy son already killed by darth greenlander theon, from a certain point of view.) only then could balon be a not-father to theon, not welcoming him back home or even giving him a chance to prove his loyalty by providing intelligence on the northerners and the lands they were about to invade. (which could have made balon's war plans a touch less stupid. see, it all comes back to criticizing him in the end.)

in fact, come to think of it, i wonder if one thing ned and balon had in common is just not thinking of the danger of theon being executed as a hostage, not taking ownership of that possibility bc it hadn't happened yet. and hey, if it ever did come to that they could each tell themselves it would be the other guy's fault really, i was just doing my duty to my king/as a king to all my proud people. and that meant their actions didn't have to be obviously at odds with ned's view of himself as a good man opposed to killing children or balon's view of himself as great greyjoy patriarch and victim of the greenlanders (who could ofc prevail against them all if given the right chance).

#valyrianscrolls #asoiaf meta #asoiaf #theon greyjoy #balon greyjoy #unclear to me if balon would rebel if ned had survived robert's death #like hed obvsly still be stewing in resentment hankering for that great victory in his head #but ned and robert both dead w the north seemingly undefended was the impetus in canon and not a chance anyone could anticipate #and balon didnt even fight in that 2nd rebellion #so maybe not actually so bold anymore or eager to put his fantasies into practice if it meant fighting ned again actually in the north #taking kids hostage is fucked up and inherently abusive imo #but from a self-preservation standpoint why keep taking hostages if enough distance obvsly made them worthless? #ie the majority of people would still value heirs for the sake of inheritance and family honor if not love #thats a reasonable thing for people to assume including theon #(c)lsb

[pasdetrois]

on the bachelor and resurrection

Thinking about how the concept of resurrection is touched upon in Daniil’s routes, and how the Marble Nest makes something of a mockery of it, casting him into the role of both resurrectionist and the resurrected. The man with an affinity for the living trapped in a cycle of communing with the dead..

+ the reminders that neither remaining nor returning shall constitute anything akin to a victory for him—just a trick mirror and, if you'll forgive the pun, a dead end

(p.s. the original marble nest line is a bit clearer in this connection, where the word for Sunday can also mean resurrection)

#still obsessed with aglaya's intro to him because WHAT DID YOU DO DANIIL. did he invent the patho universe's first defib unit or what #to blather on—all the (probably orthodox christian inspired) religious elements of his routes are really interesting #georgiy comparing the plan for simon as something akin to communion (+that line where simon refers to him as the closest thing to an heir!) #the marble nest gravedigger calling himself a shepherd; the clerks asking if he believes in god #(which is soo juicy to think about if you answer yes—because then it introduces a whole additional layer of rebellion to his actions) #anyway. #the idea of him conjuring up an endless cycle of resurrections in his head just feels so tragic.. #he has this line in p2 where he explains his lab's baseline goal as allowing people the chance to choose when they die. #to bring them back after death has 'won' is a different matter entirely—but a distorted reflection of the latter is all he is permitted #it's just. ;-; I am literally always thinking about him. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT #pathologic #daniil dankovsky #🍓.txt #does any of this make sense. probably not but wtv #the adventures in screenshot collecting will continue btw don't even doubt it #there is still much to read in this cosmist book so. 😌

[da-riya]

Highlights from my EU4 Austria game up to 1600s

#og post #eu4 #pdx games #not in order but still funny #Had the worst RNG I didn't get any Personal Unions peacefully and had to fight wars to get Milan & Hungary & Bohemia & Brandenburg as PUs #Burgundy fully evaded my grasp and all of this got me so hated I got excommunicated and lost the election to Fucking Pfalz #I'm calling them the German name cuz it's more cringe then The Palatenate #(3 of the 7 electors are literally Theocracies what do you expect. Excommunication and the religious league wars were the end of me) #I got so pissed I switched to the Protestant side of the 30 year war and curbstomped Pfalz but only to sign the Treaty of Westphalia #Allowing me to gitch out and become an Easter Orthodox Christian member of the HRE (since it's peace between ALL Christians after all) #I can't even begin to explain how funny this is. Everyone picked sides based on me being Catholic! #When I switched sides all my allies were my enemies and all my enemies were my allies now. #Everyone lined up to kick my ass and I joined the queue. Then we beat up on some kid instead of me #Anyhow I also married into England without an heir and just... Got a Tudor as heir. The game pesters me to bring back the Habsburgs but no #It's better this way cause then I can try to take control over all the other Tudors (they hate me so that'd be hard) #England rebelled during my orthodox rebellion and so became an independent state seperate from Britian. Those are now two distrinct entitie #There's a England and there's a UK but they're nowhere near each other #And England wants to colonize overseas despit being landlocked. Like... No. Go back to paying me taxes!

[myimaginationplain]

these people are so fucking lost, man skskdkdj

#she's the daughter of the last pre-rebellion king & the heir apparent of said king's heir (viserys). not exactly an ass pull succession wise #now if you wanna argue how much or little claim the targ name still has on the throne after being deposed you can do that. #but you can't just pretend as if daenerys's family didn't make the damn throne & then proceed to sit on it for hundreds of years. #if dany's claim really were built on nothing but 'arthur pulling the sword out of the stone' (aka her dragons) then why the hell was robert #so damn concerned about she & viserys coming to take the kingdom back before her dragons were even a glimmer in anyone's eye. lmao #and if dany's claim on the throne is forfeit because of robert's rebellion than the starks' claim on winterfell after both the greyjoys & #the boltons took it must certainly be forfeit too. but you know these people would never argue that because they don't gaf about #cognitive dissonance or consistent narrative logic #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #daenerys targaryen #pro daenerys

[vis3rys]

when i remember that vis was eight during the rebellion, i cry.

#( ♛ ) ⸻ the beggar king : out. #your mother dies #she names you heir and then you are shipped away before you suffer the same fate of your nephew and niece #you put your family in a pedestal because you made a promise #you have a baby sister who you envy because she knows nothing of the rebellion #you are king by proclamation of his mother at dragonstone but people call him mad a beggar #they run from place to place while he is his sister's only caretaker beside whoever takes pity on them #i am just emotional about viserys

[vigilskeep]

the books were written at the same time as origins was being made, so a lot of plot wasn’t figured yet, hence the contradictory comments on stolen throne events, though some of it is just bad writing

yeah it’s kind of a shame but it leaves some of it up for interpretation which i like

#to be fair i don’t get loghain’s game line abt it either #he’s like ‘it would put cailan’s status as heir in question’ what. why #like sure alistair could get put up as a figurehead for any rebellion. thats natural enough #but nobody’s going to actually think his claim is More Legitimate than cailan’s that would be ludicrous

[beingatoaster]

I get the romanticism of royalty and nobility and so on, I also enjoy the vibes, but fantasy stories where the conflict is over a throne and the whole reason the protagonist is in the right is their bloodline just. annoy me for some reason. this is fantasy, you could so easily justify it with, like, the gods made a bargain with that bloodline or something, just make it explicit. "the rightful heir" means nothing to me if you can't demonstrate why they'll be a better ruler than their opponent

#mom's listening to an audiobook rn where the 'enemy' led a rebellion because the last king was ruling badly #and admittedly I'm only hearing this in pieces so i might have missed something #but the entire justification for the teenage-girl protagonist to oppose him #is that she's the rightful heir #she's a very typical 'a strong woman is temperamental and impulsive' sort of character #but she 'doesn't do politics' #meanwhile the rebellion was over the last king being weak and mismanaging a famine #what's HER plans for a famine? what's her tax policy? #give me some reason to root for her as an actual ruler

[k-nonsense]

I have no idea what is happening in Secret Romantic Guest house but I’m really enjoying making new predictions every 5 minutes like I actually have a clue what’s going on. These type of shows are so much fun!

#who is the real heir to the throne? #who is the watchman? #are all these men somehow related? #did they actually all know each other? #when will San and Danoh kiss? #how did the current king lead a rebellion when he was a baby? #the secret romantic guesthouse

[navree]

'fix it' but the fix it is Rhaenyra literally killing Aemond, Alicent and Aegon in Driftmark's throne room after the eye incident...

Why can't people be serious 😭

tf is aegon being killed for are the team blacks joshing me??? he committed the capital crime of "being kinda drunk and doesn't immediately throw his mother under the bus" i guess and also idk being thirteen. poor aegon getting dragged into shit 24/7 he didn't ask for this

#personal #answered #anonymous #also let's be for real if rhaenyra spontaneously murdered the queen consort and two royal princes #for no fucking reason in the middle of the assembled court in the throne room #the targaryens would have been overthrown well before robert's rebellion #no way anyone takes that sort of unhinged behavior from the heir to the throne lying down #especially not with as beloved and influential a house as the hightowers being the primary victims

[bronzebtch]

i'm shaking bc right after lady jeyne of the eyrie died, there was a vale civil war!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#* foaming at the mouth * #i mean it was a MESS tho skdjfhsd #i have no idea why r/oyce supported arnold arryn's claim when he was known as arnold the mad heir???? #im just talking aloud but if yorbert had went to the eyrie to be the lord regent for lady jeyne #who was three years old; then for sure yorbert had become somewhat of a father to jeyne #which meant rhea and her sister had easily also saw jeyne as an extended family member #and jeyne in return -- CANONICALLY -- were very protective of rhea #bc she lowkey banished da*mon away from the vale when he wanted runestone #if arnold had tried to start 2 rebellions against jeyne -- WHY would house royce support arnold #just by the loyalty of royce and arryn alone as two powerful houses in the vale #or was gunthor just a fucking misogynistic distant cousin of rhea #who didnt like a woman in charge and therefore supported arnold's claim to contest the will #because he didnt trust “the whim of a dying woman” #interesting... interesting... #fleshing this out once i do the math #GENERAL: OUT OF CHARACTER.

[sandu-zidian]

Not me every once in a while adding to this insanely expansive Star Wars AU for CQL/MDZS. Just made the sect political landscape set on a planet that is/was a colony of Mandalore, where because they’re quite separate from the planet’s political turmoil, are kind of is insulated and deal with their shit internally. The sects are also actual political entities now, having merged in part with the regional government at some point in the planet’s history. There’s still a distinction between the sect families and the actual government, but their relationship is much more tied and because of this the five great sects act as a government body together. The Wens have some sort of relationship with the empire when they take over Mandalore and gain access to their planet, and through them, problems begin to arise

#katantalks #it’s honestly kinda embarrassing how much I think about this au #fun fact WWX becomes an inquisitor as a double agent. he’s a fulcrum agent within the inquisitorius #and there’s a reason for that #also cultivation is still a thing but follows SW force rules so golden cores aren’t how they cultivate #but JC still loses his cultivation abilities but it’s not as easily fixed as in canon so he actually can’t cultivate/use the force anymore #but bc the sects have a mix of government and cultivation duties JC still has legitimacy as a sect heir even without cultivation abilities #the Nies are Mandalorians bc I say so <33 #oh and most characters are not humans I have alien assignments somewhere #mdzs #the war against the Wens lasts longer than in canon bc of the whole empire situation so our characters become rebels and entangled with the #rebellion #i think it’d be fun if they were close with the Ghost crew bc of their proximity to Mandalore’s revolt

[interiorlulus]

Writing will have you put yourself in the shoes of a warlord in feudal japan and I don't mean this in a "how cool! the power of imagination!" way, I mean this in a "what the fuck is a military strategy" way. end Me.

#chat how would you respond to one of your generals betraying you and kidnapping your heir during a rebellion #me.txt

[sunriseverse]

complete list of people i think zrs respects is so funny because it’s like. his dead idol/man he’s devoted himself to wholly. some kid with a fishing rod. the most npc character you have ever seen. two men involved in a plot to destroy a shitty cult. his distant cousin who’s been in a Bad Portal for ten years because of the aforementioned idol’s betrayal. and zrs’ girlfriend.

#was going to include hxz on there but i can’t decide if zrs respects him or just doesn’t want to be dragged into his bullshit #it does amuse me that half the jiumen people he respects are like. regular people. #you’ve got the xie heir and the wu heir and then you’ve got mr i am dyeing my hair in rebellion and mr sleeveless shirts only #(said with affection. i love lq and kj. would love to see them again.) #sometimes i daydream about zrs making up increasingly more unhinged rants about the state of the current jiumen in his head while he sits #through another bullshit meeting #chairman of the bored because all of his coworkers are [tumblr voice] so sucks #c.txt

[ofwinterandspring]

DEMO [updated date] // OTHERS // DISCORD // FAQ

eleven years the northern lands have lived under the council's rule, waiting for you, the heir, to take the forgotten throne. despite the council's good intentions, only you can resolve the issues they've so desperately concealed.

death threats, prophecies, rumors of rebellion, and the rise of animal attacks have left you with no other choice but to take the throne. yet, after all these years, to take the throne you must meet one condition.

will you be able to claim the throne? or will you let the northern lands fall into ruins?

play as male, female, nonbinary; straight, gay, lesbian, bi/pansexual, demi/asexual + have the chance to set your own pronouns

romance any of the four* characters. all four love interests have fixed genders: two males, one female, one non-binary. tropes include friends to lovers, stuck together, enemies to lovers and forbidden love

customize your heir's personality. there are eight different character traits that will be decided based on the choices you make in the game: charming/blunt, kind/calculated, intelligent/intuitive and cautious/adventurous

customize your heir's feelings. the heir's opinion on three pivotal stances that scour the lands: traditions, immortals and the gifted. your heir's stance on each of these topics will determine their relationship with other characters and pave the road for the taking of their throne

THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD

Inoaz Amihan was only a boy when he joined the Aesian army, now Captain of the Guard and sworn protector of the Heir, his family's safety depends on his ability to carry out a prophecy no one seems to remember.

protective ✘ kind ✘ selfless ✘ perfectionist ✘ dutiful

THE GUARD [SPYMASTER]

Sol Fiera was a young woman when she betrayed her family name. Now a guard and unbeknownst to all, spymaster to the False Queen's Heir, the stability of the throne depends on her ability to renounce her only opportunity for redemption.

direct ✘ pragmatic ✘ independent ✘ intelligent ✘ calculating

PRINCEX OF ILLYION

Halon Rilchanar, in spite of their people's disapproval, set on a journey in search of the Heir of the Northern Lands. To help the Heir reach their potential, they must first earn trust. But, it will prove to be more difficult than they imagine when an old friend refuses to let them do this on their own.

charismatic ✘ gentle ✘ explorer ✘ trustworthy ✘ visionary

BLACKSMITH [LORD OF ZAHAR]

Kasek Faror, in search of his sister, must confront his past to find the answers he seeks. His search takes him to a foreign land seeking an audience with the Lady of the Forest, whose only condition to speak with her is that he re-assumes his long-forgotten title.

adaptable ✘ impulsive ✘ selfish ✘ misunderstood ✘ honest

#of winter and spring #interactive fiction #fantasy #owas if #ch: inoaz amihan #ch: sol fiera #ch: halon rilchanar #ch: kasek faror

[neechees]

Historical Indigenous Women & Figures [6]:

Queen Nanny: the leader of the 18th century Maroon community in Jamaica, she led multiple battles in guerrilla war against the British, which included freeing slaves, and raiding plantations, and then later founding the community Nanny Town. There are multiple accounts of Queen Nanny's origins, one claiming that she was of the Akan people from Ghana and escaped slavery before starting rebellions, and others that she was a free person and moved to the Blue Mountains with a community of Taino. Regardless, Queen Nanny solidified her influence among the Indigenous People of Jamaica, and is featured on a Jamaican bank note. Karimeh Abboud: Born in Bethlehem, Palestine, Karimeh Abboud became interested in photography in 1913 after recieving a camera for her 17th birthday from her Father. Her prestige in professional photography rapidly grew and became high demand, being described as one of the "first female photographers of the Arab World", and in 1924 she described herself as "the only National Photographer". Georgia Harris: Born to a family of traditional Catawba potters, Harris took up pottery herself, and is credited with preserving traditional Catawba pottery methods due to refusing to use more tourist friendly forms in her work, despite the traditional method being much more labour intensive. Harris spent the rest of her life preserving and passing on the traditional ways of pottery, and was a recipient of a 1997 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States. Nozugum: known as a folk hero of the Uyghur people, Nozugum was a historical figure in 19th century Kashgar, who joined an uprising and killed her captor before running away. While she was eventually killed after escaping, her story remains a treasured one amongst the Uyghur. Pampenum: a Sachem of the Wangunk people in what is now called Pennsylvania, Pampenum gained ownership of her mother's land, who had previously intended to sell it to settlers. Not sharing the same plans as her mother, Pampenum attempted to keep these lands in Native control by using the colonial court system to her advantage, including forbidding her descendants from selling the land, and naming the wife of the Mohegan sachem Mahomet I as her heir. Despite that these lands were later sold, Pampenum's efforts did not go unnoticed. Christine Quintasket: also known as "Humishima", "Mourning Dove", Quintasket was a Sylix author who is credited as being one of the first female Native American authors to write a novel featuring a female protagonist. She used her Sylix name, Humishima, as a pen name, and was inspired to become an author after reading a racist portrayal of Native Americans, & wished to refute this derogatory portrayal. Later in life, she also became active in politics, and helped her tribe to gain money that was owed them. Rita Pitka Blumenstein: an Alaskan Yup'ik woman who's healing career started at four years old, as she was trained in traditional healing by her grandmother, and then later she became the first certified traditional doctor in Alaska and worked for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. She later passed on her knowledge to her own daughters. February 17th is known as Rita Pitka Blumenstein day in Alaska, and in 2009 she was one of 50 women inducted into the inaugural class of the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: a mixed race woman of African American and Montaukett heritage, Banks was a well known author who was a regular contributor to the the first magazine that covered Black American culture, and wrote a column for a New York publication. She wrote of both Native American, and Black American topics and issues, and helped sculptor Richmond Barthé and writer Langston Hughes get their starts during the Harlem Renaissance. She is also credited with preserving Montaukett language and folklore due to her writing in her early career.

part [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] Transphobes & any other bigots need not reblog and are not welcome on my posts.

#native american #indigenous #women #historyedit #history #ndnedit #historicaledit #gifedit #justin's edits