“if you had to choose between rhaenyra and aegon, who would you have chosen?”
“i wouldn’t have chosen either. it’s all the choosing sides that made things so horrible.”
the thing about dreams is that sometimes they fade… imagine helaena dreaming about b&c but forgetting it as soon as she wakes up. only a vague sense of dread when she looks at her children, or unease whenever she visits alicent’s apartments in the tower of the hand
condal’s recent interview with the official podcast confirmed that they’re 100% subverting the chosen one trope in s3, but emma alluded to this in multiple interviews for the red sowing episode
the dream. it was clearer than a memory. our son was born wearing aegon's iron crown. i heard the sound of thundering hooves, splintering shields, and ringing swords and i placed our son upon the iron throne as the bells of the grand sept tolled and all the dragons roared as one.
remember that part in ASOS where arya’s in denial over the fact that her father loved another woman and gendry’s like well he must’ve found jon under a cabbage leaf then
i keep seeing tweets about how we saw baby aegon and viserys in s2 so why shouldn’t maelor be included, but having two toddlers play with toys is very different than traumatizing young children in a scene like b&c or a riot of the smallfolk
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maybe lighting a fire under the table wasn’t the best idea? it shows all the mistakes game of thrones made (since this is a copy of that painted table) 😅
remember the week before the green council ep aired and how everyone was theorizing what “beware the beast beneath the boards” could mean?
the usual b&c prediction, rook’s rest, larys the greenseer… and it was just rhaenys breaking out of the dragonpit lol
a dunk and egg live-action is fine and dandy but what if it was an animated show? bloodraven is the most anime-looking character ever and i’d like to see an exaggerated size difference btwn dunk and egg (like ed and alphonse elric lol)
is there truly a divine right to rule when you cannot actually control dragons, and those outside your bloodline can mount and ride them as easily as you… nettles my love wya
dunk’s eyes are so blue!!! a perfect opportunity to make this abt my fave: “brienne’s eyes were large and very blue, a young girl’s eyes, trusting and guileless”
Send a raven.
Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell will star in the new
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Original Series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, as Ser Duncan the Tall and Egg. Coming to Max.
sometimes you have to understand that piracy is not 1:1 theft from an author (who is usually paid by an advance i might add)… it’s not a lost sale it’s literally because there’s no other way to access that media
saving the criticism of ned’s parenting for another time but the fact that he kept all of his children at winterfell & didn’t foster them with other families… he was traumatized! he didn’t want to lose them the way he lost his father, sister, and brother in the war
“She feels that she is riding on the wings of her faith. But her faith, and her belief that she is the ruler that is supposed to sit on that throne, are completely enmeshed.”
s3 should demonstrate how rhaenyra’s exceptionalism alienates her supporters. when she denies the rosby&stokeworth ladies their birthright, rhaenyra is above the law. the iron throne is her divine right as a god made flesh. she believes that she's the subject of aegon’s prophecy.
did not expect GRRM to settle the whole “did tywin have constipation or diarrhea” debate but he did (it’s constipation and no, he’s not just reading in the privy)
her bodice often glittered with pearls and diamonds, and there were always rings on her fingers. whenever she was anxious, she would turn them compulsively, round and round.
Olivia Cooke will star in horror thriller ‘VISITATION.’
It follows a young girl who is sent away to live under the watch of Catholic nuns. But her arrival turns sinister as one of her caretakers becomes enamored with her for all the wrong reasons.
rhaenyra considering the dragonseeds as necessary collateral damage on her path to the iron throne, doubling down on her house words “fire and blood” and embracing her true dragon self… yes!!!!!!!
i saw it in a dream, as vivid as these flames, i saw it. a male babe, born to me, wearing the conqueror’s crown. and i so wanted it to be true, to be a dreamer myself. i sought that vision again, night after night, but it never came again.
"Grief is love's souvenir. It's our proof that we once loved. Grief is the receipt we wave in the air that says to the world: Look! Love was once mine. I love well. Here is my proof that I paid the price.”