Wow. Talk about attention to detail.

Video here: https://twitter.com/javi_draws/status/965260617790738432?s=21

girl i- what?? istg the team wars brainrot has gone too far. this nothing against this creator but this is so dumb.

i need you all to remember what funeral processions are. how else could aemma’s body get to the pyre on the hill in ep1, or laena’s body be taken from pentos to driftmark? did they just magically teleport to the location of the funeral? fuck no. as nobility, it is almost certain they would have had funeral processions to which the smallfolk would be able to observe and pay their respects, even if they weren’t shown on screen. i could also pretty much guarantee that if rhaenyra held kings landing and if lucerys’ body could be recovered (assuming they couldn’t, given the still of jace holding his clothes, likely to burn in his place) that there would be a similar procession for luke on dragonstone. — forgive me if i can’t really put this too eloquently, but you have to remember that these characters are royalty, and much like the royals of our world, not even their deaths or illnesses can be private affairs (e.g: lizzie ii’s body lying-in-state for public visitation for a week, or the announcements of charles and kate both having cancer, if i need real world examples). luke’s death is the martyr for a full scale war effort, much like jaehaerys’ death was a call to action for the green war effort. whether these fictional families (and the fandom too, for that matter) like it or not, it is a time of war and their deaths will be politicised.

yes, the public procession through kings landing does earn the greens sympathy, i’m not denying it, but to say it dismisses all of the family’s love and grief for the deceased like the creator implied is quite frankly idiotic. both lucerys and jaehaerys’ deaths are tragedies used to create bad pr for the other side (e.g: aemond becoming known as a kinslayer (one of the most loathed things a person could be in asoiaf)) also: please remember that in hotd, at least, the greens and blacks tend to observe different religious practices — funerary customs will differ between the valyrian gods and the faith of the seven. -> even then, public funerals don’t mean someone loves their family less. rhaenyra and her family loved lucerys and they mourn him as they see fit, just as helaena and her family loved jaehaerys and do the same. both of these children’s deaths are brutal and tragic. helaena’s grief does not invalidate rhaenyra’s. to say one side did not love their child and the other did is dumb at best and outright disingenuous and cruel at worst.

I have seen quite often that many people consider young Alicent to be too sensitive and just an envious/jealous girl. Well...

Daemon almost killed Alicent's brother at the tourney, (he was much younger than him). Gwayne was so badly wounded that even the maester had to personally visit Otto and warn him that his son will live.

Otto and Daemon's relationship has always been tense. Daemon allows himself to insult the memory of Otto's dead wife, in front of EVERYONE at the council.. And I remind you, mother's death is the same trauma for Alicent as for everyone's beloved Rhaenyra whom everyone loves to justify her behavior with the death of her mother. But no one talks about Alicent, even tho she also lost her mother. Alicent loved her very much and she still misses her, praying every day at the sept. Do you think she doesn't know what kind of relationship her father has with Daemon? She knows what a terrible person Daemon is, what frightening violence he is capable of, but she is silent and smiles because he is a prince, he is the brother of the king, and uncle of her best friend. She always has to be silent, polite and patient, just like her father.

Imagine what Alicent felt when she found out that Rhaenyra had slept with a man like Daemon? Betrayal. No, it's not just envy that her "friend" has privileges, it'sdisappointment. To make matters worse, Rhaenyra lied to Alicent, she SWEARS BY HER MOTHER'S GRAVE AND DEATH that she IS TELLING THE TRUTH. Mother. Little Alicent values her words, she values the memory of her mother, she is still grieving, and she believes Rhaenyra.

She even refuses to believe her own father, the closest and dearest person in her life. And for what? Eventually she becomes the reason why her father is kicked out of the Red Keep in disgrace, depriving the status of the king's right hand. She defended Rhaenyra's honor, she justified her, and was left absolutely alone again. No mother, no father.

She feels the bitterness and pain of loneliness in the court, and then this feeling doubles because what she did turns out to be a huge mistake. Her best friend is a liar. From Alicent's perspective, her best friend hooked up with a man who had been at enmity with her father all her life, almost killed her brother, and after Rhaenyra smiles at her as if nothing had happened, and shamelessly scatters words, the consequence of which is the departure of her father.

But yeah, for some stupid reason of course "she's just jealous girl" and nothing more.

I'm on episode 4 and unsure how I feel about Netflix's Three Body Problem overall, but I'm pleasantly surprised by a number of things:

If they were never going for an all-Chinese cast, I so far appreciate the attempts at giving it a worldly feel. I like that we hear a lot of different languages and I appreciate that key nationalities --Ye Wenjie and Mike Evans more obviously, but also Sophon's chosen Japanese appearance -- and I appreciate the diverse cast too. I feel like it's safe to hope for more even more in-universe diversity. Wondering if we'll see Manuel Rey Diaz lol.

It feels at the same time an obvious solution and a bold move to have the protagonists of each book be friends in this one -- I think it takes away from the insane scope of the series, but OTOH it does facilitate it for the viewer, and allows for more character exploration, which we know is something Western audiences tended to feel was lacking in the original trilogy. I was worried the show would not be able to develop so many characters at once, but by ep 4 I feel the opposite! The cast feels strong too, I'm pleasantly surprised by the quality of the acting. But I had very low expectations.

I was worried an adaptation would water down the discussion of fascism that is ever so present in the book (albeit discreet to the point that many readers say it's not a political book!) but I was pleasantly surprised on that front too... The (purposefully) half-committed discussions about god and violence have hit some mark for me so far, though I'm not entirely sure what mark it was. But it's there!

I wish they had been more bold visually, but I can't complain of the quality of the effects!

If you have any opinions about these topics, I'd be curious to hear about them!

get to know me meme | favourite shows [ 3/5 ] : UTOPIA

The world’s full of love. Billions of people loving billions of others. All that love will turn to dust when our resources die. I’ve seen what people are capable of when they feel they’re losing everything. Look around. Do you really think we’re so far from that?

happy Ides of March to all who celebrate (:

okay so yj spoilers ahead

in case yall don’t know, the episode where shauna munches jackie’s ear is named “friends, romans, countrymen.”

that name is a quote from julius caesar, a shakespeare play. and the end of that quote is, “friends, romans, countrymen, lend me an ear.”

jackie taylor being the first person in the show to tell us the full names of the other girls during the giving of compliments. she's the one who introduces us to the girls, she's the one who shapes the girls for us. we only know them because jackie makes us know them. or something

About to rearrange and sort my bookshelves! What are your favorite ways to sort your bookshelves?

Hadestown West End

honestly think we need to start hyping up the west end cast, Wait for Me ii/Reprise aired on the BBC Big Night of Musicals this year and I feel like I've seen nothing about them? (BBC titled it ii but seems to be Reprise)

Diverse cast, trans rep in the fates, disability rep in the ensemble, beautiful voices and this is them with barely any rehearsals behind them.

Thinking about how babies can see the ghosts. the cooper baby is gonna see all these people absolutely fawning over her in funny clothes. maybe one day she’ll stop seeing them. but she can see them now and they want her to know that they love her.

Not many people here or on any social media know or care about this and that's a shame. But maybe, instead of reblogging one of the hundred posts again of people begging US Americans to go vote and also not vote for the orange rapist wannabe-dictator next year, we can reblog this.

Today (Dec 11th), it's finally decided, Poland will get a new government. The current ruling party PiS failed to get enough votes in parliament to continue their governing coalition. Instead a new coalition of opposition parties under Donald Tusk now gets the chance to form a government.

Polish people did that! They showed us that it is possible to stop the spiral into authoritarianism.

On October 15th they got up and voted, over 74% of them, the highest voter turnout (for free elections) in Polish history.

People realized where their country was heading, and a huge number of them mobilized and organized and said this has to be stopped. They said no to their current reactionary, misogynistic, anti-abortion, xenophobic, anti-european, anti-democratic, right-wing government.

The majority of the people voted yes for change, for progress, for democracy.

Barely anyone outside of Poland is paying attention to or talking about what is happening there and that's a great pitty and also pretty frustrating.

Especially since so many countries in Europe see a rise of right-wing, populist parties (recent example the Netherlands, like, really wtf?) - which is deeply concerning, alarming even.

And it makes what the Polish people achieved even more astonishing and admirable.

All countries, but especially those where democracy is threatened or seems lost already, should take note and take it as an example. There's still hope.

chris bean mum lore just dropped

Body swap movie where one of them has invisible disabilities and when the other one lands in their body they immediately collapse catatonic on the floor from the pain and fatigue and the first one is like 'oh damn guess I don't have to worry that I'm faking it anymore'

Also if Moiraine HAD actually turned to the Dark, that's one of the only things that would justify the way Siuan used that oath

That's one of the only situations where it would actually be a justifiable and proportionate (if tragic) response

Siuan accuses Moiraine of lying ("You lied to me about being stilled"), which is, by definition, also accusing Moiraine of being a darkfriend (since she can break one of the three oaths)

And like, from Siuan's perspective, this is a very reasonable conclusion! Moiraine told Siuan she was stilled. Siuan walks in on Moiraine channeling - and channeling to break the Dragon out of Aes Sedai custody. Even without all of the other lying and sketchy-looking stuff Moiraine has done, Siuan would be genuinely justified in considering this proof that her wife is Dark

Also, this makes Moiraine's "If you've ever loved me, please don't do this" gutwrenching from Siuan's perspective

It must look like Moiraine is trying to manipulate her - in order to help bring about the end of the world

No wonder Siuan is on the verge of tears

Come watch Galavant we have:

Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss

Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss (Evil)

Toxic Masculinity

Would-Be Allies in the Class War

Sid

Mansplain, Manwhore, Malewife

Jester who Cucks the King and Lives

This Guy

The One True King To Rule Them All

Tad Cooper