Why do you think Larys gravitated towards Alicent and not say Rhaenyra? Did he think Alicent was easier to manipulate and more vulnerable or did he just think the greens were a safer bet?

it's half and half. i don't think larys is doing all that because he particularly believes in the traditional male inheritance and is ideologically aligned with the greens, nor that he thinks they are the safest bet (if he believed in this he would not have murdered his family lol). we don't actually know what are his grand plans in the books or in the show but while i don't believe it has to do exactly with personal power, it has to do with getting him into a position of considerable influence over the realm's affairs.

after saying this we can say that targeting alicent makes more sense than rhaenyra. why? for the same reason otto decides it's better to make alicent visit viserys to eventually trap him into marrying her rather than try to guide rhaenyra from zero. alicent is more pliable, more naive, and more willing to follow than to lead, even if she doesn't realize it that moment as the mother of the possible future king she has a lot of influence in court and council; larys has been watching her since she became queen (notice how he inserted himself in the women's circle during the hunt) and found her to be in the right position AND disposition. it was no accident that he finds her just after saying goodbye to otto in the godswood: she's finally free from her biggest influence, has no support system, and in such a vulnerable state that when larys does his tricks she falls really easily and believes all his words (the-green-dress-ramin-djawadi.mp3) because he empathizes with her ("when one is not invited to speak..."), speaks her fears out loud (rhaenyra, her lack of allies) and offers her his support when all she had was through otto.

as for larys, i like to think that he saw some parts of himself in her (outsiders, under strict parents, intelligent and overlooked), esp during those ten years of dinners where the friendly facade (or was it?!?!) was firmly in place (rip alicent you are never getting away) and that's why he doubles down in his punishments when she denies him. in any case, this would not had happened with rhaenyra at all. larys needs an entry and the only moment rhaenyra is vulnerable is when daemon leaves her pants down in the brothel, she's much more guarded and knows how to wield her privileges. poor larys would've been kicked out immediately plus after rhaenyra started seeing harwin there was NO WAY larys was going for the same route, that his brother liked her was already a mark against.

i think at this point when aegon was a baby many people were just waiting for viserys to change his mind, he doesn't really do much for rhaenyra so for them it was a matter of time. i think this is true for larys and because he's practically put all his eggs in alicent's basket he's throwing himself to be the best pet spy in the realm and not lose the foothold he has in the queen until the moment she or the cause is not useful to his goals anymore (let's remember he installed one of the puppet kings, did nothing when daemon took harrenhal, when alys did the same, and well, he did poison aegon lol).

it is true that regis is a vampire, but baptism of fire is like the least vampire vampire media.

there’s no turning (vampires are a species) there’s no forever-youth (middle aged) there’s no biting (not gonna) there’s no hunting (no such thing as vampire hunters) there’s no burning in the sun (can’t) there’s no christianity (based) there’s no inviting in (he invites them in) there’s no water barriers (river barge) there’s no vampire society (don’t have one) there’s no extravagant balls (they’re disorganized)

there’s not even any drinking blood ‘cause the cunt’s dry as a stone. respect

you get one long monologue about how all of this is bullshit fabricated by human society who are too scared of their own dicks to act normally. psycho-fuckin-analyzed

Ok, Idk if it's just me but I can't stop thinking about the part in Anthony's letter where he asks if Ian even knows the real Ian... like, I think I'm crazy and tinhatty for seeing Ian as visibly repressed, but Anthony literally sees the exact same thing.

My very detailed thoughts are under the gifs and videos. Buckle up that's a long ass post. I put some of the parts i find interesting in the video.

First of I wanna start with comments like "oh i think Ian is emotionless he doesn't show emotions" he literally did. Watch the video. Don't just listen to his words look at his eyes.

No no no you're not alone. The more i watch him the more I'm like damn this man has a lot to unpack. Like you can see he has so many emotions but also is hiding them. At first people were like Ian is so chill, Ian doesn't care and I'm like HE CARES?? You can clearly see he cares, you can see he's affected by everything happening around, happening TO him. He's just so closed up so withdrawn even he himself doesn't know how to react to things. Just like he said he's the most chill-unchill person. He probably has a hurricane in his mind but he doesn't show it outside. I think it's because he was alone for a long time. He was definitely more open when he's with Anthony but after watching the video I think their friendship stopped being close when Anthony started dating his girlfriend at the time. Ofc there was probably some stuff between them they're friends since 6th grade, but the strings broke and they stopped being best friends probably at that time. And probably after this Ian started to press his feelings. Cause I think he tried to talk to Anthony about that person but it backfired so he stopped it all together. At the time he probably didn't have enough close friends and after Anthony left he was just alone in his thoughts. Ofc he had partners he had co workers, friends, employees but at that point he was already in a state where "it's better if i just shut up about my own feelings/emotions/thoughts cause they're wrong they're the reason my best friend leave me" and everything else, the company, the break-ups whatever it was all his problems, he's the boss, he had to take care of everything and he had to protect his friends/company and everything. He should be the one doing it without bothering others. And that's why he's now "chill" he put on an unbothered person mask to stay strong in the game. He built strong walls around his emotions. He hide them so much that he lost his ability to show his emotions in the meantime. He's an amazing listener, problem solver, perfect boss and friend and best friend probably but he's not good to himself. His feelings are pressed, he has a lot to unpack probably. Idk if Anthony and him talk about everything (i don't think tho i don't think ian could just trauma dump) and i feel like he has to. Not just talking about shit happened before like they say in the video, no he has to talk about his feelings, how he feels about what happened, how he feels now, is he hurt, is he heartbroken. Without a filter. Like he had to leave the labels behind and idk have an open conversation with someone(probably a therapist tbh) and realize that showing emotions is not weak or wrong. And he's not alone. Maybe he felt that way before but he has friends, he has a whole family actually. I really don't believe he's an emotionless person he's just so so introverted in his emotions. And he's lost in his insecurities.

First of all you can see he's emotionally unstable already when he said let's keep going because he's either afraid he's gonna show emotions(god forbid he shed a tear) or so emotional to talk about the subject.

"I don't think I would even recognize if I was being put through emotional turmoil. This is just so sad.

"That doesn't mean you weren't being put through it, that just might mean that you're shutting things off" Anthony explained so well in this sentence.

And this part i definitely agree with Anthony. "How do you know if I'm keeping it to myself?" Cause eyes never lie chico! We can see the sadness showing from them. The fake smile thing is like. Ok yeah I don't think he's fake smiling in every smile but i think when he's actually hurt he just smiles at the person hurting him. Even in this video there are so many moments that you can see he's upset he just smiles and moves on. Not wanting to make things worse or trying to keep everything going. Don't wanna mess up again. But you can't live a life like that. You can't just accept everything anyone is giving and not have a breaking point. Idk him so idk if he had that point already or he'd have that in the future but i know if he keeps ignoring everything and trying to push them aside it's burst. (It's not about Anthony leaving this is not about anyone else I'm talking about Ian's feelings)

And the last part yeah I think we know the real Ian. Cause even if he pushes his feelings aside he's who he is. Him hiding his hurt moments is not gonna affect anyone but himself.

Also wanna add I was so so upset when he said he thought Smosh was his and Ian was just a sidekick to him and even then Ian just smiled and kept going. It's so obvious he knows Anthony felt that way at the time. He's not shocked about this. He probably had his moments about that. I'm so glad Anthony realized that Smosh is not this and that Smosh is them together. And praise him every chance he has for that.

Lastly. I was really sad when Ian said "I forgive you" and Anthony laughed with "for what?" I think this was the only moment we actually see Ian trying to show his emotions and Anthony's joke makes it go away immediately and Ian smiled and hid his emotions again with "just kidding". Again this is all me just putting my thoughts out there but I think Ian deserved an apology or at least a thank you(which Anthony probably did them in private i think) cause he fought to keep Smosh together for years alone. So there was something Anthony could ask forgiveness for. Yes it was the best decision for Anthony and his mental health and it definitely helped him. And Ian could have left with him but didn't. But if he didn't try to stay and fight there wouldn't be a Smosh to turn back to. Wow that was dark.

Anyways this is me overthinking for something I shouldn't at fuckin 2am and I swear I have a life outside this. I just love analysing shit and talking about it ok?

I'm sorry yall but Comerica does sound better than Americory to me and I won't be over it. That extra vowel is so ugly, we need to start getting real

mfs have never seen boogie nights if they think you couldn’t have video porn in your homes until the internet was invented so people just jerked it to R rated movies

it kills us that expdate cornered the market on its general relationship premise because in general, like, of course bright has a fucking inferiority complex about the relationship their two best friends and crushes had. everyone knows about clef and kondraki. the two of them orbiting each other, fucking magnetized, electric chemistry, and their friend bright kind of awkwardly in the corner! bright’s there too! and they know clef and kondraki love them, as a friend, in the way any of them are able to love. and they’re three best friends and bright is NOT as much of a third wheel as they sometimes despairingly feel like and then kondraki disappears. kondraki disappears and clef is crushed (bright is crushed too but this is not about them). and they try to empathize in the delicate way they are allowed, because they both loved kondraki even if the way they did so was different (“different”), and clef does hug them back when they offer.

and suddenly they have a relationship, a shaky tentative relationship that bright can’t put their whole heart into like they so desperately want to because the whole thing feels kind of gross and wrong and sad. kondraki and clef were soulmates and bright is… there. a suitable generic alternative if brand-name kondraki isn’t available. so they play affable charming boyfriend and clef clearly dislikes it but they don’t know how they would even begin to talk about it (and they suspect talking about it would make the whole thing fall apart, and then they would be as alone as they were before the four horsemen) so they just turn up the shine. and they’re miserable and they can’t talk about it and clef is clearly miserable but he won’t end it and they can’t bear to end it and the two of them are stuck together, hand in unlovable hand, til death do us part

got tagged by @torgawl to take the what colour is your aura quiz and make a mood board with it! thanks bea this was very fun <3 your navy board looks very pretty!

Wine plums, nail polish, planners, theaters, pursed lips, mosaics, sewing thread. your essence is wine: you are ruled by determination to bring your grand vision to life. you are a pillar of your chosen family; reliable and moral, there is never a situation for which you are not prepared. you are an idealist and accept nothing less of yourself. you are the activist. you are the dutiful. you find kinship in like-minded individuals of amaranth, pearl, grey, and pink, who share your need to devote to a cause. you are also drawn to the expressive orchid and mauve, who will help you grow and learn it is okay to not live up to expectation. however, you may struggle to get along with the excessive personalities of jade and fire who do not know what they truly want.

good luck w the testing and a happy early new year!!

thank you it's already happened when this was sent but we all did get one free point for the listening section bc the audio fucked up and we didn't get to hear the part with the last question's answer. but I will now think this is luck borrowed from the future when this ask was sent

NOTHING I SAY IS TRUE, BUT EVERYTHING I SAY IS TRUE. HOPE THIS HELPS!

I’m just gonna say what I’ve been thinking since I woke up a half hour ago, do not take anything I say past 9:30 too seriously. Those are what I like to call “most days I’d be asleep by now and somehow that correlates to me having no control over how I feel every passing second” times and I hate having to look back at what I posted then

To the other anon, please send a link to any kind of proof that Benedict said any such things. Evidence is crucial, or it's just rumors, which should be taken with a grain of salt, if even that.

That's fair.

But I'm telling you man, something ain't right about him.

I mean, him saying "colored people" is fact and that's enough for me.

atp in my life where i read psg report's tweets like they're blurbs in an entertainment or gossip mag

lookin at s7 screenshots n seeing all the ones i have of behrad n astra,,, god i’ll be so happy when i’m out of the behrastra crumb era

I still really want a movie or show about the Frankish weather wizard-assisted grain-stealing sky pirates versus the anti-demon grain-defending werewolf corps in mediaeval Europe

I think we do it animated in a similar style to the Netflix Castlevania series

like you open with the werewolves having a normal one descending into hell to fight the demons that keep trying to steal the grain from the fields at night (because Hell wants grain for some reason? or just to make life hard for the humans?)

it's cool as heck and there's lots of subterranean parkour and biting

there's a new young werewolf in the team (Thiess) and the others are protective of him and he very nearly gets got by the demons due to his inexperience and eagerness but the brave big mama werewolf saves him

in the morning they are tired but happy knowing they did good and kicked ass for the Lord

and tomorrow night they'll do it all again!

at least they think that's what's going to happen!

but then SHBOOM SKY PIRATES!

and the werewolves and the demons are like "what the fuck"

(they're not going to declare common cause or anything the werewolves still beat the shit out of the demons it's just that they have a shared moment of perplexity)

also also

the Frankish weather wizard magic from the sky is going to cause crop circles

I love my idea

completely, wholly unrelated to my own tastes i think rubin unironically would love harsh noise and death metal. like generally the kind of stuff where ppl who dont listen to it say its not music and that it makes their ears bleed. and also tool, this is non-negotiable.

whereas artemy feels like. yknow metal, hard rock. metallica, kiss, agatha christie, nautilus pompilius, korol i shut, stuff like that. too much screechy bits give him headaches.

danko listens to powernoise and also hyperpop and symphonic metal stuff like apocalyptica

the church arc was a rollercoaster for me personally emotionally speaking, it tempered me like a sword and it kept hitting and it went so low it was about to break both itself and me. but by the end all doubt was burned away and the image became crystal clear, pure gold, pure bliss. the way it all happened in a church, at night, by candlelight. tsurumi's lengthy monologues? a confessional, though of doubtful sincerity. he's the serpent and the spurned martyr. it's always biblical with this horse