Therapy isn’t enough I need to personally throw Dan&Dave off a bridge

hey Tee!

I lived for chapter 99 🤤 i am unwell…

I have some thoughts just generally AND about SFA! (i’m reading the sublet currently and 💃💃💃)

I want to know your general opinion on HOTD and the dance. I am in no way shape or form a green supporter and i make that clear to most people i meet who like this show, which always leads me to explain this (i’ll apply it to SFA too!!):

The dance of dragons, no matter how it is looked at, was a cumulation of many events but ultimately was a power play by Otto Hightower. Otto Hightower, who was the second most powerful man in the realm ONLY second to Viserys, who felt he didn’t have enough power. Otto Hightower who put his daughter in compromising positions so Viserys would choose her.

Otto wanted nothing more than his own blood on the throne.

and I mean… he got what he wanted for a time but it was DETRIMENTAL TO THE ENTIRE REALM! not only did this decision get him killed but basically his entire family. Even here in SFA.

Daeron’s death, blood and cheese, Helaena’s death, and now Aegon’s death, i could argue, we’re all indirectly caused by Otto.

Aemond swung it, but Otto basically put the sword in his hands.

I hate Otto Hightower, i can say more if u want but i just wanted to share that!

No I 100% agree! Otto really was the man who pushed the first domino (Alicent).

As for my opinion on HOTD and the dance etc, I know I’ve said it before but I’m very much a Team Black girly (but also love the dynamics of team green and can see why alicent is the way she is and did the things she did).

A lot of the reason why Rhaenyra was usurped in the first place wasn’t because of her children’s dubious origin (bastards) but because she is a woman. Otto makes that very clear to the men, and young Alicent from the get go, and Viserys always reminds Rhaenyra that she is a woman and will be treated differently.

Misogyny strikes again.

If it was just because of Rhaenyra’s bastards, then Aegon has plenty in flea bottom, and again another show of misogyny.

Otto really was the catalyst for the dance and Alicent a large mover of pieces on the board, because he wanted his blood on the throne, and she was too terrified to let it be any other way!

At first with the show I was confused why it was different to the book in some ways, but GRRM confirmed that the book is a telling of history with the faults of peoples biases and lack of knowledge plus the fact that people added to it hundreds of years down the line when they went there, where as the show is the true telling of what happened! Which, holy fuck this man is a goddamn genius !

I really love how GRRM has played on how history books in the past and even sometimes now have biases, and he used that as an example for the historians just making shit up because they didn’t really know and we’re trying to fill the gaps!

Anyway sorry for the ramble lmao !

so, I found your blog a few hours ago and I have to tell you how obsessed I’m with alyssa snow???? fucks sake it’s a crime how good it is and I applaud your mind for creating such a compelling story aaand stunning gifs. Do you have anything at all more on her, pretty pretty please?

thank you so much for such a lovely ask!!! I'm so sorry it took so long to respond but i'm so so glad you are interested in alyssa! watching hotd reminded me of how much I do love alyssa and all the arcs in her story. since in this ask I went through what Alyssa goes through pre-series and in season one, how about I share ideas from season two. under a read more because it got long lol.

Ohhhhhh man. SO season two starts off incredibly rough for Alyssa. It is one of the darkest times in Alyssa's life. Her father was executed and now she has to survive court as a traitor's bastard. Even though Alyssa was legitimized by Robert and is now considered trueborn by law, she is still treated like a bastard. The court calls her Lady Snow and she also earns the name Lady of Ice for the way she refuses to cry or scream through the torments she experiences.The last time Alyssa spoke with her father, Ned asked her to look after Sansa, and that became Alyssa's sole motivation for the start of season two. Alyssa deliberately takes on the physical abuse Sansa suffered in canon. Sansa of course still goes through the psychological torment of witnessing Alyssa be constantly hurt (and knowing Alyssa deliberately provokes Joffery and Cersei as a way to protect Sansa) and also Sansa helps treat Alyssa's wounds because they don't trust Maester Pycelle. Alyssa and Sansa, who always had a rocky relationship before, are now closer than ever, but its because of all the trauma. They look out for each other in ways no one else will.

When Tyrion arrives at court as Hand of the King, he tries to put a stop the abuse, but he doesn't have much success. Cersei in particular despises Alyssa, because she is a bastard and a living reminder of Lyanna, so all that pent up rage towards Lyanna is being unleashed on Alyssa. Tyrion and Alyssa, who sorta already had a bond from talking in the Winterfell library months ago, become wine-drinking buddies and play Cyvass. Alyssa's situation doesn't change until Oberyn arrives in King's Landing. I'm justifying Oberyn appearing so early with the idea that Doran sent Oberyn to survey the state of the court now that Robert is dead and Joffery is king. Oberyn is also there to find the names of the men who killed Eila and her children (which is a plot detail from the books). The Martell party comes under the guise of reaffirming the 'understanding' between the Crown and Dorne, and also to negotiate with Tyrion the betrothal of Myrcella and Trystane. Oberyn and Alyssa have the closest thing to a meet-cute that can exist in GoT. Oberyn walks through the palace gardens when a shoe suddenly falls in front of him. He looks up and it's Alyssa hiding in a tree. She comes down to speak with him, recognizing him as Dornish, (since she learned of Ashara Dayne, Alyssa has studied everything in the Red Keep's library about Dorne). Once Oberyn introduces himself, he asks Alyssa why she was in the tree and she takes a calculated risk and says it was because in the tree she could pretend she was anywhere else but here. Oberyn and Alyssa start to spend time with each other, forming a friendship based on hating King's Landing and the Lannisters. Also, Alyssa asks him so many questions about Dorne and she enjoys his stories about his daughters. Oberyn "we don't hurt little girls in Dorne" Martell quickly starts to see the parallels between Alyssa and Elia—hostages trapped in King's Landing and suffering because of the King. He, like Tyrion and Sansa and Varys, realize that Alyssa will probably end up dying in King's Landing if she stays because Cersei really hates her that much and Joffery's violence against her is escalating. So the plotting and scheming begin. Tyrion and Oberyn come up with the plan to betroth Alyssa to Oberyn and have her leave for Dorne with Myrcella and the rest of the Dornish Party. As a Martell Prince, Oberyn has enough power to protect Alyssa from Joffery and Cersei, but Oberyn would make it clear to Alyssa that she doesn't actually have to marry him. This is just so she can escape King's Landing. Alyssa initially refuses this idea because she won't leave Sansa behind in King's Landing. Alyssa will martyr herself trying to keep her promise to protect Sansa. But Sansa is told about the plot and she convinces Alyssa to go because Sansa cannot watch Alyssa die like how she had to watch Ned die. So Alyssa agrees to the fake betrothal. Of course, no scheme in King's Landing ever goes perfectly. Before the plan is enacted, Joffery decides Alyssa should be beaten in front of the court. Oberyn hears about it and is furious. He storms in and stops it, declaring Alyssa under his protection as his betrothed. Joffery, being a shit, decides if Oberyn wants Alyssa, he can have the bastard, but only if they are married that very night. So Oberyn and Alyssa are forced to marry and there's a feast thrown together. Oberyn is fuming through the entire ordeal. He tries to refuse, but Alyssa stops him. She convinces Oberyn that they have to play along. Joffery will only let them marry if he can humiliate her. Once they are married, not even Cersei will be able to keep Alyssa in King's Landing since Alyssa will then be a Princess of Dorne. I wanted to write more about their wedding and them in Dorne, but the new post editor hates me. Apparently, I rambled too much lol.

haven't interacted with your works in a hot minute to be perfectly honest (or any hotd stuff really) but dil part 3 reminded me just how Insanely good your works are holy shit

She understands the beauty and ugliness of a reputation that speaks for itself. It keeps away those not worthy and welcomes the warmly curious.

She smells of lavender and smoke. Best stay away.

“Too much good has come from being here.”

Alys heard a coo, and smiles."

brb eating my fist

Alys leans down to her stomach and kisses it. “Be nice to your mother. We will be stuck with her for a while.”

Elysa rolls her eyes.

“Mama is so pretty, isn’t she,” Alys picks up Aenor and rocks him. Elysa gives a halfhearted smile

<= made me smile so fucking wide 🥹 as a wlw myself there's just something so magical in getting to read about women in love living domestic bliss despite whatever hardships they have to deal with.

i loved the conversations between aemond&alys (the war metaphor goes Crazy) and aemond&elysa (it was really interesting to take a peek at the adjustment period of their relationship!). speaking of women in love, omg that rhaenicent mention and alys feeling connected to alicent through the queer experience 😭😭😭 people DIED. also im so happy that baby alicent is officially here💖

elysa is hilarious, her calling the midwife 'lady cunt' caught me so off guard jfjfjjhfj. thinking about how fate presented alys with two loves of her life who are so similar to each other makes me melt. alys and her stubborn haughty and withdrawn but nevertheless kind and gentle husband and wife 🥰

pls never apologize for how long it takes you to put out new chapters, each one wholeheartedly makes my day and i think i won't be the only one here to say that the wait will always be worth it💕

This completely making a morning/afternoon 🫶🏽😭💓

“speaking of women in love, omg that rhaenicent mention and alys feeling connected to alicent through the queer experience 😭😭😭 people DIED. also im so happy that baby alicent is officially here”

“made me smile so fucking wide 🥹 as a wlw myself there's just something so magical in getting to read about women in love living domestic bliss despite whatever hardships they have to deal with.”

I’m so happy people are liking alys Elysa my babies. I was kind of worried about it bc I personally am not a huge fan of the whole one guy, two wives/gfs in media. Bc almost always in popular media, it is playing to most common denominator (straight men’s fantasies). It is very important for me to show that all of them, once they worked out the hiccups, were all equals. And that Elysa and Alys still love each other very much without a man there.

Just the idea of Aemond, who I would like to believe would love his mom no matter what, gaining a better understanding of everything Alicent has been dealing with ironically through two women that are the farthest from how Alicent is. Alys and Elysa, feeling even more a connection to Alicent bc of their queerness. Aemond and their identities being ties between them :(