Im writing stuff for the whole stretch of Welcome Home (Sanitarium) to Reunion Tour so i have to RELISTEN TO THESE GODDAMN CLIPS and im just . I am just . I am . I am so unwell I am Not Okay
The whole “Runner Five, come in Runner Five, can you hear me?” In AVITD was a kick in the nuts but hearing Sam say “Hello, Five. Hey, Five, uh… I knew it was gonna be you. I felt your presence… Yeahhhh that’d be a better joke if it was Christmas” is like punching me ten times and kicking me while I was down with his whole “you walk different” speech i swear to god
You're trying to get someplace that doesn't exist. Home isn't a house. It isn't even a feeling - feelings don't last. The people who love you do. Stop running. Reach out. Home's there waiting.
Kissing josh in the rain after your first big fight 🥺
"I'm tired of taking it slow. I want you. Need you-- and I can't wait much longer." You stood on his front stoop, feeling the first drops of rain patter upon the apples of your cheeks. "I don't care about tour. I don't care if you are in Europe tomorrow-fucking-morning, Josh." The silence between you was unbearable. He has been so careful with you, taking everything so excruciatingly slow and you were becoming sick and tired of the excuses.
"I can't hurt you again. Not like I did last time." It wasn't the first time you were acquainted with Josh. Things were fiery and passionate until they were ice cold once tour started, leaving you asking why from thousands of miles away.
"Josh, I am asking you one last time," you said, feeling the rain picking up, flattening your hair against your head. "Don't let me go. Don't give up on this. On everything. Relationships are something you work on. But if you can't give a single shit about me to even try..." you said more as a question, "Don't make me regret knowing you. Don't tear me apart. Just love me."
He stood in front of you, observing you slowly, listening intently to every word. Soon, you both were soaked, standing there in a feeble attempt to lace the words back together, but words weren't really what you wanted and needed. For the first time in almost forever, you saw his indifferent act fall away as he stepped down into you, wrapping himself around you, kissing you with a hunger and a desire that lit you on fire despite the downpour.
"I love you," he said in between breathless kisses. "I am in love with you--and it scares the fuck out of me."
"Dragons again. For a moment Jon could almost see them too, coiling in the night, their dark wings outlined against a sea of flame."- Jon(ADWD VIII). Jon described dragons having dark wings. There is a phrase used mostly in books "Dark Wings, Dark Words" which is about raven carrying bad news or messages. Seems like Dragons are bad news.
Ciao anon!,
and people still claim dragons are good news... I mean... they do have bat-like wings (which, as I have analysed here are not a good omen at all in asoiaf or when it can be and wether it's not in the case of the dragons) also, as I have analysed here the Iron throne itself seems to remind us of Drogon (the big, black beast which again is not a good omen at all) who has...you guess it, bat-like wings. Also — dragons plant no trees; but I digress.
Also this image is really potent: the dragons Jon can almost see are coiling in the night (the Long Night?) and their dark wings are outlined against a sea of flame (which imo indicates destruction). Fire can kill the wights it's true, but ice and fire are the two extremes and spring is born in between, only by finding an equilibrium between the two extremes you get spring. Neither is good alone, they have to be balanced.
So, while I had never made the association...well spotted because it's true ‘dark wings, dark words’ and the dragons have dark wings and are associated with a sea of flame in the night (dark times and destruction) in Jon's mind. Yeah, I totally see this going in ‘the dragons are our saviours direction’ in canon, mhm, mhm, totally.
So great catch! Thank you for sharing it with me!, as always hope you have a very nice day!
I’m playing this one otome/dating sim where the heroine casts a spell on the love interests and they fall in love with her for a month.
And there’s no like ... consent happening. No exploration of love spells as a plot point. It’s literally just ... “hey you have a man who loves you for a month and then forgets everything that happened during that month! have some fun!”
Like the cute animal sidekick literally berates the heroine for not wanting to sleep with these men and encourages her to “live a little.”
Have we as a culture not agreed that love spells/potions are ... bad? Like?? That’s sexual assault, no? Or is it somehow fine when it’s a cutesy pink game with a cutesy penguin mascot and the cutesy nerd girl is the one doing the assault?