Stannis thought Daenerys and Viserys would grow up as guests to the Bravosi as did most of his court. In fact this was true for many years. Braavos really wanted to give a simple life to the last Targaryens, to come full circle in their crusade against slavery.

In fact, Robert thought this as well, which is why he was so angry at Daenerys marrying a warlord. To him it meant a planned declaration.

Willem, perhaps senile, perhaps uneducated, or perhaps too in his feelings of having lost it all, did his best to divest. He paid servants in promises, hoping Doran's military backing would come within a year. Even then, when they were kicked out, several families wanted to raise the pair, but Viserys seeing threats either real or imagined (There must surely be people with a score to set, or people who wanted to sacrifie them, but they were not Westerosi) pulled from every single person. Possibly, some of the "assasins" were charges of these wealthy families trying to track the children.

Even when they were hungry and destitute, dressed in rags, some wealthy merchants and bankers wanted to marry them to their children. Viserys would take their hospitality for a bit then flee, which made a lot of Essosi consider them either grifters or unfaithful, but he was a King. This also meant their accomodatios and clothing became poorer over time. When Viserys would once be gifted silk clothing, eventually it was only linen, and eventually it was only a maid's work at cleaning what he already owned.

Until they met Illyrio, that is, who not only clothed and fed them richly but also had a plan of attack.

Stannis will operate under the assumption that this is true. As does almost everyone on Westeros. If a highborn hears "destitute" they probably hear "with lesser means" or "works for a living" or "lessened to a not-noble class" at worst. Even Doran himself, I think.

Stannis is also not the person to have this conversation with. He'll be harsh, and also, will probably tell Daenerys Dorne never meant them help and that the marriage pact is not real, because it's simply ridiculous. So will most loyalists.

Remus: You need to stay in the castle, where it’s safe from Sirius Black

Hogwarts: *had Voldemort living on the back of a teacher’s head without anyone’s knowledge, once sent 11 year olds into the Murder Forest with only a dog for protection, had a giant murder snake roaming the school for months, Harry’s best friend was petrified and only avoided death because she realized what the monster was, had a teacher attempt to memory wipe two students, had a secret murder chamber for centuries, and Sirius had broken in to the school before*

Like, Remus, where is this alleged safety inside the school???? Page not found

remus is epitome of ‘mouth running w/o knowing anything’ bc he just,,,,keeps saying shit,,,,,without any knowledge

also it’s funny because. sirius literally got into the school too lol AND WHAT MAKES IT WORSE—AND THIS IS JUST HITTING ME—IS REMUS WOUKD FUCKING KNOW THAT. HE WOULD KNOW HOW SIRIUS IS GETTING IN BECAUSE HE NEVER BOTHERED TO TELL DUMBLEDORE ANYTHIGN DID HE?

not the animagus thing. not the secret passageways, literally nothing. and then he has the audacity to pretend like the castle is safe and sirius black can’t touch harry there (where he literally got into his dorm!!! was right beside him!!) he also has the utter gall to tell harry he’s disrespecting his parent’s sacrifice jesus christ what a flaming trash can of a wizard

Day Eleven: That's Disgusting

Written for day eleven (of october) of @remadoramicrofics. 320 words. Also available on Ao3.

Living in the countryside with a baby, two dogs, a werewolf and a clumsy Auror meant you got used pretty fast to strange sticky surfaces, suspicious smells, and weird substances. It got worse when the dogs learned how to open doors: their best cleaning spells weren’t enough to vanish the smell, even when they got Molly Weasley on the case (she laughed at their haggard faces. This is just how it is. You’re doing everything right).

It also got worse when Teddy became a teenager. Nobody could deny who he was a son of when he tracked mud and creatures into the house or when he spilled his overly sugared tea on the couch. He liked gross stuff just as much as his parents and every other teenage boy, and “that’s disgusting” had soon replaced “welcome” in their home. However, for a bit (and just for a bit) Remus and Dora still had the ultimate trump card, so long as they managed to keep themselves from laughing. It was guaranteed to make Teddy go, “Oh, ugh, that’s gross” and leave the room or try to hide behind his hair, his scarf or his hands if they caught him before he did.

Noisy, wet, disgusting smooching, just as uncool as being a parent was.

The more comfortable with each other they grew, the more they did it in public, too, which drove Teddy insane and had him pretending he didn’t know them —including one memorable occasion when he went as far as changing his entire appearance in the middle of Platform 9 ¾ (there were people who knew him there!). Unfortunately, this only led to his parents kissing him noisily and disgustingly and even laughing when he rubbed his cheek so hard afterward it’d stayed red until the train was halfway to Hogwarts.

“That’s disgusting,” he’d say.

“That’s disgusting,” his parents would say, laughing, once he started bringing his girlfriend over.

it's now 10am and it still isnt on the road.

it takes like an hour to get to my town from auburn but bc of ups's route it takes 6-8 hours to reach me.

so i wont be getting it until like 7 tonight. IF I'm lucky.

i am girls

Tragic news! The actual lyric is dumb and the one I heard is not only better, but more poetic! More at 11

I don't know but I am so going to get a bad grade on tomorrow's literature test. I'm looking at previous tests and their "example answers" and I'm like .... what.

RIP.

saw a post about how important it is for progressive christians to speak up and not let ultraconservative christians be the voice of the faith and you know what actually its important for progressive christians to do: destroy the church root and branch

Jughead Jones would have beef with Michelle Obama over her 'The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids' Act of 2010.

you are such a great writer and i enjoy reading whatever you put out. please don’t feel pressure or obligation to please anyone. whenever you’re ready to write and post things. breaks are so important bby <33

good morning nonny <3 thank you so much for popping in to share some words of kindness and encouragement! i genuinely have felt so warm and loved and appreciated since posting about my recent headspace, and it just reminded me why i love u guys so much. i can't believe i almost deleted- like now, it seems hilarious that i even considered it.

happy to have u here, happy to be back <3

I thought Lie groups would be my favourite course this semester and maybe I'd like it better if it were taught differently but both the lecturer and the books are so bad at explaining why we're doing anything.

final fantasy 6 originally came out in 1994 and within the first five hours of the game it goes "hey, you might generalize that the Empire and its people are all awful, but not every person belonging to that Empire is, just some of them." One of the party members watched his wife and son be poisoned to death and looked two Imperial soldiers in the eye to say "I don't agree with where you came from but so long as you fight by our side I will fight by yours".

and that was like... that.

final fantasy xiv spent a decade building up the Empire and it's leaders and forging stories within it, to finally say - ten years later - "hey, the few do not speak for the majority, and maybe you should realize the bad guys are only bad to us because we put them in a position where they had no choice but to fight to live."

and people STILL shit talk about having to "help" the Garleans at the literal end of the world. because heaven forbid people rub two braincells together

1) Why are Anne and Wentworth TALKING so much this IS weird. They aren’t supposed to be interacting!! Where’s the distance!!

2) Why does Strong Modern Woman Anne seem so much whinier than Real Anne. “My family made me give him up :(” “I made the wrong choice and I’ve been miserable ever since :(” “Ohhh noooo I can’t get over Wentworth so I will mope on my bed like a teenager :(” Real Anne made her own choices and takes responsibility for them! She IS sort of miserable but it’s not because she “can’t move on,” it’s because she has a bad home situation and can’t get out! Lady Russell doesn’t even know she hasn’t gotten over Wentworth because Anne has more dignity than that.

I know there's at least one devil fruit that canonly was peeled to be eaten but I REFUSE to acknowledge that. As far as I'm concerned, all devil fruits are mimics of regular fruit and basically completely solid lumps. The peels/rinds/etc aren't real, you can just bite straight them, it all has the same horrible taste and texture anyway.

LRT (last reblogged post)

im probably gonna get tomatoes thrown at me for this but

i prefer the 2017 soundtrack/songs/voices over the OG Batb-PLEASE DON'T YELL AT ME-honestly i-dont like the OG Belle's singing voice-like its very good! i just-dont vibe with it, and Emma feels much more....idk-with the music? it's probably how the og was mixed but the music in the og BATB feels-off to me IDK WHY

to quote the 2017 film it gives me a certain sense of  je ne sais quoi and i don't know what that certain idkw IS