Haha that's so neat that in this gif you can see Rhaenyra's hand wrapping around Alicent's neck and her thumb pressing up against her throat and her fingers passing through red curls to brush skin that hasn't received her touch in years haha I'm going insane.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON + the look of betrayal

the act of betraying someone or something or the fact of being betrayed: violation of a person's trust or confidence, of a moral standard, etc.

the betrayal of a friend a betrayal of trust a betrayal of one's principles

I hate hate hate hate how dog friendly everything is in the city now. Barring medical necessity, there is no reason to bring your dog to a restaurant, there is no reason to bring your dog to the grocery store, there is no reason to bring your dog to the nail salon. Dogs do not need to go everywhere you go why am I being forced to be around dogs all the time

A shout out to all the writers out there who don’t make the rec lists or have all the buzz or get all the traffic and attention or kudos. Your work is still valuable and appreciated and loved, and without you and your fics, fandom would be so much poorer.

Keep on writing and creating and sharing your works. You have an audience who loves you.

I’ve heard so many rumors that I’m just a girl that you bang on your Eugene’s couch

happiness is a butterfly - alicent hightower.

happiness is a butterfly try to catch it like every night it escapes from my hands into moonlight happiness is a butterfly - lana del rey

a companion piece to rhaenyra's here. alicent enjoying her life in volantis married to rhaenyra. a butterfly lands on her finger and feels oddly familiar. perhaps she knew them in another life.

art by me, procreate & clip studio paint 4hrs. for @hotd-bigbang. details under the cut.

“When I am Queen, I will create a new Order.” -Rhaenyra Targaryen

Had to test out a new brush pack with a paint study of one of my favs! Eagerly awaiting season 2 🥹

but now they see you as you are

hotd's commentary on patriarchy is so much more interesting when you allow yourself to acknowledge the differences in privilege and power between the various women we see. aemma, alicent, laena, rhaenys, rhaenyra- they all have varying levels of privilege that come to them either indirectly or directly. rhaenyra is, ofc, undisputedly at the top. and this doesn't sideline or villainize rhaenyra in any way, because no amount of privilege will change the fact that she is not a man. like otto said: she could be jaehaerys reborn, could be as wise and powerful and mighty as any human being could be, and at the end of the day society would still see her as a woman. as the most powerful woman, sure, but as a woman. and i think that's just a much more salient point- that no amount of power within a system will allow you to breach the confines of that system. no matter how much influence these woman gain within the system of patriarchy, they're never able to be free of it.

Rhaenyra Targaryen | Emma D'Arcy House of the Dragon | 1.10: The Black Queen

Rhaenyra Targaryen portrait 

A play on Rhaenyra's wedding headdress

Feels like even professional, published writers forget that “led” is the past tense of “lead” (leed)

Sometimes you write the main ship that is your blorbos, and some side ships to your fav show; sometimes a friend suggests a crack ship and it consumes you for an afternoon

It makes me happy when they listen