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being a huge enjoyer of asoiaf and tolkien is really funny. actually wait hold on. this post was gonna be a joke about “a 15-generation, 300-year long dynasty of inbreeding” asoiaf versus “one single guy liked his first cousin and he couldn’t literally go to hell but that’s the vibe” tolkien. but then i realized that maegor and maeglin’s names start the same way so how much yall wanna bet george martin was feeling unoriginal that day

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At the Kinslaying of Doriath

Dior and Celegorm: *fighting*

Dior, stops fighting suddenly: dude,,,, do you have a boner right now????

Celegorm: yep

Dior: what the fuck is wrong with you????

Celegorm: you’re hot! you look like your mum!

Dior: that,,,, is so gross

Celegorm: *shrugs*

Dior: *stabs him*

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the most delusional cersei hater take is that she want that hot she was just vain and “the light in the west” thing is clearly some hag cope. meanwhile every cat chapter she’s like “you gotta give cersei credit. she’s the baddest bitch in the south. i don’t even fw her but i can’t deny her long golden hair and massive tits”

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Commission of Dany in Rhaegar’s armor! I thought this one was such a great concept and I loved working on the armor design <3

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Feast?

Alrighty, this is more than one sentence but idc.

“Grandmother told me to be brave, but…” she frowned, picking nervously at the bodice of her wedding gown. “I don’t feel very brave.” “Then don’t be,” her father said with a shrug, as if it was that simple. “I wasn’t.” Jaehaera looked at him. “You weren’t?” The corners of his lips twitched up, and she got the impression she was being made fun of. “I was drunk. Very, very, drunk. Did they tell you I almost threw up during the feast? Mother wasn’t pleased, nor was Aemond but—" he glared down at his cup. “Everyone got what they wanted, in the end.”

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bitches hate me because of my.... bad personality.... paranoid nature... addictive tendencies......the torture basement.

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If the Dance of the Dragons didn’t happen AU.

Prince Aemond Targaryen and Alys Rivers's son, Prince Viserys Targaryen, Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen, Lady Daenaera Velaryon, Princess Jaehaera Targaryen, Prince Aegon Targaryen, Princess Visenya Targaryen (daughter of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen and prince Daemon Targaryen), Prince Maelor Targaryen and Ladies of House Hightower, daughters of Princess Rhaena Targaryen and Garmund Hightower.

[REPOSTED WITH PERMISSION. ART BY CRAZYTOM]

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Helaena & Jaehaera | Affection by Hugues Merle, 19th century

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daeron the young dragons situation where grrm wrote he was remembered as a greatt king one of the best then in the histories elaborated that he reigned for like two years almost entirely killing people abroad and then died kind of very funny that IS what medieval people loved to see from a king. the more hes at home the more he annoys them the fewer frenchmen hes killing the more they resent paying taxes. welcome back richard lionheart

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AEMOND TARGARYEN 2.06 "Smallfolk"

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‘the whole point of robb’s plot line is that he’s a good warrior but a bad politician’ actually I would argue that the whole point of robb’s plot line is that if all of your adversaries have long since abandoned their morals, there is no way that you can be virtuous AND victorious. the decision that seals his fate (marrying jeyne) is also the decision that he never would have made differently, because what is a crown without honour? what is a throne worth if you have to morally bankrupt yourself to win it? robb was never going to win, because his opponents were playing a different game from the start.

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i want to be gentle, i want to die gently.

prints + merch + commission info pinned to profile :)

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𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐞𝐧 & 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐞𝐧.

𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 : ( 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲𝐭𝐨𝐦𝟎𝟕𝟏𝟐 ) 𝐨𝐧 𝐗

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Some Young Griff/Aegon VI/fAegon thoughts. Cause I feel so sad about his very probably ending, to die young. I love Dany and her story, and Young Griff is this person revealed out of the blue in the last book, this supposed legitimate heir, more legitimate than Dany (or less) depending on the rules, this kid who's been trained all his life to be a perfect king, to be Aegon V reborn in some way, with both a formal education worthy of his rank and intimate knowledge of the way commonfolk live. I kind of empathize with the way he decides to go to Westeros instead of going to Dany. It's foolish and reckless, but it's really the move of someone who wants to have something of his own. His conversation with Tyrion throws off his assumptions about his future with Daenerys. She's not a future wife, she's a rival. He could go to her and she could decide he is worth nothing to her. She has dragons, conquests, power, and he has a bloodline, some knowledge, and a claim. All that he has been taught, all he's been said he would be one day could mean nothing in the presence of Daenerys & how much she has accomplished. And in the face of that, Aegon decides he wants to meet with her on equal terms. It's foolish but so natural. He wants to conquer, to rule, to have something of value to bring to the table other than blood & a name he can't back up alone. In a sense he wants to be like her. He doesn't have the core drive and spark that made her so exceptional (her desire to overthrow an unfair status quo and a pure connection to magic) but he has the drive to have a place, a name, a power of his own. There's obviously sexism/masculine pride in there as well, he doesn't want to depend on a woman or concede that she might have a better claim. But also just, the desire to be someone on his own.

It's so fucked up and kind incredible when Dany emulates without exactly meaning to or having had training her ancestors Aegon the Conqueror (and also other good leaders, like Alysanne or Aegon V) ; and Young Griff, who wants to emulate that founding figure, also ressemble Daeron I, who is practically as mythical and beloved (but way more doomed). Interesting given how Daeron I kind of obviously wanted to emulate the Conqueror himself, but failed. And how he's of Aegon III's line, the line the Blackfyres come from, in relation to Young Griff's suspected actual ancestry.

And that last part...like remember the "Daenerys is actually a Lyseni dragonseed" WTF theories ? Well Young Griff is the actual guy who has this kind of reveal planned out for him. And it's the core of why I feel so sorry for him - he's been lied to and manipulated for power all his life. He doesn't know who he really is. "Young Griff" is the closest he has to an actual name of his own, as far as we know. And if he gets to live to see that reveal, it's just gonna be so heartbreaking.

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Freddie Fox on the set of 'The Listeners' an upcoming poetry film based on Walter De La Mare's eerie classic. releasing next week on Halloween 🎃

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daeron targaryen is so powerful that he hasn’t even been introduced yet and people already hate him for war crimes he has yet to commit like that’s my baby ❤️