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With Targaryens being the "Incest House" and apparently canonically having no repercussions of inbreeding, I'm surprised they didn't solve all their Succession Problems with marriage.

Rhaenys is the First Born but Viserys is the Eldest Son? Marriage. Oh, "he loved Aemma? She loved Corlys?" Sorry, Duty and Sacrifice.

Rhaenyra is Heir but Aegon is First Son? Betrothed. Oh, the "age-gap is too big? She'll be past child-bearing years?" Aegon was visiting brothels daily when he brought Aemond at 13. And Rhaenyra was still having kids when Viserys died and she was 33. Speaking of, when Viserys finally dies, Rhaenyra is 32-33(roughly for both) and Aegon is 18(show) or 22(book). Their kids are similar ages.

It's Medieval Times. They ride Dragons and fuck family with no repercussions.

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My perhaps controversial take on the HOTD characters, the GOT characters the writers are trying to mold them into, and the GOT characters they actually most resemble in the books (in my opinion - feel free to disagree).

Disclaimer: these are entirely disconnected series with unique characters, so it's impossible to do what the writers of HOTD seemed to be trying to do in season 1 i.e. mold the characters from Fire and Blood to fit the characters of GOT to try to recreate the success of the early seasons. Given this, I tried to choose one single character analogue from GOT that each HOTD/FB character is most like, but oftentimes the reality is that if any single character from Fire and Blood resembles a Game of Thrones character it is likely that they are a combination of more than one. All of this said, here is who I think the writers are trying to fit certain HOTD characters into vs the character they are actually most like (according to Fire and Blood):

Rhaenyra Targaryen: obviously the show wants her to be the new and improved Daenerys, a protagonist everyone can root for who wants to revolutionize the existing order. In reality, Rhaenyra is most like Cersei: a woman who seeks to use her three bastards to usurp thrones and gain even more power than she already has, all while committing incest with a family member and using her power to punish and silence her enemies. She uses the existing system to raise herself up and keep others below her. She does reach her goal of ultimate power but ultimately she is unable to hold it. In pursuit of holding onto power or gaining more of it, she watches as her children die early deaths. The smallfolk despise her for her methods of ruling. Eventually, she will cause her own downfall and die before her time.

Alicent Hightower: the show wants her to be Cersei, a mean-spirited, jealous woman protecting her problematic children and using her status as queen to put others in their place (they even used Cersei scenes as audition material for the role). In reality, I see Alicent as most like Catelyn - a flawed woman, mother to a king, seeking to further the rights of her son in the hopes of protecting her family from those who would harm them, guided by her own sense of justice, honor, and understanding of the laws of the land (and of course, hyper aware of the bastards in the room). All she wants is her and her children's safety, and she is willing to go to war for it. In the end, however, she watches as every last child is taken from her before she herself dies alone.

Viserys I Targaryen: the show wants us to see him as the ultimate father who loves his child unconditionally and always supports her, and that his view of right and wrong should be what guides the world. In reality, he is most like Robert Baratheon: a weak king unsuitable for rule whose mistakes and complacency lead to civil war after his death. His preoccupation with past events and people, and his role in a former love's demise, leads him to neglect his current wife and their children and make decisions that create long-term issues for his family and the realm.

Criston Cole: as soon as Criston turns away from Rhaenyra, the show wants you to view him as a Meryn Trant type of Kingsguard - a man unconcerned with honor and violently anti-women, more than willing to carry out terrible acts commanded of him. In reality, Criston is like more like Jaime: he seeks to make a name for himself as a knight, guided by his own sense of honor and justice, though he is judged by others as lacking such principles. His devotion to his position on the Kingsguard and his love for the royal family motivates him. Occasionally his self-confidence and delight in goading his enemies can make him appear callous and proud. Although he is not officially the royal children's "father," he has guided and protected them and their mother from early on in the absence of their official father.

Daemon Targaryen: the show wants you to both love and hate Daemon. It seems he should fill many roles that Jaime did - a sword fighter whose swagger and danger mix together, whose dishonorable acts follow him through the world. He acts primarily out of love or his pursuit of it, whether for his brother or his lover and her children. The viewer is supposed to see that deep down he is a good guy, no matter how many characters say that he's not. In reality, I see Daemon as a more capable Viserys III: a man adamant in his family's racial superiority, who believes he and his loved ones should have access to unchecked power because they're better than everyone else. A man who enjoys exercising his power over others and demanding obedience out of fear of his wrath. A man who uses his younger family member to further his own interests without much thought to her own wishes or agency and willing to hurt her if she doesn't act the way he wants her to.

Otto Hightower: the show wants you to view Otto as a new Littlefinger, someone sly about his intentions who uses spies, information, and unsavory methods to take advantage of the ruling family and further his own interests and increase his own power. I see him instead as more similar to Tywin: a Hand of the King seeking to put his family close to the throne in pursuit of legacy and advancing his family's station, a man who arranged for his daughter to marry the king so his blood would sit the Iron Throne and bring his family power for generations, a man acutely aware of the political world and how the game is played and willing to get his hands dirty to play it.

The Strong boys: the show wants you to root for Rhaenyra's perfect, good natured and pure intentioned sons as if they were the Stark boys (mixed with Jon Snow). Raised in a good family, these boys know right from wrong and love each other. Yet some people unfairly think less of them for their birth. In reality, the Strong boys are closest to Joffrey, Tommen, and Myrcella. Bastards set to inherit positions they have no claim to, they are coddled by their mother and protected from any consequences to their actions. When one attacks another child, their mother demands that the other child's family is punished for their actions (and doesn't even reprimand the child for his role in the conflict). The result is the child has no remorse for the harm done, and the other child's family festers resentment against the child. Some people uncover the truth of their birth and object to their place in the line of succession, and these people are killed for speaking the truth. Eventually, a war is fought to keep them and their mother away from the throne, resulting in all of them being killed.

Aegon II Targaryen: the show wants you to see him as Joffrey 2.0. A man interested in viewing sadistic acts for his own pleasure, who abuses women for his own enjoyment, and who is unfit to rule. In reality I see Aegon as closest to Robb: a first born son reluctant to rule as king once his father dies but who rises to the occasion to try to keep his remaining family safe. A king willing to fight his battles alongside his men, no matter the risk it might pose to him. A king who tries his best to rule but makes mistakes along the way that cost him dearly. In the end, he watches as he loses everything, and he dies young.

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I don't see the problem here. Space marines have decades of lore saying no girls allowed (and even then you can stretch it for some guys without problem, Cursed Founding for instance), but Custodes lore is much newer and has more irritating retcons besides, like the whole paintscheme fiasco

YESSSSSS. UPFRONT CONFIRMATION

Ah, the Custodes superiority continues

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Daily reminder that if you're looking for a Canonical tier S++ daddy in Warhammer,

Huron Blackheart.

You're welcome.

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EREBUS is now the most unredeemable peice of feculant matter that has ever existed and I cannot WAIT for kharn to hunt him down and tear both of the black stumps of his heart out through his throat...

Counter point: he killed people I didn't like, so I'm happy :)

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This is what the creators said.

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Looks fantastic, might have to replicate it if I get my hands on the starstrider assassin for a reasonable cost.

Alena, assassin in the service of Rogue Trader Captain Tarriel Eleonora Corvinius, doggedly loyal to her through thick and thin.

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I've had this one cooking for a while now. Finished it at the tail end of last month, but since it was meant as a Holiday present for a friend I obviously had to keep it under wraps. But now they've opened it I can finally show it off. It's their character from a Wrath & Glory campaign we played in last year.

This is to date my best conversion I've done. Despite being surprisingly simple to do. The most stand out bit is the head, which is a Daemonette with the mouth (and hair) removed. The body is the assassin from the Elucidian starstriders team, the braid is from Dark Eldar Wyches and the extra dagger is from the Escher box.

The demo charge is also homebuilt with some plasticard tubes, greenstuff, sewing thread and some random gubbins I had left over in my boxes.

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Пепежабо.

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If only.....

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the funniest thing in the entire pirates of the caribbean series is definitely that one scene in At World’s End where they have parlay but davy jones is part of it, and rather than have him stand in the shallows or something they get a big bucket of water and have in stand on it on shore

who thought of that idea? who thought “put davy jones in a bucket of water” and had the guts to suggest it aloud? and then who went “hey that sounds like a great idea!”

at some point someone told davy jones their idea was for him to stand in a bucket of water and he agreed to it

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pour one out for all those fic readers who found one author who wrote one really good fic for their fandom then clicked on their profile to find they wrote exactly one fic for that fandom and the rest for, like, csi or something

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Word Bearers command unit (from a local Horus Heresy campaign) - sketchbook

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the emperor is the worst. after 30,000 years of all these lifetimes, as the apostle matthew, as all these famous people hes still obsessed with his 20 year stint as Alexander the great. Names his fucking flagship after his horse, calls his guards the companions, absolute dickhead of a man

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I dunno if I can explain this without sounding like a killjoy, but something about the "Humans are the space orcs" style of post just...irritates me. I dunno, it might just be the writer in me finding them incredibly dull and self congratulatory.

Like, is your imagination so limited that you have to not only make humans indescribably special in the galaxy, but also make every other alien race so dull that they're terrified of us?

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how frightening, the scanner doesn't work

Wow. That’s a lot of, what can we call it? Siege porn. Warp shenanigans?

Like I guess it’s needed but so far, out of 300 pages, only 50 is stuff actually happening (less than half of that is actually the gang getting anywhere in the vengeful spirit)

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scrunching my face real hard rn