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What if the reason Sam loves Celine Dion so much is actually because he loves My Heart Will Go On and it makes him think about Dean and all the times he’s died?

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Gwen and Nikolaj did not have to cosplay the Braime wedding at the Emmys tonight, and yet, they did

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Jaime: how is the most honourable knight of the Seven Kingdoms doing today?

Brienne, not looking up from her quill and parchment: i don’t know, how are you doing Jaime?

Jaime, voice cracking: i’m fine

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Incorrect Quotes: Ser Family Edition

Gendry: Hey, do you want to see a butterfly?

Jaime: Sure!

Brienne: NO-

Gendry: *chucks a stick of butter across the kitchen*

Podrick: MAJESTIC

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Bran: Wanna know something weird?

Jaime: First of all, it’s four am and what the hells are you doing in my room?!? Second of all, continue.

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Brienne: Sometimes I feel like everyone in this house is an idiot.

Podrick: *runs by, holding a Xbox over his head* NO ONE GETS TO PLAY UNTIL YOU WATCH MY NEW TAP ROUTINE!!

Gendry: *running after Podrick with Arya on his back screeching*

Jaime: *running after Gendry and Arya with Sansa on his back* WE’VE BEEN 8 DAYS WITHOUT AN INJURY IN THIS HOUSE! DONT BREAK THE STREAK, ARYA, OR I SWEAR TO THE GODS!

Bran: *following Jaime with a go-pro strapped to his head*

Brienne: And by sometimes, I mean all times. All the times. Every of the times.

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Sansa: Can you overdose on vitamin D?

Jaime: That’s how Icarus died.

Gendry: ICARLY DIED?!?!

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Bran: Hey, do you want your ice cream with or without pulp?

Jaime: What the fuck did you just say to me?

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Podrick: Life is meaningless. Why am I even alive?

Jaime: What happened?

Podrick: Brinny wouldn’t stop by McDonald’s.

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Arya: I was banned from Yelp for including “the rat seems to be vulnerable to attacks from behind or when adjusting mask” in my Chuck E. Cheese review.

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look, I’m a simple woman, i just want villains and heroes in love with each other and pissed off about it

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And now…Ser Jaime, Lord of Casterly Rock you may kiss the bride

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No one:

Absolutely no one:

Not a single soul:

InStyle: “We noticed that Gwendoline Christie’s look included red and gold, a sign that she, or her character, Brienne of Tarth, stands with House Lannister. Her on-screen love interest, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who played Jamie Lannister, also wore gold — something will likely spark a few theories that the two characters should have ended up together.”

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im strong enough

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Today had been a less than ideal day and this just made it so much better. ❤️❤️❤️

Okay so…the tea.

At the end of May, shortly after the end of the show, an upset, anonymous JB shipper messaged GRRM and was lucky to receive a response. We didn’t believe it at first. My friend (who also wishes to remain anonymous) asked for a screenshot of the email and her inbox for proof. The JB shipper showed the email to my friend and after doing some research, yup, it checked out. It hasn’t been shared until now because of many reasons, but I was bursting at the seams this entire time.

CONTEXT

The person who emailed GRRM is a JB SHIPPER. We don’t have a screenshot of exactly what she wrote because there was a lot of personal information. We tried reaching out to get a screenshot of the Jaime and Brienne content, but it seems like she’s no longer in fandom. BUT we have a general description of what she told him. She was displeased with the treatment of Jaime and Brienne, so she wrote about her personal struggles and why she related to the characters, particularly Brienne. She mentioned that she wasn’t going to accept the show’s ending for them, because the messages associated with that endgame were upsetting and nihilistic, and she was looking forward to an ending that was more inspirational and hopeful for that pairing. 

That’s what we know. 

What we THINK is that she mentioned the dream, because he randomly references it in the email, so I believe the first part about “your analysis” is in reference to her dream interpretation. Considering she’s a JB shipper, and from what I remember, her dream interpretation and analysis of the characters aligns with the average JB shipper: foreshadowing Jaime and Brienne being a romantic couple, Jaime outliving Cersei, Brienne outliving Jaime, Brienne’s light being symbolic of carrying on the Lannister legacy, etc. (I have a slightly different interpretation than she does, but I’ve seen her mention these points in the recent past). 

THE EMAIL

The email retyped because it’s blurry af and

“Let me say this much –– your analysis is close to the truth. The butterfly effect was at work since the earlier seasons… and it changed some storylines more than others. If truth be told, I’m to be blamed for this too, because I had a load of work and I had to gradually step down from my duties after the forth season to concentrate on Winds. I haven’t read the scripts of the last two seasons. And I wasn’t exactly a fan of sacrificing some characters and stories at the expense of others… but I do need to mention that it was also an issue beyond the writing room and creative process.

The priority of a television network giant is rarely the story and the messages it gives. The desire of David and Dan (and HBO) to focus on actors like Peter and Lena is understandable. Sometimes certain scenes are written only for actors or for their memorability. And it’s not a bad idea to end a TV show which is well known for a controversial incest scene, with another memorable scene of the incestuous twins… it’s an ending. It makes sense in this medium, because it’s a medium that mainly relies on the memorability of imagery. A finale which brings two or three main actors together is more powerful. It’s a different animal when you are only dealing with characters, and not actors. The power of the ending in a book relies on the emotions which the words and the story itself convey.

I feel for you and understand your concerns, but I think you will be more satisfied with the books’ ending. Imagine that the books are the show are two parallel universes. There are two Briennes, two Jaimes, two Cerseis. Have you watched Sliding Doors? Sometimes taking a different path changes everything. Have you noticed that the dream might have more than one potential ending? Is Jaime’s ending in the show necessarily “wrong”? Can’t it be an ending which was the result of choices made and paths taken (by more than one character)? What if Jaime caught the train in one universe and missed in the other? Just food for thought…“

How we know it’s not a fake:

The writing style is nowhere close to how she writes.

The inbox is legit.

We verified the email address through westeros.org. Apparently there is a place called So Spake Martin that has email conversations, and other interactions, between fans and GRRM. He had an older email and the one she used is his most recent one, which has been active for a couple of years I believe. I tried emailing them, asking if they still take submissions for GRRM emails, so we’ll see.

This is one reason why I knew HBO and the writers were propping up certain actors and how some arcs (JAIME’S) were sacrificed and how they were shady af and LOOK AT ALL THE RECENT TEA THAT HAS BEEN SPILLED.

We had this email BEFORE GRRM did that recent interview, where he’s mentioning the show and books being “alternate realities” and all of that. He literally verified the email and we were dying. Proof that we had seen the email and were discussing it before the interviews? (Read from the bottom up. You can see me bothering my friend to show me the email lmao. She shared it with me in June.) Also, the date on the email itself is blurry, but it’s there.

MY INTERPRETATION OF THE EMAIL

So… he’s confirming that the twincest end is a show!only creation LOL.

“Your analysis is close to the truth.” He’s saying this to a JB shipper, most likely in reference to her analysis of the dream.

The JB shipper emailed him, SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT JAIME, BRIENNE, AND CERSEI. THAT’S IT. He’s literally emailing her to comfort her over Jaime and Brienne, and straight up saying that they had to sacrifice character arcs for certain actors (Peter and Lena). Because her email was specifically about Jaime and Brienne, he is speaking about their arcs being sacrificed.

To comfort her, he then explains why they decided to go with a twincest end. He’s literally saying, “IN THIS MEDIUM it makes sense” because “memorability” and “imagery” and politics. And then he’s like, “NOW FOR BOOKS we don’t need to worry about that bullshit”

He then tells her -a JB shipper- that she’ll be more satisfied with the book ending. He then goes on to explain about the parallel universes, saying there are TWO BRIENNES, TWO JAIMES, AND TWO CERSEIS, and that the show’s ending isn’t “wrong” because it’s a parallel universe (meaning, DIFFERENT FROM HIS UNIVERSE, WITH THE SECOND JAIME), affected by the butterfly effect because “sometimes taking a different path CHANGES EVERYTHING”

Emphasizing again that second paragraph, because he’s saying THE END WE GOT makes sense FOR THAT MEDIUM because of imagery, memorability, and business. He mentions bringing a few actors together for THE SHOW’S FINALE because of it being visually powerful.

Literally all of his explanations about the end are about WHAT WORKS FOR TV, not what works for a narrative, implying that if you’re going by a narrative, it would be done differently, which is why he then segues into talking about books and how the emphasis is different so your ending isn’t driven by what’s visually pleasing and what actors need screen time. “It’s a different animal when you are only dealing with characters, not actors.” What he described is that on the show they brought three big actors together for the reasons mentioned, and to do that they needed to sacrifice Jaime’s arc, and even sacrifice Cersei to an extent, so they could have a good twincest aesthetic, since they built a reputation on that controversial incest scene back in S1E1. They leaned on the power of the visual instead of the narrative, and giving Peter his Emmy crying moment. And yes, when GRRM is talking about sacrificing character arcs, he’s speaking about Jaime’s arc because again, CONTEXT. Her entire email was about Jaime and Brienne and how the ending of Jaime ditching Brienne and running back to Cersei bothered her, and then he goes right into Jaime’s ending and trying to rationalize it FOR A SHOW.

As for the movie Sliding Doors, I’ve never seen it, so I can’t really comment on it. My friend says, “it’s a romantic comedy that alternates between two storylines, showing two paths the central character’s life could take depending on whether or not she catches a train. There’s some overlap in the two storylines, but she stays in a bad relationship in one version, and finds a healthy relationship in the other. She dies in one version, and lives in the other.”

And… I see where he’s coming from in his explanation, and I know he’s playing nice, but I disagree about it making sense, because they still could have made it GOOD and consistent while having imagery, memorability, and sticking to the business plan like any other good quality television show so never in a million years will I defend that ending but WHATEVER. 

The point is, JB AND JC WILL HAVE DIFFERENT ENDGAMES IN THE BOOKS AND THAT’S THE TEA. 

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Right in the feels.

Riverrun Tent Scene

Brienne: You look like you want to say something?

Jaime, internally: I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you

Jaime: What the hell are you doing here?

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Me: Ugh, I hate clichés.

Author: So this character starts as a villain with a dark sense of humor but eventually falls in love with the strong hero/heroine that can kick their ass and becomes, at the very least, morally grey/leaning towards the light. The beast within the heart of the villain is tamed by the beauty of the hero/heroine.

Me: ...go on.

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With their 10 kids.

I’m so glad they got to grow old together and live happily ever after ❤️

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Ahahahah

Brienne and Jaime staying in a hostel.

Brienne: Top or bottom?

Jaime: Bottom.

Brienne: Are you sure? The top bunk would be more comfortable.

Jaime:…I believe I may have misunderstood the question.

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On this day in 1975, the racing world lost quite possibly the best horse to ever run, Ruffian.

Ruffian was a beast of a filly, 16.1 hands as a 2 year old (and still growing). In her first race, she won by 15 lengths and set a track record. Never losing a race, she easily beat the other fillies she raced against, capturing the Filly Triple Crown. She was regarded as one of the best horses in racing at the time, setting records in every stakes race she was entered in. After hearing of her feats, even the owner of Secretariat was recorded saying, “As God as my witness, she may be better than Secretariat.”

Many wanted to see her run against the colts, so a match race was arranged between Ruffian and the Kentucky Derby winner that year, Foolish Pleasure. Her jockey, Jacinto Vasquez, was also the normal jockey for Foolish Pleasure, but chose to ride Ruffian instead. The match was set for July 6, 1975.

After a rough start, Ruffian took the lead and had begun opening it up when there was a loud crack. Ruffian had broken the sesmoids in her right front leg. She ended up crushing the remnants of her sesmoids while Vasquez struggled to stop her - she just wanted to keep running. Eventually, Vasquez was able to pull her up and she was rushed into surgery.

When she awoke from anesthesia, she began thrashing her legs - to many it looked like she trying to run again and win the race. The thrashing was so violent that she broke her left front leg. Unfortunately, she had to be put down as she could not endure anesthesia again to undergo surgery for her other leg.

Ruffian is buried at Belmont Park, with her nose pointed towards the finish line. She taught me that being strong is only as good as the heart behind it, and that not all role models or heroes have to be human. RIP Ruffian, the big filly with an even bigger heart.