#10000 ships series

[annachum]

A collage of Rhohynar Fashions in GOT Universe

Since the conquests of Princess Nymeria of the Rhohyne have nods to the Islamic conquests across Middle East, North Africa, and some parts of Central Asia, South Asia and Europe, The Rhohyne has nods to Arabian Penninsula

The Rhohynar are an intrepid people, filled with generations of desert trekkers that can survive in scorching hot climates.

Their fashion defo has nods to Ancient/Olden Arabian fashions - with turbans, veils, hijabs and such

[madman479r]

Ben 10,000 X Wonder Woman Gibslythe Ship Table

Context:

Ben 10,000 from Classic series

Wonder Woman from Justice league Animated series.

For Ben, this is after Ben 10 Season 3 episode 1 "Ben 10,000", in which he has started to relax a bit though he still maintains a firm attitude, taking being a hero seriously.

For Diana, this is set during the Thanagarian invasion of Earth "Starcrossed".

During this Ben finds himself in a new dimension and Immediately recognises that he's in the middle of an invasion. He manages to free the Justice League and assist them in fighting off the invasion.

During the time the team pretended to be civilians to get to Wayne Manor, Ben went with Diana instead of Bruce, so the fake kiss scene was between them.

After they fight off the Thanagarians and expand the Justice League, Ben decides, if he can't get back home, he might as well stay to help keep this Earth safe. His time in the DC universe, he and Diana grow close and start to date.

Big/Little Spoon: Diana had never shared her bed with another, so imagine her surprise by how comforting it feels to cuddle with someone, a man no less. For Ben he was in the same situation, having been constantly patrolling his earth he actually didn't sleep much at all, so having Diana with him in his arms makes him feel less anxious and jittery about not patrolling the Earth for anything.

Lends/Borrows Clothes: I don't think there's much Diana has that Ben would wear, unless he wants to cosplay as her, but that's not likely to ever happen.

Doesn't/Does Use Pet Names: Diana mainly addresses Ben by his name, only referring to him as something like "My Love" in privacy, not wanting their business to be anyone else's. Ben does the same for Diana, wanting to respect her boundaries, plus he doesn't want to seem degrading to her after having heard of Themyscira's views on men.

Introverted/Extroverted: Both are a healthy balance. With Diana having been raised in a isolated island, she's eager to explore the world and what it has to offer. Ben is the opposite, having seen the world and beyond, but despite having and extroverted personality and life before adulthood, there are times in which Ben would just like to have some peace and indulge in his favourite things.

Affection Through Words/Actions: Despite his sometimes serious and stern attitude, Ben knows the right things to say and do to show his affection to Diana, be it complementing her abilities as a warrior or her beauty, or using one of his aliens to make her a gift or show her something, like going on a flight with her to see the world. Diana tends to show affection through actions such as pecks on Ben's cheek or deep and passionate kisses, pouring her love for him in the act. Another way to show it is through sparring with Ben, Diana is an amazon after all.

Confesses First/Waits For Confession: Back when he was being a hero 24/7, Ben found romance to be distracting and never really bothered with it, so he was no expert on how to confess to Diana. Diana on the other hand decided that beating around the bush wasn't her thing and confessed for feelings to Ben, knowing he just needed the push to show her that he loved her too.

Screams About/Squashes Bugs: One is hero who's seen the scariest monsters and aliens of the universe before his 15th birthday and the other is a near invincible warrior, so bugs don't really scare either Ben or Diana.

Drives the Car/Can't Drive: Ben is better with a car while Diana is better with a jet.

Can't Cook/Makes Dinner: Ben knows the basics to cooking but that's about it. (My headcannon is that Ben 10,000 never really ate much, instead transforming into Swampfire or Wildvine and basking in sunlight like photosynthesis for a few minutes to re-energise himself). Diana was taught how to cook so she knows whats she's doing.

Dislikes/Loves PDA: Ben isn't too wild about PDA, wanting to rather keep it when it's private while Diana is even about PDA, only going as far as small kisses in public, giving hugs or holding Ben's hand.

Overprotective/Chill Going: Having been the top hero back on his Earth has made Ben think he should be the one to take on the baddest of the bad, not out of arrogance or underestimating the other heroes, but because he doesn't want to risk anyone getting hurt when he could do it himself, regardless if he's the one in danger. Diana knows Ben can handle himself, especially after hearing his feats back in his universe, but notices that Ben has a tendency to put himself in unnecessary danger in an effort to keep everyone else safe, so she'll do what she can to fight by his side and keep him safe in return.

Has More/No Relationship Experience: Before he turned stoic and cold, Ben had some experience in dating, though they never worked due to his hero life style. Diana never really had a relationship, the only romantic interest having been Steve Trevor but that was another time.

Horny Levels: Both can keep it in their pants but there are times when they just find it hard to resist one another. Diana neve thought she'd be enticied by man or their bodies but Ben had a physique that gives Diana thoughts which would make Aphrodite blush. The same being for Ben, especially when her outfit leaves little to the imagination.

Awkwardness Levels: Neither feel awkward with each other though sometimes Ben doesn't want to risk making Themyscira's views on men seem justified while Diana can rarely feel uneducated about the world outside of Themyscira.

Jealousy Levels: Both have very little to feel Jealousy about but the ugly emotion can be there at rare moments, like when another man/woman tries to make a move on Diana/Ben

[namtanlovesfilm]

not aj & jj getting speaking roles in the same show for once, only for aj’s character to die in his brother’s arms five minutes later :’)))

[leclercvsx]

Illusions | SMAU

MAX VERSTAPPEN

pairings: max x influencer!reader

part 2 of ?

summary: max gets cheated on by his girlfriend, now ex girlfriend, and the ex girlfriend gets with Charles after a while. Max gets reader to pretend to be his girlfriend to make her jealous as reader is charles’ ex girlfriend.

warnings: none (?)

previous | masterlist | request (open)

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y/n 🫡

i don’t think anyone’s caught on yet💪

Maximus

that’s good

thank you for doing this btw, y/n

y/n🫡

yeah of course, i’d do anything to get back at charles 😀

Maximus

lmao. also Christian wants us to go public in the next week or two but i just wanted to check with you first🙏🏼

y/n🫡

yeah that’s fine with me

WAIT..does that mean we have to…kiss😰

Maximus

lmao, yeah but don’t worry it’ll just be a small peck

y/n🫡

… okay🫡

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yourusername

liked by maxverstappen1, landonorris and 816k others

yourusername: thank you @/redbullracing for having me and congrats to Max for winning !! 🫶

TAGGED: redbullracing, maxverstappen1

user: STOP SHE SWITCHED TEAMS YALL

user: max looks so boyfriend in the last picture😭

user: MY THEORIES WERE CORRECT

user: never doubting you again🙏🏼

redbullracing: Glad to have you, until next time😉❤️

liked by yourusername

maxverstappen1: ❤️

liked by yourusername

charles_leclerc: red looks better on you

larissa.black: could you not?

landonorris: oop, little lovers quarrel already👀

liked by yourusername

landonorris: honestly never would’ve suspected Max

yourusername: that was the point

landonorris: you’re still a mclaren girl though…right?

maxverstappen1: she’s a red bull girl now

carlossainz55: she’s actually always been a ferrari girl, regardless of who she’s dating/dated ❤️

yourusername: so true Carlos🫶

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maxverstappen1

liked by yourusername, landon oreos and 916k others

maxverstappen1: my lucky charm🍀

TAGGED: yourusername

yourusername: you did so well! ❤️

liked by maxverstappen1

user: STAWP, why are they so cute😭

user: no cos i 1000% ship it

user: HE UPGRADED SO WELL OMG💪

larissa.black: literally, no he didn’t😭

user: can 100% confirm, yes, yes he has

user: user i agree, he 10000% upgraded from…that

larissa.black: literally stfu, you have tom holland as your profile picture😑

landonorris: you’re literally arguing with teenagers, get a life🙄

landonorris: my new favorite couple

yourusername: thank you, Lan🫶

landonorris: can i have you instead

maxverstappen1: no, no you cannot

landonorris: not even to borrow??

yourusername: i’m not an object, you know

landonorris: i’m sorry😔

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i’m really enjoying this tbh, reminder that requests are open !! please let me know if you would like to be added to a tag list for this series !! 🫶

[ecoterrorist-katara]

Lol speaking of Jet (which I watched the other day due to my rewatch of the series), in the ep Katara made him a hat

Do you think katara would make zuko a hat lmao? Genuine question purely for scientific reasons

ASKING THE HARD HITTING QUESTIONS!!! If Zuko had joined them right after Crossroads of Destiny? She’d make him a hat 10000%. Girl has no chill! Absolutely zero! “Playing it cool” is not in her vocab. But since Zuko did betray her in S2, he lost all of his potential handmade hat privileges…which may be a good thing. I think Katara has a tendency to be a little self-effacing in her effusiveness, and one of the things I like about Zuko is how much she’s able to be mad at him, and then how much she’s able to poke fun at him (in a loving way) even after she’d forgiven him.

But after he took lightning for her? In an alternate non-canon universe, yes to the hat. I can imagine Katara being restless as she’s waiting for Zuko to heal, pacing around the palace, and then deciding to make a hat for him. In fact, in a world where ATLA didn’t end with ships, I think Katara giving Zuko a hug and a handmade hat would have been an adorable ending. Can you imagine? Zuko getting a gift for a change? Mai would never

[txtssera]

don’t jump me bc i know some of yall like to tussle BUT so much of the calypso hate feels very misogynistic and just bc she did/said smth to your fav male character (whether it be leo or percy). I 10000% don’t like caleo either but that’s not really what i’m referring to. just bc she was freed from the island doesn’t mean she’s gonna unlearn falling in love with almost everyone she meets and especially someone who saves her from the island??? she’s been deprived of human connection for like 3,000 years of course she’s not gonna be a great romantic partner to any character right after returning to civilization. they both deserved someone better than each other personally. also the cursing annabeth in tartarus? i very much doubt she did it with the intention that annabeth would ever actually experience it / be in a battle against arais where she would feel the curse. not that annabeth deserved it bc she didn’t but calypso thought she was forgotten about again, left alone to her own devices and fears yet again, i would have cursed them too. but hey i guess understanding character’s complexities and having sympathy is only reserved for the male characters. also there are so many worse immortal characters in this series but a titans daughter having the bitterness and pettiness a human would irl if they had been forgotten about is where some of you draw the line? also i think it’s interesting how some people are so vehemently against caleo (understandably) but will also ship other demigods with gods…

im not saying that all calypso hate is invalid or that everyone who doesn’t like her is a misogynist etc etc, im sure there are smaller details i might be looking over / might not know ( i haven’t read toa ), but calling her a bitch over her birthday message for percy and saying she deserved to stay on that island Is Crazy, like some of you guys need to listen to yourselves speak.

(sorry i saw a twitter post and got annoyed and ive seen similar hate on tiktok too so i needed to rant)

[hpmaniac]

opinion on popular hp ships(according to AO3)

Yes I am well aware that nobody asked for it

1.Drarry (Draco X Harry) -100/10

Fuck off

no

ew

they are literally enemies throughout most o/ the series

they try to kill each other

2.Wolfstar (Remus X Sirius) (-10000/10)

NO. THEY ARE FRIENDS

YES I AM AWARE THAT I’M REMADORA BIASED SHUT UP

BUT SERIOUSLY 😒

SIRIUS TRIED TO USE REMUS TO KILL. IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL LOVE

SIRIUS MADE FUN OF REMUS’ LYCANTHOPY

3.Dramione (Draco X Hermione) (-100/10)

Y’all (the shippers) are just a bunch of horny teenagers desperate for some pretty boy and pretty girl sex smh

they are enemies

0% chemistry

4.Jily (James X Lily) (7/10)

Finally smth normal

it’s not bad, just a little.. strange..

Lily had 0% interest in James until Snape called her a mudblood and then somehow she likes him now?

it’s a good ship, not the best

5.Romione (Ron X Hermione) (9.7/10)

NOW WE’RE TALKING

Literally so good

Best friends to lovers YES PLEASE

CHEMISTRYYY

6.Snarry ( Snape X Harry ) (-100000000/100)

I genuinely did not except a ship here to have a lower ranking than w*lfstar

BUT OH MY LORD

Y’ALL ARE ACTUALLY MAD

I HAVE NO WORDS-

AGAIN HORNY TEENS DESPERATE FOR SOME DARK!GAY!ROUGH!SEX FANFICS

7. Hinny (Harry X Ginny) (10/10)

IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BOOK! HINNY THEN YES. YOU ARE ON MY TOP 3

MOVIE!HINNY? No thanks

But book!hinny>> (any ship except Remadora and Molly X Arthur lol)

8. Snamione( Snape X Hermione) (-100000000000/100)

AGAIN HORNY TEENS DESPERATE FOR ROUGH SEX SMH

I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS WAYYY HIGHER THAN REMADORA OH MY GOD

WHAT HAS THIS FANDOM BECOME

9. Harmony (Harry X Hermione) (1/10)

It’s not the worst thing ever ig

no chemistry

mid

too predictable

10. Jegulus (James X Regulus ) (1/10)

Again, not asss bad as like W*lfstar

but is there a chance of this happening? No.

mid

no chemistry

11. Newtina (Newt X Tina) (10/10)

aaa love it

TAKE NOTE THAT I HAVE ONLY WATCHED FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

Cutee

idk what else to say lol

12. ✨REMADORA (REMUS X TONKS)✨ (♾/10)

OTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTPOTP

THEIR PERSONALITIES COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER SO WELL

THE LONELY, TIRED WEREWOLF FALLING IN LOVE WITH A CHEERFUL, LOVLEY METAMORPHAGUS? YES PLEASE

SO UNEXPECTED AS WELL

THEY GAVE US TEDDY

”IT’S YOU WHO NEEDS ME TONIGHT”

”HE ALWAYS GOT THE WOMAN.” “YOU’D KNOW PERFECTLY WELL WHO I’D FALLEN FOR, IF YOU WEREN’T TOO BUSY FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF TO NOTICE”

YESS

CHEMISTRY

*INSERT 1000 MORE COMPLIMENTS*

13.Fleur X Krum(?) (-1/10)

Ok?

?

never heard of it

14.Charry (Cho X Harry) (1/10)

Not the worst thing ig

it was just a teenage crush

so awkward

15.Nuna (Neville X Luna) (9/10)

Good

it would work

they’re both crazy about something

so yeah ig

[elriel-oblivion]

Okayyyyy, so as much as I love the elriel corner here, most posts I see are about the ship war and explaining why elriel is canon and most logical for endgame.

But I've been thinking about Elain's book and specifically some non-elriel things I want to see in it. Let's discuss outside ships for once. Let's share what we each want to read about in her book.

Please no Crescent City spoilers though!! I haven't even read HOEAB yet 🙃🙃🙃

So, I keep thinking about Amren and her role in the series post-ACOWAR. She's been pretty useless beyond instigating High King ideas in Rhys' mind (🙄🤮 sorrynotsorry) and her sacrifice lost all its value when she was brought back to life, BUT, now that she's here to stay, I'd love to see her train Elain.

She's already worked with both Nesta and Feyre, and she knows some freaky things about their world, its creatures and its history, so not only would it be really nice to see her directly support Elain in a sort of mentor-mentee relationship, but she'd have a role as a character again.

We already know Elain isn't afraid of things everybody else seems to fear - eg Azriel himself and the naga-hounds - so I think she'd have a really interesting dynamic with Amren, whom people tend to avoid. Elain's already asked her some of the most blunt and candid questions, so it's only a matter of time before she starts digging for more answers about herself. And who better to provide information than the 10000 year old monster herself 👀

Amren's also the only person in the IC who more than once warned others not to underestimate Elain; she definitely sees her potential, and would probably enjoy exploring those powers with Elain as much as we'd enjoy reading about it. I think Amren would push Elain more than anyone else ever has, would actually treat her as an adult capable of great achievement and power in their court, and she could be instrumental to Elain's growth as a character and member of the NC. She would hone and utilise Elain as a unique, unexpected weapon, which would delve into Elain's potential and subvert what everyone thinks of her.

I know we all want Elain x Azriel training moments, eg where she sees so far into the beyond that she almost loses herself and he has to pull her back (😭🥰😭) but I personally think he shouldn't be her main trainer. Not least bc I don't want another Nessian story, and not even in the sense of personal fitness coaching or warrior training. It'd be cool if she learnt some techniques or gained some knowledge through Amren and then practised or discussed with Azriel, thereby giving them that intimate alone time where she might even voice her fears and misgivings about herself, her powers and her potential.

I also think it would upset the power dynamic if he always had all the answers and she always had to gain them from him. It'd be much more balanced if she learnt from elsewhere and they shared their knowledge and skills.

Plus, I don't think I could handle too many elriel training scenes. They'd look into each other's eyes seeking answers and I'd melt instantly at the depth of ardour they find. They'd blush and it'd be so soft and delicate and I just cannot 😭😭😭 Some Elain x Amren training scenes would be a good breather haha.

Besides Amren, I'd love to see Nuala and Cerridwen train Elain. We know they have been but I'd like to see what that looks like and how it even came about. Did Elain ask to learn some skill after seeing them do something she found fascinating eg walking through walls? Did they offer to teach her first? Or did she just absorb some of their tendencies by nature of spending so much time with them?

So many questions!!

Feel free to share what you want to see in Elain's book or what questions you want answered in it

[duxbelisarius]

Dune At Home: The First Dornish War, Part 7

Thank you to everyone that's supported this series from the start; if this is your first time reading it, check out the master post or my AO3 if you prefer!

We've reached the final part of this series, the discussion of Daeron's Conquest of Dorne and the only other attempt made by the Targaryens to unify with Dorne by force. The issue of scale that plagued the First Dornish War is not quite as great here, with the war only lasting 4 years and not involving dragons, so the process of analysis will be different. I'll first pool together everything we know about the Conquest from ASOIAF and TWOIAF to create as comprehensive an account of the war as possible, then we'll assess how well the events described fit within the worldbuilding before tackling the aftermath of the war and its implications.

According to TWOIAF, Daeron's conquest began sometime after he took the throne in 157 AC, following the death of Aegon III. Daeron sought to succeed where Aegon the Conqueror had failed and won over his council and Hand (the future Viserys II) using a plan concocted with the aid of Alyn Velaryon. Daeron's invasion force was 50000 men according to TWOIAF, although Benjen Stark claims he lost 60000 men in Dorne in Jon I of AGOT; Lyonel Tyrell led a host through the Prince's Pass, Daeron led another down the Boneway, and Alyn brought another by ship to attack Planky Town and the Greenblood. Also counted among the Seven Kingdoms forces were Aemon the Dragon Knight as part of Daeron's Kingsguard and Rickon Stark, son of Cregan Stark and heir to Winterfell. Benjen claims that the Conquest lasted a summer while TWOIAF claims it lasted less than a summer, so we know that it was summer in 157 AC and presumably remained so until 159 or 160 AC at least.

Our most detailed information about the course of the invasion comes from TWOIAF and Jon IV of ADWD when Jon and Stannis briefly talk about it. Tyrell's host fought with the main Dornish armies in the Prince's Pass and Daeron led his host through the Boneway via goat tracks that allowed him to avoid the Dornish watchtowers, while Alyn's fleet broke through the Planky Town and sailed up the Greenblood. Based on Jon and Stannis' discussion, it appears the supporters of Daeron would argue that his maneuver cut off the Dornish armies in the west and prevented them from retreating east via Yronwood. Stannis and other supporters of Alyn would in turn argue that by driving 'halfway' up the Greenblood, most likely to Godsgrace where the river branches into the Scourge and Vaith, Alyn denied use of the river to send armies and supplies east or west, while holding Godsgrace would threaten The Tor and so further prevent any movement over land from east or west.

Regardless, the invasion concluded in 158 AC a year from the date it began with the Submission of Sunspear, having cost the lives of 10000 Seven Kingdoms soldiers. My guess is that Rickon Stark's death came just before the Submission, as TWOIAF says he fell in one of the last battles outside Sunspear, whereas the later parts of the war were rebellions which would have seen little actual battles. We know also that the time between the initial invasion and the fall of Sunspear witnessed many battles which were recorded by Daeron in his own account of the Conquest, culminating in a fight through the shadow city at Sunspear. The Prince of Dorne and 2 score (40) of the most powerful Dornish lords bent the knee in the Submission, while fighting continued in the form of subduing rebels lords and other revolts until 159 AC, when Daeron returned to King's Landing with 14 hostages from the most powerful houses of Dorne. Lyonel Tyrell remained behind to govern and keep the peace, while the Dornish smallfolk continued to resist despite the submission of their lords and ladies.

The number of hostages is significant since we know from the map of the south that there are at least 15 houses in Dorne important enough to have their seats appear on the map. The Martells almost certainly gave up a hostage since they were deposed in favour of Tyrell ruling over Dorne, which still leaves 13 hostages from 14 houses. Based on the events that followed it's almost certain that the Qorgyles were spared from sending a hostage in return for their loyalty in helping to put down the rebellions. It appears that during this time the pirates of the Stepstones began harassing trade with the newly conquered Dorne, causing Daeron to open talks with the Sealord of Braavos to marry one of his sisters in return for assistance in dealing with the pirate threat. As Maester Kaeth argued in his Lives of Four Kings, this was an error as Braavos was at war with Pentos and Lys during this time, and word of these talks led them to support the Dornish rebels.

The Conquest unraveled in 159 or 160 AC following the assassination of Lyonel Tyrell at Sandstone, when he was stung to death in bed by scorpions. TWOIAF claims there is some controversy over whether the man responsible, Lord Qorgyle, acted in revenge for Tyrell treating him poorly despite his previous loyalty or if he had always been a loyal Dornishman that sought to lure Daeron and Lyonel into a trap. The most likely answer is a mix of both as Qorgyle proved sufficiently loyal to not give up a hostage to Daeron, but as the relationship soured he likely agreed to assassinate Tyrell in return for the prominent Dornish rebels claiming him as one of their own who had been operating against the Targaryens in secret. Daeron returned to Dorne in 160 AC to put down the new rebellions, fighting in the Boneway while Alyn attacked up the Greenblood again. The war ended in 161 AC when Daeron and three of his Kingsguard were killed under a peace banner during a false meeting arranged with Dornish leaders. Aemon the Dragon Knight was wounded and held captive by House Wyl until he was freed by Baelor Targaryen, the new king after Daeron died childless, who made peace with Dorne by offering his nephew Daeron (Daeron II) in marriage to Mariah Martell.

The greatest and most immediate problem with the Conquest of Dorne is the way it is positioned vis a vis the First Dornish War, with Daeron succeeding where Aegon failed. This was a problem George created for himself by the fact that Aegon was said to have conquered Westeros early in the books, but Dorne had to remain unconquered for Daeron to invade some time after Aegon's reign. This would not have been easy since Aegon had dragons and Daeron did not, but the scale of the First Dornish War severely undermines the believability of Daeron's conquest. Daeron supposedly fights many brilliant battles against the Dornish between 157 and 158, but what reason is there for the Dornish to fight at all? Hiding from the invaders, harassing and ambushing them, and employing scorched earth tactics allowed them to defeat Aegon's forces in 4-5 AC despite the presence of dragons, so why should they meet Daeron's invasion any differently? The only way it makes sense is with the absence of dragons allowing the Dornish armies to concentrate freely, but this combined with scorched earth tactics and hiding the population should make defeating an invasion easier this time around.

There are no sensible excuses for why the Dornish try to challenge Daeron's forces in open battle, and those offered for how Daeron's efforts faired better than Aegon's are no better. As should have been made clear in Parts 3, 4, and 5, knowledge of the terrain your armies will be fighting in and having ships available to support them wherever possible are things that Aegon and his commanders should have possessed at the outset of his invasion of Dorne, and the idea that these are 'lessons' for Daeron to 'learn' in order to out do them is preposterous. Daeron's 'learning' of Orys' 'lesson' merely involves the narrative placing the Dornish in the same position as Orys by ignoring the existence of the goat tracks and not securing them against enemy advances. In turn, Daeron's 'lesson' of employing the Velaryon Fleet comes at the expense of Aegon and his council ignoring naval logistics for no good reason; the focus on the Velaryon fleet is also disconcerting as barring a reveal in Blood and Fire (the sequel to F&B) we may be looking at a third major war fought by the Seven Kingdoms in which the Hightower and Redwyne Fleets have vanished into thin air (The First Dornish War, the Dance, and Daeron's Conquest).

There are other issues with the premise of the invasion that will need to be clarified by Blood and Fire, starting with the timing of the invasion. Invading Dorne during the summer could partially account for the greater involvement of naval forces as sea travel would be safer in the summer than in fall or winter, but while Aegon may have begun his invasion during the fall in 4 AC the absence of Seven Kingdoms fleets from the war entirely casts doubt on this idea. Moreover, invading and occupying Dorne during the summer poses serious problems for Daeron's army in terms of supplying food, fodder, and especially water. To refer back to our discussion in Part 3, the managing the 'microeconomy' of an army requires carefully balancing its demand with available supply and transport inputs in order to output mobility. Feeding and watering 50000 men will require 50 tonnes of rations and 400 tonnes of water per day, although the forces attached to Alyn's fleet would be easier to supply than Daeron and Lyonel's ground forces. Scorched earth tactics and the competition for local resources that the Dornish armies would create would make supplying Daeron and Lyonel's hosts very difficult, especially when the difficult terrain of the Boneway and it's goat tracks would force Daeron to rely entirely on pack animals, his own troops, and/or porters to carry supplies and equipment.

We mentioned in Part 4 that George insists that Dorne receives enough rain to be habitable even during summers, but even if the Dornish did not poison all the wells and oases in the invasion's path, the water situation of Daeron's army would still be dire. As explained by Donald Engels in Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army, large bodies of men and animals cannot rely only on wells as a primary water source:

"...if some soldiers lowered a four-gallon [c.15 liters] capacity bucket into a well, filled it with water, raised the bucket, and placed the water in a receptacle once every 15 seconds, in 24 hours they would only remove 23040 gal. [c.87216 liters] of water (assuming that the well did not give out), while the army's water requirement at this stage would be almost 100000 gal. [378541] per day. This is why rivers are so important to the army; they reduce these distribution problems by allowing a great many individuals to draw water simultaneously." (Engels, Logistics of the Macedonian Army, 57-58)

For reference, Engels bases those water requirements off an estimate of Alexander's army as it advanced through the Levant toward Egypt, with 71000 personnel (1/3 noncombatants), 6130 cavalry horses, and 1420 baggage animals with a combined requirement of almost 96000 gal. The aforementioned complications combined with the scarcity of perennial rivers in the Syria and Palestine regions meant that Alexander relied on naval transport following his army along the coast to ship to his forces besieging Tyre and Gaza (Engels, 55-58). Alexander's 200 ships would have transported water from the Litani to Gaza over a distance of c.208 km (c.130 miles); we estimated in Part 3 that the Prince's pass is roughly 200 miles from Nightsong to Skyreach, and the distance as the crow flies from Stonehelm to Yronwood appears somewhat greater.

Shipping fresh water from the Slayne river to the armies in Dorne would be a possibility, but only for Daeron's forces in the Boneway who could receive shipments along the coast of the Sea of Dorne. TWOIAF lists the Torrentine, Greenblood, and Brimstone as the only perennial rivers in Dorne, and even with more than meagre rainfall in summer and the more temperate environment of the Red Mountains, it's unlikely that Daeron or Lyonel's armies could draw fresh water from or have it supplied to them via the Wyl and the Greenwood (pg. 238 of TWOIAF accidentally refers to the Greenblood as the 'Greenwood' and since there's an unnamed river near Yronwood in the 'greenbelt' I've decided that's it's name now). Unless they can find streams or springs formed by run off to supply some amount of fresh water, carrying water with them is the only real option they have aside from somehow accessing the Torrentine further west. The Torrentine's waters are 'sweet and pure' according to TWOIAF but accessing it for fresh water requires occupying some combination of Blackmont, High Hermitage, and Starfall, and there's no evidence of operations by Seven Kingdoms forces that far west in the First Dornish War let alone Daeron's Conquest.

Occupying Starfall and using it as a port could potentially be a solution, but getting large quantities of fresh water from there to the armies in the Prince's Pass would be extremely difficult. To carry it by ship would mean sailing along the treacherous southern coast of Dorne to the mouth of the Brimstone; getting the water supplies any further depends on the Brimstone's navigability, as TWOIAF calls it a more 'placid stream' than the Torrentine but it's sulfurous waters would require the ships crews to rely on the very fresh water supplies they are carrying for Lyonel's troops. Even if they reach the source of the Brimstone, Hellholt would need to be dealt with and that water would still have to be transported overland to the southern end of the pass which the Dornish hold. Alyn's control of the Greenblood also doesn't help since water gathered there would also be travelling overland to the southern ends of the Boneway and Prince's Pass, and this would not be easy since we know from TWOIAF's account of Baelor the Blessed's march through Dorne that the area between Yronwood and the Scourge is desert.

The only other option would be to transport water westward overland through the valleys and foothills of the Red Mountains, and this draws attention to an interesting absence in the Westerosi 'retinue' of overland transport: Westeros does not appear to have camels. Every mention of the word 'camel' in the series comes from Essos and Essos only; the only use of the word 'caravan' in the series outside of Essos is when Arianne is held captive by her father in AFFC, but even this cannot be used as evidence. The word 'caravan' originated in Middle and Old Persian and was likely associated with the Silk Road and the use of pack animals to carry goods from east Asia to the Middle East. Although the pack animals used would likely have included Bactrian Camels, pack horses, donkeys, and mules would also have been widely used and these latter means of pack transport predominated in the Middle East prior to the Roman Period, which saw Dromedary Camels and their usage expand outwards from Arabia. Use of the word 'caravan' does not imply that camels are used, but the quote itself seems to have been subjected to a retcon. Arianne claims that caravans take on supplies near the Threefold Gates before traversing 'the deep sands,' but TWOIAF tells us that the Greenblood is Dorne's primary artery of trade. It seems more likely that goods would be shipped up the Greenblood and Scourge before being transported overland to Yronwood and either continuing up the Boneway or following the greenbelt to Skyreach and the Prince's Pass.

The presence of the Greenblood and thus access to riverine transport could easily be the solution, but camels are still extremely useful pack animals in semi-arid and arid environments thanks to their adaptations which make them extremely efficient at conserving fluid and for storing energy in the fat of their hump(s). It also doesn't help that Dorne was once connected to Essos by the now Broken Arm, and camels came to Eurasia from North America via Beringia. They are also capable of carrying baggage far exceeding that of a donkey, mule, or packhorse, with loads of 188-269 kg (400-600 lbs) being common in Antiquity (Roth, Logistics of the Roman Army, 207). Moreover, while the Dromedary in particular has been stereotypically associated with the Middle East for centuries, Dromedary and Bactrian Camel remains have been discovered in Roman and Post-Roman contexts across Europe which indicate that they played a role in Ancient and Medieval economies outside the Middle East. That it took Daeron's forces a year to reach Sunspear despite Alyn's attack on the Greenblood also suggests that his armies advance through much of Dorne including the western desert, if the 40 or so Dornish lords that surrendered to him are any indication. Combined with the need to use the Torrentine as a fresh water source, these circumstances would absolutely require pack animals that could go where wagons could not, and having access to camels would arguably be a necessity.

The final issue I have with the invasion is with it's leader, Daeron the Young Dragon. George has referred to him as the 'Alexander the Great of Westeros, Elio and Linda have compared him to Charles XII of Sweden on account their both dying young and unmarried while at war, and his in-world written account of the Conquest of Dorne is clearly a reference to Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War. As I said in Part 6, it is possible to reference or draw influences from historical events or figures in a fantasy work without it being a one-to-one adaptation. While the reference to Caesar's Commentaries is a harmless one, the comparisons to Charles XII and especially Alexander the Great expose serious issues with how Daeron is set-up as a character. Charles became absolute monarch of the Kingdom of Sweden and its empire at age 15 but ruled for almost 3 years before he was plunged into a military trial-by-fire with the Great Northern War. While he showed himself to be a skilled commander, he was greatly assisted by having competent generals and staff officers of the Swedish Army at his side, the Army itself being perhaps the finest in all Europe at the time.

Likewise, Alexander the Great began commanding troops at 16 during his father's campaigns against the Greek city-states and the peoples of the northern and central Balkans, succeeding his father as King of Macedon two years before his invasion of the Persian Empire in 334 BC. As with Charles, Alexander inherited an impressive military apparatus which included the best army in the ancient world at the time, the Macedonian Army, and a corps of generals and staff officers such as Parmenion who helped him realize his goals. Daeron has none of these advantages by comparison, and yet is able to succeed where Aegon failed despite having no dragons. The fact that Daeron invades Dorne the same year that Aegon III died only makes things worse, as it gives him only months in which to assemble his army, fleet, and the provisions required by both for the invasion in addition to planning the invasion and convincing his lords and council that his plan is even feasible to begin with. By comparison, Alexander's father Phillip II sent an army into Anatolia before his assassination in 336 BC to lead a revolt of the Greek city-states there prior to Phillip's planned invasion; his death caused these plans to fail but Alexander was able to successfully invade two years later.

From 158 AC onwards, Daeron's Conquest is dominated by putting down rebel lords and clashes between the Targaryen occupation and the Dornish smallfolk, culminating in a mass uprising after the death of Lyonel Tyrell. The way this resistance is organized and it's portrayal in the narrative manifests yet another scale problem for George's writing, as it's unclear how the Dornish resistance can be squared with the series' worldbuilding. We know despite the Submission of Sunspear that rebel lords continued to resist 'in the mountains and deserts' according to TWOIAF; based on the 16 Dornish house seats portrayed on the maps in ADWD and TWOIAF and four other Dornish houses known from the books but whose seats are not (Santagar, Ladybright, Drinkwater, Wells), that still leaves us 20 or so unknown houses. I expect we'll receive more information on these houses and this stage of the war in general in Blood and Fire, but the end of these rebellions sees only 14 hostages taken from the great houses of Dorne. Since Dorne is a feudal monarchy like the Seven Kingdoms, we might assume that the hostages guarantee the cooperation of Dorne's great houses and also the lesser houses by default, hence why 15 hostages depart with Daeron and not 40 or more.

Unfortunately this is where the writing comes into conflict with the worldbuilding, as TWOIAF informs us the hostages only ensured the loyalty of their families while Daeron "had not anticipated the tenacity of Dorne's smallfolk, over whom he had no hold." While Lord Tyrell toured the country inflicting reprisals for the smallfolk's resistance, "each new day found supplies stolen or destroyed, camps burned, horses killed," and attrition mounted steadily as soldiers were "killed in the alley ways of the shadow city, ambushed amidst the dunes, murdered in their camps." The immediate problem this raises is what the hostages are actually supposed to do for Daeron; he may have no hold over the smallfolk, but the greater and lesser houses of Dorne should, but we never hear of any actions taken against the hostages until after Daeron's death. If we're truly expected to believe that the Dornish smallfolk ignored the authority of their lords and ladies to continue fighting, then we should expect said nobles to be involved in putting down resistance since it has negative implications for occupied nobility as well as their occupiers.

If 14 hostages are enough to ensure the loyalty of the great houses then we would expect this to trickle down to level of the smallfolk, who pay taxes/tribute and owe labour to their lords and ladies. Dorne has presumably been annexed to the Seven Kingdoms and thus subject to the Books of Law and the governance of Lyonel Tyrell, but there's no indication the Dornish lords have been deposed as Aegon did, in fact quite the opposite. Unless the Dornish armies were completely destroyed in the fight against Daeron, the Dornish nobility should be turning them against the upstart smallfolk, since I'll bet these people aren't paying their taxes or providing their feudal dues of produce from their fields. In keeping with George's lackluster sense of scale, the scenario he sets up for a guerrilla war against Daeron is actually one for a mass uprising against the feudal order of Dorne itself. Either we must believe that the smallfolk are actually working with some of their lords and ladies in this struggle and that the hostage plot is utterly pointless (this is effectively the case after Qorgyle kills Tyrell), or the Dornish nobility simply play no role in keeping the peace in Dorne and defending their own social order for no apparent reason.

If the portrayal of the Dornish resistance makes little sense, it's organization also raises questions for the plot and worldbuilding. The scope of smallfolk resistance seems to be quite extensive given Lyonel's travels to the various house seats of Dorne's nobility, the attrition they supposedly inflict on Daeron's army, the supplies they supposedly received from the Free Cities, and the speed with which most of Daeron's gains were undone after Lyonel's death. Dorne does possess a kind of latent nationalism that we touched on briefly in Part 6, but ideology alone cannot explain these levels of coordination, especially since we know there are cultural divides within Dorne. How do we square the actions of the Dornish smallfolk with the seemingly little agency exercised by Westerosi smallfolk in the series, especially as compared to Medieval peasants and townsfolk. Westeros appears to lack the municipal armies and urban or town militias and armed societies that proliferated in High and Late Medieval Europe; the apparent absence of the Dornish lords from this resistance also falls short compared to Medieval revolts like the Jacquerie. Both the Jacques of the mid-fourteenth century and the 15th century Brigands of Normandy relied on local networks and self-defense organizations created by peasants and townsfolk to defend against domestic and foreign military violence. The Jacquerie in particular also relied on local lords, town leaders, and lesser nobles as part of it's hierarchy and to coordinate leadership. I certainly hope that Blood and Fire fleshes out the Dornish resistance more, because it's portrayal in TWOIAF leaves much to be desired despite appearing only briefly. Such a widespread movement would ideally have lesser nobles, clergy, and townsfolk involved it to help explain its coordination, its reach, and the seeming powerlessness the great houses of Dorne to intervene.

As with the invasion and occupation, the end of the war and it's aftermath leave much to be desired, as scale is once again the enemy of the plot. Before we discuss these issues I want to make it clear that I am not a diehard fan of the Targaryens, nor do I approve of their actions against Dorne in the wars we've discussed. What I take issue with is the failure of George and many of the characters in the story to fully appreciate the severity of the war and its consequences for the Seven Kingdoms, in particular the response to Daeron's death and the handling of Dornish entry into the Seven Kingdoms. The ill feelings of Westeros' southron lords towards the Dornish, Baelor the Blessed, and Daeron II are key to the support later enjoyed by the Blackfyre cause, and I strongly believe that the inability of the Targaryens to address this represents a serious failure on their part.

The response or lack thereof to Daeron's death is arguably the most blatant problem with the narrative. After Lyonel Tyrell's death at Qorgyle and the gains made by the Dornish, Daeron returns to Dorne in 160 AC, attacking down the Boneway while Alyn Velaryon descended upon Planky Town once more. Supposedly Daeron was close to victory when he agreed to meet with a Dornish peace delegation; meeting them with his Kingsguard under a peace banner, Daeron and three of his Kingsguard were killed and Aemon the Dragon Knight was injured and taken prisoner by House Wyl. The act is bad enough considering the King of the Seven Kingdoms was murdered in cold blood after being lured in under false pretenses, but the fact he and many of his companions were cut down under a peace banner bearing the seven-pointed star of the Faith is even worse. I agree completely with @warsofasoiaf that even though Daeron's murder isn't treated as a Red Wedding-level event by TWOIAF, it really ought to have been.

That Daeron's murder is virtually memory-holed in the narrative is even worse; while Baelor's decision to forgive his brothers murderers makes sense given his zeal (although you'd think he'd be more concerned about the protections of a Faith peace banner being ignored), neither Viserys II nor Aegon IV use it as any kind of rallying cry against the Dornish even though Aegon attempts to invade Dorne twice. Daeron II doesn't even ask for the Conqueror's Crown to be returned as a sign of goodwill when he and Maron Martell complete Dorne's unification with the Seven Kingdoms as some kind of show of forgiveness and burying of past enmities. We might expect some concerns about the fact that the smallfolk resisting independently of their lords and ladies and the flagrant violation of Faith customs surrounding the peace banner could presage a breakdown of Westerosi social and cultural norms. It could even be a great set-up for a Henry VI "Love Day"-style spectacle where Baelor forces the lords and ladies of his and the Dornish court to attend multiple services at the Starry Sept to usher in the new peace, uniting the former enemies for a time with a shared disdain for the 'Septon King.' Instead the narrative moves on quickly from Daeron's death which is only referenced again by TWOIAF to explain how the Conqueror's Crown was lost.

The cost of the war also seems to get the First Dornish War treatment, with Daeron being described as bloodthirsty by F&B and his war costing thousands of lives according to TWOIAF. Just so we're clear, Daeron's Conquest cost the lives of his entire 50000 man army, and depending on whether or not he and Alyn brought fresh forces with them in 160 AC it may have been closer to the 60000 quoted by Benjen in AGOT. We don't know how many lords and bannermen lost their lives as in the First Dornish War, but the king and a Lord Paramount (Lyonel Tyrell) were among them as was the heir to another Lord Paramount, Rickon Stark, whose death brought about serious instability in the North for decades to come. The Marches, Stormlands, Reach, and Crownlands were presumably the most affected by the losses as they were in the First Dornish War, while the fiscal costs of the war combined with the disruption of trade with Dorne and the Free Cities would have placed further pressure on the south. We should also bear in mind that this disaster came about within just thirty years of the Dance of the Dragons and the 5 year winter that accompanied it.

The position of the Dornish is certainly no better: in addition to the thousands of Dornish soldiers and civilians dead, the disruption of Dorne's economy and trade, the costs of reconstruction they must face, and the likelihood that they will have to repay debts to Pentos, Lys, and the other Free Cities that supported them, the position of House Martell and it's vassals is objectively precarious. As I noted at the start, the narrative provides no good reasons for why the Dornish should have failed to defeat Daeron's initial invasion, which should put the Prince of Dorne and his lords and ladies in the hot seat. Not only did they ultimately bend the knee to Daeron despite some hold outs in 159 AC, they left it entirely up to their own smallfolk to continue resisting and only joined together to rise up after one of their number went to the trouble to kill Daeron's governor. Between Qorgyle's treachery, the Wyls nearly killing Baelor in defiance of their Prince's orders, and the independent actions taken by the smallfolk in the war, the authority and political position of the Martells is incredibly weak and they should be thankful for Baelor suing for peace and granting them a marriage between Mariah Martell and his nephew Daeron. The Jacquerie revolt is especially relevant in this case since a key source of the anti-noble sentiment that motivated many Jacques was the belief that France's monarchy and nobility had failed utterly to defend France and their subjects, leaving them at the mercy of bands of mercenaries as well as English and French soldiers following the disastrous Battle of Poitiers.

The position of weakness that the Martells should find themselves has unfortunate implications for how the unification of Dorne with the Seven Kingdoms plays out. After failing to prevent an occupation of Dorne and only narrowly eking out victory in the war, the Martells and their enemies know that Dorne can be invaded successfully even without dragons, while Aegon IV's abortive invasions demonstrate there was still the will and capacity to make further attempts. All of these factors should mean that the Martells are in a weaker negotiating position regarding unification with the Seven Kingdoms. Daeron II certainly benefits politically from being the Targaryen to successfully unite Dorne with it's northern neighbours, but Mariah and Maron's marriages to Daeron and Daenerys ensure the Martells future influence over the politics of the entire realm and a share in House Targaryen's tremendous power while also making the Targaryens guarantors of House Martell's status as the foremost house of Dorne. Based on what should have been a tumultuous set of circumstances for the Martells postwar, they clearly need the Targaryens more than the Targaryens need Dorne.

None of those aforementioned factors or implications seem to be acknowledged by the narrative let alone Daeron II and his council, as the terms on which Dorne joins the Seven Kingdoms are absurdly generous. In addition to the Martells being joined in marriage to the Targaryens twice over and being guaranteed power at court and future influence over the kingdom via Daeron and Mariah's children, Daeron II allows the Martells to retain their royal titles, maintain Dornish law within their own borders, and gives them the power to collect their own taxes which are owed to the crown. TWOIAF acknowledges some negative results of the unification process, mostly envy at the concessions and a dislike of growing Dornish influence at court, but otherwise claims that Daeron II quickly stabilized the realm following his father's excesses. This is yet another case of the narrative failing to grasp implications, because it's actually astonishing that the Martells would even have agreed to those terms let alone that Daeron II and his council would have proposed them.

Lest anyone forget, the Seven Kingdoms were unified in the first place thanks to the Targaryens dragons; Aegon established Targaryen political authority by stripping the former monarchs of their titles and making them or their successors his vassals, while Jaehaerys further bound the realm together by establishing a common code of laws for the entire realm. We can safely assume based on Dorne's tax concessions that the Targaryens fiscally unified the kingdoms in Aegon's reign or those of his successors, with tax farmers answerable to King's Landing collecting the crown's dues from its subjects. By incorporating Dorne into the kingdom while allowing it these concessions, Daeron II has objectively undermined every tenet which ensured Targaryen control from Aegon III through Aegon IV despite the absence of the dragons. The Prince of Dorne remains a Prince, Dornish law reigns supreme in Dorne, and Dornish taxes go to the Prince's government first before the crown gets it's cut, all despite unification.

If the Targaryens are willing to compromise all of the factors that remain to unify the kingdom, what reason is there for the other kingdoms to remain committed to the old status quo? The warden or any Northern lord who secured such concessions for that kingdom would surely go some way towards reuniting their people after the turmoil unleashed by Rickon's death, turmoil that was ongoing at the time of Daeron II's reign, and what's to stop them from seeking such change? The Martells are actually worse of now than they were before since they mostly retain Dornish autonomy but at the cost of weakening the position of the government that their relatives like Baelor Breakspear are expected to inherit. Did no one think to just ask for amendments to the Book of Laws to retain aspects like Dornish absolute primogeniture within Dorne's borders, rather than disadvantage their future influence on the Iron Throne? To put it another way, the Martells have boarded the Targaryen ship only to discover the Targaryens are scuttling the vessel, and that the Martells will have to go down with them while the other houses make for the lifeboats. I can only hope that Blood and Fire may provide greater insight, because TWOIAF appears completely unaware of these dangerous implications.

This at last brings us to the final fix-it section of this series, though in fairness to George and his writing of Blood and Fire I'll keep this fairly brief. The simplest way I can think of to improve the plot is simply to have Dornish houses collaborate with Daeron from the start, thereby ensuring a swifter victory and better logistical support while accounting for why Dornish resistance failed. I'd start by making Daeron a year older and having Aegon III die in 156 AC instead, giving Daeron more time to prepare his invasion; while preparing he can reach out to the Yronwoods to solicit their support, gaining further collaborators among the Stony lords in return for the Yronwoods being made Lords Paramount of Dorne when the war ends along with positions in court and favourable marriages for their fellow collaborators. The Wyls and Daynes might resist but the other houses of the Red Mountains turncoat and betray the Martells and other Dornish forces. Aided by House Blackmont, forces of House Peake and Tarly attack down the Torrentine and seize Starfall with the aid of the Redwyne Fleet, before attacking across the western desert where they gain another ally in Lord Qorgyle. These forces fall on the Ullers and the rest of the invasion plays out more or less as it does in the books.

Resistance continues thanks to Dorne's smallfolk and lesser lords who utilize the Dornish shelters which confounded Aegon in the First Dornish War. Daeron's proposals of his sisters as potential wives for the Sealord of Braavos along with Lyonel Tyrell being placed in charge while resistance continues, causes relations with the Yronwoods to sour while Pentos and Lys assist the Stepstones pirates in a naval campaign against Alyn Velaryon's forces in addition to aiding the rebels. Yronwood and Qorgyle solicit the Martells for aid in defecting as Tyrell proves unable to crush the resistance, leading to his assassination and open rebellion. An indecisive naval battle in the Stepstones inflicts heavy losses on the Velaryon Fleet and preventing it from aiding Daeron's armies, who are forced to retreat out of southern Dorne to the Red Mountains. Daeron is killed in a skirmish though some suspect foul play, and the war ends with Baelor's intervention.

That wraps it up for this series; I want to thank everyone that has followed along for your feedback and kind words! I've really enjoyed exploring the writing and setting of Dorne and it's greatest wars with the Seven Kingdoms, and I hope that you found it interesting also. I look forward to writing the next project which I alluded to at the start of this series: a rewrite of my Dance analysis. Stay tuned for that at some point in the new year, where I hope to do a much better job of dissecting the Dance than my first effort. See you soon!

[myheartismadeofstars]

After watching Dororo 2019 I have a few thoughts:

1: Hyakkimaru is adorable. He's just so awkward and sweet at times. Him nuzzling everything is literally one of the cutest things I've seen.

2: I refuse to acknowledge Jukai, Nui, and Tahomaru's deaths. They survived the fire, and started over, together. Jukai and Nui also gradually fall in love because I think it'd be cute for Hyakkimaru's two mamas to get together. Everyone still THINKS they died, so when Hyakkimaru and Tahomaru see each other again it's awkward, and a surprise. I just want the brothers to love each other!!

3: my fiance and I kept comparing the series to Inuyasha. I think it would be interesting to see a crossover between them. I think Inuyasha would throw Hyakkimaru for a loop lol. But a few interactions I really want: Hyakkimaru and Miroku (I like to emphasize Miroku's kindness and intelligence more than his negative traits, and I think he'd find Hyakkimaru interesting, and Hyakkimaru could have some interesting thoughts on both of them being cursed. however Miroku being a bad influence on Dororo is also extremely funny), Hyakkimaru and Kikyo (both are "half" people. He has half his body and is working to get it back, Kikyo has half her soul, and literally can't get her soul back without killing Kagome. Despite typically being quite gentle and kind, especially to children, she's also supportive of Hyakkimaru's revenge. Honestly I ship it and think it would be cute AF for them to get together. I refuse to ship him with Dororo, because she's a child when they start hinting at it... Nah, that's his kid sister.) and finally, Dororo and Rin (a girl their age to play with! They are both tough little girls who may witness horrors but remain cheerful and love their freakishly violent companion. Also the image of them meeting Sesshomaru would be incredible. He's NOT a good demon, but he doesn't gaf about humans one way or another. I wonder if Hyakkimaru would have enough self preservation to NOT try and fight him)

4: I really got the vibe that Dororo is now in charge of, at LEAST that village at the end (especially since she's the one funding the rebuild) and I, personally, think that's hilarious, so I go with it immediately. I want 10000 stories about Dororo being treated like an authority figure while being like 8, I love it.

5: Hyakkimaru, how did you FUNCTION??? He had a PROSTHETIC SPINE??? First of all: how??? I have to handwave that with weird magic shenanigans because WHAT?

[princess-of-the-corner]

I just had a heart attack where on a tv tropes page for characters with a fuck ton of ships, the mc of a series I'm planning on reading was stated to have over 10000 girls to choose from. Then I remembered its because one of the main characters was cloned 20,000 times. (Then 10k of the clones were killed)

oh dear

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[tobiasdrake]

Funnily enough both the Ranma 1/2 manga and the anime, moreso the latter, seemed to ship Nabiki with Tatewaki Kuno, whom she always calls Kuno-chan or Kuno baby in the excellent localization.

Kuno baby works perfectly as it sounds flirty, but it also sounds like she's calling him a baby, which fits with their interactions.

I personally feel it works better than Ranma/Nabiki personally, because Kuno is enough of a jerk that you don't feel bad when Nabiki tricks him.

Like there's an excellent scene where Kuno has amnesia and Nabiki is dramatically like "you don't remember your dear classmate, Nabiki, Kuno baby" which he responds with "sadly, I do not". And Nabiki is like "what about the 4000 yen I owed you" and Kuno is like "that I can fix", we then see Nabiki holding some money as Kasumi scolds her and Nabiki is like "you're right, I should've said 10000 yen".

Takahashi herself commented on twitter that "maybe Nabiki and Kuno would make a nice couple given how often they hang, or maybe not as romance doesn't seem to be sprouting, ha ha ha". As you can guess, Takahashi, unlike the fandom, doesn't take the series very seriously, LOL!

Oh yeah, Takahashi was absolutely taking the piss with this series. It was just meant to be a wacky comedy from start to finish.

I remember someone once asked what would happen if Ranma got pregnant in his female form and then changed back, and her response was, "I don't think about that and neither should you."

...but also Musk Dynasty happened.

[eternalergo]

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tagged by the lovely @bearsgrove thank you!! <3

LAST SONG: Salt by Eivør, usually perfoming my rituals to her music ;)

CURRENTLY WATCHING: I'm not really watching anything lately, I need to shift into tv mode which can take years. I rewatch my fave movies 10000 times before I decide to see a series

THREE SHIPS: Not a huge "shipper" tbh. There are a few profound relations between my friends oc's and my own, as well as some oc/canon stuff we write about

FAVORITE COLOR: BLACK Green, especially dark green

CURRENTLY CONSUMING: Still Lies of P, it's wavering now and then tho. It's not much, but all the more intense. Feeling sorry for my two friends who have to endure me during the hyper phases😔

FIRST SHIP: I honestly don't know, I can't even recall what I ate yesterday

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LAST MOVIE: Alien: Covenant. I actually rewatched all Alien films and Good lord, I could watch them again

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[athena-xox]

Hi! I've been wanting to send asks for a while but couldn't think of a good question until recently.

I have three questions (or perhaps I should say headers).

One: How's your rewrite progressing? At what stages is cannon altered? Are there going to be concepts/characters ignored entirely?

Two: I've seen your (humorous) plea for long/multi chapter eah fics what are some of the favorite's you've read already? Any chance you have an idea of your own outside the rewrite? long or short (chances are yes, for literally anyone in this fandom but it bears asking).

Three: What fairytale(s) would you

A: Like to repeat

B: Could functionally thwart if you had to live through it.

C: Die in, or flee the land to avoid at all cost's.

Omg love the questions. I will admit I’m a bit to brain dead to fully comprehend all the questions so if I answer I different question that what you intended feel free to correct me.

With that being said, the first chapter of my rewrite is done and basically fully edited I believe it’s around 6000/7000 words. Chapter two hadn’t been edited but it’s kinda a weird one so it doesn’t really need to be edited and it’s only around 2000 words.

Chapter 3 I’ve written a bit of it and it’s also a short and I have a layout for it. And chapter 4 is going to be on the longer side probably 6000-10000 words. But after those are done and edited hopefully I’ll publish the fic!!

So that’s the progress, for what parts of canon are being altered, I think a lot of characterization. Bunny, Alistair, Crystal, Milton Grimm, Snow White & EQ are all characters who were either portrayed as good or morally grey that I’m going to make evil (whoops spoilers) and then also kitty isn’t really going to have a redemption arc like she did in spring unsprung, she’s just going to continue to chaotically be herself.

And then just every plotline / character will just be slightly more mature and in depth. And it depends on how you see canon because the rewrite is going to be a mix the tv series + the books which vary a bit on canon. And then obviously a lot more queer representation.

I wouldn’t necessarily say that the epic winter arc is being disgraced but it’s going througu many changes. I’ll probably get ride of the whole through the woods concept because it doesn’t really add anything to the plot (although I am adding a musical that doesn’t really do anything for the plot except allow be to geek (theatre kid) out and give us some cute dizzie moments).

I really want to include her but I don’t think there’s going to be any room for Bella sister. Other things from canon that I’m not including is darise, Meeshell being a horrible singer, DARABELLA, Maddie having visions, the snow king, cupids crush on dexter, the revealer rays, probably lots more but I can’t think of them.

Onto the next question I definitely have some fic recs. I’ll probably make a separate post for it but my top 2 are rewrite ignite restart and a legacy of brambles and thorns.

I think the reason why I’m actually commuting to the rewrite is because it’s really the only eah fic I want to write since I plan to hopefully cover all the characters and ships I like. In my past fandoms I’ve had like 20 different fics I wanted to write but I never got a around to all or them.

Oh wait actually I guess I have one idea but I doubt I’ll ever write it since I want to focus on the rewrite. But during my transition stage from the mlb fandom to the eah I was thinking about an au. Either the eah characters with miraculous’s in the real world or mlb characters at ever after. 

Okay and for the last questions im assuming you’re asking which fairytales I’d like to 1. Be a part of 2. Don’t want to be a part of and I could stop it 3. Would have to run away from ?

1. When I was little I had the yearbook thing that had you create your own eah character and I always wanted to be a princess so I made myself goose girl

2. Definitely wouldn’t want to be like Jack in the beanstalk so I just wouldn’t take the beans

3. Sleeping beauty was my fav when I was younger so I definitely wouldn’t want to have Faybelles destiny. Or be an ugly sister, that would kill my self esteem (no wonder Bella and Brutta ran away)

For the last 3 questions I wasn’t sure if you were asking all abt me or if any were for my rewrite.

Anyways tysm for the ask !!

[lucky-draws]

bosselot ranting and raving which genuinely makes no sense and isn't worth reading ↓

something something big boss becoming a lone, paranoid figure who trusts no one because of his series of betrayals i.e. the boss' "defection", les enfants terribles, the boss' (perceived) abandonment of him in her desire for peace, kaz's involvement with cipher etc. something something when you trust no one but yourself maybe you Would have quite a fascination with someone who is your phantom/copy/double/clone/you. unlike les enfants terribles venom is the kind of "clone" that bb can forge a twisted affection for, due to his absolute loyalty and due to his being, well, him. am i about to start "shipping bbvenom" well not really i'm just pondering big boss and also, as usual, pondering my favourite phenomenon of People Who Are Identical But Not Quite. im big boss and so are you. im maria s/ilent hill and so are you. im solid and im liquid we're the stupid brothers. etc

also. sigh. basically im attempting to write a fic (who knows if it will ever see the light of day) where ocelot gives himself big boss' scar. just for fun/because he's insane. 1964: i wanted to eat the same food as him -> 1973ish: i wanted to permanently mark myself with the same scar he gave himself which also happens to be my mother's scar from birthing me etc. #justocelotthings. and big boss goes through 10000 shrimp colour stages of anger/grief/fascination/horny/acceptance in reaction to it.

and i was thinking about post pw incident where bb is beginning his shift into a much darker, closed off figure and he's full of bitterness in the wake of all his chucking-her-bandana-into-the-ocean The Boss Feelings and also his divorce with kaz. and how maybe his feelings towards ocelot (which are as insane as they've ever been due to the recent development of The Scar) are also shifting a little. up until now he's accepted ocelots promises of devotion and loyalty and he's reciprocated ocelot's affection because he does genuinely Like Him Despite Everything and they have had their weird little Thing going on for many years. but now it's like. concepts such as loyalty to the end and unconditional devotion are beginning to lose their credibility; bb questions whether even ocelot might not be his ally forever. and does BB even Want ocelot's loyalty? he's a useful person but BB never ASKED for ocelots loyalty. loyalty, devotion, subservience - these are hollow promises. he likes ocelot when he's a real human and not a soldier. he likes ocelot as his equal. one might even go as far as to say - he likes ocelot best as an extension of himself. he likes ocelot as his mirror. "you're not a snake and im not an ocelot?" wrong. we're both snakes. as you said yourself, ocelot, in a nice little scene in approximately chapter 2 (doesn't exist), now that you've given yourself that scar, "we match". we're nothing but a pair of snakes. we're red string of fate tied to each other more than ever. we're the sons of the boss; we're twin snakes. we're metal gear solid: the twin snakes 2004 developed by konami and silicon knights for the nintendo gamecube. but we're not just two snakes, we're an ourobouros. i don't just want you to pledge your loyalty to "big boss", i want you to be big boss. i want to you to live my dream, not just be an ally to it.

in actual fact maybe he is just in love with ocelot (squee!) but this is big boss we're talking about so. he is literally a weapon he is war itself he's the war machine he's a soulless dead fish of a man. and either destroying or assimilating everything in his path forever is kind of his whole theme. and ocelot as a literal child of the battlefield will never escape it either. so they both just blow up and go to hell forever.

OR DO THEY. maybe bb is actually like wow everyone is betraying me the boss has abandoned me and ive abandoned her except never entirely even if i did throw her bandana into the sea in a moment of rage ive still got this scar on my chest. and so does ocelot because he's insane about me hm to be honest maybe i should just Give Up War and we can both retire and live on a ranch together forever the end.maybe that's actually what happens. life could be dream.

also please god let me find a job soon ive been unemployed for 7 months this is what happens when i don't have a job it gives me the time to think about bosselot until my brain melts and oozes and i start writing very long incomprehensible posts on my art blog at 3pm which does nobody any good. sigh