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[oifaaa]

Annabeth is so much stronger then me I'm just saying if my mum got pissed and punished me for something my field trip partner did after i was nothing but the perfect child for the last 5 years meanwhile the guy who actually did the thing got nothing but praise from his dad yeah no Luke wouldn't even have time to ask me if I wanted to fight against the gods I'd already be starting my own revolution

[egophiliac]

I had to turn the boops off (sorry!), so here is a little Malleus for you all to boop instead! he has no thoughts in that little brain of his!

[bbygirl-aemond]

okay now that i've slept on this episode (and watched the behind the scenes) i want to talk more about this idea of rhaenyra as a cult leader who has completely drunk her own kool-aid. it's an a+ development for her character and i truly hope the writers continue to lean into it further.

hotd has built up this idea of dragons being a conduit for the divine from the very beginning of season one, when viserys and rhaenyra talk about how the targaryen's perceived proximity to the gods comes via their control of dragons. earlier in season two we also heard the smallfolk describe the dragons as invulnerable gods during the parading of meleys's head. this is a deliberate narrative that the targaryens have cultivated (as jace pointed out) to provide themselves with a divine mandate to justify their rule.

this idea of the dragons as a divine mandate is beginning to intersect with the conqueror's dream for rhaenyra in a fascinating way. rhaenyra has always placed more importance on the conqueror's dream than, say, daemon or jace, but this episode goes much further, and is full of rhaenyra talking about being given signs and instructions from the gods. i think addam claiming seasmoke was a transformation for her- she was smiling and had this look of near elation once he claimed her as queen.

i think she genuinely believes that the gods broke the rules of dragon claiming in order to give her a loyal dragon rider right when she needed one. we then see this same elated smile again when she successfully brings vermithor to heel.

each of these little moments is something she takes as confirmation that she's being aided by the gods. this is why she is so convinced that the dragon seeds who claim vermithor and silverwing will be loyal to her- she has convinced herself that all of this is the gods signaling to her and that they will bring her loyal dragon riders the way they brought her addam. the dragon tamers point out what rhaenyra is not willing to acknowledge; these are not true signs from the gods, but things that rhaenyra herself is reading into and arranging for herself. she is seeing what she wants to see. and this will be proven true when hugh and ulf betray rhaenyra, likely due to rhaenyra's own actions in locking the dragonseeds in to die. they were not loyal believers sent from the gods to serve her; they were just men, and she's given them the fantasy equivalent of nuclear missiles.

a large part of this belief in divine validation is definitely due to rhaenyra's own deep seated insecurity due to viserys neglecting her in her childhood and her small council not taking her seriously enough, but i also think this is a coping mechanism on rhaenyra's part. she has no choice but to lean into this war as fully as she can now, to describe herself as helpless in the wake of what the gods have set before her, because she needs her losses to mean something. she needs visenya's death and luke's death to mean something. she needs the loss of her relationship with alicent to mean something.

but in doing this, she is already beginning to push others away from her. she has lost the support of the dragon tamers, and she has also pushed away jace; when he confronted her about a valid concern about how this would make his own ascension even more fraught, she just parroted more of that divine mandate nonsense back to him, which he is clearly not buying. i'll be curious to see how much deeper she falls into this cultish spiral and how much more it costs her.

[e-vay]

Amy Rose and Tifa Lockhart are my favorite video game women of all time. I’d LOVE to see them interact, I think they’d be fast friends!

Happy International Women’s Day!

[searay-artist]

Those are his kids

[rendevok]

“Take my hand” pages 5-11

1 - day 2 - truth - 3

[drawerbread]

yippee my first post!! my humble offering to the tlt fandom shall be this htn harrow (?)

ft. eye details

[hongluboobs]

"most amicable sibling"

[watchyourbuck]

How fucking strong and built do you have to be for Oliver Stark to bump into you with the force of a man playing basketball and not move a single inch

[oddberryshortcake]

Sebek’s signature spell being incredibly strong but incredibly painful as it literally hurts him after he uses it 👀

[stu-dyingstudent]

Tbh I never truly thought about how resistant Sakura is to genjutsu, but upon further pondering I’ve realized that her adeptness is actually insane.

There are many examples of this like when she helped break Naruto out of Itachi’s genjutsu, and later in the last she was the first to release from those memory bubbles and went on to help everybody else. However, what I want to focus on is actually Sasuke’s genjutsu.

The rinnegan is essentially the most powerful dojutsu there is. Furthermore, the genjutsu inflicted by it is considered to be of insane strength to the point where Sasuke was able to control all of the biju with just one look.

Even the sage of six paths is astounded.

Then, we have Sakura’s tearful plea to Sasuke in a last attempt to make him see right. To this, Sasuke decides to place her in a genjutsu (my poor girl 😭) using his rinnegan to cast it.

Anyway, Sakura is able to break out of it eventually. This is actually very impressive considering the effects of what we’ve seen from previous genjutsu in the series. She really doesn’t get enough credit for this accomplishment. It might seem small, and insignificant compared to the battle going on at the same time, but she just broke out of one of the most powerful genjutsu out there. Sure, it took time, but based on what we've seen before it’s really not something to laugh at.

I would also note that she manages to do this before the final clash. Before they completely drain themselves and ultimately pass out. So I don’t want to hear anyone saying that was the reason.

[clarkgriffon]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 7x22 | “Chosen” 

[kyonshi-8610]

ᜉᜓᜆᜁᜈ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜎᜃᜐ᜔ ᜅ᜔ ᜂᜎᜈ᜔ ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ ᜊᜓᜋᜊᜑ potaina ang lakas ng ulan araw araw bumabaha

[bbygirl-aemond]

i was confused at first as to why orwyle was so panicked when the guards knocked on the doors but when larys said "i'll have the sentry give you more warning" it made sense- they're trying to rehabilitate aegon, but they're doing it behind aemond's back so that he won't try to stop them and/or kill aegon. this is setting up a future confrontation where aemond gets taken by surprise by aegon showing up and relieving him of his duty and i like where it's going bc i live for the drama

[warper-in-training]

Barbatos's room has a very strong soundproofing curse casted on it. not because of the weird portal-ish noises or sex but because he likes to sleep while he plays metal music with very loud speakers. and se

[slayedpoet]

@merypetross on X