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dioic1 · 1 year

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🌺 The Pirate Queen 🌺

#one piece #my art #one piece art #portgas d rouge #portgas d ace #gol d roger #blackjack rouge #pirate queen #she was a pirate in my brain #a captain of her own right #super goddamn strong too #but after roger became pirate king they both disappeared #so the world doesn't much remember her #although if you look around you can still hear people in the new world talking about the blackjack pirates and their infamous captain #she would walk all over roger too #like the absolute Queen she was

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lilaccatholic · 7 months

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I am once again thinking about the reluctant ruler whose arc justly and correctly includes assuming the throne and taking responsibility for the people set before them

#it's about simba coming back to pride rock it's about aragorn using andúril to fight for middle earth and assuming the throne it's about #hiccup marrying astrid and assuming his role as chief and moses returning to egypt #and it's about irina loving her people so fully that when she claims all of her subjects as hers that chernobog must release them to her!!!#and it's about miryem choosing to stay with the staryk and repair the damage and assume responsibility for the land and people!!!!!#and! it's! about! gen!!!!#it's ALWAYS about gen!!!!#gen who didn't want to be king. who hated being king and only wanted to marry a queen but who obeyed his gods and became a king over kings #who lost his home and half his family and his HAND but who ushered in a new golden age.#and it's about sophos who ran away but who shot the ambassador and took back his kingdom #it's about duty and it's about sacrifice and it's always ALWAYS about doing the right thing even at great personal cost because it's about #submitting to a power higher than your own. of recognizing that the calling on life is one for serving others and having so much more to #answer for than just yourself. it's knowing duty is love is duty #i cant stand stories where the answer is 'give up the throne and reject your duty' because no!!! you dont get it!!!#thats how you get the monsters!!! thats how you get the prince turned into a beast and thats how you get every terrible weak king that #aragorn feared becoming #to accept your throne is to die to self!!! you are no longer you but 'king' or 'queen'#it's like queen mary says to qeii in the crown 'elizabeth mountbatten must die #elizabeth regina must take her place.'#that's terrifying! but it's also everything!!!!#die! to! self! die! to! self!!!!!!#lilac rambles #lilac goes to the movies #lion king #prince of egypt #lotr #spinning silver #the crown #tqt #the queen's thief #httyd

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weregonnabecoolbeans · 2 months

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I fear no one can beat Aline Penhallow in the loving and supporting and defending her wife war.

Not one person.

#Someone (often helen’s own family): *makes her feel bad*#Aline: EVERYONE STFU AND LISTEN TO MY STUNNING INCREDIBLE AMAZING INTELLIGENT KINDHEARTED CARING FLAWLESS WIFE RIGHT TF NOW #HOW DARE YOU MAKE HER CRY #Dru Blackthorn (the one who literally made helen cry): I like Aline…she sticks up for helen…my sister who i love and who i made cry #Dru: I am her little sister i have the right to be mean #but i like knowing that if anyone else has the audacity to mess with her..helen has someone on her side no matter what :)#aline penhallow #helen blackthorn #dru blackthorn #shadowhunters #the shadowhunter chronicles #the dark artifices #queen of air and darkness #kate's post

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kadextra · 11 months

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q!Bagi’s analysis of q!Bad’s ability to keep secrets

THANK YOU BAGI. YET AGAIN SHE UNDERSTANDS!!!

#qsmp #liveblogging #qsmp bagi #qsmp badboyhalo #madrugadeiros #this guy is keeping DOZENS of insane secrets and has never uttered a word about them #it gen impresses me how she’s always right on the mark with her character analyses of him #when he’s a character that’s known to be super complex and difficult to understand even to his own viewers #I literally have to write essays at times just to figure this stupid demon out /lh #from day one I could tell she wants to dissect this character’s brain and im cheering her on behalf of all the ghosties #good luck queen!!!#i love her.#qsmp quotes

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wonder-worker · 2 months

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Wild how we know that Elizabeth Woodville was officially appointed to royal councils in her own right during her husband’s reign and fortified the Tower of London in preparation of a siege while 8-months pregnant and had forces gathering at Westminster “in the queen’s name” in 1483 – only for NONE of these things to be even included, let alone explored, in the vast majority of scholarship and historical novels involving her.

#lol I don't remember writing this - I found it when I was searching for something else in my drafts. But it's 100% true so I had to post it.#elizabeth woodville #my post #Imo this is mainly because Elizabeth's negative historiography has always involved both vilification and diminishment in equal measure.#and because her brand of vilification (femme fatale; intriguer) suggests more indirect/“feminine” than legitimate/forceful types of power #It's still bizarre though-you'd think these would be some of the most famous & defining aspects of Elizabeth's life. But apparently not #I guess she only matters when it comes to marrying Edward and Promoting Her Family and scheming against Richard #There is very lacking interest in her beyond those things even in her traditionally negative depictions #And most of her “reassessments” tend to do diminish her so badly she's rendered utterly irrelevant and almost pathetic by the end of it #Even when some of these things *are* mentioned they're never truly emphasized as they should be.#See: her formal appointment in royal councils. It was highly unconventional + entirely unprecedented for queens in the 14th & 15th century #You'd think this would be incredibly important and highlighted when analyzing late medieval queenship in England but apparently not #Historians are more willing to straight-up INVENT positions & roles for so many other late medieval queens/king's mothers that didn't exist #(not getting into this right now it's too long...)#But somehow acknowledging and discussing Elizabeth's ACTUAL formally appointed role is too much for them I guess #She's either subsumed into the general vilification of her family (never mind that they were known as 'the queen's kin' to actual #contemporaries; they were defined by HER not the other way around) or she's rendered utterly insignificant by historians. Often both.#But at the end of the day her individual role and identity often overlooked or downplayed in both scenarios #and ofc I've said this before but - there has literally never been a proper reassessment of Elizabeth's role in 1483-85 TILL DATE #despite the fact that it's such a sensational and well-known time period in medieval England #This isn't even a Wars of the Roses thing. Both Margaret of Anjou and Margaret Beaufort have had multiple different reassessments #of their roles and positions during their respective crises/upheavals by now;#There is simply a distinct lack of interest in reassessing Elizabeth in a similar way and I think this needs to be acknowledged.#Speaking of which - there's also a persistent habit of analyzing her through the context of Margaret of Anjou or Elizabeth of York #(either as a parallel or a foil) rather than as a historical figure in HER OWN RIGHT #that's also too long to get into I just wanted to point it out because I hate it and I think it's utterly senseless #I've so much to say about how all of this affects her portrayal in historical fiction as well but that's going into a whole other tangent #anyway- I am forever judging historical/fictional books that center around or heavily involve Elizabeth which do not highlight these things #ofc there are other things but these in particular *really* frustrate me #just felt like ranting a bit in the tags because these are all things that I want to individually discuss someday with proper posts...

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book-lover85 · 22 days

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Stay at home dad and artist on commission Keefe

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #keefe sencen #sokeefe #he watches him and sophie's 5 year old little boy and 11 year old girl (she's currently applying for Foxfire) while sophie works #he does his own art pieces along with commissions at home #and the little boy can teleport so he's constantly dropping in on sophie and fitz at their job #(it's related to them being cognates or something idk)#and keefe has a panic attack because he looked away for one second to add a detail to his sketch and now his kid's gone #their kid drops into sophie's arms (or right outside the door of the building she works at)#and sophie gives him an eye roll and a disappointed look for freaking his father out and interrupting her #(he has absolutely appeared when she was in a super important meeting)#this is all based on the assumption that elves don't have some kind of basic schooling before foxfire or other schools like it #when he appears back at their residence (their leapmaster floor has an open roof for teleportation)#keefe is standing there frantically ready to catch him #and their girl (im shit with names) is standing there giving him a look like “I thought you weren't scared of anything”#and he's just caught the kid and is trying to rock him to sleep cause teleporting is tiring for a 5 year old #but he humors her while walking down the hall to his bedroom #“who said i wasn't?” “i do” “why?”#“nobody who actually beat an ogre would be scared of their child teleporting away”#“you'd be surprised”#(she doesn't beleive he actually fought dimitar and thinks it's an elaborate inside joke between sophie him and queen ro)#so they keep going back and forth with him being vague about the details because while he did beat dimitar #he is absolutely exaggerating all the details #“keefe you can't tell our kids you punched dimitar and he immediately surrendered” “please” “no”#and then they get to his room on the second floor and he shushes her so he can place the sleeping boy in his bed #i have so many thoughts about future sokeefe actually

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rynnthefangirl · 5 months

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I love how Fire and Blood shows time and time again how Targaryen women are passed over, usurped, abused, killed, raped, and slandered, all building to Daenerys, a Targaryen woman who rises to great power while seeking justice and salvation for all those crushed beneath the oppressive systems of her world... just to be usurped and killed so that we can place a man on the throne again.

#to be clear this is not a pro Targaryen restoration post #While I love Dany there have always been great Targs (*cough* Aegon V) and that did not make the dynasty not awful #because nobody should have that level of power even if you are the perfect King/Queen the next ruler could be a psycho #but to have all that backstory for Dany's family where some of the most horrific victims of the Targs are their own damn women #only to FINALLY get a Targ woman on the throne in her own right #just to make her the Mad Queen and have to be put down like a fucking dog so that the more emotionally tempered men can rule #is certainly.... a choice #team black #targaryen women #game of thrones #anti got season 8 #fire and blood #daenerys targaryen #rhaena the black bride #rhaenyra targaryen #rhaenys the queen who never was #daena the defiant #saera targaryen #honestly I could tag almost every Targ woman they are all so tragic and fucked over by shitty men

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sukibenders · 1 month

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"Penelope has insecurities!" As an excuse for her harming others because of those said insecurities falls very flat when it puts the character's, who live during a time of few options especially if you were a women, at risk. And even with her insecurities, her lashing out and hurting people should be held in the same regard as how some view Cressida, who didn't get the luxury of a view into her home life until s3, unlike Penelope, and while it still has people calling out this behavior, although rightfully so, it often still includes denying that Penelope needs to take accountability as well.

#some on twitter said how in fandom yt characters will get a pass for hurting other characters just bc of their insecurities #which is very true when you look at how some to this day still talk about marina with a lot of misogynoir rhetoric just to defend pen #like how can you say “support morally grey or complex female characters” but then shit on marina left & right while erasing/woobifying pen'#own complexities? it doesn't make sense #i would find pen much more enjoyable if her complexities were acknowledged and the harm she did was called out & corrected #but i can't even enjoy spaces like that without some of her fans jumping into the frey and painting it as a crime against them #if you reflect that heavily on a character that's fine but don't get mad when other people don't see it the same way as you #especially poc who have to see pen not only call a kate (and simon) “beast” or constantly make petty brutal remarks about queen charlotte #for no reason as well as use abliest remarks to refer to the king george who suffers a debilitating mental illness #there was no reason for her to do all of that besides being deeply insecure that it makes her harm others who don't even know her #calling that out isn't a bad thing 😭#and yeah while i like/enjoy cressida i can call her out for her behavior toward pen & others even tho i understand it #i could even do the same for pen but see my prior points #the “let female characters be complex” crowd are (not always but sometimes) the first to remove these complexities and it's frustrating!#anti penelope featherington #bridgerton #pen stans don't interact bc this clearly says anti #made this post after people on twitter got on my nerves & created sob stories that ain't never happened just to make whitewash pen

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erenfox · 4 months

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you know what breaks my heart the most?

seeing sylvie hate in the sylvie/sylki tag

or if not hate, just straight up passive-aggressiveness and praises abt l0kius

in the, lemme remind you, sylvie/sylki tag

#:'(#my baby #she doesnt deserve this #sylki might be the only thing she has been genuinely happy abt #and now yall stupid antis want to hate on her in her own tag #like yk there exists anti sylki and anti sylvie tags right?#sylvie #pro sylvie #sylvie laufeydottir #SHE IS A FUCKING QUEEN.#YOU HEAR ME???#A.#KWEEN.#pro sylki #sylki

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falllpoutboy · 2 years

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Gwendoline Christie and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau filming Game of Thrones Season Eight

#gotedit #gwendoline christie #nikolaj coster waldau #gotcastedit #jaime x brienne #braime #my edits #gwendolaj #baby's second gif set :)#queen of the blurry gifsets yeah yeah im gonna fix that #but if i said they were having their own private party when the cameras weren't rolling i'd be the bad guy right? 🙄#@ new gwendoline fans: this is her work husband fyi #g/n

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thepromisedbride · 5 months

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i don’t talk about bridgerton on here but just to clarify. i will not be having ANY eloise hate on this account. i will bite.

#eloise bridgerton they could never make me hate you!!#addressing the normal talking points one by one to get them sorted:#- no i don’t care that eloise called pen some names after the discovery. she was devastated and furious.#she can apologise in the future but in the moment of course she said it #- yes pen did write about eloise as a way to save her but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t possibly ruined eloise’s life #- similarly: eloise isn’t (just) angry that she was written about. daphne also went through whistledown and it very much terrified her #so have many other women including marina #- eloise is betrayed because she told pen everything and is realising pen told her nothing #(and she’s probably thinking about any secrets she might have said to her best friend that could now be used against the ton and her family)#- as claudio said: being regency gossip girl isnt a moral girlboss thing its deeply harmful tbh #- pen did have reasons to become whistledown! that doesn’t mean that she’s innocent or right!#- eloise isnt now friends with cressida to spite pen lmao she’s alone and scared and cressida was the last person who offered her friendship #she has no idea how to manage society by herself #(and she needs someone to improve the reputation of her and her family)#- im also convinced she has other ulterior motives for befriending cressida. like she’s keeping an eye on her or smth #- eloise didn’t just ignore anything pen said and that’s why she only just figured it out. pen deliberately didn’t speak like lw to hide it #the moment she did eloise was like huh that’s weird she doesn’t normally talk like that. and THATS when she figured it out #- eloise just found out her best friend has betrayed her and been hiding this massive secret #but she hasn’t told anyone. not even her own family. im not hearing out any accusations of HER of being disloyal #- also pen clearly wasn’t that upset at writing about eloise bc the moment eloise and colin upset her she went straight back to it lmao #side note but no i don’t think the queen is going to name her the ‘emerald’ or anything because she’s suddenly in the spotlight #eloise is tbh the only debutante she actually consistently recognised (for good or bad)#a new dress is not going to be interesting for charlotte to change her whole tradition #tl;dr i love eloise and i will die on this hill #eloise bridgerton #bridgerton

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moe-broey · 6 months

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Alfonse King of Minding His Own Business. Kiran Monarch of I WANNA BE A FURRY I WANNA BE A FURRY I WANNA BE A FURRY SOOOOOOOOOO FUCKING BAAAAAADDDDDD

Kiran drop your fursona NOW‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

#fire emblem #feh #sorry i had to make my own post. because these are the most important things to me actually.#ofc sharena i love you sharena queen of winning the hearts of women everywhere.#but like. the way alfonse when presented with a cute or hot girl is just. ignoring that shit. staying out of it.#he's got other shit going on (demisexuality and homoerotic deeply devoted bestfriendships)#ALSO. I WANT A TAIL. OR A BEASTIE SYMBIOTE. PEAK STIM TBH #ALSO ALSO. THE FACT. THAT KIRAN IS CANONICALLY VERY TOUCHY LMFAOOO THAT'S SO FUNNY #like i talk about it w sharena all the time but kiran is also Right There. and they are just LIKE THAT #which is the funniest thing in the world that's like one of their defining characteristics.#if you touch my summoner oc unprompted its going to fucking bite you.#or silther away and hide. goodbye forwver blowing you up w my mind.#SOME charas. have ask to touch rights but overall moe is just a cat. actually.#fe alfonse #sharena #fe kiran #ratatoskr #SHE'S SOOOOOO CUTE IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE HER #fe ash #gullveig #BOTH BELOVED #day in the life #official

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wonder-worker · 3 months

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"Administratively, too, [...] queens were considered the legal lords of their landholdings. [...] Grants noted that the queen's officials had administrative autonomy without being subject to the king or anyone else, and evidence of the same assumption can be gleaned from court rolls that were recorded with headings indicating the lord of the manor whose court proceedings were being enrolled. As an example, some court rolls for the manor of Haveringatte-Bower specified that it was the court of [Margaret of Anjou] that was in session, while later rolls recorded Elizabeth Woodville as the lord of the manor court."

-Michele Seah, 'My Lady Queen, the Lord of the Manor': The Economic Roles of Late Medieval Queens", Parergon, Volume 37, Number 2, 2020.

#queenship tag #margaret of anjou #elizabeth woodville #I really appreciated how Seah acknowledged the uneven surviving evidence for her subjects and how that affects her analysis.#It was very brief but it was more than what most historians do so it was very refreshing :)#my post #english history #this is for @ anon who asked if its true that Margaret mostly hosted her own courts while EW mostly stayed with her husband #I'm not sure which (if any) historian has said something like this* but I highly doubt it's true !#We don't really have solid itineraries in place for either queen to make any kind of firm conclusions of the sort #(ie: about their residences or anything else) though I'm sure it would have varied depending on the situation #But either way it's explicitly clear that both Margaret and Elizabeth held their own courts in their own lands on multiple occasions #And we also have evidence of both of them residing with their husbands in regular circumstances #*tbh this is too long to get into right now but this assumption does fit into the few 'revisionist' interpretations of both Margaret and EW #(which imo is just as degrading as her traditional interpretation for the latter) so I wouldn't be surprised if some #historians may have framed their situations in such a way and relied entirely on their own assumptions to do so #Either way as far as I know there is no evidence of any such contrast existing - at least not on a consistent basis.#and the evidence we do have contradicts the assumption #Hope this helps! I figured a proper excerpt from this article would clarify the point better than any direct answer from me <3 #also in case anyone was wondering I *think* the title ('My Lady Queen the Lord of the Manor') was referring to administrative accounts #of EW based on what Seah wrote here - though ofc I'm not sure #queue

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giantchasm · 10 months

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"It turns out that sometimes the future actually belongs to someone else."

Happy Taransusie Tuesday, everyone! Here's...

Content that only ostensibly focuses on Taransusie and is more than anything character analysis of a third party?

How romantic! 🎉🥳

Okay, but no, seriously. Joshing aside, the other day I posted a meme about Sectonia and how she might feel about the idea of Taranza eventually moving on from her. And it was funny. We all laughed. But things can't always be goof-goof "If everyone started saying 'she sent her for you' I would start haunting literally everyone here because no I didn't." I'm a serious guy. I like exploring concepts that make me go "OUCHIE!" and so let's look at that sort of idea through a more somber lens for a moment.

...How would Sectonia feel if Taranza eventually moved on?

Now, I don't know if she's out there... somewhere in Hades or haunting his ass, but either way I think about her a lot. How she might feel in death, especially if she was returned to her right mind.

I think... Sectonia would have a lot of complicated feelings. Like, before we even get to the relationship nonsense. Let's toss all that aside for a second. I think Sectonia would be simultaneously be crushed by the state she left Taranza in and still... upset to eventually see him heal from it. She'd be glad, of course, to watch the scars she left on him fade, but all the same... seeing him make new friends— leave her behind...

That would have to hurt a little bit, wouldn't it? After all, it's not like she'd be afforded the same opportunity. She died young. Via circumstances that were hardly her fault. Of course she'd be a little bit jealous. Of course she'd be a little bit depressed. Maybe even a little bit angry. And she'd feel bad about it, but she would.

So when you factor in the idea of Taranza entering another relationship... oh my gosh, those complex feelings would only intensify. Taranza deserves to be happy. Taranza deserves to move on. She would know that rationally, but at the same time, the heart isn't always rational.

I do think ultimately she'd support him. In whatever he chose to do. Even if it hurt her a little. The least she can do is give him her blessing after everything that happened.

But that's something that applies to just about any Taranza ship. Let's talk about Susie for a moment.

I... think Susie and Sectonia are people who have some similar issues. At least in my interpretations, they're both people who have warped and maimed themselves in an endless search of perfection hoping it will grant them acceptance from others. But this hasn't granted them peace of mind, and in fact all it's done is pull them further from 'themselves.'

I don't know. I just think they'd have a lot to talk about, even in contexts that don't flagrantly disregard the Bechdel test like this one. They're both girlies who would, like, really vibe to both "Oh No!" by Marina and the Diamonds and "Body" by Mother Mother if that's a sentence that makes even a lick of sense. Their mental illnesses aren't the same, but they're like cousins. Their mental illnesses went to school together.

I think this sort of... self-recognition through the other would both make things easier and harder on Sectonia. Because on one hand, I think it would further be a reminder of all the things she'll never have no matter how badly she wants them, but I also think it would help her... have more empathy for this person she's initially inclined to see as her enemy, and maybe even help her eventually want good things for her.

It's kind of a complex scenario. More serpentine than I could possibly portray in a single comic or Tumblr post. Eventually, I'd like to write a fic from a deceased Sectonia's perspective exploring these sorts of ideas. But for now, I'll leave you with one last preposterous observation:

Perhaps this, too, is yuri. 🤖🐝

#its the age old debacle! when does wanting to be another girl wrap around to wanting to kiss her?#kirby #taransusie #taranza #susie kirby #sectonia #queen sectonia #susie haltmann #susanna patrya haltmann #kirby of the stars #hoshi no kirby #hoshi no kaabii #i think all people who ship taranza with someone other than sectonia (me included) should be forced to like #write a 2000 word essay on how she still plays into his story and would affect his ability to have relationships #and is a fascinating character in her own right who adds a more interesting angle to literally any dynamic if she's like.#explored instead of carelessly brushed aside so whoever you ship with taranza more can 'fix' him #if you devote tons of time and thought to taranza and none to her outside of occasionally like .#treating her as his one dimensional abuser/fridged woman to eventually move on from #then i'm going to hit you with a giant flyswatter #several times #but enough of me complaining #a few details in this comic are specific references to my kirbyverse/fics i've written so i'll explain those here #panel with susie & implied body horror is because in my interp she mechanized herself in a desperate attempt to stay by her fathers side #then as for those last few panels with the scarf #and taranza not wearing HIS scarf #that's actually a reference to a fic i wrote about taransusie getting together and uhhhhh How Complicated that would be #i won't explain it all i'll post it eventually but what you need to know is when Taranza decides to enter a relationship #he leaves the matching scarf he had with sectonia at the base of the dreamstalk because he feels like he no longer deserves it #but mysteriously it ends up back on his bedside table smelling of cyclamen and zinnias the next day #wow. i wonder how that happened! definitely not a sign from someone saying 'hey. it's okay. i don't hate you.' nooooooo

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rainsofcamelot · 7 months

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queen guinevere and vanessa redgrave....... the women that you are

#thought this was a good day to post this #guinevere is such a compelling character that's been reduced to two extreme sides of an spectrum a lot of times #she's either a femme fatale or an ingenue #or simply a love interest #and all of that is SAD and BORING #she was not only a wife. she was a queen #i particularly love how this movie portrays her. yes. she makes a bad decision and does things that may not be right.#yet she is not cruel or a bad person because of it. she's flawed.#nor she is a saint- one damned or too innocent to know better that's kept by the narrative as only that. she's flawed.#she's also a tragic hero. she's not limited by black or white. she has all these beautiful and violent colors!!!#she has the power to both ruin and save herself #and i love that. she can be really interesting when writers care about her as her own character and not only as a wife or a lover.#camelot #camelot movie #camelot (1967)#camelot 1967 #arthuriana #arthurian legend #queen guinevere #guinevere #vanessa redgrave #my edit #arthuriana edits

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rosanna-writer · 6 months

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I totally forgot that my favorite part of writing Rhys POV is him calling Feyre "Queen of Night" every two seconds in his internal monologue

#I'm back on my we said hello Rhys POV bullshit #Feyre's just casually minding her own business in the townhouse #and his thoughts are all QUEEN OF NIGHT IN HER RIGHTFUL PLACE #feysand

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