#He is so special to me

[toaster-fire-art]

Hi! I got supper busy! and by busy I mean injured.

I'm fine but hey happy trans visiblity day!

totally unrelated but I have just been laying around distracting myself so now I have decided to once again draw a cast line up. All the martial gods for now, since I got to tweaking up the QYZ and YY one I'd already done and redoing my awfully huge poster thing I started like 4 years ago now. Doing it this way is more fulfilling to me, maybe one day I'll return to it but not now.

[strawlessandbraless]

Dean’s oral fixation my beloved 👄

[humbugify]

father mulcahy who jokes that he’s forgotten his given name because no one ever calls him it. father mulcahy who doesn’t think he’s ever saved anyone’s life. father mulcahy who still has faith despite everything he’s seen. father mulcahy who goes home disabled and doesn’t tell anyone. father mulcahy who has anger issues and used to teach boxing. father mulcahy who feels best when he’s useful

[z0mbiew00d]

Life series text post memes but this time it’s BigB edition

[braxiatel]

still just really obsessed with Grian trying to teach Jellie the ravager (who I have decided is also Jellie the shapeshifting otherworldly being cat) better manners. World’s sluttiest absent father leaves own son unattended in cave/virtual reality cube/shopping district for months, is parenting his boyfriend’s shapeshifting cat instead

[franzkafkagf]

I was reading through parts of Fire & Blood again when I stumbled upon this very interesting paragraph at the end of the dance, on the page Aegon's death is talked of:

I don't know how I hadn't realized this, but Aegon asked to be taken to the sept at the end of his life! Something that seemed to be out of character for this occasion, as hinted at in the text. This was so interesting to me— why did he decide to go there? Did he truly seek repentance as Septon Eustace suggests? He could have, but that's too easy of an answer.

I couldn't help but draw parallels between this and s1 e09 of the show. Specifically, I thought of the scene in the sept where they find him, hidden away under the very altar his mother used to pray at so often.

Of course, he didn't go there by his own will— Mysaria's henchmen were the ones to hide him there. But this is a work of fiction we are talking about, of course his presence in the sept still carries narrative weight. He immediately asks to be brought to his mother, did he feel close to her under those candles? Was he thinking of her? How often did she drag him to that very same altar as a child? How often has he knelt there, silently watching his mother pray?

There is also a very intriguing deleted scene from the episode (thank you @darksvster for providing the transcripts); Cole tells Alicent where they found Aegon, she is surprised— he had always hated going to the sept.

And then he admits it. He was afraid. This is Aegon at his most vulnerable and honest— explaining his presence in the sept simply by saying he was afraid. Does he see the sept as a place of comfort, as his mother does? Did he try to feel close to her, or to something else?

This is what it is about at the end of his life, it's not about seeking forgiveness for his sins— no, it's about comfort for him. Other passages on the page illustrate this very well.

"A cold wind was blowing [...] the king closed the curtains against the chill." I see this as yet another demonstration of Aegon seeking immediate physical comfort. He didn't get much comfort as a child— or as an adult, really. The Red Keep was a cold and hard place, not really made to nurture anybody. He makes do with what he has.

The flagon of Arbor Red in his litter, Aegon's favorite wine, underscores his need for familiar comforts even more. Wine acts as a symbol of his indulgences, indulgences that have followed him his entire life. A comfort he could never let go of— relying on the escape it provided, relying on it when he was happy, or sad, or angry.

However, this comfort would also be his ultimate undoing. It's kind of poetic, really. He survived dragonfire, he survived the dance, he survived his dragon and his sons. He didn't survive his wine.

Aegon's final moments were apparently spent in a relative tranquility, (as much tranquility you can have in his state, I suppose) closed off from the world in his litter, with his favorite wine by his side. Arbor Red, the same color as the blood on his lips.

[jakejeffreyperalta]

cannot stress this enough but sokka is literally how u are supposed to handle a comic relief character like he's funny but he's also smart, he's a leader, he's charming and strategic and is respected by everyone. he's allowed to be vulnerable and emotional but that doesn't stop him from being brave and courageous, that doesn't make him any less of a fighter. he's allowed to be himself and flaunt ALL of his qualities. he's allowed to have flaws, but he's allowed to grow and learn to be a better person.

[cnth-rb]

[Esp]

ES SU CUMPLEAÑOS

[Eng]

IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY

[smoke-signs]

swiss chese

[elizaisdunn]

goodtimeswithscar man-bun appreciation post

[ziggydabiggy]

hnnnngh. my silly guy

[kaytub]

Order

[daddy-long-legssss]

[crooner-deans-walkman]

evan 'yea so what i was on a date with a dude, im an ally' buckley

[justablah56]

OH before I start drawing s3 characters , I bestow upon you all a post s2 norm in old fashioned menswear as he canonically should be wearing <3

[gromlyn]

My progen, Thorn <3