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[catofoldstones]

The Ashford Theory and my patience running thin

Welcome, welcome my guys, gals and non-binary pals, to another scream into the void that the Ashford theory is, in fact, very jonsa

On to the arguments!

1. The suitor has to have the correct last name, not family, look at Joffrey Baratheon, you stupid jonsa

Hypothesis - the suitor has to have the corresponding name, not family, and because Jon is a Snow he’s out of the running. The other prong is fAegon who is actually a Blackfyre and not Targeryen, who can also be the suitor.

Thesis - Joffrey is the only other suitor to have a different name. Joffrey and Jon have also been set up as foils from the start of AGOT. Joffrey is a bastard masquerading as the rightful king and Jon is the rightful king (thrice crowned) masquerading as a bastard. It makes sense that they are the only two suitors to have the wrong name as this establishes them as inverses in another way. The last suitor being the foil of the horrible first suitor thereby showing character growth, and plot progression and resolution? Count me in.

As for Young Griff being a Blackfyre, here’s a meta or two, maybe even an argument, for him being the real Aegon VI Targaryen but take my personal fav evidences of Tyrion figuring out that Young Griff is Aegon VI Targaryen and then, Varys literally telling a dying Kevan Lannister about the true Targaryen prince and why would you lie to a dying man? How does that serve your purpose?

This is literally grrm telling us who Young Griff actually is, though this does not count him I out of the contenders, it reduces the weight of him being the fifth suitor, due to story arcs and well, his doomed fate.

Conclusion - While Aegon VI is a strong contender, there is much, much more literary weight and nuance with Jon being the Targaryen suitor.

2. Lady Ashford was not crowned the Queen of Love and Beauty by any champion!!! Take that jonsas

Hypothesis - tQoLaB is a title analogous to a betrothal/love interest

Thesis - there have been no allusions to the title of tQoLaB while trying to foreshadow a relationship, except for a really, really bad one (r + l) that plunged the whole realm into a civil war and we should not take that as a good sign

Conclusion - we’re grasping at straws here besties

3. Dunk disrupted the Ashford Tourney, therefore Sxndxr will disrupt Sansa’s prospects and other things

Hypothesis - Dunk & Sxndxr are are analogous and since there was no conclusion to the Tourney we can safely assume that it’s sxnsxn foreshadowing

Thesis - Brienne is the Dunk asoiaf corollary, not Sxndxr. Brienne is theorized to be Dunk’s descendant. She even has her shield painted like Dunk’s, apart from their striking character parallels and being a true foil to all the other knights in the story. Mr. Gravedigger is just tall :/

“Your door reminded me of an old shield I once saw in my father’s armory.”

Brienne II, AFFC

Brienne has Dunk’s shield in her family home possibly because she’s a descendant of Dunk but then goes ahead and gets her shield painted exactly like this one

“[The painted shield] was more a picture than a proper coat of arms, and the sight of it took her back through the long years, to the cool dark of her father’s armory. She remembered how she’d run her fingertips across the cracked and fading paint, over the green leaves of the tree, and along the path of the falling star.”

Brienne II, AFFC

Secondly, just because the tourney did not have a (satisfactory) conclusion does not mean that the tourney did not exist to serve a purpose. I doubt grrm would likely give out his whole story as early as 1998.

Conclusion - BRIENSA 4eva!!!!!

4. Valarr Targaryen died of a sickness and Aegon VI is doomed to die and is connected to a sickness, are you looking at the nerves popping out of my thick, brainy skull

Thesis - the fifth suitor is 100% Aegon and there’s no one else

Hypothesis - there is a Targaryen.. currently dead.. in the books… (thnk u @istumpysk for ur galaxy brain). The plague in the story serves to connects Aegon more to Dany than to a northern girl he doesn’t know about and might not like since she’s a Stark and his mother is Elia Martell.

Conclusion - jonsa

5. This is all a coincidence & u jonsas are reaching as always

Hypothesis - though george is known to tie every deep end, every crack theory, even farfetched ones that the readers have not caught, this one thing completely skipped his notice because exceptions are always there

Thesis - yes, because this is acotar & not asoiaf and he’s not grrm, i am

Conclusion - JONSAAAAAAAAAAAA

[burrowingdweller]

Me, at presumably dead fandom, seeing feedback on my posts:

[yuanwang]

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[hehosts-moved]

it's that time where i ask you all to make official verses in my canon

[savesavva]

I love your art style

It scratches a certain itch in my brain

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[weenierufu]

You art is so good, I’m going to eat it

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[samsurfgreenbass]

Whenever I feel myself going towards Jake lane, @dannythedog always comes through to post Sam content and pulls me right back in

[mysticmoon-s]

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[princemonday]

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thanks for this! <3

[tanith-rhea]

HI HELLO just wanted to say i loved the newest chapter of only pretending ❤️ i am a sucker for the fake relationship trope and i think your take on it is really great!!! anygay this update was a bright spot in my morning thanks for Blessing us with it on this fine day!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH :3 I'm so happy you enjoyed it, I was a bit nervous with all the fussing and changing I did 👀

[ronanception]

Hi! Hope you're doing well! Just wanted to let you know how much I'm loving your fic "That Girl is Like an Architect, And I am Just the New Invention". The comphet and internalized homophobia is hitting hard and personal, and I think you've managed to write Nancy's journey so far in a heartbreaking and very relatable way. Thank you for writing and sharing this with the world, can't wait to see what's next. <33 (Didn't comment on ao3 'cause I don't have an account, sorry lol)

[sixohsixoheightfourtwo]

Then Guadagnino brought them Challengers, due for worldwide release in April. Reznor said, “He started us down a path, saying, ‘What if it was very loud techno music through the whole film?’” (This is exactly what it turned out to be.) “I wish I had his notes,” Ross said of Guadagnino. “His notes were so fucking funny on what each piece was meant to do.” “Oh, yeah,” Reznor said. “‘Unending homoerotic desire.’ It was all a variation on those three words.”

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have a plan to soundtrack everything, GQ, april 2024

[llithiumstars]

22 and 25 for the fanfic asks :>

22. Do you know how your fic will end before you start writing?

Big sometimes. I had a rough idea for London Eye when I started, but it's been hugely developed since then. The ending hasn't changed a huge amount, at least. One shots I usually have a very solid idea for.

25. Have you ever upset yourself with your own writing?

Does planning count? I dread getting to one point of UtLE bc I will be bawling. Noting down parts of it so far have already got me sniffley.

[auspex]

Green + Ruby!!!

(Green for the vampire and mage brainrot, ruby cus yeah 💜 Don't worry, we're only touching grass so we can then re-experience the high of vampire and mage brainrot at its earliest onset again.)

Also, navy??? 👀

Green - wanna go touch grass with me?

Ruby - you are such a gem, you deserve so much better <3

me n my mutuals playing w grass in a circle before going nuts about WoD Again <3 Beautiful

Navy - i have a feeling you hate jeans.

Noooo not anymore though i had a hatred for them in early middle school!

[drabsyo]

me? shipping another rare pair wlw in a fandom i'm 16 yrs late to? just another tuesday