#Word II

[juhnkit]

Motivational Music in the Morning ... #The2LiveCrew, #WordII ... from #MoveSomething [Official Audio Track] (1987) #MMitM1

[franzkafkagf]

the funeral (a grotesque display of two queens’ grief, forced on them against their will) being interjected by images of aegon beating blood into a bloody ruin says something about how women’s grief is exploited and paraded around as a virtue while male grief is only allowed to exist in conjunction with violence.

female sorrow is expected to be public, dignified, and even noble, it serves as a symbol of quiet strength and resilience. otto uses it as a tool to gain sympathy for their cause. notice how he forced alicent and helaena into it, while he allowed aegon not to participate. wouldn‘t the king being at the funeral send a powerful message? yes, it would. but otto looks at aegon with contempt, the other councilmen and alicent do not know what to do with his tears. the realm cannot be allowed to see the king grieve. not like this.

male grief is denied its own space and validity unless it manifests in aggressive or destructive acts. aegon realizes this to some degree too— he lashes out publicly by killing the rat catchers. he shows his grief by being violent, by spilling blood.

the toxicity of it all is very effectively shown at the end when aegon is crying by himself. did he retreat there to be alone and finally let it all out? his mother is either letting him have that moment alone or she’s deeply uncomfortable with it and chooses to leave. no matter what motivated alicent in acting the way she did— the moment still reveals how male vulnerability is something people fear. it shows that even the most human expressions of pain are not acceptable for some.

[clarissasbakery]

i got some handsome ladies here 🌮🎤

[janearts]

Roisia in her original Divinity: Original Sin build was a witch and witchcraft spells are a combination of D&D's Necromancy + Enchantment schools. I replicated that in-game and had a think about the… complications that might arise when Astarion realises that this unassuming woman has also been a bit of a deft hand at persuading, deceiving, and manipulating her targets too.

[ivynightshade]

fatima aamer bilal, excerpt from moony moonless sky’s ‘i mother it, the absence of her ii. i was hard to bear from the very start.’

[text id: my sadness is a fire that i built to keep my hands warm on lonely nights. // art by sivan roshianu // i keep my misery bared between my teeth. i refuse to let her leave. / i am nothing without this obsession of mine.]

[dryya-doesnt]

“It’s like there’s a joy in you I never saw before…”

Waxwitch nation we are so back…they’re living in my head rent free 🙏🙏🙏

More soon after I finish the current batch of dunmesh x hades arts

[starri-cosmikat]

"oh i hope there aren't any polygonal representations of half of a whole number up to any mischievous deeds!" the scandalous semicircle:

[greenlillies]

The Greens | House of the Dragon 1.08 ‘Lord of the Tides’

[trek-tracks]

yes and also yes

[whipedcream]

repost from my twt

[nights-at-crystarium]

✧✦✧ "Fragments" - episode 48 ✧✦✧

First he offers sandwiches, now free therapy! This's a great deal, Vivi, take it, TAKE IT.

New reader? episode list on tumblr | webtoon Read 4 more episodes: patreon | kofi

[franzkafkagf]

and i believe that, yeah, dad, no one is perfect. but i believe that you were pushing your luck.

the front bottoms, father / house of the dragon s02e02

[spineless-lobster]

No because literally I NEED ares’ portrait to be covered in blood PLEASEEEE COVER HIM IN BLOOD SUPERGAINT GAMES I AM BEGGING PLEASE DRENCH HIM I PROMISE I CAN BE TRUSTED WITH SEEING THAT AND I’LL BE SUPER NORMAL ABOUT IT 🙏

[emmaxrosa]

aegon & alicent; do you love me?

house of the dragon — ryan condal & george r.r. martin / least favourite only child — leanna firestone

[diiebu]

[mournfulroses]

Margaret Atwood, from True Stories: Poems; "Sunset II," originally published in 1981