ever protected by the frankincense fumes of her faith, alicent favors jasmine scented bath oil. from the lush gardens of the reach, floral is home — where she takes refuge. jasmine is less offensive and quieter then other florals, and she wears it like a sigil.
consequently, all of her children grown into the same scent pallet.
aegon doesn’t really care. the servants can put whatever oil into his bath that they chose, and he will not protest. jasmine just hasn’t left the warm water since he was a child, bathed in his mothers safety. it mixes with the syrupy sweet smell of grapes and spice, mulled wine, that drips from his tongue when he opens his mouth.
helaena likes the smell of jasmine, it makes her think of her mother — and when her mother was happy. it compliments the earthy scent that sticks to her skin from hours spent in the gardens looking for creatures in the dirt. petrichor and rosemary follow suit, dancing through the smooth strands of her silver hair.
of alicent’s children, aemond is the most fond of the floral scent. jasmine oil flows heartily into the water of his methodical bath. it gives him an obsessively clean scent, mixed with the heavy lye soap he scrubs his skin near raw with.
rhaenyra never favored overly ‘feminine’ scents. if she smelled like dragon and smoke, she was keen to lean into fragrances that covered that. cetalox and amber bear enough ambiguity to cover what she does. the frankincense smoke that sticks in her hair on the worst days revelas more than it covers — a yearning for something lost.
ever his mothers son, jacaerys follows in her amber scented footsteps. warm and heady, sweet spice and patchouli mark his presence. they blend well with the smokey scent he can’t quite scrub from his skin — too much time on dragon back. hair is cherished on dragonstone, and the lavender oil that soaks his curls every fortnight softens the intoxicating fragrance of his being.
cregan is ever bound to the north, the smell of pine trapped in his hair, and under his skin. warm and grounding, cedar wood and vetiver make his embrace even safer, crowing his thick furs with the smell of home.
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viserys — lily, nettle, lavender
otto — oolong, jasmine, mugwort
alicent — frankincense, jasmine, rose
aegon — jasmine, black currant, honey
helaena — jasmine, petrichor, rosemary
aemond — jasmine, lye, leather
gwayne — patchouli, bergamot, satinwood
criston — frankincense, jasmine, allspice
rhaenyra — cetalox, amber, frankincense
jacaerys — amber, patchouli, lavender
lucerys — bergamot, sandalwood, pear
daemon — leather, pepperwood, ambretone
baela — palo santo, pamplewood, amber
rhaena — pamplewood, honeysuckle, blood orange
rhaenys — lemon grass, vetiver, hazelnut
corlys — sandalwood, ammophila, beech
laenor — green patchouli, vanilla, nootka
laena — vanilla, pear, pamplewood
addam — manuka, sandalwood, elderberry
alyn — ammophilia, manuka, sandalwood
cregan — pine, cedar wood, vetiver
alys — elderberry, clay, sage
larys — oakmoss, anise, chamomile
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u know, the thing about it is... the stakes are so high with buddie. maybe they shouldn't be, like, yeah maybe there's a whole conversation to be had about, like, what's a "healthy" level of investment in a ship, the expectations that follow when the stakes of that investment change, etc. but regardless of all that, there's still so much personal investment at this point. i mean, these guys + their relationship mean sooooo much to so many people, for whatever reason. multiple reasons. and it's like.... idk. like i think that's why i get frustrated when people Deliberately misinterpret what's said in interviews. it's true that they wouldn't in a million years spoil buddie in the press - especially not now. but i don't think that means the next best course of action should be a) discarding everything said as being Not True or b) twisting what does exist to mean Buddie Things. like. that feels like a slippery slope. and this is NOT me yucking anyone's yum because mining interviews and shit for nuggets about [ship] is half the fun. but sometimes people start to believe their own press in a way that makes the finished product (the actual episode) disappointing. and then that disappointment turns to anger, which takes on a life of its own. rinse and repeat and all that.
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ngl, i think the most facinating part of Billford, not as a ship (because there’s a general understanding that it was really toxic and they were terrible for each other) (i get that that part of why it’s so fun to explore for so many- not the point), but just in general, is that Bill was ABSOLUTELY as obsessed with Ford as Ford was with Bill. it’s just… so interesting to recontextualize their dynamic as mutually destructive and obsessive instead of Bill just manipulating Ford. Like, yes there was definitely manipulation, but the dynamic jsut has so many more layers when the obsession is mutual.
They’re both egotistical and believe that they deserve more than what the world gave them, and they are terrible for each other and it’s kinda funny and all sorts of facinating to study
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Okay... I never called myself a Super Serious Batfamily fan. I read what I want and pick things I like from canon and fanon like strawberries. So maybe I just don't have enough information or dedication.
But.
I really, really don't understand why liking one character necessitates hating another? I'm primarily a Tim Drake stan, but Jason Todd is my babygirl too. Damian is a sweetheart and doesn't deserve a bunch of the crap the Tim Drake fandom gives him. Dick isn't perfect either. Tim has made many mistakes. Steph has. Bruce has. Almost everyone has (I feel like Cass and Alfred might be exempt but I don't know lol) and I really hate that there's this attitude of "Batfam member vs Batfam member".
Like, welcome to having siblings. My brother could absolutely say the meanest thing he's ever said to me, and I'll give him crap but I'll sit next to him at dinner.
I don't know, and I know there are such things as AUs where a sibling is more intense than other universes, and vice versa, and I fully utilize my ability to move on from a fic if I don't like it, but I just hate the character bashing that seems to take some parts of the fandom by storm.
It makes me sad, ok? 😭😂
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