#You're killing me Dani. Absolutely killing me

[feilien]

@draconisa said: “[ FEVER ]: having noticed the sender beginning to spike a fever, receiver presses a cool cloth to their forehead to try and bring it down. 👀” {♚ x Meme I am too lazy to find right now || Accepting x}

 Matt wasn’t entirely sure when things had changed. The past couple of years had been spent mostly alone since arriving in NYC; partly because he was just too busy with studies to be out and about, and partly because his persisting paranoia made him hesitant to spend any extended periods of time outside of his apartment unless absolutely necessary.

 That paranoia, however, didn’t seem to extend to Daenerys and Rhaego, and he somehow found himself in their apartment more frequently as time passed. Today was no exception. After taking Bao for a walk, they’d gotten settled in Dany’s living room and had put on a movie Rhaego had probably seen about fifty times at this point, but still demanded they watched again anyway. Matt didn’t mind—his eyes had the habit of drifting over to Daenerys anyway.

 Which was how he picked up on her flushed cheeks, dewy-looking face, and consistent nodding off. After reaching out to feel her forehead, it became quite clear why: she was burning up. Still, she insisted she was fine and it took what felt like forever and every bit of persuasion Matt had to get her to agree to at least lay down on the couch. So stubborn.

 Once she was settled in and Rhaego preoccupied with both the movie and Bao, Matt got a couple of things together and sat back down on the couch with a cloth in his hand. Running his fingers through her hair to move it out of her face, he then dabbed the cloth gently along her forehead, before laying it across. “I have no plans for the rest of the night. I can watch Rhaego, so you can get some rest.” Reaching for the cup he’d set down on the table, he held it out for her to take, if she wanted to. “Here. Some Chinese herbal tea. No idea what’s in it, if I’m honest, but my mother used to give it to me whenever I was sick. Works wonders somehow. Probably has some Unicorn hair in it or something.”

[evilminji]

I just Literally Galaxy Brained :D???

Oh? My? God?

So here I am, on a Star Wars kick, when I Ponder my beloved Danny Phantom. As ya do! Who? I wonder? Could I mix into the star wars universe?

WHEN IT HITS ME.

You know who LOVES kids? Just... will Burn Down Planets for this kid they literally JUST met? Mandolorians. Know where you can find a SHIT ton of those, genetically? The GAR!

Those are CLONES, baby! WE got a Clone! She's feisty and adorable! Smol! Bites! Got them big ol tooka eyes and itty bitty hands! Likes to fly, explore, and fight! She's BASICALLY born for this!

Tell me they would collectively look at this tiny feral child, with her poofy lil hair and chubby cheeks, fangy lil grin and biting tendcy, and go "is BABY!" Come on, tell me. I'll call you a liar.

And you KNOW the Force and Ectoplasm are probably messy EXs. Dani could TOTALLY use they "why should you allow me in? .....because they're not the boss of you" argument to GREAT effect.

Here, Skywalker. Kenobi. Watch this mysterious child... foooooor.... uh, Reasons! Yes. I, the Force, definitely have valid reasons for doing this! I am NOT just being a petty bitch! #SoundsLegit

But? Gasp! The child is a Cadet?! A BABY Clone! Of WHO? A legendary warrior king, from what context they can gather. Made by his enemy. Sent to kill him. Forgiven then adopted. Ooooh, lots of life lessons there. Clone rights and forgiveness and such.

But more IMPORTANTLY, to the GAR?

BABY CLONE! Is BABY!!!

We are ALL Buir now! All of us. Biggest family in the galaxy. Dani is cool with it, congrats New Fenton's! On the Be-Fenton-ing! Tremble in FEAR, scrubs! It's OUR HOUSE NOW!! Mwahahahaha! *cackles from her perch on top of a table*

But... wait... what is that glowing stuff that you're getting low on?

Oh? This? New beloved Highly Unhinged Jedi Friends and Clone Dads? Oh it's just my LIFE SAVING MEDICINE that I NEED TO LIVE that I never told you about! :D

*horrified silence*

*PANIC*

It's okay. It's OKAY! Everybody STOP SCREAMING! W-well just reverse engineer... *machine makes the equivalent of a Dunno noise* FUCK! Okay! New plan! Dani, sweetie, lil warrior, what do you remember about your medicine? What does it DO, exactly?

Unstable clone.

Okay! Okay, that's a start! THEY are stable clones. Right? Right!

.........r-right? Are... are they SURE? Cause, I mean, it's ONE thing when it's just THEIR health on the line... but when it's their YOUNGLING? Their lil tooka Dani? Their ade? Are they SURE? How sure. Bet HER life on it sure?

....no. No they are not. They don't trust the long necks NEARLY that much. Time do do a DEEP deep scan. Best they can find. They got to make SURE. Boba might be the only STABLE clone... assuming the sleemo even told the truth about that.

And? They LEARN some stuff.

Like about the chip in their head's. Supposedly an "inhibitor chip". Sends Skywalker into a karking rage, cause that looks a whole lot like a slave chip to HIM. Dani says they can CHECK. Then doesn't wait for an answer as she sticks her HAND into someone's head to just... pluck it out. Hand it over to be sliced.

Dani, sweetie, c-can you do that for the rest of us? Sure!

But! The race is ON. To either figure out how to contact the original, stabilize Dani, or synthesize Ectoplasm in a universe that DOES NOT HAVE IT. All while unknowingly? Absolutely Fenton CURB STOMPING Ancient Sith Plans into oblivion.

As is the Fenton Way.

This IS The Way~☆

@hdgnj @babbling-babull @the-witchhunter @hypewinter @mutable-manifestation @legitimatesatanspawn @lolottes @spidori

[nameless-jamie]

You're an Absolute Idiot

A Jamie Tartt Short Story/Imagine

Masterlist

Pairing: Jamie Tartt x fem!personal assistant reader

A/N: It's a series now because I'm obsessed with this trope!

Nelson Road was unusually quiet for a Friday afternoon. It should’ve been Y/N’s first warning that something was about to go terribly, horribly wrong. As Jamie's PA (personal assistant) he keeps her on her toes.

The second warning came in the form of a muffled thud outside, followed by an unmistakable chorus of laughter and shouting.

She barely had time to push back from her desk before Dani Rojas came sprinting into the office, looking winded but wildly enthusiastic as always.

“Y/N help! Jamie is dead,” he announced. Then, after a beat: “Or, he might be dead. It is unclear!”

Y/N stared. “What?”

Dani beamed. “It was an amazing shot! A bicycle kick! But he did not land very gracefully. More like a—” He paused, thinking. “—like a beautiful, overconfident flamingo that suddenly forgot how to fly.”

“Oh, for fuck’s sake, Dani.”

She was already on her feet, heart lurching into her throat as she grabbed her phone and rushed past Dani toward the training pitch. He was hot on her heels with an ice pack. Running wasn't easy with a pencil skirt and high heels on her toes, but she managed. Fucking Tartt.

It wasn’t that Jamie Tartt was fragile. If anything, the man had the physical resilience of an action figure. But she was his personal assistant, which meant that whenever he did something ridiculous (which was often), she was the one responsible for dealing with the aftermath. The players always called her when he was in trouble, or tattle-tell on him to her. Like I'm his mother or something. Y/N thought. Georgie, Jamie's mum would be proud...

And, let’s be honest, Y/N cared. Too much. More than she should.

Which was why her stomach dropped at the sight of him lying motionless on the grass, a football rolling a few feet away.

A small crowd of players had gathered around, forming a loose circle. Some looked vaguely concerned, but most—especially Isaac—were struggling not to laugh. Sam had his hands on his hips, looking very guilty.

“What the hell happened?” Y/N demanded as she skidded to a stop. Looking at Sam specifically, because he was the reliable one, usually.

Sam cleared his throat. “He tried to do a bicycle kick. I may have… encouraged him.”

Isaac snorted. “Encouraged him? Man, you triple dog dared him to do it.”

Y/N shot them both an unimpressed glare before crouching beside Jamie, whose eyes were still squeezed shut.

“Oh my God,” she muttered, pushing a hand through her hair. “Jamie, if you’re dead, I’m gonna fucking kill you. Ted and Rebecca will kill me right after.”

There was a pause. Then, in a groggy voice, Jamie groaned, “M’not dead.”

Y/N let out a breath she didn’t realize she’d been holding.

“Alright, dumbass. Can you sit up?”

Jamie peeled one eye open, blinking up at her as if he was just now realizing she was there. His dazed expression softened into a lopsided grin.

“Y’worried about me, love?”

“Oh, fuckin' 'ell—” She exhaled sharply. “I'm constantly worried. You have the self-preservation instincts of a drunk toddler.”

Jamie smirked. “Didn’t know you cared so much.”

“I don’t,” she said automatically. “I just like my job. Can’t do it if you’re dead.”

Jamie groaned dramatically as he sat up, rubbing the back of his head. “Proper cold, that. Heartbreaking.”

Y/N ignored him, already reaching out to brush her fingers through his hair, checking for any swelling. The motion was automatic, but the second her fingers grazed his scalp, Jamie froze. He went uncharacteristically still.

“Dunno if you’ve noticed,” he murmured, voice suddenly quieter, “but y’strokin’ me hair.”

Y/N had, in fact, noticed. Unfortunately, stopping would mean acknowledging that she had been touching him entirely unnecessarily, which also meant she was far too comfortable with Jamie for someone who was definitely not in love with him.

So instead, she muttered, “Just checking for injuries.”

Her fingers lingered a second too long before she finally pulled away. Jamie watched her, gaze flickering to her mouth for just a split second before he smirked again.

“Y’real good at that, y’know, felt good,” he said.

“Yeah?” she deadpanned. “Maybe I’ll start charging extra.”

Jamie chuckled. “Nah, think I like it better when it’s free.”

Y/N groaned, dragging a hand down his face. "You’re an absolute idiot."

Jamie smirked. "But I’m your idiot."

Her lips twitched. Damn him. "Unfortunately."

"Oi, you love it."

She didn’t dignify that with a response—just grabbed the ice pack Dani had brought and adjusted it properly on Jamie's head.

"You’re cute when you’re worried about me, though," Jamie muttered, smirking as she fussed over him.

She shot him a glare, but the heat creeping up her neck betrayed her. "Shut up, Tartt."

His grin widened. "Nah, don’t think I will."

She rolled her eyes and shoved his shoulder lightly. “C’mon, idiot. Let’s get you checked out before Ted finds out I let you die on the pitch.”

Jamie took the hand she offered, his fingers curling around hers, warm and steady. He didn’t let go right away. They kept holding hands while walking of the pitch.

Jamie grinned down at her. “Admit it. You’d miss me if I died.”

Y/N scoffed, tugging him off the pitch completely. “I’d miss my paycheck, sure.”

Jamie clicked his tongue. “Lies.”

"He's okay" Dani Rojas screamed so everyone across the pitch could hear. The team cheered.

Y/N bit the inside of her cheek, looking away before he could see the way her face softened while looking at their intertwined hands.

He really was an idiot.

But, for better or worse, he was her idiot.

[saltywinteradult]

Why didn't Sansa fight during the Battle of Winterfell?

Sansa is indeed a lady, but so were Dany, Lady Mormont, and most of the women who fought-they had never picked up a sword, yet they fought for the North.

Dany wasn't just out there because she had a dragon, but she was out there supporting her people, her army, and Jon's army. She was keeping her promise to Jon to help the North.

Dany should have been on her dragon killing more wights, but dragons get tired too. Drogon needed to rest after battling Viserion and killing wights. She was on the ground trying.

What exactly do you expect Sansa to do, nonny?

Physical combat is not easy. Sansa has never even held a weapon, so how exactly do you think it would go if she tried to pick one up and fight? Realistically, it wouldn't accomplish anything except get her killed. And unlike Dany, she doesn't have a dragon to burn wights with, so what exactly should she have done?

Yes, Dany did pick up a weapon during the battle and somehow managed to use it without getting herself killed. Don't even try to convince me that that wasn't stupid as shit. Dany, like Sansa, has exactly zero experience or training in hand-to-hand combat. Realistically, she absolutely should not have been able to do that without getting herself killed. That was unrealistic and stupid and absolutely should not have been included, so don't even bother trying to tell me that that somehow makes Dany better than Sansa.

Furthermore, I can guarantee that if Sansa did somehow manage to fight physically, you would've been in my inbox complaining how unrealistic it is because you're gonna shit on Sansa no matter what. Jesus Christ, it's been years. How are you still not over your obsessive hatred for a fictional character?

[thelustybraavosimaid]

Bro you just killed my Kid Cudi listening sesh for this. How many times are we going to go over this with you people for fuck's sake

Rhaelya stans hate Sansa because...

Let me stop you right there. I am a Rhaelya, a Jonrya, and a Jon stan. I don't think about Sansa unless I'm forced to. My hyperfixation is on certain characters. Sansa isn't on my radar enough for me to hate her. Like Jon, I feel little else but indifference for her.

Sansa being a hostage makes Lyanna...look like she was a hostage...because there are parallels in both their situations.

But it's *not* a parallel, and here's exactly why.

Rhaegar is not like Joffrey.

Rhaegar actually died with Lyanna's name on his lips, as was confirmed in the official World of Ice and Fire App.

He was also described as a "love-struck prince" by the author himself:

At last I was able to ask him the question I had sent for the tombola. I have always been fascinated by how ASOIAF embodies the theories put forward by Acemoglu and Robinson about countries with extractive institutions (which hamper development). So my question was: Why do you think the political institutions in the Seven Kingdoms are so weak? His answer: the Kingdom was unified with dragons, so the Targaryen's[sic] flaw was to create an absolute monarchy highly dependent on them, with the small council not designed to be a real check and balance. So, without dragons it took a sneeze, a wildly incompetent and megalomaniac king, a love struck prince, a brutal civil war, a dissolute king that didn't really know what to do with the throne and then chaos. Interesting answer.

[Source]

Joffrey had no real love for Sansa. He saw her as an object to mistreat and misuse. He had no empathy and a deep lack of consideration for other people. He had her beaten because it gave him momentary gratification, because he was a psychopath. How is this comparable in any way to Lyanna at the tower of joy?

In fact, the whole point of what we are finding out about Rhaegar through Dany's chapters is to prove that Rhaegar is literally not the monster Robert has been making him out to be. That all Robert has said was due of his blind hatred of him and little more. So again, how is Lyanna's experiences in the tower of joy comparable to Sansa being beaten and harmed as a hostage in King's Landing?

How could this be a parallel, and can you back your claim with anything other than headcanons that have no basis in the books?

There is a reason why the tale of the winter rose was told to Jon specifically — because Bael the Bard and the Stark maiden is analogous to Rhaegar and Lyanna.

George says this about romance:

It's interesting, to get back to this issue of romance that you raised earlier. When I was in Spain a few years ago, I had dinner with a woman — a Spanish academic — and a big fan of both science fiction and romance, and she had read a lot of my stuff because people said I was a very romantic writer. And she sort of launched at me and said, "What are you talking about?! You are not a romantic writer, you know. Nobody ever lives happily ever after in your books!"

I was defending it, saying, "Well, but that's a different tradition of romance. I don't — I'm a romantic writer in the tradition of The Great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliet, and, you know, the Beauty and the Beast. These things don't necessarily have happy endings, but aren't the most powerful romances the unfulfilled romances — the romances where people go their separate ways, but they'll always have Paris, like in Casablanca, one of the films I showed here. You know, they go separate at the end, but they'll always have Paris." And she basically said, "No, you're wrong. They have to be happily ever after together for it to be romance, otherwise it's just sad."

[Source—clip starts at around 03:19]

This traditional telling of romance is shown quite clearly with both Bael the Bard with the Winter Rose and Rhaegar with Lyanna. Bael the Bard's tale was briefly happy:

No. They had been in Winterfell all the time, hiding with the dead beneath the castle. The maid loved Bael so dearly she bore him a son, the song says...though if truth be told, all the maids love Bael in them songs he wrote.

But also ended in tragedy:

"The song ends when they find the babe, but there is a darker end to the story. Thirty years later, when Bael was King-beyond-the-Wall and led the free folk south, it was young Lord Stark who met him at the Frozen Ford...and killed him, for Bael would not harm his own son when they met sword to sword."

"So the son slew the father instead," said Jon.

"Aye," she said, "but the gods hate kinslayers, even when they kill unknowing. When Lord Stark returned from the battle and his mother saw Bael's head upon his spear, she threw herself from a tower in her grief. Her son did not long outlive her. One o' his lords peeled the skin off him and wore him for a cloak." (Jon VI, ACoK)

Rhaegar left to fight in the War of the Usurper, lost and died. Lyanna died giving birth to Jon. And Jon died trying to save "Arya" from Ramsay.

This is what George means by a romantic love story.

And they also love Arya, because...Arya...looks like Lyanna

Or maybe we just like Arya because she's a fantastic character. Idk OP, could be that.

and isn't as hyper feminine as Sansa

This ties in quite well to the misogyny some "fans" of the series have to women like Arya. It's not because Sansa is "hyper feminine" that I don't care for her. I'm just indifferent to her. Femininity has absolutely nothing to do with it. I don't know if you know, but women can and do express themselves in different ways.

therefore her fans think she aligns with Rhaegar

?????????????

because they...hate Sansa and pretend its a love story

That is 100% the way George is taking R+L's story. This is quite literally his preferred telling of a romantic story. One where they share a brief affection for one another despite the eventual consequences, but end up separated, or worse.

Even though the point of Lyanna Stark is that her untold narrative is comparative to both Sansa and Arya

How is Lyanna's narrative comparative to Sansa? The only thing you've given was a non-parallel of being in the Red Keep/tower of joy, but there's nothing to suggest that Lyanna was trapped, beaten, or harmed there.

The king frowned. "A knife, perhaps. A good sharp one, and a bold man to wield it."

Ned did not feign surprise; Robert's hatred of the Targaryens was a madness in him. (Eddard II, AGoT)

--

For the first time in years, he found himself remembering Rhaegar Targaryen. He wondered if Rhaegar had frequented brothels; somehow he thought not. (Eddard IX, AGoT)

You do not find it strange that the brother of the woman who was supposedly trapped and imprisoned at the tower of joy has no ill words to say about the man who supposedly committed such heinous crimes?

[valdomarx]

"Fucking wanker!"

Roy elbows his way past Jamie into the locker room, shoving him aside with one shoulder.

"Pass the fucking ball to your teammates once in a while, yeah? Fucking selfish prick."

Jamie sneers and pretends not to notice the sour looks he's getting from the rest of the team.

-

"Oi! Dipshit!" Roy stands on the sidelines and makes a rude gesture in Jamie's direction. "We're supposed to be training agility, not fucking attention-seeking stupidity. Get your head out your arse!"

Jamie scowls but throws himself back into the drill, focusing on his footwork and moving around each cone perfectly. When he sneaks a glance over at the coaches, Roy is regarding him with cool indifference.

Ah well. At least it's an improvement on outright hostility.

-

Jamie punches Sam joyfully in the arm. "Nice one, mate. You killed it today."

Sam beams, and Jamie looks up to see Roy looking at him with furrowed brow. He sticks his tongue out at him.

"Knob end," Roy says, but he's almost smiling.

-

"I'm just saying," Jamie takes a step closer, getting right up in Roy's face. It's probably a terrible fucking idea but he's never been known for his careful forward planning, has he? "I know you want it."

Roy's jaw twitches and his face is like a storm cloud. Jamie has a horrible feeling he might be about to get decked.

"Fucking dickhead," Roy says, before shoving him up against the wall and kissing him breathless.

-

It's a hell of a goal. Jamie is 30 yards out and his teammates are keeping the defence busy when the ball drops at his feet. He looks down the length of the field and he doesn't even have to think: he dodges a quick faint and punts it hard, a wildly arcing curve down toward goal and past the keeper's hands.

The crowd erupts.

Dani and Isaac land on him first, then the rest of the team pile on top of him with cheers and whoops. When he emerges from under the pile he looks over to the coach's box where Roy is rolling his eyes.

"Jammy bastard," Roy mouths at him, but even from the pitch Jamie can see the way he's smiling.

-

The alarm goes off at 3:30 a.m.

"Urghhhhh." Jamie pulls the duvet over his head. "'S too fucking early. We can skip training today, right?"

Roy flops on top of him and kisses a trail along the top of his shoulder. "Absolutely fucking not."

"You're really gonna make me train? After the fucking blowjob to end all blowjobs I gave you last night?"

"Yup." Roy pops the p in a way that means he's having fun. Jamie can tell even with his face buried in the pillow.

Jamie sighs and throws off the duvet, rolling over until Roy is in his arms. He's got pillow creases on his cheek and he's smiling at Jamie like he's the fucking sun.

Jamie kisses him, just because he can, and steels himself for an early morning run. "Fucking wanker," he says, and Roy just laughs.

[moonbeam-dragon]

More Rescue Bots Incorrect Quotes (Yes it's mostly the Burns siblings)

Salvage: ...I'm pretty sure that place is fire-proof, or something.

Blurr, grenade in hand: Alright, but is it explosion-proof?

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Blades: Hello HighTide, made anyone cry today?

HighTide: Sadly, no. But it’s only 4:30.

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Blurr: I think it's time to start fucking some shit up.

Heatwave: Oh no.

Blurr: More like "oh yes!"

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(What I imagine their first meeting looked like)

Quickshadow: State your name, rank, and intention.

Blurr: Blurr, Blurr, fun.

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Graham, singing to the tune of I Kissed a Girl: I killed a guy, and I liked it-

Cody, whispering: Should we call the exorcist?

Dani, also singing: The taste of his cherry chapstick.

Kade, appalled: Call the exorcist.

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*Everyone is playing a board game together*

Cody: I will put 'A' down to make 'A'.

Kade: I will add onto your 'A' to make 'AT'.

Dani: I will add onto your 'AT' to make 'RAT'.

Graham: I will add onto your 'RAT' to make 'BIOSTRATAGRAPHIC'.

Dani: *flips the board*

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Chase: Hey Blades.

Blades: *punches Chase in the stomach*

Chase: What the fuck?!

Blades: You are one of my very best friends. And I cannot stand by and watch you throw away your life like this. You're too young....YOU'RE TOO BEAUTIFUL!

Chase: What the fuck are you talking about?

Blades: I'm talking about the baby that's growing inside of your belly right now.

Boulder: See ya! *leaves*

Chase: I'm not pregnant!

Blades: Well, not after that punch you're not. I've been taking muay thai classes.

Chase: I was never pregnant, Blades!

Blades: Are... you sure?

Chase: Yes I'm fucking sure!

Heatwave: I'm sorry, but why the fuck is everybody yelling over here?

Blades: Oh, I found this positive pregnancy test and—

Heatwave: *punches Chase in the stomach*

Chase: AW, MOTHERFU--

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Graham: I’ll be famous one day, but for now I’m stuck in this house with a bunch of morons.

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Kade: Ask me anything. Go ahead, I'll give you a straight answer.

Dani: Why are we so fucking awesome?

Kade: That's the best fucking question anybody's ever asked.

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Kade: Are you ever going to listen to me?

Graham: Yes. Absolutely.

Kade: When?

Graham: When you're right.

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Cody: Slash gamemode creative.

Graham: Bro, this isn't Minecra-

Cody: *starts levitating*

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Graham: I regret getting dragged into your heterosexual tomfoolery.

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Cody: I don't know, it's not my cup of tea.

Kade: Well then whose is it?

Cody, staring at a cup of tea: I don't know!

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Graham: You're violent.

Dani: Yeah but I'm also short and that's adorable.

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Heatwave: Die.

Boulder: Please don't die!

Heatwave: DIE!

Heatwave: PLEASE DON'T DIE!

Graham, confused: Why are they yelling at a plant?

Kade, watching while eating popcorn: They bought it together and Boulder wants Heatwave to accept it as their kid.

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Dani: Make no mistake. Not only am I party rocking, but I am also in the house tonight.

Cody: But are you shuffling?

Dani: Everyday.

Graham: What language are you two speaking??

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Graham, watching Kade and Dani fight: Are you sure they should be fighting? What if they get hurt?

Cody, not bothered by the chaos: It’s fine. They’re too evenly matched to hurt each other.

Graham: Then... who’s the strongest out of you three?

Kade: Cody.

Dani: Cody.

Cody: Me.

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Charlie: Cody, can I speak to you for a minute? In private.

Cody: Ooh, someone's in trouble.

Kade, Dani, and Graham: ...

Cody: It's me. I don't know why I did that.

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Dani: When will Ted himself...finally show up to the talk?

Kade: The final boss.

Graham: You guys know TEDtalks stands for technology, entertainment, and design talks, right

Dani: I will not let Ted hide behind these lies any longer!

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Kade: Some people say that I have a god complex. I’d like to think that I’m a complex god.

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Cody: We need to distract these guys.

Kade: Leave it to me.

Kade: Centaurs have six limbs and are therefore insects. Discuss.

Dani & Graham: *immediately begin arguing*

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Dani: Which country has the most birds?

Dani: Portu-geese!

Kade: That's a language.

Dani: Portu-gull?

Kade: Good recovery.

Cody: I think you mean good re-dovery.

Graham, taking off his glasses to rub his face: TURKEY. HOW DID WE MISS TURKEY?

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Graham: Everyone synchronise your watches.

Dani: I don't know how to do that.

Kade: I don't wear a watch.

Cody, staring at his pocket watch: Time is a construct.

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Dani: It’s time to turn this into a real business.

Cody: What do you mean? Like, carry a briefcase, and wear a tie, and pay taxes?

Kade: Wait, have you not been paying your taxes?

Graham: I handle our accounting.

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Cody: Like, no offense to myself and all, but what the fuck am I actually doing?

[ray935sworld]

hi.👻 I hope you haven't read all the books in your library by the time I get here. There will be quite a lot of words next (I hope you don't mind and you really need it)🥳

"So you are telling me - a rookie and then newly crowned, pregant baby champion, that had a kid at 20 with literally his childhood hero, all while continuing to keep being on top in literally one of the most elite and dangerous sports in the world, was not acting like any other normal, rational human being? Because everyone else of us is 'normal'?" – FANTASTIC. THAT’s it.

"And because he was enjoying some time with his coworkers and making jokes, hugging them - he definitely slept with them?" "Yes! See?! Now you get it." - Well, yes. I smashed the table with my forehead. A mad man. Can anyone hear me? HE'S INSANE!.

«…smashing someone's head against a table in that statement.» = Oh, damn it. Am I predicting the future?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Good God, Dani brought a photo and what the fuck is this man saying!?

"I am sure Marquez has whored enough around that he maybe even sure himself who the father is."

Am I in hell?

"You don't know what to say so you're being an asshole to cover it up." – that's probably true. Someone is cornered.

«…Now look at them and tell me you really can't see the connection!" - See? I'm a seer. Well, tell us something back, old man.

«…and for a moment Dani was sure he was mistaken.» - You won't believe me, dear Dani, but that's how I feel about this whole terrible (ecstatic) story. It's like someone believes that all people have three heads. Well, these kinds of mistakes and follies, you know.

«"Why Luca was so distance after 2015. Why he kept going back to that asshole and the little bastard - He is David's father!" he exclaimed and with no hesitation as if he had spoken a widely known fact.» - Do you know what? They came for me from a mental hospital, it seems that I believe in three-headed people.

«"The fuck you just said?" Dani asked, wondering if he just had a stroke or something.» - I wish I could ask the same thing.

«"You're aware that Luca was just over 16 when David was conceived. Right?!" "Yes! So he was easy to manipulate. Poor boy and now he is stuck as a father to-"» - I've run out of words. Please. Get some help.

«And with that, Vale had managed to do what Jorge until now had failed to do. He found Dani's breaking point. The point where he lost his cool and was running out of patience at once.» -  just imagine Dani being so angry that it must be really intimidating? * sighs enthusiastically*

"YOU WILL ALWAYS BE OUR LITTLE BABY!"  -Oh, that's sooooo cute, adorable little baby.

«He heard a huffing sound, that could either mean begrudging acceptance or frustration» - ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE 😭💞

"Anyway, OUR LITTLE BABY-! is missing his papa and I'm missing my husband. Where are you?" he asked. - Aaaaaa. Stop it, it's so unfair. Why are they so beautiful?😭😭And he said that he misses him too, ahhh. They'll kill me.😭😭😭

"And how did someone even manage to reach his nose? As far as I'm aware you'd need a chair for that" - okay old married couple, i got you. I love you.

Okay, okay. I got you. I understand what you are trying to do (I can quote the following 5-6 paragraphs here, but I won't) - I UNDERSTOOD YOU, I LOVED THEM. I won't do it again, please forgive me.😭🙏❤

They're also flirting, Ray, why are you torturing me like that? (*Even more crying emojis*)

"Luca would never hurt Vale intentionally! Fucking hell, even when he disappointed him the most, he was still trying to help him and understand him! And he accuses him of something like that?!" - I wish I could ask the same thing. x2

"And you think he's still there? Somewhere... Deep under all the shit he's talking?" -  in fact, despite all my screams, for some reason I believe in it too. Maybe because I was promised a happy ending (but that's the least important reason). But something makes me believe it too.

«The boys came up with it after someone said that Vale might be projecting. That he had been the one cheating on Marc and turned it around to not be blamed.» - Can I just say that please don't. It will break my heart. But God, what if Vale was cheating on Marc? I honestly don't believe it. Maybe it's naive, but it's like Vale loved him too much for such a betrayal. Although considering what he really did to Marc (which is really nothing but betrayal), I don't even know... But yes. There were definitely manipulations * Uccio waves his hand frighteningly*.

"I am glad you still have hope, but I don't. I have a son to take care of. I can't afford getting thrown off by Vale. And getting my heart broken all over again. I need to be there for David" - Oh, my dear Marc. It's probably really part of parenthood to give up a part of yourself for the sake of your children's well-being. It's very painful at the same time, because obviously he hasn't stopped loving Valentino and probably now thinks that the broken heart is with him forever. But on the other hand, he must sacrifice all hope and be strong for the sake of David's well-being. And he decides not to try again. It's such a strong act, God, he's suffering so much. It hurts me so much.

«... Do you really think I - I - would abandoned my own child?"» - Well, I couldn't find the words for that. It will hurt a lot when he realizes that he has done just that. It's worth saying that the story with the photos immediately made me think about a paternity test, as it's obviously the easiest way. But what can I say. Valentino as we all can see, just simply denies reality.

«But the facts were proof enough. It wasn't Vale, standing on the side of a dirt track watching David. It wasn't Vale that was there with them, taking time off and using one of their rare breaks to look after a child.» It just hurt and hurt me so deeply that I don't even cry anymore. Please, at least let it end well.

well. Conclusions - pedrenzo deserves a thousand kisses here. They are so beautifully written, little pedro is just their son. I was so into them, all the little details, the jokes, and how beautiful their love is-God, it's just art.

Luca has once again been awarded the medal "the most sensible person from the locals".  I love it when characters in stories (especially side characters) actually do something, and not just be around, because in real life people always have their own opinions about the situation and one way or another they would try to do something about it. Anyway, Luca gets a kiss on the forehead, oh this beautiful man.

Valentino. Well. I wish you well. In hell. God, I felt such a sense of disgust for this man, but I have to say thank you for that. He is so well spelled out here that he almost causes hatred for his actions. Scenes with denial of real things, God he even almost accused Luka = it's just perfectly spelled out. And although I am horrified by his madness, it is perfectly shown here.

The only question I have is how much and for how long he will have to repent. Since the madness of such power cannot be brought back by a couple of even very sincere apologies. So someone will really eat two tons of glass first, and then...Well, let's see. To be honest, I really want to read this.

Well, thank you for agreeing to read my dissertation (takes off his glasses), I hope you were at least a little bit interested, and maybe even have fun.

PS, in fact, I glow every time I read your answers, and they always touch me to the depths of my soul. Thank you so much for your reactions, you make my day better when you respond. And then I walk around and smile.

 A thousand kisses to you and your writing 💖. And now and giving you a big hug)💞

OKAY - WOW. JUST WOW. OMG I am currently freaking out a little bit. So those -

That is my current state. Literally how I feel rn. THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG. I saw your ask yesterday (technically today ups) at like 2am and my brain didn't function anymore and I was just like "HOLY SHIT THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST ASKS EVER!!!!!" (like I'm already super happy about every ask no matter how long or short or detailed or not detailed they are BUT THIS WAS ON ANOTHER LEVEL!) And I read it and I was just grinning but my brain refused to do English so I put answering back to now and that's literally me while reading it.

Actually that's me whenever I see you or anyone in my inbox but that's NOT the point.

I LOVED reading your reactions. That was an amazing insight. Literally AAAAAAH! Screaming out of happiness! I love reading/ hearing people's reaction about certain scenes cause it helps me understand the readers perspective and get more on point with the most important stuff and where to put the spotlight. So THANK YOU for letting me have those insights!!!! AAAAH That's means so much to me!

Honestly that chapter was really more to set the "vibes" and put the positions in check. Spoiler: the next chapter will be out of David's POV and then later in the story there'll be more insight on Vale and his train of thoughts and emotions.

Yes. Yes I love Pedrenzo thank you very much. They are my favorite. I need them with their happy old married couple, playful nagging vibes raising a son that's just as chaotic as themself. Like I want them to influence Pedro like that. Honestly they made their appearance mainly to show that Marc and David get support by Pedrenzo and Pedro. Like David and Pedro basically both grew up in the paddock. (Pedro was born in 2011 btw so he was already 3 when suddenly there's a new baby hanging around his parents garages so he takes an interest in David and they get close and basically they are like brother. Plus Dani and therefore Jorge definitely helps Marc so imagine little David having a happy sleepover with Pedro at the Pedrenzo house (yes in that version they live in Andorra/ Spain not Switzerland) while the Marquez family are sorting out another bomb from Rossi. Basically they needed David out the house to figure out how to deal with Rossi.

Thanks a lot, again. I always try to kind of give the side characters their own storyline even if it's not fully explored because I mean everyone is the main character of their own story so when they get the spotlight I try to treat them like the main character. Really glad it seemed to work :)

Yes yes yes yes yes. Vale is deep down. Like really deep down. But what if I tell you he - AAAAGH There's so much more to his pov actually I can't wait to write it and to see your reaction (if you want to oc, no pressure). I think his pov will slowly start in like 2-3 chapters. I have honestly no idea how long this story will be. Probably long. Like VERY long I hope you have patience 😅

And to answer your question - he's gonna eat a lot of glass. Like A HELL LOT. He is put in every version of his personal hell in every possible aspect. Like I hope to write his own psychological torture when realizing what he did and that guilt WILL stay with him for long, maybe even for the rest of his life, it'll be present in waves, maybe triggers by clear issue his behavior caused in those affected (mainly David and Marc). Like he will face every trauma and trigger he created. And then if course there's the family reaction. Sure Luca is supportive but Alex? Jorge Lorenzo? The man who has an abusive father who knows what's it like to let someone in that has treated you like shit during your childhood (yes it was very different but trust me I'm gonna make it make sense)? Yeah he does has some words to say. And of course Roser and Julia. Not to mention that Marc can't just let Vale back in David's life again. And maybe even David is hesitant? To be fair I really can't promise how much I will actually write but there are a lot of thoughts. I can't say they will all make the final cut or be very detailed and laid out in actual scenes but it won't be rushed (probably)

And................... What if Marc (years after the reconsilation) gets pregant again? How would David deal with that? There's almost as much fluff as angst in that string tbh. I'm only saying it here already because I really don't know if I have the motivation to write that long and that far in this AU.

Well thank you very much for your dissertation. You're getting 18 Points! I have no idea how dissertation are grades so I'm using my uni system so 18 points = A+ so full points! 100%! I really enjoyed reading it, like always. It was amazing. Very Intresting and very much fun. And I hope you have a great day! 💕💕💕

Thousand kisses and a big hug right back ❤️

[daenystheedreamer]

Dany as a leftist is like, yeah she is generally, but she's also regularly switching between absolute "burn it all down and start over" and a much more kinda demsoc "get out and VOTE to end slavery!" (or not vote but like, lets collaborate with the people who love slavery to build a post-slavery world, to avoid bloodshed).

trying to find any kind of actually workable option (when her main tool and weapon is three hungry nukes/the violence of royalty) is almost her whole character conflict but it's still funny to me that she's like, agonising between choosing 2 relatively opposite extremes that you might not classify as leftist? ig?

see im really into hardcore ML dany truther mostly cos i think its really funny if the dany-jon drama was about how theyre leftists who fight. like jon is more anarchist cos of his anarchist gf when he was 15 whereas dany is a little more authoritarian and she's like "ok but you just complain online ive had to actually kill people" and hes like i also killed people? and she's like well you're a fucking trotskyist? and jon is like um okay tankie? this is just funny to me.

the problem is that politics as we know it does not exist at all in westeros.... when i say x is a leftist like take it with a grain of salt of course. i do not know arya's opinion on the distribution of resources i just know she bucks against authority and defends the peasants. same with dany. she's very much for the innocent, for women and children, for the poor, for the slaves, for the working class. and if she knew about like hegelian dialectics she might be able to reconcile her beliefs more 😭 idk i still stand by leftist dany ...

[jahayla-parker]

I think i'm going to choose 2 emojis (if i'm going why not go all out kkk)

💜 - i'm not that creative with asks kkkk so i believe that i'm just going to trust you and be sure that whateaver you're going is going to be amazing as they always are.

📱- An social media one of the cast shadow and bone x platonic reader where she has a sibling relationship with the cast but specially eith the crows and more specific with Freddy if that's okay woth you.

Hiiii!!!! I’m going to put the 💜 ones in the next ask response 🤗

Honorary Crow : Shadow & Bone Cast x Platonic!Reader SMAU

Desc.: SMAU showing that the S&B cast and y/n have a sibling-type relationship

Warnings: none

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yourusername: decided to try out Freddy’s camera during brunch today with the fam 🤗

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freddycarter1: already a film pro 📸

yourusername: learned from the best 😉

amitasuman_: 💕

yourusername: sissss🤗

calahan.skogman: so sad to have missed this, but you all look great 😊 lovely photo y/n

yourusername: you are required to join us when you’re back 😏

calahan.skogman: course y/n/n 😊

netflix: our crows 🖤

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freddycarter1: my mini-me took this bts photo, she’s getting really good at photography huh? ❤️ 📸 : @/yourusername

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yourusername: thank you Fredster 🥹

amitasuman_: caption is spot on again Freddy 👏

kittheyounger: KaNeJ by y/n 😍

daniellegalligan_: these smiles! Y/n is a blessing 🤗

kanejfanatic: KANEJ!!!! Thank you y/n 😭

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yourusername: shared lots of laughs with these people today! #unbiologicalfamily

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freddycarter1: I stand by my argument that y/n made most of these Tweets up to make us laugh😂

yourusername: excuse meeee?? 🤣 these are all from your fans Kazzle Dazzle 💁‍♀️

calahan.skogman: these were so unexpected but a lot of fun to read lol

kittheyounger: until you realize how inappropriate they were when you remember that our innocent little siblings Jack and y/n witnessed it all 🫣

yourusername: you forgot Amita, she easily belongs in the ‘innocent little siblings’ subgroup Kit 💁‍♀️

amitasuman_: I’m… Okay, yeah 😂

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yourusername: Big bro showing me the ropes on set today 😊

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freddycarter1: you will be great, behind the camera or in front of it ❤️

yourusername: thank you 😭

kittheyounger: he’s unfairly attractive smh

carolinemford: he was bragging about how quickly you picked it up today 😘

yourusername: stopppp 🫣🤗

daniellegalligan_: killing these bts shots sis ❤️

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daniellegalligan_: it was my turn #grishahoodofthetravelingshirt (credit to @/yourusername for the # suggestion)

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calahan.skogman: another one down, who’s next? 👀

freddycarter1: I vote y/n ☺️

daniellegalligan_: I second this 🙋‍♀️

yourusername: gahhhh Dani, how are you so beautiful? 😭

daniellegalligan_: look who’s talking girl 😘

freddycarter1: so, we all agree the shirt goes to @/yourusername next?

daniellegalligan_: yes 🙌

yourusername: guuyyysss, I’m not a crow, I didn’t earn it but I love you all ❤️

calahan.skogman: The hashtag alone would’ve earned it ☺️❤️

freddycarter1: you’re an honorary crow y/n ❤️

jacktwolfe: absolutely!

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yourusername: it’s was a hot day on set, but at least Dani was able to get rehydrated 😂

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freddycarter1: 🥂😂

daniellegalligan_: as a typical sister, I can always count on you to post these unphotogenic pictures of me 😂 you’re lucky ily y/n/n

yourusername: p-uh-lease 💁‍♀️ even tipsy you’re gorgeous ❤️

calahan.skogman: this is going on the cast refrigerator tomorrow 👌

netflix: y/n managed to capture Danielle in her full Nina vibes

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kittheyounger: pointing to the empty abyss that apparently matches Dani’s soul

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yourusername: ummmm who took this photo?

kittheyounger: ooops, pc: @/yourusername I guess 🙄

yourusername: mmmhmmm that’s what I thought 😏 thanks for showing me around the new set today…. I guess 🙄

jacktwolfe: 👀🍿

freddycarter1: 😂

daniellegalligan_: way to reference such an old S&B interview 😂

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yourusername: that’s a wrap! Thank you to my nearest sisters and the rest of my family at the S&B set, I had so much fun with you all ❤️ #family

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freddycarter1: don’t be a stranger, you know Caroline and I would love to have you over wherever ❤️

yourusername: considering I still have a ton to learn, I’ll definitely take you both up on that ☺️ thank you for being such a warm brotherly presence ❤️

freddycarter1: 🤗

calahan.skogman: can’t believe it’s over already, fingers crossed for another season!

daniellegalligan_: SIS! I miss you already ❤️😭

amitasuman_: ♾️❤️

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[esther-dot]

Daenerys destroy everything she touches. It’s just INSANE just how much damage and chaos her incompetence, stupidity and entitlement has done to Astapor.

She took the city’s entire defense force, the Unsullied, with her when she left, with no real thought as to what will happen when you leave a power vacuum, and set up a council to govern the city that had absolutely no means to enforce its will or its laws. One of the men on the council is specified as being a “priest,” but since the clergy of the Ghiscari Harpy religion are only ever described as female (the Graces), it seems quite likely, if not outright definite, that she appointed someone to govern a city wherein he had zero cultural, social, religious or political authority.

She doesn’t leave military support to the council she leaves behind to rule and it was overthrown very quickly after she left, and the new king, Cleon, a tyrant, promptly reinstated slavery, kidnapping noble children and attempting to turn them into new Unsullied (this didn’t work, for obvious reasons).

Astapor ends up ridden with disease and famine the minute it falls under siege of the slavery-restoration alliance led by Yunkai, with competing claimants killing each other and trading power until they’re subsequently replaced. Daenerys learns about this once she’s set up in Meereen but doesn’t commit any forces to help, fearing that she’ll lose Meereen if she goes back to Astapor. Meanwhile, the Astapori practice cannibalism by lots and many eventually commit mass suicide. The pale mare plague wipes out a huge number of people (even refugees who make it to Meereen die of it in camps outside the city), and most of the rest are displaced refugees, killed when Yunkai eventually sacks the city, or re-enslaved. By the time Quentyn Martell arrives, it’s functionally ceased to exist. (A lot of people skip over Quentyn’s chapters in the fifth book, and in so doing miss how APPALLING the Astapor situation is.)

Astapor is a ghost town except for dead and dying people and enemy soldiers. A total blood bath. It’s absolutely obliterated, just on a longer timeline than a one-off firebombing.

The criticism of Daenerys’s actions in Astapor is not that she freed the slaves, it’s that after freeing the slaves she just left and abandoned them to their bloody fate. You cannot destroy a city’s government and economy and then walk away. Even if it is a terrible government, with an economy built on slavery, you have to stabilize things afterwards. Daenerys have a responsibility in kickstarting new industries and find a new form of PAID work for these people. And there’s also the fact that Daenerys herself is a slaver but that’s a discussion for another day.

(I know that GRRM has said that his books are not allegories for the Iraq war but the parallels and similarities are truly unsettling.)

Yeah, I’m gonna have to forbid talk about Quentyn. I just got teary eyed at the mere mention of him. 😂 I got attached quick and was horrified by his death. But yes, I agree, it was meant to show us how horrible the situation is. Absolute hell.

I actually thought Martin had compared it to Iraq because I've seen people say that, but you're right. This is the quote I found:

Q: A Dance With Dragons spends quite a lot of time in Essos, which is kind of the analog to Asia and the Middle East in the world the story takes place in, as opposed to Westeros, which seems to owe a lot to Western Europe. When I was reading about Dany, who has become a light-skinned, foreign ruler of an exotic land, it reminded me of The Man Who Would Be King, the Sean Connery and Michael Caine movie that is based on a Rudyard Kipling story. Do you think about these parallels — colonialism, the "white man's burden" — when you're writing? A: I've said many times I don't like thinly disguised allegory, but certain scenes do resonate over time. Other people have made the argument, which is more more contemporary, that it might have resonances with our current misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq. I'm aware of the parallels, but I'm not trying to slap a coat of paint on the Iraq War and call it fantasy. (link)

I'm not sure how reliable this source is, but I also found this:

Finally, in a stunning revelation, when an audience member put the ridiculous question, “JRR Tolkien strenuously denied that his books were in any way an allegory for World War II, have you ever been accused of writing about climate change by proxy? You know, it being a bit of a thing in your works, the long Winter?” George replied, “No, I haven’t, not until now,” and continued, “Like Tolkien I do not write allegory, at least not intentionally. Obviously you live in the world and you’re affected by the world around you, so some things sink in on some level, but, if I really wanted to write about climate change in the 21st century I’d write a novel about climate change in the 21st century. Sometimes things happen that are hard to believe. You have to remember I’ve been writing these since 1991, in a couple of the recent books Daenerys Targaryen wielding the massive military superiority offered to her by three dragons has taken over a part of the world where the culture and ethos, and the very people are completely alien to her, and she’s having difficulty ruling this land once she conquered it. It did dawn on me when George W Bush started doing the same thing that some people might say, ‘Hmmm, George is commenting on the Iraq War’, but I swear to you I planned Dany’s thing long before George Bush planned the Iraq War, but I think both military adventures may come to the same end, but it’s not allegory.” (link)

This isn't about ASOIAF, but it feels relevant to this ask and some of the other anti Dany asks I've been getting. He said this after he saw Spielberg's War of the Worlds:

I kept thinking of the story as a metaphor for our invasion of Iraq… regular people trying to live their lives and survive as a technologically superior invader comes in and smashes their world all to hell. (That metaphor is very much implicit in the novel. H.G. was talking about the British imperialism of the Victorian Age, of course, not the American imperialism of the 21st century, but one of the strengths of science fiction is its ability to transcend the specifics of time and place and culture and assume new meanings for new audiences). (link)

So, I think just because he didn't have a specific invasion in mind, doesn't mean he wasn't criticizing the result of these actions or the ideology behind it. He writes a lot of material to showcase the horror of war, each generation has one that looms large in their minds, so we naturally relate it to that. He knows this, other writers do this, he as an audience member does it!

[ask-the-four-lords]

Its K Again! I wanna give the daughters some appreciation since they can talk to us now! Bela, honey you're amazing, strong and so smart! I know Lady Dimitrescu is very proud of you and everything you've done to help her and your sisters :) Cassandra, you aren't JUST the best hunter (though you are absolutely also an incredible hunter), You also deeply care about your sisters and I know that means a lot to them. You're also very pretty, and silly at times! (like when you jumpscared Ethan by just saying "RAH!" That was adorable.) And Daniela!! You dont get near enough appreciation bbg, you're so sweet and funny, and I bet you're an amazing reading buddy and cuddler! I also have a hunch that you are a HUGE Sweetheart when you find someone who's earned it <3 Love you girls so much, glad to see you're here too now!

Bela Dimitrescu: *briefly proud of herself* Mother, Cassie, and Daniela are the only ones who have ever said those things to me. Everyone else says I'm a monster and the maids are all afraid of me... thank you, human.

Cassandra Dimitrescu: *briefly softened by the praise* Thanks, I really would kill for Mom, Bels, and Dani... and I have, many, many, many times. *spends a few minutes telling gruesome stories of murder and torture* And yeah, with Ethan, *giggles a little* that was funny, RAH!!! *laughs, goes dead serious after a bit* If he even laid a finger on my sisters I would've made it eeeven slower.

Daniela Dimitrescu: *blushes, uses veil to hide it* ... Mother says I'm a good cuddler too. *Lady D is in the background making a throat slitting motion at Anon*

[keiachi-chan]

Do you have OCs? If so, what are they like?

BOY DO I!

Actually it's funny! My username is the name of one of my ocs(Keiachi) and my pfp is a DIFFERENT oc (Pyra) bfnsnfms

Anyways Instead of Elaborating on that, I will talk about Sakusei & his Minor gods

So, here is Sakusei, he's a Major God! He usually has wings but I can't draw those very well. He's gray because his parents are Gray. His sister, Abyss, is also Gray but with stars.

I realize I go on for a WHILE here. If you are allergic to words I understand. Mwah.

So Abyss is his big sister, and his parents were like. "Oh we accidentally made another one what do we do" "Iunno put him in the river" "Okay"

And so he floated for like. Years. And currently has an affinity for water because of how much time he spent there !! He ended up in a mostly empty universe, except for a patio in the middle of a giant flower field!

These flowers had like. Instructions in em. Basically like when you interact with something in a video game and it pulls up a text box? That, it did that.

The text boxes in question explained to Sakusei that he's the God of Creation, which can be used for good, evil, and everything in between! Unfortunately to a brand new god who doesn't understand anything outside of basic knowledge, Good is boring, and Evil is more fun.

So, Sakusei is an absolute menace, basically playing the Sims Irl, creating things to destroy them, making intentionally unstable biomes to watch them collapse, just fucking up everything??

Eventually, he finds out he can just. Traverse. To other universes when he gets bored, and starts messing with OTHER gods, which gets him promptly Scruffed and Lectured by Dreveria, the God of Innovation.

I would include a drawing of him but the limit is 10 and I wanna show off the other Minor Gods.

So, Dreveria has a kinda job which is to monitor certain Gods who seem like they could be a threat, which doesn't happen often but when it does, it's good to have measures to take, yk? Anyways, so yeah he's with Sakusei, basically restraining him like

"Hm. This guy's not actually evil, we don't actually need him to be eradicated, uhh. Maybe I can help him???"

And so he does! Dreveria's not a good teacher per se, but he can like. Teach people not to kill things. And helps Sakusei with the whole "Lacks a moral compass" thing. So, Dreveria eventually looks at the notes Sakusei has and goes "Oh wow these explain NOTHING, read mine instead." And it's a large book. Which Sakusei hates. But he does admit that he learned from it! And so he's like "Oh, so this makes me an awful person. Let me, like, stop."

And starts working on the actual universe. And once the kinda "base" is lined out, Dreveria and Sakusei talk like

"Hey wanna make a kid"

"Fucking what?"

"Like a Minor God?"

"Oh you meant-"

So Dreveria helps Sakusei make some Minor gods!

Each minor god has an assigned Animal, element, and subdomain. Major gods have an assigned Trait, but whether they have animals or Subdomains is random. For instance, Sakusei is the Bunny god of Creation!

Zymira is the first and the oldest Minor God. The Draconic Goddess of Heat and Art. Most people call her the Goddess of Fire, which she doesn't MIND per se, but she'll roll her eyes if you're confused that she made your whole town a winter wonderland to help combat a heatwave.

Currently, she lives with Opal, a Minor God from another universe, who she has three kids with. Jamie, Jacob and Jaiden. They for some reason gave all their kids J names, which is likely why Jamie hates them. (She does not hate them, she's just having a rebellious phase.)

Here's Zymira, Opal, Jacob, Jamie and Jaiden. (Zymira & Opal drawn by @thissideup-box this time)

It's like a Nuclear family but. The parents. Aren't Romantically involved.

ANYWAYS The next God they made was Kanamaki. The god of Light and Dark. She was a bit unstable though, and split into two, Dani and Yami. Both of which are men. I cannot explain this. Sakusei figured that the Domain was too much for one Minor God to handle, and kept this in mind for later. So, Dani is the Deer God of Light and Construction, while Yami was the Snake God of Darkness. He didn't get a Subdomain, because Sakusei kinda looked over the fact that Dani was the only one to retain Kanamaki's.

Dani is about 16 feet tall, but frequently shapeshifts into a young girl to lure criminals away from the current Gods of Life, who are actual teenagers. It's like if Jesus was Chris Hansen.

Here he is!

Yami was a fucking menace, to the point where Sakusei would "reboot" him on occasion.

-Reset: when a God Dies/Is killed and reincarnates

-Reboot: When a God's energy disperses and reforms into the same God. Usually, this ends bad crises, but is painful for the Minor God. Yami, however, cannot feel pain, and so Sakusei is a bit more. Generous. With curb stomping him-

Yami would destroy cities, planets during tantrums, and generally just harass (and eat) people. Sakusei reversed everything when he was done EVERY time which kinda. Increased his anger. Because it was like nothing he did mattered unless Sakusei liked it. So that was a mental crisis for actually Billions of years.

Uhh. Eventually that gets fixed. Because Yami doesn't Reset, he actually develops a conscience with help from Quartz. Then he severs his ties to godhood and decides to live as a mortal. With like a husband and his daughter. (Another Major god, Sakusei's bestie and @thissideup-box 's character. I don't have their lore aside from they were chilling, Sakusei showed up and they changed each other's lives, but like. Not necessarily for the better.)

Btw, fun fact: Yami is actually entirely female, but uses he/him pronouns because what the hell are you gonna do about it?

I actually don't have a picture of Yami! I've DRAWN him, but it's not currently in my gallery, and in the latest image I have of him, he is. Dead. Anyways-

So, next comes the Cat Gods of Life. Life is SUCH a big domain that Sakusei made two Gods for it. They didn't want subdomains. Both of them wanted to be called Lilith, so he just. Named them Lilith(Fem) and Lillithe(Masc). Without the parentheses. He usually called them Lily and Lithe. For simplicity.

Uh so anyways they died-

On accident, mostly. They were kinda bored of being Gods, and instead of asking Sakusei they just decided to try something. Their intent was to sever their ties to immortality and Godhood, but Zymira interfered because they appeared to be resetting which. Um. She didn't want her siblings to die and actually ended up being partially responsible for their deaths because of it!

Whoops.

Anyways, The next Minor God is the Eel Goddess of Water and Skill, Selkie. Her nickname is based on the Folktale creatures, which is odd as she's an Eel and not a Seal, but her actual name is Sandeiva. She lives in the ocean and keeps it clean with the help of Dani, who made like. Basically a plastic magnet. It draws in plastic which Selkie then eviscerates. Just sends it into nonexistence.

Anyways, here she is.

She wears a mask like Sakusei because she wants to be like her papa. She gives blessings very freely, all you have to do is find her and she'll give you a new skill. Sometimes, she'll even let you choose what! She lives underwater, though, so.

Last but not least(that's Yami), the last Minor God to be created, technically, was Razurai. The Dog God of Energy and Performance. He's a singer and magician, and he lives in the sky. He zaps around for funsies and does his absolute best to cheer people up. Sometimes, he throws parties! He has Dani set it up, and has the current Gods of Life provide ingredients. Most of the Gods normally wouldn't be that close, but Razurai reunites everyone about three times a year.

Once, Razurai had a depressive episode, so he didn't throw any of his parties for like, a year.

Zymira and Selkie had the others set something up for him, instead. :]

Here's Razurai! His ears and tail blend with his attire a little too much.

So, Lilith, Lillithe and Yami are no longer Gods, making way for three new ones.

First, the current Cat Gods of Life, Phoenix and Pyra! These two are both 16, having been created at the same time. They DO have Subdomains, which change their titles entirely.

So, Pyra is the Cat Goddess of Fate. (Life+Death)

Phoenix is the Cat God of Willpower! (Life+Strength)

They fucking hate each other. Because they remind the other of themselves. And they fucking hate themselves.

"At least they're consistent?" -Sakusei

Phoenix and Pyra are actual literal children, so they don't do any Godly Responsibilities. Zymira handles all of it. She loves paperwork (Did you know that Gods can be autistic?)

They uh. Stream on Twitch. They have very popular accounts, because they are cute kids and good at playing Videos Game. In their free time they harass space pirates (Some more characters by @thissideup-box ofc) and also bother Sakusei, who loves them dearly.

They looked like small kids for a while, but now they look more their age. (I have to update my pfp eventually.)

Here they are! I have a Comic for Phoenix & Zymira, alongside just a standalone image for Pyra. They're. Weirdos.

Phoenix's actual name is Zvxeren, and Pyra's is Zerxymvera. They're stupid to pronounce so they just go by the Normal names.

And finally, the current God of Darkness, Aeyovae. He's like, BRAND new. The Fox God of Darkness and Music. He fucking hates Yami and everything the Previous God has done! He found out the snake bitch is still alive and cried. He's been trying to undo some of the traumatizing effects Yami had on people, and also trying to help his own image because well. Nobody is too excited for a new God of Darkness. Obviously.

He speaks very. Enunciated. Iunno how to get that across. He doesn't yell but like. If I wrote for him it would be all caps.

"GREETINGS. I AM AEYOVAE. WHAT A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU."

And again it's not yelling but it's LOUD.

Anyways ! Here is Aeyovae he's a cutie.

Uhhh That's all but I can answer questions I am excited

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In the book Yigrett and Jon’s relationship is much more dubcon so it’s not hard for me to see how Kit got to that thinking. (Though in the book, I’m not sure Jon IS attracted aggressive women as much as confidence/strength.) I think Sansa is the proverbial balance. Sansa is confident and has learned to assert herself but she also validates Jon as a person, cares for him, protects him while not being afraid to confront him on his mistakes. Thanks for responding!

Anon, I am so sorry. I thought I had responded to all of my asks and yet there yours sat. If you're still around, please accept my deepest apologies.

I confess I have not yet ventured past book 2 so I have no idea how their relationship goes, but I will say it seemed a tiny hint of dubcon in that cave scene in the show, in the beginning but only for a moment. So I can see it for sure. And I think the show played up on Kit's and Rose's natural chemistry to help make it something on its own if that makes sense.

I agree wholeheartedly with you about Sansa and how she regards him and treats him. Ygritte had his back as long as it served her interests. I'm not saying she didn't love him but when he chose something else over her, then it was game on and only her feelings for him made her hesitate before she was going to kill him. And she was going to kill him if Olly hadn't killed her first. Jon's whole reaction in that scene (and Kit's performance) confirmed it I believe.

And the funniest thing is, while Dany and Ygritte are different in some ways, one similarity they share is that it's all about them in the relationship and the minute Jon chooses (or appears to choose) someone (like family) or something else over that, even if it's for the right reason, then Jon's in mortal danger.

Whereas with Sansa, she actually wants to protect him and keep him with the Pack. Yes, she wants safety but not at the cost of any of her family, and she absolutely considers him to be her family. That's why when Sansa antis say all she wanted was power and Dany stans say she only wanted to kill Dany, I just laugh. Because they really don't understand her showverse character and they're looking at it through a tainted lens (their favoritism of Dany or hatred of Sansa). As you said, she asserts herself, sure, but she also respects Jon, validates him, and wants to protect him. She's a very balanced character and a positive for Jon, romantically or not.

And even though I don't know book!Jon, I agree with you and I don't think Jon was attracted to aggressive women in the show either. I think you're right, it was all about confidence and strength.

I hope you have a great weekend, Anon. Sorry again!

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Any fresh new recs for the upcoming spooky season Dani? I still have to watch Reanimator but Ginger Snaps and Jennifer's Body were fire for last year!!

HELL YEAH HERE WE GO

Renfield - Nic Cage dracula. Does anything else need to be said? Okay yeah it's p gory, p funny, sooo enjoyable honestly.

Orphan: First Kill - Even if you haven't seen the first Orphan movie, it's ok, cus this is a prequel !! There's like. Multiple twists and the big one really fucking got me CHOKED. Suspenseful and such a fun ride 2 watch

Bodies Bodies Bodies - A modern murder mystery dark comedy, def is like ... Kinda cringe if you take it too seriously, but I don't think the movie is even trying to with a lot shit but. I had fun with it

Frankenhooker - I judged the movie by it's cover at first, but no this is one of my favorite movies. I fucking love it okay.

Evil Dead Rise - Okay, at the end of the day? It's a super fun movie. If you're not like.. An Evil Dead Purist and can just like, turn that side of the brain off for a bit, it's a fun movie. Gory and fun as hell

Frogs - I'm just gonna post a Letterboxd Review of this movie that sums it up perfectly

One Cut Of The Dead - Listen. I recommend going in absolutely blind into this movie. Don't even read a synopsis or anything. I went in blind to this and it definitely makes the experience 100 times better

Popcorn (1991) - I only seen this once but like, I remember being very interested in the story. Takes place at a horror film festival at a theater where shit happened in the past ... And it happens again! IIRC Main Character is also tied to the tragic backstory of the theater unknowingly .. hmm!!

Demons (1985) - Another movie where people are trapped in a movie theater, yippi!! But this one is produced by our guy Dario Argento !!!!!! Some demons end up infesting the theater and turns everyone one by one UHOH

M3GAN - I don't need to say anything do I.

Freaky (2020) - If you appreciate acting talent/performances ? This is a double hitter. A serial killer and high school girl end up switching bodies - antics ensue!

Last Night In Soho - It has it's issues, sure, and it's p long iirc? But man, I was interested the entire damn time.

Autopsy of Jane Doe - A mortician and his son work the graveyard shift trying to figure out the cause of death of this seemingly untouched body of a Jane Doe, found half buried in the basement of a home where the entire family inside was mutilated. Things ensue!

but yeah thats like. all the ones that i see that r p recent on my letterboxd that i could recommend for some spooks n fun ig!!

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I think people in this fandom are a bit too much confortable with the “its a medieval fantasy fiction, people were misogynistic in that time therefor I can be misogynistic when I’m talking about the story too.”

It’s like the whole “both side are wrong, yes even Rhaenyra because she a woman and women were not seen as equally worthy in that time” ok but you are not suppose to be agree with that ?!

If we’re supposed to view it the same way a Westerosi person would then Arya just need to be beaten into liking traditionally feminine things, Sam deserved being dressed in womens clothes/regularly beaten/forced to sleep in chainmail at age 6/tied to a stable by the neck for three days to toughen him up, Tyrion deserves the lifetime of abuse he’s gotten because he’s a dwarf, and Daenerys deserved to be raped to the point of suicidal ideation because that’s her duty as a wife and there is no concept of marital rape in this world. Do these things all sound horrific ? Well maybe that’s because the author intended for us to view it with a modern lens.

Well yes, I think that GRRM makes it very clear the things that can't and should not occur and are entirely preventable in the world with some willed investment when it comes to more unsavory features of this world, like Craster, the collective unchecked access and trafficking to human bodies esp female ones of any age...AND

It's not absolute and applicable everywhere, because people also will take it to important functional aspects and conditions and accuse some characters of being something they aren't. The very meaning of "modern lens-seeing" is...loose in the fandom.

In a "pure" modern lens (assuming American/US b that's the targeted audience) where minors are under-18s who are to be protected no-matter what, we see people making snap judgements of decisions like Dany ruling that people under 13 or so should not be killed and some readers (wrongly) take that as her being deliberately evil or at least gravely irresponsible. GRRM also has a 16 year old get into a canonical love match with a married father of two and then die from childbirth and has multiple first-cousin, avunculate, and stepmother-stepson (F&B), sibling-incestuous relationships be also romantic/true "love"/care while other incestuous pairings...aren't. Then there are couples like Dany and Daario, where Dany is still a teenaged girl with a grown man, but we don't really see her terribly affected by such a thing in-world in-text or people could argue that Dany is abusing her power over Daario (I know it's wrong, walk with me); in fact, it's been more of a boon even though the guy clearly doesn't actually love her. There's Dany and Irri, who multiple readers (wrongly, but that's not the point) claim that this sexual relationship was indicative of Dany abusing her power over Irri and yada, yada, from a "modern lens". And by a modern lens, all these relationships are seen as anything from pretty impossible to doomed to be abusive and provide no succor to anyone. There are those who misconstrue Westerosi racial circumstances as exactly as modern Westerns, who racialize characters through the one-drop or whatever British thing to identify characters who they might at first see as PoC, and thus assume a husband cheats on his wife bc she's Dornish.

I know what you mean by "looking at things from a modern lens", you're saying that there are morally rehensible things that happen in this world that GRRM takes pains to point out as reprehensible and needing changing. but a lot of people take "modern lens" to mean "everything from our real modern [Western] world in terms of values, regulations of behavior whether legally or socially are in better shape, more sensical than this world because it allows for [insert gross, unsavory, legal, anti-human right thing here], and those that even resemble that". Jorah is def a perverted vulnerable young girl-"lover" who merely wished to have control over a victim; does that man the same for Larra Rogare?

So, we are supposed to critique the:

sexist systems guiding marriage and child rearing that allows a man so much power over his wife and children's bodies, thus minds

the institutions of the Faith, R'hollor's leaders, etc. and hypocritical aspects of their current or enduring ideology

slavery, obviously

some character's more selfish decisions that end up getting a mass amount of people killed just so they have power....

but these "macro" stuff will sometimes yield "micro" morally questionable or grey-to-greyblack areas from characters, or it's easy to get something actually necessary for a character's/others' survival (mental/) misconstrued the characters being...grossly evil.

Idk if I'm explaining it right, but in GRRM's writing he makes it very clear what is morally rehensible, but we have people who want to immediately assign "evil" and "good" based on merely "it's wrong in my world, so its' wrong here and anyone who participates are either victims or evil". And that's not really helpful when understanding the story. It's not just stupid people, it's also pretty smart people who simply prefer stories where they don't have to experience this level of nonmatched, fraught morality.