#ah there's also hyle

[zetaaa]

Any good dog loves cuddles. And Dog is a very good boy.

(I wonder whom Brienne is thinking of)

[gravity-what]

Ah. The art piece that inspired it all… please enjoy the newest (and last) chapter of Awakening!

A few thank you’s I need to give for this chapter’s existence:

Shout out to @grasshopperdoingdogpaddle for beta reading this chapter on short notice!

Shout out to @godtierwallpaper for drawing some amazing bonus art for this piece and letting me color it!! That art will be getting its own official post soon~

And shout out to Krishna: a journey within by Abhishek Singh who’s art was a huge inspiration for this piece!

An additional note: this art piece from allllll the way back in December also goes with this story~ (and if you have read to the end you know why!)

Also: if you want some music inspiration for those story it’s

[dutifullylazybread]

5 Song/4 Outfits - Tav Tag!!

I was tagged by @faerunsbest! Thank you so much! I'm late, but it definitely gave me time to think about song selections for this tag!!

Okay, I have to tag @commander-krios. Juniper is part bard, so I feel like this is a missed opportunity if I don't!! I'm also gonna tag @voloslobotomyservice and @the-real-housewives-of-waterdeep. As always, if you weren't listed but you wanna do this, consider yourself tagged!

5 Songs

Follow My Feet - The Unlikely Candidates

Titanium - David Guetta - Cover by Caleb Hyles and Anna Pantsu

Forgive Me Friend - Smith & Thell feat. Swedish Jam Factory

Ends of The Earth - Lord Huron

Let Down - RadioHead

BONUS - my favourite ship songs for Tav x Rolan (Deeply and Immovably So)

Little Talks - Mice and Men

Something Just Like This - Coldplay and the Chainsmokers

Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding (but I love this cover that Kurt Hugo Schneider did with MAX & Madilyn Bailey)

Loved by You - KIRBY

Lover's Mask - Theophony Remix

A BONUS TO THE BONUS - Songs That Readers Suggested (Thank you!!):

Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie

We Can't Be Friends - Ariana Grande

Heavy In Your Arms - Florence + The Machine

4 Outfits

Ah! I love this so much!! I'm going to put this under a cut, because I haven't sketched since high school (and, like, one picture I drew in undergrad), so I think I'd make a mess of it! So we're working with picture boards, y'all!

CAMP CLOTHES - ACT 1/2

When Tav first is captured by the Nautiloid, she has her standard wizard robes (can't afford anything too fancy) and the clothing she would wear while working on commissions (though she would likely wear the typical camp clothes under an apron/gloves to protect herself from burns). So she has the homely clothes, but they are singed and sweat-stained from working near a furnace.

Image Via bg3 wiki

CAMP CLOTHES - ACT 3

With some convincing, Tav splurges and buys the Solemnity Outfit (purple). Gale and the others urge her to get a nice set of clothes for herself, because the clothing she'd worn up until that point were basically falling apart. She isn't the type to really care what she wears so long as it continues to be functional. So the moment it stops functioning is the moment that she will agree to make any needed replacements.

BATTLE ATTIRE - ACT THREE

By the end of Act 3, Tav has traded her very basic wizard robes for the Potent Robes. She would either keep these their default color or dye them Boreal Blue. These would be what she wears while fighting, and she also wears them while working in Sorcerous Sundries.

Image via BG3 wiki

PERFORMANCE CLOTHES/COSTUME

After the Netherbrain is defeated and Tav is staying at Ramazith's Tower, she occasionally helps with the performances outside of Sorcerous Sundries. She wears a red costume with gold accents.

Basic picture board (images via Google):

Basically, her outfit is closest in color and style to the fourth picture with the long sleeves, but the sleeves start below the shoulder like in images 2 and 3. And then she has lacing in the back like in image 1. The only really difference besides that is she has a straight strapless neckline.

BONUS:

She also borrows a dress from Nym Orlith during for reasons... 😏

(image via BG3 wiki)

[personalzombie-tv]

A Year predicted in Music via shuffling the Liked playlist

JAN - Zombie covered by Stary Olsa - Everything is going to shit (this is expected). We will persevere via reconnection to our roots and the inherent escapism of medieval fantasy

FEB - The Search by NF - A crisis of self and importance. Search for hope no matter how much it feels hopeless.

MAR - Show Your Style by Miracle of Sound - FUCK IT WE BALL. IF THEY HURT YOU, BITE THEM (theme of birthday boy :D)

APR - Dance Upon Your Grave by The Brothers Comatose - vengeance is sweet, and there is no sweeter vengeance is outliving those who hurt you and living well.

MAY - Turn out the Lights by The Crane Wives - Ah. return of the crisis. This is not unexpected but we'll simply take a breath and chill.

JUN - "Listen to Your Heart." "No." by Cheekface - A fusion of the manic energy of March and April and the rage at society that's been simmering since 2016 but with the vibes of "you can't fire me i quit". We are once again biting people.

JULY - I'm the Bad Guy covered by Caleb Hyles - Oh... Oh good time for a villain arc in earnest

AUG - Feed the Machine by Poor Man's Poison - the trend continues

SEPT - meltdown by iroha(sasaki) - oh Rin Kagamine we're really in it now.

OCT - Daft Meme (Technologic) by Cyranek. Either a full mental breakdown or more fuck it we ball. It's October so both are very likely

NOV - Gasoline by I Prevail - BURN THEM DOWN FIGHT THE SYSTEM I AM UNKILLABLE AND ALSO VERY MANIC

DEC - Moon Waltz by Cojum Dip - I may have fucked around too hard and am finding out. Oh god oh fuck. I'll see you on the moon :')

saw other people doing this and i'm nothing if not a divination liker and music enjoyer so i thought i'd hop on the trend. this is also a very nice sampling of my likes playlist

[danco110]

“There’s a price tag on the side, ma’am.”

The witch startled back from her reflection in the cauldron, and quickly turned to scowl at the merchant who had interrupted her brooding.

“Ah-hem!” huffed the witch. “Excuse you, Doren! I was busy pondering the dark brew within the Cauldron…I mean, the lovely birdbath you have for sale here.”

The salesman put one hand on his hip and adopted a skeptical expression. “Miss Hylee, I’m about a hundred percent sure that that’s the fabled Cauldron of Eternity from legend. I mean, I’m no Vantress scholar, but what kind of fool do you take me for?”

“The kind…” The witch bit her tongue. “The kind to let me have it for a bargain?”

Doren folded his arms. His expression hardened as he stared down the witch.

“Try again.”

Hylee reached into her robe pockets and produced a pouch of coins which she offered to the man. “Fine. Twenty gold for the Cauldron.”

Doren was unmoved by this offer. “Try again.”

“Grrrr…thirty.”

The corner of the merchant’s mouth twitched upward.

“Fifty.”

“Fine!” Hylee snarled, as she hurled the correct amount at the merchant. “Choke on it!”

“Like…” Doren trailed off, giving the large Cauldron a sideways glance. “…wise. Er, never mind. Just take it.”

“Gladly!”

With much straining and struggling, Hylee managed to lift the stone basin in her arms. The witch gave a maniacal laugh as she shuffled away.

“Finally! Life eternal is mine…for an arm and a leg!”

“Pleasure doing business.”

Doren waved the witch goodbye, shouting after her.

“Just remember, when that thing gets lost again, there’s no refund policy! What you get it what you get!”

[Eldraine scholars aren’t especially superstitious, but they’re beginning to believe the Cauldron of Eternity is ill-omened, without it even having been cursed! The blasted thing has remained unrecoverable for so long that historians suspect either some insanely strong cloaking magic on it, or some foul play on the part of Ayara, who keeps sending knights to their apparent demise over it. There’s even been rumors of it changing hands between junk dealers in the outlying villages!

Scholars also mostly agree that one has to regularly drink from the Cauldron to actually live forever. As such, despite the artifact changing hands countless times through the ages, there have yet to be any documented cases of the Cauldron actually providing eternal life.]

[weidaoduzun3]

A Musing on Free Will and Good and evil.

A rather curse and a blessing when focusing on my life specifically. On one hand it was from my own free will that got me to 2 years of sobriety. But what about all my choices that led me to the cave of despair? I freely chose to get high and fuck up my life.

How do I reconcile the fact that my vices aren’t part of The Good ? On the one hand I think it was necessary to some degree to go through to pain I did, but with a little hindsight—I could’ve done things differently but I simply chose to take to the easy way out.

Yes it could be argued if I didn’t embark on this path of vice I wouldn’t be where I am today, but I think it’s time for me to grow out of that sort of thinking. And start viewing my vices more dualistically.

I’m starting to accept Chaos and Evil to be something that existed prior to the Order of the Cosmos, which was Good.

Peep Iamblichus General Science of Mathematics 18, 1-13:

"Let it be thus for us. In the elements from which numbers arise neither beauty nor the good yet exist, but out of the combination of the One and the causal matter of the Many, number subsists. In these first existences [numbers], being and beauty appear, and, in turn, from the elements of lines, geometrical existence appears in which being and beauty are similarly found and in which there is nothing ugly or evil. But, in the last of things, in the fourth and fifth levels, which are composed from the last elements, evil appears, not as a guiding principle, but from something falling out and not maintaining the natural order."

Here we see that nothing ugly nor evil arrives out of the Monad and Dyad coming together to create the material world. Though I did an earlier thread on how Iamblichus views matter as opposed to his predecessors on my twitter.

To further his argument he does, ironically condemn matter, hyle, later on his De Mysteriis. In reality matter and embodiment is both a good and bad thing in all works of Plato and his followers.

Evil is viewed as subsidiary of the making of the Cosmos —something unnatural to the cosmic order of things. To me, this is becoming ever more convincing.

In DM 170, 9-10 Iamblichus condemns idols and talisman as being technikōs, artificial, and not theourgikōs, theurgic. But this Iamblichus using apologetics in favors of theurgy. His predecessor Porphyry was really big against burnt sacrifices

Now idols are okay Hermeticism we believe the gods embody these idols but to always remember their true nature—that they are of matter or hyle which does consist with Iamblichus view of matter being both of God and also as an obstruction to the souls theurgy.

AH [23-24]:

To Iamblichus matter was seen as a way to connect with the divine henads —but also was a huge obstacle to the Soul’s theurgy. In the De Mysteriis 204, 4-7:

"The contamination from material things falls upon those who are held in a material body; and as many souls are subject to defilement by matter should necessarily be purified(by participating in one’s own demiurgy, ie. theurgy)."

According to Iamblichus, because the gods are free from matter—we too must free ourselves from vices of matter. Which is something I also agree with. But we must not forget that matter is used also to connect with the divine gods.

This non absolute dualism in Iamblichus stance on matter is something I find myself extremely adhering too recently.

I still wish to keep my beliefs hermetic, but am using Neoplatonism and other school of Platonism to help fill in the gaps to make since of my past life of neglect to better myself. In the CH IX [4] we are told vice is native to earth, not of the Cosmos.

It also explains how when an individual comes to God, they ultimately learn that vice is not part of the natural order of things. I present: greed for profit—it has destroyed our planet and has offset the natural order of things—all done in the name of the biggest vice of all, greed.

My vice is get high and make bad decisions—this is NOT natural and not part of the natural Good of things. I should not be so hesitant to actively participate in my own demiurgy, in my own creation and theurgy in fear of the things I create—namely the fruits of my labor. For if I align my nous with the Nous (this looks different for everyone) I can over come the bounds and wheels of Fate and Necessity and participate in my own demiurgy with Providence. This requires free-will. I have all the power to either construct and reap ripe fruits with my labors or I can either reap the rotten fruits of my labors—for it is through and balancing the two natures that God gave me: my divinity & my mortality—is how I’ll unlock my chance in sanctification.

Latin Asclepius [22]

l22] In short, god made mankind good and capable of immortality through his two natures, divine and mortal, and so god willed the arrangement whereby mankind was ordained to be better than the gods, who were formed only from the immortal nature, and better than all other mortals as well. Consequently, since he is conjoined to them in kinship, mankind honors the gods with reverent and holy mind; the gods also show concern for all things human and watch over them in faithful affection.

[kulliare]

[agentrouka-blog]

Do you think Ser Shadric whom Alayne Stone meets in AFFC knows she's really Sansa and do you think he might try to abduct her. Do you have any theories as to what might happen in regards to him with Sansa

I am extremely undecided about Shadrich of Shady Glen.

Since I am unhealthily obsessed with the idea that Sansa will travel with the mountain clans, I suspect if a knight can realistically accompany her, it'd be a Bronn-like character such as Shadrich. 

He’s certainly bright and much quicker to find Sansa than Brienne. I have no doubt that he knows her identity.

 "A good melee is all a hedge knight can hope for, unless he stumbles on a bag of dragons. And that's not likely, is it?" (TWOW, Alayne)

Or so he says staring right at “Alayne”.

It fits into the fairytale vibe. He describes himself to Brienne in a very specific phrase.

"You are not the only hunter in the woods. I seek for Sansa Stark as well." (AFFC, Brienne I)

Which plays a lot into the Snow White imagery surrounding Sansa/Alayne in the Vale in her relationship with Cersei as Evil Queen.

Her envy and jealousy increased so that she had no rest day or night, and she said to a Huntsman, "Take the child away into the forest. I will never look upon her again. You must kill her, and bring me her heart and tongue for a token."

The Huntsman listened and took the maiden away, but when he drew out his knife to kill her, she began to cry, saying, "Ah, dear Huntsman, give me my life! I will run into the wild forest, and never come home again."

This speech softened the Hunter's heart, and her beauty so touched him that he had pity on her and said, "Well, run away then, poor child." But he thought to himself, "The wild beasts will soon devour you." Still he felt as if a stone had been lifted from his heart, because her death was not by his hand. Just at that moment a young boar came roaring along to the spot, and as soon as he clapped eyes upon it the Huntsman caught it, and, killing it, took its tongue and heart and carried them to the Queen, for a token of his deed.  (Brothers Grimm, Snow White)

Cersei is certainly already getting a lot of fake “tokens” for Tyrion, but none yet for Sansa, who is also hunted.

Shadrich could be that Huntsman who refrains from harming her. Much like Hyle Hunt changes ‘allegiance’ from Randyll Tarly (striding huntsman) to following Brienne on her quest for his own purposes. 

It would fit into Sansa’s pattern of low-ranking knightly figures being ambivalent sources of help. Dontos, Hound, Lothor Brune... 

Shadrich helping her travel (even if he has perhaps selfish motives) for part of her journey would be interesting foreshadowing for Jon and Ghost (the albino) encountering her later on, as well as for a different Mad Hunter in the woods.

[osamiiya]

Pairing: Tendou Satori x Reader

Type of fic: Angst (But make it like, the middle to end)

TW// Death, panic, slight panic attack

Summary: Tendou's in love, and he'll stay in love, because, how could he forget you?

A/n I'm back baby, also I cried while writing this so good luck 🤩

Songs I listened to while writing: Love Like You (Caleb Hyles) , Be my Mistake (The 1975) , Mr Loverman (Ricky Montgomery), Lonely (Noah Cyrus), She used to be mine (Jessie Mueller), Before you go (Lewis Capaldi)

"Satori~" Tendou turns around, grin only growing as he hears your sing song voice call from around the corner.

He watched with bated breath, letting out a soft sigh and a heartwarming smile, as he holds out his hands and pulls you into his chest. Taking a deep inhale and exhale.

"How did you sleep?" His grin is soft, and those who've only seen a sinister smile on his face from volleyball would be surprised at how full of love and adoration it held. Truly, Tendou's paradise from the rest of the world, a breath of fresh air from those who found him creepy or weird.

No, you weren't like them. Ever since the beginning you were always the first to jump in to defend Tendou, who had just started to shrug off the looks and whispers of those around him.

"The best sleep I've ever had."

"Yeah?" Tendou sways the two of you in his arms slightly, his tall and thin frame trying it's best to keep you warm from the fall air.

"I had a nightmare." Tendou hums, clearly not worried about it.

"You did?" Tendou's heart squeezes in a way he can't describe as you look up at him with innocent eyes.

"Yeah, your bus was in a car crash." He hums, chills running down his back as remembers the rush of feelings that accompanied the dream.

"Well, I'm here now, besides it's just a dream." Too engrossed in his conversation with you, Tendou isn't aware of the worried look Semi sends him and then Ushijima.

But before he can formally say anything, Ushijima interrupts him.

"He'll be ok. He always is."

---

Tendou's absolutely sure that the looks he's gotten from people in the halls have passed just staring because he was weird looking, there was some underlying message in the stares now, something he couldn't decode.

"Don't mind them Satori." You tug on his uniform blazer, marching ahead of him slightly, eager to get to the convenience store.

"You know y/n. Eating ice cream in the winter leads to all sorts of bad things." Tendou leans over you as you pick out an ice cream from the ice chest, hands coming to your hips and subconsciously rubbing circles into the uniform fabric as he pretends to compare the different ice cream types, as if he wouldn't get the same ice bar he always got.

Tendou's eyes sparkle with happiness as you pick out a new flavour, turning over your shoulder to smile and show him the ice cream you picked.

As always, Tendou pays. Something about how you can repay him later, maybe when a manga he really wants comes out.

"Satori, do you want to try?" There's a mischievous smirk playing at your lips as you hold out the ice cream. After stopping on a park bench, not to far away from the school, the two of you just couldn't wait to have the slowly melting ice creams.

Instead of licking the ice cream as you expected him to do, Tendou leaned over and planted a kiss on your lips, humming as he pulled back and licked his tongue over his lips, smirking at your bewildered expression.

"Tendou." Ushijima's curt voice pulls both of your attentions away from eachother and to the stoic boy above you.

"Ushiwaka, sorry we didn't get you an ice cream. You don't like them anyways, but I did get you..." Tendou trails off, rummaging through the white plastic bag you had acquired at the store, a polite smile on the underplayed college student's face.

Tendou lets out an 'Ah ha!' as he procures the mint chocolate flavoured protein bar you've seen Ushijima eat during practice before.

Ushijima takes it from Tendou's outstretched hand, a polite and curt thank you as he sits next to Tendou.

"We were about to talk about the literature project." Tendou hums, sending you a wink and taking a careful bite of his ice cream.

"Tendou, y/n is gone." It's like ripping off a bandaid, it hurt to see his best friend push himself deeper into a fantasy he created of his own imagination.

"Silly Ushiwaka, they're right-" Tendou's stomach drops as he turns and sees you with a sad smile spread over your features, eyes glassy.

"No, they're- Ushiwaka they're right here." Tendou's confused, was this a prank?

"Tendou, y/n's bus was in a very bad accident, and they didn't make it out of the hospital." Tendou lets out a dry and nervous laugh.

"No, that was my nightmare last night, there's no way..." Tendou's blood runs cold and his hands are shaking.

'Not my Y/n. He's talking about the wrong Y/n.' Tendou's thoughts are too quick for him to keep up with, quick breaths coming out in short bursts.

Words are trapped in his throat as he looks between you and Ushijima. Ushijima's face uncharacteristically full of pity, and your's sad, a tear rolling down your cheek.

"Ushijima I think I need a minute." Ushijima nods at Tendou's serious voice, on the verge of breaking, and gets up, walking a good distance away.

"You're gone?" Tendou's hands are shaking as his voice cracks, wanting to reach out to you.

"Satori, listen to me ok? I love you. Don't ever forget that." A tear rolls down Tendou's face as his thoughts become clearer by the second.

What was once incomprehensible static in his head taking the shape of a word, then two, until they formed a sentence.

'Y/ns gone.'

A sob claws it's way out of Tendou's mouth, and he feels like he's in elementary school again.

"Make sure you don't give Goshiki too much of a hard time ok? He's always trying to impress you guys." Both of your hands are on Tendou's face at this point, and it scares him that he can't feel you, your warmth gone, your presence hanging on by a thread.

"Always eat enough ok? I know you don't have a big appetite, but don't get sick while I'm gone ok? Don't skip out on your meals, please." There's tears running down your face, and Tendou finally notices how you're not really there, tears falling quickly, like rain on the bench.

"You're not here?"

You stop wiping his tears away, giving him a sad smile and a kiss on the cheek.

"I'm at Tokyo Cemetery, darling." A bone shattering shiver rolls through Tendou as he lets out another sob.

"You can't go, I need you." Tendou's shaking, trying to suppress a scream in pain, his body overflowing with realizing and pain.

"You've been in denial Satori." You wipe his tears and leave a kiss on his cheek, and it kills Tendou inside because he can almost feel it. He wants to feel it. Tendou wants to feel your lips on his cheeks.

"Be good ok? Remember how we were going to go to Paris? Take my memory there, take me around Paris using that photo in your wallet. Kiss me goodnight, don't forget me." Your voice is strained and Tendou can't breathe.

"You hear me Satori? Don't forget me, ok?"

"Ok." He manages, it comes out forced , and very much real. A contrast to the life he's continued to live with you in his head, his body and mind now painfully aware that he'd been walking around like a husk of his last self, his mind entertaining the hope and the denial that, you y/n, were still alive. And Tendou could kiss you, and hold your hand, and see you in his jersey one last time.

'Y/ns gone.' And with that Tendou's back to the reality he hates, where you're gone. Tendou can't breathe and his mind feels like it's a tape recorder on 3x speed.

His heart is beating and his hands are grabbing for something to ground him. Seeing his best friend break apart, Ushijima speeds over, taking big steps and allowing Tendou to grip tightly to his shirt, sobbing loudly.

"I didn't get to say goodbye." He chokes out, burying his head into Ushijima's stomach, letting out a yell of pain and heartbreak.

Ushijima feels his heart constrict at the demonstration of his best friend's pain, the red haired boy screaming into his maroon shirt, soaking through the fabric as he rests his hand on Tendou's head, rubbing it in a way he's seen you do it before.

"I loved them and I couldn't say goodbye." Tendou screams, voice raw and filled to the brim with pain, lanky body shaking violently.

"I didn't get to kiss them one last time. I didn't get to tell them I loved them. I never got to take them to Paris like we planned. I never got to give them my volleyball jersey and see them in the stands, cheering for me one last time."

Tendou and Ushijima stay like that for what seems like hours, Tendou buried in his best friend's embrace, needing to be grounded from his raging thoughts.

"I loved them Ushiwaka." Tendou whispers, no longer shaking, voice and eyes hollow.

"I know Tendou." Ushijima tried his best to sound gentle, he knows that Tendou needs it.

"I didn't get to say goodbye." Tendou's like a broken record as Ushijima helps him get off the park bench, plastic bag filled with two uneaten melted ice creams picked up and thrown out.

"We were going to see the eiffle tower." Tendou whispers from his bunk above Ushijima's.

Body heavy with exhaustion, he's about to sleep when he sits up suddenly, hands panicked as he searches for something.

"Tendou?" Came Ushijima's voice from the below bunk.

"My wallet, where's my wallet?" He's stammering and his voice is raw from sobbing and his hands are shaking as he looks.

"Tendou." Comes Ushijima's calm voice as he gently hands Tendou the wallet.

Immediately Tendou opens it, digging through to find the picture he's sure he kept in there.

Pulling it out, he smiles gently, all run out of tears, as he brings the photo shakily to his lips, kissing the photo gently and smiling, looking into your eyes, frozen in time, no idea of the future, just pure happiness.

"Goodnight, my paradise."

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[janiedean]

i find it funny that all the arguments against sansan or sanrion is about the age gap being problematic and then people ship her with jaime who's OLDER THAN TYRION and i think also older than sandor OR they'll ship her with jon who she grew up considering a brother and is actually a cousin making it incestuous. oh and when the books start theon is like 18-19 years old while sansa is like 11 i think? but yes, tell me more about why your sansa ships are superior to sansan or sanrion LOL. oh also let's not forget the ~pure~ ship of sansaery where margaery basically pretends to be friends with sansa and acts nice for her own advantage which is easy to do since she's lonely in king's landing but drops her th emoment it gets convenient, not to mention pretty much framing her from joff's murder which like sure, sansa escaped cuz LF had it planned but if not she would've been killed then :) a very healthy dynamic indeed. they really don't want to admit that they only care to ship sansa with canonically hot guys and their real problem with sansan and sanrion is both sandor and tyrion are supposed to be ugly and physically quite the opposite of the prince charming she's looking for (but they are more prince-like in character) and ignore that her whole arc is learning to look beyond appearances and names and superficial stories.

I mean other than confirming you that jaime's older than sandor bc jaime has seven years on tyrion who's three-four years younger than sandor and sandor's like 29 in agot... he's older than both of them and I'd like to add willas tyrell to the list of people that are seen as better options.... and he's also older than both sandor and tyrion, I... can't disagree with anything here because like we don't even wanna touch my beef with sans*ery but it's for the same reasons as you said and at the end of it I also can't disagree with the last paragraph because that's... like... the point of the narrative like sansa is obv ending up with someone who doesn't look hot for standards but is actually good on the inside which both of them fit the standard for, and again while I think sandor's it for obv reasons if sanrion was endgame I wouldn't be complaining (ngl I was hoping lowkey for them to get the show bc it was obvious sansan wasn't gonna be a show thing so might as well have a 50/50 split even though I guess having the show wouldn't have been that great in retrospective BUT ANYWAY) yeah what you said about the whole arc and again like... sansa/jaime is top five most hated ships for me too bc it's doubly ignoring that sansa and jaime have LI that aren't standard attractive so I'm not even touching that but yeah like

sorry but when it comes to problematic ships again there is literally nothing in asoiaf that's not somehow problematic - again the most wholesome thing in there is sam/gilly and I reiterate gilly has a baby because her father raped her and her own mother was the same so................. like no one has any leg to stand on when it comes to MY SHIP IS WHOLESOME bc no ship in here is 100% wholesome or has characters who are themselves 100% wholesome so the fixation about how these two ships are specifically bad is suspicious like really really sus

also I'd like again to point out for the umpteenth time that while there are things that I really don't vibe with (and in this fandom esp I can't do incest ships) I don't go around judging ppl for being into unhealthy dynamics or being like EW IT'S INCEST BAD because honestly I have better to do with my life, but my problem is people going like AH MY SHIP IS MORALLY BETTER THAN YOURS when it's a badwrong/ish dynamic and trying to sanitize it - like own up to it no one is gonna judge in this damned fandom and if they do good luck being coherent and don't go at other people like 'ah yeah mine is better than yours because it's so much more wholesome' X°D

also like... again there's limits and limits - I can absolutely get why someone would not like sansan or sanrion because they do have problematic elements like if someone reads blackwater and feels uncomfortable ofc I'm not gonna tell them WELL YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT IT, if they blacklist sansan and they don't come at me telling me I'm a pervert then all good? but like to do the comparison I can't get over how in the show sansa told theon she'd do to him what ramsay did all over again after he didn't help her when she didn't even tell him WELL WE SHOULD RUN AWAY TOGETHER just help me run away because for me that is like... I can't ship it when the show narrative never asked sansa to be accountable, I won't ever go to a the*nsa shipper telling them EW HOW CAN YOU LIKE IT WHEN THAT IS A THING because... the way I can like sansan with its problematic elements or secondarily like sanrion with its problematic elements (nvm that the superior tyrion ship is tyrion/bronn anyway) they can like th*onsa with its problematic elements? but just don't go around harping at ppl because everyone has their limit to something and it can be glaringly obvious or not (I mean if I tell you that th*ramsay isnt my cup of tea anyone could understand why seeing the background, or idk for me brienne/hyle hunt is a way bigger nope than brienne/tormund ever could have been but a lot of ppl in jb fandom feel the contrary which is absolutely fine again I can't stand the idea of b. with someone who bet on taking her virginity because of personal reasons even if he realized he was wrong but for others the way they wrote brienne/tormund in the show was uncomfortable to that degree and so on) and as long as you behave like an adult... then who cares what you ship

meanwhile instead there's the... fixation on those two esp within the context you mentioned and honestly I'm kinda tired of the 'gross old dudes' rhetoric thrown at them when neither of them is old or gross and they both are abuse victims with trauma never mind the ableism in spades (that one more glaringly at tyrion for obvious reasons and on tumblr I wish it wasn't like......... 80% of the general fandom but people dismissing sandor's shitty coping methods as HE'S A VIOLENT DRUNK when like..... he's the only one who's actually not violent with her sansa and he has thirty years' worth of ptsd on him are also a peach) like... can you please realize the implications of what you're saying please and thank you

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WOW you're working on Hellava boss??? That's so awesome! Ah I'm so happy to see your art go so far! (I think I also saw your art in a Caleb Hayes song but correct me if I'm wrong) After seeing how much you've improved over the years I'm so happy for you!!! I hope you have a good day!

Yeah! I’ve gotten to do a bunch of art for Caleb Hyled, CG5 and Chi-Chi on YouTube and I’m a revisionist on Helluva!

[thuskindlyshescatters]

Hero

Ah, “Hero.” We heard most of the song in the episode, but there’s still some juicy bits to take a look at! Also, what’s with this song order?

Analysis under the cut.

The fact that the vocalist is Caleb Hyles just makes my mind think “oh, this is a cover.” But nay!

I love how tenderly he sings this opening. It’s haunting and lovely. Not much to say about the lyrics, though.

The fear will surely fade. Know right now, the plan I make will guide us on. We’ll survive this storm!

This is a neat little parallel to the bridge, when the fear’s fully set in, as he still clings to the plan.

Portrayed as cold and heartless, I am might! I am power, I’m due process, I will smite!

Okay, Ironwood’s a badass, and that’s a cute weapon reference, but these lines definitely overshoot and instead almost read as self-assurance -- like he needs to say these things in order to truly believe he has a chance.

Our enemies destroyed. Metal, I’ll deploy!

Not loving the backwards cause-effect of this line.

Hope’s not gone, just hold on!

I love how his definition of hope differs from that of Ruby’s. To Ironwood, hope is action: even if his actions are horrible, he’s supporting an ideology that will deliver them -- obviously not understanding that hope is emotional, not strategic, being the Tin Man.

There’s no sacrifice that I won’t make. I’ll risk it all to keep you safe, Trust me to be strong.

“Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.” -General James Ironwood

Love this melody. It’s not his leitmotif exactly, the rhythm’s too square and robotic for that. It’s perfect.

This whole bridge is TRAGIC:

What if it’s true, as they say, that I don’t have a heart, that I’m more a machine than a man? What would it change, would it matter at all? I made my plan! Hearts and minds may not agree, emotions topple strategy. You can’t believe in honesty that your children can win a war?

We waited for FIVE MONTHS to hear the only remaining lyrics in this song, and HOLY FUCK was it worth it. Let’s break it down:

Ironwood doubts his own humanity, which does two things: it makes it easier for him to ignore his conscience and make destructive choices, and easier for him to pretend that rationality, not fear, is the basis for these choices. It’s sad that he doubts his own humanity, but moreover FRIGHTENING that he has  accepted this possibility -- we can see in this bridge how he slides so quickly from faith in himself to faith in his plan, something he’s confident can’t be shaken by emotions (despite being formed out of fear). And then there’s THAT whammy of a line, from 2x02, that makes us realize that he’s saying all of this to Ozpin. He’s having this whole breakdown because he’s searching for what Ozpin would do in this situation, and cannot accept that the answer is to stand, to fight, and to try to believe in hope.

What a song.

And then the chorus afterwards is so tragic in this new light, because now we know that insecurity that lies under these words; the fear.

Ironwood got a song, and it is one of the BEST character pieces we have in the entire show. I’m blown away.

[kate-m-art]

🎼(also hi!!!)

Your favorite music to draw to right now

(Hi Lush ily!!)

Ah, I really need to find some new music, lately I've just been vibing to auto-playlists from YouTube 😅 For the past few weeks I've been listening to some Caleb Hyles covers, some LoZ soundtrack music, and some Phineas and Ferb songs lol

Oh! Here's a few song I've been listening to on repeat as of late!

Sorry its such long answer but yeah! If you have any song recs feel free to send them my way!

Ask game is here

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"I’m a contestant on The Bachelor, and I’m probably the only one who really fell in love with you as soon as you walked in, but dammit, you don’t seem to like me at all, no matter what I do."

I have become rather obsessed with reality TV AUs of late, so be prepared for a whole bunch of them. I hope you enjoy this one, and my first prompt of April ‘20 (aka the best month, aka my birthday month). Happy reading!

“Are you gentlemen ready to find true love?”

Podrick, who looked barely old enough to drink, let alone be a producer, addressed the three men waiting inside the historically inaccurate Dragon Age carriage. The one closest to the door, with a bland face and brown hair, grinned. Another, with a broad frame and a red beard, practically crowed. That left Jaime Lannister, sitting as far back as he could manage, to give a brief nod of the head. 

“Sure.” 

And with that, Game of Hearts began. It was Westeros’ most popular dating show: one young lady in search of a husband; twenty-one knights of the realm looking to be the lord of her castle. Jaime usually changed the channel whenever it came on, even if his brother was a producer. But Father had been pushing for Jaime to settle down; throwing daughters of business partners at Jaime day and night. After a night of drinking and complaining, Tyrion had come up with this ingenious idea to get Tywin off his back. All Jaime had to do was act as if he really wanted to get married on reality television and reach the finals. 

Not hard. With a face like his, a final spot was practically guaranteed. 

As he leant back, letting the evening’s festivities wash over him, Jaime caught the bland man in the corner eyeing him. He raised a single brow. “Can I help you with something?” 

“You’re good looking.” A statement. Not a question. That was coming. “You could get any girl you want. Why bother coming on the show?” 

He shrugged. “I like a challenge.”

“Yeah, well, I like money. I heard one of the producers talking; apparently, this girl is rich. Heir to some Stormlands fortune.” 

The bland man seemed to come alive at the prospect of his potential wife’s dowry. Jaime just picked lint off his shoulder. She might be rich, but she wasn’t Lannister rich. Another shrug. “Guess we’ll see who the better man is.”

A muscle twitched in the other man’s jaw. “Yeah. I guess we will.”

Before something could irreparably tear in the other man’s face, Podrick re-appeared at the door to their carriage. “Gentlemen, we’re nearly ready for you. Before that, I’d like to unofficially introduce you to our suitress. Her name is Brienne Tarth, she’s the curator of the Evenfall Museum, and she’s 32. She is also heir to the Tarth Shipping fortune.” Podrick grinned. “Jaime, Hyle, Tormund: are you ready to meet your future wife?” 

The bland man, Hyle, grinned; gold dragons replacing the dull brown of his eyes. The hulk in the corner, Tormund, practically salivated at the thought of meeting this woman. Any woman, probably. Jaime was...intrigued. After watching a few episodes to know what he was getting himself into, he had expected the suitress to be a dental hygenist or a student...some kind of consultant, perhaps. As an archaeologist, a museum curator was someone he would actually want to talk to. 

Maybe he wouldn’t have to murder his brother after all. 

Jaime actually found himself excited as the minutes ticked closer to meeting Brienne Tarth. As Hyle and Tormund tried to imagine the physical attributes of their suitress, Jaime tried to recall what he knew about Evenfall. The Blue Knight was buried in Tarth. There was a pirate exhibit he’d wanted to visit two months before but had been talked into this instead. Ah, Oathkeeper. One of the great Valyrian steel swords was on permanent display at the museum. Interesting. 

“Jaime, are you ready to meet your future wife?” 

This was Podrick’s sixth time of asking. But, as the camera pressed into his face, Jaime actually smiled and said, “Yes, I think I am.” 

Jaime was the last to leave the carriage. In the restored ruins of Harrenhal, now the locale for Game of Heart’s quest for love, twenty other men stood having already met Brienne. Best for last. Adjusting the line of his three-piece suit, Jaime strode as directed by the producers to meet his potential wife. A line formed across his brow as he walked, unable to pick her out from the crowd. There was a tall, broad-shouldered man standing beside the host, Oberyn Martell, but no suitress. 

And then: “Brienne, this is our last suitor for the evening. Archaeologist Jaime Lannister.” 

The tall, broad-shouldered woman standing beside host Oberyn Martell turned on the heel of her blue flats. Anything more, and she would have loomed over him. As it was, Brienne Tarth had an inch, maybe two, on Jaime’s six-foot frame. The blue suit she wore betrayed the muscles in her arms and back but did little for her waist or breasts. Her face was far too plain, but her eyes were all the decoration it needed. 

Fuck. It made sense that she would be the guardian of Oathkeeper. She looked like the Blue Knight. Jaime beamed. “Hi.”

“Hello.”

“I’m Jaime,” he said, wearing that charming smile that had left more than a few women in a puddle on the floor. “I’m looking forward to getting to know you better, Brienne. I think we have a lot in common.” 

A muscle beside those gorgeous eyes twitched. “I’m sure.” 

And that was it. No gushing, no flirting. A curt three words were all that Jaime had been offered. From behind the line of cameras, he spotted his brother conversing rapidly with Podrick. Jaime Lannister – gorgeous, wealthy, accomplished – was supposed to be their showstopper. And Brienne Tarth stared at him as if he was an eight-year-old boy who had been caught touching the exhibits. Less than that, even. Cool indifference. 

Well, fuck that. Jaime hadn’t even wanted to do this show in the first place, but here he was, and he was going to be in that damn final. 

Taking two steps forward, Jaime reached for Brienne’s hand and rubbed his thumb across her wrist. As she gasped from the contact, he leant forward and brushed his lips against the corner of her mouth. Tyrion’s hissing stopped, and Jaime could feel every camera trained on them. Good. Everyone else thought him charming. It was time Brienne Tarth thought so, too. 

“I’m sure I’m not the first man tonight to tell you that your eyes look like sapphires,” he said; his voice soft. “If I am, then every other man here is a fool.” 

The corner of her mouth twitched, and Jaime thought he had her. “Does that line often work?”

“Only about 10% of the time. Too many people in Westeros have brown eyes.”

“You think you’re charming.” 

“But you don’t.” 

Brienne shook her head. “I know men like you.” 

“There are no men like me, Brienne.” Jaime took a step back but still held her hand. He lifted it to his mouth and pressed a kiss across the bridge of her knuckles. “Let me show you.” 

Brienne nodded but did not seem convinced. Good. Jaime liked a challenge. He’d make her fall just enough in love with him to get him to the final, get Father off his back, and then some other knight could propose. Just because she had pretty eyes and a big sword did not mean Jaime wanted to win. But those were big eyes. And a really pretty sword. 

[charleecat-bat]

Get to Know Me Tag

Tagged by @terraqua111 1. Dogs or cats?

Cats, next to bats they’re my favourite animal and they make me very happy, dogs are good but cat are wonderful to me. 

2. YouTube Celebrities or Normal Celebrities?

Find myself know and like more youtube celebrities so that. 

3. if u could choose to live anywhere where would that be?

Well I mean, Australia is fine, maybe be in Melbourne instead but idk, if not then I wouldn’t mind being in London maybe or Scotland? idk I’m fine where I am rn

4. Disney or DreamWorks?

DreamWorks, from what I’ve noticed I like their stuff a bit more, Disney’s contents fine, but Dreamworks is so unique. 

5. Favorite childhood TV show?

I watched a lot, but from I remember, I loved and still love Tom and Jerry and Pingu so much. I’d say Wallace and Gromit but those were more mini movies then shows. 

6. The movie you’re looking forward to most in 2020?

Probably Sonic the Hedgehog although some others look cool, like Onward, the Grudge, 

7. Favorite book you read in 2019?

Hahahaha, um... I haven’t read much lately. I don’t read much at all besides like my friends stories (mostly Aqua’s haha) 

8. Marvel or DC?

Um, Idk Marvel? I don’t really care I’m not mad about either of them. But Marvel’s got Guardians of the Galaxy so- 

9. If you choose Marvel favorite member of the X-Men? If you choose DC favourite Justice League member?  

Probably Beast. 

10. Night or Day?

Night

11. Favorite Pokemon?

Swoobat I think is my top favourite, it’s a blue lil bat that’s perfect. I do like a lot of them though despite not playing any of the games ever. 

12. Top 5 bands/artists:

1. Panic! At the Disco

2. Jon Bellion

3. Caleb Hyles

4. Jonathan Young

5. DAgames 

idk i listen to a lot of music but i notice these guys I have listened to the most... although P!ATD is definitely my fav. 

13. Top 10 books

Um... that’s hard I find it really hard to enjoy books a lot.  I will say I did enjoy the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and Carrie by Stephen King

14. Top 4 movies

ah fuck, this is gonna be hard. XD I love A LOT of movies, and I mean  A LOT 

1. The Shape of Water

2. Kung Fu Panda

3. Shrek 2 

4. Coraline

The Shape of Water I know is definitely my number one, the last three are just in any particular order or with just how much I’ve watched them. Movies are good. 

15. US or Europe?

Um, idk. 

16. Tumblr or Twitter?

Twitter, I’m extremely active on it these day. 

17. Favorite vacation destination?

I think I’d like to visit England for once or go to Scotland again. 

18. Favorite YouTuber?

I also watch A LOT of youtube. And I like A LOT. I think my favourites are Markiplier and Deadmeat. Since I notice they’re my main go-to’s when I need something to listen to or watch a video even if i’ve watched it many times before. 

19. Favourite author ?

.-. um...

20. Tea or Coffee?

Neither? I’ve tried tea and didn’t like it and coffee i haven’t tried it in drink form properly but I don’t like it’s taste when added to drinks or cake so no too. 

21. OTP?

Um. Fan pairs or Canon pairs? 

for canon, Ruby and Sapphire from Steven Universe since they’re just an adorable couple. 

but for fan couples... i think the little pairing of Locke and Luger is my favourite haha. 

22. Do you play an instrument/sing?

I did attempt Keyboard once but I can’t do two different things with my hands like that, it’s too hard.  I do sing sometimes though but not professionally and stuff like that, just for fun.  I’m tagging @deoovat @omnicenos @tex-the-enchilada and... screw it @rubybeast47

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Playlist tag

@bread-tab tagged me! Thank you for thinking of me :D :D :D

The Rules: Put your whole music collection on shuffle and pick the first ten songs.

So I have a playlist on Spotify called "Unsorted", where I add all the music I come across with the aspiration to put them in sorted playlists at some point (I... rarely ever actually do), so that seems like a good approximation of my music collection.

1. When I Am Queen by Jack Off Jill (Wow okay just starting with the emo shit right away, thanks. Like so many songs I listen to, I got introduced to it through a fandom AMV, although I can't remember for which fandom.)

2. Dentist! from the Little Shop Of Horrors soundtrack (This one was from a Death Note AMV. Also I have recently actually listened to the whole soundtrack and I love it. But it is somewhat hilarious that THIS is the song DN introduced me to, and not "Feed Me".)

3. Do It For Her/Haven't You Noticed (I'm a Star)/Here Comes a Thought from Steven Universe (Even though there are almost 500 songs on the playlist, there were 3 Steven Universe songs, so I'm collapsing them into one. I just really like Steven Universe, man. Also I love Haven't You Noticed primarily because of the "Now everyone can see me burning" line, because I love lyrical dissonance.)

4. Ave Mary A by P!nk (Ah, a "we seem to be fucking things up and need to get our shit together" song. I do try to be optimistic, but sometimes you just have to belt out a complaint.)

5. Fall of the Magister from Dragon Age Inquisition (I just added all the minstrel songs at some point, and it turns out I find them really nice to listen to. This one in particular is relatively upbeat but also melancholy, 'cause darkness is definitely rising again.)

6. Hey, Hey, We're the Monks from Galavant (Acapella, Weird Al, and from a comedy musical. What's not to love?)

7. Memories of Nobody // Roxas by Lizz Robinett and Dysergy (Kingdom Hearts 2 inspired fan music. That game really had the most existentially tragic tutorial level ever and I will never be over it. Please give my boy a hug.)

8. Spider Dance by Caleb Hyles and RichaadEB (Undertale fan song! I love this track in Undertale, I love Caleb's voice, and this entire song is a bop. I have to dance* to this, I can't help it. *Read: move my head rhythmically and maybe do some conducting with my hands. I don't really dance.)

9. Somebody To Love by Queen (I don't think I need to explain why this is on the list. Although I may need to explain why it wasn't on the list before TV!Good Omens, because Queen is basically always nice to listen to. But I just forgot. Anyway, I am overrun with Feelings every time I listen to this song now, like many here.)

10. Anything by Hedley (Fuck you, I can do anything! Aggressive optimism is my jam.)

So yeah, this is mainly musicals and filk, which seems accurate. No symphonic metal though, even though that's the genre I always say is my favourite when people ask me.

This was fun! I'm just going to tag all my active mutuals without agonizing over whether it would be weird to tag them, feel free to not do it. Also, feel free to do it if you weren't tagged! I will be delighted :D @mvtk42, @brightnessdavar, @dhominis, @bibliolithid, @michaelblume, @alwynwitch, @argumate, @julia-fortunata Also @sinesalvatorem, because I know you love music and you might like being tagged in stuff like this?