#an amazing last season really

[sprinklethetangerine]

I can't believe they did this

[avnasace]

no but the way viserys continues to haunt the story through rhaenyra and alicents conflict, which gets passed down to both of their children, is crazy good content.

the irony in that viserys the peaceful was the one who started this war, and the downfall of the dragons/his family in the first place.

viserys and daemon had their own conflict, but when viserys alienated rhaenyra initially by marrying her best friend, he then ignored his and alicents children, eventually later his actions leading to rhaenyra marrying his brother (who he'd also taken for granted and ignored).

he then kept doting on rhaenyra up until the moment he died, further seperating himself from his own children by alicent.

alicent knows of rhaenyras affairs, grows hateful and takes that resentment out on her own children instead, while her father otto is further poisoning her and them for his own ends to scheme for the throne.

so then alicents children learnt to grow up disliking rhaenyra's. the only time you see them even remotely amicable is when theyre bullying aemond, another bond made through cruelty instead of kindness. this is ironic considering at laenas funeral you can see that aemond actually thinks about trying to offer comfort to i think baela and rhaena (if i remember correctly?)

aegon and helaena couldnt care less, which to me makes it even more sad. if aemond had, he might not have then been so quick to rub his claiming of vhagar in their faces, and he might not have lost an eye.

the taking of the eye plus viserys' incompetence reignites and cements alicents hatred for rhaenyra even more. viserys takes rhaenyras side, not defending his hurt child at all, even going as far as to shout at aegon for even the mention that he might have said something against rhaenyra. this causes alicent to attack her, and later making her then double down on her efforts to pressure aegon into hating rhaenyra, further distancing him from her.

later we see with aegon that his mothers pressure leads him to find affection in other very unhealthy and harmful ways, assaulting his maids, excessive drinking, brothel going, and assumably fathering many bastards, leading him tho the child fighting rings as well. aemond too starts going to the brothel and avoiding alicent, but for platonic affection instead of anything more.

helaena is the one who received the most of her mothers love and the least of her cruelty, however their relationship is similarly screwed up because shes the only child that doesnt actually want affection from her...

meanwhile rhaenyra is a very loving and fiercely protective mother to her children, fighting for them above all else, especially when their parentage is concerned. she does anything for them, and it shows in their natures that their upbringing, other than the scrutiny from other nobles about their father, that they were raised kindly and wisely.

whats also completely different is that rhaenyras children have not one but three father figures, all of which love them in different ways, which is three more than alicents children have. you could make an argument for cole being a prominent male figure in their lives but he is also quite cruel and hateful.

we see team greens children grow up to be anxious, affection starved control freaks, with mummy and daddy issues, with not one of them knowing how to be a leader even though they are all in some way forced to be one.

aegon is an incompetent drunkard of a king who knows nothing of court or war or politics, not even high valyrian. he is only a figurehead, but is strangely empathetic towards his subjects and loves his children.

aemond is cruel and objective, a fierce fighter and being the most studied and educated of them all, but with no care to his subjects and far too willing to disregard or maim his own blood for his own ambitions.

helaena is the gentlest but she herself has no ambition to rule, she is kind but also an outcast of their society because of her prophecies. she also does not particularly care for her subjects, even being scared of them and their willingness to get to know her.

meanwhile in complete contrast jacaerys and lucerys are kind, more than willing to learn, theyre fluent in high valyrian, they are very interested in their histories and heritage and they learn sword fighting from harwin and assumably laenor? later probably daemon too.

they stand in the war council room with their mother and learn, and even baela and rhaena are involved by rhaenyra to both take part and learn.

the generational trauma goes crazy in this show, but all these characters are so compelling. i dont think there is a single main character that doesnt interest me. yes most of them are bad people and have done awful things, but its also so interesting to see how they got that way and see how one fathers actions, or lack thereof, caused so much destruction.

[loveyougoodbi]

Hearing Charles say yesterday "we'll do everything we can to win next week" or something along those lines really put into perspective the kind of season ferrari are having compared to last year. Because last year what we were saying was "hopefully we can have a positive weekend" which usually meant finishing quali in top 3 by some miracle just to get passed by only 2 instead of 5 cars in the race. Now p2 is a dissapointment and we are gunning for wins every race. We have come so far oh my god am I... living my dream?

[theyaremydivision]

random gifs of Alfred Molina as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache in Three Pines (episodes 1.07-1.08)

[duahauuoplanh]

I’ve seen him act emotional and serious before but I never knew he could act cute so well, which really was a pleasant surprise because other people would find a new charm of his through Guwon who is also very loveable and cute character in KTL. Yoona about what she found unexpected from Junho on Allure.

[house-of-cards-and-crime]

i have about 6 hours to go catching up! i'm realizing that posting updates about it is helping me actually stay on task (i'm finally getting properly re-invested into the hermitcraft goings-on as well)

the current stats for my catching up playlist are:

Xisuma: 6 videos (2.2hrs)

Mumbo: 2 videos (57min)

Joel: 2 videos (43min)

Etho: 1.5 videos (im halfway through one as i write this) (1.4hrs)

Tango: 1 video (27min)

Scar: 1 video (25min)

Grian: 1 video (23min)

[thelolarahaii]

It's not...the aftermath that's special. It's about the process to get them there.

LUKE JAMES as EDMUND GAINES in "Them: The Scare"

[lingeringscars]

There is something really beautiful about Simone Biles being regarded as the best gymnast in history, and her still falling/making mistakes/not qualifying for bars final/not placing first always.

[solitarybookdragon]

Its strange how emotional I get over a song from a PlayStation game

[lucaswarmhotchocolate]

beef is most delicious when it is either raw or slow cooked to smithereens. raw is on top tho

[aflawedfashion]

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva keeps saying she wants to return to competition and a few things sound like maybe, just maybe it could be this upcoming season, and I really want that to be true

[miyasann]

i'm late to the party but i cried 5 times watching the dumpster battle

[anotherpapercut]

I know several people who like LOVE seasons 5-7 (11th doctors run) and think the storylines and moffats writing are brilliant and I don't get it!!! what am I missing??? why does literally every single episode have the exact same stakes: Rory/Amy/the doctor is dead. forever. so dead. but wait!!! what if they aren't!!! why do so many of the explanations for why they're not actually dead feel so rushed like they were added at the last minute!! why does every single queer character act kind of weird and awkward about being queer!! why does the doctor casually say that women are inferior when no one's around!!! what the fuck!! hello!!!

[mapleandgingeroatmeal]

Oh my God this episode is so stressful…I can feel all the puzzle pieces slotting into place and I’m terrified.

[vveissesfleisch]

THAT’S HOW THIS SERIES ENDED??????? LIKE FOREVER, SERIES FINALE ENDED????????

ARE YOU JOKING WITH MY ENTIRE LIFE????????

(I mean, don’t get me wrong, brilliant amazing spectacular showstopping never the same stunning delightful, 3000/10 highly recommend, and the closures on a few plot points certainly work where they ended up, and man oh MAN what an exceptional final episode, but there is absolutely one ENTIRE season of story left to wrap this up exquisitely!!)