𝐂𝐗𝐗𝐗𝐈𝐈𝐈. In this fitting day and because it's less than a month until it happens, I'm bringing back to light that Dain, for the life of him, doesn't remember his own birthday. Besides the fact that erosion plays a part in this, so does his own negativity about himself that made him forget many things related to himself because he simply doesn't view himself as important anymore as an individual, only what he can or can not leave behind through his actions (for example his endless fight against the Abyss Order to not wreck Teyvat). But I will say, however, that depending on whether the year is comprised of 356 or 366 days, he's aware that the 345th / 346th rise of the moon is a special day that concerns his existence.
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my hot take of the day is that clearly the people who swallow the in universe targ & valyrian exceptionalism are being completely taken in by the exact system that george is trying to critique but also i think the people who over correct into this idea that not a single targaryen is worthy of like, our empathy or sorrow or are rightfully chafing against the structures put in place by valyrians, first men, and andals alike are also being incredibly 2d in their analysis. i feel like this happens most often when people try to make the case that andals are somehow oppressed in westerosi society on a cultural level simply bc valyrian supremacy trumps andal culture. i think this is incredibly silly to say or posit as the truth in universe because there is in fact some oppression of culture in westeros but it’s not the andals lol!!! it’s the first men, the dornish, the rhoynar/greenblood orphans, and the ironborn. there Is some level of,,,, idk bigotry/xenophobia towards valyrians but only valyrians who don’t worship the faith - people like larra rogare, who still follow valyrian gods, do face this bigotry because they’re Too Foreign, the same way someone like thoros, melisandre, taena, etc who are essosi but not from a still heavy valyrian-based society like volantis and lys, and that’s definitely important to the conversation, because it shows the Dominant Culture is in fact the Andal culture when it comes to westeros and that’s like,,, fine, and even more interesting to me to see how andals, who have been the dominant force on westeros for thousands of years, interact with valyrians, who clearly want to keep ideas of valyrian supremacy alive somehow and essentially try to get the other dominant force in westeros to buy in (which they do!). like, are these two at odds sometimes? yes! but i don’t think it’s correct to say that the andals face ~prejudice for being andals or followers of the faith either!
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Thinking about how it's TEN YEARS since a bunch of gatekeeping comic purists lost their shit about their precious AsianslashMiddleEastern racist archetype The MANdarin being absolutely DISresPECted by Shane Blacks' Iron Man 3 a film that said here's a racist nebulously AsianslashMiddleEastern cliche villain who's actually not a villain but an actor paid by a bitter white rich capitalist nerd with a grudge as an extremely unsubtle allegory for how the US and other 'western' nations create their own enemies and leverage racism to generate fear that justifies violence because I know how to read a fucking room and I'M both laugHING and crying once more at the irony and the incompreHENsible but completely UNsurprising level of hiLARious and absurd ignorance
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u kno, idk if i said this here but "sylki" sounds like a women's shaving product to me. specifically a women's one, it'd be some pink thing that costs about three times as much as razors aimed at men but i'm not even sure if it is a razor, it might be some weird cream that doesn't work or an odd hi-tech gadget that doesn't work, but the point here is that it definitely sounds like the name of a product that a) is pink, b) costs too much, and c) is demonstrated in repetitive annoying ads by women who already lack body hair so why are they even using a sylki on that body part in the first place eh?
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i love that technically the adults qualify as "found family but they're all criminals". like look at this wholesome bunch of nerds. they love committing grand theft auto, identity fraud, forgery, and more
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honestly amc is setting that youtuber up for unwarranted scrutiny by their incompetence, like her videos are entertaining and well produced as far as reaction content (which is a low bar tbh).
but when they're seemingly the only one getting those opportunities while other people with established and/or large platforms with a history of engaging with the show are reaching out and being rejected then people start asking questions. cause even i'm here wondering if there's a bit of nepotism facilitating the access now.
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