#before the show

[ai-manre]

As a veteran of westeros.org, it's so funny that Jon and Dany being together is now considered by many as a stepdown for Jon.

Back in the day, if you suggested Jon and Dany get together, most people used to accuse you of being a rabid Jon stan trying to make him into a Gary Stu who gets everything, claims and dragons and the love of the most beautiful woman in the world.

And from my observations from then till now (my personal observation, there might be outliers), there are mainly two types of jonsa shippers that used to exist then (and evolved in number now):

1) those who are actually Sansa stans and want her to have the best guy possible. In-universe there are many great guys like Willas Tyrell, but at a narrative level, Jon is one of the big damn heroes who is also able-bodied and likely good-looking

2) A extreme type of Jon stans who really don't want Jon to get together with a woman who is his equal. On westeros.org and reddit back in the day, they used to really hate on JonxDany and their rhetoric would make it clear that it was because that would mean Dany wouldn't be the villain whom Jon will defeat and from whom he will take everything. Instead, she will be his equal or even his superior, who has equal or more narrative importance and messianic potential in the story. That they both might be Azor Ahai and not Jon alone. Many such stans much preferred Jon get together with a more "passive" and "safe" woman who would always be secondary to him and that Dany would be a villain instead.

[julialametta]

one a day 366/319

before the show / Art Deco Theater Steinhof / Vienna / ©Julia Lametta

[agent-314]

Arthur Pendragon round 2. Still think I’m shit at crowns and armor but I need a good reference before I try this again. GIVE First looks SOON PLEASE

[kirliancamera1]

Elena Alice in the hotel before the show in Cologne 2024

[puppiegrll]

ages ago i got tickets to see my fav band w my ex and its in a few weeks and hes just told me he isnt going. sooo. now im driving like 3 hours alone, and seeing a show alone. i always get groped at these shows even when im w a guy,, im not feeling v safe abt going alone :// but i luv them.. they arent close to me v often… i wna see them..

[dreamineuphoria]

[1042]

ran into tamino on the street today ❤️ i can die in peace

[mysticalsoot]

I have a confession:

I'm a charlie spring kinnie. it's bad.

yes I love Nick Nelson, it's part of the package.

[sohannabarberaesque]

In the dressing room of The Banana Splits ahead of a concert in some second-rate venue in an equally culturally-devoid environment

SNORKY: [Incessant honking]

DROOPER, interpreting for Snorky: Well, at least Snorky is smart about one thing.

BINGO, trying not to get too ahead of himself: The absence of "stage-door Jane" type hyperfans who can get too ahead of themselves?

FLEEGLE: At any rate, I'll check the door--

[Only it turns out, as Fleegle opens the dressing-room door, a near-mob of fanatical female fans, some dressed in the garb of the Sour Grapes Girls, the band's eternal Nemeses, can be discerned, some waving autograph books into the air and demanding same. Fleegle valiantly tries closing the door to said dressing room to control the surging mob, but in vain.]

BINGO, with a little snark inherent as some of the fans surge the portals of the dressing room: There goes the neighbourhood ...

[tododeku-or-bust]

Shout out to all the Black ppl that can no longer participate directly in the fandom they love because of the stresses of racism 👍🏾 you contain multitudes of value and I'm sorry that the color of your skin and the power of your voice makes people not want to acknowledge that.

[nymphoutofwater]

And why? Cultural norms? Personal schedule? “Cause I’m always late to everything”?

Bonus points: Region and/or ethnicity?

[cuntylouis]

[ID: a tweet from sorrel @/sorrelquest reading: "accidentally enjoyed a tv show so much that i went to the subreddit to read episode discussions. you must never do such a thing". End ID.]

[pangur-and-grim]

[hinamie]

to moving forward

[greykolla-art]

It’s healthy to step out of our comfort zone’s a little!😜