#didn't watch the funeral

[beatx-mavie-archangelx]

there should've been at least a full view of Fíli's body in the funeral scene

"Fíli you didn't deserve any of this" we all say in unison

[sprinktripsy]

Something in space funeral that literally no one ever notices is that, when shopping and not hovering over an item, the text above the buy and sell stuff contains bizarre comments presumably made by the shopkeepers.

I have literally seen no one notice this throughout the entirety of the internet.

[cluzi]

Even before watching The Funeral episode I was sure three things would happen:

the Roman Empire would collapse during the eulogy;

he would try to harm himself voluntarily (I remember being confused about some of the open arms' scene theories. Someone theorized that he was defending Kendall from the police?? Someone else kept wondering in which episode the riot would take place… I was like. 🤌🏻Moots.🤌🏻He's wearing a tie. His face is asking to be smashed!! It's the Funeral episodeeee!!);

given the situation, Gerri would have extended a truce.

I didn't expect for it to hit that hard but there I was, heartbroken yet satisfied at the end of the episode. Just one thing was out of place: Gerri not reaching out after Roman's miserable self. She was right behind him, I thought: SHE IS GOD'S STRONGEST SOLDIER BECAUSE I COULD NEVER?

The next day, someone on twitter had to shyly break the news to me and I. was. a. mess!!!!!! I still am: I think cutting that scene is the only discordant note in a magnificent work.

I was sure she would reach out.

That was her own pain in the ass, pet-protegé, intimate unintentional shared mess, someone whose weaknesses she saw and understood to the point of tenderness.

And SOMEONE IN THE WRITERS ROOM WROTE ON A PINK POST IT: GERRI COMFORTS ROMAN AT THE FUNERAL AND SOMEONE ELSE IN THE EDIT ROOM THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS NOT IMPORTANT ??

But what about Gerri's importance as a character? What about basic humaneness, understanding? This choice didn't do her justice, not in the way audience have known her for years. I agree with granpa Brian Cox, for once.

Thank God for Ao3's writers, I guess? Because I've read pieces so good that they make up for shortcomings like these.

[peachsukii]

Might be a little radio silent today and tomorrow, but I'll be back soon. Gonna run off a queue & pop in and out. 💜

[lee-blogs]

Still packing stuff and now i'm looking for a box for this.

My dad and i made it a few years ago for halloween, probably 2015/16 if i'm remembering right. It's made from a lays can, a wipes container from his work, and paper maché. I don't remember what the wires and front metal bits are from, but the middle actually lights up! It has one of those long battery-powered emergancy lights in it and some colored tissue paper

[phantastragoria]

The tragedy that is the majority of viewers not catching onto the fact that Gamora had tons of internal cybernetics and an entirely replaced skeletal system when those are the only things that will remain long after she's gone.

[theinfinitedivides]

'disappear? Joon Oh isn't in the morgue?'

[fragmentedblade]

"Though I don't know exactly what you are or what you're up to... My bullets will find you — until then, you best find a casket store in Penacony, and ask the owner to reserve a good quality casket for you, imposter!"

Hardly could get more Western film than this

[casiavium]

Zelda and Link redesigns for the sword spirit au :) just messy doodles that didn't quite turn out how I imagine them, someday I'll actually sit down and work out how I want sword spirit!Link to look

[pinktinselmonstrosity]

trying to plan my grandma's funeral and it is so hard. for emotional reasons but also because she didn't like music or books and she wasn't religious so we have no idea what to read/play at the service 😭 like at this point it's going to be a eulogy and then we all just go home

[lemonhemlock]

I didn't think about him being a knight and having endangered himself before, you're right!

I was mostly thinking along the lines of one of the kids being directly attacked and him probably not jumping at the opportunity to get between that (I feel like he would/could but he'd probably think about whether it's the smartest decision/in favour of his goals whereas Aemond would act rather rash).

Maybe he would protect Alicent without further thought tho (but I am not knowledgeable, I just base my opinions on vibes).

What do you think?

Hi there!

I think Otto gets a little bit of a bad rep in general. He doesn't talk the talk without walking the walk, if you think about it. As I've said, he has already put himself twice in harms' way on the same bridge on Dragonstone - once against Daemon, once against Daemon & Rhaenyra, both times facing dragons, both times ready to throw hands if necessary. He's not hiding somewhere in the background, he's the first to fall if things go awry. Tywin Lannister, another Hand of the King, would have simply sent an envoy, for example, and it's not for lack of courage, as he fights in battle himself to save his family from Stannis.

Which is why I think it's the more notable that Otto went himself, on behalf of the Crown. If he is willing to do that for the institution, to perform what essentially is a ceremonial, albeit (unnecessarily, for him) dangerous act, why wouldn't he protect Alicent and his grandchildren if they were in the way of direct harm?

It's also important to note that he never intentionally placed his daughter in harm's way. In his mind, Viserys is a good man who would never mistreat her (in a way he understands as being significant).

Similarly, I think a lot of this confusion stems from the political climate not being relayed properly to the viewers. Otto fully expects Viserys to change his heir once he has a son. Fandom likes to believe this is evil machination from his part, plotting Rhaenyra's murder years in advance, but most other noble lords think the same thing. Does anyone think Corlys and Rhaenys were trying to get Laena and her future children killed by putting her forward as a potential bride? Does anyone think Rhaenys was secretly plotting to defenestrate Rhaenyra while they were sassing off on that balcony? Jason Lannister shows up from way out west and fully expects Aegon to be named heir as well. People are very confused when Viserys doesn't budge.

Otto is not so unfeeling as to reduce his daughter and grandchildren to canon fodder for his personal ambition. He wasn't expecting this problem in the first place. He is taken aback and has to recalculate and re-calibrate his strategy. That is why he starts insisting to Alicent in private that she also join him in pushing for Aegon as heir. That is why he suggests betrothing Rhaenyra to Aegon. That is why he tells Alicent her children will be in danger if Viserys doesn't switch. He wasn't tricking or trapping her in a future bloody war over succession when he sent her to comfort/distract the king. Viserys is the rogue element here, someone that we in the field of international relations would say is not behaving like a rational actor.

Which is what I think Otto was doing in the eye-gouging trial as well. Taking in information and making a cost-benefit analysis. Aemond's eye was already lost by that point and perhaps he thought there was nothing to be gained politically by further antagonizing Rhaenyra. Alicent was also the one with the knife; she had the upper hand in that moment. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Otto is flawless here - he is not Westeros' no 1 hugger and comforter. For example, he could have interjected himself in support of his daughter, instead of her slowly losing her mind. To further the Tywin comparison, for all his faults, he would have been raging there at the King alongside Cersei. Otto has a different personality - he works more behind the scenes. Nevertheless, I don't think he would have stood idly by if Viserys suddenly decided to start removing the tongues of his family members.

[moongothic]

[novustrad]

Like I know da would have been so upset over his baby brother ("baby brother" when he's late 40s I think) not bothering to come over

But his best friend is here and he was more like a brother to da to da's actual brothers so that's something

[wallbeatjournal]

Hiram covering the costs for Fred's funeral must have been a huge deal for you.

okay yes. but why do i detect a tone of judgment!!

[rustystars]

s1 of true detective has its own share of misogyny but at the very least, there’s a thread throughout it that not treating the women in your life with respect leads to those women not wanting to be around you. marty consistently views women & girls as either in need of protection or in want of sex rather than as complex people, & the story punishes him for this. maggie leaves him & his daughters barely talk to him & his girlfriends are few & far between. & this doesn’t make him a bad person! he’s the hero of the story & he cares incredibly deeply about them, but until he sees them as people, it’s hard for them to want to be around him. it’s a baseline understanding that misogyny, both systematically & on personal levels, leads to women being miserable.

compare that with s2, which somewhat builds itself around conversations of sexual agency & exploitation, but cannot define a single woman outside of her relationship to men. women are abused by men & must be saved by them; when women help themselves they do so ineffectively; they scream & cry & fuck & even then men know how to do it better. even ani, the main character & the Strong Badass Woman detective, is punished for having sex. she cannot protect herself or process her own sexual trauma (only men can help her do that), & she cannot make good decisions in terms of partners (& it's only fair that men degrade & shame her in response.) the only way she, & any other woman in s2, can be happy is through marriage or motherhood. she expresses nowhere in the show that she wants to be a mother, but the viewer is meant to accept her ending as happy, because she has a baby, so she MUST be. the only women who matter, or who can find any sort of contentment, are the mothers of sons. every child in s2 is a boy because women exist only to raise or fuck them, & have no experience of girlhood at all. you can be happy only if you find a good man, & if you can't, only if you commit yourself to being a good mother to your sons. women can only be happy with men to guide them. & also the mystery is boring to watch because fuck you

[konakoro]

Tragic: Another Horrible Hot Person Just Died