#i just woke up my thoughts are NOT coherent

[paintuesday]

NOBODY TALK TO ME I WILL CRY!!!!!!

[im-smart-i-swear]

can you remember being born? were you born at all

[iguessitsjustme]

Okay but imagine the reason Yak has the necklace back is because he asked Dee for his first kiss if he wins and Dee takes off the necklace, kisses it, hands it back to Yak and says “win.” That’s not gonna happen but IMAGINE

[sunny12th]

Dany's names for her dragons, and her reasoning behind them, are pretty interesting. What I find most interesting though is that she ends up claiming and riding Drogon, the dragon named for her first husband who bought and raped her. We aren't given any reasoning behind his naming but I believe it must come from Dany's dragon dream. In this dream, her physical and emotional pain is burned away and she is then able to reconnect with life and those around her.

"'Khaleesi,' Aggo murmured, 'there sits Balerion, come again.'

'It may be as you say, blood of my blood,' Dany replied gravely, 'but he shall have a new name for this new life. I would name them all for those the gods have taken. The green one shall be Rhaegal, for my valiant brother ... The cream-and-gold I call Viserion ... His dragon will do what he could not.'

'And the black beast?' asked Ser Jorah Mormont.

'The black,' she said, 'is Drogon.'"

Viserys is another of Dany's abusers but her explanation for naming a dragon after him makes some sense. All she ever wanted was for Viserys to take care of her as a brother should, now she has a chance to fulfill that need in another way. She'll care for Viserion as his mother and eventually Viserion will care for her.

It also might offer some foreshadowing for Viserion's fate. If I had to guess which dragon would die, I would predict it'd be Viserion dying to protect Dany. This would fulfill Dany's wish that he 'do what [her brother] could not,' which is to say that Viserion will protect and care for Dany. I'm not totally convinced any of the dragons are going to die but, again, if I had to guess then I would say Viserion will shield Dany from some danger and die as a result. Viserys died because he threatened Dany's unborn child, Viserion might die to protect Dany (and possibly another unborn child).

This might also be foreshadowing for whoever ends up riding Viserion. Viserion's rider will do what Viserys could not - they'll protect and love Dany. I've always thought Jon should bond with Viserion (if he gets a dragon) because 1) Viserion is cream and gold which matches the colors Jon is usually associated more than Rhaegal's green and bronze and 2) Jon will do what Viserys couldn't. That's pretty much a given, Jon will love and protect Dany. Something Viserys never could. Viserys also planned on marrying Dany, something he couldn't do, and it also seems likely Jon will marry Dany.

Based on the above passage alone, one might assume Dany would eventually ride either Viserion or Rhaegal. Viserion will do what Viserys could not, he'll love and protect Dany. Best way to do that is as her mount. The bond they never had as brother and sister will manifest as rider/mother and dragon. Rhaegal is named for Dany's "valiant brother" whose memory gives her strength several times throughout the series. She even has visions of herself in Rhaegal's armor, fighting men in ice armor on the Trident - foreshadowing future battles against the Others in Westeros.

Yet she ends up riding Drogon first - the largest and fiercest of the three. "Balerion, come again." There's foreshadowing in that as well. Balerion was the Conquerors dragon and Daenerys will be a conqueror in her own right. She'll be known as "Aegon the Conqueror with teats." With this, it does make sense that she would eventually ride Balerion's reincarnation. Drogo also was a well-renowned warrior, he never cut his braid, and had a khalasar of 40,000 mounted warriors. Naming Drogon for Drogo might be a way for Dany to keep some of Drogo's strength with her. His strength had been her protection when he was alive.

She named her three dragons for "those the gods have taken" but Dany could just have well named Drogon after another member of her family. Her father, mother, or even Aegon the Conqueror. She could have named him after Ser Willem Darry, the only real caretaker she ever knew. There's no explicit explanation given in the text for Drogon's naming so we're left trying to piece it together. Or, I'm left because this is has been bothering me for years now. Let's look at the dragon dream that I believe is the catalyst for Dany naming Drogon after Drogo.

"She would kill herself rather than go on, she decided one night … Yet when she slept that night, she dreamt the dragon dream again ... There was only her and the dragon. Its scales were black as night, wet and slick with blood. Her blood, Dany sensed. Its eyes were pools of molten magma, and when it opened its mouth, the flame came roaring out in a hot jet ... She opened her arms to the fire ... let it cleanse her and temper her and scour her clean. She could feel her flesh sear and blacken and slough away, could feel her blood boil and turn to steam, and yet there was no pain. She felt strong and new and fierce. And the next day, strangely, she did not seem to hurt quite so much...

She touched one, the largest of the three ... Black-and-scarlet, she thought, like the dragon in my dream...

From that hour onward, each day was easier than the one before it. Her legs grew stronger; her blisters burst and her hands grew callused; her soft thighs toughened, supple as leather."

The dragon dream is the turning point for her. Riding her Silver becomes easier and she "began to notice the beauties of the land around her." The dream manifests in reality when Dany's physical pain alleviates and she begins to grow stronger each day. Her experiences with Drogo begin to change as well - she begins to experience pleasure during their sexual interactions, just as she begins to find pleasure and joy in life with the Dothraki. Drogo does nothing to help her, these changes come from Dany (and her dragon dream) alone. She even begins to take control in their sexual encounters (or as much control as a bridal slave can, I guess). Their relationship changes and they become more affectionate to each other. All of this stems back to her dragon dream - cleansing her, tempering her, and scouring her clean.

Dany seems to realize it is the black-and-scarlet dragon she dreams of ("Black-and-scarlet, she thought, like the dragon in my dream..."). This specific dragon is reaching out to her, despite not yet being alive, at her lowest - when she has resolved herself to suicide. This dragon transcends death and life to connect with Daenerys and burn her pain and weakness away. Dany may have claimed Drogon in the fighting pit but it feels like Drogon claimed her first. She claimed him as a mount but he claimed her first, as his mother.

Since she recognizes her black-and-scarlet as the dragon from her dream, the dream that took away her pain from Drogo's rape and led her to gain some control in their sexual encounters, Dany associates this specific dragon with Drogo. With the pain he inflicted on her, the resilience she needed to survive, and the flames in her dream that didn't burn but left her stronger than before. She also places the black-and-scarlet egg by Drogo's heart on his funeral pyre - a place of intimacy and love but this also reminds me of Dany eating the stallion's heart to give Drogo's unborn son strength.

I've always wondered about the dragons breastfeeding from Dany when the pyre was ashes. Maybe, before they started breastfeeding, they ate Drogo while he burned. They do eat cooked meat, after all. This will probably never be confirmed but I love the idea of Drogon eating Drogo's heart to gain his strength.

Drogon specifically is the dragon Dany recognizes from her dragon dream. He burned away Dany's pain (inflicted by Drogo) and made her strong enough to change her relationship with Drogo. He woke beside Drogo's heart and possibly ate his heart too. Dany fears and loves Drogon, as she once feared and loved Drogo.

[wanderingmausoleum]

In reference to : https://www.tumblr.com/wanderingmausoleum/770369055434637312/i-am-so-curious-who-the-woman-in-the-tiny-portrait?source=share

I am but a humble Resident Evil roleplayer who reads your blog from afar, but the portrait on Lord Saddler's belt is of Maud Muller by George Elgar Hicks (1824 - 1914). Maud Muller is from a love poem between a village girl (Maud) and a town judge. Granted the source of the portrait, it could represent a love interest or a wife of his, rather than a nun?

(post being referenced link / poem link)

THERE SHE IS INDEED

thank you so much for this info anon!!! this is so interesting 🤔

[eulaties]

i cannot emphasize enough how america is adamantly AGAINST the no first use policy (i.e., they can just use nuclear weapons first whenever they or their nato allies feel attacked) and how thats singularly the most important reason why everyone should care about us politics given our current political climate. like just look at how spineless the united nations is! look at everything they've gotten away with in palestine! this isn't something we should be worrying about 10, 20, 50 years in the future, we should be worrying about this now! but unfortunately as a current uni student i see that there is an american "culture" of sorts to avoid any discussion of politics because anything and everything is seen as too radical now. believe me, no one wants to confront these uncomfortable truths or disrupt their individual goals in life (which is of course a byproduct of hyperindividualism and capitalism--like how most people wont stop to think "who am i even working for?" until its too late). to that extent we, the american people, are just as complicit as the american government for giving consent for all of these atrocities to happen

[crazywolf828]

Right so most of Ruby's rant was targeted at Blake right? Like Blake did a complete 180 throughout the series until this volume where she's the happy one who's always smiling, who's gotten into a relationship, who's looking on the bright side.

This isn't to say she doesn't still have problems, of course she does, they all do, but currently all Ruby can see is how good Blake has it living a life she once did. She was the leader once, she was the happy one, and it destroyed her, but Blake's out here doing just fine getting into a relationship with Yang, the person who she's arguably closest to.

Ruby's jealous of Blake because suddenly, Blake's got everything she once had

[bluecrowsfly]

slicing a bit off a block of hard cheese is great bc its like a soap simulator. you get to pretend you eating soap with no downsides and it tastes like cheese. brilliant

[beanghostprincess]

I finished part5 of jjba btw!!!! I went to sleep like at 5 am but it was soooo worth it!!!

[fever-project]

What’s the plot (?) in the second chapter?

oh right uh, I mentioned it in the tags of a reblog give me a sec

#second chapter includes:tetra and ravio vandalizing with paint. ravio ruffing her hair. tetra pulling down ravio’s hood and getting scolded#that’s basically it with some setup and cameos from other hw characters

To go bit more in depth, Tetra has also been promoted to Vice Captain of the whole HW crew, with HW Link still being the Captain. ST Link is First Lieutenant, which in like second in command to the Captain, but with Tetra being Vice Captain it’s more like he’s third in command. Impa is a General, but honestly these ranks don’t really matter too much to the story lol.

The inciting incident of Ravio and Tetra hanging out in this chapter is Young Link(Mask) getting stuck in a mud pit. And Ravio’s hammer is also stuck in the mud after he tried to help him out. So Tetra drags Ravio along with her to get ST Zelda and ST Link’s help to pull him out. ST Zelda calls Tetra Great Grannie. The Impa sends Tetra off to relax for the rest of the day, telling Ravio to help her. Cue the vandalism. First with the Captain’s quarters, then with some random knights’ quarters. Well, in the story one the random knights made Aryll cry before, so that’s why Tetra’s targeting them, but in the meta sense they are random knights that aren’t very important.

Then yada yada, Tetra pulls down Ravio’s hood and is scolded. Full named and everything. And she folds. Like yeah, she’s a confident kid, but she still a kid who, the moment someone she looks up to-even if right now it’s just a little-scolds her, she feels so bad. Though I may just be projecting. Eh. Then Ravio explains why he keeps his hood up, even though nobody here would recognize him(the hw crew haven’t been to his time yet). It’s because he’s scared of Cia, the freak. She’s obsessed with Links, and is thankfully only in love with the Captain…but Ravio still is unnerved by her. Honestly really want Tetra to call her a wench, since that is part of Pirate lingo, but idk, it’s a bit charged of a word so shrug. Just witch it is. Then the two escape the tent before the knights arrive, and have a good laugh over how they are defiantly getting in trouble.

[thethingything]

we have an especially bad migraine where I noticed us getting aura (mostly being pissed off and upset in a specific way) for several hours before it started and we've taken pain meds but I'm not sure they've actually helped. they have definitely given us side effects though and I feel very spaced out and nauseous and generally shit.

we've also had way worse ADHD symptoms for the last few days to the point of being pretty much unable to focus on anything besides like 2 things we've hyperfixated on. we've had so much trouble starting tasks and keep struggling to hold a train of thought or focus long enough to even figure out what we need to do each day despite having all our Habitica dailies to tell us.

our brain is all over the place and I'm not really sure what to do with it or what would help but it's just occurred to me that sometimes our ADHD gets really bad in the buildup to some of our worst migraines and now I'm just hoping that both the migraine and other shit ease off soon because I'd like to be able to function

[emma-is-swaggy-and-epic]

So you know how she-ra and he-man are canonically siblings in the original cartoons? (Twins iirc)

Now i've never watched the original shera OR the reboot so as far as i'm concerned, they never bring up heman in the reboot

....do you think that somewhere in the reboot universe, there's just a version of heman and the gang just hanging around doing god knows what.....do you think they'd all be equally as gay as the shera cast????

[quixoticrobotic]

*wakes up at 3:55 am for no reason* JAERIS’S REACTION TO LEARNING THAT HIS EFFORTS TO SAVE HIS HOME UNIVERSE WITH THE CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS PRIZE WERE JUST AS USELESS AS EVERYTHING ELSE HES DONE WOULD NOT BE “mild bemusement”

[boromirswife]

Kitmas will be canon, I’m sure of it

[quibbs126]

Rq do you think the black and white dragon could've ever existed in the ovenbreak universe

Idk just a sleepy thought I'm gonna pass the fuck out🤙🤙

I mean, given how there’s no Dark Cacao Kingdom, I don’t really think so

I mean sure, they could exist, but given how the only really recognizable things from the Dark Cacao Kingdom are Dark Choco and Milk, I’m not sure it’s that likely

[mo0nagedaydr3am]

I headcannon Dorcas as being really artsy and crafty especially with jewelry and whatnot so I propose this: Dorcas making her and Marlene matching rings on Marlene’s birthday. Her being restlessly teased for it by the skittles and pulling like three all nighters and getting a million small injuries on her hands just to get them done and make sure they’re perfect (because Marlene deserves nothing but perfection) and her being slightly embarrassed that she put so much work into it and her just desperately hoping that Marlene likes it. Then it’s Marlene’s birthday and she decides to give her the rings later when it’s just them. Then later it’s just her and Marlene in their flat, laying down on the couch together, a movie on that they’re not really paying attention to, just them talking and laughing and spending time together and then Dorcas pulls out the velvet lined box she got that is quite big because it’s also a ring jewelry box (that dorcas bought and painted herself) so Marlene can keep all her rings in (she has a lot of rings) and not just the one Dorcas made. She hands Marlene the box and Marlene is confused and Dorcas says,“One last present for you sweetheart…hope you like it” and Marlene takes it and opens it and there are two rings inside. They’re both identical small moths outlined in silver and the only things that’s different are the wings. there’s a different crystal on each ring filling in the wings. Marlene’s moth has Lapis Lazuli wings, a sorta of royal blue colored crystal with small gold streaks running through it. Dorcas’ moth has Green Adventurine wings, and it’s a soft, light green color. Marlene is silent for a few seconds and then actually starts to tear up a bit. Dorcas is worried that she did something wrong and starts to say that she’s sorry and that if Marlene doesn’t like it she can take it back but then Marlene interrupts her by softly pressing their lips together. It’s gentle and sweet and passionate and Dorcas is so so so in love and then they pull away and all Marlene says is a breathless,”I love you…”. And that makes all Dorcas’ hard work worth it.