#i mean im gonna love the bastard but the /upkeep/

[daeneryseastar]

hotd episode three thoughts:

episode was titled ‘the burning mill’ for the battle of the burning mill and we only get to see the aftermath. no black aly, no bloody ben, just pain and suffering.

“i can’t fault him for upkeeping his oath.” is such a lame excuse, since he tried to kill her last episode, they could’ve just had her say she wants to honor erryk and his sacrifice by allowing him to have peace with the brother he still loved despite everything.

i went from ‘i still kind of care about you even though i’m not a big fan of the changes’ in regard to rhaenys to full on dislike. good job condal!! “maybe you can talk peace with alicent (she has proven time and time again her demon spawn will not listen to her) 😜 luke taking aemond’s eye started the war (a 7 year old defending his brother 6 years ago caused the war, sure jan) 🤪 im gonna imply you being practical about the war’s inevitably will cause me to stop supporting you 😋 just in a silly goofy mood 😛😛”

i liked mysaria and rhaenyra’s conversation, and appreciate the setting up for addam claiming seasmoke.

gwayne fucking hightower had more speaking lines than jace. glad to see he pissed his pants when confronted with moondancer however.

baela>>> arguably best part of the episode. dany’s theme playing over her and moondancer’s entrance is reaffirming my fancast <3

corlys whining about joffrey only being six and knowing nothing of the sea is honestly hilarious since that’s how most heirs start off as? also not surprised he doesn’t consider rhaena good enough to be his heir when he’s proven time and time again he’ll only support women in power if it benefits him. can’t wait to watch greencels bend over backwards and claim this is rhaenyra’s fault once again !

actually the way rhaena was treated this episode is just major ick vibes. the writers have this obsession with making every non-dragon rider targ a liability to their family? which makes no sense at all, but they couldn’t even include one line of rhaenyra saying she was sending rhaena to the vale for her safety to? i’m glad she told her upfront she was entrusting the future of their house to her (an omen for morning? i’m not holding my breath) but still.

you mean to tell me aemond’s biggest adversary in life wasn’t his toddler nephews??? but instead his big brother??? who has no redeeming qualities and proves he’s willing to hurt him to feed his own ego??? shocked, i tell you. absolutely shocked. ‘true brotherhood’ defenders are going to lose their shit when aemond attempts to kill aegon next episode (apparently twice? for once i’ll be on his side i guess).

the showrunners brought dyana back just to have her serve the man who raped her and be sexually assaulted again, what a feminist take!

had to see a dude get sucked down in the same scene. now i need luke to take my eye(s) out too.

i did NOT need to see aemond’s dingaling what the fuck

baelon’s… bastard… son? the same baelon who was head over heels in love with alyssa? the same baelon who never took another wife nor even looked at another woman after her death? the same baelon who’s sister couldn’t even convince him to take her to wife? vaegon having a bastard would be more believable.

helaena apparently doesn’t give a shit about jaehaerys! more absolute bangers from the writing department. instead of going mad over this loss and deliberately throwing herself out her window she’s going to see a really pretty butterfly that she must have and accidentally tumble over the balcony.

rhaenys praising jaehaerys is so fucked, he’s the reason you’re not queen right now, and he laid the groundwork for the greens to have any claim at all EAT MY ASS

why is alys american.

daemon’s harrenhal arc seems very interesting -so far- it was great to milly’s rhaenyra again (also am i the only one that thought she was holding a baby, jace or a hypothetical ‘what if daemon married her to begin with’ and not sewing up jae’s head) also “you will die in this place” is peak foreshadowing honestly.

alicent continues to pull the ‘i didn’t think the leopards would eat MY face!!!’ “i have perhaps been unkind but never dishonest” copium much??? you deliberately made rhaenyra and her kids life’s a living hell bc she managed to find happiness in her situation and you couldn’t stand that.

that sept scene was dumb as shit but at least rhaenyra has exhausted every single option possible for no war and her antis can shove it and be reminded that she’s the only monarch that gave a shit about the destruction about to happen. ‘team neutral’ team fucking idiot more like.

episode is rated 2/10 for baela, rhaena, jace/joff/aegon/viserys crumbs, and house blackwood mention.

[normal-thoughts-official]

hello dear lêx pls assist: so basically human malec aus are my shit and i love them, HOWEVER like 90% of them (including my own) are cop!alec and i used to like them but um now no thank u. ive got a couple fics im working on but theyre all cop!alec and I CANT THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE to like keep with the gist of the show. pls advise thank u in advance i love u

i’m glad you’re reviewing your stances on cops and the work they do, and the way the media you consume and produce is affected by that

my immediate suggestions are lawyer!alec and politician!alec. i think both are jobs that suit him quite well and are similar in gist to what we see him doing in the show

i’d, however, give you a few warnings about lawyer!alec, because while we can’t exactly All Lawyers Are Bastards, the way lawyers are commonly depicted in media is frequently ALSO cop propaganda. not to mention that well, being a lawyer is a complicated job because the laws we currently have are inherently unjust and so is the criminal justice system, so working as a lawyer can be a way to uphold white supremacy as well. i say can because plenty of prison abolitionists i know are lawyers, and some of them do very important work dedicated to freeing people who were unjustly imprisoned, pushing for the end of mass incarceration, representing people who have no access to the justice system, and other very important work. so again, i don’t think all lawyers are bastards lmao, but i do think it’s something to be mindful of (NOTE: i mostly follow the discussions of prison abolishment in brazil, so i don’t know the context of that fight and the role lawyers play in the USA. the context is very different because brazil has what is considered one of the most progressive constitutions in the world, so lawyers actually have a lot to work with because we are granted way more rights, at least in paper, than US americans are) 

im getting too complicated. what i mean to say is, if you’re gonna make alec a lawyer, be mindful as not to make him a prosecutor who is constantly arresting Big Bad Murderers and Terrible Rapists and sending them to prison all the time - that is basically reinforcing the idea that the cops’ job is to arrest Terrible Criminals, when in reality most cases lawyers deal with are the ones who are major reasons for mass incarceration, such as drug posession, stealing, handling divorces and other mundane stuff. so if you make alec a lawyer but have all his cases be of Really Bad People who were Rightfully Arrested, that’s still cop propaganda 

id be particularly supportive of alec being a defense attorney, not a prosecutor, dedicated to making sure people get the best defense they can and are not arrested for petty crimes, not racially profiled, and whatnot. if you choose to make him a prosecutor, i’d say, make him specialize in something such as domestic violence (altho that can also be tricky and fall into cop propaganda again if you’re not careful) or even police brutality, so what he’s doing is fighting the racist system, not upkeeping it

i also think that making alec a lawyer has potential to have a similar growth as to what we’ve seen in the show, i.e. maybe he begins as a regular lawyer who only cares about making sure the law is followed no matter how unjust it is, and he slowly develops to realize that the law sucks and starts using his job to protect people, not the law itself. but that of course depends on what kind of au you’re going for, if you even mean to get into these issues, etc. that is just a suggestion if you did have such plans

politician alec also works similarly, and well. we do see alec as a politician in the show - he is trained to be a diplomat after all - so again that is something i can easily see him doing, that fits him, and that is related to his work as a shadowhunter/inquisitor - trying to make the law and bring change from the inside. it’s not something i particularly believe in, but that’s neither here nor there

those are my immediate suggestions. i can also see doctor!alec since that is the #1 “boy who desperately wants to keep their parents happy” profession, if you are planning on talking about these issues. but i think his personality better suits lawyer and politician. if you want him to be someone who’s working with the practical aspects of tragedy, like when he is doing field work in the show, there’s always firefighters, or paramedics. i can see alec as a paramedic pretty well actually (again, careful as not to make it “he’s constantly saving people from GANG SHOOTINGS and MURDER ATTEMPTS” or stuff like that) because it’s a job where he can be in the middle of the problem, immediately help people in most need, and be active, rather than just doing mental work. not that that isn’t important, but i think alec might need to have some action in his life lol

i really hope this is comprehensive, and if you feel confused or have more questions, feel free to ask more, it doesn’t bother me. or you can DM me if you don’t feel comfortable asking again in public

finally, i am happy that you trust me with giving you tips in regards to these issues, and i also understand how you might not want to send an ask like this to a Black person, but i remind you that i am nonblack and police brutality is not really a problem that affects me in brazil. i have written this answer based on what i’ve learnt from listening to their voices and following the very important discussions regarding police brutality, prison abolishment, and etc both in brazil and the USA. so i encourage any black or indigenous person who has anything to add or criticize about my answer to do so, and ask you to please listen to them