#i would explain it better but uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[rbvcdeluxe]

“the bridge! the bridge is coming down!”

I LOVEEEE that line in castle on a hill, the first thought about it is ofc “ah yeah the dawnbridge of the castle sure” and like yeah it makes sense it’s 100% that BUT ALSO the placement for that line is amazing to me cuz it’s at the end of the bridge of the song. the bridge of a song is after two choruses and before the third chorus and that line is exactly where the bridge is ending

so yeah, the bridge is, in fact, coming down

[stoportotouch]

Tag Game: 9 People You'd Like to Get to Know Better

thank you, @saints-who-never-existed!

last song:

the sea shanty from billy budd! i've had the opera on my mind a lot of late. can't explain why.

currently watching:

rather than any of the moderately dull youtube videos i watch i will say that i am watching the terror every thursday with two friends. we are watching the final episode tomorrow! (and then doing a mini terror camp!)

three ships:

would it be cheating to say all three possible arrangements of terror's lieutenants? because that's really the only way that i engage with the Shipping Goggles in relation to the terror. also i guess hodgson, fitzjames, and fairholme? that one really did just start as a joke but i think all three of them would have said yes if the other two had been more serious. and, finally, dundy and fitzjames i guess.

favourite colour

purple!

currently consuming

nothing at present. i am going to get an Interesting Sandwich before rehearsal perhaps, though.

first ship

hms pinafore. sorry.

relationship status

in the dry dock

last film

1776, i believe. i'm going through media that turns me into the rat from horrible histories.

currently working on

later parts of it hurts to pray to god, and also learning lines for my upcoming production of hoffmann. we have changed the perfectly serviceable recitative to dialogue, in a move pleasing to everybody except for me.

tagging

fuckin uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. @peglarpapers @infinitelytheheartexpands @witcheryen @widevibratobitch @the-golden-vanity @whiteraven13 @pizza-hats-of-the-world-1882 @lessthansix and @brimstone-cowboy

[a-libra-writes]

Omg oof uh what do you think the Bolton men would do if their s/o cheated on them?

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

dead dove do not eat

I mean, no matter what this isn't going to turn out great for the s/o. Not only are these the two men you'd definitely not what to betray, Westeros is pretty backwards where women are concerned - especially if you're married. At least if you're not a woman you've just got their wrath to deal with, not a serious social stigma. That being said ... ...

Whoever you were with - for whatever reason - will be dead. Ramsay does it in a fit of passion and rage; Roose has barely contained anger, but he imprisons them first. Don't be fooled, this is just a delayed death.

If they meant nothing to you, that's for the better. If you actually cared, or you just don't want them to die horribly, you still shouldn't try to defend them. That'll just make their fate worse. Roose can tell if you actually cared or not, Ramsay's too angry and betrayed to care.

In both their cases, you'll get locked up. It'll be in a decent room with all the things you need, but it's still a prison cell. It doesn't matter if you hit the door, beg, scream or cry, but maybe it's best to keep quiet. Ramsay is absolutely volatile and Roose is alternating between ice cold and volatility just simmering under the surface.

Their reactions would also highly depend on how long they've been with you. If you literally just got dragged into an arranged marriage, it's more about the principle of betrayal. If they actually developed feelings and you've been in the Dreadfort for a while, oof.

For the latter part, they'll become even more possessive and controlling. It seems you can't be trusted. You should stay in there until you learn. Ramsay's possession will manifest in a lot of anger, manic energy and very dubious consent. There's a hurt he can't identify, or maybe doesn't want to identify. So he lashes out.

For Roose, he's bothered by how much the betrayal hurts. He should have known better. He did force you to the Dreadfort in the first place. He should have known you weren't happy. But maybe he thought you'd be too afraid to try something like this. He's annoyed he didn't see it sooner, and decides keeping you in this room is a good lesson. He won't be so careless next time.

(The servants haven't seen you in weeks or months and they're terrified you might be dead).

(It might be only Roose/Ramsay and the Maester that are visiting you and bringing you food).

If you were with Ramsay, he'll let you out when his possessiveness and rage subsides ... and when Roose finally loses his patience and commands him to release you. Roose lectures you on what a stupid thing it was to do, you're lucky you aren't dead, so on and so on. You note he doesn't bother to scold Ramsay for killing who you were with or tossing you in there in the first place.

Though if it was Roose you were with, you may not get out for quite a while. Unlike his bastard, he can easily explain away your absence. He doesn't let you out until he's felt you've begged or apologized enough... and after his own stubborn, upset feelings have passed.

[lyravellas]

The Crystal Kingdom Part 1: TAZ Pre-Finale Relisten Recap

My computer is very broken so this is now a super fun phone adventure. Crystal Kingdom time!

I listened to TAZ before I started listening to MBMBAM, so the introduction of Candlenights was decently confusing to me.

The entire Candlenights gift exchange is a beautiful fucking disaster, my god

Johann gives all of his coworkers a copy of his mixtape, which is an excellent example of exactly what not to do at a holiday office party.

The boys are very very mean to Angus. Please be kind to Angus.

Listening to Magnus telling Killian that he read her diary and then Merle being like “ayyyyy we know you like Johann it was in there” was kind of like watching a train very slowly derail itself? Pretty glad we got Sweet Flips out of that one.

Merle initially gives people “shitty small comics” as gifts, but then switches to re-gifting things that other bureau members have given him. Nice to see that Merle’s gifts are consistently bad no matter where/when he is.

I love the running thread of Taako’s macarons being so good that they just kind of cancel out the THB’s terrible interactions with everyone else on the moon base.

“The rest are just egg whites, and instead of using castor sugar like I normally would I went with uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Splenda!” — Taako’s macaron recipe, apparently

“I hand her a coupon for one free back rub.” “This is exactly what I was actually afraid of. This is actually— Magnus, this is the nightmare scenario.”

Also, “hot diggity shit this is a baller cookie” of COURSE.

I love Lucretia very much.

Magnus getting Taako and Merle gifts is adorable. Even if said gifts are 2-in-1 toilet chairs. I guess it’s the thought that counts?

The IPRE patches appear in this episode.

The patches are iron-ons. I like that the IPRE on the seven’s home plane was supposedly this big-shot organization but they apparently couldn’t afford to stitch a god damn logo onto their employees’ robes and gave them fucking iron-ons instead

Magnus canonically describes Lucas as “a fart in a shirt”.

“Lucas, we’re gonna pull your ass out of the fire this time, but we’re gonna have a nice LONG talk about ethical— about your fiery ass, when this one’s, over and out. Damn it. I could’ve done way better there.” — Lucretia, who I would take a bullet for

Griffin accidentally plays 5 seconds of the super upbeat Candlenights jingle in the middle of Lucretia’s very serious rant about Lucas.

The boys all choosing some variation of red for their null suits is one of those weird mind-blowing-down-the-road coincidences that TAZ is peppered with.

I wonder how Lucretia manages to explain the moon just kind of hoofing it the wrong way across the night sky to everyone down below?

Magnus: “Do you… feel good?”

Boyland: “Not on the inside”

Boyland who hurt you

Magnus: “Are we going to be facing any like, crystalline monsters or enemies??”

Lucas: “I mean, I didn’t see anything”

Magnus, probably: why the fuck you lyin