#its gonna be a long journey

[feelingsareforweak]

Not me going on a self discovering journey in the deep dark bowels of my ao3 reading history to find a fanfic that I have read like a year ago of which I have a very vague recollection of. Wish me good luck

[bacchuschucklefuck]

they licensed his ass

my finished piece of the FWMS (official name definitely 100%) thing we started a few days ago! I had fun I hope folks had and/or continue to have fun with the sketch as well.

[ilynpilled]

I think what bugs me the most about the type of analysis that is common in this fandom is that sometimes people are obsessed with not actually looking at choices being made by characters and instead try to project extra-textual symbolism/parallels they pulled out of thin air or use essentialist arguments to predict a certain character’s trajectory. There is already a weird tendency to blame bloodlines instead of institutions, oppressive/destructive social constructs/systems, and abusive cycles. This series repeatedly deconstructs bio essentialist ideas in a multitude of ways. Characters being viewed as monsters for the way they are born is a concept that is repeatedly torn down. There is a combination of nature & nurture at play with these characters, I admit, but it is nuanced. Your environment and your nature are in constant conversation with each other. Certain environmental factors will worsen certain attributes, while repress others etc. Your blood is not evil, nor is it pure, it just is, and your nature will be affected by your rearing, tragedies you face, and the environment you live in. Monsters are created and developed, not born. This whole concept is apparent with all the siblings in the series. Dany & Viserys are drastically different people, and make different choices despite having similar experiences and the same blood. Same can be said for Joff, Myrcella, and Tommen. Another very good example are the Lannister siblings. The twins’ idea of “one soul in two bodies” is deconstructed, and they are faced with how dissimilar they actually are. All three siblings have differences in nature, as revealed by their behavior as young children & their current values and motivations, and they are all shaped very differently by their environment. Cersei is affected by the oppressive system of the patriarchy, Jaime by the trauma due to the violent construct of knighthood, and Tyrion by the rampant ableism of the world around him. Tywin also shapes them by giving each of them their own flavor of parental abuse based on the role he wants them to play in his legacy. It is so apparent just how these characters became what they are, and how they navigate their world as a result of a nuanced combination of nature and nurturer. But in the end, it comes down to choices that they keep making. Characters on the right path can also falter sometimes, weigh their values wrong, and make bad decisions at certain points. Not to mention how thoughts and words do not speak as much as actions and actual choices that are made do. You all take bio essentialist arguments that some characters in the text make at face value, even when it is obviously bullshit. Any analysis that hinges entirely on “this character is the son/daughter of this character”, or “this thing on the surface parallels this other thing from something I read/watched”, “this character is a dragon. Dragons plant no trees”, “this character is a monster”, “this character is from this house”, “this character is related to this character” etc instead of actually looking at what said characters do or try to do is gonna lead to unconvincing arguments that are antithetical to one of the main ideas that this series is built on. To me it feels like these books are communicating that in spite of your birth, your origin, your trauma, your prophecies, etc it is primarily your choices that lead you to where you are and the legacy that you create. Cersei’s prophecy will come true as a result of the choices she makes. Dany’s many prophecies are also as a result of choices she makes, she was not just gifted with everything that she has achieved, she is an active agent who makes choices that push her a certain direction. This is also why it is weird when everybody wants to make characters have a predetermined trajectory solely based on “what” they are, or who they are related to.

Not only does George say this in interviews, it is an explicit thesis statement in the text itself:

This is the concluding statement of Jaime’s ASoS arc. Like “The things I do for love”, “So many vows...”, and “The heroes […] the best and the worst, and those who were a bit of both”, as extremely relevant it is to him in specific, it is a major thesis statement for the series as whole, and overlaps with many characters, just like how other characters also have a bunch of these overlapping arc theses. So can we please primarily look at the choices characters make and what ultimately motivated them to make these choices rather than thinking their ending and what they “are” as characters is set in stone because of the reasons mentioned. I feel like how you all engage with some of these characters contradicts the deconstruction of this kind of essentialism that is so apparent in these books.

[aleclightofmylifewoodbane]

rereading tftsa now, specifically the evil we love, is odd. because in the WEIRDEST way possible and a way i never would think to read robert, his narrative in the story almost reads like a queer/aro character. and let me be clear i DONT mean the cheating LMFAO. hes still shitty for that. looking at other women. but the way he describes feeling as if something was wrong with him (not just for looking at women who were not maryse) and he was missing something fundamentally. that he didnt understand what ���real’ love was and that he couldnt imagine a life outside/beyond/more important than his partnership with michael. the description of it is almost alarmingly personal to me. the way he sees michael as his only constant relationship, like a platonic life partner. it just makes me think of my journey and others’ and feelings about being aromantic and trying to parse out romantic attraction. anyways. hes still shitty and it makes me want to cry and sob what happened between michael and him and i wish they wouldve just kissed and made up fr…..sigh

[faaun]

ok let's catch up quickly

[chaos-incarnate-sleepyneo]

Just two boys and their emotion support creature that just so happens to look human most times. @aimdoesart @sleepyzz0h

[novelcain]

Isekai'd to the West

You moved to the city in hopes of outrunning your past and starting anew. As it turns out, that’s a little easier said than done. But when a bad day turns worse, you are given the chance to redeem yourself by an unlikely benefactor. Should you except the burden of knowledge, you may be able to earn a second chance at life, but is it worth the hardships that lie ahead? Only time will tell. 

Masterlist

Chapter One

[sunlightera]

if all goes right i should be able to start T soon so like!! im really excited about that actually. to think that it could really happen for me in the next few months is whats really getting me through my long days at work. im gonna go to the gym today too (ive been lapsing lately because i was sick and then bleeding and then just. demotivated) and get myself back on track !! i just know my f/os are so proud of me

[evillillad]

I genuinely LOVED watching your art improve overtime!! You’ve created beautiful work, and I’m so excited to see what you do next, especially when it comes to your personal and stream-related works!!!

💞💞💞

this is how i feel about my art because i fell back into love with creating. i saw this earlier this morning and have been thinking about it all day and genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, thank you!!! ive really enjoyed interacting with people in the art space again and its truly been amazing. i love sharing the stuff that i make and im very excited to keep making stuff!!! cheers to new projects brother!!!! <333

[toestalucia]

anytime i think about main quest it means i also have to think about how this was Not the way gran wanted to go to estalucia. as well as katalina lines about never being on their Own journey. which is so much Double everything because its KATALINA.........im ur guardian of sorts...anime s1..............

[wolvertooth]

[widevibratobitch]

7 minutes of a phonecall with my mother is enough for me to start being a bitch lol

[poems-of-a-lover]

i will never understand the "stop casting straight actors as gay characters" argument. people just wanna out gay actors so they can have a better grasp on who to hate.

[slow-drowned-angels]

Y’know how little dogs get a bad reputation for being loud, yappy, and bite risks because they are often poorly trained and have their boundaries ignored over and over again to the point that the only way they Know will enforce their boundary is by biting people?

I did that to my brain. I ignored its signals that it was tired/overstressed/hurting for so long that it learned that the only way to get me to stop was by holding a gun to itself/me and threaten me until I fucking stopped. Now its traumatized by work and the feeling of making myself do work and will bite at any provocation because it doesn’t fucking trust me. Gotta retrain the little dog in my brain and take better care of it so it trusts me again and stops threatening my life.

[rainerghost]

Google didn't give me any answers to my question (womp womp) sooo...

Question.

What's it called when you start thinking a sentence but then you have to start over because you didn't "think it right"?

[stinkrascal]

even though it was buried in the tags of my last text post, that text post was the first time ive ever admitted to any of my ocs having The Diagnosis which is also My Diagnosis which means ive just somewhat admitting to having The Diagnosis which is My Diagnosis and wow that was extremely nerve wracking but it also felt nice to get it out there. this is my coming out post i guess