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Matthew is a bastard but he's also a loser so he's not even that important but Victor is fucking asshole and is cruel, which is 100% worse. Imagine hating your own kid 🙃.
Probably part of why he's so fucking piss off is because he can't control Lucy anymore. Apparently he's closed to Matthew and I'm sure he's smarter than Lannister! So, if Lucy married him then he could have control over both of them, probably why he arranged the marriage between both of them. But now he has nothing.
The way he talks about her! 😭. But eat shit Bolton. Fucker. I hate him more than Matthew by far.
This moodboard despite the man is absolutely beautiful!!
Matthew Lannister
A/N: Warnings for depictions of general sexism and sexist attitudes and references to sexual content. Matthew and Victor suck, but what else is new.
"She was supposed to be mine," Matthew fumed, pacing back and forth across the great hall of Dreadfort.
"Yes, she was," Victor Bolton agreed, rubbing a hand across his face. Thomaryon Targaryen had departed less than hour ago on his dragon, bound for King's Landing with his new wife. Matthew had watched with his hands clenching into fists at his sides as Thomaryon had helped Lucy climb aboard the huge black beast, making sure she was comfortable and situated in the saddle before pulling himself up to sit behind her.
Lucy had leaned back against her new husband's chest, and when he murmured something into her ear with a coy smile, she laughed brightly. Thomaryon grinned, and pressed a kiss to her temple.
It was clearly not the first time that they had done this.
Rage bubbled in Matthew's blood. If the prince had been taking her out on his dragon regularly, who knows what other things they had done.
"Did you know?" he rounded on Victor, suspicion flaring.
"Know what?"
"That Thomaryon was bedding your daughter."
Victor met his gaze unflinchingly. "If I had, do you think that I'd have let her live?"
Matthew couldn't really argue with that. "How long do you think…?"
"I'm not sure. A year? Maybe a little less." His lips pulled back from his teeth in a snarl. "I should never have allowed him into my home."
"You never once suspected?"
"No..." he hesitated, and sighed. "Maybe once or twice," he conceded after a moment.
"Word is he's been coming around here often."
"He always claimed it was for princely duties. I never had enough reason to doubt him. He's clever, that one," Victor sneered. "And I never thought that he would actually be all that interested in her."
Matthew raised an eyebrow. Even he could see that Lucy Bolton was beautiful. But Victor's disdain for his eldest and only daughter was legendary.
"This is a slight I cannot possibly ever forgive," he seethed, starting up pacing again. "He has...they have humiliated me."
"My deepest apologies, Matthew--"
"This is your fault!"
Victor frowned. "He took her without my consent as well."
"He has spat on both our Houses."
"Yes."
Matthew looked out the window, where snow was beginning to fall heavily. It was a shame. Lucy Bolton was very beautiful. And he had been looking forward to breaking that famously strong will of hers.
His jaw clenched with the memory of the way Thomaryon’s eyes had gleamed triumphantly as he stood there in the very hall they occupied now, and shared the news that he had wedded Matthew’s bride the previous night. Even as the lords in the room started bellowing in shock and rage, the prince had remained calm, though he kept his wife tucked protectively against him, eyes sweeping across the room as if challenging any of them to dare lay a finger on her.
“We will get this ridiculous farce annulled–” Victor had roared, red in the face.
“On what grounds, Lord Bolton? Her mother and brother both willingly took your place in giving her away, and witnessed the vows we made under the heart tree. And the marriage has been consummated.” Thomaryon’s eyes darted over to Matthew, a smug smirk pulling at one edge of his mouth. “Several times over, might I add.”
Lucy’s cheeks went pink, but she looked to be biting back a laugh, tucking herself closer to the prince’s side.
How long had she been fucking him for? Had he taken her maidenhead before they were married? Matthew could only assume that he had. A sick feeling of wrath and disgust clenched in his belly at the thought that he’d almost married a soiled woman. The mental image of Thomaryon inside the woman who was supposed to be his nearly caused him to go blind with fury.
He shook his head to try to clear it. "Why now? Thomaryon's political prowess is legendary. He had to know how this would be taken by both our houses."
Victor shrugged. "I cannot possibly know."
Matthew eyed him. “Maybe he got your whore daughter pregnant.” A little Targaryen bastard growing in Lucy’s belly would be explanation enough as to the real reason Thomaryon had come barreling so hastily up north to claim her. No way could she have passed off any child that resembled Thomaryon as Matthew’s.
“Maybe. I suppose we’ll know for certain in a few months.”
“We cannot let this stand.”
“I agree.”
Matthew pursed his lips, the beginnings of a plan forming as the gears in his head started to turn. “We have to inform the other houses of what has happened. I hate to sully you and your house, but…”
“Lucy is no daughter of mine,” Victor repeated the words he’d spat at her during the confrontation in the hall. “This house no longer claims her. She and her bastard husband are not welcome here. Slander her as you like. You speak only the truth, after all.”
Matthew nodded. He would begin drafting letters to be sent out to their closest allies and the realm’s biggest gossips tonight. It would not take long for word to spread through the realm that the new princess was a slut and the prince a conniving devil who had seduced and stolen another man’s betrothed.
It would take time, but he would have his revenge. On both of them.
After all, a Lannister always pays his debts. And Thomaryon and Lucy Targaryen had just incurred a particularly large one.
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me if being obsessed with older men was illegal
#and fictitious men too#girlblogging#cillian murphy#drew starkey#mads mikkelsen#hayden christensen#aaron hotchner#aaron hotchner x reader#matthew gray gubler#alexander skarsgard#bill skarsgård#tommy shelby x reader#rafe cameron x reader#andrew lincoln#sabrina carpenter#please please please#barry keoghan#especially cillian murphy#cillian murphy x reader#tywin lannister
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She got the delusion in the divorce
Part 1 and Part 2
Thank you to @screams-externally for the colouring
#hotd#asoiaf#house of the dragon#alicent hightower#olivia cooke#aemond targaryen#ewan mitchell#criston cole#fabien frankel#gwayne hightower#freddie fox#tyland lannister#jefferson hall#philosophy tube#abigail thorn#helaena targaryen#phia saban#jaehaera targaryen#jaehaerys targaryen#maester orwyle#kurt egyiawan#maelor targaryen#maelor the missing#daeron targaryen#otto hightower#king aegon ii targaryen#aegon ii targaryen#tom glynn carney#larys strong#matthew needham
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stills of team green in the season finale.
#house of the dragon#hotd#hotd s2#tv shows#team green#the greens#hotd s2 spoilers#hotd spoilers#tv stills#hotd stills#larys strong#matthew needham#tyland lannister#jefferson hall#olivia cooke#alicent hightower#king aegon ii targaryen#aegon ii targaryen#tom glynn carney#otto hightower#rhys ifans#gwayne hightower#freddie fox#house hightower#hightower army#maester orwyle#hotd cast#kurt egyiawan
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Are you really a HOTD British actor if you haven't been in Casualty?
I know it's a right of way for any British actor to be in Casualty. But rewatching vintage episodes has made me realise just how many of them were in it.
#harry collett#jace velaryon#tomglynncarney#king aegon#larys strong#matthew needham#steve toussaint#eve best#loveagoodbritishmedicaldrama#casualty#bbc casualty#princess rhaenys targaryen#ty tennant#jason lannister#graham mctavish#house of the dragon
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lottie/natalie/misty + knights and queens and gods;
yellowjackets (2021 - ongoing) || no church in the wild (2011) || a song of ice and fire || fleabag (2016 - 2019) || king and lionheart (2011) || a song of ice and fire ||
#yellowjackets#natalie scatorccio#lottie matthews#misty quigley#lottienat#mistynat#a song of ice and fire#asoiaf#jaime lannister#fleabag#web weaving#love as religion#love as devotion#lottiemistynat#nastylot#jaime's last quote in relation to misty makes me SICK
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my personal favorite genre of book character is the Disaster Sunshine
#matthew fairchild#jesper fahey#nikolai lantsov#bastian arceneaux#adrian ivashkov#nina zenik#nico de varona#cristina rosales#oak greenbriar#mark blackthorn#leo valdez#apollo#jaime lannister#helena targaryen#enfp#entp#alex claremont diaz
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The First Round of Contest Has now Concluded.
This Round began with 148 Contenders - Now 74 remain.
All polls in this round (as well as summaries of each day's results) may be found here
The 10 Closest Tilts in the First Round (in Reverse Order) were
10. The Sheriff of Nottingham [Alan Rickman] Def. Kili [Aiden Turner]
9. King Marke of Cornwall [Rufus Sewell] Def. Prince Prospero [Vincent Price]
8. Sir Guy of Gisbourne [Basil Rathbone] Def. Finan [Mark Rowley]
7. Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert [Ciaran Hinds] Def. Robert the Bruce [Chris Pine]
6. Hugh Beringar [Sean Pertwee] Def. Father Beocca [Ian Hart]
5. Bard the Bowman [Luke Evans] Def. Will Scarlet O'Hara [Matthew Porretta]
4. Lin Shu [Hu Ge] Def. Arman [Matvey Lykov]
3. Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck [Dominic Monaghan] Def. Geoffrey Chaucer [Paul Bettany]
2. Saladin [Milind Soman] Def. Jon Snow [Kit Harrington]
1. Rodrigo Borgia [Jeremy Irons] Def. Lord Tywin Lannister [Charles Dance]
And the 10 Tilts with the widest margins of victory were (in reverse order):
10. Inigo Montoya [Mandy Patinkin] Def. Corlys Velaryon [Steve Toussaint]
9. Frodo Baggins [Elijah Wood] Def. Prince Chauncley [Daniel Radcliffe]
8. Aragorn Elessar [Viggo Mortensen] Def. Ahmad [Mahesh Jadu]
7. King Henry II [Peter O'Toole] Def. Thomas Becket [Richard Burton]
6. Thorin Oakenshield [Richard Armitage] Def. King Edward IV [Max Irons]
5. Gawain [Dev Patel] Def. Matrim "Mat" Cauthon [Donal Finn]
4. Éomer, Son of Éomund [Karl Urban] Def. King Arthur [Sean Connery]
3. William Thatcher [Heath Ledger] VS. King Vortigern [Jude Law]
2. Boromir, Son of Denethor [Sean Bean] Def. Alessandro Farnese [Diarmuid Noyes]
1. Faramir, Son of Denethor [David Wenham] Def. Uther Pendragon [Gabriel Byrne]
The Tilt with the most votes (by far) at 5,177 Votes was Geralt of Rivia [Henry Cavill] Vs. Sir Gary Galavant [Joshua Sasse] Which Galavant won with 57.7% of the Vote
It was an exodus of two-by-twos this round with both of our Ewan Mitchells [Aemond Targaryen and Osferth], both of our Henry Cavills [Geralt of Rivia and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk], AND both of our Iain Glens [Ser Jorah Mormont and Prince Hamlet] losing their respective tilts to Erik Thurgilson [Christian Hillborg], Fili [Dean O'Gorman], Galavant [Joshua Sasse], Prince John [Oscar Isaac], "The Player" [Richard Dreyfuss] and Ned Stark [Sean Bean]. Even both of our Laurence Oliviers [Prince Hamlet and Henry V] were sent scurrying to the vents in disgrace, losing their tilts against Cesare Borgia [Francois Arnaud] and Elrond Half-elven [Hugo Weaving].
In fact, nearly of of the men of Middle Earth fared uncommon well in this round, with only three losing their matches. Haldir [Craig Parker] was unable to best the charms of that most magnificent of minstrels, Hubert Hawkins [Danny Kaye]. Kili [Aiden Turner] had a strong start against George, the Sheriff of Nottingham [Alan Rickman], but the race tightened about halfway through, and the Sheriff was able to pull through a stunning last-minute victory. Despite his brutal focus and discipline and grim sense of humor, Uglúk [Nathaniel Lees] suffered a crushing defeat under the cloven hoof of a greater and sexier evil, Darkness [Tim Curry]. The Sons of Denethor, Boromir [Sean Bean] and Faramir [David Wenham] truly dominated their oppositions (Alessandro Farnese [Diarmuid Noyes] and Uther Pendragon [Gabriel Byrne]) and were the only competitors to achieve margins of victory exceeding 90% in this round.
The Men of Westeros did not fare so well. Of their 14 remaining competitors only four now stand:
Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark [Sean Bean]
Ser Bronn of the Blackwater [Jerome Flynn]
Khal Drogo [Jason Momoa]
Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish [Aiden Gillen]
Ser Davos Seaworth [Liam Cunningham]
Ser Jorah Mormont [Iain Glen]
Prince Oberyn Martell [Pedro Pascal]
Ser Criston Cole [Fabien Frankel]
Lord Corlys Velaryon [Steve Toussaint]
Sandor "The Hound" Celgane [Rory McCann]
Jon Snow [Kit Harrington]
Gendry [Joe Dempsie]
Aemond Targaryen [Ewan Mitchell]
Tywin Lannister [Charles Dance]
But what of our Robins and Arthurs?
We began the Round with 3 of Each, but only one of each survived the round.
While Beowulf [Gerard Butler] bested King Arthur [Richard Harris] with a handy but respectful margin of 56.8%, Sean Connery's Arthur was unhorsed by Eomer [Karl Urban] in what can only be termed a crushing defeat, with a margin of 84.4% of the Vote. Only Bradley James's incarnation was able to defeat his opposition, Prince Henry [Dougray Scott], who, though strong contender, proved no match for Arthur's winning smile.
On the Robin side, our last Robin standing, is Cary Elwes, who defeated Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan with a tidy 70.8% margin. Richard Todd's stunningly attractive but lesser known Robin was defeated by the only remaining Son of York, Richard III [Aneurin Barnard], while the iconic Errol Flynn iteration was unhorsed (rather ironically) by one of the most appallingly unjust and underhanded aristocrats in the lists, Adhemar, Count of Anjou [Rufus Sewell]. We can neither confirm nor deny allegations made against the Count of cheating, nor the veracity of the rumours circulating that the Count's rather costly saddle was stolen from his tent at the end of the day while Adhemar was enjoying a flagon of wine with fellow victors Sir Guy of Gisbourne [Basil Rathbone], Sir Guy of Gisborne [Richard Armitage], the Sheriff of Nottingham [Alan Rickman] and His Royal Highness Prince John [Oscar Isaac].
Our third Sir Guy [Michael Wincott] did not join them, as he rather unfortunately lost his match against Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe [Anthony Andrews] and, after a rather unpleasant exchange with his cousin the Sheriff, preferred to drink in the company of a different, more polite Sheriff [Peter Cushing] (who also lost his match against the Hound [Rory McCann]) and his friend Prince Prospero [Vincent Price].)
But I am sure some of your are curious as to how the Master of Revels' list of Secret Favourites is faring. Well, I can tell you, it sustained some heavy losses this round, though a still rather healthy 34 remain in the competition. Aye, but at what cost?
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Game of Thrones AU - Lucy x Tommy
As with The Hunger Games AU, it'll be awhile until I am able to actually turn this into a full fledged fic. So I'm gonna give you all some of my ideas here instead. Obviously if you don't want to be spoiled for when I do eventually write a full thing out of this for them, don't read ahead.
Lucy Bolton
Firstborn of Victor Bolton and Genevieve Tully, the eldest sister of Theodore, Elliot, Patrick, and William Bolton.
Despite her father's best attempts, Lucy maintained a tomboyish spirit.
A lover of horseback riding and archery, she could often be found riding amongst the woods surrounding their castle of Dreadfort, with her several trusty dogs in tow.
She showed an interest in ruling from an early age, but was mostly shut out from anything to do with it by her father.
During the particularly cold seasons, her mother would take her on trips with her to Riverrun, hoping that the influence of her family would help to lessen the damage her father's cruelty would have on her.
Lucy became close with her Tully family members, to the point that she identifies more as a Tully than a Bolton.
Tommy Targaryen
The second Targaryen son
Tommy was often treated as a black sheep, both by some of his family and the common people, due to him lacking traditional Targaryen looks.
Rumors often circulated about him being a bastard.
Often butts heads with others at court.
Despite this, he and Arthur are close, with Arthur giving him a significant position at court.
I feel like Arthur would likely make him hand of the king at some point.
Tommy often makes a habit of visiting other places in the kingdom to check in on things.
His dragon's name is Syndor (meaning shadow in High Valyrian). He is huge and fearsome looking, with pitch black scales that make him almost invisible at night. He has lots of sharp spines all over particularly his back. Tommy claimed him at a young age.
Tommy has the strongest bond with his dragon out of all of his siblings.
Tommy loves dragons and would have liked to have worked with them had he not had his princely duties.
Tommy loves flying on Syndor and will often take him out flying when he needs to think or just wants to be alone.
Lucy x Tommy
During one of his annual visits to the north, Lucy caught the eye of Prince Thomas Targaryen.
It did not take long for Tommy to start to court her, and he began to make more and more visits to the north in order to see her.
They managed to keep their relationship a secret, despite Lucy's constant nighttime visits to Tommy's bedchambers when he stayed at Dreadfort, or the moon tea she would consume afterwards.
Her fascination with his dragon (not a euphemism) made Tommy fall even harder for her. Syndor adores her and will often try to nuzzle at her.
Tommy would take Lucy out flying on Syndor often, both during and after their courtship.
Just as Tommy was preparing to convince his family to allow him to marry Lucy, her father promised her away to Matthew Lannister, the cruel heir to Casterly Rock.
Despite Genevieve's attempts to dissuade him from the match, Victor was against Lucy marrying Tommy due to his status as a second son, and questions that had been raised about his legitimacy as a Targaryen.
Genevieve wrote to Tommy informing him of Victor and Matthew's plans, and he flew to Dreadfort, arriving but a day before the wedding was to take place.
He and Lucy were married hastily that night by the heart tree, with Genevieve as a witness and Lucy's brother Teddy taking the place of her father as the one to give her away.
A fight nearly broke out the next day once Victor and Matthew were made aware of what happened.
Victor tried to disown Lucy.
She flew with Tommy back to King's Landing.
Victor would continue to cause problems. Every time he does so, Tommy suggests (only half joking) that they feed him to Syndor.
Polly nearly had an aneurysm when she found out that Tommy had gotten married, since she had been scheming to marry him off to a noblewoman at court.
This caused some issues and original awkwardness with Lucy and the rest of the family, but Arthur warmed to her fast and Tommy advocated for her to have a place on the council alongside him.
Okay that's probably more than enough for now! I might post more later and I've got some moodboards I'll share with you all soon as well.
Tagging my moots how have been playing in this AU with me!
@justrainandcoffee, @call-sign-shark, @evita-shelby, @peakyswritings
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The count now stands at 22.
It started with Josh Lyman, now I've got like 30 different traumatized men living in my head.
#josh lyman#agent mulder#angel#derrick morgan#malcolm reynolds#dean winchester#jaime fraser#jon snow#jamie lannister#tony dinozzo#kaz brekker#locke lamora#kvothe#prince greening#lorcan salvaterre#azriel shadowsinger#matthew clairmont#daddy nyktos#prince casteel#prince wrath#prince kheldar of drasnia#lord hector of ventierra
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Kinktober 2024!
Kinktober Day 1 (With Al Simmons)
Kinktober Day 2 (With Jaime Lannister)
Kinktober Day 3 (With Shiera Seastar)
Kinktober Day 4 (With Aegon the conqueror)
Kinktober Day 5 (With Jaime Lannister)
Kinktober Day 6 (With Aegon the conqueror)
Kinktober Day 7 (With Steve Harrington)
Kinktober Day 8 (With Auston Matthews)
Kinktober Day 9 (With Juraj Slafkovsky)
Kinktober Day 10 (With Shiera Seastar)
Kinktober Day 11 (With Shiera Seastar)
Kinktober Day 12 (With Daemon Targaryen)
Kinktober Day 13 (With Podrick Payne)
Kinktober Day 14 (With Quinn Hughes)
Kinktober Day 15 (With Daemon Targaryen)
Kinktober Day 16 (With Atla Sokka)
Kinktober Day 17 (With Logan Howelett)
Kinktober Day 18 (With Elias Pettersson)
Kinktober Day 19 (With Kirby Dach)
Kinktober Day 20 (With Daemon Targaryen)
Kinktober Day 21 (With Atla Sokka)
Kinktober Day 22 (With Daemon Targaryen)
Kinktober Day 23 (With Loki Laufeyson)
Kinktober Day 24 (With John Marino)
Kinktober Day 25 (With Trevor Zegras)
Kinktober Day 26 (With Bruce Wayne)
Kinktober Day 27 (Jann Mardenborough)
Kinktober Day 28 (With Nico Hischier)
Kinktober Day 29 (With Cole Caufield)
Kinktober Day 30 (With Shiera Seastar)
Kinktober Day 31 (With Jaime Lannister)
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Bound by Blood and Fire — fancasting
A/N: yall are going to be so sick of me and maybe disagree but I’m posting this for anyone who cares as reference
Kieran Burton (“House of the Dragon”) as BENJICOT BLACKWOOD
Sai Bennett (“The Spanish Princess”) as SERRA TULLY
George MacKay (“Ophelia”) as KERMIT TULLY
Archie Barnes (“House of the Dragon”) as OSCAR TULLY
Max Brown (“Tudors”) as ELMO TULLY
David Oakes (“Vikings: Valhalla”) as SAMWELL BLACKWOOD
Josha Stradowski (“The Wheel of Time”) as EMRYS BLACKWOOD
Alicia Agneson (“Vikings”) as ALANNYS (Mallister) TULLY
Hannah Dodd (“Bridgerton”) as MARYSSA (Lannister) BLACKWOOD
Millie Brady (“The Last Kingdom”) as ALYSANNE BLACKWOOD
Matthew McNulty as SER ALISTAIR
Joe Alwyn as SER ERYN
Harry Gilby as DAVOS BLACKWOOD
Callum Turner as HENRY BLACKWOOD
Roman Griffin Davis as LUCIAN BLACKWOOD
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shit I liked about the hotd finale. the things I’ve liked about S2 have unfortunately mostly just been certain features and scenes in isolation, and the things I didn’t like were writing issues that seemed to recur throughout so will summarise that in a new post later but anyway:
I really liked the Alyn and Corlys scene!! this was my favourite Corlys scene of the series so far and also was an interesting take on Alyn. they hadn’t really done anything with him so far and I was feeling v underwhelmed but the fact that he was just keeping a lid on it the whole time because of how much he truly resents Corlys…. this even put him shaving away his Valyrian hair in a new perspective, and also Salim’s delivery was so so good.
if there’s one thing this series gets it’s that Lannisters are fucking cringe and I really enjoyed the trials of Tyland. Sharako Lohar was v fun in a show that is generally runs screaming from humour. anyway Lannister comic relief so good and so right…. I know Tywin is killing himself after watching this
Aemond and Helaena conversation was good, I like that their relationship is dynamic in that sometimes Aemond can overpower Helaena and sometimes she him. also I think it’s actually a pretty compelling choice to tell Aemond where he’s going to die….. I felt in S2 they’ve really struggled to articulate Aemond’s motives beyond ‘he’s bitter’, so hope this is set up for a more interesting battle against fate
nihilistic criston….. I like this as a direction. they could’ve built this better because I feel like it’s been all tell and no show with him this season but as a thesis for his character I think it’s effective. just would have liked better execution.
I like Ulf. like that he’s kind of unpleasant in some ways but likeable in others, and that he’s got this childlike excitement in finding himself in all the trappings of wealth after a lifetime stuck at the bottom. there are times when he has felt a bit cartoonish this season, but I don’t mind that so much as a tone change from the rest of the series where it feels like the writers just really struggle to have fun….
Aegon and Larys dynamic has been pretty good. Larys living vicariously through Aegon, plotting his return to power and so his own. TGC and Matthew Needham are also just great. Aegon has been probably the most effectively written Targ for me in HOTD this season, but I do think he’s ultimately been trapped within some very poorly paced writing that has really diminished the effectiveness of his S2 arc
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I love Larys this season and his scenes with Aegon that's all. Compelling and Matthew Needham is quite a force. Well and Rhaena hunting down Sheepstealer is good. Nothing else is fun.
i agree about larys with the one caveat i'm going to list below
larys is probably the one green character who makes the most sense, both that his characterisation is consistent AND the way others view him and his reactions to that MAKE SENSE. larys is still larysing but when aemond proves to be a contrarian he switches back to aegon. for once, aemond's shenanigans get proper consequences from his small councilors.
how does alicent not have any leverages against being dismissed when she is the one hightower representative left? sure, aemond sends back for otto, but do you think the story frames that as compensation for dismissing alicent or did the writers feel obligated to bring him back bc he needs to have his death scene? not one braincell was put into this. daemon does shit in the riverlands and the riverlords STAND UP and bully him back. he also has a big scary dragon and they don't give a shit, so it CAN be done, the writers know deep down how to do this, IF THEY CAREF
why is tyland not putting his foot down and demanding something for house lannister? his brother has a bunch of maiden daughters and daeron is unmarried and has a dragon. the frey lord and lady negociated with jace for their support, jeyne arryn is PISSED that she didn't get what she wanted
what the hell is ironrod even doing? he threw in his lot with aemond but aemond doesn't seem to like him or even give a shit about him so why doesn't he have some kind of reaction. i guess the discussion with larys could have been a step in the right direction because you can say he is testing out the waters to see if he can curry favour with aemond by offering up intel OR if he could forge an alliance with larys and go from there
and this is where i have an issue with the writing bc, on the one hand, they are categorically NOT portraying larys as incompetent, but they are also inadvertently making him SO BAD at his job by making these stupid changes from the book. another symptom of wanting to have one's cake and eat it too. the city is in lockdown but rhaenyra can sneak in, no problem, elenda can not only sneak in, she can access an entire network of pro-rhaenyra agents larys somehow knows nothing about, can raise literal riots, can recruit dragonseeds (why do you even need dragonseeds from KL when you're living on dragonstone?!), rhaenyra's food can reach the population somehow even though there are checkpoints at every entry, the dragonseeds can leave by boat and LARYS KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS 🧍and no one even thinks to ask him 'hey wtf is going on? you're kinda fired'. but they can't, can they? they can't get rid of larys because he is important to the plot and they need him in the thick of things!
there's a dumbass post circulating now in which someone ✨generously✨ gives people permission to complain about the show but without bringing that "boring book" (FB) into discussion for a comparative analysis. because apparently the book is bad but somehow not bad enough to keep watching tv media derived from it 🤡
the problem with HotD is that it makes FB the pinnacle of logic and storytelling. it doesn't fix any problems, it compounds them. this shit with larys would not fly in the book bc it is dumb as fuck! so you can't help but compare it to the book where these things did not have to be explained away by waving a magic wand or getting a lobotomy
this post is long enough as it is and other people have already explained the problem with the rhaena storyline, so i won't get into it right now, but, in a nutshell: her story can make sense in a void, she get a semblance of an arc: she wanted a dragon and now she will get one and goes on a journey of re-defining her identity, i suppose, after having been dismissed as not sufficiently targaryen as a result of her being dragonless. so, it's the classic problem of making sense in a watsonian way, in the context of the show, but in a doylist way it's Not The Best because they have to delete the only canonically POC low-born character. so we lose that perspective in a show that already prioritizes the highborn
larys has the same problem with him being a sexual deviant directly connected to his disability. as an individual character, it can be explained and justified, but as representation for disabled people (who suffer from a severe lack of representation in media as is), it's Not Great
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Masterlist
Please let me know if you wanna be on the taglists for any of these, if a link is messed up, or something isn’t here :)
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Clannibal
-The Exercise Room Pt. 1,* Pt. 2*,Pt. 3*,Pt. 4*,Pt. 5*
-Bull Rider*
-Cramp Reliever*
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Hosea Matthews
Kept Awake*
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Tywin Lannister
~A Lion In the Garden~ (Technically complete but currently being rewritten/edited. Everything below the dashes is original and everything above is new. Also, I apologize for how confusing the formatting is, I’m adding new chapters into the rewrite so it doesn’t connect directly. It goes chronologically, so just continue on below the line and even if the chapter number is earlier than the ones above it, it's still later in the story. The numbers don't line up because I've been adding chapters to the rewrite to help pacing.)
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-Part 3
-Part 4
-Part 5
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-Part 7
-Part 8
-Part 9
-Part 10
-Part 11
-Part 12
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-Part 14
-Part 15*
-Part 16
-Part 17*
-Part 18
-Part 19
-Part 20
-Part 21
-Part 22*
-Part 23
-Part 24
-Part 25
-Part 26*
-Part 27
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Hi everyone! Here’s the newest addition to my Creator Shoutout Series ( january 21 - january 28)! I want to appreciate editors and their creations that i love from the past week. To track this series or look at previous shoutouts, please check out the tag on my blog *creatorshoutouts.
bleachers: let's get married graphic by @ignorancelive
yellowjackets: lottie matthews gifset by @natscatorrcio
the hunger games gifset by @carricfisher
saltburn: felix catton gifset by @blackthornluce
renee rapp: snl gifset by @ayo-edebiri
the hunger games: lucy gray baird and katniss everdeen gifset by @fkevin073
boygenius: souvenir graphic by @cellphonehippie
taylor swift: lover eras tour gifset by @redstv
the ballad of songbirds and snakes gifset by @buffysummers
saltburn: felix catton gifset by @hellshee
the hunger games gifset by @tbosas
maisie peters: wendy graphic by @loserdiaz
yellowjackets: florence + the machine gifset by @girlbutcherwife
saltburn gifset by @sangwoochos
schitt's creek: alexis rose gifset by @alexisrosemullens
the bear: carmy gifset by @sophsun1
friends: monica and chandler gifset by @chandler-monica
saltburn gifset by @myrcella-lannister
renee rapp: vhs graphic by @shessoft
gilmore girls: paris geller gifset by @slayer-barbie
the hunger games: katniss and peeta gifset by @bellamysgriffin
five nights at freddy's gifset by @neil-patrick
noah kahan: stick season + pantone colors gifset by @patrick-stewart
taylor swift: eras tour gifset by @lovestory
monkey man gifset by @irlvernon
abbott elementary: janine and gregory gifset by @trueloveistreacherous
megan thee stallion: hiss music video gifset by @tessas-thompson
samia: honey gifset by @sofiarostova
maisie peters: holy revival graphic by @imkindatheman
the ballad of songbirds and snakes gifset by @magnusedom
gilmore girls gifset by @slayerbuffy
taylor swift: songs as books gifset by @reputayswift
pride & prejudice (2005) gifset by @jakeperalta
paramore: color palettes gifset by @dhawanmasters
brookyn nine nine x heartstopper gifset by @jakeyp
taylor swift: i know places gifset by @tolerateit
sabrina carpenter: how many things graphic by @loserdiaz
samia: honey gifset by @killherfreakout
chappell roan: hot to go music video gifset by @heymacy
the ballad of songbirds and snakes gifset by @richardgrimes
megan thee stallion: hiss music video gifset by @bu99erfly
the hunger games: catching fire gifset by @jackiietaylor
megan thee stallion: hiss music video gifset by @sunmiyah
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