I want to stay optimistic, but I don't have much faith that the HOTD writers will go through with any of the messages in the Dance aside from misogyny. Obviously, misogyny plays a big role in the Dance because it is the means to and end for the Greens, but the way the show focuses on this to favor Rhaenyra's claim and rule and this sort of diminishes the complexity of the story. By making it so that one side rightful, righteous, chosen by some divine powers, etc., etc. and one side that is perverse and corrupted and only there for greed, it takes away from one of the most important lessons in the Dance: Targaryens are not a divine superior race that should be exempt from the rage of common men that suffer at the cost of them.
(Also, ik ambition was a major motivator for the Greens in the books, but the books didn't try to frame Rhaenyra's right to the throne as God-given)
You might have already guessed, but the part of the dance I anticipated the most was Targaryens who perceive themselves to be divine and superior take the realm to shit fighting over a throne that neither of them actually deserve. They fight at the cost of everything and lose everything for a throne that neither of them keep for long because they are both inadequate rulers that rely heavily on their respective councils. When they make decisions on their own, their nearly equal incompetence shows because Aegon's choices are emotional and stupid and Rhaenyra's are paranoid and stupid. These are the people that cause the death of the dragons.
It feels like the show is trying to appeal to those stans that bend over backwards to defend their fave tyrants and believe the throne is a rightful possession of the Targaryens.
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bear I've been working on :3
[image descriptions: A round clay bear sitting and smiling upward. It is painted dark green with gold stars and black swirls.]
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@star-sparkler 's Augustine and Donnie! I gotta be honest I'd finished the cloaked version before you even gave me an answer(I wouldn't have posted it if u said no) I was so excited and inspired cuz she's so cute!!! He is the ethically questionable dad ever
Also I'm really curious what the extra feelings would be behind the responsibility of knowing you made a Hamato. Like, you have to train them to fight and stuff now. You have this child you want to protect and cherish and keep safe forever and knowing that because YOU made them, they'll have to be in dangerous situations with the world possibly on their shoulders. The horror of responsibility
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I time travel back to the globe theatre in 1599 to find Mr. Willy Shakes himself and explain that in the future actors have become what essentially amounts to our modern gentry. That through the existence of magic moving pictures they have the ability to act in front of any audience at any time. Making them household names. I explain the Oscars to him in grueling detail. He strangles me to death with a pair of his gay little stockings when I tell him about the best actress awards.
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Lae'zel, pls. I'm trying to be negative here.
Why do you have the best confession I've seen so far and also why did you literally kill me right after.
Ma'am??
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do you ever think of all the traces of your presence you left online?
of all the crumbs of personalities you left in places
of places you used to frequent when you were a different person. places you do not belong to anymore. places you cannot return to
places you grew together with. places that grew while you shrinked. places that shrinked while you grew
places you've helped build, but which you could never call your work
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that bug is doing something unwise to me… (<wants to make a ted bab
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I already told this to the plushie server, but I thought about visiting the build a bear store again just so I can try on this pink cozy jacket pajama and give Starfy my "call me" retro telephone pin
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couldn’t sleep last night so I stayed up organizing the list of species for the GH Animal Print AU… also my GOD does this show have a lot of characters
characters with a check mark next to them are ones I’ve already drawn or at least sketched a bit…
also there’s still a fuckton of characters who I don’t have a species for so. if y’all have any suggestions for their species that would be lit
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