#mel and jon are so funny

[aphemera]

had to draw her pointing like the ace attorney guy

[ladyaryawolf]

Jon tik tok stans are so funny.

U give them a quote pointing Azor Ahai will wake dragon from stones, and they say the quote is not on the books. 🤯

Even when I pointed out the exact chapter it is said.

As it wasn't enough, their best argument is that Mel is not a trust narrator, because she believes it was stannis. Like, the prophecy wasn't even written by her, she is just following her visions.

Now when u ask where are the Dragons Jon woke from stone under the red comet? They DONT ANSWER!

😭🤣🤣

And go with? "Where is Dany light bringer and when did she put a sword on her lover chest? "

The pyre with Drogo, the birth of Drogon, a literal being who breathes fire and is bonded with her?🤣 And where is Jon's nissa nissa and light bringer? Tell me! Where is his flaming sword? Where is the dragon he woke from stone?!

Nowhere to be seen.

[jonsnowunemploymentera]

Melisandre is one of my favorite minor POVs mostly because of how GRRM plays with the all-powerful mage trope. See the deconstruction with her is that despite her antics, she’s actually very powerful and all her visions are legit. It’s just that she absolutely sucks at interpreting said visions, mostly because she has all these preconceived notions and is very stubborn about them. And even when the answer is staring right at her (literally), she just doubles down. And it can be very frustrating as a reader, to be quite honest.

Like she’s been super gung ho about Stannis Baratheon being Azor Ahai/the Prince that Was Promised, though only R’hllor know why, to the extent that she will flat-out ignore any evidence to the contrary. Her visions in ADWD essentially scream that Azor Ahai is someone different (not Stannis!) but good ol’ Mel just won’t budge.

There’s this very hilarious interaction in Jon’s 10th ADWD chapter that essentially spells out all of her problems with visions and prophecy, with Jon serving as the reader’s proxy in some ways.

This interaction happens during Alys Karstark’s wedding feast and Patchface drops some of his weird jingles, which Mel very unsettled by. So she’s turns to Jon and is like, “ugh that dude is so creepy, all my visions tell me so”. And Jon’s reaction to this is super funny, because he’s like:

“You see fools in your fire, but no hint of Stannis?”

Wow Jon lmao

He just had to call her out like that, unprovoked. But his frustration makes sense. He’s constantly been asking about Stannis’ whereabouts but Mel’s responses just aren’t very satisfactory (in his opinion).

Then we get this next line which really just says everything about Mel’s stubbornness and perfectly embodies the deconstruction of the all-powerful seer trope.

“When I search for him all I see is snow.”

So Mel looks for Stannis, whom she believes to be Azor Ahai, in her fires but doesn’t find him. Instead she sees “snow”. And this part tracks with her POV too. We know from her chapter that she constantly sees Jon in her visions. It’s how we get the very interesting “I pray for a glimpse of Azor Ahai, and R’hllor shows me only Snow” line.

So one would think that Mel might go: “Hmmm I look for the prophesied savior, but I don’t see Stannis. Instead, I only see Snow. I don’t doubt R’hllor’s power so if my visions are true, then maybe I need to rethink a few things”.

One would think…

But nope!

And Jon’s like “Hey maybe you’re not seeing Stannis because he’s super dead, ever think about that Mel?” And she proceeds to spout the usual Azor Ahai stuff and even mentions Dragonstone:

“When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone. Dragonstone is the place of smoke and salt.”

To which Jon’s replies, “uhhhh news flash Stannis was not born on Dragonstone so that doesn’t track”.

Obviously this is Jon’s skepticism but I like to think that he took the reader’s place here. Because many of us have asked ourselves, why oh why would Mel think of Stannis just because she saw Dragonstone? Like yeah, he’s the Lord of Dragonstone but he wasn’t born there. It’s quite a valid question and how does Mel counter it? She doubles down and twist herself into a pretzel to make Stannis fit (even though he doesn’t fit at all!)

Really, Jon’s reaction is essentially what would happen if someone dropped me into the world of ASOIAF and gave me the chance to meet Mel and ask her a few questions. I’d be quite frustrated, just as Jon is here. And to be fair, the reader has a lot of auxiliary information (e.g., Jon’s parentage) that Mel doesn’t have.

But then the next few lines really illustrate just why poor Mel can be so frustrating. Because Jon’s follow up is,

“And what of Mance? Is he lost as well? What do your fires show?”

And what does Mel say?

“The same, I fear. Only snow.”

…??!

Mel!😭

Seriously, I cannot! This is the exact same situation as with Stannis. She looks for a king but only sees Snow. This makes me wonder then, based on previous wording, if she’s specifically looking for “the King Beyond the Wall” (not just “Mance”) and only seeing Snow - at this point, Jon has all but supplanted Mance.

So once again, one would think that Mel would go: hmmmm I look for the King Beyond the Wall but I see Jon Snow and not Mance Rayder. Seeing that Mance’s power has been diminished and Jon Snow is now taking control of the wildlings, maybe I should re-evaluate a few things”.

Yeah, one would think…

Homegirl is trying her best, she really is. But sadly, her best can only get E for Effort.

And at this point the reader is just done with Mel, and Jon is too:

“You are seeing cinders dancing in the updraft.”

He doesn’t even bother to phase it as a question lmao. He just calls her out and doesn’t care.

And we’re in his POV so he’s thinking of the lower case “snow”. Also, why in the hell is Mel referring to Jon like this?

Anyway, this is why I think Jon serves as the reader’s proxy in this conversation because it’s like a thinking exercise (facilitated by the narrative) that ultimately goes nowhere because Mel is so, so stubborn.

Because if we really break it down:

R’hllor/the Narrative: Who do you see when you search for the king/Azor Ahai?

Mel: Jon Snow

R’hllor/the Narrative: Ok…and who do you see when you search for the King Beyond the Wall?

Mel: Erm, Jon Snow…

R’hllor/the Narrative/the Reader: Great! So say it with me. The king you’re looking for is J-

Mel: STANNIS BARATHEON!

R’hllor/the Reader: …?!

And before anyone claims that this is a misdirect, Mel really is seeing Jon Snow. Straight from the horse’s mouth:

“I am seeing skulls. And you. I see your face every time I look into the flames.”

Friend….I don’t even know what to say anymore…

[15-lizards]

ASOIAF American highschool AU bc I want them to suffer

-Jon is that guy you see in the hall all the time and he’s super cute but then you talk to him and he’s just. The most pretentious asshole you’ve ever met. He’s better than you bc he takes AP classes btw. And he’s on the basketball team but he’s brooding so he barely has any friends

-Dany is a little FREAK ugh I love her. She’s a GSA officer and wears weird clothes and cat ears to school and everyone makes fun of her but she’s the nicest person ever. Very passionate ab her special interests. super smart too like no one can say that she isn’t top of class

-Sansa is the nice popular religious girl who likes to make cookies for people. She’s like condescending nice though and is sweet to the losers mostly out of pity. Obsessed with Loras in a comphet way to cover her real crush on Margaery. She is on the swim team and loves to run the student council like the navy

-Arya is on the soccer and basketball team. Slightly to weird to be popular but too cool to be a loser. Kind of disruptive in class but it’s okay bc she’s funny. Definition of a low maintenance girl. Cuts her hair short and likes the way she looks in a sports bra and baggy clothes but has yet to find out what non-binary is

-Robb Homecoming King football captain you get the gist. Sincerely nice and is the one jock who’s on good terms with literally everyone in his classes. Tries his best to defend Jon (it is so hard) Has dated around but his most intense relationship is with his drug dealer burnout bestie Theon. They get jealous when the other starts dating a girl (both of them have yet to find out what bisexualism is)

-Joffrey is a grade A bitchass. He’s on the soccer or lacrosse team only because Cersei bribed the coach. No one really likes him but they hang around him anyway because he has a sick ass house and his moms hot. Thinks he’s smarter than he actually is, maintains a C- average

-Bran is that freshman you only see in khaki shorts and graphic t-shirts about bugs or some shit. Completely lives in his own world (autism slay!) and has trouble interacting with other kids. Besties with Meera and Jojen tho who just get him. Reads big ass philosophy books in his spare time

-Aegon is Dany’s cooler cousin. He’s way more popular than Jon and the two have a one sided rivalry that Jon made up in his head. Pretty nice to other people but he thinks he is such hot shit. His superiority complex is kinda crazy

-Theon graduated last year but still hangs around campus. Goes to Robb’s football games and sells drugs under the stands. “Where’s my hug at” guy. Drives a beat up Honda civic that’s on its last legs. Has multiple misdemeanors on his record. Robb thinks he can fix him

-Loras is Robb’s teammate who’s also mister popular. Already has a scholarship to a D1 school and is every teachers favorite (he takes advantage of this to skip class). Smart but doesn’t really try that hard in class. A classic DL gay guy who is in a situationship with grad student Renly after lying about his age on grindr

-Davos is everyone’s favorite History or English teacher. Gets invested in the students wellbeing. Gay kids LOVE him, he never can have a lunch period to himself those kids who are looking for a father figure are always eating lunch in his classroom. Has a loving wife and kids but is down bad for the eternally suffering Vice Principal Stannis

-Robert is the football coach and in most American schools you have to be a teacher to be a coach so he probably teaches health or sex Ed or some shit. Half asses his classes so he can go over film with his football players instead. You can hear him yelling from across campus. He is so loud

-Stannis is the vice principal who absolutely no one likes except Davos. Even the teachers don’t respect him. Has wanted to be principal for years but keeps getting fucked over by administration. Wants to move to a different school district so he can get a pay raise but the sexy Spanish teacher Mel is trying to convince him to blackmail the school board instead

-Tywin the principal. Used to be a AP US history or AP economics teacher but then discovered that he hated kids so he bullied and bribed his way into the principal position. Kids run when they hear him in the hallway with his walkie talkie crackling and his keys jangling. Lets Joffrey get away with everything bc he’s the principals grandson

-Cersei as the head of the school board. Always shoveling funds to her kids school instead of any of the other ones in the school district. Probably is in some sort of tax evasion or bribery scandal that Tywin is trying to cover up. Number one passive aggressive hater on Facebook

[greywoe]

sketches sketches sketches

got inspired by looking at some of those year end wips (by artists way better than me) and decided to post some old sketches i could find bc sometimes i enjoy the sketches more than the final illustration lol. so without further ado:

similar to the one of jon i posted above, here's a really ancient one of arya. don't know where i was going with this one i think it was just a doodle

here's a progress pic of the sansa collage i posted way back that looks godawful to me now but whatever. hashtag behind the scenes

i made a whole bunch of collages that i never got around to posting (i should). here's a progress pic of one of those (as you can see i colour the necessary bits first, then add the cutouts, then the final lineart):

and here's a screenshot i took in the middle of drawing the cat and brienne scene. i actually think i overworked it a little, i liked it better with flats (also the colours look like ass here, they always look more vibrant in procreate but when i export the pics they end up super desaturated. idk why)

NOW to the fun part! so when i first read the books way back i had this notebook that i doodled scenes that i liked or made an impact on me (i guess) in. i might or might not post some in the future - they're simple pencil doodles and super old and certified rubbish but they're still kinda funny because of that lol. in any case here are a few of them in the rough sketch stage:

arya and gendry playfighting at acorn hall, mel visiting davos in jail (LMAO)

jon and ygritte first meeting (you can barely tell what's going on there at all lol). sandor and beric fight

Ok so now it's theon time. in that drawing i made of him with reek!ramsay in acok i initially yassified his crown and had to stop when i remembered it's supposed to be shit.

"crown" (it does look a little like worms at this stage so i guess it's not so ill-fitting after all)

uhh anyway you all know what this next one is about. love this delusional child <3 (might just refine it to make it post-worthy so look forward to that i guess...........)

and finally the Tree drawing but it's just the lineart bc my colouring skills are... lacking

[swanmaids]

Ygritte/Jon Show for the ask meme?

awww...kids... I like them. Ygritte's little "WE FUCK EVERY NIGHT!!!" moment was so funny and her death did make me get teary. I also appreciate how Jon continues to think of her throughout the series, like comparing Mel to her. Would they have worked out long term? No idea, but they made me feel things while they lasted.

[zirhlikuzgun]

Mr. Schüster at the police station

All right, everyone. It is time to start up an all-new reboot of "Sean and Dave's new maintenance".

Mr. Schüster

Before we get on with the show, i will first of all have something to explain:

NOTE: At that case, the Dolph gang are apparently doing some random stuff, by watching "Driving Ib and Ib, "The Triss team's sitcom show", "Parody adventures with Luffe and Sjanne", "The Angora guys by night", and "Livestream commentary with Fritz and Poul (ft. Dr. Flitz)".

Well, there you go. I had now already explained this note, but however, we're not ready yet, cause i have 2 more notes that i shall explain:

ADDITIONAL NOTE #1: "Sean and Dave's new maintenance" are going to take place after the events of "January Robinson Uncork'd" (including the hero-brave sad-to-fab quest thru the hero-brave journey from sad to fab), cause it are going to borrow some style of the Case Closed anime.

ADDITIONAL NOTE #2: "Sean and Dave's new maintenance" are going to begin after the aftermath of Shalim's unfortunate death, cause it are going to borrow some style of The MEDIA Programme of the European Union.

Now, there we go again. I had already explained these two notes, but we're still not ready yet, cause i need to explain 18 extra notes, so i gotta explain it at that case:

EXTRA NOTE #1: Mr. Müller are an mailman who are going to work at Österreichische Post AG.

EXTRA NOTE #2: Mr. Schüster are an police officer who are going to work at the Austrian Federal Police.

EXTRA NOTE #3: Mrs. Prysselius are an orphanage ownever who are responsible of managing an orphanage.

EXTRA NOTE #4: The Swedbank crew are responsible for working at Swedbank.

EXTRA NOTE #5: The Deutsche Bank crew are responsible for working at Deutsche Bank.

EXTRA NOTE #6: Ib and Ib are going to broadcasting their own comedy show, though taking a driving trip with their car.

EXTRA NOTE #7: The Triss team are going to broadcast their own comedy sitcom.

EXTRA NOTE #8: Luffe and Sjanne are going to broadcast their own comedy show, though doing some funny parodies, by checking out some serious stuff: for example reading funny-signs, and even many more of some kind of serious.

EXTRA NOTE #9: The Angora guys are going to broadcast their own prime show, though being home at their flat, by discovering something awesome.

EXTRA NOTE #10: Fritz and Poul (from the Cavalry) (alongside Dr. Flitz) are going to produce their own satire.

EXTRA NOTE #11: Kling and Klang are two wacky cops who are Mr. Schüster's crazy allies, cause they're also gonna work at the Austrian Federal Police.

EXTRA NOTE #12: Else-Marie are going to pay attention at Mr. Schüster's police station, cause she eventually gets help of her mother and her dad named Beck.

EXTRA NOTE #13: Mr. Schüster's seven friendly allies (although they're ironically remaining unnamed) are going to be responsible of resolving the issue.

EXTRA NOTE #14: Mr. Krüse and Mr. Meyer are going to be responsible of requiring something very important.

EXTRA NOTE #15: Gary Gadget are going to be responsible of repairing something that are getting broken.

EXTRA NOTE #16: Freddy Derrick are going to be responsible of resolving some problems thru performing extensive troubleshooting.

EXTRA NOTE #17: Svante Stockselius, Jon Ola Sand and Martin Österdahl are going to work as executive supervisors at the EBU.

EXTRA NOTE #18: Graham Norton, Terry Wogan (despite that he had ironically passed away), Scott Mills, Paddy O'Connell, Sarah Cawood, Sara Cox, Caroline Flack, Ana Matronic, Laura Whitmore, Mel Giedroyc, Rylan Clark-Neal and Chelcee Grimes are going to work as BBC's radio and TV celebrities.

All right. Here you have these 18 extra notes. We're now ready to get this show on the road, so without further ado, let's get into business.

At first, we're going to meet Ib and Ib. Ib and Ib are two comedians who are driving the car, by doing some funny jokes and funny pranks, cause they're just getting started.

We're then meeting the Triss team. The Triss team are a gang of some funny comedians, and they're living home at their flat, cause they're broadcasting their own comedy sitcom, by doing some funny gags, as well as some funny jokes and funny pranks, so they gotta right now get this show on the road.

Next up, we're going to meet Luffe and Sjanne. Luffe and Sjanne are two crazy, wacky pranksters that are doing some crazy, wacky stuff, as well as some crazy jokes and crazy pranks. They're getting a cool time at their flat, and they're sometimes going on a trip of doing some funny, crazy stuff, though exploring some serious things, but anyway, they will now get started today.

At next, we're going to meet the Angora guys. The Angora guys are a gang of some wacky comedians who are home at their flat, cause they're checking out some funny things and stuff, cause they're always responsible of broadcasting their own comedy show. Well, by the way, they're right now turning on the camera, cause the Angora guys are on the stage.

Coming up next, we're gonna meet Fritz, Poul and their sockpuppet Dr. Flitz. Fritz and Poul are two multi-millionaires who are plotting some cheeky cool stuff that they can exactly do anything at anytime that they want to. They're teaming up with a sockpuppet named Dr. Flitz, who are almost resembling a mole, and he does a similar vein to Dolph and Margit. Well anyway, Fritz, Poul and Dr. Flitz are going to produce their own comedy satire, so now, anyways, that's enough with the set, so let's get it started.

However, before we're going to start "Sean and Dave's new maintenance", we're first of all making way for the Dolph gang, cause they're gonna handle the task of carrying their attitude.

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We'll there you go. We had now got it together with the Dolph gang, so we will right now get into the regular show. Well then, without further ado, let's give a warm welcome to Mr. Müller. Mr. Müller are making his first appearance at the very beginning of "Sean and Dave's new maintenance", cause he's coming here to say hello.

So now we're going to encounter Mr. Müller. Mr. Müller are an mailman who works at Österreichische Post AG, and are always responsible of delivering posts, mails, packs, presents and much more for everyone. Well by the way, Mr. Müller are apparently deciding to do something different, cause he's going to start a brand new day at Österreichische Post AG. Well that's because, Mr. Müller are going to re-sign back to Österreichische Post AG. So, Yup, that's a good idea, cause Mr. Müller are going to reopen the post office in Vienna, cause it is today a new day at Österreichische Post AG. Well anyway, without further ado, we gotta get started, cause Mr. Müller are ready to get started for a new day at Österreichische Post AG. Well due to that, he are eventually beginning a new day at Österreichische Post AG, so we gotta get started immediately. Okay, it sounds like a good idea. Well indeed, Mr. Müller are ready to get started at Österreichische Post AG, so for now, without further ado, Mr. Müller are ready to begin a new day at Österreichische Post AG. Oh well, it is normally all about "Sean and Dave's new maintenance", cause it are about to begin. Anyways, "Sean and Dave's new maintenance" are about to begin right now. Well of course, it is time to get the adventure started, so by that, it is time to let "Sean and Dave's new maintenance" begin.

But first of all, at the very beginning, we're first going to meet Mr. Schüster who are going to get started at the police station. Well by the way, he are eventually joining up with the Anti ROM-Hacking Forces, cause Mr. Schüster are getting a video-call with Mrs. Prysselius who will always be able to manage the orphanage. But anyway, without further ado, let's get started.

Well now, eitherway, we're right now going to get on with the regular program, so for now, we gotta ahead and get it started. Now of course as you guessed it, "Sean and Dave's new maintenance" are about to begin. Are you ready? Yes, you do. Well then. Here we go!

[celiastjamesoscar]

Lol sometimes I have no filter. With "money I stole" I mean I got it from my brother, who I cut out of my life 2 or 3 years ago because he's a big asshole. So it's fine 🤷🏻‍♀️ I see it as compensation for the shit he did.

On January 9th I have a job interview and it's both exciting and terrifying. With your tattoo it seems like forever but for me it feels like the dates are right around the corner.

OMG TELL ME EVERYTHING!!! How did you like it?? What do you think about Chanel and her minions? Who is your favorite?

I'm already excited for more Jon stories next semester!! He better keep up the great work and entertain us! Yes Grace, I love your fashion sense now! Your shirts are funny, you definitely need to show me more of your collection.

Well, another night another dream. This time a rollercoaster derailed and many people died in different ways. I barely survived and nearly drowned. Turns out it was planned by 2 people who purposely created a death amusement park. Maybe I should start writing horror movies...

Here are the last 2 Mel/Sam edits I saved. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGedHvnE6/

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGedTp3L3/

I’m sorry about your brother, but sometimes it’s best to cut people out of our lives because of how shitty they are, so I get it

Good luck with your job interview love!! You’ll have to let me know how it goes!

…I still haven’t finished it yet, please don’t yell at me. I’m the worst when it comes to sitting down and finishing things

Oh trust me, Jon will definitely keep up his evil antics, and I will continue to tell you about them. My collection of funny shirts ends at the slut shirt and the naked bigger guy, or maybe I’m keeping them from you 🤷🏻‍♀️

Your dreams need to be investigated 😭 for some reason it sounds to me like a final destination movie, even though I’ve only seen the first movie

THE SECOND TIKTOK IS UNAVAILABLE!!! THIS IS EVIL

[herbgroom]

@whyareweherereally arrghh look at what you have done!!! unstoppable rant incoming!

so, the history of king crimson doesn't start with king crimson at all - but with two brothers, peter giles and michael giles living in dorset, england, who in 1967 start looking for a singing organist to join their group. they post an ad, and who responds? robert fripp, a guitarist who can't sing one bit! they form a psychedelic trio (as it was common at the time) under the name "giles, giles and fripp" (very original) and record their first and only album "the cheerful Insanity of giles, giles and fripp" (they were just so good at names)

they get fairly decent success, and recruit ian mcdonald on keyboards and wind instruments, who brings along a lyricist, peter sinfield (remember them)

fripp thinks that peter giles' songs are too poppy and boring, and proposes to fire him in place of greg lake, an old friend he learned to play guitar with (from a banjo player!)

so now we have a band with robert fripp (guitar) greg lake (bass and voice, although he had to be convinced to play bass as he was primarily a guitarist) ian mcdonald (wind instruments, synthesisers, and the beloved mellotron) mike giles (drums) and pete sinfield (lyrics and pet hippy, his words not mine) who are all an ambitious bunch, what they want to do is play something no one has ever done before

peter suggests the name king crimson, and the band is born! in 1969, they make their first album, in the court of the crimson king, play it in front of 500k people in hyde park who were there to see the rolling stones, and everyone loses their fucking minds! the album is H U G E. even pete townshend of the who writes a review gushing all over the album. inadvertently, they have launched the genre progressive rock.

so what happens next? the band breaks up. literally. after one album, mike and ian decide to leave, thinking the band is getting nowhere. greg too decides to leave, he's been seduced by a certain keith emerson of the nice to form a new, fresh trio, along with a guy called carl palmer, formerly of atomic rooster

the only ones remaining are pete and robert, in 1970, on the next album in the wake of poseidon, greg and mike are only there to play as session musicians, the new guys to join the band are mel collins (sax, flute, anything you can blow into) keith tippett (piano) and gordon huskell (who briefly sings on cadence and cascade) after that, the past members scuttle to do their own thing (mike and ian would record an album together, mcdonald & giles, while ELP would be on their way to become REALLY FUCKING HUGE)

in the same year the album lizard comes out, which even features jon anderson from the band yes! there's a funny story about that too, but let's not digress...

a year later the band releases islands, the new additions are ian wallace (drums) and boz burrell (bass and voice)

mind you, in this time, pete sinfield is in charge of all lyrics, while robert (and the others ig) handle the music

after an exhausting tour in the us, the parents co-founders, pete and robert, have a falling off. a line is drawn, one of them has to go. pete leaves, robert breaks up the band

in 1972, robert, after some other business ventures (mainly producing and playing on van der graaf generator's albums, and playing inventor with brian eno) starts gathering ideas, and new members, for king crimson 2.0. this time, he's looking to move completely away from the old sound, and focusing on something harder, punchier. the guys who join are john wetton (bass and voice, formerly of family and renaissance) bill bruford (drums, formerly of yes) david cross (violin and mellotron) and jamie muir (additional drums and other weird stuff, formerly of scotland)

their first album, lark's tongues in aspic, is a complete game changer. the new sound of king crimson is born.

after literally two live shows in october of 1972, jamie sprains his ankle and decides to leave the band, to become a buddhist monk instead (as you do)

the rest of the quartet tour extensively, so much that their 73 album starless and bible black is mostly live songs transposed to studio

but it can't all go so smoothly can it? no, it can't. david's violin is too soft compared to the strong strings and drums section of the others, his personality too, he's more reserved and quiet. robert fripp (convinced by john) decides to fire him, but only after the tour is done and they start recording their new album

in 1974 the album red comes out, their darkest and heaviest album yet, which only features robert, bill, and john

in this time, the appointed lyricist is richard palmer james, the band does the music

after that, robert has a literal mental breakdown. convinced that the world is going to end, he breaks up the band for good.

let's do a timeskip, during which bill and john decide to put together a prog-pop band called uk, robert stays in a cult and then works with peter gabriel and david bowie, (ever listened to heroes? that's his playing on there!) bill ends up doing jazz and john forms a mega arena pop band with carl palmer (remember him?) and steve howe (yes)

it's the 80s, and in lack of better things to do, robert wants to form king crimson again, again with a brand new sound and brand new people. although he calls back bill (who's more than eager to join!) along with new recruits tony levin (bass, formerly a musician for peter gabriel) (yes, robert stole his bassist) and adrian belew (guitar, the first american in king crimson! a disciple of frank zappa and a pal of talking heads)

their first album, the '81 discipline, is a huge success! and completely different from any music that is going around during that period! it's fun, playful, but also heavy, almost neurotic

it's quickly followed up by beat (1982) and after a lot of touring, three of a perfect pair (1984)

during this time adrian writes the lyrics, while the band, collectively, does the music

the album covers are iconic too, solid colors of red, blue and yellow. they really pop out!

after that, lo and behold, fripp breaks up the band. out of fatigue and stress

you have to wait for the 90s for a new iteration of king crimson, but those albums are bad and I don't really care for them <3

the end

ps: these are all the records I own, practically all of them (except the 72 live album earthbound)

Not an ask but you've reminded me how much I like king crimson so thank you :)

I'm really glad to hear this but also don't, this triggers a tangent in me none of us can stop

[eyefocusing]

reread some 2009 supers comics again.... thinking abt Them

[moonsdancer]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favourite five fics that you've written, then pass it to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💖

Oooh, cool!

This exercise was funny because I made myself revisit old, old fic lol. It's crazy how one's writing develops. I forced myself to only pick one per fandom. Anyway, here we go:

5. we survive; we always survive (a dark comedy) | Bonnie Bennett/Caroline Forbes/Elena Gilbert | a zombie apocalypse poly romance bc why not

Extract:

They slept curled around each other.

As the least violent sleeper and the warmest of the three, Bonnie often found herself stuck in the middle. Her arms wrapped around her two friends as if they were all three drowning, and by sheer force of will, she might be able to keep them afloat with the strength of her arms. Caroline was a snuggler. She burrowed into any crevice she could find. Her favourite spot was Bonnie’s shoulder, right near where her pulse thrummed with the sweet scent of blood; it reminded her vaguely of pop tarts. Elena was a clinger. She clutched Bonnie’s hand in a claw-like grip that didn’t let up even in the deepest parts of the night, almost as though she was afraid they’d all disappear. Sometimes it hurt, made Bonnie grunt, “Ow, vampire strength, ‘Lena,” and she loosened her tight-wound fingers—but not by much.

4. if i’m lost then how can i find myself? | Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood | Shadowhunters | pre-relationship, Alec & touch starvation (before the show pissed me off as these shows do)

Extract:

It’s funny. But Alec doesn’t feel like a soldier when Magnus touches him, stuck in a centuries-old supernatural war they're not winning. He doesn’t feel like a blunt instrument to be thrown at the Clave for some unseemly purpose or like something to be patched up after a bloody battle.  

He’s just Alec, and Magnus Bane’s fingers are stroking the side of his jaw. Everything in his life feels like it could blow up in his face at any moment. But this, a hand on his cheek is nice. It makes him feel grounded and like he could float at once.

3. you're so (not) my type | Josie Mccoy/Reggie Mantle | Riverdale | 180 seconds of screen time and these two had me obsessed, ofc the show became so unwatchable but it peaked here for me.

Extract: “What’s going on with you and the walking jockstrap?”

2. drink the fatal drop, then fall apart in parts | Daenerys Targaryen & Jon Snow | Game of Thrones | in which the lord of light brings Dany back as a vampire and she goes on a revenge spree, starting with her killer - written in the throes of s8 rage lol. Basically a Kill Bill, Volume Dragon Queen, lol. I like how batshit it is, lol.

Extract:

“Yes—yes you did, Jon Snow.” She’s watching him the way a maester might watch a dull experiment. “I suppose it’s what you do, isn’t it? Kill people you love.” She says it with a calculated cruelty that makes him wince with every word

1.the wolf has golden teeth | Mel Medarda (& some Mel x Jayce) | Arcane | a Mel study spanning from childhood to the finale, I'll always be proud of this one. It's my truest love letter to Mel, and I've written several lbrh.

Extract:

He touches his forehead to hers just like they did as children and says, sure and warm as he always is even though his eyes are sorrowful, “We will meet again, sister, I promise you.” And she believes him because out of everyone, Kino has never lied to her. Not once. He steps back, his dark locs falling across his brow as he reaches into his pockets to procure a sealed letter. “Take this and head south to Rokrund, then east to Piltover by sea. Rhodri Ferros will take you in – at least until you decide what to do.”

“Why would they?” She’s never heard of the Ferros beyond reading some of the histories of Piltover, a city well-known even throughout Noxus for its industrial and trading prowess.

Kino smirks, a sharp thing full of teeth that reminds her a little too much of Mother. “Let’s just say, they owe me one.”

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[vampiremeerkat]

Who do you think are the most tragic EEnE characters you've written and why?

Tragic characters are my forte, makes me feel better about myself, but I'm not sure what counts here. Are you asking "acceptably canon" examples that don't revolve around supernatural nonsense, or is any interpretation allowed? If the former:

The Kankers' mother, Bebe, is a hopeless romantic from a neglectful household, who had to raise 3 infants by herself whilst living in poverty. Her health deteriorates as the years go by and it's not improving her spirits.

Mel from For Mel, Love Jon was kicked out on the streets by his father and spent most of his youth lonely and starving. He has a happy ending, though.

Nazz and Kevin are in love with each other, but Kevin's too stupid too live and ruined their initial friendship with his behaviour.

Jonny stopped hearing Plank somewhere in his teenage years and it's made him depressed. He's given medicine for it, but it warps his original personality and he knows this, still making him unhappy. His "happy" ending here is that Plank returns when he takes Edd's advice and ditches the drugs. ..I do not suggest you take Edd's advice, kids, this is fiction.

Jimmy is successful in his adult life, but madly in love with Sarah, who's still chasing after the twink who gave the bad advice in the example above. Because his unsubtle crush on her caused them to drift apart, he's lonely and miserable as well.

If the latter, we're entering a laundry list of contenders:

Genderbent Edd and Marie from Until I See You Again are stuck in an infinite reincarnation loop, and 9 times out of 10, enter situations that are objectively shit. Male Marie is usually to blame here, though only because the first and original Edd was a magical dumbo bitdch who cursed him to be a dumbo bitdch.

The genderbent Edd and Marie from Fairy Queen aren't doing better. Edd is a lonesome, ridiculed old queen of nothing who's kidnapped by a barbarian prince to be his wife, and after she accepts and thinks life has turned around for her, she discovers he's incurably crazy and has been brainwashing their children behind her back. But well, male Marie was raised to be crazy, and in addition, is the child of a woman with her own mental issues, he never stood a chance. You can also add in his father. Every wrong he committed was out of morbid fear for the family he fled from, and he was in love with female Edd as well, a confession that ended his life. Still, he had the choice not to torture his offspring, so that's a character I can't give my full sympathy. He's reincarnated into a horse, it's all very funny.

There's that one theory that argues Jonny is a lobotomized psychic and his old personality can only be called back upon when his husk self interacts with Plank or other faced objects.

There's Eddy, who will become a dementia-ridden man in his senile years, though perhaps it's the people around him who are tragic in this example. Lee is not a happy wife, but pretends to be.

Edd and his surroundings are fairly tragic in How To Save a Life. He survives a vampire attack and turns into a bloodsucking asshole, while part of his old self is still alive, but can't do anything. Meanwhile, his friends have no solutions, except shooting him.

The Japanese Edd and Marie die after getting trapped inside their school building and fighting a pretty hopeless battle with robots.

The Native American Edd, Lee, and Marie got their faces kicked in by foreigners. Lee and Marie are mainly angry because their people used to be the top throat-cutters, but Edd's from a docile tribe and his parents are missing, possibly dead.

The Arab Nazz went through heavy starvation before meeting Kevin, who saved her.

There are probably more examples, but I don't deem them tragic. Enough.

[jackoshadows]

How do you feel about the idea that Arya stans are possessive as fuck over Jon and don't want any character to have a relationship with him? It's funny because I haven't seen a single Arya stan dismiss his friendship with Sam, or any interesting relationship with Dany, or his friendship with Satin/Tormund/etc. We're not the ones looking at him interacting with any dark haired person and think it's foreshadowing for romantic Jonrya or something.

lol, yeah.

“I have no sister”  The words were knives. What do you know of my heart, priestess? What do you know of my sister?

Melisandre seemed amused. “What is her name, this little sister that you do not have?”

"Arya"

Jonsas : Oh, wow, Jon talking about how Sansa is his heart 😍😍

Book readers: Hey wait a second, Jon and Mel are having a conversation about Ar-

Jonsas: Ugh why are Arya stans so possessive over Jon!

What men want does not matter. Winter is almost upon us, boy. And winter is death. I would sooner my men die fighting for the Ned’s little girl than alone and hungry in the snow, weeping tears that freeze upon their cheeks.

Stansas: Look at this queen Sansa foreshadowing. The Key to the North!

Book readers: Um, Big Bucket Wull is talking about Ar-

Stansas: OMG, why are Arya stans so annoying. Stop making everything about Arya. Don't erase Jeyne Poole from her story!

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And hey, you know what? Jon's my favorite character and I am very possessive of the Jon-Arya relationship in the books. It's one of the purest, best relationships in the series, just beautiful platonic love between two characters over 5 books, over time and vast distances. Jon loves Arya for Arya and Arya loves Jon for Jon. No expectations, just love. Outcasts together bonding over feeling ostracized. Arya hearing about the black bastard at the wall and thinking that even Jon would not recognize Blind Beth and Jon breaking the neutrality of an 8000 year old institution to go save his little sister.

Some of the most heartfelt love in the books is between Jon and Arya – What do you know of my heart, priestess? What do you know of my sister? Needle was Jon Snow’s smile. Bring her home Mance.

And Arya… he missed her even more than Robb …she could always make Jon smile. He would give anything to be with her now. Arya missed Jon most of all. Just saying his name made her sad. The memory of her laughter warmed him on the long ride north.

Their relationship is part of the reason for why I love these characters. In a book full of toxic love, betrayal, cheating, kinslaying, their relationship is special.

For Jonsas to then soil this relationship with their trash nonsense by erasing Arya and inserting Sansa in there? To hell with that. Yeah, I am going to mock their delusional nonsense and their inability to actually read the books.

Stuff like how Jon is subconsciously thinking of Sansa every time he mentions Arya or that he has a crush on Sansa because she's beautiful or that he agrees with Sansa that Arya is ugly or that he only loves Arya because the girl who bullies and mocks Arya as ugly is way out his league. Just shitting on Jon and Arya's relationship for a crack ship that's never going to happen in the books.

And then they wonder why Arya and Jon fans mock them or point out how shallow, sexist and classist their take on things are or why no one takes them seriously.

Totally incomprehensible nonsense. Like when they take this quote: "What do you know of my heart priestess?" and connect it to Elinor in Sense and Sensibility saying “What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering. For weeks, Marianne, I’ve had this pressing on me without being at liberty to speak of it to a single creature."

I mean really? There is a character that resembles Sansa in Sense and Sensibility and it's not Elinor. Like ... Marianne is right there! So not only can they not read and comprehend ASoIaF, they can't read and understand any piece of literature.

The claim to find Arya boring and love Sansa because she is real and interesting - and yet want Arya's relationships, Arya's direwolf, Arya's stories for Sansa.

For them Arya's flaw is that she is not the traditionally beautiful disney princess that they can slot into their romantic fairy tale headcanons. And so they replace the character with Sansa.

And the issue is that Sansa as a character is limited in the relationships she has. That's we get her fandom celebrating 'stark sisters forever! uwu' despite the sisters having a contentious relationship or why they ship Jonsa despite Jon and Sansa being distant and indifferent siblings.

Why not celebrate Bran and Sansa's relationship? They have a sweet sibling bond. Sansa seems to genuinely like and care for Bran and Bran is worried for Sansa because she lost Lady and acknowledges that she must have written her letter under duress. I hardly ever see any posts about this relationship. But Bran is not good enough for Sansa stans.

So yeah, Sansa/Jonsa stans pointing fingers at Arya Stans when they are the ones constantly starting drama in fandom. Anytime they post anything, the only response from the rest of fandom should be

[jonsnowunemploymentera]

There’s something weird I never noticed before. So in ASOS, Stannis tells Davos that he saw the upcoming battle against the Others in one of Melisandre’s fires.

The ashes were white, rising in the updraft, yet all at once it seemed as if they were falling. Snow, I thought. Then the sparks in the air seemed to circle, to become a ring of torches, and I was looking through the fire down on some high hill in a forest. The cinders had become men in black behind the torches, and there were shapes moving through the snow. For all the heat of the fire, I felt a cold so terrible I shivered, and when I did the sight was gone, the fire but a fire once again. But what I saw was real, I’d stake my kingdom on it.

- Davos IV, ASOS

The “men in black behind torches” seems to suggest Night’s Watchment who are in the process of confronting the Others (“shapes moving through the snow”). I think it’s quite interesting that there is a sort of Azor Ahai imagery with these men, as they hold burning torches.

But then as I was reading this passage, I was suddenly reminded of one of Patchface’s jingles.

“Under the sea, it snows up,” said the fool, “and the rain is dry as bone. I know, I know, oh, oh, oh.”

- Prologue, ACOK

And I got to thinking, it seems that Patchface and Stannis are seeing the same thing (snow “falling” upward). Stannis also sees snow falling downwards, which kind of evokes a cycle. We don’t really know exactly what Patchface saw since the entire section contains several broken up and vague “prophecies”.

But regarding what we do know, my initial assumption was that Patchface’s jingle was essentially about death and the rising of wights. But then I also considered that he could also be referring to Jon Snow who seemingly dies at the end of ADWD and might be resurrected in TWOW.

They found Her Grace sewing by the fire, whilst her fool danced about to music only he could hear, the cowbells on his antlers clanging. “The crow, the crow,” Patchface cried when he saw Jon. “Under the sea the crows are white as snow, I know, I know, oh, oh, oh.” Princess Shireen was curled up in a window seat, her hood drawn up to hide the worst of the greyscale that had disfigured her face.

- Jon XI, ADWD

P.S: Coincidentally, Jon would (more generally) be among the men in black presented in Stannis’ vision since he is a member of the Night’s Watch; these men are also referred to as crows.

And speaking of Jon, we know that Melisandre has received visions of Jon’s death and possible rebirth.

The flames crackled softly, and in their crackling she heard the whispered name Jon Snow. His long face floated before her, limned in tongues of red and orange, appearing and disappearing again, a shadow half-seen behind a fluttering curtain. Now he was a man, now a wolf, now a man again. But the skulls were here as well, the skulls were all around him. Melisandre had seen his danger before, had tried to warn the boy of it. Enemies all around him, daggers in the dark. He would not listen.

[…]

“What do you see, my lady?” the boy asked, softly. Skulls. A thousand skulls, and the bastard boy again. Jon Snow.

[…]

Yet now she could not even seem to find her king. I pray for a glimpse of Azor Ahai, and R’hllor shows me only Snow.

- Melisandre I, ADWD

So Mel is seeing Jon in danger, but the “now he was a man, now a wolf, now a man again” seems to suggest that he will return. She has tried to rely this information to Jon and we get a rather funny exchange, where Jon assumes that the “snow” Mel is talking about is frozen rain.

“And what of Mance? Is he lost as well? What do your fires show?”

“The same, I fear. Only snow.”

Snow. It was snowing heavily to the south, Jon knew. Only two days’ ride from here, the kingsroad was said to be impassable. Melisandre knows that too. And to the east, a savage storm was raging on the Bay of Seals. At last report, the ragtag fleet they had assembled to rescue the free folk from Hardhome still huddled at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, confined to port by the rough seas. “You are seeing cinders dancing in the updraft.”

- Jon X, ADWD

Note: I searched “updraft” and got this definition: “an upward current of air.”

Jon thinks Mel is talking about the very literal snow moving upward(?) in the air, but she says,

“I am seeing skulls. And you. I see your face every time I look into the flames. The danger that I warned you of grows very close now.”

Not snow, but Snow.

And just a final (random) thought to wrap this all up,

“One bird croaking my name was bad enough,” said Jon, “and snow’s nothing a black brother wants to hear about.” Snow often meant death in the north.

- Jon II, ACOK

Hmmm 🤔



[princessphilly]

Plain Jane Chapter 2

Word Count: 2391

CW: a mention of P K*ne, allusions to issues with alcohol, references to being in the closet

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I’m too damn stubborn for my own good. I admit it; I don’t like to lose or be wrong. I hate being wrong. Well, I hate losing money more than anything else. But I really hate losing or being wrong after that. - Journal 10/12

One year later

Jamila couldn’t help but look at Jonathan Toews as he sat at the table for this charity dinner. He really was more handsome in person than in the pictures. But the guy sitting next to him was just as good looking as him, in her opinion. He was rougher looking with long auburn hair and blue eyes and probably a good decade older than her, just the way that Jamila liked it. The only issue was… Duncs was nice but he wasn’t as exciting as Jonathan Toews. But Jamila told Shan and Mel that she was going to fuck Duncan Keith and she always got her man. Plus, it didn’t help that Jonathan always has something smart to say which made Jamila more dedicated to fucking Duncs. 

But it seemed like that wasn’t going to happen. Jamila was frustrated; she knew she was gorgeous and she was used to getting her way. But Duncs had a preference for blondes and.. Jamila had no desire to dye her hair blonde anytime soon. Plus, she hated the fact that she was going to lose because then Jonathan would hold it over her. 

Normally, Jon wouldn’t give a fuck that a girl wanted Duncs over him. He knew exactly where he stood with the vast majority of women and that he could have anyone he wanted. But he really, for some reason, wanted her. It had been over a year since they met and she was still hung up over Duncs. Granted, during that time, Jon was recovering from an injury and was at home in Winnipeg. Now, he was back and he wanted Jamila, even though she was supposed to be Cizisky’s girl. Jon had pulled the younger defenseman to the side and asked him about her and Cizisky straight up said that she was just going out with him as a friend to events. So Jon knew that Jamila was basically single and available.

Jamila was smiling in Duncs face but whenever he talked to her, she got angry and flustered. Jon knew she really wasn’t that interested in Duncs. He could tell by the way Jamila got closer to him when they argued that she really liked him. But the stubborn woman didn’t want to admit it. 

As the captain, Jon was used to solving problems. But this was a problem that he couldn’t solve and he was becoming frustrated.

**

It wasn’t fair how intense those dark brown eyes were. And they had been focused on her while Jamila attempted to flirt with Duncs. Jamila had to admit she was failing and it was annoying her. He was being polite but she knew she was being brushed off.

She could hear Jonathan; “Duncs isn’t interested. Aren’t you tired of wasting your time?” All of that paired with a mocking look. She was done doing favors for Shan’s cousin. Next time he needed a plus one, he could find someone else.

“Tired of shooting wide?”

“Really, a hockey metaphor?” Jamila rolled her eyes while Jonathan chuckled. He really was tired of watching Jamila flirt with Duncs. She wasn’t his usual type but Jonathan wanted to be her type. Once Duncs made it clear that he wasn’t interested, Jonathan decided it was time to try his luck.

“Good, you’re learning about the game! But are you tired?”

“What do you mean?”

Jonathan was tall enough that while she wore 5-inch heels, Jamila still had to look up at him a bit. He licked his lips and once again, Jamila felt those unwanted shivers. Jonathan smirked before saying, “Stop pretending you’re interested in Duncs when we both know that you really want me.”

“You’re so conceited,” Jamila retorted. A small part of her said he was right but her pride hurt so fuck him.

Jonathan gave her a devilish grin. “Fuck me? We can make that happen.”

Jamila’s eyes grew wide when she realized she said that out loud. “Captain Serious? More like Captain Dickhead!” Jamila rolled her eyes as she gave him a once over.

Then Jon shocked her. “That was a bit too much, I’m sorry,” he said. The earnest look in his eyes told Jamila he was telling the truth. “But seriously, you’re wasting your time.”

Jamila sighed deeply. She knew he was right but her ego didn’t want to let her admit it. Jamila just grimaced before pushing away from Jonathan. 

For the rest of the night, Jamila kept mostly to herself and Alex, nursing her wine. She was tempted to get something stronger, very tempted, but she kept herself to her one glass of wine. It helped that Alex was watching her like a hawk, as if he knew that Jamila was in a mood. As soon as he was able to, Alex made his goodbyes, escorting Jamila out to the valet.

“What happened, Mila?”

Jamila sighed as Alex’s car was brought up. “Nothing, buddy. Nothing.”

Alex wisely didn’t press it as he got his keys from the valet, opening the door for Jamila and closing it after she got in. Once he was in the car and driving away, he said, “You’ve been in a mood since you talked with Tazer. Did he say something that triggered you? I’ll tell him to back off if he’s triggering you, Mila.”

Jamila sighed. “He didn’t say anything that triggered me, per se, but you know I hate being wrong.”

“Yeah, because you’re very wrong about Duncs… I’ve been telling you that for months,” Alex cracked.

Rolling her eyes, Jamila replied, “Jonathan basically said the same thing. Then he hit on me, again.”

“I thought you enjoyed verbally sparring with him. It’s entertaining as fuck.”

“Fuck you too, Alex!”

Alex snorted as he said, “I would if I liked pussy.”

“Talking about that, have you thought of coming out,” Jamila asked. 

Alex looked at the road as he thought about his words. Then he said, “I could but I feel the same ones who talk about ‘You Can Play’ and all of that aren’t as accepting as they pretend to be. I mean, Tazer would be supportive, probably Duncs, maybe Kaner, Brinks, Murph, but the rest of the guys… I don’t want to risk it right now.”

Jamila reached over, placing a hand on her friend’s shoulder. That was a lot to have to deal with. “People fucking suck, man.”

“I know. Thanks for being my plus-one, Mila. I will always support you, even when people are asking me to call you names when you finally get with the captain.”

Jamila laughed, tears forming in her eyes at the idea of dating Jonathan. “That was very funny, Alex, you should become a comedian.”

Smirking, Alex turned into the parking lot of the building that they lived in. They had separate units, Jamila’s bigger and more expensive, but it was still home. “Jamila, your eyes still follow Tazer everywhere he goes when you two are at the same place. It’s a matter of time, well, it’s a matter of how stubborn you are about it.”

**

As Jamila walked into her condo, she thought about Alex and his words. She felt a bit bad for him; locker room culture was real and it sucked that Alex couldn’t fully be himself yet. At the same time, Jamila wasn’t fully open about her own sexuality. If she wanted attention, she could easily come out as pansexual but Jamila didn’t want her life to become a circus. Add on the fact that she enjoyed bdsm and was a submissive…. It would be a hot mess, she thought. However, Jamila knew that she didn’t have to worry about the potential reactions of a bunch of other people if she did decide to come out. 

One thing Jamila did have to worry about was her thesis. It was finished, turned in, it was just a matter of finding out when she would have to defend it. Since she was graduating with her PhD this December, Jamila knew it would be before then. Not knowing the exact date was just irritating to her. Maybe once she had it, her dad would respect her more. 

Jamila sighed as she looked out at the Chicago skyline. It didn’t matter anyway. He wouldn’t really care. The only ones who would were Nina, Marisa, Ms. Tracey and Mr. Vernon, Siobhan, Lauren, maybe Karesha and Desiree. Sighing again, Jamila decided it was time to go to sleep for the night.

**

Jon looked at his computer screen as he looked at his budget for the month. Coming back this season has had it’s ups and down so far. The travel and other rhythms of the season were familiar but at the same time, Jon had enjoyed being at home. For over a decade, Jon had lived under the grind of the NHL season plus the playoffs. There was something nice about being a home, not a hotel room every couple of weeks. The hotels were all the same, they stayed at the same places in the same cities every year. But staying in his own bed night after night had it’s own appeal. 

At the same time, Jon wanted a 4th cup. It still irritated him that the team had decided to rebuild without even asking if the boys wanted to rebuild. Last season, Jon appreciated that the boys didn’t give up and tank even though the front office would have preferred that they did. Odds were stacked against them this season but Jon believed that they could make it. Once the playoffs started, it was anyone’s chance to get the Cup. 

Jon sighed as he opened the Netflix app. He was starting to really feel his age this year. He was only 33 but he could feel every hit now. Plus, coming home to this new place with no one waiting for him was getting very old. “Maybe that’s why you like that girl so much,” Jon muttered to himself. He felt dumb; every time he talked to Jamila, he felt like he put his foot in his mouth. But then, it seemed like she was just looking for an excuse to tell him no. 

As he mindlessly scrolled through shows, Jon felt super frustrated and ready to give up. He didn’t want to continue asking her out if she kept saying no. Jon blanched as the idea that maybe he was making Jamila uncomfortable came in his mind. As he clicked on watching Brooklyn 911, Jon decided that he was going to leave Jamila alone.

**

Jamila felt weird. It was two weeks since the last time she saw Jon and he was keeping his distance from her. All night, all he had done was say hi and wave when she greeted him. Jamila felt strangely bereft. Unconsciously, Jamila’s eyes drifted towards Jon more often than not during the charity auction. His black suit fit him like a glove, the crisp white shirt setting off his remaining tan. Of course, Jon didn’t wear a tie and it made him look absolutely delicious. Jamila inwardly scowled as she looked down at her water. 

Jamila was attempting to be good by sticking to water instead of any of the myriad alcoholic options tonight. The last time she had wine, she had to resist the urge to down the whole bottle. Jamila sighed; she thought she could try to have a bit of alcohol but now, she was sure that was impossible. Her sobriety was worth more than trying to fit in. 

The auction went pretty quickly, all things considered. Jamila made a couple small bids, there wasn’t really anything that caught her eye. Then the auctioneer said, “For our last, and surprise, auction item tonight, a date with the captain, Jonathan Toews. The winner gets to have one night with Captain Toews, at a place of your choice. Mr. Toews is a gentleman so it will be on him. Bidding starts at five hundred.”

One woman yelled, “One thousand!”

There were a flurry of bids and Jamila knew she had a screwface as she listened. One of the bidders was that bitch Frances and it looked like she was going to have the winning bid. The bids went up to six thousand before it started to slow. The auctioneer called out, “sixty-five hundred, do I hear sixty-six hundred?”

He waited for a couple of moments for additional bids. Jamila looked at her hands as the auctioneer said, “Sixty-five hundred, sixty-five hundred, going once-”

“Seventy-five hundred,” Jamila called out, raising her placard. 

There was a hush as people turned towards her. Jamila smirked as Jonathan raised an eyebrow.

“Seventy-five hundred, do I hear seventy-six hundred?”

Jamila waited as she sipped her water. Frances called out, “Eighty-five hundred,” frustration laced in her voice. Jamila smirked; this was time for payback.

The eyes turned towards her and Jamila looked down at her phone. There was a message from Alex: have u lost ur mind?????

“Ten-thousand,” Jamila called out. 

Jon let out a whoo, pursing his lips. This night had turned out in a way he hadn’t expected. The auctioneer called out, “Ten-thousand, ten-thousand, going once, going twice, sold, to number 53.”

Jamila rifled through her purse, looking for her wallet. She hoped she could just put it on her black card instead of needing a check. The money wasn’t a problem; the way of paying could be. One of the team’s interns came to Jamila. “Miss, come this way to pay.”

Following the intern, Jamila gave Frances a wide smile when she passed her. Luckily, Jamila was able to use her card to pay for her bid. 

“This wasn’t expected,” a deep voice said to her side. 

Jamila smiled. “Revenge is a dish best served cold.”

“I’m a tool for revenge? I feel like shit,” Jonathan joked. 

Jamila shrugged. “I’ll let you know if I ever want that date.”

Tossing her hair over her shoulder, Jamila walked away. She still felt some satisfaction winning the bid over that bitch, but something told her she made a crucial decision in some way.

[astradrifting]

I love your writing! Can you tell us your jonsa journey? Also, throw in some personal ASoIaF predictions, cause you have a knack for spotting the good stuff. ☺️

ahhhh thank you so much!

It’s funny actually, I came to ASOIAF purely because of Jonsa! Tbh I was pretty stubbornly against reading it or watching GOT for ages, partly because of how notorious the ending was and also I thought it was way too grimdark and misogynistic for me. The joke’s on me now because I’m completely obsessed :P But I read thimbleful’s brilliant they tumble down a couple of years ago, even not knowing anything about GOT, and loved it. I found it again this year and was really drawn to Jon and Sansa’s characters, so I decided to read ASOIAF to actually understand the canon behind them (I was still determined to avoid GOT too until I got curious about how the book scenes were adapted, so my sister finally wore me down into watching it).

I actually tried to avoid jonsa for a while after I started reading the books because I started to feel weird about the fauxcest, but the fics were too good and I got over it lol. I was only idly fanon shipping them at first, but then I started reading jonsa metas on here and found them so well-written and convincing, the level of analysis in them is so amazing. There’s so many parallels and layers of foreshadowing within the text, they can’t all just amount to nothing! I read through the books with a jonsa lens, and maybe it made me biased but it was so fun. That and the weirdly intense relationship Jon and Sansa had on the show have fully converted me, and now I’m in hell waiting for TWOW with everyone else 😋

Hmmm, one pet prediction I have is that Dany isn’t going to be kidnapped by the Dothraki, she’s going to force them to take her to Vaes Dothrak instead, as part of her conquering them. The show made so many weird adaptations around this point trying to obscure Dany’s responsibility for the unrest in Meereen, especially by making the Sons of the Harpy attack in the fighting pit, when Drogon was the reason it broke into chaos and people died. In s6 she was basically a damsel in distress puttering around until Daario and Jorah got there so she could be badass in front of them but, for better or worse, she’s going to have a lot more agency during this section in TWOW and her darkness will be a lot easier to see. Drogon flew away for no reason in the show just so she could be kidnapped, but he’s still with her at the end of ADWD when the Dothraki find her, and they were clearly terrified of him - she has the power in that situation. When she burns down the temple of the dosh khaleen, she’s going to use Drogon, not a convenient brazier, and it’ll be her first personal act of mass murder. Whether it’ll still be presented as righteous is a toss-up, it’ll be from her POV and GRRM could be gross like that, but I think from there we’ll finally get other characters’ perspective on her darkness.

For jonsa, I’m a big fan of the girl in grey being Sansa, or maybe, Alayne; I think Melisandre assumed it was Arya, then didn’t deny Jon’s assumption that it was Alys, because she saw that the girl had brown hair, and knew that there was only one Stark daughter who looked like that. Except Sansa is a brunette now too, and she’d hardly be able to wash the dye out of her hair if she’s on the run. It being Alayne would also fit with Mel’s thoughts when she looks for her again:

“A girl grey as ash, and even as I watched she crumbled and blew away.”

Alayne is a false identity, and will crumble away easily once Sansa no longer needs it.

I also noticed a description in the Jon chapter in ADWD where he finds a group of wildlings in the weirwood grove beyond the Wall:

“The evening sky had turned the faded grey of an old cloak that had been washed too many times, and the first shy stars were coming out.”

It’s an oddly specific description when grey has already been established as a significant colour in Jon’s storyline. I’m holding out hope that when Sansa leaves the Vale, she has to do so in a hurry, and the only cloak she can grab is old and grey, from being washed too many times.

Thanks for the ask!