#re katie mcgrath

[ekingstonart]

“Here they are. We have a few different lines of toys here, different sizes, and the squeakers themselves vary from brand to brand. Some of these are very loud.”

—from Treats and Collars on ao3

Thank you so much @makicarn for commissioning me to illustrate this scene from @trashpandato’s ADORABLE fic! It has been an absolute pleasure working with/for you both!

[c-nan]

ohhh i love her

[punchholesinthesky]

This is still who i think of when thinking about Lucy, so it makes it even more heartbreaking,

[persepaien]

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[adhd-merlin]

Highlights from Rohan Stevenson's Interview with The Ladies of Lake (podcast)

Listen on Spotify

Note: I've included some rough timestamps if you want to listen to a specific bit of the podcast. They're not accurate to the second, but they will get you to the relevant bit.

"Temp Love"

[6:30] Rohan says he and Rob Lane (the other composer) sometimes had a lot of trouble shifting the directors away from the temp music (the placeholder music used to establish the mood/tempo of a scene in the early editing stages). The directors often got attached to the temp music and found it difficult to go for something too different (a phenomenon known in the industry as “temp love”). Temp music used for Merlin included scores from Lord of the Rings, Batman, and other music with an epic feel — but, as the series went on, the temp music used was often Rob and Rohan’s own music from previous episodes. That is why a lot of music ended up being re-used, which Rob and Rohan found frustrating (it was also one of the reasons why they were not involved in season 4 and 5).

Crazy Schedule

[9:50] Merlin was a surprise success and the schedule got “pretty crazy”. The composers ended up working with some incredibly tight deadlines (Rohan mentions sending stuff off "on 5 o'clock on a Friday for a dub due to be screened the following day"), which was very stressful. [12:50] Since the editors used temp music for the cuts, the composers would need to match the tempo of the temp music when writing their cues(*) in order to make the edits work (“temp chasing”). Given the tight schedule, this wasn’t always a negative thing, as it could save a lot of time during the ideation/writing process.

Finding Inspiration 

[14:30] Rohan describes Merlin as “operatic” — which is why they drew inspiration from anything with a kind of operatic vibe, such as John Williams's music and his Star Wars score ("space opera"), and The Lord of the Rings — even Donnie Darko was used as temp music, and Rohan used it as a starting point to write his own version of an ominous beat. The producer of episode 3x06 (The Changeling) told Rohan that the vibe to go for in that episode was “Princess Bride”, which helped him immensely.

Going on Set

[18:00] Rohan and Rob didn't actually get to go to the set much. Occasionally, they did some recording in Prague, which was an opportunity for them to get together. When they were still working on S1, Rohan very nearly missed a recording session in Prague after missing his flight due to a fire at Heathrow. Apart from these occasions, the co-working process between him and Rob consisted mostly in “a lot of shouting down the telephone” (“There were some shouting matches” he recalls, laughing). Rohan was however invited to the set by Anthony Head, whom he describes as “a lovely man”.

[20:00] Generally, composers don’t need to be present on set, unless it’s for something like music supervision, when there is music being played live. He talks about working on a documentary on prehistoric sounds and having to go to Stonehenge to supervise some drummers during a midnight shoot, which was great (it was "all set with mysterious lightning and smoke going through Stonehenge", something you probably wouldn't be able to do now).

Meeting the Cast

[21:15] When asked about his favourite memory of working on Merlin, Rohan recalls being invited to the BFI (British Film Institute) for a Merlin presentation, where he played "the wrong kind of music" on the piano to accompany Arthur and Gwen’s scene in 2x02 (“I played it a bit like a tango, for a laugh”). On that occasion he met the Merlin cast, including Katie McGrath, whom he describes as “mad as a bat — but gorgeous”.

Favourite Composers

[27:00] Rohan and Rob grew up idolising the great “operatic” film composers, such as John Williams, Bernand Hermann, Miklós Rózsa, Gerry Goldsmith. In fact, it was Star Wars that got Rohan into composing. Rohan gave Rob a handwritten score of Return of the Jedi for his 40th birthday – and a little bit of Parade of the Ewoks, a piece from this film, “found its way into the score… just a little bit, about four bars.”(**)

[30:00] Rohan says his all time favourite film score is How To Train Your Dragon (“It’s unbelievable. It’s genius from bar one to the end”). Other all time favourite scores are Signs and, of course, Star Wars.

[31:50] Rohan says he was always into music, but when people ask him what inspired him to become a composer he loves to tell the story of how he became obsessed with the high-hat part in Dancing Queen (the bit “just between the chorus and the verse”) when he was 3-4 years old, and how he begged his mom to get him some cymbals because he wanted to reproduce that sound (“They won’t produce that sound – you need a high-hat, not cymbals. But she didn’t know that”). When asked if he found inspiration in classical music, he says he was “very taken with the whole story of Beethoven, to the point that I used to take myself off for walks in the countryside because that’s what he did”.

The Original Theme

[31:50] The opening theme we all know and love wasn’t the one originally written for the show – there was an alternative one. The opening theme Rob originally wrote sounded very close to Buckbeak’s Flight from the Prisoner of Azkaban – so much so that Rohan told Rob: “You’re not going to get away with that!” So Rob wrote a theme similar to the one we know, but in a major key. Eventually they settled on that theme in a minor key (“it was more dramatic”).

MIDI vs Live Instruments

[42:00] Bit of a technical question from a fan about using MIDI for the soundtrack instead of recording players and singers. This was partly due to the budget but also to the huge amount of music that needed to be produced – it’s a huge undertaking to prepare all parts, get them to the performers, record them, etc. They tried to use live instruments as much as possible, mostly to play the lead line or to play over the MIDI (a practice known as sweetening). Sometimes they also did it in reverse, by sweetening an orchestral performance with MIDI. But it was easier and quicker to tweak the music as needed to suit a scene when using samples. “A lot of the score is actually sampled – probably more than you think.”

Arthur and Gwen’s "Love Theme" and the Producers’ Influence

[50:00] Arthur and Gwen’s “love theme” was originally written by Rohan for Lancelot in episode 1x05 (note: it can be heard towards the end of the episode, when Lancelot leaves Camelot). Rob and Rohan would often expand on each other’s themes while working on an episode, and this is what happened here, since it was Rob who worked on episode 2x02. Rob’s “little touch” to Rohan’s original cue was to put the violin “over the top”, to give it more of a romantic flavour for Arthur and Gwen’s kiss scene(***).

Originally, Rob had written something different for this scene – a piece with a choir. The producers decided they wanted to use the theme Rohan had previously written for Lancelot instead. “They got a lot of confidence out of making that call, because it was the right call – it worked really well.” Unfortunately, from that moment on the producers started to make more calls about changing some of Rohan and Rob’s music “a little too often”.

[55:00] To cite the most egregious example of this, Rohan says that at the end of S3, when Arthur retakes Camelot, the producers used as temp music a cue Rob had previously written, played on a loop. Later, they decided to keep this looped cue as the final music rather than the “beautiful” replacement music Rob had written for this scene, which – in Rob and Rohan’s opinion – would've worked much better. Rohan described the music for this scene as “one of the nicest things [Rob] had written in the series”.

[58:00] Rob wrote a few cues for S5 but, apart from those, the producers mostly re-used music from previous seasons.

Rohan’s Opinion of the Music in 2x02

[1:00:00] Despite "a couple of really great moments" and an iconic romantic theme, he doesn’t think 2x02 is his and Rob's best episode. He would give it a 2.5 out of 5.

Current Projects

[1:00:02] Rohan is now working on developing his own style of music, which he calls “epic steampunk” — “Steampunk is a genre with a very distinct visual style, but no one has really defined a musical style for it”. (He says the score for Loki leans towards it, a little bit.) You can look for Dr Ignatius Cole and the Brassknuckle Steampunk Sinfonia if you're interested – there are 3 albums out already, available on Spotify and Youtube.

Footnotes:

(*) A cue is the basic building block of a film score. Essentially, it is one complete piece of music from start to end, meant to play against a scene or sequence. (Source: x)

(**) It’s not in Fighting in the Market, although that’s the scene Rohan mentions right before saying this, but in the Meeting Arthur cue. Compare 0:44-0-54 to 0:48-1:00 in The Parade of the Ewoks. I suppose this was already obvious to someone familiar with the Star Wars soundtrack – in fact, someone already wrote a piece of meta about this and other similarities between Merlin’s OST and John Williams’s score. (I won’t link to it, but if you Google “Merlin soundtrack Star Wars tumblr” you should find it easily enough).

(***) The cues in ep 1x05 and 2x02 sound pretty much identical to me, to be honest, except the sound of the violin is a bit “louder” in 2x02? I suppose that’s what Rohan meant.

[sango-blep]

Have you ever or would you ever draw Morgana from Merlin as Katie McGrath played her?

I have onceeee…could use a re-do

[thegamingcatmom]

A thing that hasn't left my mind for a bit. Hear me out.. MC Is a witch.

Now not Like some scarlet witch type witch, but a person who like sacrifices things 😅

I truly don't know I just have the idea of kate being all smug asking about what MC can do and MC just looks at her like "bring me a *something dead*" Kate believes it's bullshit untill MC does her thing and next thing you know they get a lot of money randomly. (Omg add to MC actually being like Salem witch trials old😭😭)

BUUUT if we wanna go the way of her actually having powers I was thinking of Morgana Pendragon! Katie Mcgrath my love, did an amazing job as Morgana. (Sorry had to show some love)

Excuse my rambling yet again! I honestly just was thinking of MC with the Feral sisters but she's a witch. Perhaps she's actually a lot stronger than the sisters and she thinks it's amusing?

-💙

Hellaw frosty!

Actually-

That has crossed my mind as well. Like, before I started on the first chapter I was contemplating having MC not be human because I was like "What makes her special? Why would the Denalis fall head over heels for her? How does one manage to charm an entire family of vampires?"

It was certainly tempting because I´m absolutely digging that concept of the Denalis being all smug and cocky, believing MC to be yet another mouse they can play with before going in for the final blow. Only for MC to...play along. Play the part of the innocent, because her appearance wouldn´t lead anyone to believe otherwise. To the public eye, she´s just an ordinary woman. A mortal.

The Denalis entertain her, so she´s willing to see where this goes.

...For now.

On the inside, however?

ANYWAY-

I ultimately decided against it because it just didn´t fit with what I had in mind. I´m a sucker for Beauty & The Beast type of stuff. Yknow, being held somewhere against your will by something that could snuff out your existence in the blink of an eye, but it decides not to because, for some strange reason, it seems to have a soft spot for you. Everyone else can f off though, no mercy.

It also helps that the place is actually quite nice to look at. Despite its rather...peculiar inhabitants.

Sooo yeah, I needed MC to be your ordinary human girl, facing off against forces that could wipe out entire armies in a matter of seconds. Because, in my books, there´s nothing sexier than having those forces at your beck and call, absolutely smitten with you, willing to kill for you, while you´re just there like-

(The last one is so MC & Kate yall. Kitty Kat, you hopeless case. 😭)

ANYWAY-

I gotta admit, the money thing has me a bit confused. Is that a thing? Like, making a sacrifice and getting a shit ton of money in return? Does that happen in any tv show or movie? Honestly curious cause I very rarely watch anything anymore. I´ve become more of a gamer and writer over the past couple of years. 😅

I do know Morgana Pendragon, but I haven´t actually seen her in anything cause *points to the aforementioned*. But I know a lot of ppl got the hots for her. I don´t blame them, lmao.

Okay so, I had to google Salem Witch Trials (don´t judge me) and-

LISTEN-

I love love love history so ofc we gotta make a quick lil smt, yes? Yes:

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Imagine MC (a witch) living in Salem Village, the place where the accusations of witchcraft began. Those accusations were false, obviously, but it made blending in much more difficult for her kind. People have become wary, paranoid, forcing MC to a life in the shadows. She watched from afar as men and women alike - some of them close friends - were brought to trial. Some of them never returned home.

To this day, MC is plagued by feelings of guilt for merely watching as good men and women were executed in the name of "justice". She should have done something, could have done something. She has that power. But her heart had been gripped by a power mightier than her own: fear.

She can´t change the past, but she can ensure a future.

Multiple.

She now works from the shadows to preserve the light. A light that draws in creatures far more dangerous than herself. How she despises them.

Vampires.

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OKAY LISTEN-

Witch!MC claps eyes on the sisters, dragging some poor fella away. Fella´s already dead, so there isn´t much she can do. However, that doesn´t mean others can´t be saved. So she follows them, cloaking spell firmly in place, in the hopes they´re gonna lead her to their hideout. Because she couldn´t live with herself if she didn´t at least check, yknow?

Well, nobody´s there. Nobody with a heartbeat, that is.

Good.

She turns around, about to leave (because she might despise them but she doesn´t start fights without good reason), when-

"...Who´s there?"

...

Impossible.

.

Cue MC revealing herself. Cue MC acting all naive and innocent. Cue MC pretending to be human so she can infiltrate The Lair and find out what´s so special about that weird ass family that causes her powers to malfunction.

LISTEN-

I dunno, lmao.

I just know it´s gonna be a mess à la The Sisters from there on out. The Denalis obsessed with the fake!human, while said fake!human is just there like-

Not even realizing she´s bewitching (hehe) an entire family of vampires - her sworn enemies - because she´s rather busy being a confused gremlin.

(Do you sense a pattern here?)

Hm.

She might have to annihilate them after all.

We´ll see.

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Apparently, I can´t write an MC who´s not completely dense when it comes to just about anything.

I apologize.

(Never.)

Thanks a lot for your ask! 💋

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The hits just keep on coming with the Harris campaign. It’s almost hard to keep up with the good news.

With that, here we go:

Barack and Michelle Obama issued the following statement this morning:

“Earlier this week, we got a chance to catch up with a friend who we’ve known for more than 20 years. She’d had a pretty busy couple of days, to say the least. But we couldn’t be more excited for her -- or more thrilled to endorse Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.

“We agree with President Biden -- choosing Kamala was one of the best decisions he’s made. She has the resume to prove it: As a prosecutor, she defended the Constitution and fought for folks who deserve a fair shake. As California’s Attorney General, she worked hard to ensure everyone was treated fairly, no matter who they are or who they love. As a Senator, she was one of the strongest voices holding the Trump administration accountable. And, as Vice President, she helped lead the charge on expanding the Affordable Care Act, combating climate change, fighting for reproductive freedom, equality, and the rule of law.

“But Kamala has more than a resume. She has the vision, the character, and the strength that this critical moment demands. There is no doubt in our mind that Kamala Harris has exactly what it takes to win this election and deliver for the American people. At a time when the stakes have never been higher, she gives us all reason to hope.

“We know over the next few months, Kamala will continue to make her case directly to the American people -- Democrats, Republicans, and independents alike. As she does, she will have our full support -- and we look forward to watching her unite our party and our country around a vision for a brighter, fairer, more prosperous future.

“We’re going to do everything we can to elect Kamala Harris the next President of the United States. And we hope you’ll join us.”

Harris campaign “Breaks Zoom”:

From the HollywoodReporter - Hundreds of thousands of Kamala Harris supporters have rallied behind the presumptive Democratic nominee this week, with Zoom calls breaking records with six-digit attendance numbers.

The events started Sunday following President Joe Biden’s announcement he would not seek re-election. More than 44,000 Black women joined a call to galvanize supporters for the vice president’s historic run for president, drawing celebrity names — including Yvette Nicole Brown and Jenifer Lewis — and raising an estimated $1.5 million.

The trend continued with thousands of Black men on a call earlier this week (they raised $1.3 million), followed by Zooms for white women, LGBTQ supporters, South Asian supporters and more.

At the white women call Thursday night, there were more than 100,000 participants (officially now 150,000), a number so staggering it caused significant technical glitches that sent many to watch the livestream on YouTube, where more than 25,000 also joined the call. ($10 million was raised)

Hollywood was represented across the interest groups. Mindy Kaling joined the South Asian call, with George Takei, Zachary Quinto, Raven Simone, Sophia Bush, Ashlyn Harris, Brian Michael Smith and Justin Tranter attending the LGBTQ call. (Tranter, the co-writer of Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck Babe,” announced he would donate $20,000 to the cause.)

Katie McGrath, Connie Britton, Pink and more signed on to the white women’s call, with Pink reportedly joining right after leaving the stage of a performance in Sweden.

Another Zoom call, women for Harris, is scheduled for this weekend.

Grace outperforms ignorance:

JoeBiden’s farewell address drew 29 million viewers - nearly triple the number that watch Mushroom Donnie’s acceptsance speech.

Harris points to a different direction regarding Israel and Gaza:

After meetiongwith Netanyahu, Kamal Harris said the following:

"I have met with the families of these American hostages multiple times now, and I've told them each time they are not alone, and I stand with them. And President Biden and I are working every day to bring them home.

"With over 2 million people facing high levels of food insecurity, and half a million people facing catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity. What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating; the images of dead children and desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety, sometimes displaced for the second, third or fourth time.

"Let us all condemn terrorism and violence. Let us all do what we can to prevent the suffering of innocent civilians. And let us condemn antisemitism, Islamophobia and hate of any kind. And let us work to unite our country."

President Biden has made Val Demmings a Governor of the Postal Service. Can we now finally fire Louis De(no)Joy and restore thePost Office?

We knew Trump was rattled by Kamala’s arrival in the campaign, but we didn’t think he would actually wimp out of the debate. But that’s exactly what the orange chickenshit did yesterday. Making up some silly bullcrap about “Barack Hussein Obama” and flailing like the hopeless loser that he is, Trump has officially backed out of the scheduled debate in September. Vice President Harris is already calling him out and making sure the media knows she is ready to go.

All seven battleground states - AZ, GA, MI, NC, NV, PA, WI - are clearly competitive now and in play. New battleground state polls this week also showed Harris gaining and in a competitive position in all seven states. Polls of Maine and New Hampshire found Harris at Biden 2020 numbers, an election Biden won by 4.5 pts. Simon Rosenberg: “To be honest the movement we are seeing towards Harris this week has been a bit surprising to me. It usually takes a while for big events to work their way through the electorate. So that we are seeing meaningful movement this early is a good sign.”

I’ll end for now with across-post from Kareem Abdul Jabar. I think this has significance for all of us here:

Life is a long lesson in humility.

—James M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan

“Barrie should have added, “If we’re lucky.” By that I mean we’re lucky if our lives last long enough for it to be a “long lesson.” But I also mean we’re lucky to have constant reminders on how to be humble because that makes us empathetic to others and lays a foundation for being able to love and be worthy of being loved. In other words, humility breeds happiness.

“Arrogance is the enemy of humility. That need to feel like we matter beyond the confines of our little world means we can only feel important when validated by others—not by ourselves. Unfortunately, the need for that validation often leads to unhappiness. For many, the only way to feel significant is to chase after some sort of fame or popularity. This can be done through gathering “likes” on social media or by accumulating wealth to flaunt. The idea is that if others are envious, the person has proven they are more significant than those who envy them. This is the math of madness.

“For a happy few, fame is merely a by-product of pursuing personal greatness—not to flaunt but just out of curiosity about how far they can go. This is true of the athlete and the artist, the inventor and the innovator. Their joy comes from their reach exceeding their grasp. It comes from the trying more than the succeeding. This path is littered with failure and humility, which only makes them strive harder. The joy is in the striving, not in the accolades of others. Or as Janis Joplin said, “On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.”

For me, being a speck of dust is not an existential burden but a profound relief. It is the great equalizer that reminds us we all face the same challenges of wanting to feel useful, needed, and worthy. Humility teaches us that those challenges are overcome through compassion, kindness, and love for others rather than seeking power over others.

“There is nothing that teaches humility more than aging. The increasing frailties of the body remind me daily just how insignificant so much of what I once thought was important really is. I also am acutely aware of how many opinions I had in my youth and even later that embarrass me today. That humility taught me to form my opinions carefully using facts, experts, and research rather than my biased gut or peer pressure.

“The closing door of life just inspires me to make a positive difference in others’ lives while that door is still open, even if just a crack and I can see light. Humility lights the way.”

You can’t go wrong taking advice from Kareem.

Robert Hubbell has been ending his daily posts with astronomical photos he’s taken. To me, they’re humbling to think a small being on a small planet orbiting a small sun at the edge of a small galaxy can look out at creation and comprehend it. So of course the following is a perfect ending. (Thanks Kareem)

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[livvyofthelake]

supergirl is the most true and beautiful tv show ever because they did winn being in love with kara and kara liking james in season one and it was cool and all but then they said hey. what if. we split those men off to do vaguely gay shit with each other while kara flirts with katie mcgrath and experiences the triumphs and pitfalls of heteronormativity with mon-el while also experiencing coming out of the closet via her sister thus rendering any possible similar awakening in kara impossible because she has issues and also she can’t tell if katie mcgrath is a supervillain in training or a rouge antihero and she also can’t tell if mon-el is a supervillain in training or a rouge antihero. which could mean nothing of course i’m sure it could have been completely coincidental to give kara two separate new people this season she had a preconceived bad notion of re: fate, that she needs to overcome. i’m sure kara’s struggle with accepting that mon-el represents everything about the planet she was raised to look down on could very well pose no meaningful parallel to her relationship to the sister of her cousin’s nemesis… anyway. winn and james are like having marital problems rn. and kara’s trapped with mon-el on an unknown planet with a red sun and has no powers

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

Re: Twisters

As an Okie myself I'm torn. Because on the one hand, just the THOUGHT of Katie Mcgrath attempting a Southern Drawl brings tears to my eyes. (So many times it's wayyy too exaggerated. But we do say y'all consistently. And I will have no peace if I keep imagining Katie Mcgawwww herself calling "y'all come back now, ya hear!") But on the other, Kate in the movie is known for being able to mask her roots well, so maybe I shouldn't get so hung up on it. I will say, Kara being the one canonically enamored with the Wizard of Oz could still be the inspiration for her wrangling career. And the idea of Lena returning to her mother's humble ranch and showing Kara all of her old science projects in the barn while a good old fashioned Oklahoma rainstorm gently patters on the tin roof is kinda sweet to imagine.

*fun fact! The scene in Twisters where Kate and Tyler first meet, in between those grain silos, was filmed just outside my home town!

I always love casting Lena outside her type. Let her have some fun yall!

[appropriatelystupid]

“i’d drink her bath water she’s so hot” - my straight male coworker who just gets it re: katie mcgrath

[foreverneverandalways]

Horror lesbians lol... just asking if you all watched slasher because of your insatiable appetite for anything katie McGrath? I am re-watching queer-esque horror films/series and just remembered she was in the first season...

[an-shu]

OH my BLOODY GOD! Are you BACK to writing!? Coz i got goose bumps!!! I always re read your work!So excited here to hopefully read more of your writing!!!

Indeed! A 9-5 office job is as horrible as everyone says, and in the midst of scrolling through the internet on company time a photo of Katie McGrath slapped me in the face and I took a particle accelerator right back here LMAO

[saintaemond]

12, 19, 28, 32 !!

i'm gonna answer this mainly with f&b characters bc i'm so rusty with asoif lore and my personal favs i need a re-read/rewatch bad

12. Who am I traveling the ravaged Riverlands with?

ulf and hugh hammer because i want a good time i want a laugh

19. A theory you've adopted as canon

this theory was told to me by YOU @patrocles beloved

"aegon is married to their sister naerys and mistreats her terribly but is hateful and jealous of aemon and publicly accuses aemon of having an affair with naerys (not true) bc he despite how hypersexual aegon was, aemon was the 1 person he couldnt rly have ahhhh"

this theory makes me crawl the walls and the entire pattern of targ men's complicated relationships to their brothers itches something in my brain

28. If you write fic, is there a ship or au you would write for, but haven't yet?

i have several wips in my head that i'd love to finally write. but top of the list is heleagon because they're really so complex and doomed and sad. they're really the only two people in the world who know what the other is going through but they can't seem to ever connect.

32. A fancast you absolutely can’t stand

katie mcgrath as alys rivers i can't stand it anymore move on

[wouldadepressedpersonmakethis]

M/F 12/15

JUDE LAW (reserved by Kate AA) conqueror; king/emperor -- has recently made a conquest of his largest and most profitable kingdom yet && has decided that this shall be the center of his new empire; definitely a lot of unrest in the kingdom here and they would all much rather see their rightful queen KATIE MCGRATH restored to the throne; JUDE LAW is pressuring her to agree to marry him and she and her fam are to remain under house arrest until she complies; he already has several other wives (he's married once for love, once for lust, once for lineage and he hopes to marry KATIE for her lands); his line of succession is currently unclear and even he isn't sure who his heir should be tbh; can be heartless and cruel but there's more to him than that -- was once a much softer man. he doesn't believe in this place's ~old religion~ and hopes to snuff out an already dying flame.

LEA SEYDOUX - JUDE LAW's eldest and only child from his deceased first wife. his favorite -- she can literally do no wrong. lea's mother loved JUDE dearly but once he started to take other wives, she became more and more a shell of her former shelf until she eventually died (LEA believes of a broken heart). She believes her dad feels very guilty about what happened to her mom and tries to shower her with love and affection because of this. LEA has a lot of complicated feels re: her dad and honestly her entire family. Doesn't especially want to be queen, but feels she would make a better one than her brothers but despises the stupid games her step-mothers are playing to try to win their sons the crown. Super smart!!!!!! Can be sarcastic af; lots of men have offered her her hand, but her dad doesn't think any of them are good enough.

EVA GREEN - JUDE LAW's second wife. some say she is an enchantress to have drawn JUDE LAW into her bed when he was so in love with his first wife, but at the time, his wife had given him no children and he decided to bring back the laws of old, which would allow him to marry as many women as he liked. EVA promised him a son -- which she did eventually give him -- but not before he grew impatient and married again. EVA's son is not his oldest son, but he is the eldest son of his second wife (as his first one gave him none) and she believes that this is enough for him to have a claim as his father's heir. hates REBECCA FERGUSON with a fiery burning passion!!! Not a fan of his other kids either and it is said that she once tried to have BRADLEY JAMES and JULIAN MORRIS killed. did she or didn't she? that's one secret she will never tell xoxo

TIMOTHEE CHALAMET (reserved by lizzy) - EVA & JUDE'S son; booksmart; loves playing chess; can be manipulative to get what he wants; believes he's the rightful heir thanks to his mom; can be competitive with his half-brothers but isn't as hot headed as MAX IRONS and enjoys riling him up; no match for BRADLEY JAMES physically but he knows he can outsmart him; has a sarcastic sense of humor; fiercely loyal to those he loves; shameless flirt; spoiled af; currently into EMILY CAREY

REBECCA FERGUSON - JUDE'S third wife and the first to give him a son; actually loves JUDE which made her incredibly jealous of his first wife .... but also jealous of his second, too, since it was clear he's always been attracted to EVA. Very proud that she was the first wife to give him a son and the only one to give him more than one child. Fiercely protective of her kids and their birthright; doesn't understand why it's even a conversation -- the first son of the king should be his heir????? BRADLEY JAMES is her pride; SUKI WATERHOUSE is her joy; and JULIAN MORRIS is her comfort

BRADLEY JAMES (OR POSSIBLY MAX IRONS???) (reserved by Kate AA)- has some Lancelot vibes tbh (or maybe it's just because he's making me think of this) No one can beat him with a sword (or so he at least likes to think); thinks he's the greatest thing since sliced bread; flirts with all the girls but no one is worthy of his being his wife (so far); smarter than TIMOTHEE gives him credit for but dumber than he thinks he is;

JULIAN MORRIS? - the quiet sibling; honestly Evie Beaumont vibes??? lives in the library; tries to keep the peace amongst his entire weird family; the son JUDE LAW forgets about (him?); keeps his siblings out of trouble/keeps his mom sane; honestly the kid who is probably most suited to rule is the one no one remembers! has a thing for FREYA MAVOR perhaps???

SUKI WATERHOUSE (reserved by lizzy)- the baby and it shows! rolls her eyes whenever anyone tries to bring up who is going to rule like it's no big deal (it doesn't concern her so????) lively af!!! charming!!! smiles like she doesn't have a care in the world b/c she doesn't!!! happy little fool

CHARLIE HUNNAM (reserved by lizzy) - JUDE LAW's bro; in love with KATIE MCGRATH; torn between serving his bro and his feelings for her

JODIE COMER (reserved by lizzy) - sister to JUDE LAW/CHARLIE HUNNAM; engaged to LUKE EVANS; was once kidnapped by the resistance but pretended to be a serving girl instead of the king's sister to escape && pretended to be on their side and now she's a double agent working for her bro against them but it's complicated because she's developed ~feelings

KATIE MCGRATH (reserved by Kate AA) - rightful queen to a land that has been conquered by JUDE LAW. currently under house arrest until she agrees to marry the new king. Obviously does not want to marry him -- nor does she want to solidify the fact that he's taken over her home, but she also knows that perhaps more is at stake here and as long as her sister remains under house arrest, the sooner they will open the door for both gods and monsters to descend upon the earth

ASTRID BEGRES-FRISBY - KATIES half sister who the people also call a witch thanks to her mum but she definitely is clairvoyant and can see things people cannot. Possibly one of the few who still practice the ~old religion and is the last mine of defense between this world and the demons of the next or something idk yet exactly what’s happening here but KATIE is one of the few people who know about what’s going on with her

LUKE EVANS (reserved by Kate AA) super ambitious!!!! charming af; schemer!!! big bro of eva green and has enjoyed the wealth that being the bro-in-law of the king has gotten him but tbh he's not completely satisfied and wants more!! ambitious!!!!!! supporter of his nephew as the next king and hopes to essentially be his ~hand; engaged to marry someone???

ORLANDO BLOOM - LUKE EVAN's & EVA GREEN's bro; as a second son he needed an occupation so he's now the captain of JUDE LAW's kingsguard --- very genuine!! has fallen in love with EMILIE DE RAVIN (or possibly LEA SEYDOUX?) but has nothing to offer her :*(

SEAN BEAN?? - JUDE LAW's uncle & hand of the king. responsible for a lot of the more sane choices JUDE makes and helps keeping him from going too far off the rails; has seen his decent into ~madness~ and hopes to help pull him out of it; knows he is driven both by ambition but also feels responsible for the death of his first wife

PEDRO PASCAL - JUDE’s mage who supposedly has magic but it’s just science. From a country JUDE conquered but has a “can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” mentality and has been a loyal subject but also only looks out for #1 and would sell Jude to the devil for 1 corn chip; suspects what ASTRID really is not because he has the sight but because his mom did and he knows what to look for. Unsure how he’s going to use this information yet

IAIN GLEN - former love of REBECCA FERGUSON; still in love with her; potential real dad of one of her kids just to complicate things further

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EMILIE DE RAVIN - grew up wealthy but her fam lost it all when her dad died in the war!! desperately wants a family of her own but also wants to marry well so she can provide for her sisters and they can stop relying on their evil stepmother!! Knows ADAM DRIVER has a huge thing for her and wants to marry. Not ideal but they would keep the estate and be provided for! Would ideally like to marry for love but doesn’t think that is in the cards. Loves books and storytelling and enchants her sisters with her tales.

IMOGEN POOTS (reserved by lizzy) - headstrong and wild. hair is always out of place; speaks her mind; wishes she was a boy tbh; despises her stepmother with the white hot intensity of a thousand burning suns; expert at archery and horse riding but can’t act like a proper lady to save her life

FREYA MAVOR — the quiet and shy one! the one who is taken most advantage of by their stepmother as she’s the sweetest and honestly just wants everyone to get along; deathly afraid of social situations and her stepmother has long since given up on marrying her off and instead wants to keep her as her servant for life; strong Cinderella vibes here; loves animals and has animal friends probs; also loves music and sings like an Angel but you probably aren’t lucky enough to hear it

EMILY CAREY (reserved by Kate AA) the youngest and most spoiled for sure; wants to marry for money and have lots of things and take care of her sisters; loves balls and fancy dresses; lots of energy and spirit; definitely naive and has been sheltered by her sisters; loves to paint and draw; helps IMOGEN play pranks on their stepmom and stepsister but never faces the consequences because IMOGEN always takes the blame for them both; flirting shamelessly with TIMOTHEE CHALAMET and likes him but certainly likes the idea that she could be queen 1 day (or at least the sister-in-law to one)

ANJELICA HUSTON (reserved by Kate AA) - evil stepmother to the above girls; mom to ADAM DRIVER; hates EMILIE with a passion b/c it is clear her son intends to marry her when he could do soooo much better; hates IMOGEN because she's impossible and a gd embarrassment; hates EMILY because she just might snag a prince; honestly FREYA is her only stepdaughter who is tolerable and she plays mind games with her to get her to want to stay and basically be her personal servant forever; manipulative af

ADAM DRIVER (reserved by Lizzy) thinks he's the greatest thing ever; his mom says he can do no wrong ever in his life and he believes her; demanding; angry when he doesn't get what he wants; thinks EMILIE DE RAVIN is the most beautiful women he's ever seen and he must have her even if she is his step-sister

NATALIE DORMER? - ANJELICA'S daughter

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CHRIS HEMSWORTH - ~member of the resistance~ that is trying to unite the men to carry out an assassination attempt on the king? possibly his heirs as well but possibly they believe there will be enough unrest and chaos re: who is going to take over that they will no longer be united and then weak enough for the locals to kick them out of their kingdom??? unwittingly has brought a spy into the group's mist b/c he's in love with her and has no idea she's working for the enemy??

SAM CLAFLIN -- Chris Hemsworth bro/ ~resistance member~

FLORENCE PUGH -- Chris Hemsworth's sister/~resistance member

HARRY LLOYD - stableboy working @ the castle who is in love with ASTRID BERGES-FRISBY; member of the ~resistance~

ALICIA VIKANDER - ~resistance member~

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DARIUS/MATT SMITH (reserved by lizzy) (god of death/ruler of the underworld???) comes to wreck havoc on the world; create chaos; drag a few souls back with him to hell but also here to party it up on earth as long as he's able to

XERCES/HENRY CAVILL (reserved by Kate AA) (matt's bro; god of winter??????) tired af; always chasing after his bro; crusty exterior

[lemonhemlock]

Someone tt made like 3 videos on gayle bashing her looks and tagged literally every single hbo account maybe its damn well time to put the phone down

"Im sure shes a good actress" then proceeds to bash gayle looks 💀

are you referring to kerusso? i mostly scroll past her videos when they show up in my feed

no offence but her takes are too basic for me and i just don't have the patience 💤

i have the feeling a lot of people were expecting alys to be this drop dead gorgeous conventionally attractive gothic beauty, because they want aemond to pull westeros' next top model. there's a reason katie mcgrath was such a popular fancast as she is absolutely stunning in a classical way that appeals to mostly everybody.

because in their eyes, the only reason aemond would become enthralled by her is if she's aphrodite born again. but there's no proper textual indication that was the case, just that she "looked younger" (which again, can mean a lot of things). daemon & criston don't pay her any mind and there's no mention she was the resident seductress of harrenhal. so that leaves open the possibility that there's more to alys' & aemond's relationship than just her bewitching him with her otherwordly beauty

i saw an edit of gayle circling around where she had long dark hair & i thought she looked appropriately witchy and alluring, even though she is not my ideal alys, for reasons i've already stated. perhaps people should wait to see her in costume at least before they cast judgment on whether or not she looks "pretty" enough for their favourite kinslayer. OR perhaps people should re-evaluate how much fanon exactly they have created around this character that they now take for facts. needless to say that attractiveness is not just based on physical traits - personality, charisma, mannerisms, wit, all play a great deal in what we deem as attractive

and, you know, alys doesn't have to appeal to the aemondwives, she just has to appeal to aemond