#snow is bullshit

[things-stronger-than-fear]

literally in another universe snowbairdplinth could've been THE revolution. they wouldn't even really need any allies, lbr.

like, between coryo's cunning, sej's conscience, and lucy gray's charisma? the snow name, the plinth fortune, the baird d12 but neither district nor capitol pedigree?

coryo could've actually been like, panem's first 20-year-old president, who outlaws the hunger games and who the districts still listen to because he has sej and lucy gray on side. and yeah maybe coryo still kills a bunch of people but like whatever, no one really bats an eye -- who's gonna mourn gaul, anyways? no one in the districts, that's for sure. even if gaul didn't suck ass they'd be busy with cool covey music and awesome new legislation.

in a better universe i am 100% certain snowbairdplinth could've managed a fairly bloodless revolution, six decades early.

[mitsuki91]

Unpopular opinion about tbosas: I think that Coriolanus Snow loves Lucy Gray Baird.

A more unpopular opinion: I think that Lucy Gray Baird loves Coriolanus Snow.

That's the real tragedy. Their feelings were true. Always.

[frazzledsoul]

Guys, the ideal Jon Snow ending is not King Consort in the North or King Beyond the Wall, it's King Consort Beyond the Wall, where his job is to look pretty, help Tormund rebuild their community, and be fucked half to death by his wildling husband on a regular basis. The best of both worlds, really.

[alaynestcnes]

Jon Snow and Sansa Stark in Art

Prince Ivan on the Grey Wolf / Viktor Vasnetsov A Foster Mother / Charles Sillem Lidderdale Portrait of a Young Woman (detail) / Pierre-Auguste Cot King Arthur (detail) / Charles Ernest Butler Portrait of a Young Girl / Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky Dante and Beatrice in the Garden / Cesare Saccaggi

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

I see some fans saying that Targaryens represent the "old way" of doing things so in order for a new era to rise, they all have to die or at least none of them to end up on the Iron Throne.

The thing is, that even if Dany or Jon or - insert your favourite secret Targaryen theory here- any other Targaryen won't end up on the throne, things will remain exactly the same. Things remained the same when House Baratheon controlled the Iron Throne, and continues to be the same now that House Lannister controls it. After all, Westerosi Noble Houses are part of the so called "old way" of ruling which is based on feudalism. So no, if your favourite noble ends up as King or Queen nothing will magically change just because Targaryens won't be the ones with power.

In order for Westeros to abandon their so called "old ways " they should overthrown monarchy all together and embrace democracy But that would mean that none of your favourites will end up Lord or Lady of any region of the Seven Kingdoms. Personally, I would be fine with such ending but I really doubt that's what Martin has on his mind, judging by the foreshadowing on his books and his opinions on his interviews.

The only other way for things to change isn't simply to remove a specific House - aka Targaryen - from this feudalistic system but rather to put a charismatic ruler in charge who will care for the well being of all their people instead of only caring about themselves/ their House's glory/ nobles. Ironically for those fans, the two people who have shown to have this qualities among those who have been in a position of power actually belong in House Targaryen. And yes I'm talking about Dany and Jon.

[aesthetic-basicspam]

not a day goes by where i don’t think about how we could’ve had it all with swanqueen. like a lot of the ships have something but we could have had it all with them 🥲

[friendlyneighborhoodfirbolg]

I’m just so obsessed with Baz Pitch

[somethingsomethingeyyymacarena]

There's a trend with fandom where people will claim they like a toxic ship dynamic cause they're just exploring dark themes cause it's interesting... but then when you watch the actual media you realize that Shipping Them Together Is The Most Boring Take You Can Have About Them

[deuteragonist1]

Sejanus: We should have dinner together. But not as friends.

Coriolanus, narrowing his eyes: As enemies?

[elaena]

i shall take no wife hold no lands father no children.

a piece i did for a little exchange with @kuorena, she drew one of my ocs and i drew a piece inspired in the qhorin kills jon AU :o)

[bubblesthemonsterartist]

Obi cried. We got a multi-page, multi-angle shot of an Obiyuki hug. Then they both cried. While hugging.

The message here is BE AS SELF INDULGANT IN THOSE FANWORKS AS YOU WANT, THE TRANFORMATIVE WORKS WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER, BABIES 🎉🎉🎉💖🎉💖💖🎉💖🎉💖💖💖💖

[almondscroissant]

[tes-trash-blog]

Full Falmer translation of @king-minyard's Ode to Snow Elves (thank you thank you THANK YOUUUU for giving me your blessing!)

For a less-blurry version, open in a new tab; Common transcription and translator notes below the cut!

This one was a challenge! Two complete overhauls of syntax, thirty new words by my count (I definitely lost count), and a new method of expressing determiners went into making this adaptation. I wanted to treat this as a translation in either way, so keeping the original syllabic count was important, especially as it was in eights. I dunno, that number seems important to the Falmer, who likely engaged in numerology like their Altmeric cousins.

Highlights from this translation include Farligandra, "greet-grace" i.e. welcome and hospitality, Laivan, "to grant, to offer reprieve", Banhe, an outsider-friendly term for "home" (was this meant to be heard by others, perhaps?), and two of my personal favorites, Maethan, "to embrace" and naerth, "soul-rending grief", here translated as "gnashing grief" to provide a more visceral tone and to imply just what became of the Snow Elves.

The complete, side by side translation, is as follows!

[extravagantliar]

wakes up at the hotel desk. snow in my coastal area? It’s more likely than you think.

[casper-ry]

I am so fucking pissed right now.

I've been on AO3 for three years now, and in all those years, I've always kept my works publicly available, because for a long time, I had no account and I wanted people in similar situations to be able to read my stories.

Now, none of my stories are really big, in fact, my two most popular stories are around 2k hits and 200 kudos, so nothing amazing, really. Therefore, for the past year, even with all this generative AI nonsense popping up, I thought "Who'd want to bother stealing my stories" and kept my stories open.

And here we are, five days into 2025, and I had fifteen different people on my tumblr tl telling people to hide the stories from users without an account, bc AI is getting worse and worse.

Today was the worst though: So basically this happened, and while I was not personally affected (luckily), I got into an argument with my sister about generative AI, because she said "Well if you put something on the internet of course it's gonna get stolen", and so on.

So all my works are now hidden for unregistered users (sadly), and I feel like this meme a friend made since they're in the same mood as I am:

and while I could go on an angry rampage about how much of an asshole some people can be, that just for a few cents they completely abandon their morals and sense of intellectual property, and how this is all one huge capitalistic scam-

I won't.

Because today was the best day of this year so far, and I had an awesome day, and I won't let AI take my joy from me.

So enjoy this doodle I made of a snow angel I made since it was the first snow this winter and you're never too old for a snow angel

[bleedingcoffee42]

Dick lecturing Ambrose is good. damned good.