#so theres a silver lining

[violet-moonstone]

About to say something that I'm like 99% sure others have already talked about countless times but I'm thinking about Alicent Hightower again and when that happens, I can't be stopped.

In House of the Dragon, Alicent should have poisoned Viserys. I think Alicent and Rhaenyra should have had a falling out at/after the reunion dinner (or blamed Rhaenyra for how their kids started fighting). They definitely should not have been on the verge of rekindling their friendship at that point in the plot.

Then Alicent should have complained to Viserys about it and Viserys would have then taken Rhaenyra's side, once again restating his intention to make Rhaenyra his heir.

I think it would work well if, during the time Rhaenyra was away on Dragonstone, the issue of inheritance had remained an unspoken and unresolved issue between Alicent and Viserys. Alicent would spend the years getting Aegon ready to be king (or at least trying), hoping that Viserys would eventually see things her way if she raised up Aegon and undermined Rhaenyra enough.

But a resolute statement from Viserys, who is visibly close to death, that when he dies, Rhaenyra is going to replace him, would shatter that, especially if Viserys resolved to make plans to publicly reinforce Rhaenyra's power with more decrees, events, and public works in her name.

So finally, Alicent realizes that playing by the rules and using persuasion is not going to work in her favour. Viserys, while a kind man, is standing in the way of Alicent's ambitions for her children and her beliefs about tradition and "proper" behaviour. (I think the former should grow more important over the years, while the latter is simply a convenient shield to hold on to). More than that, Viserys is one of the rules Alicent no longer wants to follow. She has been dutiful and faithful to him for years, and all for what? So her son, who she believes should be on the throne, is set aside in favour of her rival?

She no longer wants to be tied to a man she didn't want to marry, whose decision limit her actions, and whose choice to marry her played a role in ruining what seems like her only significant friendship (she does not see any of her fractured relationship with Rhaenyra as her fault, because while she may be self-conscious, she is not self-aware).

Alicent listens to Viserys talk about reinforcing Rhaenyra's power and all the things he's going to do to make sure she is the unquestioned heir (things he should have had in place this whole time, but too little, too late) and flinches as he finally puts his foot down and says that he won't have any more of Alicent undermining Rhaenyra.

Alicent has her revelation.

She smiles sweetly and apologizes, promising that she understands and that it won't be a problem anymore. Viserys, somewhat embarrassed by his uncharacteristic assertiveness towards his wife, apologizes too and says they should go to sleep. Everything will be better in the morning. Alicent agrees while she starts preparing his medicine. Everything will be better in the morning.

Because in the morning, Viserys isn't going to wake up.

...

Ok so this only works if Alicent poisons him that night, which I think could be possible if you can die from a milk of the poppy overdose (I'm assuming this is possible, and I vaguely remember reading that milk of the poppy can cause death).

Otherwise, she might just start upping his dose and keeping him away politics -- which seemed to be the case most of the time anyway, except she seemed to be doing it mostly out of concern for him, while the political aspect was secondary. In the meantime, she could speak to Larys about procuring "something to help the King sleep better at night. Perhaps something more...permanent."

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Reasons I think this should happen:

It would make Alicent's relationship to duty much more interesting. She can make a conscious decision to reject her responsibilities and even her morals for the sake of her family. Whether it's out of political ambition or she genuinely fears for the lives -- I think either is still compelling.

Expanding on the duty point, it would show that her marriage to Viserys is first and foremost a duty, regardless of how fond he was of her. I can see her taking care of him and performing all the responsibilities and tenderness of a caring wife -- because it's what she's supposed to do, not what she actually feels.

It would be a strong turning point in Alicent's character arc where she realizes she is willing to do anything at all to get Aegon on the throne. Whatever is left of the girl we met in episode one should be completely gone. She's a new person now.

It gives Alicent more agency in the usurpation -- which she should have an active role in, considering she's been a primary participant in undermining Rhaenyra and turning her sons against their half sister for years at this point.

Alicent's reaction to murdering her husband would be an interesting revelation for her character. She might have a Lady Macbeth moment where she experiences intense grief and guilt for what she's done, and seeing her push through that for the sake of her family would be amazing. Alternatively, she might find that she feels nothing at all and is only distantly horrified that she killed her husband without feeling anything but a sense of accomplishment. She might cry, not because she's sorry that she murdered him, but because she realizes that she's not sorry, and she doesn't like what that says about her. She could even talk to Larys about it and be even more unsettled to discover that she has more in common with him than she wants. Either way, lot's of potential there.

It's a good way of bringing the ruthlessness of her book counterpart into the show while keeping her previous TV show characterization in tact.

It would make the Dance of the Dragons what it's supposed to be, which is a cruel and bloodthirsty conflict instead of a goddamn comedy of errors that only happens because of hurt feelings and ineptitude.

[cozymochi]

Honestly, even if you replicate the TWST style so well that it looks official, I think I could still look at it and recognize that it’s the cozymochi TM style. It’s really nice! (This is a compliment <3)

thank u 🥺💖

me too i can also tell

[s0fter-sin]

is there any actual catharsis in the boys or is it all just suffering and scrambling for a crumb of relief

[spinecurlingmice]

when i tell people I'm scared if needles they just think ohhhhh sniffle. no I go into a fight response I have to be held down by multiple people

[hirokiyuu]

Heddwyn "Wyn" Caldera is a freshman from Diasomnia. He's well known in alchemical circles for multiple revolutionary breakthroughs in the world of potions, the first of which he discovered at eight years old. Though invited to NRC last year at age thirteen, he waited a year before accepting a position at the school.

here he is my baby boy......!!!! been tossing this kid around in my head a lot lately and wanted to make a profile card for him to show him off to the world. imagine me as a proud parent and ive pulled this out of my wallet.

based off the black cauldron. both the movie and like. the cauldron itself. naturally he is good at potions. since the cauldron is essentially a mcguffin wanted by everyone the idea is that he's extremely good at what he does but is also pretty vulnerable to being used. he's also very stone-faced bc he's...... made of stone............ get it.............

template is from here!

[xviistrings]

bruh (tag rant)

[muppetjohntavares]

Thank God none of my big favorite teams are playing tonight because with the luck I've had today we'd get some really bad results in there 🫠

[multiicolor]

yall ever just

[bitchfitch]

I was going to say 'hey new people make sure you double check that pinned post because as much as i love my stained glass fuckery that's not really the vibe of this blog 90% of the time and I'm Really bad at remembering to use the content warning tags and also any tags at all' but then I realized i absolutely need to update that beast. and i don't want to do that rn I'm watching a god of war let's play and drawing a scrawny little man. I'm busy so uh important caveat to the pinned post:

I've drawn the same dude being eviscerated by the concept of cancer too many times for the word 'mild' to apply to the kind of gore that goes up on here from time to time. Heads up on that.

[gaybd1]

Skinny Culture in East Asia is super wild like everyone is model-thin and it might be bc of genetics and it might be bc of pressure (i know some women especially who have some pretty unhealthy habits) but like when i first moved to china from the us (where i'd been considered skinny my whole life) people would just straight up come up to me and tell me i was fat (it's supposedly not considered rude to do) so ive been dealing with that for years and years now...

but anyway over the last few years i really did gain a bit of weight as part of my ED (it seems counterintuitive but basically arfid combined with anorexia messed me up like i hardly ate anything but when i DID it was like "comfort foods" to me so basically sweets... but when u starve urself and finally have the chance to eat something youre gonna gorge urself on it, even if its cake...)

ANYWAY the first time it got Terribly Worse a few months ago and i just didn't eat anything at all for a long time i obviously lost a bunch of weight and i got some comments about it and i was like 'damn i kind of like this'

and then in recovery starting to eat like real normal food again i lost more weight woohoo but that naturally plateaued

BUT in this latest relapse i apparently lost EVEN MORE weight to the point that im getting like MORE comments up to 'wow its such a fast and dramatic change, tell me your secret!' and i obviously cant say 'well just dont eat anything for a week at a time!'

but my problem is.... i love this, it feels good, im... more motivated than ever to Keep It Up (It being the Bad Things) to lose more weight and... Oh No because for me this was never about body image or weight until it has gradually BECOME that in just the last few months and now i feel like this is going to be even harder to beat

I'm already thinking about how I had a great week this week and had three meals a day (my goal) most days but now ill be on vacation again and im already sort of planning like 'okay i guess i dont need to eat anything on these days' and its TERRIBLE

[trashworldblog]

on week 5 of the teachers strike

[siliconforbrains]

I know I can skip the dialogues I already read with Y (I'm playing on switch) but if one of the characters gets annoyed at me bc I zoned out on them I will spontaneously combust /neg so guess I'm reading all the dialogue over and over lessgo

[sweater-equestrian]

expanding on my tags. it sounds like by the end of summer Romeo will be moving back in with his previous owners. I will be allowed to visit him, but considering he will live at private property and not a public barn, that will be limited and I will no longer be his primary caretaker (or likely even secondary). I also will not be getting another horse after Romeo leaves as thats outside my means right now.

In addition to that bad news, Roxy has also been sold and will be leaving for good in april. Now, Roxy is not and has never been my horse, but she is a horse I'm very fond of at our barn and who I really enjoyed working with, so it'll be sad to see her go.

[toucansafari]

not feeling very good these days

[moirailsupport]

Thinking about Kay & Gawain again

[thrandilf]

not me still hedging on what i want my major to be ofc everyone does this but hfblhwefwbaefweqfhbwfew

the grand plan is an ma in library science and my ba can be whatever i want. the current plan is to go for english w creative writing focus

i guess i just.

i have so little faith in myself

its the degree i want to go for and it's a safe thing to shoot for bc even if i dont make it in i love the english lit path anyway, and i know this degree isnt Required to write professionally but i just

i have had to hide what i write for 13 years from family. i leave no physical evidence. im 27 and because my family is queerphobic and my mom is off and on Weird abt fantasy genre stuff ive defaulted to showing Nothing. and so all my creative life has been suffocated and growing like weeds between the sidewalk gaps and its what i love doing the most, but making truly original stuff is difficult, and im anxious for when i can finally commit to writing and creating without having to leave where i live, when i can write physically and have notes and ideas all over, when i can just be free and be me and have my own schedule and itll be a relief

but i dont know if the version of me that gets to live alone is actually gonna be suddenly more creative than i am now. idk if im actually good enough to pursue this. i have no read on myself and while i think i can say i write fic decently well ive been running on fumes and hiding for so long that im afraid that freedom wont actually let me be more creative. i just dont know if ill be able to bloom into more. i dont have the faith in myself and i dont know what ill be and if i should pursue it or if its dumb of me to try

i have og stuff i want to explore when i finally dont have to hide and stuff plotted out and ive taken the introductory creative writing classes and done well i just

aaaauughhh