#subtle queens

[delinquentkru]

need a fic where robby and collins are getting married and she intentionally separates mel and langdon from the rest of the ptmc attendees in their seating chart. and it's suuuuuuuper obvious, too, like mel and langdon are surrounded by people they don’t even know on the opposite side of the room from everyone else. need it like air!!!!!

[shitpostingkats]

You cannot convince me that Luxu just hung out for several hundred years and didn't accidentally spawn a whole bunch of folklore/cryptid-esque reputation. There's a world out there where it's considered an ill omen to name your child anything starting with br-, lest they be taken by The Man With No Face. I bet there's a world out there where he's a stock character in the comedia del arte.

[wikitpowers]

just a reminder: i am never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever getting over this

[gwendolynnderolo]

marisha: what was i wearing the first time that i stayed the night at your place?

matt: you were wearing a black and white striped tube top. and i think dark jeans.

marisha: i think it was a jean mini skirt.

matt: yeah that sounds correct. i’m not going to say why i know that.

marisha: we know why.

[lesbianphan]

the dads were having a domestic about clothing so they decided to just ask the kids their opinion on the ones they couldn't agree on... just wow

[sunnysideaeggs]

i am SO mad that we were robbed of this scene in the show. aegon literally vanished and left them a pile of shit to clean up 😭 no king no princes, just a spiky chair, a dirty pot and an empty wallet.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

#She's Just Sandra Val

[midnightfries]

Youre telling me Dream got that Apple White treatment where they did nothing wrong (in apple's case, actively went through really good character development) and are still seen as inherently wrongful, blaming a six year old and a teenager for all the bad events in their stories

Both of them were ACTIVELY manipulated and sheltered by adults in their lives and try their absolute best to help people out of pure selflessness.

Dream doesn't need to apologize, he did absolutely nothing wrong, he was naive and trusted his brother to tell the truth about his injuries and was busy all day helping people- such evil incarnate. Headcannoning differently or having an AU that differs is fully fine to me, it's just people who actively believe that Dream had any fault in the canon events that piss me off to no end

Would you look at that! This isn't to say Passive was at fault either, literally every action can be justified by 'he was six'- they weren't the most emotionally mature, because they were six. They weren't the most perceptive of each other's pain- because they were six. They wouldn't have been able to do anything about it if they knew, because theyre were six.

Apple ALREADY apologized- I'm sorry you think Dragons Games took that away but it absolutely didn't, she was being blackmailed and manipulated during her vulnerable moments by the literal most evil person imaginable, literally shut up sorry you cant forgive a teenager for making bad decisions when having her worldview shattered, i am not going to bother looking for screenshots of this because it would be every second of every movie and Apple centric episode go rewatch those if you'd like proof, maybe watch it with your eyes open this time around

[Insert obligatory apple tree and apple white link joke here]

[drakaripykiros130ac]

More and more I see people questioning how the Blacks didn’t outright win and destroy the Greens in one go with all the advantages they had.

The answer is simple: The Greens were protected by plot armor.

GRRM gave the Blacks almost everything they could ask for (thereby favoring them):

1. The best allies (the Winter Wolves, the Lads, Cregan Stark, Jeyne Arryn, etc.)

2. The most Houses supporting Rhaenyra’s cause (53)

3. The largest territories (the North, the Vale and the Riverlands)

4. The largest and best fleet (commanded by the Velaryons)

5. The Velaryon fortune

6. The most dragons

Normally, with all these advantages, they should have won the war with their hands tied behind their backs. The Greens only had home-field advantage (King’s Landing) and Vhagar. That’s pretty much it.

But of course, GRRM wanted it to be a more balanced war, and despite giving the Blacks plenty of advantages, he protected the Greens so the story can actually take place.

1. There is just no way that Aegon the Usurper could have survived everything he endured (Rook’s Rest, and then battling with Baela etc.) In my opinion, he was one greenie who was definitely protected by plot armor.

2. Daemon using B&C to only kill one of Aegon’s heirs instead of eliminating everyone in that tower is also kind of plot armor for the Greens. There is no way that he wouldn’t have taken advantage to have everyone in that tower killed. It would have weakened the Greens considerably (not to mention that Alicent was the “brains” behind the operation).

3. Then you have Rhaenyra sparing Alicent after she took King’s Landing (the woman who bullied her as a child and stole her throne) for some dumb reason like “My father loved you so I am doing this for him”. Yeah right…With how much Rhaenyra hated the woman, she wouldn’t have hesitated to chop her head off.

4. For some reason, Rhaenyra decides to go to Dragonstone after the storming of the Dragonpit, instead of the Vale. Another plot convenience for the Greens. The Vale was obviously the best place to go. The Greens wouldn’t have been able to touch Rhaenyra there. The Arryns would have protected her and her child, until Cregan Stark arrived and dethroned the usurper. Happy ending, the end. But yeah, it’s Asoiaf. There are no happy endings, and GRRM had to give Rhaenyra a tragic end.

All in all, the Greens survived as long as they did because of plot armor. No, they were not politically savvy (believe it or not, that’s Daemon. He managed to convince the Red Kraken to side with the Blacks and didn’t really offer him anything in return).

Otto was a terrible Hand who got fired twice, Criston Cole was another terrible Hand who was all muscle and had no political intelligence (or any kind of intelligence), Alicent was a manipulating and greedy shrew hiding behind her sons, Helaena was completely useless, Aegon didn’t know what the hell he was doing or why he was doing it, and Aemond was a brainless psycho on the biggest dragon in existance.

Oh, and there’s also Daeron the Forgotten, who after torching Bitterbridge, managed to get himself killed by a fallen tent.

[sconeinjail]

wdym Jack just lost at Queen’s club crashing out in front of the home crowd with a bleeding knee was there delivering his support to Jannik AGAIN?!😭😭

[amelia-queen-black]

Felicity wakes up tied to a chair in what looks like an abandoned office. There’s a single light bulb above her head.

Criminal: Come on blondie, wake up!

Felicity: Ow. Don’t speak so loudly, I have this pounding in my head…

Criminal: Finally, you’re awake. Now look at the camera and say hi to your boss. Queen will do exactly as I say after that.

Felicity, regaining her senses: Oh, you’re in trouble. You’re in so much trouble, you have no idea. Word of advice, just let me go before he gets here, you’ll thank me later. And I’m being really kind telling you that considering how tight the ropes around my wrists are.

Criminal: What are you on about…

*the Arrow crashes through the window, lands between them*

Criminal: What- *gets knocked down in one move*

Oliver: *turns around and swiftly cuts the ropes tying her wrists to the chair*

Felicity: That was fast.

Oliver: This idiot took you right in front of QC. I just had to follow you, Dig’s in the car. You ok?

Felicity: Of course. Not my first rodeo, remember? Plus, I knew you were coming- woah! What are you doing?

Oliver, with Felicity in his arms: Getting you out safely.

Felicity: *can’t really complain, enjoys the feeling of his arms around her* Getting kidnapped has its perks.

Oliver: What was that?

Felicity: Nothing! Nothing. Thank you.

Oliver: Of course. Always.

[qoppybirdie]

was listening to marina and woaaghwkoah eli vision... tweening was fun (and an ass) but if i get another idea i shall do it again ‼️ i think for now ill just tween single images instead of making several for an edit 😭

[cl0wn-tim3]

I wish there was less queerbait and more queer people im ficton BUT why cant anything else every portray subtle romace?? The best part of fictional relationships is the tension before it happens (imo) but so much stuff doesn't have that and if they do its not good- I want them to be CLOSE, not inherently romanticly they just need to be freaks about eachother, they need to be bad at personal space and weirdly emotionaly connected in a complicated way.

[xevishi]

subtle foreshadowing:

dceased edition

dceased (2019) #3

dceased: war of the undead gods (2022) #8

dceased (2019) #2

dceased: war of the undead gods (2022) #8

[his-dark-materials-trilogy]

Serafina Pekkala by Clement Poumirau

[addamvelaryon]

Taking both seasons into consideration, this scene might just be my least favourite from the entirety of HOTD. Of course, I’m biased in saying that because Addam is my favourite character. The show speedrunning his character assassination in this moment doesn’t sit right with me, especially since it’s only done for the sake of Rhaenyra (so basically the same treatment the rest of house Velaryon received in the show).

Addam interacting with Rhaenyra before he ever does with Corlys was already such a huge red flag to me. Though I did predict, at the start of season two, that the show would distance Addam from Corlys as much as possible, to center Rhaenyra in his story. I was proven right. Then I saw what the people working on the show had to say about this scene, and I was proven right again.

That being said, it’s kind of cathartic knowing that this scene is also the beginning of the end for Rhaenyra. There’s a strange irony in the show sacrificing Addam’s story arc to build up show!Rhaenyra’s story but still keeping him in the position of “the queen’s undoing” that he was in the book.