#subtle queens

[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

[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.

[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 😭

[chrlie-cox]

QUEEN CHARLOTTE: A BRIDGERTON STORY - S1E2 "Honeymoon Bliss"

[eyestrain-addict]

I might be misremembering but it's crazy that real lestat (that we know of) never refers to claudia as "ours", only ever refers to her as Louis' daughter. But dreamstat (AKA louis' imagined version of lestat) refers to her as 'our daughter'. This version of Lestat is both a taunting presence and also a comforting one and in this moment it's clear he's supposed to be comforting- meaning I think that Louis longed to hear Lestat take paternal ownership of Claudia the same way Lestat longed to hear Louis say I love you. Like a "this is it. We're a family. You're my husband and the father of our daughter"

A lot of notable things happened in this episode obviously but this is the one thing I can comprehend at this very moment

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[penaltyboxboxbox]

girl lance girl lance girl lance

[mycaptainjones]

HaladrielWeek2024 | Day 1 - King & Queen

[haystarlight]

"Marceline?"

"How do you know The Star's true name? Are you her spy?!"

My sister in Ooo, how do YOU know The Star's true name?

[valewritessss]

I’ve seen someone say that Sally was selfish and inconsiderate for telling Percy they need his room for Estelle???

[sevenlersiniz]

That cheesy thing when you want to hold hands so tightly and walk so close together that you end up wobbling around in some imitation of a three-legged-race? They do that.

My girlfriend compared us to Lumity—surefire way to get me to draw it

[perhaps-in-anotherdream]

[CN] Li Zeyan’s 2023 Birthday ASMR: Entanglement (Subbed Video)

🔞 proceed at your own discretion is all i have to say. would’ve said “enjoy~” but i know you definitely will so~ ∠( ᐛ 」∠)_🤭

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[drakaripykiros130ac]

Ryan Condal literally stating that he expects people to switch sides after they see B&C (as if the murder of Lucerys Velaryon and Queen Rhaenyra’s terrible miscarriage mean nothing).

Those many, many, many viewers like me who actually read the book (unlike the showrunners):

[wof-reworked]

free Rainwing "beauty" name ideas for all of you who are running out of jungle animals (like me)

Shimmer

Majesty (if ur really going for that god complex)

Serendipity (kind of a personal favorite I love the idea of a little Rainwing hippie ghjkjhjk)

Elegance

Radiance

Luminous

Lustrous (alternatively Illustrious tho that has a slightly different meaning so ymmv)

Fortune

Blessing

Brilliance

Wonder/Wondrous

Glamour

Glitter

Sonorous

[the-half-year-queen]

Did anyone notice how when Viserys hosted the last supper that his disfigured face was towards the Greens?

Like, what POETIC imagery?!?!?! His true heir, sitting to his left, leaving Viserys only able to see her and her kids and what's meant to be the future of the Targaryen line on one side. On his right, his wife and her father sit where he is LITERALLY turning a blind eye to them and all their misdoings, allowing them to fester and gnaw away at him and his resolve (literally and figuratively)?!?!?

The HotD writers quite literally comparing the Greens to a disease when they've already been compared to rats in previous episodes is just *chef's kiss* symbolism.

[duchess-of-oldtown]

I'm rewatching HotD and you know in the first episode where Alicent and Otto are talking about the death of Aemma? I just realised something.

Otto suggests Alicent go and pay her respects to Viserys. We know what he's really ordering here. But there's no outward inference to his true intentions: that Alicent seduce Viserys or allow herself to be seduced.

But Alicent knows.

She knows what he means. To any outside ear, it's a father suggesting his daughter sympathise with a grieving man and that's how Otto acts, even though they're alone. They are having the same conversation but Alicent knows what he expects of her, why she's being herded toward this path like a lamb to the slaughter. It just makes me wonder what the fuck was going on in the Hightower.

It's good writing, better acting. 10/10