#taggles 4.

[muddleofnervouswords]

15 Questions 15 Mutuals

Rules: answer the questions and tag 15 mutuals

thank you for the tag @kingslionheart <3

1. Are you named after anyone?

yes, a character in a book it's about a girl who only realises she's in love with a man once he's off on a fatal quest and ends with her returning to the place where they had spent time together:

"the sea had moved in through the breached walls and covered it over. Nothing was left to break the utter desolation. No marsh fowl had dared to return. Only the frightless gulls wheeled and soared and mewed over the place where it had been."

thanks for the invocation, mum

2. When was the last time you cried?

yesterday it was just a little, out of happiness for a friend

3. Do you have kids?

no

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

not a great deal a medium amount?

5. What's the first thing you notice about people?

hands

6. What's your eye colour?

green

7. Scary movies or happy endings?

sad endings! but happy endings if I must choose one of these

8. Any special talents?

I'm good at tasting things, I'm naturally friendly to strangers, and my friends always say I have a nice speaking voice

9. Where were you born?

my parent's bedroom, in a tiny house on the edge of a tiny town, in rural Australia

10. What are your hobbies?

reading, walking, copying out poetry, rearranging the furniture as procrastination

11. Have you any pets?

no but I'm in the process of applying to adopt a darling boy from the pound please keep your fingers crossed it comes through

12. What sports do you play/have played?

I played everything in school, always with more optimism than talent

13. How tall are you?

161cm or 5'3"

14. Favorite subject in school?

English, Drama, Art

15. Dream job?

a life of leisure my dreams are heavy on kissing, light on labour

taggle: @emilyhufflepufftlk @lauwrite1225 @solinarimoon @volvaaslaug @monroesimons @hederasgarden @chaoticdumbassary @trenko-heart @wildwren @sigridsdottir @naps4bats @saint-helga @ulfrsmal @aadmelioraa @osferth

[celtfather]

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0:07 - Tradify "The Roaring Barmaid, Star of Munster Jig, Star of Munster & Fred Finn’s" from Take Flight

4:29 - WELCOME

6:43 - Sorcha "Stomp the Floor / Slide from Grace / The Mouse in the Kitchen" from Stomp the Floor

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14:21 - The Fire "Captain Carswell" from Radiance

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30:11 - Marc Gunn "Myra’s Lament for Lamlash Bay" from Come Adventure With Me

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33:54 - Tarren "Hardwood" from Revel

36:48 - Celtic Wood and Wires "I'll Tell Me Ma" from Close the Back Door

40:53 - Altan "The Yellow Tinker (Slow Reel)" from Donegal

43:49 - Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps "The Rambler from Clare" from Down to the Roots

47:12 - Louise Bichan "Qouyburray" from Out of My Own Light

50:27 - Toby Bresnahan "Farewell To Auld Ireland" from All In Good time

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57:23 - The Walker Roaders "Old Tar Road to Sligo" from The Walker Roaders

1:01:15 - Lúnasa "The Bull's March" from Live in Kyoto

1:06:25 - Stout Pounders "Raggle Taggle Gypsy (Live)" from Liver Let Live

1:09:16 - Brother Sea "All as One" from Brother Sea Ep

1:13:42 - Clare Cunningham "Home Again" from Home Again

1:17:57 - THANKS

1:19:44 - River Driver "John O'Reilly" from Flanagan's Shenanigans! Live at The Celt

1:24:11 - Philippe Barnes and Tom Phelan "New Kings Road/Órlaith's/New Found Out" from The Clearwater Sessions

1:30:22 - Jimmy & Scots Folk Band "COME OUT YE BLACK AND TANS" from The Viking Irishman

1:33:16 - Clay Babies "OutOnTheOcean / FlowersOfEdinburgh / Mason'sApron" from Speechless Vol. 1: Sloppy Session in the Sticks

1:37:13 - CaliCeltic "Frosty Pint" from Whiskey Mustache

1:40:38 - Ironwood "She Likes the Guinness" from Gretna Green

1:44:31 - CLOSING

1:46:31 - Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones "Spanish Lady" from Let the Free Birds Fly

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[bluish-orange]

I posted 6,432 times in 2022

That's 776 more posts than 2021!

99 posts created (2%)

6,333 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@nenestansunsthings

@androreblogs

@spudcatwo

@hiveswap

I tagged 1,522 of my posts in 2022

#tag for g - 56 posts

#mythrodak taggle - 50 posts

#save for later - 42 posts

#asks n answers - 31 posts

#tag for risk - 30 posts

#bell taggle - 30 posts

#ivory taggle - 27 posts

#tag for raven - 22 posts

#bluish0range art - 18 posts

#importants - 18 posts

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#if you trade me ur jays you can have every bird that screams at ass o clock in the morning and the solitary owl that leaves pellets on the

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

sonc

18 notes - Posted April 2, 2022

#4

so, about that new mythrodak video-

26 notes - Posted March 28, 2022

#3

he has escaped. he is free.

36 notes - Posted January 21, 2022

#2

reposting cuz the first one said fuck you to the tags . ivory my beloved .

46 notes - Posted April 19, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

“hi welcome to mcdonalds what can i get for you?”

“yeah can i get a deluxe quarter pounder with cheese?”

“absolutely, do you want the meal or just the sandwich?’

“uuuuuh hold on”

*appears to be thinking *

“mikey what do i do?”

“leave the girl”

*snaps back to reality*

“uhh yes please  the meal would be great"

103 notes - Posted March 15, 2022

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[acorntops]

Only 4 more Raggle Taggle Fairy Dolls left! These are the very last ones, as they are being discontinued! And they are half off!!! Get them while you can!!! #MJNWVIP #CraftBizParty #holidaysale #raggletaggle #fairydolls #fairycore #cottagecore #fairyaesthetic #stockingstuffers #holidayshopping #discontinuedproducts #fairymagic #homedecor #handmadeofinstagram #handmadehour #halfoff #peaceloveandfairydust #southwesternstyle #cowgirl #cowboy #musicinspired #musiclover #raggletagglefairydolls #ragdolls #acorntops #etsyoclock #etsyofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck9GtnryUAS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gastlyarts]

from this incorrect quote I found in @incorrectsinnohquotes 

[amazingmaeve]

BONNIE GOLD FIC RECOMMENDATIONS!

follow each and everyone of these authors because they take time out of their days to write these AMAZING pieces of work.

also don’t forget to like and comment your love about all of these fics because they deserve it!

next time ➵ @fromforeigntofamiliarity

summary ➵ At the latest gold encampment Bonnie finds Reader bathing in a near by lake.

cursed land ➵ @zablife

summary ➵ Set during Season 4 Bonnie and his pregnant wife have come to Birmingham with the rest of the Gold family to help Thomas Shelby fight the Italians.  His wife has visions cautioning him about staying in Birmingham for too long, but what happens when Bonnie ignores these warnings and gets caught up in the lifestyle promised by the Shelbys? Lots of angst and heartache, but followed up by visions of hope.

angel ➵ @peakyblindersxx

summary ➵ after a fight, you're the only thing on bonnie's mind.

forever and a day ➵ @sinfulshelbys

summary ➵ I finally found a acc that writes good shelby reader fics can you write a shelby sis with bonnie gold

teenagers in love ➵ @sinfulshelbys

summary ➵ Forever and a day part two where the Shelby’s find out about them 💖

i want a baby ➵ @bonniesgoldengirl

summary ➵ A slip of your tongue in the middle of sex has you and Bonnie making a life changing decision

desperate times ➵ @bonniesgoldengirl

summary ➵ After a long day of training, Bonnie comes home exhausted to find you needy for him. Too tired to do much, Bonnie proposes that you ride his thigh to deal with your arousal

heart of gold ➵ @murswrites

summary ➵ You two fought hard for your first date and Bonnie made sure to go all out for you.

young lovers ➵ @lilahisntsadanymore

summary ➵ A special sparkle blinked in Y/n's eyes the first time she met Bonnie Gold. Tommy noticed what's going on, so he helped the love blossom between these two young people.

stay ➵ @zablife

summary ➵ It’s the night before your wedding to Bonnie, but you can’t sleep because of a raging thunderstorm. Despite tradition, he visits you to calm your nerves. 

good luck token ➵ @christinasyellowflowers

summary ➵ You offer Bonnie a small token before the match begins

best christmas gift ever ➵ @peakyblinders1919

summary ➵ The frigid air coming in from the east in conjunction with the stillness brought on by white snow clouds in the sky suggested winter. The smell of firewood, pine, cinnamon-flavored mull whiskey further suggested it was nearly Christmas. It is all strengthened by the songs traveling through the hills from the makeshift band, bored gypsies trying to keep fingers warm and pass time.

raggle taggle ➵ @murderousginger

summary ➵ Bonnie first saw her at the market one morning, fresh faced and beautiful as she looked at fruit to pick and bring home. He knew nothing about her but as sure as he knew every curve of the ring, he wanted to know each curve of her body. Some things just fit and Bonnie knew when he saw her that morning that he would do anything to fit against her like the glove on his hand. Some things were meant to be.

ring girl ii ➵ @blinder-secrets

summary ➵ been wanting to write bonnie since i first saw his lil pasty face!! this ones dedicated to @peachyblinders who summed up my feels with: ‘I just want a cute FLUFFY AF BONNIE IMAGINE he’s tough asf in the ring but then ur his girl so he would protec u to the day he DIES’ xx

maid for you ➵ @bonniesgoldengirl

summary ➵ As the youngest maid in Mr. Shelby's house, you can't help but get bored of your job and your fellow employees at times. So when Mr. Shelby throws a party after being in Small Heath for so long, you can't help but mingle with some of the younger guests instead of doing your job

say worse ➵ @zodiyack

summary ➵ omg could u do some soft bonnie gold first time smut???

traditional ➵ @randomoutsiders

summary ➵ “Maybe something about Bonnie dating/marrying a girl that's not a gypsy? Him showing her their traditions.”

opposite attracts ➵ @bonniesgoldengirl

summary ➵ Bonnie has always been a cheerful person, smiling and joking without a care in the world. So most people would think he'd be attracted to someone just like him. In this case, however, opposites attract

a champions reward ➵ @bonniesgoldengirl

summary ➵ After watching Bonnie win a fight, Reader decides to give him a reward in the shape of something they've never done before

the shy bride ➵ @ijustwant2write

summary ➵ Can you do a Bonnie gold fic where the reader is a Shelby and he has to marry her for a business deal and they end up getting to know each other even tho the reader is all shy and innocent and doesn't really like anyone that isn't family and the golds love her

through the looking glass ➵ @moral-turpitudes

summary ➵ Y/N joins a skeptical Bonnie and his pals on an eerie trek into the woods in search of an alleged haunted house. Little do they know just what awaits them.

ON AO3

these fics ive found on the website ‘archive of our own’. so they will take you out of the app, and give them all the love you can give because they’re BEAUTIFUL.

also I’ll be putting the authors handles here so you can show them some love as well.

burden ➵ himoji

summary ➵ bonnie wants to tell y/n everything before he goes away and regrets keeping the truth to himself.

petrichor ➵ kyloswarstars

summary ➵ Bonnie and you. You and Bonnie. It’s perfect. And then it’s all gone. Grieving is a strange, complicated thing to do and you don’t have a single clue on how to survive without him.

kiss it better ➵ Aimless_inagines_for_fun

summary ➵ Bonnie’s never wanted you to see him in the ring, worried how you’d react

[escarghostie]

 @bee-boppin and @rmnu taggled me in this

Last song: The last song i actually listened to was Great Big Show by sofya wang :3 

Last Movie: How to train your dragon! It made me cry like 4 times and i go autistic for the designs of most of the dragons. 

Last book: The last book i read was Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, it was very good and also made me cry like 4 times go read it. I’ve also recently read neil gaymans sandman and like, half of watchmen. 

[risingphoenix761]

Music Shuffle

Tagged by @raspberrymama awhile ago and finally cleaning out a few drafts.

Rules: Put your library on shuffle and list the first ten songs that play (no skipping!), then tag a few blogs.

1. Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd

2. When You Believe - The Prince of Egypt

3. Anything Goes - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

4. Phantom of the Opera - Nightwish

5. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley

6. Lips Of An Angel - Hinder

7. Line Of Blood - Ty Stone

8. In Bloom - Nirvana

9. The Raggle Taggle Gypsy - the Chieftains & Nickel Creek

10. Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Tagging @rhyatt-deauxtreve @rckyfrk @letsby @amethyst-dreams-and-candy-canes

[rainhadaenerys]

Sometimes I like to search for my own posts in other sites, especially because my book vs show meta is shared quite a lot. I saw someone share my meta on r/gameofthrones, and without fail, some Sansa stan came to say that I was biased, that I didn’t talk about Dany’s “dark moments” in the books, that show!Dany was actually whitewashed:

Wow. Wow. I am the one that is biased, clearly *sarcasm*. Also notice how this anti doesn’t provide a single book quote to support their wild claims.

���The only reason Dany took Astapor was for an army”

Then why did she free the Unsullied when she didn’t need to? Then why did she delay her invasion of Westeros to stay in Slaver’s Bay freeing slaves? Then why did she refuse Yunkai’s gold, Xaro’s ships, Quentyn’s alliance, all things that would have been given freely to her if she decided to leave, and instead chose to stay to ensure people’s freedom? Also, see this meta:

https://rainhadaenerys.tumblr.com/post/182893726737/tatticstudio55-i-didnt-think-id-have-the#notes

“She was ok with Drogo selling the Lhazareen into slavery, she said it was the price of the Iron Throne”.

Dany was a 14 years old girl who had no experience on war. Antis like to say that Dany convinced Drogo to invade knowing that he was going to enslave people to do it, but this is not an argument supported by the text at all. When Dany asks Drogo to help her take the Seven Kingdoms, no one mentions the need to sell slaves:

The khal's mouth twisted in a frown beneath the droop of his long mustachio. "The stallion who mounts the world has no need of iron chairs."

Dany propped herself on an elbow to look up at him, so tall and magnificent. She loved his hair especially. It had never been cut; he had never known defeat. "It was prophesied that the stallion will ride to the ends of the earth," she said.

"The earth ends at the black salt sea," Drogo answered at once. He wet a cloth in a basin of warm water to wipe the sweat and oil from his skin. "No horse can cross the poison water."

"In the Free Cities, there are ships by the thousand," Dany told him, as she had told him before. "Wooden horses with a hundred legs, that fly across the sea on wings full of wind."

Khal Drogo did not want to hear it. "We will speak no more of wooden horses and iron chairs." He dropped the cloth and began to dress. "This day I will go to the grass and hunt, woman wife," he announced as he shrugged into a painted vest and buckled on a wide belt with heavy medallions of silver, gold, and bronze.

"Yes, my sun-and-stars," Dany said. Drogo would take his bloodriders and ride in search of hrakkar, the great white lion of the plains. If they returned triumphant, her lord husband's joy would be fierce, and he might be willing to hear her out. - Daenerys VI ADWD

That’s it. That’s the moment Dany asks Drogo to help her take the Seven Kingdoms. There’s no mentions of selling slaves at all in their conversation. We don’t even know if Dany is aware or not of what taking the Seven Kingdoms is going to take. Given how young and inexperienced she is, it doesn’t seem like she gave much thought about the ugly aspects of war at all. Besides, it’s only after the wineseller tries to poison Dany that Drogo mentions that he will rape women and enslave children in Westeros, and at this point, Dany doesn’t have much of a say, because Drogo didn’t decide to invade Westeros because Dany asked. He decided to invade Westeros because the lives of wis wife (his property) and his son were threatened. This is an affront to his honor, his decision has nothing to do with pleasing Dany, so if she asks him to give up on invading Westeros, he won’t do it (just like he wouldn’t invade Westeros just because he asked). Dany didn’t seem to be aware of what taking Westeros back with Drogo would take, and after she finds out, she doesn’t really have the power to stop it.

And saying that Dany was ok with enslaving the Lhazareen is a blatant lie:

I am the blood of the dragon, Daenerys Targaryen reminded herself as she turned her face away. She pressed her lips together and hardened her heart and rode on toward the gate.

"Most of Ogo's riders fled," Ser Jorah was saying. "Still, there may be as many as ten thousand captives."

Slaves, Dany thought. Khal Drogo would drive them downriver to one of the towns on Slaver's Bay. She wanted to cry, but she told herself that she must be strong. This is war, this is what it looks like, this is the price of the Iron Throne.

"I've told the khal he ought to make for Meereen," Ser Jorah said. "They'll pay a better price than he'd get from a slaving caravan. Illyrio writes that they had a plague last year, so the brothels are paying double for healthy young girls, and triple for boys under ten. If enough children survive the journey, the gold will buy us all the ships we need, and hire men to sail them."

Behind them, the girl being raped made a heartrending sound, a long sobbing wail that went on and on and on. Dany's hand clenched hard around the reins, and she turned the silver's head. "Make them stop," she commanded Ser Jorah. - Daenerys VII AGOT

Dany has little say in what’s happening here, little agency. She is just the wife of the khal, and what he decides is what happens. This is the very first time Dany is seeing the Dothraki attack anyone (before this, she was just traveling through the Dothraki Sea to Vaes Dothrak). And she is horrified by what she is seeing. Antis love to take the line “this is the price of the Iron Throne” out of context, but looking at the context in which the line is said tells us a very different story: when Dany says "this is war, this is the price of the Iron Throne", she's not saying it because she's ok with slavery. Quite the opposite: she hates what she's seeing, and she says this to convince herself that she doesn't care, to tell herself to be strong. But it doesn't work, Dany can't look past the awful things that she is seeing, and only two paragraphs later, she starts trying to save as many women as she can, in the only way she can: by claiming those women for herself.

By the way, Dany puts herself at a huge risk by trying to protect those women, because she is defying Drogo’s men. When her khas goes to enforce her order, the Dothraki fight, and some men die trying to defend their rights to the spoils of war. Many of the men look at her with cold eyes. These men try to complain to the khal about this, and when Drogo dies and Dany loses the protection of his authority, Dany is in grave danger.

Also see this meta:

https://rainhadaenerys.tumblr.com/post/186687986788/adamparrush-dany-burning-mirri-maaz-duur-alive#notes

“Dany was murdering children in Astapor”

This is just bad reading comprehension, or this person is trying to distort things. Dany didn’t order the killing of children. She ordered only masters and soldiers to be killed, those actively fighting against her to keep slavery. She tell them not to harm any child below 12 to avoid the Unsullied killing innocents. Also, saying “don’t kill anyone under 12″ is not the same thing as saying “kill everyone over 12″, stupid anti.

Also, see this meta:

https://rainhadaenerys.tumblr.com/post/184630644137/hi-i-really-enjoy-your-blog-and-your-meta-i#notes

“Dany didn’t want the entire caravan from Astapor and Yunkai to follow her”

That’s a really dishonest distortion of the facts. This is what Dany actually says:

The raggle-taggle host of freedmen dwarfed her own, but they were more burden than benefit. Perhaps one in a hundred had a donkey, a camel, or an ox; most carried weapons looted from some slaver's armory, but only one in ten was strong enough to fight, and none was trained. They ate the land bare as they passed, like locusts in sandals. Yet Dany could not bring herself to abandon them as Ser Jorah and her bloodriders urged. I told them they were free. I cannot tell them now they are not free to join me. She gazed at the smoke rising from their cookfires and swallowed a sigh. She might have the best footsoldiers in the world, but she also had the worst. - Daenerys IV ASOS

Dany says that the freedmen are a burden. She is simply stating a fact, the freedmen are a burden. But she refuses to abandon them as her advisors urged, because she freaking cares about them, you idiot.

“The pile of bodies was high when she took Meereen”

Of course the pile of bodies was high! A battle to take the city just happened! Usually, when there’s a battle, people die, and there are bodies. I guess this idiot must think that Jon and Robb won all of their battles without killing a single soul. Let’s just pretend that none of Robb’s victories had any pile of bodies. Like, wow. What kind of argument even was this?

“They don’t talk about the torturing of the wineseller’s daughter”

Another blatantly lie. I do talk about the torture of the wineseller’s daughters in my books vs show meta, let me quote what I wrote here:

4) Then, after Dany executes Mossador in the name of a fair trial, she decides to throw “fair trial” out of the window by feeding one of the slavers to her dragons for revenge. This is something that never happens in the books. The closest we have to a problematic action like this is when Dany allows the wineseller’s daughters to be tortured. But this isn’t anywhere near as dark as feeding people to her dragons, for various reasons: 1) because Dany’s actions in the books are inserted in a context in which torture is seen as a normal and legitimate means of investigation by the society. Dany is not the only one that does this, and even honorable Jon Snow considers throwing Janos Slynt in an ice cell to force him to comply, and later throws Cregan Karstark in one. So Dany’s actions in the books are lawful, while in the show, they are not; 2) because Dany was trying to investigate. She was angry about what happened, but revenge was not the only motivation; 3) in the books, Dany learns a lesson from this and becomes the only ruler in ASOIAF to explicitly forbid torture.

Another thing that makes the dragon feeding scene so bad is that Dany tells the masters that she doesn’t care who’s innocent or not. But book Daenerys does care about it:

“We have no proof this is their work. Would you have me slaughter my own subjects?” – Daenerys IV ADWD

Feeding people to her dragons in the show was a criminal action taken by show Dany, and it was made out of revenge, with show Dany saying that she doesn’t care about innocence. This is very different from Dany in the books, and much much darker.

“They don’t talk about Dany enslaving people once she becomes queen”

I don’t talk about this because this never happened. Dany does allow people to sell themselves back into slavery, but only if they want to, and she very clearly doesn’t want to allow it:

Dany was shocked. “They want to be slaves?”

“The ones who come are well spoken and gently born, sweet queen. Such slaves are prized. In the Free Cities they will be tutors, scribes, bed slaves, even healers and priests. They will sleep in soft beds, eat rich foods, and dwell in manses. Here they have lost all, and live in fear and squalor.”

“I see.” Perhaps it was not so shocking, if these tales of Astapor were true. Dany thought a moment. “Any man who wishes to sell himself into slavery may do so. Or woman.” She raised a hand. “But they may not sell their children, nor a man his wife.” - Daenerys VI ASOS

Dany does this because she thinks it’s for the best. Because people convince her that otherwise, those people will live in fear and squalor. But she makes it very clear that no one is allowed to force another person into slavery. And actually, the majority of the former slaves choose to remain free. I write in more detail about this here:

https://rainhadaenerys.tumblr.com/post/182694132667/do-the-slaves-of-westeros-really-want-danys-help#notes

“They don’t talk about how Dany treated Irri”

You mean how Irri started to have sex with Dany on her own free will without Dany ever asking her? You mean how Dany treats Irri wih dignity, respects her consent, and makes it very clear to Irri that she doesn’t have to have sex with her if she doesn’t want it?

"Should I pleasure the khaleesi?"Dany stepped away from her. "No. Irri, you do not need to do that. What happened that night, when you woke . . . you're no bed slave, I freed you, remember? You . . ." - Daenerys II ASOS

Talk all you want about power difference, but Dany respected Irri’s consent, she treated her with dignity.

See also this meta:

https://rainhadaenerys.tumblr.com/post/187867805480/hiya-mindset-love-your-blog-i-was-reading#notes

And they continued on their bullshit:

They repeat a lot of the stuff I already refuted here, but there are some more:

“Jorah killed Rhaego, not MMD”

Mirri Maz Duur admits she killed Rhaego when Dany accuses her:

Dany gestured at Ser Jorah and the others. "Leave us. I would speak with this maegi alone." Mormont and the Dothraki withdrew. "You knew," Dany said when they were gone. She ached, inside and out, but her fury gave her strength. "You knew what I was buying, and you knew the price, and yet you let me pay it."

"It was wrong of them to burn my temple," the heavy, flat-nosed woman said placidly. "That angered the Great Shepherd."

"This was no god's work," Dany said coldly. If I look back I am lost. "You cheated me. You murdered my child within me." 

"The stallion who mounts the world will burn no cities now. His khalasar shall trample no nations into dust." - Daenerys IX AGOT

MMD killed an innocent child for revenge, and to prevent a supposed future. She admits it.

"She said to kill everyone in a tokar, this is every freeborn”

No, the tokar is not worn by every freeborn. The tokar is a master’s garment, and it makes it impossible to work. Those who wore it are only those who have the wealth and power and don’t have to work, aka, the freaking slave masters:

The garment was a clumsy thing, a long loose shapeless sheet that had to be wound around her hips and under an arm and over a shoulder, its dangling fringes carefully layered and displayed. Wound too loose, it was like to fall off; wound too tight, it would tangle, trip, and bind. Even wound properly, the tokar required its wearer to hold it in place with the left hand. Walking in a tokar demanded small, mincing steps and exquisite balance, lest one tread upon those heavy trailing fringes. It was not a garment meant for any man who had to work. The tokar was a master's garment, a sign of wealth and power. - Daenerys I ADWD

Ugh. Then they went on:

Again, this freaking obsession antis have to convince people that they loooooove Daenerys. I could go on refuting this idiot, but it can be summed up in “You Dany stans can’t see things objectively, I’m the only one that uses logic, blah, blah, blah”. They go on to complain that Dany killed soldiers (none of their faves ever killed soldiers, right?), to say that Dany killed slaves and freed people (no, she didn’t), that you can’t see things in black and white and divide the situation into slavers and slaves (I guess they’re trying to say that Dany is bad for killing some supposedly nice slavers), blah, blah blah.

Sorry if I went off, everyone. This made me really angry. Apparently, I’m the biased one that distorts things, and not this idiot.

[batsaboutbats]

Share 6 sentences (or more) from 6 WIPs

taggle toggle I got boggled. <3

Tagged by @meaninglessblah, bc she’s full of spite. XD I don’t have any other friends to tag who haven’t been already, so I’ll just say go visit my A03 if you are interested in anything here because I’ll eventually get around to posting them!

1. (Magic AU): The Pixie Punk

“Should have known.” The man muttered, and Tim could see the reason for his dismay up ahead. The gate was down, and the guards were inside the walls. “I guess we're climbing then.”

“Huh?” Tim rolled ass over head as the man shifted the lantern, tying it to his belt. “Hey!”

“Shh!” Jason hushed him. “It'll be fine, just don't make and noise.”

2. The Touch

“You shouldn't stifle it.” She said firmly. “You paid in spades, doing so before.”

Jason's mouth fell open.

“You've swallowed your awareness of it.” She nodded. “Turned blind eye to it, suppressed it with explanations of science and logic. Magic has no logic and obeys no science, boy. I don't know why you were so desperate to hide it. I don't care. Just... go find yourself a tutor. You owe it to yourself to learn.” She let his hand go. “You're the son of a seventh son and a seventh daughter. You're also the last of your line now. So you're strong. Strong enough to not die when a devil kills you at the very least.”

3. (Young Justice Jason is Catwoman’s protege AU): Tabby Cat

"I'm only here to protect her. I'm not here to be friends." Tabby said after a few moments of awkward, stretching silence. The eyelets of his mask slanted to the bat. "I'll be a good little boy so long as you keep your dick dry and out of my mom, got it?" Robin made the connection when Canary's face twisted into the mask of a person trying to hide amusement and almost succeeding.

"You're Catwoman's sidekick!" He exclaimed.

"And here I thought you were just a little lap dog." Tabby shot back, posture turning defensive.

4. Bats are not Domestic Animals

Unlike every other morning, this morning at 7:04 am, Alfred stumbled over a little tuxedo cat and toppled down the stairs into an undignified and quite injured heap. At 7:06 am, a very underdressed Master Bruce was vaulting down the stairs to his side, reaching for him in a panic that mirrored a child watching his parents be murdered senselessly in a dark alleyway.

The nurse startled when a hand slammed down onto her station. She had had a long night, the emergency room had been insanely busy with car wreck victims and overdose cases and this was Gotham. Loud noises usually came with problems.

Looking up with a grimace, she reached for the button beneath her station to alert security in case of an unruly visitor or patient. The man before her looked like a wreck. He was sweaty, his hair mussed hopelessly in windswept tangles that probably came from riding a motorcycle like a bat out of hell if his brown leather jacket were any indication. He was handsome in a very masculine way, with chiseled features and a strong jaw that made her think of that dog eared romance novel in her desk drawer she'd peruse on breaks. Swallowing down her nerves she smiled, finger inching away from the panic button. He looked upset, eyes tinged red and mouth pressed into an unsure line.

5. Duck Tales

Villainous monologue was par for the course in Tim's life. He'd heard some of the best (Ra's) and worst (Condiment King) though he couldn't say he cared for it. Tim had better things to do, like that  toxicology report on Ivy's new pollen or fabricating new polymers for his new costume. Which was still a work in progress, the brown color scheme blended in well with Gotham's cityscape but he felt the whole look was underwhelming. He actually missed the bright red with yellow accents.

The yellow accents on this outfit just didn't feel the same. The lack of cape also made him feel distinctly naked and he couldn't figure out for the life of him how Nightwing could stand it. He swore the moronic rogue eyeballing his ass every time he tried to round house kick him.

6. (ABO Dark fic : warning, NSFW, graphic depictions of Robin!Jason/Bruce relationship. I will block you if you complain after clicking ok?): How Do You Like Me Now?

“That's not--” Bruce's voice was steady but he swallowed audibly. “Jason, you should wait until you've found your alpha. Your mate...”

“Why?” Jason pleaded. “Why would I want someone else? I want you!” He knew, somewhere in the back of his head where the heat under his skin wasn't burning him alive, that Bruce was right. This wasn't something to take lightly. Yet at the same time nobody else had ever treated him with the same care as Bruce. Nobody else would be good to him.

[lettersandinkstains]

Writeblr Positivity Tag

Tagged by both @cnbotes and @ms-veralis-the-writer, thank you, you two! ♥ And I agree with you, @cnbotes 100%!

Taggles: @bookenders || @dove-actually || @dontwritethatone || @otters-holding-hands || @klywrites || @royalbounties || @ink-flavored || @ofinscriptions || @scottishhellhound || @livvywrites || @igotablankpage || @inexorableblob || anyone who wants to do this, please do and tag me! 

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1. Name (Pronouns)

Silas or Aslan, whichever! I use they/them pronouns ♥

2. Have you ever written a sentence and thought “wow, I’m good”? What was it?

Ooh man, I have! 

They all sing the same tune you do–vacantly echoing your words, as though if they repeat it enough times, it will become true.

Is one! I was super pleased with how the story itself came out!

3. What’s your favourite thing about your current WIP?

I guess with how fleshed out it’s becoming! I’m also really, really glad that people are liking it!!

4. What’s your favourite thing about writing?

The ability to tell a story.

I’m not a big talker in real life--I’m more on the quiet side (of course I’m loud around friends!) and people have thought I was mute on more than one occassion. This comes from a plethora of things, and I found, with time, that writing helped me bring forth whatever my brain came up with. Whether it was fanfiction, my own personal thoughts, or a story that runs through my head.

It has been very therapeutic for me. And another thing too, that I like about it, is that I can reach hundreds of people across the globe who may be able to relate to the character or story or something and feel so much less alone!

5. What’s your biggest writing strength?

Worldbuilding, I think. I’m a big daydreamer on top of being quiet--so I’m constantly going and going and coming up with new things. It doesn’t help that I can see an image or hear a song, and an entire world or character or idea can come from it!

[celtfather]

Dúlamán #648

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[kino-rogers]

Got taggled by the absolute cutie @weedle-testaburger to list 5 things that make me happy :3

1) Spending time with my friends and supporting them

2) My boyfriend

3) Music never fails to cheer me up

4) British comedians and shows (especially The Mighty Boosh)

5) Tumblr friendos :3

Not tagging anyone, anyone can do it :D

[gastlyarts]

In light of the long ramble in response to my little reblog ramble on my main,  I drew a lil Lucas for @/undead-prowess :>

(it seems kinda weird for me to tag? i dunno haha, i’ll put a forward slash just in case)

[jodeeeart]

getting to know you, getting to know all about you...

Tagged by @inkiedinkie in this questionnaire thingymebobs.  I thought it would be quite fun to do one of these things. Thank you for the taggle. Now I now you’re meant to tag 20 people but if you know mre... then you know I never do that bit ha ha. However, feel free to pillage these q’s and answer away. 

RULES: Answer 28 questions and tag at least 20 blogs you would like to get to know better

Now onto the interrogation:

Name: Jodie

Nicknames: None. Well, none that I am aware of at least ha ha.

Gender: Female

Star sign: Gemini

Height: 5.9”

Time: 11.37

Birthday: June 18th

Favourite bands: Type O Negative, Bell Witch, Yob, Acid Bath, Pentagram, Alice in chains, Dopelord, CHRCH, Cathedral, Fields of the Nephilim, Warning, Burzum, Gorgoroth, Ufomammut, Black Sabbath. Anything mystical, heavy and morose has my attention really. 

Favourite Solo Artists: Jason Molina and Dax Riggs. The latter is currently consuming my life. I also love Lana Del Rey, sultry thing that she is. 

Song stuck in my head: ‘Preacher Electrick’ Because I am thinking about Dopelord now. 

Last movie I watched: While we’re young because I just need more Adam Driver all the time apparently. 

When did I create my blog: Oof now your asking... I started using it actively when AC 4 came out, I think it had been lying dormant for a year or so before so lets call it 6 years a go?

Last thing I googled: Assassin’s Creed Black flag release date lol. 

Do I have any other blogs: Yeah. I have another bloggle. It’s an inspiration blog, well, it’s full of pretty men, art and music if we’re being honest but I think that all counts ha ha. 

Do I get asks: I do, I love getting asks. Initially, I wasn’t so enamoured with tumblr’s approach to user interactivity and communication but now, it’s probably my favourite of all the socials I use. 

Why I chose my url: It’s a rollover from my dA which is a rollover from my PLi days... going back some there. Double points.

Following: 313

Followers: 19,030  (I love you all.)

Average hours of sleep: Usually 6.

Lucky number: 3

Instruments: That I play? Bass and guitar. To the highest degree of mediocrity I might add but I love it.

What am I wearing: Black, mans XL woolly jumper, Maroon Pants, Black boots. Standard. 

Dream job: To make a living of my personal art. That’s all I want. I used to think I needed a studio or big company job to be fulfilled or to have ‘made it’. A fat set of accolades to boast about, that kind of thing. Don’t get me wrong, I am very interested in that kind of job but I think if we are talking the ultimate dream, then it would be to support myself from my own work. Same as any artist I imagine. 

Dream trip: I’d love to hit up Italy or go on a Scandinavian adventure. 

Favourite foods: I am a sugar fiend. I also really, really love a cheesy mashed potato. 

Nationality: British. 

Favorite fictional character: oooh I have a few. Kvothe, Heathcliff, Edward Kenway, Sand dan Glokta, Locke Lamora, Kylo ren.... Men that are in some way emotionally damaged, tortured, nefarious, evil, wear black and are romanticised it would seem. How about that.  

[fille-lioncelle]

A very long ask meme

I mean, @towonderland72 should really know better than to ask me to ramble, but she taggled me in this soooo

O N E

1) Name: I have one || Nickname: H, most recently.

2) Zodiac sign: *points at avatar* Leo

3) Height: 1,70m ... almost || Orientation: east, currently, I think? .... pan/bi

4) Ethnicity: central European white

5) Favourite fruit: Generally I think red fruit tend to be my favourites - cherries, strawberries, raspberries. But I love apples too, and pears, and apricots omg and peaches are great and kiwi!! ORANGES!! Grapes are great also. Bananas - delicious. Fucking mangos are a revelation. I don’t much like papaya, but that’s the only one I’ve come across I really didn’t like so far || Favourite Skam season: ... is this related to the fruit question? Anyway, season 3.

6) Favourite book: Come on. Do people really have favourite books? || Favourite flower: roses or peonies probably but I also love poppies and cornflowers (FUCK German nationalists for ruining a perfectly lovely flower) and dahlias. And buttercups!

7) Favorite scent: freshly rained on warm earth, the sea, things baking, roses, vanilla

8) Favorite animal: cats (especially lions), hummingbirds, deer

9) Coffee, tea, or hot cocoa?: yes

10) Average hours of sleep: theoretically, 7-9 but in practice I’m terrible at keeping to a sleeping schedule

11) Cats or dogs?: cats

12) Favorite fictional character: I wouldn’t really say Harry Potter is my favourite fictional character but the attachment I have to that character is pretty singular

13) Dream trip: I used to be a little bit scared of travelling, actually - new places, languages I don’t speak, risk - but now I’m kinda sinking into a “all of it I want to see everything” thing so *wistful sigh* a river cruise maybe, though I’d like it to be on a rented house boat type thing with people whose company I enjoy (along the Loire maybe or somewhere in Scandinavia)

14) When was your blog created?: 2010 I think

15) What do you post about? whatever the fuck I want, but mostly fandom stuff and interesting humanity stuff and food

16) Do you get asks on a regular basis? nope

17) Aesthetic: femme and glamour but also a bit (a lot) hipsterish with the glasses and the knit jumpers and such - how can anyone live with only one aesthetic?! I find your commitment and singular-mindedness frightening in its intensity of direction

18) Favorite band/ artist?: I don’t know.

19) Fictional character I’d date: One date? The list is way too long.

20) Hogwarts house: Gryffindor. I’m on brand like that.

T W O

1) Countries I’ve lived in: just this one

2) Favourite fandom: I don’t know - maybe SKAM, maybe Merlin.

3) Languages you speak: German and English, a little bit of French, less Italian, and technically I used to be okay at reading Latin. So between that I can read basic Spanish and sometimes I can guess at super basic Scandinavian languages because Germanic languages and four seasons of skam (texts)

4) Favourite film of 2017: Call Me By Your Name, probably. Also Wonder Woman. Lady Bird was also great. And I really did like Dunkirk very much.

5) Last article you read: I just read an interview with Ben Whishaw, does that count?

6) Shuffle your music library and put your first three songs here: I’m gonna do this with my spotify collection cause I am a lazy person and I don’t actually have digital access to my rl collection rn. “The Winner Takes It All” - ABBA; “COOL” - Troye Sivan; “Hotter Than Hell” - Dua Lipa

7) Last thing you bought online: I think the Dunkirk screenplay?

8) How would your friends describe you? Writes a lot, loves #discourse more than is bearable, likes baking and cooking.

9) How would your enemies describe you? I’m unaware of having enemies? But if you know some, ask them.

10) Who would you take a bullet for? It’s nice that you think I’m fast enough to make that a decision. If I were, then I’d like to think a whole lot of people. Any child, pretty much. Definitely my little sister. Most anyone I care about. I’d usually rather I be shot. I mean, you didn’t say it’s a lethal bullet...

I’m gonna be extra lazy and do one of those “consider yourself tagged if you wanna do it” things.