#that rule is dumb imo but like GIRL

[jestermeows]

image of leader woman who has unexplained half clan kits, goes "i'm worried about what my clan thinks of me :(" and then as soon as said kits are adults has ANOTHER ONE WITH THE SAME GUY

[rei-ismyname]

Magneto takes over the X-mansion

There's no way they can hear his rant

My dude has just returned to Earth after being abducted by aliens and jacking one of their ships. That shit wasn't the X-Men's fault but they are bootlicking snitches so he decides to destroy them once and for all! And take over their house of course.

Yeah that's him levitating Chuck's house to hurl it elsewhere, but he changes his mind. It's not an island or asteroid but it's a pretty nice house. He puts the X-Men (minus Bobby) in a hot air balloon that they have immense difficulty escaping before they get too high and run out of oxygen. Ironic death mirroring his time in space? Nah it's just a dumb Silver Age villain scheme instead of, you know, killing them. Mags is addicted to drama.

It's Magneto's house now and he's going to redecorate. He blows up Cerebro out of spite which I can definitely respect. FOOM! Just then, Warren's parents arrive to see their kid, but they don't know who this garish character is. 'I? I am power. Men call me Magneto.' I'm so glad Al Ewing brought that back for RoM - it's a great line that sounds utterly unhinged.

Hilariously, they don't blink at that or him and are like 'sure, cool. Tell Warren we're here.' Rich people out of their element in this so-called mansion with a mere three stories, I assume. Mags hypnotizes them (magnets, don't worry about it) and orders them to bed - they politely oblige. I like to think that the hypnotism did nothing and they're just like that. Hospitality!

Chuck's red bald head rules

While Mags is making himself at home and having new friends over, Chuck is struggling in the hot air balloon. Mags locked his brain up with a gizmo but didn't account for his 'counter-ego.' That's even more made up than most of this stuff yet Chuck blows up the gizmo. Early instance of telekinesis IMO. He wakes up the rest of the X-Men and they work on escaping.

Mags needs to solve his personnel problems, getting to work quickly rearranging Chuck's lab. Dude whips up cloning facilities really quickly and figures he can create a mutant army from the Worthingtons' genes. Their son is a mutant so the science checks out. He can even choose what kind of power they have etc. It's incredibly impressive evil science and his mastery of genetics would be very useful right now in the year of our DOOM 2025. Warren's parents sleep peacefully.

Seriously, he created people from nothing in like fifteen minutes. Somehow Magnetism assists this endeavour. One of the Silver Age X-Men's biggest charms is Stan Lee having no idea how magnets work. It's great. Mags delivers a fantastic monologue as he prepares to conquer the world.

One problem - Iceman is here and everyone knows that snowballs beats cloning machines. Mags discovers the sabotage quickly and confronts the youngest X-Man, but Bobby slides away through an ice tunnel. Mags trips and slides after him. I love it.

With some quick thinking Iceman traps Magneto in an igloo, very briefly. It was a great idea but Magnets! Bobby looks like he's in deep shit, desperate for reinforcements. Luckily Cyclops pops the hot air balloon and Marvel Girl cushions their fall. Mags has nobody to blame but himself. That was a weak death trap.

The X-Men rush in to help Bobby but he handles them pretty easily too. Magnets! Will you never learn? They can't beat him, but they can delay him.

As usual, Chuck's brain saves the day, with the X-Men just buying him time. He contacts The Stranger - the alien Mags escaped from - and he wants his pet/test subject back. Magneto is gone in a flash, back to slavery on a distant planet. Warren's folks are fine - they didn't even realise anything was happening - and the clones just disappear.

The old 'look behind you' trick is an old one, and it really helps if you summoned a cosmic entity to handle your problems. Magneto will return!

[freakyshibs]

Shows that were canned too early that deserved better (imo)

We all hate it when we get wayy too invested into a show with good characters, an interesting plot, and a solid setup right? Well it seems that the networks for these shows didn’t really see it that way sadly, some of these shows are known, others aren’t, but this is just gonna be me rambling about how we didn’t get more of these said shows 😭

The Owl House

Now this one I wont dig deep into too long? We did get a solid ending in the end, but we were definitely robbed of a full season 3

The fact that this was Disneys next big thing, (like Gravity Falls) and still got axed kinda baffles me a bit because executives love big ratings

I heard they cancelled it because of it ‘not fitting the disney brand’ (mostly because there were two main gay characters in it) which I thought was super unfair, because they really were that homophobic 💀

All in all, I enjoyed this show and wanted a full season 3

Close Enough

From Regular Show creator J.G Quintel, this show was definitely more for an older audience, and let me say they did amazing at it.

The shows humor didn’t revolve around cussing or sex jokes, (which is what I see all the time now in modern adult animation) and the show was definitely funny!

Unfortunately though, Max cancelled it after 3 seasons due to the merge of Discovery + and HBO Max, with Max canning alot of shows during that time, this being one of them

We kinda sorta got left on a cliffhanger of sorts?? At least imo. Liked the show and wish we had more

Wander Over Yonder

For a show made by Craig McCracken (Powerpuff Girls, Fosters Home) you’d think it would be popular and have a bunch of seasons right?

Well no, with this show only having two seasons after Disney cancelled it because ‘80 episodes were enough for this show’ which is kinda dumb?? I dunno I just don’t like executives and rules and stuff

I remember this show from my childhood, it was really good in my opinion, I feel like we could’ve had more if Disney didn’t cancel it as early as it did

Love you WOY 🫡

Inside Job

The fact that this show left on a cliffhanger too made me even more upset that Netflix cancelled it as early as they did

Not only was this another adult animated show that didn’t rely on cussing or sex jokes, the story was actually really interesting too and if the show did continue, we would’ve had a happy ending

Screw Netflix actually I will never forgive them for this one

Grojband

I CANNOT stress enough about how this show deserved so much more than what it got, I actually would’ve put it at number one, but the next one is kinda justifiable so ._.

From Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton (Total Drama Island) this show featured a kid and his friends that were in a band, and used lead singers sisters diary as lyric ideas, bc they suck at writing them

And I loved it

I swear I don’t think I’ve ever been heavily interested in and emotionally attached to the characters in a show before, it was so good

The songs in this show were also heavenly, I suggest you give them a listen, theyre really good!

Also another reason I really liked the show was because it was a Canadian toon that didn’t revolve around gross out humor (I applaud them for that)

Unfortunately this was a show Cartoon Network screwed over BIG time, with when it came out during the summer it was airing, kids were mostly outside playing, never really gaining an audience, and then after the first half of the season aired, it was on a 2 YEAR hiatus. With fans questioning if the show would ever come back

Fortunately it did! Except Cartoon Network shoved it on their app, and a year later shoved it onto their sister channel, Boomerang. Then, after the show FINALLY ended their first season, the show was immediately cancelled, with Cartoon Network never really giving it a chance

The whole way Cartoon Network handled this show frustrated me immensely, with it having a decent fanbase, and people wanted more (me being one of them:()

The creators even had alot of plans for next said season, but I guess we will never get to see them (unless a Clone High situation happens but that’s doubtful)

Show was very underrated and deserved SO much more, Cartoon Network fumbled this one and the last show Im about to mention

Sym Bionic Titan

This sci fi animated series by Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Dexters Lab) only lasted one season with 20 episodes

With Cartoon Network cancelling it because of the failure to produce a TOY LINE

The fact this show got axed because of toys just makes me so upset

This was one of those shows that also left on a cliffhanger sadly, so we never really got to see how this show properly ended

With Genndy even saying that he wrote 10 more episodes, but now we will never get to see them

ALSO THE SHOWS SOUNDTRACK WAS SO GOOD?! Love when shows put banger songs in the bg, reminded me so much of Clone High

Anyways thats pretty much it? These are just my opinion tho, everyone is entirely different

[nathanialhowe]

"regrets of a mother who knew she would never see me again" WHERE IS YOUR RAGEEEEEEE

RISE

RISE

RISE

WHERE IS YOUR FUCKING RAGEEEEEEEEEEE

why flatten flemeth so hard dude she rules as a character as a problematic and abusive mother like it rocks so hard. why do all that. toothless, dare i say TOOTHLESS!!!!!!!! sick!!!!!!

DID YOU KNOW THIS GAME IS ABOUT REGRET BTW?

i like tht mythals voice is all whispers and strange voices and not just like some stupid bitch in my wifes head though that was still fun and consistent with what we knew from inquisition. so much of this is stupid imo though. i found myself tuning out or losing interest and focus halfway thru LOLLL

also morrigan by proxy caring about solas and mythals relationship to the point where she wouldnt align against him is SOOOOOOO FUNNAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEE like you cant convince me even a high friendship'd/romanced/kieran-having morrigan would GAF about that shit!!!!!!!! tell me why she wld care!! damn!!!!

i Enjoyed the concept of morrigan having to reflect on misjudging solas during the events of inquisition and saying its "not a memory that brings [her] pride" cus its funnie to me though. i love how otherwise she sweeps that under the rug tho like

aint like that now...

honestly its so crazy cus i thought at LEAST morrigan would be written well in this game but nah....shes not even calling you a dumb stupid bitch its so sad....grrr i miss my wife...my forever girl....i wish flemeths relationship to her was done justice but HONESTLY even in inquisition it was heading down this path imo with the introduction of the "you were never in any danger child" BS but its fine i guess. i think mostly its just sad to me that flemeth/mythals actual rage and spite and hatred for the world is being downplayed....where is your rage.......

[dearweirdme]

i wanted to talk abt this before,

i do believe jm dated that daeun girl there’s a lot of proof, however, it ended pretty terrible and i believe she is the person jm speaks about on face… about wanting him for money and blindsiding him and i feel like she’s going crazy on socials right now either for attention or to annoy fans. since all of her pics are old and correlate to 2021/2022. i hope he finds someone that loves him for who he is and not for his status or what they can get from him. i feel like armys in general are mostly ignoring her because she wants a reaction out of it. if confirming her past relationship w jm is what she wants, it’s kind of dumb to do it now - isn’t it? it’s giving jennie posting the paris pics weeks later to gain a reaction out of it.

i do believe they wanted, i just think is now over and it didn’t end on good terms.

Hi anon!

Personally I’m not ruling out them having been broken up for a while but restarting their relationship at one point.

I think women are always way to easy looked upon as attention seeking and acting out emotionally. But when we consider that Daeun and Jm are equals (when you’re in a relationship outside opinions on someone being famous would hopefully not matter) I can also see her posts as her being possessive and wanting to make it clear that he’s hers. It is as much her right to speak about their relationship as it is his. I think in relationships we often want to show how much the other means to us and it’s possible imo that that’s what she’s trying to do. I don’t think she’s going about it the right way, but then again it’s really not up to me to decide what way someone should act.

If we consider the possibility that Daeun thinks the way Idols and their relationships are being regarded is stupid.. then to me her behavior could make sense.

I agree though that the lack of recent footage is weird in this case. So basically.. I’m not sure of anything accept that she very clearly links herself to Jm and that I most definitely think they were involved at one point.

[dulcewrites]

you will hopefully watch hotd s2 and tell us ur thoughts my liege 🙂‍↕️

Ok so i was thinking about how to answer this because like… I’m not going to watch the full thing 💀. I only watched a couple of the episodes in entirety. I would say the only, and I truly mean only, good thing that’s come out of the rampant leak culture within this fandom is that I didn’t have to waste my time on a show that would not live up to my expectations. Which is wild because while I was excited for s2, my expectations were low.

I think my largest problem with hotd is not the changes or the plot points themselves, but how we get there. So I’ll just give you a couple of thoughts I had by character (gonna lump some together bc how storylines went):

Rhaena, Baela, Corlys, and Rhaenys: I’m lumping them together bc that’s essentially what the show does. Now this may be a #controversial opinion but the Velaryons gave Rhaenyra’s cheerleaders in f&b so I’m not surprised that’s their role in the show. People seem to the think the Velaryons were not makers of their own demise when honestly they were. Viserys and Rhaenyra played a big role don’t get me wrong, but they (Corlys) were hellbent on having his blood on the throne. IMO they are being portrayed as beholden to Rhaenyra, which they were in the book. That being said, show doesn’t help an already poor portrayal. Baela not advocating for Rhaena to get the Driftwood throne after Corlys offers it to her makes no sense. The “I am fire and blood” line from her was corny (she is her grandmother’s child lol) and just weird considering she is ALSO salt and sea because of her mom??? She was literally fostered by her grandmother on Driftmark?? It just goes back to this idea that everyone needs to prop up Rhaenyra. And how Rhaenyra’s plight is most important. Bc why cant Baela and Rhaena advocate for themselves while advocating for Rhaenyra. It would actually only strengthen Rhaenyra’s point.

Rhaenys had her moments but the way the writers clearly use her as a sounding board is heavy handed. Her death fell flat for me bc honestly idc. The writers handled Corlys’s affair poorly. At the same time Rhaenys being a “he knows where home is” woman makes sense for her lmao. She’s def that brand of faux liberal white women that immediately folds for the men around them.

Rhaena possibly claiming a dragon is all around a dumb choice. I do think it was interesting watching Rhaenyra make it clear that the girls are sort of expendable. I don’t think she hates them or anything, but at the end of the day her priority is her boys. Hence why she had no problem taking even more agency from a girl clearly struggling with being the black sheep of her family. She basically tells Rhaena that since she has no dragon, the best thing she can do is be a caregiver.

Tangent but I don’t think Jeyne was as rude as people insisted she was. She’s been ruling for some time and lrb is taking a leap supporting Rhaenyra. Why is it bad she expected Rhaenyra to uphold her end of the bargain.

Daemon and Alys: Harrenhal did the heavy lifting. I appreciate them leaning into the magic and mystery around it. It is one of the through lines that made sense and was carried out. That being said, and I’m fine with people calling me bias for saying this, but Daemon is simply not very interesting to me. That whole thing was at its most interesting when Rhaenyra was yelling at him. The plotline was dragged out for too long and almost feels futile considering how it ended.

I like the story they have began for Alys. It would have been very easy to do the seductive, evil witch thing. I like that she’s off kilter but also very grounded and normal. That being said, I don’t trust them with her 🤷🏽‍♀️

Jace: I appreciate them finally acknowledging how Jace feels about his parentage. He sees how fragile the lines of legitimacy are and he’s scared. I think it sets a good parallel between Rhaenyra and Viserys as parents. She is putting her children, at least Jace and Joffrey, in the same position Viserys put her in. But despite the enjoying the choice, there isn’t anything that special something with this plot imo. Emma does sort of act circles around Harry at times and it can be hard to watch but he did a pretty good job with the stuff the writers gave him.

Rhaenyra: I… honestly don’t know what to say about her lmao. I feel like she always gets taken to a point where she can be really fascinating… then they immediately reign her back out of fear she will come off “unlikeable”. Which is crazy bc it’s been established that the general public, regardless of what is actually happening, will side with Rhaenyra. So, why not have some fun with her. I often walk away not knowing what kind of character or person they want Rhaenyra to be. I can’t even really call her complex. She’s like a bunch of tropes just sort of mashed together when the plot sees fit. Emma deserves better material.

Also the constant mentioning the prophecy is so annoying. I thought it added an interesting layer to Rhaenyra’s story in the beginning but it’s almost becoming a get out of jail free card. All her choices can be chalked up not to ambition or want but to some random riddle.

Whew ok now let’s get into the messy part

Criston: Easily had some of the best/consistent writing not only for team green but the whole show this season. But people are hellbent on hating him so much of it just goes unnoticed. The only ire I have with Criston storyline is alicole. Not them together in a vacuum (I said before i see the beauty in both alicole and rhaenicent, though both are better when things are left unsaid), but more not knowing how they got together. The hard cut to them having sex as two repressed people leaves much to be desired. It’s basically set up to make them look like hypocrites despite Alicent being a widow and Criston knowing her for essentially two decades. Have them be together versus having blood and cheese play out like it did in the book, with Alicent being with Helaena and the kids, sort of proved to me the relationship was used as a gotcha moment.

But him calling Alicent a beacon is sweet.

Helaena: Ummm ???? Much like how Rhaenys is just a sounding board for the writer to hammer us over the head with, Helaena’s dreams get used at the whims of the plot. Because how did Helaena go from speaking in riddles that even she doesn’t seem fully understand to knowing exactly what they mean? Seeing that far into the future? Either that was just something made up so she could get a dig in against Aemond (blaming him for everything which is… a choice). Or they were used to absolve daemon (not good) or used to retroactively try and fix problems created by GOT (yawn).

Possible she’s always known what her dreams meant and just decided not to make them understandable (NOT GOOD!!).

She barely grieves Jaehaerys pass the funeral on screen. I thought the “they killed the boy” line was weird. Why not just say his name 💀💀💀? Alicent calls him the boy too like ???? Also we are supposed to believe the bug girl doesn’t want to ride her dragon….

I think the only bright spot of her storyline has been the bond between her and Alicent. It makes sense that Alicent would cling to her daughter who she sees as innocent and that Helaena would seek refuge in her mother.

Aegon: another #controveral opinion maybe but whenever people are like poor Aegon, I just think of that clip from Big Little Lies where Madeline is like “I don’t give a fuck about homeless people!” 😭 (I swear it makes sense in context). It’s sort of the same problem for me that I had with Jace. The arc is fine, set up well especially compared to others but like… eh 🤷🏽‍♀️. Plus all the Aegon stans being weird about Alicent are doing too much at times. Like were yall not also complaining about his writing in s1.

Aemond: I did like that they leaned into Aemond making it seem like he did mean to kill Luke. But in private clearly having guilt over it. I think it was the best choice they could make considering the change to Luke’s death. Just knowing how insecure Aemond is, it would make no sense for him to admit to not having full control over Vhagar in that moment. Them not showing us Alicent’s response to him killing Luke goes in the alicole pile of missed opportunities. Like did he even try to explain or was he hellbent on pretending from jump.

It’s strange to me that people thought his resentment towards Aegon came out of nowhere. It’s pretty much set up from the first moment the two of them interact in s1. I don’t think any of the points Aemond had made about Alicent and the war (ie saying that she was the one that mentioned them being in danger) were wrong but I think the sudden aggressive nature towards Helaena was weird.

Alicent: well… where do we begin lmao? I already touched on why I didn’t care for the alicole thing. Let’s just address the elephant in the room: this whole “Alicent is free” bs isn’t real bc she’s still under the subjugation of a Targaryen - this time it’s just Rhaenyra So that’s supposed to make it better in some people’s eyes. I’m sorry but even as someone who has gone on record saying that I think the change they made to Rhaenicent was the best one, I can’t just let poor execution slide. I don’t even think Alicent having little loyalty to Aemond or Aegon comes out of nowhere. She has constantly, to a fault, reaffirmed her trust in Rhaenyra. What I don’t like is the writers first saying that Alicent needs to be humbled… as opposed to what? The super confident Alicent that’s always winning??? Then painting her coming to Rhaenyra as her choosing herself or some sort of liberation. Ok, then why can’t she say one mean word about the man that abused her? Why is it that she can see through Otto (or at least she did at the end of s1… another thing that was seemingly undid). But not Viserys, the man who happily went along with it. Why does Rhaenyra get have a moment where she realizes much her desire towards daemon was envy for what daemon represented. Or realizing he is a tool in her subjugation and how she’s sort of stuck in this weird space with him (she even says that when she was young, him being difficult was a “challenge” but as an adult she realizes how fraught that is). But Alicent continues to insists that Viserys was a good man, father, husband, and king… all things that aren’t true.

Every person in the show at nausea talks about how great Viserys was. The writers even say him and Alicent had a “loving relationship”, so clearly they don’t think that man maritally raped her. It’s odd they write her, even without the modern tools we have to explain gross relationships like the one Viserys started, to understand her children are by products of an injustice but she can’t disparage the man who did said thing to her.

People will be like “Well, she’s an abuse victim, of course she would feel that way. Some victims do learn to love their abusers as a coping mechanism.” Which is true. But if the narrative continues to tell us one thing, it is clear the makers of the show actually think that. By those rules, they don’t see Alicent as a victim. There lies the issue in how they write her. It sounds absolutely vile to say a rape victim who spent all her adult life suffering needs to be knocked down a peg. Ryan even mentioned Driftmark knife scene which strange. Alicent immediately admonished herself for that and the next episode was begging Rhaenyra to come back. She has always humbled herself for others.

If it was really about protecting Helaena and her granddaughter, why not just go? Better yet, why not realize that you are two queens with a princess and that will surely raise questions regardless of where you go? Isn’t Alicent supposed to be politically savy - she says as much to Aegon. Why run to Rhaenyra and self flagellate for her enjoyment. Why does Rhaenyra essentially spew back every criticism the gp has about Alicent? And why does Alicent just take that if it is about liberation.

There are plenty of other people who have expressed the problems with Alicent’s writing better than I have but this is just my thoughts.

TLTR: I think by trying to make people more sympathetic or interesting, the writers/showrunners have stripped any need for a war. The whole “women good and don’t like war - men bad and do like war” is so trivial and frankly very strange to watch as a woman. It is possible to show Alicent and Rhaenyra realizing the price of war without completely pecking at the story. Which is saying something because Fire and Blood itself is bare bones and not great at all. If the end goal is just proving that war isn’t needed and stripping any motion each side has to fight… why tell THE war story in Targaryen history.

[agaypanic]

who is your favorite character from each show you write about? and why?

ooo this is fun

Derry Girls - i honestly can't choose between james and clare, i love them both so much!! james seems so awkward bc he doesn't know what's going on and clare is so funny when she gets panicky, i love the english fella and the wee lesbian lmao

I Am Not Okay With This - stan!! he's just so unapologetically himself, plus i love his style. his fits go hard. (also i love bloodwitch, i'm so glad that netflix made an album for a fake band lmao)

My Babysitter's A Vampire - obvi benny, that man's the love of my life (atticus mitchell is so dreamy). he's like one of those guys that immediately comes to mind when someone brings up stereotypical disney 2010s boys. but rory is so close up there, i love dumb blonde men

Malcolm In The Middle - malcolm!!! despite being an only child, i relate to him a lot. he's the whole reason i started writing for mitm in the first place

The Maze Runner - gally, mainly bc he's the only tmr character i write for (although ive only written one thing for him and it was over a year ago). i absolutely love will poulter, plus gally's so real for being like "fuck this greenie we can't trust him" bc imagine being stuck somewhere for 3 years and this newbie comes along and breaks all the rules and figures out how to get out in like less than a week (love thomas tho)

That 70's Show - eric!!! i love nerdy beanpole men. he has his moments but for the most part i think he's def one of the best members of the friend group (the writers did him and topher so dirty at the end tho, making him have like no direction in life and then making him move to africa and break up with donna, that felt so out of character imo) (topher grace <333) (i still have to see that 90s show, if youve seen it lmk if its good!! no spoilers tho pls lmao)

iZombie - even if i wrote for more than just him, i love ravi. again, i love nerdy men. there's just something about him and his sweaters that has me kicking my feet and giggling. also, when he ate that brain the first time we see him getting his monthlies RAHHHH made me feel stuff

obvi i love all the characters i write for but for some fandoms, i def have favorites lol

[iridescentmidnights]

Thank you for answering my question earlier .I appreciate it

If you do end up making Sky and Stella twins,would he have powers too or just be a specialist ? What would his powers be ? and are he and Bloom still a couple ?

Are any of the girls LGBTQ ?

Is Daphne gonna be resurrected in your rewrite (assuming you even do a rewrite of season 5)or will she just be dead and a disembodied spirit ?

Is Roxy’s backstory the same as it was in Season 4 ? (And if it isn’t what are the changes ?)

Do the Terrestrial fairies exist ? If so what role do they play ?

What transformations are you keeping in your rewrite ?

Is Diaspro gonna be redeemed ? Or a reluctant ally to the Winx ? (please don’t let there be drama between her and Bloom about Sky)

Is Domino gonna be revived (like it was in SOTLK ?) since I’m assuming that’s the realm that Bloom would’ve ruled if it hadn’t been destroyed

Thanks for asking! I like answering where I can ⸜(*ˊᗜˋ*)⸝

So regardless of their possible twinsies status Sky does have magic it's just very weak sun magic making him a "disappointment", in a similar vein Darcy has very powerful lunar magic and is also a "disappointment" while Stella gifted with equal amounts of powerful magic for both. Solaria had to step up and rule over an additional court of refugees and need a monarch to be seen a powerful unified pillar of strength for the people. Sky still becomes a specialist.

Bloom/Sky never happens, she does develop a crush but he doesn't return her affection because he's gay. In fact the vast majority of the main cast are LGBTQ including Bloom herself. The list of het/straight characters is so short I can count the characters on one hand. Like the only main character that isn't LGBTG is Stella which still doesn't change her queer platonic relationship with Bloom in the slightest.

The rest is basically all spoilers, the most I can say about Roxy's backstory and the Terrestrial fairies is that there's no natural magic on Earth at all. As for the transformations I'm keeping all of these and have made a few original ones to better suit some of the Winx. Diaspro has a very different part to play but that's spoilers (please note I love Diaspro a lot actually). As for Domino (yes that's the name of Bloom's court (Sparks sounds better imo in context but super dumb as a fantasy fairy court name) and Daphne I have a few ideas on how that storyline ends so it might end similarly or very different. Sorry that these aren't very forth coming.

[shaftking]

I agree with your assessment of the Barbie movie. Tbh I thought it was pretty stupid. I get that the message is about gender equality, but I’m not a fan of how the real world was depicted as this super misogynistic place for some reason, and then this one character goes on this long rant about how hard it is to be a woman, and I just didn’t relate to any of it. I’m tired of womanhood being depicted as a universal experience like this. The ending was pretty lame and wasn’t built up properly either imo. I think the filmmakers had good intentions but ultimately fumbled and filled the movie with too much cringe and on the nose commentary to be enjoyable.

For sure definitely too much cringe on the nose commentary. And they almost had something with Ken not actually being able to accomplish anything in the real world bc he has no skills but then they went and added that dumb line directly after they told him he’s not qualified being like “don’t worry men still rule the world were just more subtle about it now *wink*” like what??? And then Barbie at the end of the movie at the gyno like all women are is having pussy and trying to be perfect all the time?

Why did the movie even need any of this hamfisted messaging, would it have been such a loss to have just made a fun silly movie about Barbie coming to the real world bc in the real world someone was playing with her weird and it was wigging her out? I’m not even against having some nods to the fact that Barbie is, for a lot of girls and women, an aspirational woman figure. Her whole thing is “be who you want to be” and comes with the undertone that you can be capable and skilled and beautiful and these things don’t contradict each other.

Also I think the makers had no idea how little girls actually play with their Barbies bc otherwise wayyy more than one would be “weird Barbie” than just Weird Barbie. It definitely felt like the writers refused to kill their darlings and ended up with a movie that at best needed revisions to create anything approaching subtle and nuanced.

[omens-and-more]

"Important question: Did anyone read those comics and is Noah a good writer lol"

I've read the comics and the story is not good imo. Hopefully someone can correct me if I'm dumb, but from what I gathered, the story is about gangs? Who run LA. There's a guy in charge of it all (the rule maker) and BO want to overthrow him. They want people to make art.

The katana girl Mira is one of the opposing gang people, but she's actually on BO's side.

There are funny parts, cringe parts and the artwork is good but also weird things that are never explained. It's confusing but I did like the last issue.

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[scheherazades-vigil]

This really, really depends whether there are infinite universes, or only the ~100 shown. And then the five. Three. One. Smth like that. If it's limited then sure, he's being weird. If he's pulling a Dr Strange (sigh), then there's really no reason to suspect this. I mark it entirely open to interpretation, personally.

Does anyone really expect that much from Jayce? I HOPED he'd quit the machinations of politics so I could at least feel like he was having an honest relationship insofar as not playing the part of political pawn. He could be both, sure, but I'd definitely rather he just not be a pawn. No Mel hate, but they almost set her up as a "good," entitled Silco parallel in s1 (magical girl in S2). Isee that take a lot, which I don't consider an unrealistic burden to place on him. It was on her the entire time, more. She's great. She's good at what she does. She's sexy. She's manipulative. (She belongs with Lest! xD)

He wasn't supposed to *diagnose* shit, that's hyperbole. Unless you're in some mega different circles from me. He was just not supposed to be ditching his partner (romance or no! Priorities, Jayce, you are still a scientist) for, what I call tell, smoozing revelry like 75% of the time, and if Vik's unless factors in, it's that he'd have known about it ages ago. Viktor would trust him more bc he's not acting like a politician. Yes, they need funding. That's true. But I think no one really takes into account that PR actually EXISTS for a reason, and the Main Dude only needs to show for special shit. And anyone could guess that council business was dumb; you can't ACTUALLY affect change from a corrupt system while acting as an agent of the corrupt system unless you're, idk, Mel or smth. Speaking of, she's really the only reason he felt like he had to, people pleaser that he is. Don't get me wrong, I'd have a hard ass time turning it down for much of the same response. I'd cop out with some I'm needed for the growth of hextech and that can't occur if I'm split between two parties uh thank you bye! No I'm serious, bye! *Runs*

S2 was bad writing. Arcane Gerald stuff was silly and an overreach. Needed a separate series imo. This needed to be PnZ, JnV. End of

You're overthinking it. Far be it from me to say there's no obscure, bizarre, and obnoxious corners of this fandom, but if *I* have to dive just to find any, I'm not sure what to tell you.

Jayce is great. He's an immature, naïve himbo. He's genuine, kind warm, caring. He kills Viktor for some reason. Did Mage!Vik tell him to? Was he hallucinating from salamanders? They didn't really care. Was it just? Was Viktor legit unreachable? Was the commune any worse than Zaun's perpetual suffering under the immovable foot grinding upon it? Was being psychically connected inherently evil? Is transhumanism and science itself even (that, apparently, they do think)? They want us to draw that conclusion for ourselves, apparently, because committing to the bit requires consistency. It's lazy writing, and I think that's what everyone is picking up on. Whether they attribute it elsewhere or not.

Viktor owns up to his fuckups the same as Jayce; doing any like blipping or dying for no essential reason. Magic rules blah blah. Caitlyn did worse for a happier end than Jayce so IDK. Why are you hyperfixated on this Jayce/Viktor comparison? Too many disparities. Could easily bitch about Jayce getting the credit for "living Viktor's life" by breaking his leg with the symbol of his own (choice) progress. Viktor was born with it, presumably. By climbing from Zaun to Piltover, and I can't decide which has the easier role there bc politics and discrimination vs muscle, grit, and determination, but I also don't care so whatever lol. Point is, if anyone hates Jayce, it's the show/writers. They made him suffer a lot of strange shit. But it was all a mirror of Viktor; he died by his choice, Viktor was terminal regardless. All the bad shit in the mirror realm of doom was a reflection of his own choices in life., or just the fact he has any. Personally think the entire team between Fortiche and Riot and whomever was so at odds that none of it adds up lol.

Anyway. I don't see a majority hating Jayce, but, the little I've seen was baseless hate because they felt like it. I didn't see any real story there.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ my two cents mate

so, uh. is it just me or does the whole “only you” thing feel kinda off?

not to kill the vibe, cos trust me, i loved the concept initially and bawled my eyes out watching the last ep, but like… now that I’ve had time to sit with it, something about it feels weird. not bad necessarily, but off. 

like, yeah, it is viktor putting ultimate trust in jayce, which is sweet and all, but it also kinda frames viktor as this weirdo who’s so egoistically obsessed with jayce that he’s willing to doom them both (and the world) just cos he can. and idk, i feel like the way the fandom has been romanticising this whole soulmate thing kinda overlooks the fact that this scenario also implies that viktor either never tried to fix things with himself in other timelines or that he tried once or twice, failed, and just went “welp. jayce will handle it then”.

and that’s where it starts bugging me, cos this fandom already loves dumping all the responsibility onto jayce’s shoulders, like, he was supposed to psychically diagnose viktor’s condition in s1, be the perfect politician and solve every conflict in piltover, personally ensure the council never made a bad decision, etc. etc. and now we’re also subtly shifting viktor’s responsibility to deal with the arcane herald stuff onto him, cos viktor himself decided that jayce will fix it anyway, so why even bother.

idk. maybe i’m just overthinking cos i’m tired of how this fandom treats jayce and how it refuses to let viktor actually own up to his fuckups, but just the more i think about this “only you” twist, the weirder it feels.

[sapphicwhxre]

ASTERIA'S 2.5K FOLLOWER FIC REC LIST

i read fics just as much as i write them so here are some of my favourites. tysmsm for this milestone, i love you all <3 quick note: i didn't re-tag anyone if i recommended more than one of your works because of the tag limit.

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hermione granger

tuesdays - @stupxfy

probably one of my all time favs for hermione. it's just so well written and adorable and fluffy and yes.

if i could tell her - @hellounicorn

pining, pining, PINING. the way these emotions and hermione's described is just... art. perfection. there's a happy ending and it is so worth the build up.

darling dearest - @dracolvr

fluffy goodness. read to be hopelessly in love with hermione ─ which, let's be real, we all are.

november rain - @pansydaisy

uhm i love this one sm. it's so simple but amazing ─ everyone has their days like this and having hermione to cure them? it's what everyone needs.

i need more - @15-dogs

i sobbed the first time i read this. it'll break your heart but it's so amazingly written that it's worth the sadness. actual gut wrenching / mindblowing writing.

how the potter girls react to you in lingerie - @pottersanime

the title. need i say more?

honeyed eyes - @minty-malfoy

HEAVEN. being hermione's first kiss as friend? but both of you idiots liking each other? oh my god, sign me up.

hugging her from behind - @pastanest

again, the title. read to feel 🥺💙

grey days - @pepperimps01

PANSMIONE 😌😌 it's angsty with a happy ending and i love it sm. this does such a perfect job of capturing pansy and hermione's relationship growing and having its ups and downs with just a few paragraphs. honestly so good

grenade - @hellounicorn

another one that'll make your heart shatter. but in the best way. these are the fics i live for where the you can't help but feel like it's really happening to you and hermione and god it's so fucking powerful. underrated writing right here in general. and also pansmione is the loml so it hurts in that way.

honeybees - @pansydaisy

fluffy aesthetic heaven.

lead the way - @teacup-tai

more pansmione but this is pure filthy thinking and satisfies all the sexual tension dreams pansmione shippers have.

two queens in a king sized bed - @shysneeze

domestic christmas morning with hermione and it's angelic.

would you still love me if i turned into a worm? - @minty-malfoy

one of those blurbs i never imagined i'd read or love so much. not to mention it's spot on and adorable.

pansy parkinson

right and wrong - @starrkidmalfoy

a first kiss and the overdone trope that i will never get sick of, the bitch who's soft only for you. the descriptions in this are perfection and the writing is beautiful <3

messed up - @writseo

toxic, messed up love fics will be the death of me. insane how well you captured it all and i just yes damn fucking props.

pansy parkinson imagine - @moonlight-imagines

*screams* THE BEST FRIEND BANTER + THE ENDING OH MY GOD OH MY GOD ─ I SCREAMED WHEN I FIRST READ THIS. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.

dating pansy would include - @lotsoffandomimagines

ABSOLUTE POWER COUPLE SHIT and to this day, pansy saying "jealous much?" when being scolded for pda remains iconic.

grey days - @pepperimps01

as i said before: PANSMIONE 😌😌 it's angsty with a happy ending and i love it sm. this does such a perfect job of capturing pansy and hermione's relationship growing and having its ups and downs with just a few paragraphs. honestly so good

new rules - @silversslytherin

excuse me this is immaculate ─ pansy is the best friend and the second you see that she's also the best s/o, you're done for. perfection.

study "dates" - @turning-dreams-into-chaos

the title is self explanatory and this whole thing is fluffy heaven <3

how the potter girls react to you in lingerie - @pottersanime

read the title, thank me later.

lead the way - @teacup-tai

more pansmione but this is pure filthy thinking and satisfies all the sexual tension dreams pansmione shippers have.

traitor - @hufflepuff-writings

a masterpiece where pansy chooses the wrong side in the battle of hogwarts. this ties up so well and the writing is so powerful.

back alley love potions - @a-simple-imagine

this actually hurts but in a beautiful way. watching pansy give draco a love potion is such a fucking concept and this is executed incredibly.

my little bunny - @emmamarie7708

pansy making you do this is so dirty yet she's slightly sweet and i am a sucker for it. god is a woman and her name is pansy fucking parkinson.

pansy parkinson imagine - @moonlight-imagines

i'll let pansy beat people up for me all day. they put me in madame pomfrey's, feel my girlfriend's wrath.

ginny weasley

blissful - @enyastasia

fluffy ginny goodness. the friends to lovers? the amazing kiss? 🥺🥺🥺💞💞 this fic lives in my heart <3

bubble pop electric - @hunnypot-imagines

this is hotter than a lot of actual smut and the chemistry is so... wow. ginny weasley owns me.

dear ginny - @alyssamalfoy

how does this short ass letter manage to make me feel so much. it's sorcery but i don't even care, it's beautiful.

wildflower - @pansydaisy

will i ever get tired of cheeky i love yous? not when loves like ginny weasley and ayli's so so pretty writing exist.

all i want - @hellounicorn

ouch. fuck you harry :) quite possibly the best ginny fic i have ever read. insanely talented writing, i genuinely feel every touch of emotion you put down and you need to know how amazing that is. keep breaking my heart.

linny hcs - @bluebirdlinginthenest

who doesn't need good linny content in their life?

how the potter girls react to you in lingerie - @pottersanime

sexy bitch, fuck me up.

willow - @padmeamiala

ginny is the loml. her brothers can cry about it.

bellatrix lestrange

attempting to bake with bellatrix - @carters-coffee

MY FAVOURITE BELLA FIC ─ there's not enough bellatrix fluff out there but this makes up for the lack of. heaven.

bellatrix prompt - @carters-coffee

this gives me chills. she knows she's a bad bitch and that's what we love about her.

change of plans - @dumb-sbian

why THE FUCK have i not had a rainy morning with bellatrix? she can sleep and mumble something just like this and i'm still head over heels for her.

being tortured as bellatrix's girlfriend - @writings-of-a-british-fangirl

definitely a concept BUT this makes me feel some type of way and i recommend giving it a minute of your time 😌

bellatrix finding out you're a muggleborn - @carters-coffee

the beauty, the nuance omg. this is art.

bellatrix prompt - @carters-coffee

yep jealous bella. trust me, im all yours mommy <3

sex with bellatrix would include - @onegayastronaut

so short but... sign. me. up.

luna lovegood

never leave - @/deactivated

luna smut is hard asf to come by and this is my favourite. it's so luna and the pain over her not knowing, not getting that closure about how you feel until this is an amazing rollercoaster.

she - @hunnypot-imagines

the beauty of falling in love with luna, through this majorly talented writing. ten out of fucking ten. i will not elaborate but there's also majorly good association in this imo.

silver berries and flickering fireflies - @duskgrangers

i love this fic so much. she's so herself and that is why we ✨ simp ✨ and the scene set just sounds so prettyy

how the potter girls react to you in lingerie - @pottersanime

luna + this title? yes please, ma'am i am simping.

would you still love me if i turned into a worm? - @minty-malfoy

put me in your pocket luna. im begging you.

dancing in the rain with luna - @/deactivated

only luna would get you a dress to go dancing in the rain and this is the stuff of blissful, fluffy dreams.

hugging her from behind - @pastanest

short and cute, do me a favour and read it :)

dating luna lovegood would go like - @glossymalfoy

life is NOT worth it if you don't read these cute little headcanons and imagine dating ravenclaw's baddest bitch.

linny hc - @bluebirdlinginthenest

like i said, who doesn't need good linny content?

cho chang

strawberry kisses - @pansydaisy

the only cho fic i've been able to find and it's SO WORTH IT. the cutest, it flows so well, and i absolutely love it. i need this with cho tbh.

fleur delacour

toutes les etoiles - @coffee--writes

im in love with fleur and this amazing writing. and for the first time since i started high school, my three years of taking french feel good for something.

being best friends with fleur would include - @harrypotter-imaginess

not romantic but actually so sweet pls. i want this friendship in my life so bad.

nymphadora tonks

dating nymphadora tonks would include - @imaginesforgirls

dating her + that warm little feeling of bliss that only HCs can give you

taking care of her after the war - @random-imagines-blog

this kind of hurts in that good ass way and i lovee it. they're simple hcs but i feel for tonks so much and then there's that warm lil feeling when you're the one to put her back together aand now my primary life goal is to help this woman heal.

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harry potter

phosphenes - @minty-malfoy

ok shakespeare, the fuck?? this fic will never not get me right in the heart. the angst, holy fuck. and for once, the reader doesn't hurt harry and let draco walk all over them and it's just done so well. the transition from a toxic relationship to a sweet, loving one PLEASE. it's beautiful.

happy memories - @15-dogs

how does this manage to be so. smutty and fluffy at the same time? this is one of those short ones that has lived in my head, rent-free since i read it. and tbh any fic that includes expecto patronum is guaranteed to be good.

come back to me - @wondernimbus

right from the beginning, it's a mess of emotions both good and bad. that kind of good ass writing that hits you in the heart <3

making out with harry potter would include - @badfvith

read this title. done? now thank me later.

harry prompt - @thoseofgreatambition

harry x a sarcastic swooning bitch is an elite trope idc. short and sweet, i'm marrying this fic.

keep your eyes on the prize - @rowema-ravenclaw

first of all, showing harry up and second, pure fluff (and a little steam) right after. i also love how she writes harry in general because he's totally safe/in love with the relationship but still has that awkward lovable shyness and i just... *sighs*

always - @pansydaisy

uhm i will always love him and always reread this a thousand times so its a fit title + a good read.

late night studying - @lumosandnoxwriting

fuck studying, let his hand stay in my shirt. once again recommending fluffy bliss in the form of a short read that makes me feel things <3

would you still love me if i turned into a worm? - @minty-malfoy

he's so stupid. but he still loves you + this is from our resident perfectly talented writer so its a win.

cuddling after a rough quidditch practice - @badfvith

harry james potter is : b a b y

gryffindor's victory - @rowema-ravenclaw

make me gryffindors fucking cheerleader because HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT. AND THE WRITING IS IMMACULATE PLEASE. just read it, you won't regret it.

draco malfoy

silent treatment - @slytherinwh0re

andy's mad talented and this is just... insert a cheesy chefs kiss. unbelievably adorable but so fucking hot and an actually good smut plot (which is rare lmfao). remind me to give draco the silent treatment every time im upset.

rewards - @malfoysstilinski

so hot PLS. hype him up for the match and get your reward, bye. so good.

reading between the lines - @minty-malfoy

i've said this a thousand times but that's what happens when you've got a mad talented mutual BLESSING everyone with beauty like this. butterflies and warm feelings all around when i read this 💓

point of view - @draconisxcaput

its angst for hermione and fluff for you but overall ethereal writing. i am never going to recover from the pure talent that this is.

im not kidding im dying - @malfoysmatrioshka

i hate being sick with a passion but this... this would make it worth it.

hogwarts express - @/deactivated

draco fucking you because he knows harry's watching. the shit of legends and god is it hot.

draco laughing at you because you can't walk after sex - @glossymalfoy

*motions to the title* fluff with this loser 😌

the cheeseburger - @slytherinwh0re

really short read but this is one of those things i just. didn't know i needed. you're missing out and haven't even realised it if you haven't read about introducing him to cheeseburgers. and that ending is so funny/in character to me i fucking love it.

four am - @malfoysstilinski

domestic draco 🥺 but also sad draco 🥺 and then fluffy draco 🥺

hugging him from behind - @pastanest

real short and it'll brighten your day <3

would you still love me if i turned into a worm? - @minty-malfoy

how is it that this is so stupidly adorable. i love it 💘

ron weasley

heather - @hellounicorn

always making me cry with your fics i swearrr. this is a must-read. having someone but them not really being yours is a beautiful trope and this fic absolutely does it wonderful, poetic justice. your angst is addicting.

apple pie - @pregnant-piggy

ABSOLUTE DOMESTIC BLISS I AM IN LOVE. i don't even like kids or baking that much but this made me so soft. the whole cozy, heavenly vibes from this fic yes yes yes.

jealousy - @writeroutoftime

cliché jealousy turns friends to lovers and i am a sucker for it all over again <3

shaking and trembling - @ronsbadidea

if ron doesn't finger fuck me and then make a cheeky comment about it in class later then WHAT IS THE POINT :(

mixed signals - @iamthecabbage

i've always figured ron is this awkward idiot cutie with a crush and yea, this is it.

fred and george weasley

i love you, but you don't - @george-fabian-weasley

fred's a character i really don't read for often but goddamn. it's the saddest, most beautiful mix of rejection and pain and fred desperately caring but not in the way you want him to ─ an angsty masterpiece.

cockwarming george - @roonilwazlibimagines

because of this filthy gem, i one hundred thousand percent believe that he could make me cum without even fucking me and this is just... it's a good fucking read.

would you still love me if i turned into a worm? - @minty-malfoy

their responses are so wonderfully chaotic and adorable and GOD you're missing out if you haven't read these lil blurbs.

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[wishesofeternity]

what do you think of Rhaenyra?

from the books? I think she's overshadowed and underused in her own narrative because grrm is far too obsessed with her loser ass uncle/husband Daemon and has consciously or unconsciously made HIM the central character of the Dance, to the detriment of every other character. I also think the Blacks suffer because the Greens are not their enemies as much as they're caricatures, which weakens the conflict between the two and is pretty lackluster writing imo.

that being said, from the pieces you get of her, Rhaenyra is visceral in a way that Cersei is visceral, she's angry and raging and alive like wildfire. she's on the brink of greatness and glory but she's her own worst enemy, she's a terrible person and an incompetent tyrannical ruler. she's someone who walks herself to the edge of a burning chasm and thinks she's found gold. she's also someone who stares into the mouth of hell and refuses to flinch. she's bold and selfish, loving and hateful, proud and pathetic. she's hated by history, but she's also remembered, and that is a victory in itself. she's fascinating!

in the show? I see an echo of the character she COULD have been - a radiant bold anguished girl turned sharp and wild by the world she lives in, a world she both rages against and wants to rule, a world that will eventually devour her. but this means nothing because she's been declawed and defanged, she's become passive without any true agency. they refuse to let her be entitled, be selfish, be ruthless. she's just a bland generic badass who's wronged by her nasty enemies, and all her self-made problems are justified and/or solved by her indulgent father and her worthless husband. she's boring, and that's the worst thing a fictional character can be.

Rhaenyra is also framed as the enlightened sexually liberated feminist (she's the crown princess of a feudal society, give me a break) to Alicent's brainwashed consersative Madonna, which I completely disagree with because that's not the reading I have of their characters AT ALL, the idea that Alicent has any power over Rhaenyra is laughable, and it also has a potentially harmful and horrifying message, considering Alicent's experiences as a child bride and rape victim at the hands of Viserys, who is Rhaenyra's primary supporter and enabler, and how despite this they're very keen to hammer the fact that ALICENT is the one oppressing other women and upholding the patriarchy. That's all levels of problematic writing, and it's done with complete bias and worship towards Rhaenyra to the detriment of the female characters around her, which automatically makes me irritated with her. and it's not like Rhaenyra is given any agency, either. she's just...there, as a generic badass we're automatically supposed to root for. it's dumb and I hate it

(also: this is just my opinion based on what I've seen and watched, I'm not, like, passing eternal judgement on her and you can obviously view her differently) (im just clarifying this in case anyone takes personal offence to this answer because people in this fandom are insane)

[atopvisenyashill]

i'm a dumb bitch idiot because i literally thought ot myself on the train ride to work "don't forget those other three you didn't write down" and WHAT DO YOU KNOW. i'll add them to the original post (so i don't fucking FORGET) but the others i wanted to add were:

something with sex workers. could probably just do sex work in asoiaf but i'm trying to decide if that encompasses the tag well enough. it should though?

to crown him is to kill him - like a general king/queenship thing

heiresses regnants and ruling ladies - i talk about them often enough i should just include a damn tag

something with eldest sisters. i'm always comparing like catelyn, cersei, arianne, rhaenyra, asha, aliandra, etc. like women who are not just the oldest sister but The Oldest Sibling because that's a really big thing george likes to do (imo) is have the oldest living relative also be a girl. i'm not sure what to name the tag yet though......

bunch of tags i’ve been trying to add but i’m lazy but i will soon bc they’re thematically relevant and i want to obsess over them-

he’ll have to close an eye - there’s a lot of bitches in this series who lose eyes alright

rhymes with freak - all the theon prophet stuff. i think i’ve tagged all of it but i’m not sure

you have to know your name - i like to refer to this as “ironborn wildin out”

fairy tales in asoiaf - i wanted to include both things considered fairy tales in asoiaf as well as fairy tale references

mythology in asoiaf - ditto for this

courtly and chivalric love - idk why i didn't start this blog with this tag tbh that one's on me. is chivalric a word. is there another word i'm thinking of here.

knighthood and oath keeping - this tag is all fucked up because i tag it like 12 different ways

echoes of sansa and arya - i'm populating that tag rn!!! i did retag some stuff with it though

mother alyssa dolorosa - i might tweak this tag slightly but there's so much crying mom holding her dead oldest son stuff in this series i gotta have something. the "alyssa" part is for the alyssa arryn story btw

jon and the aemons - i have retagged this one but i want to add more to it, i don't have enough maester aemon stuff

robb stark ultimate dead girl haunting the narrative - very proud of myself for adding that one haha

some tags that i want to be very tumblr 2012 about since i already have that sansa/arya tag so whatever-

aligon, from the song under my skin by jukebox the musical (it’s in my playlist lol) - the beating of your heart is making me bleed from within

laenyra - fond and more than fond. maybe its boring whatever!

rhaenyra & jacaerys - haven’t even retagged yet

rhaenyra viserys & daemon - i’ve tagged it just haven’t given it a ✨special tag✨yet

theon & robb - samesies

lyanna & jon - haven’t retagged yet, no special tag yet smh

dunk & brienne - that one is just going to be "dunk and brienne parallels" but i've tagged it really inconsistently so it's kind of fucked up

[ladymorghul]

I know how this might sound, but I feel like the writing sort of validated takes like: her children were never in any real danger, it was all manufactured by Otto, or that Alicent has been unreasonable this whole time. Others have said this but the reconciliation was not a good writing choice. From my understanding, the last time the Greens and Blacks see each other is after Driftmark, after Aemond is permanently disfigured and disabled, after Viserys made it very clear that he would cover for Rhaenyra's treason, going so far as to yell at Aegon (who had nothing to do with the fight, but he couldn't even bother to reprimand Luc or Jace), after Rhaenyra herself suggested Aemond be tortured and pushed Alicent until she snapped. During those ten years Rhaenyra married Daemon, who was Public Enemy #1 (it wasn't just Otto who suggested Viserys make Rhaeneyra heir, it was the entire council because they didn't want Daemon near the throne), and Viserys slowly dying, basically a countdown to the inevitable war. 

When they reunite Vaemond is executed for voicing the exact same concerns (having him call Rhaenyra a whore was to soften Daemon's reaction, I refuse to believe that Vaemond is that stupid when he saw how far Viserys is willing to go to protect Rhaenyra at Driftmark) Alicent has had since Otto's dismissal and no one is punished, instead there's a big happy meal and wait, it turns out that Alicent has been unreasonable this whole time. That it was all in her head, her paranoia created and fed by Otto. So about 20 years worth of terror, Alicent pushing and punishing Aegon for not assuming his responsibility as heir...were all for nothing, smoothed over by a toast? Good queen? Girl, where, when??

The prophecy was dumb. It feels like that was just inserted to 1) keep the plot going because no, Alient's fears aren't valid, all she has to do is accept Rhaenyra as queen and everything's going to be okay (making Alicent more sympathetic to audiences because again, there's no other reason Alicent would want to crown Aegon, even though the prophecy makes her look dumb instead), and 2) it takes away from Aegon's storyline and the family tragedy as a whole. Before episodes 8-10, it felt like the Green family tragedy is that they all step into roles to protect one another: Alicent may not want to crown her son (imo Alicent comes off as someone who doesn't want power) but has to protect him and his siblings, Aegon doesn't want to be king but does so to protect his family, Aemond probably doesn't like Aegon but he'll fight and defend him to the end (it all goes horribly wrong but still). Now the dance is all about a prophecy, about men stealing the crown from the rightful heir, erasing the socio-political implications of Rhaenyra's ascension??? This isn't Shakespearian smh. 

This is getting long but lastly, Otto scheming to kill Rhaenyra was dumb. He's never really had a problem with Rhaenyra, his problem has always been with Daemon. Killing her, Daemon's wife and mother of his children, is basically unleashing him. The Green Council should have been the council talking about the politics, why the realm, if they accept a woman on the throne, would not accept bastards inheriting over true-born children and Aegon & his family. No gross feet scene (why, why do that to both actors?), no trying to force this "men = bad, women = good" shallow depiction of the patriarchy, and no Rhaenys. 

i agree with almsot everything you said here except for the depiction of patriarchy.

it is important to show that while rhaenyra may be spoiled, may be politically struggling, may lack this skill or that skill (which has happened with plenty of ruling male monarchs), a huge reason why she's being fought against is because she is a woman.

it's why viserys is chosen over rhaenys, why corlys gives driftmark to laenor, etc.

i don't think the green council should necessarily have sounded like some pompous sociopolitical class on why they're better for putting aegon on the throne, but i do wish the writers would understand that alicent had every right to push for what she believed is her own best interest, regardless of whether that would be wrong or right.

by that point in the story alicent had every reason to fear rhaenyra and daemon and if the weird reconcilliation at the dinner scene would be deleted, just those few minutes, all the greens should be scared of what daemon and rhaenyra might do.

and yeah i agree about the prophecy... they could have worked it into a story without it seeming like that's the only reason alicent pushes aegon to be king. they should have given her more agency.

i bet she will go down as one of the most hated female characters just for how they decided to shape her for rhaenyra's story.

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The discussion of what would’ve happen if for some reason there was no Dance and Rhaenyra came to the throne is on again on Twitter, many are now agreeing that there would any sort of new conflict, even if Rhaenyra didn’t want it and tried to be a peaceful ruler (which I doubt ‘cause she doesn’t know the first thing of ruling) principally because of Daemon because he like to cause trouble and problems for everybody and their mothers; but that’s not the important thing in this (for me); Rhaenyra’s technically legitimate heir is Aegon III and that would be a problem to Jace and the String kids because Daemond would play his cards against them (and he wouldn’t be on the wrong at least on the eyes of the lords of the realm, his children do are legitimate at least on the books; show Rhaenyra has practically only bastards).

Putting that aside; do you thing that Aegon and Helaena would still be forced to marry or would Alicent choose someone else like a Hightower cousin or Cregan (just because everyone thing he is the epitome of a good men; he got three wives and that caused his on succession crisis) or would she choose some other fate for her like being a silent sister or septa?

Aemond would probably be more free of choosing his partner or destiny, I think, so does Daeron. And Aegon probably would keep being him but with less stress on him .

I do think that who ever they married they still would be in danger of Daemon coming after them and their children; specially if any of the boys have a son that was legitimate.

Plus I think that Targaryen’s where kind of dumb for never tying the largest part of the Seven kingdoms (The North) to the throne, like at some point just honor is not enough for maintaining loyalty, you need something that has weight; lol it would be funny if Aemond or Daeron ended married to a Stark and that caused to the North being loyal to the greens (I just love my Starks)

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Imo multiple things about Rhaenyra’s situation can be true. It can be true that many people in the realm would have looked down on having a queen rule, and that in a feudalistic society - patriarchy and misogyny reigns supreme. That’s not fair. Just like it can be true that Rhaenyra fucked up royally by having not one, but three bastards (technically five in the show lmao). She royally fucked up by having her brown haired strong boys (named Jacaerys Lucerys and Joffrey) then turning around and having super blonde targs named after kings.

Rhaenyra was set up to fail by even being named heir tbh, knowing the precedent that had been set by her own father becoming king over rhaenys. It was going to be an uphill battle regardless of whether it was the Hightowers or any other family. Or if she assumed the crown.

Anyway I just wanted to get that out the way because people chalk up everything wrong in Rhaenyra’s life to the greens when half of her problems come from her (and viserys) giving them ammunition and emboldening them through their stupid decisions.

As for the marriage piece, in the book it is said Viserys wanted Aegon and Helaena married to each other. The steps are bit more dubious in the show. I’m of the belief if it was possible to keep Helaena in particular, bc that’s her baby and she’s clearly anxious about her daughter in specific :(, close and married off to someone other than her brother, Alicent would have done it. Probably same with Aegon. His marriage would been of the upmost importance. They actually had a lot of opportunities to create alliances with having a girl and three boys. With the way Aemond was basiclaly offered up to the baratheons, it makes think the same would’ve happened to the other kids if given the chance

It’s funny you mentioned cregan, bc though I don’t mind him as a character and I’m interested to see where they take him the show, the way people talk about him… as if he is the stark to end all starks 💀. I saw a tweet talking about how people only speak about him that way because of the targaryen connection. I can’t help but agree :/. Like you mentioned, he creates his own mini succession crisis. Cregan and jace technically do bind the starks and targs together. “Regardless, Lord Cregan and Prince Jacaerys reached an agreement, known by Munkun as the Pact of Ice and Fire, which stated that the future firstborn daughter of Jacaerys would one day marry Cregan's son, Rickon. Cregan pledged his support to the blacks.”

That’s sort of just dropped when jace dies, and not followed up at all with rhaenyra??

Ellard Stark supported rhaenys (it was really more laenor’s) claim and the starks swore to Rhaenyra, I can kind of see why the greens didn’t try that. But imo the staunchness of the starks supporting ANY targ in this situation is weird to me. Whether it be Rhaenyra or Aegon. I understand the idea of wanting northern inclusion fomr greens/black standpoint… but I also don’t get it?? from the northern stand point. Idk it would’ve made more sense to me if they took the dornish/independent approach and just watched the targs slaughter themselves.

But I have a whole rant for about how which houses swore to which side makes no sense in general