Worst things GOT did casting wise:
- making Dany too beautiful (+ styling her in a way that she never has a hair out of place, always wears BLUE - which makes her look peaceful and soft and angelic, not making her burn her hair off etc). I just think of that one official art piece that's in the illustrated AGOT book where dany is bald, with the dragons and sparks and frames around her and its so striking instead of the "beautiful angelic blonde women stand empowered with her tits out" scene we got
- casting Iain Glen as Jorah and not like. a random Lannister (like. Come on. He is a burly and ugly man... why are you casting one of the most beautiful men to play him.... this is how we ended up with dany/jorah shippers)
-making Joffrey too unattractive (this is not meant to disparage JG who is a great actor and seems like a really cool dude and i'm not saying he's ugly but I think from his very first scene Joffrey looks very punchable and it would have been so much smarter to make the audience .. relate to Sansa's infatuation with his golden looks. In my head (and in all the official art) Joffrey looks like a male version of cersei/a younger version of Jaime.)
- making Dany, Jon, Robb, Marg, Brienne etc 10+ years older than Sansa and the younger starklings .... It's not "the main characters and arya (who is so cool and can kill people) + the little children" it's ONE AGE group of equally important characters
Like I know people are upset at Ned/Jon etc being too attractive, WHICH I GET, but I feel like those were very vibe based casting decisions and i'm ultimately fine with that (I also think it's easier for the audience to root for someone if they're attractive so like. I guess they had to do it) but these other things resulated in people's perception of the characters being so wildly different from what they're supposed to be. The real reason people get so angry whenever someone says they wish tamzin had stayed is because they don't like the idea of daenerys not being this ethereal beauty (TM is beautiful but not in a conventional way) that they can fully root for without issue.
1. NO YOU ARE SOOOOOO RIGHT ABOUT THEM REFUSING TO LET DANY LOOK UGLY. it’s not to say tamzin isn’t clearly beautiful, but i think she’s beautiful in the same way gwendoline christie is, which is that she’s very striking and she has a strong presence but she’s not exactly what people picture when they say “typical hot lady” (which is Crazy these are all able bodied white women, like the definition of “beauty” is soooooo fuckijg narrow that tamzin merchant is ~atypically beautiful) vs emilia definitely is, and YES like everything from not burning her hair off to emilia being,,,,,fuller in figure than dany as a fourteen year old would be is just very clear that they saw dany different than the way she is On The Page. i mean i know people whack george for saying that she’s like a sexy funny lady or whatever but george never lets go of the fact that she’s incredibly young whereas d&d completely miss that part of her character.
i will say i Get the criticism of tamzin perhaps not picking up on the conlangs easily because one thing you can say for emilia is that she had a decent head for the conlangs, she’s even still partially fluent in dothraki lmaooo. but all the other stuff they said about why they recast dany it’s like. hmmmmmmmmmm.
2. absolutely right about iain especially because he’s similar to idk paddy in that he’s got CHARISMA but unlike viserys, they didn’t intent to portray him as a deeply flawed, antagonistic character they went in portraying him as like an objectively Good Guy dedicated to dany. he’s just so much less creepy and pushy in the show and has several scenes where he shows some moral backbone - that “yet here you stand” “yet here i stand” scene is sooooooo good for example, the fact that he actually apologizes for spying on dany, giving him the greyscale story & not having him fuck a valyrian looking woman in a brothel 💀, etc etc - and you also just lose some of the creepiness here because emilia is clearly a grown if young woman and ian is handsome, so it’s like. welll of Course you want to root for them to be together! and never mind that this is a Massive departure from their book characterizations!! again, they have this idea of jorah in their head that doesn’t match up with what’s on the page even a little.
3. i do get your point re: joffrey and i think this is my problem with aidan as littlefucker too - they’re too obviously villains and it makes ned and sansa look stupid. like, in the books we have that moment where robb almost decks joffrey which does seem to signal something bad but the crown prince being full of himself doesn’t mean he’s going to threaten his betrothed’s sister with a sword then get his ass handed to him by a toddler. in the show we get QUITE a number of scenes where joffrey is shown to be a brat AND as you say, just like aidan, jack has a Certain Look, he looks like a shitty jock who has allegations against him ajsjdj like irl when jack smiles he’s so adorable!! but in the show they REALLY play up his ability to channel a greasy aura ya know aksjd. when the point of asoiaf is often that villains don’t LOOK like villains, but some of our Main Villains clearly resemble typical villains in the show.
4. “it’s ONE age group of characters” NO YOU ARE SO RIGHT. like, there’s several years difference from robert to ned to cat to the twins to tyrion but they’re all the same generation of characters. there’s that exact same age difference from brienne to robb, dany, jon to sansa, arya, bran, with theon kind of similar to characters like jorah, who are old enough to remember The Before Times but aren’t quite in either generation. but because they wanted dany, brienne, jon, robb, and margaery to be more of a Typical archetype rather than an exploration of that archetype, they aged everyone up and essentially invented another generation between the “adult” characters and the “kid” characters. not to be super nerdy here but one of my favorite worked shoots in wrestling is one cody rhodes did where he was ranting about the way young wrestlers get put through the grinder and he has this amazing line where he sums it up as “old men talking, young men dying” and it’s not to say there aren’t a lot of old dudes Also dying lmao but you really see this where young leaders are often unprepared for their responsibilities and used as puppets by older men and you just MISS THAT when that whole generation is so grown!
it’s like they looked at those themes of war being terrible and all consuming and brutal no matter how justified you feel you are and went “wow war is brutal 😍” LIKE PLEASE????
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Oooo I just read part 4 of the food poisoning and I just love Vince and Lucas's relationship😍the way Luke wishes Vince could be there and Vince texting Luke and being sooo dramatic😂I just loveeee the bromance going there and can't wait for a sick Vince/Luke and the not sick one being the caretaker🤭
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Some Luke/Vin for you + Max!
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"You can't open it before paying!" Vince cried out, swaying slightly on the spot and Lucas opened a mischievous smile, before opening the bag of Doritos he was holding in an exaggerated manner.
"Oh no, you think they'll arrest me now?"
"They should," Vince pouted, bracing against the ice cream fridge of the grocery store when another wave of dizziness came over him. He had overdone on the beers and he knew it, too caught up on the euphoria of having a weekend with his best friend.
Luke had only started to drink later, complaining of still being stuffed after lunch at Ma's house, and so he wasn't knocked out in a coma as he would've been by trying to keep up with Vince's drinking.
"I want gum," Luke said loudly, fingers all orange from the doritos little triangles and walking around in search of gum, while Vince tried to get himself on check. He was so dizzy and sorely regretting his choice of drink.
Beer carbonation kept sending up these gurgly wet burps, that fizzled out in his throat and threatened to bring with them the contents of his stomach. Despite the fact he was wearing track pants, the elastic of them were squeezing his tummy.
And their team had lost.
This wasn't as fun anymore, Vince thought, deciding to go find Luke and drag him back home, before he caused a mess in the store at nearly 3 AM.
His stomach rolled as he found Luke near the beverages, grabbing a bottle of vodka with a sparkly smile and greasy fingers, "VIN! LOok what I found!!" he exclaimed loudly, as if he had found some rare thing and not just strawberry vodka.
Vince grimaced at the thought of putting anything in his stomach, much less vodka, but his thought process was slow and all he managed was a distasteful shake of head, that had Luke dismissing him with a orange-fingered handwave.
He walked to the cashier, dumping the empty bag of Doritos, the bottle of strawberry flavored vodka and more tablets of chewable gum than he could carry.
Vince braced against the cashier, squeezing his eyes and taking a deep breath, "I think we should go home, Luke..."
"Okay," Lucas' happiness was through the roof. He was nearly bouncing on his feet, "we should call Bella."
No, they shouldn't.
Vince shook his head and immediately regretted it when the grocery store spun around him. He gulped down, rubbing a hand over his clammy face, and then let out a squeal and jumped back with enough force that he hit the tic-tac mints display and caused several plastic packets to fall.
In front of him, Daniels was holding a six-pack of ginger ale cans, a loaf of bread and some milk. He had his eyebrows raised.
"What- What is it!?" Luke turned at Vince's shout, "what's wrong, are you hurt-"
Vince pushed his best friend's drunken hands away from his face, as if Luke was searching for an imaginary wound and pointed at Daniels, whose lips had pressed into a thin line to stop him from laughing.
"That's professor jackassss..." Vince slurred the end of his words and cleared his throat, "what are you doing here?"
"It's a free country, Vinny," Daniels said cheekily, holding his items, "I've seen you," he said to Luke, "the other month, outside our school."
Luke squinted at Max, all drunk and confused, "that's professor jackass?" he asked, ignoring the blonde and turning to Vince, "he's short."
Vince snorted at that, tugging on his t-shirt. He was feeling so warm.
"You've been telling your friends about me? I'm flattered," Daniels shrugged, unbothered by Luke's comment.
Lucas ducked his head and barely muffled a huge burp behind his hand. It caused him to giggle and shake his head, ""sooorry..." he fumbled with his wallet, when the cashier cleared his throat, clearly tired of the chatting at 3 AM and no one paying, "sorry, sorry-"
Vince thumped his chest, trying to work up a burp he could feel rolling inside his packed gut, politeness be damned. A huge bubble went up, only to get stuck, and he let out a whine.
"Here," Luke said, unscrewing the bottle of vodka and passing it to him, "drink it."
It was a testament of how drunk he was that it didn't occur to him that drinking more alcohol to get a burp up wasn't really a bright idea. They stumbled outside and Vince passed the bottle of pink venom back to Luke, bracing against his knees outside the store and groaning.
"Bad... Bad idea..." he groaned and Luke patted his back a little too strongly, taking a gulp of the vodka himself.
"Are you gonna hurl?"
"Yeah..." Vince gulped down, but it was to no avail. His saliva tasted sweet and he wasn't just drunk, but packed to the brim with liquid. He aimed a small, dainty burp towards the ground and groaned even louder when it made his throat burn, "hurtss..."
Behind them, the little bell signaling someone else had stepped out of the store.
"You're a mess," Max commented coldly, "pity I don't have my phone with me right now, I'm sure you'd like a picture in the morning."
"Don't you have anywhere to be?" Lucas said loudly, causing Vin to groan and clumsily reach for his best friend's arm. He tugged the other man back, but it was too late.
Drunk Luke was a reactive person and Max was an asshole even sober and sleepy at 3 AM.
"I'm sorry, who are you?" Daniels asked, coldly, and Vince's jaw got heavy, spit falling on the ground. None of the other two paid him any mind.
"No one invited you," Luke's voice, coated in annoyance, "we don't need your help."
"You're both wasted in a public space, you're disturbing people and-"
Whatever annoying thing Max about to say, he never managed to finish it, because Vince let out a retch and then a puddle of pale yellow beer vomit formed on the ground, missing Daniel's sneakers by less than an inch.
The blonde jumped back, while Luke latched on Vince to keep him from swaying, a bad idea considering Lucas was just as dizzy.
"What the fuck, Monacelli?!" Daniels cried out and Vin groaned in shame, his stomach burning due to all the alcohol.
He tried to fight the next heave, but his belly had been packed full and needed more out before calming down. So with another tiny burp, he coughed up another large stream of foamy puke all over the sidewallk.
"Awwwn," Luke made a sound like a wounded puppy, rubbing his back clumsily, "you're okay, get it up..."
"How much did he drink?" Max asked and Vince groaned, panting for air.
"M'fine..."
"You're fine," Daniels repeated skeptically, "did you two idiots drive here?"
"We're not idiots," Luke argued, thumping on Vin's back a little too harshly and causing the other man to groan and spit another mouthful of sick.
Over his head, Luke and Daniels continued to exchange jabs and Vince wrapped an arm around his upset belly, squeezing it. He could feel how bloated his tummy was, sloshing as he gingerly hugged it. He wanted Wendy, not the two dweebs arguing over his head.
Vince straightened up, wiping his mouth with the back of his sleeve and cleared his throat, "I'm fine..."
"Get in the car," Max pointed his white pickup, "now, before I change my mind."
"We don't want your help-"
"Thanks," Vince interrupted Luke's bitter retort, slapping the back of his friend's head, "Luke, zitto."
Lucas scoffed, "he's a jerk."
"This jerk is driving you home," Daniels pointed out, "before a parent or a student sees you like this-"
"You're the one to talk," Vince groaned, sliding in the backseat of Max's pickup and pressing his forehead to the headrest of the seat in front of him, "Sophia tells me what bars she's seen you in, Daniels."
"Hypocrite," Luke mumbled, still sour that they were being rescued by the guy he had clearly already chosen to hate on Vin's behalf.
"Get your dog on a leash, Monacelli," Max scoffed, "where to?"
"Just up the hill and-" Vince blew out a burp under his breath, "then the second- second left..."
"Should've let you walk," Max whispered, while Luke let out a groan from his spot, still hugging the strawberry vodka bottle to his chest like a teddy bear.
It was less than a five minutes drive, and yet the minute Max parked in front of his house, Luke stumbled out and fell to his knees on the grass, coughing up a thick stream of white vomit all over Vin's tiny front yard.
Daniels threw his door open, but didn't get out of the driver's side, while Vince stumbled out and crouched next to Luke with a drunken chuckle, "you're such a messy drunk," he teased his best friend lightly, squeezing his nape, "get it up."
Luke whined, another loud burp rolling up and bringing with it a mouthful of puke, "my stomach hurts..."
"I know, it's all-" Vince turned his head to blow out a little nauseated burp of his own, "its the vodka, man..." with his head turned, he could see Max eyeing them with his eyebrows raised. The blonde blushed as he caught Vince staring and promptly tried to frown to cover up the look on his face, but it was too late. Vin had seen it, the yearning and confusion written all over his features, however gross the situation was.
"You two ladies gonna be okay? You need me to hold your hair back?" Max asked, prompting Luke to hold up a middle finger, while still tossing his cookies.
Vince rubbed his back, feeling the other man lie against his side, seeking some comfort, "thanks," Vin said to Max, causing the man to wrinkle his nose and make a disgusted face.
"Yeah yeah, count this as payback for the bus," then he pulled his door shut and drove off.
Vince frowned, but he was too drunk to think on it and his head was swimming. The brief peace he had acquired with his belly was starting to crumble.
"Luke, you're done?"
"Uhum," Lucas sniffled, collapsing against him, "he's an- HIC! - HICan asshole..." he hiccupped, wrapping an arm around his stomach and Vince snorted.
"An asshole who drove us home."
"Still an asshole," Luke glared at him, then grabbed Vince's arm, "c'mon, let's go inside."
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hii, how are you? can i request nikki sixx x fem reader as highschool lovers? like, him being completely and madly in love with her? have a good day:))
I’m only me when I’m with you
I thought this song fit perfectly with the high school vibes.
Requested: By anon
Pairings: Nikki Sixx x Reader
A/n: Heavy AU. This is not accurate to Nikki’s actual high school experience.
Warnings: Just a little bit of making out
Summary: You and Nikki are 17 and madly in love.
To say you and Nikki Sixx were in love is an understatement. No, you two are madly in love. You really only spend time with each other, despite having other people to hang with.
You’re known as the couple whose always together at school, and outside of school as well. And you being the prettiest girl in school and him being one of the most handsome boys in school, people always cast envious glances your way. But you don’t care, because you have each other.
Nikki changed his name to Nikki Sixx not too long after he turned 18, said it was more rockstar like and would separate him from his abusive mother. Which makes total sense and honestly, you like the name Nikki a lot better. It suits him so well. He’s also grown out his hair and dyed it black, which makes him go from just cute and attractive to hot. The two of you have been friends since middle school and got together sophomore year of high school.
You opened your locker to get your books out for your next class when it was slammed shut. You jumped but looked to see your boyfriend leaning against the locker next to yours. You blushed and laughed, “Nikki!” You playfully squealed, “I need to get my books.”
The bassist leaned in to kiss you, and you of course kissed him back. Once the two of you pulled away, he said, “You won’t need them because we’re not going to class.”
“But baby! I skipped yesterday and the day before, my moms gonna kill me if she finds out.” You chuckled.
Nikki brushed a strand of hair behind your ear and caressed your cheek, gripping your chin to meet his eyes.
“Come on, just one more time?” And how could you say no to that face.
You sighed, your shoulders sagging in defeat, “Okay, one last time.”
~Time Skip~
You giggled as he pushed you against the wall of the empty locker room. This one was unused, so there’s no way you two could get caught.
He kissed you passionately on the lips and you moaned into his mouth as he kissed you back. Fisting and pulling at each others clothes, you cheeks became flushed and your knees were giving out. Noticing this, Nikki picked you up, allowing you to wrap your legs around his waist. He pushed you back further against the wall, kissing your jaw and neck. It was getting heated, however the two of you would never have sex in school, that was a no-go. Your mom would kill you if she found out her precious daughter was having sex with a rockstar at school. She didn’t know your relationship existed, and you’d like to keep it that way. All she knows is the two of you are friends. And she trusts you enough not to do anything more with him.
Oops…
The two of you pulled away, breathless, staring into each others lust blown eyes. Your boyfriend placed you back down. And just in time, the bell rang. “Saved by the bell, sweetheart.” He smirked and you laughed fixing the buttons on your shirt and smoothing out your skirt. You also fixed your lipstick real quick before letting Nikki walk you out of the locker room. You walked through the empty halls until you made your way to your classroom. You kissed him goodbye before walking in class with a stupid smile on your face.
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Can you do one with vince where the female reader stays the night at his place because there’s a big thunderstorm
Thunderstorms
Requested: Yes, by Anon
Pairings: Vince Neil x Fem!Reader
Warnings: None, just a little panic attack though.
Summary: You go over to Vince’s house because you don’t do well during thunderstorms.
A/n: It’s a little short, sorry. This more of a blurb lol
You’ve always been really nervous during thunderstorms, you also full on panic. Which is why your tightly clutch your steering wheel as you drive to your boyfriend’s house.
Luckily, Vince didn’t live too far from you, seeing as you both live in Beverly Hills. Once you got there, you shakily put your hand out the car window so you could punch in the code to his gate. Once it opened, you drove in and quickly got out, making a beeline to the front, double doors. You are trying not to get wet, and as soon as thunder crashed down, you started panicking.
You knocked on the door frantically. The lights were on, which meant he was home and awake. The blonde opened the door to find you huddled under your coat, tears streaming down your face and shaking.
Vince immediately pulled you inside, closed the door and wrapped his arms tightly around you. “It’s okay, you’re safe now. Shh…honey.” He whispered into your hair as he kissed it.
“Come on, let’s get you out of these wet, cold clothes.” He said and you followed him up the stairs, into his bedroom. The singer opened a drawer and grabbed a pair of sleep shorts and a tshirt for you. You looked at the garments with furrowed brows. “I bought these in case you ever decided to stay over.” He explained and your heart melted at that, he really does love you.
You went into the bathroom and got changed before throwing your clothes in the hamper. Vince’s housekeeper will take care of them tomorrow. Of course he doesn’t do his own laundry.
Once you emerged, another thunder struck and you quickly jumped into bed, cuddling up with him, shaking. Vince lovingly stroked your hair, whispering sweet words in your ear.
“It’s okay, babe. It’ll all pass I promise, my sweet girl.” You sighed and calmed down a bit, clutching onto his shirt like it was a lifeline. You later found yourself drifting off to sleep.
Vince looked down at you and knew he was going to marry you. “Goodnight, sweet girl.” He whispered.
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