[heathersapples]

"i did my best" otto hightower, you acted for no one but yourself and the men that further destroy the world around them in the name of "the stability of the realm." you sold off your only daughter's innocence, trust and youth to the likes of a man and kingdom that would never once value her and see her outside of her own womb. you robbed of her emotions, of her ability to hug her own children, of the ability to love without expecting loss. i hope you die twenty more times and they livestream it on kick

[onyxstorms]

You never love anything in the world the way you love your first child.

[eylih05]

Born to be the lesbian childfree divorced wine aunt who travels across the world, forced to be a religious Westerosi queen

[cressidascowper]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022 – ) 1x09 "The Lord of the Tides" || 3x03 "Rhaenyra Triumphant"

You ruled this realm in all but name while my father lay ill. I did...It's a heavy weight. How did you bear it? In truth? You may not rule and remain yourself. There are choices to be made, and you may, on occasion, have to turn your face away while people suffer and die. There is in you a door that must be shut. You will do things that your heart would have recoiled from before you came to the throne. I acknowledge the struggle. But I dispute that I must become what I am not. Time will tell.

[alysmond]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON | Season 3, Episode 4, "Tumbleton"

[kazz-brekker]

i genuinely don't consider rhaenyra getting her period in that episode to be misogynist or that it shows her to become a hysterical woman because of it. i think it's just an acknowledgement of yet another situation rhaenyra finds herself in where she's trying to hold a traditionally masculine position and feels betrayed by the physical reminder that she wasn't born a man, similarly to the scene in season 1 where she goes into premature labor while all the men in her council are discussing plans for war without her. the reality of being someone who menstruates is that it can happen at inconvenient times when you're trying to do something important!

[wolfienation]

the thing that really sells rhaenyra giving alicent otto's ring is the timing. she hasn't had luck finding out anything about ormund's machinations, corlys is flat out refusing to act as her foremost advisor, ulf is parading around the city, someone is writing queen of bastards on the walls, daemon has presented her with the head of jace's supposed killer and denied her the right of her own revenge for the act. she's spiraling, control is slipping. but the ring, the ring is something she can do. the ring is proof she managed to complete this one simple task that was asked of her. in this long list of failures rhaenyra arranges for otto's remains to be sent home and she hands alicent his ring and lingers in her room and in that moment she has succeeded. yes everything else is imploding around her but she did this. and that counts for something to her

[dcbnam-aep]

Crazy how alicent thinks her most maternal act was sending her child away when she stepped in front of a dragon for aegon, was the only person to stand up for aemond when he lost an eye, and committed literal treason to try and get her daughter and granddaughter out of the city. Girly has such a warped sense of self-worth and has never been given any agency to the point where she thinks her only worthy action is in inaction

[targaryensource]

1.01 "The Heirs of the Dragon" 3.04 "Tumbleton"

[manny-jacinto]

'Mine own son?'

[superrgirl]

Emma D'Arcy for Flaunt Magazine, 2026

[rhaenicentdaily]

EMMA D’ARCY | The Gambit Via Issue 204, The Beautiful Game

[gameofthronesdaily]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 3.01 - Salt and Sea, Fire and Blood

[emmaziadarcy]

EMMA D'ARCY House Of The Dragon S3 World Premiere

[just-french-me-up]

'ao3 needs a like and dislike button'

what you need, my algorithm-rotten minded friend, is a grip

[thebreakfastgenie]

At least two major artists (Lady Gaga and Chappell Roan) making a point to vocally support trans people the Grammys is a big deal in this political climate.

[thebreakfastgenie]

Also I think it's worth highlighting that they are both cis women, because bigots want us to believe cis women and trans women/trans people are at odds with each other.

[estra-die-ol]

Lady Gaga has ALWAYS been like this and ALWAYS been in our corner.

She used to be slandered as a trans woman tricking the public back when she debuted, and her response was literally "and so what if I was? Would it be so terrible?", rather than the expected "no I'm not but I support them!" or honestly the more normal for the time "I'm not a freak, Ew.".

This was at her debut, btw, so when her star power was at its weakest. And she still stood by us completely unflinchingly.

Lady Gaga has ALWAYS been like this. I fuckin love her.

[thebreakfastgenie]

Yes thank you for bringing this up!!!

[mweedowo]

[gran-maul-seizure]