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About me
Hi, you can call me Eve!
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I write an Aemond Targaryen x House Manderly FOC fic called Green Tides.
My primary blog is @dovevev (although I'm more active on here), so if you catch that account liking your stuff, that's me!
English isn't my first language, but I try my best.
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Okay but can we take a moment of silence for Kaella Karstark thoughā¦ she really has no idea what shitstorm she has just been bound to. Her husband can't get it up, her sister-in-law is an addict on the brink of crashing out every second, and her nearest holy place is in a prison... and if she wants to conceive an heir she's either going to have to acquire the Westerosi equivalent of viagra or put on a brown curly-haired wig
And she's EIGHTEEN
Okay but can we take a moment of silence for Kaella Karstark thoughā¦ she really has no idea what shitstorm she has just been bound to. Her husband can't get it up, her sister-in-law is an addict on the brink of crashing out every second, and her nearest holy place is in a prison... and if she wants to conceive an heir she's either going to have to acquire the Westerosi equivalent of viagra or put on a brown curly-haired wig
He gets to talk to one singular normal person and IMMEDIATELY starts gossiping #basedandtrue
Why I got a feeling there's going to be someone trying to break off the betrothal and that's who the POV will be...
Oooh interesting! š¶ There are probably hundreds of ladies and lords who would rather Aemond marry someone else than Cordelia...
I'm guessing the new pov will either be Medrick or Celia
A Celia pov?? š¦ She would either have to return from the dead or it would be like a memory chapter... hm, very interesting!
Medrick is a good guess, but since the chapter is set entirely in KL, it won't be him. I think having to dive into his psyche would put me in a mental hospital.
Your scene made sense because Aemond was looking for Cordelia, he just randomly appears to save Alys and the whole thing feels like a cheap romance novel story.
The assailants just sorta scuffle around uselessly while Aemond handles them, and not in a way that makes them seem like they're outmatched, just that they wanted Aemond to "shine", and Alys also just sorta gets passed from person.
Idk it feels like they're building towards a badly written, cheaply paid off, "Gothic" romance and I'm just not here for it, but people are eating it up and its like... bland chicken at best.
Referring to this ask.
Thank you. ā£ļø I donāt want to comment too much on the Alysmond storyline until Iāve seen a bit more, so Iāll probably save my thoughts until the end of the season.
Having said that, I wouldn't really want to see a gothic romance either. Itās not because I dislike gothic romances, but because I donāt think it would make sense for a character like Alys to fall for a character like Aemond.
I see book Alys as a very cunning and ambitious woman who wants power and is willing to do all kinds of things to get it. I donāt see how show Alys, who also seems quite sharp and ambitious, would fall for an emotionally immature 19-year-old either. I absolutely can understand why Aemond might want her ā she represents the kind of maternal figure he's been searching for since season 2, and takes care of him in a way no one else previously has. She also isolates him so that he literally has no one else to rely on...
But what is Alys getting out of that arrangement? Hm. Maybe weāll see!
As much as Iāve enjoyed watching Aemondās scenes in the riverlands so far, Iāll always remain a straight hair Aemond truther. Iām sorry if curly hair Aemond is your thing, but his hair is naturally pin straight in GT šŖ
Uhmmmm | Aemond | 3x5
Out in 2-3 weeks! Itās a split-pov chapter between Aemond and a new pov characterā¦ excited to share!
I feel like the only one who thought the Alys attack scene with Aemond swooping in was cringe...
I didnāt think it was that cringe, but I get where youāre coming from! š© Itās a very popular type of scene that happens when writers try to build tension between a male and a female character: he swoops in to save her.
Iām unfortunately guilty of this myself, because there is a scene in chapter 20 of my fic where Aemond saves Cordelia from her attackers (also by killing them with a sword). I actually initially wanted to do something different because I dislike the patriarchal undertonesā¦ but clearly the patriarchyās brainwashing worked because I still ended up including itā¦
"Here are two powerful women, and in between them is the invisible presence of Rhaenyra, who is this person that ties them all together." ā Philippa Goslett
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON | Season 3, Episode 5, "Unbowed and Unbent"
The Alicent I know and love is back. We have Alicent proving once again that, at her core, her driving motivation has always been her children and that she would do everything to help them. She has accepted that she may not be able to save everyone in her family, but no one can accuse her of not trying. No one can say she didn't exhaust every possibility or use every ounce of influence she still possessed to protect them. She once again got herself into machination gear and had them cogwheels turning in this episode when:
a) she got Orwyle to secretly deliver moon tea under the guise of a remedy for period cramps,
b) urged Helaena to take it because she didn't fall for Rhaenyra's "you know I would have spared him, right?" delulu narrative as she very well shouldn't because she knows all too well the brutal logic of power and that Rhaenyra and her council would be forced to eliminate all rival claimants to the throne regardless of their age to secure her position,
c) initially outwitted Mysaria by drinking the moon tea herself, sacrificing her own health, reputation, and safety to save her daughter, despite how violently ill it had made her before,
d) traded away the seven-pointed star necklace which she had been wearing since forever and which was synonymous with her faith and her own longing for her mother, to ensure safe passage for herself and Helaena,
e) once again did the impossible arithmetic of motherhood and decided that saving Helaena and her unborn baby's lives at the expense of Jaehaera was better than losing Helaena, the baby, and Jaehaera altogether in "a true MOTHER counts the cost to her CHILDREN" tragic calculus fashion she's been forced to make all her life,
f) wasted zero time in manipulating Mysaria once caught and used her wiles and any remnants of influence she could grapple with to appeal to Mysaria's opportunism and self-interest and entice her to exchange silence with the opportunity to play both sides,
g) as soon as she got another chance, she made a run for it with Helaena.
All she's been doing all the time is her best with the options that she has. She has NOT given up, she is not merely a prisoner who laments her fate, but she believes herself still actively responsible for her children's fate and survival, and so she continues to act and sacrifice pieces of herself as a real mother would.
what is most fascinating is how sure Alicent is of Rhaenyra losing herself to the crown, to the weight and power it holds. and we know from watching 11+ seasons of āthronesā content that this is a sentiment that holds far more truth than anything else in this show.
but what makes it all so interesting is that Alicent doesnāt seem to blame Rhaenyra or hold anger towards her for it, sheās resigned yes, but sheās not angry or heartbroken. Itās a fresh take on loved one- (and I say āloved oneā because trying to describe their meaning to eachother is almost impossible) watching another loved one come into that kind of power. she seems to be the only person in the Keep that has clear eyes of the future and she has done so ever since she rediscovered herself, rebirthed herself in the forest lake last season.
having someone that knows your worst self is yet to come and will not turn on you like others will is undeniably a blessing. and I wonder if we will see any kind of new bond form in that.
I loved this episode so much oh my god... I may have my gripes with House of the Dragon but when it's good, it's so good. Criston's final monologue, Helaena and Alicent's complicated relationship, and Larys telling Aegon what he is ā a bad man...
New hotd episode tomorrowā¦ are we going to see Aemond tied up? Perhaps whimpering? A little bloodied? A little sick? Perhaps hallucinating?? š„¹
Manifested
"House Of The Dragon 3x05:Unbowed and Unbent"
