⌗ 𝐆𝐎𝐃𝐒𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋 ﹕⠀⠀ dying is an art, like everything else. i do it exceptionally well, i do it so it feels like hell, i do it so it feels real. i guess you could say I’ve a call, it’s easy enough to do it in a cell, it’s easy enough to do it and stay put. it’s the theatrical comeback in broad day to the same place, the same face, the same brute, amused shout: ‘ a miracle! ’ that knocks me out. there is a charge for the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge for the hearing of my heart ──── it really goes.
𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 ⤷ CARRD . HEADCANONS . PROMPTS . OPEN STARTERS . PLAYLIST . PINTEREST . ASOIAF MULTI ( active ) .
𝓥: 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐌. ⤷ HOUSE BELAERYS . CUSTOMS OF THE HOUSE . ROLE IN WESTEROS . UNIFICATION WITH THE OTHER VALYRIAN HOUSES . THRONE ROOM IN GOGOSSOS . THE THREE DRAGONS OF GOGOSSOS . / ALL WORLD BUILDING IN ONE TAG .
𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐒. ⤷ IMMORTALITY . HOUSE OF THE DRAGONS . A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS . GAME OF THRONES . MODERN .
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& please specify muse when sending to a mumu.
slightly edited wording for roleplaying purposes.
My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel.
Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able.
A man who hates music can’t be trusted, I always say.
Has my tale turned you speechless? Come, curse me or kiss me or call me a liar. Something.
A bag of gold buys a man's silence for a while, but a well-placed arrow buys it forever.
If I am a monster, perhaps you should speak more softly to me, then. Monsters are dangerous beasts, and just now kings seem to be dying like flies.
Every man must die, [NAME]. But first he must live.
We imagine incest as an action — an assault a perpetrator enacts on a victim. But incest is much more diffuse than that. Incest is the background context, and it structures the entire family system. Incest is a dynamic of power, control, domination, sexualization and eroticization within the family. All the adults are taking part in the incest dynamic unless they are actively and permanently removing the children from the dynamic. All the children are victimized by the incest dynamic whether or not they are the direct target. Sometimes children go on to become perpetrators in the incest dynamic too. Incest denies the victims appropriate differentiation, separateness, and boundaries, and exposes the victims to adult sexuality. Incest denies the possibility of empathy and attunement and completely violates the expectation that home and family should be spaces of safety and protection. If there is a child that is perpetrating incest, that child learned that incest dynamic from somewhere, and somewhere along the line it was learned from an adult. Incest is never an isolated event. Incest is always a family dynamic.
clementine morrigan, the realm of unreality: an incest memoir in essays
⇸ ⠀⠀𓆩 ঔঌ 𓆪⠀⠀ /⠀ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 al͟r͟e͟a͟d͟y 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 me 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠, swinging ᵇʸ ᵐʸ ⁿᵉᶜᵏ from the 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎⠀⠀. . .⠀⠀ : THE DRAGONS OF GOGOSSOS . THIS HEADCANON FEELS MESSY BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW OR WHERE TO FIX IT , so consider this a clumsy introduction until i figure out a way to write it better <3
LEVIATHON ridden by koraelyne belaerys / VEZONOS ridden by jaelaryon belaerys &. ANOGARION unclaimed ( refuses to be ) the three dragons of gogossos , protectors of the city , they are the manifestation of the greatness the balaerys family once held : venzonos &. anogarion are the elders , directly from old valyria ; survivors . anogarion was the one injured in the early days of the battle between balaerys &. targaryen , a pivotal point in history for the balaerys house . . . THEY SWORE THEY WOULD NEVER TAKE DRAGONS TO WAR AGAIN , despite being quite a repressed house in customs ; shackled by ways that have no place in the ever evolving world , they treat their dragons the way they were meant to be treated all along ; with the upmost respect &. care . the balaerys family learned that they do not deserve to be thrust into battle by man , taking active responsibility for the doom ; they themselves believe it was the attitude towards dragons that brought it on . which is where the army of gogossos comes from , building themselves to be the body of the dragon ; in history , dragons have gone to war for man , IN THIS ERA OF VALYRIA REBORN ? man goes to war for dragons . it is man that gives their body , who dies in the name of scale &. flame , that's how it should be ; it took losing everything to learn a dragon is a last resort , ideally , not a resort at all .
they are not chained down , they are free to roam as they please - they CHOOSE to stay in gogossos , they CHOOSE to be the protectors of the city . they miss old valyria in a very complicated way , it was the only home they ever knew &. so many of their friends were damned by mortals , then the fires that eventually wiped them out . they were also ridden by the balaerys family in the old world , there is a natural attachment towards them instilled ; they have seen the growth within the family better than anyone , even if man does not understand it , the dragons do . a prophecy fulfilled , for a group of men who deemed themselves above dragons ; they then cut themselves down , violently , placing a god above themselves &. giving their lives to keep it safe .
anogarion &. vezonos have lived through centuries , witnessing thousands of their kin abused , tormented &. killed ; moving from one location to another did not change that , they more than anyone have seen how the targaryens weaponized dragons ; anogarion being an example of just how reckless they were ( a headcanon i have is that anogarion was saved by a dragons choice ; half hurt , stripped of threat , not dead . ) THE DRAGONS THAT WERE FROM VALYRIA WERE ONES THEY KNEW , THEY WATCHED FROM AFAR HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF . then they looked down , they were surrounded by gifts , given a chance to exist in a world that never allowed them to before ; a piece of the world cut out for them to be alone , dragon keepers living in villages nearby should they need help ; to keep an eye on anogarion . they feel loved by people in a way they haven't before ; in a big way , the dragons represent the power humanity has ; people can change , even if slowly , the love that's harboured &. the inner strength it takes for second chances . the dragons stay because the balaerys EARNED THEIR TRUST , time &. time again .
as mentioned , vezonos is ridden by jaelaryon belaerys ; koraelyne's first born son . he is a knight &. regularly goes to war ; the purest example of rider &. dragon connection ; he gives his body away for vezonos , as well as the safety of the people within gogossos . he does so , so she can continue to know the peace ; tranquillity &. the ability to relax after all the years it was taken from her . she does not go near the battlefield with him , instead staying in their chosen resting place on the outskirts of the city by the sea . though this would never happen , hypothetically , should jaelaryon sit upon vezonos &. try &. take her to war , to burn beyond the borders in a battlefield . . . she'd refuse , wouldn't move , gaze back at him &. stare . they have a choice now , they refuse to go into battle ; the balaerys cannot flip the switch &. demand they do so , that's not how it works . they are there for the city , FOR THEMSELVES . that is where it ends ; they strike down the enemies at the gates , not a moment before .
LEVIATHON IS LEFT OUT OF THIS CONVERSATION , their bond with koraelyne is a separate entity ; they would happily go to war should koraelyne deem it necessary , not only are they younger in this conversation in comparison to vezonos &. anogarian , their egg was hatched beside koraelyne , the same emotional trauma doesn't weigh them down ; there's also the added element that leviathon has only had one rider , whereas the two elders have had many &. have seen enough deaths of both human &. dragon that they simply do not want to associate with it until they have to .
➜ ㅤ ㅤ ﹟ㅤ 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 ㅤ ㅤ ( @letsdoscmethingwicked ) ㅤ Ꜥ · ❛ the gods hear you better when you're on your knees. ❜ ˚ 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 * 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 ˎˊ˗
targaryen greatness , a remarkable sight indeed . their ancestors crumbled under the weight of their own godhood ; dragonless , their very identity stolen from them by political missteps &. greed that only knew how to consume . the priests once said it was the gods , angry that they fell into old ways of using dragons rather than placing them above themselves ; those who do not learn will be subjected to the same lesson again &. again &. again . . . it seems that house targaryen never learned to correct their blasphemy . koraelyne believes that perhaps it was the divine possessing &. commanding their hosts to act in ways they otherwise may not ; leading them to make choices that ensures downfall . . . now here they stood , standing in the decay of past misdeeds &. ruins caused by their own hand .
despite it all , there was no mistaking the blood that still pumped through them ; strong , powerful ; they were sharper than their elders shadows , messier . standing before her was not a dragon , but VALYRIAN STEEL IN THE FLESH . requiring upkeep to make sure they never went into battle with a dull blade , turning the self into what they once rode . here , there was a targaryen worth the worship their bloodline strive for . prince baelor , heir to the iron throne ; the most haunted , cursed seat in the realm , promised by birth . envied by few , pitied by many ; the first targaryen son made the world hold its breath , there's no telling what that seat may pull out of men , even the most noble of them . . . though his presence made holding breath seemingly impossible , stealing it from her in an involuntary hitch , getting caught in her throat as his gaze seemed to root her to the ground . knees twitched , almost hitting the surface on command , somehow she resisted . chin tilted up in defiance , smile coy .
❛ that , my prince , is a common misconception ❜ she took a step forward , closing the gap between them ; amethyst darkening as pupils expanded , hand pressing against shoulder , the contrast of dark material sharp against own skin ❛ kneeling is for the smallfolks , not for the likes of us . it's a show of submission in human form . when you have nothing else , you give your body . why do you think kings demand knees to hit stone ? ❜ embarking on a path as it fell to his sides , moving to encircle him ──── the straightness of his back , the muscle hidden under material that she lingered on ❛ gods are far more responsive when you stand to their level , it shows you have more to offer . . . offerings ; wine , gold , blood . . . ❜ voice is a whisper , lowering , a poor substitute for what he ordered . ❛ what are you ? king , or god ? ❜
⇸ ⠀⠀𓆩 ঔঌ 𓆪⠀⠀ /⠀ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 al͟r͟e͟a͟d͟y 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 me 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠, swinging ᵇʸ ᵐʸ ⁿᵉᶜᵏ from the 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎⠀⠀. . .⠀⠀ DY͟N͟A͟M͟I͟C : VHAMITHOR &. CORALINE . / trigger warning for incest , grooming * extreme dead dove content . the following dives into romantization &. the deep complexity of the existence of this relationship , if at this rate you fail to understand i condemn this pairing , despite the 'good' that will be written about along side the horrors , then truly all hope is lost for you . keep in mind to us the steps taken to put coraline in this headspace is obvious , but not to coraline herself . she truly loves him , that's apart of the travesty .
grooming is at the crux of vhamithor &. coraline's relationship , that much is evident , it wasn't something that was decided from day one . not in the literal sense &. where his mind was at the time ; there was a time where vhamithor truly looked upon coraline as a daughter &. a daughter only . though it was that which lead to the eventual 'relationship' between them ; it wasn't his intention in the beginning , but it was laid out for him to twist &. morph into something twisted all the same . i do want to point out that it's important to know he didn't have this idea from day one , while it doesn't matter in the end because the father/daughter relationship was then weaponised to his own advantage , it still matters from understanding how he went from point A to B .
instantly put on a pedestal in comparison to his other children ; she was the one whose existence cracked open the cursed dragon ; one that had killed hundreds , perhaps thousands of infants &. caused dragon keepers discomfort before ending up in coraline's cradle . not just a dragon , but one that was the very image of valyria , large , darker than night ; larger than the ocean bed floor . how could he not favour her , when she was the one to prove the balaerys family will forever remained rooted in dragon history forever ? she was , once , just that ⸻ his legacy .
especially as she continued to show promise of becoming a name in the family that would stand out , naturally leading to the praise of the parents for bringing forth someone such as her ; something strange , unsettling ; a child far too smart &. too aware ; connected with the gods in which have not been seen before , not like this ; whispered babble &. candles that flicker &. brighten in whichever room she walked into . A BORN WITCH . . . no , anyone with the drive to make deals with the gods &. shadows can become so , this was natural ; one with the elements , fire following fingers like a brush of paint , the wind around her picking up when in a bad mood ; coincidences , perhaps , but how could it be explained away that with each high strung emotion , you can feel like lightening in the air , even when there's not clouds in the sky , even when safely in the room ? HE WAS A MADE MAN , A KNIGHT ; A WARRIOR , BUT DREAMERS WERE RARE ; THOSE CONNECTED TO THE GODS THEMSELVES ? THAT MEANT HIS BLOOD , HIS , WAS CHOSEN .
it was clear to everyone that coraline was closest to vhamithor , he was never a girl dad , not until her ; pampered &. allowed her leniencies that was near unheard of a maiden , not believing to extinguish that fire that lived inside her , TO DO SO WOULD BE BLASPHAMY . it's clear to see just how early on coraline's high opinion of herself formed , between her father &. the priestess , she didn't have the ability to experience what it meant to just be human , this weight upon shoulders ; HER GIRLHOOD STOLEN BY GODHOOD . having those around her wrapped around her finger , her formative years shaped by temples , worship &. those seeking blessings &. good fortune . legends forming surrounding her , of course encouraged by vhamithor .
though reality would come crashing down for all when questions brought into just if she would wed or not , i truly believe that was the moment vhamithor began to think of wedding coraline himself ; because he could not handle not having her near , nor could he handle the thought of anyone else 'staking their claim' over her , practices were in place in their society where she could go the route of priestess , but it was destiny for coraline to continue their bloodline , their family ⸻ there were royal wombs , THEN THERE WERE HOLY ONES , A GOD TO NOT CONTINUE ITS OWN LINE ? THAT'S A SIN , A TRAVESTY , SACRILEGE . meaning from a young age it was known to coraline that it was not only a duty , but the most important thing that she could ever do ; yet her lifestyle , those around her , made it sound like that it was on her own terms . a gods first right is their own form , yet it seemed when her name day came , turning of age she came , it was not a choice , there was a clock above her head , gogossos looked upon her to secure it's line , given that they had rooted her in their own faith .
the thought of sharing that with anyone else made vhamithor possessive , coraline loves him ; he does not love her , not in the way a father should nor a husband , a failure in both ; through her growth spiritually , physically ⸻ he lost himself in his own reverence , then placed that burden upon coraline . the blame is hers to carry , she should not be so perfect , should she ? she should not be so unworthy for those beyond the house , the family - there is no one she could ever , ever marry that would understand her more than him ; her complexities , her intricacies , her queerness . " such an odd thing , who else would be able to nurture that ? tsk , c'mere , sweet girl . you have me . " he allowed her the choice , but all while he was introducing her to other suitors , he was already planting the seeds of failure ; isolating her , i know for a fact there was a man in the line up she took to , but was diverted away by vhamithor , she trusted him above everyone else &. he weaponised that .
she shows signs of sexual trauma &. manifests in many ways ; hypersexuality , outbursts , panic attacks , shutting down emotionally for long periods of time . which all will be spoken about at length properly in it's own post because i think that deserves its own spotlight . but these moments are swept away by vhamithor " it's just who she is , a little strange ; a little odd , must be all that power inside that her , the mortal form doesn't know what to do with such strength . " overall , the unity is a happy one , at least looking through the scope &. not looking at the greater picture . what's lethal about vhamithor is that he's understanding , caring , frustratingly patient . there have been moments where they've yelled , argued , to be expected ⸻ but he's never raised his hand to her , never gave her any reason to believe he's hurt her , he is the perfect husband , should coraline retell stories even the aware can admit that he treats her with the upmost respect . which is why it would be so hard for her to see just how horrifying her situation is ; not only does she live in an environment where incest is the norm , but because of that she can never understand why this would be the only exception to the rule .
OH. OHHH. OH. AU. VESTAL VIRGINS AU. while gogossos is, by all accounts, a place of sin for the high borns where they come together in old rituals ( ie. an orgie that takes place every year in honour of the gods and their heritage , wearing beasts masks , embracing abundance of food , pleasure ect ) there being an alternative pathway ; perhaps inspired after the targaryen's and their threats , something more palatable to the naked eyes of the seven kingdoms . where a collection of priests &. priestess swear to chastity to honour the gods ; depriving themselves of the other side of the coin life style . meaning au verse where coraline looks up to one of these priestess' so much , she wants to follow in their footsteps . they still co exist in a large way ; overseeing the depravity , organising ; they're the reminder of why they're there , why they do what they do . all worship requires sacrifice ; this is another version of what they're willing to do for their gods <3
" what plant would your muse be ? " ──── FOXGLOVE , that is my answer for coraline every single time in every single verse . they're an incredibly wide spread plant , native to the united kingdom &. they can be found in many environments ; woodlands , gardens , moorlands , coastal cliffs , roadside verges &. waste ground . they're poisonous for humans , if ingested it can cause : nausea , headaches &. diarrhoea , can also cause heart &. kidney problems . however , despite them being so toxic ; they're a source of nectar for honeybees , bumblebees &. moths . i like to think of it as a reflection of who coraline is , GORGEOUS ON THE OUTSIDE ; VERY FEW CAN STAND HER WHEN KNOWING WHATS INSIDE . but once you are able to get through the obvious flaws &. toxicity , to be able to stand by her without flinching , without running . . . she has the ability to be a gorgeous soul to be around , deeply misunderstood , deeply traumatised &. its clear to see she's just someone who's fumbling , trying her best , trying to make sense of her own complicated existence .
