I'm headed straight for the castle

29, Hungary, teacher, fangirl, queen That's it.

[wlwarhammer]

People shocked that the Targaryen’s were not liked by the small folk…brother they were colonial dictators with medieval nukes who Habsburged themselves into insanity

[rynnthefangirl]

I love so much the concept of the dragons being tied to Targaryen women and their fertility. It plays so poignantly into the history of House Targaryen in Westeros. The Targaryens come to Westeros, and in an attempt to consolidate their power, they assimilate into the oppressive social structures of Westeros, sacrificing and devaluing their women to do so. Rhaena, Aerea, Rhaenys, Rhaenyra, Daena, Naerys, Rhaella, and so many more — crushed under the heels of their brothers and fathers and uncles in order to appease the lords of the realm. And in doing so, the Targaryens ironically kill their true source of power. Dragon egg production is high before Dance, as Syrax and her rider Rhaenrya’s fertility flourishes as one. Then Rhaenyra is usurped and killed, and suddenly, no eggs can hatch. It speaks to the general devaluing of women’s labor and contributions, not just in House Targaryen, but in broader Westeros and our own world. It is not the fighting or the conquering or the crown or the Sword or the Iron Throne that forms the weight bearing beams of the House of the Dragon. It is female fertility, labor, childbirth, motherhood. The latter had been exploited for the sake of the former for 300 years, chipping away at that load bearing beam until the House collapses around them, dragons and crowns and thrones and men and women alike.

And the one to bring it all back? A girl. Overlooked and underestimated, her value tied solely to the son she could bear or the army she can be sold to buy. But the true power is intrinsic to her. All the men think themselves the great saviors of their house and their world— with women like Lyanna Stark and Elia Martell being sacrificed at the altar of Targaryen men’s destiny— but it is Daenerys Stormborn, Daughter of Dragons, Bride of Dragons, Mother of Dragons, who succeeds where they all failed.

[starlight-incarnate]

What is it like to be a prophet? To be a dragon dreamer? Do the dragons still hear the cries of Daenys or Aegon, of Viserys or Helaena, of Daemon Blackfyre or Daeron, of Egg or Aerion, of Maester Aemon or Daenerys? Do they still want to come home?

[the dragon dreamers of asoiaf]

[daydreamz333]

𝐻𝟤𝑜 𝒥𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒜𝒹𝒹 𝒲𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇

[aromanticduck]

2006 was a peak year for mermaid media. Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia. Aquamarine. The first season of H2O: Just Add Water. There must have been something in the w-

[daydreamz333]

Cleo sertori 🌺

Made this because I was told I look like her so I’m going with it

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[daydreamz333]

Emma Gilbert

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Rikki Chadwick ❤️

[h2ojustaddmako]

H2O just add water debuted 20 years ago today, on July 7, 2006.

[devinellekurtz]

When we first met

[maybemacdc]

quiet mornings

[mavmalt]

Adult Gaang cuddle pile

[sandushengshou]

Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson Read Thirst Tweets

[reticent-vampire]

[tinhaaaaat]

lovestruck

[ellynneversweet]

Darcy’s introduction in Pride and Prejudice is really ‘what if you had just had the worst month of your life because your ex-bestie tried to lover boy scam your baby sister out of her share of your dad’s life insurance and your friend dragged you to a shitty party in a dive bar in the neighbourhood where he’d just signed a short term lease, and you decided to let your bad mood show because you were never going to see any of the assholes in this stupid shitty bar EVER again. And your friend ended up making out with a girl he’d just met there while you were stuck talking to her sister who was less cute and then her mother appeared and started trying to matchmake and started saying how if she was twenty years younger she’d clime you like a redwood and ooooh is that a black Amex, guess the next round is on you hahhahahahaha, while her other sister (how many fucking sisters does she have?!) flashed an obviously fake ID at the bar and ordered six vodka-diet red bulls and no one in her family except the less-cute sister even tried to stop her. And you went home and consoled yourself that you would never see any of these people again but then you met them over and over again because they live next door and your friend and the cute sister keep meeting up to make out but not actually date and then. You fall in love with the less-cute sister because it turns out she’s really witty and charismatic but she already knows and remembers and resents the fact that on a day when you were in a shitty mood you called her mid out loud in a dive bar.’

[halflitpages]

Project Hail Mary did a great job at raising a point that we often conveniently ignore in real life which is how the value of a human being is determined by their relationships. You can see this on the news when people often sympathize with victims who had families more than ones who didn’t, how people are more likely to help a person in need if they have family, how we as a society view living alone or as a bachelor to be “odd” or consider the possibility that something is wrong with people who choose to spend their lives alone. It’s gross. It’s really gross.

The value of a life shouldn’t be accentuated by the number of people that love them. It’s such a harmful narrative because we are subconsciously spreading the idea that people without familial relationships of any sort are more expendable than ones with those ties.

People that spend their lives alone aren’t defective. They have their reasons and even if they don’t, they are just as important. No life is worth more than another.