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calisverse

𝐄𝐌𝐌𝐀 𝐃'𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐘 as 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐑𝐀 𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐄𝐍

House of the Dragon. Rhaenyra's blue and grey night gown.2x01/2x05.

helaenarts

“Rhaenyra named her eldest son, Jacaerys, the Prince of Dragonstone and heir to the Iron Throne.”

Commission for @vvave3005 on X

catherinesboleyn

Becoming Elizabeth 1.07

highfunctioningflailgirl

You are brave and honorable and kind. Any woman would be fortunate to be loved by you.

gifshistorical

· ANNE OF CLEVE’S BLACK & GOLD GOWN · Joss Stone · The Tudors 4.03 · Costume Designer: Joan Bergin

catherinesboleyn

Summer Richards as Katherine Howard

Wolf Hall 2.06

prideandprejudice

Isolda Dychauk as Lucrezia Borgia in Borgia (2011)

awkward-sultana

(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Hürrem’s gold tiara in 3x12

demolina

I love you, Giovanni. I will never leave you again.

dailyworldcinema

— Run. I can’t keep up with you. Little birds.

Русский ковчег (2002) RUSSIAN ARK, dir. Alexander Sokurov

filmtvdiary-blog

IL GATTOPARDO / THE LEOPARD (2025)

heireign

RHAENYRA TARGARYEN + THE PITFALLS OF DESIRE.

the first fruit cannot be pardoned, for it is foreordained to be devoured. she / the ill fated — the fore-wilting flower.

edenmemes

house of the dragon starters

ep1 - 10 .

❝ try not to look too relieved. ❞ ❝ did you sleep? how long? ❞ ❝ no king has ever lived that hasn’t had to forfeit the lives of a few to protect the many. ❞ ❝ i don’t need mothering. ❞ ❝ it is our fate, i think, to crave always what is given to another. ❞ ❝ you’re safe with me, i swear it. ❞ ❝ to elude a storm, you can either sail into it or around it. but you must never await its coming. ❞ ❝ i have only ever defended you. ❞ ❝ i’ve always thought of you and i as having been made from the same cloth. ❞ ❝ you will address me as “your grace” or i will have my guard cut out your tongue. ❞ ❝ i’d rather serve as a knight and ride to battle and glory. ❞ ❝ you’re always like this when you’re worried. disagreeable. ❞ ❝ i like this position. it’s quite comfortable. ❞ ❝ how sweetly the fox speaks when it’s been cornered by hounds. ❞ ❝ we haven’t spoke much…since… ❞ ❝ i do not wish to rule over a kingdom of ash and bone. ❞ ❝ i was never much of a dancer. ❞ ❝ do you want me to kill him? ❞ ❝ i’m asking with you to come with me…away from all of this. ❞ ❝ come, eat. fortify yourself for the journey. ❞ ❝ you swore to protect me. ❞ ❝ what will they say of me when the histories are written? ❞ ❝ it’s the only thing i have to my fucking name! ❞ ❝ look what my life became without you. a droll tragedy. ❞ ❝ strive to restore whatever scrap of honor you have left. ❞ ❝ our worth is not given. it must be made. ❞ ❝ it pleases me to hear you say this. that i am not alone in my grief. ❞ ❝ if you mean to elicit some anger from me, you should know that you’re failing. ❞ ❝ it bothers you, does it not? ❞ ❝ the realm owes you a great debt. ❞ ❝ all i wanted was for someone to say that they were sorry for what happened to me. ❞ ❝ we must all mourn in our own way. ❞ ❝ do you have a specific course of action to propose? ❞ ❝ we’re both people who have had to cut our own way through the world. ❞ ❝ were that to happen, losses would be incalculable. ❞ ❝ it was not my intent to make offense. ❞ ❝ when steel is drawn, a fair match isn’t something anyone should expect. ❞ ❝ i find i have…few friends lately. ❞ ❝ we don’t belong here. ❞ ❝ i only want to help you. ❞ ❝ you cannot believe such gossip. ❞ ❝ just get out. leave me at once. ❞ ❝ to have every young knight and lord fawning over you…what a misery. ❞ ❝ you’ve been much alone these past few years. alone and angry. ❞ ❝ the road ahead is uncertain, but the end is clear. ❞ ❝ you’re young. you will learn. ❞ ❝ this is just what i need…a little adventure. ❞ ❝ care for some company? ❞ ❝ what is this brief mortal life…if not the pursuit of legacy? ❞ ❝ the wise sailor flees the storm as it gathers. ❞ ❝ you are a plague…sent to destroy me. ❞ ❝ for one night, i wish to be free of the burdens of my inheritance. ❞ ❝ do you wish to hear my opinion on the matter? ❞ ❝ i’ve been alone. you abandoned me. ❞ ❝ i’ve decided to remain here and read instead. ❞ ❝ if there were another path…one that led to freedom…would you take it? ❞ ❝ we should be free to speak our minds to one another. ❞ ❝ everything i’ve given you, you’ve thrown back in my face. ❞ ❝ answer me. it’s important. ❞ ❝ do you never long for home? ❞ ❝ i know you’ve never seen true battle. ❞ ❝ your heart is even darker than i thought. ❞ ❝ you think yourself a cunning person. your plans are obvious. ❞ ❝ you never were one to stay idle. ❞ ❝ do not speak of this again. ❞ ❝ they whisper about me in the corridors. ❞ ❝ am i your prisoner? ❞ ❝ have the decency to look grateful. do you know what has been done to give you this day? ❞ ❝ love…is a downfall. ❞ ❝ we’re free to do as we please. ❞ ❝ you will make a fearsome knight. ❞ ❝ just take my arm, at the least. ❞ ❝ it seems the gods have been especially cruel to you. ❞ ❝ i will be a stranger when we meet again. ❞ ❝ you dare put hands on me? ❞ ❝ you look so much like your mother in certain lights. ❞ ❝ i have no shortage of allies. ❞ ❝ who gives a fuck what some lord thinks? ❞ ❝ take your fucking hands off me. ❞ ❝ a certain insolence runs in the family. ❞ ❝ meat without wine is a sin. ❞ ❝ i gave up the idea of wearing a crown generations ago. ❞ ❝ are you…are you hurt? ❞ ❝ reluctance to murder is not a weakness. ❞ ❝ exhausting, isn’t it? hiding beneath the cloak of your own righteousness. ❞ ❝ we have nothing in common. ❞ ❝ you deserve better than what i have been. ❞ ❝ you are an honorable man with a good heart. it’s a rare thing. ❞ ❝ i promise you, in time, you and i together will prevail. ❞ ❝ life has, i know, disappointed you. ❞ ❝ if a king isn’t feared, he is powerless. ❞ ❝ i’d rather ride alone. ❞ ❝ be careful. one could take your words for treason. ❞ ❝ i’ve never seen that side of you…i even doubted its existence. ❞ ❝ i will have the truth of what happened. now. ❞ ❝ do you wish to know your death? ❞ ❝ if we don’t mind our own histories, it will do the same to us. ❞ ❝ i believe you were made to wear the crown. ❞ ❝ we are turning back, all right? ❞ ❝ everyone’s staring at us. ❞ ❝ i would say it’s nice to be home, but i scarcely recognize it. ❞ ❝ most of my years have been spent living in terror. ❞ ❝ all that i have, i owe to you. ❞ ❝ i’ve wondered many an hour what your purpose was in coming here. ❞ ❝ what can either of us know of ruling a kingdom? ❞ ❝ does the promise of war excite you? ❞ ❝ none of this is a game. and yet you treat it like one. ❞ ❝ a matter has arisen that requires your attention. ❞ ❝ night time, you might not be so lucky. ❞ ❝ i have no wish to rule! no taste for duty! i am not suited. ❞ ❝ you flee what other men die seeking. ❞ ❝ i endured it for as long as i could. ❞ ❝ we don’t choose our destiny. it chooses us. ❞ ❝ it is ill luck to look upon the face of death. ❞ ❝ you’ve already found enough trouble today. ❞ ❝ who might you be running from, now? ❞ ❝ i am yours and you are mine. ❞ ❝ i will not have blood shed beneath my roof. ❞ ❝ we are closer to gods than to men. ❞ ❝ you shouldn’t do this alone. let us help you. ❞ ❝ that war is not mine to begin. ❞ ❝ it has been so long since we were granted the joy of your presence. ❞ ❝ how could you allow such a thing to happen? ❞ ❝ do not allow your temper to guide your judgement. ❞ ❝ now they see you as you are. ❞ ❝ do you want to know the truth of it? i was frightened. ❞ ❝ you desire not to be free, but to make a window in the wall of your prison. ❞ ❝ you are wiser than i believed you to be. ❞ ❝ i speak the truth. and you know it. ❞ ❝ hope is the fool’s ally. ❞ ❝ while i like your support, i do not need it. ❞ ❝ go to your chambers. you have said enough. ❞ ❝ i thought i wanted it, but the burden is a heavy one. ❞ ❝ i understand you’ve found yourself in some trouble. ❞

rpmemetic

✯ A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE SENTENCES / PART FOURTEEN

↪ A list of SENTENCES from George R. R. Martin’s novel A Storm of Swords, to be used and changed however you see fit. possible trigger WARNINGS for violent and sexual content, profanity, and alcohol.

↪ All parts can be found here.

❝ you seem so somber. is aught amiss? ❞ ❝ this is an evil rain. we have suffered much, and there is more peril and more grief ahead. ❞ ❝ if you keep all your treasures in one purse, you only make it easier for those who would rob you. ❞ ❝ the next time you hit me, i’ll tie your hands behind your back. the next time you try and run off, i’ll bind your feet together. scream or shout or bite me again, and i’ll gag you. ❞ ❝ what’s a dog to do with lions, i ask you? ❞ ❝ even a dog gets tired of being kicked. ❞ ❝ it is a pleasure to look on you again, even in such trying times. ❞ ❝ nothing is won so long as we have enemies in the field. ❞ ❝ when your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel and fire. when they go to their knees, however, you must help them back to their feet. elsewise no man will ever bend the knee to you. and any man who must say ‘i am the king’ is no true king at all. ❞ ❝ a strong king acts boldly, he doesn’t just talk. ❞ ❝ you would do well not to tempt me. ❞ ❝ an ant who hears the words of a king may not comprehend what he is saying, and all men are ants before the fiery face of god. ❞ ❝ i never asked for this, no more than i asked to be king. ❞ ❝ we do not choose our destinies. yet we must… we must do our duty, no? ❞ ❝ you are grown so very great now, yet the higher a man climbs the farther he has to fall. ❞ ❝ words are wind, you know, and you’ve blown mine away with your good sense. ❞ ❝ only a starving man begs bread from a beggar. ❞ ❝ it does not matter how brave or brilliant a man is, if his commands cannot be heard. ❞ ❝ a man is never so vulnerable in battle as when he flees. a running man is like a wounded animal to a soldier. it gets his bloodlust up. ❞ ❝ d’you remember that cave? we should have stayed in that cave. i told you so. ❞ ❝ you’re not going to die, ____. you’re not. ❞ ❝ this man is a buzzing fly, no more. ignore him, he will soon be gone. ❞ ❝ wars are not won with swords and spears alone. ❞ ❝ i should have known better. i should have seen… a good many things. ❞ ❝ oh, yes, i am the very soul of kindness. ❞ ❝ ____, you shall be the most beautiful woman in the hall tonight. ❞ ❝ i was very sorry to hear about your losses. ❞ ❝ if we start killing men at weddings they’ll be even more frightened of marriage than they are presently. ❞ ❝ a valiant deed unsung is no less valiant. ❞ ❝ never believe anything you hear in a song, my lady. ❞ ❝ always keep your foes confused. if they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. ❞ ❝ i am in no fit state to be killing anyone. ❞ ❝ i crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. don’t tell me to leave. ❞ ❝ we thank you for the sun that warms us. We thank you for the stars that watch us. we thank you for our hearths and for our torches, that keep the savage dark at bay. ❞ ❝ fire is a living thing. it is always moving, always changing… like a book whose letters dance and shift even as you try to read them. ❞ ❝ he should not have done that. ❞ ❝ i should have left you to the dark. do you know what you have done? ❞ ❝ was loyalty too much to hope for? ❞ ❝ i never asked for this crown. gold is cold and heavy on the head, but so long as i am the king, i have a duty… ❞ ❝ say what you will, but say it quickly. ❞ ❝ go away. just leave me be. ❞ ❝ are you scared of them? have you lost your belly for fighting? ❞ ❝ if i wanted wits, i’d marry you. ❞ ❝ gods forbid we do anything improper. ❞ ❝ ____ was cruel and stupid, but i did not kill him. ❞ ❝ are you quite well? you look so pale. ❞ ❝ here, my lady, that should help your tummy, i would hope. ❞ ❝ which is more dangerous, the dagger brandished by an enemy, or the hidden one pressed to your back by someone you never even see? ❞ ❝ a man will tell you poison is dishonorable, but a woman’s honor is different. ❞ ❝ i broke my vows with a woman. i admit that. yes. ❞