fashioned for love

leia, 26, she/they, ace mostly asoiaf & legend of zelda

[hylialeia]

someone has to do it

[werewolf-transgenderism]

irritating as fuck when people get mad at Black people existing in premodern historical fiction/fantasy media. like first of all, you're racist. and second of all, you are acting as though Black people didn't exist in premodern Europe which is simply false. especially when we're talking about the Mediterranean, like what the fuck do you people think is along the southern half of the Mediterranean Ocean?? everyone's on boats, there are GOING to be interactions with Black people in Northern Africa, and there are GOING to be Black people in Mediterranean Europe. stop being stupid. your imagined homogeneous white European past is not historical reality, get over it you massive losers

[marshmellowed]

every time.

[mindllessdreaming]

and the winner of superwholock is officially??? no one. we all lost. congrats team

[buggyhuman-blog]

[evilsoup]

this is just truthslop.you believe it because it happens to conform to reality

[doubleca5t]

This is what Republicans sound like

[silvermoon424]

[theaisyapping]

[hylialeia]

which Asoiaf characters arcs do you find the most horrifying/disturbing (be it their entire plotline or specific chapters - mainly which pov moments are the most horrifying)

recency bias alert but Arya's A Clash of Kings chapters are definitely up there; they do such a genuinely fantastic job of embodying the sense of fear and helplessness being felt during the war of the five kings, recontextualizing every storyline around it. characters like Gregor Clegane and Roose Bolton become genuinely horrifying monsters rather than inconvenient and unsettling lackeys. we're introduced to Harrenhal in all its haunted glory. we see the first hint of the Faceless Men. it's just a nonstop mounting sense of dread, one chapter after another, all juxtaposed with the other POVs casual dismissal (because who cares about the smallfolk riverlands, it's war. this is just what happens in war). it's the innocent who suffer when you high lords play your game of thrones

[hylialeia]

these chapters are like right next to each other

[hylialeia]

which Asoiaf characters arcs do you find the most horrifying/disturbing (be it their entire plotline or specific chapters - mainly which pov moments are the most horrifying)

recency bias alert but Arya's A Clash of Kings chapters are definitely up there; they do such a genuinely fantastic job of embodying the sense of fear and helplessness being felt during the war of the five kings, recontextualizing every storyline around it. characters like Gregor Clegane and Roose Bolton become genuinely horrifying monsters rather than inconvenient and unsettling lackeys. we're introduced to Harrenhal in all its haunted glory. we see the first hint of the Faceless Men. it's just a nonstop mounting sense of dread, one chapter after another, all juxtaposed with the other POVs casual dismissal (because who cares about the smallfolk riverlands, it's war. this is just what happens in war). it's the innocent who suffer when you high lords play your game of thrones

[hylialeia]

What are some of your favorite Asoiaf quotes?

Murdered. Though his lips never moved, somehow she could hear his voice, whispering in her ear. You never mourned me, sister. It is hard to die unmourned. "I loved you once." Once, he said, so bitterly it made her shudder. (Daenerys X, A Dance With Dragons)

"Ser Jaime?" Even in soiled pink satin and torn lace, Brienne looked more like a man in a gown than a proper woman. "I am grateful, but ... you were well away. Why come back?" A dozen quips came to mind, each crueler than the one before, but Jaime only shrugged. "I dreamed of you," he said. (Jaime VI, A Storm of Swords)

"[...] What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms … or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy." (Jon VIII, A Game of Thrones)

and the number one, uncontested:

Seven, Brienne thought again, despairing. She had no chance against seven, she knew. No chance, and no choice. She stepped out into the rain, Oathkeeper in hand. (Brienne VII, A Feast for Crows)

[ilynpilled]

low-hanging fruit statement to make but elon truly is such a beyond parody pathetic caricature u honestly could not write a more scathing richest man in the world bit if u tried

[ilynpilled]

he just became the first trillionaire in history what an indictment

[drops-of-universe]

why do men have this eternal fear of being used for money they don’t have lol

[papidehasbi]

[notkatniss]

taylor swift would release a 30th special edition of the tortured poets department to block the vampire lestats spot on the billboard chart and within 24 hrs travis kelce would go missing

[rodrickheffeley]

ok that's enough twitter for today

[theocseason4]

this

[andreablog2-deactivated20220425]

Period

[insomniac-arrest]

one of the underrated lessons from lotr's Aragorn is to avoid responsibility for as long as humanly possible, possibly in the woods, possibly without showering, until the small folk need you or whatever

[hylialeia]

sometimes I forget how dire asoiaf discourse is until I'm gripped by the insatiable and ultimately futile desire to find a good asoiaf fic. and then I remember you people are crazy

[akindplace]

do you guys remember when we googled something and we would get results that were actually related to the things we searched

[delphinidin4]

[hylialeia]

the one-two punch of reading the dunk and egg novellas then going to arya's a clash of king chapters is visceral 👍everyone should do this