caroline. xxiv. she/her. a blog for original characters and writing, video games, interactive fiction, tabletop rpgs, books, film, tv, and literally anything that i want.
current — witch hat atelier, a knight of the seven kingdoms, the pitt, baldur's gate 3, the infernal devices series.
pinterest. spotify. steam. ao3.
⋆˙⟡ works in progress.
the old gods and the new — the world of ice and fire, interconnected stories spanning from the conquest to the war for the dawn.
the power of prophecy — the conquest.
a wolf in the embers — fire and blood.
mare nostrum — fire and blood.
gilded blood — house of the dragon.
queenmaker — house of the dragon.
of knights and maidens — a knight of the seven kingdoms.
through the fire and flame — a song of ice and fire.
sorry for being annoying [remembers that practicing gratitude instead of shame is better for my mental health and my relationships] thank you for letting me be annoying with you
i think there is something to be said about this wave of white women made media that is so surface level with an underlying racist and/or insensitive bias and that refuses to engage with criticism. i'm talking taylor swift's the life of a showgirl, emerald fennell's wuthering heights, colleen hoover, the acotar series and booktok in general, etc. whenever you dare to raise concerns about the superficiality or the questionable writing or the treatment of poc in those pieces you get shut down with a "it's not that deep" or "let women have fun". this weaponisation of misogyny to justify slop made for mass consumption, especially considering how wide spread it is becoming, scares me quite a bit. to quote princess weekes, "the girlypopification of anti-intellectualism" is truly concerning, and i do believe it is linked to the rise of far right movements worldwide. if you refuse to engage with what you are being presented with, and exclusively consume brain smoothing content "for fun" then yeah you do become more susceptible to propaganda. it is that deep.