some half-human creature thing

scrambled eggs all over my face, what is a boy to do? (he/him or they/them) I run tumblr.com/asoiafreadthru

[scorpius6689]

Aegon receiving the Dornish letter about his beloved sister Rhaenys

Jon receiving the pink letter about his beloved sister, Arya

I love that parallel!

Of course we can't be 100% sure that the subject of the Dornish letter was Rhaenys, but it's very likely.

And come on, the parallel makes way too much sense!

[lewisrrrr]

This is a great parallel I hadn’t considered before, really good point.

It is worth though remembering that the Pink Letter isn’t *actually* about Arya, it’s about a fake Arya.

But that doesn’t mean this parallel doesn’t still hold!

[maculategiraffe]

one thing that's great about the song of ice and fire books is the way nobody ever knows what the fuck is going on. like somebody in a bar will be like "long live good king renly!" and somebody else will be like "oh he died. like a month ago. yeah lady catelyn stark stabbed him" and somebody else will be like "actually I heard he was stabbed by a shadow his brother fathered on a priestess" and a fourth person will be like "wait didn't renly literally just win the battle of king's landing last week" and then they're all like "well, whatever. long live good king whoever it is now. next round's on me"

[asoiafreadthru]

A Game of Thrones, Catelyn II

“And I was only twelve when my father promised me to your brother Brandon.”

That brought a bitter twist to Ned’s mouth.

“Brandon. Yes. Brandon would know what to do. He always did. It was all meant for Brandon. You, Winterfell, everything. He was born to be a King’s Hand and a father to queens. I never asked for this cup to pass to me.”

“Perhaps not,” Catelyn said, “but Brandon is dead, and the cup has passed, and you must drink from it, like it or not.”

Ned turned away from her, back to the night. He stood staring out in the darkness, watching the moon and the stars perhaps, or perhaps the sentries on the wall.

Catelyn softened then, to see his pain.

Eddard Stark had married her in Brandon’s place, as custom decreed, but the shadow of his dead brother still lay between them, as did the other, the shadow of the woman he would not name, the woman had borne him his bastard son.

[brydeswhale]

Imagine having to be married to a guy who tries to stop arguments with you by bringing up his brother and your dead fiancé, AFTER he’s brought home his mistress’s kid and installed it in your son’s room, my god, so he can forestall processing your opinion by making you feel bad for him.

Catelyn is a saint.

[lewisrrrr]

It’s not Ned who brings up Brandon though? It’s Cat. Literally the first line of the above passage is her bringing him up. Sorry I love Cat but she brought it up, while trying to argue for marring Sansa to Joffrey.

[brydeswhale]

The context is completely different. She brought it up as a logical aside in an argument. He brought it up to silence her via emotional blackmail.

[lewisrrrr]

If someone brought up my dead relative to try and prove their point I’d be upset too, especially if it was so loaded with sensitive history too. Especially if that point is to betroth my 11 year old daughter to a monster.

[brydeswhale]

Lol, no one knows Joffrey is a monster at this point. They know he’s a snotty teen who will inherit an empire. Even Arya and Jon’s dislike is mostly motivated by jealousy and resentment. He hasn’t displayed anything other than silliness, which he could easily grow out of.

It was perfectly FINE for Catelyn to point out that her dad cared enough to try to betroth her and her siblings at the age that marriages would typically be planned for them.

It was NOT fine for Ned to use that opportunity to emotionally blackmail her and throw a pity party. I know Ned is everyone’s favourite fun-time dad character, but that’s the facts.

[lewisrrrr]

I wouldn't want my child to be engaged at 11 to anyone tbh!

Honestly just feels like you're just looking for reasons to not like Ned. This series has characters do so many heinous things, but Eddard Stark is bad for being sad when his dead big brother is mentioned? Come on, you're clutching at straws.

If you don't like Ned as a character, fine, but you don't have to try and find tenuous reasons why he's a bad person to justify that dislike. Especially weird in a series where he's one of the least awful people in it.

By the same token, you can like Cat (as I do) without pretending she's perfect and flawless and never got anything wrong, as she clearly is here.

[brydeswhale]

In their society, early betrothals are normal. That’s a straw man argument. This is the MOST successful betrothal for Sansa, it’s an insanely good opportunity on the surface. Ned is the odd one out for not considering this, and the fact that NONE of his kids have any considerations for their future(no dowries, no future settlements for the boys other than Robb, no betrothal considerations for any of the kids) makes him actually pretty negligent in the setting.

Also a hypocrite, given that as soon as he could use this betrothal to play Sherlock Holmes, while continuously endangering both his daughters and himself, up to and including his symbolic murder of Sansa via Lady, he jumped at it.

Eddie-boy being sad when his brother is mentioned is fine. A desolate expression would have been alright. Using his grief, which Catelyn, who knew and loved Brandon as her future husband, shares, is rotten behaviour. My brother was murdered, too, but I don’t use it as a way out of an argument I don’t want to admit to losing.

I don’t like Catelyn or Eddie. But Catelyn is the person in the right here, and Neddy-boy is the one being a jerk. That’s the facts.

[lewisrrrr]

Something being normal doesn’t make it good. There are plenty of things that are just the way society works, and are common, irl and in asoiaf. That doesn’t mean it should continue, or that it’s fine. I don’t see how you read asoiaf and miss that point, grrm is literally critiquing that society! Of which child betrothals are a part!

[asoiafreadthru]

A Game of Thrones, Catelyn II

“And I was only twelve when my father promised me to your brother Brandon.”

That brought a bitter twist to Ned’s mouth.

“Brandon. Yes. Brandon would know what to do. He always did. It was all meant for Brandon. You, Winterfell, everything. He was born to be a King’s Hand and a father to queens. I never asked for this cup to pass to me.”

“Perhaps not,” Catelyn said, “but Brandon is dead, and the cup has passed, and you must drink from it, like it or not.”

Ned turned away from her, back to the night. He stood staring out in the darkness, watching the moon and the stars perhaps, or perhaps the sentries on the wall.

Catelyn softened then, to see his pain.

Eddard Stark had married her in Brandon’s place, as custom decreed, but the shadow of his dead brother still lay between them, as did the other, the shadow of the woman he would not name, the woman had borne him his bastard son.

[brydeswhale]

Imagine having to be married to a guy who tries to stop arguments with you by bringing up his brother and your dead fiancé, AFTER he’s brought home his mistress’s kid and installed it in your son’s room, my god, so he can forestall processing your opinion by making you feel bad for him.

Catelyn is a saint.

[lewisrrrr]

It’s not Ned who brings up Brandon though? It’s Cat. Literally the first line of the above passage is her bringing him up. Sorry I love Cat but she brought it up, while trying to argue for marring Sansa to Joffrey.

[brydeswhale]

The context is completely different. She brought it up as a logical aside in an argument. He brought it up to silence her via emotional blackmail.

[lewisrrrr]

If someone brought up my dead relative to try and prove their point I’d be upset too, especially if it was so loaded with sensitive history too. Especially if that point is to betroth my 11 year old daughter to a monster.

[brydeswhale]

Lol, no one knows Joffrey is a monster at this point. They know he’s a snotty teen who will inherit an empire. Even Arya and Jon’s dislike is mostly motivated by jealousy and resentment. He hasn’t displayed anything other than silliness, which he could easily grow out of.

It was perfectly FINE for Catelyn to point out that her dad cared enough to try to betroth her and her siblings at the age that marriages would typically be planned for them.

It was NOT fine for Ned to use that opportunity to emotionally blackmail her and throw a pity party. I know Ned is everyone’s favourite fun-time dad character, but that’s the facts.

[lewisrrrr]

I wouldn't want my child to be engaged at 11 to anyone tbh!

Honestly just feels like you're just looking for reasons to not like Ned. This series has characters do so many heinous things, but Eddard Stark is bad for being sad when his dead big brother is mentioned? Come on, you're clutching at straws.

If you don't like Ned as a character, fine, but you don't have to try and find tenuous reasons why he's a bad person to justify that dislike. Especially weird in a series where he's one of the least awful people in it.

By the same token, you can like Cat (as I do) without pretending she's perfect and flawless and never got anything wrong, as she clearly is here.

[asoiafreadthru]

A Game of Thrones, Catelyn II

“And I was only twelve when my father promised me to your brother Brandon.”

That brought a bitter twist to Ned’s mouth.

“Brandon. Yes. Brandon would know what to do. He always did. It was all meant for Brandon. You, Winterfell, everything. He was born to be a King’s Hand and a father to queens. I never asked for this cup to pass to me.”

“Perhaps not,” Catelyn said, “but Brandon is dead, and the cup has passed, and you must drink from it, like it or not.”

Ned turned away from her, back to the night. He stood staring out in the darkness, watching the moon and the stars perhaps, or perhaps the sentries on the wall.

Catelyn softened then, to see his pain.

Eddard Stark had married her in Brandon’s place, as custom decreed, but the shadow of his dead brother still lay between them, as did the other, the shadow of the woman he would not name, the woman had borne him his bastard son.

[brydeswhale]

Imagine having to be married to a guy who tries to stop arguments with you by bringing up his brother and your dead fiancé, AFTER he’s brought home his mistress’s kid and installed it in your son’s room, my god, so he can forestall processing your opinion by making you feel bad for him.

Catelyn is a saint.

[lewisrrrr]

It’s not Ned who brings up Brandon though? It’s Cat. Literally the first line of the above passage is her bringing him up. Sorry I love Cat but she brought it up, while trying to argue for marring Sansa to Joffrey.

[brydeswhale]

The context is completely different. She brought it up as a logical aside in an argument. He brought it up to silence her via emotional blackmail.

[lewisrrrr]

If someone brought up my dead relative to try and prove their point I’d be upset too, especially if it was so loaded with sensitive history too. Especially if that point is to betroth my 11 year old daughter to a monster.

[asoiafreadthru]

A Game of Thrones, Catelyn II

“And I was only twelve when my father promised me to your brother Brandon.”

That brought a bitter twist to Ned’s mouth.

“Brandon. Yes. Brandon would know what to do. He always did. It was all meant for Brandon. You, Winterfell, everything. He was born to be a King’s Hand and a father to queens. I never asked for this cup to pass to me.”

“Perhaps not,” Catelyn said, “but Brandon is dead, and the cup has passed, and you must drink from it, like it or not.”

Ned turned away from her, back to the night. He stood staring out in the darkness, watching the moon and the stars perhaps, or perhaps the sentries on the wall.

Catelyn softened then, to see his pain.

Eddard Stark had married her in Brandon’s place, as custom decreed, but the shadow of his dead brother still lay between them, as did the other, the shadow of the woman he would not name, the woman had borne him his bastard son.

[brydeswhale]

Imagine having to be married to a guy who tries to stop arguments with you by bringing up his brother and your dead fiancé, AFTER he’s brought home his mistress’s kid and installed it in your son’s room, my god, so he can forestall processing your opinion by making you feel bad for him.

Catelyn is a saint.

[lewisrrrr]

It’s not Ned who brings up Brandon though? It’s Cat. Literally the first line of the above passage is her bringing him up. Sorry I love Cat but she brought it up, while trying to argue for marring Sansa to Joffrey.

[bowserwife]

As a general rule, don't trust anyone who identifies as a "normal person".

[laughconfetti]

i trust him

[meleedamage]

CRYING OVER DICK.

[meleedamage]

[anais-ninja-bitch]

how are there so many of these?

[meleedamage]

[loricameback-deactivated2026031]

Now that I’ve got some dick, I’m off to bed. Nighty night

[meleedamage]

[anais-ninja-bitch]

okay, so the question less “how is there so much dick in vintage comics” and more “how does melee have scans of all that dick?”

[meleedamage]

I collect dick pics. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[moomoobooboo-deactivated2020102]

I’m sorry for putting so much Dick on your dash today.

[ky-ju-deactivated20231122]

I feel like practicing any skill would be way more fun if I could have a lil level increase thing that pops up in front of me every time I do good like in Skyrim

[ky-ju-deactivated20231122]

“Push ups increased to level 5”

“Writing dialogue increased to level 37”

“Coping mechanisms (healthy) increased to level 18”

[nutsacktorturer]

[ahagia-sophia]

[rabbiteclair]

i have a brain problem that prevents me from understanding people who need so much specifically newly-released TV shows that they're upset by the prospect of going a few months without new ones being produced

like they could stop making video games and books today and I wouldn't notice until sometime in 2026. honestly if they'd stop making new video games for a while that'd be kinda convenient. everyone take a break and let me catch up. I still haven't even played Persona 5.

[afeelgoodblog]

[lewisrrrr]

same energy

[ultrafacts]

Source

Video of Tama

Follow Ultrafacts for more facts

[majikkant-deactivated20180504]

The picture in the background of the second one

[pizzaismylifepizzaisking]

Tama is boss

[ultrafacts]

[cat-fandom]

THE TRAINS HAVE CARTOON TAMAS ON THEM

[ultrafacts]

Sad update everyone, Tama recently passed away… An estimated 3,000 people, including railway officials, attended Tama the cat’s funeral on Sunday, days after she died of heart failure aged 16. [x]

[retro-geek-deactivated20220412]

For those who haven’t read articles about it, the local shrine elevated her to a god. She’s now the Eternal Stationmaster and patron god of the station.

[karinanotcinerina]

Beautiful.

[system-fail-ure-deactivated2021]

Now I’m crying thanks

[sapphic-matriarchy]

and a new cat was hired right?

[clarenecessities]

yep! her name is Nitama (essentially ”second tama” or “tama II”) and she served under Tama as an apprentice before being appointed her deputy

she works very hard

[beasti]

Everytime this crosses my dash, I reblog. It is the law.

[lafayettelabaguette]

Law

[tooiconic]

I’m crying at 11pm over train cats

[sighinastorm]

Nitama, already now a mature cat (born 2010), has a protege named Yontama (fourth Tama, b. 2016).  There is no information available for either the physical befellment or tragic self-disgrace which has removed Santama from contention.

^Nitama majestic, and below with Yontama

Yontama.

[linkislost]

a legacy

[bemusedlybespectacled]

okay but actually what happened to santama (or sun-tama-tama, which is her name because it’s a pun on santama) was that she was basically sent to train for the position in okayama and they liked her so much they refused to send her back

[kindaoffkilter]

“Sun-tama-tama” (a pun off of “Santama”, lit. “third Tama”) was a calico cat sent for training in Okayama. Sun-tama-tama was considered as a candidate for Tama’s successor, but the Okayama Public Relations representative who had been caring for Sun-tama-tama refused to give the cat up writing, “I will not let go of this child, she will stay in Okayama.” [25]

As of September 2018, Sun-tama-tama is working as the stationmaster in Naka-ku, Okayama and appears occasionally on Tama’s Twitter account.

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Every time I see this post there’s new info and it gets better

[northeastartist]

You are only allowed to scroll pass this after you pay tribute to the great Tama Station masters.

[redchrominance]

The shrine of Tama Daimyōjin (Great gracious deity Tama), next to the Kishi station where she worked.

Nitama presenting her yearly offerings to Tama Daimyōjin on the anniversary of Tama’s Death, June 23 (The offerings are presented by the company president, as Nitama is a cat and thus can’t hold the offerings herself) (Not pictured, but also present, Yontama)

[twimmythebabywitch]

you cannot pass without reblogging guys. i’m sorry, i don’t make the rules.

[dduane]

You can’t not reblog a goddess. It’s just what’s so. :)

[fandomsandfeminism]

So, fun fact- the manga Noragami has an arc where the main character, Yato (a minor kami/God that is down on his luck but trying to make it big time) goes to a council/conference for all the Gods in Japan.

And they are announcing the winner of the “up and coming god” award, and of course, Yato thinks it’s him.

But no-

ITS TAMA!

[dduane]

Always reblogging this.

[failure-to-adult]

Tama is the best new god. She is good and helpful and beloved. Always reblog this magnificent goddess.

[riseofthecommonwoodpile-deactiv]

humans don’t have enough ornamentation. where’s the plumage, the antlers

[wetorturedsomefolks]

i could go for a good vibrant throat sac i could display as i sing in the mating season

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Humans have some of the most extreme hair variation over their bodies in the animal kingdom, with hair on some parts of our body a few millimetres long and fine enough to be almost invisible, and hair in other parts a good metre long if not artificially trimmed. Part of the inside of our mouths are turned out to make our lips bright red, we have comically oversized breasts and lack penis bones to make erections more indicative of impressive circulation, and have some of the most complex behavioural adaptations to self-ornamentation for courtship seen in anything that doesn’t spend half its life collecting blue bottle caps. How much ornamentation do you want?

[riseofthecommonwoodpile-deactiv]

I’d like antlers, as previously stated

[queerce]

I want bioluminescence

[beowulf22121]

Sonar

[teaboot]

Flared webbing would be nice

[todayontumblr]

Tuesday, June 27.

NPCs—a tribute.

NPCs, NPCs, #NPCs. You gotta love 'em. You don't have much choice, in fact. They are quite possibly one of the very best things about #gaming, and provide seemingly endless, albeit accidental, entertainment. Walking into walls? Check. Walking into each other? Check. Running into space, for no obvious reason, drawing weapon and assuming battle stance, for no obvious reason, before withdrawing and walking in the other direction, for no obvious reason? Check. Shouting hey! watch it!/you hear that?/must be nothing.../what was that?/I thought I heard something..., unprompted? Check. Walking slowly/freezing/moving without walking/sliding around/stuck in place/floating away into the sky? Check. Crouching around from side to side for a few moments, for no obvious reason? Check. Commencing beef, battle, conflict, and general disarray with you, the protagonist, unprompted? Check, check, check. *hazardous battle music commences*  

These non-playable characters are so often the accidental stars of the show, entertaining us with an all manner of unexpected behaviour, glorious glitches, and unforgettably banal dialogue. They are #NPCs, and we owe them so much.  

And remember—there's a little NPC in all of us x

[one-time-i-dreamt]

[therottenkingsreckoning]

Truth emerging from the dirt to shame mankind

[axetofall]

I mean yeah I carry a sadness that exhausts my will to live like a leach on my heart but I’m basically fine

[grinnersmiler]

Not now my beautiful wife . I am perusing the Wikipedia for apples