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Interesting how the Trident incident is the only moment where people question Joffrey's capacity for cruelty. He is almost universally considered one of the worst asoiaf characters, with no redeemable qualities. No one ever attempts to justify his actions when he abuses Sansa, orders Ned's executions, or any of his other many acts of violence. It's only this moment, a moment meant to introduce us to his cruel nature, that people seem to believe him to be a rational character with limits. It's honestly laughable. It's evident that the people who think like this are just biased against Arya; the majority of these arguments are centered not around Joffrey's violence, but Arya's actions to defend Mycah. People seem to truly believe that the better option would have been to let Joffrey "have his fun" and torment Mycah.
Debating how badly Joffrey would've hurt Mycah misses the entire point of the moment. Joffrey attacks Mycah because he's lowborn, he finds amusement in tormenting others, and he knows he can get away with it. He was quick to pull his sword and draw blood and, from what we know of his character, he undoubtedly would've taken it further. Arya stands up to him because she thinks that Mycah is worth defending which is significant considering she is the only one to do so. She is also the only character who mourns him and is affected by his senseless death, even books later (Ned is affected by his death but I wouldn't say he mourns him, although it is a moment that influences his feelings towards the Lannisters and Robert). Even if, which is a very big if, Joffery hadn't intended to go any further he had already crossed a line by attacking Mycah. The only alternative would be that Arya simply sits by and watches Joffrey further injure Mycah...and that's somehow the "better" option?
The people coming to the conclusion that Arya was the one who escalated the situation (and that it's somehow not Joffrey pulling his sword on an innocent boy) are coming from the perspective of the classist society that they live in. Joffrey attacking a lowborn boy wasn't an issue worth action, but harming a prince is "wrong". Mycah being attacked, and later murdered, is seen as inconsequential to the other characters (and readers) because he is lowborn. That's the thing though. You aren't supposed to look at this situation where a young boy is murdered for no reason and think that the only one who defended should've behaved differently. This moment is a criticism of the classist society these characters live in. It is significant that Arya is markedly less classist than a majority of other characters and cares when no one else does.
Further, if Arya were truly in the wrong for her actions then Joffrey wouldn't have needed to lie about what happened. From the very existence of the "trial" and Arya being given the chance to tell her version of events, we know that there wouldn't be any punishment if the truth of the situation had been told from the very beginning. The only reason there was an issue is because Joffrey decided to attack Mycah, and then later lie about what happened. Arya is not responsible for Joffrey's cruelty, Cersei's enabling, or Robert's subsequent apathy. The fact that people can't seem to comprehend this is maddening. I've never seen people have the same attitude towards Sansa for speaking up for Dontos, even though it incurred Joffrey's wrath and would've escalated had Sandor not spoken up. Why are Sansa's actions brave and kind, but Arya's are seen as stupid and reckless? What happened to not blaming young characters for the actions of others?
This is one of those things where the fandom decides for themselves that they know the story being told, without actually looking at how it's written. They would rather debate on (baseless) hypotheticals than look at why George presented the story to us the way he did. It takes an insane amount of misinterpretation to decide that Arya's actions are the reason for Mycah's death and misses a, rather large, point being made by the author. Notably, none of these people can ever provide evidence from the book to support their insistence that Joffrey would've simply left Mycah alone. You would think that since that's the basis of their argument and they're so adamant that their analysis is correct, they would be able to support their reasoning. It's almost as though the books don't support their interpretations...
People treat horrible men similar to how they treat a tornado. All there is to do is get out of its way. Personally I believe people come up with all these things Arya should have done because they don’t think she took “appropriate safety precautions” when the Joffrey tornado was barreling towards her. They do not treat her feisty nature with the same inevitability as Joffrey’s cruelty.
so ma*ty said racist gross shit about ice spice and now taylor is collaborating with her. my head hurts
(If controversial opinions is what you are looking for, he didn’t say anything about Ice Spice. He just didn’t argue with someone who did. Which isn’t the same thing especially since he was the guest on the show) (I am pro-criticism and discussion always but lets at least have the facts straight)
the “from the vault” thing confuses me so much i thought that was reserved for songs she wanted to put on albums that the labels said wouldn’t fit???? like,, stuff she was held back from releasing???? i thought her new label let her have creative freedom or am i mistaken ?
I suspect that she wrote it about a time in her life she was in the middle of and she was not yet sure how it was going to play out.
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What type of blood sacrifice do I need to make to get Cornelia Street / False God (I would be happy with one of either I am not a degenerate) as the surprise song at the MetLife n1 show?
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Taylor Swift debuting one of the most successful songs in her career - Anti-Hero onstage with Matty fucking Healy at a 1975 concert given the fandom folklore surrounding them and considering this is her first performance of anything from Midnights… 2023 is going to be a wild ride for us
"Taylor Swift is always playing the victim-" I just think that people in general try to live their life to the best of their abilities and react to the circumstances they are put in. So many of Taylor's breakup songs people say she is "blaming" the guy or whoever, but like,,, all she is doing is explaining her negative emotions related to the experience?? It doesnt mean she did nothing wrong. Expecting Taylor Swift to explain every bad thing she has done within her songs is like asking someone to update their diary to include everyone else's thoughts to keep the narrator impartial. Your own experiences will always be biased towards you!!! Blaming someone for writing about their own experiences instead of someone no longer in their life is really bizarre and I cant believe the public joked about it for SO long.
Just so we're all on the same page with the writer's strike.
If during the strike, it's announced about AI generated shows. We are not watching them. Not even out of curiosity. Let them fail every AI generated show they try make.
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Alright I’ll say it. I don’t care about Grogu. I’m also not particularly in for the father son plot I’m general. I prefer the Bo Katan and Din story, the story of retaking Mandolor and fighting the empire to any of Grogu’s BS.
No, but Din brought the Mandalorians together, he wanted to take back Mandalore, something Bo Katan just gave up bc of a blade that belongs to Din. And the Darksaber belongs to Din, you can't change my mind. The Mandalorian alliance is falling apart under Bo Katans rule bc it's not her vision that brought them together but Dins. Din who made friends all over the galaxy and got a Jedi Baby and Din probably won't rule them, bc that's not who he is, but he's the rightful wielder of Darksaber and The Heart of the Mandalorians resurgence and Moff Gideon is terrified of his influence. The Mandalorians will have to work together to free him and I'm ready to see the Darksaber returned to him. Bo Katan doesn't believe in her own claim, doesn't believe she's worthy. She doesn't believe. But Din does.
And I don't like my boy sidestepped in his own show, sorry, but Bo Katan taking the lead in every operation just looked forced to me.
People throughout the galaxy followed Din bc they believed in him (and he had Grogu, Din got the Baby-Bonus).
I want the Empire and the New Republic frightened of Mandalorian Daddy Din and his Jedi Baby Grogu. They'll make Mandalore great again. I mean, imagine Baby Grogu getting trained with the Darksaber by Daddy Din. Imagine.
I do not think any of this is accidental, we even saw Bo distinctly noticing Din’s diplomatic skills when they were doing that strange buddy cop episode with Lizzo. Din doesn’t want to be a leader, he wants to be* lead. He still is yoinked to his religion. He doesn’t think that he is raising Grogu to be a peace maker. Something has to give with him before we can expect him to take his mantel, and Bo has to come to terms with the fact that she isn’t what is best for Mandalore.