PUT ME BACK IN IT

in this light she could almost be a beauty. in this light she could almost be a knight.

[masterkeynobi]

about me!

sree, she/any, 23, bengali-american, bisexual

terfs & zionists dni

i post a lot more frequently on twitter & a lot less frequently on ao3

moderate-intensity garden variety freak :)

original posts are tagged sree.txt

there are about a million books i like but the ones i talk about the most are tortall, queen's thief, the goblin emperor, a song of ice and fire, the locked tomb

in terms of movies & tv i post a lot of doctor who, star wars, and amc's interview with the vampire

i'm big into actualplay which is sort of a secret third category of thing to me. i'm juggling d20, worlds beyond number, naddpod, and most recently critical role's aramán, which i am PROFOUNDLY enchanted by despite having no intention of ever getting into exandria proper <3

i tend to umbrella tag universes — my sw tag contains everything sw, my asoiaf tag contains fire & blood and the dunkegg novellas, my tortall tag contains all one million of those books — but for anthology series i'll try to tag by individual season

i also distinguish between source material and adaptations. my asoiaf tag is distinct from my house of the dragon/hbo dunk & egg tags; my amc iwtv tag is distinct from my vampire chronicles tag

character tags are the same no matter what though. i know it's confusing, i'm so sorry

last point i promise. i was a mod for fanmade fantasy high dating sim @heygirliegame and it's my pride and joy forever. truly a labor of love. play it if you haven't i promise it's really really good

[jennegatron]

i think a lot about theobald's mistrust of lapin to start the season. initially it's unclear why this hostility exists, which is why people immediately tried to explain it through an interpersonal history between the two characters. when all you have to go off of is episode 1, it's easy to assume that they dislike each other because of a failed romantic relationship, but as you watch the season and the adventuring parties a couple things become abundantly clear.

theobald doesn't trust lapin because lazuli didn't trust the church. he loves arcane magic and he sees the way the bulbian church forbids its use. lapin is the living embedded embodiment of the church in the castle. he is a constant reminder of the way lazuli's work has lain untouched, unresearched for decades. theobald loves amethar and would never blame him for candia's magical progress lying fallow for 20 years, even if that's who is actually to blame. it's easy to blame lapin for what he represents, even though he personally is not responsible and does not even wield bulbian magic.

from a metagame level, in session 0 zac is more or less forced to play lapin as sneakier and evasive in combat. he has a secret and he can't be found out before the show even starts. murph and theobald see this behavior and it gives murph a reason to play theo as hostile to lapin. zac the player can't rebut the accusations or explain himself without giving away the game, and he's not going to just let theobald bully lapin, so he argues back.

this is why to me the 'oh shut up' line works. like lapin doesn't need theo's apology. he knew the game the whole time even when theo didn't. he needed theo to not know the truth because the stakes were too high to let anyone into his secret. theo's dislike of lapin was founded in real deeply held feelings of losing people he cared about and seeing the church suppress what he loved, even if lapin wasn't the right target for that anger. lapin argued back because he wasn't going to let himself be a doormat and if theo hated him because he was bulbian, that was just a testament to the ruse working. he doesn't need to hear 'i misjudged you chancellor' because lapin has known that the entire time and he was counting on it. he needed theo to believe that for his survival. they could never be close in any capacity while lapin held that secret.

i really wish people hadn't fixated so heavily on the 'they're divorced' headcanon. i think the relationship they had based on all of the text rather than just the first episode is so much more interesting than that, especially when the 'they're divorced' thing flies in the face of the things we learn about theobald after lapin's death. they're ships passing in the night. they never had a chance to be anything to each other but coworkers who didn't get along. because lapin dies that's all they'll ever be and theo just goes on living knowing that.

[elzorton]

Be cunning.

[rochalil]

Only Teor is Teor

Also drawing this I never realized Teor has so many braids, which made me think of this meme I love, so I made my own CR version

Rough translation:

“Cute braids!”

“They’re sausages.”

[footlongdingledong]

thing thats good: yay

thing thats bad: aww

thing that has both genuinely amazing pieces of storytelling and abysmal dogshit slop both happening like entirely interchangably:

[wulfhalls]

such a scene. such implications

[screechfoxes]

LADY ARANESSA ROYCE + "MY LORD TACHONIS"

BONUS:

[jadeandquartzes]

[id: five sets of gifs. the first four show instances of aranessa referring to occtis as "lord tachonis" and his respective reactions, which start with shock, move to confusion, and end in acceptance as the episodes progress. the final set shows thaisha whispering to occtis "do I have to call you "my lord?"" and occtis immediately responding "no!" end id.]

[sourbrainworms]

this is your first time meeting maya davinos.

she'll kill you.

she'll kill you.

if her personality was a billboard, it would have big block letters going — "she'll kill you".

[neinofthem]

the desperate hope that something good might happen.

[jeyneofpoole]

smiling always smiling !

[hylialeia]

easy to forget but book jon snow is great actually. he gets so drunk he cries in his first chapter. he's 16 years old and laser focused on loan negotiation. he keeps getting promoted against his will. he's the chosen fantasy protagonist with the worst genre awareness ever. he implements pro immigration social reforms. he has a giant albino pet wolf. he cuts a guy's head off. he thinks he invented cunnilingus. he's been dead for 15 years.

[commiefaggoth]

so embarrassing to watch yourself become obsessed with a character that feels tailor made for you specifically to become obsessed with. feels like i fell into a trap made just for me. like damn they got me. those are all the things i like and go crazy for

[honeyscomet]

fave dynamic is platonic but somethings weird with it (the weird part is an insanely deep level of devotion, trust and understanding, as well as narrative importance that is not typically allowed for platonic relationships in media, making the portrayal feel unique and queer in nature. typically best served as m+f)

[steveyockey]

affirmations they will not kill me at work today. it is not in my job description to get killed. if they did kill me at work that would be weird and probably not worth it for them

[nbbnbnbn]

send me a 💫 in my inbox, and ill write a small snippet of the fic thats been stuck inside my head!

[riessene]

Thaisha voice: No green for you

[jadeandquartzes]

[id: art of sir julien davinos, drawn from the side against a white background. he stares off into the distance with a dour expression, his hair flowing around and behind him. he wears black and green clothing, and green leaves thread through his hair. end id.]

[weaselknievel]

*introducing myself to the guards who caught me* seized to meet you