[nheirya]

Deep in the blackness of the Dragonpit, Rhaenyra’s golden dragon stirs, OPENING HER EYES. Something has awakened.

[distilleddramatica]

[caintooth]

The Kissing Knife by Chloé Arrouy

steel sculptural object

[nheirya]

JACAERYS: The lowborn claiming dragons, was it her idea? Lady Mysaria? You were enthusiastic enough when Ser Steffon made his claim. He was the Lord Commander of your Queensguard. Heir to the Dun Fort. These people are... RHAENYRA: Courageous. JACAERYS: Mongrels. [RHAENYRA SIGHS] JACAERYS: House Targaryen is the blood of the dragon. If any may lay claim to it, what are we then? RHAENYRA: The rightful rulers of the Seven Kingdoms. JACAERYS: And what if one of your baseborn, silver-haired dragonriders decides he wants to rule the Seven Kingdoms? Did the Conqueror's dream foretell that? RHAENYRA: What else would you have me do? Prosecute a war, which we will lose, in which thousands will die. Or fly against Vhagar myself? Or perhaps you will fly against her on Vermax. Jace, with these riders, we can end a needless war. I may take my rightful place on my father's throne.

[ordyneir]

[Ethel’s instinct in the face of danger or disrespect is to fight back, but she realizes now that doing so would only repeat the cycle of abuse that she’s faced, and it would come back to bite her even harder.]

VISERYS: And I have tried often to discuss it with you, but you’ve refused me at every turn. RHAENYRA: That is because I do not wish to get married. VISERYS: (shouts) Even I do not exist above tradition and duty, Rhaenyra!

[danikoarchive]

christian dior s/s 2006

[hungryfictions]

janet fitch, white oleander / things or things with alexandra jacob - viscera collection, 2016 / brynne rebele-henry, “self-biography as a false saint” / ashley blanton - dendrite, 2013 / safiya sinclair, “notes on the state of virginia ii” / harry paul ally - figures collection, 21st c. / nicole homer, “underbelly” / ana teresa barboza - modos de vestir series, 2009 / carmen maria machado, “the lost performance of the heigh priestess of the temple of horror” / carrie (1976) / anne carson, plainwater: essays and poetry

a woman is a wound

[grem-lit]

The Great (2020) 1x06 “Parachute”

[voirlvmer]

They say even longing has its limits: in a bucket, an eel // will simply stop swimming long before it starves. 

Kaveh Akbar, from "God", Calling a Wolf a Wolf

[daenerys-stormborn]

Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon - 1.03 “Second of His Name”

[lifeinpoetry]

— Maya C. Popa, from "Duress," Wound Is the Origin of Wonder

[hvitserkk]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON — "Rhaenyra the Cruel" 2.02