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if nothing lasts forever, babe then can we make a start? happy (belated) birthday, @cressidascowper!

loveridden1999

for those unaware today india experienced one of its biggest protests in half a decade. there were protests all over the nation for various causes but the major one was in delhi. all we asked for was the resignation of the education minister because he's failed the students of this nation time & time again. but we were met with brutality, the police had barricaded the main site of protest (jantar mantar). metro stations were shutdown, the public was restrained from reaching the protest site and all the adjoining areas had signal jammers to make sure the crowd had no access to constant updates. they had us blocked from all the sides. they were lathi (baton) charging students from one side & releasing tear gas from the other. you couldn't walk 100 m on streets without having a tear gas shell thrown at you. there were many students, women & kids bleeding — some from their head. some couldn't walk anymore. the police had removed their nameplates & acted with full impunity to resort to unprecedented levels of violence. they were pelting stones at us, beating up people for no reason, forcefully detaining them and attacking us constantly with tear gas & rubber bullets. they wouldn't let you exit either. the crowd was peaceful & looking out for each other yet they were met with violence. i made a friend who was all alone & she asked to join me & my friend because a policeman wouldn't leave her alone. he constantly prodded her for personal info, invited her back to the jeep saying they have food there, wouldn't stop following her around. you couldn't call or ask anyone for help, we were left to fend for ourselves & be on a constant lookout if you did not want to be beaten up to death by police. all for what? asking a resignation? shame on this country.

#important

yenvengerberg

"Will you stake so high a wager on the whims of a dragonrider?"

#tv: hotd #alicent weaponising lesbianism oh she learned at the feet of her father #I love her bad #rhaenicent #alicent hightower #rhaenyra targaryen #hotd spoilers

eloiscbridgerton

ALICENT HIGHTOWER & MYSARIA HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 3.05 – Unbowed and Unbent

#tv: hotd #alicent hightower #mysaria #rhaenicent #rhaesaria #we love to see it #hotd spoilers

rhaenicentdaily

"Here are two powerful women, and in between them is the invisible presence of Rhaenyra, who is this person that ties them all together." – Philippa Goslett

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON | Season 3, Episode 5, "Unbowed and Unbent"

#tv: hotd #alicent hightower #mysaria #waiter I want 10 more please!!#hotd spoilers

# bothered queens

emmaxrosa

i enjoyed watching alicent and helaena's views of motherhood clash this episode. alicent expects helaena to feel exactly as she does, partly because i don't think alicent actually has a strong sense of who helaena is beyond seeing so much of her younger self in her only daughter. and, to be fair, their situations were indeed quite similar (again, some of that being alicent's own doing, even if her intent was simply to keep helaena close to home): both married off fairly young to certainly not one they would have chosen for themselves, but they had a duty to their family, and both their children the product of marital rape. alicent insists that helaena must drink the tea because 'does she not wish to be free?' which ties back into alicent's blood sacrifice at the end of s2. her entire life wrapped up in crowning aegon, so of course, be free again, to begin anew as simply the lady alicent, she has to sacrifice her firstborn. she warns helaena that, in the end, her child, especially if he is a son, will be used against her by rhaenyra. she's speaking with otto's voice now, gripping helaena's face just as he once did: "and to secure her claim, she'll have to put your children to the sword." your children will never be more than 'hostages or pawns,' oof but helaena's view of motherhood reminds me more of rhaenyra in a way. she seems to approach aegon with a kind of detached indifference, and so her son will be wholly hers, and this time, with more of a grasp on her visions, perhaps this time she will ensure this child lives longer than her boy jaehaerys did.

#tv: hotd #alicent hightower #helaena targaryen #alicent doesn't have a strong sense of who helaena is outside of a reflection of her younger self!!! exactly!!!!#hotd spoilers

To secure her claim, she'll have to put your children to the sword. HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022– ) 1.06 | The Princess and the Queen 3.05 | Unbowed and Unbent

alysmond

"At the beginning, Alys is very much Aemond's carer. And as we get to know her over the course of the episode, there might be something more." – Ewan Mitchell

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON | Season 3, Episode 5, "Unbowed and Unbent"

#tv: hotd #alys rivers #aemond targaryen #alysmond #hotd spoilers