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Its so funny when a zionist interacts with one of my fandom posts, clearly not realizing that I can, in fact, see their profile and will block them upon realizing their fascist tendencies.
Like, DO YOU THINK THIS IS A SAFE SPACE FOR YOU? Have you even looked at my profile at all? GO TO THE HAGUE YOU NAZI BlTCH
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So I've gotten really into AKOTSK, and I've been having a lot of thoughts about Lyonel's Rebellion and his relationship to his daughter and his own identity and sense of self and wanted to yap about it for a bit.
As far as we're aware in the books and show, Lyonel only has one child, his unnamed daughter. Ormund Baratheon, who succeeds him, is only stated to be his "heir", which could really mean anything. Lyonel's daughter is betrothed to Prince Duncan (the small), but Duncan breaks it when he married Jenny of Oldstone. An event which reportedly causes Lyonel's daughter "much grief". This whole incident aggravates Lyonel so much that he crowns himself Storm King and does a "short but bloody" rebellion which is put down when Lyonel is defeated in trial by combat with Ser Duncan the Tall, the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. As part of the peace deal, Egg betroths his youngest daughter Princess Rhaelle to Ormund and sends her off to Storm's End to be a cupbearer for Lyonel's wife. Lyonel fucks back off to Storm's End and presumably dies a few years later, after which Ormund inherits and marries Rhaelle.
And that's really all we know about this event. So everything im saying following this is a mix of extrapolation and theorizing.
Its become a popular narrative in fandom that Lyonel, because of his rebellion, is a "Girl Dad." Discarding the fact that "Girl Dad" is an ultimately meaningless pop culture/internet term rather than an actual evaluation of father-daughter relationships, I have very mixed thoughts about using this label for Lyonel. While its not hard to imagine (show) Lyonel did actually love his daughter, and was quite pissed at at her being snubbed, the idea that the primary motivation for Lyonel's rebellion was his love for his daughter is silly. Lyonel's daughter got absolutely nothing out of the rebellion, the damage to her was already done by that point, and the "restitution" (marrying Rhaelle to Ormund) had literally nothing to do with her. We have no insight into her thoughts about the rebellion, but somehow I doubt she'd be very happy about her father running off to go potentially die in a war he WILL NOT WIN and does NOTHING for her. And if Lyonel DID die during or after his rebellion, his daughter would be put into an objectively WORSE situation than before! It would effectively put her in the same situation as Argella Durrandon, and Lyonel in the position of Argilac the Arrogant. He's sacrificing his daughter's safety and future for what is essentially a tantrum to prove he's still relevant, both politically and as a warrior far past his prime (the Argilac-Lyonel parralels are really quite strong.)
But yeah, Lyonel's decision to rebel was really really selfish. It benefited truly no one but himself. Not his daughter or wife, not the stormlands or all the people he got killed. Maybe it benefited Ormund by marrying Rhaelle? I guess??? Robert like 50 years in the future when he claims the Iron Throne??? The lauded reputation of Lord Commander of the Kingsguard Ser Duncan the Tall??? (Though I doubt Dunk himself would've been happy about the whole thing.) Funny how the only people who maybe got something out of this whole mess were lordly men. A real "Girl Dad" move right there.
Lyonel gets a lot out of it, though. He gets to be Storm King. He cements his name and legacy, remembered and celebrated and called upon long after him (exemplified when his descendant, Robert, "the Laughing Storm Reborn", ends the Targaryens' rule and becomes King of the Seven Kingdoms.) His rebellion makes him a hero and legend in the eyes of Stormlanders, while his daughter, who he supposedly rebelled for, is FORGOTTEN!!! We don't even get to know HER NAME!!!
The thing of names is really important here, I think. When Lyonel rebels, does he make this decision as Lyonel, or as The Laughing Storm? Because Lyonel the person is an old man, a fool and a drunkard (I say this with the utmost affection for him, but its true). But the Laughing Storm? The Laughing Storm is not a man. He's a knight and a Storm Lord and the blood of Durran and a madman and a living legend. The Laughing Storm could never tolerate this disrespect to House Baratheon. Ours is the Fury and The Laughing Storm could never accept peaceful resolution. If he did, what would that say about him, about Lyonel? That he's not a storm but only a man, and an old one, far past his prime? That he's weak and irrelevant, and everyone around him is merely waiting for him to die so some younger stag can take his place? I don't think Lyonel rebels because he loves his daughter or is angered on her behalf (though thats certainly part of it). I think Lyonel rebels so he can live up to his own name.
It's an interesting philosophical question, what do you do when your name outgrows you? When you stand in the shadow of the mythical version of yourself that you helped create? And I think that its a question that not only pertains to Lyonel's story, but Dunk's, to the concept of knighthood and kingship and honor and glory and legend and memory, which is what GRRM is ultimately interrogating in these stories. And Lyonel is SUCH an interesting interrogation into this question, because he ultimately DOES NOT live up to his own name! Lyonel yields! We've never really seen a Baratheon (or a Durrandon) yield in the books! Not Durran, not Argilac the Arrogant or Orys Baratheon or Robert or Stannis or Renly long after them. (Except, notably, Argella) And Lyonel doesn't JUST yield, he yields to SER DUNCAN THE TALL, another big name which outgrew its owner (A name which Lyonel HELPED CREATE!).
Lyonel does not die a Storm King, like Argilac. He yields, he goes HOME to his FAMILY and dies an unnotable death. Lyonel's rebellion was not an act of love or dedication for his daughter, Lyonel's rebellion was a selfish act of vanity and pride, a desperate attempt for an old man to relive the glory of his youth and live up to the legacies of his forbearers, and to live up to his own legacy! I think that the real act of love committed by Lyonel was his acquiescence. Lyonel gives up his ancestral crown to be with his family. He chooses his daughter over kingship.
Lyonel's story provides a very fun parallel and foil to that of his ancestors and descendants, who choose kingship over family, to their ultimate destruction. Reducing Lyonel to a "Girl Dad" or just some guy homosexually obsessed with Dunk (not to deny their tension) or some other inane nonsense does a disservice to the complexity of his character as presented. And not only does it reduce Lyonel into a caricature of himself, but, more importantly, it contributes to the denial of personhood and identity to his daughter.
Because she's not a person, and she has no identity outside their relationship. She's just Lyonel's Daughter.
Lyonel Baratheon mommy issues confirmed
Every day: No Dunk. Dead dad. Evil mommy. Stupid vassals. Hurricane. Lannister good sister. Spirits in the walls. Gowen.
Someone save him 😭
Lyonel Baratheon mommy issues confirmed
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Unnamed daughter of Lyonel Baratheon
“King Aegon […] gladly agreed to betroth his eldest son and heir to Lord Lyonel’s daughter. All was well until Prince Duncan met and became smitten with […] Jenny of Oldstones […] and took her for his wife.
The love between Jenny of Oldstones […] and Duncan […] caused great grief to Lord Lyonel’s daughter and brought shame and dishonor to House Baratheon. So great was the wroth of the Laughing Storm that he swore a bloody oath of vengeance, renounced allegiance to the Iron Throne, and had himself crowned as a new Storm King.”
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And then Revan said "I am Revan" and revaned all over the place
Been too busy to start cr4 but what ive gathered from spoilers is that there's some strong new contenders for a critical role "Worst parent ever" tournament bracket
Saw a post that reminded me how much I love non-conventional (aka just non-button) noses. Love me some diverse noses, need more of that.
It's really telling that no one on the yt ass app has talked about how ICE has just been given more power to abuse the latine and immigrant community. I know it's all been "charlie kirk this, charlie kirk that" but that doesn't detract from that fact that on Monday, September 8th the supreme court ruled that ice can detain based solely on having brown skin or "looking latine," speaking Spanish or speaking English with an accent, being present at locations that have migrant workers, or the type of work they have.
When this news broke my dad told me and my siblings, all of us who are US Citizens, born and raised in the US, that we have to carry some form of official documentation on us, especially because we live in a city that has been heavily targeted by the Trump administration for being a sanctuary city. My grandmother was staying with us and even though she is my non-latine grandmother, and she's a US citizen, my dad and aunt made the decision to have my dad drive her back home to New Jersey because she has an accent and her documents are back home.
As someone who is latine and south asian, I need you to know that this will not just affect latine people! My non-latine cousin was pulled over by ice about two weeks ago just for being brown! However this will disproportionately affect latine people. Just today ICE was seen on the street by my home and my work! One of my duties at work is to make sure that ICE does not come into our elementary school because we're a predominantly latine school. I HAVE TO MAKE SURE ICE DOES NOT KIDNAP 5 YEAR OLDS. That is the reality of the situation.
I want it to be known that I have been scared before because I'm living as a person of color in the United States. I have been scared before because of being a south asian born post 9/11. I have been scared before being a latina growing up during the Dreamer movement, despite being a citizen. However, before this week I have never been scared enough to feel the need to carry documentation proving I am a citizen of the damn country I was born in! Now I feel that scared though. Especially because a few months ago, for the first time in my life, someone assumed I didn't speak English. Another person of color assumed I didn't speak English and shit talked me in the CVS aisle because they assumed I didn't speak English. And then a week ago I also got mistaken for not speaking English when I went to the doctor's office and chatted with the receptionist in Spanish and then was handed Spanish paperwork to fill out.
Anyways, the point is the fact that I have seen maybe two? three? posts about this on here is upsetting and immensely telling. Speak up. Talk about the fact that this is happening because it will not stop with targeting latines. It will become worse. It already is because the government is going to punish immigrants for "making light of" charlie kirk's death. Not for celebrating, or joking, for making light of.
This silence is astounding. It's not surprising, but it is just astounding to see how little y'all truly care about brown people and immigrants.
