mess of things

[privatedarius]

Galah chicks in gum tree hollow photo credit: Louise Rowland

[sizzlingcandyjellyfishhhhhh]

no revenge because I forgot what you did #memoryloss

[viagginterstellari]

Dunes - Wahiba sands, 2019

[janadoesstuffwrong]

It's kinda their thing

[fellshish]

@ fic authors what do you personally consider a successful fic? What’s the bar?

[sherl-grey]

actually writing the fic down

[sparklyandhaunted]

"Are you entertaining the marriage?"

"Cersei is not getting any younger."

"Still. A woman of her beauty and status. You should be aiming much higher."

A smirk makes its way on to Tywin's face. "Do you have someone in mind?"

"I thought you'd never ask," Rhaegar says, "Stannis Baratheon."

"The Baratheons are not exactly fond of the Lannisters. I doubt they'd entertain such a match," Tywin says with a wave of the hand as if he's waving off the entire notion.

"They would if their king was arranging it," Rhaegar says, and then adds, "I am not entirely fond of the Florents."

"If I am being honest, your Grace, neither am I, but alliances are needed."

"Why not align with the Stormlands then?" Rhaegar says, "We both need to mend fences there. And Stannis is an honorable man. He will do right by your daughter."

"I will take it into consideration." Tywin speaks with such finality that Rhaegar wonders if in another lifetime he may have been a king.

- the broken lovers with the poison cup by soapboxblues

[saccharinescorpion]

gotta keep reminding myself

[sparklyandhaunted]

It's about half man, about ruben's explosive violence and about niall micro-dosing the same violence, that leaves the field full of corpses, and about writers who love tragedy

also about men in cages of their past.

people meet, and the vibes are RADIOACTIVE

[sivavakkiyar]

sometimes I think I wish the word ‘fungibility’ *was* about mushrooms

[hakonohanayome]

We overturned reality, broke through reality’s shell and created the world in a new image. In other words, the task was to create a world where those things wouldn’t feel unnatural. Take the academy: we smashed it and overturned it. It ignores the natural laws of gravity involved in architecture.

We’re living bound by gravity, aren’t we? We couldn’t go on without it. But it’s a fetter: a way in which we’re not free. In the realm of images, you can freely tear down gravity. I have the feeling it was all about the pursuit of that sort of freedom.

Director Ikuhara rapidly tore down my fixation on realistic naturalness. Essentially, I was able to grasp that having that fixation torn down was right and proper.

- Shichirō Kobayashi, Revolutionary Girl Utena Art Director

[sparklyandhaunted]

LordOTheRock • 1 month ago

I swear to the fucking gods

TheBlackfish • 1 month ago

Leave your sister. Do not pursue anything with Jeyne. Take some time to yourself.

Mhysabreakerofchainsunburntmotherofdragons • 1 month ago

YTA. As I’ve stated before in many cases, I’ve always believed in the natural love between family, so your relationship seems a non-issue to me.

You are, though, emotionally cheating on your love. Your injury is yours to mind and care for, do not place that responsibility on your sister. I think you should listen to her, cut out Jeyne, and try to make your love as happy as possible…

Bart • 1 month ago

OH FUCK NO SOMEONE GET THE HOLY WATER

allthtglittersISgold • 1 month ago

Yeah, she has been dealing with a lot of personal shit, and I don’t blame her for being a bit emotional.

THEWalterFrey • 1 month ago

NTA. If the cunt’s good, the cunt’s good

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- AITA Westeros Style by iezzern

[pelopona]

me and my moots <3

[ofswordsandpens]

it is a little funny, a little ironic, because as much as the Ember Island Players episode wants to be like "see?? you're silly for thinking zuko and katara's dynamic is romantic" it doesn't quite think through the in-world implications of the play because, conceivably, this play is built largely upon rumor, right? biased or purposefully distorted first, second, or third-hand accounts of the gaang and their journey? (and then of course, whatever artistic liberties the play writers want to take)

Because that all begs the question - why do the play writers think zuko and katara are together?? Like literally lmao was it just for the Drama of it all? Or do enough people in the avatar universe perceive Zuko and Katara to be a couple for it to be a far spread rumor?? Is June gossiping in taverns like "oh the fire nation prince? yeah he hired me to find his girlfriend. he had her betrothal necklace and everything"??

And how did the play writers (or anyone for that matter) even know that Zuko and Katara had shared a Moment with one another in the crystal caverns? Were there like, Dai Li Agents spying on them from afar? Watching katara huff and stalk around and yell at zuko then like five seconds later they see her cradling Zuko's face and they're just like "bro" "bro" "no way" "there's no war in ba sing se but we've got to tell people about that."

Then isn't it also implied this play is fairly popular in the fire nation? Like how many years after the war is the average fire nation citizen convinced that Zuko and Katara are an item?

[stardust948]

Wait till they find out they defeated Azula together.

[janadoesstuffwrong]

Wait till they find out how they defeated Azula together!!

Playwright: We've been making some updates to our recent productions and we were hoping you could fill in some gaps for us, Firelord to avoid the spreading of misinformation.

Zuko: Great.

Playwright: So, after you had defeated the princess-

Zuko: Oh I didn't defeat Azula, Master Katara did.

Playwright:... You defeated her together?

Zuko: No I was shot with lightning by then.

Playwright:.... You survived being shot by lightning?

Zuko: Oh yeah, but it's fine, Katara healed me.

Playwright: Interesting, and she put her hands on your bare chest to do this?

Zuko: Hold on, I know what this is and you can stop right now, it was a purely medical process of one friend helping another and I would prefer if it weren't made into some kind of ridiculous, romantic drama which it absolutely wasn't!

Playwright: I understand, although I might have to do something to engage my audience since I can't really sell 'the firelord got hit by lightning and was out for the count for most of the fight'

Zuko: Hey, I was only hit by lightning because otherwise it would have hit Katara-

Playwright:

Zuko:

Zuko: wait-

[strawberrymilkyumyum]

zuko: no no no you don't get it, she's just the person i trusted most to save my life if it came to that

playwright: so it was... just the two of you

zuko: i mean yeah but like after i helped her cope with her mother's death and she helped me face my uncle it just seemed right to have her there

playwright: you did what now?

zuko: yeah after i got her father out of prison

zuko: but i wasn't trying to impress her... okay i was but like you dont get it

[kiera-raelyn]

Honorable mention tags:

from @from-hater-to-lover, @furubatsu, and @ofswordsandpens.

[danadelion]

Just finished reading the Hunger games trilogy.

I wanted to capture the book versions, but the film adaptations still have an iron grip on me, so you might see some similarities

[sparklyandhaunted]

He barged into his brother’s solar, without notice or knocking, without care.

“There is a fucking dragon on Dragonstone.”

His brother, startled by the sudden intrusion, froze half-risen and lowered himself back into his seat, leaning into the backrest with a pleased smile on his face and chided him lightly. “Now, now, there is no need for such crude language. 'Tis a good thing.”

“A good thing.” He was aghast. No wild dragon was ever a good thing, much less one so close to Driftmark. Certainly not one that had already attacked fishermen to steal their catch.

And the Lord of Dragonstone was… doing what? Trying to… housebreak him?

- Alone In The World by Narea

[clawmarks]

Landscape with a Bathing Woman - Rudolf Riemerschmid - c.1910s - via Sotheby's

[dolerme]

“one wild summer“ by edwin zhang for nylon china aug 22