#underestimated

[socialbutterfly19]

I can be a savage when needed

[howifeltabouthim]

. . . it must have been annoying to have people doubt you before you'd even done a thing.

Brandon Taylor, from Minor Black Figures

[thatpollguy]

would you rather be underestimated or overestimated?

Thanks for the poll request, anonymous! Keep 'em coming, folks.

Would you rather...

Be underestimated

Be overestimated

Voting ended onApr 19

[mindmusingss]

"She is too much," they say. Too ambitious. Too demanding. Too difficult to please. She wants respect. She wants honesty. She wants effort that matches her own. The same standards they admire in others suddenly become a problem when she has them too. And somehow, that makes her 'too much.'

Funny how a woman becomes difficult the moment she stops settling for less. Because asking for respect isn't asking for too much. Wanting better isn't asking for too much. Refusing to settle isn't asking for too much.

She isn't 'too much.' She’s simply aware of her worth. Perhaps you're just used to people who accept less.

- Bhavika Bhoir

[dk-thrive]

There was admittedly something intoxicating about the triumph of this. About being underestimated and then vindicated. It was a beautiful feeling.

– Xochitl Gonzalez, Last Night in Brooklyn, A Novel (Flatiron Books, April 21, 2026)

[lexidawne]

I don’t think anyone will ever understand how much this movie means to me and how much I see myself in her

[evilhorse]

You underestimated me.

(Justice League Unlimited Volume 2 #9)

[alienoryva]

—HEIRESS TO THE IRON THRONE—

🪻Aerea Targaryen (42 AC-56 AC)

Daughter of Prince Aegon the uncrowned & Rhaena Targaryen the Queen in the West and east also twins sister of Rhaella the first septa-princess.

Because King Maegor I had no children, he made Aerea his step-daughter and grandniece as his heirs but did not officially hold the title of Princess of dragonstone,she was heir to the Iron Throne for two years (47-48 AC) before her uncle became king and her niece/nephew become the next official heir.

Aerea died in 56 AC at the age of 14 after disappearing with balerion the black dread and a severe and painful fever that burned and brought out the wyrm from her skin.

🪻Rhaenyra Targaryen (97-130 AC)

Daughter and second child of King Viserys i Targaryen & Queen Aemma Arryn.

Rhaenyra was the official female heiress who had a coronation as the princess of dragonstone. She was heir to the iron throne for 24 years until her father's death in 129 AC. Became a queen who had not been officially crowned for half a year,Her two sons become the official prince of dragonstone (Jacaerys & Joffrey Velaryon).

Rhaenyra died in 130 AC after being burned and eaten by her half-brother dragon who also claims to be king (aegon ii). After her half-brother died, Rhaenyra's surviving sons from her second husband (Prince Daemon) became king (aegon iii & Viserys ii) and carried on the blood of the dragon.

🪻Aelora Targaryen (?-221 AC)

Eldest Daughter of Prince Rhaegel Targaryen & Lady Alys Arryn also twins/sister-wife of Prince Aelor Targaryen and Sister of Princess Daenora Targaryen.

She became the heir to her uncle (king Aerys i Targaryen) after her twin brother-husband died In a terrible accident caused by her accidentally in 217 AC.

Some time later, three men known as the Rat, the Hawk, and the Pig attacked Aelora at a masked ball. She committed suicide soon afterward (221 AC).

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