dont' be so Dramatic

nobodysuspectsthebutterfly:

visenyaism:

visenyaism:

this is gonna get me put on a list somewhere but if Rhaenyra and Daenerys could have met they would not end that interaction as friends Rhaenyra would be putting Daenerys in the SJW cringe compilation

this is such a good way of putting it she has no family and everything she knows about their legacy was from viserys who was romanticizing everything to cope and NOT a reliable source so dany is running around saying things like i must be like my ancestors and end slavery. because she just does not know

It’s interesting that this sort of thing is exemplified by Dany, but not exclusive to her. Like you think Theon “Ice Eyes” Stark (who impaled Andal invaders and turned their king into the figurehead of his ship) would have done anything but sneer at Ned? At Jon? At Bran? (And in more recent generations, I bet if GRRM ever does D&E’s She-Wolves of Winterfell, those Starks and their stories are also gonna be very different from our own.) Dany is just unique in that GRRM has detailed the history and personality of every one of her ancestors for the past 300 years, as well as the continent-spanning empire (built on slavery, fire, and blood) before them.

But yes. You draw strength from your ancestors’ legacy despite the fact they could consider you weak, corrupt, or anathema. You idealize the stories of greatness and goodness and forget or never even learn the dark or bad parts. That’s life really?

Though it’s to Dany’s credit that her unique upbringing as a penniless refugee, as someone royal in name only, as someone sold into slavery (to the nation that basically took over Essos when her ancestors’ empire collapsed), has left her with such empathy and compassion and a need to use her great powers with great responsibility to save the downtrodden. To rescue the enslaved. To one day save the world.

And yes, this empathy would be unrecognizable to so many of her ancestors — and that’s good! It’s the whole point! Though arguably Daeron II, Baelor Breakspear, and Egg would be exceptions. Maybe a few others, whichever ones that would answer the call of “are there no true knights among you?” Which is rare in general in Westeros nobility, not just Targs, but still — it is the ultimate question ASOIAF is asking. Who will step up? Who will defy legacy and convention and do what’s right?

And god knows I love Daemon and Rhaenyra, but they very much did not. Though that wasn’t what their story was ever going to be about. (It’s why it’s part of a history book detailing the downfall of the house, not the actual story of the song of ice and fire and the house’s rebirth.) Anyway~

nicolezaridze:

i’m gonna miss music so much when i die. how will i discover new music. will my soul come back to earth from time to time to see what songs are playing. is there music on other planets. can i still make playlists

marchmountain:

necrotizer:

I had always assumed this was some extremist Christian book for kids. Turns out this is actually by a gay comic artist named Howard Cruse who passed away in 2019. This is from a 1980 short story called “Billy Goes Out” which tells the story of a man named Billy who is trying to move on with life after his partner’s untimely passing. It highlights a lot of the struggles of the LGBT community at the time. This particular frame is him remembering how he blamed himself being gay when bad things happened to him as a child. 

dyatlovpassingprivilege:

dyatlovpassingprivilege:

actually had a normal afternoon with my parents today in which they did zero insane interactions with service workers. perhaps a better world is possible

hello.

uninfected:

crazy-brazilian:

vstheworld:

memesusofsuburbia:

sephbeams:

sharp-tender-shock:

elijahelegia:

Sorry for who-posting in the year 2019 but the Doctor is actually so named because he wrote and successfully defended a dissertation at an accredited university whereas the Master completed a 2-year graduate program in his chosen field, which points to the existence of a third less-advanced and less-specialized counterpart, the Bachelor

The Bachelor is never seen in the show because he’s still living with his parents on Gallifrey, listlessly applying for jobs and stress-eating

I thought the bachelor was being fought over by 12 women in a big house

galaxy brain:  The Bachelor Tv show has featured the same man for every season but he regenerates like the doctor

obsessed with the idea that the bachelor is ritually killed at the end of every season

mihai-florescu:

snowkit-and-blackquill:

“what’s posted on the internet stays there forever” is true for everything except that one piece of fanart you saw when you were 10 that changed the trajectory of your life forever. you will never find that again it is gone forever

spacelazarwolf:

transscottie:

spacelazarwolf:

spacelazarwolf:

spacelazarwolf:

“ur just mad bc testosterone turned u into an ugly hairy bald fatty and not an anime twink”

i wonder why young impressionable trans ppl who want to go on t would be afraid of being hairy and bald and fat. i wonder if it’s maybe bc they’ve watched the queer community treat fat queer people in general, but particularly fat queer ppl who are hairy, bald, and/or not feminine, like absolute fucking shit. i wonder if it’s bc our society assigns morality to looks and fat hairy bald ppl get literally treated like predators simply because of the way they look. i wonder if it’s because they watched the rest of the queer community idolize and prioritize white thinness. i wonder if maybe, just maybe, there are deeply seated issues in the queer community that we might wanna address when they make themselves obvious instead of falling back on mocking individuals for the way they look.

do not tag this post or any of my posts “q slur.” if you don’t want the word queer on your blog, do not reblog from me. thanks.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

reblogging for the replies about ‘queer’

YEAH like it’s interesting that user tagged “q slur” but didn’t tag “fatphobia.” really shows what some ppl’s priorities are.

galuby:

theradioghost:

theradioghost:

I STEPPED OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT DOOR OF MY OWN HOME ONLY TO FIND THE DEER THAT TRIED TO KICK MY ASS LAST YEAR STANDING RIGHT THERE IN MY FRONT YARD. BOLD AS BRASS.

AM I NOT SAFE ANYWHERE ANYMORE

for those of you who were not here last year: this deer is the most obnoxious, unnatural red-orange color I’ve ever seen, only appears when it’s raining, and once chased me a quarter mile through the woods. her name is Hot Cheeto Hatred and she is my nemesis

dude, i think that’s a fairy