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wip wed

tagged by @lordcaptains @voidika and @statichvm, ty <3 i've got a little bit 🤏i can share today. momentum is momentuming in a forwardly direction.

He raised an eyebrow at her. "Don't tell me you're disappointed you won't be a figurehead monarch. Not with your aspirations." There was an uncomfortable kernel of truth there. "Perhaps. Manus will have a hard time selling that to his party, though." "I have faith in him," her father said. "He's a remarkably savvy politician." "High praise," Vina murmured. "And well deserved," her father said. He sighed and softened. "If you need to hear it again, sweetheart—" "No, no," she said, shaking her head. "I know you like Manus. I don't mean to keep bringing it back up."

tags out to @adelaidedrubman @mathlann @vice-president-galade @zirrah-writes @time-adrift @mxanigel @lasersinthejungle @nowandthane @florbelles @tkwritesdumbassassins @bewitchingbloom @captastra and anyone else who wants to share words <3

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WIP Elia cradling her newborn Aegon, wrapped in warmth and endless love.

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the little things that unite us even when far away

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Constitution was a total failure, but re-elected on the basis of the economy (played it pretty capitalist and joined ATO)

SUZERAIN DISASTER FIRST RUN ENDINGS GIVE THEM TO ME

how did everyone's first blind attempt at being the fourth president of sordland go? i need to know how this all breaks down. for science. and for funsies.

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I think I just died.

"She definitely has a spirit too vast for the confines of stone walls. Of course, we're still working out the particulars of our marriage arrangement." - Axel Reinhart-Toras

merkopa's hottest throuple are together in full color thanks to aloismorgan and i couldn't be happier with how they turned out. this gorgeous piece is my gift to myself for getting back into writing and my unofficial cover art for three to a marriage, my rizia longfic inspired by that quote from axel.

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For my inaugural post on ‘Suzblr’, I’m going to be as self-indulgent and nerdy as possible by discussing my one and only forte within the context of the game. Will post on Reddit at some point too but Tumblr gets it first because I said I would be annoying on here. 

So as brilliant as the worldbuilding of Suzerain is, one of the things that kinda leaves a bit more to be desired is the development of the linguistic setting and languages of the Suzerainverse. Am I a harsh critic because I'm a weirdo linguistics student who does acoustic analysis for fun? Yes. But in any case, the world does feel a bit underdeveloped in this regard. 

Based on character dialogue and the tiny lore we get, we know Sordish is very much Germanic-inspired, as is Valgish which it is explicitly said to be related to, and Agnolian. We also know Rizian and Palesian are closely related to the point that Palesian is considered by some to be a dialect – a great detail.

We can get a lot from names too – both in terms of character names and toponymy. Linguistically and culturally, Rizian seems the closest to Spain based on the house names (Toras, Sazon, Azaro), as well as the use of the Basque surnames for certain figures (Etxeberria, Itxaro, Esquibel), among other things. Lore drop: I did a Basque language class for credits and almost failed. 

There’s also clearly some influence from Latin with other names (Romus, Ricardus, Titus, etc. ). Going back to Valgish, we see the Germanic influence on the names of characters of Valgish descent like Emmerich Hegel, Elena Werner, and Axel Reinhart. Rumburg is obviously a Britain-Russia hybrid, evident also in the hybrid city names (Tzarbourgh and Ironsrad, anyone?) 

I appreciate delving into it would just be another layer of complexity, especially since languages and their development, after all, are natural and evolve out of use, so I understand why the lore is fairly vague, but I just have so many opinions and so many questions, y’all. 

Like what is the lingua franca of the world? Based on their previous colonial dominance, Valgish seems the most likely, as has been discussed on the subreddit. 

Official tree model for Proto-Merkopan when? One can dream… 

What do they speak at the AN meetings? Usually they have interpreters for these things, but there are no mentions of interpreters in any diplomatic dealings, bilateral or multilateral. But again understandable because that would just make the dialogue heavy.

How many languages does Romus speak? Is it too self-indulgent if I imagine him as a linguist? New headcanons: Romus and Axel practice languages together as a form of father and son bonding. HOW CUTE.

Even within the Sordish/Rizian speakers themselves, I wish there was more about sociolinguistic variation and the regional accents of Sordland/Rizia. There would be a standard which I assume the royal and upper class characters would speak, but I like to imagine there's some diversity within the country – as is usually the case among speakers of a language.

As you can tell I could literally talk about this all day. Am I annoying enough for this place?

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Young Cat :)

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what I love about catelyn’s characterization is that she isn’t everyone’s mother. she refuses to treat jon like one of her own. she doesn’t have any “motherly instincts” towards theon. even with brienne, she connects with her on more of a woman to woman level than through some mother-daughter dynamic. she never feels obligated to play the angelic “mother to all” figure.

but that’s the best part about her journey as a mother—it’s kind of messy. she has a favorite child, she’s forced to choose between her kids, she actively resents a motherless boy, she dislikes the hostage child living in her home. like yeah catelyn’s love for her children is beautiful and “pure” or whatever, but it also makes her cruel, selfish, impulsive, ruthless, even vengeful.

tbh catelyn’s sense of motherhood is just so unapologetically human, so refreshingly honest. she may be a mother, but there’s nothing romantic or intuitive or easy about it. catelyn stark loves her children, but it’s not that simple.

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Some art of Sansa's fantasy of marrying Willas Tyrell, based on this excerpt:

"She pictured the two of them sitting together in a garden with puppies in their laps, or listening to a singer strum upon a lute while they floated down the Mander on a pleasure barge. If I give him sons, he may come to love me. She would name them Eddard and Brandon and Rickon, and raise them all to be as valiant as Ser Loras."

(sansa, a storm of swords)

I do love how every time Sansa thinks of Willas, it always ends in her fantasising about Loras instead. Sorry willy

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“Would she still want her back, after all the things she’d done?”

Happy Velaryontine’s day @eddtollett 🧡🧡🧡

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"I love a maid as red as autumn,

with sunset in her hair,"

I always think about Sansa when I come across this verse 🥺

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"He had pledged himself to marry a daughter of Walder Frey, but she saw his true bride plain before her now: the sword he had laid on the table."

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"Jeyne Westerling had been Robb Stark's queen, the girl who cost him everything."

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King & Queen in the North that never were

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted on here!

Here is my take on a modern Sansa! I mainly drew this to improve my line-art, and Sansa’s hair is always a challenge so i gave it a go!

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white woman jumpscare

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Robb offers Sansa Joffrey's head

Joffrey gave a petulant shrug. "After my name day feast, I'm going to raise a host and kill your brother myself. That's what I'll give you, Lady Sansa. Your brother's head."

A kind of madness took over her then, and she heard herself say, "Maybe my brother will give me your head."

(sansa, a game of thrones)

"-as if some wolf killed your traitor brother. Maybe I'll feed him to wolves after I've caught him. Did I tell you, I intend to challenge him to single combat?"

"I should like to see that, Your Grace." More than you know. Sansa kept her tone cool and polite, yet even so Joffrey's eyes narrowed as he tried to decide whether she was mocking him.

(sansa, a clash of kings)

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Aegon VI Targaryen (Young Griff)

A commissioned piece! I can't believe this is the first time I'm drawing Young Griff 😭!