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Honestly at a certain point it's just hilarious that the Emperor will lie to you, then say that they've never lied to you, and then when you finally get sick of them, admit that they lied and claim that it's just a natural part of being a mind flayer.

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Everyone likes to get on the Trojans' case about accepting the giant wooden horse, but nobody remembers what happened to the one guy who was suspicious of it:

While questioning Sinon, the Trojan priest Laocoön guesses the plot and warns the Trojans, [...] However, the god Poseidon sends two sea serpents to strangle him and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus before any Trojan heeds his warning.

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If Reed Richard’s came out as trans and transitioned into a woman do you think Doom would also transition into a woman just to compete?

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reddit user whos been waiting 12 years for winds of winter voice: arya is the valonquar and she will warg into ser pounce and kill tommen and cersei in the red keep, thereby fulfilling maggy's prophecy. it is known

tumblr user whos been waiting 12 years for winds of winds voice: god i want to fuck osmund kettleblack so bad it makes me look silly. anyway heres an entire thematic breakdown of the concept of honor and the inherent eroticism of gendered violence in the kingsguard

instagram user: Did you know that some people some people think that young griff might actually be a blackfyre? follow for more insights!

quora user: Who Would Win in a Fight, Robert Baratheon or Jaime Lannister?

twitter user: if Anyone says that p*tyr bael*sh is their favorite character you can go ahead and block me already. oh and while your at it go jump into a tar pit. full of spikes. and molten lava!!!

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It's always funny when people try too hard to give their favorite members of House Stark/Targaryen/Lannister/whatever animal-themed nicknames that just don't work. Nobody's calling Jon "the Dragonwolf", be serious.

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I was playing around with on my evil run when I noticed a curse gave my durge glowing red eyes. Turned out to be the perfect opportunity for a photo.

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Underrated moment in the movie is Ava and John immediately wanting to go in after Yelena. They've known her for about 12 hours and tried to kill each other, but they still willingly went into the Void to save her.

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Pretty sure there's something about the hydra super soldier serum that makes other super soldiers wanna fuck bucky

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Valentina: Hello, mentally unstable guy with delusions of grandeur, you're the most powerful being on the planet and literally no one can defeat you. Now do what I say forever

Sentry: If I'm that powerful, then why shouldn't I just do whatever I want?

Valentina: 😮

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When you want to say something so badly but you can't because of corporate ad guidelines

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A certain Olenus, son of Vulcan, had two daughters, the nymphs Aex and Helice, who were nurses of Jove. -Hyginus, De astronomia

Classical mythology is amazing, because where else do you get sentences like this? (10 points to the first person who finds the logistical problems with this)

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A Trojan War AU where Achilles and Iphigenia actually do get married, but everything else happens the same, meaning Achilles and Agammemnon are in-laws during the Iliad

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I don't understand why you don't like Bloodraven. He singlehandedly saved Daeron II and his family. They brought peace to Westeros and Daeron II has to be the best Targaryen king after Jaehaerys I and Viserys II. Perhaps one would even say he is the best given he peacefully conquered Dorne. Bloodraven just made the hard decisions Daeron couldn't because Daeron was such a good person. Bloodraven sacrificed for his family and for peace. Daeron recognized that in him.

Daeron II isn’t the best king by a longshot, but as I’ve mentioned, I don’t like Bloodraven because he ran a failed police state. His tenure as Hand of the King under Aerys I was marked by paranoia, suspicion, and execution. He explicitly neglected his duties to the North and to the Westerlands in order to pursue his vendetta against Bittersteel. Also remember, that police state failed! Bittersteel invaded during the Third Blackfyre Rebellion anyway, so he let Houses Stark and Lannister twist in the wind for nothing. All that tyranny didn’t achieve a better outcome, so even by strictly pragmatic standards, Bloodraven is a failure. 

There’s more stuff too. He exacerbated the conditions of the peasantry suffering from the drought that we see in The Sworn Sword by refusing to let them move to seek relief. He tried to hold Egg hostage to wrangle Maekar, his chief political rival. He lured Aenys Blackfyre with a promise of safe passage only to murder him to intimidate his political foes. Yes, there are plenty of reasons to not like Bloodraven. He’s a despot. He didn’t sacrifice for the sake of peace; he was a significant contributor to the actual wars, since his misrule contributed significantly to the Blackfyre cause. His policies let Dagon Greyjoy commit rape and murder with abandon across the west coast of Westeros. “Red or black was a dangerous question” isn’t peace, it’s paranoia.

There’s something else that I should say, because this is a thing that really bothers me. The idea of sacrifice for the greater good is misused a lot both in fiction and reality, because usually the individuals who are calling for sacrifice aren’t the ones doing the sacrificing. Bloodraven was not the one having his crops burned and his daughters abducted by the ironborn. Bloodraven was not the one fearing for his life trying to petition for relief because his family has only had bark to eat for a week during the drought. Bloodraven isn’t the one getting murdered after receiving a mark of safe passage. Far from it, Bloodraven is one of the chief beneficiaries of his policies: he has carte blanche to murder his rivals, the Raven’s Teeth staff the Red Keep allowing him to be the gatekeeper to the royal person, he has the highest office and a sizable stipend from the Royal Treasury. He’s not a long-suffering man of principle standing up for what’s right, Brynden is a zealot who monopolized the levers of power to mobilize all resources possible to enforce his vision and crush all those who stood in his way.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

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I’ll now stand by you and so I advise you not to kill your daughter or put my own interests before yours. It is unjust that you should be mourning while I’m living a life full of joy. It is unjust that your children should die while mine still enjoy the sunlight. [...] Come, disband the army and leave Aulis my brother and stop your tears and mine! If the oracle has given me some say into your daughter’s fate then I pass that say over to you. I’ll have none of it! I’ve changed, you’ll say! Gone are the harsh words, suddenly! That’s true, I’ve changed and I’ve changed because I love you, brother. I’ve changed because of my love for my mother’s son.  -Menelaus to Agamemnon (Iphigenia in Aulis)

Atreus brothers...

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Every time I read the epithet "Zeus who delights in thunder," I imagine him sitting on top of Mt Olympus throwing thunderbolts like drunk dads and fireworks on the 4th of july

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Okay it was kinda funny, but it was also pretty cute when Matt told Karen he could hear her and Franks heartbeats speed up when they saw each other...

Then Karen asked if Matt could hear how her heart sounded when she saw him and he smiled

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Hot take, but killing Rhaego to avert the Stallion that Mounts the World prophecy isn't much different than it would be to sacrifice Edric or Shireen to wake a stone dragon.