New video of David being interviewed on press day ahead of the BAFTAs while wearing a pink and green fuzzy sweater, the nonbinary rainbow pin, and pink platform Doc Martens and I am dying...
Yesterday I went to the Stockholm International Comics Festival and signed my book that had arrived from the printers just two days earlier. De dödas drottning 1: Brudrovet ("Queen of the Dead 1: The Bridenapping"). It was meant to be published much earlier, but my publisher suffered a minor burnout and was then seriously ill for a time. But now it's here (in Swedish at least)!
It was great to attend the festival and say hi to cartoonist friends that I almost never see otherwise. The only bad thing is that my brain always get overwhelmed and exhausted by all the impressions after a while, so I always end up buying less comics and talking to fewer people than I had intended. Today I'm just taking it easy and treating myself to some takeout.
I dont know if you watched Steven Universe before, but QB's crush on Ladybug is giving the 'Pearl having a crush on Rose Quartz' vibe soo much. Theyre both elegant and sassy girls who get all silly when see their badass yet sweet leader
i have and you know what youre right you just have to replace rose quartz with batman and its pretty accurate to my depictions of their dynamic.
Queen bee's suuuuch a try hard you have no idea im soooo excited to explore this little shit weird comphet brain and how she navigates the world around her
I want to stay optimistic, but I don't have much faith that the HOTD writers will go through with any of the messages in the Dance aside from misogyny. Obviously, misogyny plays a big role in the Dance because it is the means to and end for the Greens, but the way the show focuses on this to favor Rhaenyra's claim and rule and this sort of diminishes the complexity of the story. By making it so that one side rightful, righteous, chosen by some divine powers, etc., etc. and one side that is perverse and corrupted and only there for greed, it takes away from one of the most important lessons in the Dance: Targaryens are not a divine superior race that should be exempt from the rage of common men that suffer at the cost of them.
(Also, ik ambition was a major motivator for the Greens in the books, but the books didn't try to frame Rhaenyra's right to the throne as God-given)
You might have already guessed, but the part of the dance I anticipated the most was Targaryens who perceive themselves to be divine and superior take the realm to shit fighting over a throne that neither of them actually deserve. They fight at the cost of everything and lose everything for a throne that neither of them keep for long because they are both inadequate rulers that rely heavily on their respective councils. When they make decisions on their own, their nearly equal incompetence shows because Aegon's choices are emotional and stupid and Rhaenyra's are paranoid and stupid. These are the people that cause the death of the dragons.
It feels like the show is trying to appeal to those stans that bend over backwards to defend their fave tyrants and believe the throne is a rightful possession of the Targaryens.
With the final season over - and The Crown's jewels up for sale to fund National Film & Television School scholarship(s) - the time has come for us to renounce the throne and focus on new projects.
After 7 years, and almost 2,500 posts, including over 800 pages of our own original gifs, it's been quite the carriage ride. We also loved meeting fellow fans, and sharing your creative work here.
Dear followers and supporters: thank you so much for every kind comment, like and reblog, but particularly for your patience in the early days whilst we were still learning and (hopefully!) improving.
Thanks especially to Netflix and the talented team behind The Crown for being so generous with their time, as well as trusting us to review episodes ahead of release. Truly the royal treatment!
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All 6 seasons of this epic drama are on Netflix, so ... re-watch? 😁