#*surprised pikachu face*

[mfdragon]

Listen

Listen hear me out

Hear me ou-

Yup…..that’s the face!

Listen. I sketched this and was like: “immaculate; I mustn’t edit this at all.” And I’m glad it didn’t lose any impact when I lined and rendered it.

It’s so fucking funny. He looks like a cardboard cutout.

[nightswatchdisbandmentera]

I really don’t think we should be treating morality as a linear thing in ASOIAF because what often happens is that we start to stray from the actual conversations that we need to be having regarding the depths of making a moral choice and even the circumstances involved. To try and blankly paint any one character as the “most morally good” isn’t really taking us anywhere. And it certainly isn’t helpful when people in this fandom want to try and prove that characters are “grey” but not moral (what does that even mean??) because they did one “bad” thing. If ASOIAF stans were to have their way, then:

Jon is not a morally good person because he threatened Gilly

Dany cannot be considered to be compassionate because she sanctioned torture against the wine seller’s daughters

Arya cant be good because she has killed people

and so on, and so on….

But this is such a draining, and oft times frustrating, conversation to have because you see just how shallow the above listed examples are? Readers are listing only singular instances across a narrative that spans thousand and thousands of pages, and there’s absolutely no context involved. Why did Jon threaten Gilly? Why did Dany resort to torture and at one point did she do it? Who did Arya kill and why? And why do those singular instances negate everything else in their arcs?

What usually happens when we have the 12847647282th unnecessary conversation about who is the “most good” character in ASOIAF is that we start getting blanket statements with no elaboration. And the only people ever considered are Ned, Brienne, and Davos, and sometimes the children like Shireen or Tommen. Mind you, Ned and Davos are not perfect or without their own faults either; much has been said about Ned’s abilities as a father and it’s implied that Davos was not entirely faithful to his wife. And based on her current arc, Brienne will surely have to make morally tough choices regarding oaths and knightly honor. Plus theres the irony of including literal children when they have not been put in situations where they actually have to make morally difficult choices and live with the consequences.

ASOIAF shows us that people who are capable of incredible kindness and compassion are also capable of doing unpleasant things.

Jon threatened Gilly….because he was trying to save another child whom he believed to be at risk of human sacrifice(!!) and was stuck between a rock and a hard place. But why does that singular instance negate the fact that his arc has been about him standing up for the “lesser than”? Why does that negate the fact that he stood up for Sam against a superior when there was nothing to gain for him? Why does it negate the fact that he went out of his way to equip Arya in a way that society would have deemed inappropriate? Why does it negate the fact that he dedicated the entirety of his time as Lord Commander to fight an institution that had upheld racism/xenophobia for millennia? Why should we filter out all those moments of kindness, compassion, and deep empathy that Jon has even without him thinking?

Dany sanctioned torture….but she was trying to solve the murder of an innocent victim AND this brought her no joy. But why does that negate the fact that when she gained unimaginable power, she could’ve high tailed to Westeros to use it to her benefit and become queen, but instead chose to stay in Essos where she has no personal responsibility just so she could fight the institutional evil that is slavery? Why does it negate Dany who went to personally treat plague victims at great risk to herself?

Arya has killed some….but it’s in self defense or in defense of others who are disenfranchised. But why does this negate that she is one of the few people in the series how goes out of her way to show kindness and friendship to those who are not as economically or politically advantaged as she is (e.g., Mycah)? Why does it negate that she took fellow slaves under her protection when she herself had little power to fight for her own survival at Harrenhall? Why does it negate that when she saw those caged soldiers whom she was angry with for their actions, instead of leaving them to die instead offered them the only kindness she could at the moment: a drink of water?

Trying to have arguments about morality but stripping everything down to ‘x character did y bad thing (regardless of context) and that’s why they can’t be good’ is, to be blunt, ridiculous. And it isn’t a particularly interesting way to engage with the text. Character journeys, especially well written ones, are rarely ever in a straight line. There’s amazing highs and terrible lows. GRRM gives us so many characters like Jon, Dany, Arya, Sansa, Ned, etc. who even in their lows, have gleams of compassion and exceptional kindness. It doesn’t do anyone any good to filter those moments out to make the books more digestible; and I’m being a little generous here, because so many readers have a very shallow level of engagement with the series and it shows in conversation. And we also shouldn’t pit these characters unfairly against those who have never been in similarly difficult situations that required them to make hard choices. Because when we do, we start to completely miss the point all together.

[your-fave-is-being-blended]

Bledn the surprised pikachu meme

Surprised Pikachu from Pokemon is being blended :0

You cannot save it.

[clanima]

Reguri week: Day 3 "Christmas songs and memes"

[coming-for-them-kneecaps]

Monkie Destiny Challenge with Wukong scarfing down the Peaches of Immortality

[lordsmaf]

[pax-former]

I CANT WITH RATCHET’S FACE AHSNDVDND-

[of-fairys-and-tails]

A chapter a day!

Chapter 63/545

[godsporncollection]

I know I've said it before, but I love talking religion with my boyfriend.

I was raised mormon, but never believed and didn't really pay attention in church.

He wasn't raised anything, but his parents started going to church (southern baptist) when he was 13, and he independently studied religions/the bible for a few years.

Both of us are pretty much agnostic now.

So very often, we'll be talking about religion, and he'll start talking about something that doesn't even sound familiar. Then it's just

Me: yeah... that's, uh, not what I was taught at all. Lemme look it up... Yeah, here D&C-

Him: *reads for three seconds, then turns off the screen* no, no, no, no. That's- that's not... oh no. No, no, no. THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT MEANS!

Me: *giggling*

Bonus: after showing him mormon media

[wifu-or-wifi]

It's the same picture

[singloom]

Me when I get together with Karlach, my badass adorable Barbarian wife: 🥰🥰🥰

Also me when Gale got super huffy the next day and my autistic ass doesn’t know why: 😦😦😦

[sorivii]

Found this and thought of you<33

(And how's it going? Did you manage with the essay and report? You dead???)

Nvfdfhijhgaarc I can finally finish the outfit-

Thank you <33

I managed but turned it in a hour late and then during presentation my professor told the entire class, “and guys I prefer if you don’t do like Siv and hand it in on time.” I swear the clown wig appeared on my head when he said that😭😂

[lloonlloon]

When the recruiter calls to give you an offer and the first thing they say is essentially “you got a good grade in Interview”

[cicaklah]

I've not been watching ofmd S2 but I take it the fanfics didn't come true

[tmmyhug]

working out be crazy low key… ran two and a half miles yesterday and im not even sore

[coming-for-them-kneecaps]

“What happened between Me and Him is None of your concern, Yang Jian.”

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