#Prob cause they're just twinks

[aguita-mineral]

I've been very into One punch man lately and I just can't stop thinking about these exes

Also here's the original thing, it belongs to @/sweepswoop_ on X!

[rewritingcanon]

[jegulily] worse than jegulus but somehow less annoying idk how to explain it

dude this is so real! like it's hard to explain but it captures those feelings perfectly. like it is worse in a sense that it directly romantically connects an oppressed woman with her oppressor and that's gross, but it's also less annoying because of how fandom acts, they at least try to act like they don't completely erase Lily? I guess? so it's more palatable to 'see' rather than the complete erasure or demonization or downgrading that happens with jegulus, though you can still tell that she's treated like a third wheel and the lesser one in that poly and the only posts you see about the ship not working cause one of them feels like they don't fit in are always about Lily lol. but in the end both still bad in a sorta same way, cause they both only serve one character, Regulus irrelevant Black and that's it, they only exist for one character, cause neither James or Lily or their fans gain anything from these ships, they're both deliriously happy with each other and don't give a flying crap about the new twink of the month and don't 'need' him in their ships. yet still one of those camps is at least trying to fight the misogyny allegations while the other is just blatantly misogynistic.. so like there are layers and levels to the badness and annoyance here lmfao

im literally dying over “regulus irrelevant black” and “new twink of the month” because thats exactly how these new death eater babygirls feel to me all the time and we seriously need to retire the image. and i really said “idk how to explain it” and then you came and explained it perfectly.

it sucks because i do wish there was more love for polyamorous ships in fandom in general but did the popular had to have been jegulily?? youre also completely right about how jegulily shippers (from what i’ve seen) are mostly regulus fans, because the whole ship does seem to center around him in some way. it’s so funny how often lily would feel shoved into the ship absentmindedly when in reality the third wheel would be regulus. and there would be a third wheel in this scenario because canon lily and canon james wouldnt want to touch regulus within a ten foot pole. lily, who dumped her childhood best friend over his prejudices against muggles/muggleborns (that extended years of her having to look the other way) would want to voluntarily put herself in a relationship that could so much as entail the same sort of bullshit. james, who joined a whole ass war to defend the rights of the oppressed and had probs a million bitching sessions with sirius over how shitty his family was (including regulus) would want to date said character? mmm uh huh okay. fanon is getting out of control its time we curb stomp a lot of it.

ive yapped too much too long im not gonna even get into the jegulus part. it makes me too maddddd

[feydrautha]

What do you think people close to Alicent think about her relationship with Larys? Canonically, we know Aemond hates him, but what do Aegon and Halaena think of him? Otto and Criston (especially because of his Madonna complex towards Alicent + Rhae banging the other Strong) would probably hate it, but how do they try to stop it? Does Viserys think she's banging this twink on the side and not care? Do Rhae and Harwin joke about Strongs having a thing for strong women? Larys is pretty solitary, but Alicent connects to a whole bunch of people who all have different dynamics with her and view her so differently that I'd be curious to know their reactions. Go into the nitty gritty, bestie!

Oh, I think at this point I need to disclose that I just started reading Fire and Blood, and everything I know about it was me spoilering myself (because I honest to god don't care for spoilers) but from what I heard is that... y'know what, this will come under a read more (spoilers for F&B and future spoilers for HOTD incoming)

He is going to be on the Green Council as the official Master of Whisperers, so I assume that Aegon approves of the job he does just well, if not only because Alicent vouches for him and he trusts his mother on her word. He probably doesn't feel very [sighs] strongly about him, we know he doesn't approve of Otto's tenure as Hand during his reign because Otto would rather rely on diplomacy instead of having a more hands-on approach as Criston would have it, so I don't see him having a whole lot of respect for the secrecy and discretion needed to be spymaster, but Mother Knows Best, so what gives? If he finds out or thinks they're banging? Ew, gross, but is he gonna do something about it? Considering what a mumma's boy he is, probably not.

And this is entirely wishful thinking and gets a tragic dimension when you consider that Larys might be the one to cause her death, but I really hope we get a scene between him and Helaena - I think there's a lot of potential for a positive relationship, maybe a bit similar to what he had with Alicent in the sense that he doesn't write her off because of her behaviour (and if she is indeed talking about prophecies, there's an actual use to it) and sees her. Helaena might seem very indifferent to her surroundings (she certainly doesn't care how she is perceived by others, girl does not give two shits lol) but she is perceptive and that could either see her not seeing through Larys and not trusting him as far as she could throw him (the right choice) or having something like a peaceful coexistence with him. Does she care her mum is fucking this guy? Not really.

I went into Otto's reaction in another ask, and lmao, how funny that I answer this ask when we have it confirmed that Criston totally does catch the vibe and is weirded out by it, if not downright disgusted by it. That delivery of "unabashedly" is still so funny though, because it's clearly a euphemism for "he's totally giving you the fucky eyes". Does Criston stop it? He tries to vaguely allude to sin, whatever, Alicent doesn't reply, then sends him away, and that was the end of that discussion.

Viserys, I genuinely doubt he cares. If the gossip reaches him, he dismisses it, and he tells himself that this isn't happening because it's a ridiculous assumption that Alicent is cheating on him, but in the depth of his heart, he knows but it's also [shrug]. If this were to become public knowledge, he would have Larys punished despite being the Hand's son, but oh god, he is so tired, the man just wants to build his Lego 10 000+ pieces set of Old Valyria Pre-Doom, he is suffering from leprosy, parts of his body are literally rotting away, he's still mourning Aemma's death, whatever.

LMFAO if Harwin knows, Larys has not known peace ever since. Probs vaguely alluded to it without mentioning names so that you'd be sure no one could tell who he is talking about, and Rhaenyra goes "Oh, you're talking about your brother being Alicent's side piece, yeah, everyone who pays attention to what the servants say know that.", to which Harwin replies something along the lines "Huh. I guess you're right. Well, guess Strong men do make legs weak, aha."

Phew, if Rhaenyra knows about it... I think she'd be even more disappointed in Alicent though? First she fucks and marries her dad, then she cheats on him, and has the nerve to spread the word that Rhaenyra is sleeping with another man besides her husband? There are totally some Kill Bill sirens going off in her head whenever she sees them standing next to each other.

TL;DR: it's mostly wilful indifference and disapproval while Harwin is the only one in their corner, even if it's only because of Larys, and Helaena would just rather talk to her beetles.