#are they going to commit arson?

[homielander]

i'm sorry but hotd positing that all women are innately cautious and peaceful and compassionate while men are rash warmongers is not a feminist win! i could see the value in everyone being hesitant to go to war at the onset of the story because it intensifies the tragedy of this house tearing itself apart, but at this stage, rhaenyra has as much reason for bloodlust (if not more) as the men on the show. it's pretty heavily implied that the shock of her usurpation killed her daughter, aemond killed lucerys, and one of aegon's kingsguard snuck into her quarters with the intent to assassinate her. most importantly, she has felt entitled to the throne since she was named heir as a child. she should be incensed! rhaenyra's inaction in the season 1 finale due to a sudden aversion to violence was already stretching believability -- this is the same woman who expressed nothing beyond mild shock at vaemond's beheading, who plotted with daemon to have an innocent man killed to facilitate laenor's escape while declaring that the realm should fear her. to have rhaenyra insist on peace at this point in the story, when war is already well underway, is incredibly irrational.

this problem is not limited to rhaenyra. alicent ordered larys to kill mysaria's network of spies and any suspected traitors in the red keep, presumably without any due process, and neither of these decisions was depicted with the gravity they deserved for a character who was once horrified by any bloodshed. meanwhile, aegon had a few extra ratcatchers executed, and not only was the direction sufficiently ominous, but we also got a lengthy monologue from otto about how it would spell his doom. it is probably pointless to bring up rhaenys because she is written less like a believable human being and more like a mouthpiece for the writers to assert whatever political opinion they believe is correct in a given episode -- but she did very much kill dozens if not hundreds of smallfolk last season. she did do that and very clearly did not care. why is she an advocate against war? for both alicent and rhaenys, there is a strange dissonance where their actions are at odds with their attitudes about opposing large-scale war for the good of the realm. i'm not saying this dissonance cannot exist, but it should at least be acknowledged.

helaena raising concerns about the losses suffered by the smallfolk might have worked in isolation, but for it to accompany everything above is exhausting. can none of these women be allowed to feel for themselves?

[foxflamingo]

*sigh*… I got dragged into the show by the gay ass purple fairy

I know he dragged you down too 🫵

[fearandhatred]

season 3 is going to change the trajectory of my existence forever and then i'll have to turn to a life of violence and crime to cope

[evilkaeya]

pm and ada on truce missions in different cities and they keep coming across restaurants that have signs hanged outside saying "banned for life" with teen skk's faces on them

[an-albino-pinetree]

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Peeped the horrors

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[engagemythrusters]

oh boba we're really in it now...

[jonathanbyersphd]

They're going to blow something up in season 5

[kamiraaah]

Would Grandma Bucchi be the one to be like "*hands weapon* go do crimes"

All her grandchildren get her blessing to commit crimes, but there's one rule: don't get caught.

[meganechan05]

They retired due to poor mental health and became a top star in singing and dancing

...I made these before the magazine scans/leaks came out... I'm not okay...

[kittydragondraws]

he's totally an innocent little boy who's done nothing wrong <3

[skibasyndrome]

me earlier, like a fool: this week has been getting better! maybe things will work out!

me, yet again facing bs: oh bother

[footballandshit]

i walk into bookstore.

i see a "booktok" section.

i walk out of the bookstore.

[cosmicrhetoric]

monstrous regiment sucks you in with promises of lgbt discourse and when youre disoriented by whatever the fuck is going on with maladict they hit you over the head with the Nationalism Is Bad mallet looney tunes style over and over again for 300 pages

[tendou-satori-chocolatier]

Suga: I've been told by many people that I "light up the room"

Daichi: that was arson, those people were witnesses

[livetogether--diealone]

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