#big-bad-ulf

[moody-alcoholic]

Cross My Heart

Part 8 - Welcome To The War

Summary: eventual poly141 x reader. Enemies to lovers, mini fic.

CW: use of weapons, death, cannon typical violence, bombs/ explosions, military inaccuracies, blood, mention of injuries.

AN: Taking a break from this. Got to work on main project (the next chapter so close to being finished i's haunting my dreams)

Previous parts - masterlist - next AO3

Enjoy <3

“I still think you’re crazy going after Makarov.” You say crossing your arms. “Why do you want him so bad?”  

“He’s a terrorist.” Price says like that’s supposed to explain everything. 

“The ULF and Al Qatala are terrorists, according to your country.” Price nods and moves back to the table. 

“We’re not concerned about Al Qatala, the ULF want the same goals as us.” 

“Is that why the Americans are working with Farah?” 

“They’re not.” Ghost says. “Not anymore.” 

“I assume you had something to do with the death of The Wolf?” You ask, raising an eyebrow. Price nods.

“I remember it happening. Konni helped sneak The Butcher and Khaled out.” 

“The Butcher? Jamal?” Price asks then looks at Ghost. The energy in the room changes. 

“What?” You ask, you don’t think you’re going to like the answer. 

“We thought he was dead.” Ghost says. Price braces himself on the table. That news seems to have put a wrench in whatever plan they had. At least they know now they know he’s alive before-

“Hold on.” You stand up out the chair.

“He’s going to be at the meeting with Ivan and Makarov. He was supposed to torture Alex. He’s already on his way to the base.”

“Makarov’s already changed his plans.” Price says.

“Yeah but The Butcher hasn’t, he’ll still be heading there. You take the whole building out. That's one hell of a blow to Konni, take out one of their strongest posts as well as Ivan who basically controls that whole region.” You look round at them with wide eyes and hands in the air like you’ve just come up with the best plan in the world. 

“That’s where Makarov was going to launch his attack from, it’s the only place they have on the border.” They’re just looking at each other, not saying a word. You look down at the plans on the table. There’s handwriting on one of the pieces of paper. It grabs your attention and you pull it out. 

It’s a diagram of missiles, they look new though. Konni doesn’t have new missiles, they’re still using cold war stuff. Then you remember what that man said in the room ‘he's planning a nice surprise for the ULF.’ You pull the paper towards you, turning it over. 

“It’s not been translated yet.” Ghost says. You ignore him, you recognise the handwriting it’s Ivan’s for sure. 

“He’s buying missiles off Al Qatala.” You say looking up at them. 

“No. Because then-” Price doesn’t finish his thought, his eyes flicking up to Ghost. 

“He would have American missiles.” Ghost says. 

Fuck.

—

Farah didn’t take it so well that Jamal was still alive. Alex went white as a sheet when he heard about the torture part. Soap seemed perked up looking over the shitty floor plan of the compound you drew for him from memory. 

“If we take this place out we’ll halt them in their tracks. They won’t have the missiles, the building will be gone and Jamal will be dead.” 

“Busy day.” Alex says. 

“How sure are we that Jamal is moving the missiles there, and not to some other place? Especially now you got Alex out.” Farah asks. Gaz turns a laptop around. 

“Spotted on the Russian border a few hours ago.” Gaz says, you lean over to look. It’s pictures of a convoy, big trucks going through the border. 

“We are still waiting for the satellite but it’s the best we have for now.” Price says. 

“Okay, we can be ready to leave within the hour.” 

“No. ULF has to stay here.” Price says, Farah opens her mouth to protest Price raises his hand stopping her. “It’s across the border, you can’t get involved. It’ll just be us.” 

“If it’s true that Jamal is alive, Al Qatala could regroup. This could change the outcome of this war.” Farah says. 

“We’ll get him.” Price says. You raise an eyebrow, he looks so sure. 

“What do you need?” She asks. 

“A car, explosives. We’ll be back before the morning.” Price says. She sighs standing back up and ordering someone around in arabic. Price moves with Ghost and they head out the room. You chase after them pushing past them and stopping in front of Price. 

“I want to come.” You say, he stops raising an eyebrow at you.

“You got stabbed-”

“You got shot.” you interrupt him

“-Less than 48 hours ago.” He finishes.

“I know my way around that compound. I can get you in and out without being spotted.” You say holding your ground.

“Just tell us where to go and we'll figure it out.” Gaz says, you shoot an angry look at him.

“I know that place like the back of my hand. I can get you through anywhere you need to go. I know where everything is. I know how to disable their systems, where all the gear is stored, where to avoid.” You feel like you’re pleading with him. They need you, there’s no way you’re going to sit around and not be involved with this. Besides you owe Caleb. 

“Can you shoot?” Price asks. You smile and nod. 

“Go with Soap, Farah has gear lying around he’ll help you with what you need.” He sighs, you look at Ghost and Gaz. You have no idea what Ghost is thinking, not with his mask. Gaz just has an eyebrow raised watching you.

“Thank you. I won’t let you down.” You say and rush past him to join Soap.

“You look cute when you get flustered.” Soap says his hand landing on the top of your back and leading you out the building. 

“Shut up.” You say elbowing him maybe a little too hard, hanging your head feeling heat rush to your cheeks. 

…

The gear you found was a little too big for you, the weapons in your hands feels foreign. You have shot a gun before, well, pistols. You don’t have time to worry about it though, as soon as you were finished with Soap you all piled into what looked like an old army 4X4. 

The drive took over 2 hours. Price parked the truck behind a different tree line and you all walked in silence to the back of the compound. There is only one way in the compound officially, but there’s a basement back from the cold war era. 

“It’s used for storage, most people think it’s sealed off but I’ve used it before, when things needed sneaking out without the rest of the base knowing.” You explain as you sit in the tree line with them watching the base. You can’t tell if there are more or less people around. Its evening and the sun is almost set, Price said the darkness will give them the cover you need. 

As soon as outdoor light starts coming on you move. They're quieter than you, more sure on their feet quick and silent as you cross the open grass to make it to the building. You silently point them over to what looks like a drain cover about a hundred meters from the base. 

They pull it off to reveal an iron ladder built into the wall itself. Ghost goes down first, then Soap, you and Gaz follow after leaving Price to go last. You walk down the tight hall which you were told once used to be part of an old storm drain system. Eventually it leads out into the main room. Crates and boxes are piled everywhere, some as old as the cold war. 

“That door leads into the kitchens. It’ll be closed by now. It's the best way in.” You say pointing at the door up some steps. 

If you thought Caleb was going to help you, you would have taken this route to get Alex out, maybe then he wouldn’t have died. All the guards you killed would have been alive.

“Gaz, Soap, start setting up the charges, we’ll clear the building.” Price says. They nod and split off in a different direction.

“Ghost take point.” Price says, Ghost pushes past you. You assume that means he’s supposed to lead. Good, you’re still not sure how comfortable you are with killing in cold blood. Most of the people working here are innocent, at least they’re just working here for a better life for their families, children. They’re not all in as deep as you or Ivan.

You make it into the kitchen and as suspected it's deserted at this time of day. It doesn’t feel right though, it’s almost too quiet. There’s movement, everyone's head snaps in that direction. A woman walks round the corner in a world of her own. Lights flick on when she looks up she freezes dropping whatever was in her hands.

Price and Ghost start shouting which just seems to confuse her even more as she slowly raises her hands.

“Where is everyone?” You ask in Russian. Her head snaps to you, her mouth opens but words don’t come out. You don’t have time for this. “We won’t hurt you, just tell us what’s going on.” 

“When Makarov arrived there was a lot of shouting. I don't know what happened. They didn’t stay long before he left.” You can see tears coming down her face. 

“What’s she saying?” Price asks. You almost want to shush him.

“Where were they going? Was The Butcher with them?” You ask.

“I don’t know. I only saw Makarov. They left a few hours ago.” She says with a sob. 

“Okay, where is everyone? Is Ivan here?” 

“He sent everyone home. Ivan is upstairs.” 

“Makarov was here but he left a few hours ago. Ivan is upstairs.” You explain to Price. He nods at Ghost who drops his weapon and goes over to the woman. You’re not sure what's happening, you just hope they don’t hurt her, you look round the rest of the room. You hear zip ties looking back over to see Ghost pushing her into a store room.

“Let’s go.” Price says. You follow them as they clear the rooms. Even the ‘prison’ wing is empty. Before you know it you’re heading up the stairs. The only people being left alive are the guards on the gate entrance. You wonder why they left the woman in the kitchen, maybe she can get away before she’s buried in the building when it goes down.

It’s dark upstairs, the only light coming from the conference room at the end. You’re moving slow, your heart hammering in your chest. You watch as Ghost and price check the rooms almost in sync before moving on. You’re at the back this time. That you don’t mind. 

Suddenly you hear movement behind you, before you have chance to react an arm locks around your neck. A yelp leaves your mouth loud enough to signal Price and Ghost who turn around. You feel the barrel of a gun pressing against your temple. Your hands fly up to his arm to try and pull it off but he pulls you backwards into a room.

His arm is around your neck squeezing just enough that you can’t get a breath of air. He pulls your body up, you feel a stabbing sensation in your side. You hope you haven't torn stiches. Weapons are trained on you both.

“Fuck me! 141 you’re taking the piss right?” He says in Russian. It's Ivan.

“Makarov’s looking for you.” He says to them in English. 

“Good, we happen to be looking for him too.” Price responds. He takes a step closer and Ivan tightens his grip. You drop one of your hands, you have a knife on your hip. You don’t know if John can tell where your hand is going, you just hope he doesn’t give you away. 

“How much are they paying you huh? Fucking traitorous bitch.” He spits in your ear, your fingers brush over the hilt of the knife. His grip is cutting off your oxygen, not that you could breathe right not anyway. 

“Where’s Makarov?” Price asks.

“Ha! Like I would tell you!” He shouts, jolting you. You use it as an opportunity to pull the knife up over the safety clip. You shift your hand ever so slightly so you can hold it more secure. 

“I thought you didn’t like him? What did Jamal steal your promotion?” You say through gasps of air. 

“At least I know where my loyalties lie.” He growls in your ear. You smile, that pissed him off. Before you can think too much about it you twist your wrist driving the knife into his thigh. 

His arms let you go immediately, you throw your body forward. Shots are fired, you can smell blood and gunpowder in the air. Someone grabs your vest pulling you up and out the way. You regain your balance standing up, Ghost holds the top of your arms as Price rushes into the room. 

"You good?" He asks, you nod.

You hear moaning. Holy shit he’s not dead. You turn to see Price hauling him to his feet, throwing him into a chair. Ghost pushes past you into the room. You follow him slowly watching as Ivan holds his hand on his shoulder. 

“Where are they?” Price asks again. You go over to the computer. He hasn’t changed his login and before you know it you’re in. You’re only half listening to Price and Ghost trying to get info out of him. There's the sound of skin hitting skin, the sound of his groans. 

He won’t talk. That’s not your job though. Your job is to find out what you can from the computer, maybe that will tell you where Jamal and Makarov are. You see a mail from a burner address, you recognise the program, it’s the one they use for secure communications. 

“They’re heading to Volgograd.” You say reading the email. 

“What's there?” You hear Ghost ask, you turn to see if they’re talking to you. 

“I don’t know.” You say going back to the email. 

“Charges are set Cap.” You hear Soap say over the radio. Now you don’t have long, you need to leave. A gunshot makes you jump. You turn to catch the end of Ivan’s body falling to the floor. You swallow hard looking back at the computer and opening a new program you don’t recognise.  

“Oh shit!” You say watching the countdown tick away. “Price!” They both come over and you stand up so they can see. 

“This is the missile program.” You explain, there’s markings on the map and a countdown. 15 minutes. 

“Do you recognise any of the targets?” Ghost asks. You reach over clicking on the map, it zooms in and pops up coordinates. You have no idea what to do with that. The map it’s using is old and black and white, you’re trying to make out points of interest. 

“That’s where they’re being fired from.” You say pointing at the screen. “There being fired from within Urzikstan.” 

“So what came over the border?” Ghost asks.

“Those missiles didn’t look long range, how far is their first target?” You zoom out, moving over to the first target. You’re squinting at the map, it’s almost like there's a straight line of targets across the land. 

“80 kilometers.” “He’s making a new border.” Ghost says moving away from the computer. 

“We need to leave.” Price says. 

“Wait, some of these targets have innocent people living in them.” You say finally recognising some of the locations. Price sighs standing back up.

“Nothing we can do.” He says walking away. 

“We can stop it!” You shout, turning back to type on the computer. He grabs your shoulder, turning you away.

“We can’t. Then Makarov will know we’re onto him. We can't let him know, as long as he is using this we have an advantage over him.” He’s gripping your shoulders. You let out a frustrated huff. 

“Innocent people will die.” You say. He lets go of your shoulders and walks over to the door. 

“Innocent people always die. Welcome to the war.” He says and walks out the room. You look over at Ghost, you still don’t know what he’s thinking, he waits a few seconds watching you then leaves the room. 

You look back at the computer, there’s only 5 minutes left on the countdown. You didn’t even know how to stop it really, you were just hoping you could figure it out. You can hear Price talking in your ear, but you’re not really listening. You look over at Ivan’s body on the floor. You walk over and kick his arm with your foot.

There’s blood pooling out his head. Maybe it would have been more satisfying if you had killed him, maybe not. You’ll never know, he’s dead now. 

“Come on! Let's go.” Ghost shouts at you from the doorway. You nod following him out taking one last look at the computer, only 3 minutes left. 

…

You leave the building out the front gate, catching up with Soap and Gaz on the way. It’s bitter sweet. Ivan’s dead the base will be destroyed but now you have no idea what has been coming over the border. Makarov and Jamal got away and managed to get their missiles off.

“What do we do now?” You ask as you make your way back to the car. No one says anything. Maybe you’re not allowed answers anymore. You look over at Soap walking next to you, he smiles. The sound of the charges going off back at the base rumbles through the ground. You hope that woman in the kitchen got out, you doubt it though. 

Suddenly everyone stops, you almost bump into the back of Ghost. You look past him you can see the car a few meters ahead of you. 

“What?” Gaz asks. 

“Shh!” Price snaps. You feel a pit form in your stomach. You and Soap look around, it's dark out you look up, the moon is bright in the sky. You don’t hear anything at first, then Price takes another step forward. You’re trying really hard to listen, then you hear a faint beeping. You look up at Soap, he’s frowning, he takes a step opening his mouth when the car explodes.

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Banners by plum98

[wassuppeeps]

Anxiety Response Headcanons

Classifications:

Unhealthy/Damaging Response

Neutral Response

Understandable or Relief Response

Healthy Response

Good Help

Bad Help

Multiple Classifications

(I might be wrong about my analyzations lol so correct me if so, you can also ask me about my reasoning behind these classifications bc the only thing I love more than getting comments is responding to them hee hee ha ha 😊)

Gene: When he’s super overwhelmed with high stress or anxiety, he might scratch himself really hard (due to his long-undiagnosed autism, he also has small scars from doing it ever since he was younger) and his heart will also start beating painfully hard and make it tough for him to breathe properly. If he’s alone, he’ll just curl up with his head in his knees on the floor, and he might cry a little. He’ll usually just try to deal with it by himself, but if he manages to think clearly enough, he’ll remember to do at least one of these 3 things; ask for help, do something he likes (like computer chess), or grab his stress ball.

Alexander: He would constantly shake his head and ruffle his own hair really fast and hard, and also bite his fingernails along with panicky pacing back and forth. If it’s REALLY bad he might hit himself or something hard, or just sit down and/or curl up into a ball, kinda like Gene.

Twinkle: She would land on the ground (this is healthy bc fluttering her wings adds a bit to her heart rate and that’s the last thing she needs during a panic attack) and start hyperventilating and tearing up, and of course slowly lose her magic power. A cute sight, a big hug, or a good cup of tea should calm her down.

Ruby: She would freeze up and she would tremble slightly, not very visibly (bc she tries to stay still and not show weakness) but you could tell if you looked at her shaky hands. Her face twitches slightly, and she also sweats and her hands become clammy. If it gets REALLY bad, she might pull some dead hair out.

Alien: His ears would basically do what cat ears do when he feels threatened; bend backward, not floppy but not straight up, right in between, he would also growl a lot and be very tense, primed to pounce (also like a cat). lol this whole part ended up in his colors-

Sir Ulf: His heart rate would increase and start to hurt, and he would sweat… Then he’d lay down for a while, bc aside from a good hug, a small rest usually gets rid of it.

Sir Garroth: The only way you’d even notice is because his pupils contract and he’d sweat a bit. That’s literally it, bc he’s so good at hiding his vulnerabilities. He won’t even retreat to deal with it behind a closed door… He’ll stay in the same spot for as long as he feels he has to, and the longer he forces himself through it, the worse he’ll have to deal with in private when he finally gets a moment to himself….

Sir Archibald: He will immediately run away from whatever started it (which is actually a pretty good tactic of dealing with anxiety, first things first get tf away from whatever’s bothering you) and find a quiet spot to calm down, he might cry for a while, then he’ll regulate his breathing, then he’ll stay there for however long he still needs to, and then get up and jump back into it. (ngl he probably has the healthiest anxiety response out of everyone here bc he’s so used to it)

The Black Baron: Yes, him too. Everyone gets uneasy or freaks out sometimes, even cocky, gay-coded little bastards like this guy. He often fears that not only will his plans not work, but they’ll go horribly wrong and get him caught (or oofed) someday, however he hates feeling weak so he drowns his troubles in alcohol, specifically his favorite red wine (that he does not pay for and just steals straight from the shop lol).

Rhypan: (this is how I spell it so don’t come at me with no “akshually 🤓”) He also hates feeling weak bc it’s the same feeling he got whenever his father yelled at him and beat him so he’ll go ham on the training dummies and then maybe read a nice book. (again, may be one of the healthier anxiety responses here…)

Definitely doing more of these lol (even though color-coding this was a nightmare…. Pls don’t let this flop I spent so much time on this ☹️)

[kazz-brekker]

hotd episode 3 thoughts:

big fan of that smash cut from the blackwood vs. bracken blustering to the battlefield covered in corpses, just the kind of escalation i was hoping to see this season

rhaenys i love you but you have GOT to acknowledge that a peaceful path is not going to work as this point and you're making rhaenyra look bad by persuading her there might not be war

criston cole is so bad at being hand compared to otto tower, my god, the energy in that small council room was like a group project when the sole person holding it together isn't there anymore

i'm continuing to really like the dynamic between rhaenyra and mysaria, it just adds a lot of interesting depth to both of their characters

don't worry seasmoke your time is coming just be patient buddy

harrenhal is so goth! and desolate! and ruined! and damp! just as i hoped!!!

ser simon strong you're the only man i respect at harrenhal. really love his deadpan sense of humor and unwillingness to put up with daemon's dramatics, this is going to be a fun dynamic

why do i get the feeling that every hightower who sees alicent and criston standing next to each other immediately knows they're fucking lol

never thought i would feel bad for criston again but i would not want gwayne as my coworker on a military campaign, he does NOT seem cut out for this

criston is terrible but he had really nice hair so i can't believe he got a haircut :(

rhaenyra. girl. you have to made a decision about this war. i'm begging you know. a dragon ate your son! do something about it!!

rhaena having dialogue! rhaena having a character and something to do! rhaena and baela having a scene together where they both talk! i have dreamed of these days and now they're finally here!

i like how this season has carefully allotted 1 scene per episode of larys sneaking around and being like "sooooo i heard this thing you might want to know…" evil adviser representation!

ulf. my guy. if it's genuinely dangerous to be a dragonseed in king's landing you should maybe not be bragging about it to every random guy in a tavern you meet.

having a really hard time imagining aegon and aemond being united and killing people on their dragons together like the greens want them to after that last scene with them, i'm pretty sure i could see aemond trying to kill his brother via telepathy during it

baela chasing criston and gwayne on dragonback was soooo good honey i am so proud of you keep up the good work

begrudgingly awarding criston one "actually good at his job" point for noticing moondancer in the sky

audibly yelped "MILLY ALCOCK?!?!" when she turned up in daemon's dream sequence, i was NOT expecting to see her this season

alys rivers standing around creepily and saying ominous things to daemon…again, i have dreamed of this day for several years

i also REALLY was not expecting rhaenyra and alicent to share a scene together this season

by the end of the episode i was definitely getting sick of rhaenyra's waffling about her decisions but i'm glad that her conversation seems to have hardened her and she's about to commit to the war for real, it's about time

it could have been interesting if rhaenyra and alicent never communicated about the "aegon's dream" prophecy mishap but emma d'arcy's acting when rhaenyra thought viserys had truly discarded her in favor of aegon really got to me and i was on the edge of my seat hoping she would realize the truth

at this point i am really ready for some proper dragon carnage so i'm very happy that next week seems to be delivering on that :)

[acronym-chaos]

Red Riding Hood / Big Bad Wolf Themed ID Pack

[PT: Red Riding Hood / Big Bad Wolf Themed ID Pack].

[ID: A purple thin line divider shaded at the bottom. End ID].

Names

[PT: Names].

Altan, Aspen, Berry, Blaidd, Blossom, Calina, Calle, Caprice, Cerise, Claw, Conan, Cottage, Crimson, Elowen, Fable, Fang, Faolan, Fenris, Fiann, Forrest, Ginger, Glen, Grim, Hood, Hunter, Ivy, Layne, Luna, Lupo, Mabel, Night, Path, Poppy, Red, Reid, Robin, Robin, Rory, Rose, Rossa, Rowan, Ruby, Rufus, Russell, Scarlett, Sylas, Sylvester, Tale, Ulf, Wilder, Willow, Wolfe, Woods

Pronouns

[PT: Pronouns].

Basket / Baskets / Baskets, Bit / Bite / Bites, Ca / Cape / Capes, Clo / Claw / Claws, Cloa / Cloak / Cloaks, Fa / Facade / Fas, Fi / Fang / Fangs, Flower / Flowers / Flowers, Fo / Forest / Fore, Gro / Growl / Grow, Hoo / Hood / Hoos, How / Howl / Howls, Hu / Hunt / Hunts, Path / Paths / Paths, Prey / Preys / Preys, Rey / Red / Reds, Sna / Snarl / Snar, Teef / Teeth / Teeths, Tell / Tale / Tales, Tri / Trick / Tricks, Wolf / Wolfs / Wolfs, Wood / Woods / Woods

Titles

[PT: Titles].

[Noun] of the Woods, [Pronoun] Carrying a Secret, [Pronoun] Dressed Like Grandma, [Pronoun] Off The Beaten Path, A Cloak of Red, A Tale of Trickery, Deceiver in Disguise, The [Noun] in the Red Hood, The Flower Picker, The Heart of the Forest, The One with a Basket of Goodies, The Sharpest Smile, The Wolf's Desire, Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

[ID: A purple thin line divider shaded at the bottom, End ID].

Requested by🩸 anon

Also tagging: @id-pack-archive

[saline-coelacanth]

Hope you guys will indulge me a little bit as I just wanna list off some things I love about Zeke

He's the Zekenator

He's such a silly goofy guy

His design is perfection

The Eye of Shining Justice

He's extremely quotable (I have "Zeke von Genbu, Bringer of Chaos! Mostly known as Zeke and often addressed as the Zekenator" memorized)

His blade, Pandoria, has lightning powers and I like lightning powers

Also he has a big fucking lightning sword

His super ultra mega move is called "Ultimate Lightning Fury Slash Max" and the name of it is so long that in game it has to be abbreviated to ULFS Max

Ultimate Lightning Fury Slash Max is also just my favorite move to use, it's very satisfying

Turters

He's a genuinely interesting character with depth despite the fact he initially seems like just a comic relief character

"Handling a Man's Turtle" <- another great quote from the Zekenator

His theme goes hard

The fact that his main nerf is that his animations for his moves take a long time because he's such a show off

He has bad luck as a character trait and that actually carries over into his stats as he has the worst luck stat of the party members (That sounds bad but I honestly just love the attention to detail)

He's the Zekenator

Gushing about his backstory more, he's a prince who hates the way his kingdom is run and got kicked out for constantly leaving and refusing to do his royal studies, but even so he still clearly cares about his kingdom and his people, he just hates the way things are run

He's also 100% correct about the kingdom being run poorly btw

Him and Pandoria have such funny moments and banter but are also so soft they make me so crazy /pos

He's such a great mentor/big brother figure to Rex

And also his rivalry with Morag is really great

Nia calls him Shellhead and he just kinda accepts it

I feel like I should bring up a point involving Tora now but all I can really think of is they have some funny dialogue together

He has a no kill policy because he believes killing people makes you weak

Just every cutscene he's in brings me joy

His idle animations are great, sometimes I just put the controller down to watch them

Did I mention that he's the Zekenator?

[tangledbea]

this question's been eating me up for a while but is Zhan Tiri aka the big bad of TTS kinda lame? I can't really put it into words but everything from the design to her motivations to her plans just feels flat to me. Not to mention the retcon making her disciples being a few millennia old which... do the writers not get how long that is and how that massively affects the human psyche (yes this is a gothel thing). Idk I feel like there could've been a better villain than this British ghost girl??

Zhan Tiri was far more interesting when she was a demon made up of sharp angles locked in another realm. She was so much more menacing, so much more threatening. Ancient eldritch beings looming in the shadows with a millennia-old grudge against our protagonist and their homeland just hits completely different.

Do you know what I theorized during seasons one and two before we met her (then, him)? I theorized that the blizzard he sent/transformed into and moved through Corona was meant to destroy the Sundrop flower. I theorized that the Sundrop was the only thing that could truly stop him for good. I theorized that, by hypnotizing the Sundrop itself into pledging her allegiance to him ("Painter's Block"), he would gain some measure of control over Rapunzel (and also Lance, Feldspar, Ulf and Friedeborg). I theorized that he wanted to drain her, specifically ("Rapunzeltopia"), because she could stop him when no one else could.

If I had to wager a guess, I'd say that they didn't really know what they wanted to do with ZT from the beginning, either (just like the Brotherhood), which is why it was so easy to change her design and designated gender into the little goth girl. For a joke, they could literally upturn the direction of the Big Bad, because it wasn't set in stone.

[isara-art]

The writers have a chance to fix at least one thing in the third season, by adding Nettles, she is canon black/brown character in the story!

She is brave, strong, smart, she is proof that non Targ can tame a dragon and she will play a big role in the dance.

I was waiting for her appearance, she is indeed an interesting character to me more than Ulf and Hugh.

By combining her with Rhaena it's stupidest thing to happen, it will strip the impact of the other characters and the events, they didn't want to make Rhaenyra nor Daemon bad and that's shows how biased they are.

Also how fast Rhaena is gonna tame Sheepstealer?? In the book Nettles took her time to tame it by bringing sheeps to the dragon, while at the finale Rhaena only found it! All this Dragonseeds taming the dragons was rush and stupid.

[halfmoth-halfman]

About the scene you just talked about:

I actually saw it (or interpretated it) as less problematic because Samara was part of Farahs group and therefore a freedom fighter, then she was forced to do you know what by Makarov. Makarov used not only the negative stereotypes that exist against middle eastern people, but also the fact that Farahs group is one of his main enemies in Urzikstan and this is where I think that COD actually did a good job i guess? Because stuff like this happens, especially in these times of the war in gaza, middle eastern (also mainly muslim people, but idk if Samara is explicitly muslim) people have it harder to fight against stereotypes and media are quick to blame them and use these stereotypes (which was also shown in mw3 with the news thing). Idk if it was their intention or if I just optimistically interpretated it like that, but I thought the scene was like a depiction of what happens in real life, short: middle eastern people being negatively used to push an agenda which is easy because of the existing stereotypes

I hope i was able to explain it well and not offend anyone. I would love to hear more opinions on this :)

(there are spoilers below)

i can understand that they may be trying to emulate real life, but personally i think regardless of samara's ties to farah and her being a former ulf soldier, they should've chosen a different way to go about the mission. yes, it could be understandable for makarov to want to frame farah and urzikstan, and that it could be playing off of real stereotypes and experiences that middle eastern people go through, but i don't think activision put that much thought into it and i don't think they care.

the original no russian mission involved makarov framing america despite the 141 (also his enemies) not being american, but activision chose to change that to specifically frame the middle eastern country for terrorism (mirroring a 9/11 style event) and kept that in during a time when there is actual genocide happening in palestine and islamophobia is growing back to a post-9/11 high in the us, the country they're based in.

and honestly, the change really cheapens makarov's character for me. he's supposed to be some big, menacing villain who is at the forefront of his movement and willing to do whatever it takes to achieve his goal, and in the og games we see that in the way he carries out the no russian mission himself. in this game, he does what? threatens samara then jumps out of a plane and that's it? the worst he does is give a speech explaining why he's doing it - it's his men that do most of the work forcing her to carry out the hijacking.

he's also supposed to be the 141's big bad, their mortal nemesis, but there's more emphasis on the way he and konni group terrorize and kill farah's friends and soldiers - dena and samara, in particular - than when he shot soap, a main character, and i think that's very telling.

if it were another gaming company that put more thought into their plot and considered the nuance of their storylines, maybe i could be convinced it was well intentioned, but activision makes military games. these game are meant to be military propaganda above all else, so i'm not willing to give them that kind of grace. i think it was a deliberate choice for an american company to not have their villain frame america like in the original game and instead fall back onto the same, tired "let's frame the middle eastern people as terrorists storyline" that's in every pro-military game and movie, during a time when there is a humanitarian crisis happening in palestine.

[wannabecatwriter]

Young Paparazzi: Hi, are you a friend of Renee? Can we get a picture?

Lexi: Sure thing.

Lexi: Hmm, I might not be famous yet, but I do have this guy's attention. And they do say there's no such thing as bad publicity, right?

Bouncer: I told you already, scram.

Lexi: Big talk for someone with a bowlcut.

Bouncer: Hey!

Yeah, friendship with Ulf is probably not the best influence on Lexi, but it's certainly getting her somewhere...

[ewanmitchellcrumbs]

IMHO, the intention behind George’s post wasn’t to get justice for Maelor (honestly not very important) or Helaena (he himself said she is better developed in the show) but a cautionary tale against them leaving out Nettles. Maelor is the easiest way to make this argument without coming out with it straight; he even suggests another character (Jaehaera) could take his place, but that changes her storyline and future events, similar to what will have to be changed if Rhaena entirely swaps out Nettles. He’s upset that Condal promised him “Maelor” in 2022- but he read the scripts for season 2, and Helaena clearly wasn’t pregnant. He had to have known that baby wasn’t coming 😅 As underdeveloped as she is in the show, he’s right and HOTD does manage to do more with Helaena than FB 😭

All that to say-I wouldn’t give up on Nettles yet! I agree he took down the post at HBO’s orders, as he did technically spoil season 3, but he and Condal still worked together on THK, which he says he’s excited about. I don’t think the working relationship there is as bad as people want to bemoan. He talked them into Daeron after season 1, so they could manage to make Nettles work in an altered storyline in my opinion!

I don’t see how they could include Nettles at this point. They have given away her dragon to Rhaena, and all of the dragonseeds have been unearthed already.

The main aspects of Nettles’ storyline in Fire & Blood were that she challenged the ideal of Valyrian purity by being the first common born person to claim a dragon (they have filled this void with Ulf, who has no real Targaryen ancestry, despite claiming to) and the rift she caused between Daemon and Rhaenyra. The show made a big point of patching the rift between Daemon and Rhaenyra at the end of season two, so I don’t think they’d drive another one between them for the sake of character inclusion. Plus, Rhaenyra’s insistence that Daemon have Nettles killed shone a spotlight on her racism and jealousy, and considering the show are pushing Rhaenyra’s character as a heroine, I don’t think they’d do that.

In short, I don’t think we will get Nettles, which is a shame as she was one of the more interesting Team Black characters.

[themcomicsofficial]

Transformers BotBots Season 2

S2 EP 3

"Friends from Another place..."

Llandra, the Mini-Con carries an unconscious Kikmee with a stab wound on her right bottom torso and lays her down on the ground as she pulls a spray that will help her heal the wound.

"Starstrike, I need to help out these two out before their injures become fatal..." Llandra commanded to her partner.

"Got it..." Star Strike responded while taking care of Burgertron and Bonz-Eye's injuries.

Ulf and Clogstopper walk to the scene.

"W-who are you? What happened to our friends??? Why are they injured??"

"There's no time to explain..."Llandra stood up as she ran to their friend's aid.

Dimlit walks up to Star Strike taking care of Bonz-Eye's injures with top-tier Cybertronian pain medicine.

"Excuse me, sir I just want to tell you--are my friends are gonna be alright?" Dimlit nervously said to Star Strike.

"Well, your friends have possible some minor injuries many bruises and dents on their bodies I'm treating them to these medical equipment from the Rescue Bots--okay that's all I can to heal up these little guys."

"That's self-explanatory..." Clogstopper said

"Meaning?" Star Strike raising an eyebrow.

"Well, you're small but a little bit taller then us..." Clogstopper.

"Actually me and Llandra are actually Mini-Cons..."

"Mini-Cons?" Dimlit responded confusingly.

"Let me explain, we are a race of helpful robots or "small partners" in Cybertron we often help out with big bots in missions to fight off bad guys or intergalactic threats!" Llandra said explaining their appearance.

"Cyber-what now?" Dimlit titled his head in confusion.

"Cybertron? Our home planet?" Llandra explained

"Nope, never heard of it..." Clogstopper said

"How can you not heard of it? While you look like something from our planet??" Star Strike.

"I'm sorry, sir I just don't know what's this "Cybertron" I'm worried about my friends over there...Are they going to be alright?" Dimlit said with a scared and worried look.

Llandra looks at the injured three and back at Dimlit.

"Llandra..." Star Strike places an arm over her.

"You take care of them...I'll help out the others out." Star Strike said with sympathy in his voice.

Llandra nods as she walks over to them.

End of the Mall.

Mercenary walks by himself minding his own business in a careless manner--that's is what he heard a flipping sound, something from a bird.

"Ah, didn't expect you to be here..." Mercenary said as Laserbeak appears behind him.

"Laserbeak, been a while...So, how's life in Soundwave's chest?" Mercenary laughs at Laserbeak...

"You were always the sarcastic one--it's quite embarrassing even for yourself." Laserbeak walks toward him with a narrow look.

"C'mon now, I'm trying to have a laugh..." Mercenary said trying to be funny.

As he looks around the other minions.

"Ravage! How's it hanging? Need to find a yarn ball to play on?" Mercenary said to the panther as it growls in response.

"Ratbat, my pal! Rumble, Frenzy!" Mercenary said to his "old friends"

"So? What brings you here?"

"Megatron, sent us here after receiving a signal--the signal from here..." Laserbeak responded...

"OH! Funny! I received a signal too!! Including my pals! So, were not the only ones!" Mercenary said trying to be funny.

"Now tell me, Laserbeak how are we; a couple of bad news bots are gonna handle this human-infested place they call a "Mall"

"Well, Mercenary since you foolishly intended to goof around instead of focusing on your assigned mission as your duty as a Decepticon which will make our master disappointed--"

Mercenary interrupts him.

"Oh please, the old man has a temper hotter than the junkheap in the Junk Planet! *laughs* "Bah Weep Gra Na Ninny Bong!"

Ravange growls at him for his immature behavior.

"Alright, alright cool your crankcase, putty cat..." Mercenary said.

"Thank you, Ravage...Now, we're all here for reason since we heard that signal from here--I have plan to try to overrule this place...I know why..."

"Okay then, polly...Show me." Mercenary said trying to be funny again.

"We'll try to expand an army of Cybertron's most wanted criminals to hunt down these Earth-based species then...we'll get these bots onto being new recruitments for Megatron's new army." Lasberbeak explaining the plan.

"Hey, uh...sorry to interrupt but how are we going to get an army of small little freaks like me?" Mercenary said.

"You said you caught the signal, right?" Laserbeak responded

"Yeah?"

All over the mall a bunch of Micro-Masters pop out of corners, ceilings holding sharp weapons, destructive tools, and powerful looking ones appear making Mercenary laugh evilly.

"YEAH! NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!!! WE GOT SOME SCRAPLETS TO EXTERMINATE!! HUNT THEM DOWN, MAKE SURE THERE'S NO DROP OF ENERGON LEFT!!"

Mercenary transforms to his jet form as the other run out to different places of the mall to hunt down each and every BotBot.

Lost & Found

Burgertron opens his eyes as he wakes up in his cubby.

"Huh? What?--ow..." Burgertron stood up, feeling pain his torso

"Kikmee, Bonz-Eye? W-where are you?"

"Down here..." Kikmee's dry voice said.

"Kikmee?"

"Hey there, Burgertron...Some fight we had, huh?"

"Kikmee? What's going on here? WHY DOES EVERYTHING HURT??" Burgertron freaked out

"Oh, ya know we had a big huge fight with some big bots...*nervous chuckle* and got our behinds kicked..." Kikmee dryly respond.

"There was a fight? I don't even--"

Burgertron flinched by a memory from last night who Mercenary beaten him up mercilessly as he throw him up from the basement

"Oh wait! I remember now! It was this Bot with spikes on his back that beated the scrap out of us! Oh man!! If I find that bot I am gonna--OH! ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!" Burgertron held on his torso in pain.

"Yeah...try not to stand up, alright?" Kikmee said to Burgertron

"I get that...thanks, where's Bonz-Eye?" Burgertron looked around for his planty, samurai friend.

Burgertron looks at Bonz-Eye sitting down from her cubby with bruises and dents on her back, leaves messed up.

"Oh! Hey there Bonz-Eye! You alright?"

Bonz-Eye says nothing...

"So--uh you wanna have fun sledding down on the ice cream parlor? There's some frozen sherbet adding to the menu--

"STOP" Bonz-Eye interrupted him

"We could've had him, we've could've stopped him..." Bonz-Eye says while clutching the side of her cubby in anger.

"Bonz-Eye, you trying to save me--"

"THAT'S NOT THE POINT." Bonz-Eye interrupted in anger.

"He hurt you. It's my fault I didn't search for you on time! Now, look at us!! Damaged, crippled, and dented!! How did this happen? WHY it did to happen..." Bonz-Eye looks back with her bruised up face and split lip and black eye.

"Bonz-Eye..." Kikmee said calmly

"I'm sorry, I lost my temper there...It's just Burgertron and I are injured including you, Kikmee...I don't know where Lady Macaron went on that event...She could've helped us..." Bonz-Eye somberly said.

Burgertron started to think for himself before he started to speak.

"Bonz-Eye...Look I know we tried our best to save Kikmee but at least we survived...I mean yeah, we got our butts kicked...That's not the point! We save Kikmee! Look, she's right here! The point is we're still here!! We may broke the sacred rule of the mall a year ago! We tried our hardest to make up and look at where we are! We're an official squad now! So, it's no time to give up!" Burgertron encouraged her as she lifts her head up.

"Right...I may have no squad...but I still you guys!"

Burgertron, Kikmee respond with a hug.

"OW, OW HURTING, HURTING!!"

"ARRGH, WHY DID WE DO THAT??"

"OKAY, OKAY BIG MISTAKE..."

The three said in pain due to their injuries.

The Mall, South wing

Lolly Licks and Lady Macaron are walking around talking to each other.

"Like, where were you last night? Did you like disappear or something?" Lolly Licks said in her vally girl accent.

"Oh! I was just hanging out with--Bonz-Eye! For some girl-talk!" Lady Macaron sweated in response.

Lolly Lick raised in eyebrow from her one-eye.

"Okay...Bonz-Eye asked me to help find her friend, okay? This or that okay let's see Frosteratu's theatre act!" Lady Macaron said speedly

"Like, hold it! You're hiding somethin' aren't ya?" Lolly Licks said to a cautious Lady Macaron.

"Hiding something? I'm not hiding something? What makes you say that?" Lady Macaron talked back

"Look, I know you and Bonz-Eye are deepest friends and at that but like are you keeping me from something that you two don't want to show me?" Lolly Licks questioned Lady Macaron's odd behavior

"Well, me and Bonz-Eye are indeed friends and--um she is skilled fighter and um..." Lady Macaron goes red as she sweats.

Lolly Licks smirks at Lady Macaron.

"Are telling me you have a--"

"CRUSHED CANS!! Yes! I completed my crushed cans collection! *tastes it* Mmm...warm cherry soda!" Clogstopper said.

"Oh...it's the Lost Bots..." Lolly Licks said

"Yeah...don't worry about him anyway we were just--"

Dimlit's voice distorts as Lolly Licks sees Star Strike in her view as she flusters over him.

"Like, Dimlit who's is that robot hunk?" Lolly Licks swoons over his appearance.

"Star Strike, Mini-Con, special agent of Cybertron I'm here to take aid on this "Mall?"

"I don't don't care who are wanna come to our candy store?" Lolly Licks strokes his chin.

"Uh..."

"This is uncomfortable..." Dimlit said

"Same..." Lady Macaron responded

"Uh,sorry ma'am I-I gotta continue on my mission, come on boys." Dimlit and Clogstopper followed while Star Strike continues his mission.

"Make sure to call me!" Lolly Licks wiggled good-bye with her fingers.

As the three continue to walk around the Mall.

"So Mr. Star Strike, sir..." Dimlit said while Star Strike laughed

"Please call me Star Strike."

"Oh okay! Well my name is Dimlit and I am a flashlight and I am part of a group called the Lost Bots!"

"Lost--Bots?"

"Yeah!! It's a cool name!"

"How cool?"

Clogstopper starred into space

'What are we talking about?"

"Is there something wrong with him?" Star Strike asked Dimlit

"Oh--he's not that--bright..." Dimlit answered

"Really?"

"He taught Christmas Lights were candy..."

"HEY!! THEY LOOKED CHERRY FLAVORED!!" Clogstopper responded offended

"Okay..." Star Strike responded awkwardly.

As they walk on the mall they hear a jet engine roaring.

"What's that?" Dimlit questioned

As the jet engine sound grows louder a purple, dark jet comes out of a corner of the top right of the mall.

"It's that a toy plane? Cause I'm looking for more in my old toy collection!!" Clogstopper happily said

"How much collections do you have??" Dimlit questioned him

"Maybe thirty?"

Dimlit gives him a unimpressed look.

The jet swoops down to them as it unloads missiles from its bottom.

"Run..." Star Strike said

"What?" Dimlit said

The jet fire the missiles to them as Star Strike grabs Dimlit and Clogstopper out of the explosions as the jet swoops up and rotates back as it transforms to figure as he grabs Star Strike and slams him to a top bit of a pillar.

"FINALLY, YOU'RE MINE NOW!!" He said.

Star Strike kicks him with his two legs as he jumps on the ground as the jet Micro-Master changes his right hand to a sharp sword to fight Star Strike, trying to stab him.

Star Strike unleashes two swords as he spins one and another as he fights the bot.

"I like your schtick, name?"

"Air-Raid, top-tier assassin..."

"Assassin, eh? Not tonight pal!!"

Star Strike spins his swords around while clashing with Air-Raid with his axe and arm-sword in a classic, swordsmen style.

"Whoa! Look how fast he is!" Dimlit said with surprised look on his moves.

"Whoa-ho-ho-ho-hoa! He is a hunk!!! Stronger than Spud Muffin!" Clogstopper said while seeing his impressive moves.

As they continue with their fight. Air-Raid unleash a missile launcher from his top wrist as the missiles launch out of it. Star Strike luckily deflects them as they explode left and right.

"Impressive. TRY DODGING THIS!"

Air-Riad unloads missiles from his shoulders as they launch toward them. Star Strike breathes in as everything slow downs in his point of view he deflects the missiles, slicing them in half, deflecting one by one. As he swipes away the final one. A giant explosion appears behind him.

"Done yet?"

Air-Raid grunts in annoyance and anger as he eyes Dimlit and Clogstopper, he smiles sinisterly he flying over to one of them he grabs Dimlit by the neck tightly making him grunt in pain.

"NO!--"

"One move, I'll snap this scraplet with my bare hand!" Air-Raid threatening Star Strike as he stops at his place as he can't move a step without Air-Raid harming Dimlit.

"That's what I thought, now stay down!!" Air-Raid says while turning to Dimlit.

"YOU are going to have a meeting with Megatron!!"

"STAR STRIKE, STAR STRIKE PLEASE!! DO SOMETHING!!" Dimlit yelled in fear while Star Strike stood like a statue due to Air-Raid's warning...

"PLEASE, PLEASE, STAR STRIKE, PLEASE, HELP ME, HELP ME, HELP ME, HELP ME, IT HURTS, MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!! JUST MAKE IT STOP!!" Dimlit scurries in fear as something starts to happen...lightning starts to come out of Dimlit's body.

"W-what? WHAT THE FRAG??!!" Air Raid yells as she gets electrocuted from Dimlit's body.

Star Strike finds a perfect spot as he rushes toward him as he pulls back his two swords as he makes a perfect slash on Air-Raid, slicing off his head, chest off his torso as he falls on the ground, defeating him as Star Strike sees an unconscious Dimlit falling down and he catches him.

"How did he do that??"

TO BE CONTINUED

Transformers is owned by Hasbro and Takara Tomy.

[sweetscarlettangel]

HotD Season 2 Episode 2 Live Watch Thoughts

King’s Landing

Ok so Alicent blames herself

Arbon is distraught

And we're supposed to know who Ironrod is 

Well Otto's idea isn’t bad but it’s very cold hearted

Helaena holding her baby’s blanket 😭 

It’s sad how the first time she speaks coherently on the show it's after her son's death

Here comes Larys with his torture devices

He was a baby 😢 

Honestly Aegon should’ve waited a bit…to see if they got more info. BUT it’s Aegon and he’a not known for impulse control so what can we expect?

Poor Helaena, she's so obviously uncomfortable and having a panic attack

This would’ve been a good moment for Dreamfyre to appear and highlight how Helaena is also a dragon rider 

Dragonstone

Rhaenyra is so clueless sadly

Obviously it's Ser Alfred already antagonizing Rhaenyra…at least a bit of foreshadowing for the future 

And the start of the Daemyra breakdown

I think rn it's important to remmeber it’s only been a few days since the choking incident (and not two years)

And show!Daemon's thoughts on his brother are revealed

At least he’s clinging to the line of it being a mistake

Well, first of all, in the book Mondancer wasn’t big enough to ride at the beginning of the Dance. And, Rhaenyra is showing herself as a bad stepmother — she won’t allow Jace to patrol KL when he’s older and a more experienced dragon rider, but will allow Baela to do so when at this point she’s a more attractive hostage to take after B&C and the confession of Daemon having arranged it.

King’s Landing

The dysfunctionality of Helaegon's marriage. These are 2 people who grew up together, who were forced to marry and have children when they were children themselves. Two people so linked together but who can’t communicate. The tragedy of it all

Dragonstone

Little Aegon and Viserys! Joffrey should’ve been in this scene tho

King’s Landing

Well, Alicent and Criston will both blame themselves

So Erryk vs Arryk is on this episode? Thought it was on the next one

Criston’s delulu — even if the plan worked, Rhaenyra still has 4 sons (one old enough to marry!) and an unhinged husband who would avenge her

Dragonstone

Jace and Baela ❤️ 

"Sometimes I think I hate him" said by Baela, the child of Daemon who was most like him. Baela probably thinks on how they’re alike and how she will have to work to avoid being like him

Jace talking about both his fathers…broke my heart

King’s Landing

Ok, so Aemond in a pleasure house

Being regretful won’t bring Luke back to life or erase the fact that your actions were one of the catalysts of the war

Oh, so Hugh has a sick child — at least we're getting some character development. Hope we see Ulf soon and meet Addam (now that we met Alyn in Ep1). But I thought Hugh was a blacksmith working on DS

Driftmark

Say their names and they shall appear! Alyn and Addam!

I hope we also see Marilda (at least in a flashback if they killed her off). If not, she should be mentioned at least

Dragonstone

Seems like they’re starting to build up Mysaria’s arc

Rhaenyra, the throne wasn’t your birth right. It was something your father promised you, but he never worked to strengthen your position and you barely did so

I hope they won’t have the Rhaenyra/Mysaria interactions be all about Daemon

Honestly, they should have given Mysaria's actress a silver wig. It would’ve helped with Rhaenyra's paranoia later on — was she merely a replacement for Mysaria? Was Daemon still seeing her?

Driftmark

Guess that’s Seasmoke

Foreshadowing for the claiming, I guess

King’s Landing

Could that be Ulf?

Did they seriously hang all of the ratcatchers?

The poor doggo mourning his owner

At least it was Aegon’s decision and not the council’s

Well, Otto at least finally shows some emotion 

Otto must be missing Viserys

Oh, Aegon really believed Alicent’s lies

Tom’s acting = chef’s kiss

Dragonstone

From the silhouette, I thought Ser Harrold was standing with Rhaenyra (hope we’ll see him again)

Will Mysaria prove herself as an ally?

Honestly in both KL and DS, they should’ve found a way to distinguish the twins - a tattoo, a scar, a password, something!

This! This is how B&C should’ve been filmed. The tension! Not knowing what will happen, not being sure which twin is which

This in a Elinda Massey appreciation account…loyalty until the end

Instead of suicide, Erryk should’ve also died in the battle

King’s Landing

Daeron mention!

Ok, Otto can be added to the list of delusional characters

Aegon mourning Jaehaerys 😭 

Are we going to end every episode with an Alicole sex scene?

[mejcinta]

since Hugh Hammer and Ulf White are now confirmed, and both of them from KL, and around same age as Daemon and Viserys, one of them probably gonna end up as bastards of Baelon, Aemon or even Jaehaerys

I heard rumors that Hugh will be Daemon's bastard brother and that there will be some bad blood between them.

It could totally make sense seeing as he later defects to the Greens. I think the writers would be adding more dimension to his swaying loyalty then, not just "ooooh, I'm a big man scared of a baby riding a magnificent blue dragon".

But Hugh will always be a big bitch to me, regardless of the writers changing his motivations and what not.

[asstarnut]

I'm ready to criticize Rhaenyra, but how "bad" was this, really? Were any of the Targ bastards she brought in not volunteers? Did any of them think that "death by fire" wasn't a certainty for those who fail? (By the terrified looks on their faces, they all knew they might be going to an agonizing death. It's not like dragons can use their big boy words and just say "no thanks". They're violent and reactive creatures!) Or did they think all thirty of them were gonna ride Vermithor?

No, I'm pretty sure it was blatant to everyone there that a bunch of people were going in, and only one person was coming out with a dragon. The fact that Hugh saved that one lady and Ulf also scored a dragon means that Rhaenyra's plan actually exceeded all expectations with even less loss of life than was expected.

When Lord Tully brought all those peasant men-at-arms to die in Daemon's war, was that also a morally grey character moment? Those peasants never pledged themselves to Tully service, they just had the misfortune to be born in the Riverlands. Granted that Lord Tully is still a child, but none of the other more adult Lords are being called "morally grey" for leading hosts of innocent smallfolk to equally violent deaths against their will. Why not?

i'm also so glad that they FINALLY gave rhaenyra a grey character moment instead of keeping her on the pedestal all season while the greens and daemon do their own little swarmy war things. she chose to herd dozens of innocent blonde people to their deaths in almost a cult like sacrifice to gain her two dragonriders. this is the ugly side of rhaenyra that ive been wanting to see all season, the one who will ultimately win the war. its about time she became just as blood and fire as the greens

[xmind-palacex]

Lier

Lier

Pants on fire

Hanging from a telephone wire

I can't trust a word you say

You lie through your teeth

Your narcissistic arrogance

Makes you sound immature

Lying

Lier

Ego to big

You're the fool in the room

Cause it's easy to see

The shit you spew out your mouth

I bet that after taste is real bad

When someone sees right through

When all those flimsy lies

And fake promises don't work

You're nothing but a lier

You dug your grave

You burned your bridges

Silly little lier

With their pants on fire

By Ulf (Me)

[jane-the-zombie]

@big-bad-ulf replied to your post “[pm] Something's happened I think you need to be aware of.”

[pm] You need to keep people away from the East End Docks. Something horrible washed up there, attacked me and my friend. There could be more of them.

[pm] Wow. So specific. Do you know what it was? 

Are you alright? And your friend?