#ik yall are out there

[yunogf]

JAEHYUN @ SBS Inkigayo 231022

[goofymapache]

I'm ass at side profiles but Matphen nation where are you

[kuraijen]

Jump in the cadillac, princess

One more month!

[kimetsu-chan]

Uhm

if this gets…..

500 notes by the end of april

I’ll figure out who my highest kin from each fandom I’m in is and draw them having a tea party 😃

go crazy yall

[bookshelfdreams]

That is certainly - a statement.

What about Jim, who both metaphorically and literally discovers a path for themself beyond what they were raised to be? What about Pete, who learns to overcome his toxic masculinity, his posturing and self-importance? What about Ed, whose entire story is about deconstructing the performance that is expected of him?

What about, oh, idk, our main fucking character Stede Bonnet, whose arc starts with him literally breaking out from the hetero marriage he was forced into despite never fitting in? Who tries (and initially fails) to build a community where he can be himself? Whose entire story is about discovering his own queerness! He starts out not even able to put a finger on WHY his marriage made him feel so suffocated, and then journeys through s1 until he reaches the emotional climax - "His name is Ed"!

Contrast that with Izzy, who has to be dragged into a supportive community kicking and screaming. Who rejects care and compassion, even at his worst, who has to be forced to accept help. He receives the leg and calls the crew a homophobic slur for it, ffs. Only after that, only when people refuse to let him push them away, is he able to poke his nose into something approaching positive human connections. And that's a powerful narrative, sure, in it's own way; but it's hardly the Ultimate Queer Experience, and it's definitely not the "only queer arc".

And Izzy never lets go of the old ways. He never abandons the Blackbeard-era pirate lifestyle for something more positive, not fully. And that's okay, because ultimately, his arc isn't even about himself.

It's about Ed.

Ed keeps repeating toxic relationship patterns, and Izzy is a part of that. He's linked (on purpose, and I wish it had been done more explicitly) to Ed's father; because Izzy represents the poison that was instilled in Ed from a young age, and that has become so entrenched in his system that he can't imagine a life without it. He keeps Izzy around despite being hurt by him because Izzy is predictable, and in that, is safe, even though he hurts Ed; at least it's a hurt Ed is familiar with and can rely on.

When Izzy slowly changes it's to show that Ed is growing beyond the little voice in his head telling him to reject softness, that he can never be loved, that We're just not these kinds of people. If Izzy can evolve from someone spitting boyfriend at Ed like it's a slur to someone congratulating him on getting laid by that same person, Ed can overcome his inner demons telling him the same thing.

That's the point of Izzy's arc. And this is why he has to die, because Ed can never be truly free as long as Izzy is around. So Izzy goes, quietly, peacefully, and releases Ed of the poison; apologizes to him, tells him I was so wrong, and I am so sorry, because that's what Ed needs to hear to move forward.

And that's such a kind, positive way to end the story of Izzy Hands.

[ruexvn]

𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝙰𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚛

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𝚃𝚘𝚋𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚎. 𝙺𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙸𝚝 𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞

'𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎...'

𝚄𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎. 𝙷𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚢, 𝚒𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎'𝚕𝚕 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚡𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠. 𝙴𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚊 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎?

𝙸𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚃𝚘𝚋𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜; 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙰 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚡 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚊 𝚓𝚊𝚛. 𝙸𝚏 𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚊𝚛 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜.

"...𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔?..𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝..𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗.."

𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠, 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕? 𝙴𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘-𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛, 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛, 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝. 𝚁𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖. 𝙸𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚐𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍. 𝙾𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚜. 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖. 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚣𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍. 𝚃𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙷𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛, 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖.

"𝚌-𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝...𝚒 𝚠𝚘-𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞.."

𝙷𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚘. 𝙷𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙷𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚢'𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍. 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙷𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝, 𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎.

"𝚒 𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚢-𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎?... 𝚗𝚘 𝚗𝚘... 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚍"

𝙷𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚡𝚎𝚜, 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚜. 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝙰𝚗𝚡𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜...𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌....𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗.

"𝚜𝚑 𝚜𝚑 𝚜𝚑𝚑𝚑.... 𝚒𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎... 𝚍-𝚍𝚘-𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢... 𝚒 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚔-𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝"

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚐𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚙. 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜.

"y-your 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚋𝚎 𝚖-𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚔?.... 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎..."

𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢. 𝙷𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚡𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙷𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚋𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚜. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜. 𝙿𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎. 𝙷𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚢𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜.

"𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜-𝚜𝚘 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍... 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚕𝚕 𝚋-𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕-𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚔?"

𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗.

"𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚜.... 𝚒𝚖 𝚗-𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚘 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛"

"𝚠𝚑𝚘... 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞.."

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝. 𝚃𝚘𝚋𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠. 𝙷𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍

"𝙸𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚛"

* ੈ✩‧₊˚* ੈ✩‧₊* ੈ✩‧₊˚* ੈ✩‧₊* ੈ✩‧₊˚* ੈ✩‧₊* ੈ✩‧₊˚* ੈ

[noxious-fennec]

Happy (re)birthday to the most guy ever! I come bearing a humble gift :)

[98chao]

sorry for inactivity

[diazly]

and that was it? and that was it.

[mulderscully]

Your familiar has a very shrewd and incisive mind when it comes to the penis stuff.

[sappho-rose]

thinking…

[yunogf]

coverboy 1997

for my best girl @butterflyutas / lipstick insp.

[ride-thedragon]

NETTLES AND RHAENYRA, CHARACTER FOILS.

Because I'm not an English teacher

So the question is, How is Nettles Rhaenyra's foil?

1. Appearance .

Rhaenyra is a pretty standard Valyrian beauty. Silver locks, purple eyes, quite pretty, later on in life we get the change that she didn't lose the wait after giving birth to her kids and becùase of misogyny, her beauty has faded. Features like her long hair worn in the style of Visenya and so on are also mentioned. It's giving the Realm's delight in a real sense (not the weird sense).

Nettles, on the other hand, is juxtaposed as 'ugly'. She's brown, is skinny, has crooked teeth, a nose scar, and has short hair.

The maesters like to play to damn much, basically. But they are described as almost exact opposites. Short and long hair, skinny and fat, white and brown skin, purple and brown eyes, etc.

The narrative purpose is to ultimately show their different upbringing and places in this society.

2. Status

Rhaenyra is shown to be the princess, heir to the throne and queen throughout the book. No matter what happens with her, the security and privilege she has almost always goes over what other women have. Her only real threat is the men (and book Alicent) who have personal stake in her not ascending her throne. She's also entirely spoilt as princess and heir by her father and more so her uncle.

Nettles, on the other hand, is introduced to us as an orphan from Driftmark. We're told she could've been a thief and a sex worker by the time we met her. She has no name, lands, titles, or family that we are presented with in the narrative and her backstory for better or less is a patchwork of what her life was possibly like on Driftmark.

Unlike Rhaenyra, we don't follow every salacious rumour and really don't know much about her past.

3. Dragons

Rhaenyra’s dragon Syrax was a cradle egg hatched to her, a Targaryen custom. She's also the youngest dragonrider at 7 I believe.

Nettles claims her dragon at no older than 16 years old. He is a wild dragon (a distinction given to hatched Targaryen dragons that haven't been riden and live away from the keep) and slaughters many before she claims him.

4. Virtue

The notion of virtue in asoiaf is extremely complex, especially with these two women and the vastly different backgrounds. But virginity and speculation also develops both their characterizations in the narrative.

Rhaenyra allegedly "sleeps" with Daemon to practise what she wants to do with Criston (she's 15-). In the show, it becomes obvious that she almost sleeps with Daemon and officially sleeps with Criston. Either way, promiscuity and naivety are written into her character. The only point of conflict is who is involved with what happened in these instances less than what happened. Later on her promiscuity is brought up when Ser Harwin Strong is said to be the father of her first three children.

On the other hand, Nettles' sexual promiscuity is given to her in the narrative. The claims of her being a whore or sleeping around with shepherds are claims made by men who don't know what she was doing at that time. Men who made similar claims about Rhaenyra and their involvement in her loss of virtue as well. Where these stories differ is in Maidenpool, where the assumption of promiscuity is given a different voice.

This time, maids are alluding to an inappropriately close relationship between Daemon and Nettles (yet again, he finds himself here).

5. Daemon

Speak of the devil, and he will appear.

His dynamic is important to these women and their place in the narrative. Saving one dooms the other, leaving with one isolated the other. His decisions ultimately affect one while benefiting the other.

The cruellest example of this dynamic is him letting Nettles go after being the reason she is trapped in the narrative and ultimately dooming Rhaenyra by choosing to kill Aemond instead of going back to her.

His dynamic with both was also comparable with gift giving and quality time and even inappropriate relationship he developed with both of them, notably around similar ages. ( Both these relationships have significant power imbalances).

Between them both, his affection to one affects the other detrimentally.

6. Jace

Specifically in reference to his death, it's notable that within the narrative, while Nettles is described as crying by herself in response to his death, Rhaenyra is hardened by it.

Also, as symbols for legitimacy and legacy, Jace is the reason Nettles is recognised as a dragonseed, and Rhaenyra's line is secured as her first born, but in his absence, Nettles is delegitimised and said to be not a dragonseed. Around that time, Rhaenyra is beginning to be questioned by all the men around her as well, whereas before, Jace was a notable voice in decisions.

7. Dragons in the End.

They both meet their 'end' in the narrative with Dragons. Rhaenyra is killed by her brother's dragon Sunfyre burns and eats her, killing her in front of her son.

Nettles, however, escapes the narrative on dragonback, with the stories that follow explicitly explaining how dragon fire protects her and leads her to become a deity for the burned men.

8. Children

In the narrative, Nettles has no children. Children would explicitly be a burden in her described circumstances as a mouth to feed and someone else to care for. Effectively, children would trap Nettles in a cycle of poverty and inability to experience ethe freedom presented in the narrative.

Rhaenyra is expected to have children to secure her legacy and reign. Children, especially sons, would be her greatest benefit to ensure her ascension to the throne. They are her biggest strategy and losses throughout the war because of that reason.

This dynamic carries out to a head with the death decree for Nettles. The possibility that she would have a child by Daemon is a definitive reason that her 'treason' calls for her head. A child would give her a claimant but also be proof of infidelity by Daemon. It would be a slight to Rhaenyra’s pride and grief as she at this point has lost 4 children during the war.

9. Loyalty of men

This is one of the most interesting for me because the disloyalty of men for Rhaenyra meant the loyalty of men to Nettles. When the Mootons decide not to kill her, they are traitors to Rhaenyra. When Daemon lets her leave, he's a traitor to Rhaenyra. When Corlys stands up for both her and Addam, he's treated like a traitor. Furthermore, the Mootons turn to Aegon’s side directly after because they did not obey her for two reasons, Nettles being accused and sentenced without trial, and Rhaenyra wanting them to break guest right.

Within the narrative, at that point, loyalty to Rhaenyra was a sentence on Nettles' life, and loyalty to Nettles was treason to Rhaenyra.

Conclusion.

In other ways, like the impact of their legacy, the symbols of their identity (dragons), other ways that their narratives with Daemon (the stories) play out and so on juxtapose these women against each other in the narrative. Age and innocence in both a meta and narrative sense also play into Nettles being a foil for Rhaenyra’s character. Personally I think the reason ts written that way is for Nettles to cause a Stark difference in behaviour with men like Daemon and the Mootons as well as to show the contrast of what is expected and what is to be done and what actually happens.

Hope this helps 🩷🤎

[cringefail-clown]

What's turnabout?

hoo boy isnt that a question of the year

in short, its a homestuck swap au ive been developing that reverses places of beta kids and alpha kids as well as beta trolls and alpha trolls (so jane, jake, roxy and dirk play the game first and scratch it, june and the crew are post-scratch kids, karkat and his band take the roles of dancestors etc. etc.)

in long its a silly idea that somehow evolved into the monstrocity it is now, where ive got literal pages of plot written out trying to make sense of it, figuring out how to make certain points of the story feasible like a maniac with a corkboard and a red string, and multiple side characters that somehow gained plot relevancy when i wasnt looking because i cant control myself. and all of that because one day i thought itd be funny if jake fucking english merged with gcat like jade with bec in the og comic

[somewhereincairparavel]

okay but the fact that jason grace joined the most unpopular legion even after being offered the first legion and was warned by others to not join the 5th, just so that he can restore its honor again like :( also, it's said that jason went out of his way to befriend the unpopular kids.

He spent the last two weeks in his life knowing he was going to die, he sacrificed himself for a god he barely knew. Even after he got violently impaled, Jason was whispering orders to tempest to get apollo to safety. His last words were "GO! REMEMBER!"

Jason grace died getting his heart broken. Yet he'd rather let Piper live if it meant that he'd die because he loved her too much, even after the breakup.

fuck toa, jason deserved better. y'all be hating on jason when characters like octavian exist smh. Bash me all you want, idc i'll always be salty abt his mistreatment.

[boycaca]

Chainsaw man skk au me and @nacaharachuya be talking ab sometimes…..

Chuuya is not aware that dazai is the control devil