#king of gods and men

[reno-matago]

Look at this big baby..🌩️

119 pages of joy..

[chaoticas-hell]

I like how Nora tried to make us believe there was something between Renee and Jean like- no- that's a lesbian collecting traumatized gay men to be her friends like they're Pokémon

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Neil Josten- All for the Game by Nora Sakavic

Magnus Chase- Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series by Rick Riordan

[siriusblackisdead]

The way the first meeting between Neil and Andrew is the most underrated foreshadowing of Andreil is INSANE. Like, just think about it - Neil was running away again, from exy and his future and from being Neil already planning to throw everything behind his back and start over like he always did and then BANG a racquet in the stomack stopped him and GUESS WHO WAS THE ONE HOLDING THE RACQUET YES IT WAS ANDREW AND THE WAY HE MADE NEIL STAY NEIL EVEN BEFORE HE EVEN KNEW HIM IS JUST SO-

[detectivebambam]

god this made me so mad. not at Neil, specifically, just at his one track mind.

anyone who pays attention can see that Andrew's abandonment issues are.. intense... to say the least. put yourself in his shoes for a minute.

you've been left behind and abandoned your whole life, not a single person ever gave a shit about you, really. now this kid joins exy, and while we as readers all know that Kevin and Wymack and Renee and everyone cares about him despite exy, do you think he knows that? He likely thinks that exy is what makes people look at him and see something more than a problem they're not willing to solve.

Kevin and Wymack both show their love through exy. Andrew doesn't know that, he knows that he's a goalkeeper, and that is what's important to them. he doesn't realize that he means more to people than what he can do for them. he finally thinks he's found someone who thinks he's important despite exy. (and he has, don't misunderstand me) but in this moment, he lost a lot of hope in that idea.

choose us: choose this. choose our "nothing". choose life and happiness and home.

but then Neil, precious Neil with his one track mind, exy exy exy, doesn't take this into consideration. exy makes him feel like a real person. Andrew wants someone to see him as a person despite exy. this is where they falter. a slight misunderstanding. but I'm sure it broke Andrew's heart.

[dragondream-ing]

If someone defends Rhaenyra’s usurpation because of tRaDiTiOn, they better be waving a Maegor banner proudly.

I’m being serious.

So many people in this fandom care about the tradition of Westerosi inheritance and act like yelling about it justifies team green’s actions. They never seem to take into consideration what it means.

This post is inspired by my allergy to inconsistency and hypocrisy. Here we go.

The only consistent tradition of Targaryen succession is the ruler choosing their own heir. Sometimes that aligned with Westerosi tradition, often it did not. And it started with the very first heir. So either you admit Maegor was the rightful heir over Aenys, or you admit he wasn’t because Aegon the Conqueror said so.

Let me explain.

Visenya was Aegon’s first wife. In Westerosi tradition, Rhaenys would be considered at best a mistress and her children out of the succession or, at the least, behind Visenya’s children. The lords accepted the validity of Aegon’s plural marriage because they didn’t have the power to oppose the Conquerors, simple as. Tradition didn’t matter in the face of dragons. It is not a genuine argument and hasn’t been since the creation of the Crown itself. House Targaryen’s exceptionalism went beyond incest and dragons from the start, and accepting Aenys as king shows the nobles accepted this when it was convenient.

So I’d like team green to be consistent. Is the king’s word law, a la Aegon choosing Aenys as his heir? Or is this a break from tradition that was only corrected when Maegor killed his nephew and took the throne?

It gets messy from here. Maegor, as we know, didn’t have a child, so he chose his great-niece, Aerea as his heir. Jaehaerys was still alive, he could’ve chosen him. Heck, that might’ve eased like a drop of the tension between him, Jaehaerys and Alyssa Velaryon. So if you’re a tradition truther, Maegor was the proper king but then chose an untraditional heir. Hmm.

Then we get to Jaehaerys, and a tradition truther might think YES, THAT’S OUR GUY. But he’s really not.

Yes, he stopped considering his eldest living child, Daenerys, as his heir after Aemon was born. But then Aemon died.

Aemon did, however, die with an heir. Her name was Rhaenys. In Westerosi tradition, she’d inherit after him, because a daughter inherits before a brother. Now, I know the lords do all sorts of things to circumvent this (see Alys Karstark), but that *is* Westerosi tradition.

Did Jaehaerys follow tradition? Nope. He picked his second oldest son, Baelon.

Some might say there are logical reasons for this. Baelon was a warrior, older, and had grown sons. Rhaenys was like 18, married to an ambitious lord not named Targaryen, and at risk of dying in childbirth (Baelon was named heir in 92, Rhaenys had her first child in 92). HOWEVER, we see with Jeyne Arryn becoming Lady of the Vale while still a *toddler* that Westerosi tradition doesn’t set aside claims merely because such concerns exist. In fact, in ASOIAF, some Lannister married an f-ing BABY to lay claim to her lands because *she* is the acknowledged inheritor.

You could argue that it matters more when it’s the Crown, and I’ll concede that while pointing out you’ve made my argument for me: isn’t that a good reason for the Crown to do what it wants instead of following traditions that hamstring it?

If you’re a tradition truther, however, you should be in a rage and insisting Rhaenys inherit, and you should be outraged by what was done to her at the Council of 101 after Baelon dies. Her claim wasn’t even considered, Laenor’s was—ya know, her toddler son who got his claim *through* her.

So then Viserys takes the throne and continues the Targaryen custom of choosing his heir. And the tradition truthers of the fandom rise up and boo, and they cry “duty and sacrifice! What about tradition!?”

Just admit that the lords of Westeros, Alicent, her merry band of greens, and the fans that make excuses for them didn’t and don’t care about tradition unless it suits them, and they only become vocal about it when a woman stands a good chance of inheriting over a man.

Viserys never wavered in his choice, the realm knew it and so did the greens. This is precisely why Rhaenyra had far more support than her brother, and why the argument that the realm wouldn’t accept her is bs. The realm DID accept her. Because they understood something many in this fandom struggle to

There was only one consistent tradition of royal succession between the Conquest and the Dance: the ruler chooses their heir.

[andrew-dramaqueen-minyard]

just saw a post reminding me how Andrew remembers everything and instead of being SAD about that let’s think about how remembers the exact way Nickys laugh turned into a cry when he and Erik got married, the literal sparkle in Aaron’s eyes when he looks at Kaitlyn (if Andrews going to tolerate her at least she makes Aaron happy). He remembers Wymacks pride when they all graduate. The exact day Kevin’s hands stopped trembling with pain and fear. He remembers the way they all cheered for Neil when he finally graduates, like he can still feel the way it pained his ears with how loud they were.

More specifically Andrew remembers all the highlights in Neil’s eyes, could literally draw them from memory, and he remembers exactly how Neils smile stretches around his scarred skin. He remembers the way Neil smells, and can replay the airy laugh he does when he’s amused on a constant loop. The way Neil eats, his routine in the shower, every time Neil called him when he needed him, and every single song Neil has ever hummed because it was stuck in his head.

He remembers every night with Neil and every morning Andrew woke up to him, and eventually the good takes up more memories than the bad.

[conejlito]

⋰˚ ⋆ . ⠀ 🪷 ✧ ༩ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏⠀

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗂𝗌𝗇’𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝒽𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝗂𝗀 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌, 𝒩𝖺𝗇𝖺. 🪽 ❀ ⋰˚ ⋆ .

[tattiqyz]

All dads: they don’t remember how old their child is, when their birthday is or where they study

Nathan Wesninsky: I will make a surprise for my son in honor of his 19th birthday by writing on the wall of the locker room in which he will be congratulated at that time, even if at that time I am in prison.

[grooviestguru]

okay so near the end of tkm, after the foxes win against the bearcats, and aaron and katelyn kiss publicly, and they’re having a party with the vixens in the basement (stay with me, right), and andrew doesn’t stay longer than taking a bottle and going upstairs, RIGHT. now, after that, neil sticks around to watch his team a little, observe aaron with katelyn, matt and dan, he chats with dan and nicky, and is generally very Soft about his family, RIGHT. 

he literally doesn’t even think about andrew being by himself (yet, no doubt he was getting there), and certainly doesn’t see it the same way nicky and dan do when they tell him to take advantage of an empty dorm, and ultimately decides it’s more fun to go bug andrew.

HOWEVER while all this is happening, andrew is sitting upstairs, by himself. i can only imagine him absolutely VIBRATING with anxiety about will neil come, will neil not come, does he WANT neil to come up, will aaron say anything about switching rooms yet (if andrew even knows, which I suspect he does). here’s this boy in absolute love and i’d bet anything he was NERVOUS about whether neil was going to follow him up from the room, and the longer it takes, the more twitchy andrew gets. he acts all nonchalant when neil does get there, but you know andrew is so relieved. poor boy is so gone for the mafia kid.

[lokh]

WAIT SHUROS DAD SAID HE WANTED HIM TO BRING SOMETHING BACK INTERESTING.... AND WHO IS MORE INTERESTING THAN LAIOS....

[that-vampire-loser]

I NEED TO KNOW WHEN JEANS BIRTHDAY IS

[winterxjxsmine]

everyone in andrew's life was trying to learn his weaknesses for years so they can use them against him and harm him and then neil comes into his life with his patience and his understanding learning things about him just to protect him and help him in any way, I kinda understand why andrew thought neil was a pipedream

[constantly-questioning-reality]

for the love of my sanity and your safety:

PUT. YOUR. TSC SPOILERS. UNDER. THE. CUT.

[queen-helaenas-pet-spider]

“Septon Cellador spoke up. “This boy Satin. It’s said you mean to make him your steward and squire, in Tollett’s place. My lord, the boy’s a whore…a…dare I say…a painted catamite from the brothels of Oldtown.”

And you are a drunk. “What he was in Oldtown is none of our concern. He’s quick to learn and very clever. The other recruits started out despising him, but he won them over and made friends of them all. He’s fearless in a fight and can even read and write after a fashion. He should be capable of fetching me my meals and saddling my horse, don’t you think?”

- Jon {A Dance With Dragons}

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Donal Logue as Bowen Marsh

Conan Gray as Satin Flowers

Ferdia Walsh-Peelo as Jon Snow

[sunflowerius]

yea actually the idea of thea being the first one to tell kevin he's better than Riko IS getting me emotional. what about it.