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Rhaenys, Aegon and Jon— children of Rhaegar Targaryen.

Commissioned by me and @chemtrailsoverthesun and done by the wonderful and talented Nath 🤍 thank you so much!!

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osha/qimir x galadriel/sauron » parallels part 1/? THE ACOLYTE // THE RINGS OF POWER

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Love that Dorothy arrived from her little farm on Kansas only to immediately become caught up in the drama of being the child of divorce of the Fiyero/Elphaba/Glinda throuple

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"yeah but why couldn't they tell Glinda that they are alive" BECAUSE THE NARRATIVE WON'T LET THE CHARACTERS HAVE NO CONSEQUENCES!!!!!THATS THE TRAGEDY OF WICKED!!! THAT'S THE BITTERSWEET ENDING!!! glinda HAS to face the consequences of her actions and has to pay a price if she wants to start being actually good! there's a price to pay for her promotion of the propaganda towards Elphaba and how she is partly to blame for Neesa's death. Glinda HAS TO FACE CONSEQUENCES FOR HER ACTIONS TO BE REDEEMED AND TO BE ACTUALLY GOOD. also everyone remembers a little song called " For Good"? Where Glinda and Elphaba talk about how because they knew each other they changed for good and from now on a part of themselves will be from the other? Glinda took accountability and responsibility, like Elphaba would have wanted. Elphaba thought about her personal safety and happy ending FIRST like Glinda would have done. They switched places bc of the impact they have in each others life. Yes i wish they got their happy ending together but that's what makes wicked so good!!! That these women loved each other fiercely even with all the objects in the world.

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idk whether it was a good or bad thing we never heard what they were talking about in their heads most of the time

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I can’t get over James McAvoy’s astounding acting choices in DOFP when it comes to Charles’ feelings toward Erik. When Logan first mentions that they’ll need Erik too - right after that hysterical, broken laugh, Charles starts panting like a dog in the summertime while saying “he’s where he belongs.” Just a mention of Erik’s name sends Charles gasping for breath. Then on the plane, before they start talking, there’s a long beat where Charles just stares at Erik, trembling and twitching and looking like he’s about to spontaneously combust. I mean that’s just … McAvoy made CHOICES.

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Idk. The way I personally see it, the sUbvErSiOn in Rhaegar's storyline is NoT that a hot blonde twink who plays the harp is actually a Machiavellian rapist who single-handedly destroyed Westeros instead of saving it. The subversion isn't even that the prophecy that was supposed to save people actually killed them. The subversion, imo, is that Rhaegar, having the typical fantasy attributes of a hero (his idiosyncrasy and his gender), instead of saving Westeros as he was supposed to, died. He died.

He died. Without accomplishing anything.

He was the only one who knew and gave a fuck about the prophecy, the only one who had the bigger picture and wasn't so deep into the political game, the only one who was trying to figure out a possible solution. He was good, people loved him, he should have succeeded, he would have succeeded if this was a different story, a more predictable sorry. It should have been him.

And he got killed. And instead of that guy, who was decent and good and idealistic, the only one who was, the kingdom is left to Robert, Tywin and the twins. You are yapping day and night about Rhaegar only looking after his cock when in reality, Rhaegar was the only major male character in the rebellion's timeline, with the exception of Ned, that gave fuck about sth that wasn't his own cock. And he lies dead while Robert the actual rapist, Tywin, the actual murderer and the twins, the actual murderers/schemers, aka all your faves, are doing whatever the fuck they please with the power they very unjustly possess.

In some media, subversion is a question of morality, a plot twist, a "the tragic fallen hero is actually the villain" arc. I don't think that's the case with that character. The way I see it, subversion here is about narrative progression. We would normally expect a classic high fantasy hero like Rhaegar to succeed in his quest or at the very least to achieve his purpose after sacrificing himself in a blaze of glory. Not here. Here the hero both fails and falls, and we are struck by the ruthless realism of the game, intentions don't matter, ideals don't matter, everything is shot to hell because the other guy was simply better with the sword. And when we think it's all over and this world is literally doomed to be eaten alive by the corrupted traitors that govern it long before the long night comes, here comes Rhaegar's younger, exiled, uneducated, powerless, enslaved, forgotten sister and suddenly it's not over. It is her who brings the dragons back, it is her who is going to fulfill the prophecy along with his forgotten bastard son Jon (not gonna go into TPTWP debate let's assume it's both of them). That is the subversion. That's the full extent of it. I think that's a substantially richer take than treating him like fucking Griffith from Berserk or sth but whatever.

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Nothing is more annoying than electronics that lose charge while not in use. How do you get discharged just laying there. Don't piss me off

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I have this theory that Theo is going to end up as one of the nazgul

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Galadriel vs. Dreamboat Halbrand 🥺👉🏽👈🏽

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Rhaenys, Aegon and Jon— children of Rhaegar Targaryen.

Commissioned by me and @chemtrailsoverthesun and done by the wonderful and talented Nath 🤍 thank you so much!!

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happy merlin finale anniversary to all who mourn celebrate!

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MERTHUR + tumblr text post

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Erik “never taking his eyes off Charles” Lehnsherr

absolutely sick of him. whats wrong with you

ever since he got out of the ocean he’s never looked anywhere else

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I feel like this fandom often forget how insanely WEALTHY this man:

Actually is. He's kinda rich, right? Wrong.

This cherry pie:

Is a MULTI-BILLIONAIRE. This would let him comfortably sit at Forbes 985th, ladies and gentlemen, that's the same net worth as Michael Jordan.

I know that he doesn't like to show off his money because his mother only cared about it and neglected him, and I know he's the one founding all the high tech gadgets for the X-Men + to the mansion and the planes.

However.

WHERE ARE ALL THE FICS ABOUT HIM SPOILING ROTTEN HIS BOYFRIEND?! not like Erik would accept it straight away, but I need them to talk about and Charles making sure Erik knows he's worthy it and that it's okay to accept love and gifts.

WHERE ARE THE FICS ABOUT HIM NOT HAVING A CLUE THAT MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER NORMAL ABOUT MONEY?! I'm sorry, as neglected you may be, there's no way you inherit 3,5 BILLIONS and has a realistic view on how most people handle money, let alone poor people. This man is the 1%, he's the rich that the liberals want to eat (erik, not like that-). He's self aware and he tries to police himself, but I need to see the reality checks every now and then. Besides, a lot of his students came from really shitty places and the class difference would be screaming sometimes.

ACTUALLY, NOT JUST ERIK, I NEED TO SEE HIM GIVING PEOPLE STUPIDLY EXPENSIVE GIFTS IN GENERAL. Sometimes just because he can and there's no reason why not, sometimes he doesn't realize it's that expensive, and then I digress to my previous point.

WHERE ARE THE SUGAR DADDY FANFICTIONS?!

There's also this website I found that claims he has 125 BILLION DOLLARS but I highly doubt that:

Ladies and gentlemen, that website was ranking characters from DC and Marvel, and they put him above Tony Stark (80 billion) and Bruce Wayne (100 billion). I have no idea where they took that information from, but that would make our adorable lab rat the 10TH MOST WEALTHY MAN on the planet as of 2024.

Omg, the subtitle got Erik's name wrong-

This was a Charles' bank account appreciation post, thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

UPTADE: Guys, I found the perfect fanfic for it and I cannot recommend this enough. Downtown (everything's waiting for you) by so_shhy

Synopsis: “Charles is a rich CEO, Erik is a hooker with a heart of gold...

(In other words, Pretty Woman AU)”

Fun fact: I found that marvelous fanfiction while looking for “Charles Xavier being an asshole” tag.

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#me too bestie