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@heardsstan
Honestly Iโm glad to an extent that someone is bothering to admit it bc Iโve been too many people say they supported her this whole time
I really hate that a war called โThe Dance of The Dragonsโ that is supposed to be about the downfall of the Targaryen power due to hubris + infighting that causes the extinction of their most notable form of hard power just gets turned into โTargaryens vs. Hightowersโ
@ECTONURlTE
Ur literally right, he even takes to Alicent as sort of a substitute daughter for the fiery Rhaenyra. After all, sheโs not angry at him all the time. Sheโs not difficult. He didnโt kill HER mother!
If Iโm being real Iโve watched a lot of these reaction videos and a lot of m/f duos has the women pushing the most vitriolic hate and troubling victim blaming rhetoric towards Alicent and the guy having some level of common sense and human decency + recognize her victimhood.Scary
To think this is the average perception of Alicent is so draining. If youโre going to hate her for something maybe donโt pick the fact that she was forced into a marriage by two men that hold more power over her than she herself ever will. Thank god he ate her upโฆ
No, Iโm actually going to say it. Some of yโallโs post about Cole are so racist and so steeped in coded language and thrive off the idea that men of color pose violent threats to white women and white womanhood, ion even like Alicole but yโall can wack it without being racists
I donโt understand this point at all considering House of The Dragon handles race incredibly poorly and often opts for a colorblind way of writing with little coherence. Also Alicent is not a feminist nor does she weaponize white tears against anyone.
@daenerysim
I would imagine so much of it is based on how deeply undervalued dreaming becomes in comparison to greater harder powers such as dragons, especially in relation to Targaryen kings and their values based in masculinity since it is a very patriarchal world.
Every single bad thing that happened to Elia is Rhaegarโs fault. If Elia tripped and fell at six years old, it was because Rhaegarโs sinister energy from across Westeros was involved.
Hey if I unfollowed you, itโs because youโre following THIS PERSON! This account has multiple transphobic posts where they qrt conservatives on their twitter and even more on their tumblr in case you donโt know! If youโd like to be moots again pls unfollow her and dm me!
So many of yโall trying to use hyperanalytics as an excuse to call Fabien or Criston white as if race is some biological thing that can be quantified and not a social construct and even if Fabien is white TO YOU, the insults he receives are still rooted in racism so now what
im probably gonna delete this but the way a lot of people refer to criston, calling him a dog, an animal, making him out to be some brute...it's like heavily rooted in racism. the actor himself is not white, and the character is not white.
So many ppl bringing up Otto and itโs lIke what you want me to say? โHe shouldnโt have pimped out his daughterโ? Like thatโs not already common sense? Do you need me to say that in this post? Do you want it in lights?
Donโt know how cancellable this is, but Iโm implying multiple great and beloved actors shouldnโt have been cast. The Dance era in the books have four incredibly major players described as explicitly plus sized. The show erased ALL of them. WTF
Married brothers who are significantly older than they are, who liked them when they were young and exciting but ended up belittling and refusing to listen to them, neglecting their children, and ultimately ended up loving a golden haired Valyrian beauty they couldnโt get more
Re: Lescel and other hotd twt drama regarding bigotry. The biggest problem when a hotdtwt gets outed for bigotry is that immediately the rest of the fandom will pile on for other issues unrelated to racism and just center whatever fandom discourse the user in question was
Olivia Cooke about fans who still watch House of The Dragon season 1
โGo out and get some fresh air! Stop crying in your room with the curtains closed. Do something better with your life. Itโs a great show, we all love it, but come on now! Pull yourself together.โ
@edensvale
Wow, that sounds great if only there was a character who represented that very idea so explicitly in the text of Fire & Blood. Maybe this character was not even white. . And a girl. .
@osferthsnoopy
Yeah Iโm afraid to say that the dialogue in the intro kinda ate. You should know that they also have sex with Criston and itโs a VR POV though.
Sheโs not a character to you people, sheโs an object, sheโs a black best friend, and most of you do not try to use the show material that explores her humanity beyond the outline she is in the books bc sheโs just โRhaenyraโs gfโ who was โrobbedโ from her to you
The only time Alicent couldโve ever weaponized her tears was when her son lost an eye and she was clashing with other white royals such as Rhaenyra and Viserys, she was also immediately shut down so what Karen tears were there?
I genuinely donโt see the hyperfeminine girly girl Rhaenyra is supposed to allegedly be in the show. In the books, yes, sheโs very hyperfeminine but itโs clear that the show changed that characterization to fit the story they were trying to tell here.
#Laenicent
au; | laena velaryon x alicent hightower | a young depressed woman attempts to drown herself in the ocean but sheโs rescued by a beautiful mermaid who brings her to her underwater kingdom ๐ง๐
I might regret tweeting this and they might beat my ass but if they really are gonna do away with Daeron again I 100% believe they should just give his shit to Queen Helaena Targaryen
Yโall hating but what OP is saying makes a lot of cents especially when you take into account the fact that Larys /is/ a visibly disabled man and imperfect allyship. Harwin means well but disabled ppl are constantly spoken over and spoken for and receiving โhelpโ that they donโt-
iโll just say some of you guys clearly do not know people like larys who have constantly been pointed out as an outsider by family and peers. this is not the flex harwin thinks it is also probably contributed to his eventual death.
IMO Modern Helaena would not be a girly girl wearing pastels and flowers and ribbons sheโd be a fairy grunge whatever and never comb her hair and make catapults out of the husks of horn beetles and give Alicent heart attacks but sheโd still be the sweetest girl youโve ever met
โItโs CANON that Cole is a violent man.โ is a weird gotcha considering he is a fictional character and not a real person who has a team of white writers behind him who has decided to make this character not only nonwhite ON PAPER (smth only Mysaria is, not House Velaryon) but 1/2
Iโm not interested in discussions about Khal Drogo (bc everything about him thatโs been said has been said) unless people are willing to bring the whole racist
exotic โOtherโ brute barbarian trope that he encapsulates into the discussion
Am once again bringing attention to my friend Baahaa for one specific issue: His mother is sick and dying. He has a goal of ONLY $800 to buy medicine. If you have PP then multiple people contributing $1 would help! Pls rt + donate!
#rhaenicent
๐ฉธ๐ก๏ธvampire au; the lady alicent reunites with her childhood companion after several years but realizes she is not as she once was, far from as sweet as she remembers.
@conquerorscrown
Itโs truly baffling because itโs clearly all due to what โsideโ sheโs on even though sheโs not even a player, an innocent victim and the most she does Is. . Love Her Family?
If this is a joke itโs a shitty one but even If it is, youโre getting your wish, retweeting so moots know to hard block this piece of bigoted trash
๐ฅ๐ In a dialogue line from S1EP6 that didn't make the final cut, Aemond says that Helaena isn't that bothered with Dreamfyre, which is why he tries to claim the dragon for himself.
I would like to share this campaign from 18 year old former high school student A. Ayyad, whose relative reached out to me. He is just about halfway to his goal, please spread so this family can also get to safety. They are not numbers.
@DaTeamGreen
The way the quote โShe was a pleasant and happy girl, and all agreed she would be an excellent mother.โ Sounds cute and wholesome on its own but itโs actually about a 12-13 year old Helaenaโฆ
@alisends
The problem with how ppl approach the scene is that they either act like itโs the worldโs worst thing a human being could ever do to another person or they act like thereโs nothing wrong with it actually like pls be for real
Thinking abt how Laena goes from lonely but plucky child hero who befriends the largest dragon in the world to unhappy unheard and lonely wife who is nearly taken out by childbirth of all things but chooses โNo, Iโll go down a dragonriderโs deathโ but what does that even mean?
@eilharted
Agreed, especially when she specifically spoke about how when the highborn play games the lowborn suffer but sheโs actively letting Rhaenyra play her highborn games with the smallfolk.
@ladylaogai
This is also part of why I very much worry about Mysariaโs role in the show as she herself is a lower class sex worker who has expressed compassion for the children in the fighting pits. If these women carry much of the responsibility of this violent event Iโll be mad.
We arenโt meant to ponder much on the Velaryonsโs dynamics but one of the saddest things about Corlysโ relationships with his kids is that he regarded them with such little value other than tools and bargaining chips to get to the throne when they were so much like him.
You know, for all people are about book accuracy and how mad they get at perceived โOOC-nessโ it is frustrating that most of the ire from ppl who read the books seems to be โX wouldnโt do that!โ And not, like, Nettles who is actually important.
It really seems to fall to just team brainrot tbh. Even in ASOIAF proper, there are many characters who are rapists or at the very least have been the aggressor in encounters with dubious levels of consent but rarely is this type of behavior Applied to their fans.
This doesnโt add up imo because these same people will unabashedly stan Daemon, Maegor, Viserys (the first and the third one), Aegon the conqueror, and a horde of other atrocious targaryen men but somehow draw the line at Aegon II.
Why does the logic not apply across the board?
involved in. When I first raised concerns about Tasha potentially being transphobic, I was met with the claims that it was โhotd discourseโ transphobia is not hotd discourse And should not be likened to that. Clown on her all you want getting gleeful about a userโs bigotry aintit
Luis said the words, โYou will never be perceived as a manโ to a trans person, that is transphobic. Regardless of what Jael has said and proceeded to misgender them by calling them โsheโ and a โbitchโ which is a misogynistic slur. How is that not transphobic?
He said is taken with a grain of salt. Luis is not transphobic. He is not obligated to accept being called homophobic slurs just bc Jael is nonbinary. Nor do ppl have to like nor draw Emma just being theyโre nonbinary. Fire & blood has been out for years therefore fancasting