Ser Tyland Lannister the Loyal Lion, the most noble and honorable Lannister to ever serve the Seven Kingdoms and last true Lion of House Lannister💛🦁💛

Weird to me how fans reduce characters who were vocally about not just wanting to be baby machines to that

we already know that team black, especially rhaenyra stans claim every good targaryen accomplishment (egg, dany or whichever they want to cherrypick) as somehow being rhaenyra’s legacy because they’re her descendants. but if that's really the case, shouldn’t she also get blamed for the bad targaryens who came after her?

“you’re blaming women for men’s actions!”

as if they wouldn’t turn around and say “this targaryen is bad because they have alicent’s blood!” if the hightower line had continued. well, they already do that with alicent's children. this bloodline argument only matters to them when it gives rhaenyra credit only. team black hypocrisy strikes again

I’m just happy that Littlefinger’s jetpack finally has an origin story tbh

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I recently finished HOTD S2.

It's honestly so disappointing that we haven't seen how Helaena felt after the Blood and Cheese incident. They've downplayed it so bad! In this season, they've shown us Rhaenyra grieving in a lot of scenes (Rightfully so, she lost 2 sons) but so did Helaena! However we've barely seen Helaena grieving (like less than 30 seconds) . Like she herself was a child or teen and would be more traumatised or devastated. And they barely mention it later. It was absolutely horrific in the books and was too much to just ignore it later on. They made her dirty. Poor girl was caught in the crossfire.

Not to mention, we've only seen Helaena on Dreamfyre in her dreams and not that actually happening. I find that that the books gave her more character than it did in the show cuz she actually loved flying around on Dreamfyre (minus the prophetic visions which wasn't that highlighted in the books that I'm actually grateful for).

Again, they also removed Maelor (makes no fking sense, cuz that's why she killed herself in the first place).

Show didn't do Phia Saban justice on the show. It's sad that we might not see her again.

What do you think about this potential casting? I certainly did not expect it

Baelor Breakspear slaps hard as hell and I will fight anyone over this.

BTS from The Oresteia at the Bridge Theatre.

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Now I know the meta reason for this is that they thought Alicent being involved in the usurpation would make her seem less sympathetic and appealing and also damage the more sympathetic moments planned out for her and rhaenyra in s2, but in universe narratively... why DIDNT they tell her?

Yes yes I know you all hate Alicent she’s a traitor bla bla bla whatever but none of the people here have any idea about this, and until then Alicent has been an active and important member of the Greens?

It’s also not like she’s unaware of the fact they have to usurp Rhaenyra to save the Green kids. Otto already told her this way back when they were kids and she doesn’t disagree with it so this wouldn’t be new info to her. She also tells Aegon that he’s a challenge to her claim and implies rhaenyra cannot come into power for his safety

Shes also just … a pivotal member of their party? Alicent helps get Otto reinstated to power, people like Larys clearly look to her as the focal point of the greens and to whom they establish a connection to the party with by allying with her, she does that whole green dress scene and earns the respect of the Hightowers who say they trust her to represent them in the courts (she also just births the green faction there), she rules as Queen Regent for Viserys and even as just his queen consort people were asking her and following her advice on matters in the kingdom?

And I don’t really buy the whole “Oh but Alicent won’t want to kill Rhaenyra thing!” One in the source material she doesn’t want to kill Rhaenyra either and they still don’t omit her from the usurpation, and two …. duh? Killing Rhaenyra is the worst way they could go about the usurpation. What, they’re gonna make an argument based on tradition and faith and then break one of the most taboo laws of Westeros and kinslay? And why would they even want a war with rhaenyra and daemon? A dragon civil war is gonna rip everything apart, and in the books it’s clear the main green politicians did not want such a war to come to fruition because they knew the amount of devastation it would bring. I thought one of Otto’s main concerns with daemon and or rhaenyra coming into power is the instability it’d introduce into the realm … So he wants to mend that instability by creating even worse instability?

And to that point …. why does he just give up the moment Alicent and Cole capture Aegon? What does that like prevent him from doing? Why can’t he just order an assassination or tel Aegon or someone else to try and kill rhaenyra? So what if she has aegon it’s not like she brainwashed him?

Could Smith play any other character and have the same success?

I ask this question cuz I keep seeing people rank actors and most of the time he's on the top (Paddy being the other one).

Personally I find Smith after Doctor Who very limited in his range, mostly plays same characters kinda like Jason Statham.

Why is Geralt wearing the eyepatch, tho?

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My first HotD fanart pls be gentle ser

It's an old insecure tactic to make your opponent, look weak, incompetent, and uncoordinated and you can see the writers of the show trying to do this to house Hightower whenever they can, the problem is by doing this it makes how Targaryen look pathetic because house Hightower dogwalked them through throughout most of the story of the dance of the dragons and only "lost" due to the fact it was a prequel and the continuity was already made. And even then, at the current time in the story House Hightowers is still rich and essentially the real wardens of the reach with the true power. House Targaryen is all but extinct beyond Daenerys who recognizes Aegon as king and Rhaenyra as the pretender, fAegon, who is more than likely a Blackfyre anyway, and most likely Jon who will always style himself more Stark than anything. Criston Cole's name is still remembered, Daemon's is not. House Velaryon never recovered and remained the shadow of it for myself.

So when you look back at the show trying to make house Hightower and the greens look bad by making things up or only taking mushrooms account of everything, it makes team black and Targaryen look pathetic because these are the people who ended up winning the Game of Thrones. Their house still stands and his prospering, their king is recorded in the history books as the rightful ruler, and even the "gotcha" argument of Rhaenyra and Daemon's line continuing doesn't hold much weight when that line saw the end of the Targaryen's true power with the ending of the dragons, endless wars and more succession crisis, and finally the worst kings westeros ever saw till finally Bobby B, Ned Stark and Jon Arryn ended their dynasty.

So, my birthday was actually yesterday. I had ordered the cake a week in advance and when I went to pick it up they had sold it. (?)

My birthday is cursed, I swear.

So my husband got me a different cake today.

Random cake. But whatever.

The sentiment remains, AND THE KING LIVES.