I was scrolling through tiktok and heard "Ea-Nasir" and I knew I had to share lol

[Image ID: Tweet from pea poopingirl @/PoopingIRL on 8/14/23 - i think the idea of a shady dwarven salesman selling "cheap" stuff to humans and laughing to himself like "heh it will only last one generation, those stupid idiots, how will they even pass it down to their kids" forgetting that one dwarf generation is like 4 human ones is funny. There's a black bar at the bottom with an iFunny watermark in the corner. End ID.]

Elf ea-nasir selling mithril armor that will last no more than 1,000 years getting death threats from his fellow elves but doing numbers w/humans

Actually, I really like this idea as why elven and dwarven crafts are so good. Something that’s merely acceptable is meant to last most of one of their lifetimes. So even a mediocre dwarven craftsman will make something a human can pass down.

And you can always sell what the apprentice makes while still learning to a human, letting them know it will merely last for the rest of their life.

The elven version of IKEA could be a human family heirloom.

'Good enough for humans' becomes an expression for 'you're getting there' for an apprentice.

Considering there are like 227 Valyrian Steel blades in Westeros , it is crazy Tywin never got his hands on one until he stole Ice and split it in half .

Common Tywin Lannister L

I mean , he could not send someone to the Citadel to steal some of the Valyrian Steel links stashed away and use them to weld together a Blade ? .

Or send someone to Qohor and pay for some child sacrifices to have an entirely new sword reforged? It's not like Tywin has moral qualms about killing kids, especially when it suits his interests.

Edit: Tbf, Valyrian Steel links are quite rare, since few Maesters go for the higher mysteries, but I get your point.

Considering there are like 227 Valyrian Steel blades in Westeros , it is crazy Tywin never got his hands on one until he stole Ice and split it in half .

Common Tywin Lannister L

Rereading Fire and Blood and I still don’t get why Daemon Targaryen keeps getting labeled as this “morally gray” character.

Gray where.

Because from where I’m standing, his only “good qualities” are: – hot – cool dragon – cool sword

And that’s it. Which is fine! You’re allowed to like a character because he’s hot and messy and fun to read about. Fiction is not a morality test. But let’s not pretend that aesthetics = moral complexity.

And please don’t say “he fought to the death for his queen.”

He didn’t.

What he actually did was spare Nettles (which, good, but you can't call this a Redemption ) , and then he basically chose to go die dramatically while the war was still VERY MUCH happening.

There were still dragonriders on the opposing side. The conflict wasn’t over. Rhaenyra was unraveling. Daemon knew Mysaria was in her ear, actively poisoning her mind, feeding her paranoia and he just… didn’t go back.

And let’s talk about his kids. He didn’t secure their safety, didn’t remove them from danger, didn’t even seem particularly concerned about what would happen to them if he died. He just peaced out to the God’s Eye like “welp, guess this is my final arc now."

His children were still exposed, still vulnerable, still very much part of the bloodbath.

Sparing Nettles doesn’t magically balance out abandoning his wife, a still-raging war, and unprotected children.

Because what I see isn’t a man torn between right and wrong. It’s a man who consistently chooses himself (his impulses, his pride, his desires, his preferred version of honor) and forgets about everyone else

So… did I miss something? Do I have to read another book?

Saint Nicholas of Myra meeting with a delegation of Goths - circ. 330 AD

Cosmic alignment…

Fuck all of the good luck posts out there. Reblog this to immaculate your vibes

easily one of my favourite tweets of all time

lets lay down with baby

lets lay down with mama

lets lay down with mama

lets lay down with mama

It has probably been said before, but in It's a Wonderful Life, part of George's regret is a sense of guilt about what Mary could have had had she not married him; that she is in it because she loves him so much, and so she endures the life they have. And yet when we get to the reality where George never existed, Mary is a librarian. There's this contrast between the casinos and the cabarets and such (all exploitative and fraudulent ways of preying on desperate poor people) that populate Pottersville, and Mary, in this timeline, choosing the one job that remains a community oriented, free, helpful service. She married George because she loved him, yes, but also because his convictions about doing good for his community were also hers all along, and would have been even if he had not existed. She doesn't endure the life they have out of sheer abnegation, but embraces it out of conviction.

"He can't be a baby forever. He's a Stark, and near four." Robb sighed.

-AGOT, Bran VI

GRRM has used brothers supporting different sides of a war a few times (Donnel and Balon Swann during WOT5K, Arryk and Erryk Cargyll during the Dance of the Dragons), and at least one either was or later joined the Kingsguard. So I’m wondering if maybe Red Robert and Black Byren Flowers were brothers. A few houses of the Reach supported both sides of the First Blackfyre Rebellion, such as the Hightowers and Oakhearts, and maybe they were the sons of a (probably) father from that house. Then there’s the nicknames Red and Black, which would indicate which Flower brother fought for which side. Then later on Robert joined the Kingsguard (considering Da3ron II’s support of the anti-illegitimate children High Septon, as well as his actions toward his own half-siblings, I can’t imagine him naming a Flowers to the Kingsguard), and eventually becoming Lord Commander due to seniority. What became of Black Byren we don’t know, but I like to think he made it to Essos and eventually founded House Mudd. It shows the differences in how the Reds and Blacks felt toward illegitimate children as well; with one honored warrior riding out in support for another and following his family into exile, able to start a family in a place/occupation that doesn’t stigmatize illegitimate children; while his hypothetical brother supported the king and was later rewarded with a position serving his family, but his deeds aren’t well known (Loras doesn’t know who he is) and he left no familial legacy either. I also like the warring brothers motif because it brings some pathos to the conflict, which the Targaryens of all the Blackfyre Rebellions desperately need, as there’s no divided loyalties or lost family for them.

Glad to see I'm not the first to notice this, though I figured Red Robert would be the Lord Commander during the Rebellion, so that Robert and Byren would be commanders on either side of the conflict as opposed to just being brothers who fought on either side. That would help to carry through the theme of divided loyalties in the Kingsguard that George explores with the Cargyll twins, with the Kettlebacks, and with Balon Swann and his brother.

In fact I think Balon Swann would be a perfect mirror or parallel in this case, since his brother is not in the Kingsguard, which would set up Robert being Lord Commander and Byren being a rebel.

There's also the opportunity for George to make nods to the Dance, with Red Robb Rivers also being a bastard but one who fought for the Blacks, while Red Robert fights against the Blacks in his civil war. Meanwhile Byren's name is reminiscent of Byron Swann, ostensibly a Green but who died trying to slay a dragon just as Black Byren probably dies fighting the Targaryen dragon. There are more than a few parallels between the Dance and the First Rebellion if you know where to look, and it would allow George to explore how the loss of the dragons hasn't really changed things for the Targaryens, who still encounter the same problems as before due to the nature of the system Aegon I and his successors created.

i fucking love tumblr on new years i scroll past a glittertext gif wishing me a happy 2002 i scroll past my mutual wishing me a happy 2018 i scroll past a gifset wishing me a happy 2013 i scroll p

happy 1915 everyone!