aelswiths

[aelswiths]

yuri!!

for @aelswiths

#goooooood #they COMPEL me #the parallels #the way they have a similar journey #I think about it all the time #thank you for this 🥹🥹🥹🥹 #you know me so well 😌😌😌 #tlk aelswith #tlk brida #Aelswith x brida

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What should I gif next…..

#zero ideas as to what I should do #I want to do something cool #maybe I should switch focus to my fics #I have left them neglected for a long time

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Which TLK relationships do you wish the show explored more (I mean platonic and family, even rivals, not just like ships - but I didn't know how to word it. Sorry).

Oh man anon, this is a very tough question because there are many relationships I wish were explored more. This question brings to mind a couple different answers, some that are family focused and some more general (which I’ll briefly mention later). It’s a long one so I’m putting a read more for everyone’s sanity lol.

I think the one I think about the most is Aelswith and Edward, and to a lesser extent Alfred and Edward. In some ways this is very on brand, being you know the Aelswith blog lol, but I do feel like this relationship has gaps in it.

Compared to aethelflaed we don’t have as much childhood focused scenes between them, so I wonder a lot about the type of relationship they had. From the show it seems to me that Edward was clearly very beloved by his parents but it’s also obvious that there’s tension between them at the beginning of s3. Now this could be explained as due to his relationship with ecgwynn and his children, but I feel like there’s more to it. Especially as we move into s4 & 5, it’s very clear that they’re almost estranged from each other and it’s always had me wondering why. By the end of s4 it appears that they have almost reconciled, but by the time s5 starts its clear that Aelswith doesn’t even live in Winchester anymore and to make things even more interesting she ends up in bebbenburh. It’s so bizarre to me, since her family is most important to her, why would Aelswith decide to remain as far away from her only surviving child as possible? By the end of s5 it also seems as if they’ve reached a reconciliation and clearly care for each other, so it’s very odd to me unless there’s more to this relationship.

Other relationships I wish were explored were Aelswith and her grandchildren, I really wish we had more insight to what happened between her and Æthelstan after s4. I find it highly unlikely that she’d just accept someone else raising him and not being in his life, so I wish we knew more about what happened (and what happened to Aelswith in general after s4 because the way they swept that poisoning under the rug bothers the hell out of me, but I am off track).

I also wish we knew more about Aelfweards relationship with Aelswith, since in s5 he and Æthelstan get along and don’t have any grudges it makes me so curious as to what he thinks of Aelswith and if he wonders why he doesn’t have a relationship with her. I think a lot about post s5 Ælfweard and how he must be questioning everything in his life because of Æthelhelm. I also wonder if Aelswith ever saw him afterwards.

As for Aelfwynn, I feel like we did get some good material I just wish we had more than one season and that we knew what happened to her after s5. I do wonder if after s5 Aelfwynn ended up leaving England because it wasn’t safe for her, and if that’s the case I just don’t see Aelswith going with her which means they probably never saw each other again :(((.

And that concludes the family specific aspect of this question, the more general aspect I’ll try to keep short. Essentially I wish we’d been given a better idea of what aelswith’s relationship with the court in Wessex was. From what the show portrays it’s very clear that from the few advisors we’re shown she interacts with she has a tense to contentious relationship with them all. Which I find very curious because it’s clear that Aelswith has means and influence, great enough that in s4 at the height of his power not even Aethelhelm can remove her and while imprisoned she’s able to raise loyal guards to free and escort her to Mercia. This tells me that Aelswith is an influential figure and that she has great respect and I really wish we saw more of that because it’s another interesting layer to unravel and explore. It does also make me wish that they’d continued to explore aethelhelm and Aelswith’s rivalry in s5. The way s4 ended with the poisoning was such an interesting choice and had a lot of potential for character building and they just didn’t build off of it.

Anyway, I feel like the takeaway from this ask is I think we should’ve had a show about my emotional support family because there’s so much potential about them that’s not explored.

#anon #thank you for this :))) #anon I’m so sorry for this very long response #there is also a ton that I did not say because I just have too many thoughts but not enough to make coherent lol #i hope this makes sense #and is a fun answer #tlk aelswith #I hope you return to my inbox and that we can be friends :)))

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I am the AELSWITH x Alfred blog, I really wish people would stop making Uhtred x Alfred comments on my stuff 😭😭😭😭

#ship what you like but please keep in mind I see all your tags #like come on #make your own posts if you want to wax poetics about Uhtred and Uhtred x Alfred #keep it off MY posts #please and thank you #I do not want to see it

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ALFRED IN 2x04

For @kingslionheart

#the last kingdom #sevenkingsmustdie #tlk alfred #my babyboyyyy #your baby boy #our babyboy #he looks so good here #I want to fuck him silly #I want aelswith to fuck him silly #the grey in his beard was honestly such a good choice #I desire him carnally #me 🤝 aelswith #desiring alfred carnally and wanting to fuck him silly

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AELSWITH (being hot and fuck even though she's so sad😭😭😭) IN 1x07

#the last kingdom #sevenkingsmustdie #tlk aelswith #SHEEEEEE #MY QUEEN #your honor I love her #god #g o d #this episode #her and alfreds struggle with their baby #facing a parents worst nightmare #and the way she tries everything within her power but also knows that she has no ability to truly help him #and the struggle she has with that and the fact that she's can't help her own child when he needs her help the most #I can't imagine the struggle she went through and how that must've affected her for the rest of her life #I'm obsessed #gooooooood #I have so many throughts #so many feelings #aelswith my beloved #she's everything

[aelswiths]

BEAUTIFUL PERSON AWARD! once you are given this award, you're supposed to paste it in the asks of eight [8] people you adore! absolutely no pressure, but it's sweet to know someone thinks you're beautiful inside & out, 𝓍𝑜𝓍𝑜. ♡

OMGGGGG 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

This is so sweet!! Thank youuuu ❤️❤️❤️

#thank you!!! #this is so sweet 🥰🥰🥰 #❤️❤️❤️❤️

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My 🥰Emotional Support Family 🥰 in 2x03

#the last kingdom #sevenkingsmustdie #tlk aelswith #tlk alfred #tlk aethelflaed #tlk aethelwold #aelswith x alfred #alfred x aelswith #look at them #they are all so baby #g o d #aethelwold looks so much like a moody teenager #he's not happy about any of this #he's off being emo in the corner #aethelflaed and aelswith are soooooo cute in the first gif #aethelflaed making little jokes with her mother #the way aelswith looks at alfred when he's talking in the second gif 😭😭😭😭 #I'm sooooo 😭😭🥰🥰 #she loves her silly little guy so much #god #they are soooo in love #drives me INSANE #g o d my emotional support family #I love them so much #they're everything to me #EVERYTHING

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AELSWITH (looking hot at fuck) IN 4x07

#the last kingdom #sevenkingsmustdie #tlk aelswith #i love her #god #g o d #she's everything #EVERYTHING #my QUEEN #she's sooooooo pretty #I'm obsessed with her #OBSESSED #god she's my everything #obsessed just obsessed with her #she's alfred's everything too

[aelswiths]

Aelswith, please, get me through this weekend

#also #please aelswith x alfred get me through this trying time

[aelswiths]

I got spammed with that Apple ID thing and I had to reset my phone and I lost all of my fanfic tabs 😭😭😭😭😭😭

#I’m DEVESTATED #noooooooooooo #😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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BRIDA (being cute and smiling) IN 2x04

For @ivarthebadbitch

#the last kingdom #sevenkingsmustdie #brida #brida my beloved #her smile when planning murder is everything to me

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HILD IN 2x04

Requested by @kingslionheart

Dedicated to @garunsdottir, your beautiful Hild set made me think of s2 ❤️❤️

#the last kingdom #sevenkingsmustdie #tlk hild #god she was too good for this show #she was perfect

[aelswiths]

Come with me.

#sheeeeeee #brida my beloved #ugh this scene #brida’s story line makes me so sad #she’s always right #and no one ever listens

[aelswiths]

tlk + songs: madeline (by kiki rockwell) girl at the front of the line you'll work twice as hard for half the pay but if you can deflect their filthy comments one day you shall rise up and take my place

#Goooooooooooooooood #I LOVELOVELOVELOVE this #it’s so good #your creative mind is *chefs kiss* #teach me your ways #I’m in awe #hild my beloved

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😭🥺🥰

#they're sooooooooooooooo in love #your honor I love them #I'm OBSESSED with them #tlk aelswith #tlk alfred #aelswith x alfred #alfred x aelswith #the way he reaches for her ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #“It would be akin to Alfred turning away from Aelswith” #I'm dyyyyyyyingggggggg #😭😭😭😭😭 #he loves her so much #she loves him so much #I'm going insane #INSANE #they are sooooo #g o d #they are the BEST couple of the last kingdom

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AELSWITH (looking hot as fuck) IN 2x03

#the last kingdom #sevenkingsmustdie #tlk aelswith #s h e #your honor I love her #She's sooooooooooo hot #g o d #she's everything #I adore her #I love herrrrr #my QUEEN #🥰🥰🥰🥰 #my 🤝 alfred #loving aelswith with our whole being