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scotianostra · 6 months

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Happy Birthday to the actor Tony Curran born 13th December 1969 in Glasgow.

Tony took to acting while still in his teens, he recalls the days in the Scottish Youth Theatre with Gerard Butler. Young Anthony Curran went on to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama before gaining notoriety with a prominent role on the BBC series This Life. He would go on to make a name for himself in movies with a sci-fi/fantasy bent, like The 13th Warrior, Blade II, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Beowulf, of his small screen credits, our old favourite Taggart returns after not appearing on Kenneth Cranham’s CV yesterday!

Curran has made a name for himself in over the Atlantic in a number of US shows which include, Numb3rs, Medium, 24, Sons of Anarchy and Elementary. His most notable appearances over here have been in the ITV series Ultimate Force, Dr Who, as Vincent van Gogh , and more recently in the E4/Netflix original series Crazyhead.

Tony appeared in the 2018 Netflix film Outlaw King about Robert the Bruce and the Wars of Scottish Independence, where he played the part of Aonghus Óg of Islay, ( Angus Macdonald) chief of Clann Domhnaill. Back over in the states he has recently been in Ray Donovan, which is a great series series and few episodes of the CBS show SEAL Team. He also turned up in the mini series, Your Honor, which also stars the excellent US actor Brian Cranston of Breaking Bad fame, it’s great hearing Scottish accents in US shows, don’t you think?

Tony is another guy I follow on twitter, the guy has a heart of gold, I remember he tweeted “Me and my lass woke up this morning temperatures dropping compelled to help our homeless, loaded up some blankets pillows clothes, sweaters jackets, I’m sure we all have stuff we can donate, it all helps.” He was then out on the streets handing them out to the homeless, Tony was involved in a charity weekender with all funds raised going to St Mary’s & St Alphonsus and the great community work they do. He has in the past played charity football matches in Glasgow.

In the past couple of years Tony has been playing Despero in the Super Hero series The Flash, Tony has also appeared in the US movie, Two Deaths of Henry Baker where he plays a town Sheriff, this year he appeared in the US crime series The Calling, the show has some good reviews on IMDB with a 7.1/10 rating, and in an episode of the US show For All Mankind

Last year Tony appeared in a homegrown project. The two part “series”, Mayflies is set in a Scotland and Manchester in the 80′s Martin Compston co-stars along with new Shetland star Ashley Jensen, it is on BBC1 on December 28th. The show is based on a novel by Scottish author Andrew O'Hagan's book of the same name. It tells the story of Jimmy (Compston) and Tully (Curran) who ignite an “unforgettable friendship” defined by music, films and their shared rebellious spirit in a small Scottish town in the 1980s. if you haven't seen it, please look it up, and keep the hankies close by.

In the past couple of years Tony has appeared in a couple of US series, an unexpected second season of Your Honor and Secret Invasion.

On fame Tony commented;

"I've been lucky. I don't for a minute take for granted the good fortune I have had. You don't like to get ideas above your station, especially a boy from the south side of Glasgow."

#scotland #scottish #history #actor #television #cinema #happy birthday

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turtle-paced · 7 months

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Revisiting Chapters: Catelyn VI, ASoS

Bit of a horror movie, this chapter.

The story so far…

Amidst terrible weather and even worse fortune, the Starks are now arriving at the Twins for Edmure’s wedding.

A Bunch of Assholes

The chapter starts with the approach to the Twins, accompanied by the growling of the flooded Green Fork. It’s a beefed up version of the very natural conditions that led to Robb asking for Frey support back in AGoT. It’s a watery, miserable scene - towers appearing from the mist like ghosts in wet stone, banners on the opposite bank hanging like dead cats, and everything in general grey and sodden.

This is a happy place, where happy things will happen.

Robb starts thinking about appearances a little ways out, putting on his crown and making sure his mother and uncle are riding next to him. Catelyn, for her part, has some last minute advice. First, Walder Frey’s an asshole. Second:

“If we are offered refreshment when we arrive, on no account refuse. Take what is offered, and eat and drink where all can see. If nothing is offered, ask for bread and cheese and a cup of wine.”

This is advice based on the fact that there are many ways Walder Frey might be an asshole. If refreshment is offered, because Walder Frey might not extend guest right to his guests. On no account refuse, because Walder Frey might extend guest right by serving stewed crow smothered in maggots (as Robb suggests he might). Bread and cheese and a cup of wine so that Robb doesn’t give excuse for further insult either by asking for the bare minimum (thereby highlighting the fact Walder Frey hadn’t offered the bare minimum) or by asking for something lavish and difficult to obtain.

But mostly Catelyn’s concerned that a) Robb obtains guest right, and b) Robb is known to have obtained guest right. Which says a lot about what she suspects the Freys may be capable of. She thinks that the strongest customary protection against violence may be needed.

The Tully siblings then get their own cattier tendencies on when a Frey contingent comes out to greet them. There’s Ser Ryman, heir to the Twins, whose face Catelyn’s internal monologue describes as “fleshy, broad, and stupid.” Edmure doesn’t keep it to internal monologue but does keep it sotto voce when he describes Edwyn Frey as having a “constipated look” and wishing that Roslin Frey does not take after Petyr Frey with the “unfortunate,” acne-stricken face. Calling Black Walder a nasty bit of business though, that can stand.

Catty or not, the Freys quickly prove themselves to be…not the most pleasant bunch. After Grey Wind startles Petyr Frey’s horse, Robb dismounts and offers his own. Not only is this gesture barely even acknowledged, Ryman Frey proves to have zero courtesies and calls Jeyne Westerling “the woman.” Edwyn’s got more manners, described as “careful courtesy.”

Better question is, why is this party being headed by Ser Ryman? While Catelyn openly gives Walder Frey the benefit of the doubt, since fair enough the nonagenarian doesn’t want to go riding in the rain, in her internal monologue she suspects it’s an insult.

There are more diplomatic overtures, as Edwyn Frey arranges for Robb’s armies to be seen to the far side of the river, where they’ll all have access to a drink on House Frey to the health of the married couple. Lame Lothar cheerfully sees Grey Wind to a dry kennel and a leg of mutton. This is another kind of assholishness, one that goes beyond the bounds of the words. The Freys here know what the plan is. They know that the plan is to lull the people they’re talking to into a false sense of security before murdering the vast majority of them.

But then there’s the main event, Walder Frey himself, and GRRM gives us a refresher on his appearance in a way that leaves no doubt he’s the chief asshole before he even says a word:

His chair was black oak, its back carved into the semblance of two stout towers joined by an arched bridge, so massive that its embrace turned the old man into a grotesque child. There was something of the vulture about Lord Walder, and rather more of the weasel.

Also noted is Walder’s mouth, which “moved constantly, sucking at empty air as a babe sucks at his mother’s breast.” So while Walder’s an old man, he’s compared to child (because that’s the level of emotional maturity going on here), vulture (he’s an opportunist), and weasel (he’s sneaky).

Additionally, Walder’s brought out his grandson-slash-fool, who’s wearing a fake crown. Catelyn can’t be completely sure, but she thinks giving this particularly unfortunate grandson (Aegon “Jinglebell” Frey) the crown is meant to be an insult. It’s just dubious enough a jab that complaining about it would be met with something along the lines of “what are you talking about - you’re so sensitive, god.” Walder soon follows that up by saying Jinglebell has “less wits than a crannogman” and that talking to him is about the same as talking to a chamberpot. Pretty much the entire Frey family is here to listen to that description. Then he starts in on describing Roslin. He wants to know where Jeyne is. He was very keen to see her!

What might have been a suspicious interest in the whereabouts of Jeyne Westerling at this totally not an ambush is quickly covered by, you guessed it, more assholery. Walder Frey waves a hand and all his eligible daughters and granddaughters hurry forward to be paraded in front of the King in the North.

And how does the author emphasise that Robb really might have legitimately preferred to marry someone he was attracted to? By having their gradfather expound on their physical flaws.

“It would have been an impossible choice, my lord,” Robb said, with careful courtesy. “They’re all too lovely.” Lord Walder snorted. “And they say my eyes are bad.”

Delightful. Absolutely delightful. But Robb gives his apology as he knew he must. Roslin is brought out, and the topic changes to Edmure’s impending nuptials.

Politics as usual

After that reception, Catelyn and Edmure retreat for a post-mortem. Despite all the times I used the word ‘asshole’ above, both of them are like ‘wow, that was not as bad as I thought it would be’. Says volumes. Edmure’s got his own comments on the parade of Frey ladies and notes he expected that he’d be given an ugly bride. Catelyn, meanwhile, thinks Roslin is pretty and seems nice enough, but she’s seriously alarmed at how small she is and how difficult that might make childbirth. Back to the relative attractiveness though:

“Your fondness for a pretty face is well known,” Catelyn reminded [Edmure]. “Perhaps Lord Walder actually wants you to be happy with your bride.” Or more like, he did not want you balking over a boil and upsetting all his plans. “Or it may be that Roslin is the old man’s favourite. The Lord of Riverrun is a much better match than most of his daughters can hope for.”

Everything with Roslin just goes to show how commodified the marriage market is in Westeros. The physique of these young ladies is political. Edmure’s sexual preferences are political. And these poor girls were ordered up in front of complete strangers for at least one of them (Catelyn) to look at them all and evaluate them as breeding stock. Indeed, Catelyn ends up going to ask the castle’s maester about Roslin’s potential fertility, and the man tells her.

After this particular conversation, Catelyn goes to find Robb, who’s mid-meeting. Catelyn was not invited. But when she asks, she does get answers. Wylis Manderly has been recaptured by the Lannisters; Roose Bolton’s brought news that Cley Cerwyn and Leobald Tallhart were killed at Winterfell, with several survivors taken to the Dreadfort by Ramsay. Catelyn has problems with this.

“Your bastard was accused of grievous crimes,” Catelyn reminded him sharply. “Of murder, rape, and worse.”

Roose’s response? Sure. But he led the battle (ahem), and Robb can judge from there whether that makes up for it. Not like Roose will be out an heir, since he has Lady Walda.

This is a cold man, Catelyn realised, not for the first time.

Catelyn does not know how cold yet.

Robb then asks for news of Theon. Roose gives him the skin from Theon’s little finger, flayed off by Ramsay. We haven’t had solid reports of Theon since the end of ACoK, and the mention here is intended to inform the reader he’s still around, just busy being tortured.

Roose offers Catelyn the skin, and she makes herself refuse it, though part of her “wanted to clutch the grisly trophy to her heart.” Lady Stoneheart does not come out of nowhere, but is the unhappiest extreme of Catelyn’s rage and grief. She, and Robb, are both unhappy with Roose’s suggestion that they keep Theon as a hostage. Roose clarifies that he just means keeping Theon hostage and demanding concessions to execute him. Robb okays this.

Back to the Lannisters, though, and it’s here that I’ll move into what this chapter really does.

Foreshadowing

This chapter is all about the leadup to the Red Wedding. Red flags abound this chapter, not just in a literary sense but in concrete in-universe signs that something is amiss. The first nasty bit crops up as Catelyn and Robb discuss guest right and the need for him to avail himself of it.

Robb looked more amused than afraid. “I have an army to protect me, Mother, I don’t need to trust in bread and salt.”

Neither will do Robb much good here.

Next, Grey Wind starts growling at the Freys, and then even lunges at them. Not a very diplomatic start to proceedings. Even when Grey Wind is called off, he has to be coaxed into entering the Twins. More good signs.

During the meeting with Walder Frey, he’s being his usual pleasant self (see above). The worrying signs come when Roslin is introduced.

“M,y lady is beautiful.” Edmure took her hand and drew her to her feet. “But why are you crying?” “For joy,” Roslin said. “I weep for joy, my lord.”

Uh-huh. Moving on, Lord Walder’s got his own comments to make about the wedding. He orders Roslin taken away, because she has a wedding to prepare for: “And a bedding, heh, the sweetest part. For all, for all.” He further adds, “We’ll have music, such sweet music, and wine, heh, the red will run, and we’ll set some wrongs aright.”

We see here that Lord Walder being an asshole and Lord Walder planning to kill a bunch of people at the wedding are inextricably intertwined. We know, with the benefit of hindsight, that Walder’s referring to murdering a whole bunch of people here during the bedding, that the music he refers to is the signal for the slaughter, and the red that will run is blood. The characters can’t pick this up in advance because Lord Walder is just that much of a jerk.

There’s also a reference to the Frey childrens’ game mentioned in Bran I, ACoK, where all oaths are binding unless someone says ‘mayhaps’. It’s doubtful anyone here has the full knowledge, but by the rules of the game, Walder Frey as the Lord of the Crossing retains the right to use a stick and push anyone into the river any time he likes. Another thing the readers know but the characters don’t.

After this exchange, Catelyn calls for food. Walder wasn’t offering it, but he had it ready to go when asked for. He makes the show of it, welcoming all present as his honoured guests, while Robb accepts the hospitality.

Catelyn tasted the wine and nibbled at some bread, and felt much better for it. Now we should be safe, she thought.

Note the ‘should’. Catelyn does not fully trust that Walder Frey will keep to the laws of hospitality, even now. A paragraph later, she’s telling Edmure that they should post their own guards on their doors.

There’s more as Catelyn goes in search of Walder Frey’s maester to make her discreet inquiries about Roslin’s fertility. She finds a group of Freys drinking by the fire and asks about Ser Perwyn Frey, Roslin’s full brother, who as Catelyn reminds us, escorted her to Storm’s End and back in the previous book. Alas, Ser Perwyn is away, and not expected to return for the wedding.

Finally, there’s the disposition of Northern forces discussed at the end of the chapter. Brought to us courtesy of totally not a traitor Roose Bolton. Roose owns his ‘mistake’ in leaving Harrenhal too late. Strangely, it seems the result of his delay was that the Freys made it across the Trident okay, but soldiers from the hill clans and the Manderlys were left behind. Even more coincidentally, Roose left a bunch of Stouts and Cerwyns as rear guard. The author also reminds us of Northern losses at Duskendale - these were mostly Glovers and Tallharts.

What Catelyn wants to know is: who did come with Roose?

His queer colourless eyes studied her a moment before he answered. “Some five hundred horse and three thousand foot, my lady. Dreadfort men, in chief, and some from Karhold.”

Cold as Roose is, he’s most likely wondering whether the jig is up in this moment. But we don’t get to see what Catelyn thinks of Roose’s reasoning that it’s just too dangerous not to keep the Karhold soldiers close, because Robb winds the conversation up. They’re going home, he says.

Chapter Function

This chapter is 95% about the Red Wedding. It’s here to put the final pieces in place. Robb is welcomed as a guest; Lord Walder is not as much of an asshole as he could have been, but dropping ominous hints anyway. Grey Wind is freaking out, Roslin is crying, Ser Perwyn is missing. For perfectly logical, not at all Roose-related reasons, there’s a high proportion of Bolton and Karstark soldiers present. That’s all this chapter. The plan has been set into motion. It cannot be entirely hidden anymore, and the perpetrators only want to wait as long as it takes for the trap to snap fully shut. What’s been happening behind the scenes is about to come into the open.

Related, we do get the reminder on Catelyn’s part that she does have impulses towards violent revenge, when we see her reaction to the flayed skin of Theon’s finger. She restrains herself now, but she’s about to lose all reason for restraint.

Finally, this chapter gives us a bit of an update on Theon and Ramsay. Without PoVs in Winterfell, we’re relying on this belated, partial report. Theon’s alive, Winterfell is severely damaged, a bunch of Stark loyalists were killed (cough, by Ramsay, cough), and survivors have been hauled off to the Dreadfort.

Miscellany

Catelyn tells Robb that Walder Frey’s an asshole and no doubt some of his sons are too, liable to provoke Robb. It’s always interesting to note when the intelligent, politically active female characters show that they too are products of the patriarchy - Catelyn has not allowed for the possibility that any of Walder Frey’s daughters (or granddaughters) may also be assholes capable of provoking Robb.

Catelyn also remembers her own wedding. Specifically, she remembers how Lysa ‘wept lakes’ before the ceremony. She puts it down to nervousness and considers it to be entirely expected. It’s true, some people cry when nervous. But the way marriages are arranged in Westeros, nobody can tell what’s just nerves and what’s the bride distraught from being forced into a marriage she doesn’t want (or from knowing that all her in-laws are going to be murdered at the feast).

Clothing Porn

Jinglebell Frey wears costly blue wool and grey satin, with a crown and collar ornamented with brass bells. Roslin wears a pale blue gown with a lacy bodice. Catelyn wears warm wool in Tully red and blue. Roose Bolton’s got a pale pink cloak trimmed in white fur. GoT robbed us of Roose in pink, I’m telling you.

Food Porn

None.

Next Three Chapters

Bran II, ASoS - Tyrion V, ACoK - Eddard X, AGoT

#asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #revisiting chapters #catelyn stark #robb stark #walder frey #edmure tully #a storm of swords

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olowan-waphiya · 2 years

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Onondaga Nation Celebrates First Land Return of 1,000 Acres in New York's Tully Valley Following Legal Settlement https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/onondaga-nation-celebrate-first-substantial-land-return-with-1000-acres-of-new-yorks-tully-valley-won-in-legal-settlement/

In a rare moment of return for East Coast Native Americans, the Onondaga Nation has had 1,023 acres of ancestral land in New York state returned to them.

The land in the Tully Valley includes the headwaters of Onondaga Creek, more than 45 acres of wetland and floodplains, and approximately 980 acres of forests and fields.

The agreement is a result of the March 2018 Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) settlement between the Natural Resource Trustees and Honeywell International, Inc.

Honeywell, manufactures of household appliances like air conditioners, were found to have been polluting Onondaga Lake in the Tully Valley, Central New York, for almost 100 years, and it had begun to spill into neighboring Onondaga lands.

They have settled on orders to pay $5 million dollars to the Natural Resource Trustees, give the 1,023 acres of land over to the Onondaga, restore several hundred acres of polluted area, and construct 18 projects related to conservation and recreation, of which 7 have been completed.

“It is with great joy that the Onondaga Nation welcomes the return of the first substantial acreage of its ancestral homelands. The Nation can now renew its stewardship obligations to restore these lands and waters and to preserve them for the future generations yet to come,” said Onondaga Nation Chief Tadodaho Sidney Hill.

For the Onondaga people, Onondaga Lake and Onondaga Creek are sacred. They are considered living relatives, central to the Onondaga worldview and spirituality, the tribe detailed in a statement.

Secularly, the cold waters of Onondaga Creek support a small population of brook trout, a population which may be fully restored with proper stewardship. The wetlands, floodplains, forests and fields are home to wildlife such as great blue heron, songbirds, waterfowl, hawks, bald eagles, frogs, bats, and other mammals including white-tailed deer.

“We look forward to drawing upon the Onondaga Nation’s expertise and Indigenous knowledge in helping manage the area’s valuable wildlife and habitat,” said Sect. of the Interior, Deb Haaland.

It’s more common now than ever that tribal nations are recovering rights to use their ancestral lands as they always had, but for tribes in the super-developed Mid-Atlantic region, these opportunities are rare.

However as the Onondaga point out, recent world-wide land surveys have shown that 80% of the world’s biodiversity is currently located in areas stewarded by indigenous peoples, or lands contested as such, despite the fact this amounts to less than half the land of the planet.

As such, they are keen to show what indigenous stewardship can bring to the biodiversity of America’s East Coast, and the current plan with state officials is to turn the Onondaga Lake and Tully Valley into a wildlife sanctuary, but one with ample opportunities for recreation, as Honeywell were ordered to construct many boat launching sites along the lake and rivers.

#indigenous #native american #east coast #onondaga #tully valley #honeywell #land back #new york

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jackoshadows · 2 years

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There’s been discussions on the role of soft power in the world of asoiaf and while a lot has been said about the brutal conquests by the old Kings in the North, the Stark’s use of soft power through alliances by marriage is also interesting.

And while most of that is in the North, whereby there is a normalization of Stark culture and traditions as being that of the North (The Starks shaped the preferences of the North over centuries to co-opt their cultural and political values and relationships with other kingdoms, with a few exceptions), before Robert’s rebellion, we also hear of Rickard Stark’s southron ambitions which included betrothing Brandon to Catelyn Tully and fostering Ned in the Vale.

Marriage alliances or marriage diplomacy is an important political tool and several players in asoiaf use soft power to exert influence and political change - for ex. Daenerys marrying Hizdahr to sue for peace.

Jon Snow’s brokering of the marriage between Alys Karstark and the Magnar of Thenn is a political act of much significance and a clear example of how soft power can be used to great advantage.

By marrying into the Karstarks, the Thenns - a tribe of Free Folk - obtain land this side of the wall, land that is farmed and harvested.

Note: This land was originally given to Karlon Stark as reward for defeating a rebel lord. The Karhold Starks eventually became Karstarks. It’s interesting that Jon has now in effect ‘given’ Karhold to Styr, the Magnar of Thenn

In fact there is an interesting mirror here to Manderly saying ‘The North Remembers’ when talking about Northern loyalty to house Stark, with Alys Karstark telling Jon Snow that ‘Karhold Remembers’ when he asks for aid. Jon Snow is slowly building his own support base in the North.

The newly created House Thenn and tribe of Free Folk will live on these lands, farm and grow crops and eventually, I would guess, be subsumed into the North and adopt some of their customs. In return, Alys and the other remaining Northerners at Karhold will receive protection from the 200 Thenn warriors.

It��s interesting that Alys and Sigorn are married in the traditions of R'hllor, a God primarily of Essos. We are seeing the melding of 3 cultures here. Northern culture, Freefolk culture and what is primarily an Essosi God, part of Essosi culture. The new Sigil is representative of this melding of cultures - Bronze disc (Thenns), Sunburst (Karstark) and red flames (R’hllor of Essos). With Stannis and Melisandre in the North and them forcefully converting many of the Freefolk to the Lord of Light, I wonder if we will see the introduction of R’hllor into the North, just like it happened with the Faith of the Seven (Catelyn brought the Faith into Winterfell through marriage and the Manderlys coming from the Reach).

Similarly once the Northern houses supporting the Starks see the Thenns in battle protecting and defending Karhold and it’s people against the Bolton/Frey/Lannister alliance, that is going to help advance Jon’s argument that they are all one and of the same realm and that the Freefolk deserve a chance this side of the wall.

And yes, there is no quick fix to an 8000 year old feud and it’s certain that some of the houses like the Umbers will hold onto their long standing grudges against the Freefolk. However considering that Jon will be arguing for unity in the face of the threat of the Others/army of the dead, I think the Thenns fighting for the Starks will go a long way in convincing at the least some of the houses to put aside their grievances. We already see glimpses of this with the Mountain clan chiefs, drinking and toasting to the wedding of a Thenn to a Northern maiden in a R’hllor ceremony.

As an aside, the GreatJon is a still a prisoner at the Twins, Crowsfood fighting with Stannis may soon be dead in TWoW and Whoresbane is pretending to be on Roose Boltons’s side. With many of the great Northern houses decimated in terms of armies and men - Alys mentions crops rotting in the field because there are no men to bring in the harvest - I do think that the Umbers will set aside their grudge against the Freefolk for now.

The marriage of Alys Karstark and Styr, Magnar of Thenn is therefore some good realpolitik from Jon Snow, with him using marriage diplomacy and soft power to achieve his endgame goals. The marriage will have long term consequences for the North with a long overdue removal of barriers and boundaries between two groups of people.

#Jon Snow #Northern politics #asoiaf

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aegor-bamfsteel · 2 years

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Sorry if this sounds racist, english isn't my mother tongue so somethings can sound very insensitive or harsh, but know this isn't my intention!

The Velaryons (in hotd) are black, and we know they came with the targaryens from Valyria (who are like the ultimate white people) the thing is; since they have a history of marrying with them before the dance shouldn't they be more light skinned? Or the targaryens more dark skinned?

I’m hardly the arbiter of what is and isn’t racist, but in the words of GRRM: “It’s two variations of the same story, or a similar story, and you get that whenever anything is adapted. The analogy I’ve often used is, to ask how many children did Scarlett O’Hara have?” The Velaryons are black in HOTD because HBO cast Barbadian-British actor Steve Toussaint as Corlys Velaryon, and cast other Afro-British or biracial actors to play his family. The Targaryens are white in HOTD because HBO cast white Irish and English actors to play them. It’s a choice the people behind the casting made, so no questions about genetics (which are very strange in GRRMland anyway) are likely going to be answered.

Now for some wank under the cut:

Both Targaryen and Velaryon families are white in the books and have intermarried because they are both of the “blood of Old Valyria”, with the pale skin/hair/eye coloring that comes with it. HOTD gives this lip service by putting even worse white wigs than usual on their Afro-British actors (that were promptly torn to shreds on Twitter, as it seemed the wigmakers hadn’t consulted with anyone with experience working with Afro-textured hair). But in my opinion, it undermines a large part of the Targaryen ethos; the reason why they married the Velaryons when they had no available marriage partners among themselves was because they were so closely related as to be basically indistinguishable (people couldn’t tell if Alyn and Addam were the 100% Velaryon Corlys’ or the half-Targaryen Laenor’s children). They were also descended from Valyria, and thus were not considered “lesser men” that Aegon and onward refused to marry. A lack of diversity, of respecting other people’s opinions and boundaries, is one of the chief downfalls of Targaryens. Having the Velaryons be played by Afro-British actors undermines this message, by saying the Targaryens respected and mingled with those of different races even before their dragons died and they were forced to negotiate more. It completely misses the point of “the Targaryens considered themselves above the laws of gods and men”. The fact that the Velaryons are shunted off to the side in canon—with Laenor being killed possibly on Daemon’s orders, and Laena dying in childbirth 10 years before the war even starts, and middle aged Corlys’ unsavoryness wrt teenage girls—in addition, casting Japanese actress Sonoya Mizuna to play Mysaria, a character who ordered the murder of children and was stripped naked and whipped to death—makes this casting even more problematic. Had HBO wanted to keep the blood supremacy message intact but still have major characters of color, they could’ve cast the Hightowers with Afro-British actors instead (it makes possibly more sense than the Velaryons due to the relatively cosmopolitan Oldtown), because then you still have the scandal of Viserys being the first Targaryen to marry a non-Valyrian, of the Hightowers being outsiders to the Doctrine of Exceptionalism, as well as some real life racial parallels considering recent events (the reaction to the Prince Harry Windsor/Meghan Markle marriage, which severely harmed Meghan’s mental health)

Anyway, I’ll say that returning to book canon, GRRM throws genetics out the window when he wants to make a point. Hence all the Great Houses have a signature look that doesn’t vary unless it’s significant. Hence the Lannisters can stay blonde and green eyed, the Tullys auburn and blue eyed, and the Targaryens silver and violet eyed for millennia despite none of these traits being irl genetically dominant. The modern Targaryens (as in Dany, Viserys, Aegon) really should have some traits from their Blackwood ancestress (who had black hair and dark eyes), or their Martell ancestress(Es) (presumably having black hair, dark eyes, olive skin), but instead look classically Targaryen. Even among Myriah and Elia Martell’s children, all but their eldest (Rhaenys and Baelor) are portrayed with Targaryen coloring. So it’s not completely out of the question, following book logic, for the Targaryens and Velaryons in HOTD to stay so visually distinct until Rhaenys/Corlys’ children. However, I’d just consider it a casting decision from people who don’t care about the Targaryen Exceptionalist Doctrine and call it a day.

#ask #anti targaryen #anti got #opinion

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Doctor Zoantharia Gerhard Tully (known informally as Zoe) one of the many Lancers of Circetalia freelance, and one of the few members to make extensive use of HORUS licenses (much to the frustration of the Chief Engineer). With her custom Minotaur "Don't Mind the Smoke" the formerly respectable botanist spends most of her off duty time within the metafold of her minotaur, hotboxing and concoting new and unusual strains of plant based narcotics.

#my art #my artwork #artists on tumblr #art #digital art #digital artwork #digital illustration #character design #lancer art #lancer character #lancer #lancer rpg #horus lancer #lancer horus #Horus #weed

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goodqueenaly · 1 year

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I realized when thinking about "The Village Hero" yesterday that F&B may actually help support my theory on what I think might happen in the story. I've long believed that "The Village Hero" will be a story about the newly succeeded Lord Otho Bracken and the Blackwoods going to war against each other over the Teats and the village of Pennytree. Because we know Pennytree has been a royal fief for roughly a century by the time of the main novels, I think "The Village Hero" will end with Dunk and Egg not only successfully defending Pennytree from the attacks but overseeing and negotiating the transfer of Pennytree away from both Stone Hedge and Raventree Hall and to the Iron Throne as its direct suzerain. What I did not realize, however, is how F&B provides a handy legal framework to justify this decision:

Aegon’s chief concern was peace. Before the Conquest, wars between the realms of Westeros were common. Hardly a year passed without someone fighting someone somewhere. Even in those kingdoms said to be at peace, neighboring lords oft settled their disputes at swordpoint. Aegon’s accession put an end to much of that. Petty lords and landed knights were now expected to take their disputes to their liege lords and abide by their judgments. Arguments between the great houses of the realm were adjudicated by the Crown. “The first law of the land shall be the King’s Peace,” King Aegon decreed, “and any lord who goes to war without my leave shall be considered a rebel and an enemy of the Iron Throne.”

While F&B did not introduce the concept of "the king's peace" altogether - the concept having been discussed since AGOT - that book did formally codify "the King's Peace" as "[t]he first law of the land" and provided specific consequences for its violation. That specific legal basis might in turn give our Prince Aegon the royal authority to follow in his namesake's footsteps in "The Village Hero". If the Brackens and Blackwods had refused to take their dispute to young Lord Tully or the Iron Throne itself (as Septon Sefton had foretold they likely would not), but had gone to war against one another, then they might well be considered "rebel[s] and [enemies] of the Iron Throne". Since rebels against the Iron Throne are often subject to loss of property, it might in turn be fitting for a royal representative (especially Egg, who at the end of "The Mystery Knight" had openly embraced his identity as a Targaryen prince) to declare that neither the Brackens nor the Blackwoods, as rebels against the Iron Throne, could have any right to Pennytree any longer. Consequently, Bloodraven might not be able to do very much to protest the move; however much he might have favored his Blackwood cousins, it might seem difficult to argue against applying "[t]he first law of the land" if both factions had gone to war without even attempting to seek the intervention of Riverrun or the Iron Throne.

There may even be a reference to The Accursed Kings here (I know, it me). One of the major points of dissension between what we might call the "progressive" faction of the Capetian court (represented by Enguerrand de Marigny and the future Philip V) and what Maurice Druon terms the "reactionary barons" is the right to "private war" between the barons - the right, as the author puts it, for aristocrats ‘to fight each other, to ride, to come and go, and to carry arms”. This right was, according to Druon, abolished by Philip IV "so as to prevent the great vassals from causing bloodshed, at the slightest excuse, within the kingdom in order to regulate their differences, establish their glory, or banish their boredom", and while Philip V does not directly comment upon it, his reign as described by Druon saw the king "[avoid] the temptations of war ... [suppress] many of the garrisons in the interior of the country", and prioritize "justice and peace" (and in turn, at his death the "reactionary barons" are triumphant, eager to "talk of a crusade again" among other rights denied them by Philip the Long). With Philip V a very clear inspiration for Aegon V, it might be fitting for our Egg to protest such a private war between Stone Hedge and Raventree Hall, foreshadowing his own reign as one which will focus on "justice and peace" against his own set of "reactionary barons".

#asoiaf meta #the village hero #aegon v targaryen #the accursed kings #aegon i targaryen #fire and blood volume 1

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jonsnowwesterosworld · 8 months

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Lord Kermit brought the Tullys to the height of their power. Vital and bold, he fought tirelessly for Queen Rhaenyra, and her son, Prince Aegon, later King Aegon III. Lord Kermit was the chief commander of the host that descended on King's Landing in the last days of the war, and he personally slew Lord Borros Baratheon in the final battle of the Dance of the Dragons.

#kermit tully #hotd edit #asoiaf edit series

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landofanimes · 3 months

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7th Time Loop

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#7th time loop #rishe irmgard weitzner #arnold hein #loop 7 kaime #kaine tully #theodore auguste hein #kyle morgan cleverly #michel hevin #oliver laurenz friedheim #chief tully #arrishe #kyle cleverly #oliver friedheim #michel hévin #loop 7 kaime no akuyaku reijou wa

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isefyres-archive · 3 months

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𝕹𝖊𝖜 𝕸𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖘 𝕬𝖉𝖉𝖊𝖉:

Lynara Stark. was a noblewoman of House Stark during the second century after Aegon's Conquest, and the third wife of Lord Cregan Stark of Winterfell. She lived in Winterfell most of her childhood and when she often served to attend and help his previous wives, specially Black Aly, who she became good friends. She would later marry Cregan. The main line of House Stark's lineage descends from her. Canon. Dance Era.

Lord Torrhen Manderly. as a knight from House Manderly during the Dance of the Dragons and the second son of Lord Desmond Manderly. He later became the Lord of White Harbor, as well as Lord Regent and Hand of the King during the minority of King Aegon III Targaryen. Like most northmen, he supported Queen Rhaenyra's claim to the throne. Torrhen's father, Lord Desmond Manderly, sent Torrhen and his brother, Ser Medrick, south to aid Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen. After Rhaenyra lost two dragons to the Two Betrayers. Canon. Dance Era.

Ser Addam Marbrand. is a knight of House Marbrand, and the son and heir of Lord Damon Marbrand of Ashemark. He is one of the chief knights in the service of Tywin Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock and a knight of the Rock. Addam is a trusted friend of Ser Jaime Lannister of the Kingsguard. During his youth, Addam was a page at Casterly Rock, and a childhood friend of Ser Jaime Lannister. Canon. Song Era.

Lady Jeyne Farman. Jeyne Farman is a noblewoman of House Farman. She is the sister of Lord Sebaston Farman, the Lord of Fair Isle, and is the wife of Ser Gareth Clifton. Jeyne was a childhood friend of Cersei Lannister. She accompanied Cersei and Melara Hetherspoon into the tent of Maggy the Frog, to hear their futures told. When Maggy opened her eyes, Jeyne fled into the night, never hearing her future. The visit to Maggy the Frog fractured the friendship with Cersei, who Jeyne refused to visit. Canon. Song Era.

Lord Tytos Manning. House Manning is a noble house from the crownlands. As the sole heir to an enderly and sickly lord, he acts as Regent of his House. The Mannings control the port and harbor of King's Landing and who comes and goes, keeping a record of everything and everyone who enters, specially they control the area of Blackwater Bay. OC. Song Era.

Damon Vypren is a knight from House Vypren, the son and heir of Lord Lucias Vypren. Damon is introduced to Lady Catelyn Tully at the Twins on the eve of Lord Edmure Tully's wedding. Damon passed out drunk in the woods during the wedding and upon discovering his father's wealth gained from conspiring with the Freys, Damon decides to atone for his father's sins and move Norht. Canon. Song Era.

Lady Beth Cassel. Beth Cassel is a noblewoman of House Cassel and is the only surviving child of Ser Rodrik Cassel, Winterfell's master-at-arms. Beth is raised at Winterfell with the Stark children. Though closer in age to Arya, she tends to hover around Sansa's more glamorous retinue. Beth is one of the prisoners at Winterfell when the castle is taken by Theon Greyjoy. After this, she is taken by the Dreadfort, where she is rescued by her uncle Brandon. Canon. Song Era.

Lady Eddara Tallhart is the daughter of Ser Helman Tallhart, she is named in honor of Ned Stark. After the deaths of her father, Helman, and elder brother, Benfred, Eddara becomes the Lady of Torrhen's Square. Eddara is held captive by the ironmen at Torrhen's Square, following its capture by Dagmer. After being released, she pledges her alliance to the new King in the North but refuses to accept apologies from Theon Greyjoy and his actions. Canon. Song Era.

#artwork╲ houses › mutuals can interact.#i wanna add more men specially older muses but they are all so dead ASDFG

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vicletfxre · 1 year

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Closed starter for @qcyqoyi (Brynden & headache Betha)

Betha was many things, being one of the two chief sources for their eldest brother's migraines being one of them. Especially with the nagging she had done trying to get out of her betrothal to the loathsome toad, a constant thorn in her side when she wasn't avoiding her spouse. It was a delicate balancing act, avoiding their betrothed and someone that had slowly started taking space in a place they shouldn't be. But, for now, the youngest Tully's concern was once more the toad. "My dearest brother and ruling lord, I am being badgered by the toad. Can't you marry them?"

#⚔[betha — interactions]⚔#⚔️[betha — brynden]⚔️#✗[arc — dorne]✗

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scotianostra · 1 year

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Happy Birthday to the actor Tony Curran born 13th December 1969 in Glasgow.

The good news is Tony is about to hit our screens this month in a homegrown project. The two part “series”, Mayflies is set in a Scotland and Manchester in the 80′s Martin Compston co-stars along with new Shetland star Ashley Jensen, it is on BBC1 on December 28th. The show is based on a novel by Scottish author Andrew O'Hagan's book of the same name. It tells the story of Jimmy (Compston) and Tully (Curran) who ignite an “unforgettable friendship” defined by music, films and their shared rebellious spirit in a small Scottish town in the 1980s.

On fame Tony commented;

I've been lucky. I don't for a minute take for granted the good fortune I have had. You don't like to get ideas above your station, especially a boy from the south side of Glasgow.

#Scotland #scottish #actor #tv #television #theatre #stage #movies #happy birhtday

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