#however necessary

[nightswatchdisbandmentera]

“No.” He could hear the defeat in her voice. “Sorry to be of trouble, m’lord. I only … they said the king keeps people safe, and I thought …”

[…]

Jon watched her go, his joy in the morning’s brittle beauty gone. Damn her, he thought resentfully, and damn Sam twice for sending her to me. What did he think I could do for her?

Jon III, ACOK

This is one of my favorite ‘Jon is the king’ passages because it’s less about him being king by birth and more about him displaying one of the core qualities of kingship - that a king’s key role is to protect his people.

Because its adorable that Gilly heard that Jon is a bastard but upon meeting him, immediately bent the knee (as one would to a king) and then entreated him to help her by appealing to the idea that a king protects people. And with a severe lack of kings north of the Wall, Jon Snow is her best shot; yes there’s Mance Rayder but he’s quite far from Gilly.

And how ironic that Gilly appeals to Jon, a mere bastard boy who is sworn to an order that requires him not to hold any lands or wear any crowns. Jon’s closest relation to kingship at that moment is that his brother, Robb Stark, is king (as Gilly is told that he’s a brother to kings). But Gilly doesn’t say, “in the name of your brother who’s the king help me”. She doesnt say, “King Robb should help me”. She asks Jon to help her; she kneels to Jon. She recognizes that he may stand in for her but is probably seeing Jon, the mere boy, as the embodiment of the king’s duty. Really, it’s an interesting study of kingship as a quality outside of any official titles.

But I do think that Sam had something to do with it. Jon went out of his way to protect Sam in AGOT, so Sam probably used personal experience when speaking to Gilly. He understood that Jon is someone who protects people so he went and told Gilly about it; how ironic that Jon questions what Sam was thinking, because did he forget what he did for Sam?

But Gilly upon hearing Sam’s story asked for Jon’s help not in a “please help me like you helped your best buddy” type of way but in a “please help me like a king would” type of way. I wonder what stories Gilly grew up learning of kingship and if she decided that Jon was a king, despite wearing no crown, once she heard Sam’s story. I’m inclined to think that while Sam told her that Jon would help her, she is the one who then connected that promise of protection to kingship.

But there is also a larger theme that kingship isn’t easy, and Jon is just started on his character development here. He may want to help Gilly, but he hasn’t yet began to understand the wildlings as people in the way that he will later on. What Jon fails to do for Gilly here, he does for thousands of wildlings two books later (and will presumably continue to do so into Winds). While he didn’t challenge Night’s Watch tradition to save Gilly and remove her from a terrible situation here, he later challenged this tradition to remove thousands of others from a terrible situation later on; and even paid for it in some way. Thus, he does eventually live up to the ideal that a king protects the people; though how ironic that he protects the wildlings while still being crownless. And there’s also Alys Karstark who will later kneel to Jon and ask him to perform the king’s duty in regards to marriage and inheritance. What a curious display of Varys’ “power resides where the people think it resides”.

#jon snow #jon the king #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #canonjonsnow #didn’t put in the post but it’s quite interesting how Gilly is connected #to moral choices and moral pragmatism in Jon’s story #there’s this and then there’s also that scene in ADWD where he has to #mentally toughen himself by repeating the ‘kill the boy’ line #so that he can perform a king’s duty and protect someone - mance’s baby #i personally don’t think he was callous or uncaring of gilly’s wellbeing #because we have that one line from sam’s pov where Jon is watching Gilly breastfeed monster #with a sad smile on his face #it’s most likely that jon is still a work in progress and so pragmatism sometimes ties the line of cruelty #however necessary #but I’m confident that he’ll learn to do better later on ☺️ #my stuff

[doodle-birdo]

RW OSTober

Porl? Porl!

#rain world #rw survivor #rain world survivor #rw slugcat #rain world slugcat #rw scavenger #rain world scavenger #rain world ostober #october drawing challenge #birdo’s doodles #this was prob the one that took the longest #I swear i love scavs #big eye guys #look at you with them big ol eyes #however the thicker outline bugs me a bit #but it was necessary to make them stand out #Spotify #traditional art

[codgod-moved]

nobody asked for chayanne it just felt weird to have his parents and tallulah there but no Him. so there he is

also um. bobby died between me starting this and me finishing it so let’s just pretend he’s still alive and everyone (except charlie) is happy 😃👍

#.png #qsmp #qsmp philza #qsmp tallulah #qsmp chayanne #qsmp missa #qsmp roier #qsmp slimecicle #qsmp foolish #it’s been like 2 years or something since i’ve drawn foolish so i gave him a design update god bless #ALSO MISSA WAS SO HARD TO FIGURE OUT HOW 2 DRAW #skeletors colours my beloathed. i ended up relegating the blue to the gloves #not that u can rlly tell tho lol i made it a Very Purple Blue #also i fully realise that the /p’s after the hearts in jaidens bubble are not necessary #however do consider that i think they’re funny

[densitywell]

there's nothing orym would ask of the other hells that he wouldn't do himself, which is sort of the problem, really

#critical role #cr spoilers #orym of the air ashari #bells hells #if you don’t have a homegrown curse you can use to your advantage (moon powers) storebought is fine (deal with a hag)! #and its not even sunk cost fallacy or feeling like he needs to make the deal worth it i think. this is just what he feels is necessary #and its his own self worth and the value he places on his own life vs the importance of this cause. reflected back on the others #how the rest of the hells have adopted this mindset but with wavering conviction and doubt - not really fitting quite right #while it fits orym like a glove. bc that's who he is. it's what he's been taught. bc this conflict is his past and his present #and as far as he's considered it. his future! #me this morning: i will not get back into orymposting. orymposting is the mind killer. #me now: #eta: i guess this could be disputed by him saying fearne would have to be the one to take imogen out pre-solstice. #but i've always seen that as a purely practical 'who would actually be capable of doing this' issue as opposed to sentimentality. #he was fully ready to cut dorian in exu. however he may feel about the act his resolve is not an issue!

[brookbee]

I think if Star Trek ever made spirk canon they should just mention it super offhand as if it’s common knowledge instead of making a big deal about it. Something said incredibly matter-of-fact like: “Captain Kirk and Spock were such a great command team that they got married, not everyone could be so lucky” and just move on

Like yeah, obviously they were together, what you never looked up their biographical information in the ship’s computer?

#like we saw their relationship develop over tos and the movies #I don’t think adding in a scene in SNW and possibly disrupting that would be the best choice #Just adding a detail of their personal lives as if it’s normal biographical info however #would just put that relationship development into perspective #like I know more fans convinced they’re together than those that don’t see it at all #It’s not super necessary at that point to put in a scene about it between them (though I would not be opposed to more spirk content) #star trek tos #star trek the original series #tos #spirk #Spock #Jim Kirk #james t kirk #s’chn t’gai spock #st tos #Star Trek #trekposting

[lucy-moderatz]

#tv: star trek: deep space ine #ds9edit #trekedit #kira nerys #kira x odo #kiraodo #kira nerys is so important guys #okay here we go #this is true #it is important that when you give people the freedom to choose #you also give them the freedom to choose wrong #however #this episode also points out that it's important not to allow that to rob you of your will to act when it's necessary #winn is a very manipulative corrupt and immoral person determined to collect and viciously defend any power she gets her hands on #kira knows this #her lover was sacrificed for winn's ambition and for the fact that her reach often exceeds her grasp #kira shakkar and most of bajor spends this episode fighting against her growing fascist attempts to impose her personal sense of order #so while yes it is important and necessary that people be allowed to make the wrong choice #it is also necessary not to allow disappointment over that fact to make you complacent #when you can you still need to stand up for what's right #and fighting fascists is always right #things i made

[feelingtheaster99]

Gorgug getting so mad at people just being so incredibly, purposefully obtuse is wonderful

#but Porter is wrong fig #I mean gorgug is allowed to feel however he feels #but like always being raged up is not necessary to be a good barbarian #also the bit with his parents as swingers is so so so funny #gorgug thistlespring #wilma thistlespring #digby thistlespring #it’s gorgug keep going #the lawnmower fucking machine oh my GOD #he’s honestly so valid for being so uncomfortable #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #fantasy high spoilers #fhjy ep 8 #fracas at the frostyfaire folk festival spoilers #fracas at the frostyfaire folk festival #live reaction #ruben hopclap #omg is the artificer teacher his DAD #telemaine lomenelda

[fictionadventurer]

Potential elements of a coming-of-age arc:

Identity: Learning who you are outside of the family structure

Responsibility: Taking care of other people instead of being taken care of; making your own choices and taking the consequences upon yourself

Values: Deciding which values you will live your life by--holding onto the values of childhood or taking up new values--and using these to inform your adult decisions

Wisdom: Overcoming a childish misconception of reality and coming to a more realistic understanding of how the world works, so you can use this new knowledge to inform your decisions

#adventures in writing #thoughts expanded after considering how under my original definition #northanger abbey is definitely henry's coming-of-age story but not necessarily catherine's #because she doesn't take care of anyone #however she does take responsibility for her actions #takes ownership of her childhood values #and grows in wisdom #i'm not sure you need all of these #i think responsibility has to do with love #caring about someone besides yourself #and if that's the case then responsibility is necessary in a heroic coming-of-age arc #which is why a villain is so useful #because you see what it's like when someone doesn't care about others

[bogkeep]

clocks have a beating heart , ergo they are creature

#pendulums. quartz. and the most heart like at all: the balance assembly #every day i go to school and perform clock surgery #hey do u wanna hear an anecdote about baby haiz. of course u do #when i was a small child i saw an anatomical poster at a doctor's office and my mom had to explain what a heart was #at that time however. i believed doctors only had posters depicting illnesses and stuff on their walls #so when i later heard my own heart beat through my pillow late at night i panicked and woke up my mom about it #who reassured me this is normal and in fact necessary to keep me alive #so to answer the question yes ive always been this neurotic and anxious about my own mortality

[daughterofsarenrae]

#just out of curiosity #and also let me be clear i think fics with bad writing are a good and necessary part of the fic ecosystem #and obvs 'good/bad writing' is a sliding scale and at least partially subjective #not trying to say either of these is superior #interpret interesting premise & bad writing however u want #bel speaks

[edsbacktattoo]

you know what, i can’t even judge the izzy canyon too hard because i think if they ever give edward teach a haircut i’d react in the same way. like i’d be writing obituaries and shit too. going completely hog wild on every platform where people would listen. if they ever took away his beautiful hair i’d be jumping on other people’s posts and saying completely deranged shit. i’d be starting fires. maybe i should hold my tongue

#THIS IS A JOKE ITS A JOKE ITS A JOKE #please know that i say this as an izzy fan who is devastated #his death however was satisfying and necessary #but if im completely honest with you. i’d rather have ed’s hair. #i am NOT putting this in the izzy tag #also if i cop any heat for this know that the block button is my best mate and we fuck on the reg #ofmd #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2

[gratiae-mirabilia]

I saw your post talking about chewing on the Eucharist and I am still confused by it because I thought it was okay to chew it a little so if I was receiving the Blood that I wouldn't have the Eucharist all over my tongue, but it would be swallowed. So is using your teeth whatsoever bad?

hi this is a good question and I’m not entirely sure if it has an answer lol. obviously all of us should be consuming the Eucharist in a reverent way. if you choose to chew, just make sure you chew reverently (ie, not with your mouth open or making loud chewing noises or anything like that lol). my post was mostly a joke though, don’t take me too seriously :)

#more rambling/explanations in the tags #now traditionally the laity do not receive from the chalice so what you’re describing is not really part of it for ‘trads’ #i generally find it more reverent to let the Host sort of dissolve on your tongue #when I was preparing for my First Communion as a lil kid in a more ‘liberal’ parish #we were explicitly taught to NOT chew Jesus. lest any part of the Host get stuck in your teeth or something #so I have literally never chewed a Host lol #however. and this is the last thing I’ll say. I don’t think chewing is necessarily always BAD. it can be done reverently #and may be necessary/helpful in certain Communions #ok that’s all lol #file under caroline

[front-facing-pokemon]

hello. i need u to know i hyperfixated on pokemon when i was 12 but i never really picked it up again bc i'm not much of a gamer anymore. knowing this, every single one of the pokemons u post make me giggle uncontrollably and make me smile. the fact that i do not even have to be a pokemon fan to enjoy something so silly like this. i love you

↑ here they do a backflip for you

but seriously. 'ppreciate the love. here's some nose ratings before i forget:

i've had a pretty rough time recently in my day-to-day so this ask has sat in my inbox for a while. but i appreciate it with all my heart. if i can rekindle any love for anything one has forgotten about then i think i've accomplished many, many more goals than i even set out to with this blog

#not pkmn #nose ratings #i won't talk about what i've been through because i just don't feel like it's necessary. this isn't a public vent blog. but that's why i've #been a little slow on replying to Anything. i've still been queuing every day‚ but the commentary has been a little lackluster. i'm sure yo #all will be able to tell when it gets to those guys bc i start talking about not eating until like 2 AM during the day #i won't claim to be a Healthy pokémon. i will claim to be a pokémon‚ however #this ain't the post for that. thank you for your kind words i love you too

[falandosozin]

i have no idea if it's something on purpose or if tumblr is just being it's broken self again, but ive tried to reblog this post by @drowsyradfem like twelve times since last night and every time it gives me an error message and i cant find any reblog on my own blog so im assuming it keeps not working

so im just gonna reply here now

yeah, that's cool. let people be people! i agree 100% obviously! femininity and masculinity are both subjective and therefore mean different things to different people! true and cool! but also, some people want to medicalize themselves for whatever reason it may be. why not? let people be people, right?

#sorry to tag you if you want me to delete your @ im cool w that #just lmk #anyways #whether it's to like help with passing so they can go stealth or something like that #or to alleviate dysphoria and bring better quality of life #or just literally because it can be fun and make you look cooler and more like how you want to look #literally just closer to what you feel inside #all of the above r fine & cool too #let people be people!!!! #it's similar to the label thing methinks #it's not necessary at all and should never be imposed on anyone #however it does make some people feel better #safer #more comfortable #like they're being accurately described #and those people should be allowed to have that #regardless

[the-nefarious-vampire]

disabled person: *makes a joke about their disability*

abled people, for some fucking reason: 💀 omg im going to hell for laughing lmao

#like no u can laugh it was a joke that i told on purpose. with the intent of being funny. #“sorry for laughing” apology not necessary #however you WILL be sorry for making that stupid ass addition #ableism #disability #disabled

[ghostrob]

POV: You’re the Justice League and just tried to imply that your coworker this kid should be more careful

#when you try to tell billy to do something there will always be a part of him like this #and he wouldn’t truly do this unless it was at a villain #I thought this was necessary however #this looks like billy it looks like Jon it looks like Danny I don’t know what to choose. #dc #billy batson #shazam #captain marvel #dc fanart #my art #fanart #justice league