#the hour of the wolf

[nicetoseesofttotouch]

The Start Of Something New

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ART: wickedcircle

#i dont know the author of this fanart if you know ltk! #the hour of the wolf #cregan stark #jacaerys velaryon #hotd #hotd2 #house of the dragon #house stark #house targaryen

[myrtlesandasphodels]

The Tullys every time Cregan walks in:

#cregan stark #asoiaf memes #valyrianscrolls #fire and blood #the hour of the wolf #asoiaf #the tully stark attraction runs deep I guess #has this been done? probably #goofiness

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

Thinking about HOTD's future seasons and the Dance of the Dragons...

OK. So GRRM said he thinks they need 4 seasons (40 episodes) to properly tell the story of the Dance. Last I heard, "while nothing is carved in stone, the current Targaryen storyline is currently plotted to run only about three or four seasons" -- that is, they didn't know at the time how many seasons HBO will grant them. Hopefully it's four; the way they were renewed for a second season within the first week of broadcast, and that each episode had such high viewership and gained viewers each week, would make it more probable that HBO would be willing to invest the money.

Anyway, here's the major events of the Dance of the Dragons and how I think they could line up with each season (under the cut for major spoilers, all the spoilers in the world):

So. Season 2 could end with the the Battle of Rook's Rest... or the Battle of the Gullet. It really depends on if they want to have the ending trauma episode Rhaenys's death or Jace's… either way the whole season should involve a major build up for both characters. Jace in particular will be in the Vale and the North for a while at the start of the season before returning home, so bookending with his ending could work well on a character arc level.

On the other hand, to have two ep10s with the death of one of Rhaenyra's sons? It might be too on the nose. But also I can't see the Battle of the Gullet as anything but an enormous setpiece -- big ocean battle, little Aegon riding his dragon for the first (and last) time, dragonseeds firing on the ships, Myrish archers firing back, Vermax getting pulled down by a grapnel, Driftmark attacked, High Tide burned... that's a Battle of the Blackwater -level kind of episode. Maybe it could be S3 ep 2 or 5? But I really can't help but feel it's an ep9 or 10 kind of thing. But then, so's Rook's Rest, with a 2-on-1 dragon battle and all... 🤔

But either way, I'm pretty damn sure they won't go as far as the Fall of King's Landing as a season 2 ender. Only if they're only given 3 seasons... and ugh, the time compression involved there, it would make S1's timejumps look like amateur hour, so let's pray not.

Assuming 4 seasons, if I were doing it, I'd put the Sowing of the Seeds mid s2 followed shortly by Rook's Rest, end S2 with the Gullet (major loss for Blacks, Jace dies), and end S3 with the Butcher's Ball (major loss for Greens, Criston dies). That would likely put the Fall of KL in mid-S3, a good audience-grabber episode, lots of dragons. And then the episode after, so many executions! Tyland gets tortured! (paging @mylestoyne) Probably what happened to Maelor... happens. 😭 But I definitely wouldn't want to end s3 with the Gods Eye, as HBO will need Daemon and Aemond to carry into the last season... can you imagine the S4 trailer? Oh.

Anyway, the Gods Eye and the KL riots happen so close to each other, and they both definitely are last season material. So, I'd make S4 start with First Tumbleton and the Two Betrayers -- that would lead to Rhaenyra turning on the rest of the dragonseeds -- which is what makes Corlys defect and also is what makes Daemon decide to just go mano-a-mano with Aemond -- and that leads to her downfall and the riots and escape back to Dragonstone etc. This would also give a core arc to the first part of S4 of Addam needing to prove his loyalty, etc, as well as the arc of Ulf and Hugh turning traitor at the beginning but getting theirs by halfway/75% through the season at Second Tumbleton. (Keeping these secondary character plots within one season would be ideal, as watchers forget their investment during hiatuses.)

But I would for sure move Rhaenyra's final scene to after Second Tumbleton for irony purposes (she doesn't know that the tide is turning in her favor, but it's too late for her anyway), as well as prioritizing emotional investment. Not to mention the deaths of the dragons in 2T would lead to showing Sunfyre's horrifying state at Dragonstone.

And again, if it were my choice, the last 2 or 3 episodes would have Aegon II's brief reign and murder, Aegon III's crowning, and the Hour of the Wolf. (Even more executions!) If they want to end downbeat, the last scene could be a focus of little Aegon all alone on the Iron Throne. But if upbeat (my ideal scenario) then there will be a last episode after the Hour of the Wolf with a swift pass through Corlys's death from old age, the Regents doing their thing, and the Winter Fever (Alicent's & Tyland's deaths)... and finally end with Alyn bringing Viserys home to the embrace of his family. (Like @naomimakesart's perfect artwork.)

Or at least, I'd include the Winter Fever in the final episode, since I'd like to keep Alicent's death the same (mourning her lost children and her lost innocent childhood (and in HOTD, her love of Rhaenyra)), and also include it in the show. But I don't know if they'll do that. 🤷‍♀️

But then who knows how many of these battles they'll keep in this adaptation, or if they'll keep them in order at all. Still, I hope you all enjoyed my fantasy booking anyway!

#house of the dragon #the dance of the dragons #rhaenyra targaryen #alicent hightower #jacaerys velaryon #rhaenys targaryen the queen who never was #aegon ii targaryen #aegon iii targaryen #daemon targaryen #aemond targaryen #corlys velaryon #dragonseeds #the battle at rook's rest #the battle of the gullet #the fall of king's landing #the butcher's ball #the battle above the gods eye #the hour of the wolf #the winter fever #hotd speculation #asoiaf #fire and blood #hotd spoilers #serious serious spoilers - do *not* click if you don't want to know the story! #i'm not sure why i felt the need do fantasy booking for an adaptation likely to be far more creative than me but hey at least i tried

[girlysword]

Me before: Def gonna give the t@rg show a miss

Me after learning more about the Dance of Dragons: Actually, I cannot wait until Cregan and Sara are introduced and House Stark slowly starts to take over this show

#cregan stark #sara snow #the hour of the wolf #the final season of this show is just going to be brimming with parallels and foreshadowing stark supremacy #also i hope sara is a redhead #just for reasons

[lucien-calore]

"You paint two paintings, yet it doesn't make you a painter. You cook two meals, yet it doesn't make you a chef. But you behead tWO PEOPLE—"

— Cregan Stark to Baela and Rhaena, probably.

#and i'll be there by his side when he beheads those two people #they should've let him behead all of the traitors tbh #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #fire and blood #the hour of the wolf #cregan stark #rhaena targaryen #baela targaryen #alysanne blackwood

[sourkitsch]

still from Vargtimmen (The Hour of The Wolf) 1968, dir. Ingmar Bergman // Abel 1874-75 — Camille-Felix Bellanger

#the hour of the wolf #vargtimmen #ingmar bergman #Abel #Camille Felix Bellanger #i have been thinking about this comparison for hours it’s making me a little crazy perhaps #like how he dies….. thinking about how his body was posed….

[annabethwarriorprincess]

Two Stark Men who accidentally took The Seven Kingdoms and The One Who Did It On Purpose: The Life and Times of Cregan, Ned Eddard, and Bran Brandon Stark.

~by Maester Samwell Tarly

#heres how King Bran can work #asoiaf #asoiaf shitpost #a song of ice and fire #house stark #cregan stark #the hour of the wolf #ned stark #robberts rebellion #bran stark #The Second Long Night #valyrianscrolls

[mtonino]

Side by Side

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) James Whale

The Hour of the Wolf (1968) Ingmar Bergman

#side by side #comparison #movies #the bride of frankenstein #the hour of the wolf #james whale #ingmar bergman #vargtimmen #mine #cinematic parallels

[dreaming-for-an-escape]

You know what would be epic if Maeve and Robb had a Hour of the wolf moment. They stormed kings landing taking the throne for the next ruler and cleaned up the mess Cersei made

That be so cool.

Speaking of the Hour of the Wolf….I can’t wait to see that in House of the Dragon. Cregan Stark is the best!!

#blood and thorns #maeve tyrell #robb stark #cregan stark #the hour of the wolf #game of thrones #house of the dragon #oc

[horizon-verizon]

His lord father’s young widow had other notions, however. Lady Samantha was the daughter of Lord Donald Tarly of Horn Hill and Lady Jeyne Rowan of Goldengrove, both houses that had taken up arms for the queen during the Dance. Fierce and fiery and beautiful, this strong-willed girl had no intention of giving up her place as the Lady of Oldtown and mistress of the Hightower. Lyonel was but two years her junior, and (Mushroom says) had been infatuated with her since first she came to Oldtown to wed his father. Whereas previously she had fended off the boy’s halting advances, now Lady Sam (as she would be known for many a year) yielded to them, allowing him to seduce her, and afterward promising to marry him...but only if he would make peace, “for I would surely die of grief should I lose another husband.” Faced with a choice between “a dead father, cold in the ground, and a living woman, warm and willing in his arms, the boy showed surprising sense for one so highborn, and chose love over honor,” says Mushroom. Lyonel Hightower capitulated, agreeing to all the terms put forth by Lord Corlys, including the return of the Crown’s gold (to the fury of his cousin, Ser Myles Hightower, who had stolen a good part of that gold, though that tale need not concern us here). A great scandal ensued when the young lord then announced his intention to marry his father’s widow, and the reigning High Septon ultimately forbade the marriage as a form of incest, but even that could not keep these young lovers apart. Thereafter refusing to wed, the Lord of the Hightower and Defender of Oldtown kept the Lady Sam by his side as his paramour for the next thirteen years, fathering six children on her, and finally taking her as his wife when a new High Septon came to power in the Starry Sept and reversed the ruling of his predecessor.

Fire and Blood, by George R.R. Martin, pg 581-582

#samantha tarly #fire and blood quotes #Fire and Blood #fire and blood characters #characterization #samantha tarly's characterization #the hour of the wolf #asoiaf quotes #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire

[motionpicturelover]

"Vargtimmen" (1968) - Ingmar Bergman

Films I've watched in 2022 (131/210)

#films watched in 2022 #Vargtimmen #Liv Ullmann #Max von Sydow #Naima Wifstrand #Georg Rydeberg #Gertrud Fridh #Erland Josephson #Ingmar Bergman #Sven Nykvist #film #Swedish cinema #Swedish film #black and white film #The Hour of the Wolf #motionpicturelover's screencaps

[rwpohl]

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#account rendered #1957 #matchless #the hour of the wolf #bergman #blow up #michelangelo antonioni #blue velvet #david lynch #mr. & mrs. smith #evita

[lilithesqueblr]

I'm just so tired of the shit that happened to me still hurting.

#trauma #depression #why is life #the intermittent yet gargantuan sucking chasm that lives in my chest #the hour of the wolf

[readtilyoudie]

“I make beautiful things to balance out the cruelty in the world,” her abuela said, closing Adriana’s hand over the pendant. “Our art is like a prayer—when we make beautiful things, the gods listen."

Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories: The Hour of the Wolf by Courtney Alameda

#book quote #our shadows have claws #the hour of the wolf #courtney alameda #horror #short stories #fantasy #quote #quotes #booklr #bookblr

[sourkitsch]

Forgive me. I call myself artist for lack of a better term. In my creativity nothing is self-evident, except the compulsion to carry on. Through no intent of my own, I have been singled out as something special, a five-legged calf, a monster. I never strove for that distinction, nor do I strive to keep it. But by all means, I have felt megalomania brush across my brow. But I believe myself to be immune. I need only for a moment consider the insignificance of art in the human world to be brought back down to earth. However, that doesn't inhibit the compulsion.

Johan Borg’s monologue in Vargtimmen (The Hour of the Wolf) 1968, dir. Ingmar Bergman 

#this has been repeating over and over again in my head for the last 48 hours #posting it here to purge it in hopes I can actually focus on studying for my midterms #god. what a thing for me to watch #I am being haunted. #vargtimmen #the hour of the wolf #ingmar bergman

[lucdoodle]

This scene is so iconic, I had to make a fanart of it

#posting fanarts at a reasonable hour? More likely than you'd think #puss in boots #puss in boots 2 #puss in boots the last wish spoilers #puss in boots: the last wish #puss in boots death #death puss in boots #death the wolf #fanart #myart