#this is a THREAT

[mhsdatgo]

No, it's not Alicent's orders that Aegon pays mind to, in fact, I think Alicent's words have long since stopped mattering to him.

I say long since because it hasn't always been this way. Believe it or not, no matter how much rage and callousness grew in him from his young age to adulthood, he too was a boy once, with a need for an authority figure just like everyone else. Alicent took upon that role, in the only way she knew how.

See, Alicent's changed. She is turned cunning, politically savvy, extremely smart, albeit incredibly emotional and paranoid, no longer passive. She's aware she's the only one siding with her children in those dire times, she knows they are threats to Rhaenyra's rule, and as such, must be eliminated. She's aware, yes, but all along she feels like she's the only one who truly cares, at least cares enough to do something about it. She's already felt like she was the only one noticing the elephant in the room, but she's always bitten her tongue. Now those days are over.

Unfortunately when it comes to generational cycles, Alicent is a woman that is packing with those. She's the daughter of a politically savvy man himself who used her for the fulfillment of one of his ambitions, no regards for the way she felt, no resistance met in this girl who is only trying to please her father, to serve her King with kindness. In terms of scheming, Alicent and Otto perfectly mirror each other: they turn to the only ones they truly feel they can spur to their side (their children). The reaction they're met with, on the other hand, not so much: Alicent is compliant since the start, Aegon is extremely rebellious. He evades from her in every way he can.

From episode 6, at first, we see that Alicent does indeed hold influence on Aegon: since it was really necessary to HAVE TY'S ASS ON SCREEN before anything that shapes Aegon into something else other than a bully, there's a scene of him pleasuring himself on the edge of a window, literally for everyone to see. The moment he's apprehended by Alicent, however, he immediately tries to recompose himself in the best way possible, he practically throws himself away from the window, drapes a blanket over himself, tries to speak coherently the moment she questions him. It's clear he wouldn't have even tried if he didn't see some kind of authority in her.

Here is another parallel between Otto and Alicent: assuming their plans will always align with their childrens', not only are they convinced their plans will result in the greater good (although for personal reasons), they are bluntly honest about the consequences the neglect of these ambitions will bring. Otto downright tells Alicent that Rhaenyra will put her children to the sword the moment she wavers and shows to be siding with Rhaenyra, Alicent grabs her son's face and practically yells the same thing at him, saying that their family's survival depends on his compliance.

Both are enormous burdens thrust into these two's shoulders, but they register differently in their minds: for Alicent, it's about survival, to Aegon, it appears to be way more about compliance. Because Alicent has turned so paranoid, so overprotective, that she's perceived as domineering. And because Aegon had ways to run from his duties and responsibilities, Alicent has always been forced to make the best out of them. And this speech DOES affect young Aegon! He looks shocked and even distraught after his mother leaves him to his devices, meekly inviting him to get dressed.

Now how do we go from THIS Aegon, who is indeed fucked up and a bit of a little shit, to the absolute devil incarnate that is adult Aegon? The answer is very simple: Otto's arrival, AKA granddaddy issues arc.

Now there are NO scenes between Aegon and Otto, nor are there scenes in the timeskip between Driftmark and Lord of The Tides (thanks writers) so let's base stuff off of what we know of these two. What do we know about Otto? He's cunning, extremely manipulative, cold, imposing, ambitious, intolerant to any sign of rebellion. What do we know of Aegon? Mainly, I'd say he's extremely defensive and protective of what he believes to be his freedom, which he perceives as something to enjoy alone, or away from anyone who knows him. (mainly, his family) Quite a hellish mix if you ask me.

Otto sees the potential in Aegon, but not as a human being: as a tool, a path to greatness, with protection and survival as a plus. Aegon sees a tyrant in Otto, nothing but a tyrant, something who squashes him and his every defiance. It shows in episode 7 first and foremost: I'd assume it hasn't been long ever since Otto came back to court at this point, because Aegon wouldn't be so STUPID to drink himself stupid while none other than Otto was around. He learns it the hard way, getting kicked awake and dragged to bed while in hungover.

If Aegon in the next episode literally tells us anything, is that Otto's treatment of him had the opposite of his desired outcome: Aegon is even WORSE than before. A LOT WORSE, if Dyana and her telling is capable of telling us something.

Even with how he acts with Alicent, everything's changed: he isn't scared of her authority anymore, it doesn't matter to him. He doesn't wake up when she screams at him, he flinches only when his covers are pulled from him. (thanks for flashing us again HBO) He fights back: no more does he treat her as someone to respect, he disregards her, he tries to go back to sleep, he faces her with defiance,

"Why? What is it today?"

And when she tries to discipline him, using force again, (this time rightfully so, and she should've done more) he talks back: still, he doesn't relent. That's what he sees Alicent as, now: challenge. Obstacle. She isn't something he worries about anymore, but rather who she follows. We all know who that is.

Interestingly enough, Alicent still continues to act according to what her father has out in her mind, although to her own accord. But she doesn't fool Aegon: he knows where it all comes from, which idea spurs in both of their minds. I adore Alicent, but she isn't nearly as demanding, as imposing and as callous as Otto is. They are two halves of a whole in Aegon's eyes, with how similar their words and the reasonings are, but Otto has toughened him up, and has turned him into a man so full of rage that he WILL fight back against anything about him he has a chance to fight back against. And we know exactly who that "thing" is, don't we.

That's part of why he's so ecstatic when he becomes King. He had the chance to turn to the smallfolk the moment the crown was placed on his head, but he doesn't: he waits for everyone, everyone, to bow. He doesn't stop at his mother and siblings, but finally turns to Otto. Only when HE bows as well, is he satisfied. He has power over him too. That's all he needed to know to confirm that he's now unstoppable. He's above everyone, and he'll prove it.

#house of the dragon #hotd meta #alicent hightower #aegon ii targaryen #otto hightower #granddaddy issues #alicent and aegon #otto and aegon #can't wait to see more of this in s2 #hbo this is not a warning #this is a threat #damn this was long #beebee babbles

[gelatinorifice]

I’m gonna break into your house and kick u in the BALLS 100 time. Be ready.

#ramblies #This is a threat #Fucker

[freakdoodles]

Love, Death and Rollerskates by @spadillelicious been rotting my brain for a while now and I'm obsessed with it and Sun

The babygirl in my heart

Early valentines drawing maybe? Whatever this is I had a blast drawing it and will probably draw more in the future. The story and characters are just chefs kiss

Thank you for this unhinged sun

#dca au #sundrop #digital art #fnaf sun #love death and rollerskates #unhinged sun my beloved #this au is actually so creative and a wonderful read #this is a threat #go read it and support this masterpiece of a au #also the vibes are immaculate #magma art #magma #daycare attendant fnaf #fnaf dca

[lazylittledragon]

I like that in game the companions are always wearing very cunty high fantasy clothes and you always draw them in comfy sweaters/cardigans/pyjamas. as they deserve tbh

they deserve COMFORT!!!

#ramble #bg3 #it doesn't matter what a character's canon outfit/style is #you're going in the big sweater #this is a threat #i refuse to believe astarion is anything but a big comfy lump at home #he's either dressed to the hells and back or wearing pyjama pants and a t shirt that says 'cunt' on it with no inbetween

[avanillaskyline]

I've been going through tma recently at the request of my girlfriend. She has, on multiple occasions, showed me the Jurgen Leitner rant. I know I'm not very far into it yet (MAG 53), but I'm under the impression he's getting a bad rep.

Like, we're dealing with a setting where people literally get eaten by the sky and evil worms that burrow into people and kill them in minutes. We're dealing with a setting where Fuckhands McMike can banish literally anyone to the Backrooms (and stab Jon??? Because he feels like it?????) and yet we hate Jurgen because he liked literature. ok. I am SURE there's more awful people out there than a silly lil fucked up book collector

Dude just wants a cool library and I support this, even if he's a little messed up. If he got his hands on the Necronomicon I firstly, wouldn't be surprised and secondly, would support him.

But I'm not buying it. Someone in the setting's gotta be worse

Like... Tim? No, Tim's an absolute himbo fuckboy, we can't hate him. Who else? Sasha's been kinda funky and off-putting since Mag 40 but hasn't been evil, Martin's our bestest cinnamon roll boy, and Jon's just a dedicated lil guy who gets beat up because the world hates him for no reason. We just met that new girl, Basira? She's got good vibes and I'd probably kill for Gertrude

Who else is left?? OH, ELIAS. He owns the archives and told off Jon to "not stalk his coworkers" (ok fun police), which is offensive to both me and Jon, so he automatically goes in the "bitch-ass mf" category and I do not like him

Jon's suspicious of him and SO AM I

(I'll reblog this when I get further in with more details, no spoilers please)

#magnus archives #the magnus archives #tma #jonathan sims #jurgen leitner #jurgen leitner rant #Mag 53 #michael distortion #fuckhands mcmike #martin blackwood #tim stoker #basira hussain #sasha james #elias bouchard #the certified bitch-ass mf #we dont like him #I dont like him #this is a threat #no spoilers please #this is also a threat #from my gf

[falling-star-cygnus]

if Carmilla and Zestiel don’t smooch at least once in canon, by god im going to do it myself

#this is a threat #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel 2024 #hazbin carmilla #hazbin zestial #carmilla #zestial #zestial x carmilla #carmilla x zestial #god he’s in love with her #zestmilla

[kyoukamybeloved]

“In the sky, after drifting in power for a few seconds, Chuuya lost the black wings on his back and drifted down gently. Dazai caught his body.”

for more soukoku webweaves

creds:

joan tierney// art by @pleucas// rabbit heart - florence+the machine//a farewell to arms - ernest hemingway// art by @lotus-pear// salvage - hedgie choi// salt in the wound - boygenius// triple dog dare - lucy dacus// fleabag - phoebe waller-bridge// art by @lotus-pear// poison & wine - the civil wars// sue zhao// art by @pleucas// wishbone - richard siken// i am the antichrist to you - kishi bashi// we’re in love - boygenius// sue zhao// art by @kamapon// fleabag - phoebe waller-bridge// the view between villages - noah kahan// moon song - phoebe bridgers// curses - the crane wives// art by @shrimpkini// unknown// art by @lotus-pear// alone with you in the ether - olivie blake// american teenager - ethel cain// favor - julien baker// little beast - richard siken// art by @pleucas// lessons on expulsion - erika l. sànchez// true blue - boygenius// sedated - hozier// the trials of apollo: the hidden oracle - rick riordan// art by @lotus-pear// deathless - catherynne m. valente// art by @seukorei// the slaughterhouse - yves olade//

edit: I know one of the fanarts has do not repost on it, which is why I asked the artist beforehand if it would be okay for me to repost with credit. I’ve posted a picture of the messages just go under my #izzie rambles tag so do not worry it’s all good no need to send me hate on anon

tags (comment or send a message if you want to be added/removed):

@philzokman @dinosaur-mayonnaise @vivid-vices @pendragonstar @vinylbiohazard @fixation-central @sommmee @lotus-reblogs @galaxitic @gorotic @dazaisbbgrill @thesunshinebard @underthetree845 @whiteapplesandblackblood @pe4rl-diver @autistic-ranpo @the-gayest-sky-kid @ricelover888 @sskk-brainrot @liyv @hypotheticallyhaunted @sigskk @oatmilkbasic @sempieternall @pastel-paramour @thornedarrow @springkitten @sproutingstars @ghostsinacoat @shroombunnies @megaroniandcheez @http-bluewerry

also please tell me if me tagging you actually worked because I’ve been having some issues with tagging other users

#bsd #soukoku #skk #dazai osamu #nakahara chuuya #izzie posts #bungou stray dogs #dazai chuuya age fifteen #bsd stormbringer #bsd fifteen #bsd chapter 113 #bsd chuuya #bsd skk #bungo stray dogs #bsd dazai #skk fluff #skk angst #soukoku fluff #soukoku angst #chuuya nakahara #bsd double black #bsd memes #web weaving #if this flops i will cry #this is a threat

[revitalizationrat]

That feeling when your anxiety is so bad, you literally can't eat anything

(Remember to eat pls, even small amount, but something. Be strong for those dear to you)

This is a sort of side comic to Crusade of a lonely turtle..I seriously forgot about it haha,

I was thinking that maybe I could draw some short side stories like this, that take place somewhere in the COALT universe, but don't really fit in the main storyline

Anyway, if it happens, I'll tag them as #coalt stories

#rottmnt #coalt #crusade of a lonely turtle #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt raph #rottmnt cassandra jones #my rat art #tmnt fancomic #coalt stories #cassandra jones #future raph #rottmnt art #cherry duo #my beloved #i missed them #still crying over the fact we never experienced raph&casey friendship in rise #but if we don't get it #im gonna make it myself #this is a threat

[starry-mang0s]

Drew your sillies!!!

Put Scrab in a magical girl fit for funzies :>

These lovely critters belong to the lovely @far-from-official !!

#carmen dreams au #digital art #adventure time #fan art #fiona and cake #prohibitedwish #art #prismo the wishmaster #prismo #prohibited wish fanart #scarab #scarab adventure time #scarab the god auditor #at #I shall put every scarab variation into a pretty dress. #this is a threat #you should be fearful >:0 🫵

[ladyystardusst]

im literally this donut wdym

#im just a girl #girlblogging #this is a joke #this is a girlblog #female hysteria #just girly posts #lana del rey #cinnamon girl #this is what makes us girls #this is a tag #this is a threat #girblogger #girlhood #lizzy grant #valley of the dolls #the virgin suicides #hell is a teenage girl #girl interrupted #locally hated #femme fatale #manic pixie dream girl #femcel #girlrotting #baby pink #bambi doe #girls just want to have fun #girl interupted syndrome #tumblr girls #alana champion #lana del ray aka lizzy grant

[extravagav]

Oh heal my shriveled up little heart...

#this is so important to me actually i think abt this panel all the time #the little stutters 🥺🥺 #the way hes finally coming out of his comfort zone all on his own 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 #IM JUST SO PROUD OF HIM #HE ASKED THE QUESTION!!!!!!!!!! HE TOOK THE STEPS!!!!!!!!!!!!! #wind breaker #sakura haruka #god i love the pacing of sakuras character development sm i could talk abt it for hours #this is a threat

[kxmpfflieger]

collection of hazbin doodles from over january (?)

can you tell sir pentious is my favourite

#hazbin hotel #artists on tumblr #IM SO SORRY TO MY REGULARS IM SO EMBARASSED IM SORRYU FOR HAZBIN POSTING DONT LOOK AT MEEEEE #charlie morningstar #sir pentious #lucifer morningstar #hazbin adam #hazbin alastor #hazbin vox #choo choo queue #incase this blows up..... please dont follow me only for hazbin content i will literally cry and piss myself #this is a threat

[virtualgirladv]

When I finally get bottom surgery I'm gonna wear the biggest packer I can find just to make a point

#196 #trans stuff #transgender #this is a threat

[to-be-a-dreamer]

Just finished The Librarians and, loved it, truly, such a good show and I will be obsessing over all the characters for the foreseeable future and watching the sequel series when it comes out but I have a Bone To Pick with that season 4 finale because WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY TIME TRAVELED THE ENTIRE SEASON OUT OF EXISTANCE???

The LiTs don't meet Ezekiel's mother and go on the most sibling-coded mission of their entire lives???

The team doesn't see Flynn actively choose his family over the library, even when his literal hero is telling him to do otherwise???

They never go to the team building camp???

Cassandra never goes to that "safest town in America" place and leads an entire community to face their fear???

Stone and Ezekiel don't get possessed by the spirits of two brothers whose love for each other ended a decades-long feud in the middle of a war specifically because the brothers knew they loved each other enough to make the same choice???

JENKINS DOESN'T JOIN A DND PARTY????????

Like yeah, Eve and Flynn remember and I guess they could have told them all but you're telling me none of the other characters remember the entire SEASON??? This is like when they memory wiped Ezekiel's time loop character development away but on crack I am distraught.

Also I'm actually fascinated by Christian Kane being the only confirmed reprisal how the hell are they planning on explaining everyone else being gone and Stone only being a reoccurring character I'm so afraid

#i've adopted these characters as my little guys #cat distribution system style #they better have a happy explanation for what happened to them i will cry #this is a threat #hello librarians fandom how alive are y'all i'm in need of a brainrot #the librarians #eve baird #flynn carsen #cassandra cillian #ezekiel jones #jacob stone #the librarians season 4 #the librarians spoilers #the show's been out for eight years but just in case i guess

[bunnybiene]

#ace attorney #dahlia hawthorne #bobby fulbright #simon blackquill #phoenix wright #kay faraday #vera misham #matt engarde #maya fey #luke atmey #miles edgeworth #geiru toneido #you better know why i chose geiru for the last one #this is a threat

[tentytarts]

he lost a bet (again?)

#A Date with Death (2023) #Grim Reaper #Grim Reaper adwd #A Date with Death Video Game #spent 3 hours on this baby boy and i dont even mind #i wish to draw him more #in my next playthrough im making sampo and i AM going to ship them #this is a threat