#we love the crown here!

[egophiliac]

giving the people what they want (jokes about spreadsheets)

anyway, Twst continues to prove that it is aimed at me specifically by giving us not one, but now TWO extended scenes of characters being incredibly difficult about signing an NDA. you just don't get this anywhere else.

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #tapis rouge #gif warning #gifs that tempted the gods and lost warning #azul specifically is making everyone's lives difficult by insisting on actually reading things before he signs him #like some kind of nerd who actually cares about his rights or whatever #no but i love that for him #(i have only a few more postcards left to unlock him...sigh...) #anyway vil just went full scarlett o'hara over here and made it WORK #i am sad we didn't get to see the infinity tiara though #in my mind it's three feet tall and looks like a bejeweled crown rack of lamb #this is why some things are better left to the imagination i guess

[mrsdulac]

Black Women in Period Costumes

#genuinely love this song #saw that pic of sophie as margurite and here we are #bridgerton #bbc merlin #anne boleyn #the spanish princess #the hollow crown #queen charlotte #lady danbury #guinevere pendragon #marguerite d'anjou #gulliver's travels #alfre woodard #belle 2013 #gugu mbatha raw #lina de cardonnes #stephanie levi-john #golda rosheuvel #adjoa andoh #sophie okonedo #angel coulby #jodi benson

[sea-buns]

Never did I expect myself to be mourning the absence of english essays and writing exams and theatre class critiques. Do you understand how fucking amazing of a grade I could get on an analysis of trauma in Critical Role? On Lou Wilson and Emily Axford's finesse in portraying the heavy expectations and double standards placed on children? On Ylfa Snorgelsson's relationship to death? On the journey of a man's relationship to violence? On an analysis of grief in Dimension 20? On the pitfalls of youth? On the dynamic between humanity and religion? On the journey of self-discovery and acceptance? On love in all its forms? On the nature of choice? On everything Brennan Lee Mulligan has to say about capitalism? On the tragedy of im/mortality? On Gerard and Elody's divorce? On the unfeeling and aimless happenstance of the universe? On the role of fate and destiny? I'm not saying it would be easy. I'm saying can you imagine how fucking cool it would have been to turn in 5 pages about a dnd show, feeling good about it?

#not that i knew about cr and d20 back then. or that they even existed at that point. but give kids the chance to work from what they love. #rather than boxing them into one medium and then slicing it in half cuz of book bans and shit. #i can only imagine someone asking if they can write their essay about the tragedy of war using a crown of candy as their source material. #and getting turned down cuz the administrator looked it up and was blasted with the phenomenon that is getting 'slammed down big style' #a million tags here we come. in no particular order. most can be mixed and matched anyway. and im sure ill miss a couple #critical role #cr1 #cr2 #cr3 #exu calamity #dimension 20 #d20 #neverafter #fantasy high #fh #fantasy high sophmore year #fhsy #a crown of candy #acoc #the ravening war #trw #a starstruck odyssey #aso #a court of fey and flowers #acofaf #the unsleeping city #tuc #intrepid heroes #ih #cr cast

[stergeon]

"I was laughing but at the same time I really wanted to give El a hug, I felt so bad for her"

Edelgard: Thank you for your concern but I am quite alright now.

Um, what's going on with this?

Byleth: Hey, I'm not complaining. Ever since we got together my squat game has been insane. My ass has never looked so good.

#fe3h #fire emblem #fire emblem three houses #edelgard von hresvelg #byleth eisner #edeleth #byleth x edelgard #edelgard #sterge.pptx #another one from reddit #i love drawin goofy shit #speaking directly to the camera like she's on the office #feel like i'm forgetting something here. hmm. worried about it. #it's not edelgard's hair slash crown. that's MIA on purpose. #[stares at my text post from january 23rd] i already broke my promise to myself by drawing edelgard's crown again yesterday #i did not elect to do it again today. we are serving Emperor Casual #oh well. #byleth needs to learn to stop wearing heels #idk how people with a large height difference do it #i’ve been informed that f!byleth is in fact closer to 5’4 or 5’5 #i don’t know how i got it in my head that she’s 5’7 #but i’ve decided i don’t care anyway. we’re going by Rule of Funny

[y-rhywbeth2]

It just occurred to me that there might be a way to make a headcanon to tie in the lore of Orin's dagger (that Bhaal was killing in back alleys in the place where Baldur's Gate would someday stand, despite him predating the existence of alleys in the area) with the lore from Lord of the End of Everything (he's from High Netheril), and also explain what the Undercity is and where it came from.

So High Netheril was composed of enclave cities, which were enchanted to fly. When Karsus and Jergal wrecked the Weave those went smashing straight into the ground, leaving behind only refugees who managed to get out one way or another (Bhaal and Bane apparently amongst them). The empire of Netheril was focused over what is now the Anauroch Desert, but some enclaves floated elsewhere, such as Ythryn, which was situated far North in the Icewind Dale. At least some cities, such as Ythryn and Undrentide, are now subterranean, buried beneath the earth/sand/ice.

Bhaal's mortal life was apparently spent in the flying city called Rdiuz - if that city was flying over the spot where Baldur's Gate would one day be built, crashed and was buried, was forgotten except for by, say, its former spymaster/government hitman turned god... he would technically have been murdering in the back alleys of a city before the Gate.

There is the question of why Bhaal has a temple in the ruins of a city that died before his ascension, but that wouldn't necessarily stop him sending followers down there to build one/hijack an old temple of Jergal when civilisation kicked off in the area and that smuggling hub that will one day be a major city developed.

So Orin, Durge, and before them, (kind of) Sarevok, are/were living in the long-dead forgotten city of their father and ancestors in this headcanon. Hey, some of those undead haunting the place might be their grandparents! Or great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins... fully mortal half-siblings? Step-parents?

#Now adding undead to make this family WEIRDER #Bhaal is the last survivor of this city thus the inheritor -> #We are his children and servants -> #His city was here first yours is but an extension -> #This city is part of the empire begun by the Lord of the End of Everything who acknowledged the Lord of Murder as heir -> #(No don't listen to the followers of other two idiots. Especially not Banites.) -> #This empire is rightfully Bhaal's. This city is rightfully Bhaal's. -> #“My Father owns this place. Ours is a claim purer than any Patriar. Kneel.” #I love the technical Bhaalspawn connection to Netheril #Especially in light of the Crown of Karsus being a major thing in this story #headcanoning. #/durge #/orin #the idiot three #babbling

[books-books-smolderinglooks]

Their story - thinking about that first time Wille saw Simon and smiles, first hand hold, first kiss, first I love you.. how much they've been through and where they are now.. how it ends with him smiling and how beautiful, poetic it all is.. ❤️💜

#young royals #wilhem x simon #wilmon #simon eriksson #wilhelm #crown prince wilhelm #prince wilhelm #rewatching S1 and still felt so moved when Wille first sees Simon sing and how overcome I was with that last S2 scene and so here we are.. #love them so much 🧡🥹 #my gifs yr

[romance-rambles]

THE QUEENLY TRADITION OF KILLING BEARS AND SAVING PRINCES

In the very same forest where his parents met, Ayn reminisces about them with you. The conversation gets derailed long before you decide to tease him about the Sword of Transcendence—only to get teased in turn.

— pairing: [godheim] ayn alwyn x little painter/you

— word count: 1.3k

— tags: established relationship, referenced pregnancy, takes place after an AU of courtyard reunion/crown's weight where they were together the entire time

— note: i've had this in mind since the scene where you kill a bear. it's the writer's fault for making parallels so easy to draw.

— return to lbc masterlist | series: none

"THIS—" AYN SAYS AS THE sound of the careful footsteps and rustling grass draw closer to his location, underneath the very same tree that witnessed his parents' first meeting. "—is where my parents met. It took a while for me to find it, but I can finally show it to you."

In lieu of a greeting, his queen gazes upon him with a displeased expression. "I could've been an assassin."

Rather poetically, your long, messy hair has been tamed into a well-behaved plait. But you are not his mother, and he is not his father. There should be no tragedies in your future, and Lars will once more sit on the throne only if Ayn's own child refuses it.

"I knew it was you." He watches the ends of your red bow—the same shade as your dress—peak out shyly from behind your head. "Do you not trust my instincts?"

You don't respond. Instead, your gaze travels to the initials carved onto the tree trunk, where the E of his mother's maiden name has been overwritten by the A of his father's, and his own, surname. Crossing the remaining distance, you neatly sidestep his hand and places yours over the crude outline of the heart surrounding them.

"She saved him from an assassin," you murmur, voice distant and guilty.

At once, he knows where it is your thoughts have wandered to. Ayn shifts, reaching out his gloved hand to you—an offer, to do as you please, whether it's to pull yourself down, or pull him up, or to simply hold on.

"This is where Father meant to give her the Sword of Transcendence," he explains, once you take his hand and sit down. His voice has grown softer, and you take it as your cue to rest your head on his shoulder. "But he changed his mind after one of his knights stopped him and made a ceremony of it."

Even though you've heard this story before, you seem as enchanted by it as you did the last time—and all the times before that. You adjust your hand, intertwining your fingers with his, and when he looks over at you, he sees nothing but pure affection in your gaze.

Birdsong accompanies his story, as does the gentle rustling of the leaves. Closing his eyes, he remembers the days where his parents would narrate it for him. As a child, before he began to properly notice Father's treatment of Mother, he found it to be nothing less than a perfect fairytale.

Now though, most of the magic has been scrubbed off, leaving behind only a bitter taste on his tongue he associates with the life Mother could've had without him and his father. Ayn only hopes his own child won't feel the same way about him.

"And that was when he asked her to be his bodyguard," he finishes, repeating exactly what his father would say at the end.

"We met in a ballroom," you lament, after your obligatory cooing. The longing in your usual comments that you don't is especially pronounced today. "No carving hearts into meaningful trees for us."

He smiles faintly, angling his head towards you. "The ballroom is much closer to the palace than this tree."

"It doesn't have to be a tree," you murmur. Before he can comfort you, though, you spring back to life, lifting your head off his shoulder with a faux thoughtful look on your face—and he pays the price for it, your shoulder bumping against his, with a fond sigh. "But, you know, I've saved your life before. I've even killed a bear before. Even if we don't have a tree or a flower field—"

Lips stained red, slanted into a mischievous smirk. A slight tilt of your head. Gloved fingers tucking the longer strands of your bangs back behind your ear. You lean in close, until all that's left in his vision from the scenery around them is the golden hue your hair takes under the gleaming sun.

"How come I don't have a fancy heirloom sword to pass down?" you ask, clearly anticipating your turn at teasing him.

"You're right," he acknowledges easily, a bit unwilling to play along. Ayn cups his chin in such a manner that it covers up the small smile playing on his lips, and commits himself to the act. "I should've prepared some sort of gift."

The smirk on your face drops as he taps the handle of the Sword of Transcendence. A panicked gaze lingers on him, on his hand, and it isn't long before your emotions manifest in a more...physical manner.

"Wait, no—" You straighten up, hurriedly putting some distance between them, and perhaps Ayn is a terrible person for it, but he can't help but silently guffaw. "That was a joke. That's your mother's sword! You can't—you can't give that to me."

When it becomes clear that your ramblings have no end, he reaches out and curls his fingers around your wrist. The act silences you immediately, even before his patented snarky comment. You wrap your own hand around his, and your fingers slot into place in the spaces left between.

"Why not? I thought you wanted a 'fancy heirloom sword'." he quotes.

Though you hardly look threatening with the rosy hue of your cheeks clashing against your scowl, he can admire your commitment to the role. "I'll take another one."

"I don't have another one," Ayn responds innocently, taking delight in the way your glare intensifies.

"Make another one then," you fire back immediately, crossing your arms. A pout forms on your lips, before your hand slips out and cradle your still flat belly. "Your father is such a bully. Don't let him fool you, okay?"

He bites back a smile and leans closer, closing the gap between you and him. "I should be saying that about you."

You seem to understand what he's after. With a snort, you make the first move, pressing your lips to his for a quick kiss. But despite that, when you pull back, you're still holding onto your grudge.

You even go so far as to throw his own words back at him.

At that moment, he has a sudden, vivid vision of his own child—your child, separated by gender only through the length of their ambiguously-colored hair and nothing else—stirring up trouble. Usually, in idle moments, when his thoughts wander to the future, Ayn sometimes frets about what they'll take from who. From whether red eyes and deep purple hair is a better combination than the opposite, to whether they'll favor a paintbrush or an instrument, and anything in between.

But their affinity for trouble-making is something he's never budged, and right now, Ayn is certain your features lend themselves best to trouble-making.

Narrowing his eyes fondly at his wife, he says, "We can let the little one decide then."

The expression on your face as you think over his offer would fool anyone into thinking you were deliberating over something serious. You purse your lips, taking the time to exaggerate your exasperation, and declare:

"That would take years. So, I'll let you off, just this once."

"Oh, how can I ever repay you?" His voice is dripping with amusement. Ayn has the smile to match, which only widens as he pretends to have found the answer. "I know—"

"Not a sword."

Ayn bursts into laughter—the kind that leaves him breathless, with an aching stomach and a curse that only prolongs his condition. Soon, you join in as well, and then both of them are stuck in a loop, able to afford only a slight lull of peace before something or the other sets them off.

"A kiss?" he wheezes, once his laughter begins to die down. For real, this time.

"That—"

You don't hesitate to take him up on his offer. But this one is not a merely peck. He has enough time to pull you into his arms and onto his lap. Enough time to think about what it is that you taste like. Fruit, mostly.

When you pull back, both hands still cupping his cheeks, your eyes are glimmering with delight.

"—I'd say, is acceptable."

#fics by aya #for all time #for all time x reader #lovebrush chronicles #lovebrush chronicles x reader #lbc ayn #lbc ayn x reader #ayn alwyn #ayn alwyn x reader #little painter #lovebrush ayn #rambles from here on -> #hi i'm feral over the fact that the moral of ayn's route in regards to you seems to be “don't repeat your predecessor's mistakes.” #don't get so blinded by love that you forget that you are partners first and foremost—trust each other implicitly but advocate yourself too #but also maybe don't send your queen away in times of trouble like an idiot?? #anyway like i'm not even an ayn stan but all of the boys are just so well-written that i can't help but write for him anyways? #except cael—he scares me because i'm 90% sure i can't do him justice but like i also have barely any cael cards sooo...not all my fault!! #(for reference i started end of march) #fun fact: i almost didn't finish this because of the ending of his route but then i watched crown's weight and went “oh” #so here we are—all because feina and mc both killed a bear and saved a crown prince

[dixidin]

Jumping up and down in the air after I saw the new tommyinnit video I support this man's call out era

#WE ALL KNOW WHAT SKIT I'M TALKING ABOUT #AND PLS IT WAS SO FUNNY IM CRYING #shit the whole video was amazing #also dream is being such a man baby about this like💀 gtfo of here man #inniters after seeing the new video: AND THE CROWN GOES WILD‼️🗣💯🔛🔝💥💥💥💥 #everyone after seeing dream like a bunch of tweets criticizing tommy: AND THE CROWD BACKS UP🤨😶😒🧍‍♂️ #also skeppy don't think your bitch ass is doing anything good just shut up💀 #ALSO PHILZA FUCKING MINECRAFT 🔛🔝 MVP ISTG #this whole situation is so crazy but so hilarious. Ig tommy really does make stuff 100% funnier😁👍 #dream situation #tommyinnit #WE LOVE YOU TOMMY RAAAHHH

[nightswatchdisbandmentera]

“What fire joins, none may put asunder,” came the echo, from queen’s men and Thenns and even a few of the black brothers.

Except for kings and uncles, thought Jon Snow.

[...]

“Will my lord be feasting with us?” Mully asked Jon Snow.

“Shortly.” Sigorn might take it as a slight if he did not appear. And this marriage is mine own work, after all.

- Jon X, ADWD

Something that makes me go absolutely feral about the whole Alys Karstark thing is the pure irony of it all. We know that marriages and inheritances are matters that need to be dealt with by the king. We see this play out in ACOK where Bran, in his capacity as Prince of Winterfell, has to deal with such matters: lands, succession, marriage, and justice.

Except now, there’s a terrible lack of kings up North. Robb’s dead, Bran fled, and Winterfell is now occupied by the Boltons who really aren’t the sort to mete out justice; in fact, they’re involved in the very acts of injustice that are presented to us.

So poor Alys Karstark needs to find a helper but the only person available is Ned Stark’s bastard son, Jon Snow. But big problem, he’s sworn to an order that prohibits him from wearing any crowns. Still she goes to him, kneels before him, and begs him to be her aid; she asks him to step in the place of the King in the North/Lord of Winterfell and do her justice. She even asks him to do so in his father’s name.

But here’s the kicker, Jon does have his father’s name: Stark. Jon can step in and be the King in the North. That’s because Robb legitimized him and named him heir. So Alys unknowingly sought her king, knelt before him, and asked him to help her. And he did! Her king gave her the justice she desired. Really, that’s what kings are for: justice. And Jon is already an old hand at that.

#jon snow #alys karstark #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #king in the north #I love that we have two quotes reaffirming that it’s KINGS who deal with such matters #and Jon is the one stepping in and doing the damn thing #not knowing that he IS the king here #it’s all within his capacity as the (unknown) kitn #anyway… #People always focus on the “marriages and inheritance are matters for the king” quote #And forget this absolute gem #Like Jon literally saying that only a king can break a marriage or betrothal #And what did he do? He stopped Alys from marrying her dastardly uncle #I’m sorry but Jon negotiating this marriage has to be #One of the most iconic AND ironic political acts in the entire series #A bastard boy who wears no crown is doing what kings do #People know he’s a bastard but they still come to him and #ask him to get them out of these impossible situations #But wait…HE IS THE KING! THIS IS HIS JOB #I mean how many times does GRRM have to say #That Jon is THE king for people to get it? #Anyway my Jon the king project is nearing its end…sad :((

[rat-rosemary]

Three ancient and forgotten gods and their one and only follower who they spoil rotten

#the dog barks #also know as dnn/punz #do they have a ship name? #anyway #Punz is so special to them #they havent done much more then sleep and maybe hang out with some animals for centuries! #and here comes Punz with his little rome of forbidden knowledge and they're smitten #they follow him around to his jobs and never fail to help when he's in a though spot and would give him all the power and riches if he woul #just let them! and at night they drag him trough the fabric of space so they can cuddle in their castle :] #Punz is deeply amused by the gods and how much they like him plus it never hurts to cuddle in a giant plush bed made for a kind instead of #little creaky bed in an inn or literally on the ground when he's camping #dreamwastaken #georgenotfound #sapnap #Punz #dsmpshipping #dnn #(...Karl as a deeply suspicious scholar of the crown that is trying to figure out what kind of terrible dark magic Punz has done while dnn #whisper in his ear that he should try seducing the pretty boy like “Puuuunzz please we can have another follower! and look he's all covered #in rings and shiny! you love shiny stuff! I think we still have some old priest robes from back in the day he would look so good in them!“ #dnpn

[creamsiclesquid]

Tief Durge with the crown, he's maximum slutty evil and unapologetic about it.

I really like this design tho fr so i might polish it up and use it as an NPC somewhere

Uh version with bullied Raphael under the cut too

I simply thing that Raphael should be bullied

#BG3 #Durge #bg3 raphael #BULLY THAT DEVIL #Something something a tiefling makes a deal with the devil to get what he really wants #Raphael is such a fucking clown after doing the House of Hope I love him all the more #he thinks he's 3 steps ahead and YET we're playing 5D chess over here #but the fact is that he can't do what he wants on his own so the thought that oh WE can help lol jk the crown is actually mine #it's so juicy

[candycryptids]

Vierapril Day 6: Bloom

So the thing about Tuesday- he’s got loyalty in his bones. He’s also incredibly soft for big women.

And. Peatie is a delicate little flower who he would, and will, swear his undying loyalty to the moment she shows so much as a hint of feeling safe/comforted around him. Everyone be nice to Peatie and her new bodyguard who will blow you up to pieces if you’re mean to her.

#Vierapril #ffxiv Viera #ffxiv Tuesday #Tuesday Gears #ffxiv Peatie #I’m love peatie SO MUCH. #and I was really stuck trying to decide what to do for bloom and decided to ‘cop out’ and do something with flowers #and then I remembered the beautiful Princess Peatie and. well. here we are #I wish I could squish in more poses for this like him being an actual bodyguard w/ the flower crown and all but uhm. ! #recently my back has been aggravated as hell so I’ve been doing prompts as I can instead and taking lots of rest breaks #so my energy and time to do Extensive stuff is kinda low #I’m still so happy with what I’m making though.

[saingirl101]

Well well well, I put ravening into google to see if theres a meaning behind the word and sure enough:

Especially given that of the 3 religious entities in Callorum, The Hungry one exists.

Also side not that makes way more sense than what I was thinking. I was like wait its about ravens???

But dis gonna be good.

#the ravening war #a crown of candy prequel #dimension 20 #dimension 20 the ravening war #also didnt think i was going to watch a full matt mercer campaign given i dont vibe with his dm style #but here we are #really its the cast #you cant put my loves abria brennan zac and lou and expect me to sit out

[thedeadthree]

IOVANNA DAYNE, hotd 🔮 | CALLA TARGARYEN, hotd 🌞

OLGA LITVINCHUCK, tlou⚕️| IRYNA PASTERNAK, tlou 💀

MARTA CHAYKOVSKI, fhr 🕸 | UNA ULLER, hotd 🐍

IRINA RURIK, vtm 🥀 | NYNANE SELWYN, vtm 🩸

TAGGED BY the darlings @morvaris, @leviiackrman, @detectivelokis, @corvosattano, @confidentandgood, @shadowglens, @nightbloodraelle to make the dears in this picrew! ty so much! <3

TAGGING: @risingsh0t, @feystepped, @griffin-wood, @kingsroad, @jendoe, @phillipsgraves, @chuckhansen, @queennymeria, @denerims, @marivenah, @florbelles, @arklay, @unholymilf, @adelaidedrubman, @aartyom, @roofgeese, @nuclearstorms, @noonfaerie, @shellibisshe, @girlbosselrond, @fragilestorm, @yennas, @leondaltons, @malefiicarum, @anoras, @minaharkers, @loriane-elmuerto, @jacobseed and you!

#oc: iovanna dayne #oc: calla targaryen #oc: olga litvinchuck #oc: iryna pasternak #oc: marta chaykovski #oc: una nathaira uller #oc: irina rurik #oc: nynane selwyn #SHE FINALLY HAS A NAME THAT I LIKE AHH IM EMOTIONAL 🥀❣️🥹 #teehee caroline im not thinking she would be lovely for dearie boy ludwick 🖤👀 #shes a tremere! she was the seneschal of queen edwen <3 ! now she’s in seattle looking to make herself pontifex or even better ! councilor! #we adore a kindred with ambition here 🥀😌 i missed my vtm clowns! #IRINAA BABY BABY her red eyes her ‘IVE HAD IT’ with this nonsense she truly is the moment <3 missed u my dear ! #look at how poised una is <3 her foliage crown! her green stone necklace! AND OF COURSE HER WILFIRE HUE EYES AHH 🌿🐍 #its for sure like……. the VERY beginning of her bond with the cannibal? because the longer they’re bonded the greener her eyes get and the -> #hues of green show through her hair? almost as if she’s becoming the cannibal herself? I LOVE HER SO MUCH AND HER PROGRESSION AS A CHARACTER #for sure in retribution and towards the end the white hair she had originally as a special directive regene shows through? #and also from sheer stress alone ✨😵‍💫 being a supervillain is taxing who knew! 🖤🖤 :’) #ok ok it hasn’t left my darn tootin HEAD that logan looks to her like the sun! a beacon! ALYSSA THEYRE MAKING ME CRAZY #thats the beloved medical professional! neurosurgeon of our hearts ! her and her little formal dress 🌸 (*cough* WEDDING LOOKS ✨👀) hehe <3 #calla wearing a purple necklace for her mother on her wedding to cr*egan 🔮😭 THATS MY MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WAHH babies babies ! #her flower crown that daemy didn’t declare her the queen of love and beauty the first tournament after he met her ✨🔮😌 HE WAS DOWN BAD ! #and he was so right for that ! as she should! mother is mothering <3 #IRYNA ANGEL GIRL THE GOTHIC LEGEND OF NEWPORT she’s thriving she’s living! and we love it! #leg.tagged #leg.ocs #t: picrews #once again on the floor sobbing ty aj and alyssa for letting me be a part of yalls tlou canon im HONORED 🥀😭 #caroline! ive said this before + ill say it again! your a treasure ! A TREASURE ! for having me ship my dear irina w/the beloved evgen 🥀🥹

[ladymacbeths]

Macbethposting Friday anyway I am thinking about the come you spirits etc etc and just… the implications of it all. Lady Macbeth’s motivations to do the Thing aka kill Duncan aka have Macbeth be king aka be queen herself are never cleared up and only there to be built with clues. But in any case— whether self-serving or altruistic (wanting it for Macbeth not herself)— it’s something extreme.

Extreme enough to make her want to rid herself of her very nature to achieve it. She’s insane 2 me bc she’s self-aware but not self-aware enough to know that going against who she really is will end terribly. But thing is that she Knows that she, as she is, with the qualities she has Now, won’t be able to do it. She’s desperate enough to say “okay, make me able to do it then. Rid me of my nature. Make it impossible for me to prevent myself.”

Like, the Thing that makes her do it, whatever it is, has to be big enough to get her to That Level and I fear there’s too little talk of… what it could be that also makes sense.

#j.txt #Macbeth #lady Macbeth #u see my issue w most character analyses of her is that none rly wanna go deep in2 Why She’s Like That #like they’re all like oooo she’s evil and Wicked and Manipulative and Girlboss etc etc and leave it there. #like yeah we love her for it. WHY tho. why #can i PLEASE get some substantial character analysis up in here. pleas #I do personally think it has to do with the whole losing a child/failing her duty as a wife/medieval noblewoman #aka she wants to rid herself of that humiliation but also just do something 4 Macbeth #the whole I couldn’t give u a child so I’ll give u a crown deal #I mean I also think it issss kinda like. she wants it for Herself to a degree #and is confusing that ambition w Macbeths #no I don’t want it HE does #I’m not doing this for me I do it for HIM #(it’s also for her. but that’s buried under many layers of simulated altruism ) #actually idk if that’ll even go w the play lol but it’s a fun silly concept #anyway she in general is very silly. why are u SO fucksd up. who made you like this.

[toonbly]

honestly i have a really have a hard time looking at my old vrai stuff. but going through old stuff for grtv fills me with absolute delight, its been so long but i still hold so much love for this story and the people who followed it

#IM GETTING CORNY ON MAIN TONIGHT BOYS!!! #like i know im tooting my own horn here but like. i still really love grtv. i really do #flipping through it you can Really see the groundwork being laid for tip the ferrymen #and idk. maybe not everyone was totally in character and theres some writing thats a little much here and there #but theres a lot of love there. theres a Lot of love and thats what its all about. it came from me and it came from those of you who were #there for it. and from those of you who saw it after it was done. and i love you for that as much as i can love a stranger yknow? #looking through old work can be really embarrassing and kinda hard if it happened during like. a hard time in your life #which in this case it did. same with cascade crowns. so it was hard to look at for awhile for a Lot of reasons #but im glad that i can now. im glad i made these stories and im glad i shared them with you guys #im just overcome with so much fucking Love for art and storytelling and the way we do these things together every time i look back on it #the way we create things and how it evolves over time. how the seeds of our future creative endeavors are sewn into every little drawing #or bit of writing that we do or whatever your medium is. its delightful. it really is #idk. its 1am and im feeling sentimental. i love you guys. thank you for being here. thank you for letting me share my funny stories