I think the best most human thing in the world is strangers doing a silly thing together
Examples:
- guy at work “Yes, and -” ing the bit me and my coworker were doing where we pretended to be owners of a fantasy medieval tavern not minimum wage retail staff
- at the gay club when Die Young by Kesha came on and two hundred people, all dancing and drinking separately, jumped up and down to make the “- beat of the drums *STOMP STOMP*” as loud as possible
- person who watched me stomp round the beach singing a made up song about breakfast foods to name a cat after and suggested more breakfast foods that would be good cat names
- guy who started a dance off with everyone across the road while waiting for the lights to change
- very tiny girl at the pharmacy interviewing everyone in the queue and every single one of us in turn sat down and answered this toddler’s questions like we were on Letterman
The three pillars of humanity, in no particular order, are Joy, Absurdity, and Sharing
far from prudish but just got blazed porn of someone’s pussy spread out so hard and up close like it’s a map of the polish-lithuanian commonwealth and I’m king and grand duke sigismund II augustus inspecting his lands to plot defense against the swedes
I'm unsure how images come through in Asks but this is the most recent sketch of Rhaegar. I think I've only drawn mustaches on my more cartoony characters so this was fun to try. But also I have no idea what to do with the hair. Anywho. I was thinking of the Kirimvedar scene in particular.
The smile! Oh my god. Everyone say thank you @smocksmocksmock for this beautiful boy. I have no words for how this makes me feel. 🥹🥹🥰🥰😍😍😍
Ok I have to add that this is such a good scene to depict with this expression in particular and it’s exactly what I was going for, because the ease of that conversation and the way he realizes she just needs the distraction is *the* reason things evolve as they do, so this is truly perfect on so so many levels @smocksmocksmock
The care and attention you’ve clearly paid to my little words truly touches me so much and makes the time and effort spent on them worth it.
alicent trusting criston so much that she had sex with him after sex had been used against her for so long and criston letting her and trusting her and protecting her still even after she rejected him.
THEY LOVE EACH OTHER but they don’t because alicent is gay and criston is hopeless and the ideas they represent don’t exist and alicent accepts that and wants more and criston accepts that and wants to die.
and ITS GROSS because criston simply sees her as a woman to be protected despite being by her side all those years and knowing she’s smart and powerful and capable but he can’t let go of the system, and alicent consequently must let go of him.
but simultaneously alicent learns her body is hers and she can use it how she likes and it’s not the property of someone else anymore and that’s in part because the bits of love that did shine through the duty but ultimately get redirected (alicent) or suppressed (criston).
and that’s part of why the dragonstone scene is so “when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, you want the rest of your life to begin as soon as possible” coded because alicent interacting with criston as an interface of romance in part opened her up to love.
and in doing so, alicent realizes what she actually loves, and it’s bittersweet because it isn’t criston and never could be criston, but criston was a part of the story and criston’s love mattered, and criston’s love, not his duty, will be in part what saves alicent.
There are still some understanders left in the world and that makes me so happy.
I'm unsure how images come through in Asks but this is the most recent sketch of Rhaegar. I think I've only drawn mustaches on my more cartoony characters so this was fun to try. But also I have no idea what to do with the hair. Anywho. I was thinking of the Kirimvedar scene in particular.
fucking hate it when the stuff everybody says “actually works” does actually work.
hate exercising and realizing i’ve let go of a lot of anxiety and anger because i’ve overturned my fight-or-flight response.
hate eating right and eating enough and eating 3 times a day and realizing i’m less anxious and i have more energy
hate journaling in my stupid notebook with my stupid bic ballpoint and realizing that i’ve actually started healing about something once i’m able to externalize it
hate forgiving myself hate complimenting myself more often hate treating myself with kindness hate taking a gratitude inventory hate having patience hate talking to myself gently
hate turning my little face up to the sun and taking deep breaths and looking at nature and grounding myself and realizing that i feel less burdened and more hopeful, more actually-here, that i am able to see the good sides of myself more clearly, that i am able to see not only how far i have to grow - but also how much growth i have already done & how much of my life i truly fill with light and laughter and love
horrible horrible horrible. hate it but i’m gonna do it tho
