high lords during the blackfyre rebellion waking up in the middle of the night because brynden rivers sent them another mass fundraising raven asking for fifteen gold dragons so they can win the swing kingdoms
the thing about the dance is that. the entire pointless horror of it really shines through aegon and viserys. grrm took the pathos of the princes in the tower enigma from the war of the roses and reversed it. the tragedy isn’t that the children died - it’s that they were the only ones who lived. and so the kingdom rearranges itself around boy kings with gaping wounds for souls because that’s what feudal systems do - but what can you do with a targaryen king who cannot stand the sight of a dragon ? the magic is gone. the tragedy must degrade into a farce. and right on cue here comes aegon the fourth!
“Here lies a toppled god—
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.”
goodhood, dune messiah
The Tower of Babel (François de Nomé, 1630)
it’s a lifestyle 😝
and fuck nebraska y’all didnt deserve that damn house
we have to do our research this election year it’s important
Fontainebleau State Park, Mandeville, Louisiana by Lana Gramlich
1917 Wedding dress by couturier Jeanne Lanvin for her daughter Marguerite Marie-Blanche's wedding. From Fashion of Bygone Days, FB.
“there is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.” ― Miyamoto Musashi
Kami Art by Gordiart