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the reveal that mizu is not only the ronin but also the bride is so well executed. the way she walks the line between man and woman, white and japanese, victor and victim... it's good fucking writing.

loyaulte me lie

on a bit of a richard iii kick at the moment

Details of the Crowning with Thorns door at the Passion Façade of the Sagrada Família

Alexa Chung on the unpolished appeal of Indie Sleaze for Financial Times Fashion (2023)

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The king and his kingmaker

Happy birthday, Richard!

I worked on this painting on and off for three months since I want to portray the characters' relationships well for this series that I love so much. I also don't usually focus on darker color, so this was a challenge! But I'm glad to finish it, and I hope you like it too.

I think I've figured it out 😅

genuinely do think house hightower is cooler and more interesting than the targaryens, like dont get me wrong i like both but the hightowers take it. easily. their shadowy history of alchemy and necromancy, patronage of westeros' cultural and religious institutions, and big fuckass taller-than-the-wall lighthouse has bewitched me body and soul. dragons, blood magic, and a destabilising obsession with incest is all well and good - but institutional corruption and the delicate mastery of soft power? just too tasty. been on the wrong side of several wars and never lost a head or a penny from their main line because they know how to play the game. one of the richest houses in westeros and they know how to do it right ! funding the arts, sciences, faith. controlling the narrative. every message goes through the maesters, them and septas tutoring little lords and ladies, all roads lead to oldtown, and thats just how its done why would you even question it. how could you question it. and all the while the lord of the hightower sits up in the clouds in a tower built atop an unsettling ancient labyrinth of black stone, burning a flame that can be seen for miles, lighting the city every night. like good luck getting away with shit when theres no shadowy corners to hide in. the metaphor isnt subtle. every other house would wish they were the hightowers if they could conceptualise the higher plane this familys operating on.

240629 dk_is_dokyeom: thank you for letting me do everything i wanted to do ¨̮

Sarah Snook for The New York Times Style Magazine Australia Feb 2024 💙

team black could never serve this much cunt...