EWAN MITCHELL as AEMOND TARGARYEN | House of the Dragon S2E4
apparently not everyone is aware of james fitzjames inshallah so.
Ewan Mitchell for Esquire magazine by Guy Aroch
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.
πββ¬οΈ: Carats happy new year*/happy 2025. I hope that this year will be the year that all your goals and dreams will be achieved.
*: In Korean it literally means to received a lot of luck in the new year.
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β€·πββ¬οΈ: Carats, do each of you all have a goal that you want to achieve this year? I am curious about carats goals. Let's hope that as you write it here, it will desperately come true.
β€·πββ¬οΈ: Also, come back and check it when the year comes to an end.
β€·πββ¬οΈ: γ γ γ γ γ is it too much like a teacher..
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I just watched the first episode of Boys Planet (I know I'm super late). I went in expecting little but was pleasantly surprised by the talent on display and the minimal scripted bits meant to boost so and so's popularity. My favorite trainees so far are Haruto and Sung Hanbin. My favorite moment was definitely Lip J and Hanbin tutting and whacking (played that part over and over again). I really felt like I was watching SDC; it was that good!
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