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the white queen meme: [10/10] characters - richard iii
Everything I thought I knew has been shaken. Perhaps thereβs no honor in anyone and each of us is alone.
Super interesting article on the potential fate of the prince(s) in the tower. Independent researchers do amazing work!!!
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.
EWAN MITCHELL as AEMOND TARGARYEN House of the Dragon S2E8 - "The Queen Who Ever Was"
EWAN MITCHELL as AEMOND TARGARYEN in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022-) s2e8 "The Queen Who Ever Was"
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