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 im compiling shit that has been sticking in my head for the past couple months because. well i don't know why but here it is


game of thrones | s3e6: the climb
V: i did what i did for the good of the realm.
L: the realm? do you know what the realm is? its the thousand blades of aegon's enemies. a story we agree to tell each other over and over, until we forget that it's a lie.
V: but what do we have once we abandon the lie? chaos. a gaping pit waiting to swallow us all.
L: chaos isn't a pit. chaos is a ladder. many who try to climb it fail , never to try again. the fall breaks them. and some are given the chance to climb, but they refuse. they cling to the realm, or gods, or love. illusions. only the ladder is real. the climb is all there is.

detroit: become human | chapter 22: the bridge
H: i could kill you, and you would just come back like nothing happened, but are you afraid to die, connor?
C: i would certainly find it regrettable to be...interrupted, before i can finish this investigation.
H: what will happen if i pull this trigger, hm? nothing? oblivion? android heaven?
C: i...doubt there's a heaven for androids.
H: having existential doubts, connor? sure you're not going deviant too?
C: i self test regularly. i know what i am, and what i am not.

horizon zero dawn
the proving | massacre cut scene

H (holding a knife to aloy's throat): turn your face to the sun, child.
the face of extinction | capturing helis cut scene
H: impossible. i am chosen. this was not meant to be.
A: none of this was meant to be, helis. you made it happen. followed your orders, butchered so many - and for what? to die on your knees, used like a pawn by a power you don't even understand.
H (with disgust): you pity me?
A (spear to his throat): turn your face to the sun.

dreams of clytemnestra

O: where have i seen you before?
M: in a dream.
O: a thousand years ago.

the overstory | mimi ma: mulberry
A: who are they?
SH: holy people.
A: what's wrong with them?
SH: happiness. they see the true thing.
A: and what is that?
SH: the true thing mean:  human beings, so small, and life, so very big.
A: they've just worked this out?
SH: yes.
A: and this makes them happy?
SH: yes.

the kekulé problem, cormac mccarthy
he was trying to arrive at the configuration of the benzene molecule and not making much progress, when he fell asleep in front of the fire and had his famous dream of  a snake coiled up in a hoop with its tail in its mouth; the ouroboros of mythology. the problem, of course - not kekulé's but ours - is that since the unconscious understands language perfectly well or it would not understand the problem in the first place, why doesn't it simply answer kekulé's  question with something like: kekulé, it's a bloody ring. to which our scientist might respond; okay, got it, thanks. why the snake? that is, why is the unconscious so loathe to speak to us? why the images, metaphors, pictures? why the dreams?

toast theory update

Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:29
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 as of AGOT, toast does not exist. only mention of 'toast' in the first book is the speech kind of toast:
  • "They are your people, and they love you well," Magister Illyrio said. "In holdfasts all across the realm, men lift secret toasts to your health while women sew dragon banners and hide them against the day of your return from across the water." (daenerys 31)
  • After all had been seated, toasts were made, thanks were given and returned, and then the feasting began. (jon, 48)
  • He made many a toast, laughed loudly at every jest, and attacked each dish like a starving man, but beside him the Queen seemed as cold as an ice sculpture. (jon 50)
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 inverted game of thrones universe
  • the wall is in the south and is made of volcanic rock with hot magma/lava flowing down the sides of it periodically
  • house stark sigil is like. a hyena. or a tiger? and summer is coming. honestly the idea of people fearing summer and prospering in winter is kind of cool ngl
  • its mega-hot in the south south. wildlings are down there running around naked or close to it, contributing to the savage stigma placed upon them. also makes the gingers are kissed by fire jokes 10x better.
  • for wights basically imagine burnt corpses running at you at 500mph. and when the night king posts up black smoke descends instead of a winter storm.
  • haha. jon smoke.
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circa s8e4
  • J: (about ghost) he'll be happier up there.
  • T: so would you.
and
  • T: (about jon) he's little...but he's strong. strong enough to befriend an enemy and get murdered for it. most people get bloody murdered - they stay that way. not this one.
and
  • J: i wish i was going with you.
and
  • T: you've got the north in you. the real north.
and also tenderheart goodbye hug with hand cradling the back of jon's head. i see you bitch!!!!!

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 i think about this all the time. i havent seen anybody eating toast

ok earth sign

Tuesday, 30 April 2019 13:50
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 the only thing missing from the worldbuilding in asoiaf is a zodiac equivalent system because there are no months (?) and nobody has a coherent birthdate. that being said jon snow is a virgo with a gemini moon
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 s8e3 certainly was a fun watch but also like what the ever loving fuck:
  • arya killing the night king felt really undeserved to me - not in the sense that i dont think she could kill him, but in terms of the episode/entire shows story arc it seems out of left field. and it was a corny/cheap shot...a bit campy for me. arya has zero interactions with wights for all 7 seasons and no relationship with the night king - in terms of narrative its a really bad move. the writers said jon felt too expected but i think they are confusing what is inevitable to a character with what is ""predictable."" its not bad writing to satisfyingly complete character arcs. they didnt subvert anything in a meaningful way and just went for shock value....asoiaf is good because when expectations are subverted (i.e. neds death) it tells us something important (love/truth/honor can get you killed). arya killing the night king doesnt tell us anything
  • isnt the hound supposed to be terrified of fire? did i miss when he got over that? i know he was frozen in fear at one point but that seemed to be about thinking they couldnt win, not, yknow, the fact that beric was running around with a flaming sword and the entirety of winterfell was on fire. this is the guy who literally committed treason to flee the fiery battle of blackwater when JOFFREY was king. and his fear wasn't overcome when arya wanted to cauterize his wound, later. this plot hole is.........giant.
  • the fact that we are basically getting back to petty political squabbling after knocking the main, core villain/drive of the show in one episode is um. basically the antithesis of what grrm made this series about. the writers were seriously like i know that the series is about how vapid the political power struggles are, but what if the vapid political power struggles were the important part?
  • they really just wiped out....the entirety of the dothraki? wtf
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 PREDICTION RESULTS:

obvious: the night king awakens the dead in the crypts of winterfell, we either get a sam tarly honor moment or a total massacre, there is no inbetween
  • O     NAILED IT! i forgot that sam decided to fight instead of stay in the crypts but i was right about total massacre
jon snow vs night king in the godswood. dont know how, dont care how, just want to see it
  • X     we were so close yet so far. he was on his way does that count
either jon or daenerys dies (this is a long term prediction, one is likely to go b4 the season is over)
  • X     really thought they had daenerys for a moment there but now i think maybe they'll both live actually
tyrion's redemption as hand of the queen - probably based on something he learned from bran after the strategy planning meeting
  •    nope
podrick is killed in the battle of the winterfell ( I DO NOT WISH THIS TO BE TRUE )
  •    also thought he was a goner for a moment there but they let all my bitches live!!!
i really don't think we are getting out of here with all 3 of ned stark's kids AND jon snow, whether its by the end of the episode or the end of the season. bran can't die because then the war is lost and over, i don't see arya being killed (though the previews did suggest some shit going down in the crypts), jon snow is jon snow, so that leaves sansa as the least experienced in combat and least quote unquote essential to the main plot re: actual battle. winterfell needs her leadership so badly though and you dont have all the facts which are i love her. but also the fates of stark direwolves seem to be tied to the fates of the stark children, and sansa has not yet met the same end as her direwolf lady when it took the place of arya's
  • X     wrong again . . . maybe this is true culmination of the lone wolf dies but the pack survives re: arya saving bran (and everyone in the world)
grey worm absolutely dies in the battle of winterfell
  • ?     did he die?? i couldnt tell
i have a Bad Feeling about tormund's survival based on nothing but i like him a lot which means game of thrones would love to murder him brutally in front of me
  • X     they let my bitches live etc etc!!
obligatory epic hound moment. <migos voice> bitch he's a dog woof
  • O     i will personally count clegane straight up picking arya and running as an epic hound moment but thats because i think he is fun
based on s8e2 interax, i dont see the showrunners letting both brienne and jaime survive this one, and jaime still has to confront cersei :(
  • X     well we still gotta confront cersei and we've got jaime and his golden hand (i think). brienne of wife city lives!!!!!!
extremely beautiful and cinematic miguel sapochnik signature jon snow tracking shot
  • O     nailed it x70
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     "My uncle is out there," Jon Snow said softly, leaning on his spear as he stared off into the darkness. "The first night they sent me up here, I thought, Uncle Benjen will ride back tonight, and I'll see him first and blow the horn. He never came, though. Not that night, and not any night."
     "Give him time," Tyrion said.
     Far off to the north, a wolf began to howl. Another voice picked up the call, then another. Ghost cocked his head and listened. "If he doesn't come back," Jon snow promised, "Ghost and I will go find him." He put his hand on the direwolf's head. 
     "I believe you," Tryrion said, but what he thought was, And who will go find you? 
(game of thrones, 214)

Jon Snow stupid as all fuck and lovable moments.......also the early friendship between Jon and Tyrion is so great, especially when they both take their gloves off to shake hands that way despite the bitter cold. This scene sets up early how much Jon wants to be a hero, and because it's from Tyrion's perspective, also shows how young and foolish Jon is. It's sweet and kind of sad. Meu bebe!!!!


s8e3 predix

Friday, 26 April 2019 11:00
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PREDICTIONS:
  • obvious: the night king awakens the dead in the crypts of winterfell, we either get a sam tarly honor moment or a total massacre, there is no inbetween
  • jon snow vs night king in the godswood. dont know how, dont care how, just want to see it
  • either jon or daenerys dies (this is a long term prediction, one is likely to go b4 the season is over)
  • tyrion's redemption as hand of the queen - probably based on something he learned from bran after the strategy planning meeting
  • podrick is killed in the battle of the winterfell ( I DO NOT WISH THIS TO BE TRUE )
  • i really don't think we are getting out of here with all 3 of ned stark's kids AND jon snow, whether its by the end of the episode or the end of the season. bran can't die because then the war is lost and over, i don't see arya being killed (though the previews did suggest some shit going down in the crypts), jon snow is jon snow, so that leaves sansa as the least experienced in combat and least quote unquote essential to the main plot re: actual battle. winterfell needs her leadership so badly though and you dont have all the facts which are i love her. but also the fates of stark direwolves seem to be tied to the fates of the stark children, and sansa has not yet met the same end as her direwolf lady when it took the place of arya's
  • grey worm absolutely dies in the battle of winterfell
  • i have a Bad Feeling about tormund's survival based on nothing but i like him a lot which means game of thrones would love to murder him brutally in front of me
  • obligatory epic hound moment. <migos voice> bitch he's a dog woof
  • based on s8e2 interax, i dont see the showrunners letting both brienne and jaime survive this one, and jaime still has to confront cersei :(
  • extremely beautiful and cinematic miguel sapochnik signature jon snow tracking shot
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1. stab wounds mcmanbun dead man walking
2. hardhome devastated and standing in a rowboat
3. beat up crow uniform walking through the woods after the siege of castle black
4. beat up bloody face in the middle of battle of the bastards
5. wildling furs, probably needs a haircut
6. s1e1 babyface
7. im stupid and cant think of any more. thank you

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