Fics like the one I just read make me glad I’m not heavily involved in ASOIAF fandom. A man mows down thousands of men with his fire-breathing monster, men who were fighting for a cause they believed was just, and we’re supposed to feel sorry for him because he spends the whole fic being sad and mopey about it and his mom isn’t white. Really.
These fics are supposedly written to thumb one’s nose at a huge racist pro-Blackfyre segment of fandom. Where are these people? No one in the fandom supports the Blackfyres. NO. ONE.
ETA: keep in mind that this is a universe where we’re supposed to see the Field of Fire as a BAD thing.
my friend told me that he thought I’d be the final girl in a horror movie and honestly I think the new trend should be complimenting your friends by telling them what tv trope they remind you of
So my family got this Labradoodle puppy when I was not quite thirteen – I was a huge animal lover and I’d begged and begged for years, but to no avail. (My mother was allergic, but I later found out a different reason – I was autistic, and my neurotypical parents thought that if I didn’t have a pet to escape to, I would be lonely enough to socialize with other kids. I had a guinea pig when I was ten, but apart from her, just goldfish.)
Turned out that this dog? Total food thief. Here’s a list of the things that I’ve heard of or caught her eating over the close-to-fourteen years my family has had her. Keep in mind that this probably isn’t even close to all of it.
Ten doughnuts (my dad got mad at me because I wasn’t watching her, even though HE was the one who stupidly left them out)
Multiple batches of cookies
An entire pizza
Paper (and I know because I PULLED IT OUT OF HER BUTT)
Beef jerky, with plastic bags
Chocolate bundt cake
Two sticks of wrapped butter
Uncooked pizza dough (my mom took her to the vet, where they pumped her stomach to prevent bloating, and she ended up CHEWING THROUGH FOUR IVs, ONE OF THEM WITH A CONE ON)
Bits of stuff off a toaster-oven tray
Anything and everything that falls on the floor
Ice cubes
Grass (keep in mind that this is the only thing she’s eaten that makes her sick. She is THAT BIG!)
This dog is a hoot, but we’ve had to adjust where we keep our food. And then I moved away and got cats…
It’s okay to simultaneously hold the opinions that: a) racism is wrong, including that against the Dornish, and b) wanting the people (and/or overlords of the people) who tortured and killed Daeron and his lords to be held responsible for their war crimes before they join Westeros is perfectly legitimate.
Death By Catchphrase 