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I think I may be permanently moving my main (/multifandom) tumblr over to this account. I’ve had this one for years, and it’s just kinda too cluttered and disorganized anymore.
I’ll be adding the new account to my sideblogs, so it’ll still be me over there posting.
Platonic!Rickyl + Rick tries to give Daryl everything he knows Daryl wants from him. (Prison era?)
Rick was glaring at Daryl’s cell, walking in a straight line, up and down the whole time. He was determined tonight, he would do what he had to do. What he should have done a long time ago.
You’ll never know unless you try.
Maybe it’ll be okay, maybe you’ll like it.
Daryl loves you, and you love him too, maybe it can grow the other way too—
He stopped walking, rubbing his hands over his face. “C’mon,” he told himself, but his heart in his ears was louder than his own voice. He let out an exhale and curled his hands into fists, before he walked through the cell, pushing the curtain out of the way. He was unsurprised to find Daryl awake, but at least he was lying in bed.
To anyone else who would have walked by, they would have assumed Daryl was asleep. Rick knew Daryl’s body language too well by now to think that. His feet crossed over each other, one arm over his eyes, those two things alone meant that Daryl was anxious and wouldn’t fall asleep for a while. That was exactly why he was here in the first place, because he knew these things. He knew things that no one else knew.
Daryl and he could be good together. No, they already were good together, Rick just had to make this one final push—
“Hey,” Rick murmured. “Can’t sleep?”
“Maybe I would if you weren’t walkin’ outside my cell like an animal.” He muttered. He moved his arm away from his eyes, smirking at him. “What’s wrong with you?”
Ahhh omg this is everything! Thank you so, so much, dear! My heart! Rick wants to be that person for Daryl so much, and it’s killing me. You had me grinning like an idiot it was so *right* for their characters. As much as I’m totally Rickyl shipper (and Desus), this unrequited ficlet totally hit the spot.
No one can tell me it didn’t happen in canon.
Thanks again!
I was tagged by @meseob for my ten favorite characters!
1. Buffy Summers (BtVS)
2. Spike (BtVS)
3. Jaime Lannister (ASOIAF)
4. Arya Stark (ASOIAF)
5. Sherlock Holmes (Elementary)
6. Joan Watson (Elementary)
7. Marcus Keane (The Exorcist)
8. Randall Pearson (This is Us)
9. Remus Lupin (Harry Potter)
10. Rick Grimes (TWD)
(I feel like I’ve missed everyone and this list is a lie, lol)
I just couldn't help myself when I saw you were doing twd prompts again. Your prompt fill for canon made with the line of platonic soulmate got me thinking: desus + jealous Rick.
continued: “Daryl might be dating Jesus, but Rick will always be his husband.” (I’m thinking Desus + Richonne with Jesus and Michonne having to deal with the fact that Rick and Daryl were basically platonically married ages ago).
i hope this is to your liking! i wrote this a little differently than other prompts
To be in a relationship with Rick Grimes was a very strange thing.
To be in a relationship with Daryl Dixon was an even stranger thing.
Yet, here Paul and Michonne were, kind of in a relationship with the both of them, at the same time.
Backtrack—
Rick Grimes knew from the farm, that he loved Daryl Dixon. Except, it was the kind of love that was purely platonic in every sense of the word. It was a love full of affection, adoration, of—I need you, you’re family too, you’re my brother—it was dying for each other, living for each other. It was forged on the backs of the two of them, starting at a campsite, growing at a farm and blending together at the prison until the other occupants could not understand where one man started and the other man began.
Rick tried very hard to love Daryl the way Daryl wanted to be loved.
OMFG, this fucked me up in the best way possible! Thank you so, so much.
put lyanna stark in a color that’s not blue in art/aesthetics/moodboards 2k17 tbh
Took a big Step today and decided to make a patreon
I am going to challenge myself to draw more….. 3x more actually.
I love you tumblr but 1/3 of my art will come here and the rest to Patreon.
i-am-a-lady-damn-it’s work is breathtaking! Please check it out! And if you can spare an extra couple dollars a month, please consider checking out her patreon! I did!
Me, if D&D ever show Robert killing Rhaegar:
“I have no sister. Only brothers. Only you.” Lady Catelyn would have rejoiced to hear those words, he knew. That did not make them easier to say.
jon x arya week – day two: favorite parallels
His thoughts kept returning to Arya. It was Jon Snow she thought of most.
Petition for Brienne x Jaime’s shipname to be “Fuck Loyalty”
I just laughed my ass off with that
People cross tagging and saying that some shippers need to be called out on their behaviour are acting surprised when they get called out for cross tagging.
Fucking irony
@museme87 are you also @jonryatrash because im confused now
Yeah, sorry! I was trying to figure out how to delete and repost with the sideblog. Couldn’t figure it out quickly enough. Anyway, I’m sorry for any hate in your Jonsa tag, especially if other shippers aren’t tagging their hate. Live and let live, I say. And sorry for the confusion. As I mentioned, it appeared general enough and the timing led me to believe that it was directed at that post. If it helps, I do find that tumblr savior cleans out most of the hate that I see in my tags. Not all, but that’s where I think OP intent must come in.
It’s okay. Honestly im just blocking people at this point because i could add some tags to the blacklist on xkit but unfortunately many haters tag their shit as jonsa and well, thats my ships tag and i wouldnt be able to see any posts from it. But blocking works well!
I’ve been there as well! Another strategy we’ve used for Jonrya is to keep an exclusive tag that’s shared much more privately within the group. You still have to tread through the main tag for people who are creating new things or who aren’t regular shippers, but it’s a way to keep down the hate. Might be a good strategy for Jonsa as well, though I know you guys are definitely a huge ship right now. It might not work for a fandom so big. Perhaps worth a try though. We all deserve safe spaces to love what we love. Cheers, dear!
People cross tagging and saying that some shippers need to be called out on their behaviour are acting surprised when they get called out for cross tagging.
Fucking irony
@museme87 are you also @jonryatrash because im confused now
Yeah, sorry! I was trying to figure out how to delete and repost with the sideblog. Couldn’t figure it out quickly enough. Anyway, I’m sorry for any hate in your Jonsa tag, especially if other shippers aren’t tagging their hate. Live and let live, I say. And sorry for the confusion. As I mentioned, it appeared general enough and the timing led me to believe that it was directed at that post. If it helps, I do find that tumblr savior cleans out most of the hate that I see in my tags. Not all, but that’s where I think OP intent must come in.
cersei of the house lannister, played by lena headey, keeps alive game of thrones (2011) and you all know it
I’m going to miss you.
I’ve already written a meta on my comprehension of the title “A Song of Ice and Fire,” which you can find here.
Essentially, I am a firm believer that the title refers to the concept of balance, of the notion that everything in this universe has a counterpart, Ice has Fire, Death has Life, Good has Evil, etc. However, that particular analysis was specifically about Arya Stark, and it had me thinking of how the Big Five (Arya Stark, Bran Stark, Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen and Tyrion Lannister) contribute to this idea of balance and their representation in the title. Since each analysis is incredibly long and I care about people’s attention spans, I’m splitting this into a meta of each main character.
Bran Stark It’s important to mention that Bran is the youngest of all the main POV characters, and yet, has the most profound storyline. He is often overlooked for more “active” character plots, but Bran’s magical abilities surpasses everyone - and I do believe at some point, he will be stronger than Bloodraven. As a powerful figure, and the rightful King in the North, Bran is at the very core of the story and could very well change everything. And no, I don’t believe he’s going to be a tree or revealed to be the Night King.
And yes, I believe he is Robb’s true heir. He is the trueborn son of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully. If he chooses to accept his crown, the North and the Riverlands would openly support him over Jon or Sansa, the former a “bastard” and the latter written out of succession by Robb to protect Winterfell from the Lannisters. These are facts. Rickon and then Arya are Bran’s heirs. Until (or if) he chooses to reject his claim in the books (the show doesn’t count) I’m considering him the King in the North. And that is what I’m choosing to focus on, Bran’s role as the King of Winter. In terms of his role in the conflict and in the title, my theory is that Bran is Ice. Additionally, I do believe that Bran may become Bran the Builder 2.0, a successor to the first King of Winter and the first of his name.
Bran Stark and Daenerys Targaryen GRRM loves his parallels. In the same way that Daenerys is being set up to parallel Aegon the Conquerer with three dragons and the establishment of House Targaryen, Bran has parallels to the legendary founder of House Stark. I’ve already written about how everything has a counterpart, and while Bran’s magical abilities overpower even that of the Old Gods in some aspects, his storyline serves to parallel Daenerys Targaryen. I can hear your disbelief from my screen already. The show has gone out of its way to draw parallels between Dany and Jon since the beginning, but I personally feel that it’s incredibly cliché and very un-GRRM like as it’s a classic trope and, sorry to say, very boring. But the crippled second son and the Dragon Queen? Now it gets interesting. Let me explain myself. Dany and Bran’s parallels are subtle yet fascinating. Early examples are their encounters with their respective elements and “singing.” Bran hears the wolves singing in his coma, Dany hears dragon fire singing in her dreams.
Both witness the graves of their ancestors either literally in a crypt, or in a dream where they line a hallway. Both experience visions, have spiritual mentors, think of marriage when describing the weirwood/pyre (symbols of Ice and Fire) and have special relationships with their respective animals that they identify with.
Both are capable of flying, either literally on a dragon or by warging. Both have survived assassin attempts on their lives. Both have been severely underestimated in their capabilities. Both have magic intricately woven into their storylines. Both are said to be incapable of carrying children. Both are heirs to the thrones of Kings that built their houses. The connections are too numerous to be pure coincidence.
Bran the Builder Ned Stark had told Arya that while Bran would never be a knight, he could raise a castle like his namesake. In the show’s video of the history of Westeros, narrated by Isaac Hempstead Wright himself, Bran the Builder is portrayed as being carried onto a platform, and several people have theorized that he was, in fact, a cripple. Another passage of note is in Clash of Kings when Durran is said to raise a seventh castle, the largest of them all, and that he was directed to do so by a small boy, one who would Bran the Builder someday. At such a young age, he showed initiative and leadership, much like Bran Stark did when he was Lord of Winterfell in his brother’s absence. Moreover, Bran the Builder built the Wall after the first great battle with the Others with the help of giants, and is said to have known the Children of the Forest. We’ve all seen the Wall - there’s no way it was made by hand, even giant hands. GRRM wrote a story about the Ice Dragon, and one interesting part about it was that, upon their death, a highly reflective pond is created in what would be their ashes, leaving the surroundings much colder. You know what’s a highly reflective pond in a cold environment? The pools in the godswood of Winterfell. Catelyn Stark even makes a point to say she always feels cold around it. Bran the Builder is speculated to be a warg, so one can imagine him warging into an Ice Dragon to not only help with defeating the Others, but in creating the Wall. The proximity of the possible grave of an Ice Dragon lends credence to the theory. Bran is growing to be an increasingly powerful warg, and it isn’t hard to see him one day controlling a dragon. Moreover, Bran’s nickname is “The Winged Wolf.” Bloodraven told him that he would never walk again, but he would fly. This could be more to do with him becoming the Three Eyed Raven, but I think there are several readings to Bran and flying. There is a very popular fan theory that Bran will one day warg into one of Dany’s dragons, and I have a feeling it could be an undead one, much like Viserion in the show. Alternatively, there is another theory that a dragon sleeps under Winterfell that could very well be a true Ice Dragon, and it may wake soon (in the books, of course). Thus Bran has a parallel with his predecessor in controlling an Ice Dragon. I also feel like Bran will play a massive role in potentially creating a new pact with the Others, as I don’t believe they will be entirely defeated. This is where his connection and understanding of the past is integral. In this new pact, he’ll probably reconstruct the Wall after its fall (because it will fall) and then return to Winterfell and oversee the rebuilding of his home as the King in the North. In the process, he’ll help to restore what has remained of House Stark. Sansa and Arya as women cannot give their children the Stark name, so it is up to Bran and Rickon to do so. I don’t think Bran is sterile as they say, so it’s most likely his sons that will continue the Stark line.
Bran and Balance To just tie in to my original theme of balance, Bran Stark’s role in the conflict and in restoring harmony is in his rebuilding of the North, the Wall and his potential responsibility in creating a peace between the Others and humans. Currently, the impending imbalance of Ice and Fire is the arrival of Winter and the Others. Fire has responded with the birth of Dragons, but Ice is responsible for the imbalance, and Bran could be the one to bring it back in harmony to Fire, with Dany’s help. Bran Stark, the King of Winter, the Winged Wolf, is the Ice of A Song of Ice and Fire.
These are just my muses, but if anyone has anything else to add, then as always, I’d love to hear your thoughts!
