i think what’s especially gross about the play mischaracterizing rhaella like this is that aerys would actually rape rhaella whenever aerys burned a man with wildfire and it’s during one of these moments that jaime actually speaks up and has his illusions about the kg shattered
"So you’re allowed to HC that Jaime x Elia isn’t pedophilia but Rhaelya fans can’t HC Lyanna as older?" ->
oh, you also hc that they get together 15 years after the rebellion? how nice that we agree!
https://t.co/oH9s5xfAak
subtle symbolism everywhere. this was partly inspired by claude monet’s water lilies (1908), even though you can barely see it in the final piece
rhaenys art by the incredibly talented @aranellaart
the internet is an open space, so of course we’re all going to be inspired by other people’s work. but i think giving credit is so important like “omg i loved this idea so i wanted to try my own take on it” is very different from just blocking the op
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The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”