the thing about the dance is that. the entire pointless horror of it really shines through aegon and viserys. grrm took the pathos of the princes in the tower enigma from the war of the roses and reversed it. the tragedy isn’t that the children died - it’s that they were the only ones who lived. and so the kingdom rearranges itself around boy kings with gaping wounds for souls because that’s what feudal systems do - but what can you do with a targaryen king who cannot stand the sight of a dragon ? the magic is gone. the tragedy must degrade into a farce. and right on cue here comes aegon the fourth!
I’m not sure if I really like this one. I’m exhausted from the day and I’m ready to knock out
"The Hightowers are an ancient family, very rich and very proud." (A Clash of Kings)
Their words are We Light the Way.
The Lords of Oldtown wield the ancestral valyrian steel sword Vigilance and assume several honorific titles like Defender of the Citadel, Voice of Oldtown & Beacon of the South.
"The arms of House Hightower show a stepped white tower crowned with fire on a smoke-grey field."
When they go to war, the great beacon atop the High Tower glows a baleful green.
Art (detail): The Dedication (1908) by Edmund B. Leighton; Caterina Cornaro Deposed (1842) by Francesco Hayez
Excerpts are taken from A Feast for Crows.
A tragedy in the making.
Revenge of the Sith / George Lucas, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi / Dave Filoni, Charles Murray, House of the Dragon, Dune Part Two / Denis Villeneuve, Antigone / Sophocles, Fire & Blood / George R.R. Martin
L'AMICA GENIALE — ELENA FERRANTE ↳ a special poster for the wonderful and brilliant jo ( @dylanlila ) <33
Lenu’s Florentine Apartment (L’Amica Geniale)