Part of the Introverted World

Aegon Targaryen in 2.01 "A Son for a Son" and Rhaenyra Targaryen in 3.03 "Rhaenyra Triumphant"

There's an intentional parallel between this scene and Aegon sitting the throne in episode one of season two where they have a very similar first experience dealing with their public. They both want to provide and are being counseled by their Hand at the foot of the throne that, well you can't really do that right now.

Vaemond, his kin, after daring to give air to truth, was publicly executed on the account of treason by Rhaenyra's uncle-husband-lap-dog who all but cast away his only daughter and granddaughters as fodders to the very same marriage that occurred within a blink of the deaths of his only two true-born children.

Corlys was willing to say whatever he must to keep the peace. The king had already slighted him once and refused Laena on account of her "age" for the daughter of the Hand who was only 2 years older and possesing inferior pedigree. Laenor was never supposed to marry Rhaenyra. That was a last ditch effort at reconciliation granted by the king. Now, if the king and his brother are willing to grant execution for even so much as questioning the egregiously obvious bastardy, was he supposed to disinherit all 3 boys? What is stopping them from then executing him for treason?

Viserys is dead. Lucerys is dead. Joffrey is a child with no knowledge of the sea and now the Prince of Dragonstone. Corlys is old and needs an heir and Rhaenyra is now the highest power that can grant that to him. He is trying to compensate for all his years of neglect and pride and his sons have finally accepted to let him in.

His wife has died for her cause. His fleet was destroyed for her cause. His castle and all his treasure were burned for her cause. He has given everything he had for her cause. And he asks her to grant him a single respite for all his trouble and she hesitates after so much of his pride, wealth and legacy were forfeit for her sake.

rhaenyra knows very well the world she lives in. viserys himself tells her that no one would care if a man sires bastards but they would care if a woman carries them. it's almost as if children take their father's name and it's a lesser offence if a man sires bastards because it is solely the wife's responsibility to propagate her husband's lineage. corlys didn't try to pass those boys off as half targaryen, did he, now? he didn't try to say that they're entitled to a dragon egg because his wife is a targaryen, did he, now? even though rhaenys herself wanted for them to be raised up and acknowledged just as laenor did rhaenyra's bastards. see how that doesn't work?

frankly, neither laenor nor rhaenyra had any sense of fucking propriety. the least rhaenyra could do is choose someone else from house velaryon to at least ensure some velaryon blood runs through the boys she intends to pass off as her husband's but no, she chose the furthest from a velaryon she could find. rhaenyra's arrogance made her think she was the exception. no king before her had ever sat his bastard on his throne and she knew the precarious situation she would've been in when it came to her succession.

and no, corlys' outburst is not out of character for a man that said "history doesn't remember blood, it remembers names" because is the thing he now wants most for alyn and addam not HIS NAME? if they remain as bastards, they will not be remembered by history or succession as his blood. alyn will fade into obscurity and addam will be known for the rest of time to be "of hull" and not velaryon.

Also, Corlys has always had a big "the world owes me" chip on his shoulder. He's pretty famous for his pride. Rheanyra was an idiot to deny him in front of witnesses.

Finished this last night, was a bit too hot to go to bed

Another wip that was sitting on my tablet

It essentially went: “isn’t it weird how a MAN turned the unicorn into a human for his own benefit?” Using the currently trendy “what have you done to me?” Audio from the movie

There are a number of reasons as to why this take is just flat out incorrect, but I thought it was more interesting to pin that specific take on Schmendrik rather than Haggard

Because that specific take works so well for King Haggard as a character and no one was talking about it?

Cloaked in Crimson. Some animated fantasy villains that are associated with red. Something different for some variety.

I rewatched The Last Unicorn with some friends and this was created as a result

Biyoo from Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint

"basically shes an unidentified round fucking thing"

"After they overheard that ICE was at the courthouse to arrest someone, they improperly accessed court databases to determine who was not born in the United States," a DOJ detention filing says. "They then snuck every suspected illegal alien who was at the courthouse out a back door, where ICE, who was waiting in the parking lot for their target to leave the building, could not see them."