*ੈ✩‧₊˚wild cosmia, what have you seen?

The long awaited Part 2 of Jacob’s Collider Forces interview. Here we see him wearing a lush emerald green jacket with a Moomin graphic

Here he’s sporting one of many tees showcasing a female director, this time Alice Rohrwacher

their boys

female sorrow is expected to be public, dignified, and even noble, it serves as a symbol of quiet strength and resilience. otto uses it as a tool to gain sympathy for their cause. notice how he forced alicent and helaena into it, while he allowed aegon not to participate. wouldn‘t the king being at the funeral send a powerful message? yes, it would. but otto looks at aegon with contempt, the other councilmen and alicent do not know what to do with his tears. the realm cannot be allowed to see the king grieve. not like this.

male grief is denied its own space and validity unless it manifests in aggressive or destructive acts. aegon realizes this to some degree too— he lashes out publicly by killing the rat catchers. he shows his grief by being violent, by spilling blood.

helaena: yeah i have nightmares about how he orchestrated the beheading of my child

The ruin of the lamb

'she don't speak. but she remembers.'

just ink and colour under cut:

Serving Cunt After A Funeral:

Alicent being so pretty and dolled up here as a coping mechanism fascinates me. She’s made conscious efforts to deceive herself and those who see her by obscuring her grief. She attempts to pretend to be the “realm’s gentlest soul” by wrapping up her shame and guilt in a veil of graceful clothes, neat hairdos, and religiously inspired jewelry but fails miserably.

She tries to heed her own advice to Helaena: “sometimes we have to pretend.” Because there is power in concealment and weakness in letting others see through you. So as Alicent puts on her green dresses, she wears her daily armor of bravery. But she fears the enemy within is not so easily camouflaged and her secrets may be compromised.

tw: blood, murder