moved to @empress-ofchaos

Me right now:

Jaime Lannister book and seasons 3-5

Brienne of Tarth with her broken heart

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Jaime Fans

Braime fans

Me

I have been watching that one thing

I actually didn’t intend to post this anywhere because I was just doodling around on my ipad (and - for the love of god - I can’t draw Brienne, damn me and my stupid overly cutesy animu style, she ALWAYS ends up too pretty and I hate it).

But Braime fandom needs every piece of positivity it can get at the moment, right?

So yeah… I wish we would have gotten something like this on screen.

Brienne: I don’t care where you and Arya ended up but is everyone alive and not in jail?

Jaime: Alive.

Brienne: Not in jail?

Jaime: *seen 3:46 am*

The minimum wage could actually drop if we had basic income.

And with this system, part-time jobs and “non-skilled” jobs would be much more readily available because nobody would need to work two or three jobs just to stay afloat!

Which would ALSO mean that employers and customers couldn’t shamelessly exploit employees the way they can today, because if losing a job weren’t necessarily a financial disaster, more people would be willing to walk out on jobs where they weren’t being treated with dignity.

And if this also applies to students (and it should) then student loans would become much less of a problem, and fewer people would flunk out of school because of having to juggle studies and work.

Far fewer people would be forced to stay with abusive partners, parents or roommates because they couldn’t afford to move out.

And the thing is, all those people who suddenly had money? They’d be spending it. They’d be getting all the stuff they can’t afford now - new clothes, books, toys, locally-produced food, car repairs - and with each purchase money would flow BACK to the government, because VAT, also income tax.

The unemployed and/or disabled wouldn’t need special support any more - which would also mean the government could fire however many admins who are currently engaged in humiliating - *cough* making sure those people aren’t getting money they don’t deserve. Same for medical benefits and pensions. And I’m no legal scholar, but I somehow imagine less financial desperation would lead to less petty crime, and hence less need for police and security everywhere?

But wait, there’s more. Because parents were spending just a little more time at home and involved with their families, test scores increased. Because teens didn’t have to work to support their families, drop-out rates decreased. Crime rates, hospital visits, psychiatric hospitalizations and domestic abuse rates all dropped, as well. More adults pursued higher education. Those who continued to work reported more job flexibility and more opportunity to choose employment they preferred.

Brienne, opening the card: ‘Dear Ser Mom, I wouldn’t be at your funeral. I’d be tracking your killer. We ride together. We die together. Because you are my Ser Mom. Love you.“