"Once the Rossart was dead, there was virtually no threat of wildfire nukes. There was practically no reason to kill him. He wanted to kill him."

And I just..get so frustated bc, let's put it this way: aerys is the king, that alone makes everyone around him be his yes man, add to this that the king is a mad fucker and will kill anyone if he so much as wakes up with a bad mood and you have the unlucky pleasure of passing by him in the morning, everyone around him will be even less inclined to so much as question him. This is a court that just watches as the king kills anyone, even high lords, in unnecessarily cruel ways just bc, as he killed one of his hand's bc he refused to carry out one of his orders or something, even the queen has no protection against the king. These are the ppl surrounding the king. So you're telling me that the city will be safe from going kaboom just bc you, the 17yo hostage guard, killed one of the king's MANY pyromancers and put the king in a cell? No one will see the mad fucker in a cell and get him out? Once out of his cell, the mad fucker totally will not turn and say "hey, this bitch put me, the king, in jail, that's treason, kill him" and they will just not do it? You're telling me the other pyromancers totally did not have a back up plan of "if they didn't hear from Rossart every 2 hours or something push the nuclear button"? No? Everything would be totally fine as long as you kill the ONE errand man but keep alive the man giving the orders everyone feels compelled to obey, be it by duty or fear, that's totally fine right? it'll work out, promise ✊

Honestly the two major blogs around here are so painfully delusional and transparent in their efforts to push their own interpretation as the only "correct" one i don't know how people don't see it.

If people disagree with them they're called stupid and media illiterate and "fell for the tale" while they spent four years adamantly claiming a million things would be revisited- which they never did. Their theories are nearly delusional and when proven wrong (eg. Louis' current arc, the Drop) they refuse to admit it but answer vaguely that it's all part of a greater puzzle that will be manifested in later seasons (give me a break).

While at the same times they're the ones making the divide in the fandom a chasm, anytime someone expresses criticism they're part of a Subset. (The Othering of people in this fandom demands a whole essay on its own) and while yes I have seen a lot of those to whom they refer, not everything negative can be attributed to them.

They're just using it as a scapegoat to blame.

Didn't mean to vent in your inbox! And btw i saw an article that was referring to the way Lestat views and uses his body in relationships as transactional and I laughed out loud. Which is doubly hilarious because I never exactly agreed with that particular line of thought but it's clear that it's a very possible interpretation of the material for some!!!

Thank you 💖💖

I'm not trying to fish for sympathy here or anything (I feel like a lot of you know I kind of hate that, haha), but if I'm honest, the ugly anons have never really stopped for me? They definitely have quietened down at various points, but they've really ramped up again with the new season. I actively try not to post them, although I do screenshot and log them (if anyone ever wants receipts, ho-ho-ho, haha), and I have an open case with tumblr about it, and in terms of some of the violent ones / dox-toned ones, a more comprehensive case filed with the Australian eSafety Commission and federal police (and I'm still in loose conversations with the lawyer my mum connected me with when I was doxxed last year).

Look, at the end of the day, I could turn anon or even asks entirely off. I've done that before, and if it ever gets too much, I will again. I make the choice to keep that open, and a big part of that is that I love talking to you guys, who vastly outnumber the assholes, and I (extremely) understand why people would want to participate anonymously in this fandom. As I've said before, I just hope that I help to create a space in this fandom where people don't feel like they need to.

In terms of those blogs, I honestly don't see them all that much anymore, so I can't comment on their current postings. People are respectful, I think, of me saying I don't want to see them, which has been very lovely, but I do get sent stuff when it's about me (I think largely when they're worried for me) which is a gesture I think made with the best of intentions. I have mixed feelings about it, because on the one hand I really appreciate the concern and it is good to know, because those posts often do inspire a bit of a new wave of asks in my inbox, and it helps me to prepare for that, but at the same time, like - - woof.

It's kind of funny though that you mention the stress on the fandom divide, because I've had quite a few antagonistic anons about that, including one who told me I must regret putting them offside, and I made a real noise when I read it, because - - gosh, haha. I mean, look, for context, I was raised with the concept that regrets, while real, only have any power if you don't learn anything from them, and I can happily say I learnt a few things, but also I feel kind of lucky that they drew a line and I don't have to occupy a fandom space with them? I genuinely hope they're having a great time! Truly! I just hope they're having it far away from me, haha.

Also for the record, I genuinely don't mind or care if people follow or are friends with them. I'm genuinely not encouraging any sort of fandom divide, which is genuinely a very silly concept to me.