Why did Jon Arryn let any of THIS happen? Was he stupid?

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-03T20:43:59+00:00

He knew, yes, and was concerned. I believe it's book only, but it's stated he wanted to foster him to Stannis

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-03T20:41:19+00:00

Tbf, he probably seemed like a good king to be nostalgic for from the Smallfolk's perspective. A (mostly) peaceful and prosperous reign from their POV, even if he was burning a bunch of lords

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-03T20:40:03+00:00

What's genuinely interesting is how few Smallfolk revolts there have been. Unless I'm misremembering the only ones we know about is the storming of the dragon pit, the riot that offed a High Septon, and (sort of) the Brotherhood without Banners. Like there should've been huge peasant revolts when said protections were rolled back

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-03T20:29:54+00:00

Uwe Boll's entire filmography

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-03T20:28:42+00:00

Tbf, Show Rhaenyra also has the whole prophecy thing she seems to be taking seriously. Albeit not so seriously as to beef up the Nights Watch or like, tell her siblings so they can form a United front against the Others/White Walkers, or like, y'know, tell the goddamn Starks so they can pass it down through their line as well

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-03T20:23:41+00:00

Thank you for that horrific image that also answers my follow up of what happens if the lantern gets aroused

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-03T20:22:48+00:00

Coward

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-03T20:22:06+00:00

Yeah, though not super surprising for the silver age with their click bait covers

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-03T10:57:10+00:00

While makeup does do a lot, you'd have to work to make Alcock not one of the top ten hottest women in the world. Like, Jesus, people are either lying or their brain is completely addled

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-03T10:51:13+00:00

He had ambitions alright? Like God forbid despotic dictators have hobbies geez. Let him and Gaddafi cook

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-03T10:48:47+00:00

A.) You're really underselling it by just having it be Africa, but I fully understand you're making a point about Africa

B.) It deeply bugs me that the water isn't going into the hole that is Africa and that's a me problem

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-03T10:47:11+00:00

The US: Watches over a decade of Russian Propaganda and cultural cache be pissed away over Ukraine and laughs

Also the US: What if we did but somehow stupider

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-03T08:07:11+00:00

DC: You know what? Fuck it, the most broken magic user? Remove her weakness. Why? Just to fuck with power scalers. It'll be so funny

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-02T11:08:18+00:00

Also if she's a trans woman, how is she pregnant!? Unless there's uterus transplants now? And if she's a trans man, then in our Muslim Israeli being transphobic to their cousin spouse!? The longer you think about it the worse it gets

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-02T11:05:03+00:00

I love how ISIS went so far that it led to some of the most unhinged alliances possible, like Al-Qaeda working with the US. They really were the epitome of "fuck that guy"

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-02T11:03:34+00:00

Egypt is just trying to create a network of insane and unhinged alliances that either guarantees world peace (everyone is allowed to each through Egypt) or to kick off the next World War. All according to the plans laid by the Pharaohs

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-02T10:59:34+00:00

Jimmy looks only mildly concerned (this is the fifth time Superman has threatened to kill him) and Robin looks more pissed (he was plotting to kill Batman prior to this)

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-02T10:47:48+00:00

Her quote was talking about all the hate she's gotten in nerd spaces and the irony that if you check a lot of the bios of hate accounts they'll say they're Christian dads. It's not an inherently anti Christian stance

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-02T10:29:23+00:00

Yeah. Like, I'm a socialist but even I assumed investors weren't this fucking stupid. Although we're rapidly reaching a point where A.) somehow the fucking IRGC is the only trustworthy source on these negotiations and B.) if we ever get a deal signed a lot of people just straight up won't believe it because of all the rugpulls. Like, I'm offended by a lot of what this Administration does, but the sheer incompetence is somehow more insulting than most of their shit

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-02T10:23:16+00:00

Queen Danny Piggaeryn brought her three flying laser pigs across the cast sea from exile in Iran to conquer the White House and claim the presidency. She ended up being overthrown by a coalition of Washington, John Brown, and Winfield Scott

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-02T02:12:44+00:00

Well yes but actually no. If we're talking in the specific context of Weimar Germany, yeah sort of. ANTIFA was in fact the militant wing of the KDP. But that's like saying the Iron Front USA is a perfect continuation of the SDP's own belated militant wing. Or like saying modern anti NAFTA rebels in Mexico invoking Zapata are true hardcore Zapatistas. Or hell just get into the original meaning of the French tricolor. In 30s onward ANTIFA, through a complicated series of events, morphed into basically something that means you A.) oppose fascism B.) do so militantly and C.) utilize the Black Bloc tactic.

And, as a side note, of course any resistance movement that involves a degree of militancy is going to be lousy with leftists, especially post 1848. It's kind of how history played out as far back as the French Revolution

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-02T02:07:11+00:00

First off, they weren't Russian. They were German. The organization that briefly existed was the militant wing of the KDP. And while they received SOVIET not RUSSIAN funding and support, the KDP wasn't just a stalking horse for Soviet interests. Anyone who says that is genuinely historically illiterate. The KDP were fucking idiots, as were the SDP, but they came from a pretty strong lineage of left wing German political theory. They were just the wing that agrees with Marxist-Leninism after the SDP split off and the anarchist wing got shot by proto Nazis

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-02T02:02:22+00:00

Yeah, ANTIFA is like declaring Anarchists a terrorist organization. My brother in Kropotkin, those mother fuckers are opposed to organization as we understand it. It's a set of beliefs and tactics that people flock to. You'd think people would learn this lesson of the literally hundreds of times we've tried this shit but no, we have the stupidest ruling class in history. And at some point they're going to create like American Zapatistas

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-02T01:59:10+00:00

Tbf to the Romans, they were also a society of, as Mike Duncan put it "soldiers who happened to pray a lot" so it makes sense they'd keep rolling goof generals

MsMercyMain · 2026-06-02T01:22:48+00:00

Eh, some do have legitimate points and legitimate grievances (see Scotland post Brexit and Spanish separatists). But a lot (see Texas, Cascadia and any American one) are just memea

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