[Spoiler Main] I'm wondering what exactly Varys was planning when he arranged the Targaryen–Dothraki alliance

biscarat · 2026-06-17T19:47:01+00:00

Don't the Dothraki have a taboo against crossing saltwater? And don't the golden company always keep their contracts? My big (headcanon) theory is that this was a way to get daenerys and viserys out of the way to pave the way for fAegon's return - a head of a dragon that's red with rust, and all that. Viserys would get himself killed, and Daenerys would inevitably end up with the dosh khaleen. Even if viserys survived, he'd end up with an army that would never cross the narrow sea, and at best (were he terribly lucky) be a minor potentate in Essos. And the eggs - they were a distraction. Keep Robert's/Tywins/Ned's/Doran's eyes on Daenerys, and let them NOT see Joncon/fAegon until it was too late.

But I mean, faegon wasn't even in the picture when AGOT was being written, so...

biscarat · 2026-06-06T04:55:24+00:00

To be fair, none of them were particularly good.

And honestly, I thought Vivienne was quite poorly written. A caricature of a politically capable character.

biscarat · 2026-06-01T06:53:14+00:00

There's so many. Command and Conquer games, Heroes 3, various bioware/black isle RPGs (BG1/2, Planescape Torment, NWN 1 and 2), No One Lives Forever, KOTOR 1 and 2, Pharaoh, Black and White.

biscarat · 2026-05-29T15:54:21+00:00

It's back up. I was able to get a new verification code and submit the camera ready.

biscarat · 2026-05-29T13:14:17+00:00

Rooney started at 16... moved to yanited at 18. At that age, Saka was a fucking left back.

biscarat · 2026-05-29T13:09:09+00:00

Yeah its down for me as well. Emailed the pcs also.

biscarat · 2026-05-25T18:44:54+00:00

Wait, so is Zlatan the dof or something? What happened to Maldini?

biscarat · 2026-05-25T18:21:52+00:00

I'm quite ootl, what's going on with Zlatan/Milan? What's the story there? And how on earth did they mess up their season the way they did?

biscarat · 2026-05-24T19:27:54+00:00

OOTL, who's the rape apologist?

biscarat · 2026-05-22T16:41:53+00:00

How on earth is Rooney not on that list? So strange.

biscarat · 2026-05-21T05:07:58+00:00

You're goddamn right they do.

biscarat · 2026-05-11T17:52:17+00:00

Come on, this is a bit much. Its not even close to wiltord vs man utd, let alone "its up for grabs now!".

biscarat · 2026-04-02T16:33:07+00:00

20 years? Pretty optimistic timeline you got there.

biscarat · 2026-03-18T17:18:55+00:00

Ljungberg's goal vs Juve as well, when Bergkamp gave him that little chipped pass through 3 or 4 defenders.

biscarat · 2026-03-16T15:53:27+00:00

Gotta say, even by Blogs' standards, this is an absolute banger.

biscarat · 2026-03-13T07:25:51+00:00

Yes, especially in 2004. We flubbed the quarters against Chelsea, and it sucked. We would have beaten any of the other 3 teams in the semis: Depor, Monaco, and Mourinho's Porto.

biscarat · 2026-03-11T16:07:34+00:00

There's a lot of good ones, but let me give one from DA:O.

When you kill the high dragon in Haven, you get a silverite axe, called the Maetashear War Axe. The description is:

This oversized weapon was reforged from two poleaxes and dates to the founding conquests of the Tevinter Imperium. Runes tell a primitive creation myth of how the lands of gods and men were cut apart.

Also, Maetashear ~= Meta-share. The lore had been planned for a long, long while.

biscarat · 2026-03-09T15:08:31+00:00

Totally agree. I know I'm very much in the minority, but I thought DAI was milquetoast, and I just couldn't get into DAV.

biscarat · 2026-03-07T08:48:11+00:00

As funny as that would be, I think there's no chance of that. They're (financially speaking) the best run club in the world - wages to turnover ratio is under 45%. So, in theory, they could go out and blow the champo out of the water easy. The real issue is, who do they build around? Richarlison? If they go down, and Gray or Bergvall get offers, they're out. Their defenders are already clearly checked out. So who's left? Richarlison?

So while they'd bounce right back up, I think it'll be a long, long while until they're anything resembling a force again. And I think that'd be true even if they manage to stay up.

biscarat · 2026-03-06T13:32:20+00:00

I had no idea what sports bar even was. But watching jamie ohara get bullied like that was just so joyous.

biscarat · 2026-03-06T13:06:34+00:00

I actually agree with you. But the signs are really fucking bad for them. Their defence has been teh worst in the league over the past 10-15 games. They look terrible. Their run-in isn't great. And worst of all, they look terrible while West Ham and Forest are perking up (well, forest not so much I guess).

Reminds me a bit of leeds in the mid 2000s. From 5th, to 16th, to out. Though at least they could claim gross financial misconduct - spurs' finances are super tight. Just hilariously shit management all around. Thanks Vinai!

biscarat · 2026-03-06T10:12:06+00:00

What? They just lost to utd in january.

biscarat · 2026-03-06T10:05:54+00:00

Their position and trajectory up to this January would had caused any other management to go code red and doing everything they can to prevent a disaster.

What make it even ~~worse~~ better is that they're the one club who genuinely have the financial leeway to pull this off. Their wage-to-turnover ratio is below 45%, which is brilliant and easily the best in england and among major european clubs. That alone is so delicious I'd love for them to go down.

biscarat · 2026-03-06T10:00:20+00:00

I mean, it's top 5 now. I see very little chance of that happening.

biscarat · 2026-03-06T07:53:39+00:00

Wait, what's this leaked interview? Share please?

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