Wchurchill4pm-blog - Untitled - Tumblr Blog

"High On You" (Survivor)

They look like sisters!

“I am Alayne, father. Who else would I be?” - “I am Sansa Stark of Winterfell. This is my home and you can’t frighten me”

Someday, this will be my basement!

xx

If "war is the natural extension of politics" - as Von Clausewitz states - is all politics based on deception as well?

I : Laying Plans

18. All warfare is based on deception.

What does he mean by "calculations?"

I : Laying Plans

26. Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought.  The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand.   Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all!  It is by attention to this point that I can foresee who is likely to win or lose.

Jealous!

@SophieT thanks for the opportunity to have a photo with you.

I love Sophie, she's so goofy!

Sophie Turner and Iwan Rheon being adorable at the Game of Thrones SDCC 2016 Panel

Step is too hot to be gay - that's just my opinion as a heterosexual man 😍

Let’s be real, id be afraid of Stef too if I was dating one of her kids

Did Jaime have any other option of turning the tide of the battle? Could he have ordered a retreat?

When Jaime realises he's totally outmatched at Whispering Wood, he attempts to cut through the melee and slay Robb in single combat. Aside from being an utterly Jaime-esque thing to do, how sound a tactic is this in medieval battle? As ever, I love the blog and can't wait for new podcasts!

Sure. There’s plenty of examples of trying to force a quick victory by killing the enemy commander. The Battle of Bosworth Field is one, where Richard III tried to attack Henry Tudor in single combat to force his army to rout, though he was attacked from behind by Lord Stanley. Single combat ended with the advent of the infantry era and the pike square, but this did happen often enough not to be considered a one-off thing.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

Oh no - are we associating Sansa with Tywin?!

requested by anon:

↳ jon and sansa + tywin’s quote about battles

I want to MARRY Sophie!!!!

Do u like Sophie

I’ve never met Sophie ;)

And now we can link the St. Bartholmews Day Massacre to the Burning of the Sept of Baelor

Why do you link Cersei to Catherine de Medici ?

HI there :) Cersei is a character who seems to have allusions or parallels with a number of historical queens. My first thought with her was Margaret of Anjou, which is probably the most common option brought up for her during fan discussions of historical parallels in ASOIAF. But I’ve also seen a number of other possibilities for her including  Catherine de Medici, Elizabeth Woodville, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Isabella of France. Here’s a meta that goes into a number of historical parallels she has.

For my part, I chose to go with Catherine de Medici here because I thought it would be fun to go with a less common option, who Cersei still has interesting similarities with, including coming from a wealthy and influential family, having a husband who publicly slights her and cheats on her, and wielding power through her sons, two of whom die before her. A significant part of her struggles are also religiously based. I’m not saying Catherine is Cersei’s best parallel, just an interesting and lesser used one.

Kind of like Edmure at the mill - tactical does not necessarily equal strategic

about militar commanders, what about rommel? if the axis conquers malta before the first battle of el alamein (june 1942) , can he conquuer egypt?

Rommel’s biggest shortfall was that he fell into the same trap that a lot of battlefield commanders of that age: the belief that tactical victories must always lead to strategic ones. Rommel was too willing to commit to pointless battles, his aggressive movements left him short on supplies. He was a phenomenal tactician and deserves praise for ignoring the orders to murder Jews in his area of operation, but he held too high of a rank, in my opinion. He would have been better served in the field, not with a role that necessitated he spend more of his time behind a battle map.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

What exactly is the age difference between these characters?

Correction: the upper RIGHT pic.

Hannibal (2001) 

directer by Ridley Scott 

I don't understand the reference in the upper left pic.

Hannibal (2001) 

directer by Ridley Scott 

I love how you call them "the wolves" lol

When Dany meets Jon Part 2

[Editorial Note: I don’t normally do fanfiction, but I can’t get this story out of my head. This is most likely going to be a ten part series, with new parts coming out twice a week, so it should finish up in August, provided I don’t get too busy. Enjoy.]

Davos rushed toward the Lord’s Chamber, a torch in his good hand. Neither of the wolves would take the room for their own, too many ghosts, Davos assumed. Jon–who would hear no tell of being called Your Grace or King in the North by Davos or Tormund in private–had said they went there when they wanted to be alone, when they wanted to remember. 

According to the Northerners, beautiful, elaborate tapestries, of Bran the Builder and the Age of Heroes and the history of the Starks, once lined this hall. Roose Bolton had had them destroyed, primarily because most of them depicted Boltons as villians to the Stark heroes.

Sometimes the stories get it right.

Davos came to the Lord’s Chamber door. He hesitated. No one liked disturbing Lady Sansa and Jon after they had supped.

They did so much for the smallfolk during the day, seeing to the ever increasing influx of refugees to WinterTown from places further north, reconstituting and training the Stark army, holding feasts in the evenings where some back bencher would be invited to come up and eat and talk with them, a traditional apparently Lord Eddard had maintained for many years.

Months ago, everyone–Davos, Lady Brienne and her squire Podrick, Tormund–had agreed that, unless some urgent matter was at hand, the Starks’ evenings should be their own. They were owed at least that. 

This was definitely an urgent matter.

Davos knocked on the door.

“Enter,” Jon said.

Davos found them sitting in front of the fireplace, Lady Sansa sewing, repairing one of Jon’s shirts, as Jon sat across from her, staring into the fire. He often did that now. If the Red Woman had put a spell on him before she left, he had showed no other signs of it. Still, it was a peculiar habit.

“Begging your pardon, Your Grace–”

“How many bloody times do I have to tell you don’t call me that?” Jon asked. Lady Sansa smirked and kept sewing. She seemed to love watching her brother’s discomfort with the formalities of courtly etiquette. Too much so even.

“You can flay me later,” Davos said. “Right now, I have news. There’s been a raven, from Castle Black.” Sansa and Jon stood, the tension in their manner palpable. Winter was here, and the White Walkers with it. But the wolves could rest easy. Davos smiled and handed Jon the letter. “Your brother Bran’s alive. He’s at Castle Black.” Jon and Sansa hugged and shouted for joy so loud Davos thought he might go hard of hearing from the clatter of it. It did Davos’ heart good to see them happy. “Lord Commander Tollett asks that you send an escort to retrieve your brother. The Night’s Watch can spare no men for the task.”

Jon said, “I shall g–”

“You will do no such thing,” Lady Sansa shouted. “A king does not leave his castle for such a small affair.” Jon regarded her. She was right and she knew it and she stood like it. Lady Sansa would accept nothing short of capitulation from Jon on the matter. He nodded. “And we shall send Edd a conscription as well.”

Jon said, “See to it, Davos. An escort of at least thirty men for my brother and another two hundred to support Castle Black.”

“Jon,” Sansa said curtly.

“You just said send Edd more men.”

“I did. But two hundred?”

“Fine. How many would you like to send?”

“I don’t know. Not two hundred.”

Gods, they argued like an old married couple. Davos said, “I’ll see to it that a hundred go north now, along with word that if the Lord Commander wants more, he need only ask.” That seemed to calm the wolves down.

Link, please?

guys i just found a Mason/Hannibal Hannibal 2001 fanfic hOLY SHIT

Just because it's a fantasy series doesn't mean that human action in the story can't be realistic.

its really hard hearing people defend all the sexual violence in game of thrones.

“but sexual violence against women is historically accurate! it would be wrong to pretend it didn’t exist!”

cool story bro

all those historically accurate dragons are so awesome. remember when queen elizabeth rode her pet dragons into battle?? yeah. good times. 

i missed the part in my school history classes about white walkers though. maybe i was sick that day.

my grandma knew how to warg too. that was definitely a thing that happened.

BUT AS LONG AS WE’RE BEING HISTORICALLY ACCURATE.