the northern b i r d

[abrokenlittlebird]

Leaving

Hi guys! I’m not sure how best to say this, but I think I’m leaving this blog. I had a great year+ on here, and I’m so glad I met all of you on here, but lately I’ve been reluctant to come on, and felt no muse for most of my threads. I really loved roleplaying on here, though. You guys were all an important part of my life. (Sorry for the sentimentality, but it’s true.)

I’m going to contact my group verse heads, and maybe some people I’ve written a lot with on here. For anyone else, if you want to stay in contact with me via Skype, etc./have my personal blog/be updated if I create a new RP blog, shoot me an ask! (Not quite sure how Tumblr’s new instant message system works, but you can use that too. Sorry, I’ve been off Tumblr for a while.)

So, yeah. Thank you all for an awesome year+ roleplaying my favorite character. I hope not to lose touch with some of you! Keep up your blogs, they’re awesome!!!!!!

[abrokenlittlebird]

I feel like I’ve been saying this way too much lately, but sorry for not being on! My play opens in a week from tomorrow, and hardcore rehearsals have started, though tech week’s not officially till next week. And I have a huge MUN conference coming up. With that in mind, I’ll try to be active in my two group verses, but no promises on anything else. Sorry! This year’s been busier than I expected. Regular activity should resume Tuesday, November 24. Or so.

[gifsofgot]

Sansa is your sister. You may be as different as the   s u n   a n d   t h e   m o o n ,  but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you…

[agirlingrey]

halsey ‘badlands’ starter sentences

CASTLE:       “I’m sick of all these people talking.”      “I’m already choking on my pride.”      “They wanna make me their queen.”      “There’s no use crying about it.”      “I probably shouldn’t be so mean.”      “I should probably keep my pretty mouth shut.” HOLD ME DOWN:      “My demons are begging me to open up my mouth.”      “He told me I was holy.”       “He’s got me on my knees.”      “This is what I live for.”      “Throw me in the deep end and watch me drown.” NEW AMERICANA:      “The city’s ours until fall.”      “We don’t feel like outsiders at all.”      “We know very well who we are.”      “What kind of dough have you been spending?” DRIVE:      “I can never keep my eyes off this.”      “All we do is think about the feelings the we hide.”      “It never felt like home to me.”      “Would it really kill you if we kissed?” HURRICANE:      “He’s got an eye for girls of eighteen.”      “I held him captive by my kiss.”      “I’m a one night stand.”      “I’m the violence in the pouring rain.”      “I reminded myself to keep you far away from me.”       “You could devastate me.” ROMAN HOLIDAY:      “Do you remember the taste of my lips that night?”      “I remember the fear in your eyes.”      “The timing’s never right.” GHOST:      “I’m searching for something that I can’t reach.”      “I don’t like them innocent.”      “You say that you’re no good for me.”      “I swear I hate you when you leave, but I like it anyway.”      “I know I’m gonna leave him.” COLORS:      “You’re only happy when your sorry head is filled with dope.”      “You’re ripped at every edge but you’re a masterpiece.”      “I’m still waking in the morning, but it’s not with you.” COLORS, PT 2:      “Everything is dripping like a saturated sun.”      “I hope you make it to the day you’re _____ years old.” STRANGE LOVE:      “Everybody wants to know if we fucked in the bathroom sink.”      “But the ending is the same every damn time.”      “They think I’m insane.”      “They think my lover is strange.”      “That’s the beauty of a secret.”      “They can’t believe I made you weak.”       “These days I can’t seem to get along with anyone.” COMING DOWN:      “I found god - I found him in a lover.”      “I found the devil - I found him in a lover.”      “Now we’re lost somewhere in outer space.”      “I’m such a fool for sacrifice.”       “I’ve got a lover and I’m unforgiven.” HAUNTING:      “Keep on haunting me.”       “I was pure as a river.”      “Now I think I’m possessed.”      “I’ve been cold since you left.”      “You’ve got your own mistakes in bed at home.”      “You’ve got a fire inside but your heart’s so cold.”      “I’ve tried to wash you away, but you just won’t leave.” GASOLINE:      “Are you insane like me?”      “You can’t wake up - this is not a dream.”      “I think there’s a flaw in my code.”      “These voices won’t leave me alone.”      “My heart is gold and my hands are cold.” CONTROL:      “I sat alone in bed until morning.”      “I tried to hold these secrets inside me.”      “I’m meaner than my demons.”      “God damn right, you should be scared of me.”       “Who is in control?” YOUNG GOD:      “You know we’re gonna be legends.”      “I know you wanna go to heaven, but you’re human tonight.”      “Do you feel like a young god?”      “My tongue is a weapon.”      “If you wanna go to heaven, you should fuck me tonight.” I WALK THE LINE:      “I keep a close eye on this heart of mine.”      “I find myself alone when each day is through.”      “You give me cause for love I can’t hide.”

[handofhonor]

{ @abrokenlittlebird liked for a verse starter

      normally at this time of day, ned was busy with meetings with other’s. today was a slow day, meaning he had time to leave his office before things got busy again. it had been a few days since he’d seen his wife and children. gods, he missed them but it was needed for society to function for them to go through the same process. the door opened and students began to file out, meeting their parents or going off on their own. eventually, ned spotted her tully red hair. 

      “did you have a good day?” ned asked as sansa approached. days like these reminded him of the past. it was a l m o s t comforting.

[abrokenlittlebird]

       Perhaps it was childish to still be so excited at the sight of one’s parents. Sansa vaguely remembered laughing with Jeyne after school, trying to waste every possible moment before they clambered in to their respective parents’ cars. But times had to have changed. All it took was a small nod and a quick, “See you later,” to the girls she walked out with, and Sansa was next to her dad in seconds.

       “Yeah, it was pretty good. There was a new girl, there.” She shrugged once, before giving voice to her confusion. “You’re usually not here. Nothing’s wrong, is it?” For either things were going well in the city, giving her father rare free time, or he had needed to see her for something much more serious.

[abrokenlittlebird]

        So, I’ve really disappeared again. Sorry about that. I was really sick starting last week, and barely able to get out of bed, let alone write on my blog. I’m fairly recovered, and have been since about Monday, but the only thing I’ve been writing is about NCDs and medical waste in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MUN conference coming up, and I really hate position papers.)

       With any luck, I’ll be done by the weekend and will get to all my drafts this weekend. Especially for my verse members! In the meantime, anyone want to fill me in on the disastrous update everyone’s complaining about? And why my tracked tags are being funky?

[thekingrenlyarchieve]

“All alone so I will not turn like you want me to.” “All the pain I wanted it to end.” “Don’t say that it’s over you can’t live without me.” “How can this be love if you are leaving me?” “I am not letting this story end.” “I can’t be near you right now because I know you are no longer mine.” “I couldn’t face a life without your lights but that was when you refused to fight.” “I don’t know if I can stand another hand upon you.” “I don’t know who I am without you.” “I knew who you were from the start but now I don’t know who you are.” "I said goodbye because I love you.” “I won’t show mercy on you now.” “If you still want me, please forgive me.” “Is it worth all that I have gained?” “It has to be this way cause I am not right for you.” “It’s over now.” ”I’ve been waiting for someone like you.“ "Once upon a time we had a lot to fight for.” “Remember when I swore my/your love was never ending?” “Save your mercy for someone who needs it.” “Say something I  giving up on you.” “She/He dares to stand where I stood.” “She/He will love you more than I could.” “Something is getting in the way, something is just about to break.” ”The fight inside is breaking me again.“ "There is a curse between us.” “Time can heal but the scars hide only the way you feel.” “We both know how it will end.” “What have you done now?” “Why did you choose to lean on a man you knew was falling?” “Why does fate make us suffer?” “Wish I had other choice than to hurt the one I love.” “Would you mind if I hurt you? Understand that I need to.” “You are sleeping away.” “You are the one that Iove and I am saying goodbye.” “You have turned into my worse enemy.” “You meant to me more than anyone I ever loved at all.” “You still speak of day old hate though your whole world had turned into flames.” “You thought you were standing beside me, you were only in my way.”

[snowdrenche]

She wished it did help. She wished that could be the interview done with…in fact, she wished these interviews weren’t happening at all. When the Ministry had asked that this be done, that it was becoming ‘concerning’ how so many terrible things seemed drawn to Hogwarts of late, that it was worrying for the students, Genevieve had known, known though it had never been said, that it had been the Malfoys, Lucius, behind these whispers, these ‘concerns’. Lucius who Genevieve had to smile with, who was at so many of the dinners Micha invited her to. Why her sons hated her so much. She closed her eyes and kept the dangerous thoughts at bay. 

“I am sorry but there are questions which must be answered,” She apologised, “I shall make it as quick as possible, yes?” She added, smiling shyly, apologetically, before she looked down at her questionaire for the thousandth time. “Do you ever feel in danger during your term time?” Genevieve presumed no. She had never felt in danger here….only when she left had she felt in danger. 

[abrokenlittlebird]

Oh well, it had been worth a shot. She looked up at her interviewer with a resigned smile, nodding her consent to go on with the questions. By her expression and nearly closing eyes, she was likely nearly as reluctant to be there as Sansa was. And at least she had agreed to try and make it short.

The question gave her pause there. Sansa herself had never been in direct danger - well, besides the fact that the most monstrous wizard to have lived had been in her Defense Against the Arts class a semester, and then setting his snake on people, and then... Maybe. She looked down briefly, trying to think of the shortest way to answer the question while still remaining honest. “Um.” she started. “Well. Not really, I suppose. Of course things are happening, and I’d be lying if I said that they weren’t really worrisome. And, I think most of my friends agree with me. But, we all still have faith in the teachers and people to keep things from getting out of hand.” Or at least, the teachers who didn’t stutter and have dark wizards on their heads.

[thingsforrp]

                                                   d e a т н                                          doeѕn'т dιѕcrιмιnaтe                             вeтween тнe ѕιnnerѕ and тнe ѕaιnтѕ         ιт тaĸeѕ            and ιт тaĸeѕ                   and ιт тaĸeѕ

[vuulpecula]

Fox couldn’t hold in her laughter for the statement Sansa handed back to her. It was just too good. “Of course it wouldn’t, kid.” She went on to busy herself doing as she said she would. Needing extra things for the couch anyway. When she returned to the room, she hesitated just long enough to take in the scene before her. 

The closed curtains, the smile, the stance. 

“I know, it’s my middle name,” Fox offered a smile in return to go with her joke. “Fox ‘the best’ Stone. Didn’t you know?” She moved into the room, setting down the extra blankets amongst other things. “It’s completely fine to be nervous, but I promise you, Sansa. No one is going to get to you when you’re here. Or anywhere else if I have a say. We’re going to get to the bottom of this, just relax and breathe.” 

[abrokenlittlebird]

“That’s a bit lengthy for a middle name.” Her smile did not waver as she leaned down to pick up the extra blankets, gently rubbing her palm against its softness. “Of course I trust you. And I am relaxed.” Cheeks flushed crimson as she realized the transparency of the involuntary lie, and amended her statement - “Well, mostly.” It wasn’t that she wanted to deceive her friend, even if she thought she could. Trying to prevent Fox from worrying about her would be unnecessary as well, considering her presuming for the night. Her claims to be at peace seemed to be just a force of habit, by now.

Absently, Sansa’s hands began to weave in and out of each other, a simple action to distract herself as her brain tried to articulate an explanation. “Checking’s just - I don’t know, a bit of a habit.” The words sounded stupid leaving her mouth, but they were as honest as she could make them.

She sighed as she leaned against the wall, the blanket still draped over her arm. “Really, though. I am as relaxed as I can be, Fox the Best.” 

[unerwunschtemoved-blog]

ＲＥＩＧＮ  ＳＥＡＳＯＮ  ＴＷＯ  ＱＵＯＴＥＳ

I don’t want to hurt you, but I don’t want to repeat history.

Out of all the people you could have slept with, did it have to be one of my ladies? One of my closest friends?

I am with child. Our child, at last!

I’ve come to offer you something. The destruction of our mutual enemy.

Cold passion mixed with your warm blood was to bind you to me. My spirit is inside you as yours is inside mine.

Ruling requires that your hands be drenched in blood.

You are my husband and my king.

You crushed the rebellion by yourself.

If we die, it is at her hands. And if we live I will never forgive her for this.

I’m saying that should anything happen to either of us I hope that you’ll remember me not as the man who lied or betrayed you, I hope you’ll remember me as the man who would have cherished you if he’d had the chance.

And real love never fades, not truly.

Just know whatever happens, this is not the end I dreamed for us.

I refuse to surrender. My reign will not end without a fight.

Whose blood concerns you more, your husband or your lover’s?

All that stands between him and the crown is my head.

Whatever happens to him, it’s over. I will never see him again.

You say that as if somehow, I’ve won. But how can it be over when he’s still ingrained in your heart? You will always see him just as I will always see you. Naked, in each others’ arms.

Is this how it’s going to be from now on? Both of us constantly wondering what the other is up to?

Our love will die here.

Just don’t expect a fond farewell from me. Or my trust. Ever again.

Do not test my power and do not tempt my fury.

If I’m as responsible as you say, I will never forgive myself.

I never imagined you’d kill him by breaking his heart.

The truth of your betrayal was the last thing that he heard before he collapsed.

I will spill blood to defend what’s mine.

You are a necessary evil whose orbit I can’t seem to escape.

But you have to know, that no matter your choices, you still have a husband who would do anything to make you happy.

I opened my heart to a liar.

Do we trust each other? 

Build a future controlled by you, not the changeable heart of a woman.

I’m sorry we’ve come to this.

But if you sincerely believe that your best path to healing is at his side, I will not stand in your way.

I have to fight every instinct I have pulling me toward you. When I’m near you I am aware of every breath you take and when I am away even the wind in the trees reminds me of you.

You say that I can be free, open to another. But without you my heart is closed as tight as a fist.

Because I love you. And one of us should be happy.

There are those who merely believe they have power, and there are those who actually have it.

Oh, is that caring? It sounds to me like a man trying to tighten his grip on a woman.

Congratulations, you’ve used your knowledge of the heart’s noblest emotion to manipulate and destroy someone.

What we once had was so natural. I miss how easy it was. We’d make love and fall asleep in each other’s arms like branches growing together.

I don’t feel strong. I feel like I’m sleepwalking and I don’t know how to wake up.

If your heart wants to sleep, let it. Many things can be forced out of duty, but not the heart.

Look where that love has brought us.

I wanted to one kind of King, and then I was forced to be another. Now I cannot go back.

You are my life and I love you.

I feel this nation is burning and I am the man who lit the match.

I love you. You do know that, no matter what I’ve done.

Are you prepared to die for this marriage?

I have lost all faith in you and the man I thought you were.

Oh spare me your lies and excuses! You’re not the man that I fell in love with and you’re not the King I want to rule beside. You are a coward!

I gave you a chance, I waited for the man I fell in love with to return, but that man is dead and I am finished waiting for him!

Do not seek to take before I can give.

No matter what happens, I love you.

Unfortunately, my husband isn’t giving me what I want, so I’ve come to ask you instead.

I need to handle this on my own and to do it my way. What I need from you is to be patient and to believe in me.

Take a stand, my love. I’ll take it with you.

The word can be dark and uncertain and cruel. The only thing that matters is that we face it together. No matter what happens, you are my light.

[outlawerofbeetsarchive-deactiva]

“It’s so cold.”

[abrokenlittlebird]

     “’Tis a warmer day than most, my prince. Winterfell’s summer snows can be quite shocking to a visitor, I know. Are you adjusting well? You need only endure it a while longer.”

[scarredhound-deactivated2024083]

     Sandor contemplated her proposal for a long minute before he nodded. “ Yeah, sounds like a fair plan. After all, I would be shocked if they had something my size readily in stock. “ He reached across and ruffled her straight hair with calloused hands, making sure it had been good and messy before he disappeared. “ See you tomorrow, little bird, “ he called back at her, as he made his way home. In all honesty, he hadn’t truly been looking forward to finding a suit. The very few times he wore one ( being his mother and sister’s funerals ), he found them ridiculously uncomfortable and out of his taste, so when he pulled into Sansa’s driveway the next day and honked his horn, he wasn’t in the most pleasant of moods. “ Nothing colored, “ he told her when she got in the car. “ No powder blues or white or yellows or whatever color is in style. I want black, “ and if he could have his way, a leather jacket would have been preferable. As he drove down the busy main roads, he glanced over at her briefly. “ What color is your dress? “ 

[abrokenlittlebird]

        “Please relax, Sandor. I saw you - you don’t need to honk the horn a dozen times and wake up half the neighborhood.” She sighed, depositing her bag on the floor as she climbed in to his car. Of course, Sansa hadn’t expected him to be as excited about the prospect as she was, but he had agreed. And she wasn’t going to let him back down now. “If you’re going to be this grumpy all day, I’m not buying you any food. Black’s fine. Most boys’ suits look similar, anyway.” A hint of annoyance had made its way in to her own voice, she realized belatedly. Forcing a nearly genuine smile on her face - she was going homecoming shopping, after all! - she continued, “It’s blue. It’s pretty! I have heels, but I’m sure you’ll still have some height on me.” The last part was an afterthought, added with a small laugh. It would take remarkably high heels for her to be taller than Sandor.

[wnq-writers]

She was a Queen, desperately proving her worth to a man who was unworthy.

diaryofapassionatewoman  (via wnq-writers)

[abrokenlittlebird]

❛ Honey, please, try to love me. ❜

            “You have shown me naught but kindness, your grace.” Tommen was not cruel, as Joffrey was, nor like his uncle, always laughing wryly at some unknown jest. He was a sweet boy - how he and Joff had come from the same parents was a mystery. “Of course, I would - try to love you.”

[johnnyssilverhand]

Hozier sentence meme

❛ Honey, please, try to love me. ❜

❛ I called your name ‘til the fever broke. ❜

❛ Don’t you ever tame your demons, but always keep them on a leash. ❜ 

❛ It looks ugly, but it’s clean. ❜

❛ Babe, there’s something tragic about you. ❜

❛ Innocence died screaming, honey, ask me I should know. ❜

❛ But I want it, it’s a crime that she’s not around most of the time. ❜

❛ Her fight and fury is fiery, oh but she loves like sleep to the freezing. ❜

❛ I prayed my mind be good to me. ❜

❛ With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean, she’s the angel of small death and the codeine scene. ❜

❛ It’s bloody and raw, but I swear it is sweet. ❜

❛ So tired trying to see from behind the red in my eyes, no better version of me I could pretend to be tonight. ❜

❛ Would things be easier if there was a right way? Honey, there is no right way. ❜

❛ I fall in love just a little, oh a little bit every day with someone new. ❜

❛ My lover’s got humor, she’s the giggle at a funeral. ❜

❛ There’s an art to life’s distractions. ❜

❛ I raised a stone to end his pain. ❜

❛ When I was a child, I heard voices… Some would sing and some would scream. ❜

❛ Cause with my mid-youth crisis all said and done, I need to be youthfully felt 'cause, God, I never felt young. ❜

❛ We tried the world, good God, it wasn’t for us.  ❜

❛ I turned and ran to save a life I didn’t have. ❜

❛ But my peace has always depended on all the ashes in my wake. ❜

❛ I wake at the first cringe of morning, and my heart’s already sinned. ❜

❛ Always a well dressed fraud, who wouldn’t spare the rod. Never for me. ❜

❛ I was born sick, but I love it. Command me to be well. ❜

❛ Freshly disowned in some frozen devotion, no more alone or myself could I be. ❜

❛ I clutched my life, and wished it kept. My dearest love, I’m not done yet. ❜

❛ No shortage of sordid, no protest from me. ❜

❛ I have never known peace like the damp grass that yields to me. ❜

❛ Two corpses we were, two corpses I saw. ❜

❛ All that I’ve been taught, and every word I’ve got, is foreign to me. ❜

❛ I have never known hunger like these insects that feast on me. ❜

❛ You’ve done me wrong for a long, long time. But after all you’ve done I never changed my mind. ❜

❛ Honey, you know that’s my love bursting loud from inside. ❜

❛ I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife. ❜

❛ The purest expression of grief. ❜

❛ Lord, it’d be great to find a place we could escape sometime. ❜

❛ Idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on its sword. ❜

❛ I found something in the woods somewhere. ❜

❛ Babe, there’s something broken about this, but I might be hoping about this. ❜

[wollfking]

“When the snows fall and the wind blows, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.” (Insp. x)