Blood Alone Remains

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Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives.

Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna (via wordsnquotes)

[citizenoofearth]

Isn’t it scary knowing that any time could be the last time you talk to someone? Always keep that in mind

(via @sturzpoesie-blog)

[mckenzistuff]

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[thoranda]

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[queenisabel]

kingjohannes:

“Kings handed their crowns know little of hard work.” A chuckle escaped the man. “Chaos is never too far off; always someone waiting to take advantage of it.” He shook his head. Johannes had done his best to rid his out court of chaos; it did not make for a stable rule after all– but it was thoroughly amusing to watch others deal with it. “Yes, it would be rather easy.”

“They never will, and will never be worse off for it either,” bitterness crept into Isabel’s tone. She shouldn’t be, she knew the way the game was played, but it still grated on her. She fought tooth and nail for her country, and would continue to do so- but couldn’t deny the idea of seeing others crumble was appealing. “It could work in your favour. Minimal effort, and little chance of having the blame placed on your door."

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[rpmusings-galore]

                              When they died,                               all things soft                               and beautiful                               and bright                      would be buried with them

[dreaminglesbian]

[queenisabel]

vilkasgrimsson:

“One of the maids just tried to scold me for something. I don’t think she realized I wasn’t some common peasant. Not that I can blame them. This place is far too…. much.”

“And yet you seen remarkably unperturbed,” Isabel drawled. How nice it must be to not care about that sort of carry on, to not have to prove your royal status to anybody you ever met. “It is excessive, but I find that to be the case with most of the other courts I’ve visited.”

[queenisabel]

I would love to get some plots going with Isabel as she’s a little more introverted than Alexandra I wanna get the ball rolling a bit so please hit me up if you had any ideas!! I have a wee bit of an intro for her here and I’m gonna post a few plot ideas if you wanna hmu 

An ex-betrothal, either from when she was a younger princess or from when her younger brother was trying to usurp the throne and needed alliances. 

A betrothal (or wife even) of her younger brother before he died

Other rulers who took sides in the civil war between her and her brother, whether they supported her or him 

Rulers to whom she is paying off/ has already paid off her brother’s debts from when he was king. 

Possibly a betrothal cause my girl wants a son real bad

An actual friend, maybe someone she has known since childhood and has seen the huge change in her since then, or someone who’s country she stayed in when the war wasn’t going her way and she needed to lick her wounds

[queenisabel]

kingjohannes:

“So let there be chaos. We have both proved ourselves capable in it; no doubt others would too.” He turned from her, paying more attention to one of the shelves that lined the wall of the room, running a finer along some of the books.. “With the world winding to a halt, I feel we might need something to make it interesting again.”

“It’s not a bad sentiment. Perhaps if more of us had to prove ourselves, we’d all be better off,” she added, thoughtfully. She hated that after all her predecessor did, her equals would never see her as such, and there was little she could do about it. “Trouble will come, if that’s what you seek. There are too many powerful men here for it not to. All it would take is to poke the flames rather than feed the fire,” she pointed out.