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Title: The Songs and the Stories, the Lies and the Glories Chapters: 7 Fandom: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Rating: M Wordcount: 81K Pairing: Ser Duncan the Tall/Baelor "Breakspear" Targaryen

"Baelor?"

Baelor looked up to see Duncan standing in the middle of the aisle, Egg shifting from foot to foot as he spoke hurriedly. Duncan was leaning down to listen, but as he caught sight of Baelor he straightened up with a lopsided grin. "Egg says you're under some sort of…curse?" He looked unconvinced — and something else, sharp and predatory. "You look all right to me."

"He's under a spell," Egg said, then frowned. "Or maybe everyone else is under a spell."

"Is that so?" Duncan said, nodding thoughtfully, even as his dimple appeared high on his cheek. He dragged his gaze up and down Baelor's body, taking in the sword at his hip and the rough spun tunic and breeches, lingering. "What sort of spell might that be?"

"It makes everyone forget he's the king," Egg said. He seemed to hear his own words and looked back and forth between his master and his uncle, eyes growing wide. "Ser, perhaps—"

"That doesn't seem a very clever sort of spell," Duncan said solemnly as he took a few steps forward. "What if he needs to order people about? I know how he likes doing that."

#a knight of the seven kingdoms #akotsk #a knight of the seven kingdoms fic #akotsk fic #duncan x baelor #baelor x duncan #dunk x baelor #baelor x dunk #I can't think of any tags #also I feel like it's acceptable to put this in the main tag now since the show's over and people aren't just looking for gifsets etc #plus the sheer tonnage of terrible chatgpt 'reader' slop cluttering up the tags makes this feel like a relatively benign impoliteness #anyway this chapter took ages but it is pretty long so there's that at least #and there are just...so many feelings #so many!#also lambs #and hard cider #and if you're wondering: this chapter happened because I really wanted a scene where baelor has to light a fire #and doesn't know HOW #because if you think about it why the fuck would he know how to do that #yes I know egg does but I genuinely think that was dyanna's influence not maekar's #meanwhile baelor is very strong and brave and smart and cannot figure out how to use a flint #it's just very important to me #dunk and bae #westeros besteros

I think Breaking Bad is an objectively better series in terms of writing, pacing and tight storyline, but having finished Better Call Saul and its more slow burner character studies I am obsessed with how nearly every single major character in the show is trying to convince themselves that they are rightously justified in some way. And by the time they realize they are not, it's too late.

Jimmy thinks he's justified in destroying Howard and Chuck's lives and rebrands himself as a 'champion of the underdog' when the truth is he's given several opportunities to better himself and just won't, because he gets a thrill out of fucking with people. Even when he flees to Nebraska he can't stop his schemes, like he's picking an open wound.

Kim convinces herself that screwing with Howard is funny and justified because he reprimanded her for pushing so hard with Jimmy's recommendation to Clifford Main. She should be angry at Jimmy for fucking up such a good opportunity but she, too gets a thrill out of punishing Howard and trying to drive him to insanity. She tries to wash her hands of it all, but Howard's murder makes her realize, too late that this was all just twisted, cruel, fuckery.

Mike lost his son to dirty cops, turns to a life of crime, but also seems to think he is above it all. Above the dirty cops, above the cartel. He tries to work via a moral code but it unravels when he kills Werner and then ends up betraying Nacho. It's only until Manuel tells him: "Justice? My boy is dead. This isn't justice, it's revenge. You gangsters are all the same" that he realizes he, too is a piece of shit and has repeated the cycle of losing a son.

Nacho says he "enjoys ripping off criminals because they can't go to the police. They have no recourse." And that's probably how he was able to do his job as Tuco's right hand man for so long. He just tells himself: these are all bad people so it's justified, when he's literally one of the bad people. He probably did all kinds of evil shit before he eventually wanted out.

Chuck thinks he's justified in keeping Jimmy's career prospects down because Jimmy's mom saw him as "the golden boy." He's furious that he had to work hard and (to his eye, anyway) Jimmy got to sail through life by taking shortcuts, so he won't allow him to climb the ladder. Chuck is somewhat right that Jimmy fucks everything up, deliberately, but part of his motivator is definitely bitterness and revenge and not concern. He even tells Jimmy: "You never really mattered to me."

Narratively: "I'm sorry that happened to you but you have no one to blame but yourself."

#better call saul #squirms happily #new problematic blorbos!#so many!#jimmy mcgill #kim wexler #mike erhmantraut #chuck mcgill #nacho varga #howard hamlin #breaking bad

Vhenans everywhere!

So I had this idea for the Fade Prison server, with a group shot of the Lavellans there, and this is the result. 😅 this was such a fun challenge for me! I absolutely loved it. And look at all these amazing ladies and gentleman ( Ilmare in the lower right corner).