Rhaella is aware her aunt Rhaelle was the only member of the family save her grandmother to launch any significant protest to her marriage. She has never liked to linger on it because it invites sharp, painful thoughts of what might have been.
But when Aerys does not return from war on the Stepstones, no one seems to know what to do with her. Her father's health is fast failing, and her son is only a year old. Her mother is nigh catatonic with grief. Aerys was her everything; Rhaella an accessory to him, her pride and joy.
Her son will be anointed king when his grandfather dies, and there will be a mad scrabble for regents. Her grandmother is now dead. Her uncles are all dead. It is perhaps the kindest thing her father has ever done for her, to send her to Storm's End with Rhaegar, away from court.
They will be summoned back when he dies, she knows, they cannot hide forever, but he has repeatedly expressed his wish that Lord Ormund, Rhaelle's husband, be the first and foremost of Rhaegar's regents.
Storm's End is not a particularly beauteous or charming castle, but the inside of the great drum tower is drenched with torchlight and shades of umber and gold, and Rhaella does enjoy the ocean.
She walks on the beach for hours at a time with her aunt. Only one of her children has survived infancy, her strapping lad Steffon, who is black of hair and violet-eyed, like his mother.
Rhaegar is a healthy toddler, but not particularly large for his age; the difference between cousins is almost comical. Rhaella watches Steffon carry Rhaegar on his shoulders, wading in the surf, the sunlight glinting off her son's silver-gold hair.
"When we return to court," says Rhaelle, as if they were not discussing the death of her sole surviving sibling, "I want the Lannister boy's tail between his legs. Eight-and-ten, and carrying on about his great love for Aerys, and how he ought to be Hand to a mere infant. Ormund will send him scurrying home to his father."
Rhaella laughs, though the thought of Tywin Lannister usually does not make her chuckle. "His wife is one of my ladies," she points out. "I am loathe to give her up, Auntie."
Rhaelle shrugs. "We will think of some fine quest for him, then. Bandits in the Kingswood. Pirates in the Summer Sea. One almost wishes there were another war. These men are prepared to grow fat and happy for the next fifteen years."
"But not Uncle Ormund," Rhaella murmurs- is she being sarcastic, or does she believe it?
Rhaelle laughs, and says, "He was fat and happy before your husband died, sweetling, so that is how you know he's worth his weight in gold."
Rhaella digs her bare feet into the cold sand, and watches Rhaegar shriek with laughter as Steffon dangles him over the crashing waves.
you can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs then tag ten people! no skipping!
Tagged by @captaingondor - thank you! I don't have a favorite playlist (or much in the way of playlists at all), so I put most of my music library on shuffle and away I went. Because of that, I would only count a couple of these as actual favourites, but they're all either from albums I do listen to somewhat frequently or songs that I'll occasionally single out for a listen.
1. Immanuel by Michael Card
2. Jimmy, Renda Se by Tom Ze/Daniel Pemberton (from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. soundtrack)
3. Rysn by The Black Piper (from Kaladin, a book soundtrack)
4. The River Sings by Enya
5. I Can't Wait for You to Get Here by Mat Kearney
6. Healing Katniss by James Newton Howard (from The Hunger Games soundtrack)
7. Glass by Thompson Square
8. The Crack of Doom by Howard Shore (from The Return of the King soundtrack (complete recording))
9. Before by Jeremy Zuckerman (from The Legend of Korra: Book One soundtrack)
10. Held by Natalie Grant
Tagging @sunheart, @idratherdreamofjune, @lover-of-the-starkindler, @isfjmel-phleg, @fictionadventurer, @theworldiswhispering, @berenshand, @ladysnowangellikes and @stingrayextraordinaire, if they would like to participate.
got so many requests for fma so this is part i of ii probably
- blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most): edward and alphonse my BELOVED boys. i don’t think there’s any relationship in fiction that has impacted me as fundamentally as theirs has. each of them individually is a paragon of character, writing, principle, and growth, and then when you put them together they become something more than the sum of their parts. (just like alphonse’s take ten and give back eleven theory). there is so much beauty in their love. beauty in sacrifice, unselfishness, responsibility, atonement, in bearing their brother’s burdens. someone says show me unconditional agape love and i point straight to the elric brothers
- scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped): LOOK AT THEM
- scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave): IZUMI!!!!!!! my platonic ideal of a woman, literally my role model in everything from life philosophy to combat to motherhood to housewifery. you cannot begin to understand how izumi curtis revolutionized my pathetic teenage worldview on womanhood when i needed her most
- glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week): cute briggs tank guy my beloved
- poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave): in this house we love one (1) immortal human philosopher's stone. hohenheim did almost nothing wrong actually and he did everything in his power to repair his relationship with his kids when he started to understand the impact his absence had on them
- horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason): gotta be kimblee, i was gonna put him in eeby deeby but frankly i think he would enjoy his time in superhell so i don’t want to send him there. and there’s someone else who deserves superhell more than him
- eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell): arakawa already did it for us
@captaingondor replied to your post: i think about the billionaire class existing...
jeff bezos ex wife (who got half his money) has given more to charity in the past year than he has in his whole life and this is absolutely mind boggling to me. what is going on in his head
afjdklsd yes, i mean, it’s difficult to imagine being that devoid of compassion and empathy and basic human decency, but alas
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1. What OC has the biggest family? How do they get along?
Oooo, it depends, Llira from my old story idea still has the biggest I think, but I haven’t though about them in ages...In terms of OCs I’ve been thinking about more, Halley and TJ have 5 kids (kind of 6 but that’s a long story). They get along for the most part, there are some...complex feelings for the youngest adopted brother but that plays into the feelsy idea that would take a while to write out oops
Oh I actually have some art of them...though the descriptions kind of...tell you a little about the sad thing I keep mentioning oops...
12. Which two OCs are the most different from each other?
Oh man I have so many OCs I don’t even know how to attempt to answer this...actually the first ones I thought of are funny because they are found family haha. But Orelious and Julius are very very very different. Orelious is strict and serious and just kind of, not approachable, thinks things through, all that. Julius is like, friendly and always looking on the bright side and rushing into things.
I also realized I have not uploaded my reference pictures for them on here yet I will...get on that...xD
🌹Her pulse pounded in her ears, and Rani couldn’t help but notice that this close, Khagan’s scent of wind was closer to summer nights than spring, couldn’t help but linger on the way Khagan’s dark hair caught starlight, couldn’t help that her gaze fell to his lips as they leaned toward each other, propelled by some strange gravity like two twin stars caught in an endless dance.
🌹There should have been no comparison, really, because she was bruised and beaten and bleeding, her mortal flesh a mosaic of every encounter with the world, and what stood before her was perfection and light, but it was there, in the same sharp angle of her chin, the graceful sweep of her neck, the elegance of her clasped hands.
🌹“You wear your pain like a crown. Well, I bear my pain like the slavemaster’s whip.”
I feel like my memory, focus, and planning ability have dropped off the face of the earth now that i'm pregnant. is this an ADHD thing or just a pregnancy thing? and, since i almost certainly can't start meds right now and honestly putting aside money and scheduling for coaching or counseling and so forth is the last thing i want right now, is there anything i can do about it?
Sent February 27, 2019
That’s totally a pregnancy thing. Hormone levels affect brain function. That’s why PMS is a thing and why it’s normal to have the “baby blues” after giving birth, and why PPD and PPA (anxiety) are so common.
It’s a good idea to write everything down, no matter what. Just carry a notebook and pen with you everywhere and write stuff down. I know some people would go with using their phone, and you can do that, I just find that handwriting makes it stick better.
For focus, keep things as short as you can. Don’t expect yourself to focus on anything for a long period of time, make sure you have fidget toys with you for times when you can’t break stuff up, and find ways to let yourself move from one topic to another easily, to help your short focus be an asset.
As for planning, your datebook/calendar is your friend. Use it constantly. Refer to it multiple times a day. Write everything in it. Transfer things from your notebook to your planner on a daily basis. If there’s something you want to figure out but you’re having difficulty wrapping your mind around it, enlist the help of a friend or your partner. You don’t have to make the plans yourself if that’s hard right now.
