#highgardcnrose

[garlanofroses]

white lies or always the blunt truth?

❝  White lies. There is little point in unnecessarily harming another simply because one refuses to lie. I am not so honorable that I have told my wife I dislike her hairstyles, for example. Sleeping in front of the hearth is rather unpalatable, you know. ❞

[rcgna]

Iron Islands or Volantis?

“the iron islands have given me much. a brother, the iron kiss, real proper friends. and yet it’s never given me a home. they’ve taken more than they ever gave. might be that i call the sea home for now, but one day i’ll sail across the narrow sea and look upon those fuckin’ walls. volantis is the place i was born. where i belong, i know that in my heart. i was snatched from the one place i might have fit in.”

[leonctte]

❝ It’s an activity fit only for beasts yet practiced by no kind of beasts. ❞ - Garrick

the lady of spring dons a smile of relief then, chancing a bashful glance to her side so that she might avert her eyes from the violent scenes before them. how she had found herself amongst a mock melee is beyond her, but it is not a situation she feels comfortable in. soft blue hues looking on in horror as warfare is acted out before her. “my father always said that a man’s blood runs hot when battle is almost upon them.” her brows knit together as a pained shout fills the air and cheers erupt from the crowd. though just what this victory proves she is entirely uncertain.

“yet i must confess it seems senseless to me.” leonette turns from the brawl then as the spill of blood only seems to make them rowdier. “to fight for ones survival and others is a noble path. when there is nothing at stake but the chance to settle petty scores i see no reason for it.” though she manages a smile, it is one that does not reach her eyes, and is rather forced to her lips. “it is as you say, my lord. an activity for beasts.”

[highgardenspride]

❛ I need to forget a ridiculous, childish idea that I could love someone, they could love me, and nothing else mattered. ❜

“What you need to forget, sister, is this notion that this someone must be a king.” Loras knew, at its root, that it was their father’s idea, and Margaery was merely going along with it to make him happy. The Knight of the Flowers could not fault that, considering he had done the same to fill their father’s desire for a knightly son. 

Margaery was so loyal to her family, the little rose of Highgarden in every way, and kindness was the only way she knew. Kindness to others, far before herself. “I cannot wait to see the day I see love, real love, in your eyes for a man who loves you back. I will welcome him as though he has always been brother, whether he be the highest lord in all the land, or a mere stableboy with nothing to his name.”

“It is not ridiculous, or childish. And I pray to the Maiden every day that it will be soon.” Loras took his sister’s dainty hands in his, clasping them tight in his own in an attempt to reassure her. If there was one thing he believed in, it was love, after all. 

[icekraken]

❛ Men don’t like taking orders from women. ❜

Lady Margaery’s voice was so soft and soothing, convincing him she could likely talk the bloodlust off any creature of violence, whether it was beast or man. He found himself wondering if all Tyrells were this pleasant to be around, given his newfound friendship with her brother Loras and his immediate liking towards her as well. They’d spoken only briefly at Dragonstone, when his men found it fitting to harass her and he stepped in to drive them away.

“Most men value the cock between their legs over strong leadership.” He muttered. His sister was someone he could easily follow, whether it was to adventure or battle, as she surely had the heart of a Greyjoy their father had so sought in an heir. “I’ll take a smart woman over a stupid man any day.” 

He considered if it was her own orders she was referring to, and he mused at the thought of her sharply giving direction. “Perhaps if you were more intimidating. Maybe brandishing a dagger or two...” He lightly teased.

[jeyneofthewesterlings]

freedom or security

❝  Freedom. I will never again be used as a pawn in another’s game. But I would not say no to some form of security either. ❞

[leonctte]

forgiveness or kindness?

“there are those that have made mistakes beyond reason or forgiveness no matter how hard we search our heart for the strength to do so. but we can always be kind, even to those we cannot find within ourselves to forgive. my family, the relatives tied to me by blood, made the ill error of siding with a traitor in the war of the give kings. yet should i ever come face to face with my kin once more, i would not treat them with contempt, only compassion. i may be unable to forgive them for their mistakes, but we shall never be at peace if we cannot learn to be kind to one another, to respect eachother’s differences.”

[rosamundoflannisport]

loved or feared?

❝  Loved. To be feared without being loved is to ensure that everyone else is devising a plan to put a knife in your back when you least expect it. ❞