#ischadie

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ischadie replied to your post:A CIVIL WAR Addendum: SPIDER-THOUGHTS

Ok, but… maybe Tony was hoping that having a kid there would defuse the situation? Maybe he thought Steve wouldn’t try to brute force his way through a kid? (“Steve from Brooklyn. His friend was huge!”)

Valid! Also a decent Tony-brain-filtered motivation.

STILL A BAD DECISION. But that’s perfectly in character for Tony, to make bad decisions like that.

My point is that ONE LINE OF DIALOGUE to establish that, or any other valid reason for Peter being there, would have been welcome.

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What particularly didn't work for me in the Shae scene was that she grabbed the knife. It's like you could hear the writers: "And let's make sure she attacks him first, because then it's not even really murder, just self-defence. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S MORALLY OK TO LIKE TYRION." But considering everything else they screwed up about the story in the last episode, the Shae bit is just one more straw in the haystack on the camel's back.

Yeah. It’s not like last night’s changes were a change of pace for the season. D&D are dedicated to their bad!fic model at this point. It’s working for them. Just not for me. I can’t quit it, but I’m also not going to really miss it now that the season is over.

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So I went ahead and wrote that fic (what else are work lunch breaks for?). It's gifted to you on AO3.

OMG! You didn’t! That’s so awesome. Thank you, darling. :D

Here’s the link for everyone as enamored with the idea of Jon and Loras as university roomies as me.

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Photos like the "drunk cast" photo is how AU fanfic is born. This one in particular, I predict, will spawn a brood of "Loras and Jon are cuddly college roommates" fics.

You are so right, my dear. And I would totally read the hell out of that, lol.

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IO9's review of the GoT premier said this: "Lady Olenna is basically throwing her weight around, making every jeweler in town compete for her favor and depriving all the other ladies in King's Landing of necklace options in advance of the Royal Wedding." And now I'm thinking - is this all to ensure that Sansa has no other neck-wear options come wedding day?

Huh. Yeah, that’s a interesting way to phrase it, isn’t it? Makes sense.

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Experiencing François Arnaud for the first time is a beautiful thing. We're all sighing wistfully at londonrainings right now, yes?

Yes we are! OMG, François spiral…

How long until she ships Cesare x Lucrezia? LOL

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I also don't think Ned telling Cat would change much of anything. I don't think she blames Ned particularly for cheating on her so early on in their hastily arranged marriage, it's the shame of a public illegitimate child that she minds. Even if she knew it wasn't so, publicly nothing would change for her, she'd still be the wife whose husband publicly acknowledged another woman's child alongside hers.

I think the major issue is Cat wants to protect her children and a male bastard threatens those rights. She knows her history, she knows how bastards sometimes steal homes and titles from legitimate heirs. Jon’s a threat being raised in the bosom of her family, and it doesn’t even have to be Jon to try to oust Robb, it could be Jon’s children or his grandchildren.

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Have you found any indication in the text of who's older: Jon or Robb? Or even more specifically, is Jon presented by Ned to be older/younger than Robb, regardless of his true parentage? I haven't been able to put a cohesive timeline together in my head. Is Ned supposed to have sired him during the rebellion after leaving an already pregnant Cat?

It’s not made clear as far as I can tell, and I don’t think it will be entirely clear until Jon’s parentage is fully established. For example, if Ashara was Jon’s mother and he was conceived at Harrenhal, he’s older than Robb. That theory depends on Ned siring him prior to marrying Cat. If Wylla is his mother, however, he’s younger than Robb, conceived after Cat and Ned’s marriage. And if Lyanna is Jon’s mother, it’s hard to say whether Jon or Robb is older. They’d be born in the same year, and I wouldn’t be able to say exactly which earlier, because I think it would be very close.

Cat is concerned about the rights of her children, and I think perhaps if Jon was obviously even a bit older, that would have made her worry all the more. But we never have her mention that in her POV, so I wonder if that means infant!Jon looked younger.