#lycrra

[jeyneofthewesterlings]

♥ - family headcanon

❝ When I was a child, there was no one I loved more than my elder brother. He doted on me, often sneaking me treats and playing with me out of doors. He was a gallant prince to my maiden and if I had wanted to learn to shoot a bow, I imagine he would have taught me. There was no one I loved better than Raynald and even after Elenya and Rollam came along, I knew I was his favorite. ❞ She paused. ❝ When I left The Crag, he said he understood my reasons, even that he agreed our mother was unstable and cruel. But his words were untrue. Or perhaps they weren’t. Perhaps he did understand, even if he did not agree. I have not heard from him since I have left. ❞ She sniffed, taking a moment to wipe at her eyes. ❝ I suppose war does that to families. ❞ 

[andarofrunestone]

one thing you want but can't have and one thing you wish you could forget

❝ I see little point in wishing for things that can no longer be. But if I did, I would want my brothers back. We were close until the end; it is strange to feel so alone in the world.

I wish I could forget the look on my wife’s face when she realized she was to die. ❞

[highgardenspride]

fear.

🌸🍃 ❝ I do not fear death, nor a battle, whether it be against the living or the dead. If I should fall, I have faith the Stranger will lead me straight to the arms of my beloved Renly who waits for me in the Seven Heavens. I do, however, fear living long enough to grow old and ugly and unable to fight or garner the love of the people as I have grown so used to. I have come to realise I am useless without such things. Perhaps it is a vain thing to fear, but I dread it nonetheless. ❞

[highgardenspride]

❛ There is always risk. At least when you love someone it’s worth taking. ❜ from leonette!

Loras knew Leonette was right - love was worth taking risks for, of course it was. It was just that the risks Loras had taken, the ones Renly had urged him to action out of love, had been far too large. He had thought that was what a lover did then - to declare him king, to rally the wealthiest house, his house, to his cause, to renounce everything for him. 

Older and perhaps wiser as he was now, he realised that if he truly had loved Renly he would have just laughed when he mentioned wanting a crown, and kissed such a folly from his lips, never to be mentioned again. Maybe then, he would still have someone to love.

“That’s why I did it, you know, why I took all those risks back when the war started.” Loras said, worrying his lip between his teeth nervously. He did not breach this subject out-loud with anybody except Margaery, and even that was a rarity these days. He had taken a risk for a man who would rather have had a crown than a long, full life of being adored by the Knight of the Flowers. “Because I loved him.” 

[casseldreams-blog]

❛ Love is never simple. Not that I’m any expert. ❜

Never had she ever heard words so correct. Love, true love, was never easy.  One could stumble upon the false thing quickly enough, to confuse lust with love was an easy task that many slipped up and did. But not Beth; she was aware of her feelings, always had been. Knew that her heart only beats for one man, and one man alone. It had when they were young, it did now, and it would continue to do so long after they were both dead and gone, nothing left behind of them but legends. And yet she knew nothing would indeed remain of them. Legends of the King in the North would continue. Legends of Robb Stark's bravery and courage would remain. Nothing of her would be left on this world, even if she survived the war to come. She would love no other man. Therefore she would not enter into any marriage, and she would bear no children. No families would whisper of her in the night; none would mourn her years after she was in the ground. And no one would know anything about the young King who danced with the girl who ran away from him, nor would they know anything about a draw so intense that words evaded them. They wouldn't know of the heartbreak, the panic, that set over her every time he went into battle, and they would not see the relief watching him ride back home.

Love was not simple. But if it were, Beth thought it would likely not be as worth it as it was now. Even though her true love was never to be achieved, never be returned, experiencing such strong emotion alone... That had been a blessing. To die knowing how it felt to give herself entirely to another soul. That would be enough for her.

"Love is a scam." She sighed, looking down at the wine she had in her cup, twirling it about, watching it slosh inside its confines. "It makes you think you have a chance at happiness, with a husband and a child... Maybe two or three of them. And then it rips it all away and makes you feel okay with it - because you want the best for your love. You want him to be happy and healthy, marry a Lady fit of his status... And that is not possible with you, so you let him go. But never truly. It is a scam. It is a lie. Beautiful, bittersweet... We'd be both better off and worse off without it. Even through all my heartache, I cannot say that I wish I had never known love."

@lycrra 

[jeyneofthewesterlings]

family or duty

❝  Duty, though it depends on how one defines it. I see duty similar to honor, separate from one’s duty to family and expectations. Duty is to do what is right, duty is to help others, duty is to put aside one’s own comfort for the greater good. That is what I chose five years ago; it is what I continue to choose each day. ❞

[garlanofroses]

joffrey or cersei

❝  That depends entirely on the question being asked. Who do I prefer to see live? Who do I prefer to serve? Who would I prefer dead? After what I heard and saw about how he treated the Stark girl, the only time I can say I would prefer Joffrey was if he was dead and his head upon a pike. ❞

[andarofrunestone]

wed again or never wed at all

❝  I will wed again. Runestone must have an heir and my Aemma must have a mother. If it were not for the war that has taken over these lands, I would have married again already. The summit is as good an opportunity as any to see which houses would be best to ally with.  ❞