#wardship

[lucy---lou]

Part 10 Lucys-hdg-story

"Luucyyy wake up"

"Nnjjaahh", I try to snuggle up again.

"But lunch will be ready"

"I want to cuddle"

"We've been cuddling all morning"

"Don't care, hmppf, snuggle me"

"You'll regret it"

"aksjhfkljsdfhskjldahahahsakfhsldfh, stop tickling meeeejaasdfksadhfsjkldf", I bolt up trying to escape Ellie, already panting.

"Only if you agree to lunch. I'm hungry", Ellie pouts.

"Yeah yeah, what is there for lunch?"

"Dunno but it will be tasty as always. Mistress can you get us?"

"No worries I can waaaaaaaiiiieeeelk - - - - myself"

"I was told to get you both", Miss Duralis says with a smirk.

"MEAN"

"I think helpfull fits better"

I pout

"I've made some old terran dish called fish and chips"

"No idea what that is"

"Doesn't matter it's really good", Ellie beams

"Well you haven't made something bad yet. But would you mind putting me down, or are you having fun carrying me?"

Miss Duralis laughs at me.

"Thank you for the compliment, cutie. I am having fun, but here you go"

Ellie and I are both placed on the high bench and the food is placed in front of us. We both stare at it.

"Go on you can eat"

We both dig in.

"MMMmmmmhhhhpf", little moans and humming sound escape my mouth.

"I take that as a this tastes really good sound?"

"mHm- Mhhpf"

I get patted on the head.

"See it's not that bad being a pet"

"hhhmmmggggrrrrrwwww"

"I know I know you don't want to accept it. You'll learn someday"

"grrr"

I get petted again and soon the meal is finished.

"Can you stop being soooo adorABLE! I want to hug you, kiss you everthing. Stop being so CUTE I can't cope anymore. All the cute noises aaaaaahaahahAAAAAhHHHHHHHH. - - - - OK I'm fine now"

I blush HARD at Ellie's obsession of me. I try to squirm away before being tackle hugge on the high BENCH.

The really high bench

taller than myself

I-I-Iii grab onto it for dear life.

My heart pounds in my chest.

I whimper and nearly start crying.

Somethig soft strokes my back in a nice rhythm.

I feel myself involuntarily relax into it and lete out a long quite sigh. Vines relase my death grip on the bench and I'm picked up. I feel my panic kicking back in and then I touch the ground.

"I-em I-em-em sorry didn't mean to make a scene"

"No, no you don't have to apologi-"

"but I-"

"Kitten don't interrupt me - You don't have to apologise. You're under my care, that means everthing falls under my responsibility. Yes, I didn't know you were scared of hights, but I still shouldn't have let Ellie takle hug you. Even if you were never in real danger I would have always caught you both."

"I em", no scrap that thought she'll tell you of, "Thank you for helping me"

"Always my pleasure"

I'm pulled in to a hug, I try to resist for whatever reason, but soon give in. I grab onto the vine in front of me and hug it back.

I'm released and already miss the feeling. I burry that thought somewhere in my head.

"I'd like to go clothes shopping for you Lucy", Miss Duralis suggested.

"Why? I'm already wearing some"

Miss Duralis chuckles.

"Yes but you're hiding in them"

"But I - whatver I'm not going to win this argument anyway. Can't we just compile some?"

She chuckles again,

"Sure we could but I prefer handmade clothes made with love. The compiler is too perfekt. The same reason why I cook for you instead of compiling everything"

"But-but I don't want to go outside"

"Why is that little one?"

"To many sophonts", I stare at the floor. This is embarrassing. I keep showing her how week I am.

"They said something about that. I'll give you something to help ok? I'll be her to protect you"

"No em", I shake my head and then do an absolutely tiny nod.

I feel a prick and my worries grow distant. I look at her with a weary smile and we leave the hab.

[flagtism]

cedural/tutelary/wechselnd relationship - a flag for cedural, tutelary, and wechselnd relationships; also known as a guardianship, tutelage, and wardship.

made by us. tagging @radiomogai and @daybreakflags.

[agentrouka-blog]

Fox_Maiden: LF is an entitled, sleazy, pedophile, but, at the same time, the Tullys weren't operating out of true generosity when they fostered him. I think Hoster did it out of some false charity to make himself feel good and fit his hypocritical motto: "Family, Duty, Honor." As for Cat, Edmure, and Lysa, it's obvious they always saw Petyr as more of a subhuman thing rather than an equal human being. And no, it wasn't deliberate cruelty, but rather, a result of pure arrogance and classism.

Um.

I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t go even remotely that far. Subhuman? Pure classism and arrogance? False charity to make himself feel good?

We shouldn’t pretend away the classist and ableist elements that blighted Petyr’s upbringing at Riverrun but he’s not exactly a hostage there. This was the opportunity of a lifetime, within an unfair classist system.

Within the framework of their society this is the absolute jackpot of wardships. There is no logical reason why a low-rung kid like Petyr should be there, but the connections and observations about highborn life he made there set him up for the work he does at the royal court later. He has the education, the manners, the insider information, the childhood connections. Taking in someone so low-on-the-foodchain as Petyr is like giving a poor kid a scholarship to an elitist prepschool or university. It’s classist in that it perpetuates the exclusivity of the institution (because it is so expensive) but for the individual it’s an incredibly opportunity. Albeit one that can be psychologically harmful because of the wealth discrepancy. Unlike a scholarship program, there is no charitable credit to be earned with wardships. Hoster gains no admiration for it. Why he did it remains a mystery.

But Petyr was always going to benefit from this. He could have had the friendship of all Tully children and the patronage of Hoster, and achieved a similarly attractive and prestigious position through that, as he eventually did through the intercession of Lysa with Jon Arryn. Upward social mobility was a guarantee either way, and even with the massive scandal over the duel, he was able to make it work for him by the power of the relationships forged there.

Did the girls treat him as somewhat of a toy? Yes. Did Edmure stick him with a disrespectful nickname without considering how classist that was? Yes. Did Petyr suffer psychologically from wanting to belong but never being able to? Yes. Is that entire classist feudal system in Westeros deeply problematic? YES.

Was he somehow victimized by being their ward in the first place, though? No. It wasn’t classism that ended up damaging Petyr the most. Catelyn didn’t reject him because of his status but because she was otherwise engaged and not into him. Lysa raped him, not because he was poor but because she was lonely and fixated on him. He wasn’t sent home because he was poor, he was sent home because he fought a duel against Cat’s betrothed.

The Tullys weren’t monsters, for all the problems there may have been.

[inky-duchess]

If the son of a Duke and Duchess was almost killed by a spy/assassin from another country that was intended to hinder the country's espionage abilities (since the Duke/Duchess of Jang-Mi is also the Emperor's watchdog), and he has no living relatives, would the monarch take him in as his ward and serve as regent? (Small factoid about my WIP; "You've kicked a giant Asian hornet nest", is an old Astorelian phrase still used in modern times and basically means "You've fucked up big time, now run.")

[Love that little factoid 💜]

Yes, the child would be made a ward but the Emperor would not be Regent. A steward or a distant relative would be in charge of looking after the lands of the heir. The Emperor cannot do that but he can provide a home and education for the heir until he's old enough to rule himself.

[mistilteiinn]

so proud of my plants rn

[mistilteiinn]

starting some seedlings, tomato, poblano pepper, zucchini, summer squash, butternut squash, and sunflowers! here’s to hoping that they grow well!

[mistilteiinn]

ahh some of my seeds are sprouting! so exciting to see the sprouts poking from the soil

[poorshadowspaintedqueens]

Hypothetically, how do you think the young children of the various free folk leaders (Tormund Giantsbane, Morna Whitemask, The Great Walrus, etc) would turn out if they were sent away to the various castles of the North (and maybe even a few First Men families in the Vale and Riverlands) as wards/hostages, after being let through the Wall and migrating into the Gift? This is assuming these kids get the full highborn hostage treatment, but imagine that due to the successful throwing back of The Others, they get to return to their families once they turn 16 - how do you think this process changes or affects them?

I suspect they would end up feeling and behaving a lot like Jon Snow. Depending on the family they ended up with, they could be treated very well or very poorly.

And, of course, all of this assumes that the political structure of Westeros survives the coming of the Others, which is a very big if.