16, 24, 25, 35 idk if these are incharacter or not? anywhere here is some meme in the layover purgatory
Talk about the best party you've ever been to
“My most recent wedding.”
“I was never much for the posturing and pomp associated with the palace parties I was forced to attend in my youth -- mostly because I was merely a part of the scenery. My brothers all commanded the adoration of the Court in their various ways... and I attracted all of their excess disapproval. I suppose I found ways of diverting attention back to my brothers and thereby managed to stay out of the spotlight, and I became quite adept at entertaining myself, but at best I tolerated those events.
“My wedding was different. Because while it was a palace party in every sense, and while the disapproval of the Court was about as well-concealed as it had ever been, I still managed to profoundly enjoy myself. My wife was all that mattered that night; she was practically all I could see, and -- particularly after the ceremony, when I was no longer preoccupied with the symbolism and theatrics of the handfasting itself -- she occupied my thoughts entirely. She and I had the attention of the Court whenever we desired it; as a result I was able to present to them the image of myself and my wife as I wished them to see us, without the interference of various third parties.”
Talk about something someone told you that meant a lot.
{ I tried to come up with another one and couldn’t, so... answered here }
Talk about an ex-best friend.
“Amora -- who I believe is better known by her epithet, The Enchantress -- is the closest thing to a ‘best friend’ that I had until very recently. We were approximately the same age, and our magical talent became apparent at more or less the same time; my mother therefore took it upon herself to instruct us both in the seidhrs. Odin’s disapproval of my instruction in a woman’s art and tutelage alongside the child of a minor noble made me spitefully determined both to excel in magic and befriend my new classmate.”
“She, as the daughter of a minor noble, was determined to get the better of me.”
“We were rivals, but there has never been bad blood between us. Mistrust, at worst. And we grew quite fond of each other as time went on. But we are too alike, she and I -- too likely to betray one another for advancement, too reluctant to trust each other, too ambitious... our purposes have crossed in the past, and they will cross again. She was the first friend I had, but I have since made better.”
Talk about things you wish you could stop doing.
“If I am working counter to my purposes, I adapt. It’s what I’m best at.”
Not strictly true, but like he’d ever admit to lacking self control or any amount of discipline. The truth is that he picks at the skin around his fingernails and the thread around his tunic’s hems when he’s nervous, grinds his teeth to the point where his jaw aches, speaks sharply when it’s unwarranted, weeps like a child when his comparatively small body can no longer contain his grief, his fear, and his fury...
Truth be told, he would like to be a completely different person much of the time. But the steps he had taken long ago to stop being himself had amounted to nothing. And so this is a truth he will no longer allow himself to know.
