#ch 09

[akutagawa-daily]

Akutagawa daily 981/★

[boybolt]

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[kyouka-supremacy]

A compilation

[stromuprisahat]

Meanwhile, hurried preparations were made for the coronation. The Dragonpit was chosen as the site. Under its mighty dome were stone benches sufficient to seat eighty thousand, and the pit’s thick walls, strong roof, and towering bronze doors made it defensible, should traitors attempt to disrupt the ceremony.

The Princess and the Queen & Fire and Blood (George R. R. Martin)

Ehm... reading comprehension anyone?

The difference between "We've been thinking about everything" vs. "Ooops! This dragonrider we've been keeping prisoner managed to get out ~somehow~"...

[russellius]

2009 | via

[a-little-unsteddie]

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09. family line :: conan gray

Steve stared at his mother in shock, mouth open. “What?” He asked, breathlessly. “Are you kicking me out?”

“No, honey,” Gloria said, reaching a hand up to cup his cheek, only to abort halfway through and drop her hand back to her side. “You can stay—here in this empty house—or you can find somewhere with life to stay.”

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thank you for betaing sails!!! <3

also i apparently ran out of tagging room lmao i never thought i’d be that bitch. anyway thanks for reading ily *smooch*

Read from the beginning!

[reachingyou]

[rohawkins]

WHEN: September 7th, 2023 WHERE: Nadia's Ship WHO: @nadiacattaneo

"So, when do you teach me how to use a sword?" Ro, while talented in many aspects of her life, usually didn't bother with weaponry to get what she wanted. Her fists were all she needed, and brute strength made up for anything else. But she couldn't deny it. Learning how to fight with a sword sounded far more interesting than she may have initially thought. Something about the quick movements, the dance, the sharp blades. Anything like that would always appeal to her.

[yseultcai]

WHEN: September 14th, 2023 WHERE: Yseult's Cottage WHO: @songsofelisa

"Are you as paranoid as I am? Or am I just going a little insane?" Yseult was already offering Elisa the choice of two options: tea or coffee. She realized that despite them going through a rather traumatic event together (Yseult quite literally killed someone), they didn't know much about each other at all. It was the kind of thing that Yseult was determined to rectify. She had liked Elisa. She wanted to be her friend. But she couldn't deny that there was a large elephant in the room that would be impossible to ignore.

[kommabortsig]

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[ofginjxints]

The deal was sealed with their handshake - though Aziraphale so desperately wished it were with a kiss instead as he retracted his hand and knitted his fingers together in his lap.

"I don't work for the king - I work with the king." Aziraphale corrected, perhaps a little too quickly, though he knew Crowley was merely teasing.

Something felt different about this morning as opposed to the last. It was the second time they had fallen into one another's arms, it was somehow familiar territory. Even if Aziraphale was feeling more than simply attraction, he knew at least there was in fact attraction there between both of them. Things seemed simpler knowing they were both on the same page and that they weren't found out the first time.

"The consorting needn't happen in front of prying eyes," he cleared his throat a little as he realised his double entendre, quickly adding, "as long as you stay in and around Essex, I'm sure we'll be able to find one another." There was a flutter in his chest, to think they would be actively seeking one another out moving forward. He had a reason to see Crowley again, and soon.

Crowley reached out to take Aziraphale's hand and give it a single shake, signifying their mutual agreement. A strangely formal gesture, considering they were both still lying naked in the angel's bed. Thankfully, Aziraphale presented him with a question immediately, leaving no space for awkwardness to settle in.

"Eh, not really nomadic, per se," Crowley leaned back on his elbows, scrunching his nose a little. "I move around a bit, but just between taverns. Not all of us are working for kings, you know."

There was no bitterness to his words, of course. If anything, they were light, almost playful. Crowley was enjoying this morning together considerably more than their last. A spark of mischief glittered to life in his bright yellow eyes.

"You could probably find me easy enough, if you wanted to. Might want to be careful though; wouldn't do to have one of King Arthur's knights be seen roaming from tavern to tavern to consort with the black knight, would it?"

[akutagawa-daily]

Akutagawa daily 1080/★

[boybolt]

[kyouka-supremacy]

Every new chapter makes Atsushi being able to smile through all of this because of Akutagawa all the more emotional

[stromuprisahat]

“Aegon and his brothers are the king’s trueborn sons, with a better claim to the throne than her [Rhaenyra's] brood of bastards. Daemon will find some pretext to put them all to death. Even Helaena and her little ones. One of these Strongs put out Aemond’s eye, never forget. He was a boy, aye, but the boy is the father to the man, and bastards are monstrous by nature.” Ser Criston Cole spoke up. Should the princess reign, he reminded them, Jacaerys Velaryon would rule after her. “Seven save this realm if we seat a bastard on the Iron Throne.” He spoke of Rhaenyra’s wanton ways and the infamy of her husband. “They will turn the Red Keep into a brothel. No man’s daughter will be safe, nor any man’s wife. Even the boys … we know what Laenor was.” ... “Mayhaps the whore will die in childbirth,” Queen Alicent said.

The Princess and the Queen × Fire and Blood (George R. R. Martin)

The only reason Nyra's children "are" bastards is that there might be issues with their claim to the throne (Although, where's the treason? Legitimation anyone?), and it's the easiest way to dehumanize them enough to strip them off any rights they might have through their mother.

Rhaenyra is a whore and Daemon a monster, because... *checks notes* ... the man, who has reasons to hate them said so!

It's fascinating how Laenor allegedly wasn't related to any of the boys, yet somehow his gayness rubbed off on them.

Another case of rewriting Greens from the novellas. First Aemond doesn't beat Joff in F&B, Alicent didn't possibly fuck Daemon, and now her hateful comments during Green Council lose their plausibility thanks to adding ".... is reported to have said (according to Mushroom).".

How the fuck did this translate into: "Am I to understand that members of the small council have been planning secretly to install my son without me?", "What of Rhaenyra? ... You mean to imprison her." etc. *shocked Pikachu face after every sentence spoken* Ninnycent indeed.

[dixvinsblog]

La nouvelle de l’été : Blanche Potier de Vincent Germani - ch 09

Le lendemain, le matin, Edith Potier ouvre le courrier de Gérard Van, l’acrostiche. Amusés, ses doigts le lâchent. La carte tombe sur un tapis en fourrure blanche. Elle sourit, contente comme une reine qu’un valet voudrait ravir. C’est sans réfléchir qu’elle décide de partir le rencontrer dans sa maison de Montvert. Même si c’est un loup qui lui ouvre sa gueule, que le drame de sa vie continue.…