#maegerie

[svnnyd4ys]

sfth moments as headlines

(idk if this makes sense, i literally had surgery today and i'm making these to distract myself lmao)

[witoldkot]

Stepping into my third tournament with GKR (Getting Kicked 'Round) :-)

Stepping into my third tournament with GKR (Getting Kicked 'Round)(2013), I had all the confidence of a karate panda who just binge-watched kung fu movies. The stage was set, my karate stance was on point, and my expectations were high enough to touch the moon. 🐼🌕

But, oh boy, my first match was like a scene from a comedy sketch gone wrong. I guess I confused 'karate' with 'karaoke' because my moves seemed to hit all the wrong notes! And the judges' decisions? Let's just say, I was as puzzled as a cat at a dog show. 😺🐶

Now, I'd like to think my post-match face was a mix of determination and slight embarrassment, but it's possible I resembled a confused emoji more. 😅 But hey, life's a dojo, and sometimes we learn more from our 'oops' moments than our 'ta-da' moments, right? So, if you ever find yourself thinking 'Did I just challenge Bruce Lee?', remember my tale of humble hilarity. And if all else fails, at least I've got some solid material for the next family gathering! 🤣🥋

[15-lizards]

Wedding dresses!!!

Cersei! Seylse florent! Cateyln and Lysa Tully! And maegery pleasssseee

Cersei wore red and gold to her wedding absolutely no question. I couldn’t find any gaudier Tudor-esque gowns but just imagine a skirt two times bigger, a waist three times smaller, and about a thousand more embroidered lions. Sleeves that drag the ground and big shoulder puffs, and a thousand little rubies stitched in

Stanlyse probably had the most flop noble wedding in all of Westeros. Seylse was allowed to pick one plain fitted kirtle and a loose sleeveless surcoat/tabard to go on top of it and that’s it. And everyone in the Sept saw her in her wimple/veil and was like why is she getting married she should be at the motherhouse

Do you guys think Cat and Lysa had matching dresses during their dual wedding…cries. Typical flowing riverlander gowns with long trumpet sleeves and knotted belts, with a white veil and circlet to top it all off, but each dress is quartered with Tully colors and the house they were marrying into.

Margaery is soooo wearing the latest fashion from the reach to her wedding. Not just to assert Tyrell dominance over the Lans she just thinks they’re cuter. High high waist and puffed sleeves and so much skirt, and all of it has floral patterns or embroidered in silk trim if the dress isn’t made of pure silk already. Princess Diana of Westeros

[chaosordoffl]

Some Valyrian/Targaryen/Velaryon names. No expertise here, simply following patterns to see what sounds and looks nice + canon sources and Valyrian dictionary plucks. In chrono & thought order.

Canon — Rhaenys, Rhaena, Rhaella, Rhaenyra, Rhaegel, Rhae, Rhaelle, Rhaegar (All Targ)

Derived — Rhaenion, Rhaenelle, Rhaenella, Rhaegor, Rhaegon, Aenyra, Rhaelion, Rhaenyx, Rhaelyx, Rhaenar, Rhaenyar, Rhaenel, Rhaelys, Rhaevel, Rhaevis, Rhaevys, Viserrhae, Rhaenya, Rhaenior, Rhaenor, Rhael, Rhaen, Rhaejel, Rhaeqan, Rhaellor, Rhaemon, Rhaemond, Rhaenyron, Rhaema

Canon — Aenar, Aegon, Aerys, Aelyx, Aerion, Aethan (1 Velaryon), Vaegon, Aenys, Aerea, Naerys, Aegor, Aelor, Aelora (Rest Targ)

Derived — Aegar, Aelon, Aelys, Aelar, Aelara, Aella, Aelinor, Aeral, Aeron, Aelion, Aegys, Aegal, Aelia, Naera, Naeron, Naerion, Naerelle, Naerella, Naerea, Aethal, Aethelle, Aethys, Aethion, Aethar, Aethial, Aenor, Aethor, Aerelle, Gaelyx, Aenyx, Aeryx, Baelyx, Aelial, Aeliar, Aelior, Vaegal, Vaegor, Vaegar, Vaelior, Vaelor, Aerial, Aeriel, Aelan, Aevys, Aevelle, Aevella, Haelyx, Haelian, Aenir, Haethan, Haelan, Haelor, Aekor, Haeral

Canon — Gaemon (T), Daemion (T & V), Daemon (V & T), Aemon (T), Aemma (T [Andal?]), Vaemond (V), Aemond (T), Daeron (V later T)

Derived — Daemyra, Daemys, Daemyn, Daemelle, Daema, Gaemar, Daerelle, Daerion, Aemys, Aemar, Aemor, Aemir, Aemira, Aemara, Aemora, Daemor, Daemora, Vaemon, Gaema, Gaemond, Gaemyn, Gaemion, Aemion, Gaemor, Aemior, Aemyn, Aemin, Aerona, Aemona, Aemia, Aeman, Aemal, Aemelle, Gaemia, Aemol, Aemil, Aemila, Aemilon, Aemilor, Aeminor, Daemyron, Daeminor, Haemon, Naemon, Haemia, Naema, Haemal, Haemar, Naemior, Naemor, Daemian

Canon — Daenys, Daenerys, Daella, Daenaera (1 V), Daena, Daenora (Rest T)

Derived — Daenyra, Daenar, Daenor, Daenelle, Daenal, Daen, Nerys, Naera, Daenir, Daenyx, Daeryx, Daerys, Daera, Daerya, Daenya, Daenyron, Daenorion, Norion, Daenyrion, Daenarion, Daenaeron, Daellar, Daelar, Daelon, Daelor, Daelan, Daelana, Daelanys, Daelenys, Daelyn, Aenaera

Canon — Maegon, Maegor, Maegelle, Maelor, Maekar (All T)

Derived — Maegar, Maela, Maelys, Maegys, Maegera, Maegara, Maegerys, Maegal, Maegyn, Maegan, Maekor, Maekaera, Maegaera, Maegaela, Maekion, Maelyra, Maegyra, Maelara, Maelar

Canon — Elaena (T), Valaena, Laena, Laenor (3 V), Helaena (T)

Derived — Laenys, Laenyra, Laenar, Laenelle, Helaenys, Elaenor, Elaenys, Laenion, Laenir, Laenyx, Elaenar, Laenora, Haena, Vaena, Alaena, Haela, Norys, Alaenys, Vaenys, Galaena

Canon — Visenya, Viserys, Viserra (T)

Derived — Viserya, Visenys, Senys, Saenys, Saenya, Saenar, Saenelle, Saenyelle, Saenyella, Serya, Serra, Serys, Saenir, Saenyx, Saenor, Viselya, Senial, Serial, Saerial, Visellan, Visarys, Visenna, Virenna

Canon — Baelon, Baela, Baelor, Balerion (Blackfyre), Valerion (Rest T)

Derived — Baelys, Baelar, Bael, Baelir, Alerion, Aleria, Aelir, Valeria, Valerys

Canon — Jaehaerys (T), Jacaerys (V), Lucerys (V), Jaehaera (T)

Derived — Lucerra, Lucerion, Jaehaerion, Jaerion, Lucerya, Jacaera, Jaena, Jaenelle, Jaecelle, Jaesir, Jaekar, Jaeron, Jaela, Jaelon, Jaelor, Jaerys, Haerys, Haera, Kael, Kaecion, Kaeciel, Kaecelle, Kaerys, Kaerion, Kaeriel, Lucarys, Jaeca, Nicerys, Nicaerys, Hecaerys, Nicerion, Hicaerys, Niceria, Nicae, Lucarya, Lucaenys, Lucaena, Nocorys

Canon — Lianna, Larissa (V [Andal? First Men?]), Alarra (FM [Massey]), Alyssa (V & T [Andal? FM?]), Alysanne (T)

Derived — Alysor, Lianys, Lianor, Sianna, Amanna, Alanna, Noranna, Narra, Nyssa, Anyssa, Alarya, Asenna, Norissa, Irenna, Orissa, Lysarra, Lisarra, Aranna

Canon — Valarr, Vaella (T)

Derived — Vaelys, Valarys, Alarys, Alarya, Valarya, Valarra, Vaellan

Canon — Gael, Saera, Shaera (T)

Derived — Saerys, Gaelys, Gaelor, Gaelon, Gaelion, Saerion, Shaerys, Shaerial, Shaerelle, Shaelle, Shael, Shaelys, Saevys, Shaerion, Gaela, Shaela, Shaehaera

Canon — Corwyn (V [Andal?]), Corlys (V)

Derived — Corla, Corlia, Corlaenys, Cora, Corys, Corlenys, Corlea, Corlae, Corvan, Corvana, Corvys

Malentine

Rhogar(/Rogar?/Rogare? [FM? HV?])

Monford

Monterys (All V)

Derived — Terys, Teraea, Taeraea, Taerion, Monys, Monerys, Montys, Rhogel, Malentys, Malenta, Monterion, Monterra, Mona, Monae, Monarra, Malentina, Lentys, Lenta, Lenya, Taenys, Taena, Alentys, Malya, Malys, Malea, Malena, Malenna, Malaena, Amalla, Alenna, Marissa, Monassa, Monessa, Monerra, Mosarra, Malarra, Malenys, Amarys, Mantys, Malta, Maltys, Maltine, Maltina, Amalta, Amaltine, Alta, Altys, Altarra, Maltar, Maltarys, Marion, Maltior, Malerion, Mornys, Mortys, Morton, Omorr, Omon, Malenion, Malenior, Almys, Monissa, Montissa, Montessa, Omona, Omorra, Maltion, Malton, Almont, Almae, Maltorra, Torys, Garys, Garla, Galtys, Torrine, Tarine, Maltarine, Maltarra, Almerra, Almarra, Almorra, Alterra, Lamina, Monta, Monte, Montae, Taera, Taerine, Taerin, Taerys, Manta, Almina, Almine, Rhonal, Rhonior, Rhomys, Almar, Malar, Malarr, Malarys, Almarys, Maline, Rhomalt, Rhomion, Rhomior, Rhomia, Rhoma, Rhoton, Rhomine, Rhomal, Rhogal, Rhomina, Rhomon, Rhomar, Rhomorr, Almassa, Rhomys, Rhomyn, Torial, Malial, Rhovys, Rhowyn, Matarra, Atarra, Rhomond, Rhomorra, Tormon

Matarys (T)

Derived — Matarya, Matara, Matys, Tarys, Tarya, Atara, Atarys, Tarial, Tarhael, Matarr

Canon — Orys, Borys, Orryn (Baratheon)

Derived — Orial, Ora, Orya, Orra, Borya, Boria, Boryl, Orelle, Orianne, Orael, Orrael, Orhael, Borion, Orion, Bora, Orian, Oryal, Oryas, Orias, Orios, Oryos, Rys, Ryssa, Ryssal, Orlisse, Rysla, Ryn, Rynel, Rynella, Boryn, Borryn, Rynal, Dorys, Orella, Dorella, Oryl, Orgillac, Orgyll, Borella, Borylla, Bolia, Bolas, Orlas, Ollyn, Olys, Olya, Orianna, Lorys

Bonus: Argellys

Canon — Maelys, Haegon, Aeryn, Calla, Rhalla, Shaena (Blackfyre)

Canon non-Westerosi Valyrians:

Jaenara Belaerys, Aurion

Canon Dragons:

Urrax, Terrax, Balerion, Vhagar, Meraxes, Vermithor, Caraxes, Meleys, Syrax, Vermax, Arrax, Tyraxes, Tessarion, Shrykos, Morghul, Viserion, Rhaegal

Unknown — Gaelithox?, Aegarax?

Original & HV Derived (some more suitable for dragons) — Aelsior, Qaelys, Qylys, Vhenys, Vhenya, Vhinyae, Vhanir, Vaenir, Vaenyx, Baelykos, Lykael, Lykaera, Raqael, Raqel, Raqys, Raqyssa, Raqissa, Raqar, Raqir, Raqor, Raqora, Raqior, Kionar, Malkion, Malkios, Vhaltir, Malkior, Vaedys, Vaedar, Elenys, Elenia, Elēnar, Elenarys, Elenarya, Elenara, Kostys, Kostir, Kostior, Pelarys, Pelonia, Pelonys, Eledrae, Eledrys, Eledryn, Peria, Perza, Perzys, Zysa, Amisor, Amisa, Aexior/Aeksior, Aexion/Aeksion, Raenion, Raenior, Qana, Qanys, Qantys, Ēbrior, Ēbrion, Ēbria, Jelmys, Jelmarys, Jelmazys, Jelissa, Tessarys, Tessara, Tessarae, Dessan, Dessenae, Hārys, Tōmarr, Tōmarys, Tōmasyn, Tessarax, Syrion, Syriel, Jēdarys, Jēdaria, Jorrael, Trēzos, Elilla, Vāedan, Ōrbēdon

Possible High Valyrian roots for names:

Rhaen — to; meet, find, encounter, discover

Bael — to help, to aid, to assist

Jael — to want, to wish/to store, to house

Jaelarys — hope (possible name)

[historicalvandal]

Roleplay Request :PP - Fandom doubles!

Hey all! I'm little Tiger and I'm looking for fandom double up roleplays, I have a lot of fandoms but they're all in my pinned post if you aren't interested in the ones I'm gonna write about here please check out my pinned post! I'm Nineteen and I will only roleplay with those eighteen and up So the two fandoms I really want to roleplay rn is House of the dragon and the walking dead games! (would not mind roleplaying Hetalia, game of thrones or ITSV/ATSV) but I also have a guilty pleasure for hunchback of notre dame and anything about youtubers mainly Mr Beast (please Jimmy is a handsome man HAVE YOU SEEN FANART?) also like thats not my neighbour would be cool if someone would play the milkman for me, look I know that is more then two fandoms but come on I can't help myself lmaoooo- I can link my OC's below for each fandom (depending on if I have an oc, not that I'd min making docs for new ones lmao) Please be eighteen and up when you contact me, also be open to doubles of course, be semi lit to advanved lit and for the love of god third person NO first person, harsh I know but I can't it sets my nerves ablaze istg- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VAVsOjU8CNrKr1jQeJ6QE7y42UgWxfHDHC_6XrNsxjA/edit?usp=sharing Maegerys is a game of thrones OC but I can apply her to house of the dragon and change some things around depending! - I'd like to ship her with ; Aegon, Aemond or Cregan Stark (open to love triangles however because it's super fun!) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rj1iACIVl1IyeQGFy3KK7w4JM1SxWimsqSfTpjOKAjg/edit?usp=sharing

Another GOT OC I can change around lmao- I can't find my TWDG OC info so I'm happy to create a new OC :)) I can share other fandom OC's depending on if I have one for said fandom, I am also up for doing different fandoms for either of us too! Thanks for reading :)

[axelsagewrites]

Hello,

I hope that you are doing well.

I was wondering, but do you think Jon Snow and Margaery Tyrell would be good as a couple, in canon and/or a modern setting? How do you think they would be and how would their relationship be?

Also, when you have the time and inclanation, do you think you would be willing/able to do a NSFW Alphabet for Margaery Tyrell?

Have a nice day!

I was wondering, but do you think Jon Snow and Margaery Tyrell would be good as a couple, in canon and/or a modern setting? How do you think they would be and how would their relationship be?

This is honestly such an interesting idea cause I feel like my cannon vs modern answers would be so different

I think cannon (mainly show based since I haven’t read all the books) for a bit it would work. I think show Margaery could make anyone (more so men tbh) love her when she needed them too. if Margaery needed Jon I think she could have him. Plus I do think she’d like how honourable he is and since he knows the ways of court but doesn’t follow them I think he’d be a nice break from society for her in private.

Jon would be shy at first ofc but I think would fall for Margaery especially if she did a similar act of charity she did with kingslanding and the orphans. However, I think once he was more comfortable jon would be worried about Margaery using him since he is pretty perceptive and probably has trust issues with everything that happens in the series.

If they were betrothed/married for pollical reasons I think they’d be a great match by Westeros standpoints since Margery and Jon are both witty and smart plus they’d have a mutual respect for each other. I don’t even think Jon being a bastard would be that big a deal for maergery since she doesn’t seem to look down on people the same as others but I don’t think they would meet and instantly fall in love but maybe over time would grow to at the least deeply care for each other.

Modern time is different tho. Modern jon would defo still be nervous around women and I feel like maergery would be oddly into this. Like the idea of this boy getting so shy just from her flirting with him. I could see them being in class together and her flirting with him during a project.

It would not shokc me if modern jon and maegery dated since she’s really smart and witty and I could see jon just listen to her ramble away and just smile and nod. Though I don’t think they’d be end game. They would be like high school sweethearts who break up because they have different life goals.

Maergery to me seems really extroverted and would want to travel and take over the family buisness and turn it into an empire or something whereas jon would probably leave high school, join the army, then settle down with ghost in the town he grew up in as a home body.

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Ive never really considered them as a couple before so now im really curious what people think of them. I think they would work but to me theyre just not each others forever person if that makes sense

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however i'll defo add a margaery nsfw alphabet onto my list since she is one of my favs <3 (even if her spelling confuses me lol)

[tlaquetzqui]

This is apparently controversial but I don’t think different fantasy cultures should have different magical effects overall, even if they approach magic differently à la sorcerer vs. wizard, in D&D.

Magic should be like martial arts, dealing with one reality by multiple models and approaches—whether you call it maegeri keage, ap chagi, fouetté frontal, or martelo de bico, it does the exact same thing when you do it to somebody.

[jossujb]

Sensei doesn’t exactly require learning much Japanese - I guess his experience has told him that beginner lever Finish people find that too frustrating and he starts to demand more later - but I fully admit that I find it somewhat annoying that people at the same level have’t bothered xD

I dunno, like, I picked up pretty early that it’s gonna be much easier down the line at higher levels  if I just learn the terminology right now, so every time I hear a new word I write it down.

How come you guys haven’t learned even the names of the techniques on our curriculum, they’re on the website xDDD I would feel like dying if I was attempting at grading and trusting only my vibes to recognize the command.

Then again, I might be just super annoying little nerd. I can’t tell you how many times at the class same people have asked me id we should do “technique number 4.” and I’ve been like, um actually, we don’t have a four, we have chudan uke 1-2, jodan uke 1-2 and chudan maegeri uke 1-3, which one do you mean.

Even though I actually know what they mean, cos we learned the techniques in certain order and I don’t have to pedantic shit about it, but I am physically unable to stop myself.

This is why I don’t have and never have had any friends.

[zeciex]

I was watching Tudors, watching Natalie Dormer(who plays Maegery Tyrell in GoT) and I know I misspelled her name as Anne Boleyn, her blue eyes popped with her brown hair, totally reminded me of Daenera😭

So many scenes were so Daenera coded I almost cried.

This photoshoot was so Daenera post Boris death when she went to Aemond’s chambers😍😭😍😭😍

Especially this photo👆🏻

Lastly this scene, was so Red Dress chapter😭😍❤️

I agree! I've even saved some of Anne Boleyn pics for moodboards and such. I actually took some inspiration from her, and that red dress was really close to be the one I chose as inspiration for the Red Dress moment, but then the season came out and we saw a shift in costumes so I chose the other (and that had a dragon on it, so that was an extra point to that)

[loveloki555]

Maegery and Lyanna

[kultiranstrawberry]

“Set Your House In Order” Epilogue: Mi Casa es Su Casa (2/2)

(Continued from here!)

Kaladin stopped for a moment, already mid sip into his wine. His gaze flashed to Mae, and then to Hannah. She wasn't suggesting? No, she couldn't be, but... it made sense... why would his sister settle for anything less? His gaze fell on Mae again, and he silently mouthed. What are you doing? as he made some complicated and not at all subtle hand gestures describing his beffuzzlement.

Hannah flinched and let out a loud gag directly into her wine glass. Her eyes had widened to the size of dinner plates and her olive face became ruddy as she tried to stifle the sound of her choking on the mouthful of wine she'd been mid-way through drinking. She placed down the wine glass for a moment and moved for the silk handkerchief that her manservant attentively had at the ready. She wiped her mouth for a moment, the surprise draining from her face as she regained her composure.

"Forgive me, you...certainly caught me by surprise, Lady Davar," she said softly as she wiped her mouth. She turned back to Maegerie and looked her in the eye, peering into her very soul as if to look if it was a jest. "I will admit, this is highly unexpected, yet truly an honour," she said. Perhaps Maegerie wouldn't be able to tell but Kaladin most certainly could; the way her back seemed to straighten up and her body gently lean forward. The way her eyes seemed to now look over Maegerie with a possessive hunger. It was subtle, almost impossible to discern at a glance by all except for those who knew her best. Her interest had been piqued.

"This would certainly be a benefit to our family, my lady. But certainly I must ask, what do you wish for in return?" Hannah gaze never left the other woman now, Kaladin had turned into an inconsequential fixture in the room—poking fun at him was no longer interesting or useful. "An offer of this size must come with some wishes in return."

Maegerie took some pleasure in reducing Hannah’s haughty composure, even if for a moment. Noble politics were about controlling power, limiting power, and stealing power. Nobles did not cede power or grant it to people who could use it against them. There was too much pride and legacy in the way.

Fortunately for Maegerie, she was now Lady of House Davar, and she cared less about pride and legacy than she did about the people who lived on her lands. Preserving them was more important than retaining the “legacy” of House Davar.

Unlike Mae, Hannah clearly had a thirst for pride, legacy, and most importantly, power. “My desires are taken care of with this arrangement. The people of the Davar estate have suffered and need aid to end that suffering. A detached benefactor can callously see the lands as an expendable investment, but the Lady of a House has a more vested interest in her Estate’s success.” Mae smiled, remembering what Kaladin told her; she could not be afraid to stroke Hannah’s ego. “Besides, I was raised to be a priestess. It is a woman like you who could truly lead a House to prosperity.”

Of course, there were some stipulations to Mae’s offer. “Beyond preservation of the estate, I also seek protection for the remaining members of my family. My House joined with your House. My younger brother and sister taken on as wards by members of the Strauss family; perhaps even adoption to solidify the connection. After all, we should want to do all we can to validate the legitimacy of this union and the noble status of House Strauss, correct?”

Hannah had regained some of her composure as she listened intently to Maegerie's offer. Her back was still straight, her gaze hadn't moved from the other woman and her manicured fingers gently combed through the folds of gossamer along her legs. "You do bring up a valid point, Lady Davar," she began, "While a private administrator might see an estate as more of  a contract, a tied member of the gentry would be more inclined to ensure the continued prosperity of the lands—matter of pride and sacred duty, moreso."

Things were going well, but Mae was expecting that. Okay, she was hoping, but it was an optimistic hope. Her offer had appeal. Now came the particulars, and she knew to expect some maneuvering by Hannah; she still had a position of strength, after all.

Hannah took another sip from her wine glass. "I would, however, like to propose an alternative to be taken in as wards and members of the family," she said, "Legitimacy is a fickle thing and de jure claims need to be considered. Seeing how my younger siblings were also part of the troops who...confronted your dear mother, it may be in poor taste to simply absorb your blood into ours. To consume an entire noble house within less than generation may be seen as a plot by commoner and gentry alike. And—as you can presume—when people assume plots are afoot legitimacy has a way of...draining away, shall we say. Distant cousins take up arms. Pretenders rise." Her eyes moved back over to Maegerie, "I propose a counter-offer; you shall hand over your lands, titles, and holdings to my family as a last decree. In return, I—as the new Lady of the Land—shall provide your younger siblings with minor titles within these lands. Barons and such," she said. "As minor gentry within the realm, your younger siblings—en lieu of being taken in as adopted children directly into the Strausses—shall be married to unmarried Strausses. Starting with my two twin daughters—Leana and Victoria—and moving through the family tree; my unmarried siblings, then our unmarried cousins, until all Davars are paired up with a Strauss. All children produced or acquired by these marriages shall be of the Strauss Dynasty. These marriages will allow for an easy transition of power over the course of a generation. One that cannot be contested and goes through all the hoops and jumps that come with doing this legally."

Mae thought of her siblings. They were both still young, but they were raised well. In many ways, they were more suited to noble life than Maegerie was at their age. She hated the idea of resigning them to political marriages, but she hoped they would understand. They all had to do their part.

Kaladin was in the midst of pouring himself another drink as his sister regained Mae with her counter-offer. It was something most nobles would scoff and turn their noses at for the sake of pride alone, and he Hope's that Mae would at least give his sister somewhat of a hard time throughout the negotiating.

Hannah looked over to one of her manservants and gave them a curt nod. The manservant bowed before he moved for the door at a brisk pace. "One last thing I would like to ask of you, Lady Davar," she said. "Is what did you have in mind for your place in this? Priests of the Holy Light, from what I understand, are still able to inherit and own property which—if left unchecked—could have you being used as a rallying cry or positioned as a pretender for the titles yourself in the far future by vile and overly ambitious members of Kul Tiran society. Politics is a dreadful matter and one can never forget what an overly ambitious nobleman may do to stop a rising family," she said. She looked over to Kaladin, eyeing him up like cattle at an auction. "If I may be say bold; perhaps we could consider your own marriage into the Strausses as well. With you and all of your siblings married into the Strausses it would leave no legitimate claims on your lands that aren't tied to the Strausses."

She looked between Maegerie and Kaladin, "Would you be willing to consider being married to the fine young gentleman beside you?" she motioned to Kaladin. "You said yourself, there are few better men, and it would benefit the legitimacy of this union and transfer of power if the two of you were paired together in legal matrimony."

That struck Kaladin. His gaze quickly shot to Mae, then to his sister. Kaladin completely forgot about the drink he was pouring for himself, and the wine soon overflowed from the glass and made a small mess.

"I, uh," Kal cleared his throat, and awkwardly cleaned up the mess. "This is... you know I would very much like to be a part of this conversation now. Considering the personal stakes involved ." He took short sips from his glass to balance it out, then stepped out of the background.

Mae was so concerned with other people’s “parts” in this arrangement, she was floored when Hannah reminded her that she had a part to play as well. She could not leave and go off on her own, a loose string to threaten the House in a few years. She should have seen this coming, and yet she was staring at Kaladin, speechless as he made a mess. There were many, many thoughts and feelings evoked by this proposition. Could someone have a pit in their stomach and butterflies? When she was younger, she had fantasies of one day marrying Kaladin, but this was not how she expected it to happen.

Biting her lip, she tried to consider Kaladin and how she was accidentally pulling him into her family’s mess. “I… I’m willing to marry into House Strauss. But Kaladin should not be tied to this arrangement if he does not wish it.” She spoke to Hannah, but she was still looking at Kaladin. “If he would have me, I will gladly agree to your terms. If not… there are other Strauss brothers, sisters, and cousins. I will do what it takes for us to come to an agreement.”

Hannah looked over to Kaladin, "Do you have an issue with the arrangement I'm proposing?" She gave him a grievous look, hidden behind an urbane smile. "I understand you both are incredibly close. You always have been and continued to be so. This would benefit a long-lasting and productive marriage. This, along with your...recent departure from the Tidesages, would make you a strong and obvious choice for the role."

She looked to Maegerie and smiled, "And think of the message it would make. The lady of the old house, bound with that of the new rulers. It would be a symbol of national cohesion and religious unity in a time of strife and discord. A welcome bit of bright news for a rather drab time, no?"

Kaladin was about to speak, but hesitated. Over the years, he had seen brothers, sisters, and cousins married off at different times, and even though his family wasn't nobility, the importance of this had always been drilled into his head from the day he could understand common. It's expected of us all, He remembered his mother saying. A duty we must accept and make the best of. Someday this duty may fall to you.

It was something he'd always dreaded. Always his only responsibility was to himself. He liked things that they. They were simple, and at times he even struggled to keep himself in line. It was independence, a freedom, even bound to sagehold he could still always focus on himself and what he wanted, but that was the problem. What did he want?

He promised Mae that he'd help in any way he could, but why? His obligation was to his friends back on the Holy Diver. To captain Dio, and the rest of them. Kaladin knew at any point he could leave and go back to them. He was happy there, and yet equally as frightening was the thought of Mae being married off to one of his siblings or cousins. He had lost her once before when the two of them were caught 'fraternizing' on that beach. The thought of losing her again however...

What did he want? Well, firstly he wanted to punch that bloody smirk off his sister's face for putting him in this situation.

Mae felt the uncertainty in the air as Kaldin weighed his freedom against the duty they were asking of him. She did not want to be the one anchoring him down, but deep down, if she was going to marry a Strauss, she knew she would at least be happiest marrying the man who was her oldest friend. A man she cared about deeply.

Kal turned to Mae. "I told you that I'd help you through this in any way I could, and I meant it, and I meant it. If I'm going to be betrothed via dutiful obligation it might as well be to you." Kaladin gave her a wry smile, then turned to his sister with a sigh.

"I'll accept the marriage, Hannah. Let our union be the first step in unifying our families. It only seems fitting."

Mae heaved a sigh of relief. They would have to talk about this in private, but for the moment, Mae just took one of Kaladin's hands in her own and squeezed it tightly. She mouthed the words, "Thank you," understanding the gravity of what he was doing for her.

Mae finally returned her attention to Hannah, feeling a twinge of annoyance that she was elevating an arrogant, ambitious manipulator into a seat of nobility. "It sounds as though we have reached an agreement. We can draft up the documents and close this deal posthaste. For now, I know you're a busy woman, and this has been an exhausting week. If you would not mind, Lady Strauss," she said, reminding Hannah of why she agreed in the first place, "I think I would like to retire with my betrothed." Storms, that felt weird to say aloud. Kaladin Strauss. Her oldest friend. Her first love. Her betrothed.

Hannah nodded as she rose to her feet. "Of course," she began, "I'm sure that this has been a difficult week—no point in putting you, or any of us, through any sort of pageantry and pomp. We can save that for another time. A better time." She adjusted her shawl so that is draped over her shoulders before she bowed her head. "Simply send the contract back courier when you and your lawyers have drafted it. My lawyers and I will look over it then and have it signed. We can talk about further details at a later time."

She motioned her head toward the door. Her two manservants strode in step with one another and opened the wide doors for their mistress. "Though before I go..." Hannah walked over toward Maegerie and placed a well-manicured hand upon her shoulder. Her face looked somber, "If there is anything I can do during this time of hardship for you, please do not hesitate to ask. You were a friend of the family before and now—as my sister in-law—it's only right that I try and do everything I can to life even a modicum of weight from your shoulders during this trying time. I am only ever a letter away, my dear." Hannah gently squeezed Maegerie's shoulder.

"And Kaladin," Hannah said as she placed her other hand on his shoulder, "We must have a chance to catch up and talk. It's been so long since I could properly sit down and truly connect with you. I'm sure with all your time spent abroad you must have some wonderful stories to tell; of far-off lands and hi-jinx, I'm sure. You, my daughters, my husband, and I; we'll make a nice dinner of it, yes?" She gave him a sterling smile as she finally began to walk toward the door.

"May the Tides bring both of you good fortune, Mister and Missus Strauss," Hannah said with a nonchalantly elegant wave of her hand. "May you both relish and enjoy your first day together as a soon to be married couple!"

She walked out the doors and the manservants shut them swiftly behind her. With that, she was gone.

(Thanks for writing this scene with me, @tides-toll-the-dead and @leora-strauss <3)

[kultiranstrawberry]

@tides-toll-the-dead

Finally done! It was a pain deciding to keep or leave the leaking stormlight glow. I’m not sure if it hazes things too much. Might ditch it. Anyway, here are the sassy bitches reigning bad-pun champs, Kaladin and Shallan, being all… err… radiant I guess. I definitely took liberties with the clothes and the forms of Pattern and Syl in their shardblade state, but it seemed appropriate to the style.  Hope to do them both in full shardplate one day, which needs to happen in the books. I mean, I know Shallan isn’t technically a warrior (… yet) but her employing her wit and powers in full-scale battle would be AMAAAZING. And putting Kaladin in shardplate would be like taking the most badass superhero and then giving that hero a Gundam that can do everything he can do but bigger and with more murder. Blessed overkill. ALSO!! GIVEAWAY?? I’m thinking of doing a giveaway soon and have some ideas for prizes in mind. No bath bombs or any such, but possibly limited run merch, prints, or other such related to my art. I can’t decide if I want it to be Cosmere, Dragon Age, or other fandom related, or original art only. What do you guys think?

[15-lizards]

renly would’ve loved New York City. He’d have a penthouse in NYC and Dubai then summer in lake como near gerige clooney. Stannis doesn’t summer as he’s a workaholic and Robert is always in a pub. Sansa is obsessed with Paris where maegery lives but Ned doesn’t like it because he sun burns easily. What about the lannisters?

Tywin runs Fox News like he is just Logan Roy. He’s on his third controversially young wife and he fights the Woke Left on twitter all day. Jamie is heir to the company but he’s dodging and weaving out of taking any sort of modicum of responsibility. He does MMA and drag racing as a pastime and spends his weekends blacking out in Miami while trying to ignore the missed calls from his dad and the slightly sexually charged texts from his sister. Also he ran over Bran while drunk driving. Cersei keeps trying to get Tywin’s respect and inherit the company but she literally acts like Marjorie Taylor Green and Lauren Boebert on a good day so he says no. She starts her own business that would not survive without Tywin’s financial backing, gets into arguments with Joffery’s teachers, and has a fling with pool boy Theon who she kind of hates. Tyrion is Elon Musk sorry. He would buy Reddit and Twitter and then make them worse. He has a history and philosophy degree and is just the worst guy in the fucking world to drink with. Every conversation he has at the Lannister Family Fundraisers leaves him thinking “I can kill god if I wanted to” and everyone else thinking “what a fucking tool”. His tech company also sucks. Joffery goes to boarding school and is still a little dickhead but this time he plays soccer. Myrcella is TikTok famous and posts her clothing hauls and silly storytimes 🫶. Tommen is unfortunately an ipad kid with a nanny because Cersei thinks about him once every three business days. And Lancel is Cousin Greg

[tides-toll-the-dead]

A Crisis of Faith

The 20th of June - Thursday

I’ve disappointed myself again today, but as you’re well aware, oh humble journal, that’s rather common. I took to the pipe again. It’s almost been a month, and I’ve crested that hill of withdrawal. I was proud of myself. She was proud of me, but the voices came back. No amount of meditation, or prayer would quiet them. I tried to be strong. I didn’t want to worry her, but I’ve failed. The pipe quieted the voices, and I can finally think again, but tonight as I write this my only thoughts are of shame. Sometimes I think I’m not worth the effort. Sometimes I-

Kaladin pressed the dry quill against the empty lines of his journal. He closed his eyes, feeling the rapid beating of his heart as he came down from his high. Kaladin quietly closed shut his journal, and opened his eyes to gaze at his wife, sleeping snugly in their small bed. The walls creaked with the gentle to and fro of the ocean’s gentle embrace as the faint sound of boots sounded on the deck above.

He had to tell her. He had promised that he would stop, swore to all he held sacred that he would, and he had failed. What would she think? Would she be disappointed? Of course she would be disappointed. If not for her family’s welfare she would never have married a scoundrel like him. He had dragged her into a life of piracy. Good company excluded he often wondered if she even enjoyed her time as a member of Captain Dio’s crew.

What was he? A failed Tide Sage, running, always running from his problems....

Kaladin pulled on his coat, kissed his wife gently on the forehead, and left their cabin. He climbed the stairs to the top deck of the ship, nodding a silent greeting to some of the crew he passed. Kaladin stood alone at the edge of the deck, his arms leaning against the railing, eyes closed to hear the sound of the sea.

The Tide Mother had plucked him from the clutches of death half a dozen times. She had kept him alive as he starved adrift at sea. She had pulled him to the surface as he sank towards the depths, drowning. She had offered kind words as he stood at the edge of a cliff mere moments from stepping off. Why? For what? There were more faithful, more courageous, more honorable, and more deserving sages that were cut down by Lord Stormsong’s traitors. He wanted an answer, and so he called down to the deepest roots of his soul, and opened himself to everything. To hear the voices of the dead, drowned, to hear her answer.

He got no answer. He only heard the crashing waves, the wind, and as he focused he could hear the sorrowful songs of sailors long since perished. Yet she did not speak to him. When he opened himself to her, all he heard was it...

Die... bleed... hate... destroy... conquer... reclaim...

The same word echoed in his mind in a hellish cacophony. It was a thousand different voices all at once, the piercing voices of every single person he had ever met.  He felt a growing pressure on his temple, and just when he felt as if his head would pop he let out a soundless scream. Soon he found himself surrounded by water, the taste of salt filling his mouth. He tried to swim to the surface, but the vastness of this ocean was endless in all directions.

Then a single word, a single voice, feminine from what he could tell, but it was not her. It was not the Tide Mother.

Learn…

A giant serpent-like eye appeared in front of him, staring at him. Kaladin wanted to turn away and flee, but something compelled him to stare back, unblinking.

Consume…

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A female naga swam towards him, dressed in beautiful silken robes, something that shouldn’t, and couldn’t be in the sea, and yet it did… it was almost ethereal in nature. The naga wrapped it’s serpent tail around him, nearly crushing him as she carved into his chest with a sharpened kris. The pain was unbearable, Kaladin tried to scream, but he couldn’t.

Learn...

What seemed like hours passed, hours of agony, hours of carving. He could see blood pool in a cloud all around him. Then she stopped, and grabbed the symbol of the Tide Mother which he kept around his neck. The naga grinned at him, and pulled the amulet from Kaladin’s neck.

Consume...

Kaladin suddenly returned to his senses again. He was back on the ship. Back in the real world. However, when he reached for the holy amulet around his neck… it was gone.

All was quiet then, aside from the sea and the wind.

He returned to his cabin, and laid himself down beside his wife. Then he lay there for hours, unable to sleep.

( @kultiranstrawberry for mentions).

[withinycu-arch]

I mean kudos to Cersei I guess for being right Maergery was evil I guess???

[jossujb]

So, sensei told me that it is realistic enough to attempt orange belt next month, or that it is probable to get a permission to try.

But at the moment I am not sure if my skills are mature enough to go for it. I mean, for progression’s sake it would be ideal if I could grade into orange before summer, cos then I could practice green’s curriculum over the summer before the next new official period starts...

I think I can all my blocks, punches, kicks and combinations well enough to pass. Couple techniques tho? Maybe chudan and jodan ukes, but those damn maegeri ukes...

I know both of my kata well enough to practice, but I am not sure how good is good enough to grade. I definitely don’t do particularly good cat stance at all. I practice every day, trying to achieve pistol squat in hopes of it helping my stance, but like, is it enough? And most importantly, can I perform under pressure?

I mean, I sure am staring at my crush all the time because of duh, but I would stare at him anyway, because he’s the most elegant person I’ve seen. Pitch perfect form. What I admire in him in karate, is that he’s absolutely zero precent intimidating, but yet his posture alone, the way he carries himself, tells you how serious he is.

That’s actually what I’ve been founding most admirable in well practiced martial artist in this short period I’ve known some. The fact that the best ones don’t show attitude. The best karatekas I’ve seen never have felt to me (as a fem presenting person) like someone you’d stepped back from fearing aggression. I mean, all the men in my classes could fucking kill me in a minute, but there’s no fear factor - the discipline makes it so that you don’t succeed really if you just wanna fuck shit up.

Anyway. I’ll probably attempt grading orange. If it fails, it fails.