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And so he spoke, that lord of Castamere.

“Margaery, please,” she said, “you mustn’t.” It was hard to get the words out. “You mustn’t marry him. He’s not like he seems, he’s not. He’ll hurt you.”

“I shouldn’t think so.” Margaery smiled confidently. “It’s brave of you to warn me, but you need not fear. Joff’s spoiled and vain and I don’t doubt that he’s as cruel as you say, but Father forced him to name Loras to his Kingsguard before he would agree to the match. I shall have the finest knight in the Seven Kingdoms protecting me night and day, as Prince Aemon protected Naerys. So our little lion had best behave, hadn’t he?”

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ASOIAF Challenge
↳ 01. favorite location || highgarden

“Sansa, would you like to visit Highgarden?” When Margaery Tyrell smiled, she looked very like her brother Loras. “All the autumn flowers are in bloom just now, and there are groves and fountains, shady courtyards, marble colonnades. My lord father always keeps singers at court, sweeter ones than Butters here, and pipers and fiddlers and harpers as well. We have the best horses, and pleasure boats to sail along the Mander.”

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endiness:

{ asoiaf challenge } favorite location → HIGHGARDEN

All the autumn flowers are in bloom just now, and there are groves and fountains, shady courtyards, marble colonnades. My lord father always keeps singers at court, sweeter ones than Butters here, and pipers and fiddlers and harpers as well. We have the best horses, and pleasure boats to sail along the Mander.

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30 Days of ASOIAF   |   Day No. 11: Outfit You Think A Character Should Wear   |   Lady Sansa of the Eyrie (Givenchy Spring 2010 Couture)

plantagenet:

asoiaf and the high middle ages | narrative parallels

• margaery tyrell as (the young) isabella of france
• renly baratheon & loras tyrell as king edward ii & piers gaveston, 1st earl of cornwall

Born in 1295 in the cultural centre of Europe, the youngest child and only daughter of the King of France was married Edward II of England in 1308, at the age of twelve. The newlyweds proved a good pair: Isabella was known as “the beauty of beauties…in the kingdom if not in all Europe,” bringing with her to England a fortune’s worth of French fashions. Edward was handsome, athletic and popular; the heir to the Plantagenet dynasty. He was, however, completely uninterested in his new queen. Upon the couples’ return to England from their wedding on the French coast, he promptly re-gifted all of Isabella’s fine wedding to the favourite he had made regent in his absence—a Gascon knight named Piers Gaveston—rushing off the boat to meet him at Dover, and “giving him kisses and repeated embraces, which fuelled his barons’ jealousy”. 

Edward II was arguably bisexual (he fathered five children with two women), if not homosexual. That his relationship with Gaveston was a romantic one is something only suggested by contemporary chronicles; what is clear, however, is that the king doted on the other man, “uniquely” and “beyond measure”. Prior to his ascension, Edward’s father had even exiled Gaveston for a short time in order to forcibly separate the two. Piers, who was said to be handsome, headstrong and ambitious, was brought back to England and made earl of Cornwall in 1307. It was one of Edward’s first commands as newly crowned king. 

After Isabella’s father and brothers grew displeased at Edward’s misplaced affections, Gaveston was forced back into exile for a few months in 1308, affording the queen time to cultivate respect and friendships in court and foster cooperation with her husband. She became an extremely popular in this time, earning admiration from her king and her people. Upon Gaveston’s return, the three of them, king, queen, and knight, appeared to co-exist in relative harmony, Isabella and Piers united by Edward’s attentions and in sharing common enemies. 

When Gaveston was brutally murdered at the hands of Edward’s jealous barons, that delicate balance of power was irreparably shattered. England stood to be ravaged by civil war and Edward found a new favourite in Hugh Despenser, a man hated by the queen. In this political theatre, Isabella, now seventeen and a mother to Edward’s heir, had more power to wield and opportunity to become a different sort of queen altogether. 

tigertrapper:

30 DAYS OF A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE
favourite house motto → house martell

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plantagenet:

jonquille’s thirty day asoiaf challenge | day two : a scene you want to see on the show 

T H E  T R A G I C  F A L L  O F  L Y S A  A R R Y N

Lysa threw herself into Littlefinger’s arms, sobbing. As they hugged, Sansa crawled from the Moon Door on hands and knees and wrapped her arms around the nearest pillar. She could feel her heart pounding. There was snow in her hair and her right shoe was missing. It must have fallen. She shuddered, and hugged the pillar tighter. Littlefinger let Lysa sob against his chest for a moment, then put his hands on her arms and kissed her lightly. “My sweet silly jealous wife,” he said, chuckling. “I’ve only loved one woman, I promise you.”

Lysa Arryn smiled tremulously. “Only one? Oh, Petyr, do you swear it? Only one?”

“Only Cat.” He gave her a short, sharp shove. Lysa stumbled backward, her feet slipping on the wet marble. And then she was gone. She never screamed.

For the longest time there was no sound but the wind.

gendrysarya:

30 days of asoiaf; day one: favorite location
winterfell - “it was not dead, just broken”

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Game of Thrones House Posters

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