You need not flatter my mothering now, of all times. I know I cannot control it, else I would do something other than complain to you!
[ like order them both around, which she won’t bother with. although she calls aemond child, she knows him to be a man grown. ]
Yes, I was. And now I have the pleasure of watching her cavort about this place with her uncle husband, while I kiss her in secret. Should any know of it, as you and Tim do, and speak of it, I shall be hanged by mine own sons for the crime.
Because none are partial to me, Embry. Not truly. Is it so selfish to wish for things of my own?
[ it is, and she knows it, more girl than queen in her outrage. she has never had a friend or a lover that was hers. tim’s betrayal picks at her oldest wound. it’s about him. it’s not about him. alicent has always wanted for what she cannot have, and it smarts every time she lets herself believe any different. ]
no subject
I know I cannot control it, else I would do something other than complain to you!
[ like order them both around, which she won’t bother with. although she calls aemond child, she knows him to be a man grown. ]
Yes, I was.
And now I have the pleasure of watching her cavort about this place with her uncle husband, while I kiss her in secret.
Should any know of it, as you and Tim do, and speak of it, I shall be hanged by mine own sons for the crime.
Because none are partial to me, Embry. Not truly. Is it so selfish to wish for things of my own?
[ it is, and she knows it, more girl than queen in her outrage. she has never had a friend or a lover that was hers. tim’s betrayal picks at her oldest wound. it’s about him. it’s not about him. alicent has always wanted for what she cannot have, and it smarts every time she lets herself believe any different. ]