i'm not doing anything that's gonna fuck her over. and no one can see me naked unless they write me a sonnet first about eating macaroni in italy. and pussy. and i already said yes.
smart move. i would absolutely trust your judgement over hers.
[ freak???????? you're fucking tim laughlin????????????? ]
i'm not fighting for anyone. unless i do, and then i will. but i'm pretty sure some guy i haven't met that's related to you isn't on the list. why does he need to be seen to at all times?
In telling you this I am trusting you despite my instincts, on account of your standing by my mother. It is the only reason; you have chosen her. I do not trust you for anything else, but I trust you will protect her, and that includes her heart.
You must know of our father. How his health turned his queen into little more than a nursemaid in his last hours. It is the same fate that awaits my brother — confined to his bed, suffering his health, a shade of the man he once was.
[ physician-assisted suicide is legal in ten states and he's above the law ]
yeah, i get it.
[ because watching ash in jenny's last days had been brutal and horrific, as if ash were dying himself instead of his cancer-stricken wife, and embry would've carved out his heart and offered it up if it meant sparing him an hour of that heartbreak and the ghastly grief that followed. ]
[ christ. to even begin to explain would be impossible. he doesn't even know if tim's going to eventually run his mouth about what embry's done that gives tim license to hate him until he dies, if he hasn't already. ]
people like tim and people like me just don't have anything in common. he's never gonna let you forget your flaws, and i have way too many to keep being reminded of them. i also say whatever i want to him, and he isn't a fan of that. i think he calls it "being an asshole." you're not gonna get a solid answer. but if you want a reason that he doesn't agree with, he fucked a friend of mine over while i was dead. we don't see eye to eye on it. there's no point bringing it up.
but tim is the kind of person that goes after what he wants. he isn't satisfied with settling. and i admire him for that.
[ he almost asks how much it's pained him to give that compliment, but he's trying to be a good person here. ]
Nothing is stopping you from doing the same as he does. From taking what you want, if you want it. How you weigh another's hurt over your own desire is your struggle to deal with, but nothing else is keeping you from waht you want but yourself.
[ it's not advice tim would appreciate him giving to embry of all people, but aemond had made it clear far before they engaged each other intimately that he would not compromise himself for anyone save one person, and that person isn't even his mother.
only aegon gets the privilege of demanding the world from him. helaena is a close second, perhaps, if she could ever forgive him for what he's done. ]
And you are being an ass, if you speak without restraint or regard for consequence. It is both stupid and reckless, and you know better. Words can be just as powerful as a knife to the belly if you aim well, and you are the type to aim true.
Would you consider even a little restraint, with Tim?
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[ nothing is stopping him, except that embry's life has already been sworn away to someone else, a sacrifice made over a decade ago that he'll uphold as long as he loves ash — which is forever. some people are born for a greatness more important than love or happiness or anything in between, and embry doesn't care how many closed doors he has to shove himself into while dragging ash behind him. ]
i'm a politician. and if you think tim doesn't give as good as he gets, clearly he's besotted with you.
you act like i'm tearing down his door and pissing on his bed. we barely talk. it's romantic you're taking up for him, though. i'm gonna go throw up now.
For a statesman, you prefer burning your bridges than making them.
[ jace is far more diplomatic, and he's only six weeks younger than aemond himself. near half of this place's guests are a wretched joke. ]
Would you prefer he was besotted with you instead? It would certainly make your life easier if he was. Better if you did not feel any sort of way about him, too.
not having to work has been the best thing that's ever happened to me.
[ didn't u know politics ruined his life??? he could have been illegally gay married living on a horse farm getting fucked every day instead of vice president ]
[ this again. after criston and having to pretend he isn't aware of the man's covetous eye. ]
Do you want me to say congratulations? You have both your eyes, this is in your favour.
I do not care if you pursue her; you are not the first, and you certainly won't be the last. You will not have any contest from me if she accepts, either. But if she cries because of you for any reason, you will know no peace.
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sure, but it's more in vogue to swear on your grandmother's grave.
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[ considering what he's going to ask for, aemond will not say another word of it without promise. ]
Swear you'll put my mother first, regardless of what I ask.
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i swear i'll put your mother first. something we clearly have different priorities about.
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[ but with aegon here, it does bring up an interesting question, doesn't it? ]
I need you to watch over Aegon. I cannot see to him at all times, and if I am not able, he should have someone who would fight for his sake.
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[ freak???????? you're fucking tim laughlin????????????? ]
i'm not fighting for anyone. unless i do, and then i will. but i'm pretty sure some guy i haven't met that's related to you isn't on the list.
why does he need to be seen to at all times?
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You must know of our father. How his health turned his queen into little more than a nursemaid in his last hours. It is the same fate that awaits my brother — confined to his bed, suffering his health, a shade of the man he once was.
Do you understand why I ask?
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physician-assisted suicide is legal in ten states and he's above the law]yeah, i get it.
[ because watching ash in jenny's last days had been brutal and horrific, as if ash were dying himself instead of his cancer-stricken wife, and embry would've carved out his heart and offered it up if it meant sparing him an hour of that heartbreak and the ghastly grief that followed. ]
is he annoying, though?
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Will you do it?
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i'll have a drink with him.
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Why do you mislike him? This has gone on before I was ever here.
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people like tim and people like me just don't have anything in common. he's never gonna let you forget your flaws, and i have way too many to keep being reminded of them.
i also say whatever i want to him, and he isn't a fan of that. i think he calls it "being an asshole."
you're not gonna get a solid answer. but if you want a reason that he doesn't agree with, he fucked a friend of mine over while i was dead. we don't see eye to eye on it. there's no point bringing it up.
but tim is the kind of person that goes after what he wants. he isn't satisfied with settling.
and i admire him for that.
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Nothing is stopping you from doing the same as he does. From taking what you want, if you want it. How you weigh another's hurt over your own desire is your struggle to deal with, but nothing else is keeping you from waht you want but yourself.
[ it's not advice tim would appreciate him giving to embry of all people, but aemond had made it clear far before they engaged each other intimately that he would not compromise himself for anyone save one person, and that person isn't even his mother.
only aegon gets the privilege of demanding the world from him. helaena is a close second, perhaps, if she could ever forgive him for what he's done. ]
And you are being an ass, if you speak without restraint or regard for consequence. It is both stupid and reckless, and you know better. Words can be just as powerful as a knife to the belly if you aim well, and you are the type to aim true.
Would you consider even a little restraint, with Tim?
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i'm a politician. and if you think tim doesn't give as good as he gets, clearly he's besotted with you.
you act like i'm tearing down his door and pissing on his bed. we barely talk.
it's romantic you're taking up for him, though. i'm gonna go throw up now.
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[ jace is far more diplomatic, and he's only six weeks younger than aemond himself. near half of this place's guests are a wretched joke. ]
Would you prefer he was besotted with you instead? It would certainly make your life easier if he was. Better if you did not feel any sort of way about him, too.
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[ didn't u know politics ruined his life??? he could have been illegally gay married living on a horse farm getting fucked every day instead of vice president ]
tim isn't my type. your mom is.
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Do you want me to say congratulations? You have both your eyes, this is in your favour.
I do not care if you pursue her; you are not the first, and you certainly won't be the last. You will not have any contest from me if she accepts, either. But if she cries because of you for any reason, you will know no peace.
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