ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅᴏᴡ, sᴡᴇᴇᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ-ᴀɪʀ ( ᴏᴘᴇɴ )

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Who: Margaery Tyrell, Cisco Ramon & Steve Rogers
Broadcast: nope
Action: yes, all over the planet and on the Windrose, Blameless & Starstruck
When: catch-all log for the duration of June & July, starters can be found in the comments! feel free to add one of your own or ask me for one/contact me at ladylike

also: cw for gif-use at the comments! all of them are sfw, however :>

Comments

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The most beautiful! Lord Tyrion never visited Highgarden to meet all of my cousins and my ladies in waiting. They are all lovely and that aside, my scolding only led to the declaration I am the loveliest being in the seven kingdoms. Any more of that and the other ladies might find me vain. They would think I am paying you all to give me such honors.

[ but her smile turns sharper ]

I am glad that you are taking to teasing me, however.

[ finishing her careful work on the flower crown, she places it on his hand ]

I cannot knight you. I am not a queen, not yet but I may name you my favorite and that shall have to do for now.

[winn]

I dunno, it's pretty obvious that you don't have to resort to that. And besides, beauty's subjective. I gotta go with my man Tyrion here.

[ because she's his little sister and he loves her. that instantly makes her a million times more beautiful.

now if you were to expand that definition to other worlds, or judge attractiveness instead of beauty - that'd be a different story.

he smiles when she crowns him, and even more when she proclaims him her favorite. for a moment, he's just rendered speechless; because how could words even begin to explain how he feels? they can't possibly. ]

I'll take that over knight any day. [ he'll take that over most anything, he's so moved, his voice is actually a little choked there. ]

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It does not requires fighting any battles, there is a merit.

[ a second favorite here, after Sansa. She seems to do well with those who do not see their full potential yet, who are not entirely confident. One day they may see in themselves what Margaery does and on that day, how fortunate the world would be and how foolish would be those who mocked them. ]

Do you know who started naming my brother Garlan the Gallant? You must think it was after some grand battle or another. In truth, my brother Willas named him so. When Garlan was but a child he was plump in his appearance and there were those who were quick to mock him as he rode his horse or practiced his sword. He feared he would be awarded a terrible nickname - we do have an uncle some call Garth the Gross so Willas named him Garlan the Gallant, to protect him and he grew to be handsome and strong, able to fight four man at once, one of the best knights of the realm.

[ she gives him a little look ]

Foolish men would mock others without seeing all they could be. If there is every anyone who would ever name you less than a great man, then they are terrible fools and we have so very little time for foolishness and we must not allow it anywhere near our hearts.

[winn]

[ they're the type of people least likely to take any form of affection for granted.

he smiles at the story, and the look. he knows he should be paying attention to the lesson but he mostly just finds the story - and the fact that she's trying to teach him these lessons - unbelievably adorable and endearing. ]

Every story you tell makes me more and more certain that Willas is my kinda guy. [ that's clever. and sweet. ]

That's true, I'm allocating all my foolish time to myself. [ he really has no idea what to do with her kindness, so as usual - he defaults to a joke. he does do a lot of ridiculous things though, especially around cisco. ]

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He used to read to me. I was restless as a child as difficult as it may be to imagine.

[ said with a little grin, acknowledging the jest; she has not changed, not one bit. there is the image she must keep at the court, there is her wisdom and her sharpness but beneath it all, margaery tyrell still favored sneaking into her cousin's bed to gossip the night away, to eat snacks beneath the covers and play card games.

wise and queenly, but a girl of six-and-ten still, she allowed herself these little indulgences. ]

He used to come into my room and read me wonderful stories of old, of king aegon who came to conquer Westeros riding a dragon as big as a hundred ships with his sisters Visenya and Rhaenys, both dragon-riders as well and both his wives. They have conquered nearly all of Westeros, save for Dorne.

[winn]

You? Restless? You're pulling my leg.

[ he smiles, and settles in comfortably, like a child at story time. he wishes she would allow herself more indulgences, that she'd allow herself to act her age.

that her world would allow it to her. ]

Those sound like great stories - I'd love to hear them if you remember.

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It is the history of Westeros. Lord Tyrion is much more suitable to tell you of such, he is very well-learned yet I shall try. Before King Aegon the Conqueror, the seven kingdoms of Westeros were divided, there was no king. The Targaryen line - you remember? Fire and Blood? They have come Valyria and settled in Dragonstone, lord Tyrion was discussing that in his lesson.

[ she smiles. that was a good review of Westeroi history ]

Valyria was once a great empire off the shores of Westeros but one day it simply sank into itself in terrible flames, the earth itself swallowed the city down, it is named the Doom of Valyria. None dares sail close to it now, they say the very water are cursed, so Willas told me.

[ but the dragons! ]

Aegon married both his sisters, it was very common among Targaryens and they came to Westeros to conquer it, riding their dragons and soon they united it under his rule. Now, when they came to Dorne to tell them to bend their knees or else, there will be fire and blood they were told that their words are very pretty but those of house Martell are unbent, unbowed, unbroken and that they have no king. Much blood was spilled in the deserts of Dorne but they have never bowed to Aegon and were never ruled by a king, the only house in Westeros, they were. Very stubborn, proud people and good fighters, to best such a strong warrior-king.

[winn]

-- Westeros really needs some serious marriage reform.

[ marrying children, relatives, he's so glad that's not where he comes from. ]

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[ she has to chuckle, at that. he is right, of course. the tales of his world where women from any status can marry according to her will sounds both odd and wonderful to her ]

In Westeros, such things are -- considered quite scandalous and it is said it is against the will of the gods. There are rumors of siblings marrying but I am certain it's no more than that.

[ except for one specific case ]

The Targaryens married among themselves as they were among the only ones who survived the Doom. They cared to preserve their line and the blood of Valyria. That is why so many of them looked quite alike, silver hair and eyes of purple.

[winn]

The Targaryens need a genetics lesson - nothing good ever comes from in-breeding.

[ he will never be ok with the thought of her going back to that world. ]

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You are not mistaken, there is a reason it is forbidden in Westeros. It caused some of their children to be quite - mad.

[ she doesn't know what to think of the dragon queen in that regard, she looks quite stable and kind but there is always potential. ]

The last Targaryen king before the uprising was named the Mad King for a reason.

[winn]

Considering what I've learned about the way other worlds work - I feel pretty comfortable saying it's the same reason it should be and is forbidden most places.

[ there's something comforting about knowing some scientific facts hold true no matter where you are. imagining what her land had to endure because stubborn nobles think they're above the laws of nature is less so. ]

How's the one who's here?

[ he knows she told him good things before, but she also spoke kindly of joffrey. maybe now she'll feel more comfortable confiding in him. he just wants to know that she's safe, that she feels safe. ]

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Queen Daenerys?

[ she always makes sure to give the queen her proper title, funny perhaps, as they are speaking of the same crown and the same title. However, in Daenerys' presence, Margaery will never claim the title for herself. She is not a fool, the return of a dragon queen could mean the ruin of house Tyrell if she clings to the title of queen. She had wanted power to protect and elevate her house, not to bring it to a blazing end. ]

I only spoken to her once or twice, she seems kind - she told me she herself had been sold to marriage before when she was much younger than I only she had loved her husband. He is dead, however, so she says. She had said she will protect me from Joffrey if she could. My house was very loyal to hers until the very end, I think she is aware of that.

[ a hum ]

Tyrion is quite fond of her which is telling. He is not a man to favor the mad.

[winn]

[ the mention of tyrion does put him more at ease - the man seems to practically be a telepath. he can see right through winn, that's for sure. ]

He's a good judge of character. Though - I might be biased saying that, since you know, he likes my friends. [ and him too, he hopes not just because he's kitty's man as he puts it. ]

[partialities]

He is an excellent judge of character, he is well-learned perceptive.

[ she nods ]

if he favors queen Daenerys, then she must have left quite an impression on him. She is very beautiful and she seems -- to want to do well for our realm. Taking the throne will require a war, however and we are all quite tired of those.

[winn]

[ she's very beautiful -- that might be reason enough for tyrion, by his own admission. but winn wants to think that was just a joke, he seems to smart to fall for just a pretty face, and he knows better than anyone that looks can be deceiving. either way, as long as he's not given a reason to mistrust her he'll choose trust. ]

I can imagine.

[ it breaks his heart over and over again, thinking of her going back to a world so dangerous. he desperately wants to take margaery back with him, even as he admires her for all the reasons she won't go. his friends need a touch more cowardice and selfishness. ]