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I need more fics about the sad mess that Aemond is. 

Don't get me wrong, I love the fanon version where he is that dark fantasy prince, but I also kind of miss the characterization of the show version Aemond. 

In HOTD we've seen many sides of Aemond, but recently the show has put an immense focus on one particular side of him. We see these many scenes where Aemond craves the attention of several women to try to fill this hole in him. That man is just a sad boy; he's been bullied for half his life by the only friends he has, who also are his family, for being dragonless, and the other half he gets stared at for missing an eye. That man just wants to feel loved. Give me that angsty man! In recent scenes with him, we mostly see him sad and vulnerable, craving the touch of any woman because he just wants to feel loved for once, and I think we need more fics about this exact Aemond that craves someone's love! 

Please let me know what you think of Aemond's characterization in the show and in fics, and I would appreciate any fic recs!

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Oh probably when Persephone was taken AGAINST HER WILL to be her uncle’s bride when she only wanted to be with her mother, but her true story has been completely erased and romanticized in modern day.

Something I find extremely important to note is that Yuri made the intentional choice of taking his opponent down with non-lethal force.

This is in stark contrast to the other SSS officers, who are clearly shown and heard to be shooting at the slightest hint of resistance.

Once could argue that he didn't use a gun on the chance of shooting through the bus, but if he's close enough to grab his target then he's close enough to shoot him from a safe angle. I simply don't believe otherwise. And there's no way he isn't carrying one... it just hasn't been drawn.

He entered the fray not to take down targets, but to save children.

Of course the former is somewhat required to accomplish the latter, but I do think intent is important here.

Yuri's intent is to do good.

And he pays for that goodness.

In choosing to not draw his gun, it's Yuri who's shot instead. This is partially due to his tendency to charge through problems without regard to his own safety - but I also think it's a demonstration of how such kindness can be a weakness. One usually isn't rewarded for being the better person, especially in times of violence.

In a better world, this wouldn't be the case. That's the kind of world our protagonists are fighting for...

At their first date Camilla says that Yor used to make money going to men’s hotel rooms and “giving massage” which is code for sex work. It could just mean happy endings but it’s pretty fair for someone to assume that she was an escort or prostitute.

Loid defends her immediately for doing what she needed to survive and he also has no context and I don’t think he would ask Yor to explain. He would however put together the timeline and realize that Yor was completely alone raising her brother as a teenager in a place with little to know social services or support and probably had to resort to sex work to survive.

The next thing he learns about her is that she is an expert at self defense.