Ride the Lightning!

And one of the things that I most see Tyrion criticized for is his deception in negotiating a trade for Jaime, but I have never seen it acknowledged that Robb was never going to agree to the negotiations anyway, and told Catelyn as much:

“…I might have been able to trade the Kingslayer for father, but…”

“…but not for the girls?” [Catelyn’s] voice was icy quiet. “Girls are not important enough, are they?”

I think fandom tends to see Robb as righteous here because the Starks are considered the good guys, and if the narrative positions Tyrion as the good bad guy, the one who is different from the other Lannisters, then he should agree with Robb, right?

Except that not only do we know Robb will never agree to the terms through Catelyn’s POV, what reason does Tyrion have to trust Robb? Robb who treated him with suspicion at Winterfell before he had even done anything and denied him hospitality and treated him rudely when he offered help to Bran. (Which was also a contributing factor in Tyrion’s arrest, because Tyrion knew something was going on by the way he was treated at Winterfell and was on the defense when he saw Catelyn at the inn, and confronted her about it.) Then Catelyn arrests him on false charges and he’s nearly executed for something he didn’t do. What reason does he have to trust any of these people?

Tyrion’s life experiences are not those that have taught him to believe in the best in people (and even then, he does reach out to the Starks and is met with suspicion, scorn, and false accusations. One of the things that is most interesting about Tyrion is that despite his cynicism and awareness that he will always be hated by other people because of what he is, he keeps trying to connect with others), and even though he knows that his family isn’t trustworthy either and siding with them is just as likely to get him killed, and that supporting Joffrey’s rule is inherently immoral, at least that’s a threat he’s lived with before. The devil you know and all that.

Not that Robb or Catelyn were in the wrong or that blame needs to be deflected on someone else, but it’s a complicated situation and statements about what the morally appropriate choice is tend to overlook situations where every choice has moral fallout. (Criticisms of Tyrion here also don’t acknowledge that other characters have to make moral sacrifices. Robb decides that he can’t trade his sisters for Jaime even though he knows it’s immoral to let his sisters remain hostages.) What’s the most moral choice in a hostage negotiation situation, where neither side is willing to agree and human lives are at risk on both sides? What’s the most moral choice when your best option for survival is to trust in the wrong side, in people who you know are going to hurt you, and have hurt you in the past? What’s the most moral choice when the “good” side also wants to see you and your entire family dead?

“She always dreamed of marryng and consummating marriage with a young prince and not from the cruel and disgusting family. And here she is with a Lannister, a Lannister who is three times her age… and than Tyrion stops her.” - Sophie Turner

“There’s a scene where Sansa is telling Tyrion what she knows about what happened at the Red Wedding. It’s heartbreaking and she’s telling Tyrion almost to kind of make him feel bad about what his family has done… but Tyrion is a comfort to her, he’s the unexpected Lannister.” - Sophie Turner

“It’s a strange, arranged marriage. He has Shae and it’s just all wrong.

They (Sansa and Tyrion) really have love for each other. Not a romantic, prince charming kind of love, but a real fondness for each other and kindness for each other. But something sort of lovely comes out of all of that, it’s like a flower growing out of a dirty sidewalk.” - Peter Dinklage

“In the books the cup gets under the table and Tyrion goes there and takes it himself. On the show we see Sansa kneeling, taking the cup and giving it to Tyrion. That small scene, written by GRRM personally, is a significant evidence of how the author sees the relationship between these two characters. They are not enemies, they are not even indifferent, they are allies, they help each other and give each other comfort when they can. They care about each other. And it’s not based on passion or lust, as with so many of the relationships in the series, but on mutual understanding, sympathy and kindness.” - David Benioff, writer of the series

So have some self-indulgent GLOW fanfic!!

The Birthday Paradox

In a room of just 23 people, the odds of 2 people sharing a birthday are 50:50… 

“Okay, so.” Sam puts his hands down flat on the scored wood of his stolen desk. “Friday night after the show we’ll—”

“Oh, we can’t do Friday,” says Debbie.

He scowls up at her. “Why the fuck not?”

“It’s, uh, Ruth’s birthday.”

“Oh.”

Silence reigns for an awkward thirty seconds. Debbie’s immaculate eyebrows arch. “We could do Saturday instead?”

“Right. Sure. Yeah.”

He roots about his papers, discomforted, until she rolls her eyes and asks the obvious question.  

“Are you… okay?”

It’s not the kind of thing they have to ask very often, both of them usually perfectly transparent to the other. Like a pair of housecats. Just about able to tolerate being in the same room, and good at giving the other space when they come in hackles raised. Their claws generally reserved for other people. Which is probably just as well, given the amount of fur that would fly should they ever turn on one another.  

“I’m fine,” he says, too quickly. He makes the mistake of catching her eye and sighs. “It’s her actual birthday on Friday?”

“Don’t you have all of our birthdates written down on those consent forms you made us sign?”

“I’m not Klaus fucking Kinski, alright? I don’t remember that shit.”

“Who?”

“It doesn’t matter. Forget I asked.” He tries to handwave her confusion away, but she’s damned if she’ll be dismissed like that by him.

“Fine. Yes, it’s her actual birthday on Friday. Are you…what? Wanting to buy her a present?” If she sounds incredulous it’s because she is. The idea of Sam giving enough of a shit about anybody else to go and buy a gift is laughably ludicrous.

“No.”

“Well, what then?”

“Jesus Christ. Will you just—? I mean, can you not—?” He stutters to a stop, scowling; realising he’s going to have to spill. “Because it’s my fucking birthday, too. Alright? Are you happy now?”

She blinks. Of course, Sam must have birthdays. He moves through linear time like the rest of them, despite his efforts to remain firmly stuck in his Seventies heyday. It’s just hard to think of him in the same context as cake and candles.

“Oh.”

He is shaking his head. “Don’t, don’t fucking tell—”

“I won’t. Any anyway, nobody’s going to care.” It comes out more harshly than she intends; she can see it stings from the sudden droop of his moustache. “I just mean: we’re all too old to give a shit about birthdays. Apart from Jenny.”

“Right,” he says, flatly. “We done?”  

“I will… make the arrangements for Saturday,”

“Great. You do that.” He’s making a show of taking out his cigarettes rather than look at her.

“Fine,” she says, determined to have the last word.

Leaked Harry Potter RPG video game footage.

tumblr: oh! so he’s gay!

writer: uh…no, he’s attracted to women.

tumblr: ….so he’s bi!

writer: uhh…no…….he loves his guy friends but he’s not romantically/sexually attracted to them.

tumblr: ….so you’re homophobic.

writer:

for not reblogging it sooner.

We shared most classes together in high school so it was very rare to see one of us without the other. One day, towards the end of high school someone finally addressed our close relationship, a woman. She asked if we were together because we (jokingly) argued like a married couple.

This immediately gave me pause, I knew how I felt about homosexuality, my brother being gay taught me to be accepting, but I had no idea where Chris stood, it never came up in the four years we ran around causing chaos in the halls of our school. I knew we were both straight, he had a girlfriend and I was hopelessly pining after one of my girl friends.

I was worried that this would be where we stood apart, he did have some friends who were very generic high school dicks, the guys that are very much, "We are men, hear us roar!". I looked to him dreading a look of disgust on his face but instead saw him looking back at me with his shit eating grin and knew all was well. We answered in the way we usually did, with jokes. I walked over to him and awkwardly put my arm around his shoulder (He was taller) and we began to discuss that no, we were not together in a sexual manner but if we were that the other would definitely be the wife.

“Alright, you got it?”

“Oof,” Ruth says, taking the weight of the camera on hershoulder. “Heavier than I thought.” She hefts it experimentally.

“Don’t – just – this shit’s expensive, alright? Hold itstill,” he flaps.

“Okay, okay.” She grins, enjoying his panic. “I’ve got it.”

He shakes his head, feigning regret at letting her try herhand at operating. “Jesus Christ. Okay. You need to manage your cable. Don’twant to trip yourself up with it.”

“Have you done that?”

“Not recently,” he says, looping the spare behind her. “Andthe final piece – cans. So, you know, you can ignore me telling you what to do.”

Starting off: 

Title: Only a Dream Fandom: Alice in Wonderland 2010/Alice Through the Looking Glass Rating: T  Summary:  Aisling’s mother is dying and there is no hope for her in this world. Since she was a young girl growing up on The Wonder, Aisling heard tales of the ‘looking glass’ world and all of her mother’s friends there. Including the story of her mother traveling back to save the Mad Hatter, Tarrant Hightopp, from dying. Armed with hope that he will return the favor, Aisling travels down the rabbit hole with the aims of finding a cure. She ends up discovering more than she bargains for.

Read Chapter 2: A Story of a Looking Glass on FFN or AO3 

Title: Family Matters  Fandom: Game of Thrones (Modern AU) Rating: T Summary: The capital of King’s Landing is a hotbed of more than just fashion, trends, and wealthy socialites- it’s a den of scandal, crime, and murder as Sansa Stark is going to learn slowly. Relocating to King’s Landing from Winterfell, the young girl is burgeoning into womanhood in city that would rather see her family dead. And she’s caught in the middle. Her only hope? The Imp, Tyrion Lannister, the black sheep of the Lannister family who has been thrown at the helm of the family garage as the patriarch, Tywin, rises to power using his son-in-law Robert Baratheon, the governor, as his puppet. Can Sansa and Tyrion put together the pieces of who is behind Ned Starks murder? Can Tyrion keep Sansa safe? And will he himself remain alive in the Game of Thrones.

Read S1EP2: The Apple and the Tree on FFN or AO3 

And…finally….ladies and gentlemen….

Title: Desperate to Connect (yes…you did indeed read that properly) Fandom: Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire  Rating: M  Summary:  Sansa is in need of security since the last of her family has been butchered at the Red Wedding; but what if Baelish cannot come through with his promise? She develops a new strategy in the fight for her survival; one that will impact the lives of her and Tyrion Lannister forever.

A/N: It’s here- the rewrite. For more info, check out the links below.

Title: Family Matters Rating: T to start (M for later mwuhahahaha) Summary: The capital of King’s Landing is a hotbed of more than just fashion, trends, and wealthy socialites- it’s a den of scandal, crime, and murder as Sansa Stark is going to learn slowly. Relocating to King’s Landing from Winterfell, the young girl is burgeoning into womanhood in city that would rather see her family dead. And she’s caught in the middle. Her only hope? The Imp, Tyrion Lannister, the black sheep of the Lannister family who has been thrown at the helm of the family garage as the patriarch, Tywin, rises to power using his son-in-law Robert Baratheon, the governor, as his puppet. Can Sansa and Tyrion put together the pieces of who is behind Ned Starks murder? Can Tyrion keep Sansa safe? And will he himself remain alive in the Game of Thrones. Pairings: Sansa/Tyrion, Ned/Catelyn, Margaery/Renly, Joffrey/Sansa

So I’m going to be re-writing Family Matters. A lot of the same concepts are going to remain, I just realized I wanted to be a lot further with the characters than where I am now and I want to change a few things that didn’t make sense or that were pointed out as odd in my adaptation. 

This sneak peek is the beginning of the rewrite and the first chapter..the second chapter will take place 8 months later.

Let me know what y’all think! 

-Lydia 

I was a little confused at the sudden scene change from her conversation with Joff to her making popcorn at home but nothing a little transition can't fix. Overall, really exciting stuff, great job.

canon #hammond didn’t reveal his identity… but…what…if………..HE DID….!!!!