@freyjad said --- 🍒
( how much does my muse value companionship ? do they constantly keep people around them, or do they prefer to be alone often ? do they have or desire to have many friends ? do they see every meeting as an opportunity to make a new friend ? )
when it comes to companionship, jeyne can be quite fickle. as a young girl, she is almost desperately social, seeking to emulate her mother’s social graces by gathering around her a collection of little ‘friends.’ whether these can be called companions is debatable ; it is more as if jeyne is a little queen with her little court, play-acting at her future responsibilities as some lord’s lady wife. even with all her little ladies --- distant lannett and lantell cousins, daughters of the city watchmen, even kitchen girls --- jeyne is always trying to join in with her brothers and their friends. irwyn indulges her on occasion, but davon dismisses her incessantly ; she’s too weak to swing even a practice sword, and too stupid to understand their games.
these patterns persist ; jeyne cultivates an ability to seem enamored, to trade on the suggestion of sisterhood to move gracefully, though guardedly, in feminine social circles, all the while harboring an intense desire for a seat at the lords’ table. although she retains some true friends from her youth, most of her childhood playmates remain at some distance. she enjoys vibrant social gatherings and having people around her, but true companionship comes quite slowly to her, as she is quite withholding and insecure.
in her teenage years she is rather adept at making enemies, and unconcerned with the consequences of her distance and frequent disain. now, having spent years at harrenhal without those eternal, unconditional childhood companions she previously took for granted, jeyne is more alone than she’s ever been. though reluctant to change her behavior and flat-out unwilling to admit as much, she’s rather desperate for a friend, or even just a friendly face. still, her time at harrenhal has also left her much more withdrawn and melancholy than the bright gold girl that left lannisport, and she has less energy for the ladylike mummery she’s practiced for so long.