#jinglebell

Riptide Lover by jinglebell (114K, E, Johnlock)

The year is 1866. When John becomes swept overboard, he never expects to encounter a living creature of myth. When the merman absconds with John, the lost sailor must use every tool at his disposal to convince Sherlock not to kill him. But it seems that killing John Watson is not what the deadly, beautiful creature has in mind at all...

Robb had broken his word, but Catelyn kept hers. She tugged hard on Aegon’s hair and sawed at his neck until the blood grated on bone. Blood ran hot over her fingers. His little bells were ringing, ringing, ringing, and the drum went boom doom boom.

Finally someone took the knife away from her. The tears burned like vinegar as they ran down her cheeks. Ten fierce ravens were raking her face with sharp talons and tearing off strips of flesh, leaving deep furrows that ran red with blood. She could taste it on her lips.

(…) The white tears and the red ones ran together until her face was torn and tattered, the face that Ned had loved. Catelyn Stark raised her hands and watched the blood run down her long fingers, over her wrists, beneath the sleeves of her gown. Slow red worms crawled along her arms and under her clothes. It tickles. That made her laugh until she screamed. “Mad,” someone said, “she’s lost her wits,” and someone else said, “Make an end,” and a hand grabbed her scalp just as she’d done with Jinglebell, and she thought, No, don’t, don’t cut my hair, Ned loves my hair. Then the steel was at her throat, and it’s bite was red and cold.

-A Storm of Swords, Catelyn VII

Catelyn grabbed a handful of Jinglebell Frey's long grey hair and dragged him out of his hiding place. "Lord Walder!" she shouted. "LORD WALDER!" The drum beat slow and sonorous, doom boom doom. "Enough," said Catelyn. "Enough, I say. You have repaid betrayal with betrayal, let it end."

Catelyn - pg 703

As the slaughter rages, Catelyn manages to get one hostage the cowering Jinglebell. Unfortunately, Walder Frey is not the best example of a family man.

Here, we have Catelyn's last desperate stand. It gives her a tiny shred of agency before her end. I tried to do a combination of desperation and defiance.

Since I think he’s as much of a victim as the Northerners are, I also tried to emphasize Jinglebell's terror.

Jing-jing-jinglebells, merry chrissomas!

🎄 Christmas Adopts🎄

' Tis the season to grab an adopt '

Made a few more adopts, first come first serve.

🔔Jingle-bell🔔- $10

✨Sugarplum Fairy✨-$10

🎀Pointsettia Girl🎀- $10