"no one decides my fate but me"

Queen you shall be…until there comes another, younger and more beautiful, to cast you down and take all that you hold dear.

“I always put trousers underneath because in her psyche anything might go wrong and [she’s always thinking], ‘I might need to run away,’ Even with the longest, most beautiful gowns, she always wears a pair of boots and trousers. I like that sense of, 'I can play this [queen] but underneath, I can run.’“ - Michele Clapton on Dany’s Costumes (insp.)

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Once they had been six…

Soon your touch will disappear It’s something that I recognize Something that I should have come to fear Trace the lines upon your face They tell a tale you can’t erase No one’s ever looked at you that way

“i’ve lost a hand, a father, a son, a sister, and a lover, and soon enough I will lose a brother, and yet they keep telling me house lannister has won this war.”

A dozen quips came to mind, each crueler than the one before, but Jaime only shrugged. “I dreamed of you,” he said. 

Sansa Stark is my last chance for honor.

- requested by anonymous

They called him the Lion of Lannister to his face and whispered “Kingslayer” behind his back

So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the king, obey the king, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the king? What if the king massacres the innocent?

anonymous request: asoiaf characters parallels + associate with kisses

“I have made kings and unmade them. Sansa Stark is my last chance for honor.” Jaime smiled thinly. “Besides, kingslayers should band together.”

“You’re a knight, Ser Jaime. I know there is honor in you. I’ve seen it myself.”

↳   “ His thoughts turned to Tysha, who had so briefly been his lady wife. It was Jaime, he thought, despairing. He was my own blood, my big strong brother. When I was small he brought me toys, barrel hoops and blocks and a carved wooden lion. He gave me my first pony and taught me how to ride him. When he said that he had bought you for me, I never doubted him. Why would I? He was Jaime, and you were just some girl who’d played a part. ”