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Lost in the lapse again by dwellingondreams
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
19 Jul 2021
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"And war is all you've ever seen/Your war behind the screen/And all it means to me." - Black Math, 'Lapse'.
Careful, she tells herself. They have not delighted over you as queen, either. Plain and thick and flat of body, when they could have had some great beauty like Princess Rhaena or a little dollish darling like Daenaera Velaryon. And that is why you need to be crowned. And why we must have some sort of progress. Something. Anything, to prove to the people their king is a miserable, sullen child no longer, that he is competent and can force a smile and raise a hand in recognition in public. Else this will be a long, hard life for you, whether he comes to like you or no
(Aegon III chooses plain faced Barba Bolton as his bride, who came south to beg aid for her starving people. Three years later, a royal progress is debated.)