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And there will be fanfictions about how she was merely misunderstood :)
Indeed.
:P
Well, he has behaved better - but he's gone through a few shocks, and the recent news about the incest accusations certainly isn't doing him any favour.
There are lots of potential spots - they are looking...
Chapter 26: Doubts
‘One aspect that modern readers - and sometimes even scholars, who definitely should know better - often miss when considering the events of the Succession in greater depth is that even back in those times, logistics decided wars. The layperson might be prone to think that...
Threadmarks: Chapter 192: The Election Campaign Part 14
Chapter 192: The Election Campaign Part 14
Alliance Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, September 6th 2000
“...and the conversion work on the shipyards we captured is continuing on schedule. We expect production of ships that meet Alliance standards to start in the next few weeks.”
Adora nodded...
They're still looking. It takes a long time to search a medieval library.
Most of the players of the Game of Thrones overestimate themselves to some degree.
For the moment, yes.
They'll get blamed anyway, if usually behind their backs.
Chapter 25: Honour
‘One thing that set the Ruby Order apart from other factions in their time was their code of honour. While some contemporary scholars claim that the Four Maidens had no code of honour - an obvious attempt to disparage them that can be dismissed easily - it is true that the...
Well, they're only supposed to appear when Britain is in great danger, so they can rest some more. Still, the government is certainly keeping an eye on certain islands and lakes.
Threadmarks: Chapter 191: The Election Campaign Part 13
Chapter 191: The Election Campaign Part 13
Alliance Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, August 28th 2000
“...and I have to say it again: You cannot compare guns to magic! Guns are a tool - mundane and safe, provided you know how to use them. Magic is an unnatural, alien power that corrupts its...
Yeah. Still sucks for Ruby.
Some people might discover that trying to use people who can end your realm if sufficiently mad as tools might require more cunning than they posses.
Well, Tywin will have heard a lot of information, some of it contradicting itself. Sorting that out might delay...
Chapter 24: Dealing
‘The trial by combat in the Lannister Incest Case is one of the most famous fights of the Succession era. Not for its result - anyone who had witnessed the Battle of the Maidens or the trial of Ser Gregor Clegane, or any later historian who had studied the trial's records...
Threadmarks: Chapter 190: The Election Campaign Part 12
Chapter 190: The Election Campaign Part 12
Mojave Containment Zone, California, United States of America, August 22nd 2000
Samantha Carter watched her screen as the giant tree started to glow more brightly. “No radiation except for visible light,” she reported. Multiple scanners confirmed...
Tywin certainly will be torn between his pride and pragmatism.
Well, today's chapter should have added to the spicyness.
A lot of historical figures have been slandered by contemporaries or later "historians". Like the story about Nero playing his fiddle while Rome burnt. And some people...
Chapter 23: Death
‘The Succession started with the death of King Robert. In hindsight, most of the events that followed may seem predictable - some scholars even claim that they were obvious. That is obviously both arrogant and wrong. While in hindsight, many actions could be explained by prior...
Threadmarks: Chapter 189: The Election Campaign Part 11
Chapter 189: The Election Campaign Part 11
Mojave Containment Zone, California, United States of America, August 22nd 2000
“Task Force Tree! Deploy along the perimeter - and check that your HUDs are hooked up to the scanner network. We don’t want anyone to slip through and get to the...
NSFW basically just means "graphic sex". You have to go really, really far with gore and torture etc. to get into NSFW territory (according to US standards, of course - Europe isn't really that weird, but the web tends to use US standards).
Chapter 22: Duty
‘For a group known for their martial ability, exaggerated to near-mythical levels, and their moral backbone and willingness to challenge even customs and mores that endured for millennia, if we trust the Order’s records, as we should, it would seem surprising that they were so...