→ Tywin + Armor
→ W H E N T H E L I O N F A L L S
You’re no son of mine.
Lord Tywin Lannister did not, in the end, shit gold
on a scale of oberyn martell to sansa stark how good are you at hiding how much you hate someone
You will serve as Hand of the King in my stead.
#tywin lannister #for whom symbolism is not simply a choice but a lifestyle
→ When your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel and fire. When they go to their knees, however you must help them back to their feet
Lord Tywin rose as well. “A duty to House Lannister. You are the heir to Casterly Rock. That is where you should be. Tommen should accompany you, as your ward and squire. The Rock is where he’ll learn to be a Lannister, and I want him away from his mother. I mean to find a new husband for Cersei. Oberyn Martell perhaps, once I convince Lord Tyrell that the match does not threaten Highgarden. And it is past time you were wed. The Tyrells are now insisting that Margaery be wed to Tommen, but if I were to offer you instead -”
“NO!” Jaime had heard all that he could stand. No, more than he could stand. He was sick of it, sick of lords and lies, sick of his father, his sister, sick of the whole bloody business. “No. No. No. No. No. How many times must I say no before you’ll hear it? Oberyn Martell? The man’s infamous, and not just for poisoning his sword. He has more bastards than Robert, and beds with boys as well. And if you think for one misbegotten moment that I would wed Joffrey’s widow…”
“Lord Tyrell swears the girl’s still maiden.”
“She can die a maiden as far as I’m concerned. I don’t want her, and I don’t want your Rock!”
(A Storm of Swords)
YOU REALLY THINK A CROWN GIVES YOU POWER?
got challenge » day 10: favourite plottwist: Joffrey talking sense