Comment fic meme #5

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I hope everyone isn't too busy with the porn battle for the post-exchange comment fic meme. As usual, I would very much appreciate if you could help spread the word about this meme on LJ or tumblr or wherever - the more people know about this, the more prompts and fills there are

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Catelyn & Lysa

[juno_chan]

"I was born to be your rival. And you mine. We're sisters, aren't we?" - The Other Boleyn Girl

The Tully Girl Who Mattered 1/2

[fauxkaren]

At last, Lysa had won something. She was going to King’s Landing to join her husband who would be the Hand of the King. Jon Arryn was neither as young nor as good looking as her sister’s husband, but Lysa was going to be one of the most important ladies in Westeros, second only to the queen. Catelyn, however, was being sent to the North were she would reign as lady over a frozen and remote castle. No one of consequence would care who Catelyn Stark was or what she thought. Finally, Lysa was going to be the Tully girl who mattered- if not in the eyes of her family, then in the eyes of Westeros

The Tully Girl Who Mattered 2/2

[fauxkaren]

Petyr’s preference for Catelyn hurt the most because Catelyn didn’t even see it while it was so painfully obvious to Lysa. When they played at kissing in the godswood, it seemed like Petyr was always so eager for Catelyn to take her turn at kissing him while he barely seemed to care when it was Lysa’s turn. Petyr would always ask Catelyn to dance first when there was feasting in the Great Hall which to most would appear to be Catelyn receiving the proper respect she was due as the eldest daughter, but Lysa could see the truth in Petyr’s eyes. After the nights that Lysa had spent in Petyr’s bed, she believed that Petyr’s affections had changed. She had given him her maidenhead. How could he not love her now

Re: The Tully Girl Who Mattered 2/2

[juno_chan]

OH LYSA. :( Her unhappiness is so palatable here, and I love her recognition that Catelyn is completely unaware of the competition between them because she so easily comes out on top on everything. This fits along well with my head canon that Lysa felt some sort of triumph that her husband would be Hand, and she would be a more important, prominent figure in court than Catelyn would be.

Great job - thanks for the fill!!

Re: The Tully Girl Who Mattered 2/2

[fauxkaren]

I just really enjoyed the dramatic irony of setting it at a place where Lysa thinks that she's finally won while we of course know that she ends up very unhappy while Cat is actually generally quite happy in her marriage. Poor Lysa. :(