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[juno_chan]

Why did I write this. This is only sorrow.

Title: Measures
Rating: T
Word Count: 3,915
Pairing: Ned/Catelyn
Prompt: "AU. Catelyn's dying (childbirth, fever) and knows it. She tells Ned he's loved someone before her, he can love someone after her. So Ned finally reveals R+L=J to her."

Comments

[wicked_g]

OH GOD.

I was all 'oh man, this is gonna be good, time to read some angst' and then I started to wibble a bit. And then ALL the tears.

[juno_chan]

WHY DO I WRITE SUCH SAD THINGS.

IDK WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.

[anonymous]

...Oh, Cat. I've always loved your Cat, but here...oh, god, it hurts to read about her like this, and this from someone who has been somewhat ambivalent towards Canon!Cat since "It should have been you" (I understood why she might feel that way, but actually saying that to the boy....) And now, if you excuse me, I am going to go into denial and pretend that Cat does recover, even though I know she most probably didn't.

[juno_chan]

Thank you! Cat has her flaws, definitely, but she's still my favorite (and what she said to Jon was completely mean and uncalled for...but I've said my share of shitty things in my life and I hope they don't color people's views of me. Obvs Cat is a character and not an actual person so people take it more to heart when shaping their perception of her). I'm always glad when someone who isn't crazy about a character feel for them. XD

And I purposefully left it ambigious because i couldn't BRING MYSELF TO WRITE ANY FURTHERRRR.

Thanks again!!

[feanor369]

Smiling through my tears. Even though it's terribla that they must part, but honestly, in the world of ASOIAF this was a good and gentle death. In the words of my favourite poet: "When you're holding me, not even
death's huge hushaby
can frighten me.
In your arms through death as dreaming
I will fall so
dreamingly." (Miklós Radnóti: In your arms) - sounds much better in original.

[juno_chan]

Awww, very pretty! And I agree, as far as ASOIAF this is far from the worst way to go, and I did kind of go for a sort of dreamy, slower death. Thanks for commenting!

[fauxkaren]

.... and then Ned woke up and it was all a terrible dream.

Seriously though. Your Cat and your Ned/Cat always give me so many feelings and GUH.

EVERYTHING HURTS.

[juno_chan]

I LIKE THIS P.S., LET'S GO WITH THAT. IDK WHY I WRITE ALL THE ANGST AND ALL THE SADNESS.

So glad you enjoyed my dear!!! <33 Ughhhh my bbs, I cannot deal with my feels. EVERYTHING IS AWFUL.

[fauxkaren]

You should use your powers of writing Cat perfectly for good! And by good I mean writing fics that DON'T make me want to curl into a ball and cry. :'(

lol. I ended up writing that drabble for the tumblr drabble meme with the Ned/Cat + cuddling prompt just to cheer myself up.

[juno_chan]

I WILL TRY, NEXT TIME WILL BE LESS SORROWFUL I PROMISEEEEE.

OMGGGG I saaaaaaaw it, I LOVED IT. I cannot even express how much I loved that part in AGoT where NED JUST WANTS TO GO HOME AND BE THE BIG SPOON. I LOVE THAT THEY ARE CUDDLERS.

[oparu]

I can't even read this. I just...

I will at some point, but peering through my fingers, with tissues, sobbing...

[juno_chan]

Hahaha I'm sorry! I don't know why I insist on writing such sad stuff!