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Fic: Lady Mother

Apr 05, 2008 23:42

Title: Lady Mother
Rating: PG
Characters: Catelyn, Ned, Robb, Jon, Sansa, Arya, Old Nan
Pairing: Ned/Catelyn
Word Count: 1,081
Summary: Catelyn yearns to give her lord husband a son who looks like him.
Note: For violaswamp. I'm indebted to misstopia for beta'ing this fic and discussing it with me.

( Lady Mother )

asoiaf char: catelyn tully, asoiaf fic, fic trade, asoiaf pairing: ned/catelyn, asoiaf char: ned stark

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scalesandfins April 6 2008, 05:56:52 UTC

OMG SANSA PETTING, BC SHE'S A LADY AT THREE, HER DADDY'S BEARD. YOU HAVE SLAIN ME. ::DEAD OF THE SWEET::

And I love how this goes back and forth between Catelyn being insecure about her children not looking like Ned's sons while Ned is so clearly SO I LOVE with his whole family-- Ned clearly adoring Catelyn at the beginning when Sansa is born, and being so thrilled that the baby looks like her. But then, the barriers between Cat and Stark-ness are pretty firm, with that knee-jerk "No" to naming the baby Lyanna and the religious differences. And oh man, I love Catelyn for making it to her room by herself, and Old Nan for being businesslike and telling her to do it quickly to coach her along through a hard birth. WHICH OF COURSE is Arya who of course is a loud baby. Sorry, I'm rambling, but this was just really wonderful. :)

scalesandfins April 6 2008, 11:37:09 UTC

*GRABBING PETTING Ned's beard, because she was a lady at three. :P

redcandle17 April 6 2008, 16:38:13 UTC

Thanks. :D Yep, Sansa petted Daddy's beard rather pulling it because she's a lady.

violaswamp April 7 2008, 14:00:12 UTC

*g* Arya would have yanked it. Not to hurt her precious daddy, just to get his attention.

I really like this. I love all the little character touches: Catelyn wanting to make it to her room on her own, her acid comment about Ned bringing home a bastard, the way Robb and Sansa and Jon and Arya would make such a cute little group, except for the fact that Jon isn't Catelyn's, and the way you handle the religion. It's kind of sad that this is actually a happy time for them all, relatively speaking.

redcandle17 April 7 2008, 14:51:07 UTC

Arya would definitely have yanked it.

It's kind of sad that this is actually a happy time for them all, relatively speaking.

Yeah. This series is a major downer. Hence the writing of fluffy fic. :D

violaswamp April 16 2008, 02:58:48 UTC

And, uh, I just noticed that this was written for me--so thanks a lot!

I will definitely write one of your requests as soon as real life settles down a bit. I haven't actually forgotten.

redcandle17 April 16 2008, 03:03:02 UTC

LOL. I'm in no hurry. :)

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