Jan 17, 2023 01:01
House of the Dragon, Alicent/Rhaenyra, we could have had it all
Sometimes Alicent thinks about the future that could have been theirs, Rhaenyra the Queen, Alicent by her side as consort, ruling Westeros together; unconventional, she knows, and the Council would not have approved, but they would have made it work.
Now Alicent is trapped in her marriage to Viserys, and she watches Rhaenyra with Daemon, and thinks of how their closeness is lost to them. Pawns on the chessboard of men, she faces Rhaenyra from the opposing side, knowing this was never what she wanted.
Any, any, you came back wrong (Lost, Desmond/Sayid)
Everyone had tried to tell him that there was no hope; Sayid had not been the same since the Man in Black brought him back, he may be physically there in body but was emotionally dead.
Yet Desmond saw that spark of Sayid’s old feelings for him as their eyes met once again, as Sayid knew he was unable to pull the trigger as the Man in Black had requested. In that moment, Desmond knew there was hope after all, that he would be able to get through to Sayid.
Yellowjackets, any, floating out of their minds to find something better
In those first moments before she opened her eyes every morning, Jackie tried to tell herself that this was all just a nightmare. They’d made it to the finals and won, she got to be with her family again, Jeff was still her loving boyfriend and she was going to make damn sure they got elected homecoming king and queen; hell, even Shauna Shipman was still her best friend, her ride or die.
She tried to hold on to these images for as long as she could in her mind, before facing the reality of being stuck out there in the back of beyond, of knowing of Jeff and Shauna’s betrayal, of not knowing if she would ever see her family again.
Any, any, I’ve got no name at all (Lost, Smokey McSmokeFace)
The name that woman gave him now feels wrong to his ears, even though it’s the name he’s been going by all his life. Now that he knows Claudia is his real mother, and not that woman who had stolen him and raised him, he wonders what name she would have given him had she been given the chance to.
He won’t use the name the woman masquerading as his mother called him; he will never know what Claudia would have called him; his brother may be willing to maintain the name of Jacob that that woman had given him, but he feels like he has no name at all.
House of the Dragon, Aemond Targaryen, and I've been meaning to tell you / I think your house is haunted.
Sometimes he sees Lucerys appear to him; he’s tried asking Lucerys to appear to others in their family, to explain that he had lost control of Vhagar and had never intended for Vhagar to devour Lucerys; maybe then he would be believed.
Aemond had considered trying to tell his mother himself that the house was haunted, yet what had eventually dissuaded him from this course of action was the appearance of King Viserys; having seen him, Aemond was now aware that his mother had misinterpreted his father’s last words and had never intended for Aegon to take the throne.
If Aemond spoke now, Aegon would be removed, yet such a course of action would place Aemond himself several steps further back in the line of succession; Aemond still believed that he was more suited to rule than his brother, despite being the younger of the two, and if he kept his own counsel on the matter, it would be easier for him to take over himself when the time was right.
Historical RPF, any, careful what you wish for (Anne and Mary Boleyn, Henry VIII)
Anne had dismissed Mary’s remark that she should be careful what she wished for, as negotiations went on to request that the Pope grant the King a divorce from Queen Katharine. Anne had succeeded where Mary had failed; the King had put Mary aside, while he desired that Anne should become his bride, become Queen of England, the woman who would give him a son; it was natural that Mary may not have been happy for Anne.
Now as Anne lies awake in the Tower of London, awaiting her impending execution, she understands that her sister was right after all.
Any, Any, Fuck this shit, I'm out. (Larry the Cat and the revolving door of prime ministers)
It had been a relief when that messy haired tosser finally moved out; maybe now Larry the Cat would be able to get his full nap time in without Dilyn barking, children crying, drunken Whitehall inhabitants partying, or most likely all of the above.
As for Liz Truss, Larry had spent most of his time keeping out of her way, not wanting to be around her moods as yet another of her policies got panned by her own MPs as well as the British public; he was not surprised when the Daily Star’s lettuce outlasted her.
After the third housemate in as many months, and another Tory at that, dull as Sunak was, Larry had had enough of this shit and decided he’d be happier somewhere else with one consistent housemate.
any, any, now I know your heart, I know your mind / you don’t even know you’re being unkind (Yellowjackets, Shauna, Jeff, Jackie)
Shauna knew that Jackie really believed she was doing a good thing as she made the plans for their college life, that she was excited about the future and thought that Shauna and Jeff would be just as excited as she was.
She’d seen the look on Jeff’s face once when Jackie was planning something or other, and realised that he felt the same way she did, that Jackie didn’t even know, hadn’t even tried to find out, whether any of the things she was suggesting were what Shauna or Jeff actually wanted, and that if anything Jackie seemed to be dismissing their own opinions.
In that moment, Jeff looked at Shauna, and they both knew they understood each other.
house of the dragon: rhaenyra targaryen,
yellowjackets: shauna shipman,
yellowjackets: jeff sadecki,
anne boleyn,
lost: desmond hume,
lost: the man in black,
house of the dragon: aemond targaryen,
lost: sayid jarrah,
larry the cat,
mary boleyn,
henry viii,
house of the dragon: alicent hightower,
yellowjackets: jackie taylor