Post by Rosie on Dec 20, 2011 1:49:54 GMT 10
Title: Like Father
Rating: PG
Prompt: 57, In His Image
Summary: Jonathan contemplates being his father's son
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"My father - he - well, he wanted a son exactly like him," Thayet said in a low tone, bitterness lending a sharp edge to her words. "You can imagine I was a disappointment."
Jonathan couldn't help but empathise with the meaning; as Thayet stood there, proud and resilient against the father who didn't want her, he couldn't help memories of his own father overcoming him for a moment. The Peacemaker - the man who didn't like confrontation, who in turn had shunned the practises of his predecessor. The man who had invited his wife's would-be murderer back into the fold, who would have given Alanna up for dead in the Drell Valley.
Would Roald be proud of the son he had raised, Jonathan wondered, or would the passive pacifist have been fearful of Jon's approaching reign?
It didn't matter, he decided, in a fierce and sudden swell of resolve. Roald was no longer around, and Jonathan would make sure to right the wrongs of his father.
He didn't - couldn't - know that Roald had made a similar vow at the start of his own reign.
Rating: PG
Prompt: 57, In His Image
Summary: Jonathan contemplates being his father's son
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"My father - he - well, he wanted a son exactly like him," Thayet said in a low tone, bitterness lending a sharp edge to her words. "You can imagine I was a disappointment."
Jonathan couldn't help but empathise with the meaning; as Thayet stood there, proud and resilient against the father who didn't want her, he couldn't help memories of his own father overcoming him for a moment. The Peacemaker - the man who didn't like confrontation, who in turn had shunned the practises of his predecessor. The man who had invited his wife's would-be murderer back into the fold, who would have given Alanna up for dead in the Drell Valley.
Would Roald be proud of the son he had raised, Jonathan wondered, or would the passive pacifist have been fearful of Jon's approaching reign?
It didn't matter, he decided, in a fierce and sudden swell of resolve. Roald was no longer around, and Jonathan would make sure to right the wrongs of his father.
He didn't - couldn't - know that Roald had made a similar vow at the start of his own reign.
Maybe once we'd have seen it during Smackdown!