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Post by Muse on Apr 14, 2013 5:23:08 GMT 10
Title: There for Me Rating: PG Word Count: 228 Pairing: Alanna/Jonathan Round/Fight: 1A Summary: George understands both sides. Inspired by lyrics from “Part of Me” by Katy Perry because apparently Katy is my Jon!tunes of choice.
“I don’t want to talk about it.”
Alanna threw herself onto the couch and pulled one of the ornate decorative cushions over her face, obscuring it from sight.
George glanced up. “Well, lass, you come barging in like this, what am I supposed to think?”
Muffled noises escaped from under the pillow.
“I can’t hear you…”
Alanna dragged the pillow away from her face, red from being squashed. “Jon’s being dumb and kingly and I can’t stand him when he gets on his noble-ness with his nose in the air, and—“
George listened, idly flicking through pages on his desk. He understood Jon’s dedication, but he couldn’t help but sympathize with Alanna at the same time; the new king had yet to strike a balance between Jon-the-friend and King-Jonathan-the-Fourth-of-Conte-I’m-the-King.
“You know that he’s expected to act like this, he is the king,” George pointed out when Alanna’s words dwindled down to nothing.
“What if I don’t want him to be The King?” Alanna asked plaintively, emphasizing the title and moving the pillow enough that George could see most of her face.
Words caught and died in George’s throat.
“…I just want him to be Jon.”
And for all that his life is worlds apart from the tightly laced, tradition bound world of Court, George feels the weight of Alanna’s words settle on his heart.
“I know, lass.”
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Post by Shhasow on Apr 21, 2013 12:15:19 GMT 10
George... was definitely thinking that she was about to say something else.
This is a very real scene, too. Alanna's best friend has to be Boss now, and that redefines the roles of their friendship.
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Post by Tamari on Apr 22, 2013 4:16:39 GMT 10
Oh, George.
You're so fabulous at capturing the distinct personalities and conflicts and inner thoughts of the SotL characters! I also love how smoothly your dialogue flows.
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Post by Seek on May 8, 2013 21:40:48 GMT 10
I think he most definitely does! I do like where you're going with this, and I'd really like to imagine this fits in so nicely with one of Alanna's many disagreements with Jon, particularly as Jon negotiates Tortallan politics and their factions. (Some day, we'll need a 'the years between' sort of fic...)
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Post by mistrali on Jun 10, 2013 12:58:36 GMT 10
Aww. This is so reminiscent of early SotL, when Alanna goes to George for advice - Alanna-and-George interaction was one of my favourite things about the series. You have all their voices in-character, and... I don't know, the whole thing just feels so true to canon. George's caring and insight, Alanna's unwillingness to talk, and this glorious phrase: "the new king had yet to strike a balance between Jon-the-friend and King-Jonathan-the-Fourth-of-Conte-I’m-the-King". That's such a George way of putting it. He must know what it feels like, too, probably since he has to negotiate the same dilemma as the Rogue. tl;dr it feels like canon
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