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Post by Lisa on May 17, 2009 0:41:43 GMT 10
Title: Perchance to Dream Summary: During the LR epilogue, Thayet speaks to Jon... Rating: G Genre: Romance Series: SotL Notes. I wrote this double-drabble a looong time ago, and decided to post it here in the flurry of J/T love
"I was eleven when I stopped dreaming that I would marry for love," Thayet whispered, meeting Jonathan's steady gaze. "My mother told me tales of love--women falling for men from other clans, men risking the wrath of their family to marry into a feuding tribe....
"One day I asked my mother why she never told love stories about the lowlanders. 'They don't know how to love,' she'd answered. Their power struggles were too fierce. Their treatment of women was such that the notion of love was just a misguided sense of possession. Their wealth and horses meant more than love ever did.
"But I knew that I would likely marry a lowlander, as my mother had. My only chance for anything akin to life was to marry into foreign nobility, with ways stranger to my clan than any jin Wilima or zhir Anduo's house."
She stared at the king with proud, serious eyes. "My teenage dreams came true when I moved to Tortall. But then I met you."
Taking Jon's hands in hers, she pulled him to his feet. "I will marry you, Jonathan," she said, her voice thick with emotion. "You awakened dreams I had forgotten I'd ever dreamt."
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rubberduck
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Post by rubberduck on May 17, 2009 0:51:18 GMT 10
Wow.. Amazing and very deep.. Very very lovely, Lisa!
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Post by Fox on May 17, 2009 3:17:49 GMT 10
Ooh, nice and poignant! This is a lovely little snapshot of the cultural differences in Sarain, of Thayet's background, and of how Tortall/Jon must have affected her. And I really kinda like that she lays all her cards on the table.
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Post by Lisa on May 17, 2009 14:03:56 GMT 10
Thank you both! I like the notion of Jon and Thayet being completely open and vulnerable to each other from early in their courtship.
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Post by Katty on May 17, 2009 20:10:34 GMT 10
Oh wow. So lovely!
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Post by anilaurel on May 17, 2009 23:32:17 GMT 10
That was so sweet. Love how you bash the lowlanders.
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Post by Lisa on May 18, 2009 1:06:23 GMT 10
Bashing lowlanders is fun! ;D Thanks for the comments!!
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Post by Anaroriel on May 18, 2009 4:56:41 GMT 10
Aww, that's beautiful. ^^ I like the sweetness of the proposal. Very lovely.
(Also, sorry, slightly nickpicky, but you misspelled possession)
More J/T is needed.
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Post by Lisa on May 18, 2009 8:56:55 GMT 10
ooof! Good catch - I like nitpicky readers! Thanks!
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Post by ubiquitous on May 18, 2009 14:17:00 GMT 10
This is wonderful!! And that last line... ♥
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Post by Lisa on May 19, 2009 10:05:05 GMT 10
Thanks, Isha! Those two make me swoon like no other Pierce-couple. ♥
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Post by desert_rose on Jun 18, 2009 2:03:19 GMT 10
So sweet....Jon/Thayet fics are always so adorable, but you managed to be philosophical and deep as well. wonderful!! <3
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Post by Lisa on Jun 20, 2009 23:45:40 GMT 10
Thank you so much! *blushes*
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