Post by sillierthings on Apr 7, 2015 23:27:44 GMT
In Alayne's new chapter, marriage and birth is a major theme. Sweetrobin wants to marry Alayne, but when she explains how it cannot be, he suggests that she be his woman anyway before she says she would be dishonored to bear a bastard. Then, we have Alayne is meeting her betrothed for the first time. Myranda is still on the lookout for a husband and dealing with the attentions of Ser Ossifer Lipps and Ser Uther Shett--tee hee--while reminding us that she killed her last husband in bed. Lyonel Corbray is happily married with a baby on the way and Lyn Corbray is bitter. Harry Hardyng has one bastard daughter and another bastard on the way with his beloved Saffron. And then we have Mya and Mychel.
Mychel is one of the only married men competing to become a Winged Knight. They deliberately did not invite married men with children because they would have to be away from their families for years. The newlywed Mychel doesn't seem to be bothered by that if he is there. And why would he want to stay near Sweetrobin? Is it so he can stay close to Mya? To prove that he doesn't love his wife?
Poor Mya is still shaken up by Mychel, at least according to Alayne.
And where does that leave poor Lothor, who admires Mya from afar?
It's a sad situation, and it's brought about by arranged marriages, by denying love all so that social position can be maintained or improved upon.
Ser Mychel Redfort set one quintain spinning with a perfectly placed blow. He was one of those favored to win wings.
Mychel is one of the only married men competing to become a Winged Knight. They deliberately did not invite married men with children because they would have to be away from their families for years. The newlywed Mychel doesn't seem to be bothered by that if he is there. And why would he want to stay near Sweetrobin? Is it so he can stay close to Mya? To prove that he doesn't love his wife?
Poor Mya is still shaken up by Mychel, at least according to Alayne.
She was reading her little lord a tale of the Winged Knight when Mya Stone came knocking on the door of his bedchamber, clad in boots and riding leathers and smelling strongly of the stable. Mya had straw in her hair and a scowl on her face. That scowl comes of having Mychel Redfort near, Alayne knew.
And where does that leave poor Lothor, who admires Mya from afar?
It's a sad situation, and it's brought about by arranged marriages, by denying love all so that social position can be maintained or improved upon.
