the future of the reach circa ~250ac
left to right: lord luthor tyrell, lady olenna redwyne, lady evelyn costayne [original character], and lord leyton hightower
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Lady Olenna Redwyne, the future Queen of Thorns, 246 AC.
A cunning woman with a wicked wit and a sharp tongue. This has earned her the moniker "Queen of Thorns", though she does not care for the name. (ASOS, Sansa I)
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"What little peace and order the five kings left us will not long survive the three queens, I fear."
AFFC, Alayne (II)
Who do we think is Little Finger talking about here? The three queens? One is certainly Cersei, Margaery could be a second, but who’s the third? Asha?, but couldn’t be because she Pyke had its own succession crisis going on then. Could it be Olenna but she’s no queen in any right. Could LF be talking about Sansa because in his mind she’s the queen in the north? And why does he not answer sansa after she asks him what he’s talking about. He’s weirdly secretive about seemingly such a benign statement.
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❝ The Queen of Thorns, she's called. Isn't that right? ❞
❝ It is. You'd best not use that name in her presence, though, or you're like to get pricked. ❞
— ASOS sansa i
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[A Feast for Crows spoilers!!]
everyone being absolutely useless while Margaery is so politically competent is fucking hilarious
In affc she is just sitting in court making friends being entirely unproblematic while:
- cersei is convincing herself that the Tyrells (her greatest allies) are the problem
-stannis is sitting freezing his ass off at the Wall burning people alive
-The ironborn have turned to death magic/Euron’s crazy ass
-Daenerys is sitting all the way in essos
-the Starks are all in hiding
-Riverrun being sieged (not doing good on either side)
-like three of the Kingsguard are dead or dying
-the reigning Lord Paramount in Dorne has accidentally convinced his heir that’s she’s maybe not his heir, provoking her to move against him; leading to a shitton of shit going down
-the Faith arming
-the Night King is happily building his forces because winter is coming and all that
and Margaery has managed to just. Be a nice person. She gives Tommen kittens. Sit happily in Kings Landing; deftly avoiding all strife because she’s so good at the game that no one knows she’s actually playing it.
She is the former wife of a dead pretender, a Reachman (which is being raided rn), the wife of a boy king (blatant power grab), and her house stands pretty much alone against all the enemies of the iron throne. The Queen Regent herself (thru machinations) accused her of adultery yet she spins that right around on Cersei’s head.
But everyone loves her. Amazing. Wish she got some POV chapters. Truly the Queen of Thorn’s heir. Her grandma must be so proud.
also Willas is also amazing at being unproblematic. He has never done anything wrong his entire life. Running the entire Reach with almost no issues. What a guy
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Last of all, Margaery brought her before the wizened white-haired doll of a woman at the head of the table. "I am honored to present my grandmother the Lady Olenna, widow to the late Luthor Tyrell, Lord of Highgarden, whose memory is a comfort to us all."
The old woman smelled of rosewater. Why, she's just the littlest bit of a thing. There was nothing the least bit thorny about her. "Kiss me, child," Lady Olenna said, tugging at Sansa's wrist with a soft spotted hand. "It is so kind of you to sup with me and my foolish flock of hens." -- Sansa I, A Storm of Swords
Olenna Tyrell in Fantasy Flight Games by Borja Pindado
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Lady Olenna Redwyne
for day 6 of house tyrell week (prompts below)
tyrell week is ending but feel free to use these prompts and tag me at any time!!
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Broke: Olenna was lying to Margaery about being the one to break the marriage to Daeron, because she didn’t want to admit weakness
Woke: Olenna and Daeron got along somewhat fine, but Olenna wanted power and she wasn’t getting that from a third son and Daeron wanted to be with his boyfriend in peace so they worked together to break the betrothal
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