#ser criston cole

[valyriansin]

One of my highlights of last summer (and biggest flexes) was sneaking around the set of hotd s2 after they set up camp five minutes away from my house. I was rewatching the new trailers today and recognised this shot of Criston and his cavalry charging into the forest.

It makes me so giddy to think I was that close to Fabian Frankel and potentially other actors. It was such an incredible experience and I can’t wait to spot more scenery when s2 premieres 💗😆

[weirwooddreams]

A commission I had done by @/debustee on X/Instagram

[um-weird-flex-but-ok]

[ireneispunk]

how they hold you x HoTD men

i saw these photosets and could NOT refuse! so here are the HoTD men and how (i imagine) they would hold you included: aemond, daemon, jacaerys, aegon, criston cole, harwin strong

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+bonus

[aella-targaryen]

Rhaenyra, when Crispin Cole offered her Oranges and Cinnamon in exchange for leaving the Iron Throne 💀💀💀

[bucknastysbabe]

Vhagar doesn’t give a fuck run miss criss priss run :(

[cyrranka]

The Queen and Her Justice

[saintaemond]

i actually cannot lose with alicole bc i love every version of them. i love how in the books they locked themselves in viserys's room and made plans for their future over his dead body. i love that they were the only ones aegon would see after he fell. i love how petty criston was to have broken harwin's bones for alicent. love how he is somehow always trying to win her favour. i love in the show how alicent saved him from committing suicide. i love how he is so severely loyal to her from then on. i love how criston would do anything alicent asks of him. i love criston as her rabid dog. her warhorse. her angel. her demon. an embodiment of her rage and her mercy. her sword and her shield. i love alicole if they never touch. i love them if they have secretly always touched. i love them if they consummated this love. if they never do. i love them if they die without ever uttering a word of it to each other. i love them if the feeling is not mutual. i love it if it is unrequited. i love it if it is mutual and it sits in the room with them every single day. i just cannot lose

[bbygirl-aemond]

aemond, to helaena, while lying face down on his bed and regretting everything: and then i called him dad.

criston, to alicent, crying tears of joy: and then he called me dad!

[sublimitymp3]

hi hope you have a nice day :) if you have time could you write hotd's yandere boys (estranged) romantic reaction to his reader wife giving birth to twins? (I apologize in advance if this bothers you or something I swear I didn't mean to :( take care :)

I'm back 😈😈😈

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Aegon was madly in love with you, his darling wife, but he never quite knew how to show it. He had awful habits of drinking, whoring, and gambling, only pushing you further away from him. Each time he'd come crying to you on his knees promising he'd do better, you'd hold him and suppress your feelings, but enough was enough. You were pregnant, carrying his child and he couldn't even make an effort to stop his wanton ways. You were fed up, and rightfully so. You had moved into your own separate apartments, eating your meals alone in your rooms, and avoiding places around the Red Keep you knew your husband would frequent. Eventually, the months passed, and you neared closer to giving birth each day, until one night, your labors finally had begun. Aegon was at some brothel wasting away and getting drunker by the second it seemed. He had no clue you were in the midst of your labors, nor that you would be bringing in not one, but two of his babes into the world. It is only the next day does he wake from his slumber, hungover and feeling ill, does he find out you had given birth. He rushes to your chambers to see you sitting up in bed, cradling two swaddled babes, each one with little tufts of white hair and violet eyes. He'd immediately burst into tears at the sweet sight, begging for your forgiveness and swearing to the old Gods and the new that he would change his lecherous ways for you and his newborn children. Despite your apprehension to forgive him, deep down inside you strangely felt that he would truly honor his promise this time.

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Aemond seemed so cold to you. He was distant and rarely ever spoke to you unless it was necessary. Even when you'd try to initiate conversation he'd only respond cooly with a yes, no, or a simple hum of acknowledgment. You'd tell yourself at night when you lay alone in bed that it could've been worse. He could've been prone to striking you, or he could flaunt paramours in your face. He could've been a drunkard, a wastrel, or a cruel and sadistic husband. However, your efforts to comfort yourself would be in vain, as the feeling of loneliness festered within.

Despite Aemond being a withdrawn husband, you both had done your duty on your wedding night and so it was no surprise you had fallen pregnant. Unbeknownst to you, Aemond was growing more and more obsessive over you once he had been told you were now carrying his child. He didn't mean to be quite neglectful, he only wished to not overwhelm you with his less-than-normal feelings of obsession towards you. He practically stalked you, despite the fact you two were married and expecting a child. The months passed, and Aemond would open up a bit more, showing bits of care and concern toward you in your fragile state. But even then, his actions seemed cold and his words curt. When your labors begin, Aemond remains in the hall outside the birthing room, despite wanting to rush to your side. He decided right then and there as he heard your screams of pain that he would no longer keep up this distant farce. He didn't care if you'd find his attentions odd, he just couldn't bear to torture himself or you any longer. Once he could hear the wails of a baby, he'd rush into the room to be greeted with the sight of two, small, and wailing babes laying on your chest. He'd come to your side, pressing a kiss to your cheek as he admired your newborn twins with a small smile. You felt hope for your marriage at that tender moment, the first hope you had felt in such a long time.

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Jacaerys loves you so much, he truly does, but sometimes you feel as though he puts his duties of being heir above you. He takes his role extremely seriously, as his mother's claim is already shaky due to her being a woman, and his even more so due to the concerns of him being legitimate or not. He doesn't mean to neglect you, to dismiss your attempts at spending time with him, or to hardly inquire about his babe that grows within you. By the time he notices, the damage is already done. You had given up any attempts to spend time with him, to conversate with him, or to merely be in his presence. It seemed to you that he put his duty before you, and you couldn't see how you could change that. Honestly, Jace is so sweet I can't imagine him not immediately coming to you and apologizing immensely for being an inattentive husband, so for the sake of this, let us imagine he finally realizes the effect his actions have on you by the time you are in the midst of your labors. He'd be pacing outside the birthing room, mentally chastising himself for being so foolish. How could he have ever been so stupid to leave you alone when you needed him most? How could he be so cruel to the one he loved most? Your muffled screams of pain from beyond the door shattered his heart even more, and all he could do was wait in borderline painful anticipation. When the maester does let him in the room, he rushes to your side. He apologizes immensely, kissing your tears away and brushing the hair that sticks to your sweaty face out of the way. When he holds the twins for the first time, you watch him adoringly. Everything seemed right again.

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Ser Criston didn't get to see you much. You two were wedded in secret, as due to his vows as a member of the King's Guard, he wasn't allowed to wed or father children. You were a common girl, living in the city, and Ser Criston spent his days and nights at the Red Keep. He could only visit you on his rare days off, and even then those were kept brisk due to his paranoia someone would discover you. You had always tried your best to be understanding, after all, you knew what you were getting into by being romantically involved with a member of the King's Guard. But an awful thought would always linger in your mind whenever you would see Ser Criston: did he regret marrying you? The thought would persist, never leaving like some parasite that had latched onto you. In fact, as the months passed and your stomach swelled with his child, it only grew. He looked uneasy every time he'd stare too long at your pregnant belly, only feeding that awful thought in the back of your mind. Sometimes, you would even find yourself questioning your marriage to him, doubting it all. Your marriage grew tense, and though none of you voiced these feelings, it was evident the doubts festered within both of you. The day Ser Criston visited you after you had brought his twins into the world, he looked shocked. The color seemed to drain from his face, as he saw them. Not one, but two, living breathing children, evidence he had broken his vows. But the heartbroken expression on your face as you held back tears slapped him back into reality. He would quickly kneel by your side, whispering to you how he loved you and the babes more than anything, and that he regretted nothing. When he finally holds the babes, his smile was so genuine, and his eyes were filled with nothing but love. At that moment, those awful doubts faded from your mind, never to be thought of again.

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Daemon longed for battle. He loved you dearly, and so desperately wanted to stay put with you and your unborn babe. But when the fighting in the Stepstones had begun, and the perfect opportunity to spite his brother for refusing to name him heir arose, he couldn't resist. You had begged him to stay, far too worried for the peril he would most certainly face during battle, and fearing for his life. He brushed you off, leaving you behind.

You spent your nights alone, praying to the Seven to keep your lord husband safe so that your child would have a father. He barely wrote to you, and you found yourself getting more and more frustrated at him for leaving you and your child behind to participate in some war that didn't concern him that much. And it wasn't like he wanted to help for some noble cause, you knew he only joined to spite his brother. Instead of spending the remainder of your pregnancy happy with the notion of your child growing within you, you spent it crying tears of anger and sadness.

When Daemon first hears word from a messenger that you had given birth to healthy twins, he abandoned his petty attempts to establish his own kingdom to spite the king. He would return to you as fast as he could, proud that you had given him two strong and healthy heirs. Daemon wasn't the best at saying apologies and preferred to show them through actions. The Stepstones could wait, all he needed right now was to be with you and the newborn twins.

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when that 3am inspiration pulls you out of your sixth month hiatus 😍

[thesunfyre4446]

i really don't get why people are saying that alicent and criston only bonded over their mutual hatred to rhaenyra.

their relationship has literally nothing to do with her.

they were both wronged, used and exploited by a targ only to be later dismissed and disposed of like trash. they are both outsiders - with alicent being a hightower queen and criston a lowborn dornish man, they're both religious and have a strong sense of justice and honor. they are the only people in the world that truly understand and appreciate each other.

in their first scene together, alicent invites criston to seat by her side - because, from the start, she saw his as her equal. she saved him from taking his own life, she was there for him in his darkest hour, she gave him a purpose and - in his eyes - offered him a way to restore his honor - the thing he values the most.

he becomes the father of her children, her fiercest protector. he would do everything for her. (daemyra could NEVER)

how can you look at their relationship and dismiss it as "he's only on her side because he's bitter" ? alicent is everything to criston. she saved him, she respects him, she gave him a family.

[girl-intrigued]

Aemond in his villain era, Rhaenyra in her villain era, Aegon in his I'm stuck in this mess and gotta do something era, Otto in I'm going to fix this mess don't you worry era , Helaena in her please save my family era , Daemon in his it's time to have fun and revenge era , Alicent in her lament/girl rot/ sad revenge era , Rhaenys in her I'm gonna say good quotes era, Baela in her warrier era , Criston in his I'm gonna save my kids and protect my firstborn's birthright era , Daeron in his am I ever gonna be presented era and me in my I'm gonna talk about this so much until everyone's ears bleed era

[filmmarvel]

I MADE ANOTHER ONE go take it rn i worked hard

have fun :))

[weirwooddreams]

King Viserys was most wroth as well; a joyous celebration had become the occasion of grief and recrimination. It was said that Queen Alicent did not share his displeasure, however; soon after, she asked that Ser Criston Cole be made her personal protector.

Fire & Blood, GRRM

[nicetoseesofttotouch]

“every woman is an image of the mother, to be spoken of with reverence”

Ser INCEL Cole

[wiha-jun]

FABIEN FRANKEL

by BUZZ WHITE for Man About Town Spring/Summer 2024