( that is not a small thing that he says to her, his plans—and it's very tempting, the thought of blights dealt with on a permanent basis, the thought of cutting out the troublesome middle-man of the wardens altogether. whether or not he can actually achieve it is a conversation for another day; if it had come up more naturally then she'd have holes to poke and things to worry at, and without a doubt those will come up, but it isn't the point of the conversation that they're having now.
the point is that even if it's a bad plan, if it's his plan then it's hers and she has no intention of twiddling her thumbs while he does as he pleases.
but: )
We haven't spent two and a half years arguing about elves for you to expect me to believe you're not up to anything there. If you get your stupid wedding, that's a setback—
( but thranduil plans centuries in advance. as amusing as she's found the idea of him losing his cultivated elven bonds to the chantry—it's in the 'pros' column for this clusterfuck—she's never imagined it would actually put an end to anything permanently. )
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( that is not a small thing that he says to her, his plans—and it's very tempting, the thought of blights dealt with on a permanent basis, the thought of cutting out the troublesome middle-man of the wardens altogether. whether or not he can actually achieve it is a conversation for another day; if it had come up more naturally then she'd have holes to poke and things to worry at, and without a doubt those will come up, but it isn't the point of the conversation that they're having now.
the point is that even if it's a bad plan, if it's his plan then it's hers and she has no intention of twiddling her thumbs while he does as he pleases.
but: )
We haven't spent two and a half years arguing about elves for you to expect me to believe you're not up to anything there. If you get your stupid wedding, that's a setback—
( but thranduil plans centuries in advance. as amusing as she's found the idea of him losing his cultivated elven bonds to the chantry—it's in the 'pros' column for this clusterfuck—she's never imagined it would actually put an end to anything permanently. )