vistey reblogged
the moment you realize Criston probably suffered similiar traumatic events as his future #1 stan Jaime Lannister, standing guard outside the chambers of his queen as the king took his rights as her husband, having to listen to her suffer sexual abuse.
Viserys probably wasn't as physically cruel and sadistic as Aerys, but that's hardly an achievement. The psychological torment of the kingsguard, to say nothing of the queen herself, who he's unable to protect, for decades...
Criston would dap Jaime up so hard for smoking Aerys and doing what he couldn't.