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[iniquiticity]

piotr and xav worked together to depose yuri and put ezar on the throne. the wiki paints them as political enemies, which makes sense, cause xav was very wildly traveled and married a betan woman and piotr was, you know, a conservative rich man who thought his old man ways were right all the time. i guess part of me thinks that piotr did hold to respect because xav is 1) still his prince and also 2) his father in law (wiki says piotr married olivia who is xav's kid), but that's incredibly not fun and it's hard for me to imagine yuri's rebellion where they're not relatively equal in a way, although they'd of course agree to go back to polite rank after they've installed ezar. the reason i bring this up is because it's funny if they do that thing where they hate the actual guts out of each other but everyone who knows them can translate their fights in their heads. for example, almost certainly xav at some point probably brought up the whole betan earring thing to piotr, who without a doubt had never heard something so fucking stupid. "is this what goes on in the galaxy, vorbarra? are we REALLY sure we want these fucking loser-ass earring-wearing dorks anywhere near our planet??????? AND YOU MARRIED ONE??? fuck all to hell thank god you didn't want to be the emperor. imagine if we all had to wear fucking whore-slut earrings." "you're right, who would possibly want to admit to anyone else in the world they were fucking you, vorkosigan." "at least they'd do that fucking in a bed and not in some dangling death contraption i'm sure you and your wife use." (discussions referencing olivia, of course, are strictly off limits per the rules, and there are rules, and they never break the rules.) "ah," said aide 1, overhearing this, "they're getting along today." aide 2 nodded, "prince xav called count vorkosigan 'gravity-bound fossilized vomit,' and count vorkosigan called prince xav 'patient zero for some betan venereal disease." aide 1 sighed in relief. "well, it's easier when they're in their better moods." reading this over it occurs to me just how sibling coded this is (even though xav is piotr's father in law), which then provokes the obvious addendum: xav: you're a barbarian hill idiot, vorkosigan. piotr: you're a disgusting galactic, vorbarra. stupid new guy: yeah, vorbarra. you're a disgusting galatic. piotr: guards, give that man 20 lashes for disrespecting prince xav and another 20 for the lack of correct titles. xav: thank you, count vorkosigan. piotr: of course, my prince.