To my mind, the boy is a bit frivolous and his mother over-ambitious;
—Adiraina about Timmon and his mother Distan, Chronicles of the Kencyrath
"Events move so swiftly it's hard for a simple woman like me to keep up. But something tells me that one day… soon… I will be able to say what every mother wants to say… 'My son, the king.' "
—Fastrada, Pippin
Catherine: Why is the privy council meeting without me?
Charles: It's what you wanted: Me to be king. And thanks to your verbal embellishments, I'm not only king, but a hero. I asked them to declare me of age.
Catherine: No.
Charles: My request was granted—
Catherine: Charles, you've made a terrible mistake.
Charles: —which means I no longer need you as regent. You can't use your children as pawns in your schemes to gain power. You have no power, cause I've taken it all away.
Catherine: You said yourself you are not well. The throne is a dangerous place. You need experienced guidance.
Charles: But not yours.
Charles: It's what you wanted: Me to be king. And thanks to your verbal embellishments, I'm not only king, but a hero. I asked them to declare me of age.
Catherine: No.
Charles: My request was granted—
Catherine: Charles, you've made a terrible mistake.
Charles: —which means I no longer need you as regent. You can't use your children as pawns in your schemes to gain power. You have no power, cause I've taken it all away.
Catherine: You said yourself you are not well. The throne is a dangerous place. You need experienced guidance.
Charles: But not yours.
—Reign, "Spiders in a Jar," deconstructing this trope
