#( c: arya. )

[ladystoneboobs]

the younger starklings about robb (robb the strong and brave big brother, the perfect heir, the fierce and unbeatable young wolf):

arya

bran

sansa

meanwhile, actual robb (robb the lord and then robb the kitn):

before arya ever promised to be strong by using robb as her benchmark, the definition of stark strength, ned had to remind robb to be strong as the ruling stark in winterfell. (strong for bran and rickon, the brothers he thought he failed by sending their would-be killer away, leading to his great moment of weakness in jeyne westerling's bed.) as his siblings' faith in his ultimate triumph held strong, even after the loss of the north, robb himself was struggling with despair.

as grenn once told sam, maybe everyone is just pretending to be brave, maybe that's how people become brave. robb was faking it to make it too, imitating his father's lordly attitude as bran later tried to imitate robb's. as his younger siblings remembered him as their shining example, robb was trying to live up to his father's example. not the ned who'd been in his circumstances, a teenager unexpectedly turned into a lord and fighting a war to save his family. no, ofc, he never knew that young ned. the ned he knew as his father, the standard to measure himself against, was an adult man in his mid-30s who'd ruled the north for ~15 years. but was that standard for a 15/16yo any more fair and valid an expectation than 8/9yo bran believing he was almost a man grown and holding himself to the standard of 15/16yo robb as robb's heir?

and the only person left close enough to see robb as the boy he still was died with him.

[ladyofchroyane]

just my opinion but the way some ppl zero in on jon’s aversion to ‘feminine’ women without acknowledging that this is pretty clearly a trauma response kinda sets me on edge. jon very obviously does not take issue with feminine traits, see: sam, and so you know that the true issue isn’t so clear cut. imo the issue lies in the fact that jon being at the wall means that his little world does not really expand to the female sector. he’s surrounded by men. allllll men. (my worst nightmare.) and many of the women he does meet actually slot nicely into the non-conforming sector he’s comfortable with because he was raised with a binary ‘traditional conforming lady v all the other women’ idea. so. femininity is not jon’s issue. it’s how femininity is presented through traditional noble ladyhood (or whatever it’s called). jon associates this stuff with bad memories because of trauma. dun dun dun. like woahh it also serves as a character flaw, but let’s not dumb it down to ‘jon just rly doesn’t like feminine women.’ like no. that’s not what’s going on. it’s because of exposure. it’s the dynamics he was exposed to, and because of that he has issues. these issues are only reinforced by selyse who’s… not a good person. selyse is the first true conforming lady jon meets in a long while and all she does is reinforce his notions that traditional ladies aren’t for him. does that make jon’s comments okay? no. but what jon actually needs is to meet up with sansa or meet other conforming ladies who fit the traditional noble lady archetype. he basically needs exposure therapy.

like. you’ll also notice that his thought: ‘a warrior princess, he decided, not some willowy creature who sits up in a tower, brushing her hair and waiting for some knight to rescue her’ is sooo stereotypical. my dude doesn’t know shit and is literally going with the most classic fairytale lingo he can imagine. it’s honestly silly. also, while the language is misogynistic (i obvi agree there), it also sets jon up as a character who appreciates active women and as an active helper to those women.

so yeah. 1. trauma 2. he doesn’t know shit 3. misogynistic lang 4. he respects and appreciates how val is active and takes her life into her own hands despite the circumstances she’s in.

something important to note is that val is also feminine. she just doesn’t fit into the traditional lady archetype, which is why we get that quote. val’s a princess to jon, he just can’t bring himself to slot her into the traditional conforming lady binary he understands, which is why we get warrior princess. (tbh i’m now seeing this quote as growth for jon? he was allowing himself to see beyond the binary here.)

so yeah.

turning this into a… ‘jon wouldn’t like dany because she’s feminine’ is like the worst way to interpret this. like just say you don’t like snowstorm and jon and go 👍

[dialux]

Whatever Cersei had thought of Sansa Stark, she’s all grown up now. The twittering bird has become a honey-tongued snake. A capable snake: capable enough to convince her own brother to give her the chance to kill him. [Joffrey decides to teach Sansa Stark a lesson in gratitude. Sansa learns something else altogether.]

READ THE SEVENTH CHAPTER ON AO3!

[oopsallmabari]

love not-yet-recognized mutual pining its like the romantic version of edging. planned to have this chapter end in a nice sweet moment that gets cut off b/c they're both embarrassed and they don't know why and now it IS still experiencing embarrassment for unknown reasons but it ends on matched feelings, mismatched communication, everyone loses!

[crownedingrey]

@dorzlty liked here for a starter from Arya or Arianne and got .... Arya!

Arya watches in wonder as the dragons fly by. It's a sight she had never expected to see. After all, dragons had been extinct until Daenerys had brought them back. And here she is, a warrior-queen like Nymeria. But still a regular queen. Still a person.

Arya senses that Daenerys fears more than she lets on. But who doesn't? Arya herself doesn't have many fears. From her perspective, she's already gone through the worst. But that doesn't mean she doesn't understand fear. That, she does. She understands what causes it and why it's so hard to conquer at times.

Fear doesn't make anyone less brave. In fact, her father would say it makes them more brave to conquer their fear, and keep going. And Arya would agree.

So she smiles brightly at Daenerys as she walks by. She doesn't attempt a curtsy. That is something Arya never had quite perfected, nor will she ever. But she nods in respect at the queen. And says: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Your Grace."

[gethxme]

muse: arya mistry, 28-32, lighthouse keeper

connection: friends or more than friends, people who have known each other for a while now either way

open to: anyone!

"i've been wanting to bring you here for a long time, i've just been waiting for a slow night."

[traegics]

Closed Starter - @vilisisms (Arya)

His knuckles wrap lightly against the partially open door before it drops to the handle, pushing it open further before stepping into her office and shutting the door behind him. He'd spent enough time with her as head of security to know that something wasn't quite right, a subtle change that most wouldn't have even noticed but he had. His hands shove into the pockets of his dress slacks, his shoulder against the wall as his gaze watched her. "Everything alright, Arya," Matteo questions, eyes squinting few a quick second.

[daysandfiber]

She turned her horse and rode away from him, and never looked back once. On a bright morning six days later, she came to a place where the Trident began to widen out and the air smelled more of salt than trees. (Arya XIII, ASOS)

the fact that she was travelling completely alone for six days in the riverlands after the red wedding is giving me heart palpitations. like as terrible as the hound was, theres something so scary about her not having anyone with her at all :(

[death-of-cats]

300 AC is going to be the year of realizing things 💅

[ladystoneboobs]

such a shame that edmure hasn't yet gotten to meet the only member of his family truly proud of his great victory of the stone mill. so proud she even believed he could destroy tywin on an open battlefield too! ofc if she knew robb/catelyn/brynden blackfish's opinion on all that, she'd no doubt be influenced by her mother's and big brother's thoughts of the uncle she hadn't met before, but it's not like either is in any position to tell her now. maybe that's the one silver lining of the rw, if/when edmure and arya there's nothing to stop her congratulating him on his defeat of tywin lannister.

[seaspraycd]

it  was  a  moonless  night  at  camp.  the  sky  was  clear  and  the  stars  were  brilliant  as  ronan  rested  near  the  bonfire  with  his  journal  scribbling  some  of  the  constellation  locations  attempting  to  locate  where  exactly  they  were  in  the  world  based  on  how  the  pleadies  moved  throughout  the  night.  ronan  sat  comfortably  in  his  gray  hoodie,  blanket  thick  and  comfortable  while  he  let  the  crackle  of  the  bonfire  fill  the  silence  with  a  gentle  rhythm.

  he  thought  to  be  alone  while  he  carried  out  his  experiment,  not  expecting  the  star  child  himself  to  basically  spook  him  as  ro  jumped  from  his  chair  and  his  pen  went  flying  into  the  air  for  him  to  scramble  catching  it  as  he  settled  back  in  his  seat.

  "  asshole,  don't  scare  people  like  that!  "

@boundvirgo

[nervosims]

Here's a proper introduction to the quads now that they've aged up!

Aisha Loner

Slob, Good Sense of Humour

Arun Loner

Athletic, Friendly

Anish Loner

Athletic, Friendly

Arya Loner

Athletic, Unstable

LONER: week three

[myimaginationplain]

I'd be more willing to hear out people's complaints about the way @ry@ is supposedly treated by the fandom if every third post on @ry@ stans' blogs weren't completely unprovoked s@ns@-bashing

[oopsallmabari]

minrathous so focused on trying to find rook that they forgot to put out a MILF ALERT🚨🚨🚨

[crownedingrey]

@eclipsecrowned gets a bonus starter cause I can't choose from Arya for Mira!

Arya looks at the unfamiliar woman with a soft smile. She is unsure who she is, but Arya is always happy to meet new people. "Hello," She says, in almost a whisper.

Never one to be shy, but Arya has been through a lot. Trust no longer comes easily to her. But the fact that she is once more in Winterfell with her family does help. So she clears her throat and begins again. "I'm Arya. Arya Stark. Who are you?" She wonders , not recognizing the other woman. And she thought she'd know everyone. But though she's cautious, Arya is happy to meet someone new. Whoever they may be. She guesses she'll find out soon enough. "What brings you here?" She can't help but ask.

[allthatglxtters]

@ofcelestialstories || ❛ i can't believe you would do something like that. ❜ (from Arya)

"Do something like what? Oh, that?" He looked back at the roof he'd just jumped off of, cocking his head a little before looking back at Arya. "It's not that high, and it was the fastest way down. I've definitely jumped from higher places, though my paraglider used to help a lot. Do you know a faster way off of a roof?"