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Arya Stark Appreciation Week: Day 6 -  Friendship - Arya Stark and Edric Dayne ft. Needle and Dawn

The squire seemed nice enough to Arya; maybe a little shy, but good-natured.  - Arya, ASoS

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Why does Sansa keep up her charade about loving Joffrey even hes nowhere near even when it's clear no one is being fooled by this? Is it just in case someone reports on her to Joffrey?

I’m assuming you mean in book two? Everyone around Sansa thinks they’ve got her number.

“And what’s Joff’s little bird doing flying down the serpentine in the black of night?” When shedid not answer, he shook her. “Where were you? “

“The g-g-godswood, my lord,” she said, not daring to lie. “Praying… praying for my father,and… for the king, praying that he’d not be hurt.”

“Think I’m so drunk that I’d believe that?”

- Sansa II, ACoK

“I would sooner return to my own bed.” A lie came to her suddenly, but it seemed so right thatshe blurted it out at once. “This tower was where my father’s men were slain. Their ghosts wouldgive me terrible dreams, and I would see their blood wherever I looked.”

Tyrion Lannister studied her face. “I am no stranger to nightmares, Sansa. Perhaps you arewiser than I knew. Permit me at least to escort you safely back to your own chambers.”

- Sansa III, ACoK

“I love His Grace with all my heart,” Sansa said.

The queen sighed. “You had best learn some new lies, and quickly. Lord Stannis will not likethat one, I promise you.”

[…]

“I see flowering hasn’t made you any brighter,” said Cersei.

- Sansa IV, ACoK

But what these passages about people not believing Sansa’s “I love Joffrey” lies all have in common is the other person believing nevertheless that she’s too cowed and timid to be up to much of consequence.

Dontos chuckled. “My Jonquil’s a clever girl, isn’t she?”

“Joffrey and his mother say I’m stupid.”

“Let them. You’re safer that way, sweetling.”

- Sansa IV, ACoK

What goes for intelligence also goes for strength of character. Sansa keeps saying “I love Joffrey” unconvincingly, and everyone around her thinks for a long time that’s the extent of her abilities and willpower.

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you've heard of killing characters off for shock value, now get ready for

actual character development

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How diffrent is show Davos from book Davos ?

I have been sitting on this one for a while. Pardon the wait, anon? This deserved more than a few lines.

Initially, not so much. Davos was one of the better-adapted characters right through season four, with many of his scenes capturing the spirit of the character even as the plot showed signs of broader misinterpretation in adaptation. What few problems I had were, for the most part, directly caused by the poor understanding of Stannis’ character.

And then, in season five, show!Davos started to go off the rails.

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yo ADWD why is fucking every other chapter a Tyrion chapter? 

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It’s weird to me how when adapting GOT they wanted shock value and all of that because they think that’s what makes the story compelling but then didn’t adapt some of the most particularly powerful moments? Like what the fuck were they thinking taking out this whole thing with Davos’s visit to the Manderlys?  (or did they give Wyman’s “The North Remembers” speech to another character without the context or depth of the book? I stopped watching awhile back and what I know of what’s going on in that hell show is from fandomentals) 

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Back into Tyrion chapters with ADWD, and man, it’s really a pity how much I’ve come to be like “awgh damn a Tyrion chapter” because yeah, they’re good chapters, by all means Tyrion is an engaging and interesting character, and I can put up with similar misogynistic bullshit from other characters. But GoT and his fandom of “intellectual” men have made me very resentful of him and I realize I am 500% more judgmental of his actions than I need to be.  That said, if I remember correctly, I THINK the first time I read this I really hated the way he treats poor Penny who is trying to do her best?  Alternatively I’m just bitter about the fates of Crunch and Pretty Pig and wish Tyrion was a lil less dismissive about it but idk it’s been like a year or more since I’ve read this so maybe I’m misremembering 

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Honestly out of all the tragic shit that happens in asoiaf, the thing that gets me the most is Brienne's last AFFC chapter. Like, I am pretty sure that both she and Jaime will get out of this, because neither of their stories have run their course. (I hope Podrick gets out too, and Hyle even though he's an ass) But gosh it is just so cruel and unfair and sad, both for Brienne and the person Cat used to be.

Earlier today I got to that chapter in my reread and I've been fucked up about it since.

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The Smiling Knight has got to be a reference to The Joker, right?  His descriptions seem very Joker-y 

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No, this won’t “happen in the books”

(nor does it make sense on the show)

Okay, after sleeping on this, I’m actually more annoyed, which is impressive, because believe me, I’m a far cry from a Stannis fan. Like, he’s fine. He’s Javert, and you see where he’s coming from, you know? But I don’t gravitate towards him.

However, let’s end once and for all the notion that “this” will happen in the books, which is what D&D assert in their “Inside the Episode.” “This,” I assume, is the burning of Shireen. A lot of people are pointing out that there’s no confirmation whether or not Stannis is involved in her burning. This is true. Where we are in the books right now, Stannis is outside of Winterfell, and Shireen is up at the Wall. So Stannis is literally not in a position to agree to burn her at the moment. It is entirely possible “this,” refers to Mel burning Shireen and acting alone.

But let’s just say, just for argument, the “this” Martin told them about does mean that Shireen is burned and Stannis consents. In D&D’s mind, that is the sum-total of a plot-point. What it looks like. And that’s the problem with all of their storytelling, especially for this past season. “Dany flies off on Drogon” must have been how they viewed the Daznik’s Pit scene (the moment in their books they claim is one of their favorites), but as I’ve articulated, that is so far from the case.

So “Shireen gets burned and Stannis consents.” IF this happens in the books (and yes, it is far from certain that he’s even involved), it will happen in a way that plays to the themes of the story, that adheres to an internal logic, and that holds true to characterizations. What do we know about Stannis in the books? That this is the man who ate shoes rather than surrendering a castle. You’re telling me this guy is going to burn his ONLY HEIR because of weather?

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The Frustratingly Harmful LGBT+ Representation in Weiseroff’s Westeros

After torturing myself with a rewatch of the sixth season of Game of Thrones, (hey it’s okay to hate watch!), I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of ‘adaptation’. While I think we can all safely say that the show has moved so far off from its source material that ‘adaptation’ might not be the right word anymore, the process of adapting is still one of the greatest means of critiquing our media today. It gives us a grander view behind the curtain at all the cogs and machinery that go into the choices the creators make. On an original show, one doesn’t have the privilege of comparison. Filmmaker’s intention and the implications of the material can be more difficult to pin down without a source material to compare it to.

With Game of Thrones (“Thrones” from here on out) we have the ability to see when changes or omissions were made, what they entail, and thus what they mean. It’s the widest view into creator intention that could possibly exist, and it’s what makes Thrones criticism some of the strongest and most comprehensible criticisms of art that doesn’t always resemble the finished product: the development. Keep Reading

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I want Samwell and Brienne to meet so bad- Like Randall projects his feelings in regards to Samwell onto Brienne so there’s already this big connection that I think would be interesting to explore. And they can become buddies over their shared social anxiety, goodheartedness, failure to fill their designated gender roles, and how they’ve both been hurt by toxic masculinity. Podrick and Gilly of course can also join in and they can all be friends. ;-;  is there fanfiction of this?

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*Reads ASOIAF with The Lands of Ice and Fire sitting next to me so I can pull out a map whenever I am unsure of where places are in relation to other places, because I apparently cannot cope with not knowing every minuscule detail I can get out of this make-believe world* 

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So the details about Marillion’s supposed torture seem pretty sketchy, like the fact that he’s blindfolded to hide where his eyes were put out and that these gloves make it unclear whether he’s really missing fingers. Like these seem like strange details to include if they are totally meaningless. As is the mention that Sansa never saw evidence of his death (which could have been assumed by the reader, considering he supposedly jumped from the sky cell) All of the “Marillion is secretly alive and _____” theories that I’ve seen just kind of sound like the “Jojen paste” theory in how either farfetched or narratively unecessary they seem to be, though.  SO IDK what to think in regards to this particular thing but it has me wondering. I mean yeah he might indeed be dead but there’s definitely reason to expect more was going on either way.  I’m just not sure what because I’m not one of those great theory ppl. 

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okay pretty sure the reason AFFC is considered “the worst” by so many asoiaf fans is because it’s a ton of women POVs? Also a lot of women making men look pretty dumb, lmao.  Or it’s the fans who read the books in the same way D&D seem to and think “awgh hardly anyone’s dying in shocking ways and there’s no big action scenes and what’s the point of that”  Like goddamn I love this book so fucking much, like i guess part of it is because BRIENNE POV, but damn The Queenmaker and the Arya chapter where the kindly old man tells her the beginnings of the Faceless Men are back to back and I’m getting emotional about how good this all is.  (Also damn a lot of ppl claimi Brienne’s chapters are pointless because they don’t get anything done but that’s like totally missing the point? This isn’t a story of Brienne achieving some end goal. Through Brienne’s chapters we get some really good insight into the commonfolk, and how they were affected by The War of Five Kings- and I think we’ll see a lot of the stuff seeded in these chapters take root in TWOW.) 

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Real sad about the fact Myrcella is in all likelihood doomed  She deserves better she’s a good kid 

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Imagine living in Westeros with Seasonal Affective Disorder so you’re just depressed and unenergetic for years on end.