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I think this is a really accurate depiction of Jon Snow. I've never understood how people draw the characters of this series (mainly jon and robb) as if they were 30 year olds lol. These lads are goddamn teenagers bro. Art by Irbeus:

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So...Robb. What The Hell Were You Thinking?

The Red Wedding was a tragedy and a traumatic experience for every reader that went through it, but Robb Stark, as the horny teenager that he was, was a goddamn fool for knocking up Jeyne Westerling.

The Young Wolf's conquest journey in the southern lands left Winterfell vulnerable. Not to mention Robb being declared King of the Trident (Riverlands) as well as King in the North. He was simply in a tough position since the start, and dishonoring his marriage pact with the Freys was the worst thing that could have happened.

Being declared King of the North by his vassals and then King of the Riverlands put him into a position in which alliances with other regions were extremely hard to make. Neither Stannis nor Renly would've willingly given the riverlands to a northern king. The King of the Iron Throne could afford to lose the North, but not the riverlands. Robb was put in this position by his vassals and could not afford to decline, because his men's loyalty would be at stake. But destroying the marriage pact with the Freys was singlehandedly the worst thing he could've done for the North.

Even if, from the start, he wasn't in a favorable position (i.e., leaving Winterfell vulnerable and being declared king of two kingdoms), he could've still won the war. He was clearly an intelligent, dominant, and virtuous warlord, and all his northern vassals fought fiercely for him. He was loved and feared. Either from his enemies or his allies.

Art by Conor Campbell "The Red Wedding's Fin"

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Genna Lannister is so goated

George had literally no reason writing a character this good. She says that the game of thrones isn't for women, but she is clearly a strategist and smart politician. Imagine a Cersei, but kind, witty and actually intelligent. And clearly a girlboss when it comes to her dimwitted husband emmon frey.

I also love how intelligent this last passage was. She basically drives a sword through Jaime's heart when she says he is not Tywins son, but while doing so she sugarcoats his identity with the best fragments of her brothers. Jaime fights like tygett, he's witty like Gerion and as dutiful as Kevan, but he doesn't come close to being Tywin.

This last sentence also implicates the fact that by coddling Jaime and grooming him to being the heir to the rock, tywin actually fails in the attempt of transforming jaime into him. And Genna says tywin was mad with her when she said that Tyrion is more like him, to me that's because Tywin might've realized that by denying and despising tyrion, tyrion actually had to became tywin. And as he says "I am you writ small".

Of course this is mostly known in this fandom, but i just find it incredibly perceptive for Genna Lannister, a minor character that appears only once, to be this powerhouse of a character. Anyway, an immediate favourite for me.