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jon snow: im a bastard. everyone hates me. i want to die. and im 14

tyrion for some fucking reason:

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How very depressing that Neil Gaiman had trended not even a tiny bit for demonstrating what a fucking horrific person he is.

As a reminder, he's suing Caroline Wallner, one of his accusers, for breaking her NDA. Not for libel. He's saying she shouldn't have told anyone about it, not that she lied.

He doesn't need the money. He's risking the Streisand effect. He is punishing Caroline, he's trying to intimidate other victims who have signed NDAs to scare them into continued silence.

He is no friend to women, to the LGBTQIA+ community, to anyone quite frankly unless he thinks they are of value to him.

Share the story. Put it on Facebook and bluesky and whatever else you're on. Make it clear what a horrifying person he is. Tell your friends. He's paying Edendale a fortune to try and cover this up. Make this hard for him. Make it cost him money.

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Essos fashion studies: Tyrosh

A prietstess of a Tyrosh deity -  The Archon's daughter - a noblewoman -The Anchor of Tyrosh -  a merchant.

"Tyrosh, a fortress city protected by high walls, is on the northernmost and easternmost of the Stepstones. Its inner walls are fused black dragonstone.  Tyrosh is far larger than the shadow city of Sunspear. The Archon of Tyrosh is chosen from among the members of a conclave of the wealthiest and noblest of the city. Tyroshi are considered boisterous, flamboyant and greedy. They love bright colors, dyeing their hair and beards brightly in colors such as blue,green, maroon,pink, purple, scarlet,and vermilion. Their hats are considered queer by Westerosi. The Tyroshi constantly fight Lyseni and Myrmen to gain control of the Stepstones and Disputed Lands. Their inventors are known for creating ornate helmets and ingenious torture devices."

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Sansa Stark, Little Bird, Princess of the North

Trying to predict Sansa's future is very difficult. Currently stuck in the Vale under Baelish's little finger, and betrothed to another cruel man. I highly doubt that Sansa will take whatever abuse Harrold the Heir gives out lying down.

While I don't have a-b worked out, I know that I want Sansa to become to singular Lady of Winterfell. I don't see Bran taking up a loudly mantle now that he's begone his journey as a greenseer, and Rickon is far too young to be a lord even if he returns to the mainland. Sansa has also demonstrated significantly more skill at court than any of her siblings, including Jon.

I'd also like for Sansa to come into possession of Oath Keeper so she can have it reforged into a new Ice. I'd like this one to have the shape of an executioners sword, though that seems far fetched. I also doubt Sansa would be able to properly use this sword for executions, so she'd need a noble knight to serve as her arm in this task.

While my personal favorite for this is Sandor Clegane, returned from the Quiet Isle, and no longer the Hound. His and Sansa's relationship is very interesting, and even though he's no longer the Hound, the Cleganes are still dogs loyal to the master that feeds them. I could also see Brienne filling this role, transitioning her oath from Catelyn to Sansa

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Need a break from painting people, starting with the Stark direwolves

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Robb Stark the Young Wolf, King in the North

A warrior king, undefeated on the battlefield, his men loyal to his strength. Robb Stark exemplified so much of what a Northern King was meant to be. I think people tend to underestimate Robb's political prowess, because it is his failure on this field that ends his reign. Robb makes three notable mistakes in my opinion, that can be broken into separate categories.

The one that everyone likes to talk about is his political failing. After Catelyn negotiated the best possible terms with Walder Frey, Robb failed to keep the most important promise of marrying a Frey. We don't get to see the aftermath of Robb's siege of the Crag, but it's pretty clear that Jeyne's family encouraged her to seduce Robb for his favor. And as soon as the 16 year old gave into his hormones, all was lost. If there was ever a world where Robb would sire a bastard, it was not one where he had been raised alongside Jon. For love of his brother, for the honor his father taught him, and for the affection he had for Jeyne, there was no choice but marriage.

His second mistake, was an impossible situation. His mother had freed a valuable prisoner without leave, and in vengeance one of his lords slaughtered children. What punishment could he give his mother for trying to save his sisters, and then how could he be seen as just for punishing those avenging their children. Robb truly had no good options the moment Karstark chose to kill his captives. Robb even offered Lord Rickard the option to take the black, but he refused, and as Robb swung his axe, he severed his army almost in half.

His last mistake was one of Faith and Love. It may seem pointless, but putting Grey Wind aside sealed his death. We've seen the dire wolves sense danger coming before anyone else, and if Robb had his other half by his side at the Red Wedding, there's a chance he would have been able to fight back. But for his queen, who only saw Grey Wind as a wild beast, Robb put the wolf aside.

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I can't remember if it was an Adventuring Party, or Adventuring Academy, but Brennan made a comment about revelations like this. Sometimes his players come up with an idea that is infinitely more interesting than what he had planned. Sometimes preproduction doesn't allow him to shift (ie soul laundering). If the hand was a generic vessel with unclear origins, it wouldn't be hard to expand Van's existing connections to it, (think Rashab and the video tape)

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The fact that there's only been jousting in Star Wars twice is a crime, and more space fantasy stuff needs to be in the shows/movies

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Catelyn Stark, the Dowager Lady of Winterfell, once dead, now returned as Lady Stoneheart

Matron of House Stark, Catelyn may have been born a fish, but she has a hide thick for winter, and claws as sharp as any other wolf. Particularly when it comes to protecting her family, Catelyn doesn't hold back. And if she sees something as a threat to her children, she attempts to eliminate it with extreme prejudice.

Staying by Bran's side as he wastes away in his coma, Catelyn already shows a protective strength. But when exhausted from weeks of sleepless nights, she still manages to fight off a man armed with a valyrian steel dagger. And when Robb puts Grey Wind aside to stay his sothron wife's fears, it's Catelyn that trys to remind him of his wolf's importance.

This protective instinct is also Catelyn's undoing. Her distrust of Theon is one of the primary reasons he sights for turning against the Starks. Again, anytime Jon considers lordship, it is Catelyn's derision that makes him want more. Her kidnapping Tyrion on the road was the spark that lead to the War of the Five Kings. And perhaps worst of all, her releasing Jaime to trade for her daughters fractured Rob's army irrevocably.

Still, even as the war is lost, and surrounded by blood, Catelyn seeks to save her son at the Red Wedding. Her mistake here was believing that Walder Frey had any care for his children beyond what they could do for him.

After death, Lady Stoneheart has all of Catelyn's anger, but none of her compassion. I don't know if this is because Catelyn was dead for too long, or she simply ran out of patience for her enemies. I don't doubt that Catelyn would have slain all her family's enemies if she had the ability.

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Remember the best episode of Genndy Tartakovsky's Clone Wars? well I did a combat encounter based on it

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I love when a character wants to be someone's dog so so bad. Dont mean it in a sexual way (although that can also be a part of it) I mean like. Let me be your loyal companion let me stay by your side give me a purpose in exchange for endless unconditional love let me stop being a person love me like it's my only use. Love me like that's the only thing I was made for. As you can tell. I'm normal.

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Jon Snow, the White Wolf, Lord Commander of the Nights Watch

Before I go down a rabbit hole of analysis and predictions, I'll address the mammoths in the room. Most obviously, there's two slightly different versions of Jon here. One appears as he's described, dark brown hair, and nearly black eyes. The other displays the silver hair of the Targaryens, with red eyes to match Ghost. Honestly, I don't see the eyes coming to fruition at all, and the hair all seems unlikely. Another oddity is the coat of arms I've given Jon. While the inverted Stark arms are nice, if R+L=J is true, then Jon would need a coat of arms fitting a Targaryen Bastard. For this, I used an Alphyn in a similar pose to the Stark dire wolf, maintaining the inverted colors of house Stark.

Now, onto the analysis. I've talked about this in my Lyanna and Rhaegar pieces, but I do believe that Jon is their child. We might not ever learn the exact circumstances of their union, or Jon's conception, but it makes the most sense to me. I saw someone suggest that Jon was actually the baby swapped Aegon, but he far too closely resembles other Starks, namely Arya, who is said to be the spitting image of Lyanna. Rhaegar is also said to have had a long face solemn face, a trait shared between him and the Starks the Jon could have inherited from either side

Accepting this parentage, we then move to the Song of Ice and Fire, and The Prince that was Promised. Now, the books never fully outline what this prophecy says. The only scene in which someone seems to be reciting the prophecy, our POV character doesn't speak the language very well. Tyrion is fairly confident the prophecy only speaks of one individual, but a few details give me reason to doubt his interpretation.

As previously mentioned, as Tyrion is listening the the Red Priest, he is only understanding parts of the prophecy due to a language barrier. Even if Tyrion is accurately translating the priests words, we don't know how many translations his prophecy has gone through, and we know that visions in fire are difficult to discern. Continuing with issues of translation, when Aemon mentions that the old Valyrian word that was translated as Prince had no gender, he said that Dragons lacked a consistent sex. Was the original word some derivative of dragon? This would explain why Rhaegar said that the dragon had three heads, because the Prince needed to be three Targaryen heirs.

Gods, there's so much more I want to say about Jon that has nothing to do with the prophecy, but I'll leave it at this for now

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Rhaegar Targaryen, The Last Dragon, and Prince of Dragonstone.

"Rhaegar had a plan, but Aerys ruined it." But what was his plan exactly?

I've gathered that at some point he figured out he wasn't "The Prince That Was Promised," but that it was going to be the next generation. And that for some reason, there needed to be 3 Targaryens to serve as this Prince. It also seems clear that Elia was unable to safely carry another child after Aegons' birth. So if Rhaegar believed that his children needed to be the Promised, I understand the need to take another wife/lover.

What I don't understand, is why Lyanna? Even if he loved Lyanna, and she loved him. Even if Elia approved of their union, smoothing over Lyanna's issue with infidelity. Why did they elope without telling the Starks? Why did they make it look like a kidnapping? If Lyanna and Rhaegar were in on it together, they could have prevented the deaths of Brandon and Rickard Stark.

Also, why did he only save Aegon? He made certain to rescue his son, but unless Rhaenys is off with another one of Rhaegars friends, he left his wife and daughter to the mercy of the Mad King, and later the Lannisters.

There's also some less kind interpretations of Rhaegar, that his kidnapping of Lyanna was not consensual. This pokes some holes in Jon Snows origin as Lyanna's child, though far from makes the theory void. While many victims of sexual violence are justifiably unable to love the children resulting from the assault, some still maintain strong parental affection. As such, I could still see Lyanna asking her brother to claim her child as his to protect him from Robert.

Making Lyanna Stark a victim of sexual violence, and one of the few noble knights in the series the perpetrator, isn't very appealing to me. I prefer to believe that Rhaegar was flawed, and he failed to think of the consequences of eloping with Lyanna. And maybe he tried to move Rhenys and Elia. But a toddler is harder to replace than a baby, and a bedridden woman even more so. At the end of the day, Rhaegar was far from the perfect knight of Ser Selmy's memory, or the monster of King Robert's.

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Felt like I had to do Catelyn Stark before the Stark kids that resemble her, and of course that comes with Lady Stoneheart

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Lyanna Stark the She Wolf, and possibly the Laughing Tree

Lyanna Stark casts a long shadow over the series. Whether you believe the R+L=J theory or not, her kidnapping is still the inciting incident for Robert's Rebellion. In some part, Robert's grief at Lyannas death also made him a worse ruler, though it's unlikely he'd have ever been good at ruling.

Not all her influence is negative though. It was her willfulness that inspired Ned to allow Arya to train with a sword. Were it not for that, both daughters would have been trapped in Joffrey's clutches. I also think Howland Reed gave more reverence to Lyanna than his liege lords for the help she gave at the tourney.

Of course, there is the matter of R+L=J, but I think I'll discuss that in a bigger master post

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This book is 29 years old, I hope this is real.

NO NO NO NOOO NED CANT BE DEAD. HE CANT BE HE CANT BE HES THE MAIN CHARACTER PLEASE TELL ME NEDS NOT DEAD NO NON NOOOO