#a game of thrones

[trashpoppaea]

This is just a silly fandom poll but I’m interested in seeing the results!

[flying-ham]

jorah is so insane having beef with ned for charging him with slave trading WHEN HE WAS LITERALLY SLAVE TRADING

[circuslollipop]

some sansa costume design ideas!! had fun with these and definitely plan to make more with other characters

top row, left to right: pre-series, 2 king's landing bottom row: "alayne", older in winterfell, hypothetical queen in the north*

(*before anyone says anything i plan to do royalty designs for any starklings i get to because i like designing that sort of thing)

[eimear99]

House stark!

[motrothi]

Jon Snow

Requested by my brother, I tried to combine his book description with his show depiction :-)

[mrxss]

Mother of thousands, in her womb lies the salvation of the world.

(open for better quality)

[efpizza]

Queen Rhaella (Mother of Rhaegar, Viserys, & Dany) being dressed after a visit from Aerys

Grim concept, but I had the idea for this drawing from these passages:

"Whenever Aerys gave a man to the flames, Queen Rhaella would have a visitor in the night. The day he burned his mace-and-dagger Hand, Jaime and Jon Darry had stood at guard outside her bedchamber whilst the king took his pleasure. "You're hurting me," they had heard Rhaella cry through the oaken door. "You're hurting me."

"(The maids were) whispering after she was gone. They said the queen looked as if some beast had savaged her, clawing at her thighs and chewing on her breasts"

(jaime, a feast for crows)

[ihaveastorminme]

This was the boy he had grown up with, he thought; this was the Robert Baratheon he’d known and loved. If he could prove that the Lannisters were behind the attack on Bran, prove that they had murdered Jon Arryn, this man would listen. Then Cersei would fall, and the Kingslayer with her, and if Lord Tywin dared to rouse the west, Robert would smash him as he had smashed Rhaegar Targaryen on the Trident. He could see it all so clearly. That breakfast tasted better than anything Eddard Stark had eaten in a long time, and afterward his smiles came easier and more often, until it was time for the tournament to resume.

oh yes, Sansa Stark is in fact, her fathers daughter.

[leomitchellart]

'Magister Illyrio murmured a command, and four burly slaves hurried forward, bearing between them a great cedar chest bound in bronze. When she opened it, she found piles of the finest velvets and damasks the Free Cities could produce . . . and resting on top, nestled in the soft cloth, three huge eggs. Dany gasped. They were the most beautiful things she had ever seen, each different than the others, patterned in such rich colors that at first she thought they were crusted with jewels, and so large it took both of her hands to hold one. She lifted it delicately, expecting that it would be made of some fine porcelain or delicate enamel, or even blown glass, but it was much heavier than that, as if it were all of solid stone. The surface of the shell was covered with tiny scales, and as she turned the egg between her fingers, they shimmered like polished metal in the light of the setting sun. One egg was a deep green, with burnished bronze flecks that came and went depending on how Dany turned it. Another was pale cream streaked with gold. The last was black, as black as a midnight sea, yet alive with scarlet ripples and swirls.  "What are they?" she asked, her voice hushed and full of wonder. "Dragon's eggs, from the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai," said Magister Illyrio. "The eons have turned them to stone, yet still they burn bright with beauty." 

A Game of Thrones, Chapter 11, Daenerys II

[cthaehbutwithafrog]

“Would she still want her back, after all the things she’d done?”

Happy Velaryontine’s day @eddtollett 🧡🧡🧡

[turtle-paced]

i was wondering what your thoughts on Ned's parenting is. I keep seeing posts about how he is a bad parent or even cruel. hell one person even wrote that he is only slightly better than tywin lannister.

I think Ned is one of the best parents in the series. Which is not to say he's perfect (no parent is), because he noticeably struggles over the course of AGoT when he's suddenly the prime minister for the continent and doesn't have his life partner with him to assist him in parenting as he usually would. This results in him being pretty hands-off at times, particularly with Sansa. I strongly suspect we see Ned's absolute worst parenting in his life over the course of AGoT.

What Ned is, though, is also a remarkably modern parent in terms of thinking of his kids as kids. This has the weird effect of showing up where he's actually also still a product of his society and so to the reader Ned looks like neither one thing nor the other - neither a modern parent who fully supports his children in their desires that go against the grain nor a traditional parent who treats his children as mini-adults in a world that doesn't recognise adolescence and barely tolerates childhood.

I don't think it's at all in question that Ned adored his kids, was actively involved in the parenting of his kids, raised kids who loved him and each other, raised kids who have integrity and the ability to form meaningful relationships with others, at least tried to be there for them, and ultimately made the fateful decision to falsely confess to treason in an attempt to save the life of his daughter.

[emprcaesar]

this made me cry so much when I first read it. such a gentle interaction between these two characters and it also shows a different side to robb. in catelyns chapters we really don’t get to see this side of robb he has to play the part of a king at war and can’t be that child any longer. but in the quiet darkness of winterfell with only bran watching he can let himself cry.

[flying-ham]

imagine being 11 years old at the westerosi equivalent of a football game and ur moms estranged adopted brother comes up to you, tells you he wanted to fuck ur mom, strokes ur cheek, and then leaves

[circuslollipop]

alright let's try this again. hopefully it shows up in the tags this time!! anyway here's lyanna

[eimear99]

The Stark sisters

[artist-ellen]

Young Tommen Baratheon*

An absolute baby. He’s dressed like Robert but in deep reds to match with his Mother and sister. If you want to imagine baby Jaime and Cersei… this would be it.

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