#cat stark

[befooremoonrisee]

the way in which jon and robb's futures are foreshadowed by the mother of the other: robb dying too young and becoming a ghost that haunts their siblings, a reminder of innocence and happier days, and jon dying and being brought back to life, a shadow of what he once was, a dark mirror to himself

[tell-them-the-north-remembers]

If there is one line I like to over-analyze in the ASoIAF books it is a rather famous thought that goes inside Cat's head before her death. As the steel is close to her throat Cat thinks "No, don’t, don’t cut my hair, Ned loves my hair." And this line and her entire inner monologue is absolutely heart-breaking but one thing I fixate on is the actual sentence itself.

"Ned loves my hair."

Anyone who has read the books knows that Cat holds contempt for the fact that except for Arya, she has failed to give Ned children who look like him. It is also one of the reasons she dislikes Jon so much, because the mother of Jon (who she assumes to be Ned's bastard son) has managed to give Ned a child that looks just like him while she, his lawfully wedded wife gave birth to five of his children only for four of them to come out looking exactly like her. Red hair, blue eyes. Unlike Jon (and Arya) who share Ned's dark hair and dark eyes.

And knowing that it is so interesting to me that Cat's last thought about Ned (and her last thought ever) was that Ned loves her hair.

Because Ned loved her, he loved her hair, he loved her the way she was. And every time he looked at Robb, Sansa, Bran and Rickon he saw the reflection of the woman he loved, while Cat was so upset that they weren't all reflections of the man she loved.

Every time Ned ran his fingers through their hair, he ran his fingers through the hair of the woman he loved. He never resented Cat for the fact that four of his children didn't look like him, he loved that they looked like their mother, again, the woman he loved so much. He loved that they had the same hair he loved on Cat, and judging by it being her last thought Cat also knew that Ned loved her hair (and the way she looked), whether she ever came to the realization that Ned was perfectly happy with the way their children looked at all, or if she realized after he was dead and it was too late, it is unclear. But all those years she beat herself up over nothing.

Ned loved her the way she was, Ned loved his children the way they were, when they looked like him and when they didn't. Because when they didn't look like him, they looked like the love of his life, his darling wife.

And if the books decide to go with R+L=J it also adds another layer to Cat and Ned's relationship. Because Jon's mother was always a woman she didn't know but was still competing with in her mind for Ned's love for all these years. Turns out she didn't even exist. Turns out she didn't need to feel inferior to the woman Ned loved enough to not even talk about with her, no need to feel bad about the fact that she was able to give Ned a child that looked like him while Cat "failed".

At the end of the day, all the voices in her head making her feel insecure in her marriage never needed to be there, because everything she thought of as a problem with her were not problems at all for Ned. He was perfectly happy with her and their children.

[happywifehappy1ife]

babygirl i have reached levels of *insert misunderstood character's name* defense that you couldn't even comprehend

[asharaxofstarfall]

asha greyjoy, brienne of tarth, catelyn tully and cersei lannister on being their fathers only sons

art: edmund leighton/ judith dress 1678/a child and a virgin with angels/ jeanne d'Arc by john wverett milais magnet/ david with the head of goliath/ alexandre antiga/girl at mirror/ jules bastien-lepage

words: “a storm of swords” grrm/ “sulk” radiohead/ “cassandra” florence+ the machine/ “a storm of swords” grrm/ “bad father bad son” von benzo/ “a clash of kings” grrm/ “she ain't right” lee brice/ “a feast for crows” grrm/ “bad dad” apologetix/ game of thrones season one episode eight/ barbara jane reyes/ “a dance with dragons” and “a feast for crows” grrm/ succession season one episode ten

[folklvn13]

She knelt before the Mother. “My lady, look down on this battle with a mother’s eyes. They are all sons, every one. Spare them if you can, and spare my own sons as well. Watch over Robb and Bran and Rickon. Would that I were with them.”

Catelyn IV, ACOK

[sansaissteel]

If he doesn't mourn me as hard as cat did Ned I don't want him.

[lord-armitage]

I got a ipad just to draw It's Always Sunny ASOIAF memes on procreate

[bruceawaynefrfr]

When I'm in a "interpret a character horribly" competition but my opponent is a Catelyn Stark hater

[alaynerhinestone]

cat and ned are the most tired-ass thirtysomethings by the time they die it’s just like let them rest but they are not even 40. if they had lived they would have had to raise 3 more teenagers before their youngest son turned 10. there would be 5 to 6 giant dogs in and around their house at any given time. can you imagine

[ineedminions]

A Whole Team of Big Brothers

[befooremoonrisee]

lady stoneheart is banshee coded

[daily-dragon-drawing]

Mr J dragon!! (With an annoying lil brother kofu dragon) 🤭

#74 & #75 - 流浪貓 (liúlàng māo / stray cat) & 威脅者 (wēixié zhě / menace) - My two favorite internet cats!!! A master and his apprentice 💖🐈💕🐈‍⬛💞

@straycatj I turned you into a dragon…I hope it’s ok……

[wil2space]

Did not think I’d enjoy this as much as I did…

[asharaxofstarfall]

i think that what you guys need to understand is that catelyn and alicent don't care about bastards as a whole. they care about bastards inheriting over their trueborn children

[shripscapi]

Who are you?

[sansaissteel]