#johanna westerling lannister

[rainhalydia]

Hello huni,

Please talk me through you Johanna Westerling Lannister head canons. Also do you want her to appear in HoTD?

♥️♥️♥️s

Hi, darling! Thanks for the ask!

First of all, I have to give credit to @cafeleningrad for making me interested in Johanna for the first time. That was pre-HotD, when Fire & Blood was released. I had not read most of the book, but I had read about her, and the more I thought about her, the more she became this super detailed character! I'm almost at the point of claiming her as my OC, tbh, that's how fleshed out she is in my mind.

First of all, I think she's extremely proud. She's from a time before the name Westerling had fallen into poverty and married a merchant in, and not that long before her time, a Westerling was selected as queen by a Targaryen king, never mind that he was, hmm, not all there, mentally. Her lineage is very proud at that point! She's a from a noble, rich house! Married into to the most powerful house of the west, to the lord! I think she's very aware of how high in the class scale she is, but in a way that she feels entitled to her power, not aware that it's a privilege. She sees it as her right.

I think tied to that, she's very good at her job of running the house, and has consciously expanded that power by kinda... I guess usurping is not the right word, but her husband is not very smart or hardworking, I think it's super easy for her to convince him to let her be the brains behind the operation. Like, oh, dear, why don't you go hunting, you seem to stressed, I can deal with the vassals and the staff and the smallfolk, go visit your mistress or the brothel, you deserve to treat yourself. In practice, she's the lord. And I think he's dependent enough on her, or comfortable enough with the situation, that she's not too miffed about having to play more traditional roles when in court or something. She's not exactly pleased, but he's dumb enough that she finds him cute. He's her pet.

I also think that she enjoys sex a lot! I think it's pretty self-evident that she was aimming for a male heir to secure her own position should her husband die - which he does, so kudos to her preparedness - but to me someone who's so proud and has her husband so under her control would not be satisfied by a lackluster sex life. Especially because, when we meet her in the text, she's not that young? She's not old by any means, but she's well out of the blushing bride phase. And though he has an official mistress, her husband has more kids with her than with the woman he keeps strictely for lust/love. Something was going right for those two in the bedroom.

I tend to think that she was more annoyed than worried during the Dance, especially with the Greyjoy invasion. She was perfectly safe behind her walls, her kids were safe, she lost her husband but he didn't do much anyway, and her brother-in-law is too far away to cause her any trouble. The raids, btw, were a good excuse for why she couldn't send more men or offer more to the war campaign, and that's pretty good for her when committing too hard to one side gets you killed. Officially they were team green, but not in a way that truly would step on Rhaenyra's toes. At the same time, I think she was very pissed about the Greyjoys destroying her lands and kidnapping her smallfolk. Not in a sympathetic way, though I think she was disgusted by the rapes, but because those were her people, that should serve her and her family. They're not for other lords to take. And for me, that's why her revenge is so brutal when it comes.

I'd LOVE for her to appear in HotD! I'm rooting for it, in fact! As much as the Targaryen are messy, they're not my favorite mess. If they fleshed her out and made her interact with Dalton, I'd forgive them anything, even their poor lighting. And tbh, I don't think that's out of the realm of the possible, given how they transformed the relationship between the other characters, especially Rhaenycent.

[lumidef]

Johanna Lannister, née Westerling

[sommornyte]

‘ 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴… ’

𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 & 𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐀 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 — 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 & 𝐀𝐄𝐆𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐄𝐍 𝐈𝐈

(Kinda inspired by this post)

[gothgleek]

Johanna and Joanna

[coldraindropsss]

Johanna Westerling, Cerelle Lannister, Tyshara Lannister

[saintsunfyre]

JOHANNA LANNISTER (BORN WESTERLING), REGENT TO LOREON LANNISTER

She capably led the remnants of the shattered Lannister forces in the ongoing conflict with the Greyjoys raiding the coasts, which continued as essentially a localized war even though the Dance had formally ended. Lady Johanna famously donned man's mail to lead the remaining Lannister forces in the struggle to drive the ironborn from their shore. There was a struggle for power among the ironborn after the Red Kraken was murdered at Faircastle a few years later. Since the Lannister fleet had been destroyed by the Greyjoys, Lady Johanna allied with the lord admiral of the Reach, Ser Leo Costayne, to have the westermen invade the Iron Islands in 134 AC. When Rodrik Greyjoy was taken to Casterly Rock as a captive, Lady Johanna had him gelded and made him her son's fool. Lady Johanna also helped reclaim the dwindling glory of House Lannister and lent gold to King's Landing to help rebuild the extensive damages caused by the previous civil war.

WINTER OF THE WIDOWS (1/9)

Johanna Lannister // Samantha Hightower // Sharis Footly // Lady Tyrell // Alys Rivers // Sabitha Frey // Jeyne Arryn // Elenda Baratheon // Aliandra Martell

[sophiemariepl]

Okay, but hear me out—

Lotte Verbeek as Johanna Lannister neé Westerling 🦁🐚

Cadres from “The Borgias” (2011-2013) in which Lotte Verbeek played Giulia Farnese, mistress of Pope Alexander VI/Rodrigo Borgia.

Like, look at those blue eyes! Immediately make you think of the sea that the Westerlings are so close to (their sigil is literally six white shells on yellow/golden field).

Plus bonus with Holliday Grainger who is my fan cast of Johanna’s daughter, Cerelle (here she played Lucrezia Borgia).

[pookiebearhelaena]

Lady Johanna Lannister and Queen Alicent Hightower🤫

(Requested by @lawolfe)

[cruciomee]

Sword or Banner

[stromuprisahat]

“The great lords would have given us another two years of war,” the fool declares in his Testimony, “it was the women who made the peace. Black Aly, the Maiden of the Vale, the Three Widows, the Dragon Twins, ’twas them who brought the bloodshed to an end, and not with swords or poison, but with ravens, words, and kisses.”

Fire and Blood (George R. R. Martin)

[garnetbutterflysblog]

Johanna Westerling Fancast

I have noticed the horrific lack of fancasts for Johanna Westerling, Regent of Casterly Rock, despite her being among the women that ruled in the aftermath of the dance. I've decided to rectify that.

Annabel Scholey as Johanna Westerling, Lady of Casterly Rock.

[thesims4asoiaf]

Fire&Blood couples~Part 1~

Corlys Velaryon and Rhaenys Targaryen

Rhaena Targaryen and Elissa Farman

Baelon and Alyssa

Johanna Westerling and Jason Lannister

King Viserys I and Alicent Hightower

Rhaenyra Targaryen and Laenor Velaryon

Daemon Targaryen and Laena Velaryon

Harwin Strong and Rhaenyra Targaryen

[ladystarksneedle]

Lady Johanna Lannister, née Westerling

[gothgleek]

Inspired by @sunnysideaeggs because that was funny as fuck. Johanna is a total femdom and Jason gets so hard- I mean embarrassed when she pulls him around the castle with a chain and makes him bark.

Also I’d do Joanna and Tywin but drawing one man is enough for today lol

[coldraindropsss]

Johanna Westerling, Tysha, Rohanne Webber