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great news! wei wuxian has died!

(full pics under the cut)

three-eyed raven

arya stark appreciation week → day 1: quote

Only the kindly man knew the Common Tongue. "Who are you?" he would ask her every day. "No one," she would answer, she who had been Arya of House Stark, Arya Underfoot, Arya Horseface. She had been Arry and Weasel too, and Squab and Salty, Nan the cupbearer, a grey mouse, a sheep, the ghost of Harrenhal . . . but not for true, not in her heart of hearts. In there she was Arya of Winterfell, the daughter of Lord Eddard Stark and Lady Catelyn, who had once had brothers named Robb and Bran and Rickon, a sister named Sansa, a direwolf called Nymeria, a half brother named Jon Snow. In there she was someone . . . but that was not the answer that he wanted.

A Feast for Crows, Arya II

i liked show brienne for the most part for what she was (staunch, loyal, cautious) but upon reading the books it occurred to me just how necessary brienne’s endearing awkwardness, bravery, and hopefulness is in a world as grim and at times hopeless as asoiaf. she brings such light onto every page and you see it through her unrelenting kindness and her striving to see the good in people no matter what. instance after instance she proves it is possible to uphold the sanctity of knighthood and be a protector while still being empathetic and kindhearted and staying true to one’s word, which is something formal organisations such as the kingsguard no longer/do not subscribe to.

Some asoiaf pov characters

Honestly, one of my favorite things about GRRM's writing in asoiaf is how it turns the reader's bloodthirstiness against them.

Take Theon in ACOK, you are cheering in his final chapter because finally! Just desserts for that arrogant foolish bastard!

You read how the Bolton's have him captured in ASOS and say "Heh, good riddance".

And then... you read Reek chapters and with growing horror, you realize who is the person narrating. And suddenly, this need for payback, for him to face justice, doesn't feel that righteous anymore. No person should go through this.

The same goes for Cersei, her blaze of cruelty and scheming catches up to her when the sparrows imprison her. FINALLY, justice! and... you can only stare in horror and disgust at the walk of atonement scene. There is no vindication to be found here.

Hi Jackie! Have you read The Untamed books? If so, did you like them? I’ve loved the drama so much but I tried reading the Seven Seas translation of the novels and I just can’t get into the story although I know I love it :( If you’ve read the novels, how much depths does they add to the characters and the story (if they do)? I apologise for all the questions

Hello!

You know, you would probably get a different answer depending on whether the person prefers the novel or the live action. Me? I prefer the live action. I did read the novels and liked them, but to me and I don't know if this take is unpopular or not, the novel and the live action are telling two different stories.

To answer your questions, I think there's definitely more to Wei Wuxian's character in the novel! I like how clear it is that he's a morally gray character because the drama did wash away a bit of that, but also... it was XZ so I forgive them. If you like wangxian, you'll definitely enjoy the novel. I like wangxian, but I'm here for WWX/JC and the Yunmeng trio, and the live action delivered on that. I don't even remember what Jiang Yanli does in the novel except dying, so the live action will get my love for giving her a bit more story. Same with Wen Qing.

The world building is better in the novels and for that alone I would suggest to keep reading them, but also if you don't that's fine. You don't have to like them, so don't feel :( about it. You won't be less of a fan. You can try the donghua if you haven't and then try the novels again if you feel up to it. Have you watched mdzs q? I don't think that one adds more to the story lol but it's cute!

Arya never seemed to fit, no more than he had… yet she could always make Jon smile. He would give anything to be with her now…

POV characters: AFFC

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[agot]

[acok]

[asos]

Dear Lily,

Well, Homer isn’t back yet, which I can only assume means he’s been seduced by those majestic American mountains one hears so much about. Or perhaps he’s decided he’s had enough of dreary old England and has gone off to start his new life as a cowboy. I assume that’s the sort of thing most Americans do, though I admit I have only a cursory knowledge on this front, having never been to the States myself. My dad did once, though. Spent a week on a Muggle dude ranch out in Wyoming. Or was it Wisconsin? I can’t remember, somewhere terribly American sounding where they have a lot of cows. Anyway, it was a great laugh, according to him, so maybe Homer’s onto something.

If he doesn’t turn up soon, I’ll send this letter via Virgil, my parents’ rather doddering old owl. I’m not strictly speaking supposed to use him for cross-country journeys, but London isn’t all too far, after all, and though it’s only been a few days, I am anxious to hear how you are settling into life with that charming sister of yours. Do let me know.

The quill that had been scrawling this cheerful missive paused, and James Potter scrubbed a hand over his face, frowning intently. Nearly a full minute passed before the ink-dipped nib of his quill returned to the parchment.

Read on AO3.

Day 4: House Stark

Arya, the lone wolf, still lived, but the wolves of the pack had been taken and slain and skinned.

“Over the five volumes we have so far, A Song of Ice and Fire racks up a significant number of disabled characters, far more than most in this or any other genre that isn’t specifically concerned with issues of disability. It does so unobtrusively, but with a constant low-key attention to what being differently abled entails. The books look at three principal types of disability: congenital (Tyrion, Hodor); collateral (Bran); retributive (Reek, Jaime, Davos), although other characters also suffer as the result of illness (Shireen Baratheon, afflicted by greyscale) or acts of simple, unnecessary cruelty (Sandor Clegane). The catchment area of differently abled might be extended to include several other important characters: Lady Brienne of Tarth (tall, muscular, flat-chested, unattractive, basically mannish); Arya, Ned Stark’s daughter, sufficiently plain to be referred to as Arya Horseface, and rendered temporarily blind in Braavos; Samwell Tarly (obese). What all these characters have in common is the attention Martin devotes to them. Like Tyrion, his capacity for tenderness goes out to them. The genuine monsters in the cycle […] are often strikingly attractive, admired for their looks, and, as monsters tend to be, two-dimensional. […] Beauty, in other words, is more often a sign of moral degradation, or insipidness, than of moral worth.”

— Charles Lambert, “A tender spot in my heart: disability in A Song of Ice and Fire”, Critical Quarterly: Volume 57, Issue 1, April 2015

took a stab at a character design lineup for the book 1 pov characters (minus will, sorry bro)

also posted individually here: ned | cat | arya | bran | sansa | jon | tyrion | dany

part of what makes tragedies tragic is the story being preventable from the outside but unpreventable from the inside

game of thrones: Lyanna Stark as Millie Brady

Beautiful, and willful, and dead before her time.

I'm so relieved we share similar opinions on The Marauders vs Fred and George! Every time I read an elaborate multi-step plan to dye Slytherin's robes red or something, I'd think "this feels off!". I try to find a middle ground in my imagination, because being a magic school, every day bog-standard mischief has got to look at least a little bit whimsical - and James and Sirius earned themselves a reputation of troublemakers somehow. But imagine they'd be more likely to get into trouble exploring the limits of the castle and its magic (not sure if you consider Cursed Child as semi canon, but trying to get out of a moving Hogwarts Express is a good example), and they'd be really smug about knowing how to get around the forest or the best spot to swim in the lake, but not that interested in cheering and applause from the great hall tables for doing some spectacular display of magic. The fact that the most advanced magic they achieved for their age (becoming animagus!) was a well kept secret has got to say something about their type of showmanship. But much like Fred and George (maybe even better), they'd 100% be in charge of throwing parties.

Yeah!! I agree, I definitely think they were darker in tone than Fred and George. Their public stunts seemed to be centred around hexing random students and they were definitely willing to be fairly vicious about it-- they were to Snape, and Bertram Aubrey's head swelling sounds comical but it probably wasn't for Aubrey-- so I don't see why they'd restrict themselves to silly harmless pranks of the sort F&G would pull. I never like reading fics where they have pranking wars or whatever haha.

And you're right that their greatest achievements were kept secret from everyone. They were defined by their secrets! The password-protected Marauders Map, the Invisibility Cloak, their Animagi status. Even their inside knowledge of Remus's condition is what I feel brought them together in a new way.

I almost feel like the times they got into trouble was out of carelessness or cockiness. They obviously didn't mind getting in trouble for attacking other students and the times they got caught sneaking around they were probably being reckless. Nobody ever figured out the map, the cloak, or that they were Animagi while they were at school, so they were careful when it counted.

The Hound poured a cup of wine for Arya and another for himself, and drank it down while staring at the hearthfire. "The little bird flew away, did she? Well, bloody good for her. She shit on the Imp's head and flew off." "They'll find her," said Polliver. "If it takes half the gold in Casterly Rock." "A pretty girl, I hear," said the Tickler. "Honey sweet." He smacked his lips and smiled. "And courteous," the Hound agreed. "A proper little lady. Not like her bloody sister." — A Storm of Swords, Arya XIII

[...] and finally, toward the end, she even sang for Tyrion the Imp and for the Hound. He is no true knight but he saved me all the same, she told the Mother. Save him if you can, and gentle the rage inside him. — A Clash of Kings, Sansa V

This is a comic inspired by an extract from the final part of The Return of the King! Sam sees what I believe is the star of Eärendil, giving him hope in the most difficult part of their journey.

I love this part of the story and Tolkien’s writing is really beautiful and hopeful even in the darkest moments of Lord of the Rings.

Also… I was reading The Children of Húrin while drawing this and interestingly Túrin also sees a star before the battle against the dragon. I wonder if this has any significance (although these stories are very different) or if it was just a device that Tolkien liked?

(I realise that Frodo and Sam would be wearing different clothes at this point in the story but I just like their movie outfits a lot.)

Figuring out how to draw them 😖

How could you recognize me after all these years? What a stupid question. I was born knowing you.

@seriousbrat rebloged an old post of Jake Richardson as Snape a few weeks ago and I coudn't resist using him as a fancast in this new edit.

“Lot’s of love, Lily.”

“Believe me,” croaked Black. “Believe me, Harry. I never betrayed James and Lily. I would have died before I betrayed them.”

25th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban