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Another day of disregarding evidence in favor of self serving headcanons brought to you by the piss poor reading website :(

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omg the ‘is arya pretty or not’ discourse is genuinely insane.

arya is young. she hasn’t even fully matured or grown into her features, and yet she is still called pretty by multiple outsiders.

"I'm sorry, my lady." Arya suddenly felt bad for her, and ashamed. "I'm sorry I tore the acorn dress too. It was pretty." "Yes, child. And so are you. Be brave." (ASOS, Arya IV)

if you trust the opinion of arya’s bullies over lady smallwood’s, that says more about your bias than anything else.

while i understand that people struggle to place unconventional beauty in their worldview, which often leads to the fandom being unkind to characters with the stark look—even if these characters are called ‘pretty’ or ‘beautiful’—but istg this fandom seems to be regressing into even more conservative takes on the topic, so i need to rant about it:

a recurring theme in arya’s story is ‘beauty,’ and it is not wrong to want to engage meaningfully with such an important theme that is part of arya’s wider struggle with identity, gender, and conformity. treating people who care about this topic as ‘odd’ is nonsensical and oftentimes more than a little hypocritical.

westeros has a rigid beauty standard, and young girls—especially noble girls—are expected to conform to it. arya, however, defies this expectation.

the narrative’s engagement with the theme of beauty in arya’s story is not about her actually being ugly and coming to terms with it—it’s about challenging rigid beauty norms and showing that she doesn’t have to fit a narrow standard to be seen as beautiful and worthy by others, because she already is and characters already acknowledge that she is both.

and honestly, this reminds me of the real world beauty discourse. can an unconventional nose be beautiful? what about thin lips? big lips? can people with monolids be considered pretty?

the point is that limiting beauty to specific traits is regressive, and the way people talk about arya shows just how deeply ingrained those biases are. a long face doesn’t make arya ugly, and neither does having darker coloring!

look at lyanna stark—she is called a wild beauty and not just a beauty because her features were clearly unconventional, but she was still seen as beautiful. the same likely applies to arya who is said to look like her. to repeat myself: arya’s features don’t fit the standard, but that doesn’t mean she’s ugly.

we don’t need another female character whose story explores beauty by emphasizing that she isn’t pretty and has features considered universally unattractive. brienne already fills that role. having arya go through the same journey would be redundant and directly contradicts what has already been established in the narrative.

ask yourself what’s more interesting:

• having another character whose features are ‘ugly’ and whose bullies were right?

• or a nuanced take on beauty, where a girl learns to love and accept her unconventional features and finds them beautiful like others already do, which reminds readers that beauty isn’t about conformity?

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Arya Stark: Wolf Queen, Witch Queen, Lady of Winterfell  

✨👑🐺⚔️❄️✨

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arya underfoot is my fave sobriquet in asoiaf. i love love love it. arya is “dubbed” underfoot by her father’s men. its a sign of affection between the men who served the starks and arya who took in interest in them. she had a close relationship with all of the people in winterfell and this name is an enduring part of that.

arya says fat tom came up with the name. its one of the last things hullen says with his dying breath. when his son harwin recognizes arya its what he calls her while holding back tears. even in adwd jon and theon both think of her as arya underfoot.

its a name arya likes which is why its frequently used in contrast with horseface - a name that made her feel like an outsider. arya underfoot, though, is a gesture of arya being embraced by her community. it really feels like the truest essence of her character.

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✨Arya Stark, The Lady of Winterfell ✨👑🐺⚔️❄️✨

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What ya’ll know abt ur sibling being ur best friend 🤔🤔

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DAENERYS TARGARYEN WEEK 2023

↳ DAY 4: Character Parallels with Arya Stark

Wolves never cry, she reminded herself again. (Arya IX, ASOS)

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The dragon does not weep. She was bleeding, but it was only woman’s blood. (Daenerys X, ADWD)

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— Daenerys & Arya Parallels 🐉🐺

A Clash of Kings - Daenerys I / A Game of Thrones - Arya II / A Dance with Dragons - Daenerys III / A Feast for Crows - Arya II

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some old jonsam sketches :D

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Jon and Arya would be perfect as Tanjiro and Nezuko :)

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more of my princess/warrior <333

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All I want to get is, a little bit closer All I wanna know is, can you come a little closer?

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princess arya stark of winterfell

i drew this while listening to my arya playlist

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Jonsam will always be hilarious because I get to remember that within literally a few hours of knowing Sam, Jon was threatening to kill people in their sleep if they even looked at him wrong and I just think that is genuinely insane but also fucking incredible like ok damn!!! We get it you think he’s adorable and want to kiss him!! Calm tf down!!! You JUST GOT HERE!!!

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these gay asses again

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applause for valiant Ned’s precious little girl and Jon Snow’s favorite baby sister ─=≡Σʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ

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At this point I think it's safe to call this "asoiaf brainrot" because this is all I think about, all day, every day

I like clothes, also