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tbh if anyone is curious about what i imagine mira’s arc to be in the “both tom and mira live and journey to ironrath” au (road trip au?), it’d basically be a more gritty version of chihiro learning to work at the bathhouse in spirited away

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i think i realized why i’m drawn so much to the idea of tom and mira traveling to ironrath together. it’s because they’d have to learn to fundamentally rely on each other. mira would learn to be more independent and tom would learn to be more dependent (on her, specifically). they’d help each other grow 🥹

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more mira outfits in a hypothetical modern au

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yayyy chapter six is up!

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thinking about little mira running after her big brothers in the ironwood grove 🥺

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chapter five is up! content warning for sexual harassment :(

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if mira was canonically blonde it would change everything. like it wouldn’t but it would

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If TTGOT has a million fans I am one of them.

If TTGOT has ten fans I am one of them.

If TTGOT has only one fan, then that is me.

If TTGOT has no fans, that means I am no longer on the earth.

If world is against TTGOT, I am against the world.

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chapter four! sorry for not updating this blog about chapters two and three, but they're there, i promise

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i’m always kind of internally trying to configure the whole “mira in KL” situation so it makes slightly more sense within asoiaf canon. like, idk, if she was a ward of the forresters and maybe her family (tyrell branch? other high reach family?) sent for her to come to KL to try to maybe strengthen the bond between her original house and the north in an attempt to get closer to the tyrells’ sphere of influence? kind of like theon’s situation? her birth family could try to bring her into the fold in order to get information about the north/have a “spy” on the inside where mira can communicate freely with the forresters to further her original house’s political aims? idk. i like mira in KL and i would love it if it were even slightly more plausible

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there's a moment in the early episodes (maybe as soon as episode 1) where mira receives a letter from her family when she's with margaery and sera, delivered inexplicably by tom. now obviously you gotta consolidate character roles from a doylist perspective, since it's most narratively convenient, but i think it'd be interesting to try to farm some watsonian explanation that would make sense. why would a lowly coal boy have a noblewoman's letter? did he intercept it from a chambermaid or some other more appropriate messenger? sure, the seal was presumably unbroken so he didn't open it, but what if tom managed to read mira's letter and then reseal it? that seems like a sneaky morally gray thing for him to do. i mean, he doesn't seem to have too much inner trouble with the idea of stalking mira (presumably as long as it's for his employer/the greater good), so...?

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does tom know how to read

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could have sworn i heard/read somewhere there was some unused dialogue where mira threatens tom with damien's knife. now this is very sad. but it's also the funniest thing ever

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more asoiaf styles part 2

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more asoiaf dress styles part 1

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i’m writing an au where mira marries morgryn…but tom survives 👀 it’s super rough so far and i only have 200 words, but i’m warming up to it!

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Back when I first played ttgot, I loved the story and the characters so much (and still do)! To this day, I still have a framed picture of Tom and Mira on my nightstand 😅

I was very surprised to hear that the majority of people didn't enjoy the game that much, but I never looked too much into it. Do you know why the game got so many mixed reviews?

you have a framed picture of tom and mira on your nightstand?? omg, that’s amazing!! you have to post it so i can see!!! I’m glad you enjoy them as much as i do (maybe more, considering 😅), they’re wonderful, aren’t they? so compelling as individuals and as a dynamic!

i’m not 100% sure on why the game got mixed reviews, but if i had to guess, it’s because of the nihilistic bent of the ending. the forresters (and gared) go through a ton of hardships regardless of what the player chooses, which is frustrating. i imagine that creates a sense of “too bleak, stopped caring” in some people. 🤷‍♀️

thank you so much for the ask! please, feel free to send more!! ☺️