#Alleras

[theqhreator42]

I tend to resent fan theories claiming that Brienne of Tarth is transmasculine simply because she is gender non-conforming and has a martial lifestyle that few women are permitted to take, because I think it undermines the message that women are capable of anything once the wall of patriarchy is breached. (Might Cersei Lannister and Alleras be better candidates?)

However, I will swear to you by the old gods and the new that Samwell Tarly is absolutely 100% a closeted trans woman.

[g0lightly]

ASOIAF ships I like that haven’t met yet because they would be too powerful together:

Jon/Daenerys: The obvious one, the crowd favorite. I used to not like this ship because of how painfully awkward it was on the show (it’s still not my favorite ship for neither Jon nor Dany) and I do anticipate a tragic ending for their relationship, however my current reread has attuned me to the many points of connection in their POVs and endeared me to the ship. Reading their chapters sometimes gives me the sensation of looking into a lake and somehow seeing more than just my own reflection. Jon having the sword that was supposed to go to Jorah makes me feral, tbh. I’ve touched on the possible significance of that a bit here. These two combining their powers and everything they have learned on their turbulent paths as leaders will be nothing short of incredible, for better or worse.

Brienne/Sansa: The fact that these two haven’t met yet is a plus in my eyes because I think canon age Sansa is too young to ship with anyone. In the future (or in an AU like mine that puts Sansa closer to the age she would have been if the five year skip went ahead), however, I think we might have a knight/lady ship for the ages with these two who are so different on the outside yet so similar on the inside. Brienne would look out for Sansa’s physical safety and Sansa would look out for Brienne’s emotional safety – though I also like the idea of their relationship starting off on the wrong foot. Even in a non-shipping context, I think it’s undeniable that these two would experience a lot of personal growth together and get to engage with the best sides of themselves. Ned promised Sansa someone brave, gentle, and strong – no one fits that description better than Brienne. Because this is strictly a future ship for me, it’s fun to imagine Brienne ending up with the person Jaime sent her to save after his death – someone who is also thought of as a kingslayer.

Daenerys/Sarella: The rarest of pairs. As far as I can tell, I am the first to suggest this ship but the response has been very positive. They’ve only interacted once in my longfic so I haven’t started the ship tag yet. Daenerys deserves to be with someone attractive, intelligent, driven, talented, and kind-hearted. Sarella checks all of those boxes – in Oldtown as Alleras, Sarella is described as handsome l, is doted on by the barmaids and is smart enough to have progressed quickly through the Citadel. The simple fact that she was willing to disguise herself as a man to become a maester shows a lot of ambition on its own. In Pate and Sam’s POVs, “Alleras” is kind, helpful, and openly dislikes the rude Leo Tyrell. In addition to having knowledge about Dany and her dragons, she also has some familiarity with Valyrian magic through Marwyn and is a good archer. I think Sarella and Dany could learn a lot from one another – both in a utilitarian sense regarding the magic of dragons and in a deeper sense as individuals.

[dyannawynnedayne]

Who Has The Most Gender?: Quarter-Finals

Alleras: art by wyattabernathyus, AWOIAF Page

Theon: art by cosmiart, AWOIAF Page

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[askmeaboutmyoctopustheory]

the sphinx is the riddle not the riddler

[jedimaesteryoda]

"I'm Sam the Scared, not Sam the Slayer." "Scared? Of what? The chidings of old men? Sam, you saw the wights come swarming up the Fist, a tide of living dead men with black hands and bright blue eyes. You slew an Other."

-AFFC, Samwell I

Sam admittedly is not a warrior as he was repeatedly reminded by his abusive father, but we see him kill an Other with a knife, slay a wighted Small Paul who was already big and strong in life and beat up Dareon for abandoning their party and the Night’s Watch. Without realizing it, he actually is brave and tough, especially on behalf of those he cares about. 

"In the Age of Heroes it was supposedly the stronghold of a pirate lord who sat here robbing ships as they came down the river."

. . .

"They will take anything these days. Dusky dogs and Dornishmen, pig boys, cripples, cretins, and now a black-clad whale. And here I thought leviathans were grey."

-AFFC, Samwell V

Behind the dais a kraken and grey leviathan were locked in battle beneath the painted waves.

-ADWD, Davos III

Having fought a brawl, and killed in one-on-one, when Euron inevitably attacks Oldtown, it would be the first battle Sam participates in as a combatant, especially if Euron attacks through the Honeywine that flows through the Citadel after carrying the longships overland to the river like Harwyn Hardhand did. 

Sam, as often befits his story arc, would find himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, shoved by fate into a fight he doesn’t want. 

**Slight The Winds of Winter Spoiler**

Euron Crow’s Eye stood upon the deck of Silence, clad in a suit of black scale armor like nothing Aeron had ever seen before. Dark as smoke it was, but Euron wore it as easily as if it was the thinnest silk. The scales were edged in red gold, and gleamed and shimmered when they moved. Patterns could be seen within the metal, whorls and glyphs and arcane symbols folded into the steel.

Valyrian steel, the Damphair knew. His armor is Valyrian steel.

-TWOW, The Forsaken

When Euron attacks Oldtown he will likely be wearing that Valyrian steel scale hauberk that will make him impervious to any weapon directed at his torso, giving him a significant advantage in combat. One could aim for his head, but he would likely be wearing a good helmet. Even Lazy Leo, skilled with a bravo’s blade and dagger, could try to slay him but fail to get past the armor. 

However, there is likely one weak spot that his armor wouldn’t cover: his eyes. The black eye that gave Euron his sobriquet of “Crow’s Eye,” itself evokes the term “bullseye,” the black spot in the middle of the target an archer intends to hit. “Crow” is also a nickname for a member of the Night’s Watch. 

Sam saw the sense in the decree, but he hated longbow practice almost as much as he hated climbing steps. When he wore his gloves he could never hit anything, but when he took them off he got blisters on his fingers. Those bows were dangerous. Satin had torn off half his thumbnail on a bowstring.

-AFFC, Samwell I

She captained the ship's red archers too, and pulled a double-curved goldenheart bow that could send a shaft four hundred yards. When the pirates had attacked them in the Stepstones, Kojja's arrows had slain a dozen of them whilst Sam's own shafts were falling in the water.

-AFFC, Samwell IV

She waited till the longship came within two hundred yards before she gave the command to loose. Sam loosed with them, and this time he thought his arrow reached the ship. One volley was all it took. The longship veered south in search of tamer prey.

-AFFC, Samwell V

Sam showed a steady progression in his skills at archery. When he came to Oldtown, he already made a friend in Alleras, who himself (or perhaps herself) proves to be an expert marksman when first introduced. Alleras will likely help Sam improve further. It’s noted in the last chapter, Sam manages to reach his target, which just so happens to be an Ironborn longship.

Knives and bow and arrows are the tools for a huntsman, the sigil of House Tarly. Sam already killed with a knife with the Other, and killing with a bow and arrow, he would become the striding huntsman of his sigil.

In a dose of irony, Euron is killed not by an axe wielded by some tough, armored warrior or a sword wielded by a gallant knight in shining armor, but by an arrow to his crow’s eye from an overweight scholar. Then again, at Oakenshield, the Reader showed Euron was never good at dealing with those kinds of people. lol. 

Euron’s death will have left the Ironborn at Oldtown leaderless and they will likely be crushed when an aiding army arrives at around the same time. Like Bloodraven, Sam’s deed of slaying the rebel king with his bow may win the battle, but may likely be overlooked by the singers. He would be the unsung hero.

On a side note, Euron’s Valyrian scale armor is too valuable to miss given even Aeron admitted it is the only one that exists in Westeros. I think Sam might keep it, and if it likely doesn’t fit him, he’ll probably give it to Jon, especially after learning about the assassination attempt against him. 

“Here Jon, this will make you less vulnerable to daggers.”

It would fit with the comment Jon mentioned to Sam of wanting to be “Valyrian steel,” and symbolically would serve as a mark of progression for Jon’s character. The red gold and black steel are also Targaryen house colors.

[imjustapoorwayfaringgeek]

i am so attracted to alleras/sarella and i gender envy him/her

[averageestrogenenjoyer]

uploading these onto the information superhighway

If i was gonna be a real asshole id say oh we dont know for SURE that al is oberyn's kid lol

[mundoasoiaf]

"— Você é noviço?

— Acólito. Alleras, alguns me chamam de Esfinge.

Sam se assustou.

— A esfinge é uma adivinha, não o adivinho — disse atropeladamente — sabe o que significa isso?

— Não. É uma adivinha?

— Isso eu queria saber. Sou Samwell Tarly. Sam." - O Festim dos Corvos // Samwell V

🎨: Drafturgy

[cynicalclassicist]

We've been waiting for a lot of things for some time. I want to know more about this Maester conspiracy! And what are they planning to do about the Ironborn? What is Lord Hightower up to?

people who haven't read the books will be like "no body CARES about the old stinky evil maesters" when I, based and cool, have been waiting for sam's adventures in oldtown with marwen the badass for 20 years but it's fine it's cool it's whatever

[sare11aa11eras]

Alleras and Sam are very excited to be starting the new school year!!!!

[Image Description: Full-color drawing of two people to the knee. On the left-hand side is Alleras and on the right is Sam Tarly. They stand against a blank background. Alleras wears a light green cape over a dark green jerkin, brown breeches, and brown boots. He wears gold earrings with red stones in his ear lobes. He beams at the viewer and his left arm is around Sam’s shoulders. Sam is smiling but still looks a little anxious. He wears a long grey tunic with black decorations at the collar and dark grey pants. His right arm is behind his back and he waves with his left hand. /End ID.]

[g0lightly]

My favorite person to ship Dany with is Alleras (aka Sarella Sand) and I even have a gay little tinfoil hat theory about them. Together I call them Sphinxstorm and they are the endgame Dany ship I have planned for my longfic. From what we know of Alleras, he is intelligent, funny, and charming to women – to me he sounds exactly like the type of person that Dany would have a crush on. Only the best for my bi queen!

The highlighted line below is often used as evidence that Daenerys will eventually fall in love with Jon Snow:

I like that ship and do believe that is the intended meaning, however I couldn’t help noticing that one could argue (perhaps in a crack-y sense) that the text above points more to Alleras here than it does to Jon. Though Jon is never described as comely, that is one of the first words used to describe Alleras. To be fair, we naturally get less description of POV characters than non-POV characters and I’m sure Jon could be described as comely. However, I find it interesting that GRRM would choose that as one of the first words to describe Alleras in the prologue of the book that follows the mention of this comely suitor.

This "shifting shadow" of a face Dany dreams of calls to mind previous descriptions of the Stranger in ASOIAF, which has been linked to other gender-nonconforming characters like Brienne. What if the shadow is shifting because Sarella's identity is shifting to be Alleras? Given that he seems close to Marwyn at the Citadel, I wonder if he won't have a bigger role to play for Daenerys when she arrives in Westeros.

[visenyaism]

Barring Maegor, who is Visenya's descendent? And what descendent did she kill twice once they died?

if i have to pick any one character as like visenya’s most truest little serial killer made in her own image i am not going to go for the low hanging fruit im going to say Obara Sand. Extremely grim. Serious to the point of being off-putting. Masc eldest sister. Prefers killing people with a spear to expressing any emotion because this is how she responds to the feudal misogynist paradigm that her father introduced her to at a young age. Loves revenge. Wants to nuke Oldtown from orbit. come on. welcome back Visenya Targaryen

[mummer]

doodled a bunch of butch/masc asoiaf gorls... for the soul <3

[fandomlife-confessions]

[daenystheedreamer]

who in asoiaf could be one of those hyperspecific geoguesser map game streamers...

stannis standing over the painted table is him studying!!! other answer is alleras i feel like he would find it funny to randomly send racist leo his exact coordinates from an unknown number

[l-livas-l]

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