#Catelyn Tully

[peachyubey]

first and last

[lilyslark]

I never thought I’d say this, but the robb stark / iphigenia / jesus parallels go CRAZY

Like, im not smart enough (and english being a second language doesnt help) to explain in a way 100% satisfactory, but cmon, the basic stuff is here: Crown that simbolizes the inhuman weight/responsability they carry and their doom, a close friend/follower that betrays them, their mother seeing their victories and figure as an outsider BUT, still they know their kids are doomed since the beginning, their life and actions turning into a myth/supernatural stuff pre and post thei death, a lover/romantic relationship """that shouldnt exist""", ROBB EVEN HAS A CRUXIFICATION (robbwind) where he is mocked by his enemies.

the main difference in asoiaf, is that the one who is ressurected is the mother

[hacked-wtsdz]

You can’t win as a woman in fiction. Be too positive, you become a Mary Sue, have flaws and those flaws are why almost nobody likes you. Be moderate, you have wet-cabbage personality, be exuberant, you are an unrealistic example. Have strong morals, and you’re badly developed, be morally corrupt and you’re hated with such vigour fans will send hate mail to the actress who plays the character. Be kind and soft and in love, you’re a representation of sexism, be cruel, harsh and cold and you’re just a bitch. Be a complex, realistic, ambiguous character, and either your flaws or your positive traits will be ignored or blown out of proportion and into oblivion. There is no winning for female characters.

[briius]

talked about this briefly before, but i don't think catelyn could openly hate or dislike ned in his decisions regarding jon and therefore she resented jon openly instead. the most important part to understand in this situation is that catelyn is always going to be a woman in a society who does not treat women kindly. ultimately, women belonged to their husbands so they didn't have complete independence regarding their life. however, the text reveals that catelyn did try to get jon away and it didn’t work. i think after that she realised that nothing will change his mind about jon so she gave up, if that makes sense.

“for nothing Catelyn said would persuade him to send the boy away. It was the one thing she could never forgive him. She had come to love her husband with all her heart, but she had never found it in her to love Jon."

AGOT Catelyn II but i think that the line, “it was the one thing she could never forgive him” is extremely important because she still hasn't forgiven him for it but still loves him and is warm to him. because in the end, she can never escape a loveless marriage the same way a man can. she can not find another lover without putting herself at risk or her children (almost all look like her so). ned has the ability to still live his life to the fullest without catelyn as a lover. and directing anger towards a husband can be very dangerous, obviously ned is not violent but say for example robert who hit cersei for defying him is. even if ned wouldn’t outright do anything towards catelyn for not loving him, her life would still be worse. she would be in a strange place she does not really like without any support except from her children. it's easier for her to dislike jon than to make her relationship with ned strained, because as a woman she loses more from that.

[winterprince601]

"he was never unfaithful to robert, was he?" - jaime, acok

ha. ha ha ha. the irony of this line is incredible. what's so striking to me is how one dimensional the realm's understanding of eddard stark as an honourable man is - honour itself is an incredibly complicated and unattainable ideal in asoiaf and i think ned as the stereotypical emblem of it encompasses many of the reasons why. because whilst he absolutely does consider acting in a conventionally honourable way important, he always prioritises those he loves. he defended cat's actions as his own without a second thought when she arrested tyrion. his main priority in king's landing is to see his daughters safe, not to secure the succession. lyanna is the prime example: jon's existence is not the result of the lapse of honourable ned stark, it was honourable ned stark choosing his love for his sister over his duty to his king. that and his personal ethical belief that the political murder of a child is never morally acceptable.

no one in the realm has the insight into his personality we get in the first book. none of his children, vitally, understand that he would always prioritise their safety over any honourable scruples. all of the starklings question what their honourable father would think of their actions - killing in self-defence, marrying jeyne westerling, sleeping with ygritte to name a few examples - without recognising that ned's true first priority was always his family's safety.

in fact, he betrayed robert far more than he ever betrayed cat and he would have betrayed honour for his family's safety every time.

[bastardofharrenhal]

i like how the prior generation in asoiaf is just considered the era of baddies w how many ppl r described as beautiful or is mad thirsted for even in game of thrones and beyond. anyone from cersei catelyn lyanna elia and ashara to goddamn rhaegar jaime robert and brandon,,, if only there was ao3 in asoiaf bc i know the self insert fics wouldve gone crazy

[inwinterhell]

Catelyn describing the southern rain:

"...soft and warm. Catelyn liked the feel of it on her face, gentle as a mother's kisses. It took her back to her childhood, to long grey days at Riverrun."

Ned describing the southern rain:

"It beat down on Ned's head, warm as blood and relentless as old guilts."

Ned really does not miss the chance to describe how much he fucking hates everything about this place, does he?

[hxjiime-art]

Tysm for the support on the last post !!

Here’s a thing I made of what I imagined House Stark looked like when I was still reading the first book !

[ildraws]

Familiar, but not quite right

Cat & Lady Stoneheart

[bugprinz]

lord please bring my family back together

[asoiafwomensource]

A selection of women of A Song of Ice and Fire (part 1 - part 2)

[stheresya]

i love the way sansa is so proud to be catelyn's daughter. in a world where women are expected to assimilate to their husbands' world once they get married, there's sansa adopting her mother's gods into her creed, taking pride in having her mother's looks, often choosing to wear the colors of her mother's house and, most importantly, drawing strength from her mother's memory. what's so great about this is that it's not an act of spite against her father. she's just proud of being both stark and tully. it's like arya said: the woman is important too.

[berriesandcherry]

Jon and Cat every time they thought of Theon

[lmaowh-at]

Catelyn heard someone snigger behind her. She loves him, poor thing, she thought sadly. She'd play his squire just to touch him, and never care how great a fool they think her... (and some other things)

[bastardofharrenhal]

when its time to cry over house tully again and edmure's kindness and care for his people and brynden's loyalty to a seemingly dead cause and hoster's grief and regret over lysa's marriage by his last days and catelyn's love for her family which ran so deep that she now haunts the riverlands as a punishment for those who wronged them

[joekeerys]

ROBB STARK and JACAERYS VELARYON + parallels