#a storm of swords

[naggascradle]

really i think the red wedding is perhaps one of the best moments in modern literary history because its soooo much more than just that one scene ive said it once and ill say it again nothing in asoiaf is a complete and utter shock twist everything is foreshadowed like being woven into a great tapestry of everything that happens. the red wedding is foreshadowed so much you feel it looming over every narrative involved and i really do believe the cultural consciousness of the spoiler that it will happen improves the reading for the red wedding. you know that sickening feeling that everyone here involved is doomed and there's nothing youu can do to stop it. daenerys's vision of a king with a wolf head surrounded at a feast of the dead a whole book before it even takes place. the emphasizing of how you should never ever ever ever violate the laws of hospitality its a crime against the gods and catelyn continuing to push that they should eat first no more matter what. the legend of the rat cook and the gods anger over it. and then you realize not only is the red wedding a tragedy but it is just the beginning and a narrative device that will span every house involved and their downfalls. it is by design that tywin lannister plans it and he's dead by the end of the same book along with his grandson. oh red wedding you will always be famous i love you so dearly and i cannot wait to read the fabulous horror of the demise that lord walder frey will meet

[thesunsethour]

Jaime deciding to become more involved in Tommen’s life is so funny because his three instincts are:

• teach this 8 year old to learn how to dissociate from unimaginable trauma

• plan to separate Tommen from his mother and fill the small council with allies of his own which should be easy because he knows Tommen’s favourite hobby (stamping his royal seal into hot wax)

• scrap all this and run to the Riverlands with Brienne. sorry Tommen

[motorway-south]

funniest cat moment of all time is when robb shows up married and is like "oh yeah the weirdest thing happened my soul dog didnt like her uncle" and cat who has been in soft prison for weeks is like like "robb PLEASE kill that man without trial! and never forget to take your soul dog with you again...."

[grandkhan221b]

Sansa trying her wedding dress (2 seconds before learning she's getting married)

Just wanted to draw this dress with how in detail it's described - also good practice drawing fabrics

[moondostj]

“beautiful, and willful, and dead before her time.” / “he dreamed of her at times, so often that he could almost see her face. in his dreams, she was beautiful, and highborn, and her eyes were kind.” / “you saw her beauty, but not the iron underneath.” / “the slim, sad girl who wore a crown of pale blue roses and a white gown spattered with gore.”

— george r.r martin

[jynersq]

jaime watched her eyes. pretty eyes, he thought, and calm. he knew how to read a man’s eyes. he knew what fear looked like. she is determined, not desperate.

[7seasofem]

the red priestess

[wlwarhammer]

Jon is actually evil like no one is safe from a read 😭

The king? Fatty

8 year old girl? Stupid and boring

Her 7 year old brother? Fat like his fat dad

The crown prince? Botched lip filler

Jon’s own brother? Stupid smile

[llutik]

sun, moon & roses

[twinge-of-cosmicangst]

I’m reading the three musketeers and found out that Brienne is a medieval French country and guess what the coat of arms was for the ‘Counts of Brienne’ was, a fricking lion!

This can’t be just a coincidence right?? George is subtly hinting that Brienne will marry Jaime, I mean the background is blue, it’s like a combo of their two houses!

[smilingfig]

Finally finished this self indulgent piece...

[thesunsethour]

i always wish we could have seen jaime and renly interact because their dynamic is so hysterical

jaime: outright says “i rather liked renly”, said it was a pity he died, told a comforting lie to loras to help him in his grief, seems pretty okay about renly being gay

renly: bets against jaime in the tourney of the hand, tells ned stark not to trust any lannisters, makes kingslayer jokes during feasts

[motorway-south]

jaime’s thought process being “i want brienne to strip naked bathe in front of me just like cersei used to” to “cersei and i should get married why not?” to “for the next part of my evil plan, ill free sansa stark. but only bc no one expects me to” he’s so so so nutty

[sansansource]

George R.R. Martin - A STORM OF SWORDS, Arya XIII

[fjordstan]

GET HIS ASS DAVOS

[myownastraldress]

A Storm of Swords, "A Song of Ice and Fire", George RR Martin