#arya stark month day 25

[bookhousestark]

ARYA STARK APPRECIATION MONTH 2022 ↳ Day 25: Family

"It's just a sword," she said, aloud this time...

...but it wasn't.

Needle was Robb and Bran and Rickon, her mother and her father, even Sansa. Needle was Winterfell's grey walls, and the laughter of its people. Needle was the summer snows, Old Nan's stories, the heart tree with its red leaves and scary face, the warm earthy smell of the glass gardens, the sound of the north wind rattling the shutters of her room. Needle was Jon Snow's smile. He used to mess my hair and call me "little sister," she remembered, and suddenly there were tears in her eyes.    

[bi-alinaoretsev]

Sansa Stark Appreciation Month 2022 - day 25 - sibilings

She sang for mercy, for the living and the dead alike, for Bran and Rickon and Robb, for her sister Arya and her bastard brother Jon Snow, away off on the Wall.

[aryastarksource]

Arya Month 2022 || Day 25: Family - Robb

"I can be strong too. I can be as strong as Robb." -- Arya II, AGOT

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"So you say, but might be the boy knows something we don't, maybe it's us ought to be run . . ." Yes, Arya thought. Yes, it's you who ought to run, you and Lord Tywin and the Mountain and Ser Addam and Ser Amory and stupid Ser Lyonel whoever he is, all of you better run or my brother will kill you, he's a Stark, he's more wolf than man, and so am I. -- Arya VIII, ACOK

[fireandbloodsource]

"What does Your Grace wish to wear?" asked Missandei.

Starlight and seafoam, Dany thought, a wisp of silk that leaves my left breast bare for Daario's delight. Oh, and flowers for my hair.

— A Dance with Dragons, Daenerys IV 

We are very excited to announce our second DAENERYS APPRECIATION MONTH that will take place in NOVEMBER 2022! We are once again hosting it in collaboration with @asoiafdaenerysdaily. Our previous event was a huge success and we’ve received so many incredible posts which led us to making Dany month an annual event! As usual, any form of fanwork is welcome as long as they are based on book canon.

This time we decided to explore a different set of prompts which you can find below. Under the cut you will also find specific metas written by Dany fans that can help you to better understand the prompts and work on them.

Please, make sure to use hashtag #DANYMONTH2022 so we can find and reblog your works! Feel free to send a message, if you have any questions regarding the prompts 💗

Day 1: Politics — including:

Decisions and actions

Intellegence and skills

Military commander

Abolitionism

Social and political changes

Tax policy

Validation of marginalized people

Day 2: Underrated relationships and dynamics

Day 3: The Dothraki — including:

Irri and Jhiqui

Dany adapting to the dotrhaki culture

Appreciation and criticizing of the dothraki

Day 4: House Targaryen

Day 5: Khaleesi (Consort to Khal Drogo)

Day 6: Qarth

Day 7: Underrated visions, dreams and prophecies — including:

The Stallion Who Mounts The World

The Younger and More Beautiful Queen

Quathie’s prophecy

Azor Ahai

The Prince that Was Promised

House of Undying

Return of dragons

Moqorro’s prophecy

etc.

Day 8: Astapor & Yunkai

Day 9: Anti parallels with the current ruling elite of Westeros and Essos

Day 10: Four elements: air, water, fire and earth

Day 11: Dany as a messianic/religious savior and hero

Day 12: The Unsullied

Day 13: Dany being critical of herself and self-aware

Day 14: Culture – including:

Transcending borders

Diversity and adaptability

Cultural dispersion

Cultural customs Dany follows

Narrative of displacement

Cultural amalgamation

Languages

Religion

etc. 

Day 15: Embodiment of hope

Day 16: Meereen

Day 17: Missandei 

Day 18: Longing for a simple life — including:

Motherhood

Rhaego

The concept of home

Family

Lovers

etc.

Day 19: "The human heart in conflict with itself"

Day 20: Perspectives on Dany in ADWD

Day 21: Foils and parallels

Day 22: Sexuality and sexual empowerment

Day 23: Underrated qualities and skills

Day 24: Feminist themes — including:

Female empowerment

Disrupting gender norms

Dany as a survivor

Feminine aspects of Dany’s character

Standing up against sexism

Positive relationships with women

etc.

Day 25: Soft, gentle and humorous side of Dany

Day 26: The Key Five — including:

Arya Stark

Jon Snow

Tyrion Lannister

Bran Stark

Day 27: Humanity, unity and peace

Day 28: Antithesis to the Game of Thrones — including:

Dany’s idea of realm and rulership

Dany and her people

Justice and law

etc.

Day 29: Compassion and modesty

Day 30: Mother of Dragons

Day 31: Dany’s dream of spring

HELPFUL RECOURSES UNDER THE CUT:

etherealdany’s masterlist

aegontheconquerorwithteats‘s masterlist

rainhadaenerys’ masterlist

asoiafdaenerysdaily’s meta tag

marinabridgerton’s essays

khaleesirin’s metas

juliaspiegel’s meta

queen-daenerystargaryen’s meta tag

[westerosiladies]

Arya Stark Appreciation Month Day 25 - Family

[dkmbookworm]

Arya Stark Appreciation Month Playlist: She-Wolf of Nowhere

Day 25: Path to Nowhere

Come little children, I’ll take thee away

Into a land of enchantment

Here in my garden of shadows

Follow sweet children I’ll show thee the way

Through all the pain and the sorrow

Weep not poor children, for life is this way

Murdering beauty and passion

[fanficparker]

Hellllo! Could you do something small where after pregnancy Haz helps you take care of your daughter after one stressful night? I just need some Dad! Haz rn feeling soft🥺

Hey anon, here you go coz Dad! Haz is the endgame 🥺❤ | ( 740 words ) Also I am using Arya here coz now I am in love with her, all thx to @lost-aesthetic-of-past 😁

After a long stressful day, you finally called it a day off. Your husband helped you to the bed, helping you lay comfortably on the soft mattress considering the pain in your back. You pressed an ice pack over your aching head, hissing at the temperature change.

Before you could even shut your eyes, you hear a loud shriek followed by the the sounds of crying. It was your little daughter, crying her heart out in the nursery next to your bedroom.

You inhaled a sharp breath. You had overworked yourself, then eaten some leftovers that you shouldn't have eaten and now were truly feeling unwell. It was about eleven at night, you had made sure that Arya was asleep but now she was awake again and crying. You tried to get up from the bed but Harrison was quick to pat your shoulder, insisting you to stay and rest.

"I'll see her, you need rest," he softly kisses your forehead. You hesitate at first but relent when he flashes you one of his famous reassuring smiles, something that you can never say no to.

You simply nod.

Harrison moves out of the room, receiving your approval. You are a little worried because Arya's crying was still audible. She's literally screaming.

What if she needs her mom?

You shift your feet but then back up.

If you go there now maybe, it could upset your lovely hubby. He's a little insecure when it comes to your seven-month-old baby girl. He had previously expressed how she was closer to you than him. You eventually close your eyes trying to calm down your nerves.

Maybe just give Harrison some time.

... You woke up feeling wetness on your pillow. It was the condensation sweeping off the ice-pack. You quickly remove it and place it on the floor, and then your notice Harrison wasn't beside you. You hastily search for your phone, quickly checking the time.

12:25 am

Almost one and a half hour had past and you had no idea when you slept in between this time period. You sit up on the bed, legs swinging by the side, feeling a lot better. The medicines must have started working. And there were no more crying noises from your little one.

But where is Harrison?

You push the door open and are instantly welcomed by the soft music of keyboard playing, plastic drums beating and Arya's giggles. A little grin spreads across your lips as you tip-toe your way to the source and peek your head into the room, secretly seeing the insides through the small crack.

Arya was sitting on the floor, opposite to Harrison, a bunch of toys were scattered all over the floor and in between them. Arya was tapping the mini play-keyboard with her tiny fingers, her diaper cladded tiny chubby butt-cheeks squished against the hardwood floor while Harrison was tapping the little drums with chop-sticks and they both were singing. Legit singing.

"You're a shining star, no matter who you are..." Harrison would sing a line and then end it with a funny 'Oooh' sound and then your little daughter would tap her fingers furiously over the keys and say something like 'Aaah' and 'Eeeh', followed by her giggling and clapping her hands.

You almost melted at the sight, your chest felt like being covered in thousands of fluffy blankets. You slowly push the door wider, the father-daughter duo completely oblivious of your presence as you lean by the wall, watching their professional, tiny rock-band.

You end up chuckling at one point (when they actually try to hit a high-note in chorus), throat choking with the flood of sweet emotions. Harrison's head swirls at you, an instant blush forming over her cheeks. He rubs the back of his neck, shying away like he used to do when you had caught his eye before even starting to date.

You were falling in love again. With a completely new version of Harrison.

"Y-You here," he stutters and bites his tongue. You smile and walk closer, sitting cross-legged beside him.

"Is the membership still open?" You say, picking up the little jingle stick and shaking it in the air, producing sound.

Harrison loudly chuckles but Arya is squealing again.

The girl really needs attention.

You both laugh together as Harrison leans to peck Arya on her cheek while you peck him on his, continuing with the band performance...

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[ineedminions]

November Manip Week is here!!  I’ve only got 5 total this time since the motivation and inspiration just wasn’t there as much this month.  

Day 4 here was inspired for Cersei (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Ned (Liam Neeson) and their brood of 4 kids. I loved the idea of Ned having mostly girls and a lot of them being tall. You can make up your own backstories for each kid but I just loved how this turned out.

Sansa Joanna Stark (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) - 26

Addam Tommen Stark (Colton Haynes) - 25

Lucinda Beth Stark  (Madison Iseman) - 19

Arya Joy Stark (Maisie Williams) - 17 

[bisexualgendryas]

gendrya concept: marriage pact/fake relationship...in quarantine

so. backstory: young bffs gendry and arya, in the midst of a conversation about their futures, decide that if neither of them are married by the time Arya turns 25 (unknowing that that’s a pretty wild age to EXPECT to be married by - and ignoring that arya fervently believes she’ll never *want* to be married to *anyone*, but whatever) they’ll marry each other. they do, of course, get up to this point unmarried, in part because neither of them cares enough about even dating to do much of it, and the few people they do end up dating typically just don’t mesh with them. 

then, it’s coming up to arya’s 25th, and she’s wondering if they should call their pact off, because really, how many people are married at 25, and if she maybe sorta has a crush on her best friend it’s probably not the best idea to tie their lives together romantically, right? but then gendry jokes that if she doesn’t plan on finding someone else in the next month they should go to a jeweller and to city hall for her birthday, and arya’s not about to back down. 

so they throw a godsdamned wedding. ned and cat aren’t immensely happy, since they know the two weren’t dating, but arya swears up and down she’s not pregnant, and they like gendry, so they decide they’ll live with it. robert’s over the moon, and tommen is characteristically pleasant. sansa, myrcella, mya, and shireen are waiting for the pins to drop and the newlyweds to realize they’re actually mutually into each other. jon and tormund are too busy competing with no one in particular to be the gayest couple in the building, and the other stark boys are trying to prank gendry. but anyway. gendry and arya throw a wedding and get married. arya half-heartedly complains about gendry, ned, and jon being the only people who got her both a wedding present and a birthday present. nearly everyone of age gets wasted, and little barra sits on as many laps as she wants and gets babysat by tormund’s girls.

a few days later, announcements start coming out about people getting hospitalization-level sick in China with the new coronavirus. robert sends them on a honeymoon anyway. they have fun, but cut it short, to his dismay. they get back and start moving into their newly-purchased condo, which is almost the size of their two smallish apartments combined. then, quarantines start. 

arya already works at home a lot, making music and videos, but then gendry is sent to work at home, too. he’s at the computer most of the day but tries to spend some time with her during his breaks, breaks which are mainly spurred by nymeria, who loves that he’s home and loves breaking into his meetings and laying her big self over his lap like the massive lapdog she totally is. gendry’s coworkers highkey ship him and his wife and joke about it a lot, which is very awkward because he can’t really just say that she doesn’t actually know he loves her like that when as far as his colleagues know, they’ve gone through all of that already. 

then, they have a stay-at-home order announced. they get along well, so they both think they should be fine, but with one (admittedly large, but mainly dog-taken) bed and only so much to do when most of their work functionality is cut off as they’re cut off from in-person interaction with other people...something might just give. and maybe, just maybe, there’s feelings involved. maybe the fact that their ideal futures look pretty damn similar will be involved. who knows!?

[safaiagem]

Hello everyone and welcome to another Trivia Tuesday. Is everyone having a good month so far? As a queer woman living in the United States right now the last week has lasted approximately an entire year. November’s are always crazy for me because every November since 2004 I have participated and win National Novel Writing Month. For those of you who don’t know what NaNoWriMo is it’s when you write a 50,000 word story in 30 days. Up until last year I wrote original fiction but I couldn’t come up with any ideas last year so last year was the first time I wrote fanfic. I actually had an issue about it because despite all of my “don’t be ashamed of fic writing” I apparently thought fic writing was below NaNoWriMo. Anyway, here are the fics I worked on and am working during NaNoWriMo. 

Revenge is a Wild Justice -  Words: 195,761 - Chapters: 50/50 - Rated: M - Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, Meera Reed/Bran Stark, Jon Snow & Daenerys Targaryen, Theon Greyjoy/Sansa Stark

An alternate universe where Arya overheard Beric and Thoros talking to Melisandre about selling Gendry and they have enough time to get away. They eventually decide to help and protect the smallfolk during the war as a team. However, their deeds do not go unnoticed by their enemies and, eventually, Arya and Gendry find themselves pulled back into the game of thrones and the fight for the future of Westeros.

Going into this NaNoWriMo I was actually concerned I wouldn’t have 50k worth of story for this thing. What a joke. I wrote chapters 12-25 during NaNoWriMo 2019

Needs of the Many [WIP] - 24,017 [at time of writing] - Chapters: 2/6 - Rated: M - Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolo di Genova, Andy | Andromache of Scythia/Quynh | Noriko

“A fine justification. I’ve heard it so many times before” were the words Nicky spoke, and they were words he had heard so many times. From Kings claiming that the world would be better if they ruled to murders justifying the mass slaughter of people, evil will use the concept of the greater good as justification for their own horrific actions. While The Old Guard had seen that play out throughout history, this wasn't even the first time someone justified hurting them in the name of the greater good.

[5 times someone used changing the world or the greater good as a justification to hurt The Old Guard]

I knew pretty early on that I wasn’t going to have any original ideas for NaNoWriMo this year and this story idea for The Old Guard just wouldn’t leave me alone. I’m very much on track to get 50k and beyond with this story and right now it’s looking like it’s going to be over 50k. I’ve already gotten some super sweet comments on this one which is just making my entire month. 

[bisansastarks]

Jonsa- a drabble that is not a drabble

Sansa hated being single. 

She knew the magazines and her girlfriends said it could be fun. That she could take the time to find herself! And yes Sansa did consider herself a feminist, and she didn’t need a man to feel fulfilled...but damn it,  was it so wrong to want a cute boy to come home to? Sansa knew herself quite well already, anyways.

You need to get laid said a voice in her head that sounded suspiciously like Arya. And UGH, while she loved her little sister to death, she didn’t really want love or sex advice from the happily engaged younger Stark. Not all of us met our soulmates at 18 at Soccer Camp, Sansa thought a bit bitterly though she would deny that. Sansa loved Gendry and Arya, but sometimes planning another’s wedding left her feeling a bit like a lady over 25 in a Jane Austen novel. 

Spinster.  Gods, maybe she did just need to get laid. Maybe the months of “what is a clitoris” Harry had left her brain addled. That would explain what she was doing. What she had been doing, every Wednesday at 3:45 for a month.

The Stark family had donated over 5 million dollars to the Wolf Conservatory and it was quite natural that Sansa would come and visit. She had a soft spot for the creatures anyways. But what used to be an every other month trip had become a weekly excursion when they had hired the new handler, Jon Snow. 

She had first seen Jon with a wolf’s mouth around his head. She had shrieked a bit (it really wasn’ t what she expected to see after 8 hours in an office!) and Jon had popped up laughing, explaining that he was quite safe and not to worry. 

Jon had  thick curls, a humor that skirted towards dark, and spent his days working with animals. Would any sensible person who  was attracted to men blame her? 

So she came once a week now. It really wasn’t that big of a deal. And they flirted. It was the type of flirting that Sansa couldn’t tell if it was for fun or leading somewhere. He watched her the same way he watched his wolves, but he never asked her out. He didn’t even have her number. 

“Hello Sansa,” He says as he walks up behind her, and gods did she mention his voice? The deep timber of it had been a frequent star in her dreams lately. 

“Hello Jon,” And if she smiles a bit like Marg taught her, well it’s good that she learned something in King’s Landing. Jon watches her but his eyes flit to the wolves in front of them. The mother wolf and two of her older cubs are laying in the grass. Sansa sneaks a glance at his profile and is a little lost when he seems upset. 

“I’m afraid I have to tell you something” he begins, and oh no this sounds way too serious for the half hour of flirting she had planned. Did he find her frequent visits off putting? Was he telling her he wasn’t interested? Did she think she was a stalker? Her family helped make this conservatory, she had every right to be here!

Calm down Sans, 

“I’m uh.. leaving in a week..to go to Alaska to study a pack of wild wolves.”

Oh. Well, he definitely doesn’t think she’s a stalker. Jon looks excited as soon as he mentions the word Alaska but also, a bit sad. He’s got a half smile on his face and he’s looking over her shoulder. 

“That’s great!” Sansa says, and she tries to say it with as much pep as a high school band mascot. That might have been overboard, Jon takes a step back and seems a bit surprised by her cheer. 

“Yeah, I’ve always wanted to do it! It’s been my dream for years. But it’s three months.” He clasps his hand over his mouth and shrugs. “Well, I’ll definitely miss my better half. “ 

Better half? Oh gods, he was leaving and this whole time he had a partner?? Sansa wanted to go dip her head in the ocean. 

“Do you want to see them?” Jon asks, smiling. Sansa finds herself saying yes even though she definitely does not want to see them, thank you very much. 

Jon takes his phone out of his back pocket and puts it gently in her hand. She sees his background. His other half is a giant white dog. 

“I....” Sansa looks up and he is grinning happily at her. She certainly will miss that mouth for three months. The whole situation, flirting with a guy who technically works for her and trains wolves for a living, finding out he’s leaving, thinking he’s got a partner and finding out he means his DOG, strikes her as the height of absurdity. She begins to laugh, and finds Jon joining in. 

“His name is Ghost, my roommate will be watching him-” 

“Jon Snow, you tricked me!” 

Jon smiles a bit softer at her then, a bit more dangerous. He reaches for his phone back but really just takes her hand. 

“See, I uh... wanted to ask you out the second time you came back,,but I found out about this trip, and it didn’t seem fair. “ 

He says he’s not asking her out because of this trip, but his hand is still holding hers and the heat of his gaze makes her melt, just a little. 

“Well,”Sansa says and removes her hand, because she can play this game too. “I’ll have to keep coming to see the wolves while you’re gone.” 

“They’ll be expecting you back, Jon Snow.”

[bookhousestark]

She dreamed of wolves most every night. A great pack of wolves, with her at the head.

— A Storm of Swords, Arya XII 

We’re incredibly happy to announce the ARYA STARK APPRECIATION MONTH as our next event! 31 days dedicated to the book character Arya Stark from the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series by George R.R. Martin — from May 1st to May 31st. We’ll accept edits, metas, art, any other fan work or simply your favorite moments about Arya Stark in her book version to celebrate her character together 💚

Please, remember to use the tag #AryaStarkMonth2022 so we can find and reblog your posts. If you missed a day we’ll still accept your submission afterwords!

Here is the list of prompts:

Day 1: Nature motifs.

Day 2: Nymeria.

Day 3: Jon Snow.

Day 4: Favourite quotes (about or by Arya). 

Day 5: House Stark. 

Day 6: Favourite book moments.

Day 7: Personality traits and underrated qualities. 

Day 8: Favourite books, chapters or arcs. 

Day 9: Smallfolk. 

Day 10: Women in Arya’s life

Day 11: House of Black and White (The Faceless men)

Day 12: Braavos.  

Day 13: Friendship

Day 14: Identities

Day 15: Romantic interests. 

Day 16: Magic and skinchanging. 

Day 17: Relationship with trauma. 

Day 18: Mentors 

Day 19: Intelligence, skills and learning. 

Day 20: Politics.

Day 21: Bravest moments. 

Day 22: Humorous and soft moments. 

Day 23: Men in Arya’s life.

Day 24: Compassion and kindness. 

Day 25: Family

Day 26: Lyanna Stark.

Day 27: Historical/mythological/fairytale parallels.

Day 28: Parallels with other characters. 

Day 29: Feminist moments. 

Day 30: Anticipated meetings. 

Day 31: Ending speculations

[survivingpoole]

♔  →  westeros  presents  JEYNE POOLE,  the  LADY of HOUSE POOLE .  a  raven  sent  word  that she  bears the  resemblance  to  LILY JAMES.  the  25  year  old   CIS-FEMALE  was  HUMOUROUS  &  POISED  before  the  dawn  of  war,  but  have  now  become  SPITEFUL  &  INTEMPERATE.  when  songs  are  sung,  their  verses  speak  of  THE SOUND OF FISTS HAMMERING ON A THICK OAK DOOR, THE RIPPLE OF DARK HAIR IN A FIERCE WIND, TATTERS OF A ONCE BEAUTIFUL SOUTHRON GOWN   whispers  throughout  the  seven  kingdoms  claim  that  their  allegiance  lies  with  HOUSE  STARK,  but  fealty  means little when you  play  the  game  of  thrones.  (  charlotte,  24,  gmt,  she.  )

FULL NAME:   jeyne poole

ALLEGIANCE: house stark

TITLE/OCCUPATION: lady of house poole

MARITAL STATUS: single

AGE: twenty-five ( 25 )

                           “ she would make herself a reckoning. she would rise ”

CHARACTER ALIGNMENT: chaotic good

RELIGION: the old gods

VICES: blunt, intemperate, secretive

VIRTUES: intelligent, witty, brave

  It was often said that gentle things did not survive the winter, that the frosts were too harsh and bitter, but young Jeyne Poole was gentle for a time. She was a mere slip of a girl, young and fragile, not at all built for Winter. But within the halls of Winterfell, the young girl flourished. Her father’s loyalty to the Starks meant that she had grown up with the Ladies and was treated with the same respect and there wasn’t a day when she was not by Sansa. They always said that she was pretty, but her friend was always beautiful.

     Due to Lady Catelyn’s Southron influence, Jeyne learned the customs of both realms and was just as excited as Sansa, when the royal party came to Winterfell. It was true that while the North was her home, it did feel rather unexciting. She had dreams of elevation, which once started with her girlhood crush on Robb Stark. She was the daughter of a steward and her dreams were filled with the hopes of being a great lady, far beyond the position which she held and for a time, Sansa’s older brother fit that mould in her mind, although she was always careful to keep her infatuation to herself.

     When she was informed that some of the Starks would be travelling south, including Sansa, she felt dread in her stomach. She feared that she would be left behind. But Lord Stark had need of his Steward and she was, therefore, able to join the wolves when they went to King’s Landing. In her life, she had never felt so much joy or excitement. She was reluctant to admit that she would miss Lady Catelyn’s motherly presence since her own had been lost bringing her into the world.

     King’s Landing was bright and warm, it was more than she could have imagined! She was in love with the idea of it, giggling at Sansa’s side as they passed dashing Lords. Her best friend was betrothed to a Prince, surely she could charm the hand of a wealthy Lord. Jeyne soon realised that she had underestimated the South, and behind its charm was something sinister. It made her want to run back to Winterfell. But she refused to buckle, and instead put on the snarky face which she often wore around others.

     Her fears were proven right when Lord Stark’s household was cut down and she came across her father’s lifeless body. Jeyne had howled in horror, his blood seeping into her fine Southron dress. She barely registered the men escorting her away, or Petyr Baelish’s smirk as she boarded the ship with him. It was all a blur, and in that wave of motion, she had not realised that she’d left Sansa behind.

     Petyr said that she would be safe when he left her in an Inn at the neck, to be accompanied home by unknown men. She wondered what benefit he got out of helping her. But when of the strangers turned to her and spoke the name ‘Arya’, she knew she was in trouble. The men wore armour with the flayed man sigil, a northern house. Almost immediately she proclaimed that she was not Arya Stark, but they didn't’ seem to hear her.

     Instead of being escorted back to Winterfell like she was promised, even if they seemed determined to keep calling her Arya, she was taken to the Dreadfort. A man she had never seen before smirked dangerously at her, and it made her blood curdle. She was locked in a room before she could even open her mouth. Her hands curled into fists and banged against the door, her throat hoarse as she demanded to be set free. Later, her captor gripped her by the arm and said that her name did not matter, so long as other’s believed she was Arya Stark.

     Jeyne was locked in the small room for what seemed like a lifetime and instead of charming Lords, she dreamt of an escape. Ramsay had not made his true intentions known, he seemed to be waiting for something, but she knew from the screams which she heard in the courtyard that he was an evil man.

        Eventually, she was allowed to leave her rooms and was both surprised and horrified to come across Theon Greyjoy, who was also a prisoner in the Dreadfort. The first time, she was not permitted to speak with him, and she was guided away by Ramsay’s forceful grip. Out in the snow, he whispered that they would be married one day, and the world would think that she was the missing Arya Stark. Jeyne felt nauseous at that revelation.

       Her escape was a blessing which she had long prayed for. Jeyne ran, ran like Ramsay’s dogs were chasing after her. It was only when she reached Winterfell that her knees collapsed into the mud and she sobbed in the courtyard, relieved to finally be home. She may not have been a Stark, but Winterfell had always been her home.

       In the months which followed her escape, Jeyne was plagued with nightmares of Ramsay Snow and all the dreadful things he threatened to do to her. She knew that she would rather have died than suffer any of it.

[ladytp]

My Fannish Year 2018

I have been doing these ‘My Fannish Year’ reviews since 2012 with the exception of 2016 and 2017 when I dropped the ball for some reason – but I am back on it now! These are fun and also great to look back later; just little stops to look back to my fandom year, reflections, as is suitable for this time of the year… (My previous navel-gazings are from, 2015 , 2014 , 2013  and 2012 .

The rest behind the cut for length:

1. Your main fandom of the year: Number of my fandoms has grown, it seems; I still have my old A Song of Ice and Fire and WWE, especially Dean Ambrose, but now my other notable fandoms are also Black Sails and Outlander.

2. Your favourite film this year: ‘The Shape of Water’ – it impressed me immensely.

3. Your favourite book this year: I have read woefully little, I am ashamed to admit…of the little I read, I found ‘The Treasure Island’ by Robert Louis Stevenson interesting due to its old-fashioned feel.

4. Your favourite album or song this year: ‘Love Me Again’ by John Newman totally blew my socks off.

5. Your favourite TV show this year: ‘The Terror’ and ‘Anne with an E’ (I can say two if I want, it works that way, doesn’t it?)

6. Your favourite LJ community this year: [Unfortunately this question is pretty much outdated by now… replaced by the next question.]

7. Your favourite Tumblr tags this year: “Dean Ambrose”, “Outlander”, “Black Sails” and still the good old “sansan”.

8. Your best new fandom discovery of the year: ‘The Terror’- although right now I’m also sniffing around ‘Anne with an E’.  

9. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year: Dean Ambrose’s elbow injury that kept him in the sidelines for 9 months… and that ASOIAF’s 6th novel ‘The Winds of Winter’ has still not been released. *sigh*

10. Your TV/movie boyfriend of the year: Dean Ambrose, who else???

11. Your TV/movie girlfriend of the year: Anne Shirley-Cuthbert (from Anne with an E)!

12. Your biggest squee moment of the year: Going to Monday Night Raw live event in Los Angeles, happily coinciding with my business trip there…

13. Your most missed old fandom: Not fandom but platform, LiveJournal – although I know there is no way back and it will never be the same again. I also miss earlier more optimistic days of Game of Thrones fandom, when the TV-series had just started.

14. Your fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to? Can’t say there is one – if I ‘want to’, I’ll just jump right in!

15.Your biggest anticipation of the New Year: I’m sure I have said this every year – but it still is the release of ‘The Winds of Winter’ by George RR Martin. And to hopefully see Dean Ambrose turning face again – his heel arc is not my favourite…

16. Your Writing or Art (if applicable):

16.1 Total Words/Artworks: Approx. 163,000 words.

Most of my writing has been for one fic only, which has really taken all my energy and effort but has been (and still is) an absolute hoot to write!

(December 2017 -) January: ‘In the Quiet of the Night, Candour’ – an Outlander fic about a quiet moment between Jamie Fraser and Lord John in the Fraser’s Ridge (9,256 words) 

February – December: ‘This Time, We'll Do Better’ (154,335 words) – and still going…

The rest of these questions all have the same answer with minor variations, as I only had limited writing to choose from… but I list them just the same, in case if you want to use this same template and can respond better.

16.2. Your favourite own work of this year: ‘This Time, We'll Do Better’

16.3. Most fun work chapter to create: Chapter 3 ‘Lady Sansa’ of TTWDB was a riot – that’s where Sansa first finds herself in Joffrey’s court but thinks it is all a big hoax and reacts accordingly, lashing her tongue at Sandor, Joffrey and Cersei!

16.4. Your sexiest work chapter: Very little sexy times so far in my fics…so as a fleeting moment, maybe in Chapter 36 ‘The Pact’ the moment when Gendry submits to Arya to preserve the order in the pack, and Arya bites him...

16.5. Your work chapter with the single sexiest moment/element: As above. Geez, I better start writing more risque stuff and soon!

16.6. Your work chapter that shifted your own perceptions of the characters: Again, oddly enough, it is Gendry in Chapter 28 ‘Wolf Dreams’. I started to see him as his own man, not only an extension or ‘accessory’ to Arya. I realised he had his own dreams, own aspirations and would be capable of driving his own life. Power to Gendry!

16.7. Your hardest work chapter to create: Chapter 29 ‘Lion Defeated’ was hard, as in it tried to describe Jaime’s despair in finding himself paralysed; his seven stages of grief, anger at Brienne and all that – I am still not sure how successful it was, but I tried my best.

17. Best story(ies)  you read this year: My fanfic reading this year has been quite varied, between ASOIAF, Black Sails, Outlander and The Terror. Some of the best stories I have found in Black Sails fandom – it has lots of amazing writers with a wonderful command of language, moods and subtlety. To mention a few, ‘Any Port in a Storm’ series about Captain Flint/John Silver by Farasha and ‘The Unquiet Grave’ about Thomas Hamilton & John Silver by Belewitts. From ASOIAF, ‘Who Tells Our Stories’ about Arya Stark/Jaime Lannister yes, really!) by lifeofsnark and ‘and love is not a victory march’ about Ned Stark/Catelyn Tully by SomeEnchantedEve. Just to mention a few!

18. The sexiest story(ies) you read this year: ‘and into what it will be changed’ about Captain Flint/Miranda Hamilton/Thomas Hamilton by sea_changed (foxlives). Sexy and tender threesome.

19. The story with the single sexiest moment you read this year: ‘I felt like I could be made new again’ about Brienne of Tarth/Jaime Lannister by janie_tangerine – sizzling!

20. The story you read this year that shifted your own perceptions of the characters: ‘Who Tells Our Stories’ by lifeofsnark made me realise what an unusual but fascinating pairing Arya and Jaime could be, post canon, when they both are changed; Arya grown harder, Jaime more principled – and both very disillusioned. How fascinating! 

21. The best fandom artwork you have seen this year: Mimmunet’s artwork ‘Captain Flint from Black Sails’ – it is absolutely gorgeous!

22. Biggest Disappointment: I Continuing decimation of ASOIAF and sansan due to GoT show influence…!

23. Biggest Surprise: That I found my groove again for writing – I thought my writer’s block had become real and that I wouldn’t find the same inspiration for it as I had done before – but then with TTWDB it all came back to me. A pleasant surprise, for sure!

24. Your fanfic or profic goals for the New Year: To continue and finish TTWDB. Interestingly, when browsing through my earlier ‘My Fannish Year’ entries, I found this entry in this section from 2015: “I also have harboured plans and worked on an outline of a bigger ASOIAF story involving also other characters than sansan. This is the first time I aim to really plan all of it carefully – which may mean that it actually never gets written… *sigh*”. It took a few years, but I guess I did it!  :- )

25. I'd like to thank the academy... (Thanks to your betas, frequent commenters/supporters, the people who stayed up with you late...) I have had wonderful interactions with my old and new friends over the year, most in Tumblr, thank you all! Any list is bound to be incomplete but just to mention a few, I would like to especially thank (again…) @asimplylucia  @thefeatherofhope , @bluecichlid , @zip00198704 , @thedropletsparkled@hardlyfatal , and a special shout-out to my wonderful and patient beta, @hardlyfatal!

I would like to tag all of you to do this, no matter if you write or do art or neither, if you want to look back into your fandom year. Please do and share!

[redwolfskeep01]

writer is 25.

she/her

13+ years of roleplaying.

EST timezone

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

BORN

285 AC (age 20) at Winterfell

POLITICAL INFORMATION

ALLEGIANCE

House Stark

House Lannister (formerly, by marriage)

House Bolton (formerly, by marriage)

House Targaryen (formerly, vassal)

TITLE(S)

Princess (formerly)

Lady of Winterfell

Wardeness of the North (briefly)

Queen in the North

PREDECESSOR(S)

{Ramsay Bolton} (Lord of Winterfell)

Jon Snow (King in the North)

PERSONAL INFORMATION

ALSO KNOWN AS

Little dove

Little bird

Sansa Lannister

Alayne

Lady Stark

Lady Bolton

CULTURE

Northern

RELIGION

Old Gods of the Forest

Faith of the Seven

FATHER

{Eddard Stark}

MOTHER

{Catelyn Tully}

SPOUSE(S)

Tyrion Lannister (1st husband, unconsummated)

{Ramsay Bolton} (2nd husband)

SIBLING(S)

{Robb Stark}

Jon Snow (paternal cousin raised as bastard half-brother)

Arya Stark

rules

𝐈. i will not interact with drama

𝐈𝐈. i don't do incest.

𝐈𝐈𝐈. nsfw content in dms only

𝐈𝐕. respect me and i will respect you the same.

𝐕. i have a life outside of roleplay, don't constantly dm me to reply. makes me want to do it less or drop you as a partner.

𝐕𝐈. Single ship

𝐕𝐈𝐈. please be patient with me as I struggle with my mental health, I will always put it first.

𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈. do not be afraid to message me to discontinue our storyline, I am a very understanding person and want to wish you the best, rather than being ghosted. I think it's common courtesy to do so.

𝐈𝐗. drama free zone. this is your only warning. you will get blocked if you start it or even participate in it.

𝐗. any unwanted DM's regarding 18+/smut/nsfw content or anything that can make someone uncomfortable without asking or previous interactions will be blocked. this is my only warning.

if we are roleplaying together, i expect the same respect

you do not have to:

• get to my thread just because you're working on other replies.

• avoid posting often just because we're both online and it's your turn.

• push yourself to write something just because you see me on.

• apologize for being late/slow with replies.

i understand:

• that sometimes you only get muse for certain threads.

• you may not know what to reply with at the moment.

• some threads you have are in an exciting moment and you'd rather put your focus into those.

• your personal life out of character along with your health are the most important. if you drop a thread/conversation/whatever, it's alright. just stay safe and take care.

roleplaying is for fun.

take all of the time you need. days, weeks, months, doesn't matter. don't put yourself under stress because of writing.

don't force yourself to get stuff done.

your replies are worth the wait.

[daddyharbour]

100 Questions

Tagged by @peachykeenkeery

1. What is your nickname? Bon

2. How old are you? 21

3. What is your birth month? September

4. What is your zodiac sign? Virgo

5. What is your favorite color? Purple

6. What’s your lucky number? I don’t have one, but 8 is my favorite 

7. Do you have any pets? Yes

8. Where are you from? West Virginia

9. How tall are you? 5′6″

10. What shoe size are you? 7

11. How many pairs of shoes do you own? 22, and half of them are boots

12. Are you random? I don’t think so, but I don’t think I can fairly judge that

13. Last person you texted? One of my best friends, Jess

14. Are you psychic in any way? No

15. Last TV show watched? Westworld

16. Favorite movie? The Shining

17. Favourite show from your childhood? I guess Spongebob, but I still watch it sometimes haha

18. Do you want children? Yes, with one particular man ;)

19. Do you want a church wedding? No preference really

20. What is your religion? Non-denominational

21. Have you ever been to the hospital? No, but I’ve been to an Urgent Care

22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law? Almost

23. How is life? Wonderful 

24. Baths or showers? Showers

25. What color socks are you wearing? Black

26. Have you ever been famous? Not really

27. Would you like to be a big celebrity? Not really

28. What type of music do you like? Classic Rock, 70s, and 80s

29. Have you ever been skinny dipping? Nah

30. How many pillows do you sleep with? 3

31. What position do you usually sleep in? My left side 

32. How big is your house? Medium sized 

33. What do you typically have for breakfast? Honey wheat toast with peanut butter and banana slices on it

34. Have you ever left the country? No

35. Have you ever tried archery? Yes, many years ago

36. Do you like anyone? David Kenneth Harbour 

37. Favorite swear word? Honestly, it’s probably fuck 

38. When do you fall asleep? Usually anywhere between 10 and 11

39. Do you have any scars? A long one across my thigh and some marks on my wrist when I had to break up a dog fight (twice) to save my dog’s life

40. Sexual orientation? Straight

41. Are you a good liar? Absolutely not

42. What languages would you like to learn? Nothing in particular 

43. Top 10 songs? It changes too often for me to make a list

44. Do you like your country? For the most part, yes

45. Do you have friends from the web? Yes, and I love it

46. What is your personality type? I really don’t enjoy being around other people, except my close friends and some family members

47. Hogwarts House? Gryffindor all the way

48. Can you curl your tongue? No 

49. Pick one fictional character you can relate to? Arya Stark 

50. Left or right handed? Left

51. Are you scared of spiders? Oh yes

52. Favorite food? Pizza, I’m very basic 

53. Favorite foreign food? Italian

54. Are you a clean or messy person? Clean

55. If you could switch your gender for a day, what would you do? Jerk off, of course

56. What color underwear? Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon album cover is on it haha

57. How long does it take for you to get ready? Anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour

58. Do you have much of an ego? Gosh, no 

59. Do you suck or bite lollipops? Suck ;)

60. Do you talk to yourself? Sometimes

61. Do you sing to yourself? Rarely

62. Are you a good singer? Absolutely not

63. Biggest Fears? Clowns LOL 

64. Are you a gossip? Not really

65. Are you a grammar nazi? No, it’s not that serious to me

66. Do you have long or short hair? Long hair and I love it

67. Can you name all 50 states of America? It might take a while, but I probably could 

68. Favorite school subject? My favorite class so far has been 3D Modeling

69. Extrovert or Introvert? Introvert

70. Have you ever been scuba diving? No

71. What makes you nervous? Public speaking and merging on the interstate

72. Are you scared of the dark? Depends on the circumstances 

73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes? Only if it’s a really important mistake, otherwise I hate correcting people

74. Are you ticklish? Yes

75. Have you ever started a rumor? No

76. Have you ever been out of your home country? No

77. Have you ever drank underage? No

78. Have you ever done drugs? No

79. What do you fantasize about? The rest of my life with David Harbour

80. How many piercings do you have? None

81. Can you roll your R’s? No, I wish I could

82. How fast can you type? I don’t know, very fast

83. How fast can you run? Depends on what’s at the finish line

84. What color is your hair? I would say strawberry blonde

85. What color are your eyes? Blue

86. What are you allergic to? Nothing

87. Do you keep a journal? No, I write down some of my favorite dreams but that’s it

88. Are you depressed about anything? Yes, but I’m not depressed over it 24/7, there are just moments I have every now and then 

89. Do you like your age? Sure

90. What makes you angry? Several things, but if I had to narrow it down to one thing it would be ignorant people

91. Do you like your own name? Never have

92. Did you ever get a foreign object up your nose? No 

93. Do you want a boy or a girl for a child? Boy

94. What talents do you have? I’m a drummer, does that count? 

95. Sun or moon? Moon

96. How did you get your name? I honestly have no idea

97. Are you religious? Not particularly

98. Have you ever been to a therapist? No

99. Color of your bedspread? Blue, grey, and white

100. Color of your room? Light blue

I tag @happy-hopper :)