#butch brienne of tarth

[g0lightly]

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the hounds of harrenhal is a slow-burn brienne x sansa romance within a whimsical adventure with a good mix of found family + re-found blood family fluff. don’t get it twisted, this is still pretty plot heavy. since this is a rather expansive work, there are plenty of other eventual pairings such as gendry/arya and jon/satin (i hc jon snow as the most clueless bisexual to ever live and i love him) in addition to some surprises for later.

can you spot the jenny of oldstones and prince duncan of dragonflies reference(s) in the collage? in addition to rhyming with past asoiaf-verse love stories (dunk x rohanne, jenny x duncan, elissa farman x queen rhaena, lyanna x rhaegar), THOH draws on the persephone/hades abduction myth to subvert both the hound's offer to escape with sansa during the blackwater and littlefinger's "rescue" of sansa from king's landing.

for the purposes of the fic (curse you, abandoned five year gap), sansa's been aged up to robb's twin and two years have passed in-universe.

brienne becomes the newest wearer of the hound's helm after lem when jaime sacrifices himself to lady stoneheart following an escape plan gone very wrong. as the hound, brienne enters a tourney at the eyrie as a mystery knight to win some much needed coin to help the brotherhood without banners through winter. there, lady alayne arryn begs for help escaping a doomed marriage; brienne temporarily sets aside jaime's honor-saving mission for sansa to help her. petyr baelish announces that the hound has abducted sansa stark from the eyrie and advertises a large reward for her safe return. meanwhile, tyrion is trying to use his previous marriage to sansa to claim the vale for the mountain clans and daenerys. sansa hides out in the riverlands’ magical hollow hill with brienne and the brotherhood, falling in love as tensions within the realm build up to a second dance of the dragons amid a years-long winter. when love is the death of duty, what happens when your duty is to the one you love? this work will ultimately take place over the course of several years, weaving in new allies and foes for our star-crossed lovers as the realm moves from crisis to crisis. for generations to come, all of westeros will sing of harrenhal’s hounds and its witch queen. but life is not a song; in this story, it is far sweeter.

meta thoughts below the cut on why a future briensa is objectively one of the best ASOIAF ships in terms of thematic potential.

briensa has the best elements of the far more popular s*ns*n and br*ime ships except they're both teenagers and, crucially, brienne has never held sansa at knifepoint 🩵 no shade to either ship though bc the themes those relationships explore have sent brienne and sansa on journeys that have made them kind of perfect for each other; ie, the subversion of brienne being a protector to sansa rather than a threat is especially relevant if brienne is the next hound after lem!!! alexa play god bless the broken road

brienne is the hero sansa prayed for!!! sansa has learned to put more trust in disfigured people than "beautiful" people which means she can see brienne's beauty in a way she cannot!!! thematically it would be well supported yet subversive for sansa’s true knight and true love to be a jonquil darke type rather than a florian type 🥹 thematically i think the surest route to true love for sansa is a naerys + aemon situation so why not make it like alysanne and jonquil if they ✂️? it's not my fault grrm accidentally (?) wrote sansa as a closeted femme4butch!!!!

[cannibaled]

butch modern gf brienne

i had to do this. my lesbian needs were tingling. semi nsfw.

enjoys going to the gym. she likes to stay strong in case she needs to protect you - or herself. prefers boxing to stay fit.

you probably met through mutual friends, or at the gym. i don't know. even in modern date i can't really see brienne as the type to go to bars or clubs, even gay ones. maybe on a whim if her friends want her to? she's initially very shy but she keeps seizing every opportunity to talk to you. she's all blushy and simultaneously is holding eye contact and looking away all nervously.

likes your general size and height difference. she likes looking down at you, picking you up, holding you in her strong arms. as you become involved more, she definitely goes out with you to make sure you're protected and is not shy about shoving or punching a man... or two.

her fashion i feel would consist of breathable button up shirts, and trousers or pants she can move around easily in but fit her well. likes slicking her hair up, or just leaving it down.

eventually you move in together. she makes herself very helpful by doing handy things around the house, helping you reach things you can't, and helping you handle sharp knives when a piece of meat or fruit is particularly difficult to cut. likes to stand behind you during such, and does it for you to 'show' you how it's done. also carries all of the groceries in and likes carrying ur bags when u go out shopping.

tbh... i feel it in my bones that she's a top. i can see her being a switch in terms of sub/dom, though, and she's definitely a possessive soft dom. she enjoys everything. from scissoring, using her mouth on you, using a strap, her fingers - she just likes to make you feel good, and i feel like she's also more than eager to be touched herself.

she likes kissing you. and touching you. a lot. more than often you spending time together whether it's cooking or shopping, she likes to hoist you up on the counter or playfully wisp you off into a wall to shower you in kisses.

she is not confident in herself all too much, but she is confident in her strength and muscles. couple photos include her hiding her face while she kisses her head and playfully flexes for the photo, or bending down to kiss your shoulder and wrap her arms around your waist.

loves early morning cuddles. when you try to get up, she groans and just wraps her arms around you tighter. pulls you on top of her in a bear hug and sleepily kisses your head or face. probably gets up to shower with you and make you breakfast, then kisses you at the door when you leave.

likes seeing you in skirts. and dresses. she likes how smooth your legs look and she likes to run her fingers along them and playfully the hem of your dresses or skirts – but also, she just thinks you look painfully pretty.

sometimes she needs reassurance. she's likes when you call her beautiful, or other variants. you make her feel like the most gorgeous woman alive — and your comfort helps her more than you know. sometimes she needs such a thing, and to just lay in your lap and have you play with her hair while you speak to her gently.

[airenfolio]

Finished a GoT commission today! And also my first sketch commission of the year!

[drakaries]

BUTCH LESBIAN BRIENNE OF TARTH．

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[effemar]

okay I know I already made this post but every time we talk about briennes gender an angel gets its wings I’m dead serious she is doing it like nobody else. this was a long time ago but I (femme) was talking w jasper (butch) and I was outlining my thoughts abt briennes gender thing and the alienation she feels from other women and I was like “yeah anyway I think she’s got a butch vibe” and jasper was like “… you know, I think she might actually have a femme vibe?” and I think that’s really a piece of Brienne meta in itself. She’s truly the Rorschach test of gender.

[matzobs]

Here is some fan fiction about Arya Stark, Brienn of Tarth, Yara Grayjoy, and that Dornish Sand Snake - the older, butch-er one.

They're going to have some tea in that garden where the Tyrell's had their little court at King's landing, in a little rose garden nook. Whispy, gauzy figures dance around them and bring them high tea.

Yara Grayjoy can't get enough of cucumber sandwiches. There's a chicken salad sandwich with grape slivers. Blueberry lemon scones and butter on shiny silver serving trays stacked one on top of the other. Marmelade. Arya Stark has marmelade on her face, and Hot Pie in a kinky predicament you didn't consent to reading about in kitchen.

The Dornish Sand Snake is drinking hibiscus tea with brown sugar syrup, and there's an actual hibiscus garnish with a little orange on a skewer. Brienn of Tarth is pouring another cup of lady gray from a white tea pot with gold trim and painted rose. She is drinking it with milk and sugar.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

[beefy-babe-showdown]

THE BEEFY BABES BRACKET IS HERE!

Congratulations to all the girls who made it in, and thanks to everyone who submitted a character!

ROUND 1 HAS STARTED

Meet the Competitors!

Round 1A:

Scorpia (She-ra and the Princesses of Power) vs Blue Power (OK K.O.!)

Urbosa (The Legend of Zelda) vs Muscle Princess (Adventure Time)

Sevika (Arcane) vs Meteora Butterfly (Star vs the Forces of Evil)

Susan Strong (Adventure Time) vs Jolyne Kujo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Yasha Nydoorin (Critical Role) vs Wonder Woman (DC Comics)

Clarisse La Rue (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) vs Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)

Vi (Arcane) vs Amber Gris (The Adventure Zone)

Brienne of Tarth (Game of Thrones) vs Moyra Heigsketter (Dauntless)

Round 1B:

Sakura Ogami (Danganronpa) vs Phoebe (OK K.O.!)

Brick (Incredibles 2) vs Butch Woman (Fun Home)

She-Hulk (Marvel) vs Marisa (Street Fighter)

Ambessa Medarda (Arcane) vs Tsuchiya (Mob Psycho 100)

Pyrrha Dve (The Locked Tomb) vs Amaya (The Dragon Prince)

Nemesis (Hades II) vs Foxtail (OK K.O.!)

Korra (The Legend of Korra) vs Seo Yi-kyeong (Sweet Home)

Huntara (She-ra and the Princesses of Power) vs Squirrel Girl (Marvel)

Round 1C:

Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb) vs George Parley (Gunnerkrig Court)

Ingrid Grimwall (Project: Eden's Garden) vs Zisu (Pokémon)

Dahlia Aquino (Monster Prom) vs Vantage (Apex Legends)

Kassandra (Assassin's Creed) vs Rekka (Hi Fi Rush)

Jasper (Steven Universe) vs Killian (The Adventure Zone)

Bismuth (Steven Universe) vs Cara Dune (The Mandalorian)

Abby Anderson (The Last of Us) vs Apple Scrumper (Not Another DnD Podcast)

Rinkah (Fire Emblem) vs Power Girl (DC Comics)

Round 1D:

Luisa Madrigal (Encanto) vs Joy (10 Earth Shattering Blows)

Meryl Mei Qi (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) vs Undyne (Undertale)

Zarya (Overwatch) vs Daidouji (Senran Kagura)

Mirko (My Hero Academia) vs Brigitte (Overwatch)

Noi (Dorohedero) vs Barghest (Fate Grand Order)

Striga (Castlevania) vs Bobbie Draper (The Expanse)

She-ra (She-ra and the Princesses of Power) vs Kale (Dragon Ball Z)

Susie (Deltarune) vs Nihkee Moolah (Homestuck)

Vote for your favorites!

[broomsticks]

we love butch lesbians in this house: a very random multifandom reclist. HP, ALOTO, and one GOT HP AU hahaha

⚡️ A swagger, a twinkle, and a fine arse on a broom by Woldy - Rolanda Hooch/Nymphadora Tonks (2k, E)

⚡️ Gouge Away by sportivetricks (tamlane) - Millicent Bulstrode/Victoire Weasley (1.7k, T).

⚡️ Independent Love Song by Writcraft - Millicent Bulstrode/Ginny Weasley (6k, E).

⚡️ Bespoke by kelly_chambliss - Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank & Millicent Bulstrode, Wilhelmina/Minerva, Millicent/Ginny (5k, M).

⚾️ maybe I can be the cute one by paddingtonfan69 - Jo/various women, Jo & Greta (4k, T).

⚾️ all your long sidelong glances by getmean - Lupe García/Jess McCready (1.3k, T).

✨ always been golden by bookcat - Brienne of Tarth/Margaery Tyrell (6k, G).

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⚡️ HP ⚡️

A swagger, a twinkle, and a fine arse on a broom by Woldy - Rolanda Hooch/Nymphadora Tonks (2k, E). Tonks lets her eyes linger on Hooch's spiky grey hair, her shining leather boots, and thinks If that woman's straight, then I'm a monkey's uncle.

so playful and so fun! such a lovely exploration of various wlw dynamics

Tonks has slept with a lot of women, but none of them were like Rolanda. She's been butch for as long as she can remember, and has known she was gay since before starting Hogwarts, but butch-femme dynamics always made the most sense to her. There was a complementarity to having a pair of high heels beside her boots and her trousers crumpled on the floor alongside a skirt. Besides, Tonks likes her lovers to have enough hair to stroke and tangle her fingers in. (…) Tonks made a speciality out of seducing girls who claimed to be straight. There was an art to it: being a sympathetic ear for their boy troubles, making them laugh, and flirting just a little, gently, before pulling away. She smiled at them with her eyes as well as her lips, carefully didn't stare at their boobs, and always waited for them to make the first move. Five of them did.

This butch-butch dynamic is new and not quite comfortable, throwing Tonks' sense of herself just a little off balance. There's a lot she doesn't know about Rolanda yet, but what she does know is promising: laughter, great sex, and just enough friction to make it exciting.

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Gouge Away by sportivetricks (tamlane) - Millicent Bulstrode/Victoire Weasley (1.7k, T). The Weasley girl has developed a keen fascination with Millicent's woodworking shop. Millicent can't seem to get rid of her, no matter how hard she tries.

O M F G this pairing! this setting! these dynamics! delightful. thank you @nienna324 for the rec <3<3

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Independent Love Song by @writcraft - Millicent Bulstrode/Ginny Weasley (6k, E). Millicent Bulstrode is a tailor and Ginny is losing her mind over a woman in a tweed blazer and burgundy brogues.

Millicent is stocky and smartly dressed, wearing highly polished burgundy brogues which immediately catch Ginny's eye because there's something very Gryffindor-ish about them. Her tweed blazer fits her curves perfectly, the shirt underneath open at the collar to reveal the smallest expanse of milky flesh. A blue silk handkerchief pokes jauntily from her blazer pocket and a colourful rainbow pin adorns the lapel. She’s handsome, Ginny’s mind unhelpfully supplies. Dapper, certainly. Where Millicent seemed all brute force and surly temperament at school, she now looks confident and happy.

GOALS

the suit fitting is terrifically erotic — At this rate she’s going to be broke by Christmas as poor ginny tries to resist going back gave me an out-loud laugh — the smut was ridiculously hot, and perfect gorgeous ending <3.

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Bespoke by kelly_chambliss - Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank & Millicent Bulstrode, Wilhelmina/Minerva, Millicent/Ginny (5k, M) - Millicent Bulstrode gets some new clothes, and Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank gets some.

"Do you feel like a man inside?" asked Millicent. She didn't care if it was too blunt; she needed to know. Grubbly-Plank waved her wand to relight her pipe. "Not really, no," she said, taking a test draw. "Not sure what that even means, to tell you the truth -- to 'feel like a man' or 'feel like a woman.' I just feel like myself, a person who likes men, gets along with 'em, understands 'em, likes to wear their comfy clothes. And I also feel like a person who likes women, gets along with 'em, feels comfortable with 'em. . .and wants to sleep with 'em. But it can unsettle other people, if you're not obviously one sex or the other." Millicent was confused, a state she never enjoyed and that always made her grumpy. "I don't get it," she said. "Why do you wear your hair like that, then, if you don't feel like a man? And what about those robes?"

ahh this fic. iconic. the possibilities! the atmosphere! the layers of love and romance, romantic love and self love. i’m such a sucker for intergenerational queer relationships (read: Your first time, I take it? bahahaa) and this one? yes. perfection.

She tossed her cloak over her shoulder, not caring whether it looked dashing or not. It felt dashing. She felt dashing. She had a beautiful woman on her arm and a beautiful set of men's dress robes on her back.

p.s. the remix fic Well-Suited by blueorangecrush (2k, T) is every bit as good! .

⚾️ ALOTO ⚾️

maybe I can be the cute one by paddingtonfan69 (4k, T). How Jo De Luca got her groove back.

Jo character study. everything about her growing-up backstory is heartwrenching and heartwarming — her friendship with greta! the greta g’s, it’s easier for two kids to be bumbling around the Met sculpture court than just one, all the times they were the only people for each other — and what a wonderful continuation too, her leaving the peaches and after! the letters, i cried.

The eyes on her are stronger here. It’s admiration, it’s attraction, it’s lust, all without the usual mask in place. Jo soaks in it. She barely even minds that her best friend couldn’t care less to check in on her, not when a stunning woman has decided Jo is the most desirable thing in here. “I think you’re the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen,” Flo says to her while they are dancing. Jo is, for once in her life, speechless. This random girl in the middle of fucking nowhere, Illinois says one sentence and it feels like Jo has won a game she’s being losing her whole fucking life. It’s been Jo against the world for years and years and finally, finally, Jo is scoring points. The world, of course, has a few extra tricks up its sleeve.

oh my heart.

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all your long sidelong glances by getmean - Lupe García/Jess McCready (1.3k, T).

obviouslyyyyyy my favorite jesslupe is a @billsfangearring rec

Jess kisses her teeth, but doesn’t say anything. Just eases the butt of her smoke between her teeth, and winks. Sweat shining in the hollow of her throat, right there where she’s unbuttoned her uniform low enough that Lupe can see the wifebeater she wears underneath. Butch to her fucking core, even in a skirt. Lupe knows she doesn’t wear underwear. Knows she sometimes fits a folded pair of socks between her thighs when they go out looking for girls. Sometimes she thinks about snaking her hand around Jess’ waist and gripping it, just to feel the cotton squeeze between her fingers. But she’s not Jess’ type. It’s all just fun and games, made for this kind of thick afternoon languor.

how the fuck can T-rated just looking be so goshdarned hot

From across the diamond, she can hear the unmistakable sound of someone playing catch. The rhythmic and comforting thump of baseball meeting glove. Soundtrack of their lives.

and that last paragraph!! tantalizing. fascinating. everything.

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and the weird lil HP AU!GOT

always been golden by bookcat - Brienne of Tarth/Margaery Tyrell (6k, G). Brienne is a professional Quidditch player. Margaery wants her… as the face of TyrellCo's new mass-market energy potion.

someday i will add to this rec list with all the quidditch girls fic but just have this zaniness for now. the worldbuilding! the blend of references from both canons was perfect.

[helaena-and-her-bugs]

i think the worst fault of hotd is the lack of a cool medieval butch like brienne of tarth in got

[weirwoodarrow]

⚔️ asoiaf sideblog, I like from altarofdecay. I have more non-asoiaf art over at @neverendingspirals

⚔️ call me faolán [fee-lawn] or just wier, 19, he/ze, butch dyke

⚔️ my favorite characters are theon greyjoy, aemond targaryen [in the loser way], brynden rivers, jon snow, melisandre, brienne of tarth, cersei lannister, and bran stark. ill probably post ab them most often ⚔️ proud targ hater except for the funny ones ⚔️ art will be tagged "weir art", writing/talking as "weir musing"

FIC(s); found from mithrillinks on ao3

MAIN WIP: the bear and the dragon fair : aemond x male oc (x alys), an au where aemond makes his own side in the dance and the chaos that follows. very much q wip

[translannisters]

Braime this JC that WHERE is my Cersei/Brienne

[g0lightly]

The Hounds of Harrenhal

Longfic! Canon compliant except for the fact that Sansa is now Robb’s fraternal twin. The story begins in 302 AC, making Sansa 19 and Brienne 21. This is queer adventure romance about Sansa x Brienne.

After Jaime’s death, Brienne takes over the Hound’s helm and persona in her grief. To restore his honor and legacy, she resumes her mission to find Sansa; along the way, she enters a tourney at the Eyrie as the Hound to win some much needed coin to continue on through winter. At the Eyrie, Lady Alayne Arryn begs the stranger in the Hound’s helm for help escaping a doomed marriage.

Brienne temporarily sets aside her mission to help the lady escape north to reunite with her family. Petyr Baelish then announces that the Hound has abducted Sansa Stark, who has been in disguise as his bastard daughter Alayne, and advertises a large reward for her safe return. All this as Tyrion uses his previous marriage to Sansa as an attempt to take the Vale for the mountain clans and Daenerys, ultimately leading to a second dance of the dragons as the Long Night looms over a years-long winter.

Soon all the singers of Westeros would sing of Harrenhal’s Hounds, their witch queen, and the “abduction” that started it all - but life is not a song. In this story, it is far sweeter.

Painting is La Belle Dame Sans Merci by Frank Bernard Dicksee. Fic-related playlist here.

[femmedamsel]

Part 2 of 2 of @asoiafrarepairs Secret Santa for @equusgirl

This was my first time writing this pairing without it being a modern AU, so it was a bit of challenge, but as always they are my own OTP, so it was a pleasure.

Brienne courts Sansa from afar.

[symphonyofsilence]

In the light of recent events:

These characters were already strong while also being very traditionally feminine. They did not need to use brute force, act angry and brash,"yell to be heard" because they weren't butch enough ?! and now that they are all their problems have faded away not because they were badasses themselves who made others respect them because God forbid a traditionally feminine female character be badass but because, you guessed it, a serum made them look hyper masculine. Because a female character is only as strong as she's traditionally masculine.

They don't even deign to use feminine form of words for their empowered female characters™️.

& I wondered why Brienne "you have courage. Maybe not battle courage perhaps but... i don't know,... A kind of woman's courage." Of tarth, who was indeed a high-born lady and never once objected to anyone calling her lady in the books kept saying "I'm not a lady." In the show. And said "you whine and cry and quit. You sound like a bloody woman." To Jaime in the show for some unknown reason.

And Arya "the girl matters too" Stark said "most girls are stupid" in the show.

One would think Hollywood sees feminity as weakness & its "strong female characters"™️ are not like other girls.

At this point, they'd make biopics of Florence Nightingle, Frida Kahlo, Harriet Tubman, etc ... and put them in an armour and give them a sword to show that they're strong female characters™️ .While also calling them sir.

[gigantomachy1916]

To talk about a different fandom for a change, lemme tell y'all about an extremely niche ship of mine that I really wish other people would get on board with: Sansa Stark and Brienne of Tarth from ASOIF/Game of Thrones.

Just, think about it. Sansa spent her entire life dreaming of marrying a handsome prince or a chivalrous knight, only to have her dreams shattered by the horrible men she met instead. Meanwhile, all Brienne wants is for someone to see her as a true knight, rather than dismissing her based on her gender.

All I wanted from the series was for Sansa to realize that the last true gentleman in Westeros is, in fact, a woman. Brienne would treat Sansa not just like a princess but like a queen, and would be understanding of Sansa's trauma and be gentle with her, and Sansa, in return, would respect Brienne for her bravery, loyalty, and strength.

This pairing has everything! High-fantasy butch-femme dynamics! Sword lesbians! Sansa Stark getting the fairytale romance she always dreamed of! I need it!

[freakassfemme]

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