#dutyandhcnor

[warheroics-blog]

“ thick as thieves those two were. neither quite belonged at school, neither quite found their place in the world, but they found A HOME in each other, they belonged together ”

@keatonesque & @dutyandhcnor

loved by artemis & boo !!!

[thebadtimewolf]

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“You’re a what now?” The Vigilante sort of looked at them in disbelief despite the evidence pointing to the contrary. Still, an alien disbelieving that was a little hypocritical of her.

[agirlofwinterfell]

dutyandhcnor replied to your post: I like how Catelyn is a flawed individual, and...

u know what they say, there is no book to guide u on parenting and sometimes u just fuck up and sometimes even as parents, u don’t see certain things as issues and i feel like catelyn never thought the whole sansa/jeyne/arya thing was as serious? she may have thought teasing normal or that maybe it would get arya to behave like a lady? idk, parents sometimes are blind

idk. Catelyn may have not seen it as serious, but it was. Jeyne and Sansa have caused such deep self esteem issues in Arya that she thinks people saying nice things are teasing her. Theon thinks on it when Jeyne comes back to Winterfell, so it clearly extended outside of Jeyne and Sansa doing it in private, outside of doing it in front of Septa Mordane even. The idea of Catelyn being okay with her youngest daughter being teased and bullied into acting like a lady, doesn’t sit well with me. Arya would hate herself if she was bullied into behaving instead of her growing into it (Which I think she is and would have grown into it eventually due to her growth into femininity in the books). It feels wrong. It doesn’t help that despite Arya loving her mother, she’s never entirely sure if she loves her or wants her back (At all, least of all in the state she was in), it kind of makes me side eye Catelyn letting it go on if she knew.  

Mordane showed disdain for Arya and her abilities in front of and to Catelyn, for Arya’s inability to do things (Such, may have been influenced by her left-handedness), surely Sansa and Jeyne would’ve been encouraged to call her out in the same way because Catelyn never stopped Mordane either. “Arya has the hands of a blacksmith,” Said directly to Catelyn, and it takes Gendry, years after this has happened, to go “No, you don’t have blacksmith hands. You’ve got dainty little lady hands” Paraphrased. 

It’s all subjective, I don’t remember Catelyn thinking on it, whether she was aware of it or not. She clearly did love Arya enough to give back Jaime Lannister for her two daughters, and face her son’s wrath over it, but Arya doesn’t know that. It upsets me that Arya cannot be sure of Catelyn’s love for her- she probably thinks it’s conditional on her behaviour and appearance- especially since Catelyn never remarks on Arya’s appearance positively because George makes it a point to hone in that only Jon and Ned did so at Winterfell. According to Arya’s memories, no one else ever said anything nice about her appearance, or abilities in anything.  

So, not only does Cat turn a blind eye to the bullying one daughter does to another, but never tries to correct the Septa who openly expresses how badly she feels about Arya’s work in front of her- and never tries to comfort her over this, I gathered from Arya. 

I love Catelyn, I do, yet sometimes it hurts to think about the possibility that she didn’t try to stop the bullying of Arya if she knew about it. The effects are still there in TWOW and she hasn’t been near Sansa or Jeyne in two years. There is no guide to parenting, but I’m sure if there was, it would say not to let you children bully each other outside of childish teasing. I’m not angry at Cat trying to raise Arya to Westerosi standards of women, but the fact is, Arya couldn’t fit the mold and no one thought to try and accommodate and help her better. Just like Brienne, Arya got ridiculed for being (and looking) different to her sister. 

idk it’s been a while since I read a Catelyn chapter, I know she did love Arya. Arya didn’t feel it all that much. And that’s sad to me. 

[outlawerofbeets-a]

How did Tommen feel about Bash disappearing from King's Landing, joining the Stark army, dying at the Twins, and then reappearing back in King's Landing to be Tommen's guard? (poor thing must have been so confused)

Bash vanishing was a terrible loss for Tommen, especially as Bash left shortly after the death of Robert, meaning that Tommen lost two relatives at once, essentially. 

When rumors reached the capital that Robert’s bastard had joined Robb Stark’s army, Tommen wasn’t sure how to feel – Bash had left them and gone away to join people that, according to everyone around him, were treasonous and vile, and it confused Tommen that the brother he had so adored could seemingly turn against them so.

At the news of Bash’s supposed death, Tommen was inconsolable and wept for days. He often slept in what had been Bash’s bedchamber for a while afterwards, in an attempt to feel some sort of connection to his lost brother.

And then Bash reappeared and was named Tommen’s sworn shield. And though Tommen loves him and is certainly glad that Bash didn’t truly die, Tommen is very confused and conflicted about the circumstances of everything. For the first few days after Bash came back, Tommen refused to speak to him, feeling that Bash had abandoned him.

[sunofdorne]

All should praise the amazingly wonderful Elia Martell, true Queen of the Seven Kingdoms

Yes, praise me. 

[theusurper-a]

"HA" - what do you mean "ha"? What is so funny about Cedric's feelings about me Dad? Why Dad?

I said ha because I rated higher than you in one of them.

Ha because I’m better.

I win, son.

[agirlingrey]

You are the only true Alys Karstark to me

*THIS SONG suddenly plays at the background*

[onceporcelain-a]

You are an amazing Sansa

      thank you so much!!

[ladybcar-a]

dutyandhcnor replied to your post: when u have approximately 8 hours to prepare...

Tbh it’s by far my fave :)

my thing is 

i’ll always be salty that it wasn’t a we.dge an.tilles film

[dorontala]

Submitting my application for older brother figure

accepted because this baby needs all the brother figures

[thcbull-a]

Lil bro I'm so proud of u look at u all badass with that hammer

                ur...ur PROUD of me?

[reodwulf-archive]

@dutyandhcnor replied to your post: bird-dove-wolf: reodwulf replied to your post: ...

Why u people tempt me

we’re evil?

i mean...i am, anyway.

also i can promise i’d be delighted to throw sansa’s twin into the mix. sarra likes sweet and uninteresting dickon.

[handofhonor]

Have I ever told you that you are the coolest Ned to ever Ned? Bash also thinks Uncle Ned is the most awesome person ever!

honorless. you have not & i thank you for this message ;~; it was such a sweet & surprising thing to arrive in my inbox c: thank you friend~ i shall remember this & i’m glad that bash thinks uncle ned is pretty awesome too x)

[agirlofwinterfell]

dutyandhcnor replied to your post: dutyandhcnor replied to your post: I like how...

I think it’s perfectly fair to be critical of Catelyn in what was going on with Arya, I just also think that parents have blind spots, sometimes, they really don’t notice something is a problem even if they should, or sometimes they notice it with one child but doesn’t with another, I see this happening in my own family - Catelyn may have just thought “of course my children knows I love them” and sometimes forgets to express that - it is part of being that flawed parent

You’re right of course. Every parent does assume they’re children knows they love them, even if they don’t always show it. 

[outlawerofbeets-a]

*boops bb brother on the nose*

*is booped*

[antlerddoe-blog]

@dutyandhcnor gets the lady’s attention

“Bash!” Her voice rings through, and she quickly envelops her brother in a hug, holding tight. “Missed you..” She mumbled, before pulling back to look at his worried face. “What’s wrong?”