#like Arya is 9. She is fucking 9 and grown ass people are taking about how she isn't a real girl because she doesn't want to conform

[fromtheseventhhell]

The nonbinary!arya takes with Arya’s “i’m not a lady” quote makes no sense to me. I honestly don’t mind a single hc about any of the starklings’ sexuality or gender identity- but then the way Arya’s feminity is constantly brought into question irks me. I mean, the “i’m a girl” everytime Arya’s mistaken for a boy is Right. There. So there you go, Arya’s peak feminine icon because she firmly states, explicitly even, that she is, in fact, a girl at every opportunity. Bye

See my issue with takes like this will always be that this fandom is obsessed with removing Arya from her girlhood. So while I don't see anything inherently wrong with having the headcanon, most of the time it's coming from the perspective that her being a non-conforming girl in a strict patriarchal society makes her less of a girl. People think they're being progressive and "open" by having this opinion but, like you said, Arya is firmly rooted in her identity as a girl and corrects people on multiple occasions. Like...okay? You think a character constantly masculinized and belittled by fandom for not being a conforming female character is non-binary, congratulations? Meanwhile, female characters who actually toe the line with gender aren't getting the same treatment cause they're either considered too "feminine" or they're associated romantically with a man. It's just so forced, and I'm tired of non-conforming female characters being treated like they're lesser women.

[ninaahelvar]

Chivalry Fell On Its Sword (9/23)

Summary: All Arya wanted so to feel normal and go outside of the damn castle. Now, through a series of unfortunate, she’s stuck with a bodyguard that she accidentally flirted with: Gendry Waters.

AO3

A/N: what? two chapters in one week! well one is a joke chapter, we get productive. i'm only here for the laughs. xx and i did promise slam poetry so,.......

10:31pm - Arya: So, what youre saying is that you were awkward cause you could see through my blanket? 

10:32pm - Gendry: dude, your nipples were showing through it, it was a turn on and then because incredibly awkward when your fucking mum walked in.

10:32pm - Arya: and everything else?

10:32pm - Gendry: fucked up universe keeping us apart, sorry

10:33pm - Arya: awwww you’re so cute when you’re desperate 

10:33pm - Gendry: i don’t think you’re allowed to complain when you fucking yell at me in a hallway begging me for an answer for something i wasn’t intentionally doing 

10:33pm - Arya: i stand by my reaction 

10:33pm - Gendry: ok then 

10:33pm - Arya: alright 

10:35pm - Arya: soooooooooooooo

10:35pm - Arya: you still in the palace? 

10:37pm - Gendry: You’re seriously horny right now? 

10:37pm - Arya: aren’t you 

10:38pm - Gendry: literally always, but i’m still in my meeting 

10:38pm - Arya: i’ll send you nudes to keep your spirits up 

10:42pm - Gendry: pls for the love of the gods, don’t, cause my spirits won’t be the only thing that’s up 

Arya chew on her lip as she read over his name. His apology. His casual confession of love. And she beamed. 

10:43pm - Gendry: can i see you later? 

10:43pm - Arya: yes

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Bran wheeled up to the stage, a few stares and whispers as one of the wheels caught on the last step. In the end, the manager of the club and a few bystanders had to help him. It wasn’t embarrassing, just a little awkward to have three grown men fondling his chair and not him. 

He had invited Arya, who happened to bring along Gendry - funny how her security followed her absolutely everywhere, but Bran wasn’t. He thought it may have been some ableist crap, but when he saw Arya’s hand on his wrist as Bran edged towards the mic it was clear what the real reason was. Also the hickey on his neck was a dead give away. 

Bran cleared his throat and Arya and Gendry stopped speaking. The open mic night was his idea. Bran had worked up this plan for a while, knowing full well he could get away with it - but now he was here, and only confidence and determination ran through him. Chaos wheeling - if you will. He took a breath, then spoke into the mic. 

“I’m a theology major, I can take confession, even with this wheelchair condition. My legs stopped working when the car flipped, now it seems like I’m the one that’s dicked. I make light of the frame that holds me, even when it’s the thing that has made me lonely. I smile and wave, even when no one thinks I’m gay. The wheels tend to avert the eyes, even when I wanna talk to guys. I hear sympathy from women across the world, but I can still make your world whirl. I don’t wanna talk about how the chair feels or what kind of drink I want with my meal - I’m a grown ass man, a man that just can’t stand. I’m filled with love and wanting, and I’m a fun guy that deserves some flaunting. I’m a theology major, I can take confession. And yes, to answer your question, my dick does work, and I have a suggestion. Either mind your business, apologise for the transgression. Or date me, I can still fuck, no repression, in succession, with or without discretion.”

When everyone was roaring with laughter, and Bran was helped from the stage, he wheeled over to Arya and Gendry’s table. They were trying hard to catch their breaths, hands on the ribs as they tried to form sentences. 

“Your highness,” Gendry started before promptly bursting into laughter, patting Bran on the shoulder as he wheezed out another laugh.

“What the fuck was that?” 

“I wanted everyone to know that I still fuck.” 

The pair looked at each other before banging their hands on the table, the entire venue a stream of laughter. It made Bran happy. 

The next day, Robb texted the group an article. 

TO GROUP ‘The Ghost Fan Club (Jon fuck off)’ 

9:40am - Robb: “Prince Bran does the worst, most inappropriate poem at an open mic night”

9:40am - Robb: What the fuck did you do?

9:41am - Arya: 

9:41am - Rickon: YOU FUCKING DIDN’T!!!!

9:41am - Sansa: i thought you were joking! 

9:42am - Bran: I’m single, and the people deserve to know that my dick still works 

9:42am - Jon: He’s right

9:43am - Davos: PRINCE BRAN - YOU DID NOT SAY THIS IN FRONT OF PEOPLE 

9:43am - Arya: he said, and a quote ‘to answer your question, my dick does work’

9:44am - Davos: I might actually have a heart attack 

9:44am - Rickon: HE NEEDS SOME MILK

9:45am - Davos: i think this is it for today. I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed. 

9:46am - Rickon: press f in the chat for a fallen brother 

9:46am - Robb: oh...that’s cold davos 

9:47am - Sansa: this year we lost our dear brother bran

9:47am - Bran: quit telling everyone i’m dead 

9:48am - Sansa: sometimes i can still hear his voice 

*

The Memes of the Royalest Kind @TheRoyalMemeFamily: The family portrait for the Stark siblings is FINALLY out!

@TheRoyalMemeFamily: they are dressed in traditional Winterfell garments - only the royals now wear them. And they stink. 

RobbWinterfell: @TheRoyalMemeFamily how can this be a family portrait if i’m not there 

TheRoyalMemeFamily: @RobbWinterfell ohhhhh…..you must be that imposter king. We know you’re related to the actor Richard Madden

Sansa Stark of Winterfell @PrincessSansa: also, the only reason Arya likes wearing this outfit is cause hers comes with a sword

@TheRoyalMemeFamily: @PrincessSansa can confirm this outfit was made for a child

@AryaStark: @TheRoyalMemeFamily @PrincessSansa still as sharp as a real sword 

*

@wetbreadvevo: so...the fucking starks have been posting pics from their family photoshoot this entire time and no one has questioned it? What the fuck 

*

3:14pm - Jon: hey, mate, you know Richard Madden in gonna be at this event night, right 

3:15pm - Robb: fuck….are you serious? 

3:16pm - Jon: yep, saw the guest list last night 

3:17pm - Robb: *typing*

3:17pm - Jon: yes it’s too late to cancel 

3:17pm - Robb: fuck 

3:18pm - Robb: can we just avoid him the entire night? 

3:18pm - Jon: I mean sure but it’ll be a bit rude 

3:19pm - Robb: okay new plan, I’ll greet him at the event, but if you see anyone taking pictures, tackle them to the ground 

3:19pm - Robb: I don’t need the girls finding photographic evidence that I’ve met him

3:20pm - Jon: you know that I know you’ve met him before right 

3:20pm - Robb: yes...but the girls are gonna give me so much shit, especially if we look buddy-buddy in the photos

*

TO GROUP ‘The Ghost Fan Club (Jon fuck off)’ 

8:20am - Sansa: so

8:20am - Sansa: richard madden was at that even last night huh? 

8:20am - Sansa: the fuck robb 

8:21am - Robb: i’m very proud of my ability to ignore the man all evening 

8:22am - Jon: he hid behind a plant at one stage 

8:22am - Jon: yes, everyone noticed 

8:23am - Bran: who’s the idiot now

8:24am - Arya: still you 

8:25am - Bran:

*

The Memes of the Royalest Kind @TheRoyalMemeFamily: rare photo of Arya Stark growing up

*

TO GROUP ‘The Ghost Fan Club (Jon fuck off)’ 

2:11am - Bran: you guys 

2:11am - Bran: anyone awake 

2:12am - Arya: yes but i’m trying to sleep 

2:13am - Bran: too late now fucknuts

2:14am - Bran: you ever think about davos hears the message alerts for this chat and just kinda….dies inside? 

2:15am - Sansa: oh for sure 

2:16am - Jon: I’ve seen his eyes close and pray for it 

2:18am - Robb: once in a meeting, i swear i saw him almost throw his phone across the room cause you guys wouldn’t shut up and he doesn’t know how to mute his phone 

2:20am - Rickon:

2:25am - Davos: i think this is how you kids say it 

2:25am - Davos: mood

2:25am - Bran: DBIGIWEBGOUWR

2:25am - Arya: IUQWBIUBUIBUIBIUNOI

2:25am - Sansa: WTFFFFFFFFFFFF

2:25am - Jon: i’m fucking dreaming 

2:25am - Rickon: I CAN’T BREATHE 

2:25am - Robb: im

2:26am - Arya: WHAT IN THE WORLD IM LIVING 

2:26am - Davos: go to bed

*

The Memes of the Royalest Kind @TheRoyalMemeFamily: a queen can party 

@PrincessSansa: @TheRoyalMemeFamily we stan a legend

Mother of Dragons @QueenDany: @TheRoyalMemeFamily @PrincessSansa i seem to remember this was at least two bottles of wine in for you 

@PrincessSansa: @QueenDany @TheRoyalMemeFamily pretty sure you were 4, but who was counting 

*

@DailyMail: it’s highly inappropriate for a sitting monarch and other royal members to be out drinking and showcasing that online - read the article here 

@QueenDany: @DailyMail 

@PrincessSansa: @QueenDany @DailyMail 

*

The Memes of the Royalest Kind@TheRoyalMemeFamily:Royal bodyguard spotted yet AGAIN with a different model

@TheRoyalMemeFamily: who is he 

@PodrickPayne: @TheRoyalMemeFamily 

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Arya ‘Not Today’ Stark @AryaStark:

@JonSnow: @AryaStark 👀

@PrincessSansa: @AryaStark 👀

@RealBranStark: @AryaStark 👀

@RickonStark: @AryaStark 👀

@RobbWinterfell: @AryaStark 👀

*

@RickonStark: 

@RickonStark: That’s it. That’s the tweet

*

8:29pm - Pod: so what youre saying is that i’m a chad? 

8:29pm - Sansa: no a himbo is necessarily a chad 

8:30pm - Pod: im more himbo than chad 

8:31pm - Sansa: you can be a chad if you’re not a himbo but you can’t be a himbo if you’re not a chad 

8:32pm - Gendry: you guys know this is the group chat right? 

8:33pm - Sansa: now gendry is a chad 

8:35pm - Gendry: low blow sansa

[therevolutionhasbegun]

'Eastwatch' Reaction  Post

This episode hardcore shook me. So many reunions and reveals, tension and secrets. I was so emotionally distraught after watching it for the first time on Sunday night, and it took me a while until I felt normal again yesterday. I watched it again last night with my neighbor and have had some time to reflect, so here is my reaction post finally. Spoilers under the cut, as always.

1. Daenerys and the survivors Unlike Varys and Tyrion, I think Daenerys is handling her power very well. As she clearly states when talking to the remaining Lannister/Tarly/Tyrell soldiers, she really does not want to kill anyone, and that the choice was theirs. Randall and Dickon Tarly made their choice. She's not killing senselessly, and she's not killing for sport. In fact, this is her first battle in Westeros with Drogon, and all of her advisors are having a cow and worried she is turning into her father. What?! As I said in last episode's reaction post, I think she has been acting too conservatively. If she wants to conquer Westeros and save it from Cersei, she needs to act swiftly before Cersei digs her claws in any further and it is too late. There is a difference between doing what needs to be done to assert authority and killing for no reason whatsoever. Tough decisions need to be made. If it were me, I would have hit King's Landing the moment she settled in at Dragonstone. The whole city is corrupt beyond repair, in my opinion. Wipe it out with the dragons and build a new city from the ashes, establishing a new regime. I just feel like she has squandered so much time already by listening to the poor advice of her councilmen, and the more time she wastes, the more time Cersei has to plan and manipulate.

2. Jon/Drogon Drogon's inner monologue: Jon meet Drogon. Jon pet Drogon. Drogon like Jon. Mama Daenerys impressed. (No but seriously, that was the cutest scene ever and you just KNOW that Drogon knows who Jon is)

3. Jon/Dany/Jorah To see Jorah and Daenerys reunite made my heart sing. Their tender hug...I almost thought they were going to kiss at first. And then you see Jon in the background, eyeing them up. And he’s got this look in his eyes. That jealous look. And then Jorah eyes Jon suspiciously. And you can just feel the tension. And it’s just like oh fuck, here we go. Poor Jorah can never get a damn break. Competes for her affections, gets banished, contracts grayscale, goes through hell and back to get it cured, finally reunites with his love and has to compete again. And then you see Dany completely torn when saying goodbye to Jon, you see her growing affections for him in each progressing scene, and although I don’t ship Jonerys, it made me want to see them kiss before they find out they are related to each other. XD

4. Sansa/Arya *takes a deep, meditative breath* I am trying to write this from a point of view that is as unbiased as possible. After the first, and second, time watching this scene I wanted to come in guns blazing at Arya for being such a bitch to Sansa. Sansa has been to the deepest pits of hell and back, risked her life to get Winterfell back into Stark possession, has completely grown and changed into a wise young woman, and Arya is almost accusing her of being the same spoiled girl who begged to leave Winterfell to marry a king six years ago. But. But. Arya has faced her own horrors, some even worse than what Sansa experienced. She has grown to not trust anybody, not even family. My biggest, sincerest hope is that she is merely saying these things to test Sansa’s honesty and loyalty. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. Because it just makes me feel sick to see the two Stark girls against each other after everything that has happened, and absolutely distraught to think about Sansa becoming power hungry and betraying Jon and her family. :(

5. FUCKIN GENRYYYYY Guess who’s back? Back again? Gendry’s back! Tell a friend. No seriously, I cannot tell y’all how happy I am to have that yummy Baratheon bastard back in our lives. I was truly beginning to lose hope that we were going to see him this season after all. But, when Davos started walking around Fleabottom, near the blacksmiths and armories, I about shit myself, cause I knew, I just knew, that Gendry was near. And, I was not disappointed. I had to literally hold back a scream of joy. AND I LOVE HOW DAVOS SAID HE THOUGHT GENDRY WOULD STILL BE ROWING. Made the wait entirely worth it. <3

6. Cersei, pregnant The last thing that I ever expected to happen. I was blown away when she revealed that. But to be honest, I was really happy for her and Jaime and got pretty emotional at the news. But then I saw a lot of people here on tumblr saying that she is more than likely faking it to manipulate Jaime, and possible other people. Which, I hate to think of, but I think is much more probable than her actually being pregnant. Either way, I can’t wait to see what happens with this new development.

7. Gilly/Sam/The Big Reveal Jon is not a bastard. Jon is NOT a bastard. JON IS NOT A FUCKING BASTARD!! My heart wanted to explode with joy. He has been shit on most of his life...and he’s actually someone REALLY fucking important! It’s kinda funny though cause he’ll always be Jon Snow in my mind, even if he does find out that he is really Jon Targaryen. Part of me doesn’t really want him to find out...I don’t want that information to change him in any way. I want him to stay the humble hero that he is and always has been. AND WTF SAM I KNOW YOU’RE PISSED BUT DON’T YOU DARE TREAT YOUR WIFEY GILLY LIKE AN ANNOYANCE SHE DON’T DESERVE THAT SHIT AND YOU SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR TAKING YOUR SHIT OUT ON HER SHE’S BECOMING SMARTER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL BY THE DAY AND I LOVE YOU SAM BUT YOU BETTER GET BACK TO APPRECIATING HER FOR THE BOSS ASS BITCH THAT SHE IS.

8. Littlefinger/Arya What is this nonsense. Seriously. I can’t keep up with these two. All I know is that Littlefinger is still stirring up trouble and up to no good and it makes me really, really uneasy. I truly hope Arya doesn’t buy into his bullshit and realize that he is trying to trap her and pit them all against one another. I know there will be at least one major death and one major betrayal. There has to be. And I pray to God that neither of these events occur at Winterfell, unless it is Littlefinger who dies/is betrayed. I am just so anxious about it all, and NEED to know what is going to happen next before I face an emotional disaster.

9. Eastwatch/Beyond the wall/The Breathing Squad Fan fucking tastic ending. This is some badass comradery we got going on here, and I am so, so excited to see what happens on their expedition, no matter how tense, nerve-wracking, or scary that it gets. I’ve been looking forward to this part since I saw the trailer and Beric Dondarrion wielding a flaming sword with The Hound battling alongside him as well. It is truly gonna be epic. And although I am extremely distraught that there are only 2 episode left, I am so excited to see what is coming.