#once ned got you two to stop fighting archery was basically the fastest way you and theon bonded

[rise-my-angel]

https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/3448137207858206/

this picture reminded me of heart of the great wolf. our archer queen

Ooh, this feels like something that a young reader would see in a history book. A portrait of some great archer of the past, and wishes she could grow up to be remembered as someone like that.

Waking up early on Dragonstone so she can practice her archery outside before Septa Moelle would come searching for her and demand she go inside and dress like a Lady so you could attend your lessons. Each day you get just a little bit better, hoping you might one day be as good as the woman in the history book.

When Shireen got sick, and you weren't permitted to see her, you hid from everyone as people came to try and cure her. Avoiding all your lessons and just walking around the top battlements of the castle and shooting arrows into the eyes of practically every single statue on Dragonstone, which is where she ended up getting most of her practice (if one looked very hard they still could find a statue or two very high up that still has arrows stuck shot into their eyes).

It's easier when she gets to Winterfell when Theon is there. The two of them could start an archery competition with the other literally at any time of day and they'd go for hours until their arms wanted to fall off.

It's also why in both battles in your new life, Deepwood Motte and the battle against Ramsay, Jon had positioned you first on a higher sideline cliff and then high on a horse because he knew you if you weren't strong enough to fight, you were still skilled enough to use a bow.

I went on a tangent here, but I'm so glad someone recognizes her archery skills because it's one of her secret passions that I've always hinted throughout that it's actually her most skilled combat style.