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hoaryoldbitch · 3 years

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words of affirmation

@jonsa-valentine

under the cut for the soft E rating

Castle Black, 306 AC, Winter

We're a family pulled from a flood

You tore the floorboards up

And let the river rush in

Not wash away, wash away

Jon's hips stutter as he moans Sansa's name into her ear and then he pushes hard, rocking into her as he rides out his release.

"Oh fuck," he grunts, panting heavily. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. Did you take the tonic?"

She kisses his shoulder and caresses the skin of his back as she hums in confirmation. She won't make that same mistake twice.

He collapses on top of her, as there is barely enough space for them to lie side by side. He nuzzles her neck and she tightens her arms and legs around him. She used to dream about marriage and children, but for now, what she has with Jon is more than enough.

She huffs and giggles as his weight is starting to crush her. "You need a bigger bed."

"I need more men and more resources," he rumbles into her shoulder.

"Must you discuss business while we're abed?" she asks him, sighing dramatically "You're still inside me," she adds to emphasize her point.

He moves his weight off her just a tiny bit, slowly slipping out of her. He tilts his head up to offer her a lazy grin as he taps her lips with his index finger. "It's the only place I can get you to shut up and agree with anything I say."

She feigns a gasp and nips at his finger. "You afraid I won't give you what you want?"

"What I need," he corrects her.

"You know I'll give you anything you want." She brushes a stray curl from his temple. "Or need," she adds when she sees his raised eyebrow.

"Will you? You don't want to hear my plans or calculations?"

She tries to shrug, but it's difficult while she's lying down and with him still mostly on top of her. "I'll listen if you insist on telling me, but I trust you'll use whatever I give you wisely. If it's possible, I'll grant you what you need."

"You trust me?"

Somehow she manages not to laugh at the doubtful look on his face, though their current position makes the sincerity of his question rather hilarious. "Of course I do," she tells him instead. "You've proven yourself a capable Lord Commander. I have faith in you."

Something about the intensity of his stare, the way his face lights up, the slight flush of his ears and neck makes heat rise to her own cheeks, makes her want to look away, but then he's climbing up and bracing himself over her to kiss her.

"How long will you stay?" he asks her when they part for breath. He doesn't wait for an answer, but starts trailing kisses down her throat, to the hollow where her collarbones meet, letting his tongue dip into it.

"Not long, only a couple of days," she answers, letting her hands roam over his arms and shoulders. "I have other duties, other places to visit before I return to Winterfell."

Come with me, she wants to beg him. I want you there with me, I need you. But she knows there are too many reasons why she shouldn't.

"Perhaps I should act the aurochs during our negotiations," he mutters into the curve of her right breast, "to force you to stay longer." His mouth closes over her nipple and he groans.

"You're always as stubborn as an aurochs," she accuses him, her voice breathless. "Perhaps you should come home with me." There, now she's asked him anyway.

He freezes and releases her nipple, but then continues kissing his way down her body.

She opens her legs wider to accommodate him, twining her fingers through his curls, and she bites her lip, but it's too late. "Winterfell is your home."

He circles his tongue around her navel. "Not anymore."

"Of course it is," she insists.

"I'm not a Stark," he reminds her as he shoulders her thighs apart. And thank the gods that he isn't. She wouldn't be in his bed if he was. But she's heard him say those words before, so she reaches down to cup his cheek, brushing the pad of her thumb across his bottom lip. He closes his lips over it and gives it a light suck.

"You are to me."

He lifts his head and quirks an eyebrow. "Is that right?" He kisses the inside of her thigh.

She knows that he's reminded of the first time she'd told him that, and of the fact that it can never again mean what she'd been pretending to tell him that day. When they had learned the truth about his parentage, she had tried assuring him again that he was still her brother. They had both known it was a lie, and neither of them had wanted it to be true. But to the rest of the world he was still Jon Snow, the Queen's bastard brother, and a man of the Night's Watch.

When she feels his hot breath ghosting over her lower lips, she decides to change the subject. "You know, what you're about to do is most definitely not going to shut me up."

He presses his lips to the spot right above her sensitive nub and chuckles, making her shudder before he has even started. She reaches for one of his hands, twining their fingers together, and grounds herself by tangling the fingers of her other hand through his curls.

"But you are," she continues as his tongue is swirling around her bundle of nerves, knowing he'll understand her meaning.

"You are. You are. You are," she keens as his mouth ravishes her. Even with his head buried between her thighs, she doesn't miss the doubtful shadow that shifts over his face. "I could make you one, if you wanted it."

They both know he does, he always has, but they also know he will never accept it. He's a stubborn fool, but she's in no state of mind to ponder his ridiculous reluctance to let her give him everything he's ever wanted.

"I am a man of the Night's Watch," he slurs without pausing his ministrations, the rumble of his voice increasing the building tension of her pleasure. "What use do I have for a name?"

After that, she does shut up for a while, apart from the moans and little cries that keep falling from her lips as he brings her to the brink of her peak. "Jon," she mewls, "oh gods," as she grinds her cunt into his mouth and falls apart on his tongue.

"Fair enough," she pants as he covers her body with his own, and she's still recovering from her climax. She doesn't mean it, but there isn't much else she can say. "But you still are to me. You always will be. Isn't that enough?"

"Aye," he confirms as he stretches her open. "That's enough."

#jonsa #jon x sansa #jonsa fic #jonsa ff #jonsa valentine #my writing #and there would be no grand choirs to sing

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sepedarodatiga · 5 years

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So it all started by reading this post by @nattyslove22. I have never consider if Tyrion is going to betray the Starks. I have never consider Tyrion betraying anyone because I hardly even think about Tyrion at all. Anyway, if he were to betray anyone I thought it would be D*ny and to be honest I wouldn’t care. But if he were to betray the Starks....well, hmm, that got my attention. Then my mind went to Tyrion’s scenes that sort of jump out to me, and it is one when he was in his cell, captured after being falsely accused of murdering Joffrey. Pod came to him and ask him if there’s anyone can testify for him.

Tyrion Lannister in 4x03 - Breaker of Chains

Without thinking too long, he mentioned Sansa as the very first person to testify for him. After they were married, he really liked to call her “my wife”, and that was sort of sweet and sad, as if he has this hope that his marriage with Sansa was genuine and that they are really a unit and that’s why he confidently say that Sansa will testify for him. But of course Sansa had been gone, whisked away by Littlefinger.

Tyrion Lannister in 4x03 - Breaker of Chains

So, I think it would be normal for Tyrion to have bitter feelings about it, hence his sarcastic comment when he met Jon Snow.

Tyrion Lannister in 7x03 - The Queen’s Justice

Then of course in the Dragonpit meeting, we know he was negotiating something with Cersei, but we don’t know what, so I thought well what if he promised to give Sansa Stark to Cersei in exchange for the truce. In the post thread, some other people such as @shewholovestoread and @jonsalways has said the same, that Tyrion would probably be involved in Sansa’s kidnapping. So anyway, to give myself some peace of mind, I decided to write this post, and while I’m at it, I found more things to back it up.

First, again @nattyslove22 has pointed out that before the Dragonpit meeting when she asked “why isn’t she with them”, Cersei is probably asking about Sansa, not D*ny like everyone else thinks. Cersei’s hand was shot briefly and we know she was wearing Joffrey’s ring. During the Dragonpit meeting, Jon blew up the negotiation, so Tyrion went to negotiate with Cersei.

Davos asked if he has any idea how to rectify the situation.

Davos Seaworth in 7x07 - The Dragon and the Wolf

Tyrion Lannister in 7x07 - The Dragon and the Wolf

Which means, he already has an idea before meeting with Cersei. One idea, and only one thing that he can think of to persuade Cersei. He insisted to meet with Cersei alone, and refused when Jon offered himself to talk to Cersei.

Tyrion Lannister in 7x07 - The Dragon and the Wolf

Jon Snow in 7x07 - The Dragon and the Wolf

Tyrion Lannister in 7x07 - The Dragon and the Wolf

Note the choice of words here: “my sister”, including a shot of Jon when he said “my sister”. Jon’s sister is Sansa.

So Tyrion goes to talk to Cersei and their talk went to the talk of family. Cersei blames Tyrion for her children’s death because Tyrion shot Tywin and made thim lost their protector. But Joffrey died before Tywin and Cersei now knows that Tyrion is innocent on Joffrey’s murder.

Cersei Lannister in 7x07 - The Dragon and the Wolf

Tyrion assured her that he was very sorry about her children and that they both know he loved the children very much too.

Tyrion Lannister in 7x07 - The Dragon and the Wolf

Then he started probing her into negotiation, asking what did she hoped for when she agreed to the Dragonpit meeting.

Tyrion Lannister in 7x07 - The Dragon and the Wolf

If we agree that she was really asking for Sansa in the first scene and that Sansa is the first thing she asked, then we know what she really hoped for from the Dragonpit meeting.

Then we were shown Joffrey’s ring once again.

Cersei Lannister in 7x07 - The Dragon and the Wolf

We all thought this scene was to reveal Cersei’s pregnancy to Tyrion. But I think it’s to emphasize Joffrey’s ring, while the pregnancy is to throw us of on what’s really being negotiated by Cersei and Tyrion. Tyrion already has an idea before he knows about her pregnancy, so it must have not related to that. Rather is related to her deceased son Joffrey, whose ring she wore and the camera shot. And Cersei is holding Sansa as responsible to Joffrey’s death. While Tyrion, feeling bad about the death of Cersei’s children, it would make sense if he were to offer something to ease the pain of losing her children, Particularly one child. One child’s death which he was not responsible for. A revenge for that child.

Tyrion said over and over again that Cersei loves his children and that is the one thing that he really holds about Cersei.

Tyrion Lannister in 2x01 - The North Remembers

Tyrion Lannister in 4x03 - Breaker of Chains

I know that maybe some people is uncomfortable with the idea that Tyrion is giving away Sansa to Cersei, because Tyrion was quite fond of Sansa and had never blamed Sansa over his capture and trial, contrary to what I said in the beginning that he is bitter about it. And it’s true, he only have nice thought about Sansa.

Tyrion Lannister in 4x03 - Breaker of Chains

But think about what he advised to Dany not long before.

Tyrion Lannister in 7x03 - The Queen’s Justice

And I know that I might sound like I’m contradicting myself by saying that Tyrion is bitter about Sansa but on the other hand it’s also “nothing”. But at the moment Sansa is nothing to Tyrion. She’s not really his wife and they have no feelings for each other, so even if he were bitter about it, they still don’t have any relationship.

Tyrion Lannister in 7x03 - The Queen’s Justice

And it’s such a Tyrion thing to do isn’t it? Negotiating with Cersei is like how he negotiate with Jon before when he asked him what he wants and finally Jon asked for the dragonglass.

Tyrion Lannister in 7x03 - The Queen’s Justice

During this negotiation, Cersei was brought up a few times as if it giving hints to us on Tyrion’s next negotiation. This, obviously:

Tyrion Lannister in 7x03 - The Queen’s Justice

And then also when Jon said this

Jon Snow in 7x03 - The Queen’s Justice

Yep, Tyrion called them grumkins and snarks, like he said to Jon in 1x02, but someone else also called them grumkins and snarks.

Cersei Lannister in 2x02 - The Night Lands

It’s really not to stretch to think Tyrion would use a Stark for trading in a negotiation. He already wanted to before, and that was after he said the line “you love your children”.

Tyrion Lannister in 2x01 - The North Remembers

Arya escaped and that leaves... Sansa Stark. So Tyrion has already considered using Sansa for trading to release Jaime from the Starks. That didn’t happened, so will it happens in season 8? Ironic, considering Sansa Stark is now Jaime’s last chance of honor.

As to how Tyrion might do it... I really don’t want to go there but there’s this line

Tyrion Lannister to Podrick Payne in 4x03 - Breaker of Chains

#jonsa #kidnapping plot #dark tyrion #dragonpit meeting

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fedonciadale · 5 years

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To go south - chapter 38 - Preparations

So, another chapter of my long, long fic.... Sansa wants some advice from Bran on how to negotiate. But Bran is planning, also on AO3. Next chapter is ready and will be up tomorrow!

“Why did you send Jon away, if you knew Daenerys was coming?”, Sansa asked her brother. She could hear the stress in her voice, that came from reigning herself in, so that she would not shout at her brother.

Bran at first said no word. The leaves of the weirwood branch threw shadows on Bran’s face. He focussed on the sky just left of Sansa’s face so intensely that Sansa was tempted to turn around to check if Daenerys’ dragon had taken so the sky. But there was nothing to see. It was a sunny day, if cold, and the sky was spotless.

“If Jon were here, it would have come to a fight.”, Bran answered finally. “I thought that would be obvious.”

Sansa threw her hands in the air.

“Honestly, Bran,” she said. “I wish you would share more of what you want and what you plan.”

Bran gave her a smile, one of his new smiles that looked as if he just remembered how to move the muscles in his face, and nothing more.

“I’m so sorry, Sansa. The future is a shifting river. A small thing I tell you might cause a maelstrom that carries us all to our death.”

He gazed at his lap. Sansa glanced at her brother, but he did not carry on.

“I suggested negotiations on a whim,” she finally said. “I just wanted to buy time. What do I even have to offer her? Apart from not blowing her up.” She sighed. “She must know that I cannot possibly carry through with this threat. We would destroy Winterfell.”

Bran looked up again. “You insist that I tell you something?”

Sansa looked at him, and exasperation crept into her voice. “Bran, you are a seer, I could use some counsel.”

Bran was silent for such a long time, that Sansa contemplated turning on her heels.

“Tell her, I’ll give her a glimpse into the future, if she renews her promise to fight against the Walkers.”

“And that will make her come around?”

Bran shrugged. “Maybe.”

A twinkle entered his eye. “If she wants a marriage alliance, tell her I’m available.”

Sansa laughed despite herself. “You don’t even know her.”

The twinkle left Bran’s eyes. “I saw enough.”

“So that is your counsel?”, Sansa asked.

“I don’t need to tell you to be careful, nor how to negotiate.”

“Will you tell me whom I should take with me?”

“Take Ser Jaime and Arya.”

“Will she not be angry if Jaime is with us?” she wanted to know.

“Jaime could bring Tyrion around, if he happens to mention that he has no ambition to get Casterly Rock any longer. And he is a better choice than Brienne.”

“Why Arya?”

“If anything goes wrong, she’ll be there to avenge you.”

“Did I ever tell you that you have become so comforting,” Sansa told him.

“Only a few things are comforting in these times.” Bran turned, his intent clearly on the weirwood.

“Now, if you excuse me. I have to plan.” His hand hovered near the trunk of the weirwood.

Sansa glanced at him, half annoyed and half worried. She turned to leave.

“One last thing,” Bran called after her.

“Do not under any circumstances mention your condition, but I guess you know that.”

Sansa felt the blood rising to her face.

“I’m not even sure yet,” she whispered. “I just became suspicious this morning. My moon blood is only a few days late. Do you see everything?”

Bran shrugged. “I don’t linger on unimportant things. There are quite a lot of children in your future, that is, if we have a future. How you get them is none of my business.”

#Jonsansaff #Jonxsansaff #jon x sansa #Jonsa #sansa stark #Bran Stark #To go south #chapter 38 #preparations

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dykedteach · 5 years

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okay here we go, episode 2 second watch

(I think this is my longest liveblog I’ve done, but then again I feel like this is the most emotional a tv episode has made me since I finished Black Sails so like?)

so uhhh they’re really gonna hide all the valuable people in the crypts huh, they’re really following through on that

“women and children first” to DIE??? I M EAN

i’ve been thinking about this non stop since i first watched the ep and my growing dread is nigh unstoppable, if i had any doubts that the winterfell dead might rise, their whole repeated thing of “everyone will be safe down there” shot them straight down

i’m lowkey annoyed we missed out on what would have been an incredibly awkward introduction scene between jaime and literally everyone, but i’m glad his “trial” didn’t drag out

i want sam’s opinion on dany’s bloodthirst vis a vis avenging her father BC LIKE????

“i’d do it all again” honey be QUIET

L O Y A L T Y

loyalty

l o yal t e a

lmao daenerys’ look of anger and disgust at brienne hopping to jaime’s defense alone makes me want her dead tbh

sansa being a better strategist, ruler, negotiator, and peacekeeper than both of her parents combined, is my weakness tbh

also He R aRmOuR drESs !!!!! what a LOOK!

d: “what does the warden of the north say about it?” j: [has dissociated solidly through the past six hours, is only now just realising it’s daylight and he’s in the great hall] uhhhhhhhhhhhh cool i guess?

tyrion finally breathing after daenerys lets jaime live is ridiculously endearing, i love the brothers’ relationship so much

baeworm death-glaring jaime is also ridiculously endearing tbh

i dig the gendarya love theme, i do i do i do

everyone keeps saying that the fact they had sex means one of them will die next ep but honestly? out of all the non jonerys pairings (missandei/greyworm, sam/gilly, jaime/brienne) i think they’re most likely to live through the battle, and the fact they have their own theme makes me doubt as well that they’ll end next episode

that poor guy who got in the way of arya and gendry’s dragonglass throwing foreplay, so close yikes

i can’t believe that out of everyone who bran has been weird to, jaime was the one to take his weird shit best

“how do you know there is an afterwards?” sd;kjlas

djkasljdak;lsd

asjd;lsakdla;sd

bran

bran stop

please be fuckin w us bran

this brotherly love scene is great and it hurts me to think it might be their last solo scene

although the way they keep talking about how sure they are they’ll die....idk? and with bronn on the way with his crossbow? to have both, or either, die at winterfell with the battle seems a waste. plus, one of them needs to be the valonqar so?

i’d be satisfied seeing a dead tyrion rip cersei apart though, i’ll admit that

JAIME GAZING AT BRIENNE INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO HIS BROTHER

pod has come so far in his fighting i love him so much i love brienne’s proud mama expression hes. he’s 100% going to die. for sure.

“we have never had a conversation that’s lasted this long without you insulting me, not once” KJASDKLASJDKALSJDALKSD

“i came to winterfell because...” Y OU LOVE HER DUMBASS

i still ship jorah with dany more than jon, fight me

i love the confirmation that all the bad blood between them is under the bridge, i love that he convinced her to make peace with tyrion and sansa, i love that he’s made peace with tyrion taking up his position, made peace with his house, with his relationship with his father...........

he’s absolutely toast and i hate it.

he’s going to die for dany with one last “khaleesi” and it’s going to break my heart

“we have other things in common” yeah you both have jon in your immediate family trees lmao

i’m confused by the “someone taller” comment, who’s she talking about? everyone else hurt her or betrayed her at some point. is it barristan? is it baeworm? it should be baeworm

ok so. i don’t need or want sansa to end up with anyone.

that said

if it had to be a man

my heart almost jumped out of my chest when she and theon hugged, i didn’t expect her to get this emotional at all, shit i didn’t expect MYSELF to get this emotional

HER TEARS

THEY BOTH NEED HUGS IM GLAD THEY GET HUGS

soup dad can’t die i forbid it

let’s talk about gilly for a second, how far she’s come, from a scared abused girl to a strong, caring, confident woman and mother, i’m so emotional please protect her

DAVOS ADOPTING CHILDREN LEFT RIGHT AND CENTRE

THE SHIREEN THEME PLAYING OVER THAT BIT IM ASJDKASDJ

i’m super surprised edd and beric survived the hearth, i thought there would be more of a fight there

LITTLE CROW

i know people crack ship them, but like, they’d almost be better suited than jon and daenerys

while i adore the idea of theon making amends for taking winterfell from bran by defending winterfell and protecting bran from the night king, i know in my heart that all it’s going to result in is a very dead theon (and probably a dead bran)

why do i feel like while well intentioned, having dragons near the godswood is.....a mistake

i’d love for bran and tyrion to both survive, i’d love to see them talk more as equals because they’re so similar intellectually (i know they had scenes when bran was a kid, but that doesn’t count)

missandei and greyworm are too good and pure for this earth, i want them to leave, i want them to go to naath and never come back, i want them to find a little house by the water and eat fruits and find missandei’s family and take in some stray children, some street cats to lay lazily on the stones of their porch, maybe missandei teaches the children of their village every morning under the rising sun, maybe greyworm becomes a tradesman, makes shoes or ale or binds books for the locals, they grow old and content together and the children they took into their home, now grown adults with their own children, bury them side by side underneath carved stones, i want them more than almost anyone to have a happy ever after because if anyone deserves it it’s those two

but there are dreams that cannot be

and greyworm is almost certain to die next episode

maybe missandei too, but i’m not sure

until then, i will live in my fantasy.

i love my nights watch boys, i love that they talk about grenn and pyp, i miss those lads

sam being the playful, banter-full, confident guy he is, i love him so much i’m so happy for him he better fucking survive (and maybe become lord of horn hill who knows? he has a wife and a son so ?

honestly the idea of tywin knowing jaime and tyrion are defending winterfell is so wonderful

ha ha h ah ah ah h a i love tyrion and jaime so much that i. i forget. temporarily. about tyrion’s first wife

brienne stopping pod from drinking and then tyrion just.......fuckin pouring a large one out for the lad

please, let him drink, it’ll be his last

davos is such an old man i love him

jaime looking between brienne and tormund with amusement is the best thing ever

davos’ concern over ten year old tormund hopping into bed with a giant is incredible. dad mode. always on dad mode.

hound’s not gonna die yet, not until cleganebowl, he’s safe next ep for sure. so he’s allowed to be a grumpy old git for a bit

beric is straight up gonna die tho

“might as well be at a bloody wedding” g o d i dont like that foreshadowing

beric is so cheery and amicable im gonna miss him

i’m so glad that they gave arya agency, and a sweet, un-sexploited, in-character sex scene, there’s so few really good sex scenes in this show and i’m glad she got one of them

(no matter how long i spent the first time around watching through my fingers and cringing, i KNOW she’s an adult and maisie is an adult but god she’s still such a kid in my eyes)

as soon as the gloves started coming off i screamed

he is a sweet sweet boy and i wouldn’t want my murdering badass fave to be with anyone else

i appreciate them showing her scars as part of it, i can’t quite put my finger on why but it was nice to see that

i feel like once i get over the weirdness of like, “hey that’s arya”, it’s probably one of the hotter sex scenes in the series? just for passion and use of consent and stuff

i can’t even begin to elaborate on how perfect brienne’s scene is

it’s immediately one of my favourite scenes in the whole show, i honestly don’t have the words

it’s better than any marriage vows that have been taken in the whole series, and to see brienne proud and happy is just...incredible.

the mormont scene i wanted!!!

this is such a touching scene between two of my faves, i want jorah and sam to be pals forever but i know its just....not happening

the fact that sam starts in the crypt but i know he ends up on the battlefield is....concerning to say the least

god. that song. that song is everything

im too in my feelings to care about jonerys, sorry

i can genuinely believe that jon loves her, and doesn’t care about the iron throne or any titles really for that matter. but the other way around? i’m not so sure.

ok so my survival list: dany, jon, sansa, tyrion

everyone else is at risk please pray for me

oh also i bought the download of Jenny and already cried to it three times this evening, so the credits are making it a round four

#laura watches game of thrones #this took me...two hours? to compile?

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kitten1618x · 7 years

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GoT Afterthoughts 7x03 The Queen's Justice (Jonsa Edition) SPOILERS

I’m sorry for the delay, but ffs this is LONG! Well ...now we know that this week's episode title was def. referring to Cersei, let's get to it.

We begin this week with foreboding music -Jon and Davos riding the crashing waves onto the shores of Dragonstone -which I still highly prefer the exterior to the interior -though, I suppose it fits the "mood". Little bit of banter between the boys, and after a friendly introduction and a smiling face, Missandei asks for their weapons. A skeptical and non-to-pleased looking Jon obeys, then turns to watch warily while the Dothraki take their rowboat as well. Okay Gendry, you can row up at any time now ...we may need you as the getaway boat.

So they proceed up the long winding staircase (which has more steps than Dany does titles) and not even a full 3 minutes into the episode, Sansa is already brought up in conversation. I'm dead serious - 02:30 minute mark on the dot. I actually only know this, because at this particular moment, I paused the DVR to grab a snack -but I like how in what is supposed to be such a J/D-centric episode (er-meh-gerd they're finally meeting!!!), Sansa takes precedence. Good call D&D ...I see what you did there.

Now about that conversation -is it odd that Tyrion would bring up Sansa in passing conversation with Jon? No, not at all -she is a connection that they both share, but ....

T: Sansa, I hear she's alive and well?

J: She is.

T: Does she miss me terribly? (clearly he's attempting a bit of a joke here).

J: *silence as he stares down at Tyrion like he damn well better explain himself*

T: *looks over his shoulder, to see that Jon is not amused, quickly explains* A sham marriage, never consummated.

J: I didn't ask.

T: Well it was, it wasn't. Anyway, she's much smarter than she lets on.

J: She's starting to let on.

T: Good.

So, what exactly was the point of this conversation? If Tyrion just wanted to know if Sansa was well, and the narrative wanted to establish how clever Sansa is, they could have done that without all that "missing me and marriage sham and unconsummated" banter in between. We as an audience already know all of these things, so how does that little nugget of information help in furthering the narrative? To put it quite simply -it doesn't. Again ..I see you D&D, I see exactly what you did there.

A bit more banter between the boys -Tyrion's ironic statement about Starks not faring well in the South, as to which Jon replies that he's not a Stark (shut up baby, yes you fucking are!) and BOOM! Cue: Drogon swooping down over the crowd, and Jon and Davos hitting the deck like a bunch of dropped wet rocks. You will NEVER convince me that was coincidence. Dany is in full control of her Dragons now, and that was a total (cheap) intimidation tactic.

PS: Jon is wearing leggings! Show me tha booty!

Cut to Varys and Melisandre perched high above on a cliff and watching the welcoming committee march up the guests. Varys prods her on why she won't greet them considering she spoke so highly of Jon Snow. She replies with how she's "brought fire and ice together and she's done her part" -I believe this is a deliberate misdirection from the writers. We already know that Jon is fire and ice on his own -the characters do not, and you know the dark ship is going wild over this line right now, but don't any of you pay it any mind. It's like a magicians trick -slight of hand ..look over there, while we do this over here.

Varys still has a healthy skepticism of this religion and these priestesses -and I'm still 1100000% with him. Melisandre is going back to Volantis (spelled right??) it seems -but will return to die -just like Varys. Ohhhh prophetic. And damn but these red witches get under his skin! Why???? I must know!

Poor Jonny-boy walking into the throne room looks nervous AS HELL, with the Mad Kings daughter perched on that wiggy-ass throne, and half of Dany's face is bathed in shadows, and she's once again cloaked in all black -shadows, darkness = symbolism at its finest folks. Hiding ones face half in shadow is a popular trope to emphasize that someone has a "sinister side" , and wearing all black is also a trope - "evil wears black."

Now, for arguments sake (and because I like to play devils advocate -the Nights Watch also wear all black, and Jon did too -however, Dany's wardrobe went from bright white (innocence and purity) to black upon coming to Westeros.

So as Missandei rambles off all 101 of Dany's titles (like I swear they do this purposely to annoy us at this point), Davos shoots back with "This is Jon Snow and he's King of the North". (See this juxtaposition they just shoved RIGHT IN OUR FACES???). LMAO -by the way, I just fucking adore Davos! He is a damn precious dewdrop, and I will fight you if you say otherwise!

D: You are here to bend the knee?

J: I am not.

Who else screeched with glee here? Huh? Huh?

Bend the knee. Bend the knee. BEND THE KNEE.

I'm not going to rehash this entire exchange, but a few important things that stuck out to me:

Jon's primary focus is "us", "we" -he's concerned about saving people.

Dany's primary focus is "Me, me, me!!"

It is interesting how she asked that the father's sins not be passed onto the daughter -reminiscent of Jon's own words regarding the Karstark and Umber children. I wonder if this is a sort of foreshadowing that by not being more wary of Dany's Targ temper, it just may bite him in the ass later.

Also Dany is a hypocrite. "Don't blame me for my ancestors -blah blah blah, but bend the knee because of my ancestors." Sigh.

I'm insanely curious why Jon didn't want Davos to tell them he'd been resurrected -or why Melisandre left that little tidbit out too???

Jon is now essentially Dany's prisoner.

Dany's narcissism is growing by the day. I can't believe people don't understand what GRRM (D&D) are deliberately doing with her character! This is an actual quote: "Do you know what kept me standing all those years in exile? Faith. Not in any god, not in myths, and legends. In myself. Daenerys Targaryen. The world hadn’t seen a dragon in centuries, until my children were born. The Dothraki hadn’t crossed the sea, any sea. They did for me. I was born to rule the Seven Kingdoms. And I will."

Varys delivers the news that Dany's fleet is gone, and then Theon is fished from the sea by his people. And let me slip in here that if you're one of the people bashing Theon for jumping overboard because he so clearly suffers from PTSD -you're a shit, and you need to stop. That's not something that just suddenly disappears ...he will struggle with that for whatever is left of his life. He's gonna rescue Yara ...I just know it.

Now we're in Kings Landing and Euron is parading Yara and the Sand Snakes through the city. Like, I'm so torn, because I hate this dude, but I also kinda love him? His teasing of Jamie is PRICELESS, if not highly inappropriate. It's also pretty clear to me that Cersei has no intent on marrying him. In typical Cersei fashion, she'll keep him at arms length while she uses him, and then dispose of him when he wears out his usefulness -clever girl that she is.

And now we're in the dungeon where the Sand Snakes are chained -after a bit of tormenting them, she takes Tyene the same way they took her daughter -with a kiss of death. As a mother, I truly feel for Cersei here as she talks about Mrycella -for both of these mothers actually. Say what you will about Cersei, but Lena is a fucking GODDESS! She owns this role so well. Like, I can't stand Cersei, and yet, I literally cheer for her sometimes. One thing is for certain -people better stop underestimating her ruthlessness. And my God, the Sand Snakes -magnificent acting with no dialogue!

After a romantic romp with her dear brother (and damn, Jamie has a sweet ass), she boldly allows the servant to see them together -she's queen now, and apparently has no more fucks to give. It's time for the Lannister's to pay their debts, and she's off to meet with a rep. of the Iron Bank. Using the sharp negotiation skills she inherited from Tywin, and the same "foreign invader/mad Kings daughter" approach that she used to sway the Lords, it appears she gets what she wants and the Iron Bank will extend her the credit she needs - "gold wins wars."

We jump back to Dragonstone, where our brooding prisoner/hero is staring forlornly at the sea. He's a Northern fool who didn't listen (to Sansa). Tyrion tries to appeal to Jon's good side, and talks up Dany a bit, while simultaneously trying to help him. He's looking to strike an alliance -"use each other to further your own needs approach", and after a somewhat comical conversation with Dany (thank God because we need a bit of levity surrounding her scenes) -he urges her to let Jon mine the dragon glass. I think Tyrion does truly believe Jon is telling the truth. The knife in the heart comment comes up again -and again, I wonder why Jon didn't want them to know about his resurrection -but clearly, it's important because it was brought up again.

Now Jon approaches Dany who's gazing off towards the sea and watching her Dragons soaring in the distance. Sounds kinda romantic, right? Well not really, as during most of this conversation they stood facing opposite directions, barely making eye contact -save for a few moments. Shipping goggles are fully affixed here, but compare this to the way Jon and Sansa are always staring into each other's eyes (usually in softly lit rooms). Just sayin'.

Jon comments on Dany's Dragons, and she tells them that she named them for her brothers -Viserys and Rhaegar. This made me smile. And what I find so amusing about this, is just a few nights ago, I had a Nonny send me an ask referring to the general audience possibly forgetting that Rhaegar (Jon's daddy dearest) was Dany's brother --well, there you have it, Nonny, the narrative just delivered your reminder. Heh heh heh. ;) I don't think that Dany believes Jon about the WW/NK yet (and really, we can't fault her) but he is getting his dragon glass, and in the meantime, it keeps Jon hanging around -more time to woo him to their side.

And we head North to Winterfell (finally) to see that the Sass QitN is pretty freaking good at this ruling stuff. Like really, did we ever have any doubts? She's preparing for the enemy coming from both sides, because she's clever as hell (and I'm so proud of her!!!). Can't-take-a-hint Lord Creepyfinger is at it again -whispering in her ear with his creepy-creep-ness, and our girl once again, deliciously puts him in his place. Look, this constant talk of Cersei with Sansa, and the fact that she's lived and learned from her -plus this emphasis on how well she's taken up the helm at "ruling" and caring for her people, all while Tyrion, Jon and LF are all saying how smart she is ...I'm really starting to get the feeling that Sansa is THAT queen. Ya know -the one from Cersei's prophecy ...

"You'll be queen, for a time. Then comes another, younger, more beautiful, to cast you down and take all you hold dear."

I usually try not to get tin foilish in my recaps, but this is the Jonsa edition after all, so bear with me. Sansa has literally learned from the master of ruthlessness, and I truly believe all this emphasis on that this season, is setting up the fact that Sansa will be the only one clever enough to see through Cersei's scheming, won't underestimate her, and in fact, be the one to bring her down. Sansa, if not indirectly, could be linked to all of Cersei's children's deaths (all she holds dear):

She was betrothed to Joffrey, who after he cruelly tortured her for a time, discarded her for Margaery. Being the clever old bird that she was, Olenna got Sansa to open up about Joffrey's cruelty, which ultimately led to his death.

Thrusting Sansa into a marriage with Tyrion who then were both accused by Cersei of murdering Joffrey. Sansa escapes due to LF's scheming, leading to Tyrion's trial by combat with Oberyn as his champion. When he is killed by the Mountain, Ellaria exacts revenge on the Lannisters by killing Mrycella.

Due to Joffrey's death, Tommon becomes king, and takes his brothers widow for a wife -the same family responsible for Joffrey's death -who only murdered him because Sansa confirmed his cruelness. Tommon falls hopelessly in love with Margaery, and upon her death, commits suicide.

It's also important to note, that Cersei is technically the one to blame for the deaths of all of her children, although she will never see it that way. While I was studying up on this prophecy, I also stumbled onto this from one of the book wiki sites:

When will I marry the prince?

Cersei is talking about Prince Rhaegar, whom Tywin Lannister intended to offer her to for marriage. Maggy tells Cersei that she will never marry the prince, but will marry the king. This foreshadows King Aerys refusing Tywin’s offer, Robert’s Rebellion, and Cersei eventually marrying Robert Baratheon after he is crowned king.

I just find highly coincidental that Cersei was almost wed to a Targaryen prince (and Jon Snow's father, to boot), and if we're all correct in our assumptions that Jonsa is in fact endgame (it is, by the way) then Sansa will take that from her, too. Which also strangely ties Sansa to -going from in the beginning of the story, wanting the prince who was actually a bastard, to getting the bastard who is actually a prince. Just sayin' ....

Okay, back to the show.

Bran has arrived at Winterfell! I repeat BRAN HAS ARRIVED AT WINTERFELL!! And we are treated to yet another beautiful Stark reunion -minus "the nuzzle" -I repeat MINUS THE NUZZLE!!

They are catching up in the Godswood, and the first thing out of Sansa's mouth (when she's in what she perceives is a safe space, and she's allowed to be vulnerable) is "I wish Jon were here". Ship them or not, there's a reason that they both mentioned each other in this episode -if only to remind us (the general audience) that they are, indeed, on each other's minds.

Bran is quite emotionless, and I guess I get it. He needs to disconnect and emerge himself completely in this whole 3-eyed Raven deal, because the NK is coming, and he doesn't have much time to hone his powers. In light of their reunion, the writers chose to have him bring up the horrors Sansa suffered at the hands of Ramsey Bolton -to prove his power. I've seen some speculate that this was in fact Bran seeing a future Sansa wedding, and this very well may be, as he admitted himself that it all comes to him in bits. Part of me REALLY wants to believe that, but I think this had more to do with choosing something that would shake Sansa enough to know that what he says is true (cuz come on, he does seem a bit eccentric and cray, peeps). Or maybe it's both? Take it for what you will.

Jorah has been successfully cured of his greyscale, and he is off to find his Dragon queen -and just ffs, I ship them so hard !!! They (Jorah/Sam) will meet again -although, I hope it's not on different sides of the battlefield. *cough* Targbowl.

Sam doesn't get rewarded, but you can def. see that the Archmaester IS proud of him. Oh my heart!

And we're back to Dany's war room. Two allies are down, her armada is gone. She wants to take her Dragons and go burn Euron's fleet -oh, I'm so shocked! But, her wise council talks her out of it, and Tyrion narrates the scene of Casterly rock being taken, while quoting his bro, Bron (like -I can't wait for these two to reunite). The siege is successful .....or is it? Well, NO -because Cersei is a BOSS!

Euron has effectively taken out the rest of Dany's ships, and trapped GW and the remaining Unsullied at Casterly Rock (which by the way, is gorgeous, and it's about time we see it) -with limited supplies, and no one to come to their aid, they will likely die.

So where is the rest of the Lannister army? Capturing High Garden, of course (and now Cersei will have their riches, as well). The battle scenes are skipped, and we see Jamie seek out Lady Olenna, who admits to being outsmarted. She warns Jamie that Cersei will be the death of him, and calls Joffrey a cunt (lmao, I love her), before swigging down the poison Jamie offers her. And right before the credits roll, she SAVAGELY admits to Jamie that she was behind Joffrey's murder, and she wants Cersei to know that. Daaaaaammmmmnnn!

And that concludes my Afterthoughts ...see you next week.

Oh, and Jonsa is endgame -spread the word.

#got afterthoughts #got recap #jonsa #jon x sansa #got season 7 spoilers #spoilers

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GoT 7x03 Musings

My initial reaction to “The Queen’s Justice”

^I dub thee “Casterly Castle”

I guess the title refers to Cheryl finally delivering that poetic justice for Madison’s death via Poison Ivy lipstick (which I’ve been told was only a thing Ivy did in Batman and Robin; she’s usually just more a dramatic biochemist nerd with pheromones. I’m so sorry, Ivy.). I guess it could also be Deadpan not randomly giving Jon her help for nothing in exchange, because that’s actually a decent sense of justice. It was pretty obvious D&D were writing this one again, with the nonversations featuring strongly. Let’s dive in.

Dragonstone

A lot happened here, and yet nothing did at all.

Jon is a fucking idiot for arriving with just Davos, and it’s beyond clear that he should have listened to Sansa and everyone else cautioning him from going, because he was immediately in a position where he had no capacity to defend himself, and nothing to offer Deadpan at all.

Really glad Tyrion reminded us HOW NICE he is about not raping Sansa when they were married. More points for him being THE BEST. Sorry. If you know me, you know this one is a specific bugaboo.

Some say the dragon CGI didn’t look good, but frankly it didn’t bother me that much. I was much more distracted by Tyrion’s alcoholism jokes and Jon’s mouth breathing

The Mel & Davos scene felt like it worked last night, but after reading over Jess’s review today, I have no idea why I thought that. Mel was literally just saying she was peacing out, and then creepily said she and Varys would both die in Weisseroff, so I guess they will. It was…fine? But also “the plot needs me over here now!”

I felt like Deadpan and Jonny were asserting different things every few minutes. I’m also assuming we’re supposed to view Deadpan as the spoiled entitled shittier leader, while Jonny is a man of the people who drops his g’s at the ends of his sentences.

this would have been somewhat possible to be sold if Jonny hadn’t been given a kingship for being the world’s biggest fucking idiot

Also, Tyrion’s point about “you should just kneel if this war to the North is all that matters to you” is really, really salient. Like…what did Jonny expect in this? He *said* Deadpan needs him, but actually how? What she needs his 4 surviving Wildlings? The Manderly forces?

Oh wait, that’s right, the whole theme of this season has been “how can we illogically deplete Deadpan’s massive and unbeatable army?” She learns about Yara’s fleet and decides not to keep Jonny as a prisoner, but a guest, before storming off.

I’m probably remembering this out of order, but we get some kind of war council scene where she suggests riding her dragon to like…BURN Euron’s wormhole-navigating fleet?

But no. Apparently she could get shot with an arrow so it’s never going to happen. Let’s ignore her biggest military advantage.

We also get Jonny & Tyrion 2.0: who broods best? Aka D&D write shitty lines for cheap fandom jokes.

It is kind of amusing to watch Jonny have his own idiocy pointed out to him

Then Tyrion runs to Deadpan and tells her to play nice, because she’s been a very naughty little school girl lately. Also they need allies because things are going tits up with his masterplan of incompetence. I just can’t take the fucking infantilizing tone, though I did legit laugh when Deadpan called him on “a wise ma n once said.”

Uhhh finally Deadpan & Jonny’s 2.0 scene? She decides to let him mine dragon glass because Tyrion asked nicely. I can’t think anything positively about either of their leadership capabilities, nor do I think D&D have much interest in showing them. Can we just get on to boat sex already?

Cheryl’s Landing

The biggest issue I have is how the smallfolk of Cheryl’s Landing are even more mercurial than the Northern Lords. Now they’re CHEERING Euron despite knowing Cheryl burned everything down? Why don’t they give any shits?

I don’t know who Euron is playing this week. Moriarity? Julia says a bad magician. Are we supposed to find him intimidating?

Legit found Cheryl’s approach to governance compelling this week. She secured an ally with a promise of marriage *after* the war is won (why the fuck is Euron so interested in this?), and was a savvy negotiator with the “we love the slave trade” Iron Bank of Braavos.

I can’t begin to deal with the Faullaria death scene. Longest fucking thing in the world, and it was just D&D reveling in murdering characters we hated because they put no depth into them. Everything about it was horrible, absolutely everything.

even the stupid “poetic justice” of the kiss. Just stop.

Larry loves Cheryl! Cheryl’s maid loves Cheryl’s style! What in the fuck is happening??

Winterhell

BRITTANY’S BACK

Anonymous said to gotgifsandmusings:

"a female character is empowered without resorting to violence, sexual manipulation, or dismissal of typically feminine-coded traits or activities" happened tho, with Sansa's ruling scene. It was one of the scenes I really enjoyed this episode (until littlefinger started to talk)

Yeah man, for sure. It was actually nice to watch, even if the larger pattern of their conception of empowerment is totally fucked. I have a feeling this one won’t be staying around

Also my god, that Batfinger speech was one of his worst yet. It makes chaos is a ladder seem like the smartest thing ever uttered. “See all possible outcomes”? Um…you didn’t, you fucking moron. Remember when the Sansa Marriage Strike blew up in literally everyone’s face?

at least Brittany wasn’t into it

Aaaaand then Bran came with a brand new personality! He wasn’t able to emote or give any shits about his sister, and then forced her to relive her trauma by talking about it in really creepy, deadpan, voyeuristic tones. Yay!

this Bran came out of NOWHERE. He became the Three Eyed Sydow last year (or something), so…where was this creepiness then? He seemed to be able to engage with Meera and Benjen and stuff. Was the baby crossfade THAT momentous?

I’m glad Brittany ran away from him. I rather stanned her this episode

Oh btw Theon is alive.

Apparently the Ironboors who survived can intuit exactly what happened on his ship, rather than thinking he got thrown overboard or something.

Hogwarts

I almost forgot this was in the episode

Greyscale is cured! Forever! This plot really mattered so much!

no are we supposed to be affected that Jorah was contemplating suicide? Are we supposed to care that Sam figured this out from what Jess described as a “wiki-how”?

just someone kick Sam out already. This is going nowhere

THE BATTLES

I’ll direct you back to Jess’s review if you haven’t read it already. She does an AMAZING job at explaining how Tyrion’s voice-over removed all dramatic tension.

Fuck traveling logistics, amirite? Of course Larry can sprint around Weisseroff in two weeks. I feel like they threw that timeframe in there just to piss us off.

Again, the importance of Casterly Castle was never in evidence. Larry didn’t care about it enough to abandon it. Tyrion described it as “impenetrable” and even went on to say how once inside, the Unsullied would *still* be outnumbered.

it makes Tyrion seem like an idiot, especially with Larry knowing he’d take it, so was this supposed to be his hubris? But it was never framed as hubris. So…

Oh look, Euron’s fleet warped from somewhere in between Cheryl’s Landing and Porne to Casterly Castle. That works!

Then Larry just warps and takes Highgarden off-screen, because apparently D&D say that the Tyrells are shitty fighters. What. No seriously, what? Where did that even come from? And taking a castle is still kind of a big deal.

^this was a tad disappointing for Highgarden.

Frankly, where did the Tyrell army even go? Tarly’s an important bannerman, but not like ALL of it

The best part was that Diana Rigg seemed as happy to be done with this stupid show as I was for her, so there was a good amount of energy in her scene.

the whole “Cheryl is the worst” thing didn’t land as usual, especially when immediately followed by her confession about murdering Joffrey, but she was just so gosh darn plucky about it!

Aaaand that’s all I’ve got! Boy Deadpan sure is in a pickle that her amazing “divide and fail to conquer” plan was as bad as @turtle-paced described it last week. Add to that Larry’s sudden competence, and she just might yet need Jonny!

Top 3 nitpicks:

Casterly Castle being single-handedly built by Tywin and Tyrion having actually constructed the sewers himself. Not just running them…constructed them.

The Iron Bank investing in the slave trade

The smallfolk LOVE Euron and Cheryl now

Did this land for you? I was seeing tweets about how smart the writing was and just...WHAT. Though Brittany was boss ass, if I may say so myself.

#episode musings #got 7x03 #the queen's justice

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rafecameron · 7 years

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The Stag And The Wolf (Robb Stark)

Prompt: I was thinking if you could write something like, them both "fighting" with words, but falling in love. Bonus if she is a Baratheon, double bonus if she was his betrothed. - Anonymous.

Word Count: 1930

Robb had been arguing with his father non-stop for the past week and he didn’t plan on letting up any time soon. When his father gave him the news that he would be married he was annoyed but knew he’d learn to live with it. But when his father continued on to tell him he would be married to a Baratheon he was even more annoyed and knew he would not learn to live with it.

“Of all the houses father really?” He argued yet again as he followed his father to the dining hall. “Anyone other than a Baratheon or a Lannister. Any house. I could cope with any house!” He all but pleads.

His father stops his walking short and turns to face his eldest son, “Robb. There is no argument in this. You will marry (Y/N) Baratheon and you will get on with it like an adult. There is no negotiating.”

Robb sighed, deflated and watched his father walk into the dining hall, his appetite now diminished he decided to skip break fast and go and sit in the Gods Woods. All he could think to do was pray, but he knew they wouldn’t listen to his wants. His fathers word was final, he thought even the Gods would know that.

The next two weeks passed by far too quickly for Robbs liking and before he knew it he was stood in the courtyard with his family waiting for the arrival of his betrothed. He’d tried hiding in his room but his father had dragged him out, much to the amusement of his siblings.

He’d come up with a new plan. Maybe, if he really did not get along with you, then your fathers would not make you marry. Would reconsider and match you with someone different.

His first sight of you was more pleasing than he had anticipated. He hadn’t expected a Baratheon to look so beautiful, but still he did not want to be linked to the Baratheon name. He didn’t know what his father was thinking. Everyone in the North hated the Baratheons and the Lannisters, and if he was to be Warden of the North when he was older how would anyone listen to him if he had a Baratheon at his side? It just didn’t make sense, why his father hadn’t chosen a Northern family to marry him to.

(Y/N)’s father introduced her, she seemed polite enough but the look in her eyes showed her true thoughts, and she was as disgusted at the idea as he was.

You couldn’t imagine moving away from your lovely warm home up here, to the North, in the middle of nowhere in a boring grey castle with boring grey people. Sure, Robb wasn’t too bad on the eyes, but a pretty face was not enough for you to want to stay here and marry the man. You needed to make your father change his mind and you had two weeks to do that before the deal was sealed for good.

Your fathers had decided that you and Robb needed to get to know each other better, so had sent you both on a walk around the castle, telling Robb to show you around and make you feel welcomed.

“You’re little castle is quite sweet.” You mutter out, taking in the dull grey walls with their cracks and holes.

“I do hope my little castle won't be too confining for you.” Robb shoots you a dark look which you gladly return.

“I’m sure I can learn to live with it. I’ll soon get used to dampened spirits and miserable faces. That is what the North is known for after all.” You scoff, crossing your arms across your chest as you walked.

“Better than being known for being un-honourable and un-trustworthy.” Robb replies coolly as you turn another corner to yet another dull corridor.

“You think your family honourable?” You laugh, “Your father is marrying you to a Baratheon, how will the North feel when they know of that? Not very honourable. Your aunt ran off with a Targaryen against her families wishes, also not very honourable. Not to mention you have a bastard half brother, so that wasn’t very honourable of your father.” You look over to him with a smirk, “It seems our families do have something in common.” You state as you turn another corner and storm off, Robb not following you any longer.

That evening at dinner you were seated beside Robb, much to both of your displeasure. You couldn’t force yourselves to be civil any longer and the dinner was full of jibes and snide comments. Robbs siblings didn’t dare speak a word to either of you as you argued across the table. The adults were seated too far away to hear you but the rest of the families had a full view.

“If this is how you treat all women you meet I’m not surprised you didn’t have anyone lining up for your marriage,” You shoot out, “Your father had to practically beg my father for the betrothal. I guess no one else wanted to deal with you.”

“I’d rather be unmarried and join The Wall than get married to you in two weeks time. A life alone seems a much more pleasurable experience.” Robb snaps.

“Well why don’t you then? You know where The Wall is. I won't let the door hit you on the way out.” You sneer, the both of you leaning closer to each other as your glares intensified.

Robb opened his mouth to speak but it was not his voice you heard, instead it was the husky voice of his bastard half brother, Jon.

“Will you two stop arguing?” He sighs from across the table, “I get that you don’t like each other. But we can't live here with the both of you arguing constantly. It’s getting irritating already.”

“Well feel free to get up and leave if you don’t want to listen.” You snap.

“Don’t start on him. He lives here, you can get up and leave.” Robb glares.

“I will live here soon enough,” You state, “And it is un-polite to be so rude to an honoured guest.”

“Not so honoured.” Robb mutters out and turns to glare at his plate, bringing your mini argument to an end.

The tension at the table was still thick and no one dared speak a word in fears of starting you both off arguing again.

You’d been in Winterfell for a full week now, and the longer you stayed the more you hated it. You were starting to think that you would never get used to this place and dreaded your future all the more.

As you walked out into the courtyard you head footsteps behind you and braced yourself for yet another argument with your betrothed. But it was not Robbs face you saw when you turned around, instead it was Jons. You furrowed your brows as he joined you, falling into steps beside you.

You both stayed quiet for a while, you were confused as to why Jon was with you, but you’d rather be walking silently beside him than arguing with his half brother.

“He’s not that bad.” Jon says finally, looking over at you as stop by the entrance to the dining hall. “You really should give him a chance.”

“Like the chance he’s given me?” You ask coldly as you turn to stare at Jon, “I’m not at all happy about this marriage either, but I was willing to try. But the minute I got here he has made me feel unwelcome, so I don’t see why I should bother trying if he won't.”

“But if you were nice to him, he’d have to be nice to you too. Maybe you’ll learn that you can actually be friends.” Jon sighs.

“I’m not interested in being friends with him. Sorry.” You state and turn around and stalk off down the hallway back to your bed chambers, hoping to stay away from all of the Stark children for the rest of the day.

You were quiet that dinner, much to the annoyance of Robb who tried his best to start petty argument with you at any chance he could.

“You’re being quiet I don’t like it. Argue with me.” Robb frowns.

You turn to him and glare, “I’m not in the mood today Robb. If you could just shut up for once.” You mutter and turn back to your dinner.

Robb follows you back to your chambers, trying his best to aggravate you into an argument and any other day it would have worked. But not today. You were starting to feel deflated. You were sure your father would have changed his mind now after seeing this place and seeing how unhappy you were, but he was still as adamant as ever.

The next day you managed to avoid Robb for most of the day. You were starting to think you were lucky, until you turned into the courtyard and bumped straight into him. You sigh as the boy smirks at you.

“Trying to avoid me?” He grins.

“Yes, actually.” You sigh and place your hand on your hip as you look up at him, “And if you wouldn’t mind I’d like to continue doing so.”

You skirt around him but to your dismay he follows you anyway, “No come back. I need someone you argue with.”

“Go argue with your siblings.” You growl back, crossing your arms across your chest and fastening your pace, but still he caught up.

“They don’t argue with me.” He falls into pace beside you, “You’re loosing your charm already. If you’re not good for a little argument what are you good for?”

You glare over at him and scoff, “Robb. I really do not want to talk to you. Not now, not ever actually. So please go away.”

“You’re gonna have to talk to me. We’re going to be married.” He smirks.

You sigh and shake your head, “I don’t need reminding of that fact. I think about it every day and consider jumping from one of your towers.”

“It can’t be that bad here, can it?” Robb laughs.

You look at him and he soon shuts up, “Yes Robb, it is that bad here. I hate it. This place is unpleasant and you’re horrible to me.”

“I’m horrible to you? You’re horrible to me!” Robb scoffs.

“Only because you are to me! I was going to be civil but you are just cruel.” You huff and quicken your pace which Robb matches with ease.

“I just thought if I was horrible maybe my father would change his mind.” Robb mumbles.

“Well how did that work out for you?” You stop your walking and turn to face him, “Not only do you still have to marry me, but now we hate each other even more. Yes, well done.”

“I don’t hate you.” Robb says quickly, grabbing your arm and stopping you from walking away, “Sure I didn’t particularly want to marry you. But I never hated you.”

“I have a hard time believing that Robb.” You mutter, pulling your arm from his grip but staying where you stood.

Robb sighs, chewing his lower lip as he looks down at you, “It seems our fathers aren't going to change their minds, so how about we make a truce and be friends?”

You glare at him, sure he was playing some sort of joke, but eventually you sigh and take his out stretched hand to shake, “Okay, fine. Friends.”

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