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melrosing · 2 days

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payne revelation!!! think it is a nice AFFC parallel that Brienne is running around the riverlands with Podrick Payne as her new squire, whilst Jaime, elsewhere in the riverlands, has effectively become a squire to Ilyn Payne. and I think it's like. Pod is Brienne's past and Ilyn is Jaime's future. Pod is a lonely, discarded child who wants to hone his strength to stand tall and defend himself, even as he desperately craves the company and comfort of others. he has seen something of how cruel the world can be, but is looking for ideals in people like Brienne. which is more or less exactly as we find Brienne when she first appears in ACOK: lonely, discarded, clinging onto Renly's train and desperately seeking his attention and regard, idealising him, trying to be a knight worthy of song. Pod is her inner child, and Brienne is trying to help him grow and build his strength without subjecting him to the cruelties she's known in doing so.

and then there's jaime and ilyn lmao, who I think are easily one of the most underrated relationships in the series. Jaime sees the man he could become in Ilyn: nothing more than a headsman for Cersei's whims, with no agency and no autonomy. and what's more, Ilyn has come to accept that as his lot in life. part of Jaime's project in dragging him out into the riverlands is to see if Ilyn can be rehabilitated, and if so, then perhaps Jaime himself can be, too. but it becomes apparent that Ilyn is past wanting that for himself. he seems to enjoy some of the freedom of the march, but he doesn't change. in fact, he laughs in Jaime's face: he makes it feel as though attempting rehabilitation for either of them is a joke. he's Jaime's ghost of christmas future, warning him of the man he could become, whilst simultaneously making him feel there's no possible alternative. he will never fight like he once did, his darkest deeds were still done, and what can he do but spend the rest of his days in Cersei's service. BUT jaime ultimately rejects that, effectively leaving Cersei's service to join Brienne, and pursuing change regardless.

im about to say something!!!! payne..... pane..... pane of glass.... mirror!!!! reflection!!!!! growth!!!!! you heard it here FIRST

#jaime lannister #brienne of tarth #podrick payne #ilyn payne #asoiaf #i want to write lots more about jaime and ilyn in the next part of the riverlands essay it's on my mind now #i feel like maybe i spoiled part of it there idk #but there wasn't going to be room to talk about brienne and pod in there so whatever i had to say this....

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daughter-of-the-undertaker · 3 days

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„A female guard?“

#lady dimitrescu #sapphic #gwendoline christie #brienne of tarth #i love them so much #people asked for more #they’re gay

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catofoldstones · 1 day

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GRRM did AFFC so good actually. Flipped the male-centric series on its head with majorly female PoVs and then started the book with our resident paranoiapilled Cersei Lannister convinced that her killer is hiding in the walls of the Red Keep. He introduced the first true knight of the series, keeping an oath to a dead woman. No chance, no choice. Asha fighting centuries of patriarchy to fight for her throne. “Balon let her believe she was a man.” “Your father made the same mistake with you.” Sansa and the whole Vale arc? Arya’s Cat of the Canals arc?? Hello? We have been served female characters on a platter here and I for one am eating. it. up. He truly snapped here tbh.

#a feast for crows #affc #asoiaf #affc is the not the ugly step child of asoiaf #it’s the love child of everything the series stands for #cersei lannister #brienne of tarth #asha greyjoy #sansa stark #arya stark #cat of the canals #alayne stone #I will cry

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la-pheacienne · 1 day

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George Martin, 2013: "In a very basic level winter is coming for all of us. I think that’s one of the things that art is concerned with: the awareness of our own mortality. “Valar morghulis” – “All men must die”. That shadow lies over our world and will until medical science gives us all immortality… but I don’t think it makes it necessarily a pessimistic world. Not any more pessimistic than the real world we live in. We’re here for a short time and we should be conscious of our own mortality, but the important thing is that love, compassion and empathy with other human beings is still possible. Laughter is still possible! Even laughter in the face of death… The struggle to make the world a better place… We have things like war, murder and rape… horrible things that still exist, but we don’t have to accept them, we can fight the good fight. The fight to eliminate those things.There is darkness in the world, but I don’t think we necessarily need to give way to despair. One of the great things that Tolkien says in Lord of The Rings is “despair is the ultimate crime”. That’s the ultimate failing of Denethor, the Steward of Gondor, that he despairs of ever being able to defeat Sauron. We should not despair. We should not go gentle into that good night".

JRR Tolkien, 1962 : "One reviewer once said, this is a jolly jolly book, all the right boys come home [...]- this isn't true of course, he can't have read the story. [...] Human stories are practically always about one thing, really, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death. . . . . . (He quotes Simone de Beauvoir) 'There is no such thing as a natural death. Nothing that ever happens to man is natural, since his presence calls the whole world into question. All men must die, but for every man his death is an accident, and even if he knows it he would sense to it an unjustifiable violation.' Well, you may agree with the words or not, but those are the key spring of The Lord Of The Rings".

"Lotr is all rainbows and unicorns and Asoiaf is nihilistic and grimdark". Wrong, and wrong. In all its hope and radiance, lotr often gets very dark, and despite all the death and suffering, the hopeful moments in asoiaf shine bright. The meeting point of these two is this: having hope while in despair, and even better, refusing to give up because you have to go on despite not having any hope left.

#the fact that in possibly his most famous interview tolkien literally quotes 'all men must die' LIKE #GEORGE #I SEE U #you have studied the Professor really hard grandpa just speak your truth free urself!#don't get me wrong for me the Professor will always and forever take precedence there is absolutely no question about it BUT ALSO #stop pitting two bad bitches against eachother!!#i think about all of these a normal amount #and this is why i'll never lead a normal life #ridiculously long post #but i couldn't leave anything out #and i had MORE quotes that paralleled each other but there is a limit for the images #i must say i cried a little when i read them all back to back #especially the last sam quote #lotr #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #tolkien #tolkien quotes #asoiaf quotes #lord of the rings #the hobbit #aspa reads tolkien #aragorn #frodo baggins #sam gamgee #bilbo baggins #brienne of tarth #jon snow #jaime lannister #bran stark

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kvitravvn · 2 days

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Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth by Denis Maznev

#a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #jaime lannister #brienne of tarth #jaime x brienne #george rr martin #art #fan art #digital art #illustration

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theswordmaiden · 2 days

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Brienne S8 Promo Poster HQ

happened to stumble onto a site that provides HQ stills from various shows. . which happened to have this promo picture of Brienne — which has been IMPOSSIBLE to find in HQ or even just without the text.. feeling generous enough to share my finds.

#brienne #brienne of tarth #gwendoline christie #gwendolinechristie #ser brienne #a song of ice and fire #game of thrones

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scorpsik · 1 day

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Gwensday green.

I loved this image and wanted to make it into an illustration style :)

@gwenzone @weemssapphic

#fanart #gwendoline christie #brienne of tarth

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trashpoppaea · 1 day

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This is just a silly fandom poll but I’m interested in seeing the results!

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blondelover2772 · 2 days

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Such ethereal beauty.🩷🤍💚

#gwendoline christie #gwendolineuniverse #larissa weems #brienne of tarth #captain phasma #jan stevens #jane murdstone #lucifer morningstar #miranda hilmarson

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thewench-and-thekingslayer · 18 hours

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"Jaime decides to give his longtime, unspoken love interest, Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie), the knightly title she’s wanted all her life."

"Beginning in its third season, the HBO series spent years building toward the moment when Jaime and Brienne’s mutual respect and love could be truly recognized. In A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, not only do both characters do that for each other, but Jaime’s decision to knight Brienne marks the climax of his redemption arc and pays off all the times she’d already proven herself as arguably the show’s most honorable character. It’s a moment that feels hard-won and earned, and it rewards viewers for investing so much time and emotion into Jaime and Brienne’s stories."

#jaime x brienne #brienne of tarth #jaime lannister #braime #game of thrones #gwendoline christie #nikolaj coster waldau #got

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czerwona123 · 2 days

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It doesn’t matter if someone prefers, Arya, Daenerys, Brienne, Rhaenyra over Alicent, Sansa and Catelyn. We can all be feminists, it doesn’t matter what characters you prefer.

#house of the dragon #game of thrones #arya stark #daenerys targaryen #brienne of tarth #rhaenyra targaryen #alicent hightower #sansa stark #catelyn stark

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wodania · 1 day

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