@ivashkovadrian Requested Baelor Breakspear;

@ivashkovadrian requested baelor breakspear;

This man protected the weak, as every true knight must, let the gods determine if he was right or wrong.

“A mummer's dragon, you said. What is a mummer's dragon, pray?"

"A cloth dragon on poles," Dany explained. "Mummers use them in their follies, to give the heroes something to fight."

The Grass and the Viper

Oberyn was ever the viper. Deadly, dangerous, unpredictable. No man dared tread on him. I was the grass. Pleasant, complaisant, sweet-smelling, swaying with every breeze. Who fears to walk upon the grass? But it is the grass that hides the viper from his enemies and shelters him until he strikes.

“So tell me, sweetling—why is Harry the Heir?” Her eyes widened. “He is not Lady Waynwood’s heir. He’s Robert’s heir. If Robert were to die…” Petyr arched an eyebrow. “When Robert dies. Our poor brave Sweetrobin is such a sickly boy, it is only a matter of time. When Robert dies, Harry the Heir becomes Lord Harrold, Defender of the Vale and Lord of the Eyrie. Jon Arryn’s bannermen will never love me, nor our silly, shaking Robert, but they will love their Young Falcon…and when they come together for his wedding, and you come out with your long auburn hair, clad in a maiden’s cloak of white and grey with a direwolf emblazoned on the back…why, every knight in the Vale will pledge his sword to win you back your birthright. So those are your gifts from me, my sweet Sansa…Harry, the Eyrie, and Winterfell. That’s worth another kiss now, don’t you think?” — THE VALE PLOT

“Ice and Fire” Watercolour and gouache on Canson Héritage torchon paper, 38x26 cm. Prints here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/609007954/ice-and-fire-facsimile-print Original available!

A few words of explanation on the style/character choices: I discovered A Song of Ice and Fire in 2003 and devoured the first three books (which was all there was back then) in one go. I totally fell in love with Jon Snow, and I remember loving how realistically written the teenage characters were. I had fun trying to picture them in my school classes I was teaching at the time. It was easy for all of them, except Dany. All the others I could place in any odd Year Seven, Year Eight, Year Nine, easily, but Dany totally eluded me. I didn’t like her, and she didn’t have a face while I read.

The show rectified that, and admirably, which I’m sure has to do with the choice of aging everyone up five years, but my Jon will always remain my Jon. Still, Happy Wedding to Kit Harington and Rose Leslie, haha!

absolutely howling at this r/asoiaf thread titled “homosexuality in asoiaf”. everyone’s like wait joncon is gay? satin is gay? whoresbane umber is gay?????? cannot stress enough that these are the same people writing dissertation-length theories about glass candles but they can’t pick up on this? like it’s not even subtext it’s just text!!