Daenerys Targaryen // Sansa Stark

Daenerys Targaryen // Sansa Stark

I’m abouuuut 15%? Through A Feast for Crows and I truly cannot comprehend how anyone thinks of Arya as this cold-blooded killer who is “too far gone.” I guess I still have most of this book and ADwD to read and she’s a POV character in both, and I’m trying not to let bias influence my interpretation, but man, this is a sweet and compassionate girl. She’s scared and trying her very best to be brave. She’s gone to a distant land simply because she doesn’t know what else to do. And she arrives at her destination and the first thing she does when she gets to the house of black and white is to notice a stranger seems thirsty and bring him a cup of water. Selfless kindness. He didn’t ask. They didn’t even exchange words. She just noticed he seemed thirsty so she brought him water. Arya hates showing vulnerability and deliberately does not want to appear scared to others, but she has a very tender heart and instinctively looks out for loved ones and strangers alike.

Something that I think gets overlooked about Arya as a result of fandom flanderization is that she didn’t set out with the desire to become an assassin. She loves swordplay, yes, and she has her list. But when she escaped king’s landing, she just wanted to get to family. She wanted to get to safety. She wanted to get to Jon. When she left for Essos, her intention had been to go to the wall, to find Jon. She only went to Braavos because she didn’t know what else to do. Arya has a strong sense of justice, yes. But her primary motivation hasn’t been revenge. She’s not the only character who, imo, is on a specific path because they don’t know what else to do. But that’ll have to wait for another post

Literally right after posting this I get to the next Arya chapter in AFfC and see this:

“Is that why you have come to us?” the kindly man went on. “To learn our arts, so you may kill these men you hate?”

Arya did not know how to answer that. “Maybe.”

—Arya II, AFfC

Something that I think gets overlooked about Arya as a result of fandom flanderization is that she didn’t set out with the desire to become an assassin. She loves swordplay, yes, and she has her list. But when she escaped king’s landing, she just wanted to get to family. She wanted to get to safety. She wanted to get to Jon. When she left for Essos, her intention had been to go to the wall, to find Jon. She only went to Braavos because she didn’t know what else to do. Arya has a strong sense of justice, yes. But her primary motivation hasn’t been revenge. She’s not the only character who, imo, is on a specific path because they don’t know what else to do. But that’ll have to wait for another post

Congratulations on being one of the only asoiaf artists who knows what auburn hair looks like lol everyone makes Sansa a ginger 😭 I have auburn hair just like how you draw Sansa’s and it always irks me that everyone thinks auburn is ginger!! Auburn hair is the color where some people definitively call you a brunette and others definitively call you a redhead—but never a ginger

Thank you!! That means a lot 🥲 and I feel that, Sansa my love, ur hair is gorge but tricky, tbh sometimes it’s hard to find her right tone, lights and shades are big part of the result as well. Anyway, auburn hair is beautifuuuuul. 💖💖💖💖