I Know You, I Walked With You Once Upon A Dream

I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream

Lord Gendry Baratheon is hunting in the outskirts of Storm’s End when he runs into a bandit, who he soon discovers to be his lost love, Arya Stark of Winterfell 

Robert with Rhaegar’s ghost in his nightmares

“He loved her, and would love her; and defy her, and this miserable bodily pain.”

Robert&Lyanna “North and South” AU by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Like father Like daughter (Robert Baratheon and Mya’s broken hearts)

They dreamed to marry;

“Robert had loved her even more. She was to have been his bride.” -AGOT Eddard I

"Mychel's my love," Mya explained. "Mychel Redfort. He's squire to Ser Lyn Corbray. We're to wed as soon as he becomes a knight, next year or the year after." -AGOT Catelyn VI

They failed(or refused);

“I killed him, Ned, I drove the spike right through that black armor into his black heart, and he died at my feet. They made up songs about it. Yet somehow he still won. He has Lyanna now." -AGOT Eddard X

“Mychel was the best young swordsman in the Vale, and gallant . . . or so poor Mya thought, till he wed one of Bronze Yohn's daughters. Lord Horton gave him no choice in the matter, I am sure, but it was still a cruel thing to do to Mya." -AFFC Alayne II

Then they refused any love;

“I had no wish to marry after Lyanna was taken from me.” -AGOT Eddard VII

“My father's tried to make a match for Mya, but she'll have none of them.” -AFFC Alayne II

But the saddest thing in all of those Robert left Mya for take back Lyanna and he lost both of them in the end;

“I knew that he would always be there to catch me." She pushed her hair back. "Then one day he wasn't. Men come and go. They lie, or die, or leave you.” -AFFC Alayne II

i was checking Arya and Jaqen(aegon which i am not sure but interesting) theories and i saw this and i think i need this delusional on my life for my problems :D

I have read this passage many times over the years and I didn’t notice that both, Gendry and Willows, are stand-ins for other characters here:

Gendry was the closest thing to a man grown, but it was Willow shouting all the orders, as if she were a queen in her own castle and the other children were no more than servants. - Brienne, A Feast for Crows

I mean, it’s obvious that Willow is Arya. It has been brought up many times by the readers. It’s often mentioned when people want to emphasize Arya’s leadership skills. It’s also one of the instances of the foreshadowing of Arya’s future as a queen of sorts. Some shippers also consider it a foreshadowing of Arya’s relationship with Gendry. Perhaps that’s why I haven’t noticed it before: both of them are playing someone else’s roles here. Gendry is not just being himself nor symbolizing his future. Just like Willow is not meant to be seen here just her. Gendry is the closest thing to a man and Willow is the closest thing to a queen. They are not themselves, both of them. A man is naturally Jaqen ( Aegon ) and Willow is Arya, his future queen.

It’s yet another moment of the foreshadowing of Arya’s and Jaqen’s future and yet another one that hints at her dominance over him.

I like Henry Cavill as Robert Baratheon’s portrait but Aaron got me first sight!

Aaron at the Venice Film Festival August 2024 😍 he looks so good 😍❤️‍🔥