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Quentyn and Jon
Both are hungry to make their fathers proud
When Jon had been Bran's age, he had dreamed of doing great deeds, as boys always did. The details of his feats changed with every dreaming, but quite often he imagined saving his father's life. Afterward Lord Eddard would declare that Jon had proved himself a true Stark, and place Ice in his hand. Even then he had known it was only a child's folly; no bastard could ever hope to wield a father's sword.
AGOT, Jon VIII
His father's disappointment would be more than Quentyn could bear, and the scorn of the Sand Snakes would be withering. Doran Martell had put the fate of Dorne into his hands, he could not fail him, not whilst life remained.
ADWD, The Merchant's Man
Catelyn and Olenna
Oft ignored advisors to their sons
"And now my oaf son is doing the same, only he's riding a lion instead of a palfrey. It is easy to mount a lion and not so easy to get off, I warned him, but he only chuckles. Should you ever have a son, Sansa, beat him frequently so he learns to mind you. I only had the one boy and I hardly beat him at all, so now he pays more heed to Butterbumps than he does to me. A lion is not a lap cat, I told him, and he gives me a 'tut-tut-Mother.' There is entirely too much tut-tutting in this realm, if you ask me. All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers."
ASOS, Sansa I
"Who better to treat with Balon Greyjoy than his son?" "Jason Mallister," offered Catelyn. "Tytos Blackwood. Stevron Frey. Anyone . . . but not Theon." Her son squatted beside Grey Wind, ruffling the wolf's fur and incidentally avoiding her eyes. "Theon's fought bravely for us. I told you how he saved Bran from those wildlings in the wolfswood. If the Lannisters won't make peace, I'll have need of Lord Greyjoy's longships." [...] "Robb—" "I'm sending Theon. Good day, Mother. Grey Wind, come." Robb walked off briskly, the direwolf padding beside him. Catelyn could only watch him go. Her son and now her king. How queer that felt. Command, she had told him back in Moat Cailin. And so he did.
ACOK, Catelyn I
CANON DAENERYS CHALLENGE || Why Dany left a positive impression on QUENTYN MARTELL
Daenerys never laughed. The rest of Meereen might see him as an amusing curiosity, like the exiled Summer Islander King Robert used to keep at King’s Landing, but the queen had always spoken to him gently. (ADWD The Spurned Suitor)
It’s not hard to see why Quentyn Martell thought that Dany was the only person in Meereen who didn’t make him feel like an outsider. She defends him from insults in open court, gives him and his friends a room suitable to their high birth in the Great Pyramid, makes it clear that she refused Quentyn’s marriage alliance because of her concern for her city (and not because of his shortcomings), reassures him when he’s scared of her dragons in the pit, offers him sound advice by laying out the reasons why he should leave Meereen and starts a conversation by showing interest in Dornish history. It’s made clear time and again that Dany treated Quentyn with dignity (and ordered everyone to do the same), respected his feelings and decisions and cared for his well-being even when she didn’t have to, which is why Quentyn is shown to be overwhelmed by her kindness.
Quentyn Martell: A Summary
Reader: Haha. Quentyn you nerd.
Reader: It's not going to work, Quentyn.
Reader: Told you it wouldn't work, Quentyn.
Reader: Wait--Quentyn what are you doing?
Reader: Quentyn don't.
Reader: Quentyn no.
Reader: QUENTYN STOP DON'T DO IT, MAN.
Reader: QUENTYN NO.
Reader: QUENTYN.
Reader: QUENTYN NO.
The small parallel of Viserys and Quentyn trying to steal Dany’s dragons and failing. Then ultimately dying later should be a clear warning that trying to steal dragons doesn’t end well.
character who is sun-coded but not in the traditional ray-of-sunshine way. character who is sun-coded in the sense that they burn hot and bright and powerful, that they're a raging fury of fire and passion, and that maybe, just maybe, they are destroying themselves as they do so.
“They are … they are fearsome creatures.”
“They are dragons, Quentyn.” Dany stood on her toes and kissed him lightly, once on each cheek. “And so am I.”
The young prince swallowed. “I … I have the blood of the dragon in me as well, Your Grace. I can trace my lineage back to the first Daenerys, the Targaryen princess who was sister to King Daeron the Good and wife to the Prince of Dorne. He built the Water Gardens for her.”
Sigh
Poor Quentyn. He’s trying his best but is really out of his league and out of his depth.
“ “The plan was to reveal Prince Aegon only when we reached Queen Daenerys,” Lemore was saying.” Good that you called her by her proper title.
“That was when we believed the girl was coming west. Our dragon queen has burned that plan to ash, and thanks to that fat fool in Pentos, we have grasped the she-dragon by the tail and burned our fingers to the bone.” As she should. Grasp anywhere else that belongs to the she-dragon and she’ll burn the rest of you, Griff.
“Illyrio could not have been expected to know that the girl would choose to remain at Slaver’s Bay.” Dany burning Illyrio’s plans is what we like to see in this house.
Can't believe these are almost tied. Honest to god can't believe it.
Which character parallel do you like the best?
Quentyn and Jon: are by wodania
Catelyn: art by cosmiart (1, 2)
Propaganda is encouraged!
Quentyn and Jon
Both are hungry to make their fathers proud
When Jon had been Bran's age, he had dreamed of doing great deeds, as boys always did. The details of his feats changed with every dreaming, but quite often he imagined saving his father's life. Afterward Lord Eddard would declare that Jon had proved himself a true Stark, and place Ice in his hand. Even then he had known it was only a child's folly; no bastard could ever hope to wield a father's sword.
AGOT, Jon VIII
His father's disappointment would be more than Quentyn could bear, and the scorn of the Sand Snakes would be withering. Doran Martell had put the fate of Dorne into his hands, he could not fail him, not whilst life remained.
ADWD, The Merchant's Man
Catelyn and Olenna
Oft ignored advisors to their sons
"And now my oaf son is doing the same, only he's riding a lion instead of a palfrey. It is easy to mount a lion and not so easy to get off, I warned him, but he only chuckles. Should you ever have a son, Sansa, beat him frequently so he learns to mind you. I only had the one boy and I hardly beat him at all, so now he pays more heed to Butterbumps than he does to me. A lion is not a lap cat, I told him, and he gives me a 'tut-tut-Mother.' There is entirely too much tut-tutting in this realm, if you ask me. All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers."
ASOS, Sansa I
"Who better to treat with Balon Greyjoy than his son?" "Jason Mallister," offered Catelyn. "Tytos Blackwood. Stevron Frey. Anyone . . . but not Theon." Her son squatted beside Grey Wind, ruffling the wolf's fur and incidentally avoiding her eyes. "Theon's fought bravely for us. I told you how he saved Bran from those wildlings in the wolfswood. If the Lannisters won't make peace, I'll have need of Lord Greyjoy's longships." [...] "Robb—" "I'm sending Theon. Good day, Mother. Grey Wind, come." Robb walked off briskly, the direwolf padding beside him. Catelyn could only watch him go. Her son and now her king. How queer that felt. Command, she had told him back in Moat Cailin. And so he did.
ACOK, Catelyn I
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Chapters of A Song of Ice & Fire - A Dance With Dragons - The Windblown The three Dornishmen were silent as they left the command tent. Twenty riders, all speaking the Common Tongue, thought Quentyn. Whispering has just gotten a deal more dangerous. The big man slapped him hard across the back. "So. This is sweet, Frog. A dragon hunt."
Unbowed unbent unbroken baby
Chapters of A Song of Ice & Fire - A Dance With Dragons - The Dragontamer The green one is Rhaegal, the white Viserion, he reminded himself. Use their names, command them, speak to them calmly but sternly. Master them, as Daenerys mastered Drogon in the pit. The girl had been alone, clad in wisps of silk, but fearless. I must not be afraid. She did it, so can I. The main thing was to show no fear. Animals can smell fear, and dragons…What did he know of dragons? What does any man know of dragons? They have been gone from the world for more than a century.
She narrowed her eyes. “What is our heart’s desire?”
“Vengeance.” His voice was soft, as if he were afraid that someone might be listening. “Justice.” Prince Doran pressed the onyx dragon into her palm with his swollen, gouty fingers, and whispered, “Fire and blood.”
- The Princess in the Tower, aFfC
Doran and his family - up to down: Mellario of Norvos, Trystane Martell, Arianne Martell, Quentyn Martell, Elia Martell, Rhaenys Targaryen, Aegon Targaryen, Oberyn Martell, Doran Martell
Really love Doran’s dynamic with his family, all the grief and guilt - So much careful planning with Arianne and Viserys that ended up backfiring emotionally and didnt even work out, Quent’s mission that failed so tragically, his siblings and their sad ends and the trouble with vengeance, his troubled relationship with Mellario…
I seek passage to Meereen for myself and two servants.
top 20 favourite book-only asoiaf characters (as voted by our followers) ⤷ #14. quentyn martell
Quentyn cut a poor figure by comparison—short-legged and stocky, thickly built, with hair the brown of new-turned earth. His forehead was too high, his jaw too square, his nose too broad. A good honest face, a girl had called it once, but you should smile more.
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“A promise to our enemies, and a challenge to our lovers.”
The Merchant’s Man, ADWD
Sometimes at night he lay awake imagining her face and form, and wondering why such a woman would ever want to marry him, of all the princes in the world.
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Portraits of some of the windblown! [pretty meris, the tattered prince, caggo corpsekiller, denzo d’han, quentyn martell]
prompted by this ask which inspired me to do some more of these characters
Game of Thrones name meanings, House Martell