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awesome headcannons for the ideal man and woman. What about stormlanders?

Woah why did I totally forget ab my favorite region 😭😭 7 kingdoms my ass this is like the 10th one I’m doing

So Stormlanders to me are fairly similar in personality to iron islanders and northerners, at least in terms of their tendency to be brash and stubborn and assertive. However they’re far less stoic. Their rage is as easily interchangeable with riotous laughter. Men obviously need to be the most dominant in the room. There’s an expectation that if you want to be heard and if you want to be respected, you have to assert yourself. One has to be unafraid of judgement and scrutiny, or at least really good at deflecting it with bold statements. Standards for women are relatively similar, if they aren’t expected to be fighting for control as much as the men. They are equally blunt and brash, and being coy or timid is seen as some silly crownlands bullshit that no one has any time for. Both genders are however expected to still have good intentions and be welcoming, even if their manner is pretty rough around the edges. They’re incredibly loyal, it’s just the slur they might call you is done out of love

Do you have any headcannons about any culture clashes Robert Baratheon would've faced in the vale? And do you think that made him even closer to Ned as they both felt like outsiders at the tender ages of 8&10?

Yes omfg I don’t know why they didn’t treat his stay like a reeducation camp bc To Me the lords of the vale would never let any "undesirable" behavior go unchecked. I guess Jon Arryn was like hey guys Autism runs in the Starks dw

The ppl of the Vale (to me) are like supper stuffy, haughty nobility who are obsessed with tradition and the “proper” ways of doing things. So when Ned (from the brusque, straightforward, severely unfrivolous north) and Robert (from the loud, crass, rough around the edges, also straightforward Stormlands) came up the mountain they were like who is this autistic child and his feral buddy.

They definitely felt alone like ugh I wish we got more of Ned reminiscing on his time in the Vale, he spent most of his youth there. I think they both felt really lonely with they both arrived. Ned was probably super closed off while Robert was trying to overcompensate. Causing problems and such in order to fill the storms end shaped void.

When they both realized they were equally lonely they probably attached at the hip immediately. Prime example of those friendships that are like high energy excitable risk taker outgoing impulsive chasing the adrenaline rush friend X anxiety disordered overthinking painfully shy 30 step plan for any possible scenario friend.

Once everyone got used to their outsider personalities the boys were just like...those two weird kids who we have begrudging affection for. Robert probably tried to convince Ned to climb down the side of the Eyrie with him multiple times and Ned had to be his impulse control multiple times. Cut to Lord Royce having a stroke in the background while Jon goes ahhh the youth

Do you have any headcannons about any culture clashes Robert Baratheon would’ve faced in the vale? And do you think that made him even closer to Ned as they both felt like outsiders at the tender ages of 8&10?

I tend to see the Vale as being more formal and snobbish than the Stormlands and being a bit more orthodox and strict in terms of cultural mores and how they practice the Faith. So I could see Robert as coming across a bit too wild and carefree for their tastes and not being respectful enough of his elders, etc.

I also see the Vale culture as being quite reserved and quiet; ie not speaking casually about your feelings, emphasis on order and punctuality and duty, whereas the Stormlands I see as being a bit more passionate and effusive and outgoing in terms of how people interact.

Love your world building headcannons! I’ve been trying to find someone like you on Reddit for ages. My question is what’s some customs and cultural differences you’d give each kingdom? Apart from the food/burials/fighting but more so in everyday life or courtly life if that makes sense. I just feel like the north should be so different to show catleyns initial culture clash

I don't really go on r/ASOIAF Reddit anymore - I just found that their jump toward tinfoil theories went from a joke to very dominant areas of discussion seriously considered and virulently defended. It just wasn't fun anymore. These days now I mostly lurk on various HOI4 mod boards like TNO, Kaiserreich, CWIC, or Millenium Dawn, and do some shitposts using alt accounts on r/noncredibledefense to dunk on Russian incompetence. But let's do something to give a little fun to the middle kingdoms, the ones that don't get as much love worldbuilding-wise as Dorne, the Iron Islands, and the North.

I've always seen the Westerlands as a very practical, pragmatic, industrious people. While they certainly will go through the motions of various pieces of the cultural fabric of Westeros, there's probably a bit of a perfunctory nature to them. Tywin certainly would see it as a hierarchy, given his "a tool for every task and a task for every tool nature," but other Westerlanders might actually take it as an actual enjoyment of work. I think Westerlanders would definitely appreciate fine craftsmanship - pewter, jewelry, that sort of fine intricate work.

The Riverlands probably has a lot of local customs, far more so than other regions of Westeros which might have been far more homogenized. While the Middle Ages had tons of local customs and the other lands would as well, I think the Riverlands, given its disparate and fractious nature, would hold on to these distinctions as points of pride, such as local heroes and festival days. Speaking of, the Riverlands probably has a lot of pastoral fairs, where locals can gossip, sell local alcohol, and compete for who has the largest pig.

I've always said that the Vale would be a subtle, austere culture, which permeates everything from artwork to palate. Noting different distinctions, as slight as they are, would be the mark of a refined, discerning individual. They probably take their nobiliese oblige very seriously in the fail, with scorn falling on those who fail to meet their obligations. I think that games in the Vale would be ones where gambling is limited and strategy emphasized, ones like Nine Men's Morris.

I've always said that the Stormlands are a warrior culture, so I would imagine that games in the Stormlands would be feats of strength: tug of war, wrestling, stone hurling/heavy stone carrying. I don't think loggersports were a thing in the Middle Ages but Stormlander logrolling would be hilarious. Similarly, I think that Stormlanders, given their numerical inferiority, have a martial flexibility that would lead to Stormlander heroes emphasized not just for skill in one aspect, but in multiple aspects. Think Lugh the Longhanded, who could not claim to be the Tuatha's craftsman, harpist, or warrior, but could claim to be all of those things at once.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

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