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She told the captain as much, but even the iron coin did not sway him. Arya never seemed to find the places she set out to reach. Arya I, AFFC.

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A Clash of Kings, Arya V

[thelustybraavosimaid]

"Little sister?"

He said her title with such reverence, as if he was finally eating after a long bout of starvation. Like he was in disbelief that she was actually in front of him.

A different Jon stood in front of her. Red eyes, dark brown hair with a singular white streak slicked back into a tie. His face was gaunt, eyes hollow, but she could see the flicker of life dancing in them, perhaps of her own doing.

Little sister?

How she longed to hear those words fall from his lips. How she dreamed of it for years.

She wanted to move, to run, to leap in his arms and never let go, to fall apart, to sob, to be whole. She couldn't. She stood knee deep in the snow, standing beside her wolf, watching Jon the way Nymeria watched Ghost.

Their fates.

Tears stung her eyes. Gooseprickles danced over her cloaked flesh.

He stepped forward, just one pace, a cautious one. His gait had an overstep that was more animalistic than human, and it made her think of Ghost. Mayhaps the rumours were true. Mayhaps he did die and rested in Ghost, in the way Old Nan always said was the fate of dead wargs in her tales.

Arya closed her eyes, waiting for the collision. Of Jon running his hands through her hair. Of his fingers ghosting the shells of her ears. Of his rough whispers of welcome home and I missed you.

Maybe he would even shower her face with kisses like she had done to him a lifetime ago, uncaring of the courtyard of people watching their every move.

A sharp inhale led to the faint smell of cold, rotting heads that floated to her, the scent of death not unfamiliar to her nose.

Didn't you hear? The innkeep questioned. Arya focused on the way her weathered hands filled the tankard with a practiced ease. Bolton's heads, on Winterfell's gates and their bodies, given to the trees. A welcome home gift for the Princess Arya, from the new King Jon, so the words be.

She wanted to ask about it, but that was a question for later. She still had the letter she wrote to him about Wylla being his mother, that was for later, too. And the sacrifice was enough, it seemed. The old gods called her back, making her their own gift to the new vengeful king.

She didn't let the tears fall until she was wrapped in his arms, her head firmly against his chest. He sighed like a weight dropped off his shoulders, broken away like ash from hollowing wood. The fingers of his left hand burrowed in her hair, caressing her scalp. Tingles burst all over. This felt different somehow, yet she could not pinpoint where the difference truly was. Yet she knew one thing...

The warmth from his chest was the realisation that she was well and truly home.

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George_RR_Martin Glad you think so. When I write a POV, after all, I am trying to put you in that person's head so you will presumably empathize with them, at least while reading the chapter.

EH_Dave Do you empathize with them all equally during writing them?

George_RR_Martin While writing them? Sure. Then I switch POVs and switch sides. I do have my favorite characters, of course. Tyrion, Arya, Jon . . . but I love them all. Even the ones I kill.

Granny Are you trying to say something to the reader by drilling into us how much Arya and Jon love each other?

George_RR_Martin "Say something to the reader?" No, I'm just reporting how the characters feel. <g> Of course, everything in the book says something to the reader.

(source)

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Another interesting thing he mentioned: he mentioned the coming of age of Arya in Braavos in the context of how a writer had to discipline himself to write only as many chapters as were necessary to serve the story, saying that what Arya was dealing with in Braavos could make a worthy young adult novel in its own right.

(25) Any particular storyline he is enjoying right now?

He said that Dany's storyline is emerging in increasing importance. But he is struggling with the Meereenese Knot. So he can't say he is enjoying it. But he is really enjoying writing Arya's story. He could write an entire novel of it. He could write an entire YA novel about her...(at this point the audience starting clapping and calling out YES! DO IT!)...but her entire story isn't part of the greater novel. He has 12 novels worth of info for this book and its hard to fit it all in. (source)

He said that LOVES to write about Arya's adventures in Braavos. He said he could write whole novels about. That received a huge applause until he joked that maybe he could put off Winds to do so. (source)

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[Are highborn ladies trained to a lot of practical things, like serving guests, making cheese, and so on?]H

Sansa is more than just a young lady. She's the daughter, not just of a noble, but of one of the most powerful nobles in Westeros. The great houses stand far above the lesser nobles, as the lesser nobles do above the smallfolk.

She would not make cheese, no. But Arya might think it would be fun. (source)

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Parris has proclaimed that Arya cannot die! (No, she wasn't there :( but he mentioned it when someone said that he's not allowed to kill Dany) (source)

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The wolf pup loved her, even if no one else did. Arya I, AGOT.

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His axe took her in the back of the head. Arya XI, ASOS.

[thelustybraavosimaid]

"If you kill a man, and never mean t', he's just as dead," Ygritte said stubbornly. Jon had never met anyone so stubborn, except maybe for his little sister Arya. Is she still my sister? he wondered. Was she ever? (Jon III, ASoS)

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She wondered if he would still call her "little sister." I'm not so little anymore. He'd have to call me something else. (Arya VIII, ASoS)

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"My brother Harry is the rightful lord, and by law I am his heir. A daughter comes before an uncle. Uncle Arnolf is only castellan. He's my great-uncle, actually, my father's uncle. Cregan is his son. I suppose that makes him a cousin, but we always called him uncle. Now they mean to make me call him husband." (Jon IX, ADwD)

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You know nothing, Jon Snow. He thought of Arya, her hair as tangled as a bird's nest. I made him a warm cloak from the skins of the six whores who came with him to Winterfell…I want my bride back…I want my bride back…I want my bride back… (Jon XIII, ADwD)

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Arya didn't know how much Robb would pay for her, though. He was a king now, not the boy she'd left at Winterfell with snow melting in his hair. And if he knew the things she'd done, the stableboy and the guard at Harrenhal and all . . . "What if my brother doesn't want to ransom me?" Arya VII, ASOS.

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Heyy, what means your name? Aryaisms? Whats isms??

arya + ism: a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice + plural s!

i got the inspo from a friends kpop acc, lol.

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need to read deactivated tumblr user brideoffires ‘Arya Stark Month Day 28: (Anti-)Parallels with other characters’ post because why do stans bring it up in my inbox??? what’s with it??

[timeforwolves]

older!arya and undead!jon doodles

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arya, for the stick to be held comfortably with and for her to have a ease to swing around, has to be over 4’ but no taller than 5’ as it’s the tallest an average 11 year old would be.

Last of all she grasped her stick. It was five feet long, slender and supple, thick as her thumb, with leather wrapped around the shaft a foot from the top. A Dance with Dragons, The Blind Girl