Fear cuts deeper than swords

Jo, Female, Australian, I blog about ASOIAF. Not a spoiler free zone

[asongoficeandfiresource]

"Do it! The gift of mercy … avenge your little Michael …” “Mycah.” Arya stepped away from him. “You don’t deserve the gift of mercy.” The Hound watched her saddle Craven through eyes bright with fever. Not once did he attempt to rise and stop her. But when she mounted, he said, “A real wolf would finish a wounded animal.” Maybe some real wolves will find you, Arya thought. Maybe they’ll smell you when the sun goes down. Then he would learn what wolves did to dogs. “You shouldn’t have hit me with an axe,” she said. “You should have saved my mother.” She turned her horse and rode away from him, and never looked back once. -- Arya XIII, A Storm of Swords

A Song of Ice and Fire 2027 Calendar by Tyler Jacobson

[baratheonpilled]

dunk + textposts part 5

[halidki]

Catelyn Stark

[goldcrescent]

Daemon: Rhaenyra listen to me I saw a blond girl with dragons. A blond girl with dragons Rhaenyra. Now that may not seem at all unusual or miraculous to you or me probably because all our dragons are still alive and we have no reason to think anything is going to happen to them but would this woman who roofied me 58 times in a one week span have lied? Do you think she’d show me a tree man without cause? Do you think people are just blonde for no reason? Exactly. Now put your shoes on, we’ll avenge Jeremy

[madaboutasoiaf]

Post surgery update: surgery went very well and I have healed well but am still needing to be careful as I received multiple warnings that the surgery area can break down. The larger issue has been my chronic fatigue. It has been less of a problem since I finished cancer treatment but now that I’m trying to resume some usual activities it is hitting hard. I started back at work, working from home just a few hours a week. I am fortunate to have a very flexible job and supportive colleagues who are just thrilled to have me back and happy to accommodate whatever I need to make it work. That is one of the positives of academic work, my skillset is hard to find so I do have that advantage.

It is also a super busy time of year for my volunteer roles so I have had a lot more on than is ideal and I’m really tired all the time. Thinking and hoping it will all slow down after this week. I have some other things I would really like to get back to doing, particularly writing for fun, but I do really value my work and other roles so I’ll be trying to juggle it all for a bit. Needing lots of afternoon naps!

[bookhousestark]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON ↳ The Winter Wolves

Little did Lord Lefford suspect that he would soon face a stiffer test, for an army of fresh foes was descending on them from the north: two thousand savage northmen, flying Queen Rhaenyra's quartered banners. At their head rode the Lord of Barrowton, Roderick Dustin, a warrior so old and hoary men called him Roddy the Ruin. His host was made up of grizzled greybeards in old mail and ragged skins, every man a seasoned warrior, every man ahorse. They called themselves the Winter Wolves. "We have come to die for the dragon queen," Lord Roderick announced at the Twins, when Lady Sabitha Frey rode to greet them.

—Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons (Rhaenyra Triumphant) by George R.R. Martin.

[yenvengerberg]

SHEEPSTEALER + reddit commentary

[madaboutasoiaf]

Happy House of the Dragon day to those who celebrate

[waterandsilver]

another asoiaf detail that i am obsessed with is how married women aren't always referred to with their husbands' surnames. sometimes people will still use a woman's maiden surname for her, or use both surnames, and it can reflect what people think about the status of the woman's marriage. like cat is sometimes referred to as catelyn tully or catelyn tully stark instead of just catelyn stark by people who associate her with riverrun, or in her own internal monologue. sansa is never once referred to as sansa lannister because everyone knows it's a morally deplorable sham child marriage situation that's basically already annulled. and the most funny one of all: cersei is never, not once in all 5 books, referred to as cersei baratheon. everyone, literally everyone, knows that is NOT her name lmao

[hylialeia]

easy to forget but book jon snow is great actually. he gets so drunk he cries in his first chapter. he's 16 years old and laser focused on loan negotiation. he keeps getting promoted against his will. he's the chosen fantasy protagonist with the worst genre awareness ever. he implements pro immigration social reforms. he has a giant albino pet wolf. he cuts a guy's head off. he thinks he invented cunnilingus. he's been dead for 15 years.

[multiverse-of-multifandoms]

A HOTD + The Onion Headlines gifset a day until S3 (Day 1 of 18) 1.01 - 'The Heirs of The Dragon'

[madaboutasoiaf]

I alluded to having had health problems when I posted the first of my new chapters of The Many Faced God Must Have His Due. I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had surgery, chemo and radiation therapy in 2024-25. I am OK, my surgeon is excellent and was able to remove it all and chemo and radiation therapy was just to prevent the cancer returning.

Unfortunately I had complications from chemo and have been on a wait list for a different surgery for a year. I had time to write fic as I only made a partial return to work, but I was given my surgery date just after my last update so I had to adjust my plans and scramble to get other time sensitive projects done.

I had hoped to get the next chapter written and include a note on it to explain the fic and all other activities I do will be on hiatus for the next two to three months but everything else took far longer to get done than expected so the chapter is only partly written and not ready to post.

Hopefully at least some readers are aware I post updates on my writing process here and will see this and know I have not abandoned the writing. I am still excited to write more and will be keen to return to it after my recovery.

[pedrospascaled]

A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS | 1.01 - The Hedge Knight

[manny-jacinto]

DANIEL INGS as Lyonel Baratheon Behind the Scenes of A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS (2026-)

[harrenhals]

seems like a good moment to remind the general public that maekar is stannis’ great great grandfather. that stick up his ass is a family heirloom

[souryam]

 that’s where you’re wrong, father. why, I believe I’m you writ small

[gameofthronesdaily]

A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS 1.06 "The Morrow"