never forget what they (that show, hbo, the usual dumbasses we all know, that lady who was the one in charge of casting, who i can't remember her name right now) took away from us:
gendry actually being a child, first and foremost.
how arya is the social extroverted one and gendry is the asocial introverted one.
gendry canonically being the one with a crush on arya.
gendry's adorable and childish flirtation skills: e.g. "a nice oak tree" and "those soft little things" (when talking about arya's own hands)
gendry canonically being the one that gets irrationally jealous when arya talks with other boys.
gendry canonically being the one that wants to make arya feel jealous.
gendry being awkward and very reserved about sex (because the boy is a virgin, alright)
the fact that arya and her friendship really meant something to book!gendry. (can we even think for a milisecond that probably arya was the first person to actually show gendry that she truthfully cared for him and his well-being?)
how they were and still are separated, but gendry hasn't forgotten about her even for a second. he is still mourning her, because! she! is! important! to! him!
another thing that really hurts me too: how they completely erased the fact that arya and gendry are still in parallel journeys with both being child soldiers that choose/were groomed to join a cult (the bwb later on became a little more cultish with lady stoneheart in charge) and how said cult or cultish organization is obsessed with death. also, can i bring attention to the fact that affc!gendry is fucking dark? there's always people claiming that book!arya has gotten too dark for book!gendry, the same boy (just let me remind people) that is currently an outlaw knight and is part of a group committing war crimes in the riverlands trying to avenge the killing of the stark faction at the red wedding. book!gendry could never be soft boi show!gendry, even if he tried.
and how arya and gendry probably still would understand what the other went through in their time apart better than anyone else.
honestly there's not a "darker arya" without a "darker gendry" to accompany her when they reunite, now that i think about it.
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