Loving your answers to these asks for Gendrya so 19, 20, 23 and 26. Please and thank you!
Hahha…you guys are keeping me super distracted from editing the next chapter of The Last Time, but I am HERE for it.
19. Who tells their family/friends about their relationship first?
I love this ask because I 100% think Gendry would tell his closest people first (his half-sisters, Davos, Hot Pie) and Arya would do the same but only tell Bran (and maybe Jon if he’s around) because she doesn’t want her parents or Sansa to make a big deal out of it…and then ofc, what happens is, they go drinking one night and Hot pie snaps a photo of Arya planting a phat kiss on Gendry and because HP is the biggest Gendrya Stan there is, he posts it on his social media with the caption: Love birds 🐦💕. Sansa sees it and loses it and then at their next Stark family dinner, Gendrya undergo a family sized interrogation, which Gendry passes with flying colors, because it’s impossible for anyone to miss his moon eyes.
20. What do their family/friends think of their relationship?
I think the general reaction is ‘what took so long’ because let’s face it, it’s pretty obvious to everyone and their mother that these two belong together.
If I may focus on Catelyn, I also think that because Arya hasn’t committed to any other guy before, she would be a little bit surprised and concerned about how serious her free spirited daughter is about Gendry.
Over time though, I think Gendry would win her over by showing his devotion to Arya and being a strong support system for her. In my headcanon where the Starks are all alive, Gendry actually lets Catelyn (not Ned) know he’s going to propose before he does. He doesn’t ask permission, he just gives her a heads up, which ofc Arya ruins by proposing to him first…but that’s just a technicality.
23. Who comes up with cheesy pick up lines?
Gendry absolutely does. At first, he does it to irk Arya but over time, he realizes that despite her endless teasing, she actually secretly likes it. So he starts whispering them randomly into her ear on occasion and it gets progressively cheesier over time. To the point that one time, Arya is expecting it and looks over her shoulder at him to be like “well what do you have up your sleeve today” and Gendry surprises her by keeping it simple and asking her to marry him :P (p.s. I know this is in exact opposition to my headcanon that she proposes first, but a girl can have many fantasies :P)
26. What would be their theme song?
Okay, I absolutely cannot credit myself for coming up with this, because I saw it in a fic a long time ago by an author who is no longer in this fandom, but she had Gendrya’s first wedding dance set to “Something” by The Beatles. Ever since then, I can’t get it out of my head as their song, so that’s what I’ll go with, and here’s a list of other songs that scream Gendrya to me:
Now & Then - Sjowgren
Mystify - INXS
The Sweetest Thing - U2
First Try - Johnnyswim
No reason to run - Cold War Kids
I have a long list of songs that are Gendrya inspired, but especially the album “Fever Dream” by Of Monsters and Men screams Gendrya to me…and I’ve listened to it on repeat while writing.
@thatsaysalotalotalot you are as always a gem for nudging me to spill all my Gendrya thoughts. Thank you <3