#jon re-read

[amethystmpress]

Pyp grinned. “The Night’s Watch is thousands of years old, but I’ll wager Lord Snow’s the first brother ever honored for burning down the Lord Commander’s Tower.”

Jhiqui disagreed. "You burned the maegi in their house of dust and sent their souls to hell."

they're ridiculous...

this scene word for WORD! the boys and dothraki celebrating jon and dany while they remain reluctant to celebrate! haunted by the undead that they'd seen and fought and burned! rewarded by a braid and a sword! crediting their victory to ghost and drogon rather than themselves!

"Ghost sniffed at his carved stone likeness and tried a lick. Jon smiled. 'You’re the one deserves an honor,' he told the wolf…"

"That was Drogon's victory, not mine, Dany wanted to say."

[amethystmpress]

"Then a string of red tears appeared across the big man’s throat, bright as a ruby necklace, and the blood gushed out of him, and Qhorin Halfhand fell." you know who else died with ruby jewelry spilling everywhere 🥲

[amethystmpress]

"It's so beautiful here, I don't want to think about everything dying." - dany iii, agot

"So there is magic beyond the Wall after all." - jon iii, acok

and when they wake up and admire the beauty of dawn together? when they soar and look upon the world from skies no others can touch

[amethystmpress]

"you’ll want to wear that over the shoulder, i imagine. it’s too long for the hip, at least until you’ve put on a few inches."