hello i saw the video high fidelity with this couple i am in love i cant wait to have more of them
this is beautiful
thank you for your kind words, it warms my heart that people still enjoy josana and robb <3
unfortunately, i most likely won’t continue their story or make anything for them in the near future. i do miss them every now and then, but they are no longer my core focus. i am currently into bg3, so that’s where my current fixation and motivation lies !!
i’m not opposed to talking about josana once in a while because i am still very proud of her, but i prefer to keep my mindset locked in on bg3 since im very deep into that fandom + my ocs :)
Tell me about Robb and Josana’s happy survival of the red wedding and the seven kids they go onto have. You know, the canon story 🫶💖💕
ehehehehehehe okay OKAY if you insist
as you mentioned, in au world where the red wedding never happened and they got to have a happy ending, they would have SEVEN kids
robb has a breeding kink like we know this. he's a family man. the more the merrier. honestly, he would've preferred more than seven, but, ya know, he's not the one giving birth lol
josana was ready to stop after five, but with very little convincing from robb, she agreed to have another and... of course... they were surprised blessed with a set of twins ( gotta love them lannister genes )
they would have four boys and three girls, and they're all loved equally. dunno if this is a hot take, but robb gives off such girl!dad energy. and josana gives off boy!mom energy to me so i think it fits well for them eheheehe
they would live in the north as king and queen, rebuild the ruins of winterfell slowly but surely until it's as good as new, and live a very happy and a VERY long life together with their ever-growing family
they would even take family trips to the westerlands to see where josana grew up in casterly rock and enjoy the warmer weather and greenery of the west. robb knows how much she loved her home and how she'll always be a southern girl at heart, so he tries to spare a good chunk of time every few years for them to go back together
change: Has your OC ever drastically changed their appearance? Significant haircuts, big tattoos, complete wardrobe swap, etc? Why? How do they feel about the change? - FOR MY BABY JOSANA
JOSANA MY BELOVED
change :: has your oc ever drastically changed their appearance? significant haircuts, big tattoos, complete wardrobe swap, etc? why? how do they feel about the change?
yes, but not as drastically compared to some of my other ocs. however, it’s still as important to josana as a character, especially for a lady of her status. she is a woman of noble birth, raised into one of the most powerful houses in westeros and taken under by her uncle, the most feared man in all of the seven kingdoms, tywin lannister. she grew up with anything and everything she could’ve ever wanted and was not shy in flaunting her riches with the most lavish gowns with the finest silk. she liked to wear many different colors, but she mainly stuck to her house colors of red and gold, as she was a proud lioness from the moment of her birth.
when she goes off to winterfell and, over time, falls in love with robb in the midst of war and grows to care for his cause, she’ll trade in her expensive gowns of her family’s colors for wolf pelts and donning her, eventual, husband’s house colors instead by her own choice and will. at some point i can’t remember when i have to check my notes, tywin even gifts her a golden lannister lion necklace, which she will wear up until a specific moment during her time as a “hostage” under the starks. she gave all of that up for not only robb’s sake ( even though he loved her all the same ), but because she truly believed in his cause and wanted him to win the war. it was her choice on that front.
once robb dies and she is back under tywin’s clutches, she is back in the same clothes she’d given up, the very same clothes she was once proud of wearing. and she hates it. bc after everything she went through and witnessed, she feels like an imposter wearing her own house colors once again after such a long time. and it’s not like she has a choice in the matter either, not when she felt like a prisoner under her own family. josana wants nothing more than to wear the dresses into pieces and burn them to ash, to never wear the lannister colors ever again, but she can’t. not until she has her own free will again, which she ultimately will once she escapes from king’s landing once tywin dies ( which will be a whole big thing in her storyline that’ll work with tyrion’s as well ).
once she gets to be herself again, josana never wears red again. and she’s all the happier for it.
glance :: at first glance, what stands out most about your oc's appearance? what's their distinguishing feature?
there are a plethora of things that stand out in josana's physical appearance as she is very conventionally beautiful and holds the beauty standard among other noble ladies within the westerlands. for the sake of this ask, i'll only answer one (1) which are her strikingly emerald green eyes as they can captivate anyone's attention if she looked their way. they're alluring, mesmerizing, and even hypnotic, especially towards men ( woman are susceptible as well, but mainly men ). it's one of josana's many physical features that she uses to her advantage, whether it's for something major or not.
motion :: how does your oc move? how does their clothing help or hinder their range of motion? are they flexible, coordinated, clumsy?
she moves very gracefully and proudly, like a proper lady of her status. she walks with her head held high, shoulders back, and hands clasped behind her back. her clothing can hinder her range of motion since her dresses and undergarments has lots of layers/fabric so they can be a bit heavy, but she's grown used to the added weight after so many years of wearing them. as for her flexibility and coordination, she's able to ride a horse ( my lil semi-horse girly ), but that's that extent of it. she's a piss-poor fighter which is an overstatement bc homegirl gets to stab one (1) guy and she doesn't even kill him, and she doesn't want to be one either as it's not her role nor duty as a noble lady.
formal :: what's your oc's formal look? do they like dressing up? do they have different looks for different occasions?
now THIS is josana's type of question ehehehehehe !! she LOVES dressing up. a fashion icon™️ as i like to call her. she dresses very formally on a daily basis, but here are some images i totally imagine her wearing: link, link, link, link. i have no idea if any of these pieces are historically accurate, but neither is the show, so frankly i dont care lol
this ask got insanely long so i put it under the cut! but i hope you don’t mind the info dump eheheehe
a simple explanation: it’s a story about betrayal, revenge, and love.
a more detailed explanation: josana lannister was raised to be tywin’s prized pupil. he took note of her sharp mind and cunning tongue at a young age, and wanted to exploit it, to transform her into his ultimate weapon. she was taught to be extremely well-read, to lie as easily as speaking the truth, and to manipulate her surroundings and the people beside her to achieve her goal by any means necessary. and josana in a quick leaner, easy to adapt to please her lord uncle to become a true lioness of the south. and when the time came to show her usefulness, josana did little to object.
tywin wants to control the world. he had cersei the queen of the seven kingdoms, planned to have jaime become the warden of the east after the death of jon arryn, and now, he would send his beloved niece to winterfell to wed ned stark’s eldest son to control the north. she is to marry robb stark, provide heirs, and raise them as lions rather than wolves. she is also to spy on the starks, to gather information and inform her uncle with anything of importance.
when she arrives in winterfell along with the king and her cousins, it initially starts out pretty well. she and robb get along well enough as they are newly betrothed and the rest of the starks like her enough to have conversations, but mainly sansa and bran ( bran bc josana’s younger brother is a knight of the kingsguard and he keeps begging her to tell him more since it’s his dream to become one as well ).
but her civil relationships with the starks dwindle away once everything happens between them and the lannisters. the wedding between her and robb keeps getting pushed back, she starts to receive pointed looks and rude remarks every where she turns, and she feels completely and utterly alone with no one to turn to except her lady-in-waiting, sarra snow, roose bolton’s bastard.
regardless, her circumstances don’t halt her from her schemes. she continues to send letters to her uncle, with the help of sarra so it’s less suspicious, and try her best to survive in a castle full of wolves. when robb calls the banners and means to march south, he takes josana with him on the campaign. a campaign is no place for a high-born lady, but robb would rather have eyes on her at all times than to have her remain in winterfell with his younger brothers.
in the campaign, josana feels trapped in a corner. and it only gets worse once they capture her cousin, jaime, and her family kills lord eddard stark. she can’t reach out to her uncle without anyone knowing, she can’t return back to casterly rock as she is now a prisoner in all but name, and the safety of a betrothal is now gone thanks to the alliance with house frey. it is truly rough out there for my girl.
but things slowly start to turn around now that josana has been with the starks for so long to have seen who they truly are: honorable, noble, and loyal. the starks could’ve had her shackled to a post and leave her to rot, but they didn’t. they could’ve left her to the hands of the north men to do with her as they please, but they didn’t. they showed her kindness as their hostage, something she knew her family would never do. and that plants the seed of doubt in josana’s allegiance. was her family as glorious and righteous as she remembered? or were they dishonorable, fearsome, and treacherous as everyone says they were?
ultimately, she becomes devoted to robb when she kills a lannister informant posed as a notherner. now, there are two reasons behind her killing him. 1.) because she no longer wants to be a spy for her uncle and doesn’t want to betray the starks anymore. 2.) survival. if this spy were to out her treason, her death would be imminent. so she had to choose: tywin or robb. and she chose the latter, which truly begins their romantic arc.
and what’s important to remember is that josana will never, ever, tell the truth about formally being a spy. it is important because it plays a HUGE factor into the rest of this story. she will have to live with that guilt and betrayal until the end of her days. and all actions have consequences in this story.
anyways, there’s so much more to this story, but i figured this ask is already long enough lol! if you’d like to know more, feel free to ask !!
so where does Talisa add up in Josana's story? (your Red Wedding set WRECKED ME AS ALWAYS!!)
hi, love !!!! thank u sm for the support and your question !! talisa is a bit tricky as she is a completely made up character to replace jeyne westerling from the books. and my fic is a combination of both the show and books since there are certain scenes and aspects i would like to include from both source materials. i genuinely love talisa as a character, but she’s most likely will just be a side character. i’d still like to keep her involved as a healer and have her backstory revealed bc i think it’s super interesting and different from a lot of the characters we’ve seen. i’m still not sure, but i do know if i stick with keeping her canon, im most likely keeping her alive since she’d have no reason to die at the red wedding. and since i mentioned jeyne too, im not sure if i’m involving her or the westerlings at all. i think it’s unnecessary for josana’s story for where my ideas are now. things may change as i’m always up for switching things around if it means bettering my own plot, but that’s where my mind is at currently !!
i apologize in responding to this so late, but i HAD to deliver !!!
their love language is OBVIOUSLY physical touch !! they are a bit subtle in public, josana with her arm looped around his or robb placing a hand on the small of her back. in private though,,,, completely different. they're extremely affection, especially with touch. whether it sexual or not, they melt in each other's touch and it makes me absolutely feral !!!
robb is pretty protective over josana, but for good reason. she is not liked by pretty much everyone bc of her house, her close dynamic with tywin, and bc of her previous opposing allegiance. he hardly ever leaves her side bc of past instances where her safety becomes an issue. he only ever leaves her with people he fully trusts to ensure her protection ( which is the main reason why she's present at the red wedding )
josana loves to run her fingers through his dark, auburn curls. she brushes them gently and slowly at any chance, mostly at night or when he's very stressed from the war
back in winterfell during the feast for king robert, when the starks and lannisters children are enter together, josana and robb are paired with each other as they are newly betrothed. the entire night robb is just mesmerized by her beauty and they get to have some bonding time before things get rlly bad after bran's fall
fun fact: josana romantically falls for robb first
in my own lil au where the red wedding never happened and they lived happily ever after, josana and robb would have so many fucking kids !! this man for sure has a breeding kink like let's be real. they would've been one, big, happy family and it makes me cry that will never happen
speaking of kids, josana is pregnant by the time of the red wedding. she has their son in king's landing. it's a very emotional aspect of the story bc she has a lot of internal conflict. on one hand, she wants this baby so badly bc she would love to be a mother and have one last reminder of her husband. on the other, this baby will be a pawn in one of tywin's schemes. and when she's giving birth, she begs the gods to have her baby look like robb. here's a snippet of that moment: Please look like my darling wolf, she pleaded to the gods. Let my child have his auburn hair and winter pale skin. Give it nothing of me. Not my golden curls, my complexion, or my pride. Don’t let this innocent babe become a lion for my uncle. their son, bennard stark, has robb's complexion, his hair, and is definitely a wolf at heart. the only resemblance he has of his mother are her emerald green eeyes
another fun fact: in the very early plotting stages of this story, josana was originally supposed to die in the red wedding. as you can tell, that changed completely lol
josana will not and refuses to marry after robb. she may have sexual counters with other men ( as she should ), but she cannot love anyone as she did for him. even if it's for political benefit, she cannot fathom the thought of another person as her husband
robb may have been initially taken by her beauty, but what made him really fall for her was the hidden layers of her true self. underneath the prized pupil persona and the prowess of a lion, josana is just a girl. a girl who used to believe merlings would swim in the sunset sea, was very fond of horses and silently mourned for them on the battlefield, and was keen on learning as much as she could about anything whether it's warfare, politics, embroidery, and so on. he fell in love for who she really was
the two songs that makes me think about them the most are a house in nebraska by ethel cain and the echo and the river from the witcher: blood origin soundtrack
Because I'm an old woman with terrible eyesight: do you have the write up of all the text in your gorgeous gifset?
hi love !! i can do that just for you <3
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⟶ “father, smith, warrior, mother, maiden, crone, stranger…” the words foreign to lord edmure and the frey girl, but all too familiar to the king and queen of the north, whom each struggled to hide their smiles as they recalled their own wedding night.
⟶ when it was time for the feast, the lords and ladies of houses stark, frey, and tully rejoiced together in celebration. it hardly seems plausible they were at odds only weeks prior.
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⟶ “you look pale, child,” catelyn spoke in a concerned hush.
“i’m afraid this much wine does not agree with me,” sarra answered, clearing her throat and averting her gaze.
her eyes landed on josana and catelyn smiled faintly, “the queen looks beautiful, does she not?”
sarra had a faraway look in her eyes, “she does.”
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⟶ “if we were wed in winterfell, would you honor the bedding ceremony in the name of tradition?” josana asked her husband.
robb turned to meet her gaze, the mischief vanquished in his ice blue eyes. “i would beat a man bloody if they dared to try it.”
⟶ one of the frey boys approached her seat. “pardon me, your grace,” he began, his cheeks blushed as red as the wine. “these are for
you, my queen. a token for a long and joyful marriage.” the boy gifted her a small bouquet of the flower, lily of the valley. the white, bell-
shaped flower was common in the riverlands. not as beautiful as a rose, yet josana graciously accepted it.
⟶ out of the corner of her eye, josana caught a glimpse of catelyn. she watched the young lovers from afar, but she did not bore the pointed look upon her face she’d grown accustomed to in their presence. no, tonight she wore the faintest of smiles on her lips. perhaps it was the result of the wine for the change of her demeanor, or perhaps, for a sliver of hope, lady stark began to favor them after all this time.
⟶ odd, she thought. she knew the bone-chlling tune of the
rains of castamere as if she wrote the melody herself. the
bards played it often at casterly rock, but never here. a lannister
song for a lannister queen, how fitting.
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⟶ the tune of the rains of castamere plagued her mind. in a coat of gold or a coat of red. a lion still has claws. catelyn’s stare darted from lord walder, to josana, to robb, and back to roose, whom his own eyes remained fixed upon hers and his sleeve upon the table.
cautiously, catelyn raised a shaky hand to lift lord bolton’s silk sleeve. her old, fragile heart sank further at the sight of the iron rings.
⟶ “i feel i’ve been.. remiss in my duties. i’ve given you meat, wine, music, but i haven’t shown you the hospitality you deserve. my king has married and i owe his bride tribute. a toast to the queen in the north! a lioness in wolf pelts.”
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⟶ in a blink of an eye, the glorious wedding had become a massacre. she saw the bodies of men who were breathing just moments ago, now nothing more than rotting corpses.
⟶ a pair of strong hands seized her from behind, pulling her away from the slaughter. josana thrashed violently in their grip, her hands frantic as they searched blindly to find something to pull or scratch. though every effort to free herself was in vain. they dodged every attack from the lioness. if only she had kept ssarra's blade at her side.
sarra. gods, where was she? please don’t be amongst the dead, josana prayed.
⟶ “robb, get up. get up and walk out! please, please! save yourself, save your wife! think of her and the babe. if not for me, think of them! live for them!”
“josana…” robb staggered on his feet. his bloody hands clung to josana’s arms, steadying himself. she felt his blood seep through her velvet gown, tainting her fair skin. “mother… grey wind…”
catelyn nodded, “yes, go to him! take josana and walk out of here!”
⟶ “the queen won't be harmed. this is after all the fruit of her labor.”
josana stiffened, her flushed cheeks now paler than the dead surrounding them. he knew. the secret she hoped to be buried with her was brought to light.
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⟶ “the lannisters send their regards.” ord bolton words rang in the air before his knife pierced through her husband’s heart, and twisted.
josana held robb as his body fell limp in her arms. the tears burned as the ran down her cheeks. tiny droplets scattered across his face, though he did not flinch. he did not move at all, still as a statue in the crypts of winterfell. and now that’s where he would remain, buried and far out of her reach. josana wailed. she screamed and cried until her throat grew raw and hoarse.
⟶ she noticed the blade still lodged in robb’s heart. josana grabbed the knife and held the bitter steel to her throat. you wont take me nor my babe! before she could slice through her own flesh, the blade was wrenched from her throat, but the lioness refused to surrender. she wrestled for a last chance for control and firmly grasped onto it’s sharp edge. the pain soared through as it cut deep into her palm, the blood pouring down her arms. not before long, it slipped out of her hand.
⟶ lord bolton struck her hard across the cheek. the blow sends her falling, her head colliding with the ground. pain and darkness spread until then there is nothing else. the last thing she saw before she succumbed to the empty black was white petals turning red with her husband’s blood.
