Once Upon A Ship

I love writing, talking about writing, reading and TWD, especially Caryl. This is a secondary blog that is all about the shipping, really. 

[nashilena]

You know, no matter how devastated you feel now, there is one person that probably hates ep5 even more than you, and it’s Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

[nashilena]

GUYS I’M DYING… he is trolling d&d’s twincest so hard I CAN’T…

What a fucking legend 👏

Big thank you for my bff, @nileve6 for introducing me this gem 💛

Tagging a few people that might be interested

@supper-party @jaimeelanister @weedsareflowerstoo @there-is-no-sense-blog @ben-roll-io @marasjadesfire @royalydamned @lannisterboi @lannisters-of-tarth @lannistarthh @lannisteroftarth @valarmorghulisyall @walking-on-the-dead-mans-land

[lannistarthh]

Nik really is our hero❤️

[shipperwolf1]

i stan. so hard.

[twinge-of-cosmicangst]

Gwendoline Christie putting like 6 different bitter ass Brienne writing in the white book memes on her instagram story is the level of petty I desire to be.

[drxnkonsxnlight-deactivated2021]

season 9: cersei walks out the ruins of the red keep with 3 hatched baby elephants

And Jaime has 3 baby lion cubs

[drugstoreperfumemp3]

[drxnkonsxnlight-deactivated2021]

I FUCKING CHOKED I LOVE YOU

[elephantinparis]

All hail his Grace,king Jaime of house Lannister, First of His Name, King of the rubble of the Red Keep and all the bricks that follow, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of Briene of Tarth,Khaleesi of the Isle of Tarth, the Uncrushed, Breaker of Brandon Stark’s legs and Father of lion cubs.

[rcmmsteins-deactivated20200217]

GUYS I DIED

[sassbewitchedmyass]

Reactions to Brienne telling everyone Jaime left.

Podrick

Arya

Tormund

Sansa tracking down Jaime

Bran

Me

[trash4ship]

Let's try to make sense of it all...

Let's talk a bit about Brienne and Jaime here, and about the latest episode (8x04). Now if you haven't seen it and don't want to be spoiled, please, stop reading now.

I know that things are looking way dire right now, and I'm angry af at Jaime for leaving Brienne. BUT...

Let's combine facts (and give them a more positive spin, shall we?)

NCW said that his last scenes were shot in a beautiful location, and I heard he was one of the last ones to wrap up with the series.

GC said (and I just can't remember the phrasing 100%) said the ending was hard to digest, and that she wasn't all that happy (definitely phrased differently) with Brienne's ending.

I think this can still mean a positive ending for Jaime/Brienne shippers. Why?

Let's say that NCW is happy because he didn't die, and that his character ends up in Tarth. I can see this making him happy.

Now, let's talk about Brienne. She's vouched for Jaime, who now left to go back to his sister. She feels betrayed as a woman, and I'm sure she's devastated that she 'kinda' broke her word to Sansa and Dany. Jaime fought for the North, yes, but now he's back with the enemy. So I could very well see Brienne asking to be released from service, going back to Tarth, as she won't be able to live with the guilt and won't think she deserves to be a knight of the seven kingdoms any longer.

Would that be a let down for GC? Yes. She might favour Jaime/Brienne, but she spent years portraying an unconventional woman, one who fought to find her place in a world where women are favoured conventionally beautiful and if possibile pliant, too. Now, Brienne seems to have reached everything she ever hoped for in becoming a knight, only to have it taken from her the very next ep. Brienne won't feel as a knight any long, and she was knighted by a person with a tainted past who just seems to have betrayed everything. So what is her knighting worth any longer.

So imagine Brienne going back to Tarth, not doing much the rest of the series. That would have to be a terrible culmination of Brienne's arc in GC's opinion. Women are more than what their connection to any male might make them. It wouldn't feel that way with Brienne.

So I imagine this being the reason for the different takes NCW and GC have on their endings. I further imagine Jaime betraying (hopefully killing) Cersei in the end, and then, feeling he's finally worth it, going to find Brienne on Tarth.

I could live with that. And now I'll cling to it for at least the next week.

Thanks for listening to my TED talk.

[wicked-chocolatine]

              Carol Peletier: a summary

[reallybigshark2]

Ok so I have some opinions about Jaime and Brienne.

No one questions that Tormund loves Brienne. They just accept it. Also, no one questions that Brienne loves Jaime. They just accept it. However, lots of people question Jaime’s love for Brienne.

So, what’s the difference between Jaime and Tormund? Well, no offense Tormund, but the difference is Jaime is considered really hot. People don’t find it strange that Tormund, the giant, crazy haired wilding, would fall for Brienne, but Jaime? A man widely considered to be one of the most handsome men in the seven kingdoms, falling for a woman who doesn’t fit conventional beauty standards? They find that completely ridiculous.

Because here’s the thing: if Brienne looked like Danaerys, and Jaime acted the exact same way, no one would doubt that he is completely in love with her. It would be considered obvious.

People simply aren’t willing to believe that a hot guy can fall for a woman who isn’t stereotypically attractive.

And that’s the tea.

[carylon]

I’m sorry, but I just saw this post and I couldn’t agree with it more!

Also, Carylers, does this sounds familiar? 

I’ve been shipping Braime since I started watching the show years ago, but it’s the first time I’m actually part of the fandom. And man… it can be as toxic as TWD fandom. 🤦🏽‍♀

[whosoldherout]

Carol Peletier and Daryl Dixon in The Storm [x]

[chryswatchesgot]

Chrys Watches Got [x] / requests for individuals [x]

[buffalohdaisy]

Oh don’t mind me I’m just thinking about that cute soft tone of voice daryl uses when talking to carol and crying

[thenameisgul]

can we just talk about how in the middle of the battle Jaime fucking Lannister just assumed the role of a commander and gave orders left right and center and everyone just… listened

Couple that leads together, slays together, badass knights of the seven fucking kingdoms

[briennesjaime]

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

[darcydash]

Jaime saving Brienne 🥰

[swanqueensalad]

alternative ways to say ‘i love you’

- you’re very bit as good as them. every bit.

- i believe this one bloomed for your little girl. 

- i can’t lose you too.

- this world needs men like that.

- but if you screw this up, mess with daryl? i will slit your throat while you sleep.

- just so you know, i liked you first.

- you okay?

- you don’t have to. you don’t. 

- it’s like you were a kid. now you’re a man.

- we ain’t ashes.

- we’re not dead. that’s what you said. you’re not dead. i know you, you’re different, i can’t let myself - but you. i know you. you have to let yourself feel it. 

- you good?

- you stay the hell away from carol, you hear me. 

- she gets hurt, she dies, she catches a fever, she’s taken out by a walker, she gets hit by lightning, anything. anything happens to her, i’ll kill you.

- why’d you go?

- i couldn’t lose you.

- they came. we got ‘em all. everyone’s alright. everyone’s alright. 

- if anyone deserves to be happy, it’s you. (i don’t like not seeing you though.)

- when was the last time you ate?

- no, no, just look at me, just look at me

- i see you. 

[nochancennochoice]

Jaime’s awkward boner // his massive heart boner for Brienne

[ikkleosu]

Jaime and Brienne arenot “above” sex

If you think it’s not important for Jaime and Brienne to have sex then you are missing the point of their story. And you are feeding into the damaging, toxic notion that some relationships are “too pure” for sex.

This idea that some romantic relationships are “above” sex just perpetuates the idea of sex being dirty and cheap and base. In a loving relationship, it’s not. There’s a reason it’s called “making love.”

The knighting scene absolutely showed Jaime’s love and understanding of Brienne, and while it validated her as a person, and who she is, it didn’t validate her as a woman. All her life her womanhood has been invalidated by men.

She was too ugly, too strong, too masculine to be seen as a woman, and certainly not a desirable, sexual woman. It is vital for her story that this aspect of her is validated for her to have true narrative closure.

And yes Tormund’s lust for her shows she is desirable but not in a way she finds pleasing. He sees her through wildling eyes - a culture where women’s strength and fighting skills are appreciated. She needs to be validated via her own culture, and Jaime is the epitome of that.

And speaking of Jaime, let’s not forget how important sex with Brienne is in his narrative. He has had sex with 1 woman his entire life - his sister. Sex for him is imbued with shame, guilt, secrecy and every kind of toxic emotion going. It is important for him as a character to have his honourable status confirmed with a relationship that is healthy and shows the true nature of love. It is because of the pure, untainted, soul-deep nature of Jaime and Brienne’s love that they SHOULD have sex. Not why they shouldn’t.