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War of Hearts

It was late in the day, the wind whistling around, blowing wisps of hair from her braid. She’s tense where she sits upon her horse, gloved hands clenching the reigns tightly. The familiar road draws her mind to the first time she traveled it. To the lies - the horror - the beatings. To her father’s death and the delusional dreams of a stupid little girl.

Little Dove. The sound of Cersei’s voice in her head grates at her despite the fact she knows they will not find her in Kings Landing. No, there was a new enemy there - a Targaryon girl calling herself a queen, wishing for Jon to bend the knee. Worry filled her at the prospect, just the thought of Jon going South as every man in her family has done before. The thought of him not returning it breaks something inside of her.

There was a heavy weight against her chest and her demand to make the journey with him had not been a suggestion. He would not go South without her - he would not leave her side for fear that she would never lay eyes upon him again. Sansa would not put much thought into why it was so important to her that Jon live - or why the thought of them so far apart makes her heart twist within her chest. None of that matters right now.

She can feel his eyes on her as they ride, men in front and behind them guiding their journey, protecting their king. She turned her head to where he rides beside her and lifted a brow. “It will be dark soon,” she stated holding his gaze, “Perhaps we should make camp and continue in the morning.” She suggested letting her gaze leave his as a gentle shiver slid down her spine - the action not just from the cold.

She had always been very good at playing her part, at being a proper lady, already back when they were children. Jon had often observed her then as well, secretly admiring how naturally the grace of a highborn heiress came to her. And when father had made her the match with the prince, Jon had thought of the radiant, breathtakingly beautiful queen she’d grow up to be, and somewhere beneath the facade of brotherly pride and support, a pang of something far less selfless twisted his insides.

He’d waved the feeling off, chosen to see it only as yet another reason to head to the Wall. In the heart of a man of the Night’s Watch, there would be no place for such thoughts.

Now, he wasn’t a man of the Night’s Watch anymore. But he was still her brother. And while jealous affection between siblings may have been encouraged among southern families like the Targaryen dynasty, it most certainly wasn’t the Northern way. The Northern way was honor and duty, justice and truth, and as king, it was that much more crucial that he fulfill his own responsibility.

It was why he was riding South, it was why he would lay down his pride and forge a binding alliance with the Dragon Queen, if that’s what it took to gain her support in the fight against the White Walkers. Joining houses by marriage was the surest way to align interests and forces, and whether his heart agreed or not, Jon wasn’t about to refuse what might well be the only way to ensure the survival of his people. Including Sansa.

Yet just the sound of her voice as she spoke made it all too easy for him to agree with the suggestion of setting up camp for the night, and keep delaying the inevitable for a few extra hours.

‘Aye..’ he nodded, his gaze lingering on her even as hers trailed off him. ‘We’ll settle here for the night. Wait out the darkness.’

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War of Hearts

@astormofagirl

He watched the white flakes twirl in the wind, the land all around him covered in snow. The last time he’d halted at this very place, it had still been summer, the grass alive with green and sunlight streaming down through the parting clouds. His gaze traveled along the road to his right, toward the way he’d chosen that day. The way further North, leading to the black gear of the brothers guarding the Wall and to the vow that would give him a purpose beyond the brand of a bastard.

There’s great honor serving in the Night’s Watch. The Starks have manned the Wall for thousands of years. His father’s words echoed from what now felt like a lifetime ago. And you are a Stark. You might not have my name, but you have my blood. As if to break through the barriers of time and death, Jon let his gaze trail the Kingsroad to the South, his mind’s eye watching his father ride away. Had he known what horror and injustice lay ahead, at the end of that ride, he would not have parted with his family. Had he not been so desperate to start anew.

Back then it had been the only thing that seemed to matter - erasing his past and carving a future of pride and honor. That’s why he’d asked his father about his mother that day. As if to prove himself to her as well - to show her that the shame engraved in his name wasn’t going to hold him down. He’d wanted to know whether he still could, or whether he was working to impress only a ghost. Instead of an answer, father had given him a promise. The next time we see each other, we’ll talk about your mother.

Ned would never return from King’s Landing, and whatever answers Jon was waiting to hear had died with his father. And now he was on his way to the capital himself, yet another Stark to ride South at the request of a king or a queen. Whether history was about to repeat itself and doom him to death as well, he could not foresee. Nor did he fear for his life. He couldn’t afford to. But he did fear for those who rode with him. Those who trusted him, put their faith in him. Those who meant the world to him.

He realized only when their gazes met that she’d noticed he was watching her.

#v: hopelessly devoted #jon snow rp #sansa stark rp #jonsa #astormofagirl #aaaaaand we're back in business

seesgood

FUN NEW GAME OR THE RPC IN 2K19: remember that rp is a hobby and that people can’t memorize every single little thing you prefer on your blog and people will fuck up and instead of treating them like shit for: forgetting a certain headcanon, not reblogging a meme from the source, forgetting one part of your rules, etc, just????? be nice?????? the majority of people here have jobs. if they don’t, they probably have school. if they don’t, they have family obligations. kids. parents to take care of. health problems. mental illness. stuff going in in real life in the actual physical non-tumblr world that is far more important than this blue hellsite. don’t like someone? don’t like what they post? don’t want to see them on your dash? block! blacklist! pettily ignore their entire existence! tell your cat! got something mean to say? write it in your diary and not in someone’s ask box. recognize that people are people and they will make mistakes and if you yourself can not hold yourself up to the ridiculously high standard that this community often has, don’t penalize other people for not being able to either. good day.

#important shit is important

sawyersscribbles

Writing is not always writing.

Writing is being on the train and mentally seeing your OCs stumble into other people, or flinching away from the germ-ridden handrails, or sleeping on each others’ shoulders.

Writing is hearing a song on the radio and watching one of your scenes play out to the lyrics.

Writing is laying on your floor or sitting by your computer and spending hours collaging newspaper clippings or pictures or people or plants together and making something that is completely, uniquely, your story.

Writing is drawing your characters in your notebooks, and making tea only your one, picky character would drink, and writing an open letter to all your characters just to remind them you love them.

Writing is moodboards, and playlists, and crafts, and asks, and prompts, and pictures, and memories, and you.

So never think that just because you’re not putting words on a page, you’re not a real writer. Writing is something that follows you everywhere, beyond the word document, and beyond the screen.

Because writing isn’t something you do. It’s something you are.

#THIS

perfectlyrose

all i want to do is write that one fic that takes people’s breath away and kinda lingers in the back of their minds. i want to write something that makes people want to make art and play with my versions of characters or in the universe i created. i want to be able to create worlds that feel real enough to walk into and write lines that stick with people until they forget where exactly they heard it because it lives in their bones now.

#THIS

just-shower-thoughts

Despite all that’s going on in the world and in life, I will never be as angry as I am as when my headphone cable snags on something and rips the bud out of my ear.

salmonella-warrior

1k words with inspiration: literally 10 minutes or less of writing. a breeze

1k words without inspiration: i will do it. i will take the ring to mordor

ice-and-fire-trash

There was the wolf sandwich, now here’s the dragon sandwich!!

art info/rules

thehonestauthor

Throwing some extra conflict into your story like:

a-daks

canon: they died

fanfic: fUCK YOU

andordean

Canon: and so they never met

Fanfic: here’s a funny story

namesonboats

Canon: There was tension and pining, but they never even kissed.

Fanfic: Actually,

kaeltale

Canon: Torture the cinnamon roll.

Fanfic: Torture the cinnamon roll.

salmonella-warrior

1k words with inspiration: literally 10 minutes or less of writing. a breeze

1k words without inspiration: i will do it. i will take the ring to mordor

#this so much

oliviapaigewrites-deactivated20

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE! Don’t ignore this in your writing!

zizicat

laterovaries-deactivated2017022

This will always be my favorite gifset. Ever.

onceuponamirror

im morally obligated to reblog this every time i see it

nekophy-deactivated20221126

I REMEMBER LAUGHING SO HARD AT THIS IT’S BACK

spdy4

It’s back on my dash!

#just because

friend: How's the writing going?

me: It's going great!

narrator: It was, in fact, not going great.

#me af rn

jonsalways

7 x 5 Jonsa Thoughts

Can we talk about this scene a little bit?

Everything characters say this season mean something. They don’t rephrase another character for no reason.

The lines means something.

Like “it’s not you” Arya said to Nymeria. Like “Chaos is a ladder” Bran told Littlefinger.

I know Missandei is always wishing everybody good fortune too, but these exactly words were said by this fellow here:

Sir Arthur Dayne, the sword of the morning said this same lines to Ned at Tower of Joy, before they fight to death.

The lines DO mean something. Jon could have said anything to Dany but they decided to rephrase Arthur Dayne’s words. Why? Because it means something very important. It’s a foreshadowing of the future of thoses characters.

It’s clear since season 6 Jon is Ice and Dany is Fire, and that the Song of Ice and Fire is about them. This title is even similar to “The Pact of Ice and Fire” an alliance between House Targaryen and House Stark during the Dance of the Dragons. So I don’t think we’re wrong about the subjects of this song.

But the thing is ASOIAF or GoT are not about love histories. Love always have tragic ends here. Robb and Talisa in the show, Jon and Ygritte, Dany and Drogo, romantic love never lasts. And if you think about it, historic periods in Westeros do have poetical names: Dawn Age, Age of Heroes,and the most famous of all: the Dance of the Dragons. I mean, look at this fabulous and epic name: Dance of the Dragons. They called it a dance but it was a civil war when thousands of people died, dragons died and the Seven Kingdons bled.

The Song of Ice and Fire is the same thing. A poetic name for a moment of war in Westeros. The Dance of the Dragons envolved many houses but it was called this way because basically it was a war between Targaryens (Rhaenyra and Aegon II), the Song of Ice and Fire got this name because it’s a struggle between Starks and Targaryens. Between Jon and Dany. It’s not a love story between them. They are meant to fight each other. That’s why this phrase is being said. A phrase is only adressed to an enemy.

I know Jon is Rhaegar’s son and a trueborn Targaryen in the show, but Jon is a Stark in his heart. He is and I don’t think this will ever change. And you know that too. Jon will have to choose to which House his loyalt will be, and that will be very important: if he decides to use the Targaryen name, house Stark name will die, cuz Bran and Arya will probably never have kids and Sansa children will receive her husband’s name. If Jon decides to go Stark pride, the Targaryen House will die, cuz we know Dany cannot have children anymore, and even if she could the problem would be the same Sansa’s. I do think he will go for the second option, because he’s a Stark to the bone. And Dany said herself “I’m the last Targaryen” in 7x3. That line was said for many reasons and I believe this is one of them.

Have you heard the “love theme” for Jon and Dany? If you haven’t you should. It’s a very pretty song but it’s also very very sad. I mean, have you heard “Across the Stars”? Anakin and Padmé theme song in Star Wars? That’s a love song that inspires you about love and fighting for it. Dany and Jon’s song is not.

Dany and Jon’s theme is a sad song that makes you want to cry, it’s like you’re listening to a tragedy. Listen to that makes me feel just like when I watched Zuko fighting his sister Azula in Avatar The Last Airbender: a beautiful song that sings a sad and tragic moment we almost couldn’t bare to see.

I already told you how I think this series is going to end in a tragic way for Daenerys but all the parallels showing how different they are, their theme song, this phrase, it’s all hitting me in a way that each episode makes me feel more sad for her. She’s clearly falling for him, but the show is clearly showing they will not end up together. A time will come when they face each other on opposite sides. Every episode Sansa grows as a leader, loyal to Jon and the key to the North. “The northeners will not accept a southner ruler” “We came here for you, my lady” “We should have choosen you to lead us”

The lines mean something.

The show is heading to a struggle between Jon and Daeneys and a arrangement between Sansa and Jon in the next season, that’s sure. The only thing that really really hurts me is the fact there will be only 6 episodes to work “Jon x Sansa romance” and the public really likes to hate Sansa no matter what she does, and this starkbow with Arya doesn’t help at all.

I’ll be happy to see them together but the public will probably rage and say Daenerys was better option.

This awesome gifs came from @dreamofspring. EDIT:

Here’s our friend Mance who also quoted this to his enemy in the show AKA Stannis, also called “bend the knee or burn alive” boy: