#Ned Stark

[amber-laughs]

that fucking royal feast at winterfell haunts me. did they toast to the royal house baratheon? did robert shout out his war stories about taking down a once great dynasty? did ned watch jon snow cheers to the death of his own father? raise a glass to the death of his future, the loss of his identity? would he even notice if he had?

#how many time has jon heard those stories and not understood what it meant for him? #jon snow #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #ned stark #r+l=j #valyrian scrolls #game of thrones #house targaryen

[emprcaesar]

you know what i really do think everyone knew renly was gay except ned. i’m talking robert knew tywin knew all the tyrells knew the high septum knew fucking joffrey knew and nobody cared. they were all like “there goes renly and his boyfriend” no questions asked. ned was NOT cut out for this. they set my boy up for failure.

#these gays #asoiaf #asoiaf books #game of thrones #house stark #eddard stark #ned stark #loras tyrell #renly baratheon #renly x loras #house baratheon #house lannister

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

Jon Snow doesn't handle well when people badmouth his father ( Ned you raised a fine young lad)

And then he heard the laughter, sharp and cruel as a whip, and the voice of Ser Alliser Thorne. "Not only a bastard, but a traitor's bastard,"he was telling the men around him.

In the blink of an eye, Jon had vaulted onto the table, dagger in his hand.

AGOT, JON VII

"Your father died a traitor."

"My father was murdered". Jon was past caring what they did to him, but he would not suffer any more lies about his father.

ASOS, JON XI

#jon snow #ned stark #house stark #valyrianscrolls #a post of ice and fire #ned and jon #agot jon snow #asos Jon Snow #agot jon vii #asos jon xi

[swordsandarms]

Are the Starks cursed for the sins of their ancestors?

The whole "Starks must stay in Winterfell, bad things happen to them when they leave South" is always posed in fandom as this shining badge of honor, as if it's because the North is this unmatched pinacle of the world to exist in (it's not).

We know the First Men desecrated indigenous lands, were almost anihilated by White Walkers for it, had to build a magical Wall and are tasked (burdened) with guarding it.

Meanwhile, they can't leave (though plenty of them are excited to see the world) without tragedy and death. Bran is targeted with a big destiny, has different dreams about his life, and gets his legs cut from under him to stay put, for example. It doesn't sound to me like a benevolent distinction from the gods.

#asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #ned stark #jon snow #arya stark #sansa stark #robb stark

[thewitchqueenofharrenhal]

Me realizing that Eddard Stark named his first son “Robb” after his best friend and “brother” and than Jon Snow dreams about potentially naming a son “Robb” after his “brother”

It’s not a deep take at all but idk why it hurts 😭

#asoiaf #Jon snow #robb stark #Ned stark #robert baratheon

[silverflameataraxia]

Fathers handing their daughters swords 🥰😍

#game of thrones #the witcher ciri #eddard stark #arya stark #witcher geralt #ciri of cintra #game of thrones edit #the witcher series #ned stark #pro arya stark #geralt of rivia #cirilla fiona elen riannon #got edit #the witcher saga #arya #geralt and ciri #witcher ciri #gotedit #arya stark edit #geralt x ciri #princess cirilla #gotaryastark #maisie williams #sean bean #the witcher #white wolf #cirilla of cintra #the witcher season 2 #gwynbleidd #ciri

[kudriaken]

House Stark. New fanart family portrait from ASOIAF. My favorite cute beans.

#artists on tumblr #fantasy art #illustrators on tumblr #illustration #fanart #house stark #asoif/got #asoif fanart #asoiaf #game of thrones #sansa stark #arya stark #john snow #robb stark #bran stark #rickon stark #ned stark #catelyn stark

[knightsickness]

robert era westeros dashboard simulation

🫁 maidenless

JON ARRYN DEAD 🦀🦀🦀

🐉 rhaegarsvalyria—deactivated

imagine you are lost targaryen princess danaerys marrying your dear brother, prince viserys targaryen 🤍👰🏼‍♀️

📜 citadelscribe

deactivated… king robert got them

🐺 starkupdates

if you don’t speak politics ned’s basically saying ‘not this time, cunt - papa wolf ned isn’t letting you fuck with his pack. while we’re at it, you’re a terrible jouster, bitch!’ to jaime lannister. who else is doing it like him!!

🥘 bowlofbrown

crying at this they’re both lords they DO NOT care if you live or die. what’s wrong with you people

🌞 bowedbentbroken

aren’t their families literally intermarrying

🪵 riverlandspussy

serfs would stan a dog if it was landed

🐊 lizardlion

bracken dick would be good if they didn’t talk about how much better they fuck than the blackwoods the entire time

🌳 oldegodluvrr

why house blackwood stays 🔛🔝

🗝 livesbythefingers

i have terrible news about what blackwoods also talk about during sex

🔥 melisandre

the red represents projected support for STANNIS BARATHEON - king robert’s once and future HEIR

🦑 saltmalewife

shitting myself at this

🐦 muttonmouthed

stannis there’s doubts near the bloody gate watch out !!

💘 luckylikestcriston

🎭 silkyourstreet

every so often someone accidentally reinvents the fourth council of baelor

🦀 celtigwhore

how is crone not sweeping do you people hate women

🫁 maidenless

JON ARRYN STILL DEAD 🦀🦀🦀

🐴 littlestfrey

why are we celebrating? what did he do? /gen

📜 citadelscribe

known cuckold

🌞 bowedbentbroken

do you think littlefinger and varys ever no i shan’t say

🪸 patchpatchpatchface

on earth, the lords eat roast, and the peasants gruel !! in hell, the lords eat gruel, and the peasants roast !!

🪨 dragonstoner

another patchface banger

🦑 saltmalewife

the man cannot miss

#asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #robert baratheon #stannis baratheon #melisandre #ned stark #jaime lannister #patchface

[cola-fiend]

Cersei failing to seduce Ned in GOT 😭 he’s a stronger man than me fr

#asoiaf #game of thrones #ned stark #cersei lannister #nedsei #valyrianscrolls #asoiaf meme

[flying-ham]

jorah is so insane having beef with ned for charging him with slave trading WHEN HE WAS LITERALLY SLAVE TRADING

#like dude you literally committed the crime you were accused of #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #jorah mormont #eddard stark #ned stark #a game of thrones #agot #valyrianscrolls

[amber-laughs]

men: i never cheated on you please believe me!

ned stark: i cheated on you please believe that! i cheated on you so hard look here’s proof of my adultery doesn’t he look just like me? that’s definitely my love child tell everyone you know

#the sexiest thing a man can do is gaslight his wife into beliving his nephew is his son #i need him carnally #ned stark #catelyn tully #catelyn stark #nedcat #jon snow #valyrianscrolls #asoiaf #asoiaf crack

[cosmiart]

Ned loves my hair.

#eddard stark #ned stark #catelyn stark #valyrianscrolls #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #nedcat #my art

[emprcaesar]

im a jory cassel girl to my last breath!

HE LOVED THE STARK KIDS!!!

#jory cassel #asoiaf #asoiaf books #game of thrones #house stark #sansa stark #arya stark #bran stark #ned stark #eddard stark #book quotes #winterfell #northern houses #starklings

[winterprince601]

"he was never unfaithful to robert, was he?" - jaime, acok

ha. ha ha ha. the irony of this line is incredible. what's so striking to me is how one dimensional the realm's understanding of eddard stark as an honourable man is - honour itself is an incredibly complicated and unattainable ideal in asoiaf and i think ned as the stereotypical emblem of it encompasses many of the reasons why. because whilst he absolutely does consider acting in a conventionally honourable way important, he always prioritises those he loves. he defended cat's actions as his own without a second thought when she arrested tyrion. his main priority in king's landing is to see his daughters safe, not to secure the succession. lyanna is the prime example: jon's existence is not the result of the lapse of honourable ned stark, it was honourable ned stark choosing his love for his sister over his duty to his king. that and his personal ethical belief that the political murder of a child is never morally acceptable.

no one in the realm has the insight into his personality we get in the first book. none of his children, vitally, understand that he would always prioritise their safety over any honourable scruples. all of the starklings question what their honourable father would think of their actions - killing in self-defence, marrying jeyne westerling, sleeping with ygritte to name a few examples - without recognising that ned's true first priority was always his family's safety.

in fact, he betrayed robert far more than he ever betrayed cat and he would have betrayed honour for his family's safety every time.

#eddard stark #ned stark #i count dany and ned's resistance to her assassination as a betrayal as well btw #because not only was this a moment in which her killing could be contrived as honourable and ned said no thanks acc #but he was absolutely projecting his love for jon onto her #he could not stand by if it was his innocent son/nephew #asoiaf #a song of ice and feels #jon snow #arya stark #house stark #asoiaf meta #catelyn stark #robb stark #catelyn tully #jaime lannister #acok #robert baratheon #i could write a whole post on honour in got alone #and one day i probably will #jon is particularly afflicted with oh god what would my dad say #bestie if you have to sleep with ygritte and play turncloak to survive HE WOULD WANT YOU TO SURVIVE #he didn't make that promise to fold over some thousand year old irrelevant vow

[lycorim]

OBSESSED OBSESSED OBSESSED with the idea that the dead mother wolf from agot ch1 was "Ned's wolf" not only because of dead-before-the-story-starts, doomed-by-the-narrative reasons but also because it makes Ned mom-coded. Mom-coded and fate-pilled. Get doomed, loser.

#ned stark #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #hate to tag this bullshit as meta but... #disregard i don't know wth i'm saying #he’s the dead mom fridged for his husband (Catelyn)’s character development #is this anything?

[milaeryn]

Ned: "You will train them yourselves, you will feed them yourselves, and if they die, you will bury them yourselves."

And then probably Ned 20 minutes later:

#ned stark #valyrianscrolls #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #game of thrones #got #asoiaf ned #asoiaf art #eddard stark #sean bean #direwolves #grey wind #nymeria #shaggydog #lady #summer #ghost #fan art #milaeryn #i just want the starks to be happy