#Eddard Stark

[to-the-stars8]

FUCK YOU GEORGE LET ROBB STARK GO HOME

#Robb stark #ned stark #eddard stark #asoiaf #asoif/got #got #game of thrones #Jon snow #house targaryen #house stark

[czerwona123]

‚„Lady,” he said, tasting the name. He had never paid much attention to the names the children had picked, but looking at her now, he knew that Sansa had chosen well. She was the smallest of the litter, the prettiest, the most gentle and trusting. She looked at him with bright golden eyes and he ruffled her thick grey fur.’

Screaming, crying, throwing up. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned. Lady trusted Ned.

#game of thrones #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #eddard stark #lady direwolf

[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

[all-lee24]

Lord and lady stark

Old sketches, I’d like to revisit ASOIAF designs again during break

#asoiaf #eddard stark #catelyn stark #I didn’t make ned wolf enough and I didn’t make cat fish enough #gotta work harder #arttag

[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

[laurellerual]

I'm in a redesign mood lately, so here some Stark crests!

Here the old ones: Eddard, Catelyn, Jon, Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran, Rickon.

#asoiaf #house stark #asoiaf fanart #arya stark #jon snow #sansa stark #bran stark #robb stark #rickon stark #eddard stark #catelyn stark #Which one do you prefer? #Maybe I should do stikers of them

[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

[melrosing]

starks + theon DONE

more here

#catelyn stark #eddard stark #rickon stark #theon greyjoy #robb stark #jon snow #sansa stark #bran stark #arya stark #asoiaf #the ones I definitely want to do are the Lannisters + Dany and if I’m not bored by then I’ll do more #but not gonna turn it into a video until I feel done lol #anyway this was fun lol idk why im making it my mission to revive 2008 cringe in 2024 asoiaf fandom tho #melrosing art #asoiaf caramelldansen thing

[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

[nedseii]

doodle 👉👈

#asoiaf #nedsei #cersei lannister #eddard stark #myart

[tell-them-the-north-remembers]

If there is one line I like to over-analyze in the ASoIAF books it is a rather famous thought that goes inside Cat's head before her death. As the steel is close to her throat Cat thinks "No, don’t, don’t cut my hair, Ned loves my hair." And this line and her entire inner monologue is absolutely heart-breaking but one thing I fixate on is the actual sentence itself.

"Ned loves my hair."

Anyone who has read the books knows that Cat holds contempt for the fact that except for Arya, she has failed to give Ned children who look like him. It is also one of the reasons she dislikes Jon so much, because the mother of Jon (who she assumes to be Ned's bastard son) has managed to give Ned a child that looks just like him while she, his lawfully wedded wife gave birth to five of his children only for four of them to come out looking exactly like her. Red hair, blue eyes. Unlike Jon (and Arya) who share Ned's dark hair and dark eyes.

And knowing that it is so interesting to me that Cat's last thought about Ned (and her last thought ever) was that Ned loves her hair.

Because Ned loved her, he loved her hair, he loved her the way she was. And every time he looked at Robb, Sansa, Bran and Rickon he saw the reflection of the woman he loved, while Cat was so upset that they weren't all reflections of the man she loved.

Every time Ned ran his fingers through their hair, he ran his fingers through the hair of the woman he loved. He never resented Cat for the fact that four of his children didn't look like him, he loved that they looked like their mother, again, the woman he loved so much. He loved that they had the same hair he loved on Cat, and judging by it being her last thought Cat also knew that Ned loved her hair (and the way she looked), whether she ever came to the realization that Ned was perfectly happy with the way their children looked at all, or if she realized after he was dead and it was too late, it is unclear. But all those years she beat herself up over nothing.

Ned loved her the way she was, Ned loved his children the way they were, when they looked like him and when they didn't. Because when they didn't look like him, they looked like the love of his life, his darling wife.

And if the books decide to go with R+L=J it also adds another layer to Cat and Ned's relationship. Because Jon's mother was always a woman she didn't know but was still competing with in her mind for Ned's love for all these years. Turns out she didn't even exist. Turns out she didn't need to feel inferior to the woman Ned loved enough to not even talk about with her, no need to feel bad about the fact that she was able to give Ned a child that looked like him while Cat "failed".

At the end of the day, all the voices in her head making her feel insecure in her marriage never needed to be there, because everything she thought of as a problem with her were not problems at all for Ned. He was perfectly happy with her and their children.

#asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf meta #got #game of thrones #eddard stark #ned stark #catelyn stark #cat stark #catelyn tully #jon snow #robb stark #sansa stark #arya stark #bran stark #rickon stark #nedcat

[asoiaffan]

#hotdedit #hotd #house of the dragon #game of thrones #gotedit #got #eddard stark #robert baratheon #aemond targaryen #aegon targaryen #gifs

[dr3adlady]

February 2024 Romance Drawing Challenge

Day 2: Eddard Stark and Cersei Lannistere

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#asoiaf #eddard stark #cersei lannister #ned x cersei #nedsei #love #a song of ice and fire #February 2024 Romance Drawing Challenge

[prest0-art]

Ned has hit panic mode

#poor Jon he just wants to be a dragon #my artwork #artwork #artists on tumblr #asoif fanart #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #game of thrones art #game of thrones #ned stark #eddard stark #jon snow

[jeyneofpoole]

people who are convinced ned would never execute theon are so confusing to me. girl. did we read the same books. like you BELIEVE the ned honorableman stark propaganda??? babes he would have that child’s head in a millisecond. like yes he might weep a single stoic man tear but he would get the job done and be like ‘tis not my fault. i, eddard honorableman stark, am only fulfilling my duty… aye… it’s unfortunate but necessary…’ and then jon runs by shouting about being the dragonknight and ned’s just like yes…. i am so good at duty and honorableness et cetera. i NEED you to think critically about this. ok love you bye

#forever and ever a theon defender that boy was fearing for his LIFE day in day out #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #valyrianscrolls #theon greyjoy #eddard stark #ned stark