#Elia Martell

[violet-moonstone]

saw a post shitting on people for liking female characters in asoiaf and hotd who were wronged and did not/were unable to fight back and "simply" didnt fight for a better life

like yeah its so simple to undo centuries of patriarchy. it's not like the female characters who did fight back weren't in constant danger because of all the forces working against them

there was also an implication that enjoying these characters somehow shows our own passivity and adherence to patriarchal values

(oh and apparently we hate strong women too. because as you know, only two types of women exist, and you can only like one of them)

turns out you can understand someone's entire ideology and psychological state based on which asoaif characters they like?

i don't think it's wrong for fans to feel a sense of kinship with tragic characters, especially if said fans feel trapped or have felt trapped by their circumstances irl (especially if they feel trapped because of conservative ideologies, like their favourite characters are)

yes it's good to have independent and strong characters to look up to. and it's important to advocate for yourself and make difficult decisions in life

but no one can be the hero of their own story all the time

sometimes you don't feel strong or brave and sometimes shit hurts and sometimes there's nothing you can do about it in the moment (or at all). and in those cases it's nice to have characters to relate to

just like it's nice to have sad music to listen to when you feel like crap. it doesn't mean there's something wrong with you

some women unfortunately are victims, and having empathy for them or even seeing yourself in them doesn't make you weak

edit: it's also very telling that the assumption here is that our interest comes from valuing passivity...what about anger and indignation at the way these women were treated? what about imagining better endings for them where they do get a better life? we aren't the ones who think so little of these characters that all we can imagine them good for is pity.

#laena targaryen #sansa stark #elia martell #asoiaf #helaena targaryen #alicent hightower #Hotd

[martellspear]

missing her (female character that's just so special to me) hours

#elia martell #sansa stark #nina zenik #jude sweetwine #sabran berethnet #eadaz uq nara #circe #inej ghafa #nesta archeron #margaery tyrell #shiv roy #arianne martell

[amaati]

Princess Elia Nymeros Martell

Commission for the wonderful @chemtrailsoverthesun 💕!

It's been a while since I've drawn her! I was absolutely excited to work on this commission!

#elia martell #house martell #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #elia of dorne #valyrianscrolls

[yosb]

"my sister, elia, she married prince rhaegar and became the princess she already was."

a dornish-valyrian wedding between the dragon and the sun

#rhaegar targaryen #elia martell #house martell #house targaryen #asoiaf #game of thrones #a song of ice and fire

[badwriterrr]

Just two lil curious Targlings, I’m sure nothing bad will ever happen to them.

#they deserved so much better #my art #aegon vi targaryen #asoiaf #asoiaf fanart #game of thrones #rhaenys daughter of elia #young griff #rhaenys targaryen #elia martell #a song of ice and fire

[archamion]

Princess Elia Martell and her sweet Aegon<3

#elia martell #aegon vi targaryen #young griff #asoiaf #if you saw this post before no you didn’t #I had to fix the baby’s ear I’m sorry #yes he’s wearing kohl he’s dornish #dorne #my art

[catlvur]

Elia Martell, commissioned by @chemtrailsoverthesun

#elia martell #asoiaf #asoif fanart #got #game of thrones #house martell

[tenthmuseondine]

𖤓Princess Elia of Dorne and her son, Prince Aegon Targaryen 𖤓

#asoiaf #asoif fanart #elia martell #game of thrones #Targaryen children had dragon themed toys!!

[ironlily1413]

Elia Martell with Aegon Targaryen/ Rhaenys Targaryen with Balerion

They deserved better!

#fire and blood #house of the dragon #iron throne #art #artwork #house targaryen #house martell #elia martell #balerion #aegon targaryen #rhaenys targaryen #aegon and rhaenys

[knightsickness]

seeing people having to write thinkpieces in defence of elia martell is crazy. yeahh guys i think the woman whos arranged marriage cheated on her and ran away causing a war which led to an invasion of the castle in which her infant children were killed in front of her before she was raped and murdered might not have been the villain in that situation. targaryen fan brain parasites

#asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #elia martell

[chemtrailsoverthesun]

Art of Elia Martell that I commissioned from @catlvur

She did such a wonderful job 💕

#elia martell #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire art

[fruitageoforanges]

the prince and princess of dragonstone in aegon's garden

belated valentine's day post... it's my blog, i get to make sappy art of one of the most tragic couples in asoiaf. i maintain that there was a sweet spot, once they got used to each other's oddnesses and before everything went to shit, when they were happy.

#a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire fanart #asoiaf fanart #rhaegar targaryen #elia martell #rhaegar x elia #house targaryen #house martell #scribbles #if i had 3 wishes right now i would wish for elia's dress in this piece #i say this about every big piece i do #but i think this might be the greatest thing i've ever drawn #i had so much fun doing it too #anyway watch tumblr completely chew up the quality #not sure whether it's just the resolution i save things at as other people's art has been looking pretty good #valyrianscrolls

[martellspear]

have you ever stopped to think how the cities with prettiest names are in Dorne? I mean: sunspear, starfall (!!!), godsgrace, kingsgrave and skyreach ??

they serve nonstop

#house martell #dorne #dornish #sunspear #elia martell #oberyn martell #doran martell #arianne martell #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #game of thrones #that's what happens when you're destined to be most perfect gorgeous talented and prettiest

[pulksten-blog]

#asoiaf #lyanna stark #elia martell #my art #rhaegar targaryen

[yosb]

elia, oberyn, arianne. "i was the oldest and yet i am the last" 😢☀️

#house martell #elia martell #oberyn martell #arianne martell #asoiaf #game of thrones #original character #oc #character design #oc art

[melrosing]

doodles of an au where joanna does actually manage to separate the twins and ships jaime off to dorne. elia and jaime get along fine but he and oberyn are a love/hate thing

#jaime lannister #elia martell #oberyn martell #asoiaf #melrosing art #have this hc about jaime subconsciously adopting the hairstyles of those he looks up to/is close to #so that's what's going on here #also in this au jam wants to learn how to fight w a spear but only so he can be better at it than Oberyn