#all the northern houses

[princessnysar]

North’s view on bastards:

The North has never had a problem with bastards because the old gods do not call them sins like the faith of the even compare to how the rest of the south viewed them accept for Dorne.

#asoaif #asoiaf meta #the north #house stark #house manderly #house bolton #house hornwood #house cerwyn #house umber #house dustin #house ryswell #house reed #all the northern houses #my creations #meta for my story im just posting it here

[duchess-of-oldtown]

You gotta have mad respect for Wex. The kid survives a massacre and then risks his neck to gather intel on Rickon's whereabouts (all the while avoiding Osha and Shaggydog's notice) and then using his knowledge to manipulate two major Lords in the North? The kid could have walked into the nearest village and started a new life, there's no way to tell he's Ironborn, he has no distinguishing features nor able to be betrayed by an accent. But no, this little kid says no, fuck it, "I'm staying right here and creating chaos on purpose". He learned from Theon but does it ✨successfully✨

#Wex Pyke is underrated #The kid has all the power in the Northern Conspiracy nevermind Manderly and Stannis #Wex pyke #Ironborn #The greyjoys #the iron islands #House botley #Theon Greyjoy #White Harbour #Winterfell #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf meta #valyrianscrolls

[elliptycal]

IM LITERALLY GOING TO SCREAM UNTIL MY TRACHEA RUPTURES AND MY LUNGS COLLAPSE WHEN I SEE CREGAN STARK ON MY SCREEN NEXT SUMMER I DIDNT EVEN READ THE FUCKING BOOK ALL I HAVE OF THIS MAN IS A COUPLE JACEGAN EDITS, ONE OR TWO QUOTES FROM F&B, AND A FLAMING LOYALTY TO HOUSE STARK THAT IS DRIVING MY LOVE FOR THIS MAN??? FUCK

#I love Tom Taylor already #even though I adore all my Targaryen women I am a stark at heart ok #I’m literally ginger I’m loyal to the northerners (ignore that the gingers are in the riverlands) #cregan stark #jacaerys targaryen #house of the dragon #house stark #rhaenicent

[aeriondripflame]

PIETAS, TO HONOR THY FATHER.

#asoiaf #robb stark #house stark #ned stark #viserys iii targaryen #the aeneid #had been thinking about northern honor and then it devolved into my thoughts on roman pietas and the idea of family obligation and honor #the son hungry to follow in the footsteps of the father to finish his work all to end up dead in the quest for meaning from ghosts #guava.txt #idk if this makes sense i am a web weaving gal only in theory #web weaving #comparative tag #viserys iii

[antiqueanimals]

Forest Friends. Written by Royal Dixon. Illustrated by Robert Shepard McCoy. 1916.

#birds #mockingbirds #cardinals #wrens #baltimore orioles #blue jays #house martins #screech owls #magpies #swifts #northern flickers #blackbirds #ruby throated hummingbirds #chickadees #american robins #that's it. that's all i can identify #Robert Shepard McCoy

[ladyofthebears]

Call me crazy, say im projecting my own nativeness onto asoif characters BUT I have always thought the first men and wildlings were meant to represent like indigenous peoples like the Inuit and inuvuliat. Like the dark hair and dark eyes and paler skin, i read that shit and went “oh so they are just Inuit. Got it 😁”. And APPARENTLY people think im wrong for that. But i don’t give a flying FUCK, so imma stay thinking first men blood is just a subtle way of grrm being like “and these people, these people are native” even though I KNOW that no human is native to Westeros and the children of the forest are, i can still dream of mainstream native fantasy rep, cant i?

#house of the dragon #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #wildlings #first men #the starks #the karstarks #the reeds #all the fucking northern houses #even some non northern houses #house strong #house blackwood #the redhead starks were just light skinned natives #ironically enough i am native and have red hair #wait #do i only think the first men are native because i was convinced the starks are red headed natives like me? #idk what to do with this information #ummmmm they could also be just native canadians in general #like Im anishinaabe so maybe the first men r anishinaabe #because i said so

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

ugh dawg i feel you with that heat. i'm in texas (press f for me pls) and i'm just waiting for when the powergrid goes out again. like i'm legitimately terrified of it happening during the summer. i can handle the winter cause i can bundle up but you can't do shit in the summer 😭

i winced out loud, eesh... Slamming the f button for you my dude

#texas... strength to you #i hope you can find like uhhh battery powered fans and stock coolers / ice packs #i used to live in a house with no ac and ice/showers/fans/windows were my best friends during the Hell Months #best combo is open window but closed curtains / cracked blinds in the morning and evening #lets the breeze in but helps keep the heat out #ohhhh and cool/cold water or ice on the inside of your wrists works like a Charm #temporary but blissful relief #i wish you luck and i desperately hope your power stays strong #may we all see the colder months soon #rambles from the bog #missing the months where i can wake up cozy and go about my day with my robe on w/o feeling like im dying #hot tea... hot showers... triple blankets... yeah.... #this morning i had to Dislodge my cat bc she was too warm. horrible horrible time of year #one day i'll live somewhere manageable. somewhere Northern #but for now: shirts off fans on blinds closed water dranketh #banshee wailing in the wee hours etc

[daenystheedreamer]

i dont believe in the grand northern conspiracy as a unified theory of everything but it makes me feel ecstasy spiritual ecstasy. the northerners arent a hive mind they all have their own ambitions and conflicts between themselves AND connections to each other through marriage through history through shared tragedy. AND!!! their own genuine hope for the future... they have cultural ties to each other and familial ties that trump that. they have love and hatred and winter is coming. cries.

#barbrey dustin woman of all time #wymans got his rickon the unicorn king conspiracy which barb and the big northern houses have varying degrees of involvemet with #the northern mountain clans have their own ideas since they know bran's alive #maege and galbart are in the neck with their own thing #cat's got robb's crown! #fucking tom of sevenstreams is involved somehow #maege and galbart have been doing fuck knows since what. asos? but theyre in the neck #oh and howland is chilling in howl's moving castle with the biggest secret in the entire realm #asoiaf

[wibbley-wobble]

While the whole segment of GOT where Lyanna names her son Aegon Targaryen was absolute dog shit and piss poor writing, I do commend the writers of HOTD for carrying the theme of why it is fucking stupid to name your kid Aegon.

#hotd #house of the dragon #got #game of thrones #ok all the relevant aegons #aegon ii targaryen #aegon iii targaryen #Jon snow #aegon son of elia #aegon martell targaryen #aegon vi targaryen #young griff #lyanna stark #never getting over the got writers naming Jon aegon #cause like duh they can’t have lyanna say Jon since he was named that by Ned v #but it makes Lyanna sound so stupid that she would name her son the same thing as his literal brother #personally I’m a Jaehaerys as Jon’s birth name girl falling r+l due to same first letter. but literally any other targ name works better #or alternatively. crazy thought. what if Lyanna a northerner based her kids name off of northern culture rather than one that is associated #with killing her brother and father #I’ve got so many unresolved feelings over this stupid show grrm write faster #forgot blackfyre Aegon don’t know if this tag counts #aegon blackfyre

[rikakore]

Eddard "Ned" Stark (AGOT)

Rickard---Lyarra

Brandon Ned Lyanna Benjen

One of my favorite styling headcanons is that Northern fashion was set aside to emulate more Southern styles under Rickard's rule.

Rickard was...vividly described as having steel armor (shudders), and I think overall, the Starks dressed in Southern-inclined fashions (with climate-appropriate fabrics and layering ofc) to "blend in" better for the connections Rickard wanted to make.

Then, the fashion pendulum swung entirely the other way post-rebellion. Style-wise, a lot of the nobility basically started dressing like their grandparents did. I think it took a lot of older people by surprise, haha.

#asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #ned stark #eddard stark #got #house stark #fanart #i hate when people are like eugh the north doesnt CARE about fashion its too COLD for all that #as if cold weather cultures dont have some of the best drip in history #also this is a feudal society! ofc northern elites followed trends to a tee #rikadraws

[bywandandsword]

You know, before I moved to Maine, I regularly said I missed the mountains and wanted to live somewhere with less humidity and that got snow. Then I got up here and realized exactly how much of a swamp creature I am. Maine is beautiful and I love living here, but, my gods, I need to be sun burnt sitting under a live oak, eating a snowball in air the consistency of soup and listening to the frogs sing like yesterday

#I also vastly prefer house lizards and frogs to mice any day #and crawfish mounds! The other day I thought I say one and got so excited but then I remembered where I was :< #I mean y'all have lobster and that's basically a big crawfish but merde #It is fun to say that Portland is basically northern Mass. and watch whoever I'm talking to go through all the stages of grief #Sword speaks

[imaginarianisms]

more asoiaf comparisons, parallels & antiparallels to the first dance of the dragons vs the second & final dance of the dragons (& possibly the sixth blackfyre rebellion): the blacks being daenerys i targaryen's supporters, the golds being aegon vi targaryen's supporters, tommen baratheon being a close equivalent to gaemon palehair & his mother essie & sylvenna sand which may be interpreted as a parallel with queen cersei lannister & taena merryweather of myr, trystane truefyre being a close equivalent to aegon/young griff & perkin being jon connington & the shepherd being the new high septon the high sparrow, dalton greyjoy being euron i greyjoy's ancestor & the latter surpassing him, alyn waters later alyn velaryon resembling aurane waters later aurane velaryon & finishing what their ancestors started. history repeats itself.

#out of the galaxy. || ooc. #LIKE!!!! LOOK AT THE PARALLELS BRUH #it kinda makes me wonder who the hightowers would support this time... #its literally so wild how history repeats itself #i think the lannisters would support aegon after he takes king's landing bc they're lowkey fucked either way. #cersei lannister's probably either in hiding at casterly rock or will end up as aegon's political prisoner. maybe jaime too idk. #i have no idea who would lead the lannisters on the side of the golds now that kevan's dead killed by varys tho... maybe genna lannister? #cersei jaime & tyrion's aunt? to parallel johanna lannister who attacked the ironborn like a boss bitch?? #i personally predict aegon'll marry sansa who would have the north the riverlands & the vale at her back—it'd be arranged by baelish & varys #i also think it's possible he'd take arianne martell as another wife to parallel aegon & his wives visenya & rhaenys. #so by taking sansa & arianne as his wives & queens both of whom are well beloved in their countries he'd restore honor to their houses. #bc aerys & later the baratheon dynasty was a terrible time for the starks & the martells so he brings the north & dorne back into the fold. #so by marrying sansa he honors & respects her given her past betrothal to joffrey & forced marriage to tyrion & mending what aerys did #particularly to her grandfather rickard stark & her uncle brandon stark & to her aunt lyanna stark. #& by marrying arianne he's restoring honor to house martell considering all the bs his mother elia martell experienced in king's landing. #(whether elia actually Is his mother or who he perceives her to be) & restoring the line of succession again in dornish hands #& they'd probably marry him on the condition that the northerners & dornish gets special rights & privileges that others don't. #& not to mention that the targaryens starks & martells have a common enemy. #polygamy's a big nono in the faith of the seven but that didn't stop aegon & his wives & im sure after everything w/ the faith rn?? #w/ cersei & the sparrows?? & considering aegon's actually a decent person & he'll be foreshadowed to be popular & loved?? #i don't think most would bat an eye tbh. i actually think daenerys would wanna talk to aegon first tho. #then everything & everyone around them goes to shit & they end up fighting bc like. daenerys wants SO BADLY to have a family. #so like i don't see her immediately perceiving aegon as a threat. #the starks & most of the north would prolly be wary of dany @ 1st due to aerys & having a MASSIVE army w/ three dragons until the long night #except for like. maybe jon. but anyway the martells could be slightly wary of dany bc of what happened with quentyn in meereen. #idk maybe there's a division in the north & dorne. i think sansa & arianne would actually get along personally. #anyway im presuming stannis is gonna be at the nightfort & i personally don't think he's ever gonna come south again. he'll die at the wall.

[thecubes]

im buzzing bc i got suggested some jobs i actually want to do

#like thank fucking god #one is a national trust one working outside either in a park or a trust house <- trying not to doxx myself lol #if i got that one especially if they put me in the park id be sooo happy its unreal. itd be cycling distance #and a route that i take all the time since i live like right next to it 👌 #and the other is tasting food for a food company 😎 minimum wage but you dont need any type of past experience #which i dont have anyway lol #so yippee #i mean i havent even applied yet but it feels nice to have a genuine interest in the shit im applying for which is really hard to do #for like. A Supermarket. in a shitty horrible northern english town. good god #tbh if you figure out where i live based on all of that 1) please dont mug me im broke and 2) congrats wanna go cycling together ?

[margridarnauds]

That last post reminds me of how, just yesterday, my aunt asked me, very seriously, with a certain amount of fear, if I was going to Northern Ireland for my upcoming conference.

I promise, if I was going to Northern Ireland, I would say "I'm going to Northern Ireland", not "I'm going to Ireland."

#something that's fascinating is how besides the idea that Ireland is a mystical fairy land where people still live in thatched houses #a lot of Americans' view of the North is still frozen in the 80s #like no even if I WAS going to Belfast...I would be fine. Plenty of people there are fine #I'd keep aware of my surroundings sure but you want to do that anyplace #maybe stay clear of it during July because of idiots but like. #even then there are definitely signs of change. my Northern Irish friends are all confident there WILL be reunification

[transdimensional-void]

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#so i AM making up a jonsa AU set in the ascendance of a bookworm universe #and i think am going to actually write it #very niche content probably like three people max will be interested XD #but currently trying to trawl through all of the various northern houses to decide which nobles would be retainers to the starks #and i'm like #why are there so few nobles living at winterfell? #why don't they have a court of nobles serving and supporting them at all times? #make it make sense grrm #oh man i gotta go through the riverlands too and determine what ladies and knights #would have joined cat when she moved to the north

[portokali]

dream diary in the tags

#it was v nostalgic and ahhhhhhh the kind of dream that left me in a haze after waking up #i was me but fused w jo march littlewomen and my family all still lived in our old house #and there was a rich lauriecoded tall blonde neighbor i was besties w #and he was whipped w me but in the dream i knew i didnt reciprocate eventhough im not sure if i knew i was a lesbian or not #but i found it very flattering that he was v eligible but noo he was all for me and in the dream i was fused SPECIFICALLY w the wynona #rider version of jo so you understand. how beautiful i was of course. and i was creative and not really worrying abt the worries of capita #lism and still together w my family all in good relationships vibing enjoying life. woke up and my first thought was #that would be me without any mental illness LMAO #there were 2 scenes i remember distinctly fisrt one scene me and laurie we were in our neighborhood but then we moved to another place #that was kinda like the woods?? and apparently it was a #lumber cutting site or sth?? and there was a lot of logs stacked up and it was v green and wild #kind of a northerner nature than you find in greece so idk where tf in the world that would be #ik 'laurie' was supposed to be from northern europe maybe sweden idk #then we went back to the hosue #and there was a third person cut of 'me' as wynona/jo picking up the mail from the outdoors mailbox #in the snow at night. very cinematic #and there was the fact that the laurie boy was in love w me and me knowing it and feeling sad i couldt reciprocate #and when i woke up i had a followup thought that i wanted us to be like brothers but cant have shit in this econmy #huh what else. thahts all! #dream diary