#sansa appreciation week 2020

[themockingpoint]

Friend

“How come you do not foster anyone Father?” His older daughter asked him after sneaking into his solar when he was working.

“What?” Ned asked before the question caught up with him, “Oh, well I never have thought about it.”

“Could you?” Sansa asked hopefully.

“I don’t think so.” Ned said, a second after he realized why Sansa was asking.

“But why not?” Sansa whined.

“Because I already have you, your sister, your brothers, Theon and your little sibling in your mother’s belly.” Ned said, no tolerance for whining.

“Bu- Bu- Bu-“ Sansa said, chin wobbling rapidly. “How am I supposed to be queen one day if I do not know other ladies?”

“I-“ Ned began but was cut off.

“Sansa, can you give me a moment with your father?” Catelyn said, waddling in. She was ready to give birth any day now.

“She is right.” Catelyn said. “Most great houses foster. Either in or out.”

Ned ignored the less than subtle jab and said, “I- will write to the other Northern Lords. Both Manderly and Karstark have daughters…”

“No.” Catelyn said, “Sansa is not going to be the Lady of Winterfell. She is going to be the Queen. Margaret Tyrell or Princess Myrcella would be more appropriate companions.”

“You are right, my lady.” Ned sighed.

~~~

Months later Ned waited at the Border of both the North and the Riverlands. While House Tyrell did not respond (likely angry at the fact they were denied the Queenship for Lady Margaery), Robert was more than overjoyed to have Princess Myrcella foster in Winterfell, wanting to recreate the relationship between the two.

Sansa beside him was acting very out of character, bouncing and pacing in anticipation. It was only when Ned asked if he brought the wrong daughter with him that the girl calmed down right quick.

Eventually the wagons came into eyesight and when Ned realized even he felt giddy to see his friend again.

After the hugs both men watched their daughters give each other curtsies and start whispering amongst themselves that Ned felt himself smile. His daughter was the social butterfly that Brandon was and soon enough both girls seemed like they knew each other their entire lives.

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[jandjsalmon]

2022 Fanfiction Reading Challenge

October Stats 🎃

Happy November, my friends! We managed to wait until today to get our first real dusting of snow - so that’s fun for us. Halloween is one of my favourite holidays - my daughter dressed as Princess Peach and her friends were various Mario characters. They were a hit! We just moved into a new neighbourhood - and literally only had 34 little trick-or-treaters. VERY different from our last house where we’d have steady kids from 4pm-10pm and go through several boxes of treats... now I have two big bowls left over. Whatever shall we do? 😏

Fandom-wise, I’m two tasks away from completing the @fanfic-reading-challenge​​ - in fact, I’m only waiting on the month requirement tasks (fics that have to be read in Nov and Dec) and then I’m completely done the Regular, Hard, AND Extreme challenges. Thank you all for joining me on this journey - for the messages with fic suggestions and for being patient with my monthly run-downs. What started as my comfort!fic rundowns in April 2020 (after the infamous leak™️) has become something fun for me anyway - even if no one else is reading these. lol. 

The last few weeks were pretty challenging as far as doing the fic challenge - because I had to read several longer-ish stories from fandoms I am not part of and don’t really know much about. It gave me an appreciation for some new fandoms and pairings - and it also made me miss the Golden Era of my own fandom and the quality of the fics profoundly. I think I’m going to spend my November rereading those stories. Suggestions for your faves would be welcome.

I started reading Daemon/Rhaenyra this month and have been SO pleased with the stories - there is one that is currently a WIP that is absolutely glorious and I drop everything when it’s updated to read it right then! I legit read 46 different fandoms in this one month - most were because of the challenge, but I know I’ll return to many of them in the future. If you were to read one fandom outside of your norm - what is it?

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Anyway - as per usual, here are a few recs for the month (and if you’re still into SPOOKY READS - you should check out my Bughead Halloween Fic Rec Post) - and as always, if you have any favourite stories (that you loved reading or even that you wrote - in any fandom), please let me know. I’d love to know what you’ve been reading and I never complain about new stories to read. 👻

foolish hearts (series) by @catthecoder​​ (5 fics - Bughead)

Summary:  When a federal agent Betty Cooper gets assigned a case featuring an art thief and forger Jughead Jones, she doesn’t really think much of it. But as months pass, alongside the irritation caused by both the lack of progress in the case and the criminal himself, other feelings start to blossom as well; particularly the ones of respect and admiration. And the fact that Jughead is more intrigued by the agent on his case than terrified of her certainly doesn’t help much with keeping their relationship strictly professional. In their lines of work, pleasure and business certainly shouldn’t mix, but who’s there to stop their foolish hearts?

Why you should read it: HOW DID I MISS THIS THE FIRST TIME?! This is wonderful. THE WHOLE SERIES. Glorious. I was stuck in my feels the whole time. I legitimately LOVED each character - flaws and all - and I FELT for them. And the writing is beautiful. I was physically sad when I reached the end and there was no more to read in this universe. What a gift.

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Hold the Rock by @avocadomooon (1/1 - Tyrion/Sansa)

Summary: "Nag? No. A bad wife nags. A good wife advises," Tyrion said. "And you are a very good wife." "Thank you, my lord," Sansa said. "Now comes the part where you tell me I'm a very good husband." "You are passable, my lord," she said, and Tyrion laughed.

Why you should read it: Okay - so I know you’re skeptical because it’s not a pairing people generally think “oooh that sounds good” - BUT TRUST ME - this was REALLY good. Alternate universe a bit - where Ned doesn’t go down to KL. It’s arranged marriage - but I promise, the depth of these characters is just TOP NOTCH. It’s a one-shot but it’s a long one - and you’re love these two by the end of it.

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Let Her Own Works Praise Her in the Gates by @chronicbookworm​ (1/1 - Mary Bennet/Mr. Collins)

Summary:  Circumstances (and Mary) conspire to make Mr Collins propose to Mary instead of Charlotte Lucas. The new Mrs Collins finds a place for herself in Hunsford, finds a cause to champion, and finds more courage than she knew she had.

Why you should read it: OKAY OKAY - So I know you’re going to give me the side eye and say “Jandy, why are we reading about very well boiled potatoes?” - but I have to tell you, this is how Austen should have written the Mr. Collins storyline. Mary is FANTASTIC here. A bit manipulative, but for the good of everyone. Honestly - if you like Austen or Austen fics at all, please give this one shot a try. It was very very well written and the characters are really likeable (even Collins) - well, except Lady Catherine (BUT - Mary tells her off, so it’s fabulous). Anyway - read it. It was a joy for me this month.

I hope you enjoy the recs and I hope you have a wonderful week.❤️

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[alexisrosemullens]

SANSA APPRECIATION WEEK 2020: Queen Sansa

#sansa appreciation week 2020 #sansastarkedit #gotedit #game of thrones #sansa stark #queen of the north #ssaw2020 #this is probably my favorite one #this was so much fun #i'm glad i remembered this and had time to make these #i love my queen #mine

[rue-bennett]

She wondered where this courage had come from, to speak to him so frankly. From Winterfell, she thought. I am stronger within the walls of Winterfell.

Sansa VII, A Storm of Swords.

#gotedit #sansa stark #game of thrones #iheartgot #sansa appreciation week 2020 #sansaedit #* #*gif #this is...a mess but oh well #i went for wf instead of family #1k

[daeneryssansa]

Sansa Appreciation Week - Day 2 - Friends

Help me, she prayed, send me a friend, a true knight to champion me...

#sansa appreciation week 2020 #sansastarkedit #brienneoftarthedit #gotedit #asoiafedit #sansa stark #brienne of tarth #mine: got #show: got #dynamic: briennesansa #daensarah #GOD i haven't colored the north in forever and i forgot how much I HATE IT

[tragicdeadgirl]

THE SHE-WOLVES OF WINTERFELL (feat. rachel hurd-wood as sansa, olivia hussey as lyanna and ivana baquero as arya)

#asoiafedit #valyrianscrolls #sansa stark #lyanna stark #arya stark #sansa appreciation week 2020 #sansastarkedit #aryastarkedit #house stark #edits #asoiafsnet #pureasoiaf #starksistersdaily #thesistersstark #iheartgot #direwolfdaily #starklingsource #gotladies #mine: aes* #mine: picspam*

[rosenroot]

Sansa Appreciation Week 2020

Day Eight - Queen Sansa

#nothing to add #she is my queen in the north #sansa stark #house stark #asoiaf #sansa appreciation week 2020 #Illustration #valyrianscrolls

[esther-dot]

They say she is the queen who never knelt. That dragons came to Winterfell, and even their fire could not melt the ice in her veins.

They say other Lords and Ladies bowed in fear or bowed in awe, but the Queen in the North would not be moved by beauty, by promises, by threats. They say when the dragon queen was dead, and so few remained in Westeros to lead, and her brother took the crown, that she stood, and she refused to kneel, even then.

They say come Spring, she walked the fields they planted, that it was her breath that thawed the soil, her prayers that caused the seeds to take root, her songs that pulled the sprouts from the earth to the Sun. And even then, her knee never touched the ground.

But she did kneel.

They were at supper, a Lord droned on about something he found of great import, and his Lady sat still, rigid, with a slight tremor in her hand when she attempted to use her utensil. The Queen's face was young, but her blue eyes had seen all manner of evil, so the queen became Sansa, for Sansa knew.

She left her oversized chair, the carved wolves fierce, frightening , and came down to eye level beside the Lady, one knee touching the worn stone of Winterfell's great hall, "I remember you, My Lady, would you come to a sewing circle tomorrow and speak to me of my mother?"

The queen's favor was protection, and she used it well.

There were men who fought for Winterfell, for the North, for all of Westeros during the battle against creatures from nightmares. Most died quickly, some lingered, and for them, she knelt, to listen if they had words, to sing a hymn if they wished it, more than one if they asked, yet another even when her voice faltered as she saw the cost of life, the price of freedom.

She knelt, when she met a boy in Wintertown, whose bright eyes and smile reminded her of brothers lost, of childhoods stolen. Much to the chagrin of her ladies, to the great dismay of her laundress later, down to her knees she fell, to kiss his ruddy cheek.

She did kneel, often. As did they, devoutly.

And Sansa remembered her lessons, the ones she had learned, the ones she had rejected. She had been right.

It was better to be loved.

This is a little rough, but I wanted to contribute to Sansa week. Happy Sansa won the game of thrones day!

#sansa stark #sansa appreciation week 2020 #got fanfiction

[luminies]

sansa appreciation week | day 4: favorite moment of all time 

#gotsansastark #tvedit #sansastarkedit #gotedit #gameofthronesedit #iheartgot #gotladies #sansa stark #sansa appreciation week 2020 #ladystarks #usermeels #chewieblog #tv: game of thrones #*creations #*cgot

[esmedalma]

Sansa Appreciation Week 2020 - Hobbies

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[lunaathorne]

sansa stark appreciation week 2020: day 4 ~ favourite sansa moment of all time

Drifting snowflakes brushed her face as light as lover's kisses, and melted on her cheeks. At the center of her garden, beside the statue of the weeping woman that lay broken and half-buried on the ground, she turned her face up to the skies and closed her eyes. She could feel the snow on her lashes, taste it on her lips. It was the taste of Winterfell. The taste of innocence. The taste of dreams.

#sansa appreciation week 2020 #asoiafsnet #asoiafedit #booksociety #fandomaestheticnet #sansa stark #asoiaf #mimimakes #my graphics #tuserbeth #useriulia #userrowena #usernickie #ladystarks #a storm of swords

[anotherrandompersonsblog]

Sansa Appreciation Week Day 3: Hobbies - Dancing

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[3-and-a-half-penguins]

THE QUEEN IN THE NORTH

On this day Sansa Stark ascended to the Northern throne, thenceforth being known as Queen Sansa of House Stark, First of her Name. Long may she reign!

#And I say that’s my baby and I’m really proud #sansa stark #got/asoiaf #my edit #the queen in the north #qitn #sansa appreciation week 2020 #house stark #game of thrones #asoiaf #sansastarkedit #gotsansastark #mine

[rue-bennett]

Margaery’s kindness had been unfailing, and her presence changed everything.

Sansa Appreciation Week - Day 2: Friends

#gotedit #game of thrones #sansa stark #margaery tyrell #sansa x margaery #iheartgot #gameofthronesedit #sansa appreciation week 2020 #* #*gif

[daeneryssansa]

Sansa Appreciation Week - Day 1 - Family

She sang for mercy, for the living and the dead alike, for Bran and Rickon and Robb, for her sister Arya and her bastard brother Jon Snow, away off on the Wall. She sang for her mother and her father. [A Clash of Kings, Sansa V]

#sansa appreciation week 2020 #asoiafedit #gotedit #sansastarkedit #housestarkedit #book: asoiaf #character: sansa stark #dynamic: housestark #mine: got #daensarah

[westerosiladies]

Sansa Appreciation Week 2020: Day 6 - Sansa’s Antagonists

#game of thrones #asoiaf #sansa stark #sansa appreciation week 2020 #sophie turner #antagonists #cersei lannister #joffrey baratheon #lysa arryn #petyr baelish #ramsay bolton #daenerys targaryen